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MANY PROBLEMS
King's Departure for India Adds
to Premier's Responsi?
bilities.
ANXIOUS FOREIGN OUTLOOK
Section of Radicals Advocates
Anglo-German Entente to
Reduce Armaments.
I .or.lion, November 5.?The King's lust
wick before embarking with the Queen
lor India will be spent at Buckingham
Palace, with two days of shooting ut
Windsor. There Will be a single large >
dinner party, and on the eve ?y tho'
departure u family party, attended by
the King's mother and sisters and ail
the members of the royal family now in
I!n s and.
Tho suitor King has rot considered lt>
dignified to Join the ship ut Marseilles
or Genoa, thus avoiding the risks or a
.stormy passage In the Day of Biscay,
Mid will start from Portsmouth, tinder
the escort of two powerful squadrons
n? far aa Spit head. Pour armored
cruisers will accompany the .Medina for
the. lull voyage. The coronation
I ?urbar is the King's own idea, and he
has been bent upon carrying It out
with a wealth ot naval spectacle utiu
sumptuous splendot. so that the trnpe
r.ui character of tho royal progress
lroh| London to Delhi may be empha?
sized.
When the Durbar was planned pre-'
cautions ugulnst s political crhils all
home wert considered necessary* These I
risks, however, have apparently passed
with the enactment ot the Parliament
bill, nnd the period of storms and stress 1
has been defcried for ten or twelve)
mouths.
Lords May Pluck t i> Courage.
The Lords may pluck up courage uri- !
der spirited leadership unJ reject the
Insurance bill, on tin: ground of Inad- I
cituatc discussion und extreme haste I
In committing the country to a crude
and complex scheme of social reform. I
jr that be done there will be an effec?
tive protest ug.iit.st the conversion of
Parliament Into a machine for grind?
ing out the decrees of an auio.ratlc
Cabinet, and there will also be a de.lb
< rate attempt on the part of the oppo?
sition to block home rule und Welsh
disestablishment In another year.
There will he no crisis, but the Parr
llament act may be se; In operation TP!
as to secure a scientific revision of tho
Intricate Insurance measure, which uf
fects all the muterlul Interests of and
relations between every class 'jf thu
i .immunity.
The for,c of the cross-currents of
Itndlral opinion on foreign policy could
not be foreseen when the Journey to
Delhi was proposed. These have b i
corne unmanageable, and both Mr. Av
<i;ilth and Sir Kdwurd Grey reveal Irrt
tulion when closely questioned respect?
ing the government's course. They are
following the lines or King Edwurd's
diplomacy In maintaining the triple;
intente und forcing the German Em?
peror to deal with the three powers |
collectively, and ure hoping to detach'
Italy from the triple alllutice-.
The Radical protests against Italy's I
terrible > ?-1? r t?- . .? and methods of bar?
barism In Tripoli are righteous but
Inopportune, and these, are accompanied
by an agitation for an Anglo-German
intente. on which the Little England
ers have not. their hearts as the only
practical method of effecting a reduc
'llon ot armaments.
i alaalsl Tirades vm Troublesome.
These currents of Radical criticism
are more troublesome than the vacuous
tirades of the Unionists against the
declaration uf Ijondon as a German
made law.
The Chinese upheaval causes less
perplexity among the ministers, since ,
non-intervention is the common foreign ,
policy, an l Japan, which may most
readily be drawn Into the revolutionary
maelstrom. Is England's ully. The
conversion of China Into u nationalized
nhd constitutional state seems certain,
since the rebel legions and the north?
ern army must end by making common
cause. Whether the Manch US are per?
mitted to retain a tattered remnant of
the uuthorlty which or.ee was absolute
does not closely concern England.
More harassing than foreign compli?
cations during the King's absence In
India are the risks of 0 widespread
labor revolt. . The official resources of
< onciliatlon are already exhausted, and
the executive ci.mmlttce of the rail?
way men's unions Is known to be di?
vided on the'burning question of re
slstance to the Railway Commission's
report. The hot-headed leaders are as
obstinate as Lord Bialsbury's "dlo
luirds." and the Labor members of Par?
liament lack the courage necessary for
:i .strenuous resistance. The renewal
of a general strike Is n terrible men?
ace, which keeps ministers awake half l
the night. Thu revolt of the tnxicnb |
drivers against detectives and spies Is
trivial In comparison with what may
be B gigantic struggle.
SI BETS AT AMTIERST.
r-'armera* Educational mid t o-operative ,
t uion HoIiIm Session.
Amherst. Va.. November 5.?-The i
Partners' Educational and Po-operu- I
live Union or Amherst county held 0
meeting in the courthouse here yes?
terday. Quite a large number of
farmers. Including delegates from mos? [
of the local unions: In the county, were j
present. At 11 o'clock Hon. Thomas H.
