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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
HOT FINISH !. ]
IN HE|lQ.RlCO. /
Tuesdays Election Winds Up.
Bitter Campaign.
THE RES q I.H is I'm DOUBT: i
Impossible 70 Say Whether, W. 4
Tuesday Election Winds Up
THE RESI- I.R is I'm DOUBT
Impossible TO Say Whethers W. Il
Brauer orsW.J. Todd Will Win the
Treasureship-Final Rally to Be
Held Morrow Night.

For single day longer the political
then, after weeks of intense and unre-i
mitting toll that, towards the last began.
to breed in some quarters spirit of
rowdyism and disorder, the camps will
be broken up and deserted. The spec
tacular campaign. that has attracted the
wondering attention of the State. will
have reached It's first stage and passed
onward in the direction In which, though
all unwittingly to many. 1t has been,
heading since the start, and from which
II cannot be deflected-the courts.
Bright and early Tuesday morning the
balloting will begin. and when the sun
shall have set on the day the decision OF
the sovereign people, about which SO
much has been said. concerning which
the political wlseacres have manifested
so great Il concern, will be known. The
results of the oratory and the hot cam
vassing of the past weeks Will be read In
the peoples votes and the much-vexed
question, the long and wrnngling dis
pute as to the rights and the wrongs OF
tho aspiration of the two men who form
tnt central figures III the mighty StruE-
gle Will be settled in this one phase of
itself. Then also will 1t be known which
tiE Henrlco is to be supreme--the County
Committee, or the State Committee, the
local body or the party head.
After this has all bcen writ uB history,
the book will open again. and more will
be transcribed. On the very Monday
following the election tho grand Jury
will assemble for regular term, The
defeated candidate, whoever lie Is, Will
appear before the County Court and ask
for an Investigation of charges of vlol,l-
tion OF law that he will bring against
his erstwhile opponent, the successful
aspirant for the office. And the grand
Jury will Investigate.
A Smaller Vote,
There are Indications that the vote on
Tuesday will show very conslderahie
shrinknge when held In comparison with
that cast In the late primary. Two chief
causes may be assigned az operating to
produce this effect. One Is the act
that the polls In the primary opened at
sunrise and closed at Z 2. NJ, Now they
will open at sunrise and close at sunset, !,
which, at this season of the year, comes
much earlier in the day than o'clock.
Another cause lies In the fact that the
hotly contested primary enlisted the
active assistance of every friend of each
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
JOHN MITCHELL ILL,
DOCTORS DISAGREE
1t May Be Appendicitis and
then 1t May Not Opera
ti0n Is Possible.
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f SCRANTON, Pa, October 3l.-president
Jchn Mitchell of the United Mine Work.
ers may be obliged to undergo II sur
gical operation to overcome a threatened
serious illness. It is said that Indications
of appendicitis arc prominent. Consulta-
tions have been held with Drs, Richard
H. Gibbons and a, j Council.
Dr. Gibbons declared an operation nec-
essary, hut Dr., Council dissented. AS yet
Mr. Mitchell is undecided as to what he
shall do to overcome an illness which is
showing itself in his appearance
Friday when heSleft the Speakers stand
after addressing the mass meeting at
miners, Mr., Mitchell showed plainly ha
MAS suffering, and he found 1t necessary
to tell those close to him to keep back
tho crowds which were pressing upon him
to shake hands
lilo was almost carried to his carriage,
and leaned heavily upon cane all the
way hack to his hotel.
Mi Mitchell viii not leave Scranton for
several DAYS unless there Is an immedi,
at. bstternlent in bis lasllss1cal cpndisiaa-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
KILLED BLACK CAT;
SEE EWHAT HAPPENED
Hard Luck GoodWln's Lot
Ever Since Dark Deed
Was Done.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October al
Hard luck OF the endless chain variety
has been the lot of Thomas l.. Goodwin,
proprietor Of a Camden laundry, Now he
is missing, and his friends do not wonder
Why, These arc a fuw of the things that
have happened to Goodwin within few
months;
Ills house at Twenty-cishth and Hurri-
soil, Streets burned down the day after tho
fire insurance policy expired.
A thief stole 500 he had saved for re-
building.
IIe beganaraising chickens. Dogs in ono
night killed Ills hest fowls,
Ellis wife left him. Nh
a horse used In u public hack died
IIe bought n wagon and horse and on
tered the laundry business, Aatroley car
wrecked the wagon and killed the horse,
lle made payment of S25 on another
tliGrse.
Then no disappeared.
The last horse was found dead yesler-
day, pr. w. n. Miller, a veterinarian,
said 1T was starved.
Goodwin killed a black cat year ago.
To this he attributes all his III luck, h
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01
THIS LAWYER WAS
DETERMINED TO DIE
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PoUGHKEEPsIE N. Y. October al.-
John Moore, a member of the Dutchess
county bar, committed suicide to-day by
lying down on the Poughkeepsle and East
ern Railroad tracks. III tho suburbs OF this
city, and allowing train to hit him, E
When the early train left here Moore
was sitting on the tracks. He refused to
hned warming whistle, and the train was
stopped and the engineer and fireman took
him off. When II later incoming train
Moore lay with his head on one
rail. The engineer blew his whistle and
the man raised his head, but Immediately
lay back. and the engine struck him, frac-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

