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PhoneMonroeNo.l And ask that The Times-Dis? patch follow you on your va? cation. We will do the rest. Don't Get Rusty While on your vacation. Let The Times-Dispatch follow you. theTjispatch founded imo. h'tt/-\tt-i vtt, r?? ? TTT^TZ? the times founded 18f? \V HOLE NUMBER 18,697. RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JULY 31, 1911. THE WBATHEK TO-UA V-F?lr. PRICE TWO CENTS. CANNOT ESCAPE Tariff Revision Problem Is Squarely Up to Taft. SURE OF CENSURE IN ANY EVENT Upon Him Will Rest Responsibil? ity of Delay in Tariff Legisla? tion, and He Seems Deter? mined to Exercise His Veto Power ? Some Believe He May Sign Bill. Washington. July 30.?General tariff legislation at this session of Congress, so as to leave the responsibility for any delay In tariff revision squarely up to the President. Is the slogan of tne Democratlc-Progresslvc coalition In the Senate and the. Democrat;. In the House. The President to-day Is accredited with being as determined as ever to veto any tariff bill passed by Congress prior to the submission of the report of the tariff board to Congress at the i regular session In December. Mean? time, the Democrats, continuing to press their revision measures. are wondering what the President will do when the wool bill, emerging from con-| ference with lower duties than the La Follette compromise. goes to the. White House for approval or veto. ! Is is tho most remarkable situation j with respect to tariff legislation that ?> has arisen In a long period. Despite I tho apparently authoritative declara- , Hons that the President will refuse o : place his approval on the tariff bill;:, j some of the Democrats, even Speaker j Clark, still express the opinion that the President may yet approve revi? sion legislation. The Dcmoeratic lead- j ???ra, encouraged by the effective results' of the combination of their parly with ! the Insurgent Republicans In the Sen-j ate, are becoming more confident that1 the tariff schedules passed by the! House will go through the Senate In. some form. Tbr Legislative Outlook. This is the way the legislative out-j look stands to-day: The wool revision' bill win he in conference early in thr! week. A compromise measure on Oae' basis of 20 per cent, ad valorem on i raw wool will be reported out ptobab-| ly. The combined Democratlc-Inourg-? ent republican forces are confident It Will run the gauntlet Of both houses and be the tlrat revision measure to go to the President aa the test of his! veto disposition. The farmers1 free Hat bill will be; voted on Tuesday In the Senate uhdVr agreement. Coalition Senators and] Hout-e Democrats express certainty of its passage. There will be a Senate1 Democratic caucus on ihe bill to-mor row morning, however, to insure l's! passage. As the bill comes up for voto! immediately after morning business Tuesday^ the only opportunity for de-] bate will be to-morrow. Senator Cummins. Progressive Re? publican, will address the Senate to- | morrow on his amendments to the bill. Effort will he made to get tho measure through without changing its general character as a free list nieas-l ure intended to add to the number of' articles of common use which mayi come in free of duty. it is expected that In this shape It will receive prac-1 tlcally the solid Democratic and In? surgent Republican vote. The cotton tariff revision bill will I be passed by the House Thursday. Though by no means certain, the i coalition < Senators and the House "Democrats sre moderately hopeful that ] the bill will go through the Senate j Some Senators are insistent that i hearings should be held on it before | It is put to vote. The amendments [ that were at tirst contemplated In con- I nectton with the measure?those re? lating to sugar, steel, rubber, etc., will j be offered as riders to the cotton bill I when it comes up In the Senate. Resides tariff revision some other | Important legislation figures in the I program for this week. .May Decide Its Own Sl?. The congressional reapportionment j bill Is to be voted upon In the Senate liegt Thursday. It alrendy has passed j the House and provides for a House ' membership of -132. A large majority | of Senators are prepared to concede to ] the House the right to decide Its own | Size. Tho new Mexico. Arizona statehood bill will have consideration this week. Senator Borah will oppose the judicial retail feature of the bill on Friday, and Senator Bourne will advocate that provision In a speech Saturday. The indications are that the Senate on Tuesday, August 1, will pass the bill, with directions to the people of Ari? zona to eliminate the judicial recall. House Democrats will caucus to? morrow night on what course to adopt with reference to the campaign pub? licity hill. The House Judiciary Committee to- j morrow will resume tho Alaska ! syndicate Inquiry, respecting charges of failure of the Attorney-General to prosecute Alaskan corporations. Both i