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^a^S^S&a^lS WHOLE NUMBER 16,853. RICHMO.NB, VA,, VKXDAY. MAY 26,1905. PRICE TWO CENTS.

ISVERYCONFIDEBT

Leaves City Declaring* That His Charges Are

.Fully Sustained.

BOARD COMMITTEEPROBING FURTHER

Checks and Receipts Will be Ex¬amined. Eggleston ClaimsBoard Must Admit Truthof Charges or That It

Knew of LargeProfits.

The State Board of Education adjournedyesterday without finally disposing ofthe Investigation of tho chargea of Mr.J. D. Eggleston. Jr., piat tho board hadbeen Imposed upon In the adoption ofthe Bchool Register at tho exorbitantprice charged therefor. Without takingtestimony further In the case, the boardadopted a resolution creating a commit¬tee of three to, ascertain whether theroIs any further evidence, and If so toproduce It and report to meeting of theboard to bo called for the purpose.This action of the board Is regarded

by many ns Indicating thnt the boardhas been seriously impressed by tho tes¬timony presented by Mr. Eggleston, nndthat It deems tho matter too grave tobe passed over without sifting thecharges to tho bottom. So far as canbe ascertalrfed, the board did not knowat the time of the adoption that Mr.Thomas was the owner of tho Iteglster,nor what profit he derived from Its saleIt Is certain that the boardt did notknow of the alleged connection of Mr.McGllvray with the Iteglster, that mat¬ter being made public for tho first timeWednesday. Indeed, Sir. McGllvray em¬

phatically denied that he had any knowl¬edge that the account was kept ln hiename, nnd positively disclaimed nnypecuniary connection with the publica¬tion, and Mr. Thomas also stated ho hadbecome awnre of the association of thename of Mr. McGllvray with the Registerfor the first time In this inquiry.

Eggleston Confident«Mr. Eggleston left the city yesterday,

having nn engagement to make an edu¬cational address this evening. He ex¬

pressed the belief that he had sustained"his charges that the board had been Im¬posed upon, and proved all he set outto establish. Specifying he stated thathe liad established the fact that theState was paying an extravagant pricefor the Iteglster, nnd Uiat tho. Depart?ment of Public Instruction could- haveprovided the Registers at one-third ofthe cost, had It chosen to do so, as thelaw required. He said that he had fur¬ther shown that at least ono memberor employe of the department had knowl¬edge that ? middle man was deriving a

profit on the publication, and a largeone. He said further that he thoughtthat the board should have boon ac¬

quainted with the facts by the employe1 of the department having knowledge ofthem.At the meeting of the board yesterday

the Eggleston charges and the evidenceadduced to sustain them »vere tho sub¬ject ot discussion ln executive session.Just what the views of the membersare as to the disclosures made cannot bestated at this time. It Is known, how¬ever, that the board Is sufficiently im¬pressed to. seek further evidence, andit Is made apparent that the boardvery anxious to seo the receipts givenby Mr. Thomas to tho Hermitage Pro£|iand the cancelled checks by which hewas paid his' royalty. It is regard*nas likely that the question of Mr.Thomas's anonymous connection withthe publication of the Register may be,made the subject of further Inquiry.Here Is the resolution adopted by the

board with reference to future procedureIn the matter:Resolved, That a committee, consisting

of three members of the board, bo namedby tho president, to which committee thematter of the charges made by Mr. J. D.Eggleston, Jr., in reference to the SchoolRegister shall be referred, In order toascertain whether there Is any evidencethat can be discovered relative to thatmatter; and, if so, to endeavor to obtainthe same, so that It may be laid beforeor heard by the board at a future meet¬ing.Governor Montague,, president of the

board, named the following as the com¬mittee: Attorney-General-WIlllam A. An¬derson, Dr. Lyon G. Tyler and Mr. JohnT. West.Further than the adoption of this reso¬

lution tho board took no further action,and will take nono until It shall bo calledtogether by this committee to report, itIs regarded as practically assured thatthe committee will ask Mr. Jenkins, ofthe Hermitage Press, to exhibit the can¬celled checks paid to Mr. Thomas andthe receipts given by hlin to tho Her¬mitage Press,Whether or not Mr. Thomas's action in

being Interested In a school publication,ln which his name did not appear, con¬stitutes a violation of the spirit or thelettor of tho State statuto Inhibiting suchconnection, Is a question about whlclitho mombers of tho board fio not expressan opinion publicly.