Steele, Stute lecturer or the Virginia I
division or the Farmers' Union, dellv- |
ered an address.
The Board or Supervisors or Amtierst !
county will hold their November meet-j
Ing here next Monday und Tuesday, At I
(hat time it Is expected that many I
questions bearing on maendnm road I
building will he considered. Work on |
the Amherst Courthouse and Mt. Mo
rluh road is progressing well, and
about three rnJles or road in the direc?
tion of Shndlogos has been completed, j
Since the hunting season began the
Heids are filled with sportsmen nnd
their dogs. Game is said to be plen?
tiful, particularly rabbits and part?
ridges.
FAILS IN ATTEMPT
TO END HER LIFE
Mrs. Vermilya Will Live to
Stand Trial on Charge of
Murder.
MAKES FURTHER DENIALS
Warrant Will Be Served To-Day,
and Woman Will Be Moved
to Jail Hospital.
Chicago. November 5.?The recovery
of Mrs. I-oulso Vermilya. accused ef
the murder by poison of Policeman
Arthur Blssenotte, and under Inveetl
dation' In connection with the bucccb
Kive deaths of eight other persons, to
riuv wus pronounced probable, after
her attempt to end her own life by
poison yesterday.
Bnergcllc methods to counteract the
? !!'-':is of arsenic, which Mrs. Vermilya
cunningly contrived to mingle with
her food in lue presence of her guards,
probably will be successful, her phy?
sicians say.
Since the attempt at suicide Mrs.
? ermilya bus not been out ot sight
oi one or mote of tnc guards, and
every article she touches la lirst ex
ainlued either uy a uetective or a
trained nurse. ' |
Though in a condition bordering on
nervous collapse the accused woman
was pronounced in lair physical con?
dition to-nigou Mindful, however, oi
the frequent relapses' ov tier alleged
victim, Blssonette, euuuig In the man s
death, Ur- Van Arsdalc, who is In
? barge of tho case, ?na also attended
iiissonetto. retubed to say positively
tout she would recover.
A guard of detectives and unltormed
police with a police matron and sev?
eral trained nurses arc Watching ovei
Mrs Vermilya, and night ur day she is
never out ot the vicinity of at least
one pair of eyes.
The woman s oed and bedclothes, her
Bleeping garments, her nair and every?
thing else ubout tier that could con
? i ul Poison nave ucen examined.
The police are aroused and are de?
termined that the woman snail slanu
trial on thu charge ot murdering their
comrade.
Since learning that Cncy had been
seasoning their ioocl with pepper irom
a tin can that stoou beside a similar
can tilled Wllll enough poison to Cause
thu deaths of 1'jO men, tile police
guards and matrons have had no too-i
prepured *n in? Vermilya premises.
( The meals of the walciiers are cooKed
at a nearby restaurant in the presence
of it policeman und bruugut In by a
waller undei gourd.
Warrant to lie Sertcd.
After a conference between Stale
j Attorney Wayman, I'olice Inspector
Wheeler and Captain Harding, it was
announced that a warrant, charging
i .'li>. Vermilya with tho murder of
Blssonette would jje served to-morrow,
and the woman placed in the hospital
In the county jail.
Captain Harding, after <iucsttoniug
Mrs, Vermilya, gave out a statement,
"Mrs. Vermilya talked freely," said
Captain Harding. "She firmly main?
tained that bbe bad not poisoned either
Blssonette or Smith. She also denied
that she had attempted to poison her?
self
"She said that she had purchased
i DDlo roach powder, und bad put It
in u talcum powder box. She said bhe
had three talcum boxes in her pan?
try. In one was black pepper, in an?
other white pepper, and In Hie third
the roach powder. We have been able
to find only two such boxes. j
"1 told her the chemists had found ?
arsenic in the box and not roach
poWder, but she could not account for
this. I attached no Importance to
her demals, and am satistied that
there were but the two boxes In the
bouse, one containing arsenic."
Portions of the body of Conductor
Richard T. Smith, who died at Mrs.
Vcrmllya's home last March, were
brought here to-day from North Hen?
derson, ill., where thoy were exhumed
for examination for traces of arsenic.
Dr. E. I* Hertel, who attended Smith
when he died, said to-day that he now
had no doubt that Smith died of ar
scnlc poisoning.
TRAIN AT FIRE RESCUE
Engineer Drags Unconacloua Telegraph j
Operator from naming Station.
S.ui Francisco, Cal., November 5.?A '
fast run made by the engineer of the j
Salt Lake overland passenger train
yestorday saved tho life of Harry Eune, '
a telegraph operator at Lyon, out on
the desert.
In a storm a bolt of lightning struck I
the station where L?ane wus at work,
rendering him unconscious and set?
ting tire to bhe building. The engi?
neer of tho Overland saw the bolt
strike the station, and Increased the
. pi - a of his train, arriving just in
lime to help other train men haul I
l^aiiu out before the roof tell in.