poses thatsevery member of the club who
happens to see an automobile travelling
at speed in a place where such speed is
frausht with danger to the public, shall
report the number Of the motor to the
club. The latter will warn the owner
that II the offense is repeated the mem.
ber will be expelled, and II necessary the
case of reckless driving will be reported
to the police for prosecution. The Auto
mobile Clup Is divided about the question
of the practicability of all of De Dion's
suggestions. but 1t is probable 1t will
adopt that for reporting cases of careless
ness to the club for action.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-01

CONTINUED on Third PaEe.)
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
TERRIBLY BURNED.
Miss Alice B. PIatt of West Haven --Her
 Condition Very Critical.

Last night about 1O:SO o'clock as Miss Alice B. Platt, twenty years of age, was turning up the wick of an oil stove at her home, 8 Richard Place, West Ha- ven, the stove caught fire and in an instant her clothing was enveloped in a blaze. Her screams brought her sis ter, Miss Viba Platt, with whom she resided, to her aid. The latter went to a window and screamed for help and two boys came and assisted her extin- guish the fire in her sister clothing, but the latter was terribly burned. Dr. Barnett attended the suffering young woman, alleviating her condition some what and she was removed to the New Haven hospital. At a late hour her condition was very critical.
 The flames from the burning oil stove set fire to the house. The West Haven fire department was summoned and ex- tinguished the flames after about s1OO damage had been done.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
STATE c. 4. R. ENC AMPMENT.
Annuai Meeting in Danbury-camp f< Fire Last Night.

Danbury, May 1.-The annual en- campment of the department of Con- necticut, G. A. R., opened in the Taylor Opera house at 2:30' this afternoon The afternoon session was devoted chiefly to the reports of the officers of the depart merlt. Governor Chamberlain and his staff reached this city at 3o'clock and, with his staff and other guests, made a circuit of the principal streets of the city this afternoon. A reception to the governor followed at the city hall This evening the department campfire was held in the opera house.
 In his annual report presented this afternoon N. Burton Rogers, of this city, department commander, urges re- newed efforts to keep alive the smaller G. A. R. posts in the state, which are being depleted by death. The report of John H. Thatcher, adjutant-general, showed total membership of 4,212. The number of deaths in the depart ment during the year was 236. The re- port of the quartermaster-ge showed total receipts for the year of $1,692 and disbursements of $1,305 The department has bank account of $4,- 567, -
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
MEDFORD, MASS, TRAGEDY.
Arrest of an Italian Suspected of the
 Crime

Medford, Mass. May While the energies of not only the local. but the state police were concentrated to-day in an effort to collect enough evidence to prove that it was Masso Lombardi, an Italian carpenter, who murdered Miss Nellie A. Sturtevant, last night, they were forced to admit tonight that except for the fact that MT. Sturtevant saw his daughters murderer flee on a bicycle, and that Lombardi when ar rested in Boston. five miles from Med ford, two hours later, was riding a well-mudded bicycle. they have little evidence agains: the Italian. These clues were not referred to in the dis trict court at Maiden to-day when Lombardi was arraigned on the charge of murder, but the police laid sufficient evidence before the court to warrant the Italian being held without bail and he was subsequently removed to the county jail at East Cambridge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
GUNFIRE WINS METROPOLITAN.
Whitney,s Swift Filiy Wins Great Event
 tn Record Time.

