Store Closes Daily at 6 P. M. Thursday 1 P. M.

Extra! Last Minute Arrival of [

Men's New Negligee ShirtsAnother shipmcnt of these extraordinartly f^ m___

good Percale Shirts have gotten here just in time J^ **\*'for Saturday's business. %jP^Jf

They're duplicates of thc qualitics that sold so

rapidly a few weeks ago.even prettier in pattern, if possiblc.Stripes and figures of blue, black and lavender.Well made, full sizes, attached cuffs, nicely laundered.

Shirts with style at a low price, 35c.

WALLEN WILL CONTESTSETTLED OUTOF COURT

Heir?. Winning Twicc with Jury,Gain Victory on Coniproinisc

Agreement.

WILL GET ABOUT ONE-FOURTH

Appeal to Supreme Court WillBc Withdrawn and Other

Suits Dismissed.

After belng carried from court tocourt for more thnn two yoars, thofamous Wallen wlll case haa tn.-en prac¬tlcally settlod on a corapromlse baslslrcoiimiendod by tlie sitUirnoys for tlieconfllctlng Interests, and lridlcatlonsnow polnt to the wlthdrnwal of the.econcl appenl lo tlio Supreme Court,whlcli will end tlu* entlre lltlgatlon.The papers havo noi nctmilly been

slgned, but it is understood upon goodauthorlty that terms have been siig-gested which meet wlth thc approvalof both sldes, nnd tli.it the matter isnow practlcally ndju.tod.Tho exnct terms of the agreement

nro not knoVn, but lt Is learned thutthe children of llie late stone nnd m:u-blo contrnctor aro to Ket nhotit ono-fourtli of the estate, nnd thnt the restwill remaln tlie property of the wldow,James Wallen was twlce marrled.

Upon hls death, sovoral yenrs ngo, hls.econcl wlfe lald elnlm to all hls prop¬orty. and sult was brought by tbechlldren of the tlrst marrlage for n

portlon of it.Grounil «>f Contenllon.

Thev alleged thnt the second Mrs.Wallen who was much younger thantheir father, had exerclsed tindue In-fluence over hlm. nnd that lt wns nothls delibernte Intentlon to cnr themoff from a share in hls property.Strong counsel iva. engagocl on botlislde..* and sult was lnstltuted by tln-helrs ngnlnst the wldow lu the t'luin-cerv Court nf this clty.

Messrs. Charles W. ThrocUmortonand \V. L. Royall and Judge A. 1-.Holladay represented the heirs. andMr_. Wallen employed Messrs. Henry It.and Robert N. Pollard nnd II. M.Smith. At tlu* first trlal the helrs se¬

cured a verdlct. whlch Judge Grlnnanrefused to sol aslde. The case Wasnppoaled to the Supreme Court andwas by that trlbunal remanded for a

second trlal. The result was tlie sameafter another long hearing. which last¬ed for mnny days. A second appeal was

taken. and thl. is now pending in theupper court.

Wlll be 1)IhiiiI-inciI.Meanwhlle ii ls understood thnt oth¬

or suits agalnst Mrs. Wallen huve beenlnstltuted in both the Federal und Statecmirts. and her attorneys declded tongree to the compromlso rather thanto proceed with apparently ondlesalltlgatlon. If tlu* agreement ls finallyslgned', whleh now seems certaln, thoappeal to the Supremo Court will b.-ivlthdrawn, nnd nll the other sult.. dis-xnlssed. The case hus created wlqe-spread interest. riol only on account olthe perststency wlth whlch it has beenfought nn both sldes, but because ofthe many fino legnl points raised bycounsel at the varlous trlals, Whenthe chlldren "f Wallen shnll have se¬

cured thelr ppr.tldn of the estate un¬

der tlu- agreeirten't, tjiio wldow will havoproperly i't'ppf "ix.inuting $50,000 IIIvalue.

