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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
GENERAL.

Call money rises to 20 per cent. in Wall
Steet-Chicas grain markets affected
by frost storfes-'Boss'' Shepherd dies
al Batopi!as, Mexico-Sergeant wins the
Golden Rod Stakes at Sheepshead-C. a.
Woods Of Marion. is elected president of
the South Carolina College-Secretary
Wilson, on return from trip through
the West says the crops in that region
are splendid-Wife of Senator Stewart,
Of Nevada. killed in automobile acci-
aent-Professor Heilprin reports that
area Of destruction in last eruption of
Mount Pelee far surpasses that of May
9Th when ST. Pierres was Destroyed
Order is secured. directing Sheriff of St.
Louis 10 show by what authority he is
holding men charged wiln boodling-
Forest fires are burning over Cascade and
Coast Ranges from British Columbia to
Inc California line-Emperor William
SAYS goodbye TO the American generals
Prince Henry Of Prussia may visit this
country again next April-Oil fires in the
beaumont field are about out-Bennie
Monroe receives probably fatal injuries in
spill al Baltimore bicycle race.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
HIGH TIDE
RICHMOND.

Further returns from the district indi-
rate Captain Lambs nomination by near
$50 majority; leaders urge voters to reg
.ster-Gloonl over tho homes of the prin-
ripals in Thursdays tragedy-Electrical
WORKERS Union object to employment of
negroes by the Passenger and Power
Company-S Second Baptist congregation
may worship in present building three
wears purchasers 10 build on Allen 10.
without delay-Lee camp recommends
publication of a Confederate hand
hcoll--Romarkable fortitude of Pat
,ics J. Guthrie, injured on Richmond
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
Marriage in parsonage Of Rev. /. NJ.
MerCer-Reported tragedy in which ele-
phant was made to take part of the vii
lsin-Robinson circus draws immense
croEds--MANCIES of AL
derfnen meets-Resolutions adopted by
Assembly in regard TO lights concurred in
MIR. r. c. Wood died at 4:45 p Nj
Chesterfield nOteS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
A IG.H SQUEEZE | ] ! !. |. !
Wall STREET HAS a TRYING DAYs
IN THE MATTER
OF MONEY.
CALL LOAN. RATE 20 PER CT.
Unen.ine,. over what To-Day,.
Bank statement May show.
STOCKS ArFEorrD As. USUAL.
Heavy All the Afternoon, rhey nreal
More Rapidly After O'Clock, ana
tie Pablication of the Figures
Covering the Movements of Cur
rency During the week serves to
Augment the Decline.
Augment the Decline,

s NEW YORK, September 12.-Wall street
passed through a tight money squeeze to-
day. Apprehension of temporary strin-
sgency had been visible all the week, the
average Stock Exchange rate on preced-
ing days having been per cent. or over.
To-day, loans made on the Stock Ex-
change go over until Monday, and there
was much uneasiness over what to-mor-
rows bank statement would show. Last
Saturday the Associated Banks reported
a surplus Of only s4.OOo,OOo over the re-
quired reserve.
Demand for call money on the Stock
Exchange began much earlier than usual
this morning, and there was a crowd Of
brokers on hand when it started off at Il
per cent. By early afternoon the rate
had mounted to Is, under a ve.y light sup
ply, few of the local banks caring to
make any offerings. Out-of-town insti-
tutons again furnished most of the funds.
Later still, the price for call loans rose
to 20 per cent.
The high price of money had its Gus
tomary effect upon the stock market.
Heavy all the afternoon. stocks broke
more rapiaiy from 1 o'clock, the publica-
ton of the figures covering the known
movements of currency during the week
serving to augment the decline.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
VIRGINIA.