Attorney-General Wlckersham and Delegate Wlckersham, of Alaska, the accused and accuser, arc expected to be present. The House Sugar Trust investigating committee will reconvene to-morrow. The Senate Lorimer committee will | spend perhaps Its last week of taking i testimony here and may then recess i to meet In Chicago at some time yet to be decided. The. House Rules C ommit tee will act this week on the Lindbergh resolution to investigate the. so-called "banking trust." FALLS EIGHTEEN INCHES But Short Drop Brings Death to Wil? liam Blley. New York. July 30? William Bllev, thirty-five years old. a machinist, of Now Haven, was sitting on ft ground floor window sill, at 27f> Rider Avenue, tho Bronx, where he wua visiting friends, when he fell to the sidewalk, eighteen inches below. l>r. Wright. ?f Lincoln Hospital, was called und J'fonounced him dead, giving heart allure as the probable cause, GRIM TALES OF STORM Heavj l,o?? of Life auil Damage t<> ? Shipping In Decent Gal*. Boston. Mass. July 30.?Grim talcs of loss of life and disaster to shipping by the West Indian hurricane which swept the New Kngland coast Friday continued to come In to-night. Eleven lives are known to have been lost, and a long list of Ashing and coasting craft and yachts wrecked or disabled Is constantly growing. | The dead Include five men of the: Boston sword Pshlng schooner Noko mlB, wrecked on Nantucket South Shoals: four dory men of the Province-] town fishing schooner Arbitrator.' JamoB b. Whlplcy, cook of the Brltlsn schooner Tay, which wont to pieces on j Mount Desert Island, and John Wade.1 of Northport. Maine, who wa, blown off a wharf at Bolfast. Maine. At Mercy of Storm. Provincctown, Mass., July 30.?The loss of four Provlnoetown fishermen.1 the narrow escape of two of th?- local tlshlng fleet, and. the almost helpless condition of a lumber schooner trying! to make Its way Into Boston, as a re- | suit of last Friday's sixty-mile gale, were reported here to-day. The :tchooner Arbitrator, of the local flsh-j Ing fleet, lost her four dorvmen. who! failed to get back to the schooner <lur- I ing the hurricane. The schooner l>?ah C, made port with all her boats and llshlng gear gone and with the crew thankful to get home alive- A llshlng steamer, the J. B. Bishop, reported that the lumber-laden schooner Sarah Wood, of Bridcton. N. J.. was some where be? tween Provlncetown and Boston light.! with her headgear gone, a large parti of her deck load of lumber washed ove.-board, and her stern shattered. She was short it food, but refused as? sistance after taking on a few supplies A wireless dispatch from the revenue cutter Gresham to-day reported that she was alongside the derelict ,o r.ooner Harry C, Shepherd, which was aban? doned thirty-four miles southwest ot Boston light during the gale. The message said the derelict had been burned to the water's edge. CHARLOTTE IN DISTRESS Water Famine Hen Assumed Very Serious Proportion?. Charlotte. N. C. July 30.?With the big ponds which have furnished Char? lotte's water supply for many years only inundations of sun-baked mud, and the stopcocks to tho small supply In the reservoir shut down tight since early Friday morning, this city Is un? dergoing u period of distress that is as unique as it Is serious The plan | to haul water in tank cars from the Catawba River, twelve miles away, was gotten well under way Saturday, and thousands of gallons were dumped Into the settling basins, but this move? ment received a setback to-day, when one of the big pumps at Mount Holly broke down, delaying the program of the authorities to resume regular wa? ter service by Tuesday. The numerous mineral water agen? cies are overwhelmed and cannot be? gin to supply the demand. Ma, ur Bland t- -day peremptorily suspended the blue law. which forbids ihe dis? pensation of mineral waters and soft drinks at soda fountains so far as tho water is concerned. No rain of consequence has fallen In this steiion in many weeks. With the famine of water the sewerage system has been abandoned, and the hurried Installation of surface closets: has brought about a menace to health that hai necessitated stringent sani- j tary regulations. Special sanitary guards ate being sworn in every day to patrol the city, along with squads, of extra firemen to minimize the dan-j ger from fire, for the city now is absolutely at the mercy of flames. Hundreds are leaving Charlotte, flock? ing to the seashore und mountain resorts to escape the present perils. KING RETURNS TO-MORROW Will I.earn Theo of Arrangement? to: tnrrj Ye-to Hill. London. July 30.?The King will re? turn to l.omlon Tuesday, and is ex- ! pected to receive Mr. Asquith Wed? nesday. By that time the Prime. Minister will be in a position to ac? quaint His Majesty with the arrange? ments that have been made for carry? ing through the veto bill. The insurgents, under the leader? ship of the Earl of Halsbury, now are trying by propaganda methods to ex- j cite an apathetic