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THREE CENTS. PLEDGE Will Not Again Seek Office if Poe Amendment Wins. A CANDIDATE IF IT FAILS Democrats in Convention Make Disfranchisement the Issue. Dr. Gordon T.

Atkinson Renominated for State Comptroller--Promise in Platform Adopted at Baltimore that Democrats Will Not Change System of Bipartisan Election Boards Warfield and Rayner Were Not Present. date of the people, we unreservedly commend and approve It. "Wfe make it the single Issue of this campaign. We declare it to be our battle cry. The negro vote as It stands to-day is a perpetual menace to the prosperity and peace of Maryland-a menace to our very cIviMzation, for It is Ignorant, corrupt, the blind instrument of unscrupulous and selfish leaders.

It will keep from our regi stration books the names of thousands of ignorant and venal negroes totaliy unfit to vote, and will thus go far to lessen the evils of absolute and unrestricted negro suffrage. It will give Ufa the great and inestimable boon of intelligent manhood suffrage and secure to us the priceless benefit of the political supremacy of the white people of the State. And these ends will be accomplished righteously, honestly, by a i means--for, with bipartisan boards of registration, constant attendance of party watch- era in the registration-room and full right of appeal to the courts, provided and secured by law, i we pledge ourselves to maintain, arbitrary and unjust denial of registration to men, white or black, truly entitled to be registered, will be practically impossible. OPPOSED 81 OLNEY Former Secretary of State on Rate Control. TAFT STARTS FOE HOME.

Special to The Washington Post. a i Md Sept. Gorm a i the i a to one of the i i a i i ever he.d in i State when in i speecli b' tore a this a ho i to the charges a by i i i a the proposed consti- i i i a i i a a i i i tu' benel.t i i i by enabling the i i a i a i to retain control of the Sta.ie. He asserted he. had always been in lighting- negro Kiipi-emaey i and that he now i-oLiyht tu i tlie pall t'rorn iVlaryiat.d i my 01 icward.

in 1111; ill-, he sa.id a it thf amend- adopted In Novemoer lie woLtld i IH er to seek ort'ce-, but if i a a i of Republicans and ted a and i should be defeated, he was still a soldier a i i i i people of Maryland were i ed li neg-i'o domination. To Lift the Black Pall. Senator Gorman spoke In part as folio ws "I i the expression of i I a i 1 i I i i politically as v. i a- the by it a he said: '1 eon- i a i a i if I MO con- the a of i a and 'mug- when they denounce me Jor join- Ing in an a to i the black a haniis over a i State. "I have boon i i i a strug- gie various i i i years, and I say now that if in we can i as I believe i thja pall from the State and re- i i i un- a i to control our own af-r a i I i agree never to seek place and i die tt happy a But 1 promise this, In and a be spared, a if by any i i i a i i i a I i i i negroes a i i i "Renublic-an a i should de- i i i i am i a soldier, i i fipht French have a I a i comes to him i a i A i as i men sur- i i i i i i a a tiicht i i i i uihood, we will i i re is nut one to accomplish an ob- i a i i weli'aie i i i am i you for a as long as I i Cheers for Gorman.

I Th i a i a receivd i im- be 1 i a deviates a i i 12- i ac i in It i i a i i i i i i i was a ed S' a a would a ret i i but if i a again i or succeed i i Ml i i a upon i i a of the ne- gri-o ot i a some tlins at the an i i i i who Held alout' the i i a Another Se.rtt a i i a a --o to avoid i i i A for or the a.tiLti i- Vt.ry a all the prominent Demo- a in the Stale a i i a in the pro i i all of the counties n-pi by large delegations. i a i i i i i a i made as lhat for i comptroller, a.nd Ur. Gordon T. A i i was re- '1 pi i i to a a i i i was det lared to I one issui oi this f'mnpaijfii. In- a i was a pledge a if adopted, the Democrats i IK er c.

h.uige the ele' i law so as to do away i a bi- a i a i board of election This a i i that Demo- I I i a i i i repeal bi- i a and restore that giv- i majomy a control of the i I Jackson for Amendment. i uf the speeches of the day made bv ex-Gov a who gU' 1 i point a nonpartisan stand- i i i a held a a i was more of a i a a party question To Erive the a a great and show a the convention a i in favor of its adop- I fin a i was called in and responded affirmatively in unison a tile vote on the resolutions was a i The a i is. in a as follows lu i omnion consent, the In this cam- a is suftrage. upon -am I a a i i our i lorce. shall be restricted H-, far i destroyed.

