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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
From. Our Regular Correspondent.

& (FrOmt our Regular COrrespondent.)
s6 WASHINGTON, D. c., September L.
"A census bulletin issued to-day shows the
per capita wealth Of the city Of Richmond
to be greater than that Of any other
city OF the South, and far greater than
that Of the vast majority OF the cities
of tho country,
The wealth, per capita. of Richmond Is
ss47,49. The per capita wealth OF Nor
folk Is s5l6.94, The figures are not given
for any other city In the Commonwealth,
The per capita wealth Of New Orleans
lis only sb16s1; OF Memphis, $685. Of At
lanta, $656.l6; OF Nashville, s4S6.60; OF
Savannah, s629 90; of Charleston, 1920; Of
San Antonio. s575,47; OF Houston, Tex,
s6SO.14; of birmingham, Ala, $4,000.
Cambridge, Mass, Is the only city In
}the United States of less than roo 900 pop
ulation. With a per CAPT "a wealth exceeding
That of Richmond Tho per capita Of the
Massachusetts Ma city is Si,064.2s,
5Df all tho cities Of the country the only
ones les which outrank Hammond are 3. Sew
York, with per caplta4 veal III of 81 46l 81
Philadelphia, with s97S.17; Boston, With
lis,o547s and Cambridge. sl,os4.2S. R
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
!. FARMERS \ | ] ''.GREAT |
| MEET |. | \ {. BEGINS | J | {:
Opening Session Of National Con-
gress at Masonic Temple
This Morning a
May ARRIVALS 4 3 F'I'' LAST NIGHT.
Hotels Filling Up Rapidly and.
Hundreds [11llt Will Come
To-day.
MAr!Y ARRIVALS LAST NIGHT

$s The @twenty-flfth annual session Of the
Farmers National Congress will begin
at the Masonic Temple, Broad and Adams
Streets, this morning at 10 O clock iS @
The delegates began to show up at the
various hotels last night. and by this
afternoon there will be about a little less
than a thousand here. 4 4 u
The officers who have already shown
up are Secretary John NJ. stahl OF CHI
scago;s Assistant Secretaries q gorge NJ.
Whitaker, OF Boston; a, G. Fuller, OF
Dows, Iowa; Presidents b. Came
ron, of Stagvlle, N. c.; Joshua Strange.
of Marion, Ind: Treasurer a.. II. Judy.
OF Greenville, Ohio, and Executive Com
mitteemen W. L. Ammespuy of Oregon,
Wis, and p. w. Mickey, of Ocean
Springs, Miss. 54is
All evening the clerks at the various
hotels were kept busy assigning rooms to
the visitors, and there Will 30 no sur
cease until this afternoon, for the farm
ers will be coming in UP to the time OF
meeting. 5$ s& y
The headquarters OF the congress will
be at Murphy's Hotel, where all the plans
will be made and the arguments indulged
in before the actual work, OF the congress
at Masonic Temple. 5
Secretary Stnhl said last night that
there would be about thousand dele
gates 1n- attendance y upon fttne K congress,
and that the number would have been
much larger but for the yellow fever
scare. Most of the delegates so far are
from the West and North and very few
are here from the South.
Among those from the West Is Con-
gressman' Fl. c. Adams, Of the Second
Congressional District OF wisconsin His
home Is at Madison. He is q close friend
or Congressman Lamb. md hos served on
committees with him. He said last night
that Captain Lamb was something of q
power on tho committees, and generally
got what he wanted, He was looking
for the Third District Congressman at
Murphy's last mighty. iii 9, q
Some Of the Early Arrivals.
The president Of the congress is ex-
pccted here this morning. He will put
.,up at Murphy's, and will open UP the
session this morning. 5
E Those registered at the hotels last night
were:
T. b. Rich, Port Huron, Mlch.;#J. !. NJ.
Hero!s and wife, Nubb City, Mo-. John
NJ. Swain, Elburn. Ill; u, W, Merrill and
wife, Ilingsyllle. III; HI Adams, Mcr-
riam, Wis, /; a.. q. Powers and wife, Da-
Wis, Iowa; !; y, A.. Mcleod, Davis, Iowa;
Mrs. Frank Edlnger, Minneapolis; Mrs.
rEH<<s IN q H. Ilr,v \
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
.CAPT. DAMN LEE
IS A DEMOCRAT !. |::.| c.
Not Running AS An An Independent
for the Legisla-
ture.
NOMINATION is TO { BE i !. / MADE " De:
Joint Committee to Say Whether
He or Mr. Moncure is to
Run.
NOMINATION is TO BE i MADE v DE:

CAPTAIN Dan NJ. Lee, of Stafford Is
not, and will not be. an independent
candidate for the House of Delegates
from the district composed Of Stafford
and King George counties, as has been
reported. In a statement given out at
his home in Stafford county on Sunday. ida!
Captain Lee makes at plain that ne IS
still Democrat, and that though he
relinquishes craftsmanship Of his county
committee, which he has held for many nan
years, he proposes to fight as earnestly
as ever in the ranks.
AS to his candidacy for the House OF
Delegates, Captain Lee aspires to pc Inc
Democratic nominee and Will not run
unless put forward BY his party. he
objected to the method by which MT.
r. C. u. Moncure was named and as q
result the County Committee of Stafford
met yesterday and called upon the COM
mittec OF King George to meet with the
former at Cox's store on Septem Der 10th
Ito decide which shall be the candi-
date. Il ,s5s 51.'5@
1T is understood that both Captain Lee
and Mr. Moncure agree to abide the de-
cisions of the joint meeting Captain
Lees contention Is that there was no
Joint meeting OF the two county COM,
mittees, as required by the party law, but
that Mr.. MoncureI was named y DysE cacH
Of the committees separately and at
different times.
For Joint Meeting.
The following special came from Fred
fercksburg on the subject last might:
sat Stafford Courthouse to-day meet
ing Of Democrats was held to act on
the resignation of, Captain Dan. NJ Lee
as county chairman. The resignation
was accepted, but Captain Lee was con-
tinued as member Of the county COM
mittee.
Judge r. II. L. Chichester was elect
ed chairman. Captain Lee was present
and participated in the proceedings. He
said he was not an independent candi-
date for the Legislature In the ordinary
sense The rules, he said, required that
Il the two committees, one of Stafford and
one OF King George. should have met
Jointly to declare the nominee Mr. r.
G, o. Moncure had been named by each
committee separately and at different
times, he therefore did not consider him
the regular nominee and felt that he
captain Lee) had as much right to be
a candidate as any other Democrat or
anyone else.
'iOn Captain Lees motion the Stafford.
committee resolved to ask the King
George county committee to meet with
the stafford committee in Joint ses-
Continued on Third Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
.FIA7AL ] SHOOTING
IN SCOTT COUNTY.
Man Killed Who Was Once
Convicted for Man
slaughter,
Especial to the Tlmes-Dlspatch. )

8 GATE CITY, VA, September 11,-At
aDunganton, Scott county. yesterday eve
ming Albert Nash was shot dead by Ben
jamln Osborne Mash went to Osborne's
home and had difficulty with young
Taylor Osborne's nerhew, finally strik-
ing him with his pistol and shooting him
In the shoulder, Osborne asked him why
he wanted to kill Taylor Nash turned
his pistol on Osborne, when Osborne shot
him dead Osborne did not try to es-
cape. Heff!s a respected citizen,r
Nash was thirty years old and served
a shot term In, the Virginia penitentlary
several years ago for manslaughter,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
NORWAY AND SWEDEN
DISAGREE; lei WAR. WAR. LIKELY
Negotiations Between Comrnis,
sioners Regarding. Dissolution
Have Reached Impasse.
(By Associated Press,)