Matter Widely. Discussed.The testimony taken at the Inquiry

and very fully printed in The Tlmes-Dlspatoh caused tho matter to bo very.Widely discussed yesterday. It was a

general toplo among men taking an In¬terest In publlo affairs. It Is generallyadmitted that Mr. Eggleeton has madeBorne surprising disclosures ln the testi¬mony ho adduced, huí whether thosedisclosures are aufllclont to convince themembers of the board that they havebeep Imposed upon in adopting the Regis¬ter at sovonty-flvo cents, whon it costsbut twonty-flvo to print It, can only boknown by the board'« action. Indeed, a

competing llrni offers to print tho Regis¬ter for eighteen cents, Tlio board will,ln Its linai action, either sustain Mr,Eggle-Uon's charges and thoroby admitIts members wero Imposed upon, or It.will, by rofuslng to sustain them, admitthat It knew that a school principal wasderiving a largo royalty at the exponsoof tho State with the knowledgo andconsent of the board,The conduct· of Mr. Jenkins and of tlio

Messrs. Hill ln tholr· very delicato posi¬tion Is universally commended. Thoywere full nnd frank with tholr answersto the questions, but showed due regardfor the interests of and obligations o·.'their patrons, ?

POINTERON THE WEATHER

At 1 A. M.

F O'It 130?3?.Ft>rFriday nnd Sat¬urday: Virginia-Showers Friday,warmer In soutn-cast portion; Snt-u r d ay shower«;I ? creasing couthwinds. North Car-o I In a., howersFriday nnd Sat-urday; freshsoutheast to southwinds.

CONDITIONS YESTCRDAV.Richmond's weather was cknr nnd]

pleasant. Hange of the Thermometer;9 A. M.V.<J0 li 1'. Al.'812 M.7d 0 1*. M.,...".il P. M'..SO 12 midnight........eß

Average. 72V4Highest temperature yesterday..-0lowest temperature yesterday. 4'JMean temperature yesterday. 01Normal lemperattiro fur May. 57Departure from normal temperature.... 03Precipitation during past 24 hours.00

MINIATURE ALMANAC.May 2(1, 1905«

Sun rises....... 4:55 HIGH TIDE.Sun sots. 7:10 Morning.10:54Moon risen.12:59 Evening.n;34

ROOSEVELT ASKEDTOAIDJHESDUIH

Begged to Come \o theCotton Industry's

Assistance.

PRESIDENT MOSTHIGHLY ENDORSED

North Carolinian Declares He Isthe Greatest Man in the Coun¬try To-day, and Kas thePower, the Mind and theWill to Help the South.Resolutions Adopted.

tB>- Aesociatt«. Près».)WASHINGTON, May _5.-After adopt¬

ing resolutions on subjects of vital inter¬est to the South.-the Southern IndustrialIfcirllament adjourned to-dny to meet1 Insome Southern city at a date in October,to be designated later by Governor Glenn,of North Carolina, chairman of the ex¬

ecutive committee. Tho day's discussionswero spirited and personal. Beforo ad¬journment, however, all feeling had van¬ished and many delegates rose and de¬clared that the parllnment had been a

success and that the foundation had beenlaid for a gigantic organization. Owingto tho amount of business necessary to boconcluded, the parliament was compelledto abandon Its programme. Except a

brief address by Glfford Plnchot, chiefof tho Bureau of Forestry of tho Depart¬ment of Agriculture, who adv|scd the con¬servation of the forests'of the« South,no papers were read.

