Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 2

Atrnrj-tcinrl Aycra PRESIDENT SMALL VERY OPTIMISTIC HARVESTER CO LOSES BY FIRE "7 j-HOSL JOHN GOODH nON ALFRED THOM HON HE ARY FAIRFAX -Ti iilBOTTE illESEO IIHSIOI wheds nis mmiTm the convention: Bolen Carroll Tucker Brooke Norfolk Amherst Kpee Dinwiddle: Taylor Garnett Mathews- George Anderson Alleghany Berryman Green Danville A Hancock Chea-lerfleld Thomac Harrlaon Win- 'lieater John Ingram Manchester Gilmor Kendall Northampton Jamea itv Marahall Craig Orr Lea 'M J'ortlock Portsmouth: J1 -Augusta: Jamea Richmond Scott i1- Timothy Rives Prince George and William Gordon Robertson Roanoke Want Office There were a number of men Jn the convention the bent of whose mlnda Is ao toward the law that it wonld indeed he a distinguished office that would tempt them to enter the 1 field of politics as candidates for public preferment They are essentially great lawyers are terribly in love with their profession Some of them era Hon Alien Caperton Braxton Ftaunlnnt Hon Hill Carter Hanover Mon Alfred Thom Norfolk Hon Joseph Wysor Pulaski Hon Rufus A Ayers Wise lion Alex Hamll-ton Petersburg: lion Charles Meredith Richmond Judge' William Gordon Robertson Roanoke Hon Eppa Hunton Richmond Hon Walton Moore Fairfax Colonel Francis Ik Smith Alexandria Judge Tucker Brooke Norfolk and Eugene Withers Danville r'f Takeiyas a whole it would appear that the convention members have gotten about a fair abare of the public I honors they have aought not with atand- Ing the severe criticism thuy received -iT from certain sources I-Vv -L Officials 0f High Rank Looking I ntdi Report of Turkish T'res-' -'pass in Persia -JJc att'- CONSTANTINOPLE August The government Jia dispatching" -a special commission of officials of high rank to tha Turkov Persian frontier ttoopsn an the recant invasion i by Turks of" Persian and the bloodshed and destruction of property that followed The Porta repudiates the allegation that Ottoman troops advanced beyond j-the frontier Reports rcceved here say that 'the matter threatens to assume a graver character especially as the Persian residents of districts are being severely persecuted by Kurdish auxiliaries Vv Tempted tot Exchange It for a Superb Chronometer He Says Is Too Fine for ROME 'August The Pope possesses a watch probably worth Your dollars but it was inherited from his mother 1 A French cardinal recently received in' audience told the Fops that ha was a collector and that watch tempted him -He asked Ills Holiness for it es a souvenir1 In exchange he offered a superb chronometer The Pope said ha would consider the matter hut after looking at the chronometer he returned It saying: "We must be humble the Jewel is too fine for The Pope le being pressed anew by the cardinals for permission to use automobiles but none has been granted so far except in the case of Cardinal Merry De Val who Is rumored to he dtalroue of quitting the office of Secretary of fitate jn Reaches New York and Addresses Local Union Meeting of Telegrapher (Special to The Timss-DJspatch) NEW YORK August 8 Small president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union arrived in New York this morning He wae met at the railroad station by a large delegation He wee escorted to a camp meeting of telegraphers messenger boys and check clerks Mr Email addressed the meeting briefly without touching on the local strike situation' In the afterfloon Mr-' Small attended a meeting of the striking telegraphers where he waa received with enthusiasm He made a brief address1 in which he dealt with the general situation again refraining from discussing the local situation Mr Small to-night gave out an optimistic statement regarding general strike conditions in which he said: "We have fully 95 per cent of all commercial telegraphers in the United States on strike This applies to small and large cities Thousands of one-man offleei ara closed and the keys to the doors are in the possession of city officials to be 1 turned over to the inspectors of the company when they arrive' Answer Call fvr Funds "Although the call for funds