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HIGHLAND i T^afSW^if VOL. XXVI. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA.. SEPTEMBER 16 1004. NO. 35. ROOSEVELT'S LETTER Campaign Issues Discussed bj the President YERY SEVERE ON HIS OPPONENTS. President States That His Administration Has Been Misrepresented Outright-It Would Be Disastrous. He Argues, ti Abm loo a S o|le One of His Policies-False Criticism. ile Says. ' Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special).?Pres? ident Roosevelt's letter accepting the Republican nomination for the Presi? dency was made public here. It is in part as follows: Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept, 12, 1904. Hon. J. G. Cannon, Chairman of the Notification Committee: My Dear Sir?I accept the nomi? nation for the Presidency tendered nie by the Republican National Conven? tion and cordially approve the plat? form adapted by it. In writing this letter there are certain points upon which I desire to lay especial stress. It is difficult to find out from the ut? terances of our opponents what are the real issues upon which they pro? pose to wage this campaign, lt is not unfair to say that, having abandoned most of thc principles upon which tthcy have insisted during the last eight years, they now seem at a loss both as to what it is that they really be? lieve and as to how firmly they shall assert their belief in anything. In fact, it is doubtful if they venture res? olutely to press a single issue; as soon as they raise one they shrink from it and seek to explain it away. Sfich an attitude is the probably in? evitable result of the effort to im? provise convictions; for when thus im? provised it is natural that they should be held in a tentative manner. The party now in control of the Government is troubled by no such difficulties. We do not have to guess at our own convictions and then cor? rect the guess if it seems unpopular. The principles which we profess are those in which we believe with heart and soul and strength. Men may dif? fer from us, but they cannot accuse us of shiftiness or insincerity. The policies we have pursued are those xvhich we earnestly hold as essential to the national welfare and repute. Our actions speak even louder than our works for the faith that is in us. We base our appeal upon what we have done and are doing, upon our record of administration and legisla? tion during the last seven years, iii which we have had complete control of the Government. We intend in the future to carry on the Govern? ment in the same way that we have carried it on in the past. A party whose members are radic? ally at variance on most vital is? sues and, if united at all, are only united on issues where their attitude threatens widespread disaster to the Avhole country, cannot bc trusted to govern in any matter. No other administration (than the present one) in our history, no other government in the world, has more consistently stood for the broadest spirit of brotherhood in our common humanity, or has held a more resolute attitude of protest against every wrong that outraged the civilization of the age, at home or abroad. Pension Order No. 78 (directing that any veteran of thc Civil War who lias reached the age of 62 years should be persumptively entitled to a pension of $6 a month) is justified, not merely on legal grounds, but also on grounds of public morality. The record of the last seven years proves that the party now in power can be trusted to take the additional action necessary to improve and strengthen our monetary system and that our opponents cannot be so trusted. The action of the Attorney-General in enforcing the Anti-Trust and In? terstate Commerce laws, and the ac? tion of the last Congress * * have for the first time opened a chance for the national Government to deal intelligently and adequately with the questions affecting society * * * because of the accumulation of capi? tal in great corporations. When ttl ey (the Democrats) speak of protection as robbery, they of course must mean that it is immoral to enact a tariff designed to secure to the American wageworker the benefit of the high standard of living which we desire to see kept up in this coun? try. To speak of thc tariff in this sense as robbery * * * is on its. face false. From time to time schedules must undoubtedly be rearranged and read? justed to meet the