TALK LOVE AGAIN. THENHUSBAND QUITS CELL

Wlfe Goca to Jnll to Hck Forglvcurssfor Seiidln*. Hlm Tbt-ii- itnd

Tliey .lake 1'rli-iuN.Lonely days and sloeploss nlgllts al

length constralned Mrs. ,lnr_«j.. F. Bewot Henrlco county, to forglve" her luiS'band for alleged attempt to beat aiiikill her, on which charge she had Itiitlocked up In the County Jall on 1nsSaturday, nnd so she spent two hour:ln the tell with hlm yesterday, late:ac-curing ..his relcase.About two weeks ago Mrs. Bew ln

dicted her husband for non-support, tlecaso belng sent on to thu grand luryBov.- glvlng bond for his aftipearanceln court and good behnvior. A fewdays later he got drunk agaln, wenthomo and gave hls wife a good flog-fcing, ln fact, treatlng her wlth suchUnprecedented $everlty, she said, that¦he was induced to swoar oht a war¬

rant for hlm. On thls warrant ho was

taken to jall, where lie remained awalt¬lng trlal to-day,

Yesterday afternoon, deprt-ssed andwoc begone. tho woman npplled to thoJailc-r for permlssion (o soo her hus¬band. Despite the proffe.n-d tendernessof tho wlfe, Bew received her coldly.But she was not long ln convlneinghim that her love for hlm was stlliallve. nnd that she had ci\me to bogforgivcncs.s that tlutv- mlght go homeand bo .happy agaln, Thus tliey wooeilfor nearly two hours, finally mado up,and after Mrs. Bew hnd liad timo topersunde Magltitriito Preston that thelrold plodgos had Inen renowod, thoprisoner was sei free and tho coupVewent back to the county.

NEW COUNCIL CALLEDflerh IhMies Notliei. of OrKunlzation Meet¬

lngs on September lst.Calls wero h-Biif-d yesterday Ly Clty-Clork

Por. T. Aupusi tor n iiu.titu; ol iho loivorlbraneb of the new Council on Tur.day uf-'lernoon, nml for a meeting ot the Board of,Aldermen al 7 o'clock nn the namo ovoninfffor piir|niB<-. of organlnatlon. Soata wlll be.drawn fnr the vurlous ward delegatlon* at

thU tlme. and thc prellmlnary hIi-iw takenjtn- effect a pormiineni or.anlzallon ol both]bianclms.

It ls not antlclputc-d that the commtlloeiwll: t>_ antiouncid uiiili the -lirnt regularnioetliiRB of each body. The Council mietsln regular seBslon on Tui-Hduy, .'_iu.mli.-i'lth, and ihe Board of Aldtumon ou Tues¬day. SeplL-mber XSth.-,-

Wrlt nf I'.rror.Judge It. il. Cardwell, of tho Btato Su.

prcme Court, yeaterday grantod a wrlt ofoitoi ln the caan of Hundley o.alimt Nnnh-.The- ca.e i-om.B up Irom Iho (.'lnul' Courtol Ei»e_ county, and Iniolves n (Usputtl overthn »_»ignni(-nt of .certaln .vstor groundslu A Jr.na 1 nu-U.r ,1 n'miarlur. _

i

UREE POLICE TOFIND LOST BDY

Distressed Mother Makes Earn-est Appeal After Tramping

All Day.Almost In tears and deeply dospond-

ent, Mrs. Jennlc- Uunkins, a rocontarrlvnl from Biillliiiiin-, walked Intothe Socond Pollco Statlon last nightund reported to Sergeant Brooks thatlier son, ''.Hugh, hnd been lost slncoThursday ovenlng. She hnd searchedfor hlm all day, tralllng hlm ns bost shecould, but without success. Then shehad recourso to tho pollce. /"My husband," she snld. pltifully. "Is

dead, nnd my boy ls nll I hnve. Icame here lnst Tuosdn*/ looklng forwork, nnd I secured a posltion ln thcJefferson Hotel as n chambermntd.Hugh followed me on Thursday. Wemet nt the post-offlce, by arrangement,and then walked dowji toward theMaln Street Statlon.

