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Aspirants for Senatorship In? vited?Inducements to Marry on Grounds. Labor Day will not be without !'a fi'Ubt of reason to ler.fi balance to the festivities, if the four senatorial inm. dldutes accept the invitation extondcd thern by the Labor Day commitlc to address the thousands who will gather at tils Fair Grounds on September I. The Invitations stipulate that all tour speakers appear on the same plat? form and discuss jointly the Issue? Of the campaign ? regarded ns un im? possible piovislon. With Senators Martin and Swanson, and Congress? men Jonc-^ind Cilass holding forth, a record.breaking crowd would be ;s surcd, The invitations were mailed yesterday and answers to them a': ex? pected by the end of the week. A novel feature of the Labor Day celebration this year will be- the pub? lic marriage of some Richmond couple tit the Fair Grounds. Inducements are being offered by various business houses In the city to thai enamoured pair which will have the courage to sot the fioy of days for Soptembo- 4. and nr-rmit the knot to be tied In the ilr;ht of the thousands who will at? tend the celebration. The list of gifts ttli-eady provided for the lucky r-junto Includes a set of furniture, a steel range- and cooking outfit complete, wed? ding ring, carriages for the- wed.ling party, flowers, etc. The wedding 1I-" cense itself will be given free. Rlch monel couples who are not averse to a little harmless publicity and who like tho Idea of starting life with all necessary housef urnlshlngs free, art advised to communicate with John lllrschberg, chairman of the I>abor Day committee, at Sevennth and Broad Streets, who will furnish any further particulars that may be desired. Farmers' Institute Held. [Special to The Times-Dispatch ] Salisbury, N. C. August 9.?A farm? ers' Institute was held In Salisbury to-day and many lending farmers were in ? 1d.1r.ee. Arneing the speakers were Professor T. B. Brown, of the United States demonstration ???nart tetr.t, who spoke on "Fertilisers," r.n.l Prcfessor Charles W. Mnnn, who ] Si'jkc on "Live Stock Ral31ng" Richmond Man Elected. [Special to The Tlmes-DIspatch.] Suffolk. Va., August 9.?Directors of the Suffolk -Young Men'i Christian As? sociation last night elected John P Moore, of Richmond, secretary to suc? ceed A. W. Walch, who will be as? signed to Petersburg. for Infants and Children. Castorla is a harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It destroys "Worms and allays Foverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teeth? ing1 Troubles and cures Ooustipntion. It regulates the Stomach and DoavcIs, jrivinf? healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-?The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought -f ?y T .y ? ~~ ? , In Use For Over 30 Years. News of Petersburg Times-Dispatch Bureau. Iu3 North Sycamoro Street, Petersburg. Va . August There is plenty of water In the city reservoirs for all legitimate purposes j of consumption, and the Mayor does ; not find it necessary to issue a prOC I lamatlon of warning to consumer.", as I provided for In the recent conservation ! ordinance passed by both branches j of the Council. The Mayor approved ; the ordinance with the understanding ? that It could be mater'ally changod. j lie will now recommend the repeal of , the ordinance. The present water sup-j j ply Is drawn from the river and Is' ' filtered before distribution to con- 1 ! Burners. The supply is sufficient for all purposes, j Fine rains fell here and In this vi- 1 \ cinlty this afternoon. New Company Chartered. The Seward Rubber Tire Company. I Inc.. chartered by the Corporation ! Commission yesterday, with a maxl I mum capital of $50,000, will proceed j to business at once. The purpose of | i the company is to manufacture the j rubber tire invented and operated by : 1'. G. Seward. a member of tlie com- . | pany. The manufacturing will be done I j In Petersburg. The officers of the company ure: ; President. Joseph *.V. Seward; S<cre-j tary and Treasurer. P. G. Seward. These two and Hatwey Seivard and Hatcher S. Scward arc the directors. Grand Master in Ilo?i>lt?i. James Mitchell. Phocl.ns, grand master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Virginia, has