shifting needs of the country, but this can with safety be done only by those who are com? mitted to the cause of the protective system. At no time In the history of this Or any country has there been an era so productive of material benefit alike to workingman and employer as during the seven years that have just passed. The army as it is now is as small as it can possibly be and serve its purpose as an effective nucleus. The expenditures of the nation have been managed in a spirit of economy, as far removed from waste as from niggardliness. . The put.'ic work of the United States has nevcJ\been conducted with a higher degree of honesty and effi? ciency than at the present time. We have known no party in dealing with offenders. Melba's Auto Kills Man. Paris (By Cable).?Mme. Melba, the distinguished singer, while driving an automobile here, accompanied by her two cousins, the Misses Walker, ran over a man aboir ?.? ears old and killed him instantly. -? accident oc? curred on the Boji^.ard Peroire, Mme. Melba being on the way from the Hotel Ritz to Versailles. The chauffeur was not to blame, as thc old man got in the way of the auto? mobile while trying to escape being run over by a cab. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Tbe Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic, Forest fires are raging in the prin? cipal timber districts of California. All Knights Templar trains scheduled to leave for the East via Ogden were canceled. Charles Michaels, a New York book? keeper, committed suicide to avoid be? ing killed by the brother of a stenog? rapher with whom he had become en? tangled. William F. McMnilen, thc opera? tor of the "spot light" at the Iroquois Theater, in Chicago, at the time of the disaster, .has disappeared. Banker Elland has returned to his home, in Portalcs, N. M., with a story of being held up by Mexican brigands and held for a ransom. The National Executive Board of the Mineworkers advises the men in the Knoxville district to accept thc proposed reduction. New York police broke by force into t'.c flat of Mrs. Elizabeth Calder, the woman who was driven mad by her husband's death. In a quarrel at Glenwood Springs, Col., Sergeant Boyle shot and killed Private Pearl Allen, of a Fort Robin? son cavalry troop. It was officially denied that Judge Parker proposes to go to New York and take personal charge of the cam? paign. '1 he steamer Longfellow sank off the Highland Light, on the Massa? chusetts coast. All the crew were saved. The new cruiser Milwaukee was launched from the ways of the Union Iron Works, in San Francisco. Thrilling Rescues were made by fire? men at a miement-houte fire in New York. Fire attacked the snowsheds in the neighboringhood of Blue Canyon, Cal., destroying, according to thc meager reports received about 500 feet ol the inclosure. Minister W. W. Russell, the Amer-, ican minister to Colombia, called to see Acting Secretary of State Loomis with reference to his mission. The British schooner Fraulein struck on Pollock Rip Shoal, off th? Massachusetts coast, and is a total wreck. The crew was taken off. Forest fires are raging violently on the shores of Spirit Lake, near Coeur d'Alenc City and Rathdrum, all in Kootenai county, Idaho. Three persons were injured in Pitts? burg, Pa., in a collision between a large racing automobile and a park trap. All will probably die. The voting trust of the Reading Railroad has been dissolved, leaving the affairs of thc company in the hands of the shareholders. Mrs. Charles Evans, of Monterey, Ia., committed suicide because her husband went to the ball game, con? trary to her wishes. Investigation of the lynching of the negro Maples' was begun by a special grand jury in Huntsville, Ala. Larkins Johnston, colored, was hanged at Columbiana, Ala., and An? drew Burton at Anniston, Ala. A fine of $15,000 was imposed in Boston on the Royal Exchange As? surance Company of London. Two robbers looted the safe of County Treasurer Chase, in Pomeroy, O., of $14,000. Three prisoners under indictment for burglary walked out of jail in Glens Falls, N. Y. Jesse Allen, a negro, was legally executed in Oxford, N. C., for feloni? ous assault. Thousands of acres of valuable land in California were destroyed by for? est fires. The three big tobacco organizations are to be consolidated. Joseph Elsie, an aeronaut, was kill? ed while making a balloon ascension and