NENRICO COMPANY WIK FRANCHISE Common Council Favors Grant Despite Adverse Report of Committee. STEAM-ROLLER METHODS USEDi Poll Showed Majority Pledged to j Lower Bidder. So Vote Was Taken Without Debate?Alder? men Reported About Evenly Divided on Merits of j Proposition. Over the protest of the Council Com? mittee on Streets. sn* views of the dissenting members and re commenc'In ? adoption of the or glrance pr*p->-ed by Attorney Kelley tnaking the grant of the franchise to th' Richmond snd Tle-nrieo Railway Pomrniy a: its b'd of %in The minor? ity report took the around that all' wtarters of policy tn regard to a com - p-tine franchise ard an to the legality and proper form of the r**nd'ng -ijiht bad been RessM bv the fo-me- city Cr':>c'.l wh*n the franc*: In* aas oe d- r*d to b* advertised for bids t'nder Th'.r contentior th*r* was no i':*?tlon hefor* th* body but th* s*leet1?n of Which bid to acrept, and as the HI eft - Wiond and Henr'co Railway Company was already in th* fl*ld with a exwisid erable Invscment and a power hont?. She mltorltv was ?> foplnion that It could render better e*rvic? than any ?atSide part!** now *n?*rlng tb* elec? tric field In Richmond, and favored for that reason the award to th* lower af th* two bidders \a SHI?I aw HsiiPJia. Th*r? was no oseat Ion as to how ras lewer branch stood on the matter, ass only nsestlon MSSJ a? to the sise of th* majority tb* advocate* of thr Hen. pico road would pile sp The mil wss aalled in alVoc* and the chair an? nounced that Mm sohatltst* ordinance s/raatJng the franc hi** to the Rich roorvj snd Wet?-**?? Railway Caataaay had hern adopted. War kern for the Henrico Railway sxttstde of th* Coancil?rb*v object to aWlaa called lobbyist*?are bsally pgr gaged in snaking g poll of the stand Sng of the Board of A WWrwen, aatd If of a safe aaajortty. th* saass eoOer tactic* in forcing Ska I INDICTED FOR REBATING Three Rail war I?taw* a ad Coal roaa | "aajr tm Troable With Oeveraaseat I Chi. ago. November 22.?Three su* sldiary lines of the New Tork Central system ar.rt a Chicago coal corporation were Indicted to-day by the Federal grand Jury, charged with giving and receiving rebates. The companies named in the true bills are: The Lake Shore and Michigan South? ern Railway Company. The Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago an i St. i.ouis Hallway Company. Chicago. Indiana and southern Rail? way Company. O'Gara Coal Company. The Indictments grew ant of the payment of $?0,000 by the railroads in the latter part of November, 190?. to t ie i oal company, for which no proper accounting wat made, according to the government. Th? allegations are BSsVSd under the act of February, 1&03, know n as the Klkins act. prohlbit'ng the receiving and g'vlng of rebates. The ?>'jiils Rai I aray corn >any. an! $Ss5 by the f'hlcago, Indiana ar.d Southern Railroad. >ummontie? commanding the appear? ance of representative! of the rail? roads and the O'Gara Coal Company were issued to-day. ROBIN UNDER HOT FIRE Attorneys for Hyde Attack Sky.Heeke*. Ktaaerler. New Tork. November 22.?The de? fense of former Cltv Chamberlain Charles II. Hyde came to the fore at his trial to-*ay. Joseph O. Robin, j sky-roc-tet financier, who wrecked the Northern Bank B*d is the" State's prin? cipal witness, was under a hot fire SC cross-ejtfimlnatton for several j hours. Kffort was made to connect him with the Carnegie Trust Company, to show that he had a mottv* for mak t~iz the 113'' MM loan to the truBt com? pany through the Northern Bank, wh'ch loan the State claims Hyde foiced by his control of the city's de? posits. Questioned bv Max p. ?teuer. Hyde's counsel. Robin saH the Northern Bank had made large loans, the security of which was Bto.-k In the Carnegie Trust Company. and that the Northern Bank had a quarter-million dollars gal de oslt there which It might have lost y failure of the latter instltut'on. At empts to show that Robin Is Insane, nd that he had stolen funds Intrusted o his custoay. to which he has plead eJ guilty, were balked by the court. John B. Stanchfleld. another of the efendant's lewyers. submitted a brief sk'.na; Justice Oedf to dismiss the In? dictment charging bribery while the efer.dant was City Chamberlain. Dls rlct Attorney whitman was given hree days to prepare an answer. