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The age-herald., 1900-11-17

Washington, November 16.--The opinion Is growing among public men who in l.e confidence of the President that he will oppose any movement looking to a reduc- tion of the congressional representation of the southern States, on account of charges of the disfranchsement of the coored voters. The President Is said to be opposed to reviving ill-feeling, which he thinks, would be the result of bill thus touching the south's suffrage. He has been told from many sources recently that an impor- tant element of Southern business men, manufacturers and others is at heart with the Republicans, and that the nucleus of a future revolution against existing political methods in the south has been securely
The age-herald., 1900-11-17

Opelilia November 16.-(Special.)-In re- sponse to the numerous telegrams and let ters that have been received Capt. T. D. Sanford law partner and son of Governor elect Wm. J. Sanford, tonight gave out the following statement to the press:
 'We are aware of and deeply grateful for the tender solicitude of the people of Ala bama and elsewhere at the illness of my father We also appreciate the natural anxiety of the public mind in regard to his health at this tine they should knov- ne could pos
 pub!r
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relief of Robert A. Morris, county registrar for the County of Jefferson. Appropria- tons
 H. 156 By MT. Lacey-To create and form the new County of Bessemer, out of DOT tions of Jefferson, Walker, Tuscaloosa, Shelby and Bibb counties, and to provide for the organization of said county. Spe- cial Committee.
 H. 157. By MT. Anderson-To authorize the Court of County Commissioners of Lau- derdale County to elect three county sur veyors for said county. County and Coun- ty Boundaries.
 H. 15S. By MT. Simpson-To authorize the Court of County Commissioners of Lauder dale County to issue bonds for said coun- ty for an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness created and to be created for the erection and furnishing of court house in said county, and to levy a tax to provide for the payment of the same. Appropriations.
 II. 159 By Mr Slmpson-To amend Sec ton 9lSJ of the Code of 1S96 Revision of Laws.
 II. 160. By MT. Almon-To amend Sec ton 4S06 of the Code of Alabama. Revision of Laws.
 H. 16l. Br. Almon-To amend Section S542 of the Code of Alabama. Education. H. 1892 By MT. Kennedy-To amend section 4145 of the Code of Alabama. Revision of laws.
 H. 1e4. By MT Bankhead-To regulate the times of holding the Circuit Courts in and for the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Ala pama. Special committee Eighth Judicial Circuit
 H. ,165. By MT. Bankhead-To provide for a more efficient biennial census of the school population of the State of Alabama. Education.
The age-herald., 1900-11-17
Several Very Interesting Debates Marked Yesterdays Session.
THE COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED
Jefferson Got Several Important Chair
 manshps-Htch Over Governors Appointments of School Trus- tees In Senate-Prooceedng

The Age-Herald Bureau, Hotel Clancey. Montgomery, November 6-(Special. )-To- days session of the Legislature was marked by several interesting debates, the one in the Senate arising over the appoint ment of school trustees by the Governor, which was considered in executive session.
 The new county question, affecting lief ferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker and Bibb, bobbed up in the lower house, but was given a black eye in the first round.
 Important measures and resolutions were business was transacted.
 Speaker Pettus announced the appoint ment of the standing committees today. Jefferson is well taken care of on the com- mitteeS.
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great city is practically, an inevitable condition of the life of such a community. l am not demanding that vice shall be stamped out by the police or any other civil authority. This is d task which would demand for its accomplishment a race of angels, and not of men. But I approach you, sir, to protest with all my power against a condition of things in which vice Is not only tolerated, but shielded and en- couraged by those whose sworn duty it is to repress and discourage it, and in the name of unsullied youth and innocence of young girls and their mothers, though liv- ing under conditions often of privation and the hard struggle for livelihood, have in them every instinct of virtue and purity that are the ornaments of any so-called genelewoman in the land, and before God and in the face of the citizens of New York l protest, as my people have charged me to do, against the insult, persistent menace and unutterably defiling contacts to which day by day the cause of the base compli- city of the police of New York with the lowest forms of vice and crime, they are subject
 And. In the name of these little ones, these weak and defenseless ones, Christians and Hebrews alike, of many races and tongues, but of homes in which God is feared ana His law reverenced and virtue and decency honored and. eXempliied, call upon you sir to save these people who are
 