"There we sald good-By. and 1 wasto huve met hlm agaln Ihnt evenlngnt tho statlon to give him some cleanclothes. 1 have never seen him slnce.I waited for two hours, bul lie uev.rcame. Won't you plenfie help me finomy boy. Ill- Is all ln tlie world IIiavcV"

She sdld that she had sent her .»ona quarter through the mail, ilnd thathe hnd written to say that ho wouldcome on Thursday. She gavo hlm an¬

other cpinrtor wllh which to buy hlm¬self somothl rfg to eat, and went bnckn> her work. expectlng to see hlmagaln und to malte ari-angeinents tohave him stay at the Methodist Mis-slon until a posltion of some sort couldln- secured for hlm.

THIEVES GO TO JAILWllllnin llrnxlon Slolc Meal Froni lli.l-'lrin..IcMxe Tucker Stole i.cml 1*1 pe..Tesse Tucker, colored, was sentenced

to slxty days ln Jall from Police Courtyesterday mornlng on a charge of hav¬ing stolen a quantlty of lead pipe fromPemberton aml Benson. He wns trall-eil by tlie imprlnts of hls -wooden stumpby Mounted Otllcer Nuckols, and atlast caught in lils lnlr, The booty wasfound beneath his house.

Wllllam Braxton. colored, was sen¬tenced to slx months in .lall yesterdayinorning on two charges of steallngmeal from the l\ l-:. Patrlok-YoungCompany, hv whom he wns employedIle was arrested bv Ofllcers Wlley anilChirkO, lo whom and to several of lils-employers he confessed the severaltln-fis he had committed. A thln!charge was continued.Samuel Jackson. colored. wns flnec!

$20 and phicc-d under $100 securlty foislxty days on a charge of healing hl.wlfe. Tho evidence was coiillietlng, butthere was enough to prove the chargeagainst Samuel,

Charles Aytes, eluirged wlth havlngassaulted Sallie Wllllams. was sent orto I he grand jury.

Comphiln Agnlnsl Theiiere.rcmplalnlng that an uns.emly crowi"

gathered ni tho Monl Theatre, No. 700 WesiBroad Street, and that much noise wa;made nt tln- colored resort; several cltl.en.-appeared agalnst tlio place In tho Pollci" ii rt yesterday mornlng. Alderman Hen-

t. who eonducts an undertaklng eatabHsh-i-nt un the opposlto corner, stated tha'was eonstanily annoyed by tht- illsturli.

VlriUuliim. lu I'hlludi-Ipliln.Mr. and Mrs. George II. Scliwnrz-

mann, of AlexanJrla; Joseph 1-. YoungJr.. of. portsmouth; W. R, White amJ. W. Owens. of Norfolk; Mr. and MrsII. Brown. of Rlchmond, wero registered at The Now lllnghani Hotel. PhtlUdolphia, yesterday.

[LED TO RASH ACT

Friends nf Miss Wcrne DenyThat She Killed Hcrself

From Broken Heart,

ENGAGEMENT LONG AGO OFF

Sister in Baltimore to HearNews of Tragedy From Hus¬

band To-Day.By one nf hor most Intlmato frlends

It was posltlvely clonlcd last nightthat Mlss Mary Werno, who drownodhcrself in Lako Michigan on Thurs¬day, committed tho rasli act bocausoof a postponed woddlng. On thc con¬

trary, lt was sald that Mlss Werneliad no Intcntlon of marrylng GeorgoMnnsfleld, the travellng salesman lowhom sho was sald to hnve beon en¬gnged. The weddlng, accordlng to TheTlmos-Dlspatch informant, had beondeclared off some tlme ngo, and afterthut dld not enter lnto tho thought oftlie young lady.

Aervini. frnin Oprrntlon.Miss Wcrne, accordlng to tho samo

au1*ttorIty, was an lnmate of a privntesan%orium ln Chicago, whoro sho hndbecif slnce nn oporlitlon for appendl-cltls, whlch had broken down her ner¬vous system nnd prostrated her. Shewalked out of the sanatorium whonSho was supposed to he recoverlng,und ended her llfe in the Inke. Shedld not graduate at El Pnso. Tex., butnt a school In Loulsville, Ky., whereshe finished hor courso at tho ago ofseventeen, wlth hlgh honors. -»

Mlss Werne wns well known In Rlch¬mond. Sho vislted her slster, Mrs. MllesTurpln, at tlie Shonandonh l-'lnts, andwns hore until June. From here showent to Loulsville, and then to Chi¬cago, whert she entorcd a sanatorium,She wns cxtremoly popular, it ls saiel,nnd wus a young lady of llne dlsposl¬tlon und lovablo character. All herfriends In Rlchmond were deeply dls-Iressed to hear of her sad end.