parachute leap at the Douglas County Fair, at Tuscola, 111. While descending his parachute was caught in the top of a tree he fell 100 feet, breaking his neck. Boatswain Haley, who was recently ordered court-martialed for drunken? ness, has been adjudged insane and will be brought to Washington and confined in an asylum. Acting Governor Cunningham, of Alabama, and Circuit Judge Speake have taken steps to investigate the lynching of the negro M ables in Huntsville, Ala. The Treasury Department has be? gun to pay prize money to Admiral Dewey and thc officers and men who participated in the naval battle at Manila Bay. A mob of Italians on the East Side. New York tried to lynch, a motorman who had run over two children, kill? ing one of them. Foreign. The Protestant provincial newspa? pers in Germany object to thc Crown Prince's betrothed retaining her Cath? olic name Cecilia after her marriage. All the newspapers of St. Peters? burg comment favorably on the ap? pointment of Prince Peter Sviatopolk Mirsky to the ministry of thc in? terior. The proposed visit of King Alfonso of Spain to President Loubet of France has been postponed until spring. An operation for an affection of thc glands was performed on Coquclin the cider in Paris. Russia is reported to be opposed to the proposed annexation of Crete. The Russian Minister of the Inter? ior says no reports of extensive anti jcuish disturbances in several of the governments of Southwest, Russia have been received. Thc /only recent disturbance, it is addeY^ was a small affair at Biela. near Kieff, in which no one was killed. Work on the great Simplon tunnel. in Italy, has been soddenly stopped by the striking of a rjot spring flowing 1,500 gallons a minute. Louis Deibler, wiso directed the guillotine of Paris fo^r 20 yeari, died at Anteil. at the aae oTttU. s RUSSIANS IN TIGHT PLACE Reported That 12,000 Are Surrounded Bj the Japanese. THE LOSSES AT LIAOYANG 50,000. Reports of the Evacuation of Liaoyang? Wretched Condition of Hie Russian Soldiers After Their Long Flight From Liaoyang Through Mud and Mire Thousands ol Them Shelterless in the Terrific Rainstorms. While reports received at St. Peters? burg state that thc Japanese forces abandoned the attempt to head off General Kuropatkin's army, which ar? rived safely at Mukden, the move? ments of thc three armies of the Mi? kado are again veiled in mystery. A German correspondent at Mukden re? ports thc Russian evacuation of that place progressing. The London Express says Kuropat? kin's army is divided into five col? umns. The first has reached Tic Pass, 40 miles north of Mukden; thc second is between Mukden and the pass; thc third is at Mukden, the fourth is holding Kuroki in check by hard fighting, and the fifth, number? ing 12,000 men, is nearly surrounded by the Japanese. The Russian troops, after their long marches through mud and mire, are in. a deplorable condition. The suf? fering of the men along the line of retreat were terrible. Thousands of them have no tents or any kind of shelter. The Russians in their flight left the task of burying thc thousands of dead to the Japanese. Incessant rains have prevented thc cremation of the corpses. A correspondent with the Russian Army in the retreat frcun Liaoyang says the combined losses in thc bat? tles there were 5<\ooo men. When the Russians left thc town the streets were strewn with corpses. Thc Rus? sians admit their positions there were too extended for their army to hold. During five days of the fighting around Liaoyang 12,300 wounded Rus? sians were treated in Red Cross am? bulances. The Russian press and public, par? ticularly at St. Petersburg, do not conceal their disappointment and dis? comfiture over the retreat from Liao? yang and the general conditions at the front. Russian papers demand re? organization of thc army, and inti? mate that Viceroy Alexicff is inter? fering too much. One St. Petersburg newspaper says "that what is needed is some of the do-or-die spirit of the Japanese." _ den. Kuropatkin's Army Divided. London (By Cable).?The Daily Ex? press claims to have trustworthy in? formation that the Russian army is divided into five columns. The first has reached Tie Pass, 40 miles north of Mukden, and is preparing to defend that place against the Japanese. The second is midway between Mukden and Tie Tass. The third is at Mukden. The fourth, consisting of 40,000 men, un? der