THK DISPATCH. FOUNDED ISO' '»VHOLE NUMBER, J 6,359a RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS.

SUMMARY OF PAY'S NEWSTHE WEATHER.

.WASHINGTON, Oct. l.-Forecast forFriday and Saturday:Vlrglnla-Falr Friday and Saturday;

light, variable winds.North Carolina.Fair Friday and Satur¬

day; light, variable xvlnds.

Much higher temperature, though notnear to summer heat wn« the conditionyesterday. The indications ai'o that thotomnnraitire to-dny will remain practicallyunchnnged, with light winds,

STATE OF TUB THERMOMETER.DA. M. 6412M. 7*18 P. M. 78ß P. M. 729 P. M.. 6512 midnight. 6*1

Average .69 2-3

Highest temperature yesterday. 78Lowest temperature yesterday.61Mean temperature yesterday.64Normal temperature for October.61Departure from normal temperature.... 03Precipitation during past 24 hours.00

MINIATURE ALMANAC.Oct. _, 1903.

Bun rises.6:07 | HIOH TIDE.Bun sots.r>;53 Morning.1:28Moon sets.2:11 | Evening.1:58

RICHMOND.Because of temporary embarrassment,

caused by Inability to collect large sums

due, a committee has been appointed to

itdJUBt the affairs of John L. Williams &Sons; assurance««, given that tho troubleswill not be abiding-State Committeemeets here to-day; the Brauer case andothor mattere of Interest to come up-Barksdale and Mcllwalne at odds on the1pure election law-Success of kindergar¬tens In the South-Question of whethera colored mlsslonnry shall be allowed to

marry a Congo girl-Death of a wellknown traveling man-A man arrestedhero charged with murder at Rochester..Grand Jury to In «-istigate tho entireprimary election ln Henrico-Mnny wellknown politici«p,«« In Richmond-Novelplan adopted by the traveling men to raisemoney-Office at Pole Green. Hanover'county, robbed-Religious paper advisesthat drinking be stopped for tlie sake oftho negro-Charters granted yesterday-Non-residents refused a charter on theground that the law do« not permit suchto take oysters from the bedH of theState-Judge Nico] to retire from thebench-City Committee to meet to-night.MANCHESTER-Negro locked up,charged with murdering his uncle; he con¬fessed the crime-Police after an allegedrobber-Street Committee's meeting-Work of ihe police-A tea last night-Odd-Fellows' banquet-Mr. LaxvrcncePool elected attorney for the ManchesterBuilding, Loan and Trust Company-Funeral of Mr. Newman.Miss Carrie Chll-dress Improving-A marriage.

VIRGINIA.W. C. T. U. State Convention, ln session

at Charlottesvllle, elects officers for the

year-Enthusiastic preparations to wel¬come survivors of Mahone's Brigade at

Petersburg-East Hanover Presbytery atBlackstone; members visit the two schoolsthere-The Portsmoulh Baptist Associa¬tion elects Dr. W. P. Hlnes moderator-The Petersburg Progress declares its be¬lief In Doc Bacon's Innocence, and de¬clares It xvill be an awful crime to hanifhim-Republicans of Norfolk makVlfeg-"lslativo nominations-Ice plant sold atnuctlon ln Norfolk-Mise Isabelle Harri¬son, near Millwood, drinks Iodine by mis¬take, and will probably die-BattleshipMissouri to have speed trial Saturday andexpected to surpass the Maine-Presidentof the Ashland Town Council resigns andhis successor Is appointed.-GeneralJubal A. Enrly's law office before the xvarat Rocky Mount, Va., pulled down-Ped¬lar District. In Amherst. goes for localoption; distilleries stocked up and no wayto sell It-The First National Bank ofRocky Mount. Va., in operation-Norfolkcounty stralghtou'tB nominate legislativennd county tickets-A line horse breakshis neck at Warrenton-A big rally tohe held at Norfolk October 18th to raisemoney for the Jamestown Exposition-Clarence Smith, a hrakemnn. killed bypusher engine at East Radford; JamesLake, of Atlantic City, killed on track atAlexandria, and a Stafford farmer killedInstantly by passenger train.