 charge from a living hell dedling, deadly damning, to which the criminal suppiness of the constituted authorities set for the defense of decency and good order, threat ems to doom them."
 Van Wyck's Reply.
 Mayor Van Wyck at once replied to the bishop by letter, in which he said he had passed the bishops communication to the district attorney, and then said:
 q wish here to assure you that I will exert every power which the law has given to right the wrongs and to do away with the conditions of which you complain and to secure a hearty and effective co-opera- ton by the police department with all who are working to do away with public viola tions of law and decency.
 "I stand ready at all times tosassist and cooperate with you In this matter"
 Mayor Van Wyek's letter to the district attorney requests him to cooperate with Bishop Potter and the police department in the movement. In a letter to the board of police commissioners the Mayor encloses a copy of the bishops letter and directs the commissioners to at once conduct a search ing investigation into the conduct of the two police officials who the bishop says n- suited the clergyman. He also directs them to a once do away with the conditions complained of on the East Side The May or's closing paragraph Is:
 q wish it distinctly understood that to this end 1 shall use to the utmost limit all the power vested in me, and that I shall hold to personal responsibility those who fail to exert themselves in like manner
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FAIR SATURDAY AND PROBABLY SUNDAY; LIGHT TO FRESH SOUTH EASTERLY WINDS.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
House Had Been Ransacked for the
Supposed Treasure.
NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS
The People Arc Greatly Stirred Up ana
the Officials OF Both the County
and of the City of Charlotte
arc Using Every Effort to
Get Il Trace of the
NLurtlcrers.
(Dy Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, n. C., November 21.-Two
old ladies, Violet j. Colley, aged seventy
five, and her niece, Jane Cath Colley, who
live alone in a house on a main thorough
fare; five miles from Charlotte, were last
night murdered, robbed and THAR bodies
burned
The old ladies were generally reported to
be wealthy, and it is known they had a
good deal OF money. They had lived a
rstired lie for ars, and seldom vemtured
away from home, not even to the city, ex-
cept when busin ss compelled visit
KITCHEN BURNED.
The house which they occupied stood
within on: hundred and fifty feet Of the
roadside. Near il was a small building
which they used as a kitchen, ara in
which they kspt their stores. People pass
ing along The road this morning noticed
that the small house had been. burned
There was not a sign of life about the
place, and an investigation showed that
the dwelling had been ransacked from top
to bottom, indicating that most thorough
search mad bsen made for the money which
the old ladies were supposed to have kept
in the house.
Bureaus. cabinets and desks hnd been
opened and their contents strewn about.
Every nook and corner OF the dwelling
bore evidences of having been searched.
The general surroundings and the alb
sence of the Old couple pointed all too
plainly to a case of murder, robbery md
arson. and it was no surprise when a
search of the ashes of the small building
revealed two burned stumps, the bodies
n Miss Galley niece
NO CLUE TO MURDERERs.
The suppos.tion is that the old ladies
We're attacked while they were at supper,
after wllieh~Hs i..sresidenee was ransacled
and the house in which their bodies lay
was fired.
For years past they had been known to
be accu!nuiating money. and had probably
saved up $500. There is absolutely no
clue to the perpetrators of the deed. The
neshborhood people are greatly stirred
UP and both city and county officials are
using every effort to get a trace of the
murGererS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
STORM IN COLORADO.
Numbers Injured, but No Lives Lost So
Far As Is knowr.
(By Associated, Press.


COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, Nov. Ii
y wind storm. which was practically a
tornado. visited this city to-day. aGd up
to this hour. . p. NJ. has caused great
damage to many buildings. As far as
known no lives have been lost. but num-
bers have been injured by flying wreck
age, while many people have had narrow
escapes.
The roof OF the Durtzee building. one
of the largest in the city. now lies in the
adjacent street, and is causing general
havoc to adjacent buildings. The Ex
change National Bank buildings roof went
into the air. and the skylights of the Min
ing Exchange have been demolished.
1t is dangerous for any one 20 be on the
strests, and the full eytent OF the damage
cannot be learned until tlaybr5ak.
The storm began aOous II y. NJ. and
continued all day. increasing in intensity
tonight. TIL, government wind recorder
instrument has been blown away. The
last record was So miles an hour.
The peopls, throughout the city ars badly
frightened and are covering with fear in
their homes Many outhouses and barns
have been wrecked and many dwelling
houses unroofed. Damage TO nropsrty will
undoubted Y exceed s1c0.COG Railroad traf-
fc is badly crippled. The city is in total
darkness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
ROBERTS
SEVERELY HURT
News Reaches London That He Has
Been Thrown From His Horse
and Received Serious Injuries.
(By Associated Press. }