This Democratic i i 3 t.ar'is uf the i people of the State, reaffirms t-i- laratum of our party In plsitorms of 1 9 a 190J upon i subject, and now proclaims resolute purpose to maintain the a i pr n.ai_y of uur race and its control ijj all a 1 i i i a means of the aclmicisiratioa of t. t- affairs of the Stat-j I' is alleged i truth or fu-Mce it the an.eminent co i a oppression a Vs a a of nothing of tht i Keek merely to PPt tip i a i a of 7 i the i unfit n-ay i i i i't a box and to i the i i from ttie gutter Into The realm of com- I-i hano's of the ignorant a depraved the 1'a 'i' a i i i i peril In the lianas of the in- tt-n i ftud it la the 4f-iKuarl of our i i i The Ic party of tbe 'ir. the ii.tiigrity, and the peace ol! tills Secretary of War Will Arrive in Washington Monday. San Francisco, Sept. and party left to-night by a.

special traJn t'h-at included a baiggaige car containing trophies in the -way of curios collected by the party in tilie various countries they visiteid -and the gifts presented to the Secretary of War ana his party on the ceremonial visits paid by them and to them in Japan, China, anid ttie Pihdllpipiin.es, making a curious an-d yailuaible collection. The train will run on the Overland Limited time through to Chicago via Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Chicago and Northwestern, arriving in Chicago on Sunday evening. Secretary Taft will leave there immediately via Baltimore and Ohio read and arrive in Washington on Monday evening, thus making a record run from the Orient to WashingtorT of fourteen days and eleven hours. ANTI-AMERICAN OUTBREAK Mexicans at Parral Made Demonstrations Aeainst Foreigners. Houses Flags Pulled Down, and Women Insulted in the Street.

Police Were Powerless. Special to The Washington Post El Paso, Sept. con- i a i has been received from Parral, Mexico, of a demonstration there Sunday ag-amst all foreignej-s, and against Americans in particular. Houes were stoned, ilags pulled and women grossly ill- suited in the streets. The entire foreign colony was finally compelled to take indoors, while the crowds cursed and abused them from the streets.

The police said they were unable to Quell the i a American Consul James A. Long has taken up the matter officially, being the only foreign consul in. Parral. At a mass meeting of all foreigners in his residence he was empowered' to act for them. Parral is an old mining town of 15,000 inhabitants, i miles from Jiminez, on Mexican Central main line, and to it there a branch of that road.

The i of foreig-n population there is not 'so great as in. many other Mexican cities, but nevertheless a large percentage of the business enterprises is controlled by foreigners, chiefly Americans an'd Germans. REVOLUTIONARY IN EFFECT Serious Legral and Constitutional Difficulties Presented. Would Create a Situation Intolerable Alike to Carriers and Their Patrons, with Government Ownership the Certain Outcome, Unless the Whole Scheme Should Be Abandoned---Brief from Conservative Democrats in Reply to Bryan. KEENE IN FIGHT ON GrOULD.

Old Grudge Leads Him to Join Forces with Ramsey. Sptt-ial to The "Washington Post. New York, Sept. R. Keene came out to-day in an open fight against George Gould for control of the Wabash Railroad.

The flght, it IK said, is partly to satisfy an old hatred for the Goulds, nourished by Keene ever since he was defeated by the late Jay Gould soon after he came to New York from California. Talbot J. Taylor, Keene's son-in-law, representative on the stock exchange, has sent out requests for Wabash proxies. Keene has been a stanch supporter of President Ramsey in his fight against Gould for the control of the road, and it i.s assumed that he has joined issues with Ramsey. Much of the floating stock of the Wabash is held by brokers, whose have bought it on margin, and the brokers hold the voting power "whicn the stock carries with it.

Soon after Mr. Keene had landed in New York from California he became associated i Jay Gould in a number of 1 pools and amassed a fortune of i For some reason he separated from Gould. Keene soon lost his fortune. Gould it said to have remarked at one time. "Keene came here in a.

palace car; but i he will go back in a freight car." i Ever since that trouble Keene. it is said in the street, has been yearning- for leveiige. GRAND LARCENY CHARGED. Officers of American Tobacco Adjunct Accused of Peculations. New York, Sept.