country to u proper i sense of the enormity of the offense' Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour urel committing In aiding the government' to carry the hated measure, but as; Lord Lansdowne has the activo or passive stipport of some 330 members' of the House of Lords, he is not likely ! to be greatly disturbed by this. Most of the political leaders are spending the week-end In the coun-j try, evidence that the crisis Is no j longer acute. SHOTGUN BATTERY USED Four Ilnrrel?, Loaded With Slugn, Fired at Voting Italian. New York. July SO.?A battery of two double-harreled shotguns, from all : four barrels, of which sixteen heavy lead slugs were fired simultaneously. Is believed by detectives to have been . the trap which assassins of Bartholdl j Cardinal, aged thirty-two. worked from ] the window of n vacant Eastslde house early to-day. The young Italian ] was hit In the nock and instantly | killed while sitting at his window, on '? the second floor, directly opposite tho vacant house. Two slugs were found Imbedded In the wall near where Mrs. Cardinal sat. but she was unhurt. The discovery of two discharged i shotguns In the vacant house opposite, footprints on the dust-covered carpel. | dnd the fact that Cardinal's brother ; was assassinated three years ago. was the principal clues. KILLING MADDENS MOB Attempts to Kiin Car Over Motormnn mid Conductor. New York. July 30.?Three-year-old Morris Goldberg, weakened by a seven days' fast, was run over by a trolley car in front of his home to-day. Two thousand persons thereupon stormed the car. captured the motorman and conductor, laid them on the tracks and were about to run over them when u lone policeman seized the ringleader at the. controller. Reserves then %lls persed the mob. It was ascertained later that the entire Goldberg family of nine were In a starving condition. Released From Perilous Position cn Cape Sa- I ble Lejges. VESSEL t LOATS ON RiSIinG il^h Cause of Disaster Not Known, ?? i but Heavy Fog and Southeast I Gale Believed to Have Been [ Responsible ? Contrary to Early Reports, No Lives Are Lost. Halifax, N. S., July 30.?The now i Canadian navy was nearly deprived of, ! half Its strength to-day. when the i llagBhlp Nlobe crashed on the ledges! ! on the southwest of Cape Sable. Plve j hours later she tloated, leaking badly ; and proceeded under her own steam power to Shag Harbor, ten miles away, j where she Is at anchor with six fath? oms of water and a soft mud bottom under her. j The tlrst to reach the s'de of tue j disabled cruiser wat, the UnlteJ States revenue cutter Androscoggln. which j was cruising In the vicinity. The ; Nlobe's wireless call for help was j picked up by the Androscuggin. which promptly Hashed back that she would stand by to help and would do all 'n her power. Through the dense fog and heavy sea, which is believed to have been the cause of the Nlobe's accident, the Androscoggln rushed, anil was standing by the Canadian cruiser when the Canadian govern 'ment steamers Lady Laurler and ' Stanley, which had been sent to the I scene, arrived from St. John. N. B., with the tug McNaughton. of Yar- | mouth. The Nlobe found that she was aide to take care of herself. Though wa? ter was pouring into several compart I ments. her pumps kept her fairly clear, and Commander McDonald, of the ' cruiser, expressing his thanks to tho American cutter for her help, pro? ceeded to a safe harbor convoyed only by the tug. The exact means of the release of the Nlobe were not known here up to a late j hour to-night, but it Is % believed she tloated on a ristng tide. Commander i McDonald, In command of the cruiser, anchored the Nlobe In a safe position| some distance from the scene ot her mishap, awaiting the arrival of the government steamers 1-ady Laurler and Stanley, which were dispatched to he. assistance early to-day from St. John, t'uune .Not Known. The cause of the accident is not yet known, but a heavy fog enshrouded the coast, and tt Is said also that a i southeast gale was blowing. Sixteen men of the crew, who left I the cruiser In two boats, were the cause of much anxiety for many hours I after the accident, as they were lost j in the fog and at the mercy of the gale and strong tide, which It was feared would wreck them on one of the many , ledges thut abound about Cape Sable; but it was learned by wireless to-night j that all had rejeined their ship. They i went back to the cruiser In one boat, I the other apparently having been I wrecked. So extreme was considered the plight of the Nlobe when the ship first grounded that Commander McDonald I had ordered all boats cleared away, j ready for abandonment of the vessel If necessary. The two boats which were lost for a time, with their crews, (were the first over the side, general launching of the boats having been ! deferred until a definite idea of the condition of the vessel had been gained, i The Nlobe piled up on the southwelt I ledge at 12:35 this morning, while j rounding Cape .