has only been out a few days many remittances were received before left Chicago' and strange to say aa much was received for the campaign fund aa for the benefit of the strikers "Much has been published about arbitration hut the cry from coast to coast ia -In the face of tha statements by the president of the striking unionists both the Western Union and the Postal Companies' emphasise their declarations that the situation is- Improving and that barring a few -unimportant towns Conditions are gradually hut steadily assuming a normal basis They announced that they ara handling all the business offered with dispatch CHICAGO TEAMSTERS REJECT OFFER OF ADVANCE IN WAGES Vy -r iff I UPTON WILL' NOT DISCUSS CHALLENGE FOR AMERICANS LIVED THIRTEEN VEARS IN BATH GENERAL DAUGHTER SILENT! e1 Mrs Tucker Discuss R- port of Husband Being Guest vof Miy Brother WASHINGTON August Mra Mary Logan Tucker daughter -of the 1st General John A Logsa refuseFte discuss advice from Raton New Max-ice to the effect that bar husband LUu-taoant-Coionel William F- -Tucker peymaater- in the- army is being tertalnsd at Raton by a brother of Mrs Myrtle Piatt a fascinating school teacher tq whom fee- is said to have shawm much politeness la tha Philip- -pines ana on tbrfnMb coast Mra Tusker manifested a lively interest concerning all ths information obtainable from Raton but Insists that she baa nothing to aay on tbo subject She reluctantly admitted that her husband's visit to Mnr Piatt'a brother will not affect' the ease the' end mother John A Logan have filed with the' War Department and which she declares is not yet closed Raferring to a statement is dispatches from Raton that lit understood amoiig army people in this part of the country that tha War Department found insufficient grounds Mrs) Tucker' charge 'to' warrant any action aha said: r- Tha ease fidt'yet ciosedLl have been informed by the War Department that ths report Colonel Garllngton inspector-general whor la now In tha PhUipptnsa has not been received' HS had been sent to the islands ho-' fora tha opening of the case to inves-tigats something connected 'with-the Quartermaster's Department aqd was cabled to took Into this matter Until -this report ig filed with the War D- artnent understand they- will' ooi'furthsr actlon tar the nressDt pro-eesdl'ng? "I TiaVs been libtnrmsd that 'Seers tary Taft Intended to close the! investigation' before' left but ha: found -it impossible to go over all tbo reports which have bssn made and In view of tha lack of Colonel report he eould not do so have often been in Raton and so has Colons) Tucker so 1 "doubt if there Could be any mistake in the Identity of the officer who-wa there at tbat -time I can only say as have before tbat Xvbeiievo eventually tbs public will understand tba raa fully 5 yBCROLABg ATTACK WOMAN ISscapa la ths Ezcltemnit They Create by-4 Shaullsz NEVV YOBK August William' Msck ta-enty-thrse years eld of No- 916 San Furty-sighth atrest was looked up la the' East' FUty-first Street Station yesterday ebarged with assault- and burglary Mack ant a companion are alleged to have pried' open the kltehen door of Mra Koee C- lirekl'e apertmente In the flat houee No' 91 Eset Flfty-slsth Street yesterday alter-wort and were raneacklng the house when tho troman dieeovered thorn One of tho men (truck her with a Jimmy arid tha other kicked her aa she iayaa1 th floor She 'screamed and the men rsn down stairs shouting making their escape amid tha excitement From tho description given by Mr Ce- llneki Patrolman Blanker arrested Mack a he waa walking along Fifty-sixth Street between Second and Third Avenuea He was positively identified by Mrs Calinikl The police have a good descriptloa of tho other man DUBLIN August! Sir Thomas Upton arrived -at Queenstown to-day bn his steam yacht declined to discuss the question of a challenge for the American cup 1 It is certain however that the next challenge will be made through the Royal Irish Yacht Club but the committeemen of the club refuse to comment on the rumor concerning the challenge except to eayvthat they think some concessions