HIGHLAND VOL. XXV. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., NOVEMBER 6,1903. NO. 43. 15 DEAD AND 50 INJURED Ptolbill Players Mangled io a Railroad Wreck. !,tM PERSONS WERE ON THE TRAIN. Tk? Pirti Coach Containing Members ol Per* tu University Team, Waa Smashed to Kladilo. Wood and tbe Bodiea ol the Vic Hmo Were Fearfully Mantled?Death List Likely lo Grow. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).?Fifteen persons were killed and over 50 injur? ed, some fatally, by a collision between ? special passenger train on the Big Four Railroad and a freight engine t*rith a cut of coal cars. The accident happened on the edge of this city. The passenger train of 12 coaches was car? rying 954 persons, nearly all of whom were students of Purdue University and their friends, from Lafayette to Indianapolis, for the annual football fame between the Purdue team and the Indiana University squad for the State championship, which was to have been fought in the afternoon. In the first coach back of the en? gine were the Purdue football team, substitute players and managers. Three players, the assistant coach, trainer and seven substitute players of the University team were killed, and every one of the fifty-three other pcr aons were cither fatally or seriously in? jured. From the 12 coaches were coming the joyous cries of a thousand rooters for Purdue, clad in gala dresses, with colors streaming, while in the front coach sat 20 muscular fellows, trained to the hour, on whom the hopes of a brilliant victory on the gridiron were confidently placed. Around a curve at the Eighteenth Street cut Engineer Schumaker found directly in front of him the freight en? gine and coal cars moving slowly from ? switch.leading to a gravel pit. He reversed his engine and jumped. The crash hurled the passenger en fine and three front coaches against the steel freights loaded with coal, that plowed their way through and buried under a pile of wreckage weighing many tons fully 60 human beings. The first car, in which were the players, was completely demolished, the roof being torn away and landing ?cross a car of coal, while the body rf the cir was reduced to kindling wood ?gainst thc side of the steel freight I cars. The second coach, containing thc band of musicians, was partly tele- \ scoped, while the third coach was over- | turned and hurled down a 15-foot em- i bankment. The other coaches did not leave the ! track. President Stone, of the univer- ; atty, with his family, was in the fifth ' coach and was not injured. Immediately after the shock thc pas- * ?engers, men and women, began thc j frantic work of tearing away the wreckage and pulling out dead and dy? ing classmates and fraternity brother--. . Young women performed heroic work. ' Though the bodies were in several in- I stances horribly mangled, .one com? pletely and one partially beheaded, they : took upon their laps thc heads of the dying and injured and soothed their ? sufferings as best thev could. unt:l the surgeon^ arrived. Their bloodstained ?nd grimy garments were gloomy wi: nesses of their heroism. A general alarm wal tow ! '. *?*! ' every assistance the city co.ti.l a.o 1 was rushed to thc wreck, which w :s three miles from the business centre. : Surgeons dashed up in automobiles. fire wagons, ambulances, express wa (DOS, undertakers' vehicles, private ; conveyances, and even delivery wa- ! fons, were sent to cs.i ry away thc dead ! ?nd injured. While these were being carried to ' the morgues and hospitals the work of tearing away the wreck and rescuing those pinned beneath went on. Big muscular students wept aloud as they Stood over the bodies of their dead friends and fellow-workers or gazed helpless upon thc sufferings of their j college mates writhing in pain. To add to the horror the wreckage caught fire, but the flames were extin? guished by the students after a hard i fight. All the young men kiUed were in tbe j first coach. They were found lying tangled and bleeding, with the injured I pinned against them. The coach held j about 70 persons. .,, While thc work of rescue was gui* OM there arrived in the city over ooo ] cheering followers of the red and white 1 of Indian University, at Bloomington. Psnntn waved, college yells were be- j ing hurled from the windows and \ streamers were displayed from the win- 1 dows of the car bearing thc university I football team. As the happy and excited students : poured from