General Meyendorff, is holding General Kuroki in check by hard fighting 12 miles south of Mukden. The fifth, of about 12,000 men, is further south, exhausted by incessant fighting, and is surrounded on three sides by the Japanese, its position be? ing one of extreme danger, from which it can hardly hope to escape. "Everything now depends," says the paper, "on Meyendorff's ability to hold Kuroki in check, which so far has been successfully done." Weary Russians Lay Down in Mud. St. Petersburg (By Cable). ?Il seems to be definitely established that Field Marshal Oyama's tired troop* practically abandoned on Wednesday the attempt to head off General Ku? ropatkin, and the latter's army has arrived safely at Mukden, after fright fnl experiences in floundering through mud and mire over the Mandarian road. Some descriptions of thc scenes along thc line of retreat are almost ncredible. They tell how the men ay down in the mud and slept in a trenching rain and without shelter. It is evident that the last deter nined effort of the Japanese to bring Kuropatkin to bay was made on Tties iay; but the Russian commander-in rhicf faced about, and two corps, with irtillery, beat off the Japalese, while he remainder of the troops continued he march to Mukden. After that the fapanese could only hang on to thc lanks and try to shell the retreating 'oltimns from the hills. The outposts ire still in contact, but they are not :vcn exchanging shots. A late dispatch sent from Mukden lescribes the horrible plight of the entless and shelterless soldiers. Thc general expectation is that thc losses viii approximate 20,000, against 30,000 or the Japanese. Told to Stop Raids. St. Petersburg (By Cable).?The oreign office has been informed that he instructions to the Russian gov rnment not to further interfere with icutral shipping has been communi ated to the volunteer fleet steamer Petersburg in South African waters, rhere is no news of the Smolensk, vhich is to receive similar instruc ions. Thc instructions sent to the teamers are understood to have been lelivercd through a Russian -and not brough a foreign agency, and reached hem both, it is stated here, at a :nown rendezvous off thc African oast. Thieves Loot a Postoffice. Charlotte, N. C. (Special).?Burg irs made a raid on Yadkinville, Yad? in county. They blew open the safe f County Treasurer J. A, Logan in is store and secured between $8..ooo nd $10,000. The safe in the postoffice :as also blown open. Postmaster Jackie reports that over $410 was tolen. The burglars secured tools rom a blacksmith shop in the town, bounty Treasurer Logan offers a re? gard of $2,000 for the capture of the urorlars and mnne.v. TRAIN .ELL INTO RIVER. Engine and Coaches on Seaboard Air Lin Plunges Through Trestle. Charlotte, N. C. (Special).?Shortl; after I o'clock A. M. train No. 41 01 thc Seaboard Air Linc Railroad cou >isting of an express car, a mail cai two day coaches and a Pullman sleep cr, was derailed at a trestle just soutl of thc Catawba river, South Carolina and 22 miles southwest of Monroe, N C., followed by the wreck of a ligh engine and caboose, resulting in thi death of 4 persons and thc injuring 0 31 others. J. M. Barr, first vice president anc general manager of thc road, said thai there was evidence of a malicious at tempt to wreck the train, a numbci of joints having been found discon nected. He gave the following.details: "Train No. 41 was in charge of Con ductor Richard West and Engineci Gaston Mears. Thc wreck occurrcc about 1 o'clock at the trestle just soutl of Catawba River, South Carolina, anc 22 miles southwest of Monroe, N. C The engine- passed over the tresth and went down the embankment, kill ing Colored Fireman Ed Roberts ant seriously injuring Engineer Gastot Mears. A light engine and caboose running as No. 19, in charge of Con ductor' Chapman and Engineer E. Y Barksdale, which train was passed bj No. 41 a short distance east of tin point where the accident occurred ran into the damaged trestle and or top of the passenger train, resulting in the death of the engineer of No 19, thc fireman of the passenger trait and of Mrs. Black and an unknowr lady passenger. Two Pullman em ploycs, six railway employes, one mai clerk, one Southern Express Compam employe and 23 passengers were in* jurcd." The wrecked train was rannittf about 40 miles an hour when the trcs tlc, which is about 300 feet long, span