concerning the conditions for a race will be necessary from the American side' 1 CHIEKLEADSS vlnsrarvS I INSURRECTION ax i Governor and Gther Officers of South Ametican Province 'Made BUENOS AYRES' ARGENTINA August A local revolution broke out last night In city of San Luis eapltal of the province of San Lula a town of 11000 inhabitants and situated about 140 miles southeast of Buenos Ayres The chief of police was tha leader of tho- insijtrtdetlpn' And the Governor and other provincial authorities were made prisoners The 'f Insurrectionists Immediately chose a new Governor and Installed him In office Information from San Luis to-night reports that complete quiet has been "restored and further disturbances ai)e not anticipated i i j- 'j Architects Find Particular Fault With Steeple Copied from Work of Thirteenth Century PARIS August The American Church -In' the Avenue de'- l'lma is being severely criticized jparfteulsrjy ifie'iiteepTe which is proneieneed hide-oueJ Remarks are belng msde that modern architects' are unable to' anything to compare with the admirable belfries of the thirteenth' century It ls remarkable however that the steeple of the American Church Js a acrupulousiyv exact copy of that beautiful Church' Saint Etienne at Caen built Jn the thirteenth century Possibly the atmosphere which is damaging 'the Louvre may- soften the stones of the new church KILLED IN BASEBALL GAME I b4V' Maa Hit BY Foul Tip la Game at 'Glen Cave GLEN COVE LzL August Arthur Clemmons of No Stl Cooper Street Brooklyn died here this evening ahout three hours after he had been hit on the bead by a pitched hall In a game hetussen Oyster Bey and Glen Cove teams Cleynmons was playing bn -the local team and waa at bat when Pitcher inshoot tiekrd the bst and glanced off hitting tho batter between the eyes Clemmons ran to first-base and protested' that he ba4(ly hurt i 11 i 'Dr-Burns of this place end DC Hall Of' Oyster Bay Jnelsted 05 him leaving tha base They had to carry him away but a few minutes later he Jumped to hie feet and ran to the third bag There he collapsed-He was carried to tne homo of tho Rev Norris and never regained conscious ness Death was caused by a hemorrhage of the brain An inquest was held to-night and the Jury 'returned fe verdict tot accidental death Clemmons had been married only a abort time He was frequently engaged to strengthen the- Olen-rCov team' and hts wife ueually-r came out from Brooklyn to watch him she him an pe had promised her not -to plat His friends in Glen Cove presuaded him against hie will 1 AMERICAN PROPOSITION A ON CONTRACTYRAL DEBTS i '1 THE HAGUE August S5-Ths American 1 proposition concerning the collection of eontractural debts is how ready- for submission to the examination- committee of the Peace Conference General Horace having introduced the desired changes Including those recommended by the Latin American States i Dr- Luis Drngq (ArgSeUna) Is receiving eongrntulntions on the proposition' for It believed that it will now more' closely resemble tho Drago doctrine- -f Toledo Building Partly Destroyed Property Loss Estimated at from $X5(i0oo to $390000 TOLEDO OHIO -August Fire of unknown origin which started in tho upper story of the Morten truck and storage building a four-story brick structure at 111211 Huron- Street caused a loss to night otalmgted at 150000 to' 1500 000 ThO building wag occupied by the International Harvester Company a restaurant and other email concern The fire mad rapid progress and spread to the building occupied hr the Toledo Club and newtf-papcir the Newe and the Times Shortly after the arrival of the firemen the north wall of the building collapsed and for a time It waa feared that eeveral firemen bad been enught under it The men had been' working on the north elA of the building when the falUng wall started to the ground and the men ran for shelter The lose le well covered by insurance CLAIMS ARE NOT MATTERS FOR DIPLOMATIC INTERVENTION dikACXt VENEZUELA -August SS? homwayexef Willematadt August The Veneeuelan government- hne made answer to the third not prevented to it by the American