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Wlsaw ef MaraVred Mae Tells Starr te l amer. Jonesboro. Oa., November 22.?Tes Imony from Mrs. John King, wife f the farmer whose burned body was found last Sunday In the ruins of a mall frame building near the Hebron Primitive- Bapt>;nd threatened "to settle ttlkh Bd wards." Detectives, who ere working trpon the mystery, said to-day that they believed King was either killed or made unconscious and his body then taken to the building, which was set ?n fire in hope of hiding the crime. NO REST FOR COMMITTEE It Will Start fa Work at Oaee as Oeae patsrn ef lSia. Savannah. Ga . November 22.?Prepa? rations for the national campaign of 191 ? by the Democratic party will commence Immediately w'th th* estab llshment of permanent offices In both New York and Washington. William F. MrCombs. Democratic national chairman announced here to-day. Mr. llrComb, has been here visiting friends and left to-night for Atlanta [ for a visit, after which he will return t. New York. ? With offices In Washington and fmw York, the national committee will t>. ar. active factor In the party, and will at all times be ?t work." said Mr. M'?Combs. "There la ?s Saasa* deal ef work that can be dort? In th* aast four year*, and with the committee keeping closely in touch with the af? fair* of the country I see no reason why the Democratic party should not eniain In power for twenty years. The nations: chairman said h* would ?top *?T TV ash In*** en 0n his way to >'? w York and rr.ak? arrangements for t e opening of an office there, and also i take up -'-talis of the Insugurai parade , of President-Elect Wilson. HEARING IS ADJOURNED \f if Testlaweey ha Steel Covwe-cnvSas* ' ?sH te be Take* la Are Tork. i Washington. November 22.?Teetl- i monv of the government's principal' statisticians In the dissolution suit; against the Steel corporatioa waa com-j pleted to-day before Examiner Henry P. Rrowr. Adjournment of th* hearing was taken until about December ? when additional witnesses will be! relied by the government at a bearing j In New Tork. I.uther I'or.art. Jr. I'nlted commit .-'.oner of Corp'ration*, occupied the' atand to-day Hr furnished a mas* of reports published In the bureau ? report cn th* steel industry. They, dealt with the market and appraised i raise of the Steel Corporation's pro? perty at different periods SEdTuFE OF EafPCTOR I tendon. !f*v mher 22?A dMpati from St. f??ters*>urg says s? saese c?*wfnl attempt waa made last afaaday , e wreck 'he frata on nrhleh Emperor 'Kicked** sad m*a*s ?i* ef the Ras 1 isn family were returning from Spate i -> Tserkee-Iel* hy tearing np the rills near ?" "glows Rnda The ?i*IT? ? ?pondent adds thai owing to mlstn ' formation as to wh*n the Imperial , rain ws* due the work ef the weald-. | e wreckers waa dene after the train i KO ADVANCE MADE III PEACE EFFORTS | Artillery Duel Continues Along Lines Fronting Constantinople. ANOTHER VICTORY CLAIMED BY TURKS 'Little Credence Placed in Nazim Pasha's Report of Bulgarian Repulse With Heavy Loss. Powers Are Using Their Influence to Bring About Compromise. London. November 22.?The efforts : toward peace in the Balkans made no ; visit..'.- progress to-day. Exchanges of artillery fire and Infantry reconnois; I sanies proceeded along the Tchatalja lines, and Nazim Pasha, the Turkish j commaiider-ln-chief. In a dispatch to 1 Constantinople, claims that an Infantry I battle occurred in front of the centre I of his posiUon. and that the Bulgarians j left several thouaand dead before the Turkish outer works. Not much cred? ence is placed in this report, however. Elsewher? in the war sone the mll I ltary situation remains unchanged. The ! Servian forces advancing toward the j Adriatic are meeting with hardships in j the barren mountainous country, which ' is buried deep :n snow. The Bulgarians have occupied the important town of Dedeaghatch. the terminus of the Saloniki Railway on the Aegean Sea The Turkish cruiser Hamlditch came into port at Constanti? nople