HUSBAND A FOP, SHE SAYS
.Mrs. Smith Asserts That He Wouldn't
Work Where He <>ot Soiled.
Trenton. N. J.. November h. ? In s
petition for alimony und counsel fees
filed by Airs. Florence I. Smith, of this
city, who Is suing for divorce on the
grounds of desertion, she charges thai
tier husband, Paul It. Smitn, run an
elevator In the Broad Street National
Hank building for $. a week rutllO
than seek more lucrative employment
where he Would have to wear soiled
clothing.
Mrs. Smith alleges that the one am?
bition of her husband, who is well
known us a local vaudeville singer.
Is to wear line clothes, and says she
had to press his clothes each nlgnl
while her mother washed and ironed a
whlto vest for him dally. He had
about five suits of clothes at a time,
aho declares, while she scarcely had
sufficient to make a respectable ap?
pearance on the street.
At
Begets Health'
If you want to know
why it is to good
for stomach, in?
testinal and kidney
troubles ? ?
"Ath your druggitt
about it' '?He know*
mm ikaafuwa.
MORI IS ft CO..
V?.
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1
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The whole family can
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catalogue.
Walter D. Moses & Co.,
103 E. Broad Street.
Oldest Music House in Va.
and N. C.
ROME IS AMAZED
BY POPE'S ACTION
Rome, November i.?In ihe Vatican
and outside of it amazement still reigns
over the unexpected gianting to Amer?
ica of what in reality is four repre?
sentatives in the .S;i< red College.
I'lus X. will go down in history as a
great reformer Pope, to whom America
a:rcad> owes her passing from among
the so-called missionary countries to
the ranks of the nations ot tho old
Catholic faith.
With the decision now taken to havo
a cardinal In tho old Metropolitan See
of Baltimore, another in the metropolis
of the American Continent, a third 111
: "the Huh of the Unlverso." and a fourth.
1 also an American citizen, who ulti?
mately will be a carulnal of the Curia.
; in Kerne?the present apostolic dele
J gate, .Monsignor Jr'alconto?the Cnlted
States enters triumphantly into the
? number of tho "most Catholic coun?
tries." A Jump from one to four car?
dinals is such an unexpected event
that even those who were crying for
a cardinal in tho West will scarcely
dare to be dissatisfied, as their time
also will come, as one of the highest
personages at the Vatican rewiarked
the other day. He added:
; "Archbishop Ireland, who, besides
being a great and pious prelate. Is also
a great, patriotic American citizen, will
? ertalnly be the lirst to give a goo i
example and applaud the decisions of
the Hope. He knows In what estitna
' tion he is held by the Holy See. as is
proved by the many times in whicli
. negotiations of the most delicate char?
acter were Intrusted to him. and such
as to make his position superior to that
"f many cardinals."
FOUGHT TOfHE DEATH
WITH HORNS LOCKED
Two Acre? of a Maine Farmer*? Field
Torn t'p by Iluckn During
Battle Royal,
Kingman. Maine. November 5.?Two
bucks which reached Bangor yesterday
were shot by J. \\. Shannon, of Klng
] man. Wednesday morning one of J,
, W. Shannon's men, Harry Delate, came
running back to the house from a Held
: he was plowing with the Information
that two bucks were lighting down ;
there, with their antlers interlocked.
' Mr Shannon took his ride, ajirt with I
his wife and family and his father, who j
' by the way Is ninety-three years old, j
? went to the held. The two bucks were
I still there, in an exhausted condition.
I After watching the unusual sight for
a few moments, -Mr. Shannon shot the
animals. The larger of the two]
weighed 202 pounds and the smaller j
190.
About two acres of the field had been !
torn by their hoofs, which proved that
they had been engaged In their combat '
, for a long time. Tile antlers were so
firmly locked together that the men,
found it necessary to use cant dogs
.->?;.,,rate them. In tills process the tine 1
set carried by the larger buck became
1 broken. .
THE WEATHER
I'oreoa.M : Virginia?ItHin Monday, |
and probably TueaUayj lacreaalag east
nnd MoiithetiM winds.
.Vorth (urollnn?Itiiln Mundil), 11111I
probably Tiieadayi moderate ejint
vi-luda.
Special Local Data for Yesterday. j
IS noon temperature. 52
? 1". M. temperature.?* ,
Maximum temperature up to S I
1?. M. 56
Minimum temperature up to h 1
I'. M. 41
Mean temperature. ?>.>
Normal temperature . 53
Heilclency in temperature. -
.Deficiency 111 temperature since
March 1 . 72
I Accum, excess in temperature since
I January 1. 56
Rainfall last twenty-four hours... 0.18
Deficiency in rainfall since March
1 .7.43
Accum, deficiency in rainfall since I
January 1 .7.7u
Local Oh.servnlion s I'. M. Vrsitordiiv.