Mlnieter RuaseU regarding the five American claims against Venezuela The aawr la in the same tenor as the replies made to the two previous notes presented on the same subject namely that the claim were not matters for diplomatic Bitten Peeple Datag WelL Alt the 1 person bitten several day ago by a mad dec belonging to Mr A Bientw Btelr and new taking the Fpeteur traetmMt-' report 'a doing welL the eUghtert thought that they will be effected the dangerene vlrua-and bat -they will take the full Testeur ecurt j1 obituary The death of MtL TG Pevton which took place- August 3 Id la Charles Town Va at of hef fon-ln-UWr Kt Kffe I Oravatt-in the eeventy-fourth yr her age closed the life-of one ofthS most intellectual and cultivated women of her generation Mr Peyton up to about five years ego wa6 aesoclated with tha Jmto Mr John Powetl as principal of the Richmond Female Eeminary and was ever deeply interested in the education and cultivation of the young re Peyton came from a long line of dlelingulehed ancestry both peternal end maternal Her father waa Dabney- Carr mln-ilTer plenipotentiary to Turkey under two administration He wae a brilliant- man and a noble seton of bln father Paler Carr and hie1 grandfather Dabney Carr Mr Jeffersond brother-in-law and dearest friend Her mateiCal grandfather wa Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas of Virginia-Last Sunday the final aummSna came which freed her pure noble -spirit and he gained the rest prepared for the children of God The funeral will taka -place from the residence -of Mrs Dabney Carr 114 North Harrlaon Street Tuesday August 37th at 10 A Geurge Lamb Kb Mr Georg Lamb died after a brief tune at the residence of nl brother Jamea Lamb No- 230 Grove Avenue Petereburg in tha eixly eighth year of hi age The funeral service will take place at the grave In- Oakwood Cemetery this city this afternoon at 5 "-j gaueael Cask Mri- Samuel Cook died at hi residence No 18 West Clay Street yesterday at 15:60 He the only eon of the late Major Cook Tho funeral eervlcee will take place at tha grave In Shockoe Cemetery Tuesday afternooi' at- half-past- i Jim Ritter WINCHESTER iVA August 56-Following a protracted sickness James Ritter a-well-known Confederate iterAu died last evening at the home his eon Taylor Ritter near Winchester aged elxty-aeven years During' tha Civil Wapbe was In Major Holmea fcavalry company EIHtCIltlMI 1 unnoitiEiints ONE KILLED AND TWO OTHERS HURT BY EXPRESS TRAIN at Man With Injured Spine Earned Livelihood in Warm Water LONDON August A stone mason of the name of Sch limine has Just died in the public hospital of Brunswick 'Germany after having lived for near-jy thirteen years in a warm hath In 1994 Bchllmme who waa then twenty years of age fen from a tree and Injured bis spine Hla backbone was practically broken 'and the spinal rord crushed As a- result the lower portion of-his body wae paralyzed and certain internal Organs were unable to perform their tnytion In order tw'save yi man's life the fkfalctaus ordered a permanent bath In which -Srltllinme reclined for years His body was supported by cleverly-contrived rest The water was kept at a temperature of 94 degree The man felt little or no pain and became a skilful basket wire worker and was able to support himself and his mother lie filially died at tuberculosis which bad beeu brought on by hla constant immersion In tha bot bath In painful contrast to this prolonged bath lit Germany the London- papers to-day record how a clerk to the Board of Guardians at Cuckfleld reported to the board yesterday that there were many old men In the workhouse who had not bathed or washed for a year as the female nurses considered It too Indelicate a task for them The board accordingly decided tu engage a male nurse Represents United States Anarchists' Congress at CHICAGO ILL August A compromise 'offer of an advance In wages made by packing firm at the Chicago Union Stock Yard to their teamsters was rejected by tha latter to-day and the (Irma were given until to-morrow night to make further concessions The packing house teamsters threatened to