Mr. Milos Turpln. her brother-in-law,a travellng salesman, was in Richmondyesterday, leavlng last night for Bal¬tlmore, where he went to Inform hiswlfe of her slster's death. He was

greatly cllsturbecl over the news, nndwns posltlve In hls denlnl of the allc-gatlon that love troubles led MlssWerne to end hor llfe In Lake Mich¬igan.

It is not known here yet whnt dls¬posltlon will be made of the body, butit is probnble that the funeral wllltake place in Loulsville.

TOUR OF INSPECTIONWater Coiniiiltte. Wlll liu Over Coni¬

pleted Settllng IIhnIii.

The Council Committee on Water lsplanning to end its duties by a tourof Inspectlon of the city water ^jhint,Including llie settllng basln and flhineoii Monday afternoon. after whlch «

formal meetlng wlll bo held to approvebills atul pay-rolls, and lf the work Isfound satlsfactory to accept the flumefrom tlie Crouse Constrmrtlon Com¬pany, contrnctors. Whlle the outgolngWater Commlttee wlll not have thesatisfaction <if soeing the water turn¬ed on from tlie settllng basln, a mat¬ter to whlch lt has glven tho prlnclpalpart of Its attentlon for the past flveyenrs. lt will nevertheless see thework conipleted und ready for use. Tothe now Wator Commlttoe wlll go theproblem of operatlng the basln andof eroctlng the new electrlc pumps forincreasing the supply. Tho basln It¬self has^beon bullt on ample lines, theenglneers clalmlng that lt can settl.four times ns much wnter ns the pres¬ent pumps cnn carry to the reservoir.

WILL MEET HEREI'ubllo lleiillli Assoclatlon Ai-eepts Invlln-

,ien or Local Hoard..ln thc llo.-ud of ll-alih offlce yesterday

thore was general satisfaction over tho suc-

ci-. s "f the movement to brlng to Ilichniondjln l'JO-.i the American PifMIc Health Asso-ctatlon. Whlle a llmlted liody In slze. hav-ln,; only a membershlp of u fow hundred,tln- assoclatlon has ln Its monihershlp somoof the most emlnont sanltary authorltles lntlds country, t'annda. Mexlco and Cuba, In-cludlng a number ot Unlted states govern¬ment offlclals, who In recent years havemade an exhnuBtlve study ot questlons ofaar.Itatlon.The invltation was extended to tho Publlc

Health Assoclatlon both by tho State andcity l.oards ot Health, Dr. E. C. Levy, chlefhealth offlcer of Rlchmond, and Dr. Allan1'iecmaii. medicai Inspector of the StatoDonrd, belng ln ntt.ndunco.

Another ritiii Captured.Colonel W. II. Chapman, lntornal revenue

agent, has rccelvod a report from RevonuoOfflcers 1,. F. Hansbrour.li and S. V. Chap¬man, lnformlng hlm of lh« seizure of anllllcit distillcry ln Frankiin county, Va..coi sl.-ting of an elghty-tlvo (.-allon copporstill ancl fixtures, 5B0 gallons of apple pom-ace, __rrels, liuckots. etc. Tho still was onthi! land of ,1. W. Dowllng, about 150 yardflficm hls house,. and fresh wagon trackawore plalnly vlslblo from the still to theliouse.

Statement of Financial Condition of 236 State Banksin Virginia on July 15, Made to Cor-

poration Commission.iU-soi;uci_s.

