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—Xo. 222 THE WEATHER—IUin Wednesday and Thursday:
Colder Thursday.
R I C H M O N D, V A., W K 1) X K S D A V. OC T O R K It in. 191" 10 ]* A G E S
S8.M&r.r.
Mr Mall, Oh Tm
"I’LL TRY AGAIN"
SAYS WELLMAN
“I Am Going Across the Atlan
tic in a Dirigible Bal
loon,” He Insists
EQUIL1BRATOR QUEERS
HIS INITIAL ATTEMPT
Explorer Knows What Was Wrong
and Will Build New Air Craft j
Cat Mascot Lionized—Nav
igator's Story.
-.j—
NEW YORK, October Id.—With a
heavy <lnv|«*r> of fa* lian*lnR over
New York harbor, lIk- Koyal Mail
racket Trent will prolwbly la? unable
to reach dock with Walter Wellman i
and the crew of the Ill-fated airship i
America until late this afternoon. j
Fart? to-day the Trent was rejxirtod
by wla'h'M fog-bound 55 miles off
Sandy Hook. Titc revenue eutter j
scheduled to meet the Trent did not
leave Iter berth at the battery until
nearly noon.. Mrs. Wellman and Iter
two daughters In a ehartered tu* were ,
also forerd to wall for the fo* to lift
before starting down the hay.
When live Trent docks, Wellnutn
and Ilia cotn|tunlons will bo greeted
hy a half-score of theatrical agent*
armed with blank rantrart* for taude
ville Hppnuanirm lecture tours, and
other engagements. Ttien the tat mas- 1
cot of Uie "Amfrlia" will not be neg- j
I re ted by the managers. Several of
fers hate already been wirelessed for
Iter.
The heavy fog over llte outer
harbor forced lir captain of tin*
I mit to 1101(1 niM snip UUUMUC
Samlv Hook- Whm It became
■ |tf«rcnt tluct tile steamer could
not safely negotiate the chan
nel, she anchored *ii miles out
side of the Hook.
The Royal Mall Steam Packet
t'omiHuty old that on account of
the tog no hour could be set for
the docking.
The heavy fog out the' outer lucr
bor foe-ed tiir captain t*f the Trout
to hold his ship outside Samir Honk.
Wlun It became apparent tiun the
strainer could not safely negotiate the
channel, she ancliored sli miles out
side of the Hook. {
The Moral Hall Steam Packet Com- |
patty sulci tltat ou account of ll»c fog
no boar could be set for the dewk
htg.
ON BOARD ROYAL MAI1. STEAM
ER TRENT—By Wire leas to New;
York—October 19—"I am. going
serors the Atlantic In a dirigible bal- ;
loon. Far from disheartening ms, j
this failure has only spurred me to
higher ambitions It was our cquil-j
b rutor that disabled the America.
That was the one fatal error despite
the fact that the plan had worked out
well in thaory and at the time I made;
nty first attempt at the North Role
It will have to be a new type of dlrl-;
t gtbie that will be used, but even while |
the America was drifting helpl*!* and;
nearly a total w reck above the n«-!
trrs of the Atlantic. Vantmnn and,
myself were talking over what was'
heeded We know and Intend getting
busy aa goon a* possible.”
Walter Wellman, first captain of an
airship to be wrecked at sea. awak
ened to-day on the steamer Trent !
more determined than ever to be the.
pioneer In piloting a balloon across!
the ocean Standing with his ship- |
mates In the dining saloon of the B< r
miiiti liner which saved the party,
from terrible hardship, if not certain
death, yesterday while east of Cape
Hatteras. he Insisted that a sky voy- .
age to Europe wag feasible.
In bond Spirits.
All the air navigators arc in fj
eelient spirits to-da> and feel no ill
effects of their distressing experience.
The America's eat. mascot of the ex
pedition. seems the only sufferer. E\ rr
c since It was brought on board of the
Trant the women passengers have In- I
•feted on petting It. A number of.
them became Indignant when Jack”
;— Irwin, wireless operator on the Ill
fated dirigible, insisted on having the
animal placed In a cage and demand
ed that the passengers quit trying to ;
gtuff It with delicacies. Irwin claims,
the oat and has already been offered
m small fortune for it. He says, how
ewer. that It Is not for sale, but will
be kept In order that it may become
inf murtll n " Itru umi
airship Is constructed and stars on its'
Journey to Europe.