strike several weeks ago and the' difference was temporarily adjusted by both aides agreeing submit tha question of an advance In wages to arbitration The committee appointed at that time submitted the packers' offer at a meeting of the union today According to the officers of the local unton a strike has been sanctioned if the new demands Are not t- BALTIMORE MD August Addle Selby aged nineteen 1 years- wee Amsterdam n'- AMSTERDAM r'August Emma Goldman the American anarchist told the congress at its opening that she brought cordial greetings from all tha anarchists in the United States from San Francisco to Now York She declared that the liberty of the masses existed only on paper She hoped the congress would devtsa an international organisation of an-i while attempting to board ono archlsts and said they was nothing killed almost Instantly and Edwhrd Klein nineteen-apd Guy Knott sixteen were injured by being struck by an express train aa tlie Pennsylvania Railroad in the western section of tho city to-day All three are from Washington and came to this city this morning on a sight-seeing visit- Finding their money exhausted they determined to bear their way home" on a freight train but were struck by an MAN -4 jl A 7 COTTON MILL OPERATORS fiO RACK TO WORK AGED NINETY-SIX KILLS HIS OLD WIFE TULSA L'f T-'- August Dock Barnes aged nlnety-elx years killed has aged wife at their home netr here last night Three months age Barnee attempted to kill Richard Lewis who had been paying attentions -to- his daughter but waa 'discharged after a preliminary hearing No- attempt has yet been made to' arrest tha aged man i- -rri- LION ATTACKS II1S TRAINER to hope for from tha Social Democrats All the speaker crlticised i the peace conference at The llagne and the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart describing thsflrt aa merely an assembly for the organisation of wsr and declaring that tha latter bgd passed resolution containing thousands it words without arriving at a definite conclusion on any subject About 190 delegates were present representing the United States Great Britain Spain Italy France Russia Oar-many Belgium Bohemia Switzerland and Scrvla j- Heavy Floods fa Japeo TOKIO August 1 Floods which are believed to be the 'heavier that have been experienced for years ara reported from Central Japan Some villages have been completely submerged The latent of till damage is not known but It Is believed to be very heavy 1 1 1 DYING FROM BITE VALLEY FIELD QUEBEC August The strike of the 5500 operatives of the Montreal Cotton Company has been settled The operatives agree to return to work to-morrow and lhe company agrees to grant the ten per cent increase to the mule-spinners a demand which was granted before the strike Tbn operatives are to Withdraw (heir demand of tea per cent general increase and all the minor disputes will be submitted to a board of arbitration TWenty Hurt in Wreck COL August Twenty persons suffered Injuries and a number of others were bruised to-day when a Denver and Rio Grande passenger train westbound was wracked neatp Fernlea twenty-five miles west of Pueblo Among the hurt are Alias 8 Coleman Ann Arbor Mich Blurs'" Chicago 8 Grelnor Evansville lud fcjy REMOVES 1 CLEYELANP OHIG August 1 Frveral women and children were in lured during a panic at a local pleas-y urn resort to-day' as the result of a lion making an attack upon Captain Jamea Brlgg a tamer end per- former The boast laid bare the 1am- left arm by a blow from Its paw sad lacerated the thigh With Its teeth The Hon was subdued by-at-' tfndants In the rush to escape uro- and children were trampled upon Aside from Captain Briggs no one waa seriously hurt THE WEATHER ffi-maa HapeleM Vlrffik ''of Hydrepbebla After Wound Had Healed NEW YORK August Mrs Rachel Barry who IKe on Eatontown Road In Long Branch J- wsr bitten by a pet eat early In July The wound healed There- was no thought or grave cOnes-quenoea Last Friday Rra Barry felt slight paina which Increased in aeverity at intervals until they developed leto spasm Dr it Beeh who had tha case called Dr