Temperature . ?">(?
Humidity . 7',
Wind, direction .N. IS.
Wind, velocity . :i
Weather.Cloudy
Rainfail lust twelve hours...Trace
CONDITIONS IN I SI FORTAN
(At S P. M. Eastern SI 1 nda
Place. Ther. 11. T. 1**1
Richmond .... 50 66 11
AsheviUc _4S 62 4 I
Atlanta . 50 (0 H
Atlantic City. . is 54 l>.
Boston . 46 50 US
Buffalo . 42 4S 42
Calgary . :ifi 4? 32
Charleston ... 60 72 52
Onlcago . 4S r.u 12
Denver . 38 44 36
Duluth . 36 30 '.'6
Galveston _6S 7 0 58
Hatteras .
Havre .
Jacksonville ..
Kansas City. . 4?
Louisville _ f.4
Montgomery .. (Pi
New Orleans. . 06
New York. 52
Norfolk . 64
Oklahoma .... 52
Pittsburgh . . . 43
Italeigh . .- 50
St. Louis . 44
St. Paul . M
San Francisco. 60
Savannah .... 62
Spokane . 4fi
Tampa . 71
Washington . . 50
Winnipeg _ 40
Wytheville ... 48
40
56
:,?>
50
48
12
72
50
SO
60
46
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MINIATUKI& ALMANAC.
November 6, 1911.
HIGH TIDE.
Sun rises.... 6:41 Morning.... 3:49
Sun scU. 0:07 Evening.... 4:09
0LD-1IMEVICT0RY
DUEIH MARYLAND
Chairman Vandiver Sees Gorman
Elected Governor by From
5,000 to 20,000.?
NATIONAL AID IN FIGHT'
- I
Chairman Mack Holds Out:
Tempting Bait of Convention
for a Victory.
Baltimore. Md., November 5.?To the
iiiiin on the fence the chances of Ar- |
thur P. Gorman. Democratic euMlldato
for Governor, and Phillips Lee Golds
borough, Republican, look about even !
las the campaign closes. General Van-1
1 diver, the; veteran Democratic Slate'
; chairman, who knows personally pretty I
nearly every Democratic soier in the
,->tate, figure* out an old-time Demo?
cratic majority anywhere iroui O.ovu
to 20,000. Chairman Hanau, ou the
Itepublican side, is merely predicting
Victory tor the Stute lieget by u- sa?.u
and sure majority.
Judges ot the Supreme bench of Bal
> timore city, u .-nen.i and a Judge ot
the State Court ot Appeals are to be
elected, but outside 01 the Shrovalty
contest the absorbing interest is in the
I oiavu tight. The very name ut Gorman
in a campaign stirs up the politicians
. in Maryland as no otner name could,
i and if he be elected Governor it means
ju return to Gormunlsm 111 Maryland,
with the o.d guuru of the orgatitution
? again 111 control. i
Gorman seems to be a veritable pollt
I leal magnet, lie baa drawn to nun In
! the last two weeks several veteran in?
dependent Democratic leaders, and
eveu Governor Crothurs, who lias an?
tagonize.1 the organisation throughout
hit administrating lias climbed into the
Gorman bund wagon. In making a
I convert Ol tue Governor, Gorman has
I ivcu a mountain out of bis way ami
! lias won the support of a big bunch ot
1 anti-organization Democrats, who urJ
swinging into line with the Governor.
Autluuul Leader In the Fight.
At the lust moment in the great
contest, Chairman .Norman E. Muck, ot
the Democratic National Committee, has
I come into the tight- lie has made a
I ten-strike for Gorman and the entire
'Democratic State ticket. Baltimore city
' und tiie Democracy of the whole Stute
' have been working hard all this year
j to get the Democratic National Con veil
! lion next year. They cannot have it,
! plainly intimates Chairman Mack, un
; less the Stale next Tuesauy goes Dem
I ocrullc. This declaration lias boomed
1 Gorman stuck tremendously.
"Maryland Is highly popular with
the Democracy of the Union and is
undoubtedly very dear to Its noart,"
1 said a statement h?- Chairman Mack
; the other day. "The State lias a splen
' did Democratic history and .las always
been potent in the counsels ot the party
and the country. Moreover, It was In
Ihe eiiy of Baltimore that many Dem?
ocratic Presidents were nominated by
the national conventions of the party.
It is only natural, therefore, thrrt the
Democracy of the whole country is
watching the course ot Maryland this
year with the deepest Interest.
"Every one knows what a great
stimulation the Democratic victories
lust year in Maine, Maasachusetts, Con?
necticut. New Jersey. Ohio. New York
and other doubtful States guVe to the I
Democratic party everywhere. If such
Stales as Maryland and Kentucky were
to turn Republican at this most criti?
cal moment, It would be a severe blow
to the Demdcrac) of the while country
?a blow at its hopes and prospects foi
the coming year.