NORTH CAROLINA.Tho South Atlantic Transit Company

buys out the steamer lines on tho CapeFear Rix-er-Wilmington gives corulalgood-bye to German warship Panther^.The Prison Board take no action in re¬

gard to escape of prisoners from the peni¬tentiary-Governor Aycock to make edu¬cational address at Moonsvllle-ErnestHaywood placed on trial; a sensationalIncident.

GENERALSentiment on Stock Exchange Is more

cheerful and gains In prices are regardedas indicative of better ('.iditions thanwore the forced advances of Tuesday,which came largely from support by bigconcerns-Premier Balfour fires the firstheavy gun ln the campaign for fiscal re¬

form, and suggests retaliation upon thosecountries xvhlch treat Great Britain un¬

fairly-Throe Van Wormer boys ore

executed In the electric chair for the mur¬der of their uncle-Massachusetts Demo¬crats hold harmonious convention antlnominate a State ticket; eulogy of GeneralMiles Is recelx'ed xvith a tumult of ap¬plause-Kentuckiao dangerously woundsfive men at a street fair in Ohio, and a

mob surrounds the Jail, bent upon lynch¬ing him-Editorials xvrltton by Gonzalesare rend ln trial of Tlllman for the mur¬der of the editor-Virginian shoots a

man to death in New Orleans-Hermlswins handicap at Morris Park, carryingheavy weight, and lowers tho track recordfor a mile and a furlong-Pittsburg teamwins the first game ln championshipeerles with tho Boston Americans-Moblynches negro as result of killing of con¬

stable-Surprise caused by Bulgarian or¬

ders for mobilization of troops-Statemilitia from six States pour Into CampYoung to participate in army manoeuvres.

ATTEMPT TO KILLA BRIDGE FOREMAN

(Special to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.)BRISTOL, VA., October 1..Bralnard

Hall, a construction foreman for theLouisville Bridge and Iron Company, liesIn a critical condition as tha result ofan attempt to assassinate him In a dis¬reputable part of the olty at S o'clockthis morning. Ho was shot In tho backas he turned to leave a disreputablehouso, whero ho claims he had ,???ß? de¬nied admittance. His associates, Rohoi-frOliver and Charles O'Brien, xvoro arrest¬ed, They convinced tho authorities thatthey did not have anything to do xviththo shooting and were released. No fur¬ther arrests have been mado.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTEHAS FLYING COLORS

The Mechanics' Institute . began workfor the session last night. AU the tea ch¬er s were ln their places and the at¬tendance of students wus excellent, itwas stated last night that apparentlythe number of students this session wouldbo even larger than last year when uuexcellent showing was mado.Tlie session Informally began on Wed¬

nesday night whon the teachers and stu¬dents assembled and classes were form¬ed. But last night every oils got downto the business of lecturing und re-plttng.

BALFOURFIRES HISFIRST GUM

Opens the Fiscal ReformCampaign.

IMPORTANT SPEECH/MADE AT SHEFFIELD

Asks People to Give Freedomof Negotiation.

NOT ANTICIPATING AGENERAL TARIFF WAR

He Thought Any Foreign Country thatWas Treating Great Britain Unfairly

Might Be Informed that Re¬

taliatory Policy WouldBe Adop¬

ted.

(By Associated Press.)LONDON, October 1..Addressing a

mass meeting at Sheffield to-night In con¬

nection with tho conference of the Na¬tional Union of Conservative Associa¬tions, Premier Balfour delivered the

f-peech -which has been long heralded as

the first heavy gun to be fired in theficcai reform campaign, which ls absorb¬

ing the attention of the United Kingdom,her colonies and, Inde·*), the whole world,and which has caused the present BritishCabinet crtsli*. the result of which It lsImpossible u> fnretell.Mr. Balfour, In the course of his speech,

did not even hint at the successors ln th·*Cabinet to Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Georg«Hamilton and Mr. Ritchie. In fact, ho didnot mention the ministerial resignations,ignoring altogether that phase of the sit¬uation on which it was expected he wouldmake some declaration. The Premierconfined himself strictly to the tariffquestion, and his speech was to a largeextent a repetition of the arguments con¬tained In his recent pamphlet