Ever since they were transferred j
from the life boat to the Trent Well- \
man and his party have been over- i
whelmed with congratulations over!
their narrow escape While Inclined j
to minimise the actual danger. J. Mur-'
ray Simon, former junior cfllcer of
the Oceanic, who was the navigating]
officer of the "America," admitted to- j
day that if they had missed the Trent
the entire party would probably have
been drowned. The dirigible, utter
ly disabled, had been drifting for
hours, snd could have Kent in the,
air not more than tweipy hours long- j
er. That length of time, however, I
would have brought them Into the
•one of the cyclone, which has been
creating such havoc off the Caribbean,
and It would have been a difficult task
to have kept the heavy life-boat afloat
in a storm.
Expected Succor.
”1 had been able to make an ob
servation at noon on Monday and an
other late In the afternoon,” said 81
vnon after breakfast to-day. "and I
kuew approximately where we were.
I also knew that we were In the direct
track of the Trent, so I was not par
ticularly worried. I had the Morse
lantern placed In good shape In case
we picked her up in the darkness, and
also told Irwin to save his remaining
storage power for the wlreleia when
the time came.
"Dawn was breaking, however,
when we picked up the Trent, and
•he was a most welcome picture In
the distance. Her lookout's eyes were
very sharp, as our very, first elgna!
was answered, and we then signalled
her to stand by as we were In need
of aid.
"Irwin than got Into touch with the
wireless operator on the Trent, and
from that time on tho work or plck
np was but a matter ot Beams n
HE PUTS PEARY IN
DR. COOK’S CLASS
Germany Astronomer Says Polar
Explorer Did Not, Reach Axis
of Earth.
BERLIN’. Oct. 19. l’rof. Andrea*
Galle. the famous German astron
omer. of Potsdam, to-day issued a
sensational statement. In which he
declared that Commander Peary did
not reach the North Pole. Prof. Galle
declares thHt none of Peary's methods
for reckoning hi* position In the far
North was reliatde and that even had
Peary reached the axis of the earth
he would not have known It.
DENVER MANTLED
BY SNOWSTORM
DENVER, COLO.. Ort 19.—The tirsl
snow of th« gf'AMon blew' out of !h»
west and the northwest to-day rover Inn
the ground with a white mantle Thf
snow fall Is not heavy. The snow wa*
accompanied by a raw, cold wind ant]
the temperature dropped below the
freeBing point
Te snow storm is reported moving
eastward.
MIHIIC ATTEMPTS
TO KILL MOTHER
Philip Opperman Springs from
Bed at 1 A. M. ami Tries to
Dash Acid on Parent.
THWARTED BY. EAT HE 11
Would-Be Throvvi r of Eirey 1‘lukl
Recently Released irojti Wil
liamsburg Asylum.
Leaping from hie b*-d with .t mad
man:* shriek, Ptitiip uri'vrnuin. 2>
v p;ir.* old sen of Mr and Mr* Joaept
Opperman. of No 1207 Hull atre.-t
Wouttaaide. Wednesdav morning aboul
1 o’clock ran to the room of hie
mother, attempted to kill her, and thee
grabbed a nearby bottle of isriwlk
acid and tried to dash it in her face
but h> was overpowered by hi* father
and sister*. who wen awakened by th.
young man* scream.
Opperman »w released from thf
Blastern State hospital for the tnsan.
At WiUtpmaburg about two week* ago
having been pronounced cured by Su
perintendent Brunk He had t een '(in
fined to that Institution for nearly two
yearn HI* brother in now conAned ai
Wliltwmaburg
Soon Bacam* Calm.
\n soon tvs to* wan frustrated in hi?
effort t*> sluy lila parent Opperman be
came Quiet and calm .. burry cai
bad been aent to the Thir l police sta
tion and Officers Ely and Moore hur
ried to the Beetle.
The unfortunate calmly followed
them to the station house and re
mained Quietly in his «ell ther*
throughout the night He wan taker
to th« Kb hrnond jail and will be con
fined there until guards from the asy
lum arrive to take him back t-> Wil
liatr.shurg
Opperman. nince his return home
had been perfectly rational, and ap
peared fully recovered from the ef
fect* of his affliction. He was thor
oughly interested in everything arounf
him and manifested unusual a> tlvlty
.Wednesday morning, before he wai
removed to the Jail, he was calm un<
collected He talked rationally wut
officers and reporter*, but would no
discus* his act.