Beginning .if Next Year's Battle,
"If they go Democratic next Novem?
ber it will incalculably aid us in the
coming Federal tight. The contests of
1911 In the several States are really
the opening engagements of the mighty
battle of 1912. This being true, It is
! entirely reasonable to conclude that If I
Maryland abandons the Democratic
I party this tal'. and, on the ev?j of the
presidential election, takes her place !
In the Itepublican column, when all j
the doubtful and many hitherto Re- I
publican States are wheeling Into the j
Democratic line, her chances for the,
Democratic convention. If vbey su7*vive
such an event at all, will becacre ex- I
tremely slim.
"The national Democracy will hardly
want to nominate Its candidates for
President and Vice-President in a Dem- 1
pcraiic state freshly placed in Repub?
lican control. 1)11 the other band, the
[election of Mr. Gorman und the Dem?
ocratic State ticket in Maryland Will be
gratefully hailed by the Democratic
I party throughout tlio country t?s on
1 opening victory In the approai Tiing
Federal tight, and go far. not only to ;
preserV) the favorable attitude of many j
members "f the national committee 10
I ward Baltimore, but will probably wiu|
additional votes In the committee for]
j the city."
TO EXPLORE THE DEAD SKA.
I Oeriniin Kxpcdltlon in llnkr Purely
Seien? I lie Olisrrvut Ions.
j Berlin. November .*..? Dr. Ludwig
! Br?hl, the leader of the Berlin expe?
dition which Is about to leave for the
I exploration of the Dead Sea. has ex- ]
."plained the exact objects of the mis-1
I sion. The undertaking Is a purely 1
1 seien (Hie one. and has no commercial
1 objects In view, which have been at?
tributed to it by some German papers, ,
T e explorers will follow up the In- I
v estimations made by the Ntnerlcan. I
Lieutenant Lynch, in ims. and tin- Due 1
i de Luyne.s in 13Et. Since then 110
seientttie explorations have been aiude
of Ihe Dead Sea and it< environment,
owing 10 tiie lack of suitably lilted
1 vessels. j
The task of the Berlin part:- is to!
complete the investigations of the two |
early explorers by means o:' modern ,
SClentifh Instrument.- and methods.'
Therefore, the party will investigate
the vertical distribution of the torn
per 1 in re.-, and the question of specific
welg.it in tiie. different classes of
w a ter.
Thorough researches will also be
made into the chemical compos-ltlon of
the waters of the Dead Sea. as well as
the life and habits of the small fauna
world coming from the Jot dan; also
tiii- study of the animal life, it It ex?
ists In the depths of the sea. The
fauna of t ic environment will also be
investigated, and an estimate will In?
formed es t > tin- amount'of fresh water
flowing Into the sea, the water of
which is -alt.
The expedition will remain on the
Dead Sea for about thirty or forty
?days. The party will bo provided with
a motor boat.
Brown Wtna One-Sided Game.
Providence, R. f., November 5.?
Brown defeated Tufts yesterday In aj
very one-sided g ime, 30 to 0. Most of
the scores were made on end runs !
and straight rushing. Sprackllng ran
the lei.gth of the Hold for c touch?
down at the start of the game, but
the ball wan brought hack for Brown's
holding. On ,lhe next play Sprackllng
ran forty-five yards around the end,
and hla work continued to bo the fea?
ture throughout. I
Pembroke Pitt's Home, in Fash?
ionable Part of Baltimore, ;
Closed and Barred.
ALLEGED FORGERIES GROW
Baltimore Banks Large Losers.
Pitt a Daring Speculator and
Power in Grain Trade.
Baltimore, November 4.?Detectives
In Philadelphia und New York are
searching for Pembroke Pitt, head ot
the old gi um Brm of Pitt Bros. & Co..
who Is u fugitive under indictment,
on charges ot numerous forgeries o:
grain blils ot lading! Revised esti?
mates ol the amount the linn owes
j to various banks, much, if not all, ot j
which is alleged to bo on bogus papers, |
! give the- aggregate aa Hii9,l?4J. i.la.ieh
| ard Kanaan ttuuiined us receiver! and
j U Scal en 01 the lirin a booKo and papers '?
lias begun.
Not only has "Pent" Pitt, as lie Is
familiarly known, disappeared, but hl i
wile also bus gone, and their Ologunt
home, in fashionable Roland Park,
is closed und haired tight.
The banks i.ui <: cue comfort. That]
is, that among the h?ls ot lading there j
are somu good ones, and then umong
i he liabilities there urc some elevator'
receipts.