F. Hale, secretary and treasurer of the MacAn- drews Forbes Company, dealers In licorice roots and powders, and Harry Smock, an au'dltor of the same concern, were arrested in the offices of the company in i i avenue to-day on charges of grand larceny. Expert accountants have been at work on the accounts of Smock since July 30 of last year, and on those of Hale since July 31 of the present year. To date, it is alleged, discrepancies amounting to $7,000 have been found, although It is bfe- lieved the peculations will amount to far more than that. Both were trusted employee of the company, which is an ad- of the American Tobacco Company, and both had exceptional chances to defraud if they so desired.

It is alleged a the methods employed by Hale and Smock was to draw checks, ir.dorst* them i the stamp of the comp a and then tur.n them over to their personal accounts. ARGTIED HER OWN CASE. Mandate of the People. i i that the proposed constitutional amend- mt-nt i operate as an effective remedy for the i of our i a i i prejudice or Injury to race nr class- regarding it, moreover, as a complete response to the clearly expressed man- "Vose" Cabinet Grand Piano, Billiard Tnble, Velvet and Brussels rugs, new misfit carpets, tine quality, a.nd desirable furni- Cincinnati Woman Appeared for Herself in Divorce Suit. Columbus, Ohio, Sept.

was a i sensation in the Supreme Court to- qay when Carrie O. Burns, of Cincinnati, iippeared to argue her own case in the action brought against her by her husband, Prof. H. W. Burns, who seeks a divorce.

This is the first tytme in Ohio that a woman ever appeared to plead before i the Supreme Court. In the "lower cour4-i Burns sued for divorce and got xit-jthe rounds being cruelty and neglect of uty. but the court held him for $2.000 alimony. I Mrb. Burns carried the alimony feature to the Circuit Court and secured an additional $1,000 on the alimony count.

Burns brought the case to this court on that judgment. To-day Mrs. Burns made a motion for an extension of timo in which to file printed matter. The court took the case under advisement. Baltimore and Return, HJ1.25, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains both ways, both days, except Hoyal limited. "Hourly Service" week days. New York, Sept. reply of the conservative wing of the Democratic party of W.

J. Bryan's recent open letter to the President on railroad rate tlon is -contained in an article by Richard Olney in the October number of the North American Review, published today. In what Is practically his first public utterance in two years, President Cleveland's former Secretary of State presents his final judgment against the proposed legislation, in the form of a brief, covering- not only the law, but the public policy involved in the agitation. The following are some of the salient features of Mr. Olriey's argument: "The importance of the rate-making power is not to be considered simply in Its relation to the carrier.

The most Important bearing of the power is upon the public interests the carrier serves. It Is a matter of common knowledge--of which the courts take cognizance i proof a the great carriers of the present day are the railroads. It is equally a matter of common knowledge that the rates charged by the railroads affect all classes of the i that they determine very largely the outcome of all private enterprises, and that upon them hinges only too often the material -well- being, if not thfe very existence, of towns and cities and seaports and large sections of country. Surely a power the. exercise of which is fraught with such con.se- quen-ces Is not to be' classed legally or practically -with the power of determining the 'cup quality' of teas.

The latter may well be delegated to an executive officer or board. But to delegate the former, the ultimate rate-making power for railroads, to such an officer or board would be a surrender by the legislature of one of its most Important functions." Effects of Government Control. In discussing the effects of government regulation upon the railroads, Mr. Olney says: "The situation to be anticipated then, Is a railroads--private properties, and representing private Investments aggregating billions of dollars--will find themselves controlled in vital matter of their charges, not by their private owners, but by two public boards--one representative of local Interests, and the other of national interest, and both antagonistic to the interests of the private owners concerned. The two boards will aim at the lowest possible rates, each in behalf of the particular business under its charge; and will, therefore, be in constant rivalr.v wlth each other in the endeavor to extort from the carrier the best service at the smallest cost.

Under these conditions anything like skillful, just, reasonable, or stable rate-making becomes impossible. A situation is created intolerable alike to the carriers and to the public, and the sure outcome--unless the whole scheme of government rate-making: be abandoned--is government ownership. "Government ownership of all railroads is obviously the goal toward which some of the government rate-makers are striving, while others, if not welcoming- it, and not working for it. profess not to fear It, and claim that it would at all events be an improvement upon the present status. Both point to existing instances of government ownership of railroads--the one claiming that the results to me public are distinctly favorable, the other that they are at least not as detrimental as is sometimes declared.