LONDON, Nov. 2l.-The Evening Stand
ard. in a special edition this evening
says:
Just as we are going to press the news
has reached London that Lord Roberts
has been thrown from his horse und re-
ceived severe injuries
The officials OF the War Office say they
are mot IN a position to report anything
in connection with the rumored accident
10 Lord Roberts.
This utterance is interpreted here as
giving indirect support to the Evening
Standards statement.
NO ILL EFFECTS FELT.
LONDON. Nov. 22-A dispatch to the
Standard says:
Lord Roberts bodysuard removed him
to the Government House, Johannesburg.
He was badly shaken and bruised, but it
is SAID that he VIII be able to take the
field again in the course OF It few days.
The Daily Telegraph learns that Lord
Roberts has telegraphed privately to ths
Secretary OF State for. War, Mr.. William
ST. John Frederick, that he felt no i'll
effects whatever.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
TRYING TO MEET
THE CAR PROBLEM
Passenger and Power Co. Begins
Work of EIeetrifying lis
HOLLYWOOD Branch.

The work of electrifying the Hollywood
branch of the Richmond Passenger and
Power Company was begun yesterday
morning, in accordance with the resolu-
ton adopted by the Council Committee
on Streets Monday night, seeking TO
solve the street-car problem in this city.
A large force of men was put to work by
Superintendent Wilbur at Main and
Laurel Streets and one square OF the
latter street is pretty we'll dug up,
preparatory TO putting down an
electric line. The company will
push the work 10 speedy conclusion, and
it is claimed by officers of The company
that Hollywood cars 5Sill be running on
Main Street on a ive-minute schedule
within a few weeks.
The Whittet resolution, requiring such
an additional service on Main Stree, was
offered as a compromise Of the street-car
situation. II means the giving of u two
and one-ilalf minute schsdule on Main
Street, between Laurel and Seventh Street,
and schedule of orc ana one-Gr arter
minutes between Seventh and Twenty-tirSt
Streets. 1t is claimed thai this will be the
best service offered by any city of the
size of Richmond in the United States. The
Broad-Street mule cars Will continue to
run as at present, until terms are agreed
upon between tIl2 -ISo companies by WncIl
the Richmond Power and Passenger Com
pany- can operate cars on the tracks OF the
Traction Company on that thocoughfare.
The cost of this Improvement on the
part Of the Richmond Passenger and Pow
er Company will be about $4,000. a mile
Of electric railway is to be built ana
equipped, and fourteen cars will be neces-
sary TO meet the schedule 1t will also
cost, 1t Is said. $50 a day to operate these
cars and pay interest and fixed charges.
Superintendent W:.l,1r. of the Passenger
and Power Company, said this morning
that he had been given directions to put
the number Of cars on Main Street neces-
sarY to handle the traffic and that he
proposed to DO it, although he was dread
fully cramped for power.
Why" said Superintendent Wilbur,
I'VE are to-day receiving machinery for
our power plant Which was ordered i'm
medsate!y after the new company was
organized. When we get in all this ma
chinery and it is Installed we will have
no trouble handling all the people who
wish 10 ride on our lines. We are making
factories and stores. We are now run
ming twenty cars on the Main Street
line. from Fulton To- the Reservoir. be-
Weens . and s O'clock in the evening, Civ
ing thereby a schedule of two ard a hale
minutes on that entire route exclusive of
the Clay Street cars and the cars of the
Marshall Street line. Our cars traverse
the manufacturing and wholesale dis
tricts.
I'VE think the action Of the COMMITTEES
with reference te-Sunains, a separate Hol
lSwood line down Main Street was wise.
It absolutely meets the question:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
HERE'S A JUG-FULL.