cHR1sTIANIA, NORWAY, Sept, IL
The tone Of the Norwegian i neWspap pers
indicate that the negotiations between the
commit ssionersl OF Norway and Sweden re-
garding the dissolution of the union have
to accept the conditions laid down by
Sweden,
The Dagbladet commenting on sweden's g
refusal 10 discuss narbilrntlOn treaty
until Norway had accepted the Swedish
conditions, declares that even war would
he preferable to q peace bought at the
expense of national humiliation,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
TROUBLE AT BAKU
BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Soldiers Fire Into Crowd Of
Workmen, Killing Nineteen. Nineteen.
Tartars and Kurds Still Raw
aging Caucasus, Showing
Desperate Determi-
nation.
lRy Associated Press. J


t HELsINGFOREs FINLAND. septem--
11.--Customs officials on Saturday dis
covered geo carblnes OF Swedish manu-
facturc, with bayonets and 120, 900 cart
ridges. on a barren island in the Gulf
Of Bothnia. near kcrn. S5}' y III
On Sunday morning a boat belonging to
the customs service discovered a 30o-ton
steamer near 5knlfskner Rock, twenty
miles outside Jnkobstad. The captain and
members Of the crew, who spoke In Eng
lish, declared that the steamer was fully
loaded with rifles and cartridges. and
thereupon.s the customs officials ordered
the captain to take his vessel into port
and discharge the cargo. $ i3
The steamer proceeded towards shore.
the customs boat going in the meanwhile
toward a nearby island. Suddenly sew
eral explosions were heard from tho
steamer, and tho customs officers on re-
turning found the vessel sinking and her
crew in lifeboats disappearing hurredly
towards the south. The officers pressed
into service a number of fishermen, who
,,nloaded most OF the rifles and ammunl-
8ton on the beach.
81 The steamer grounded in shoal water.
Her name was painted over only the let
4 tcrs y ohm Il Bnshftoil"", being visible.
American and German flags were found
on board the vessel. .. Il.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
PLAYED WITH DAUGHTER,
THEN STRAN ED HER
NJ Associated Prss.ll

(Dy Assoclated Fess3
Albert Martin, son OF the Junior partner
Of Of Mayor LaPorte., OF thlS, city, after
playing with his three children at hts
home to-day, took tho youngest daughter,
five years old into an adjoining room
'and strangled her, When the crime was
discovered. Martin appeared 10 he per-
fectly cool aud composed, .,
t@9T have made another angel for hea,Y-
en- he said, He Will be examined by
allenlsts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
/ Cholera Situation.
lBY Associated Press.

b EM IBy ASSOcIHted IFTesS, ~ . II
BERLIN, September l1,-An official bull
8letin issued to-day says that sixteen
cholera cases and six deaths were re-
ported from noon September 9th to noon
September 10th, nnd fifteen cases and six
Edea tbs from noon September 10th to noon
Sto-1day, making the totals ITO cases sana
Sc death
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
BySAssociated Press.)

10y. 1zfBSUCI{Iteu --71--W -TTI
ST. PETERSBURG, September 12-
< s:43 a. M--The news from Finland OF
the accidental discovery OF the importa-l
{ tion Of rifles and munitions in large
quantities is the most serious disclosure
regarding the revolutionary movement
In Russia that has yot been made, as It
Indicates an Intention to form a regular
military organizations. 1t Is considered
here that the active faction OF the young
Fenoman party OF Finland 4 Is probably
involved inf the conspirac cy, 3 and II is re-
called Y that the nyestlgn into the
assassination sof General B Bobrikoff.. gov
ernor- general OF 1 Finland. & In June Of last
year, disclosed the existence Of a So
sciety formed for the purpose of tmport-
Ing arms. B5s yG ss8 38 sszs b s 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
Decided On Sunday.