been a patient In the Petersburg Hospital for Eonie days. Th" grand master started out some time ago to officially- visit the subordinate lodges throughout the Stats. While in Lynchburg he was taken 111. and by advice of a physi? cian started back homo. Before reach? ing Petersburg his condition became such that he was -taken to the hos? pital on arrival here. He has ro celved every care and attention, and Is getting on favorably. flnnrd Of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen met In monthly session last night, with seven members?a bare quorum?present. The serslon was comparatively brief, the business being confined to routlno work, viz : Concurrence in measures and appropriations passed by the low? er branch. A communication was re? ceived from the League of American Municipalities, of which Petersburg is a member. Inviting the appointment of delegates to represent the city at the convention of the league to be held next month at Cape Charles. Dele? gates will be appointed at the Sep? tember meetings of fhe Councils Directors' Sleeting. A meeting of the directors of the The Famous VS@ft& who is to the French what Sherlock Holmes is to English Fiction, will, through his great creator, Maurice Leblanc, greet readers of the next issue of the ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY MAGAZINE of in a story entitled Maurice Leblanc is possessed of a never-failing imagination, and his famous character, Arsene Lupin, has figured in so many magazine stories, and has been the hero of so many books, that he has attained a world? wide reputation, and the Illustrated Sunday Magazine is indeed fort? unate in being able to present him to its readers. . ROLAND in Love and War The love affairs and othe'r extraordinary experiences of one of the world's most wonderful women are related in another of Deshler Welch's in? teresting article on "Wonderful Women of the World," in this issue. Other Live Reading Features: "The Overshadowing Thing," L. Clifford Fox; "A Close View of a Crown Prince," by Horace Markley; "Zilpah's Keeping Room," by Elizabeth E. Miniter; "Curiosities of the Bird and Animal World," by Edwin Tarrisse; "Queer Trades of Europe," by Taylor Edwards; "The Art of Conversation," by Linda de K. Fulton; "Frank Fables of Family Folks," by Sophie Irene Loeb. A. Beautiful Colored Cover by Ralph 0. Yardley Society for Ihn Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was held last night, at which plans wore discussed to arouse greater public intorcst In tho work of the society. The report of Agent Acree. showing the work done during th? past month, was submitted. By reason of the failure of members to pay up their dues promptly the society is unable to prosecute the work as effectively as it could otherwise do. 1'erHuual uuil Otherwise Mrs. Alice CJ. Pillow, ultc of Hub? ert L. Pillow, died lasi night at her residence on West Wu?hingtun Street. Besides her husband, she is survived by two tonn and tivo daughters.?all of this city. Mr.-. H. P. Sehleger. of Disputanta. who died yesterday In St Luke's Hos? pital, Richmond, was the sister of Mrs. J. w. Thomas and S. H. Hobbs, of this city. Th< funeral of b P. Rahlty. former? ly of Petersburg, who was drowned several days ago at Racine, Wls., took place this evening from St. Joseph's Cathedral Church, and tho burial was In the. Catholic Cemetery in Bland ford. It Is stated that Colonel W. J Dur bin. of Norfolk, will erect a hand? some home on Colonial Heights. Just across the river. The home will com- , mand a fine view of Petersburg. Annou'icemen'? is mad" of the mar? riage In Washington on Saturday last of Mrs Mollle Southard, formerly of Dinwlddic county, but more recently of Manchester, nnd Andrew Sinclair,. of Petersburg. A reunion of the Confederate Vete? rans of Surry county will be held at Dendron to-morrow, at whirh Gov? ernor Mann is expected to speak. Race* nt the Fair, The Southslde Fair Association has completed us program for tho races next fall, and it Is a very attractive one. There will be to'it or five on each of the five days?pacing and trotting, for prizes of $300 to $500 each, with SI 50 added In many of them. National Association rules will gov? ern the races unless