New York, May 7.-Gunfire won the twelfth running of the Metropolitan handicap at Morris Park to-day before
 45,00O cheering spectators who had made MT. whitney's swift Ally the favorite in the betting. With T. Burns in the sad dle she broke the track record by one second, the race record by 1 IA sec-
 onds; displayed speed and gamenesss and was the first of her set to win this
 classic, which opened the American turf season. Two lengths behind the win ner, to whom he gave four pounds
 weight according to the scale and nine
 pounds actual load, came Old England, famous sprinter of Green B. Morris, ridden by Shaw. Lux Castra, the AL was third.
 These three had the race among them from the start. Articulate, who was
 pulled up by his rider, the apprentice,
 Larsen, when the barrier rose, ran re-
 markable race and finished fourth a length behind the tired Lux Casta. Yel- low Tail was fifth. Masterman, pride of the Belmont stable, was an inglorious last, with Herbert and Colonel Bill clos est in front of him.
 Gunfire carried 109 pounds, her price in the ring was to land she won $11,-
 1S0 for her owner: Old England, 11s pounds, was 10 to to win and 4 to for
 place, and Mr. Morris won s2,OOO by his | took s1.ooo as her owners share. Her price was to and to 1.
 The fractional time of the handicap 1 was: One-eighth, 12 3-4: quarter, A; three-eighths, 35 Is; half, 4S 2-5; five- eighths, 100 4-5; and mile. 1:3S 3-5. They have only the old fashioned time boards at Morris Park so the time hung out 1 was 1:3S 1-2.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
BRITAIN AND BALKAN CRISIS.
Every EHort to be Made to Avoid Being
 Drawn Inte It.

London, May 1.-The British govern ment's attitude in the Balkan crisis may be summed up as being one of passive indifference. It is pointed out at the foreign office here that Great Britain is not bound by any treaties to interfere in behalf of Bulgaria. Although she was chiefly responsible for bringing Burgaria into existence Great Britain never undertook the preservation of Bulgaria's interests, though she is rledged, to maintain the integrity of the empire. r'
 The British foreign office also under stands that neither Russia nor Austria intend to interfere, unless some unseen issue becomes involved. Thus Turkey appears to have clear. hand: but the British foreign office is inclined to the belief that Turkey will not go so far as to commence hostilities against Bulga- ria but will content herself with threats and, perhaps, by other means than force secure reparation for her alleged wrongs.
 One thing is certain. Foreign Secre- tary Lansdowne will use every effort to avoid entangling Great Britain in the pending impending difficulties in the near east.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
TWELVE KILLED IN WRECK.
Passenger on Canadian Pacific Crashes
 Into Work Train.

St. Paul, Minn., May 7.-Reports have been received of serious accident early to-day at Dexter. a small town on the Canadian Pacific railway, fifty miles west of Port Arthur. ont... in which twelve lives were lost. A large num- Der Of laborers were at work with a work train at Dexter where they had been loading ties. The train was on a side track and the men were at break fast in the eaboose. or boarding car at the end of the train. A passenger train crashed into the caboose, where the men were eating, overturning the car. The wreckage caught fire almost immediate ly from the engine. Of the men in the car twelve were instantly killed or burned to death. Eight others were seriously injured and still others less seriously hurt. The wreck is far from means of relief and details of the acci- dent are incomplete. E
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
LADIES OF THE c. 4; E.
Second Annual Convention Now in
 Proer sss tn Bridgeport.