-;.ble on her return to Halifax, her home port, from Tar mouth, where her officers and crew had I been participating in an "old home" I week celebration. The impact was so 'heavy as to drive her hard upon the I pinnacle of rock and to arouse every man on board. Xo Paule on Board Quarters was sounded, and all the 1600 men on board responded with true naval precision. There was no panic, und the order to clear away the boats was executed as If tn a routine drill. ! Pumps were manned and set nt work, nnd It was found that they could dis? pose of the water. \ Meanwhile the wireless apparatus was brought Into play, the operators flashing the "S. O. S.'- signals in all directions and giving the vessel's posi? tion. These calls were heard at Kast port and as far south as Boston, and were picked up also at Cape Pace, N. V.. and .-".ible Island, and also at Father j Point. Quebec. They resulted in the kulck dispatching of the government ! steamers Aberdeen from this port and the Lady Laurlir and Stanley from St. [ John, N. B.. as well as several other vessels from other ports. HAITIEN GUNBOAT RETURNS 1 Flndn Revolutionists In Control Along Conat. j Port ail Prince, Haiti. July 30.?The ! Haitien gunboat Seventeenth of De t cemher returned here to-day from Aux Cayes, where government troops, un | der command of General Simon, son I of President Simon, recently put down a rising. The gunboat Brought sev-> enty-rtve soldiers under a Haltlen i general. [ The American crew of tho vessel is ' dissatisfied and anxious to leave the ship. The gunboat made stops at sev I cral ports with the evident Intention l of forcing the inhabitants to remain I loyal, but the revolutionists were In ? control, and no landing was made. So I far as can be learned no ports were I bombarded by the gunboat, j It Is reported that the cruiser Axr tolnc Simon Is at Grand de Cayemltte out of coal. The crew is endeavoring to secure wood, hut the movements of the cruiser are apt to be delayed. The t'nltod States auxiliary gunhont Peorla is returning to Cape Haitien. The cruiser Chester has heen sent to Port do Falk. _1 What is Promised by the weather Man ; WriHliluKtmi. L). C, .Mil: 30? Showers nuil coDtloucil seasonable temperatures will feature the vti-atker u'-m-rnlly throughout the country the coming "irk. according to the Weuthcr Bureau. The neck. | ly forecast. Issued to-day, sayni "The general haroiuelrle pressure distribution ?bovin In th? iutrrua- ! tlonal neatlier rbart Ih such OM tn ! lutlleate Hint there ?III lie no un Keuaoaabl}' temperatures tbr eon; lug week in an> part of the j country except pn?slbl> the extreme i South vtest ami the Interior of the j South Pacific Stuten. Falrlj ?eil distributed precipitation l? probable during the ufek in nil districts trout the Hocky Mountains eastward to Hie Atlantic roast, ??A barometric pressure that Is over the Northwest ?III nilvnnrr hIuhI) eastward ami be attended by Inenl showers tbe first part of tbe neek from tbe Mlssls?lppl Val? ley eastward. Another dlM iirliauec, wblrb promises to be ntteniletl by cenernl shower*, will appear lu the .Northwest nboiit Wcduestlay ami move rastvarri, crossing tbe Central Valley? Thursday or Friday mill the ' Atlnntle States at the eml of the week. "Tbl? disturbance will lie followed by considerably cooler weother Id | all Middle antl Northern Stateit from tbe liorky Mountains tn tbe Atlnn? tle State?." SALESMAN ARRESTED - He la t barged With the Theft of ills Sample?. Boston. July 30.?tjti'.a T'norner. a : traveling salesman, fchargeji. with the I > larceny ol sample? valued at $4tui from ju Philadelphia manufacturing es tau l ii.-htnetit. and also wfth the forgery of a signature to the bond he furnished j whe> he obtained employ mem. Is held bv tne police under..bm! ol $2,600. Ac? cording to the police,Limmer, who re- j sides on Homestead 'Street. Roxbury, 1 secured employment from the Phlla- j delphta Waist Company by claiming to have as his sponsor Samuel Stier- \ llpp, a Boston business man. He was sent the sample?. It la charged, and when his work proved Unsatisfactory he. failed to return | them, and sold them In Boston, The police ate Investigating similar thefts from other tlrms by the same scheme of an alleged forged name as sponsor on bonds In securing employ- j inent, said to have occurred early In the spring. They wish to discover It j any further charges will he brought against Thorner. TO PRESERVE MILLER CABIN FrlcadN of the I'oet Move Ilia I'lirnicr Washington Home. Washington, July 30.?The log cabin of Joaquln Miller, built and lived In for several years on Meridian Hill, near I this city, will be moved to make way 1 for an apartment house. Old nc'ghbors I of the poet have subscribed to put the I cabin on a new eile In the woods near by, twenty pear* ajo 'dii. Miller cabin, j which has since been visited by hun? dreds of persons, was In a secluded i spot on the outskirts of the city With I the passing of ench year, the modern I homes gradually approached the Hille [ home of the poet, und recently the old I shack was flanked with asphalted; I streets. The cabin Is well built and consists I of an upright and wljig, five rooms ln 1 I all. All the doors were made by Mil? ler himself, and have old-fashioned wooden latches which the poet delight? ed to stand and rattle as ho bade his callers good-hy. DISINFECTANT KILLS MAN Muriatic Acid l ?eil In Store Has Fatal Effect. Toungstown. O., July 30.?One man was killed and two were overcome by muriatic acid fumes in the store of the John H. Fitch Company late last night. Clyde Messerly, twenty-eight years old, a watchman, was killed, and those overcome arc F. O. McBrlde, twenty six year.