Miss Virginia Lassiter, daughter Of Dr.
Jassitcr. and sister Of Congressman f
+, Lassiter, Of Petersburg. thrown from
q vehicle by q runaway team, and her
skull crushed: she died from her injuries
Rev T. NJ Carson, rector of st. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal church. Lynchburs.
suffered slight stroke of paralysis, but
has almost fully recovered therefrom-A
safe cracked by professional burglars at
Brandy Station. Culpeper county. and $3.50
secured-General Fitzhugh Lee will
make his home in Norfolk, for some years
at least-The Bay Shore Terminal Com
pany, OF Norfolk and vicinity, will double
track its entire line-Mr. James NJ.
Armistead. an old and prominent resi-
dent Of Lynchburg. falls into a well. but
is drawn out, with but Slight injury
Charges filed by ex-Policeman Giddings,
of Newport News. against his superior
officers dismissed by the Police Board
Howard Ferguson, the youthful bride
groom recently kidnapped by his father,
viii soon be restored to his bride with
parental consent-Stafford county Re
publicans instruct delegates for Hon. NJ.
X. Lowry, of that county, for the con-
Ercssional nomination-Scott Bradley
one CT the men. accused Of the lynching
Of Charles Craven IN Loudoun. is now on
trial-A writ of error awarded in the
suit of Martin US. the Richmond, Freier-
icksbGrg and Potomac railway--City of
Petersburg loses suit against the Aque-
duct ComDany-Williamsb preparing
10 install electric lighting plant-Move-
ment to divide the Goshen Baptist Asso-
c!ation into TWO parts-Marines at Nor
folk ordered 10 prepare for active service
IN United States of commissioned
Merth. of Hampton. is missing. and his
friends fear foul play-Warrenton will
probably install an electric arc and incan-
descent light plant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
SAYS THE. AT. co. HAS LOST.
Irish Manufactures Dec1nre. English
Irfr,,s :. II -. Z.

Irish Manufactures Declares English
Firm Has Won at Home.
LOUISVILLE KY, Sept Especially
w D. Galleher. proprietor of Galleher's
Limited Tobacco Manufactures, Belfast,
Ireland, says that the American Tobacco
Company has lost its fight in Great Bri-.
tain. He is here on visit to his re-
handling factories. He says j. b. Duke
has not only lost the fight, but also ST.
100000 without making much headway
against the British manufacturers. In
order to get trade. the American COM
pany has given away s15OO, 600 bonus
and spent millions in advertising; has.
sold tobacco at s cents a pound under its
cost, but in spite of this he has been un-
able to win over the British tradesmen.
Galleher refused TO enter the British
Imperial company. and has continued in
dependent of both. The story is also
circulated here that the Imperial COM
pany has contracted with MI. Barker, a
tobacco buyer in Carrolton. to purchase
three million pounds of hurley leaf.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
COL,J,G,GARNETT DEAD
Westmoreland County Man,
GConfederate Soldier, Took
Carbolic Acid.

NEW YORK. September 12.-(Specia1.)- y
The dead body of Colonel John G. Gar
nett, Of Baldwin, L. l., friend of President
Roosevelt and a noted Confederate vete-
ran, was found this afternoon in a room
at the Ross Hotel, Fifteenth street and
Sixth avenue, where the Colonel commit
ted suicide by inhaling gas and taking
was letter from President Roosevelt
to the veteran and two notes Colonel
Garnett had written before he tooS his
life. One note requested any person who
found his body to notify E. G. Garnett,
of No. 81 Wall street. He was notified,
and proved to be nephew of the dead
man. He said he could not explain the
motive for his uncle's DEATH except on
account of business troubles.
There was no money. in his pockets
when the maid found him.
His nephew said his uncle was we'll
known in the South, where during the
civil war he commanded a Confederate
regiment Of artillery and participated in
more than one hundred battles.
A few years ago he was in the news
paper business and city editor of New
York daily. He also held public Office
Evidently he was engaged in raising some
kind of fund or organization to assist
sufferers from the Spanish-American war
The letter from President Roosevelt was
brief, but it assured Colonel Garnett that
he would assist him all he could in his
charitable work.
Colonel 1arnett was 60 years old, and
lived with his wife in various hotels
during the winter, but in the summer re-.
sided at their country home in Baldwin,
Staten Island Colonel Garnett registered
at the Ross Hotel five days ago. One Of
the notes left said he had been five days
getting up courage to kill himself. He
had been dead probably five days
Several days ago Colonel Garnett was
visited by his brother, DR.. Garnett,s Of Hot
Springs, Ark The nephew of the dead
man said his uncle was a graduate Of
West Point. He was an author and poet.
and was engaged in writing a history of
West Point Military Academy. He was
born at Rossmo ore. in WestmoreIand coun-
ty, Va. The widow was notified.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
MAY STAND THREE YEARS.
Retains the Right to Occupy Present
Building for That Period
of Time.