the train news of the trag? edy to the black and gold of Purdue | was received. Instantly all was sad? ness and sympathy. The throng melt? ed into sorrowing groups that separat? ed to search morgue and hospital for friends, or took cars for the scene of the wreck to lend any possible aid. * Welsh Miners Deported. Philadelphia (Special).? Twenty-two Walsh miners who were ordered deport j ed by the immigration authorities nt j Washington sailed on the steamship i Noordland, which left here for Liver- j pool. The miners came here, it is said. ! on violation of the Contract Labor Law. I to work in the mines at Ellsworth, Pa. Prescher Uses s Pistol. Gainesville, Ga. (Special).?Rev. \V O. Petty, a well-known minister, shot at John Et. Lipscomb at the former's place of business. Thc shot went wide of its mark and struck Jones Jaines. who was inside thc store, inflicting :t painful but not serious wound. The ?hooting occurred over an excoriation iii thc public prints of this city by Petty ot Lipscomb. Lipscomb returned Pet? ty's fire, but missed. Each swore out warrants for assault with intent to commit murder. THE LATEST !\EWS IN SHORf ORDER. Domestic A brilliant display of northern lights was observed in New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and other places. In some in? stances the electrical conditions inter? fered with the telegraph service. An attempt was made to launch the steamship Manchuria at the New York Shipbuilding Company's yard, at Cam? den, N. J., but the steamship stuck on the ways. William Frazer stabbed and fatally wounded Thomas Barrett in a saloon in Brooklyn, N. Y., while illustrating a tragic scene in a play he had just wit? nessed. Robert McCulley, aged 70 years, an in? ventor of prominence, was accidentally asphyxiated by illuminating gas in his home, in Philadelphia. The United States gunboat Nashville sailed from Kingston, Ja., under sealed orders, but her destination is believed to be Colombia. A strike of the lithographers in New York was averted by an agreement to submit existing differences to a board of arbitration. Oliver W. Buckingham, a cotton mer? chant, fell dead from heart disease in the corridor of the New York Life Building. Three workmen were killed and four injured, one fatally, in the Newsam Coal Mine, at Farmington, 111. An infernal machine was sent to the home of Peter Kureghian, editor of Young Armenia, in Boston. Two persons were killed and nine in? jured by a tornado near Hydro, in Okla? homa Territory. John Murray Dowie, of Essex, Ia., de? clares that he is the father of Elijah thc Restorer. Vahtan Krikorian, the Armenian poet and journalist, pleaded "not guilty" to thc charge of "political murder" in con? nection with the assassination of Sag atel Sagouin in London when arraigned before a United States commissioner in Boston. Miss Henrietta Adams, of Center ville, Mich., secured a verdict of $30, 000 damages for breach of promise against Robert Stuart Baker, a society man, of Grand Rapids. Mich. The American Public Health Asso? ciation adopted resolutions favoring the army canteen. It was decided to hold next year's convention in Havana. Judge Newton C. Blanchard and Gen. Leon Geremski, gubernatorial candidates in Louisiana, came to blows at a political meeting at Ponchatoula. Samuel J. Parks, walking delegate of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union, was again found guilty in New York of extortion. One man was burned to death and a number were injured in a fire that de? stroyed the Baltimore and Ohio eleva? tor in Philadelphia. The strike of the union boilermakers of thc Erie Railroad has extended to all the shops between New York and Chicago. Major Robert L. Howzc. charged with cruelty in the Philippines, was ex? onerated by the board of inquiry. William Hays, colored, was hanged at Uniontown. Pa., for the murder of Edward Perkins, also colored. The demand of the trainmen of the Pennsvlvania Railroad for shorter hours was refused. Some minor conces? sions were granted. The Illinois Tunnel Company, with capital stock of $30,000,000, was incor? porated at Springfield, 111., to succeed the Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company, and will construct 50 miles of tunnel under Chicago streets. - I ral hours. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Millions Paid Without Audit. Various recommendations to cure de? fects in accounting methods under which abuses in the postal service have oc? curred are made by Henry A. Castle, auditor for the Postoffice Department, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster Gen? eral. He says that the defects pointed out make infinitely greater postal abuses than those already disclosed not only possible, but safe. Thc report says the aggregate transactions of the postal serv? ice during the fiscal year were $1,026, 731.408, as follows: Revenues. $134. 224,443; expenditures. $138,784,488; total amount of money orders issued. $3%8, 805,584: money orders paid, $364,856,893. Mr. Castle says: "Presumptively, there is a 'double au? dit of all governmental receipts and dis? bursements, but litcraUv, tinder existing laws and conditions, 90 per cent, of the postal transactions can have no examina? tion whatever in the Postoffice Depart? ment. Less than $150,000,000 of the Si.coo.ooo.ooo annual transactions can have the shadow of a 'double audit.' " As to claims for railway mail trans? portation, aggregating about $40,000,000 a year, the report says the auditor must rely wholly on the bald statement of the departmental authorities that the amounts certified arc due and payable. Thc report recommends an amendment to the law prohibiting thc payment of any salaries or expenditures pertaining to the business of the Postoffice Department by order on a postmaster. It also recom? mends other safeguarding amendments together with an increase of 190 clerks to handle current business and vitally important work necessary to the safe au? dit of $i,ooo.oco,cco a year. Thc Au? ditor summarizes the recent investigation of thc methods of his office and depre? cates thc fact that the auditor keeps no recounts for postage stamps, stamped paper nnd envelopes, etc., bought by the Postoffice Department from manufac? turers or contractors, and urges a law to remedy this defect. The Auditor recommends that Con? gress amend thc laws so as to provide, when "any branch of the government de? sires to use a patented article in the pub? lic service, some just method of deciding on the value of that article, based on cost of manufacture, reasonable profit and fair royalty, and that the same be fixed at the price to be paid therefor. The manufacturer would doubtless in all cases be willing to accept thc price thus established. He would have no motive for offering bribes to any official for ap? proving the sale, and the government WOttld secure the desired improvement at a minimum cost. If the manufacturer should refuse the price thus established, provision might be made for invalidating the patent as to articles required for thc public service." Favors M'clausse Boiler. At a meeting of the Naval Board on Construction it was decided that it will not be necessary to change the con? tracts for the seven ships being built with the Niclausse tyne of boilers in? stalled, so as to provide them with a different boiler. This action, it is understood, was talcen largely as a result of the recent trial of tiie battleship Maine, which is equipped with Niclausse boilers and which made such a satisfactory run from Hampton Roads to Culebra and return. . The boiler question is now one of the mo>t important before the department. It has been held by some naval engi? neers, prominent among whom is Rear .Admiral George W. Melville, formerly Chief Engineer of the Navy, that the Niclausse boiler is not adapted to thc needs of the Navy. Besides the Maine, seven of the large ships under construc? tion are to be provided with thc Nic? lausse boiler. Before retiring Admiral Melville recommended that these new --hips be given another type of boiler. The action taken by the Board of Con? struction settles the question in favor of the Niclausse type. More Pay for Marine Band. Thc annual report of Maj. Gen. Chas. Heywood, commander of thc United State Marine Corps, contains estimates for the following, among other im? provements, at thc yards and stations named: Washington, enlargement of the pres? ent new quarters and the acquirement of a site for new barracks and parade grounds adjoining the navy yard; Nor? folk, Va., the purchase of a site outside thc navy yard as a site for barracks; Algiers, La., * increased appropriation for the construction of barracks. Ref? erence also is made to the need of barracks at the Charleston (S. C.) sta? tion. General Heywood expresses the hope that a site for barracks at Culebra, P. R., be allotted in the near future, as