H lr<l*-ssn ss.Premier Balfour was greeted with re¬

peated rounds of cheers. Ho spoke ofthe prominence the fiscal question hadgained and attributed It to the closertouch with the colonies, gained as a re-si li of the late war. "He pointed outGrijat Brltnln'H hçlr1«""*r'"ent «xmdltlons to m«ïet foreign retalia¬tion, and paid thr> (lM-a) "·) i-, ·¦··

the colonies were Inconsistent with freetrade principles. Mr. Balfour continued:"Free trade Is indeed an empty name,

and a vain farce If It ls a fact that for¬eign nations are sotting themselves to di¬vert our Industries, exclude our manu¬facturéis and limit the International playof supply and demand. There has beena dovelopmen of which Cobden and hiscontemporaries never dreamed.the de¬velopment of the trust system, under pro¬tection. Tho phenomenon Is so new thatI dare scarce venture to prophesy whatdevelopment It Is likely to tak<>. but youmay be absolutely sure that ln the alli¬ance of trusts and tariffs, there Is it

danger to the capital and enterprise ofthis country, which acts and reacts, notma'nly upon the capitalists, for he Isat liberty to go to those regions wherehis Industry will be looked after, but Itwill fall with Ita heaviest weight uponthe art'san and labor classes, which arenot capable of protecting their Interestsagalrmt such a calamity.

A PALLIATION."Now, If I han-e rightly described the

dangers and evils we suffer, you are en¬titled to ? statement whether I know ofa cure. My answer will be disappointing.I know of no cure, but I do know of o

palliation. The ill hns gone too far. Touwill not get the great commercial nationsof tho world to abandon protection. Ifear that you will not get tho greatself-governing colonies to retrace thesteps which- we, 'without Iremoatrance,permitted them to take. I am here,therefore, to recommend a pellfatlon,which I believe to be still possible. Cob¬den hoped for and believed in free tradethroughout tho world. What, In fnct, wehave got to deal with, Is a world where

PEDLAR DISTRICTFOR LOCAL OPTION

Distilleries With Big Stockson Hand and Nowhere

V to Sell.(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)

AMHERST, VA., October 1..The localoption election held on yesterday forPedlar District in this county resultedIn a victory for the local optlonists by a

majority of seventy, all of the six pro-clncts ln the district, were carried by thedrys, Ba«i«e ono. Pndlar Mills Precinctgave the wots sixteen majority. This Istho third time within the last ten or

twelve yoara that the peoplo of this dis¬trict have voted for local option, eachtimo carrying the district by a good ma¬

jority.Thero aro quite a number of distillers

in this district ,and, It Is said, they madean active canvass of the field In tho hupeof oarrylng It ngalnst local option, butall of their efforts failed, and thoy arenow with tholr products on hand, and nreprohibited by law from selling- what thoyhave manufactured In their district. Someof the distillers In Pedlar are nald tohavo ? good muny thousand gallons oftheir product on hnnd, and pre; ln a

groat quundry as to how they are to dis¬poso of It, being so hedged about by(he Mann law.

International commercial relations art»regulated entirely by treaty. It Is notcommon senso that we, the greatest com¬mercial nation, should como forxvard.nndsay, 'Wo want to arrange treaties withyou, but wo have nothing to give you,nothing to withhold from you. Wo throwourseh-es upon your mercy nnd considera¬tion. Please remember how good wo aroto your cotnmcrco; how wo throw no im¬pediment In Its way, nnd how we do allwo can for you, and pleaso don't forgetus 'when you are making your nexttreaty." (iAUghtcr).

FREEDOM OF NEGOTIATION."My fundamental and essential request

to you to-day, to which tho rest of myspeech' Is subsidiary nnd accidental, Isthat tho peoplo of this country shouldgivo to Its government that freedom ofnegotiation of which wo have been de¬prived, not by forco of circumstances or

by the pressure of foreign powers, but bysomething I can only describo as ourown pedantry nnd self-conceit."Tho speaker believed that the evils of

the taxation of food had been exagge¬rated beyond what reason and logic Jus¬tified. Still, ho thought that public opin¬ion was not yet ripe for the taxation offood. Therefore, as adviser of a greatparty, ho was bound to tell them plainlythat It was outside tho limits of prac¬tical politics. He wns not anticipating a

general tariff1 war, but ho thought "wemight Inform any foreign country thatwe thought was treating us with outrage¬ous unfairness that unless they modifiedtheir policy wo should take certain stepswith regard to certain articles exportedby them.""Tho second question Is: 'Do you desire

to reverse and alter the fundamental fis¬cal tradition which has prex'alled for twogenerations?' My answer Is: 'Yes, I do.' "

(Loud cheers.)