The Rev DR.. W. r. L. Smith, when
called upon at his home last night. con-
flrmed the sale of the Second Baptist
church lot at Sixth and Main streets.
The price for the lot, which has Main
street frontage of sixty feet, was $1,000
Dr. Smith stated that while no definite
plans had been yet formulated as to The
location of the new church, indications
pointed to the old Palmer property at
Shafer and Franklin streets.
The requisite funds for building are not
vet in the hands of the church trustees,
but they are now being gathered
DR.. Smith also stated that he could give
no positive information as to the COM
mencement of the work, save that by the
terms of sale. the church had right
to occupy their present building for three
years. in which time the new church will
be built.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
i[H FOREST AFLAME
FIREs BURNING OVER CASCADE
& AND scoAsTsRANGEs FROM CAN
ADA TO California.
MANY ONES LAlD. IN ASHES.
,1il,ion. Of rect Of Timber and Much
Live-stock Destroyed.
TWO LIVES Known TO BE LOST.
1l.,'.',' a Number Of People aIis.inr-scorez
HurryinE Places OF safety-
Towns in Total Darkness Mt soon-
Many Refuse TO Believe This is
pne to the Fires, ana rredlet Dire
Disaster.
TWO LIVES KNOWN 10 BE Losr

PORTLAND ORE. September s12-For-
est fres are burning ovefsthe Cascade and
Goa. ranges from British Columbia to
the california line, destroying millions of
feet Of timber, many farm houses, and
barns, and much livestock. Two people
are known to have lost their lives, others
are missing, and scores are hurrying to
places Of safety.
At Bridal Veil, Ore. to-day, the Palmer
saw-mill and the Brewer mill were burn
ed. Elsie Palmer, proprietor of the Palm
er mill, was burned to death, and a man
named Trickey is missing. About forty
mill hands are in danger Of being sur
rounded by fire
On Mill Plain. near Vancouver, eight
farm houses We're destroyed to-day, and
Mrs. Hendricks and her two children are
missing.
ture are pressing upon every side. Every
team is being pressed into service to take
people to places of safety; the water sup
ply is cut off by the burning of the mains,
but every effort is being made to protect
mill property.
Wires Down.
Word cannot be received from Elma or
Aberdeen, the wires to those points being
down. It is known, however, that six
large lumber mills and ten houses have
been burned about six miles south of
Elma. Many similar reports are being re-
received from Washington points. At Du-
cora, forty-tive miles south of Tacoma, the
town was in total darkness at noon. Many
people refused to believe that the phe-
nonenon resulted from forest fires, and
congregated on street corners, predicting
dire disaster.
The last report from Shelton, at noon,
was to the effect that nearly all the mills
in Mason county were on fire. The town
of Mitlock, that county. was in imminent
danger when last heard from, and timber
100 feet high was burning.
Camps in Peril.
Sixteen miles from Olympia, the Bor-
deaux string of camps in the Black Hill
district, is in great danger. Forty men
on horseback have gone to rescue women
and children.
In Tacoma a heavy darkness settled
down. Boats could not pass in the narrow
channel on account of the darkness. At
Olympia, the electric-light plant shut
down, and at noon it was as black as
night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
Lamb IN NOVEMBER.
REPuBLIcANswML PUT up 4 soa1<
NEE II TH1s Dis
TRIcr.
TO OPPOSE The DEmocRaT.
rratforn Of the oppo.ltlo. win
Dean win sunr-.e.
THAT TO BE THE LEADING ISSUE
revised and Aaaitson.1 rr1-.rs
Returns Indicate That capt.i4
Lamb. aInjor1ty WIN he /. shade
Under Thirty-Fire Hundrea-Di..
trict Leaders Urge Democrats. ID
Restster-Li.t of QUALIFICATIONS II
Platform Of the Oppositio. win
Deal with suarase.