Resolutions Adopted.The resolutions adopted were as fol¬

lows:Urging the government to construct in¬

land waterways In the South Atlanticand Gulf States, and to improve therivers and harbors of the South; request¬ing the Secretary of Commerce and Laborto make immediate efforts to relieve thedepressed conditions existing with thecotton milling industry; urging the es¬tablishment by each Southern State of abureau of Immigration; thanking the rail¬roads of the South for their efforts todevelop the resources of that section;authorizing the president of the parle¬ment to appoint a committee of five, ofwhich he shall be chairman, to preparea general stntement sotting forth theadvantages, productions, resources andpresent needs ot tho South ? and direct¬ing tho executive committee, togetherwith the permanent president, to formu-

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PLEASES COMMITTEEStandard Is Excellent and the

Works a Revelation toRichmonders.

(From Our Regular Correspondent)WASHINGTON, D. C. May 25..The

committee from tho Richmond City Conn¬oti and Board of Aldermen, which hasbeen ln Baltimore and Philadelphia thisweek investigating tho manufacture ofgas ln those cities, reached Washingtonthis afternoon and left at 7 o'clock forRichmond.Tho committee, consisting of Messrs.

W. W, Morton (chairman), John R.Grimes, John B. Minor, R, G. Ronnoldsand H. O, Gates, loft Richmond Tuesdayand went to Baltimore, where they In¬spected tho gas works. They, then wenton to Philadelphia and spent a goodportion of two days about the plant oftlio United Oas Improvement Company,of that city. This Is tho company .whichhoe Just secured from the Council a halfcontury franchise, tho granting of whichhas» sot tlio entire country by tho ears,and la causing an upheavnl in Philadel¬phia politics.Tho commltteo Is unanimous In com¬

mending tho quality of gas furnished bythe company, and say It Ih far superiorto that used .in Richmond. The atnnd-ard Is twenty-two candió power, and thogas Is tested at various stations everyhour In the twenty-four. Tho equipmentof tho plant waa a revelation and ex¬

cited tho admiration of ¿very me-mbor oftho committee.The councllmôn havo cot many new

|deas on tho trip, and it is likely theywill try to have sorno of them adopted in--U-iinicmü tf__ manufacture ?

THE NATIONAL GAME.

IlSmash Up While Returning.

From Keswick HorseShow.

THREE THROWN OUT OF BUGGY

Miss Bolton Receives a Pro-. found Shock and Is Badly-

Bruised. i

(Special to Tiio Tlmcs-Dlup-atch.)CHARLOTTESVILLE, VVA., May 20.-

While returning from the Keswick Horse

Show late this afternoon, the horse driven

by Mies Hazel Bolton, of this city, be¬

came frightened about one-half mile east

of Shadwell and ran away, throwing Mis3

Bolton and the other two occupants ofthe-buggy.Mr. L. A.-Rniley, a law stu¬

dent at the University of Virginia, and

Miss Deborah White, of Chicago.violent¬ly to the ground. Miss Bolton had a

narrow escape from fatal Injury, whllo

the others suffered only slight bruise»

The. shock to Miss Bolton was profoundfor a whllo. and it-was some time beforeshe responded to the stimulants admin¬istered by Drs. Sinclair and Browning.An ambulance -was summoned from this

city and the young lady taken to "EdgeHill," the home of Mr. Robert D. Bal-lentine. She received sevore bruises aboutthe forehead and cheek, and one eye -was

closed. Her left elbow was also badlybruised and cut.The runaway horse was stopped by

colliding with a double team from W. A.Irvlng'6 livery. The livery team brokeand ran, standing Its driver, Mr. ErnestPugh. on his head, and wrecking thebuggy. Mr. Pugh escaped with a badlybruised shoulder, and has his arm In a

sling. The pair of horses from the liverywere finally stopped near Shadwell by Mr.Charles Anderson, of this city. MissBolton's buggy Is a complete wreck, theparts being scattered along the roadwayfor a quarter of a mile.Alarming reports of tho accident

reached the city ln the early evening andoccasioned considerable alarm. Miss Bol¬ton Is the daughter of Major ChannlngM. Bolton, president of the Charlottes-ville City and Suburban Street RailwayCompany, and is one of the most charm¬ing girls of the social set at the Uni¬versity of Virginia.