BASIS OF UNIONHAS BEEN FORMULATED

(By Associated Press.)ST. LOUIS,"October l.-The committees

on the union of Presbyterian and Cumb-r-land Presbyterian Churches held a Jointmeeting to-day. A basis of union hasbeen formulated nnd Is beine considered.Rev. Dr. W. H. Blike, chairman of the

Cumberland committee, said:"I think the chances for ultimately ef¬

fecting a complete union of the twobranches are good. I am pleased with thospirit shown nt this meeting and hope forgreat results before tho conferences shallhave been concluded."

ACTION OF MINISTRYCAUSES SURPRISE

fB.r A"«n«*l*!tf>d G? ««.?.)SOFIA, BULGARIA. October 1..The

war ministry has ordered out the an¬nual contingent of recruits for Oc'ober14th, Instead of at the beginning of theyear, as usual. This step, though tjulteconstitutional, has occasioned some sur¬prise,, cons;derlng the reported movementIn the! general situation.While the conditions are undoubtedly

more hopeful, there Is a strong bel'efin many well Informed quarters that theMacedonian question Is still very threat¬ening and can only bt. settled by war.

MILITIA OF SIX STATES.POUR ÍNTO CAMP YOU*'GCAMP YOUNG, WEST POINT. KY.,

October 1..The organ zed militia of sixStates poured Into Camp Young by thethousands to-day, and by night the great¬er portion of 9,000 or more troops hadarriyed. although only about half of «hemhad established permanent camp by right-fall. For the regular troops already incamp the day was rather a quiet one.The Infantry put in a hard, but unevent¬ful, stretch of work at digging entrench¬ments. The cavalry brigade spent themornlnu polishing tip for a brigade re-vview which took place in the afternoon.

MEN WILL GET THEIRPAY ON SATURDAY(Bv A«socla«ed Pr»°s.)

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH.. Oct. l.-The atmosphere surrounding the Sonsduring the past week was considerablyclarified to-nlght. Announcement wasmade by the Ontario government thatarrangements havo been completed wheie-by the companies will be extended tem¬porary aid and the men paid next Satur¬day.

VIRGINIAN SHOOTSA MAN TO DEATH

(By Associated Press.)NEW ORLEANS, LA., October 1..As

a result of trouble that had existed forsome time, Challes W. Simpson, of Vir¬ginia, shot and killed David A. Callawayon the river front to-day. The men werehouso boat owners. Mrs. Callaway Is a

daughter of Major Rand, of Virginia.-f

TRAIN WITHOUT ORDERSCAUSES A WRECK

(By Associated Press.)NASHVILLE, TENN., October 1. .A

wreck occurred on the Tennessee CentralRailroad near Ozone to-night, a trainrunning without orders dashing into a

work train. Newt. Clowers, assi-tantforeman of tho xvork train, xvas killedand about a dozen men were Injured.

FIVE PERSONS SHOTBY A KENTUCK1AN

All Dangerously Wounded.Mob Surrounded Jail. Bent

Upon a Lynching.(By Associated Press.)

OXFORD, O., Oct, 1..A mob to-nightbroke open tho Jail and took JosephSplx'oy to an elm tree, ono square* away,on which Henry Corbln was lynched In1802, Splvcy was strung up and let downto pray. A second time ho was strungup and let doxvn, and xvhilo ho was plead¬ing for timo to wrlto to his wlfo, DeputySheriff Brennan and a few assistantsrushed forward, cut tho rope nnd dasheddoxvn the street xvith the prisoner.' Howas rushed to the jail and has beenspirited out of town. John Spivoy, hisbrothor, is dying with a bullet throughhis head. A stranger, xvho lives at Mon¬roe, O., Is also fatally xvounded.Two of tho Kentuckiiins were named

Joseph and John Splvey. Marshal Wood¬ruff and his deputy, Jacob Munrod, en¬deavored to arrest them, and were shot,Marshal Woodruff In the right breast,and Deputy Jlanroi} In the left wrist. Acrowd sturted ln pursuit of the Splveybrothers and overtook them. JosephSplvey was shot In the right side with aload of buckshot, and his brother wasknocked unconscious with a stone thrownby some one ln the crowd of pursuers.During the fight a stranger, who refusedto give hla name, was shot In the abdo¬men, and la in ? dangeioun condition.