SI sow * Interest.
Calntiv seated in his >e|j he dls
played marked .interest in the cour
proceedings. which were g"ing on ir
the an wit- room. Ho asked many sen
stble question* and gave no lndKatlot
of hi* madnt'M. which he *ai unablt
to control.
Moat of the night, it la said, n<
hail been sleeping peacefully and lit
tie attention was paid to him H<
had retired at his usual hour tn ap
paxentiy a happy frame i f mind
It Is belle', id that an unplettsan
dream awakened him, causing him t'
jump from his bed, veiling am
streaming He had no weapon wttl
which to attack his mother, but seelni
the bottle ot add on a nearby stand
grabbed for It. He had removed th<
cork and was about to dash the con
tents upon his mother, who was ly
Ing prostrate in bed, shocked almos
Into insensibility, when she realise!
what her eon was attempting. Hu
his father had jumped from bed am
rushed to the room of his wife am
was in time to prevent hls son fron
carrying out his horrible plan.
As soon as Opperman felt the hand
of hls father* upon him he lost hi
wild look and forgot his monlaea
scheme as suddenly as it had cone
upon him,
A few minutes later the police ar
rived and opperman was placed ii
their custody.
‘The authorities at Williamsburi
have been notified nnd it is expectei
that guards will come for him soin
time this week. He will be kept un
der lock and kep uijtll sent to Wil
liamsburg.
MAY ENTER DISTRICT
WmiOl T SHOWING TAC
ALKXANDH1A, Oct 19_Accordlm
to a ruling made Tuesday afternoon b
Magistrate IC K. Thompson, of thi
plaee, the District of Columbia Is plac
ed In the same category as Virginia, I
that automobiles may be driven throug
It twice a year, the period In whir
they will be allowed to remain In th
district without their license tags, be
Ing seven days.
The decision was reached In a tes
case brought by Col. Heroy Mark, o
Washington, who drove hls machine t
the Aleaandrla county court Tuesdaj
Having no Virginia license, he was lm
mediately arrested.
Justice Thompson based hls ruling o
article 1. section V of the code of Vlr
gtnla which provides that whenever th
word “state occurs, as applied to
part of the United States, It shall b
taken to Include the District of Colum
bla.
In order to test the case still furthei
however. Commonwealth Attorne
Mackey noted an appeal. Ho will as
the attorney-general tor hls opinion I
FISHED CHOSEN TO
Kansas City Man Defeats Sol
omon of Savannah For
President
CONVENTION CLOSES;
PURDY GIVEN KING
i Other Ollioers Klecied Without
i .
Opposition and St. Paul is
Selected as N.evt Meet
ing Place.
A\ In n Hit* election of officers for the
ensuing year was taken up VVednesduy
morning L>>- the larundrymens -Na
tional Association in the twenty-sev
enth annual convention at the Jeffer
son, It. Shuneliertcer, of Indianapo
lis. a member of tin executive com
mittee, arose us a matter of personal
privilege, hs he termed it, and de
nounced ns untrue a report that I-. H.
i Fisher, of Kansas City, one of the two
1 candidates for pr.aident, was asso
ciated with th« allied trades.
Mr. Khanetierger said that such a
report was calculated to do the Kansas
City man great harm In the contest. In
view of the fact that those allied with
other interests were not entitled to full
membership in the association.
"1 will even go further." he declared,
"and denounce the report as absolutely
Fisher Elected.
The balloting for president was then
( begun, and resulted in the election of
■ Mr. Fisher over. A-. W. Solomon, of
| Savannah. The vote stood, f isher,
I 14J, Solomon, 71.
Un motion of Mr. Solomon, the elec
tion of his opponent was made unani
mous.
si. Paul was selected as the next
’convention city without opposition.
Officers elected without opposition
are as follows.
M 1J Florsheim, Richmond, Va.i
lirst vice-president, P. M. Cave. Char
lotte. X. C„ second vli . -president; 11a!