"The firm is on our hooks for about i
lUb.uou," said Henry B. VVllcox, pres?
ident or the First National bank, "but '
all over approximately ttju.imo 01 that I
i.- in warehouse receipts, which urc u?
good us gold. Then of the fCO.OOU, j
we know of some bills of lading that ,
ure genuine. Our loss muy he noari) ]
all oi that $60,000, er It may be only :
??20.000. I am giving it now as ?60.- |
000, to be at the outside figure. Of
course, our customers are fully pro- j
tected by our reserve, us ure those
of all the other banks Involved." I
There Is little that Is indefinite In
the case of the National Bank of Bal?
timore, for the full $70.noo tn that
case has been charged oiT on tho
books, the officials being ready to ac?
cept It as a loss.
Hnd Ample Time to Get Away.
A puzzling feature of the case is
\ that Pembroke Pitt seems to to have
nnd ampl.; time to leave the city with?
out arrest. Mr. Huhn, the bank ex?
aminer, satisfied himself of fraud as
long ago as last Saturday night, It Is
said, an 1 told both tl-e First National
Hank and the Bank of Baltimore by
Wednesday morning ot the ruct. But
r-U day Wednesday, and ugaln on
Thursday. Pitt was on the floor doing
buslnesj. and was not missing until
Thursday evening, when he is sup?
posed to have left his home In Ro
j land Park with Mrs. Pitt to take i?
! steamer for Europe. Mr. Hahn, asked
i why he d'd not act sooner, aulJ th:<i
he could not make any statement ol
I his work under government rules. A
? rumor Is in circulation that Pitt is
j In New York or Philadelphia,
j Pitt was a power on the floor ol
j the Chamber of Commerce. He was
'always an active bidder for grain. Hiv
I business wus thought to be pros
; perous, but he was the type of man
j who had no Intimute friends. und
, whether wining or pocketing heavy
losses no one knew.
In 1S97 Pitt met with his tirst great
reverse. Then his firm failed and Its
creditors received only about 'JO cents
on the dollar. European buyers and
dealers were the heaviest losers in
this crush, which amounted to thou
sunds of dollars. When Pitt went
to the wall thnt time. It was said
openly that speculation wus the cause.
Since thut crush the linn with which
Pitt was connected, tins always been
regarded with a certain amount of
distrust, although the business had
been considered so suceesstul that this
feeling had worn off to some extent.
Pitt was the typical speculator. He
was a quiet man of Iron nerve
Whether pocketing losses or winning,
his detneunor wns the same. He play?
ed for big stakes, sometimes winning
and sometimes losing. When he won
] he made big! profits, and when he
lost it did not mean thut he was only
1 $2,uou or $'1.000 out.
He was a factor in the Chicago
market, where fortunes ure often
made und lost in a day. There Is
little speculation In the Baltimore
j market, and Pitt's restless spirit led
him naturally to take chances in lite
bigger market.
LIGHT FRANCHISE AWARDED.
Pontr ITbtixe Soon tVIll lie- Erected.
SiiIi-m of Tobacco.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Chatham, V.l., November .V?The
Town Council, in special meeting on
Thursday night, awarded the electric
light franchise to i\ !.. W. Bryant, or
Thomas vi ?e, N. t". The power house
?>r the plant will be located Just be?
yond the tracks of the Southern Rail?
way Company. Mr. Bryant will ut once
proceed to Install the plant, which he
hopes to have In working order early
in the coming year.
Formal notice was served oh the
Southern Hallway Compnny as to Im?
proving the facilities for handling
freight at ti?ie station he:,-. The Cor?
poration Commission was requested
early In thi- year to have the trans?
portation company malte the necessary
improvements, and tho company agreed
to make certain changes and additions,
hut so far that promise has not been
full} compiled with.
Sales of tobacco on the local marke".
(Vera better tnan ihe preceding week,
.??nil prices ruled ?veil, plnnters gen?
erally beyng pleased, wh i Is the
greatest asset of u market. Wheat
seeding is now hearing completion, und
uV.ten that is over th-j breaks will be
initfrit larger.
The Civic League met with Mrs. T.
L Whitehead >.i>. Tuesday afternoon,
fourteen members being present. The
secretary was Instructed to correspond
with the president of the Federation
of Woman'.- Clubs with .i view or this
club entering. Other mailers were de?
ferred until the next meeting, which
will be ;'t the horte or Mrs. Merchant
on the nth.
Miss Sillle Shepherd leri this week
to acvpt a position as Instruction in
the musical der-n nm< i:t e<f the high
?"hon! et "e,t Sirln?*. N C.
Pure Silk Silk Lisle Lisle
Je, <1 pr. 50c pr. 25c, 35c nr.
WE SEI;!
The Hub Clothing Company,
Eighth and Broaa Sts.