otherwise stated. ' There have been many entries In all classes of these races, many of the horses being of national record. The! general outlook for a splendid exhl- 1 bitton In all the departments of the fair is jn the highest degree encourag- ; ing. Around the I lotels Murphy's?Robert J. Baylor, Staun-I ton; J, M. Hooker. Stuart; W. C. Owens. Newport News; R. (J. Halle. Es? sex county; Coles Spragins. South Bos-i ton; .1. B. Marshall. Portsmouth; R. W, ' Chapp'ell, Waverly; G. W. Cofer. Smith-1 ville; W. H. Jones. Norfolk; William' Dinwlddic. Greenwood; E. N. Gentry,' Charlottesvllle: H. E. and A. L. Jef? freys, chase City. Richmond?G. W. Hutchinson, Staun? ton; A. L. Boehm. Roanoke: II. P. Hill. Virginia; J. D. Dowllng. Baskerville. Lexington?T. B. Robertson. East vllle; J. L. Bunting. Norfolk: David Stuart. Cumberland; A. w. Gregg. Oa.n Vlllc; W. P. Carter. Danville; William ? H. Kennon. Lawrencevllle; N. H. Wll- i Hams. Chase City; L. M. Jones, Vir-' glnia. Stumpfs?C L. Martin. Nelson coin- | ty; Ii S Hommihgway, Fortress Mon? roe; S. Kaplon, Virginia; C. F. Pate, Suffolk Apple Prnxpects Good. Detroit. Mich.. August 9?Prospects! are good all over the country for an extra large yield this year of early | and late apples, according to reports of delegates attending the seventeenth ! annual meeting of the International Apple Shippers' Association, now being held here. The shippers estimate that the fall yield will be in the neighbor? hood'of 2s.ooo.OOO barrels of the fruit, or about 5.000,000 barrels more than last year. The Increased supply. It is said, will mean lower prices. ILLICIT ST ILLS AHL DISCOVERED New "Moonshine" Plants Found in Nearly Every Raid of Revenue Men. fSpecial to The Times-Dispatch.] Bristol. Va.. August 9.?D. S. Bow? ers. W. B. Addlngton and other rev? enue men have returned from a raid on moonshine outfits in the counties of Wise and Scott. Three miles west of Wise Courthouse they located an I Illicit distillery on the Wentz lands. J The feeding place for the mesh from the plant was found on Plnckney Car I ter's place? but he was not located. The fact that a part of the outfit had been removed was taken to indicate that the guilty parties had been fore? warned. Coning to Chimney Rock, In Scott county, a distillery of forty-five gal? lons' capacity was located, and C. M. Laney and R. O, Begley were arrested ? and held to court. I From Chimney Rook ' the revenue i men returned to Roaring Fork, In Wise i county, the spot where Edward L. j Wentz mysteriously disappeared in 1904. There they arrested John Martin Btldham, Jasper Sttdham and Cleve? land Church, all charged wltn. "boot i legging" whiskey All pleaded guilty I and were hold to court. Trlgg Mul | 11ns wn( the next man arrested. He was capturod in the Pound District, near the Kentucky i'ne. He pleaded guilty of peddling whiskey, and wa* held to court. Officer Bowers states that despite the activity of the officers of the Fed? eral government, new plants are lo ! rated on practically every trip. HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS INJURY Horse Driven by William H. Pedcn Rons Away, nnd He Is Thrown Twenty Feet. ISpecial to The Times-Dispatch.) Fredericksburg. Va.. August 9.?Wil? liam H. Peden had a narrow cscapo from possible death last night in a runaway accident. His horse dashed off, striking the vehicle against a tele? graph pole, throwing Mr. Peden about twenty feet. He wr.s badly Jarred, but no hones were broken. Nelson English, of Falmouth, whiln ; handling lumber here for the Fred-I erlcksburg Lumber Company. w.'s catight under a pile of timbfir and his j leg was broken. The Fredericksburg Fire Company Association has elected J. H. Robinson and Lloyd Cole ?s el'elegates to repre? sent tho local company at the Stato Fireman's Association, to be held 'n Newport News August 23, 24 and 25. The company will go to the State association in a body and will take about, twenty members, uniformed. Mauryi Camp, Confederate Veterans, I has appointed a committee composed j of. Coltinbl E. D. Colo, Mayor H. Lewis | Wallace, j .Captain M B. Rowpi Judge John T. Goolrlck and Major E. S. Rug gles, to orrtinge for the Confederate reunion .to.,be held on the last day of the Agricultural Fair in thle