But when government ownership of the railroads of the country Is seriously considered our dual political system is at once seen to present problems of the gravest character. The few and comparatively unimportant railroads that are wholly interstate may be properly ignored. Every railroad of consequence is engaged In both kinds of transportation--In transportation that begins and ends In a single State, and in transportation that passes beyond State lines. Hence, if government ownership of railroads be regarded as the inevitable sequence of government rate-making--the first question is, Which government is it that Is to own the railroads, the State or the United States? Constitutional Difficulties. "The significance and Importance of the inquiry," continues Mr.

Olney, "are apparent, if we remember that the railroad is only one species of highway, and that what is true of railroads must be true of ordinary highways. The Jurisdiction of the national government must be the same in both cases. If It Is competent for the national government under the commerce clause to own and operate all the great railroads of the country, it must be also competent for It to own or control and operate all the great highways of the country. It toy any possibility true that, the national government has 'been granted any such powers--that as respects every road or street in the country which is a link in Interstate communication the national government may at Its option take complete possession and control, may di- the mode of its construction, its grades, the sort of vehicles by which it may be used--may, in short, assume Its entire management and operation In all the most minute details? Nothing could be more revolutionary In practice; nothing more contradictory of the views customarily held. It Is necessary to consider most carefully, therefore, whether the powers In question are actually conferred on the national government, it being conceded, as It must be, that the power can be ded-uced.

If at all, only from the commerce clause of the Constitution." Political Rate-making. In summing up the opposition to the proposed legislation, 'Mr. Olney reaches the following conclusions: "Ours is a government in both State and nation by political parties, and to po- September jFornitore Sale. Furniture for every room underprice. Special carpet aad rue RIGHT OF" WAY.

litioal rate-making 1 for railroads--rate- making by politicians animated by a i san motives and i for partisan ends--the i of an economic and business character, and on the score of the public policy generally are as obvious as they should prove Insuperable. "The purpose of the present paper is to point out that, besides such objections, railroad rate-making 'by the national government presents legal and constitutional difficulties of the most serious character. It raises issues which concern the division of powe.r (between the several States and the United States, which 'have not been fully and finally passed xipon by the national Supreme Court, and which, if submitted to that tribunal half or even a quarter of a century ago, would in all human probability have been determined adversely to the jurisdiction of the general government." THREAT TO KILL PFEISTEE. Mayor Rose Said He Was in Eiame of Mind to Do It. Milwaukee, Sept.

Rose to-day made public what he told the grand jury Wednesday afternoon. He said he Indorsed the sireet railway franchise of 1900, and the contracts for a special pavement. He made sharp com- 'ments about the methods of District Attorney McGovern and Assistant Attorney Henry P. Cochems. No mention was made of gambling.

"I told them," said the mayor, "that I was sick and tired of having implications made against my character and honesty. It has been frequently said around town that I received all the way from $30,00 to $100,000 in North American stock for my part in the passage of the street railway franchise. "I told the jurymen that if they could find one scintilla of evidence to that effect, or any similar effect, for God's sake to indict me, and end all this indiscriminate jtalk. "I told the jury that I would like the opportunity to tell them all about my connection with the case. Several of the jury expressed the desire to hear my story, and I told It at length.

"On the day Alderman George, Hill committed suicide on account of the abuse he had been subjected to, because he favored the street railway ordinance, Charley Pfeister, who was interested in the passage of the ordinance, was ready to quit," continued the mayor. "I sent word to him that day that if he quit I would kill him. I think I would have done so, in the state of mind I was in then." The latest grand jury story in circulation about the city hall is that Foreman Perry and two other grand jurors did not vote for the indictment of Charles F. Pfeister. In spite of being opposed to the indictment of Mr.

Pfeister, it is said Mr. Perry had to sign the true bill, as the law requires that the district attorney and the foreman of the jury must sign the bill. DOUBTS VALUE OF TRIP Senator Morgan Declined to Visit the Isthmus. LETTER TO CHAIRMAN SHONTS Alabaman Writes that While Excursion Might Be Enjoyable, It Could Hardly Be of Practical Value--Does Not Believe the Canal Can Be Built, but Will Support Administration in Its Efforts. MONTGOMERY PROTEST.