Certified returns from the precincts Oh
Richmond and Manchester were sent to-
Mr. John c. Easley. chairman OF ths
Third District Committee. yesterday
They show that Lambs majority in the
two cities is 1,52s. The official returns
from the counties have not been sent in
yet, but from the figures in Chairman
Easley's possession. Lambs majority In
the district is shown to be 8, $50 Not more
than six precincts are to be heard from.
and the indications are that the total ma-
jority will run a few short of $500.
The figures below give Lambs maiort<
ties as far as they have been ascertained
in the two cities and the six counties OF
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
EXPENSE OF PRIMARY.
Impossible to Know Total Till Re

Impossible to Know Total Till Re-
ports Are All Forwarded.
Chairman Easley, of the Third District
Committee will be busy settling the ex-
penses OF the primary for the next few
days. Charges for precinct rooms and ex-
penses for the pay of judges will be sent
to the county chairmen in the respective
counties, and through them forwarded to
Chairman Easley, who will remit to the
various county chairmen to be distributed
by. them.
Until these reports have all been sent
in. it will be impossible to state what
the expenses of the primary have BEEN
The Manchester city chs---lan. Mr.. c.. c.
Cousins. closed up the accountN= in con-
nection with the election before the polls
closed-an instance OF commendable
promptneSs
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
WAS MERTH MURDERED?
roung Hampton Man Has Disappear
ed and HIny Be Dead

Young Hampton Man Has Disappear
ed and Nny Be Dead.
HAMPTON, VA, September 12.-Samuel
Merth, young tailor. has been missing
from his home here since September 2.
His friends to-day gave out statement
in which the theory that the young man
had been foully murdered is advanced.
Merth left his boarding house at noon
on Tuesday, September End, and was last
seen in company with two men, said to
be professional gamblers. He. on that
day. drew small sum Of money from a
local bank, and had about s75 on his per-
son when he left his boarding house.
1t is known that the young man en-
gagged in cards with several men on the
night preceding his disappearance. His
friends think he was murdered, and that
his body was thrown in Hampton RoaSs.
Merth is % years old. rather good-look-
ing, and has light blue eyes and very
light hair. He is an Austrian
The Hampton Hebrew Sunday school
has taken up the search for the missing
young man. Merth came here from Bal
timore The police of that city have been
notified of his disappearance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
THE LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY.
First Annual Report-set EarnsnE.,

First Annual Report-Net Earnings,
S3,1O7,177.
NEW YORK. September 12-The first
annual report of the American Locomo-
tive Company. giving the results of the
opera tons of its eight plants for period
slightly more than twelve months, to
June Goth last. show gross earnings. of
s26. sss ao4 operating expenses. s2s. e9i 217:
net earnings. s3.1O7, III: fixed charges,
s105.S65: profits available for dividends.
sS.O01,s ,s12.. dividend on preferred stock q
per centl s1.750.ooO This leaves a sur
plus of 81. Isl .s12, the greater part of which
has been applied to additions to the pro-
perty.
In his report. President CaIlaway refers
to the authorized capitalization Of the
company 900, 00-all outstanding. Half
of this is In per cent, cumulative. pre-
5ferred stock. MI. Galloway adds that 1t
has been the aim Of the directors to In
crease the company.s profits by lowering
manufacturing and administrative costs.
rather than Eshy increase Ii the selling
price OF locomotives
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
BODY SENT TO RICHMOND.
Remains of Chaplain Morrison, tho
Suicide, Shipped FOR Burial.