city m-xr month. Tho camp also appointed a rommitte? for arranging for an ex? cursion to Richmond on Labor Day. the object being to raise funds for tho camp treasury. Mr. and Mrs. rhllip N. Stern and Alfred B. Williams on the Speech of W. A. Jones at Manassas Jones a Muddle-Headed Kind of Citizen. Jones Contradicts Himself Squarely With His Own Figures. MARTIN MUST ANSWER (Composite or conglomerated, eopy after the Norfolk Landmark and Richmond News Leader.) Obviously it behooves the Hon. Thomas S. Martin to be fixing: up his alibi and wiring tor Harry Smith. Col? onel J L Lee and a battery of able criminal lawyers. Wp ludere that he ? Is to be Indicted for burglary on three count* at least. If he has a Jimmy, a mask, some nltro-glycerlen and other burglarious Instruments and accessories about his person or premises he had best slip out the first dark ntght and drop them In a deep place in the Potomac. In a recent speech at Pulaski, we believe, the Hon. W. A. Jones Indicated that the fright of the "machine." or ring, or whatever the diabolical apparatus may be. accounts for tho fact that, his desk has been rifled aim two uttempts have beei made to break Into his home. Mr. C B. Garnett, general manager of tho Democratic League, the Jones-Glass machine organization. Informs the Richmond Tlmes-Dhpatch that the rooms of the hotel have been Invaded nnd a desk rifled, and that he himself caught a man trying to break Into a window of Mr. Jones's tesldence at Washington. In the language and manner of the Norfolk landmark when in an acutely agitated condition, like an alarmed and violently excited male gosling? WAS THAT MAN SENATOR MARTIN f Continuing along the same line, we argue: Senator Martin, according to the Holy Jumper theory. Is more interested than anybody. He is known to be desperite and unscrupulous. He was In Washington when the attempts were made on Mr. Jones's residence. The fact that he has refused to leave that city Is suspicions in Itself, showing a deep and dark design. That he was elided to and accepted the leadership of the strong Demo.-rntic minority of the.Senate at an lntensly crit? ical political crisis. In which some question of vital Importance develops nearly every hour of the day. Is a,ll hypo? critical pretence, intended to conceal crime, as every Holy Jumper leader knows. In fact, we may surmise that this Martin, by his diabolic acts, induced the Democrats of the Senate to choose him leader that he might have plausible excuse to remain in Washington and go a-hurgllng. Every truly good man knows that Martin's In? stincts and habits are all toward burglary, murder, arson, kidnapping, blackmail, perjury, forgery, bribery, larceny, piracy on the high seas, derailing passenger trains, breaking Into freight cars and all other crimes of violence, craft or debauchery known to the common law and the statutes. All truly good men know this except the Hon. Carter Glass, hypnotized six years ago by the malign power of Mr. J. W. Craddock, of Lynchburg, now back from Europe, Into expressing In pellucid English the perverted cerebral agitations of tho said Craddo'ck. Therefore, in the language and manner of the highly hysterical Landmark? "SENATOR MARTIN MIST ANSWER." Did he, incited by the example of Mr. Jones in using for his own advantage letters stolen from a private letter-book, pillage the Jones desk and attempt burglarious entry upon the Jones premises and invade ths Jones shop? All of us know.he was in Washington and that the way the trains run he might have gone to Richmond and returned in the darkness of the night. The evidence agaln3t him Is damning. SENATOR MARTIN MUST ANSWER. Did he commit one burglary and twice attempt another? Did he. with fiendish cunning, abstract Crom the Jones desk a letter showing recent Intimate commerce between the Hen. W. A. Jones and the Hon. d Bascom Slemp. Republican Roprtsentative In Congress from the Ninth District'.' SENATOR MARTIN MUST ANSWER. Rumor, a.