Strong Opposition to Voting Money for Entertainment the President. Special to Tha Washington Post. Montgomery, Sept. am unalterably opposed to an appropriation of even $1 for the entertainment of the President." This statement was mads by Aidermaa James J. Sullivan before a special meeting of the city council to-day when a resolution was offered to appropriate $250 the entertainment of President Roosevelt when he reaches Montgomery on October 23.

Acting Mayor P. C. Mclntyre, who is president of the council, walked out of the council chamber before a vote was taken, which left the council chamber without a quorum, and the resolution is dead until next meeting-. The resolution was offered by Alderman Gunter, who is on the committee to arrange for the entertainment of the President. He stated that inasmuch as the council had invited the President to come to Montgomery he thought city should pay some of the expenses.

Recently there have been frequent expressions of dissatisfaction by citizens over the announcement that President Roosevelt will spend so much time at Booker Washington's scnool at and will only be here for two hours. Recently the President's secretary wired Mayor Lewis at Tuskegree to see Booker Washington and arrange for a programme for his entertainment. This nettled the Tuskegee mayor, and he wired back a the city of Tuskegee wanted to entertain him separately and distinctly from Booker "Washington's entertainment. It was some time before an answer was received to this message, but it came, saying that the President would give Tuskegree about one-half hour of his time. Birmingham, Sept.

John T. Morgan, of Alabama, has written a letter to Chairman T. P. Shonts, of the Panama Canal Commission, declining the i i a i to accompany the commission which left New York to-day for Panama. The Senator thinks nothing will be accomplished by the trip.

His letter says, in part: "In your telegram of the 22d i a you speak ot a large party who are to sail i the commission and the advisory board to Colon, and are to have comfortable facilities for making tours of inspection and examination of the canal. In the matter of sightseeing, such facilities will afford much pleasure, which I regret I am not prepared to enjoy, but I do not suppose that such a surface Inspection of the appearance of conditions In Panama would give me any data i I could form any judgment as to the practicability of a lock oanal, or a sea-level canal, or the preference due to either plan, or as to the cost, or the time required for, the completion of the canal on either plan. Could Not Give an Opinion. "I could not wisely, intelligently, and justly give an opinion to any commissioner or to any member of the advisory board as to the possibility of a dam at Bohio, 168 feet below the level of the sea, that would supply a canal at ninety feet above sea level; or as to a dam at or below Getun that would supply a oanal at thirty feet above sea level; or as to a dam at Gamboa that would control the waters of the Chagres River; or as to a possible tunnel to either ocean to carry oft those flood waters. "I could not i the able, courageous, and distinguished chief of the hygienic service in the Canal Zone whether, if we should flood all the breeding places of tlie stegomyia fascaita i great lakes we would not increase them a thousand fold along the margins of the great bodies of fresh water, In the tropical undergrowth that would spring up around them In a few hours.

"I must say that I distrust the ex- pectpd advantages to Congress or to the country of such an excursion or the value of any opinion that may be formed on great engineering problems by a body of gentlemen who are nonprofessional and must form their conclusions from surface appearances. Doubts S'uccess of Efforts. "Since the ratification of the Hay-Varilla treaty, which I opposed, I have done all that I could, and much more than I thought could ever be of advantage to the country, to sustain the government in its purpose to construct a canal at Panama. Yet I have not believed that success could crown their efforts, even in their most costly and desperate form. You may find the key ito unlock the barriers )that nature has interposed at Pan- I ama.

If you should be so fortunate, I will applaud your genius and courage. I will vote to provide you with every reasonable authority and power to accomplish your task and to meet your tre- I mendous responsibility. "In the effort to answer your friendly invitation with perfect frankness, if I have said anything that jars upon your sensibilities I have not so intended it and would regret it. I beg to assure you of my sincere respect and to say that I will rejoice with you lii the successful com- letlon of the great work in your charge, incerely yours, "JOHN T. MORGAN." You Order It'e Cream You get the test made.

1427 N. Y. ave. JVcrr Baltimore A Ohio Terminal, Twenty-tliird New York, Convenient to the hotel, theater, and shoo- dUtriot, Hojral Blue trains. PAlRSONS RESIGNS.

Philadelphia Because of Position on Canal Consulting Board. Philadelphia, Weaver announced to-day that William Barclay Parsons, of New York, the exnert engineer who had been engaged to investl- Ferry, Charleato-vnt, and Winchester And return. Leave Baltimore and Ohio R. station 8:30 a. m.