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Honor Memory of Lee.(By Associated Press,)

ATLANTIC CITY,, N. J.. May 25..TheSupreme Council, Royal Aroajium, to-dayadopted a memorial to tho memory ofGeneral Pltzhugh Lee, who addressedthe convention at Fort Monroe last year,which was ordered sent to the family.The convention decided to meet at Old

Point Comfort next year.Howard C. Wiggins, Rome, ?. Y.,· -was

elected supreme regent and W. O. Rob-eon, Boston, supreme secretary .

SENATOR TILLMi»

Carriage Plunged Over Embank¬ment, Hurling Occupants

Fifteen Feet..' (By Associated Press.)

CHARLESTON, S. C, May ,23..Latelast night, while returning home to Tren¬ton In a carriage, after attending thecommencement exerolses of the SouthCarolina Co-educational Institution, atEdgeflold, Senator Benjamin R. Tlllmanwas driven over ¿n embankmont near

tho campus and painfully lnjurod, sus¬

taining two ugly cuts on tho top of hishead and being othorwlso bruised. Itwas very dark and the horses missedtho road, proclpltaUng the oarrlago andoccupants, down a distance of about tit-toon feet, In the carrlago wero SenatorTlllmnn'u daughters, Misses Lona andMolilo May, and Miss Bryant. Nonoof tho Indies were Injured. Senator Tin¬man's Injuries wore given prompt at¬tention, and It Is understood to-day thutho will not suffer any serious conse¬quences, fcom tho tumblo,

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May Settle Brokaw Case.(By Assodateti Press.)

NEW roitlC, May J».-Tho trial of Mrs.Katherine Polllons's quarter of a mil¬lion dollor-sult for breach of promise ofmarrlagp against W, Gould Brokaw, thomillionaire clubman and yachtman, wasabruptly . Interrupted when court con¬vened forduy by tho granting of a mo¬tion made by Mr. Brokaw's oounsel thattho case be put over to the Jun-e term ofcourt. Counsel explained that nogothi-tlons for a settlement vvlthout trial weropt-ndlng, ?,

HOT FOSILIDE IHCROWDED STREET

Manchester Man Fired SixTirrjes at Police

Officer.

WANTED TO KILL ID. L TONÊY

Sergeant Wright Empties Re¬volver at Ross Sùtton, Who

Is Overpowered.That some one" In Manchester did not

got killed last night .when fourteen bul¬lets, sis; of which were fired almost atrandom, whistled about Hull Street, alongwhich walked half a hundred citizens, Is

a^mj'stery. ·

Ross A. Button, twenty-six years of ago,and an employe of the Southern shops,'fired six shots at Police Sergeant A. S.Wright and the officer replied by empty7lng his revolver In 'the: direction of But¬ton. Another officer. fired twice. Nota bullet took effect Sutton is behind;bars in, the police .fftViifi^çhorB-d- "withattempted -murder and shooting on thepublic street's.Stopped oy Sergeant WrJglit, as" he was

on his way to shoot Hon. D. L·'. Tortey,'ex-member of the, House of Delegatesfrom Manchester,, againsfwhom1 he-'hada grievance, Button suddenly became as a

maniac, .and without warning fired fiveshots at... tho officer. Behind Button ontho sidewalk stood nearly a score of chil¬dren and for fear of strtklng one of these',Officer Wright did not shoot, but pro¬tected, himself by getting behind a tele¬graph post. After the man had emptiedhis revolver the officer closed ln on himand· after several moro shots wero firedhe was captured on Eleventh Street andbrought to tho polico station.

Brother Warns Them.About'1 7 o'clock Mr. Claude Button,

brother.of Ross Sutton, rushed Into thepolle« station and askc-d the-offlcers "ForGod's sake stop my brother; he has a

pistol and le going up tho street to killMr. Toney."Sergeant Wright and Officers Mooro.