Lacrosse -sian isunS Up Against The
Real Thing il, IuttrrmilS.
(From Our Regular Butter,nilk Corre-
spondent)
BOIDTON, VA, Nov. PA reinarka BILE
incident was related to me day or two
since by a reliable gentleman Of Mecklen-
burg. He said that old lady living near
Lacrosse informed the owner Of a farm IN
the Lacrosse neighborhood that When she
was young she had been told that there
was an old we'll filled up that had 4 his
tory. This well was located in the rear
of this neiglbor's dwelling, and was
marked by a sunken place in the earth.
The owner of the property concluded that
he would dig into that old well and inves-
tisatc what was hidden in it. This he did
and after getting some distance below the
surface, instead of finding stone as braces
to the well. he found a wooden brace or
frame as large as hogshead running
down into the well. At the bottom he
found two wooden buckets, in a perfect
safe OF preservation. and jug of butter
milk, which was as perfectly fresh as
though it had just been put into the
well. The neighbors calculate that the
buttermilk and buckets must have been
buried in the ground nearly one hundred
wears.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
OCEANIC'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Barely Missed Collision With IN Out.
going Vessel.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 21-Althoush storm
tossed and delayed by adverse winds and
rough seas. the big White Star Liner
Oceanic arrived this evening but a few
hours behind her regular time of arrival.
At SO this morning the vessel was up-
proachng the coast al 4 moderate speed
when Captain Cameron. who was on the
bride, made out the red light of a large
steamer near him. The on-conling vessel
was approaching him at an angle. and
when he blew twice she sheered around
so that ne could see her starboard light.
There was shouting and more wh:stiIns
ard the captain Of the Oceanic checked
down his vessel and swung her stern
around at the same time the other yes
sci passed uncomfortably close astern.
barely avoiding collision with the.
Oceanic. The outgoing vessel Is supposed
to be tae Trave.
For nearly all the trip the Oceanic ex-.
perienced northwest gales and rough.
heated North German Lloyd Liner. Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, due here Tuesday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
SCARE AT TEN TSlN.
Boxers Were Reported to Be March.
ins. ON Palace in Force
lEY Associated Pressl

T1EN TsIN. Nov zy.->..-. Shanghai
Nov el.-There has been considerable tir-
ing recently in the neishborhood of Tfe1
Tsin- ard owing to a report that the Ger
man quarter of the city would be attacked
last night, the German sentrIes We're
doubled a regiment patrolled the opposite
bank of the river and the remainder OF
the German troops were ordered TO hold
themselves in readiness for action at an
fnstants notice. Nothing happened. how
eyer. to show cause for the alarm. al
though to-day all the Chinese servants
of the Bengal I.ancers. c.iicers and men,
left. saving they had been Informed the
Boxers were marching in large body on
Fien Tsin and Pekiu.
Neither General Lorne Campbell, Of the
British troops. nor Colonel AIcle. of the
Americans. believe there is any truth in
the -umor, but the natives evidently be-
iieve it, and many of them are leaving the
service of the foreigners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
SUMMARY OF To-OAYs NEWS

local.
The monument unveiled.
The Bapt:sts hold enthusiastic meet
Ing
Death came quickly
Hardware men in session.
-Pianola CiuD will banquet.
-Roard of Fisheries report
President Stevens denies rumored
purchase
second Auditors report.
State.
Methodist Conference adopts resoiu-
tions condennatory OF The Times
Many weddings take place throughout
the State.
Methodist Church in Luray damaged
by fire.
-coleman-saunders oreach-os-proniss
suit postponed.
General
The death list OF the Tennessee tor
nado is a large one and property danase
is great.
Two old ladies' murdered, robbed and
burned near Charlotte. n c.
Crowds continue to attend New YorA
Horse Show.
Three men killed at S1oss ore mine. IN
Alabama. by Wild train of cars
Foreign.
Lord Roberts reported to have been
thrown from his horse and seriously hurt.
Admiral Ho. with force OF 10000
regular troops. preparing TO resist further
advance of Colonel fcrck's expedition
Peace negotiations come 10 a stand
still pending instructions OF Eomo gov
ernments.
Roberts reports Bluffs surprised near
Baln.oraL
Kruger demonstration failed. owing to
his absence.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
THIRTEEN KILLED.
Property Damaged at La Grange Es
ti,natctl at $4,000.

(Ey Associated Fress)
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Nov. PA teie-
gram received at the general offices OF TIE
Kansas City,. Fort Scott and Memphis
Railway here, confirms the report that
rineteed1 lives were lost al and near La
Grange, Tenn. Property damage IN La
Grange amounted 70 nearly $4,000.
The storm, according to the railway
officials, circied around Memphis, begin
ming at Lulu. Miss. fifty miles south of
Memphis. on the Yazoo and NJ ssissippr
Valley and through Balesyille. Miss. on
the Illinois Central. Railroad. about sixty
miles south OF Memphis 10 the northeast
through LAGRANGE
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
no details of the storm were ostatned this