Sunday, October 1. Beautiful scenery en route. gate the construction of the filtration plant, presented his resignation on September 9, and that it had been accepted to-day. Mr. Parsons' reasons for resigningltvas that he is a member of the board of cma- sulting engineers of Panama Canal Commission, and that his dufles here interfere with the work of the commission, which is about to begin.

ENGINEERS SAIL FOR CANAL. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling the Party. New York, Sept. board of consulting engineers and several members of the Panama Canal Commission sailed to-day for Colon on the gtemship Havana. Their purpose is to inspect the work already done on the canal, and also its proposed route in order to report to the commission the best kind of canal to build.

In the party were Theodore P. Shonts, chairman of the commission; Rear Admiral R. M. Endi- c-ott. Col.

O. H. Ernst, and B. M. Harrod, all of the canal commission.

Speaking of the work to be accomplished by the present trip, Mr. Shonts said: "Just how long the board of engineers will remain on the Isthmus is a question I cannot answer. I personally invited them to visit Panama. "In theory, the board has considered the three proposed plans for the building of the canal, the sea level canal, the lock canal, and the lock and lake canal. They will give these plans careful consideration on the ground a then report.

It does not follow, however, that the canal commission will be bound to follow their advice. If they give a unanimous report in favor of a certain kind of canal, it is probable that the commission will favor that form of canal as being the very best. If they give a majority and a minority report, it will rest entirely with the commission which one to accept, or whether to reject both. The commission advises the President of its decision, and he in turn notifies Congress." Mr. Shonts said that while in Panama the members of his party -will live on the steamer, sleeping in their staterooms.

In explanation of this plan for lodging the party, Mr. Shonts said: "When I was down there some weeks ago, I was forced to take up my quarters in a house that was but little better than a shed." Sailing with the commissioners and the advisory board of engineers on the Havana were: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, Senator Joseph H. Millard, of Nebraska; Congressman Irving P. Wanger, of Pennsylvania, and J.

E. Markel, who was jee- centjy awarded the contract to furnish food to the cAnal employes. NEW FEVEE, CEUTERS. Suspicious Cases 'Reported at Scran ton and Springs, Miss. Jackson.

Sept. Wasdin reports several suspicious cases of fever at Scranton to-night, and promises a diagnosis to-morrow. A suspicious case also is reported from Little Springs, Franklin County. Only one death occurred from fever in the State during the d'ay, the fatality being at Hamburg. New Orleans, Sept.

yellow i ej-ort up to 6 p. n. follows: New- cases, total to date, 2,941. Deaths, total deaths, 384. New foci, 8.

Cases under treatment, 261; cases discharged, 2,296. The indications of a larger list of new cases to-day because of the large list of suspicious cases reported the day before were verified, but at that the number of new cases is small, and shows that a. steady decline can be expected henceforth. The list of "suspicious cases reported to-day is very light, and foreshadows a very light report Friday. Pensacola, Sept.

local fever report to 6 p. m. follows: New cases, total to date, 122. Deaths, total to date, 21. Cases under treatment, 53; cases discharged, 48.

The small number of new and suspicious cases is an encouraging feature. The high mortality is without doubt due to the fact that the ailment was not reported in its early stages. HUSBAND MURDER CHARGED. Mrs. Amanda Cobb Indicted by Gains- ville, Grand Jury.

Carnesville, Sept. 28---A true bill was returned by the grand Jury here today against Amanda Cobb, who has been- under bond, charged with killing her husband, Prof. W. H. Cobb, the county school commissioner and ex-State senator.

The shooting of Prof. Cobb several weeks ago proved a sensation. It was stated at the time that he was taken for a burglar by bla wife. INDEX TO TO-DAY'S ISSUE. PART ONE, 1-- Gorman's Fight for i Supremacy.

Olney's Views on Rate Control. Morg-an Refused to Join Canal Parly. Four Murdered in Texas. Big Fraud on Is'ew York Bank. 2 Students Initiate Freshmen.

Rkchabltes Celebrate Anniversary. Colored High School Inquiry. ,3 Probing- Insurance Investments. Franco-German Agreement Signed. Venezuela's Damage Suit.