GENERALUPHEAVALINJENRICO

Whole Election Likely toBe Looked Into.

THE GRAND JURYTO INVESTIGATE

May Examine Into EveryPhase of the Primary

BEGIN THE WORKNEXT NOVEMBER

A Special Jury, Under Instruction fromthe County Court, Will Begin to

Probe, and No Statute of Lim-tation Will Bar Ils Pro¬

gress.An Interest¬ing Situation.

So far from being near its end, as

many have supposed, the inqulsltfon intothe conditions and circumstances prevail¬ing during the last primary election inHenrfco county appears, from late con¬

siderations, to be but yet beginning. Re¬sults unforeseen by the general publicare to follow the recent upheavals; thespark set burning by the committee hasbeen fanned into flame that bids fairto light up the whole county and exposeany and all Irregularities, Irrespectiveof any particular office or officer.To this committee has been given the

task, still in the performance, of investi¬gating certain fixed, and speca'fledcharges brought agalnát certain candi¬dates In the late primary: But when itcompletes this task the utmost result ofwhich can be only the refusal of cer¬tificates of nomination to the men underfire, If they prove guilty, It can go nofurther, and will have to stop, unable,since the statute of limitations inter¬venes, even to consider other allega¬tions that might yet-be made. Now, how-1ever, there opens up from another direc¬tion a prospect of a different sort. Thepolitical side of the matter is the onlyone aired by the committee; the legalor criminal side, a side generally over¬looked, will now be managed by a grandJury. Such a grand Jury will meet lnNovember, and under Instructions fromthe Henrlco County Court will proceedto an investigation. No statute of limita¬tions will bar Its way; no specifications'will tie It down to a stake beyond whichit cannot move. It will turn on the lightfull and strong, and will set out to dis¬cover violations of the law wherever or

however committed. Not only the officebt treasurer, but the election as a whole,will be the field. If reprehensible con¬

duct on the part of any other candidaters discovered he will be brought to pun¬ishment. The whole business will beheld up to view, and violators and evad¬ers of the new statutes, If there be nny

such, will be Indicted according to law.This law In its utmost penalty subjectsthem to a heavy fine or a long Imprison¬ment in Jail,Such is, in brief, the outlook as It pre¬

sents Itself at this stage of the proceed¬ing. The situation ls, to say the least,interesting, and holds out promise of

becoming rapidly more so. In the lightof this late consideration It would eeem

that what has gone before is but a

beginning, and that the real upturning lsto follow this preliminary step.

How it Will Proc-e·«.Following the aotlvlty of the committee

thero has been considerable surmise as tothe grand Jury end of the affair. A num¬

ber of opinions have been uttered andmembers of tho commiltteo themselvesexpressed the belief that tho matter wouldend with tho refusal of the certificate,Tho Investigation by the committee wus

wholly with a view to awarding tho nom¬

ination to the mnn entitled to It. Whencharges woro brought against the man

who received the highest vote for anyoffice and to whom would therefore go

the cortllli-ato of nomination for that of-

(Contlnued on Second Pago.)

BLOODY SHOOTINGIN BRISTOL STREETS

A Policeman Uses His Pistolwith Terrific Effect When

Attacked.(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.1

BRISTOL, T13NN,, October 1,.The freeuso of whiskey wus tho result of the com¬

ing of Wallace's circus to-day, and causeda bloody shooting In Bristol this after¬noon.Policeman Samuel Slack had arrested

a man for drunkenness, Another man

named Powers and his two sous Inter¬fered. They sought to release the «lnink-on man from the officer's grasp, andarmed themselves with knives and stones.When Luther Powers, aged twenty-

oight, rushed nt Officer Slack with a

knife, the officer fired hla pistol al ?

range to miss Um man, but It Is sulilhe kept advancing, when the' officersent a 88-cullbre bull through his nook.The same bullet struck two bystanders,passing through tho right side of thenook of J. ?. Cross, an ox-Confederateveteran, and striking William Campbell,a young man in tho forehead over theleft eye. The ball fractured Campbell'sskull.Powers, It Is thought, will die, hut the

other two will recover.Officer Slack, who claims to htTve noted

In self-defense, surrendered to DeputySheriff Hill.Cross, one of the wounded men, states

that the officer could not avoid the shoot¬ing.