damaged from a Bulgarian tor? pedo. The Turkish claim that the Hamlditch sank two of the Bulgarian torpedo boats with which sre was engaged yesterday haa not yet been confirmed. The peace negotiations are believed by the diplomats to have been sus pended only by reason of Turkey's re fusal to accept the first offer of the allies, and to them the Turkish posi? tion appears to be one of awaiting ex pectantly for another old. The best opinion in London Is that a compro mlse will be effected between the bel | Ugerenta. ana that the powers are j using their good office* behind the scenes with this snd in view. Report* frees Sofia say that Tur | key's rejection of the proffered terms j of an armistice caused no surprise there. Three Bulgarians representing ?the three northern kingdoms have started for the front, with the expecta? tion of meeting the Turkish plenipo? tentiaries. The Greek military attache with the Bulgarian army will join the Bul? garian plenipotentiaries. A cessation of hostilities Is not necessarily ex-1 pec-ted to follow the departure of the representatives of the allies on the mission of peace. Whatever basis for an armistle? mar be reached, it is expected that it will leave in abeyance for the negotiation of a peace treaty the amount of ter? ritory Turkey will eventually be per? mitted to retain. The contract. H is said, will include Bulgarian renunciati^s "retention to enter ConstanUnople. Reports emanating from Vienna an? nounce that the Albanians will pro? claim their independence to-morrow at Durrasso. and that there will be a Joint Austrian and Italian naval demonstra? tion off that port. Cssaaes Little ?ererbst. Sofia November 22.?Dr. 8. Daneff. president of the Bulgarian Parliament; General Savoff. Bulgarian commander? in-chief, and General Fitcheff, ohlef of staff of the Bulgarian army, have been appointed Bulgarian plenlpotenUartss for the negotiation of an armistice be? tween the Turkish and Bulgarian armies. They will proceed Immediately to the Tchatalja lines to meet the Turkish plenipotentiaries there. Now that the delegates have been j appointed, it Is expected here that for-[ mal negotiations between the Bul? garisns and the Turks will begin with? in twenty-four hours. The rejection of the preliminary conditions by the Turks caused little surprise here. The Bulgarians expected to encounter the Turkish propensity for bargaining. [ and therefore demanded' more than they | : expected to obtain The Balkan allies are prepared to' grant reasonable modifications of tr.el-. terms, and are confident that Tuntey | will finally agree to them. Aa they do not fear that delay will eauee them any serious disadvantage, the Bulgarians are ail the more randy to make concessions bees use they are i anxious to settle affairs with Turkey without the Intervention of the powers. It 4s asserted that the Bulgarian Chbinet has given the European pow? ers the assurance that the Bulgarian , tr tods will not enter Constantinople j and that this will obviate integeren from Europe. la the meantime military opera tie will not necessarily be stopped, but It la understood that the Bulgarian | troops will remain passive nnless at? tacked by the Turks It Is thought improbable here that 1 active hosltlllties. with the exception perhaps at aa artillery duel, will be [ Immediately resumed, ss the command? ers af both armies are fairy occupied | in combating cholera GIRL IS MURDERED Litt*? Rock. Ark-. November St.? fgsd frewt hop horse, hay head aas) cat et? aad the body eat hi two j ay sta Tson* as yet unidentified, was tb af seventeen - rear-old hfary Barn the daoghtsc af a prosjtaen sr. restdtng sear Pleasaat Rlakc. Ark., whas* d i fosred sear bar boons to mmf, Mis* Borahsai rods ha the lasassBs sost-eases lato I van ret sre tag I A g?sse ef oweroro aad [mTnmmmi? *~ Pensions Not Likely to Be Accepted by Ex Presidents. TAFT WILL NOT DISCUSS PLAN Practically Certain That He Will | Not Be Beneficiary of Iron? master's Funds ? Believed That Offer Will Hasten Action to Provide for Former Executives. I Washington. November 22.?President Taft hud nothing to sav to-day about Andrew Cat ne^ie's plan for pensioning | gl rresldesis and the widows of ex-i Presidents at l.'