I.oaiis nml dl-tcoiliits.$40,037,4(14 -11OvcrdruflH . 100,334 02Stocks, bonds und iiini'isiiin-s.5,43 1,1111.. ,111IliuikliiK lioiiHc. . 1,r.tll.Ol.. SllOther real estate. li:tll,il7U 70Fiinnlturc nml tlxturex. 508,0111 psl'rcniliiiu-i iiiild un bond..I 1,430 117Checks and nthcr c-iinIi Ileiii. 2(11,088 05l.xc-huiigt-.s lor clearlng, liou-te......' 331,81803l.lic frnin n.-llloillll hunl-s._,. 11,533,704 41Due from Stnte banks und privnte bniikcrs..., 1,781,080 31.Speele, ntckcls nnd cents. (105,573 45I'nper eiirrene.v. 1,040,138 00All nthcr llcms of reaourcc. .150,700 71

Totul .flltl.it 11,40(1 05

I-TAIUMTIRS.Cnpltnl stock pnld In.,-,.#11,350,045 S3Surplus fund . 3,500,170 17InilUIiled protllN, u-.s nmoiiul puld for Interest, taxes innd cur-

ri-nl expense. . 3,000,343 40lllvlileml. iiiipnld.,. 3-1,8111 (13Tolnl depOHlla. 45,810,375 48llne lo iiiiiiniiiil liniikN. 533,535 47Duo in Stnte luiiili. nml prlvato lutnkera. 075 (114 5(|\"(i-m ii nd bllls redlMeciiiuled.,.,.,% 1,31,785 11(1IHIIh pu.vnlile. 471,03(1 45All othor llems of llablllty. 338,440 31

Totul .,.#0(1,011,4110 05

Tlie iiiosl Nignllleuiit feature of tlie nhove .tnleiiirut, nnd Iho nu« whlclil» lilghly grntlfyhiif to ilu- coniniUsloii, U tlte remnrkablc reduction ln tliollem uf uverdrnriN. In tbe Kltttemriit of Kt-briiury 14, 1II0N, uveiilraf(«Itiuoillltcd lu 9(187,304.71. Tlu- «.oinnil-i-ilon nl nnee .vnrnoil (lu* liuuks tlmtthln tvitM ii hnd Nhnwlllg nnil liidienti-d iiimounil IiiisIuckh uwIIiikIk. Thnresults uf Ihe i-irni-iN uu the pnrt of Iho i-oiiiiuInnIuu lo reiluee thU llem nrenppnrenl lu tlu- i\w» niilincqii0nl Mliiteiur-iils, Inoliidling tlmt prlnted above,The nne of Mny lltli nhimrd only #23'_,475.33 nn the nmount nf ovi-rdrnft.,aud Ilu- prcieul onr hn* dropped to IUIhV.VS4.02.

To Succeed Westbury

S. B. Ul Bf'l-SS.

BURGESS COME!AS AGENT HERE

Southern Railway Transfers Bal¬timore Representative to

Local Field.Mr. S. E, Burgess, appolnted to suc¬

ceed Captaln Charles XV. Westbury asdistrlct passenger nfrent of tho South¬ern Railway, wlll arrlve lq_JJl-limot»doarly jioxt weok nnd take chargo of thedutles of hls now positlon as soon aftortho lst oT Soptember ns posslble. Mr.Burgosa ls ,1 natlve of Nelson county,Va., iind began lils rallroad career wlththe old Rlchmond und Danvllle ntAlexandrla, ln the transportatlon de¬partment. In 18.fi he became chlefclerk to thn gcnernl agent of the pas¬senger dopartment of the Southorn atWashington. After sorvlng as cltytlcket aKent ln Washington. he was

appolnted travellng passenger agentin 1901, wlth headquarters ln Baltl¬more.Captaln Westbury, who hns been tn

charge of the Rlchmonil ofllce for anumber of years, uns promoted to thopositlon of distrlct passenger npent atPhiladelphla; to whlch clty he wlllremove as soon us Mr. Burgess takescharge of the Rlchmond offlce.

VIRGINIA^. MADEGOOD SCORE IN MATCH

Ailvnnc-eil Seven I'oIuIk nl Cmnp IVrryShoul.llnrl Won Governor'n

Mednl.Members of the Virglnia rlfle team

who partlclpated ln ihe natonal shootat Camp Perry, O.,St jit .. yesterday, thebcrs reachtng tho clto'clock in the tnnrii

Whlle the seor* m

did not come up tnthe men dld a gre-.ulast year, and rose from last on theilist to the forty-third place.a .galn ofseven polnts In the standlng.Corpornl C. I.. Hart, of Company U

FrederlckslHit-B. made the hlghest scoreof any team member, and won theClovernor's medal.