-: old. shipping clerk, and John H. Filch, president of the company. When the store was closed late last night it was deckled to use a solution of muriatic acid to destroy moths. Mes serly and McBride sprinkled the solu? tion about the building. Mr. Fitch and Fried G. King, secretary of the com? pany, waited for the men. and when they did not come entered the building to Investigate. In getting out the bodies Mr. Fitch hlmstdf was overcome, and had to be taken from the store. GIRLS LIVED IN A CEMETERY Gunrded for Four Years Murin! Ground of Indian Ancestors. ^ Kansas City. July 30.?Three sisters. Eda, Lyda and Lena Conley, who for four years with unceasing vigilance have guarded the burial ground of their Indian ancestors in Huron Ceme? tery, in the heart of the business sec? tion of Kansas City. Kan., met defeat through a trick to-day. when the I'nited States marshal and two depu? ties tore down their "fort" while they Were in court pleading their cause I The three sisters lived in a small house in the cemetery. To-day for the tirst time the place was left unguarded when tho Conley sisters were.tempted to go to the Wyandotte county District Court to make a legal defense of their home. While they were in court of? ficers went to the burial ground and demolished it. WON'T HEAR BRYAN Harmon Will Not Attend Jefferson Club Outing;. Toledo, O.. July 30.?William Jen? nings Bryan will he the guest of honor nnd principal speaker at the big an? nual outing of the Jefferson Club a week from to-morrow. Governor Judson Harmon, who als?; had been Invited to bo present and speak, has wired that ho is extremely sr rry. but thai he happens to have another engagement. Political sharps smilingly say It Is significant that the Governor's regrets were received directly alter announce? ment that Mr. Bryan had accepted. They say tho Governor Is glad to avoid the embarrassment of meeting face to face In his own State capital the man who has openly declared war upon him as a presidential candidate. LONG SLEEP~Bl?KEN For Post 10f? Days Young; Girl Han Slumbered. Vandalla. 111.. July 30.?After sleep? ing almost continuously for 105 days. Miss Hazel Schmidt, the eighteen-year old girl, whose strange case has puz? zled physicians for weeks, was awake for five hours to-day and ate three meals. She said she felt no 111 effects from her slumber Attending physi? cians say the girl's trance Is broken, and that she will soon be herself ?gain. ^ WILL ASK MORGAN 10 JELL OWN STORY . o.irmittee Wants Ver? sion of T< nnessde Com? pany 's Abs rption. OFWUbHV LUii. Chairman Stanley Believes Money King Can Best Defend Him? self Against Charges Which Have Been Made?Sub . poena Awaits His Return From Europe. New York, July ."!".?It was made known here to-night at tiie head? quarters of the House of Representa? tives Committee of Inquiry into tho United States Steel Corporation, that the committee now is very desirous of hearing personally from J. Plerpont Morgan with regard to the absorption of the Tennessee Lo.il and Iron Com? pany by the Steel Corporation in 1!'?7. That a subpoena will uc Issued within a few days for Charles M. Schwab, former president of the United States. Steei Corporation, also was revealed. Mr. Schwab has Just returned from ESurope. Since sr. many important witnesses have defended Mr. Morgan for his part in the negotiations which led to the consummation of the Tennessee Cool and iron acquirement by the Steel C >r poratlon, the desire of Representative Stanley, chairman, and other members of the committee to hear Mr. Morgan has Increased. Lewis Cass Ledyard, attorney for Oliver Payne, who first urged that Mr. -Morgan he called In to effect the Ten? nessee purchase by the Steel Trust, strongly defended Mr. Morgan before the committee yesterday ami denounce.) intimations that a conspiracy existed at that time. Mr. Ledyard also Inti? mated In his testimony that an effort wns being made In the Investigation to manufacture political capital. "The best man to defend J. Pierpont Morgan for his part In Ihe Tennessee Coal and Iron transaction," said Chair? man Stanley to-day, "la Mr. Morgan himself. We sincerely hope that Mr. Morgan's engagements in Europe will not deter him from a hearing before the committee