Smith and Waymaclc woro in headquar¬ters, at the time. Sergeant Wright walkedup the street on the eust side. When nearTenth and Hull Streets ho saw Suttonon the opposlto side of the street walk¬ing slowly. The officer called to him tocorno over to him.Sutton stopped, and walked over to the

east slde ot the street about twenty feetabove the officer on the sidewalk."What do you want?" he asked."Come hero; I want to speak to you,"

replied the officer."Maybe you want this," and as he said

this, Sutton drew a revolver. With a

flourish ho fired ono shot down Into thestreet and thon pointing the revolver atSergeant/ Wright dared him to movo "an¬other step. Scarcely before the threat was

made the man pulled the trigger and thobullet sped down Hull Street Pedestrians,members of the fli'e department and a

crowd that was at the corner of Tenthand Hull at the time bogan (to scurry forplaces of safety. In rapid .i'nceesion But¬ton pulled tho trigger, and the leadenmissiles How down the street In the di¬

rection of the officer. With tho sec¬

ond Bhot, Sergeant Wright jumped behinda telegraph post. Two bullets etruok the

post behind which he woe standing.Behind Button on tho sidewalk were

many children and sovornl cttl.ene. To

have fired and missed hi« mark wouldhave meant the death or Injury of some

one and with remarkable coolness Ser¬

geant Wright hold his revolver In bishand until, the man had emptied his weap¬on. ,

The Crowd Thickens.By this time the crowd was beginning

to grow thicker. Out of every store on

Hull Stroet rushed clerks and proprie¬tors, drawn to the soono by tho rapidfiring. When his revolver was emptySutton walked across the street, "break¬ing" his weapon as hq went ana par¬tially reloudlng it. He walked backwardsto Eleventh Streot. and then turned Into

(Continued on Tenth Pago.)

WANTHELPTO-DAY.

The BO advertisement- (or help pub-lUhud in to-day'- '_iuio--D._pa.oti ou?ß__8»G??a» follow-.·

8 Trades. 1 Domestic8 Office. 18 Miscellaneous.Thl· hot only Intercut, tho*« eut of

work, but thu__ de.lrlny to liMyrov·their position· -· well.

TO FIGHT TOGORojestvensky on Way and News

of Battle May ComeAny Day.

THE STORY NOT CONFIRMED

Fifty Warships Sighted Off East'Coast of the Batah

Islands.

(By Associated Proís.)MANILA, May 25..Official adviceshave been received from Vlgan thaton May 20th, over fifty war vesselsw«sre elohted off the east coast of the;Batían Islands, sailing .In a northeastdirection. It is supposed that the

'¦ vessels were Russian.

The Batan Islands are about halfway between Luzon and Formosa.

(By Associated Press.)ST. PETERSBURG, May 25..Admiral

Avellan, head of the Russian admiraltydepartment, confirms the AssociatedPress* dispatch saying Vlco-Admlral Ro¬jestvensky Is steaming north to give bat¬tle to Admiral Togo. He considers It pos¬sible that news to the effect that thotwo fleets havo meet may bo receivedany day.In .an interesting Interview, Admiral

Avellan reaffirms tho official denial oftho reports that Rojestvenslty has brokendown and asked to bo relieved. Avellansays Rojcstvensky sent detailed reportson the condition of-his'own health andof the health of the crows of his ships.The constant tension and hard work oftho past months have been a great strainon the admiral's health."Do you anticipate a sea fight soon?"

thondmlral was asked. Ho replied:"Certainly. The Japanese cannot affordto allow Rojostvonsky to reach Vladivo¬stok without an engagement. I personallyexpect It to take place in the near future,though I admit the admiralty knowsnothing of Rojestvonsky's strategy orplans, the. Emperor having accorded himcomplete freedom of acUon. Possibly ItIs his present purposo to seek AdmiralTogo and force a fight, but It Is moreprobable that Rojestvensky Is bound, forVladivostok."

Will Go After Togo.In responso to tC suggestion that Togo

might Intentionally allow Rojestvensky toget to Vladivostok, contenting himselfwith torpedo attacks, while tho Russiansaro on their way there and. then try tobottle Rojestvensky lip ln. Vladivostok,Admiral Avellan smiled and said:"Tho story of Port Arthur will not bo

repeated. Rojestvensky Is not tho kind "ofman to allow himself to bo looked up Ina port If ho gets to Vladivostok, he willnot rest on his laurels, but will seek an

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WINS FROM MISS DODAfter Great Tussle Miss Bishop

Defeats English GolfExpert.