meeting Sunday afternoon and after n
secret session, lasting several hours
passed resolutions demanding an. eight
hour day at the old nine hour scale and
ordering letters to that effect to be sent
+ to each printing house in{the city. 81 M
81 These letters We're received at ten
{ o'clock yesterday morning AMI were 5aqf
follows: PHI ss ;l
Richmond Typographical linton, No. 9o.$
Richmond, va. Sept. II, 1905. &
Messrs. n b ' y iss
Gentlemen,-Insac accordance with the I
tonnl Typographical Union 70 put&
into operation an eight-hour day in all
union printing offices employing union
men on January /, 1906, Richmond Typo
graphical Union. No. 30, announces to &
you their Intention to work on and
after that date only eight hours per
They respectfully ask that \ you
Indicate In writing, by iaiour o'clock
this afternoon, whether you will agree
4 to continue to employ the Eunion mems t
bers In your office after the date
named, under the conditions stated.
K Hoping for q favorable feply a ana Nc
no breach Of our present relations,
5 Yours respectfully.
(slgned) NJ. r. PACE.
& President. s@
sfstqncd, II, w. EI4AKEY, A ss
Il 's''''' Secretary.
please place your answer in Chair
man In each otilce) hands by the time
Indicated.
Employing Printers Meet.
"a Having but six hours In which to an-
swer the utimatum contained IN the let-
ter and with Mr.. William Ellis Jones.
Mr. Clyde w, Saunders and MT, Everett
t,,,ry Ip1, t,rtnt
city, the Typothetae hastily got together
at the Lexington Hotel and held a mee'- (
Ing behind closed doors,
There were present representatives
from the following printing houses 4
T. W. Ferguson and sons, GS
Walthnl Printing Company \
Williams Printing Company,
Mitchell and Hotchkiss,
Ware and Duke 4
Everett Wuddey Company
Baughman Stationery Company
Hermitage Press.
WhIttet and Shepperson,
e. r, Lafferty.
william Ellis Jones, and
o. II. Flanhart.
II was determined at tho meeting y
placs the matter Of publicity IN me nands =
Earpusson. A formal letter denying thS
demand made By the union was draited,
and each member used this draft In
answer to the communication from fresi-
dent Pace,
Employers Reply.
1t read as follows; !, ~.
Mr. Mr.. Pace, President r. 4, u, No
90, City: s
Dear Sir. We are not In a position TO
inform you what action we VIII take "
reference to the, eight hour day AT this
tlme. When January 1905, comes we VIII
then announce cur decision In tho matter. 4
Yours truly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12

In the early seventies, Charles
Sterling, supposed tramp was tried
for the murder of Lizzie Crum-
basker peaItltal y9unS ES9mhan Sahon
8ing county, Ohio, He was convicted
con clrcumstantial evidence and was
hanged for the crime In the coun-
ttyF Jail in youngstown, Charles
Sterling was AN Innocent man.
am guilty of the murder of that
girl,
(Signed.) CHARLES ltERA1G,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
MURDERER WHOLET MAN
DIE. .F0||R. HIM KILLS. SELF
Could Endure Awful Secret No
Longer-Slew Beautiful
Young Woman.

MINOT, September uth,--"When my
lifeess body is found notify my mother,
Mrs, Catherine Herzig, of Glrard. Ohio,
The enclosed letter Will reveal my lden-
.tity and the awful secret Of my wretched
life. ! can endure It no longer.
The foregoing note was found by Frank
Byer, who lives on a claim near Hid
denwood. this county, 1t was written
by one OF his harvest hands called Frank.
who has disappeared, In the letter the
writer who signs himself Charles Her.
yig, says
Dear Mr.. Byer (;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12

This letter was delivered by each OF the
lob printers to ths chairman Of tie unioA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12

Both Strikers and Em-s
ployers Are Confident
Ultimate Success. N
ULTIMATUN1. CAME
WITHOUT WARNING, /,
Union Gave Book and JOB Print
ers Six Hours to
Decide. Il
ElGH7'-HoUR' :lv j [ J ' DAY 3 4 IS
CAUSE I Of ;. TROUBLE | . j 3 1; !.
Ninety Eight Printers Walk Out 9 ii,
Only Three Refuse to Obey n
Union-seven Firms Sign
New Contract Fifteen 55s
5.55 Will Will Fight the Tbs, ~. s.I5..
Move. z8S8 sF