Remains of Chaplain Morrison, the
Suicide, Shipped for Burial.
/! BOSTON, MASS. September Pin ac-
zcordance with the request Of his family,
the body of Chaplain William F. Morri-
SON. who committed suicide by shooting
at the Naval Hospital, in Chelsea, We'd
nesday afternoon. was shipped to Rich
mond, Va, this afternoon for private
burial. Chaplain D. II. Tribow, Of the
receiving ship Wabash, will accompany
the remains as far as Philadelphia.
whittier he goes to attend the annual
prison congress.
The suicide of Chaplain Morrison be-
comes sadder as the facts of his life and
character are brought out. His father
and several members of the family had
died within recent years. and this had
done much to increase the late chap
lain's melanchoIia.
Mr. Morrison was lately invalided home
from the Philippines. and went to the
Naval Hospital at Chelsea. suffeing from
severe attack of f5nostalgia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
A VIRGIN|AN SHOT
BY RAILROAD MAN.
Douglas Beatty, of Radford, Fatally
wounded by Henry
Freeman.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, September 12.-
al.)-Douglass w. Beatty, of Rad
ford, Va, lies in the Knoxville general
hospital fatally wounded from pistol
shot fred by Henry Freeman. Southern
railway brakeman. at Alpha, smsll
station Just east of here. Freeman has
been held in $1,000 bond. Beatty and a
friend named Moore were riding on a
box car when Freeman came in, and, it
is alleged asked them for money. They
refused to grant the request. and Free
man fired on Beatty. wounding him in the
left breast. Beatty is expected to live
only few hours.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
THREE CENTS PER COPY.

fessed his crime, and implicated George
T HFaircloth, who is in jail in this city.
Smith said Faircloth used the shotgun on
the aged couple, while he shot them with
rifle.
The other three men in Jail at Bron-
son had nothing to do with the killing.
sbu. were to have been parties to the rob-
berry.
Following the confession Of Smith, Fair
cloth told his Tailor that the confession
was substantially correct. SIS
Smith will be brought to Gainesville to
prevent 1ynching.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
KILLED { BY AN AUTO.
Wife of Senator William M.
Stewart Meets Quick
Death.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 12-NIrs.
William NJ. Stewart, wife of the senior
United States Senator from Nevada. was
killed to-day. at Alameda. Cal Mrs.
Stewart was riding in an automobile with
Henry Foote and a young man named
Taylor. Through an accident the machine
ran into a telegraph pole. Mrs. Stewart
was thrown against the pole with great
force, and was so seriously injured that
death soon followed. Her home was in
Washington, D. C.
The Senator MT the Hague.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. September H.
Senator Stewart at present is at the
Hague in connection with the Plus fund
arbitration, in which he has taken a deep
interest. The case involves title to a large
amount of money claimed by the Catholic
Church of Lower California to be held
for it by the government of Mexico. It
was due largely to the Senator's efforts
that the claim was submitted to the arbi-
tration of the distinguished European trt-
bunal now engaged on it's settlement.
The Senator and Mrs. Stewart, since the
sale Of their old home on Dupont Circle,
known as Stewart's Castle. to Senator
Clark, of Montana. and its subsequent de-
struction. had lived in the winter time in
an old fashioned residence on F street
near the State. War, and Navy. Depart
ment building.
Summer Home In Virginia.
In the summer they spent more or less
time at Ashburn, village in Virginia.
where the Senator had established a dairy
farm which he ran on scientific and sani-
tary principles. OF late years they had
not taken much interest in social affairs
as formerly.
Going Mt High Speed.
SAN FRANCISCO. September 12.-S1rs.
Stewart was enjoying a ride with her
nephew, Henry Foote. son of w. w.
Foote, an attorney, and H. 3. Taylor.
They were going along Santa Clara ave
nue., in Alameda county, Taylor guiding
the machine and sending along at high
speed A vehicle approached and Taylor
swerved the automobile in order to avoid
a collision. AT that moment he lost con
troll of the steering apparatus, or made a
The automobile ran into
a telegraph pole, and the occupants were
thrown out. Mrs. Stewart struck on her
head and was carried in an unconscious
condition to sanitarium in the vicinity,
where she soon died. Foote and Taylor
escaped with minor bruises.
Taylor is cousin Of Frederick Bene-
dict, who was recently crushed to death
under his automobile in New York. Mrs.
Stewart was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Louis 4Aldrch, who lives in San Francis
CO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
"Bcss'' SHEPHERD DEAD.
His Work for the Improvement of
Washinston City.