Comstock, Milwaukee, Wis.. tlvlrd
i vice-president; H. A Fox, New ur
! loans. La . fourth vice-president; J
H. Heath. New York city, secretary;
Carroll Thornton. Youngstown, O.,
treasurer (re-elected», Major W. A.
Turpin, New York city, sergeant-at
i arms.
(dniminecnmi Chosen.
Those elected to fill expired terms
on the executive committee for lsilO
follow: A. J. Crawford. New Ha
i ten, Conn.. Charles A. Wheeler. Fort
i Worth. Tex.; Henry W. St»>er, Clave
! land, u,; W. 1*. Webster, St. Paul,
! Minn., W. IS Fitch. La Salle, 111.
These committeemen were named
at a meeting of the delegates. In a« -
cordance with the rules of the asso
ciation
Mr Wheeler, who was a candidate
Continued on Second Page >
JUROR STRICKEN,
I TRIAL DELAYED
One <vf ( ripjien’s Poors A'tark
ctl In V«niff"—Recover and
( list* is Resumed.
I,<».vno\. '>ct. IS.—The juror in
i the Crippen trial whose Illness threat
| cried a postponement of the rase was
! reported he physicians this afternoon
! to be suffering from vertigo. He had
! recovered sufficiently later In the day
to take his place in the jury box and
the trial was resumed,
j A complete retrial of the Crippen
case w-Rs expected to lie necessary
te sudden illness of the juror.
The juryman was taken suddenly
ill during the forenoon session of the
iriUl nun i nnrisiuiir,
presiding Justice, was compelled tt
tdjftttW the hearing.
Before physicians were aide to lei
how seriously ill the Juryman wan, ti
; was believed tha tthe selection of a
; new Jury and a rehearing of all the
| testimony given yesterday would bt
' necessary.
HOIST LINE CISE
IN SUPflEMECOURT
Question of Liability of Local
Carriers for Damage on Con
necting Lines Involved.
WASHINGTON, 19—The questior
I of the validity of the Carmac k amend
, ment to the Interstate commerce law
making local carriers responsible foi
shipments over connecting carrier!
on a through bill of lading, cam<
up for argument to-day in the su
preme court of the United States in
two eases.
One is that of the Atlantic Coasi
r"1 Lints railway against the Itlversldi
r Mills, of Georgia, and the other thai
of the Louisville and Nashville rail
road against N. P. Scott.
In each case the railroads accepted
shipments for distant points which
were not reached by their own lines
Suita (or damages were brought
against them although In each case
it was understood that the damagei
occurred on the line of the connect
ing carrier and not on the lines of thi
roads which were Sued.
The railroads held that the Car
mack amendment making them iiabli
was unconstitutional. The lower court!
held against this view and the casei
were brought to the supreme court ot
this point.
The question la of far-rsaching Im
portance both to the railroads ant
to shippers and Is one of ths striklni
features^of ths Hspburn act to. regu
TYPHOON BITTERS
EISTEBI GEORGIA
I -
;
Tropical Storm Rapidly Mov-;
ing North, Spreading Death
and Destruction
’
I „ ——r
HURRICANE DEVASTATES
BUMPER ORANGE CROP
Trail of < alaiuity Extern E from
•Jacksonville to Savannah—
Tempest Rages in Rivers
ami Sea.
Nearing .Norfolk.
W ASIIINUTOW, Orl. U*.—Thr
nnltrr k«ran to-day ordf irj
hurricane algBNll »rl w far north
aa .Norfolk,, nnd (lorn signal* aa
far aa Sandy Hook, aa the rraulta
of thr move—rat of thr Klorlda
hurricane.
Thr mind tr— resorted blow
inn nlxty —lira u hour at t'har
leaton. S. The hurrau nai un
Ob I r to obtain >aJ advices from
point* farther aouth than Savan
nah. where n Maximum velocity
of alily-right ml Ira an hour vtaa
reached hy the —lad to-day.
savannah, oa.. o«-t. t».—The
j wind here reached a velocity of slxty
j eight mils* an hour, according to the
official estimate of the Weather T5ti- i
reau. and the storm is raging through- |
, out the territory south of here, spread
ing havoc In its wake I’nverifled
reports Indicate at last a S' ore of rail- 1
road workmen perished
The storm center Is estimated to
be l>etween Jacksonville and Satan
1 nah. moving slowly north The best
reports obtainable aav that the loss
of life probably has not been heavy
except among laborers on the Florida
Hast Coast Railroad Residents of all i
cities from Key West north received j
ample warning of the approaching
, hurrh ane
The most severe damage has been
(Continued on Second Page.)