ing details OF tue ssoA II " oottistseu LIS
Loss of life in the vicinity Of Columbia
is estimated ut from thIrty-five to forty.
Most of these were regroes, about twelve
or fourteen only being white The storm
did not strike the town OF coiumoit
proper, but swept over the district 10 ne
northwest of the place No additions
were made to the list previously seht out
os rb;-e nersons killed at Columbia.
Immense damage was done TO farms and
hundreds OF head of I've stock We're
Killed. Considerable dnmaSe resulted at
Martins Mil and at Iadian Creek
Twenty houses at Dallas. Aia.. near
Huntsville, were demolished, but no Ives
were lost
Little was destroyed Mr.. Little and Mrs
NJ. Hughes were badly hurt. At BoSiey'
storehouse was destroyed and taree
negroes killed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
POWDER EXPLODES; THREE HURT
Interior Of Store Wrecked AMI Build
ing Shattered.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

GoLDsBORo, n. c., Nov. a-A keg Of
powder exploded in the store of ]. r
Rice at Bayboro, Prm!ico county. wreck
ing the interior Of the store, shatterins
the building and badly burning three men.
The injured are H W. Crowel. j. w.
Rice and II. L. Balance
The telephone exchange, which was IN
the upper story of the building, was de-
mo!ished and the operator severely
burned. The property damaged is esti-
mated at about s1500.
The cause Of the accident is not known,
but it is thought that a spark was blown
into the powder While being weighed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
Colonel Yorck Will Await Reinforce
merits Before Proceeding.
SCARE At CITY OF TEN TsIN
1t Was Reported That Large BodF
of Boxers Was Marching. on the
Place and scntries We're Dou-
bled-None aprearcd and
Only the Natives Credit
the Eumor.
fBy Associated rress. T,

BERLIN. Nov. 2l.-Count Won Waldersee
cables from Pekin that he will return the
viceroy's visit to-day He has advices
from Colonel Yorek-s corps showing that
the Chinese Admiral He, with lp,oeo resu-
lar troops and much artillery. is near Kal.
gan. prepared to resist eaersetically fur.
their advance Of the expedition.
CoIores Yorck. therefore. will await re.
Inducements before attempting to pro
Ceed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
Two Killed: One Ir.iurcd.
CBy .Asxncfntc.I Press !

Nb' -tSS"VFH'V'I ITtSsJ
COLUMBUS, GA, Nov. 21.--Micheil Tay-
lor and Charley Conner. both negroes,
fought a terrible duel with pistols near
here this afternoon. The cause was S2-l2
due on Il watch. Conner was killed and
Taylor was badly wounded.
During the fusilade Tayior's siste. ran
between the men as peace-naker, and
was shot through the head by Taylor. Sae
died in a few minutes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
PUNISHMENTS INSUFFICIENT.
Minister ConGcr Heard from First
Time In Ovcra Week.

tE'v !tSsoclntFL f'ftsH
WASHINGTON. Nov. 91.-The State De-
partment has received a cablesram from
Minister Conger. the first received in over
a week. expressing the opinion that the
punishments proposed for the offending
Chinese leaders in the Chinese Imperial
dcree are not sufficient. KIe does not dis
cuss the other details of the negotiations.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
DISPATCH FROM ROBERTS.
"Bufrs" Surprised Southwest of Bal
moral.
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, Nov. 21-A long 6ispateii
from Lord Roberts, just received, refers
TO n number OF minor occurrences The
only incident of importance is the surprise
of an outpost of the "Euffs, southwest of
BaImorai. November 18th. Six of the
'.Buffs'' were killed and five wounded An
officer and thirty men were made pris-
oners. The post has since 5eea reoccu-
pied
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Not So Serious.
6Rr Associated Press J

LONDON, Nov. 2L-Lord Roberts aee.-
dent occurred on Sunday last. while he
was riding HIS horse fell with him. and
ne was shaken and bruised. Dat no limbs
We're broken As he has since ssnt dis:
catches to the War Oiiice il is believed
shat he is performing his usual duties,
esoec:nl,v as ne has not mentioned the
60
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-22
CARS CONDITION.
The Latest Bulletin Issued is More
Favorable
tBy Associated Press.)

IBy Associdte3 Fres3-l
TJVADIA, Nov. 2I-The bulletin ISSUED
to-day by the Cars physicians was moro
satisfactory 1t read as follows:
.arne Car passed a satisfactory day
Yesterday Eiis condition is good. Tenn
nerat1fre at . last evening. 1915. pulse.
7t;. He slept but little during the night.
but from no disturbing cause. His Ma
jestyrs general condition is satisfactory.
Temperature this morning, 1Ooe' pulse,
10"