The strike Of TSpograph phical Union No.
90 against hoos and job printers went n
Into effect on yesterday afternoon when
at! o'clock 9S union men Of the 101 in-8
volved walked out Of the different print
Ing establishments In which they had I
been employed. #s3ss. IN s3Eis
N II Three union men, one pt Fergu usson's
printing house, one at Lafterty's and ione
at C. w. Saundcrs's refused to- obey the
order Of their union. but Mr.. Pace. pres
,dent % the local chapter stated last
night that the men would not return
to work this morning: 55l $
The strike was quick and decislve and
/ not one of f the heads of the, twenty
two job printing concerns in town knew
OF tho move until ten o'clock yesterday
morning. EjS - l.i5 III 5}s4 Gs Ii 5fassti 3tt
For months past the eight hoy. day
has been under discussion and for two
years. 1t is said, the union has been
accommodating funds to make the fight
lifor that end.iS5 UP. to Il the present time
there has been a nine-ho our, day and the
demand Of the union wa $ to reduce the
wages u at the same figure MS N hereto
fore. 55 d .s. 8f iii 1iF sS:5;
Ut is thought that the action of L the
convention ofigTypothetae Of America
held at Niagara Falls last week, preclp-
itated the fight At this convention reso-$
lutions were passed urging the members
to stand firm against the unions demand
for eight hours, and. stating that the
fight would be to the bitter end. 5{l
Just at this time 8of the year the !
local printing establishments are very
Nj, y
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Continued on Second Page,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
l The
Influence

Of ,ree.Deo want Ads to-.
wards securing reliable ser,
wants Ia oflgrcat Importance,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12

Continued on Third Page.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12
|ifYou
Are A. Anxious Z 4 US

to secure boarders or ocru-,
pnnts FOR rooms, advertise In 3
Tee-Dce Want Adg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-12

CONTINUED on Seventh pnse.>
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-20
cunardsr Still Ashore.

New York-The big Cunard liner
Caronia is still fast on Flynn Knoll
off Sandy Hook, where she grounded
while making her way out to sea in
the thick weather on Tuesday after
noon.
When high tide served this after
noon six powerful tugs and a steam
pilot boat strained at many hawsers
and the big ship turned her own
screws in an effort to slide her bows
from the mud.
When the tide was at its height the
Caronia's stern was swung around
quite a distance and the tug men say
she was also moved slightly nearer the
channel, but all efforts to entirely free
her failed, and with darkness and a
falling tide the helping vessels sus-
pended operations.
The Caronia has a full cabin list,
embracing many distinguished people,
but practically no word has come from
the stranded ship as to how they are
passing their long hours in rain and
fog
From where the vessel lies the glow
of the city's lights can be seen, but
the passengers have been as effec-
tually cut off from shore as they would
have been had they been 36 hours at
sea instead of in the mud with New
York so tantalizingly near.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-20
GOODWIN PARDoNED.
Governor Of Massachusetts, Grants
Him His Full Release.