FIRMS IN TEMPORARYFINANCIAL STRAITS

Cause of the Embarrassment ;Our institutions Not to Suffer.Mr. John Skelton Williams, in a statement given out in Bal¬

timore last night, Baici the action taken was occasioned by thoinability of the two firms to collect largo sums of money duothem, and to realizo on their securities in tho present disturbedcondition of the money market.

"Tho valuo of my firm's assets," said Mr. Williams, "isgreatly in excess of all liabilities of every kind, and the presentdifficulties will bo only temporary. Nono of the companies inwhich my firm and Mr. Middendorf aro largoly interested, or withwhich members of these firms are officially connected, will beaffected in any way by the action takon. All of these propertiesare in healthy and excellent condition, and the outlook for themis, without exception, bright and thoroughly satisfactory. Noneof the financial institutions of Eichmond will suffer, as every obli¬gation we have out is well protected,"

SAYS THELAW IS VOID

Mcllwalne and Barksdale AreNot Agreed.

ON ANTI-BRIBERY STATUTE

A Talk With the Author, Who is Well

Satisfied With its Workings So Far.

What Mr. McllwaineSayo.

Senator "W. P. Barksdale, who Is here

to attend the meeting of tho State Com¬mittee, when seen at Murphy's Hotel last

night, where the Henrico cases were the

principal topic of conversation, statedthat he was naturally Intensely InterestedIn the contests growing out of the appli¬cation of the pure election law, of whlohhe Is author, and for which he madesuch a fight in_the last Legislature... Hestated that he had made an unsuccessfulfight for a similar measure at previoussessions, and that he watched the offectof the law with the greatest Interest;that so far he did not see that any re¬

vision or amendment was necessary; that,of course, If any such necessity devel¬oped he would do all In his power toperfect the bill.He. further stated that the efforts to

defeat the law before the General Assem¬bly were for the most part Indirect andInsidious, and that Its enemies now wouldhardly dare to resort to any other methodand that any attack that might como

would be In the guise of amendments toperfect the law.As to the .point raised In the Henrico

cases that the law was not applicable toprimaries, he was satisfied that his let¬ter to Hon. D. C. O'FIaherty stated thecaso correctly; that as a matter of facthe could not see how tho law could beso amended as to force a party commit¬tee conducting a party primary not le¬galized to apply the law ln any contestbefore such committee, or for that mat¬ter, ln any legalized primary under a lawpassed before the pure elections law was

passed, without any reference to Its' man¬dates and penalties.

VAIN AND FUTILE.The only remedy was a general pri¬

mary laxv bringing primaries under thescope and purpose of the law; attemptsto so amend the law as to bring prima¬ries held under any rules and regulationsand conducted ln any manner that partycommittees might see «It to adopt, wouldbe necessarily val nnnd futile.He, however, reiterated his former view,

as expressed to Mr. O'FIaherty, and usedby him beforo tho Henrico County Com¬mittee, that It was In his opinion theduty of every committee to apply the lawIf for no higher purpose than to protectIts nominees, for any man nominatedln vlolntlon of its provisions would haveto perjure himself when he qualified, and

(Continued on Second Pago.)

JAPAN TO SENDTROOPS TO COREA

This Is Regarded at» Likely toAccentuate the Possibilities

of a War Crisis.(By Assoolated Press.)

PATUS, Oct. 1..According to a reliableInformation received here, Japan has de¬

cided to eend two reglmnots of infatry to

Corea. This Is regarded ln authoritativequarters as bolng a most important step,as affecting Russo-Japanese relations andas lllioly to accentuate the possibilities ofa war crisis. Japan's decision Is consid¬ered to bo directly related to 'Russia's

proposition to evacuate Manchuria Oc¬tober 8th. It) Is now accepted In thehighest quartern that this evacuation Is

Impossible of accomplishment, as Chinahas not signed tho terms on whloh Rus¬sia conditioned hor evacuation.The advlcea received shoxv that China

inclines to continue the present Russianstatute In Manchuria rather tliaxi com¬

mit herself to dually signing the pro-

poso«! agreement. In view of these con¬

ditions, Japan's decision to send troopsto Corea Is regtided as bolng a most

significant step.The advices further shoxv that the wur

spirit In Japan ha« materially augmentedduring tlio last fortnight.