THEN ItS SEIF
1 Negro Woman in Onancoek, Ya.
Commits Murder and Suicide
Following Quarrel. I
The story- of a murder and suicide!
j which happened In Onancoek, Va.,
late Tuesday night, and In which the
victims were a w hite man and a negro
woman, was told to Captain Pollock1
at police headquarters by a visitor!
from Onancoek Wednesday
According to this visitor, a negro
woman, after quarreling with a white I
man named Tyler, stabbed him to
death with a butcher knife, and then
cut her own throat with the same
| weapon. The two dead bodies were
found lying on the floor of a room
i in Ty ler's house
AGED MAN STRUCK
i BY AUTOMOBILE
Dr. ,1. C. Gregory, of Tunstall,
• * ’
Knocked Down in Front
of Capitol.
Knocked down by an automobile at
j the Orace street entrance to the c'api
i stall, New Kent county, lies In a prc
1 carious condition in the Memorial
I Hospital. H. T. Stevens, the chauffeur
of the car, was not placed under ar
rest,...but will appear in Police Court
Thursday morning. The automobile
he was driving la the property of the
Richmond Hotel.
The accident occurred about 11
o'clock. Dr. Gregory, who is more
than sixty years old. was walking up
Ninth street. Just as he reached me
Grace street entrance the car came
whirling out and struck him. Accord
ing to witnesses the chauffeur failed
to blow his horn.
The victim "as placed in the auto*
■ mobile and hurried to the Memorial
Hospital, where it is said that barring
internal Injuries he probably will re
cover.
Who’s Loo nay Now?
The police are looking for a "pale
blue pink waist”
There are any number of persons in
the City Hall who Insist that there
isn't any such tiling. They say. how
J ever, that those conducting the search
| have Just about aa much chance of
j finding a waist of the unusual shade of
pale blue pink as they have of finding
anything else they look for.
According to information set forth
on one of Captain McMahon's justly
celebrated bulletins, the waist Is the
property of Mrs. M. K. Quarles, of
Petersburg, Va. It Is part of an even
ing gown, an affair described as being
low neck, with ktmonu sleeves, lined
with black taffeta, with silk bands of
black satin from the ankle to the
knee and decorated with Jet, to the
value of thirty good, hard. Iron men.
The dress with its “silk bands of
black satin'* and its “pale blue pink
waist" was started for Petersburg from
Richmond, but never arrived. Mrs.
Quarles thinks It may have been stolen
from the express car.
Japanese Beaten.
TOKYO, October It.—The Univer
sity of Chicago baseball team to-day
defeated Kelo University In the Anal
game of the series, I to S. The game
: was axcttlng throughout, going to ten
. Innings. Chicago betted ta three runs
BETTIE WILSON IS
GIVEN SIXTY DAYS
Mettle Wilson, colored, was given
sixty days in jail in Police Court Wed
nesday fur stealing a <iuantlty <>r
clothing that had been intrust- d ti
ller In her capacity as vvashn -man.
The police found a quantity <>f
clothing bearing the name of Mr.
Cutchins. itnd they are anxious to tin-1
the owner.
KNITTINC. MlliLti t !f i "ITi ilfs
HOLD l-'IIIST MIITIM.
VVll.I.IAMSItritd. VA , October lr».
—The creditors of the VVillianitfburg
Knitting Mill Company, bankrupt,
held their second meeting here yes
terday afternoon. The examination
of the bankrupt and the taking of
depositions was the principal business
transacted. The trustees ask for an
order to sell the personal property.
The next meeting will be held hen
on November 2.
HE STOLE .TRUNKS
TO SECURE MONEY
-Tacks-if), Allcppil Iluggage '\ Jijcf,
Admits That 1I<- ()jwr:Ut -1
Willi lingers.
TNJriiEI) WHEN YOIWG
Tel* Phifi 1 Story of Having De
ceived Injury to Drain Which
Affects Him.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian )
(.'HARI.OTTKSVILLE, VA tut 1
Martin Jackson, alias Jacobsky, alleg
ed baggage thief. was under a hot
cross-examination at the bands of the
Commonwealth's attorney when the
Corporation Court adjourned for din
ner.