investigation is con? cluded. Mr. Morgan's own story of that transaction and the momentous events at the time of that financial panic and the effect of the steel stock transfer in tho midst of It, are certain to be of great value." will lie Subpoenaed. That the New York financier will he subpoenaed to appear before the com? mittee upon his return, there seems little doubt. Mr. Schwab will he examined par? ticularly about steel prices and tho Steel Corporation's power In steady? ing the market price of steel products throughout the country. Chairman Stanley made a flyiner trip to Washington last night, returning to New York te-day. While In Wash? ington he received reports from agents of the committee at work there on features of the investigation not yet developed. He also learned therj of the resolution introduced In the House by Representative P.oberts, of Nevada, urgin? that a committee of in? quiry Into the House Investigating committee be appointed. On this Mr. Stanley would make no comment ex? cept to say that the constant work he is doing in attempting to probe the affairs of the United States Steel Cor? poration thoroughly. he would let stand for Itself. Grant F. Schley. former manager of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com? pany syndlcnte. and a member of the brokerage firm of Moore & Schley. which Is declared to have been saved from a financial crash when the Steel Corporation took over the Tennessee company, has been subpoenaed to ap? pear before the committee Tuesday morning. HELLO. MR. PRESIDENT Young Woman First Spies Taft on Knltlinorr Automobile Hide. Baltimore,. Md.. July 30.?Hello. Mr. President," called a young woman, as a big black touring car passed on its way out Fulton Avenue to Druid Hill Park shortly before 5 o'clock this af? ternoon. Rising from his seat, President Taft (for it was he) took a handkerchief from around his neck and waved It with a smile. From that time on until the. car left, the Southwestern section of the city about an hour later on- its way hack to Washington, the President frequently asknowledged greetings from the crowds of pedestrians along the way. Major Archie Butt and Private Sec retarv Hilles were In the car with the President, and a second car, containing secret service, men, followed a short distance behind. The two cars left Washington about 3 o'clock and came to this city by way of the Washing? ton-Baltimore Boulevard. On the return trip the party had to stop at n garage near the park for a supply of gasolene. Some one in the crowd cried, "Speech," but the Pres? ident shook his head, made a bow and smiled. ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE Motorntmi Killed nnd Five Dangerously Injured. Detroit. Mich.. July 30. ? In a collis? ion late this afternoon between two lnterurban electric cars on the Anr Arbor division of the Detroit United Railways, one inotorman was killed, five persons were dangerously Injured, and n-.ore than s score were less seri? ously hurt. The collision occurred near Dearborn, about ten miles west of the city limits. The cars, both traveling at a high rate of speed, it Is said, met head-on at n switch. A number of those hurt were brought to hospitals In Detroit. All are ex? pected to recover The dead motor man Is Louis Hamilton. He was ter rlhly crushed and died soon after being removed from the wreck of his cox, STILL HOPE FOR PARDON 1 Friends or Stripling Will Try In Stnirf ( Hin Release. [Special to The Times-Dispatch. ] Atlanta. Ga.. July 30.?In the next \\f?|< ,,r so lawyers for Edgar Strip? ling wir. make another appeal for ex? ecutive leniency for their client, who Is now serving his life sentence in the Georgia penitentiary for the murder of vi', J. Cornett; fifteen years ago, a few months before he made his escape from prison and went to Danville. Va? where he became Chief of Police. Ii is the belief of his lawyers that Governor Smith will be more Inclined to look with favor on the petition than was his predecessor. Governor Brown, who turned it down after the prison commission had passed favorably upon the application The fact that the prison commission had seen fit to re commend a pardon on account of Strip? lings good record as a citizen since his escape, will play, they believe, a strong part In any action that Gov ernor Smith may take. Mrs. Howard Durham. sister of Stripling, and the woman on whoso account the killing is claimed to have, been committed, was In the city last week, and made two attempts to sec Governor Smith. Her trouble In get? ting an audience grew out of the fact that the Legislature Is in session, and Governor Smith la very busily occu? pied with niatters of State. The Legislature will adjourn In about two weeks, however, and Gov? ernor Smith will be at liberty for tho other duties of his office, since he has decided not to go to Washington until December. It is understood that Mis. Durham has been given an engagement, and will return to Atlanta this week