the marines' quarters there under canvas are put to a great deal of suffering and inconvenience during the rainy season. He has directed that the esti? mates be made for suitable barracks and officers' quarters at San Juan. Cnn Call for Troops. Captain Mercer, the officer mention? ed in the dispatch from Fergus Falls, Minn., as subject to charges for alleged misconduct as agent of thc Chippewa Indians, has authority from thc War Department to call on the department commander at St. Paul for troops in case of any disturbance arising from the disputes in relation to the lumber on the reservation. He has informed the War Department that thc Indians are very much agitated and that troops may be necessary. It is stated at the War Department that thc charges against Captain Mer? cer are made by lumbermen who are not satisfied with his action in endeavoring to protect the Indians in their rights. In tbe Department}. The Navy Department is arranging to hurry the cruiser Dixie from Guanta? namo, across to Santo Domingo, if an emergency growing out of the revolution should develop before the cruiser Balti? more, now on thc way, reaches thc is? land. The President appointed Sanford B. Dole to be United States district judge for Hawaii and George R. Carter to be governor of Hawaii. The terms of a parcels post treaty be? tween the United Slates and Hongkong, China, were agreed u$on. SANTO DOMINGO REVOLT The Cruiser Baltimore Will Protect American Interests. i ORDERED FROM NORFOLK IN HURRY. Her Commander Bears Instructions Prom the State Department to Minister Powell for His Guidance During the Revolution on the Island?The Entire Northern Part of the Island In Revolution. Norfolk, Va. (Special).?The cruiser Baltimore cleared from the navy yard at 2 o'clock for Santo Domingo to pro? tect American interests. Fresh ammu? nition and extra bunker coal were taken on at the navy yard, and the vessel is prepared for business. It is understood that her commander has full authority to land marines and bluejackets if the situation demands it. The Baltimore will return here after thc trouble in Santo Domingo is over to convoy the torpedo flotilla to Manila. Washington, D. C. (Special).?A ca? blegram received at the State Depart? ment from United States Minister Powell at San Domingo reports that conditions in the republic are in a state of great disturbance. The State De? partment is making vigorous efforts to communicate with Mr. Powell by ca? ble, but with unsatisfactory results ow? ing to the fact that the insurgents ap? pear to bc in possession of thc land telegraph lines conccting the capital. San Domingo, with the cable station on the east coast. Incidentally, this has interrupted communication with Ven? ezuela. So to guard against any fur? ther cable lapses thc State Department is sending through thc Navy Depart? ment written instructions to Minister Powell for his guidance during the rev? olution, and these went forward on tho Baltimore, which sailed today. Santo Domingo (Special).?The po? litical situation in this city is unchang? ed. Quiet prevails, but serious trou? ble may arise here at any time and tho presence of a foreign warship is de? sirable. The Clyde Line steamer Cherokee, from New York, arrived here. She had been prevented by the Dominican gov? ernment cruiser Jndependencia from calling at Puerto Plata, Samaria and Macoris. She reports that the whole of the northern part of the island has joined in thc revolutionary movement. SALVATION ARMY LEADER KILLED. Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker Victim of Railroad Wreck. Kansas City, Mo. (Special).?Mrs. Emma Booth-Tucker, consul in Amer? ica of the Salvation Army, wife of Commander Booth-Tucker, and second daughter of William Booth, founder of the army, was killed in the wreck of thc eastbound California train No. 2, near Dean Lake, Mo., 85 miles east of Kan? sas city, at to o'clock p. m. Col. Thos. C. Holland, in charge of the Salvation Army at Amity, Col., was fatally injur? ed. Fifteen others were more or les? seriously hurt. The dead and injuree were taken to Fort Madison, Ia. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was rendered un conscious and died within half an hom after being*injured. Her skull was frac? tured and she was injured internally. Mrs. Booth-Tucker was on her way from a visit to the colony at Amity Col., to Chicago, where she was tc have met her husband. The wrecked train ran into an opei switch just outside of Dean Lake. Onh the three last cars, two Pullmans anc a diner were wrecked. The Pullman; were completely demolished, while tin diner was badly damaged. In thc for? ward Pullman Mrs. Booth-Tucker ant Colonel Holland, who were the sob occupants of that car, had just gone tc the forward end for a consultation. Two of thc Pullmans struck a steel water tank with such force as to move it five feet from its foundation and when the crew reached the scene, both Mrs. Booth-Tucker and Colonel Holland were found unconscious. They, with the other injured, were, after much de? lay, taken to thc depot platform a few blocks distant, where everything possi? ble was done for thom. Assassinated in His Hon.:. Vincennes, Ind. (Special).?In his own home William J' Englc, secretary of the Vincennes Distilling Company, was shot and died from thc wounds Engle had arisen to take a train for St. Louis. He was dressing to go to thc station when he heard a noise in the kitchen. He went down stairs, and as he reached thc kitchen he was met by a volley of shots. Two bullets en? tered his head, and he fell unconscious to the floor. He remained in an uncon? scious state until he died. Officers arc searching for thc assailants. Mr. Engle as one of the most prominent business men in this city. Lives Lost in Collision. Yokohama (By Cable).?A collision occurred in a fog oiT Hakodate, Japan, between the Russian Yushen Kaisln Company's steamers Progress and Tokai-Maru. The latter sunk. Of the loo passengers and crew on board the Tokai-Maru only 56 were saved. Negro Murderers Hanged. Luverne, Ala. (Special).?Jim Cham? bers and Lou Shaw, negroes, were hanged here for the murder of William? son Giampion. another negro, in March last. Sale Arrington, an accomplice, turned state's evidence and was released. The hanging was public, and the military waa used to help preserve order. Crank Calls at White House. Washington (Special).?Edward Tan? ner, 33 years old, a native of Switzer? land and a crank, tried to see thc Presi? dent, but he did not get far beyond thc doors of the Executive offices before his condition was discovered. He was taken to police headquarters and later to St. ' Elizabeth's Insane Asylum. His delu I sion was that he was being continually j pursued by airships. He thought the ! President would make them stop bother j ing him. ALSO WANTED ECKSTEIN TO DIE. Miss Bechtel's Murderer Committed Suicide in His Cell. Allentown, Pa. (Special).?Thoma! Bechtel, who was held awaiting investi? gation of the murder of his sister, Ma? id N. Bechtel, at their home a few lays ago, committed suicide in his eel) n the Central Police Station. The police consider this act as ? ?.radical acknowledgment of Bechtel'* *uilt. Bechtel was in cell No. 2, on th# ?ight side of the corridor. Several rda ;ives and friends were admitted to set lim during the afternoon. About i ?/clock he called across the corridoi lo Alfred Eckstein, Miss Bechtel's affi inced lover, who was also held pend :ng the coroner's inquest: "Hello, Al, are you there?" "Yes," answered Eckstein. "I wish you were here with me. now, that we might die together." BechteJ responded. These were the last words heard from Bechtel. A short time later Eckstein railed Bechtel and got no answer, bu' he thought he heard an unusual gurgle. House Sergeant Frank G. Roth had been through the cells only a short tim* before. At 5.15 o'clock he entered the corri dor and called both men. Getting nc inswer from Bechtel he looked into hi: :ell and was appalled to see a pool o' blood on thc cell floor. Bechtel had laid himself on thc bend in his cell and cut his throat with j knife. He was dead when found. Thf knife lay near him on the floor. How he got the knife is not known He was carefully searched when placed in thc cell and no weapon was found There is a rumor to the effect that a newsboy passed the knife to him ir thc cell. Bechtel was a single man and 30 yean of age. He was a laborer, doing odd jobs about thc town and in the country He was a hard drinker, and when in? toxicated was easily angered and prom lo fight. The suicide was followed by the po? lice officials telling the story of the murder of Miss Bechtel gathered b; them. Last Thursday Eckstein accompanied Miss Bechtel to Philadelphia. He lefl her there and returned home. Weisen berg met her in Philadelphia and ac? companied her lo Allentown, leaving there Sunday at 4 p. m.. and