?.ooo a year, nor would j U nite House officials talk about the j proposition. The unofficial rtew prevailed, bow- | ever, t.iat the President would not ob? ject to the plan, although having no intention of beeanntng a b*.nenciary of j it himself. It i? probable that Andrew Carnegie consulted the President about it in advance and Mast the President may Inter say something, tbrougn letter or otherwise, expressing his view j of the proposition. Mr. Taft, it is known, proposes to be one of the Hvest ex-Presidents who ever left the exe-cut ve offices. He has no do t about his ability to make a good living for himself and family in the practice of law In Cincinnati. It predicted that he will be offered the cream of the daw business of th s country and c:^n make $200.000 a year at the work. He has some money himself, although It wou.d not be ample enough to maintain him and his family the rest of his life. He will take dig? nity with him in his retirement, but it will not be the sort of dignity that will preven his hustling for a living or cause him to cease to mingle with nis fellow-citizena I WU1 Net Me Beae?etary. For himself, therefore, the President j will never become a beneficiary of the fund, at least not for many years. He { Is distinctly not a candidate for re nomination by his party four years! from now. but conditions within his | party and the country ma$V sgrain , bring him to the front for the suffrage j ef his feUow-cltiseas. Having a fu- < ture aa a bread-earner, evea if the! political side is left out. Mr. Taft will not call on the Carnegie fund for an>? | of its gold. The President recently broadly hint? ed that the United States government) should provide for ex-Presidents so that they need not lower the dignity of the position they held when they i enter into private life- He touched onj this subject in a speech at the L>otu?; Club in New Tork last Saturday night, j la which he said: ?I consider that the President of the' United States is well paid. The saiary by no means measures the contribution : to his means of living, which the gen? erosity of Congress has afforded, and' unless it is the policy of Congress to. enable him in his four years to save money enough to live In adequate dig- ' sag* and comfort thereafter then the salary Is all that it ought to be.'' The late President Cleveland, follow, keg his retirement from the presidency., wrote an article (or a magazine, com men ting on the low salary paid the | President of the United States. Governor Wilson, the Prasldent-to he. served for twenty-five years as a professor and as president of Prince- ; ton University, and when he finally re- j signed from the university was refused i a pension under the Carnegie Founds. I tion for the Advancement of Learning, j although he made formal application' for it Under the rules of the found- i atloa his resignation kept him from : elng entitled to the pension. Fay eg Otaer Haler?. Foreign nations pay their rulers sums that are tremendous In compari? son with the salary of Presidents of the United States. The Czar of Rus sis gets a salary of |*..17*.OOo a year.' and he is said to also have a private' income of about $2.000.0?'.? a year.! Kaiser Wilhelm, of (r?rmany. receives a salary of $2,0*0.0Oo a year from vari- ? ous sources As King of Persia nej also recefVes a salary of M.*23.*24 aj year. The King of Italy has a civil Hat of Se.200.0os. The iate King Edward of England got $2.250.009 for himself ana $l??.00i> In allowances for his rela? tives. The King of Spain gets $????. 00? a year. The King of the Belgians, gets $175.000 a year, the kin*; sCj Sweden $2f.7.t> "On April II I left for Toledo to asset James n at the station there. The next day we went to Detroit aad Joseph Schwerts who was si lasts* to-day. charged with att ?nptmg ha ab-1 struct fast Ice by intimidating Cornelias Crwwley. Monies. Pa. a witaess. was lacked la jell sftc a preliminary bear tag before s t'afted States Robert J CPs artsy, tat sfjjsjBJ skat sjrhwsrts hsd to'd the wit? aess he "did not seed fa tell the troth If he dig net want to - ftrhwsrtc. whs said he lived fa Pal rags teotlsed he remarked only that aM rather have Ms heart oat tl**ar(|^*'^jJ|jjyj,]|gW* was k*hl\ signal triumph is my mw Agreement Signed by One of Big Companies in Coal Strike Field. 