Qunrtormaster Sergeant C. T. Haw-ley and Captaln C. W. Wallace, Jr., ofCompany C, Rlchmond. made the nexthlKhest scores. wlnning the Adjtitant-Genoral's and the Military Board'smedals, respectlvely. Captaln Wallacealso received. In addltlon, a prlze of$10 for thc* best sklrmlsh run.

The offlcers In charge of the teamwere Major S. W. Martln, Unlted StatesArmy. captaln; Major O. B. Perry,coach; ancl Captnin A. A. Graves. spot-tirr. Adjulant-General Charles .1. An¬derson, who spent some tlme at tliegrounds, returned witli the team.

Tn speaklng of the team, an offlcer[who was present snld yosterday thatwhlle tlie team did not tnke n veryhlgh stand on the llst. the great im¬provement shown ovor tho previouslyear was hlghly gratlfying. Wlth theinld of the practice whlch wlll bo ob¬talned when the State rlfle range, al-ready provlded for, Is put Into shnpe.jthe offlcers and men are confldent thatIVirglnla's representatlves next yearwlll tnke a much hlgher stand.

returned to theRlchmond mem-

shortly nfter 8Ing.ide by the tenm. xpeetation. stilldeal better thnn

Cnptaln AVllson to 8penk.C-nptnln P. st. .lullen Wllson, State Hl.h-

wa*- CommlsHlonor, wlll leavo for Sax».Tarlotto county. thls mornlng. whero h<wll! address a Farmers' Inntltule on thcsubject of "Good Ttoads." Ile wlll returrto the clty to-nlpht.

IDLE MENIfflJ FOR HELP

Call on Charity OrganizationsDue to Interruption of

Work.Owlng posslbly to tho almost total

Intorruption of outdoor work causedby the recent ralns, large numbers ofmen have been forced to apply at thedifferent clty charltles for ald. Inmost cases they aro respectablo, do-serving men, who nro by force of cir-cumstances conipolled to seek holg,Yesteldav at tho local branch of thoAssoclated Charltles twenty-seven monand boys, ranglng froni olghtoon toposslbly elghty years, wero fod andput to work. Accordlng to a charityworkor, this ls tho largest mimboi- ofappllcants iho offlce has had ln a slngleday for many months, and, strange tosay, thoy are, wlth fow oxoeptiona,resldent. of Rlchmond, Tho men wontto work gladly. Thoy woro not oftho class whlch shlrks it, and whlchwould rather ask altns than labor. Forthe inn.t part, they appeared to beineclianlcs out of employment.A young man, who snld ho was a

biicklnyor, told a pltiful talo of suffnr-Ing und want. For a long timo, hesnld, he had heen unable to get nny-tlilng to do. and now that ho had runentlrely out of monoy, hls wlfe, whowas slck at homo, and hls two ohlt-dron wore ln iibsnlute noed of some-tlilng tn eat. Uo gave hls nrUlross, nndtho offlce sent a nurso to vlslt Ihoslck womnn, Everything was foundto bo exactly as he had ropresontod It.Ills wlfe's immodlate wants woro at-tondod to, and tho nurso will vlslt horovery dny. Tho mnn was glvon workln tho hulldltig until a placo outsldecnn ho found for hlm. Eaoh clay howlll he given enough food for hls wlfonnd chlldren.Thoro wero many othor caSos of a

similar nntuio nnio'ng tho lot.Those in chargo of tho local offlce

are at a losa to undorstand tho cuusofor tho largo number seoklnp ald ntpresent, unless lt can bo attrlbutod tothe liu-k nf work on account of thor__i-_.t tod. ivcalhor.