ning a meadow near the Catawb; river, gave way. Thc engine and sotm of the cars passed over, but wen drawn backward into thc abyss anc upon the other cars, and then lo ad( to the disaster a light engine and ca boose ran on top of the train o wreckage before it could bc flagged. Gaston Mears, the engineer of thi passenger train, escapd with som< bruises and a painful scalp wound How he escaped death is beyond hil own or anyone else's comprehension He said that he was driving at tin rate of 40 miles an hour as he crosscc the bridge. Just before thc engine had swept entirely clear of the struc ture he felt it sinking, but the impctu: tarried the engine and all the cars ex cept the first-class passenger car anc the Pullman over and clear of the yawning gulf, which was left wher half the bridge collapsed, but the en gine and cars were swerved from theil course to the right, tearing thc rai loose from its fastenings and hurling the entire train upside down over ar embankment to the meadow, about 3( feet below. The accounts of the' survivors an terrible. When thc train went crash ing over thc embankment every ligh' went ont and passengers were throwr heads over heels against the sides o: the coaches, bleeding and bruised Some were rendered unconscious foi a moment. Mrs. Black, sitting wi tr her husband., gave a short cry, anc when he managed to strike a matcl and find her body he discovered tha' she was dead, her neck "having beer broken. She was the onlv passengei killed or even hurt seriously. RUSSIA READY TO MAKE CONCESSIONS Answer to United States and Great Britaii Concerning Contraband. London (By Cable).?The prclimi nary representations made by Conn Benkcndorff, the Russian ambassador to the Foreign Office indicate tha Russia is on the point of making sub stantial concessions to the Unitcc States and Great Britain regarding the question of contraband of war as a result of the submission by For eign Minister Lamsdorff of the rc port of the general commission ti Emperor Nicholas, together with in formation transmitted by Ambassa dor Benkcndorff showing the view of the British government. The Russian Foreign Minister is ex pectcd to present to the British gov ernment, through Sir Charles Hard inge, the British ambassador to Rus sia. Thursday the formal reply of th' Russian government. It is under stood in official circles here that Rus sia, while not acknowledging hersel at fault for the captures made by he I ships in the past, will more specificall; describe the conditions under whicl certain goods, such as foodstuffs an< cotton, become, in her view, contra band. The British Foreign Office is satis fied from the representations made ti it that such substantial concession', will be made by Russia as will lead ti a'n easy settlement of thc vexatiou: question. Boxer Uprising Feared. Bloomington, 111., (Special). ? Si: McLean county missionaries wh< have been spending their vacation: here have received orders to go bael to China, as another Boxer uprising is on in the district to which they wen assigned. Their headquarters have been burned and their personal pro perty has been stolen or destroyed. FINANCIAL Bachman is the inside house in Warwick Steel. He has bought thc stock this week. Tube manufacturers reduced tht price $5 a ton owing to the cut in steel. There is an estimated short inter est of 1,000,000 shares of United State; Steel. No wonder the stock rises. Uncle Sam's August cotton report makes the condition 84.1 compared with a ten-year average of 73.2. CASH GIVEN AWAY to Users of LIO In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums WOOL&pptSga*^ arr ****& {IJonr Cruwee:) ^'vr*? >??jv__L *^SS?cTS&frm' /SF -"""?co >|ow Would Yo ii _ like ex Check like This? We Have Awarded $20,000.00 Presidential Vote Contest TRCA5U/f?/r S^? Cash to Lion Coffee users in our Great World's Fair Contest? 2139 people get checks, 2139 more will get them in tho sLi<?V.aV>. .?WVZaT J Five Lion-Heads cut from Lion Coffee Packages and a 2-cent stamp entitle you (in addition to the regular free premiums) to one vote. The 2-cent stamp cov? ers our acknowledgment to you that your estimate is recorded. You can send as many esti mates as desired. Grand Firs. Prize of $5,GC9.I hat will be the total papular vote cast for President (votes for all can? didates combined) at the election November 8, 1904? In 1900 election, 13,950,653 people voted for President. For nearest correct esti? mates received in Woolson Spice Com? pany':; o!Mce, Toledo, G., on or before November 5, 1901, we will give first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize to the next nearest, etc., as follows: will be awarded to the one who ls nearest correct on both our World's Fair and Presi? dential Vote Contests. We also offer $5,000.00 Special Cash Prizes to Grocers' Clerks. (Particulars in each case of Lion Cori ce.) 1 Firs*, Pris* .