* printed in The Tlmes-Dlsputch, is that Swanson received such letters anonymously-through the 1 malls. Did Martin send them? The same rumor also says that Senator Swanson declined to make uso of Information so acquired and promptly sealed what documents he received beltnglng to Mr. Jones r.nd returned them to Mr. Jones, with a note explaining how he got them. The rumor that reached Roanoke was that Mr. Jones nnd Mr. Slemp had been in close conference recently. It was given some force by the avidity with which the Republican newspapers have been reproducing the Jones Glass utterances and articles snd to the report of sudden Republican Interest In Mr. Jones, Indicated In news let? ters from Lee county and elsewhere in the Southwest. Especially disclaiming any purpose to be disrespectful or impolite or to make any accusations, the Roanoke. Times last week editorially and directly asked Mr. Jones ?Ao answer as to the truth or falsity of this rumor. After these questions were published Mr. Jones spoke at Bed? ford and spoke at Pulaski. In both of which communities the Roanoke Times has the honor to be widely read, and at neither place did he answer, so far as we are informed. This, however, is an aside. The main question is, did or did not Thomas Staples Martin rifle the desk of the Hon. W. A. Jones, In Rich? mond, and attempt burglary on the premises of the Hon. W. A. Jones, In Washington, until foiled by the affection? ate vigilance nnd supreme sagacity of General Manager C. B. Garnett, the Old Sleuth and Johnny-on-the-Spot of the tragic occasion? SENATOR MARTIN MUST ANSWER. The evidence that the Hon. Staple? Martin In tbe mysterious hurglnr In Just as strong exactly- as la the evidence submitted In support of the Hon. W. A. Jonen'a ehnrsrc thnt hc^handled a "yellow dog" fuml to bribe the Legislature of 1SD1 against the Kent railroad bill. We have the evidence of the rann who wroie the letter* and the man who received one of the letters, In? closing SSOO, nix week* before the election, that there wan no thought of a "yellow dog" fund?a fund to hrlhc tile I.cgtnlaturc against the Kent railroad hill. Wc have the evidence of the Spenker of the House of 1801 that there was no thought or talk of bribery. We have tbe evidence of the Democratic State chairman that the niooc) was given to elect n Democratic Legislature. We have the evidence of Judge E. Wt Sounders thnt the Kcut bill was impossible, clearly unconstitutional, nnd could uot have been punned after debate and conMideratlon. Wc have tbe evidence supported by other members of that Legislature, equals of Judge Saundrra in character and r-osltlou, if not hin equal In ability to construe tbe law and the Conntltutlnn. To-day we hove the evidence of the delegate from Albemnrle that be voted for the Kent bill and thnt he did not even see Mr. Martin, although rep? resenting his county, except possibly on one occasion. / AH this seems to prove that there wan no "yellow dog" fund, no bribery, no lobbying by Mr. Martin, no need for bribery. Rut the allegation in shifted- We ore told now that the "yellow dog" fund wan not pnid to members of the Legislature nfter they were elected, hut wan uned to elect them. On this Mr. Jones nrcuin to contradict hlninelf curiously at Manunnaa. He contendn there wan no need to spend money to secure a Democratic Leglnlnttire, but that the money from the rullroada wan apent to elect such nn were known to be favorable to the railroads. If no mouey was needed, why did tbe railroads spend any to elect anybodyf He neemn to he a muddle-headed kind or a cltUen. He controdlcts himself nqunrely with hin own figures. He tells nn tbe money was apent by the railroads and the Infatnoun Murtln to corrupt leglnlatora by buj ncntn for them when there wan no opposition, ' Dy reference to bin npeecb nl Mannnnan yesterday it will he found that he telln us that after the railroads, through Martin, had corrupted In advance the representatives of the people by buying seats for them needlessly, the Legislature met with a majority of twenty-nix for the Kent bill. In other words, the Legislature bought by the railroads in advance met with n majority of twenty-six ngiilnnt the rullroiidx, ami there in un explanation of the defeat of the Kent bill except that twenty-nix Virginia repreneutatlren again were bribed by Martin. And Judge Snundern'n explanation that the hill on examination wan fnuntl to he Impossible and Illegal under the Conntltutlnn an it was in I'uWc also. Talk about Roonevelt'n Anan'ian Club! It In