EDITORIALSIN EVIDENCE

Files of the State NewspaperRead in Court.

TILLMAN TRIAL PROCEEDS

But One Witness Examined, and He

Testifies to Having Sean a Pistol in

Prisoner's Packet on DayBefore Tragedy.

(By Associated Press.)LEXINGTON, S. C., October 1..The

fourth day of the trial of James H. Tlll¬man, charged with the murder of EditorGonzales, which was closed with tho ad¬journment of court to-day, was takenup almost wholly with the reading of edi¬torials from the State newspaper, filesof which, covering 1902, wero placed lnevidence ..Tuesday by counsel

_for the

State, it wag'not anticipated when thereading waa begun that one-half thetime would be consumed* that was takenand even then, there are about two col¬umns yet. to be read ln the morning. Itls estimated that soma thirty columnswere read to-day. The papers from "whichthe editorials were read, run from the1st of April to the end of the year 1903.The reading was a tedious task. Twiceduring the day Judge Gary suspende·!momentarily because of the strain _pn theJurors, who listened Intently through¬out.At the outset, counsel for tho defense

asked that editorials other than thoserelating to James H. Tlllman be read, buttho court held that Inasmuch as tho fileswere placed ln evidence by the State,it was the province of the State to In¬dicate what should be read. Counsel forthe defense having, previously Inspectedthe flies had a complete Index to theeditorials ln the papers, and closely fol¬lowed the reading.Counsel for the State announced at· the

beginning that all editorials referring tothe defendant within the period begin¬ning April 1st, to the end of the yearwould be read. Ths covers tho period,ln which the gubernatorial campaign for1902 was carried on, and among the edito¬rials read were those ln opposition to theprospective candidacy of the dofondantfor the governorshp of South Carolina.Others crtlclsed tho action of tho defen¬dant In sending a telegram to thQ Presi¬dent ln connection with tho Jenkins swordfund Incident, wlrtle editorials read laterln the day were comments on tho electionresults.But one witness was examined to-day,

James W. King, a member of tho Legis¬lature from Florence county, who, ln an¬

swer to questions by the solicitor, aftorstating that he wns in Columbia duringthe session of tho Legislature last winter,said:"On the day before the shooting, I saw

a pistol in Mr. Tlllman's pocket."

CONSTABLE SHOTWITHMANY BULLETS

As a Result Mob BattersDown Jail Doors and Hangs

Negro to a Tree.(By Associateli Press.)

MARSHALL, TEX.. October l.-A mobof several hundred men to-night batteredIts way Into tho Jail, took out WulterDavis, a negro, and marched him to thewest side of town, where he was hangedto a tree. |The lynching was tho result of the

killing of Constable Hayes to-day while hewas taking a negro to Jail. The officer wnsshot from ambush, being literally ?-*f>tiled with bullets. Shortly after the kill¬ing, Walter Davis and two other negroeswere arrested and lodged in Jail at Mar¬shall.A mob formed during the nfternoon' and

attaoked the jail. The local militia wasordered out, and arrived at the tall m*.tthe mob had secured the negro. Whilepart of the mob was talking to the mili¬tia officers, others slipped the negro outand spirited him away. Everything is nowquiet.

Queer Reconcilatlon.(Ut A-uocUtfd Pra·»·.)

AVOUSTA, OA. October l.-After hav¬ing been reconciled to his wife, fromwhom he had been separated until yes¬terday, on account of Jealousy, HartleyHarpes, a telegraph lineman, to-day fireda bullet through his wife's heart undthen shot himself through the bruin.The two seemed In the best of spirita

ViLim Uni á-aaian together lost nl-(.ht,

John L. Williams & Sonsand Middendorf & Co.

EMBARRASSMENTNOT LASTING ????

None Holding Their Obliga-itlons Will Suffer.

ALL PROPERTIES INEXCELLENT SHAPEi

Richmond Financial Institutions Are

Fully Secured.The Present Troublethe Result of the Widespread

Financial Depression Bothat Home and Abroad.