'END OF TROUBLE FORECAST Union Recognized, Wages In? creased sad Hours of Labor Reduced. Charleston. W. Vs., November 32.? What la believed to forecast the end of the great coal strike In the Kana wha coal fields of West Virginia was I announced to-day In a signed wage ' agreement between the union miners and the officials of the National Bi i luminous Coal and Coke Company. The ' agreement practically recognises the union, provides for an increase of about 21 per cent In wages, reduces tonnage, permits the miners to or I ganize. provide.* for a nine-hour work ng day and gives the men now on I strike preference if they should de I sire to return to work. , The agreement was signed by H I Lyon Smith, of Washington, secretary and treasurer of the National Bitumin? ous Cosl and Coke Company, and A. F.' Lester, president, and A. T. Lester, secretary of the Eskdale. W. Vs.. local union of the United Mine Workers of America. Conditions throughout the mine ter? ritory under martial law were quiet to-day. except for the arrest of a girl charged with throwing stones, snd the capture of Samuel Russell, alleged to have been one of the persons who fired on the town of Mlgh Ooel on Thursday night. The militia commis? sion held a session, hearing cases against a number of persons. The miners are Jubilant to-night over the agreement with the National ; Bituminous Coal and Coke Company. This concern, owned by Eastern capita? lists, was Incorporated but a few days ago for $2.000.000 and was granted a charter in this city to-day. At pr?s? ent the company operates mines at Crown HUI. W. Va. It has. however, practically closed negotiations for the purchase of the mines of the Holly Stephen'on Company, located at Eak dale The agreement will affect up? wards of iOO union miners now on strike Wltn these men returned to work, the end of the strike, tt is said, la in sight. Whether the other coal oper? ators In the Faint and Cabin Creek Dis? trict will follow the lead taken bp I the National Bituminous Coal and Cake j Company Is not known to-night, bat ! the miners believe they will take atml- I lar action. The agreement between the miners anu the bituminous company follows. ? -It is agreed that all the old men shall have the first chiice to return te werk. If they aa dead re. one week to be given In which to make appU > a: ion for work. "It Is agrees that Last pounds shall constitute s ton. "It Is agreed that there shall be rec? ognition i?f the miners" ommtttee la the adjustment of dispute*. In ca?e I he committee and the mine foreman or eapeetntsalsat cannot agree, the matter la dispute shaU be submitted to arbitration, the misers to select one. the company one These two are to ?elect the third party, and their de? cision shan be flaal Tt Is agreed that the miners ana!! be paid semi-monthly There shall be a 10 per cent sdvsne* In wage*, but It to understood that aa part of tt shall ewceed the seal* now IM ?sTect i* the Kanawfca River aostrtet proper Tt to agreed that sjtno hoars shall ssasUtate a aar*? werk "This ?s-reement to bo fwoettve fa March t. Ifta. -If the agreement with rho other operator* on Cabin Creek hj made na a Mas bes.s. then this agreement shall so saodiaed aS ta glare the Mat ?aal Mtaminou* Coal sad Cake Company ob j 6UILTY0FMUR0ER IN SECOND DEGREE Sidna Allen Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Penitentiary. WILL BE TRIED ON ANOTHER CHARGE? December a Fixed as Date for Trial on Indictment Alleging Murder of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster?Prisoner Shows No Emotion When Verdict Is Announced. Courthouse Tragedy and Its Consequences VICTIMS OP SHOOTING. Jadse Thornton L. Muatr. I oaunonw enlth n Vttomry W. M. P eater. Sheriff ??Leer? Webb. Juror Fowler. Mtea Elisabeth. Ay era. RESl l.TS TO \ I.I.KX CLAN. Fiord Allen, arateaeed ta death. I lande Alle?, ernten red ta death. Frlel Alles, eighteen jearn BS penitentiary. Sldaa Edward*. Alleen years SB