Boston-Charlestown state prison
lost its chief electrician and operator
Of the inter.prison telephone system
May II, when Henry X. Goodwin, the
most talented of the life prisoners,
walked out, freed by pardon Of Gov.
Douglas and the executive council.
For l9 years and % days Goodwin
had lived the monotonous routine of
the institution. AS he crossed the
threshold Of the exit he stopped, and
with tears Of Joy rolling down his
cheeks, contemplated the prospect of
an unbarred way before he took one
step down the fight, which he had as
cended late in the afternoon of April
20, 1886. convicted of the murder in
the second degree of Albert d. Swan.
at Lawrence, August 27, 1885, and sen.
fenced t0 life Imprisonment.
Goodwin's pardon had been voted
unanimously by the governors coun.
Gil. and was at once signed by
Gov. Douglas.
AS Goodwin slipped into the free air
he stood for full two minutes before
there came the impulse for him to de-
scend the steps, for il took that time
for him to realize that he was free
free to go where and when he pleased.
He had bidden farewell to the Off
GERS Of the prison, drawn $71 which
was on deposit for him, and in new
black suit and dark. silk-lined over.
coat, was ready to face a not unsym
pathetic world with the hope and
buoyancy of youth. His counsel who
had urged his release and three mem.
bers of the governors council who
had his interests at heart were there
to offer encouragement and to see that
in his first few hours of liberty he was
given a chance to catch up with
things. They led him away, out into
the busy thoroughfare.
On August q, 1885, Henry X. Good
win was arrested for the killing of AL
bert d. Swan. both of Lawrence, and
upon trial, having been found guilty
Of murder in the second degree. was
sentenced to state prison for life. The
government demanded his life. plead
ing for a verdict of murder in the first
degree The prisoners counsel, Gen.
B. F. Butler, pleaded for acquittal on
the ground of insanity.
The motive for the murder was the
de!usion on G1odwin's part that Swan
and his business associates were
fleeing him out of a valuable patent
in the shape of telephone apparatus
which Goodwin had invented and
which Swan and his friends were
financing.
Ever since the crime Goodwin's rel
atlves and friends have sought par
don for him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-20
AGAINST Fall River Workers.

Boston.-In a communication to Ma
thaniel B. Borden, chairman of the
manufacturers committee, and James
B. Tansey, president Of the textile
council of Fall River, Gov. Douglas
in effect decides that the mill opera
tives are not entitled under the agree
ment to a percent dividend on wages
earned from the time of the settle
ment of the strike on Jan. 19 to
April l.
The governor finds that in order to
pay a dividend of percent, margin
of 74.8S cents must be shown; the
actual margin for the period named
is not given, but it was less than 60
cents.
The finding by the governor is the
result of the proposition offered by
him and accepted by the Fall River
manufacturers and striking mill opera
tives, by which it was agreed that
the strike should be declared off, the
employers be returned to work as fast
as practicable, and after the resump-
tiCn of work the governor should in
vestigate the matter of margins with
a view of ascertaining what average
margin should prevail on which the
manufacturers should pay dividend
of percent on wages from that date
until the first of April.
1t was also agreed that the govern
or's finding should in no way prejudice
future wage schedules. Immediately
upon the proposition being accepted
A. tives returned to work, and
have since awaited Une u6CISIUH Oh the
governor with much anxiety, as when
they returned, they accepted a cut in
wages of 12 1-2 percent.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-05-20
EPITOME OF THE
Weeks News
FRIDAY

FRIDAY May 12 1905
One hundred met death in Snyder,
Ok, tornado and 141 persons were in
jured, Al probably fatally.
Locomotive spark causes bad fire in
Mansfield, Mass.
Enthusiastic reunion of the veterans
of the two battles of Bull Run held
at Manassas yesterday.
Hearing on petition for new trial Of
Mary Rogers in Vermont postponed
from May II to May 10.
Semi-ofiicial reply by France to Jap
an says it has observed full neutrality
Japan accused,
Inquiry by New York insurance com.
missioner into affairs of the Equitable
Life is most searching two more ar
rests in the stolen cotton policy case.
Woman and her daughter, the lat
ter with baby, arrested for shoplift-
ing in Boston.
Heroes of Brockton disaster have
names forwarded to Carnegie fund
commissioners.
National board of fire underwriters
elects officers and President Washburn
reports losses last year we're tremend.
GUS, reaching 1929, 1888, O50
Annual session OF the American so
cial science association held in Bos-
ton.
New York woman robbed in a Back
Bay hotel, Boston.
President Roosevelt again at the
White House; executive business talk
en- up.