nothing compared with that formed by the Hon. W. A. Jones. Hut ngnin, by refrrenee to the Mnnannan speech of the Hon. W. A. Jones, we Hud him giving valuable evi? dence. Thirty-neven Democratic nominees of the one hundred membern of the Houne of Reprenentativen had no opposition, he telln us. Thnt leaven sixty-three who did hnve Opposition. Slxty-threeof one hundred Is a good many. It in a good working majority. According to Mr. Jonen there were sixty*three flghtn to be fought. He nays four? teen fights would hnve been enough. He does not tell us how the fourteen Democrats to he helped nnd the forty nine to be left unhelped to secure n hare majority were to he neleeted. He neemn to be a muddle-headed kind of a citizen?muddled nnd maddened by nn old rage and the added rage of obvloun derlnlon and overwhelming defeat hy the people. The vote for President In 1SSS showed a Democratic majority for Cleveland of 1,!K10. In TSfil), on a total vote reduced over 20,000, tbe Democratic nominee for Governor hud a plurality <>f -t-.OOO, nerured we do not like to nny bow. Uueer thing* were done and had to be done in thone days. Now we have a Republican vote of some ."?,000. Then it wan ranging from 113,000 to InO.OOO. The Democrats, It seems to tin, had some reanon to be imxloun and excited and digging about for funds. And the bent evidence we run gather of the fact that thenr fundn were liberally supplied and Judiciously used In that of the sixty-three Democratic eundldaten for the House nnd nlxteen for the Senate who had opposition, all but three were elected. See Mr. Jonen'n Manannan speech of yesterday, printed elnewhere. And the heat evidence of the fact that the funds were used rcgnrdlenn of the railroad Interests Is th?i nnsrrtlou of the Hon. W. A. Jonen (see his Mnnaanns speech of yesterday, printed elnewhere) that when the nlxty ?ne of sixty-three Democratic nomlnrea for the HOunc nnd fifteen of the nlxteen Democratic nominees for the Senate whose scats were contented had been elected, a majority of twe:tty-alx won agiilnic the railroads and for the Kent bill. According to Mr. Junes, they had to he bought all over again.? Roanoke Times. August 8. --?-,-1 .. Mrs. Thos. S. Shepherd have arrived at their homes here after a trip of three months' travel In Europe. Tw/> Candidates Knter. I Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Suffolk, Vs., August 8.?The names of two candidates to represent the Thirtieth District In the Virginia Sen? ate were received up to last midnight, the time limit of entries, by Colonel C. P. Day. of Smlthfleld, district chair? man. The aspirants are Colonel J. E. West, of Suffolk, and Attorney E. II. Williams, of Smlthfleld. No entrance fees were charged. Probate Matter*. The will of Edmond Wllllta. of Philadel? phia, was nnmltto.l to probate In the Chan? cery Court jciterday morning. Though he leaves a large estate In Pennsylvania tils holdings In thl* State wer? small. George W. Chamberlayne qualified as ad? ministrator of the estate of Laura L. Cham? berlayne. The estate Is valued *?_ fi.Sf'Y William S. Lockett qualified as adminis? trator of Fanal? A Ballow. The estate Is small. Executives Will Confer. * The annual conference oi Governors will take place September 1! at Spring Lake. N. J., nnd will continue for prabably a week. Governor Mann haa announced nil Intenttqn of being r-resent. BUILDING INSPECTED All Keady for Opening of Ilrond Street nunk Thli Morning. Officers and friends of the {<ro.nl Streut Bank yesterday afternoon made a formal inspection of the new building between Fifth und Sixth Streets, and found every thing in satisfactory shape for the formal opening this morning at J o'clock. A feature of yestorday's Inspection wag an informal luncheon. The guests of the bank were racelved by President W. M. Habliston. Vice-President I. W. Rothsrtand Cashier Andrew M. Glover. CHARTERS GRANTED The following charter wss granted >???? terday by the State Corporation commis? sion I J. L Dean Fish Company (Inc.), Peters, burg. Va. David Dunlop. president: R. f.. Dunlop. vice-president. I.eftoy Roper ?.:<-.. retary and treasurer; John L Dein, man? ager?all of Petersburg. Capital. Mm!, mum. I10.CC0; minimum, II.'XO OsJeclSf I Fish and oyster business.