to see Governor Smith about the matter. Stripling's health lias been very poor, and this will be another one of the reasons urged for his liberation. The application will be bitterly fought, as was the case at the first hearing. CITIZENS DECLARE STRIKE Indignant Over "Liquid Mud" Which Flows From HxlrantN. Baltimore. Md., July l.u.?All Balti? more is on a strike. The whole city has declared [Kisltively that It will not drink the water that Is being fur? nished from the city's reservoirs, and neither will it use. this water for cook? ing or bathing. For nearly a weoK now. as the sup? ply of clear water In the several ser? vice reservoirs got lower, the Water Department has been forced to turn Into the city's mains more and more of the mudy water, which Is all that Is I held In the great storage reservoirs I out on the watersheds. The result is I that to-day fron, every hydrant In the city the only thing coming out Is liquid ! mud. To take the place of this muddy ; water Baltlmorcans are sending or ! going themselves to springs In the parks or on the outskirts of tho city | I for water. This spring water In hot tied up and brought Into the city and I used sparingly for drinking purposes. Water from nearby country towns and ? from the mountains is being hauled through .be strecta, and vast quanti? ties of it arc sold. The normal water ' consumption of the city has been cut In halt since tho llow of muddy water began, and Is expected to go down still further. Men and women refuse to bathe. In the liquid being furnished them, declaring that It has no cleans? ing properties. A long continued series of almost dally thunder storms, some amounting to cloudbursts, along the city's water i shed, washed down the mud into the big storage reservoirs and prevented the water there from clearing up. FINDS HIS WIFE DEAD lluaband ninths Into Home and Dis? covers Sulfide. Buffalo. N. V. July 30.?When Nich? ols Christo, twenty-five years old, who 1 lives on Rush Creek, returned home this morning he found the doors locked and the windows fastened. Securing a ladder, he entered by one of the up? per windows, and found the dead body of his seventeen-year-old wife stretched across the bed. Be?lde her lay his I revolver, and there were blood stains ' on her breast. It Is said the young wife, married I only one year, shot herself to end do? mestic troubles, over which she had been broodit.^ for some time. When Christo fully realized the j tragedy, he took up thp revolver and I was about to turn it upon himself , when neighbors he had called when [ his fears Of trouble were first aroused I overpowered him and took the weapon i away. The weapon was purchased recently j for Mrs Christo, because she feared : to be alone without moans of defend? ing herself. Christo admitted to the i police that he left homo yesterday j morning in a fit of anger. BLAZE IN BROCKTON Fifty People Overcome and Much Prop? erty Lost. j Brockton. Mass.. July 30.?Five build? ings wer,, destroyed, fifty firemen over? come, and a property damage estl ' mated at $250,000 caused by a'general : alarm fire, which threatened to wipe . out the entire business section of this city early this mornlns The 'Ire started In the Pawtucket block, in West Elm and Main Streets, and lumped to the New Martin block. Iliree small houses In the re,; of ? these two buildings were destroyed. ! Aid was called from Boston. Qulncy, j Avon and Stoughton. The firemen .who 'were overcome were treated at the ' V. M. C A. building directly opnoslte the fire. ORDERED UNDER QUARANTINE Whalers Will He Held for Inspection Acnlnst Cholera. New Bedford. Mass., July 30.?Pear Ling cholera, the board of health Issued an order to-day that all whaling ves? sels entering this port shall he ile t Uned at quarantine until after a thor? ough medical Inspection had been made-. This step was taken at the sugges? tion of Dr Samuel H Durgin. of the Boston hoard of health. Hitherto It has been custoinarv to detain only those vessels coming from foreign ports. Every summer many i New Bedford whalers cruise around the Katteras grounds. TRAIN KILLS EMPLOYE Struck on TtaUway Crossing While Going; tn His Home. Wilmington. Del.. July 30.?Joseph Weldln. aged fifty, an employe of the Baltimore and: Or.lo Ballroad. wi> struck and fatallv Injured by a train on that road at the Loverlng Avenue crossing while on his way home at 11:20 o'clock last night. Ho was alive when picked up, and ; was sent to a hospital, hut died in the j ambulance on the way. Henry Me Monlgal. a companion, witnessed the I tragedy. Weldln was married and lexVea a family; Sir Wilfrid Laurier Is? sues Address to Car nadian People. OPPOSITION IS ROUNDLY SCORED Premier Declares That Conserva? tives Are Seeking to Reverse Lifelong Policy of Their Greatest Leaders of the Past, and Lauds Pro? posed Agreement. ? Ottawa, July 30.?The opening gut. in the campaign which will determine the fate of the reciprocity pact be? tween tho United States and Canada, was lired to-duy by the Liberal leader, .