The principal witness at the morn
ing's session was H. Is Rogers, a mem
ber of the gang of trunk robber*, which
stole over $275,000 worth of trunks and
valuables from various railroads, and
who was released from the yR tie peni
tentiary after serving eighteen months
of a five and one-half years' term He
testified that he and Jackson borrow
ed money from George Thomas, in
New York, and that they < nine to
Charlottesville together on January
10. 1#07. and swapped checks at <lor
donsvllle on three trunks which the;,
had gotten here; that at the same time
they took the check off of another
trunk here and claimed It as their own.
Rogers then told of going to Rich
mond, where he was arrested; that
$120 was wired them from New York
after his arrest, 1100 of the amount
being for him and which Jackson got
from the telegraph office by signing
his name. Rogers stated that he and
Jackson together had a satchel con
taining duplicate checks of trunks
stolen, and that after his arr. st Jack
son went to las room In a Richmond
hotel and shipped the grip to New
York, when It was found by railroad
detectives.
Rogers told of his pardon by the
governor and said that he was now
engaged in the poultry business in
Richmond and was endeavoring to lead
an upright life.
Admits the Theft.
Jackson took the stand and claimed
that ut the request of Rogers he had
come South, but for what purpose he
did not know until his arrival here In
Charlottesville, when he was given two
checks. He stole the trunks, he said,
in order to make money, lie claimed
that while young a chair fell over with
him and that his head vs crushed
and he had always suffered from that
Injury. He had been addicted, he said,
to opium and was easily led off by
Rogers He acknowledged shipping
the grip containing checks to New
York, but said he dtd not know why
he had done so. Jackson frequently
contradicted htruself. The < as*- will
probably be concluded by night.
MEN OF RED TTPE
BLEW UP TIES
Trial i.- doing Against Alleged
1 lilt l til V- Utl 1
lottesville Court.
Reports from Charlottesville are to
the effect that good progress is being
made in the trial of Martin Ju.ob
son, alias Jacobsky, the alleged bag
gage thief The trial was begun Tues
day morning and during the day eigh
teen witnesses were put on the stand
by the prosecution, ethers will tes
tify on Wednesday.
According to a letter received from
Deputy Sheriff Traylor, who Is pres
ent at the trial as a witness, the i asi
looks bad for Jackson He entered a
; plea of not guilty and If a verdlci
Is returned against hltn It Is likely
that he will be given a severe penalty.
Deputy Sheriff Traylor says In hU
letter that Jackson has only tw<
witnesses for the defense and that
the testimony of these is not expect
! ed to be of much value to them
| Oeorge W. Thomas, the other alleged
baggage thief who has been held
| In Henrico jail for several months, it
I present at the trial as a witness H<
i Is In the custody of Traylor during
his absence from his cell. Thomai
and Traylor are expected to return
\ to Richmond Wednesday night. Th«
! trial of Thomas will be held at a
i later date, the time has not yet beer
{fixed.
Mrs. Jackson, who lived In Rich
I morn) while her husband was confined
In Henrico Jail, is piescht in tht
court room during the trial. It Is
expected that the case will go to th<
Jury- Wednesday afternoon.
task la Wwklutna.
WASHINGTON, Oct. is —Collect™
Doeb. of the Port of New York, la In tin
city to-day conferring with the cus
toms officials of the Treasury. He wll
remain until the arrival of Secretary
MacVeggh. Of the Treasury Depart
meat, to-morrow, with whom ho desire:
HOLLAND NAMED 1
ON 502ND BALLOT; I
VOTE UNANIMOUS’
SiHie “pnnt«r F, K. Hollaml,
Narrifd to succeed Kepr*-sentatlve
Maynard.
ONLY ONE IS LEFT
BUT TBIT LEADS
Atm ri(M II. tin Only Hoiik BhI
livii! \\hv it; Ftiico, Looks Like
Winner.
ST nurIS, MU., Out. 19.—with the
elimination • t the balloon* St. Louis
No. 4 anil the Million Population Club,
only mi American cruft remained in
the international spherical race that
to-day is carrying seven bass north
east toward tho wilds of the Hudson
Bay country. "
From reports gathered here early
to-day the America II. manned by
Han ley and Post, raving against six
foreign balloons, has a change t"
break the American distance record
i of S7l) mite*.