STROHS
BOHEMIAN
BEER
v THfi MOST EXPENSIVELY BREWED BEER
tN AMERICA
^ERVEp WHEREVER 7^/ *
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
FORMALLY DEDICATED
Hur.dre: s of Visitors Attend Services at Win?
chester?Government Paying ior Lands at
I ren?: Koval tor i\emount station.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
Winchester. Va., November 0.?Thu ]
new ChrUtlun Church In Wlnchestur
which waj recently completed, aftJ.r
many delays, wus tormally dedicated
, this afternoon In the presence of a
j large gathering uf peoplo from ill
i sections of the lower Shcnandoah Val?
ley and Hampshire county, SV. Va.
The dedicatory sermon ^preached
; by Rev. Dr. w. w. Stulcy, of Suitoli;,
\ a., president oi the Southern Chris
j uun Cunteruuue. Assisting in tiie
ceremonies were the local pastor, Rev.
' William T. Walters, Kev. a. w. Auues
j and UtfV. R- L? V\ Itliamaou, Of iiar
msonburg, Vu.; Rev. a. k. uarianu, of
I l iitey vil'uVC, ?iu., ?iiU outer uiiiilater*
I 01 that denomination, in addition to
pracucall) au tne pastors of Wiu
cuvStci ciiurcuws. ine aoutnern ituil
. t,io 'au a special excursion u am
iroiU llalTlsouuul d allU lulel*uleolaLU
,.o?,ub, lifiiigihg uujiui'eus oL people,
ivuiiu scores ot ulaci's came to i>o> <-u
? aiiu Uero vine, on tue ->orloiK. and
j western itauwuy unu drove to Win
I eiicster. i i.e new ciiurcu is tne laibejl
i,i me Viigmiu Vaiiey central Con
icrencc, ana Its pastor, RcV. Jar. V\ ul
lers, is preaiueut 01 that uuuy. it is
a liauuBonie structure, bunt oi rea
prebseu OricK, laid in black mortar,
and tne main uuuitorium nas a seut
ing capacity of buu, winch can bu en
lurged by opening large giuss uoors
. auutg into llie ouuuuy scnool room
i and other portions ot the bulluing.
j i be congregation of the ohurcn uua
: ot i n iiiuteriuiiy increased siuce work
? was begun on tne new eullice, und
; tne membership is composed oi sub
; Manual tuiiuiies ot \> tnckester and
; v icinlty.
j The annual bunciuet of the Golden
Rule Bible Class ot the Sunday scnoul
, of Druuuuck Street Methodist EpiSCO
! pul Church, South, one ot the. largest
! ciusses ot the kind within the bounds
I oi ihut church, was held on Friday
, night at tne Winchester inn, and was
j attended by 103 classmen. Addresses
' were made by Rev. Dr. J. W. Duit'ey,
j Rev. ,)r. George S. liowcrs. John. W.
I It ice and others.
\ James Day Hollls, member of an
! old Berkeley county family, who was
an expert coach painter, died suddenly
Friday evening lollowlng an attack
of heart disease while he was at work.
? He was employed for a long time In
? Winchester. Ho was llfty-seven years
i old. married. and leaves a large
I family connection.
Black burn Smith, of Borryvllle, who
will represent the counties of Clark'-.
Warren and Page In the next Gen?
eral Assembly, hus accepted the Invita?
tion to make the principal address 8t
'the annual memorial service of the
Winchester Lodge of Elks, which will
be held in the City Hall auditorium
on Sunday afternoon, December 3.
Mrs. Rebecca T. Baldwin, formerly
of Winchester, but now of Rest. Fred
i erlck county, lias Issued Invitations
j for the marriage of her daughter. Miss
'.Mary Virginia Baldwin, to II. Richard
j Whit more, of the same section of the
; county, to lake place on Wednesday
evening, November 15, in the Metho
' dlst Church. South, at Rest, followed
by a reception at the homo of the
bride's mother.
John Ellenbass, a Chicago business
man, who recently purchased a large
farm from M. C. Stayman, near Mld
illetown, Frederick county. Is making
arrangements to plant all the land In
fruit trees. He will plant fancy
varieties of apples.
A large barn and smokehouse, to
nether with all their contents. Includ?
ing; a winter's supply of feed, family
supplies and the faithful family dog,
belonging to Wade Lurrlck, were con?
sumed by lire a few nights ago near
l.afolletehvlile. Mr. l.airicl; has no
hie;, how the fire Started. The build
Inga were abl?se when his Wife awoke
about ii o'clock. Neighbors came, and
after u desperate tight, saved Mr. Lar
rlck's house.
Iiev. James it. Gl'ter.an, a Catholic
priest. ?<11 Known In Virginia, who
lias been assistant to Rev, W. a.
Fallotl, pastor of St. Joseph's Church
at Martinaburg for some time past,
has Just returned from a tour of Eu?
rope several weeks behind time. He
was on the steamer Olympic when
It was recontty rammed by the British
cruiser Hawke off the English coast,
and Father Oilsenan had a thrilling
experience In common with the other
passengers on the liner.