-Sir WUlrld Laurier. It was in the form of an open address to the Canadian people, and in It is set forth very clearly the issuys involved In the present campaign. The question at issue Is not a new one, Sir Wilfrid asserts, reciprocal relations with the United States hav? ing been sought by both parties for over half a century. The present Conservative party, he declared, is seeking to reverse the lifelong policy of its leaders of the past. The enact? ment of the agreement, the Premier predicts, would further Improve tho friendly relations existing between Great Britain. Canada and the United States, and would be an important factor In bringing about a general , treaty of arbitration. Treaty Long Sought, I Sir Wilfrid then referred to the re ! clproclty agreement of 1S.">4 between Canada and the United States which terminated In 1866. "Ever since the termination of that treaty," said he. "iill public men of any prominence in Canada, whatever their differences on other questions, have been unanimous In the attempt again to secure the free exchange of natural products. Nor is this to ue wondered at. seeing: that In the In? dustries of agriculture, fisheries, lum? bering and mining. Canada possesses advantages not enjoyed by any other country on earth, and that upon tho markets secured for the products of these Industries depends the growth "t our manufacturing and commercial interests and the prosperity of all classes In the Dominion." Sir Wilfrid, ufter reviewing the ne? gotiations which culminated recently in the agreement for a freer exchange Of commodities between Canada and the United States, said: "This agreement was strenuously re? sisted in the United States Hy various interests on the alleged ground that 11 was nil to the advantage of Canada ar\d to the detriment of the othor e'i untry, but thi? view that it was mutual!) advantageous to both coun? tries linally prevailed In Congress, anl the agreement stands to-day as an offer by the United States to Canada of that very measure of reciprocity which for more than forty years has engaged the earnest and constant ef? forts of every leading Canadian states, man. "The present Conservative party In Parliament seeks absolutely to reverso the lifelong policy of Its great load? ers of the past, declaring that it will oppose to tho bitter end the. very principles enunciated by both Sir John A Macdonald and Sir John Thompson In the last election addresses upon which each of these statesmen ever appealed to the Canadian people." A Clumsy Attempt. The speaker then referred to th* attempted obstructive tactics of tho Conservatives In the House of Com? mons to prevent any vote being taken in Parliament upon the agreement, and said: ??Such pretenses are simply a clumsy attempt to give some color to un? warranted nnd undignified obstruction. To overcome that obstruction, after a session which has already lasted eight months, would not only mean the con? tinuation of an unseemly spe.ctaclo presented by the opposition in th.? House of Commons since the resump? tion of its sittings on the IRth Instant, but would also mean weeks and months of wasted time and perhaps In the end. the loss for this season to the Canadian producer of the freo American tnnrket. "In this condition of things, it ha* seemed more In accordance with th* ? dignity of parliament, with the tradi? tions of those British institutions which all true Canadians value so highlv. and which the present opposition degrades with such a light heart; with the best Interest of the country as a whole, to submit the Issue to the people them? selves, so that the people may Judgo between the government and the oppo? sition and declare whether they have) changed their mind or whether they still are In fHvor of reciprocity In natural products and whether they will or will not have the American market for the promising crop soon to he garnered In Canada. "This agreement, bv opening new avenues of trade hitherto closed, would, further improve the friendly relation* j which now so happily exist between this country and the mother country on the one hand and the American re? public on the other, and which it la hoped may at no distant day eventuate into a general treaty of arbitration, the effect Of Which would be to remove forever all possibilities of war be? tween the great empire of which w* are proud to form a part nr.d the great nation which we are proud to have as a neighbor." The address declares there is no war? rant for the claim that reciprocity will lead to annexation and states that Canada will conttnue the policy of British preference. Government "In Panic." R. L Borden, opposition leader, In. a statement Issued to-night, declare* that th" government apparently "de? cided upon the dissolution of Parlia? ment In a hurry or even In-a panic, a* tbev gave no intimation to the many memhors who are accustomed to spend the week-end with their families, and.