penitentiary. Victor Allea. aeaattted. Bird Marlon, diamlnned. Sldaa Allea, flfteea year* la pealteatlary. Weeley Edward a. awaJttag trial. [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Wythevllle. Vs.. November 22.? Guilty of murder in the second degree was the verdict of the Jury in the case of Sidna Allen, for the mfcrder of Judge Thornton L. Massle, at Hilts vllle. on March 11 last, when the Allea clansmen shot up Carroll County court; killing five persona Punishment waa hxed at fifteen years in the State Penitentiary at Richmond. The case was given to the jury at fi o'clock yesterday afternoon, but they were unable to reach an agreement until 1 o'clock this afternoon. On tog first ballot the Jury stood five for Arsf degree, as follows: J. R. Bryant. 8. it. Plummer. Ii. P. c aid well. P- C. Connor and J. K. Pugh; one for murder in the second degree. A. M. Sells, and sin for acquittal. A. M Gentery. R. C Phippev a R. COX. Jfr' W. Nlokerk. 3. M. Haas) and M. K. Busic. Immediately after the discharge of the jury, the prosecution announced, that it would next take up another in? dictment against the prisoner, that charging the murder of Common? wealth's Attorney William M. Foster, and court fixed December X. as tka date of trial. It was announced that the next venire would be summoned from different places, and from tha eastern part of 'he State. Until the case or Steina Allen is dis? posed of. nothing will be done In tka case of his nephew. Wesley Edwards. No Show of Emotion. The prisoner received the verdict with no show of emotion, which waa also true of his wife, who sat besids him. However, the strsin of the trial shows plainly: he has lost a great deal of flesh and appears careworn and ds jected. Shortly after court convened this j morning Judge Staples ordered tha Jury brought Into the room, and ha asked if a verdict had bean agreed upon. The foreman replied that thny bad not yet reached an agrasmisif. ant he did not believe the Jury waa hops lessly divided, and he thought a ver? dict might b? arrived at after fsi Bast ' deliberation. In response to a question as to ska desire for further instructions, tha foreman said these were not bat Judge Stoles read to seoond ofaarge. which was Identical with the seoond instructions read to the Floyd Allen jurors wnen It ap? peared as If they would not ho able to agree. These Instructions war* among the exceptions noted by the de? fence in Floyd's case, but the Virginia Supreme Court. In its deotstoa last week, hold that they were proper. 1*1 SB f. Charge. Judge Staples s second sharge wag as follows. -Such Is the magnitude of this seas and the Importance of your duties that I feel that \ must ssnd yon bae* to your Jury room with a few words of caution arid advice _ -When a number of men are thrown into an intimate relation for a long period ?f time with ail their thought snd attention crntred npea oae matter, there is a natural tendency ta different views and positions In dl cissing the matter which they a railed upon to decide This is not ea natura . but it is destrsole. if there to be that fran* interchange of necessary to s-i intelllsent tlon and a sathrfscUr> cone but along wi'h thi* te-.,|ency there is anoti^er tendency of the human miasV which is to flx deep-rooted la yowr ??* minds unwarranted opinion In yoor earnest effort to convince their tendency which. If >1eldeo : have In vlet "It )s not your power of ~ atn: . iearness >f your vlewa SO Che Just lew of voav individual c?notu stons or the nrmne** ..f >our mi ad aa4 will which yoa are her* sworn to tP* and determine, but the issue of the* case, which is th? guilt or Innoosass) of the accuee.1 and if yoa lean sigh*, of that is?je It. any pride of optakas, >oo hsve done * rong t* yeuroetf sab unintended violence to vour soksssa 0mm ltgalior. and grav- Injustice el tka ? tf> Conm errate Ith or tka aceur ?When you were "elected sad to try this ? *s? the law. which indifferent between the parties, toe posed in yes the coawdeace that VOM would he*r w'thout SCeJsdW tha 'Oft* dence 1h-- Irstructions and the ro??t I? th?? case that yea deliberate fairly and fraaaJJ* year associates, snd is mU ~