A Statement.

Messrs. Jollín L. Williams & Sons, otthis city, and J. W. Middendorf & Co.,of Baltimore, have become embarrasse«!as a result of the widespread financialdepression, both at home and abrood.The gratifying statement Is made that

tho embarrassment will be only tem¬porary and that neither the many largeand influential Institutions in which thetwo firms are lntereste. nor those hold¬ing tholr obligations will suffer In theleast, iThe further assurance Is given that aJl

of the properties with which these gentle¬men are asítoclat«íd. Including the Sea¬board Air Une and a number of largefinancial Institutions here, are ln excel¬lent condition and that all paper held byRlohmond banks is fully secured.The rumor of the weakness of those

two prominent firms followed close upontho unexplained and striking decline ofSeaboard securities yesterday, the pre¬ferred stock closing at 25 bid and thecommon at 14 7-S. The Intimato con¬

nection of Messrs. Williams and Midden¬dorf with the Seaboard system naturallygave rise to disquieting rumors, Tbjrthese firma originated the plan and pro¬vided the means far the reorganization·snd rehabilitation of the old Seaboard.Under Its new management.Indeed sincelt has become a full-fledged system.It«directing force has been the personalityof Its president Mr. John Skelton Wil¬liams.

Ask for Indulgence.Mr. Williams was In Baltimore yester¬

day in conference wfth his assocluíes»and their consultation resulted ln theappointment of an advisory cojjnmlttee,composed of financiers of recognizedability and influence, to ask the Indul¬gence of their creditors, and to formu¬late a plan for such extension. This com¬

mittee late last night sent out to alltho creditors of the two firms and madepublic the following letter:

Baltimore, Md., Oct. 1, 1903.Dear Sir: In view of the extraordi¬

nary and unexpected financial situa¬tion now existing In New York,Messrs. J. L. Williams & Sons, ofRichmond, and J. W. Middendorf «S.Co., of Baltimore, have found it ne-cessary to ask the temporary Indul¬gence of' their creditors,The undersigned have, at the re¬

quest of these two firms, consentedto act as an advisory committee toexamine Into their condition andpromptly report an appropriate planof extension. The committee willproceed to the Immediate perform¬ance of this duty. In the meanwhilethey believe It to be to the Interestof all concerned that no legal orother steps be taken by Individualcreditors to complicate the situation,but that the present status should.In all respects, be maintained forcommon protection and benefit. Theabove firms estimate that their as¬sets, Inventoried at current quota¬tions, exceed their liabilities by *very large amount, which will bematerially augmented by the restora¬tion of normal conditions.

In view of the official relations otMr. J. S. Williams and of Mr. J. W.Middendorf with the Seaboard AirLine Railway, they Instruct ui tostate that neither firm nor any mem¬ber thereof Is Indebted to that com¬pany, and that the Seaboard Air LineRailway will be In no wise affectedby the action of their respectivefirms In this matter.

DOUGLAS H. THOMAS,DOUGLAS H. GORDON,ROBERT C. DAVIDSON,JOHN B. RAMSAY,EUGENE LEVERING,

all of Baltimore, Md.|EPPA HUNTON, JR.,

of Richmond, Va.iFRANK O. BRIGGS,

of Trenton, N. J.Were Unable to Collect.

Mr. John Skelton Williams, In a state¬ment given to The Times-Dispatch cor¬respondent in Baltimore last night, afterthe Issuance of the advisory committee'sletter, printed above, said the action takenxvas occasioned by the Inability of thetwo firms to collect large sums of moneydue them and to realizo on securities illihe present disturbed condition of themoney market."The value of my firm's assets," said

Mr. Williams, "Is greatly In excess of allliabilities of every kind, and our presentdlrtleultles will ba only temporary. Noneof the companies In whloh my firm andMr. Middendorf are largely Interested,or with which in-inborn of these firm»are officially eowieoted. will be affectedIn any way by the action taken. Aftof these properties are ln healthy and ex.cellent condition, and the outlook foriheni Is without exception bright andthoroughly satisfactory."Tho Seaboard Air .Une," President

Williams continued, "Is doing the Festbusiness Iu Its history, and ?. makingmoney. All of the Institutions withh bl-h we ftt'*t> ft^clated we lu ?p????????,