reaching here four hours later. They remained together until midnight. Thomas Beeb tel heard of this and, being strenuous!' inposed to Weiscnbcrg, he upraided his sister in her room upon her returr home. In his anger he struck her a powerful blow on the cheek, causing her to fal. heavily against a bureau, contact with which caused ber death. Members of thc family held a coun eil, and decided upon the story mach public on Tuesday and upon the dispo sit ion of the body and clothing ai found. Charles Bechtel's slater'; hatchet was then used in striking s blow on the head of thc dead girl tc give semblance of an assault. This happened immediately after mid nigh;. The body was concealed in thf home until Monday night, when it wa! placed in thc areaway where it war found Tuesday morning. Eckstein knew nothing of the mur? der, the police say. A PLOT TO KILL 300. Armenian Leader in New York Says Sagoun Fomented Trouble. New York (Special).?The assassin atiou of Sagouni in London has un masked a plot to massacre ,}oo com patriots in this city. In thc Armenia! colony the scheme of extermination ii the sole topic of conversation. Not ir years have thc New York Armenian.' been so excited. Sarkis Havsopian, of this city, ? member ol the new Huntchagist Soei ety of Revolutionists, against which an other section has declared a feud, re vealed the existence of the assassina tion plot. He said: "The fight is between the members o! the old Huntchagist Society, which mis? appropriated some $_o.ooo of funds raised by Armenians in the United Slates for assistance in freeing Armenia from Turkey, and thc new society, which detected the irregularity of the first society. "Only a few days ago the members Of the new society in New York city, of which there are some 300. received warning that their lives were in peril Former members of the original Hunt? chagist Society have declared that wc shall pay the penalty with our lives." Some Armenians looked on thc as? sassination of Sagouni with compla? cency. One recognized as a leader said: "Sagouni was undoubtedly killed by an Armenian, probably from the Unit? ed States. He is known to be a fo? menter of trouble and a Russian em? issary. He has pretended to work for thc Armenians, while in reality he has been in thc employ of the Russian Czar. "I and my countrymen herc believe tint much of the slaughter of Armen? ians is due directly to Sagouni and sev? eral others like him. Two of these have lately been killed, and now Sagouni has suffered a similar fate. "While we feel the means arc ex herne, yet it seems to us that under the drcumstanccs ihcy are justified." Killed thc Woman. Jacksonville, Fla. (Special).?While attempting to secure her husband, who lived near Jennings, Fla., a mob of men shot to death Jennie McCall, a negro woman. The mob surrounded McCall's house, and, thinking he was inside, fired a volley into thc house, instantly kill? ing the woman. A posse is reported to be in pursuit of the assailants. Attempt to KUI President Diaz. Guanajuato, Mex. (Special).?Great excitement was caused herc by an at? tempt on the life of President Diaz, who was a guest of the state govern? ment during the festivities herc. Thc President, his staff and guests were passing by the Cantagor Garden in a street car, when a man of the lower class named Ellis Toscano approached the car shouting and fired five shots from a revolver at the car. None of the ihoti took effect THE PIP DOMINION. -atest News Gleaned From All Over the State. Pensions were granted Virginians a! ollows: Richard T. Black, $12; Henry Bishop, $8; John Redd, $12; Isaac J. Poulson, $8; Frank B. Warren, $14; fohn Floyd, $8; William H. Watson, 5i2; Samuel B. Bradbury, $8; Thadeus ioutten, $8; James Henry, $8; Dennis Brown, $8: John Penn, $8; Henderson jood, $8; Robert M. Denton, $8; Cath? rine Back. $8: Ada Whiting, $8; John Vinster, $8; Ella C. Canada, $12; Lily 5. Rains, $8; minor of Henry W. Har? ington, $10; Laura F. Scott, $12. Rector Charles P. Jones, of Mon? et ey, has called a meeting of the board )f visitors of the university, to be held here on Tuesday. November io. Aside rom the presidency question, which nay or may not bc considered, there ire several important matters which re luire the immediate attention of the >oard. Thc most important of these s the appointment of an expert libra ian and an assistant. The faculty has ndorsed the suggestion that the Uni? versity of Virginia should be