J- Woolejr- in- consultation who Secured ths woman had hydrophobia end that her condition wss hope! Laet night It 'wag feared eh Would die -before morning The eat that bit Mrs' Barry pas 'killed by a HIORM AT PROFOMED CI BTOMB SALE tlUAi: August The recent de-ielnn of euetoms suthorltie st Callao ell at auction 1 all good depoetted there previous to Reran 1904 hag aroused a general (torm vVt protest- It Is cited by-fhe pratestant that thh law provides that good drpoetted in the Customs house may remain tlere for an indefinite period Ae thh ruling affect property belonging to foreign teuldenlf It ie probable that the matter erlll be the subject of diplomatic ezchauge 1 WOMAN KILLS II Kit SELF- WITH A CLOTH Eg BELT lityr Regular else 26e A He at druggtatsk Bellevm Irtdiaeetkm DEATHS CODE EHJIS1IIS LBEBTOirtlSITOfl eU 1 I a 11 -a I Woman Wanted to See thp President Right Away but Agreed' toWaV! OYSTER BAY August A woman in a white shirtwaist and a gray skirt alighted from the train which arrived et 15:19 to-day and' asked one of the station attendants to direct her to a telephone She1 waa aent to' a booth fir the eta-ilnn where she made an1 effort to call up Sagamore Mil! Falling In this -she appealed to one1 cabman after another to take her to the house She1 wae informed that-an appointment would have to be made through Secretary Loeb but refused to accept the sdvige and gave hoy a haif-ponhd it candy to hire a team for her which ha did -not doT Telephonic communles-tlon wee iinaH ly established with President sstTetsry and the woman said her mission was a confidential on and that she could not divulge its nature1 She wee invited to visit the Summed Capitol over grocery where -Mr Loeb" convinced her that It would he better to return to New iork end wait until Christmas for an In Is an ordeal which all women approach with indescribable fear fofr Jb child-birth The thought the pain and horror of of the offering and in Forsrhst: Virginia Fair Monday Tuesday Increasing cloudiness light winds North Monday except showers Tuesday fair light northwest to west wind '0niTIOKS YESTEnDAY Richmond's' weather wss cool and Thermometer at midnight Tu OVniTIOXS IX IMPORTANT t'lTIKS (At 3 Eastern Tlm) Place Ther HT Weather danger store for her el Vhe and ct over her a 4 I CfGUlf AUU LMlI oyi of which 4- I The Varnish of Many Color for Floor and all Kinds of Wood Work i Sanders Bros Co ftW-r Augusta Buffalo III rincliinaM Jacksonville Incorporated DUtribetors Died at -hla residence Clay Street August 2Mh at SAMUEL COOK only aon of the lata Major Cook Services at tne graveln Shockoe Cemetery TUESDAY AFTERNOON at half-past 5 o'clock 'l LAMB Pled' after a brief illness at tha residence of hie brother James Lamb No SZO Grove Avenue Petersburg Va' GEO LAMB in the sixty-eighth year of his age Services at grave in Oekwaod Cam etery this city TO-DAY (Monday) August nth at 5 Friends Of family invited to attend: Died in Chari Town Va on tlie night of August lid at the residence of her son-in-law tne Kt Rev t- Gravktt Mra CARY- ANNE CARR PEYTON widow of Majoi Thumaa Peyton of Rich-mond Funeral services from the resilience of Mr Dabnev Carr 514 North TRENTON August Mr Louisa Norrl a private patient at the New Jersey Hospital Committed suicide to-day by strangling heraalf with a rlothea belt: Her home waa fit Falrhavan 1 Transfer PrMleta MD August Rev John Quirk rector of at Igna- JiAdow gloom cannot be shaken off Thousands of women lave found that the use of Friend during pregnant robs 1 nddfnger res safety lSof mother and child This scientific liniment is rod-sen'd to all wimum am dal act Hum trid Not talSS'VS eany women safely through the perils of child-birth but iuTse iESLFffJfcsrrr tomforts of this period Bold by all druggists at turn per bottle Book containing valuable information free BradlMd tefiulator Co Atlanta 6a IT lKIIIC-ln IQ Summer Shoe Sale Raleigh Savannah Tampa Fla Washington Wilmington MIX It TURK ALMtNpr theVl5'o9 o'clock uSn'Tb? narrowly fJuUnVChl 1 01 S'i-iSsrTrrrs August 26 1907 HIGH TIDE Morning 6:4 1 Evening 70S Sun rises 6:14 Hun set Moon rises 9:19 A '4 i-.