A spark from an engine running a
hay-baler set tire to a large burn on
the farm of Herman and ,T, R [luyctt,
near Charlestown, resulting in the
complete destruction of the building,
together with l.ouo bushels of whout,
fifty tons of hay, seventy-five tons
of straw and all farming machinery,
causing a loss of % I 000, on Which
there was J2.000 Insurance.
Andrew Jackson Hobson, member
of an old Winchester family, who had
lived In Washington for the post
twenty-tvo years, died there recently,
at the home of his sister, Mrs. 1. P.
Bcrsey, uged sixty-seven years. He
was burled with Masonic honor.'. He
went Into the Civil War at the out?
break, serving In the -Stonewall Brl- i
ge.de, and wan later transferred to
Colonel John S. Monty's command. In |
which he remained until the close ot
humilities. Four sisters survive.
The remulns ot Romangu.? Farmer,
son of John Farmer, of Shlloh Church,
which were lound tun duys utter ho
hud been drowned in Capon River
while on bis way to Augusta with a
large wugonload of apple barrels, wcro
burled at night in the graveyard at
Shlloh. It was tile first night funeral
held i that section. Lanterns had to
bo used, and it wus a gruesome spec?
tacle.
Emory Cave, forty years old, who
went from Page county recontly and
obtained employment in Cuuioerlund,
Ala., was run over by a Baltimore und
Ohio Railroad train ut a streot cross?
ing In thut city one day lust week,
and both logs wero cut off. Ho died In
a hospital tho same day.
Tho United states government la
gradually paying tor the land It re?
cently acquired for a remount station
near Front Royal, and during tho past
week about fUti.uut) was received by
persons -who sold lands to the govern?
ment. Several additional tracts at'o
yet to be paid for, and when all trans?
actions have been closed tho govern?
ment will have paid about ?10U.00U to
the landowners of that portion of
Warren county, In which tho station,
has been located. Captain Casper II.
Conrad, Jr.. of the United States Army,
who Is In charge of tho station, re?
cently discovered that sotno of tho
people who had given options to tho
government, were cutting down tho
timber, and he has been notified by thu
Washington authorities to have tho
damages assessed and collected front
those who caused the timber to bo
cut.
President James McCreat, of tho
Pensylvan'.a Railroad, who was hero
on railroad business last week, visited
several large upplo orchards, and de
clured that he was amazed at tho
growth of the upplo Industry In tho
vicinity of Winchester since ho was
here a few years ago. He predicted a
great future for the apple growers of
Frederick county. "While here he dis?
cussed the pluiis for more Improve?
ments for fruit growers and shippers
In the yards of the Cumberland Val?
ley Railroad, whicn is owned by '.he
Pennsylvania system.
FOUR IN CONTEST
FOR II. S. SENATE
Partisans of Each of Candidates
Claim to Be Satisfied With
Prospects.
I [Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Ruieign, N. C, November j.?North
' Carolina s tour-coriiored contest Is
line United Slates senatorsnip, involv
(nig the scat of Senator F. M. siuj
. uions, m which Senator Simmons, Gov?
ernor v\". W. Kitchtn, Bx-uoverMW
Charles U. AycocK and Cniei Justice
waller Clark, of thu State Supreniu
Court, are the contestants Is u puz?
zler lor lots ol people as to tile status
unu prospects 01 mo respective candl
I out es.
'1 he bulk of the lull; is by partisans
for one or another of the candidates,
i und their claims have to be tukcii
I with some allowance-. Oy far the most
i active campaigning is being done for
j Simmons, Kitchin und Clurk. Thu
; continued poor health of Ex-Governor
i Ay cock and the siege of dyphtheriu
I quarantine out of which he has just
j come, set buck materially t.'io pro?
gress of his campaign. Now, how?
ever, he claims belter health than for
a long while, and resume.'; active at?
tention to furtherance of his candi?
dacy.
Supporters of both Simmons and
Kitchin are insisting that in the end
i t lie i eintest has got to narot w down to
j them. That all along it has been look?
ed forward to as a Kltchtn-Slinmons
contest. The best known pollticluiu
supporting Simmons declare that if
the primary were held now. with Ay
cock out of tile race. Simmons would
get more votes than Kitchin and Clark
combinod, und that he would still be
well In the lead, witii Aycock in thu
voting. On the other hand, the sup?
porters of Governor Kitchin assert
that Kitchin would easily lead thu
primary, and that there is no possible
turn thj contest can lake that would
put Mr. Kitchin >? other than first
place In the primary votes. At the
same time. Chief Justice Walter Clark
Is "sawing wood." and he and his
friends arc manifesting confidence in
I a substantial and formidable showing
In thi ballots when the people come
to exor. ss their preference for Sen?
ator. Altogether It Is .a matter yet
of "paying your money and taking
your choice."
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A