conspicu? ously represented at the St. Louis Ex? position, and, it is believed, will recom nend that the board appropriate $4000 )r $5000 for a suitable exhibit. Four men were injured, one of them perhaps fatally, by a Chesapeake and Dhio wreck car derrick, which was >verturned by coming in contact with he telegraph wires in thc Fulton yards, Richmond. G. M. Pittman, who was >n the car near the derrick engine, was aught under the car and so badly rushed it is feared he may not recover. C. D. Nutter, a tool dresser at an )il well in Tyler county, stumbled and ell against a flywheel. The top of *.is head was torn off, causing instant leach. Boiler. Tucker, who, it is charged, leserted from Fort Ethan Allen, Ver nont. was arrested at his home, near lynchburg, and will be taken to Fort llonroe. Mr. Davis B. Wills, son of Dr. Fred M. Wills, of Charlottesville, left for vVashington to report for duty in the United States marine service. Mr. Wills has received notification of hi? appointment and his commission. A colored man of Orange county, while crossing the railroad bridge ovei the Rapidan river, in that county, wa* run down by a fast train and killed, The man was carrying a mattress on hil head and failed to notice the rapid approach of the train. In thc neighborhood of tbe Rock bridge Baths the Messrs. Thompson killed three black bears, and in the Short Hills Messrs. T. H. McClellan^ and Lewis Burger brought down a gray eagle that measured nearly 10 feet, from tip to tip. Frank J. Korte, past district deputy of Virginia for the Grand Lodge of Elks, has been appointed general man? ager and caterer of tbe Elks' Home in Roanoke. In a letter to Hon. T. W. Berry, of Stafford county, Attorney General W. A. Anderson expresses the opinion that a registrar cannot legally hold office of judge of election. Mrs. Henrietta Madden, of Luckctts, died at her home, near Leesburg, aged about 65 years. Dr. T. Clayton Williams, a leading physician of Winchester, died of pneu? monia. He was the son of the late Philip Williams, a lawyer, and was 59 years of age. Surviving him are ht! widow and three sisters. Dr. Williams was a graduate of the University of Maryland. During thc Civil Wai* he served in Chew's Battery, Stuart's Horse Artillery, and was once severely wounded. The detectives and searching parties are busy looking for the missing Ed? ward L. Wentz. The Wents family gave out nothing except th?,t a new ru? mor in Wise courttyis being im-stigat ed. Outside persons, anxious to get the big reward offered for the return of the rnillionaire, went to consult a woman clairvoyant at Huntington, W. Va., who had said she could find Wentz. A telegram from the man who saw the clairvoyant says thc woman de? clares Wentz is dead and gives instruc? tions where to find his body. Second Auditor Dew has within the last few days purchased nearly $50,000 of Century and Riddleberger bonds for the literary fund of the State. This brings the total now held by that fund close up to $2,000,000. the interest on which is applied to the support of the State public school fund. The bonds averaged about 93.75 and draw 3 per cent.' in terest. The State Board of Agriculture di? rected Commissioner Koiner to en? force the Pure Food law passed by the last General Assembly, providing for the inspection and analysis of all food? stuffs sold in the State. Members of thc banking bouse of John L. Williams & Sons declare that so far as they are advised there is no foundation for the report sent out from Norfolk that the conference between General Manager Barr, of the Sea? board, and Colonel Andrews, of the Southern, had anything to do with thc acquirement of thc Seaboard by the Southern. President Williams tele? graphed from New York that there was no truth in the story of a pos? sible merger. State and Federal laws are in con? flict in regard to thc wreck of the schooner Nellie W. Howlett, which went ashore near Virginia Beach three weeks ago. She was libeled by the United States Marshal and advertised for sale for seamen's wages of $386. The sale was not effected because the wreck had been sold by the State's Wreck Commissioner for Princess Anne Coun? ty and possession obtained for $309 A^report will be made to Judge Wad dill, of thc United States Court, and hi? action is awaited. A shooting affray occurred near Cop perhill, Floyd county, in which W. W Williams was badly but not fatallj wounded by Hezekiah Mills. Mills ha