$2,500.00 1 Second Prise . 1,000.00 2 Prizes - I5OO.0O esveh .1,000.00 6 Prises? 200.0O IO Prises? 100.00 20 Prlzcs 50 Prizes? 250 Prises? 1800 Prises? 2139 FRIZES, oO.OO 2000 10.0O 6.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 . 1,000.00 2,500.00 0,000.00 TOTAL, $20,000.00 How Would Your Name Look on One of These Checks? Everybody uses coffee. If you will use LION COFFEE long enough to get acquainted with it. you will be suited and convinced there is no other such value for the money. Then you will take no other?and that's why we advertise. And we are using our advertising money so that both of us?you as well as we?will get a benefit. Hence for your Lion Mead* WE GIVE BOTH FREE PREMIUMS AND CASH PRIZES Complete Detailed Particulars in Every Package of L COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE CO., (CONTEST DEPT.) TOLEDO, OHIO. STRIKE DECLARED OFi Butcbers io Chicago Yards Return ti Work. BOTH SIDES HAVE LOST MILLIONS A Labor Struggle That Dmoralized thc Mei Packing Industry for Two Months?Pres! d.nt Donnelly Declares tbe Men Were De feated?53,000 People Involved In Strike The Loss in Wages $5,100,000. Chicago, (Special).?The strike o | the butcher workmen, which has de moralized thc meat packing industr; . throughout thc country for the las two months, was officially dcclarei , off by President Michael J. Donnelly j of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of America Mr. Donnelly telegraphed the mem bers of the national executive com mittee asking their consent to an an nounccmciit of the end of the struggb and having received favorable answer* from all, he declared that thc strike o: thc members of his organization wouk end at midnight. The strike of the members of thi affiliated unions at the stockyards whe quit work in sympathy with thi butchers was officially called off at 2 meeting of the conference board ol the Allied Trades. The general body was at first ir favor of continuing the strike, bu? Mr. Donnelly, who was present an- | notmced that the men were defcatec j and that in order to save his unior ; from being entirely disrupted he woulc ; order his men to return to work nc matter what course might be takei; by other unions. As the other union.' , had no grtevence of their own, but hae j gene on strike to aid the butchers there was nothing left for them bul j to follow thc lead of Mr. Donnell) and they to decided to call off thc strike as far as they were concerned When thc packers were notified that it had been decided to end the strike they announced that they would give places as far as possible to the skill? ed men, but it was stated at the sam* time that many of the men would b" unable to secure their old places, as | in many cases the work was being performed in a satisfactory manuel by men who had been secured since | the commencement of the strike. It is expected that the majority of th* unskilled men wi'.l be unable to secure their places again. It was the ques? tion of a wage scale for this class ol men that brought about the strike the packers refusing to sign an agree? ment with any class other than skill- i ed workmen. During the strike approximatel) j S3,ooo persons have been involved ir j the struggle, which is estimated tc have cost the men about $5,100,000 ir wages, as against an estimate! loss ol $7,500,000 to, the packers, in loss ol business and in increased expenses The greatest number oi men idle ir Chicago during thc strike was 26,600 and thc total in the country outsidi of this city is estimated to be abou1 the same. The original cause of thc strike wai a demand by the butchers' union tha' the packers pay to the unskilled work men l8j. cents an hour. The packer! refused to sign an agreement, but of fered to arbitrate the question. Thi1 was accepted, the strikers agreeing t< return to work pending thc decisioi of the arbitrators. Thc men, however were dissatisfied with the manner ii I which they were being put to work j and declared that they would not re turn unless all of thc men were giver | their old places in one day'. The pack j ers declaring that this was impossible ! the men went on strike for the secom time. j The men now return to work uncle 1 the conditions that existed before t li - j strike. PANAMA BOUNUAXY Li.it. Minister Barrett Will Try to Avoid Frlctioi With Colombia. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Tin State Department is watching with in terest developments on the Isthmu connected with the establishment o the eastern boundary between Panam; and Colombia. It seems that while the geographer have drawn an arbitrary line begin liing at Cape Tiburon, on the Gulf 0 Darien, as a matter of fact, no sur vey ever has been made; and whil' the old treaties spoke of the bound ary as lying on the watershed cross ing the I st bm tu at that point, eve the existence of that shed never ha been determined. There is ampi room for controversy between Pan ama and Colombia as to the exact lo cation of this boundary, and report reaching Washington that one sid or the other had invaded the dispute territory have given rise to some ap prehension of serious friction. Thi was one of the subjects which Sec rctary Hay charged Minister l'arret with the attempt to adjust as far a he could by sound advice bas*d upo such inquiry as he could make. Tt i more difficult to address tho Colom bian government, owing to the partp absence of diplomatic relations wit that country, and the officials 'her feel that ii, there should be any penu inc friction, both Panama and Colom bia would be glad to listen to Ameri can advice. Batted Ball Kills Boy. Chicago (Special).?Wendell Mil ler, 12 years old, son of George M Miller, president of Ruskin University at Glen Ellyn, 111., was killed by ; batted ball while watching a base ball game. Miller was sitting in tin grand stand when the ball struck hin on the temple. He died in three min lites. MR. B'CUE UNDER ARREST ita Answer b C*2T*j cf I r.!eria_; His mit. FJRViLR IATOI C:: CHARLOTTESVILLE. Taken Into Custody at thc Instance of Com* monwcalth's hUemty hr^nk Uiinur Affect? ing Scene a' fis Heall nc- lien IU Wtis Separated fr. in H,s Chiiirea Fha Accused Declares Thal lie Ubi Coiiiiti.l.cj No U.m.\ Charlottesville, Va. (Special).?Ex May oi J. Samuel McCue was arrested at 5:0 P. M. at hil residence, on Park street, by Police Officers D. C. Grady and H. N. Eubank. Thc ar? rest wa- made on a warrant sworn out by Commonwealth'! Attiwioy Prank Gilmer before Acting Police Justice Archie D. Dabney at 4.50 P. M.. who charges Mr. McCue with thc murder of his wife, Mrs. Fannie Me? dic, at her home on thc evening of Sunday, Se^tembrr 4. Immediz cly upon the is?=re of the warrant G hoi r> Grady and Elibank drove to he McCue residence, and, without c< 'emony, entered the house and proce tied directly to the sitting room, where they fOH d J. Samuel Me? dic, his brothers, Edward Mod'" and William Medic, and 1'** '?hildren of the man vvl.ose rime ' ?' ' ren ou every tongue here for three '''ivs. Officer Grady, witt"1'' preliminary statement other than the usual t set* infra, produced and read the warrant. When the warrant had been read Mr. McCue said: "By the grace of God T will come out all right. Do your duty, gentle? men." The children hid begun ervine as they realized the situation, and, turn? ing to them, the prisoner, himself weeping, said: "Do not be uneasy; I am not afraid of thc consequence! if I get a fair trial. 1 have committed no crime." Thc father against whom the awful ch.arge of wife-murder had just be- n lodged then kissed the children good? in-, al! weeping at the affecting sepi ration. and then turning to the offi? cers signified his willingness to ac? company them, and willi them and his two brothers left the room. The prisoner, the two brothers a<-d A. D. Payne, a liveryman, then got in a vehicle and drove to the jail, two blocks distant, where the prisoner was locked un Million-Dollar Fire. Progrcso, Mexico, (Special).?Fin wiped out an entire block of busbies! houses occupied by firms engaged ir the ' general merchandise business Thc loss is estimated at from $i,ooo, ooo to $1,200,000. with but little in? surance. Thc burned territory con? sists of thc square two blocks south ol thc water front and facing one of the principal plazas directly opposite thc customhouse.