Bridgeport, May 1.-The second an- nual convention of the Ladies of the c. A. R., department of Connecticut, was held here to-day. The president, Mrs. Josephine M. Downs, of Bridge port, presided and there were present fifty-four delegates, representing the five circles in the department The presidents annual report contained no important recommendations and the session will be brief
 Mrs. Josephine Downs, of this city, was to-day reelected president of the Ladies of the G. A. R. of Connecticut at the convention held in this city. The other officers chosen were: Vice-presi- dent, Mrs. Susan F. Hawkins; junior president, Mrs. Ellen A. Saunders; secretary, Miss Grace Tongue; treas urer, Mrs. Elnira Belden; chaplain, Mary A. Brown; councillor Lidya M. Butcher; council of administration, Mrs. Florence Miller, Mrs. Sadie Nich- ols and Mrs. Mary Dennse; inspector, Mrs. Ella Bilson; librarian, Mrs. Ade- line M. Wallenta; delegated at-large, Mrs. Ella Bilson; alternate, Mrs. Ellen Saunders; delegate for department, Mrs. Adeline M. Wallenta; alternate, Mrs. Georgiana Walsh.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
SUBWAY STRIKE STILL ON.
I5,0OO Laborers Ropudiate Agreemen,
 mud yvt!I Not Return,


 New York, May 7.-sweeping aside the pleading of Chevalier Branchi, their consul-general; Port Warden James E. March and officials of the Central Federated Union of Labor 15,- 900 striking Italian laborers voted al- most unanimously to-day not to return to work in the city subway until they are assured of $2 for eight hours work This means that the arbitration agree ment entered into by the committee of the federation and the subway contrac- tors Tuesday is repudiated. Not a stroke of work will be done In the sub way tomorrow, as was promised by the committee, and another handicap is en- forced against the already crippled building operations of the city. Imme- diately after the meeting the police were called to suppress demonstration at One Hundred and Eighteenth street and Second avenue.
 New York, May "A meeting of the Brooklyn builders and contractors was held tonight in Brooklyn, at which a movement was inaugurated for a strug- gle between labor unions and employers in the building trades. An organization was effected under the name of ''The Builders Protective Association of Brooklyn and committee was ap- pointed to confer with similar associa- tions in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
ROCK ISLAND FRISCO DEAL
STATEMENT MADE BY J. F. MOR-
 GAN 6 CO.
Merely Says That President Yokum Has Been Elected . Director of the Rock Island and That Harmonious RsIa- lIen Take This as Meaning that Agree- ment Has Been Reached.
nlent Has Been Reached.

New York, May 7.-J. P. Morgan & Co. late this afternoon made this state ment regarding the report that the deal between the Rock Island and Frisco railroads has been consummated:
 ''It is true that President Yokum, of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- rector of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company, which, of course, means that the harmonious re- lations which have existed for some time between the two roads are to con- tinue.'
 George W. Perkins, in making this announcement said that he was not at liberty at the present time to give any further details. Financiers interpret this statement as an official announce ment that the long, pending deal provid- ing one management of the two roads has been completed.
 The Herald tomorrow will say that the 'Frisco-Rock Island agreement was signed late to-day. The terms are not stated, but it is understood that they vary but little from the original con- tract, which was abandoned at the time the stock market was shaken up by the recent decision at St. Louis in the Northern Securities case. Under the new agreement, however, no cash will be paid. The Frisco common stock, which will be turned over to the Rock Island, carries the absolute control. It will be deposited as collateral underly- ing the new bond issue, which will be issued to pay for the stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
EMPERoR's GIFT TO HARTARD.s
Soon to be Placed in the Germanic '~- Museum.

Boston, May 7.-Emperor Williams gift to the Germanic museum at Har- yard university reached this port to-
 day on the Hamburg American steam CT Adria, from Hamburg via Halifax,
 N. $. The gifts were formally present.
 ed to President Eliot by Prince Henry E on his visit to Harvard a year ago.
 Preparations for their reception have
 been begun; they will soon be placed in museum and for that reason the mu-
 scum will be closed to the public until
 everything is ready for the formal opening, at which dignitaries of this
 country and Germany will be present.
 The cases number 118 pieces. The goods are assigned to W N.
 Proctor & Co.,, export brokers, who
 have done all the necessary work with out charge to the German emperor. In fact, for the first time, it is believed all parties connected with the transporta- ton of goods from Berlin and Dresden to Boston have, out of esteem for the
 emperor, mutually agreed to give their services gratis.
 It is understood that the value placed on the collection by historical art col lectors is 500,000 marks, and the same collection as whole could not be du- plicated except through the influence of an emperor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
PROTOCOLS SIGNED.
Tine Concluding Scene in the venezue-
 ian Negotiations.