(Special Cable to The Tlme».DI»patch andNew York Honilii.)

(Copyright, by the New Vork Herald Co.)CROM13H, May 25..All American entrant«

for tlio women's golf choniplanshtp createda favorable Impression to-day, and the generalbelief among the hundred« of spectator« whofollowed them around the link« I« \ that atleast threo of theni will make a bold bid forthe championship.Mia« deorglanna Bishop, the American ohani-

plon, defoatad Mine Lottie Dod, the Englishohamplon, by one up after a couple of ties.

It wa« a great tusólo, and It drew the big¬gest gullery uf the year. The two otiuiiiplun»were first to leave the tee, Both drove longbulla, but Mia« Ulehop'« was the botter, In¬deed, «he Bllgbtly outclaaaed her opponenti InmoBt bronchos of the game.Ml·« Bishop'« graceful, easy stylo was muoh

admlrod. Sii« hart some bad luck, however,and at tho turn, «ho *tood thrtx» down. Cominghome, «lie settled down to a greet game, andat the eighteenth holo tho match woe allsquare, , '·¦¦'.[They played an extra hole ana It woe all

square agalli. Anita grout excitement, theywent to the twentieth too. Thl« hole Mts«Bishop won, thus seoui-UiB tho only matchfor her stile.

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President for Union.(Hy Aaso-olatoit I'rcKS.)

WINONA I.AKB, IND., May ¡M..PresidentBoosevelt «ent a message to (ho l'rcebytorlunGeneral Assembly to-night which waa road ata popular meeting for laymen. Tho presidentexpressed the hopo that tho timo would soonomne when all branches of the 1'n-sbyterlonChurch would bo untied lino one grout boily,and the assembly, guvs lu t»vi>rov»l la piu-1'jnsn.a iti>£luu«A,

HAS UPPEO HIDCostello and Smith AreEjected and New Ap¬pointees Installed.

PEOPLE GIVE GREATOVATION TO /MAYOR

Latter Believes He Is Under¬mining Strength of Machine.Situation Growing HourlyMore Tense.Rumor ThatEffort Will be Made to

Impeach Weaver.

(By Associate«^ Tree».)PHILADELPHIA, May 26..-Tho blttor

feeling that has been engendered by thogas lease fight was intensified to-daywhen Mayor Weaver practically ejectedfrom the offices of the Departments ofPublic Safety and Public Works his twoformer directors and again Installed themen appointed byihtm on Tuesday night.The action of the Mnyor to-day wus

tho most sensational movo that ho hasyet made., The moment the news flashedthrough the groat city building that theold directors were out and the now menln, rumors flow thick and fast that ?

wholesale dismissal of bureau chiefsand other officials was about to occur.While tue Mayor was ordering his olddirectors out of their < offIces, his attor¬neys appeared In tho Supreme Court and,obtained a special supcrsedeas suspend¬ing the temporary Injunction* granted tothe old directors yesterday by tho Coun¬ty Court.A dramatic incident of.'tho day wns

the great ovation given Mayor Weaverby several thousand persons, while onhis way from tho City Hall to the UnionLeague Club for lunch.

Move to Impeach Mayor.In the thick, of the fight'this nfter¬

noon came the story, but from whore'no one appears to know, that tho MayorIs to' be lmpeacho§, but for what par¬ticular offense was not clearly defined.One rumor had it that he would bobrought before the bar of City Councilsfor his .conduct of an election fraud casowhile he was district attorney, and an¬

other rumor had it that ho was to bomade to nnewer for somo alleged lapseof duty while ln his present position.All attempts to confirm tho Impeach¬ment rumors failed, but at the 'samotime no ono could bo induced to denythem. '

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Tho organization leaders say they con¬

tinue-to "stand pat" on the gas lease,-and. that their ranks aro · solid all· alongthe lino. On tho other- hand, MayorWeaver announced late to-day that hohad assurances that tho vote ln bothCouncil -chambers, when his veto Is con¬

sidered, Will bo changed materially fromthe voto .taken lnst week. Ono council¬man publicly announced to-day that howould' change hie vote, and It Is under¬stood that tho Mayor has the directpromise from several others that thoywill, sustain him.