4 Prosperity ir. the South. Sessions of the Naval Surgeor.s. 5 News of Virginia and Maryland. Moving- Day In Washington.

6 Editorial Comment. Gossip of European Capitals. Talks with Hotel Guests. 7 Social and Personal. 8 Results on Base-ball Diamonds.

9 Running: and Trotting- Autoists Want a Clubhouse, 10 Suburban Sewer Project. PART TWO. 1 Congressman Guilty of Land Fraud. Shaw's Finance Plan. Schools to Reopen.

2 Financial and Commercial. The Legal Record. 4 At the Time Appointed Fiction. PASTOE FRANK WITH PUBLIC. Will Explain Trouble with His Wife to Opera House Audience.

Special to Tlio Wrthinston Pom. Elyrla, Ohio, Sept. the public had taken what he considers an improper interest in his domestic affairs, because it has linked his name with tii.it of a woman member of his congregation, Rev. Henry S. Wanamaker, pastor of the Second Congregational Church, says he will satisfy the public's curiosity by renting the opera house Sunday and explaining his troubles with his wife.

Wanamaker creutt-d a Sf-ntatlon Monday night by calling a meeting of thu congregation, and, with his wife present, explained that lie and his wife could not agree and that they had decided to separate. The wife next day fllod suit for divorce. Since then the scandal has been common talk and the a of Mrs. Fulton, a young widow, lias been brought i the discussion in such a manner as to make a statement by tiie Rev. Father Wanarnakor imperative.

To-night he a i "I have always been a lady's man a I have escorted Mrs. Fulton home--possibly a great a times in the past seven years. Tjikeiy it wos a great many times. But the church council will not have anything to do with that. It is purely a private matter.

My i and I talked over the divorce and I agreed to let her do as she pleased." BIG FRAUD ON Forger Gets $360,000 from New York City National. PACKAGE OF SECURITIES ALL BUT BABY SLAIN Mother and Four Young Children Cruelly Murdered. ATROCIOtIS CRIME IN TEXAS Mrs. Conditt and Her Daughter Assaulted and Their Bodies Disfigured'--Two Men Believed' to Have Committed the Crime. Entire County Out in Posses Hunting for Murderers--Dogs Sent For.

Edna, Sept A. J. i and i a a of i and three boys six to years old, were in cold blood a i home near a and a a a and i bodies a i i A baby about a a one alive. All of seemed to a been dered i some i i i heads i a i throats cut i a i or razor. The girl and were i in the house.

The boys were i about 100 yards away. Negro Gave the Alarm. Mr. i was away working in the rice fields. A negro boy, a twelve years, was plowing in a field near the house at the time of the killins and heard the children screaming; he saw a man running a a woman, who was -being- pursued around the Afraid to go to the house, the boy ran to a neighbor's and told what he had seen.

This person hurried to the place and found the five members of the family killed. Officers were informed at once, and the entire county is out in posses in search of the murderers, as it is, supposed there were two of them. Dogs have been sent for. PRIMARY FRAUDS CHARGED. Cleveland Republican Election Judge Accused of Using Dead Men's Names.

Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. a a was issued early to-day for the ot Michael Ryan, a Republican or elections, who is chaige-1 with a while acting in his official capacity dm Ing the recent Republican nnmaries in precinct A of the i ward. It is charged a i a checked off the names of thirty-six registered who did not vote at those i a t-i account for thirty-six marked ballots were placed in the box in of the number actually cast. It is asserted that the names of several dead men -were included in the list of voters made out by Ryan. Ryan is in custody.

MTJBPHY AND M'CA-RREN. Dissension Between the Rival Leaders Reported' to Be Buried. New York, Sept. meeting o' the city committee of Tammany Hall was held to-night to appoint officers for the coming municipal election. Thr-re was much enthusiasm at the Democratic Club when Charles F.

Murphy, leader of Turn- many Hall, and State Senator a i H. McCarren, of Brooklyn, walked i the place arm-in arm, to attend committee meeting. There have been a of to the effect that the a a factions were burying all past dissensions, and the incident of to-night was taken as a further Indication of the fact. Police Commissioner McAdoo declared to-day that he is not a candidate for the office of district a on the Democratic ticket at the coming i election and i that he would not accept any such nomination if it were offered to him. His name had been suggested as an opponent to Mr.