; Captain H. K. Honeywell, pilot -d
the St, Louis No. 4, with his aide. .1
VT. Tolland, descended late Inst nlghi
i at Hillman. Mich near Lake Huron
about fipr> miles from the start. The
French Condor. Faure and Srholiek
. landed at Two HI vers. Wts.. 410 mile;
from f*t. Louis. The Million Popula
tion Club was the first to land early
: yesterday at Racine. Wis.
The America 11 early to-day wa -
j five mibs in the lead of the Herman
liusseldcrt and tin same distance
i ahead ..f the Herman Hamburg 11
I according to dispatches reeeivetl here
j The Germania, whh h led the ract
yesterday, had dropped back, but wa;
i still aloft.
It is expected that the b%|loons wll
to-day cross LhIt** Huron with a con
9'nueil northeast, rly wind earrylni.
them towards the Straits of Mackinai
| or through Ontario. Canada, towart
Hudson Bay
Going \l Good Height.
I.1TTLK Cl’RKENT, oNT.. net 19
—A large balloon passed over Mani
towaning and Little Current, ant
Manltouiln Island early to-day. trav
eling n>TtSi-nf>rth. ast. Tho heigh
was about 1... fe.'t
The air pilots did not r> port th.
name- of the balloon.
Anxlotv For the Pilots.
A1.PK.NA. .MB'll . O't. 19.—Fear
for the safety ot the pilots and aid
j In the seven balloons now aloft it
th. international balloon race, am
j now O I let ed to be headed In a north
easterly direction over Lake Huron. I
i felt here to-day following the recelp
| of the warning from Washington <>
1 a northwest giF which is castwari
bound over I.ak. Superior. Vessel
- on Lak--s Huron, Superior and Michl
gan hat e i i ett advised to seek shel
ti r. It is believed, however, lha
the balloons udil be nblo to cross th>
lake and effect a landing in Canadi
before ti e gale reaches them.
wireless reports from steamers re
garding the balloons over the lak
has been received
j Pilot Honeywell and Aide rolland
■ whose balloon Million Fopulatlot
Club landed at Hillman. Mich., j.asa.a
though here this morning on rout
j to St" L> ul« They said they had :
splendid trip and > rossed I«akc Mr hi
(fan without trouble, but aftt r enter
ing Michigan they were bothered wltl
' cress air currents. Honeywell sail
they landed ! •< ause of lnsnfflcien
ballast to take a chance in erossln
Ijdke Huron.
Antlrcu .!, Williams.
Mr Andrew .1 Williams, seventy
eight years old. » well known cltlzei
of Church Hill, died Monday night a
the home of his granddaughter, Mr!
O. K. Berry, N'o. x.M North Twenty
sixth street He ,s an employe o
the American la emotive VWtrks, an
a member of Manatoka Tribe. 1. <
K. M. He leaves a widow, one Bo
and a granddaughter. Tite fnnertt
took place 'Vi dnesday morning fron
the rerldetu ■
YORKTQWIV ANNIVERSARY
i FITTINGLY CELEBRATE!
—
I YOnKTOW.N. VA., October 19.
The 119th anniversary of the surren
der of Cornwallis U> General Washing
f ton was celebrated to-day. A numbe
, of addresses and a parade by soldier!
sailors and marines were the mail
features of the occasion. The ceie
bratlon was arranged by the York
■ town Historical Society.
Oyster Supper.
! For ihe benefit of the "carpet fund.
the Ladle*’ Aid Society of the Haake
, Memorial church will serve an orate
Man* Xfcuiedoy atshts '
Nansemond Senator Nominat
ed at Suffolk by Sudden
.. Switching of Young’s
Delegates
JAMES TREHY DELIVERS
00 VOTES TO WINNER
With 140 Votes to State Solon’*
( reilit, IMeirafes I>oeide to
Give Him All—Action
1 nixpeoted.