Situation Tense.The situation Is dally growing moro'

tense. In. all sections of the city, thereform- organizations and tho newspapershave aroused citizens to take a hand Inthe fight, Tho çouiicUmen who favor thogas lease are having a hard.time of ItThey aro being swamped with protests,and delegations of neighbors aro callingon thehi nt their homes or' pinces ofbusiness or are holding them up on thostreets. Many of them reply that theyare for the leano so long ns the "peer¬less leader," as Commissioner DurhamIs affectionately called by the organi¬zation men, is· for It.Mayor Weaver is receiving hundreds

of letters and tolegrams of congratula¬tion. Among thorn was tho following:

"I congratulate you on the firm stand\you havo taken in behalf ot tho people.

"EDWARD F. DUNNE,"Mayor,of Chlcngo."

Councilmen Coming Over.As a result of the agitolion ngalnst

the lease, three select and llx commoncouncilmen have now announced that they¦would chango htelr vote on tho lease.This would make tho vote In selectcouncil stand 34 tar the lease nnd 8against, and ln common council. 68 forand 10 against It takes n. two-thirdsvote to pass an ordlnanco over tho may¬or's veto.

SEVENTY-ONE BUNKSAFFECTED BY FAILURE

Boston Firm Goes Into Bank¬ruptcy With Liabilities Ex¬

ceeding $1,700,000.(By Associated Press.)

BOSTON, MASS., May --.-Seventy-onobanks and trust companies, most of themln Massachusetts, but several located Invarious parts of tho country, aro amongthe crodltore of/the banking firm of Bur¬nett, Cummlngs and Company, of No. 13Milk Street, this city, which to-day fileda voluntary petition In bankruptcy In theUnited States District Court with llablll-ties placed at $l,71.,_ö_, Tito («sets aroetatod to bo uncertain. Tho creditor«havo been given lo understood Unit theywill not exceed 1300,000, if, ind.ot_ theyprove to be of any value whatsoever,Attorney J, T, Auobuoh,« counsel for the

bankrupt firm, said that tho cause of thofailure was tho building and financing ofseveral stroet railways, which wont intotho hands of rooelv-ra und their notosbecaino valúalos.,Furthermore, tho Massuclwrsettn Securi¬

ties Company's bonds, which woro securedby obligations of tho railways, lost valueund emailed losses upon the firm.Tho ßo.ured creditors number eighty·

sovou and tho unsecured eighty-one,Thorn aro thirty-two Ma««_3uchusotts sav¬ings banks In tho list of creditors, andthlrtoen Massachusetts national banks. JtIs under-tonU that the securities given thobanks for their ¿nans woro bonds of theMassachusetts Securities Company, which,111 turn, were secured by not.a of tho_m.lf.ruut .l.ctrl. railways,,

MONTAGUE SPEAKSTO URGE CROWD

Opera House Taxed toIts UtmostCapacity.

MANY LADIESIN THE AUDIENCE

He Again Reviews Senator Mar¬tin's Record and Submits His

Claims to the People, andDeclares That He Will }

Train With NoMachine.'

(Special to Tho Tlmca-Dlspatch.)ÌiYNCIIBURG, VA. May 25.-<Jovernor

Montague addressed an audience at tlioAcademy of Miislc to-nbrht -which taxedthe seating: capacity of the theatre. Thoaudience probably numbered 1,700, ¡ot,-ivhom 300 or 400 wore ladles. Tho Gov¬ernor severely arraigned Senator Martin,hlB speech ln tho main being: much after'the one delivered at -Bedford City. Hewas presented by Mr. A. R. Lone", a .wellknown attorney, and Mr. N. B. Handy,a well known business man, presidedover the meeting. Moro than a hundredvoters from tho city and Amherst, Nel¬son and Appomattox counties occupiedseats upon the stage.Ho spoko for twepty minutes or mor«

on* the power of the American govern¬ment, and upon tho election ot senatorsby popular vote. The Governor referredto the machine politics resorted ,to insome of. the States, and declared If hewere elected, he did not care to haveInfluence with that character of men, "Ityou expect mo to endeavor to exert an In¬fluence with men who are under Indict¬ment, then I beg you hot to vote for me.I don't say. tho Junior senator will exert;an Influence with such men. 1 say Iwill not.