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91.25 To Baltimore and Return 91.25 Pennsylvania Railroad. Saturday and Sunday Tickets good on all except Congressional Limited, and gootl lor until Sutidav Presented Bogus Check Bearing Names of the Owners. Clever Swindler Presented Check to Cover $300,000 Loan Made to Pearl Brokers, and Received the Securities Which Had Been Deposited as Collateral--Fraud Discovered After Check Came Back--Transfer Stopped. New Tork, Sept. a well- stack exchange house of 27 William street, had occasion on Tuesday lest to borrow $300,000 for one day from the National City Bank.

The loan was a call loan, and as security the firm put up $359,330 worth of and bonds. The rate of Interest agreed upon was 41-4 or 4 1-2 per cent. Yesterday, hours aftpr the lean was negotiated, a a of the detectives have a good i i called the a i a City a and said lie had been sent by Pearl Co. to pay the loan. This man a certified on the a a i a Bank for one a i the a i upon rate of 4 1 4 i cent.

The a accepted check i iiesitation, surrendered the securities, und I man left. A few later a and Pearl Co leai ned a i had been i i i a clever i ho had forged not the a of a but the i i a i of tho check as well. i leads the searchers for the daring forger to believe a he had a confederate in i the a or Pearl Co who prepared the way so a the forgeries pass The Joser by the transaction is, if any loss results, of course, the National City Bank, as it was the mistake of its cashier in accepting the forged check a the loss occurred. The firm of Pearl Co. will look to the bank to make good the missing securities.

The above facts were disclosed this afternoon a an a made by the Pinkerton detective agency, which sent out a list of the securities with an announcement a transfer of the securities had been stopped. Reticence as to Robbery. The greatest reticence about the robbt ry is being maintained. At the office of Pearl 27 William street, this afternoon, E. K.

Slayback, of the firm, made this a "There has been some about a i securities. Pearl Co. can't lose a i at all by i We have got i whatever to do i it. The check was presented io the bank in payment for a loan and the bank handed the collateral over to stranger who presented the chock. "The check a forgery.

So aLso was the certification bore. The bank is responsible to Pearl Co. for the a eral. The bank in is vei rich, i if is any loss the bank will be a able to meet It from Its resources. "As a.

a of fact, I don't see how there ca.n be any loss, for the i reason the securities are not negotiable. Tha bank upon which the false check was a we never had an account with. Of course, when the check reached it through the exchanges it was at once returned as 1 G. Forged Check Covered Interest. "The bank that had accepted the from the stranger hurried'around its representatives to see how the a stood.

We knew nothing about it, of course. The check was made out for S300.037.W The $37.50 represented one clay's interest at 4 1-2 per for It was a. one-dav $300,000 loan. The loan stood on our books," it turns out, as having been made at only 4 1-4 per whereas on the bank's books it read 4 1-2 per cent. It is that some one of the loan.

"The man must have had some knowledge as to the rate. Seemingly, if he had been a majn in our office, he would have used 4 1-2 per we had recorded." Mr. Slayback said to-night that he believed the job was done by a gang of check forgers. The forged check, he said, was not one taken from the regular form which the firm used. He declined to discuss the possibility of the forger having a confederate either in the bank or among his firm's employes.

It was learned that Dyer Pearl, the other member of the firm, is now In Europe. Both Mr. Pearl and Mr. Slayback are members of the stock exchange. The firm Is well known, and stands high in Wall street.

The agency to-day caused the stop- pag-e of transfer upon the securities, and asked all banking and brokerage houses in the street to detain and cause the arrest of all persons who might present the securities and attempt to negotiate them. The Stolen Securities. Following- is a list of the securities, i i approximate market 1,000 T'nitad States Steel, common. SOT.500; 1 noo Rock Island, common, 700 Missouri Pacific, $73,500: 47 A i i a Tobacco, per bonds 200 A i a Company, $19.800: 1.000 Metropolitan stock, $123.000: Wabash debenture bonds, sor'es par value, $21.000. $13.040.

Total. Since transfer of the securities has been stopped they will not hereafter be negotiable by the thief who stole them At the office of the Pinkerton agency the utmost was preserved. At the transfer office of the i States Steel "Company, Assistant Secretary P. 'B. Biinn.

would o-nly say that had received rtotice to sto.p on the certificates of Ms company. He would not even tell for what amount the missing certificates were. The Pinkerton bank experts were turned out on the job, in charge of 6iiipt. George DougTierty. All day long 1 it was hoped that the securities would turn up some- COXTIXTTED OX SECOND PAK.

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