(Special t ' The Hiohmond Virginian.y
SI I FOI.K. V.V. Oct. 1».—Edward
Everett Holland. Independent Demo
emt, succeeds Representative Harry
I.. Maynard from the Serond Yirf(1ala
district. Ilia nomination roinlng un
expectedly shortly after noon to-day
on the 502d balkn of a convention
which liad been drtullurked for
On tli<‘ devistve ballot the ^
stood:
E. E. Holland. 104: Harry L. May* '
nard. 1"; Joseph T. Deal, I; William |
A. Voting. 3.
The nomination watt brought ahowt ,,
by "Jimmy " Trtdiy, Young's #OW
manager, and a member of the Xow» |
folk fit) machine, who suddenly arom|s|
anti cast sixty of Young's vote* for
dependent Holland.
Three Young delegatee did not coam
over on thht ballot.
When the uproar luai «aboMN(f|
Treliy amiotineed that all *3 of tfc* :
Young delegate* would be In tho Hd* j
land rank*.
IW ul followed with Ida 7 votes and |
Maynard'* floor manager moved Ifr
make It unanimous. < |
Politicians are unable to acconnd
for tlie sudden turn of tile Norfolk *
maeliine men to Holland.
Deal Cioee Second.
The balloting had proceeded mo
nutonoualy all morning. Young bain* ■
steartllv for Deal, his avowed second:
choice. Four of Maynard’s delegata*^
also iiatl gone over to Deal, who Imd’iJ
hut 7 vote* of his own. making tit*
roll-call: Holland. 80: Deal, 74; May-V
nard, 14.
The fRtigued delegates, worn out BIT
(til-night sessions and the long daad- '
lock, cheered for five minute* wbaitfrt
Trehv arose and startled the contra*-A
lion by saying: "Without speaking*0* I
the entire Y'oung delegation, I haV*
been authorized to deliver enough TOta*
to name Edward E. Holland."
Treliy frankly told the converrtlo*? 7
that Y oung s second choice was Deal,
but that they wanted to break til*
deadlock.
it is rumored that Deal's refusal t#';!
throw his strength to Young and th* ;
Norfolk machine for more than M •
ballots turned the Norfolk leader*
against him eventually, as “the r4n#Rj|
had been bitterly opposed to HoR**#:i
all along. J
in his speech of acceptance Hollands,
declared his independence of any Hit#'
or faction and declared he had madttp
no pledges.
Holland came into the contra:
with 80 delegates and a large pot
plurality over all other candidate*,
needed but 4 votes to secure the
vvntion nomination, but despite
the “holdout against him lasted
fnrtv-elght hours.
The defeated candidates were
to the stage after the nomination
gracefully accepted the result, all
tlons promising the independent _ ..
support. The convention ended I*
Democratic love feast.
Promises Large Vote.
Trchy. the Norfolk machine’s
ne« r. made himself popular with .
rural delegates by assuring Holland
a large Norfolk vote. H~” “
strength lay In Suffolk and
1 ties outside of Norfolk.
Some of the politician* here,
ever, believe there Is some motltr*
hind the "flOD" to Holland by
anil Young. and that the astute
fulls ring leaders will demand
thing in return.
One thing seems certain—Jotspfc
Peal, regarded as a Quasi-mac*"”"
man In Norfolk, will never reach
lie office, because he failed to
Young, who stood a chance Of
itig enough additional delegate! „
Maynard to win the nomination.
The machine Is also disgruntled
Maynard's convention tactics,^ “
the sudden nomination of
wh* n things seemed to be going 1
wav.
Trehy addressed the convention ■
ter throwing the Young delegations
Holland, and bitterly crttldoed *
State Democratic committees
declared the primary of A
void because of the fraud* la tho j
Maynard-Young race, saying
Young received a majority Of
i "honest" votes cast.
Trehy intimated that ttie State <
' mittee had been coerced Into
tlon by Influences which feared
volt against the entire State
Holland's Speech.
I Holland was informed of hta
natbm by a committee comp
the four floor leaders of ths
: candidates. In his convention
he said: "I believe I will be
, by the united Democracy of
! ond Vlrgtnla district, i nufn*
friends here among svory
: I shall not participate In any WM
thelt; factional flghta. Whea I I
. Congress I go as the rspr
i of every individual In the
i go representing no special
; and under no pledges. I r*~
cate Democrat prtncipleo.
.always a Democrat, and 1
scratched a ballot because of 1
tional difficulties."
Young. Maynard and Deal
dieted Democratic
cess now that the
over.
*1 have been a
| will be a *t»Of|
tative Ml