The Primary."I have always stood ln favor of the.

Democratic primar*·*·. I submit afterton years of service in the Senate, If theJunior senator has.over Indicated that hefavored the popular election ofrsenàtqrs,I don't say he has not favored It. I sayhe hasn't given any expression of hisfavor,. He has a. right to oppose .It If he'wants to,, hut. when, we undertook this.'reform In Virginia about eight yearsago,1 William A. Jones-led the movement'In the Roanoko convention to gtv-4»,thepeople á primary. There-the Junior eerta-·tor exerted his Influence to defeat thomeasure, and It was defeated by a smallmajority.Tho May conference passed a resolution

asking thè State Committee to give usa primary, but the request was declined,and,there was much felicitation amongsttho friends of the Junior senator over.Itsdefeat. Tho Norfolk convention providedfor a primary without a dissenting* vote,and at the Richmond convention It.wentthrough In tno samo way and upon themotion of the Junior senator; but we donot hear him favor^a change ln the Fed¬eral Conuéitutlon favorable to the popu¬lar selection of senators."

Railway Rates.Referring to tho railway rato question,

he. said: "You will never have thfc rail¬ways controlled until the people havetheir hands on the representatives.,' Un¬less the representatives represent youthe third house will bo there, and theywill misrepresent you,""What will you do with this power

ln the government that Is greater thanthe government Itself?" he asked.

"A. railway Is not a privato enterprise.The Supremo Court has said It le apublic highway on frequent occasiona,so far as Interstate commerce Is con¬cerned. The trouble Is that people getspecial rights, call them right, and thosewho can't get them stay long ln thecold. ·.

"When tho junior senator mado hi·speech he states ho did not know his re¬cord Iri the Senate. He had been toobusy making a record and he had to geta chart of It before ho knew what itwas."

The United States Claim.In reforenoo to tho settlement of the

claims against tho United States, Inwhloh ho claimed the State was savedonly $5.60, he explained his claim In ex¬actly the same ,wny he did In the Bed¬ford speech, and ho withdrew tho state¬ment mado In an early speech that Sen¬ator Martin has voted aglnst the Callresolution, saying his statement waabased upon tho record furnished him bya bureau In Washington. Ho said hegladly retracted tho charge. "I am wilt¬ing to conceda that the Junior senatorhns beon dlllgont," he continued, "toconcedo ho has answered lettore prompt¬ly, and accord hi mas much time as hepleases to apologlao to those whom hehas not written, nnd to accord to himhe has made efforts to get appropria¬timi«, but thero I stop."So far as I can gather from hie re¬

cord, ho thinks these are the duties ofa senator, That Is, Indeed, a small partIf to get appropriation Is the duty of asenator, why not Join the Republicanparty. Surely an influential Republican,Mr. Slamp, If you please, ought .to gotmore appropriations than a' minorityDemocrat,

"It has boon charged that all of therailroad presidents of the State aro sup¬porting mo. I am delighted. Yet, howfow of them Ilvo In Virginia, How Is it«my fellow oltlzons ?? I.ynohl-urg, thntthose gentlemen who look after legislationIn this State, are all against me'f ??-iok attho Stato Exocutlve Committee. Considerhow muny of the member«- aru supportingme.

Fair Field and No Favor,"I do not dispute their right to oppose

me, but all I wunt le a fair field and no

favor and I think I will havo It and hav.lug It, I am confident of tho results, but,If thoy aro not as I hope tor, I will bathankful enough."The Oovornor declared ho waa not en¬

deavoring to disparu1·«* any one, declaringha was not trying ta oust Senator Marti«from his seat a moment before hie termhad expired. H«' added:"The placo doiis not belong to him,

but 's one to be flllod hy tho people nndicom«.'* ¿efore than tu bo sot Hod In a Hern»persilo primary."Ho gués on to talk of hin ions oxperU

eneo ma intimating, iluu 2 «un luw-tv«ru