4 II ~ IL
3 WASHINGTON, D. c., September PA
private telegram received here this after
noon from Batopilas, Mexico, announces
the death there this morning Of Alexander
r. Shepherd who was vice president of
the Board of Public Works of the Dis
.trict of Columbia during the territorial
government of the District in 1871, and
two years later Governor OF the District.
He was 81 years of age. The cause of
death was peritonitis. brought on by an
attack of appendicitis. Governor Shep-
herd, as the executive officer Of the Board
of Public Works, in spite Of vigorous op-
position, began and successfully continued
Improvements in all parts Of the city,
with the result that Washington became
magnificent capital. To the Governor
is given credit for nipping in the bud a
project for the removal of the capital to
some western city, which was warmly
.ag1tated at one time. He leaves widow
and seven children.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
A MILE. IN 81 SECONDS.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. September 12.
Z The Kansas City Express on the Wa
/ bash road made a record on the sys-
TEN for fast running to-day. The run
was made between Wea. anu Riverside,
over distance of six miles. This
vas covered in four minutes and eleven
seconds.
The first mile was made in fl ffty-twos
seconds. and the sixth in thirty-seven
seconds. or rate Of one hun1red
I miles an hour.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
AUTO SPEED TOO GREAT.
Three Amateur Chauffcurs of High

Degree Arrested.
MANCHESTER, MASS, September 12.-
BY secretly holding stop watches on au-
tomobiles speeding over an inviting half
mile stretch of road, the police to-day
succeeded in catching three machines go
ing at q rate of twenty miles an hour.
Arrests followed Immediately. the victims
being Charles Frick, son of II. C. F.rick,
cf Pittsburg: WE. harrington, Jr, in a
machine owned by Henry Clay Pierce. of
St Louis. and Willim r. Oars, and
Roy Pierce, in another of Mr.. Pierce's
machines. Mr.. Pierce, who was riding
with Mr.. Harrington, was not arrested
All gave bail and will appear in the
Salem Court Tomorrow
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-13
EXECUTED FOR MURDER.
Daughter of Murdered Man Cuts the
Body Down.

Daughter of Murdered Man Cuts the
Body Down.
NASHVILLE. GA. September 12.-Boisy
Bryant was hanged mere to-day for the
murder of Town Marshal Hynds
Mrs. Eta Hynds Parker, daughter of
the murdered officer watched the execu-
tion from the scaffold trap.
As soon as Bryant was pronounced dead
Mrs. Parker, witn her fathers knife, cut
the body Of the murderer down.
The crime for whicn Bryant was hanged
was committed in Adel. Ca, q nearby
village, last May. The negro was wanted
in the town on misdemeanor charge,
and Town Marshal Hynds attempted to
arrest him. AS the marshal approached
Bryant tne negro drew pistol and fired
upon the officer. mortally wounding him.
Bryant escaped. but was captured a few
days later.