The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-25

thus: all the forty-five States except
three. have arranged to take n distinctive
part In the Worlds Fair, and all tho Ter
ritorcs will be represented The only
States that have deferred action are YER
mont. New Hampshire and Delaware, and
all these, two of which were orig nal
colonies, have so much to show at great
exhibition, historically and industrially.
and all comprise so many enterpri ing
people, that their participate may be
counted on. Already the amount Of money
appropriated for the fair by States and
Territories is s20,oOo,0O0 larger than the
aggregate sum they provided for ex-
hiblts at the Chicago Exposition.
The dirticst piece Of business we have
ever read of was developed In New York
a few days ago, which shows to what
depths of meanncss some men can de-
scend In order to make raise. a man
was arrested In that city for listening
secretly to what was said by women ut
the confessional and then Matchmaking
them through the knowledge thus ac-
CURED.
The indications are that the extra ses-
sion of Congress which VIII begin on the
9th of November, will be tame af-
fair. The trouble and the able discus
SION tll3t were ut Que tIIne Promised VIII
probably not materiallze In truth, 1t l.,
said that the President, having go ten
tn gs shaped up to his own notion.
would have abandoned the idea Of call
ing the extra session If he had not been
so emphatic at the start III his declara-
tons of his intentions to bring the states
men together this fall. AS 1t is. he gave
the assembling as late date rs he pos
sbly could. There is q promise now Of
u 10 tt,a <f
the Cuban reciprocity treaty on which
the President had set his heart Repub-
lican members from the beet-sugar States
are having the fight taken out Of them
by considerations of party unity and
peace on the eve Of Pres dental cleo
ton, and the present prospect Is that the
extra session will be chiefly occupied IN
organizing the new Congress. The vic
tory Of the President on behalf of plain
duty to Cuba Is already assured
Secretary Moody has approved the
plans for the two 13,CO0-ton battlcships
authorized by the last Congress. These
vessels will carry four Finch guns,
e'ght eight-inch guns in four turrets. ten
of the new sevcn-inch guns and two
torpedo tubes. They will have the high
est possible speed and the heaviest Of
nrmor.
The Maryland Trust Company OF Balt:-
more. which failed on Monday, is one of
the largest three institutions Of the kind
In the city, and the Union Trust Com
pany. which followed it into a rece YER
ship, Is the sixth In size. there being
eleven trust companies In Baltimore. To-
gcthcr the failures involve Liabilities, m
GLIDING capital stock, of above sH.cU.-
600. These are the first banking failures
of considerable Importance which have
attended the great shrinkage In security
valuations, and the effect upon an al
ready debilitated stock market was rat
orally somewhat demoral1zing. 1t does
not appear that the broken institutions
are closely ted up with others which
may be dragged down in consequence. Iu-
deed what troubled the larger trust
company was over commitment In a Mex
lean railroad project. Neither these fall
ures nor those Of three or four OTHER
banking institutions in various parts Of
the country have affected the Stock
Market
Here is straw that shows how fInan-
cial winds are blowing: Two months ago
the United state Government offered o
take in sle,oooooo Of per Get; ms Is,
terest in advance Of their matnr ty next
February. Up, to the time oo Of Alag re-
port last week only 100000 Of y Q
ton. although the opportunity is, appar-
emily presented to holders to make dou-
Bile use Of their money. This wol Id seem zee m
that people W tn big money are yet a
little sktpt!cal about invest ne in any
thing that is not considered absolutely
dead sure.
The Washington correspondents have
been tie ling us nom me to tme at sew
eral changes ase soon to be made In the
the Ind an TER tory land CRATE 8 SCUM
daIs would call for the retirem mt of not
less than two members or the CABINET
These The Ell predictions lave come to naught
If the President Is to be believed IN pref
erence to tha correspopdents; on, gay a
statement that he has no d fferences W tn
Sec etaly Shaw or any other member Of
the Cabinet on account OF the rep IT q
the Irregularities In the Pos office De-
partment, or on account Of the repnts
on or about any other department. either,
ably be no changes in the Cabinet uItll
after another pres dental Inauguration
day.
very unexpected things sometimes and
almost make us tn nix the days won IS
pe av9 ls' ee James s. Richardson. Of Ten
ncisee, the minority leader IN the last
House of REPRESENTATIVES and member-
elect to the next Congress. formally am
nounced u his eport T. the biennial es Is.
Jurisdict.on thirty-third degree M ,sons.
his retrement from p9lt1 ard q int ton
devote his ent re me to the offics of
grand commander. to which he was elect
ed last spring, Truly, it seems wonders
are never to cease,
John Alexander Dowie. who modestly
calls himself Elijah, the Res,orer" ind
with very marked success In his effort to
restore Zor reform New forN cay A.; A
arrival from Chicago was not near so
warm and cordial as he expected, He has
been firing away on Gothamites for a
little more than week and % far he
has found New York Indifferent. skepti-
which he INDUCES, Of calling them thieves,
ciated In the metropolis. and his audiences
have sen! pags Uses m req - Ms rs
enraged at the press, which Instead 81
accepting the assurance OF his mission as