 Washington, May 7.--shortly before z o'clock this evening the concluding scene in the Venezuelan negotiations were enacted at the British embassy in the presence of Herbert w. Bowen, venezuela's plenipotentiary; Mayor Des Ranches, the Italian ambassador; Bar on Speck Won Sternburg, the German minister and Herbert D. Dering, the secretary of the British embassy. MT. Bowen first signed, with the three for eign representatives, separate protocols for reference to The Hague tribunal of the question of preferential treatment for the blockading powers in the pay ment of their claims against Venezuela, and immediately afterward there were signed the conventions providing for the settlement of the allies claims by the several commissions which are to meet at Caracas this summer. Mr.
 Bowen almost immediately cabled to President Castro the brief announce ment, Last protocol signed All of the three sets of The Hague protocols are in the English language.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
President at RedEand ds.

Redlands. Cal, May 7-President Roosevelt was formally welcomed to California to-day before crowd esti- mated at 10000. The presidents spe- cial train lest Barstow at S:3O a. m. and arrived here at noon. Carriages in waiting took the president to the Casaloma hotel escorted by company of militia. '''Teddy's Terrors." the New York society and Y. M. c. A. cadets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
CHANG Es IN CONSTITUTION.
Partially Dismnntied-No New Matn-
 mast for the Vessea,

Bristol, R. l., May 1.-The Constitu- tion was partially dismantled in the harbor here to-day, as changes are to be made in her spars and sails. It has been decided that there is not time enough before the inetN-footers begin their races off Glen Cove on May 21 to put in a new nnainmast, but her top mast is to be changed and some of the sails are undergoing retrimming in the sail loft.
 The paint above the water line, many layers in thickness, was burned and scraped off to-day and the body will be repainted. n.
 The Reliance is having new steel gaff made here. It is two feet longer than her present one and will take up the slack in the leach of the mainsail, which has given much annoyance. The steel workers are busy night and day in order to have the spar finished by next Monday, when it is expected that the Reliance will be here.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-08
SHOWER PREVENTED BRUSH
COLUMBIA AND RELIANCE TAKE
 SHoRT~SPTNS.
Rained and Ominous, Dark Clouds Appeared-New Cup Yacht at Once Lowers Sails and is Towed Back to New Rochelle.

Glen Cove, L. l.. May "A summer shower spoiled prospective brush be- tween the Reliance and Columbia to- day when all other conditions were favorable. Both lay at their moor ings most of the day while a heavy haze hung over the sound and a gen. tie northeast wind brought occasional light showers.
 Early in the afternoon the Reliance's tender Sunbeam brought c. Oliver Ise- lin over and Captain Lem Miller of the Columbia went on board. From the willingness for a brush subse- quently manifested on the part of Co., lumbia, which had heretofore avoided such an encounter, 1t looked as though MT. Iselin and Captain Miller had reached an understanding by which the Columbia was to accept the Reli- ance's frequent challenges more read- fly hereafter.
 Sail was immediately set on the Co., lumbia. The weather was brightening when at $40 p. m. the Reliance slipped out of the harbor from the direction of New Rochelle and came tearing into the cove at a twelve knot clip, bring ing a fresh northeast wind. She hove to near the Columbia and with Mr. Iselin on board went out Of the har- bor, well heeled over to 8 freshening
 breeze.
 Columbia followed but more slowly,
 missing the wind that carried the Re 1iance off at a fast clip. It looked like chance for the Reliance to redeem herself under heavier weather condi- tions than in the brush of Tuesday and under conditions in which she is expected to make her best showing. The boats were opening out by Red Spring Point, the Reliance mile
 ahead, when there came spit of rain, while the black clouds to windward | looked ominous. Caution prevailed on the Reliance, her sails were quickly ! taken in and the Sunbeam took her in tow for New Rochelle. The Columbia
 put about for Glen Cove. The Consti- | tuition is still absent.