Gans-Rady Company's

Annual Half PriceClearance Sale

STARTS THIS MORNING

Hundreds of Men's SuitsHundreds of Boys' SuitsHundreds of Men's Trousers

ON SALE AT

One Half of Their Original Prices

TBUT WON'T MOVE

Aged Couple Occupies QuartersAlready Rented to Another

Family.Llvlng upstairs ln the roar of ^0_1

East Mnln Street is an old, ono-nrmedman and hls wlfe, nelther of whom Isable to work or hetfi themselves, de-pendlng almost entlrely on charlty fora llvlng, and still unwllllng to betaken to the Clty Home. I-'or sometlme they have been provlded for bythe Assoclated Charltles. though theold mnn. whose namo ls 'Brady, occa-slonnlly attempts to make a few pen-nles selllng papers. Yosterday a rathercurlous phase of the case camo to llghtwhen the oo^ner of the bulldlng calledup the Assoclated Charltles' ofllce andasked if there was any way by whlcliln could get the "Id couple out. Ilethen explnlned thut he had rented theupper part of the building to otherpartles. who refused to take It untilthe couple was moved. The owner saidthat tho Bradys were unable to payrent. but ho dld not llke to eject them.Then a woman connected wlth thecharltles went out to Investlgnte. Shofound them llvlng ln the mldst of pov-erty, belng; unable to koep thelr scant-lly-furnlshed room' In decent order:but, despite her pleadlngs, they re¬fused to go to the City Home. Therewas nothlng else to be done. Thecharltles offlce..cduld not force them toleavo their quarters, and the ownerwould not put them out until he wnssure there wns some place for themto go.The case was reported to tho Board

of Health. Unless It thlnks lt neces¬sary to have tho couplo removed nndgives orders to thnt effect they wlllprobably go on llvlng thore.

CITY 1'IIOPEIITY XOT HURTBY FLOODS A1.1..YG KIVKII

At n meetlng of tho James RlverImprovement Committee yesterday. ac-oounts and bllls of tho commltteowore nudlted and the pay roll of theclty tug anel harbor employes orderedpald. Reports showed that llttle pro¬gress was being made on the work Inthe harbor. owlng to high water nndcontlnual raln. No serious damage,however. was reported to clty proporty

i along the water front.

BRIDGE NOT 1RTBV HIGH WATER

Engineer Whiteley Regards Struc¬ture as Safe, Despite Loss of

Temporary Props.Hlgh water, whlch overflowed tho

banks of the James durlng the recentstorm, dolng much damago and se¬

rlously threatenlng the Free Brldge,havlng entlrely receded. buslness alongthe water front has assumed Its usualactivity. Two competent englneerahave made n thorough examlnatlon ofthe bridge. and pronounce ll as safeas il wns before tho hlgh water. Mr.P. I!. lsaacs. as heretoforo prlnted InThe Tlmes-Dlspatch, gave It a cleanrecord. nnd Mr. Calvln Whiteley. chiefengineer of the- Passenger and PowerCompatiy, in a report handed to Gon-eral Superintendent of Rallwaya C. H.liuchannn yesterday, sald:

"ICi-giirdtim tlie prenent condltlon ofllic- l-'ree Hrlrige, I wrlte tn na.v Ihnt,vrlillnt llic structure la of nn olmoletedcnlgn, the rec*elvern of thls c-ompnnycim rent nnnurcd tbnl the brldge ln lnnn worne eoudltlon thnn It -nnn Ihe dnyMr. Scnrboroiigh innde hln report."Cars crosslng the brldge aro now

running under tho same orders thatwere observed before tlie ralns.

Ccintrnotor llenunien Work.The contractor ln charge of the work

of strengthenlng the old structure hada force of men nt work yesterday got¬tlng the tlmbers In place. New tlin-bers were hauled to the Manchesterslde, to be used ln replacing thosewhlch the flood carried away.

Offlclals of the Passenger and PowerCompany woulel make no commentoutside of what has already beon sald,but It is known that they have beenoarefully watchlng the brldge. andwould have stopped the cars instantlybad lt shown any signs of weakness.Accordlng to members of the Bridge

Commission, that body has no author¬lty to bind the two citles In any sum

necessary to bulld a new structureover the James. Thls matter rests en¬

tlrely wlth tho Clty Counclls of Rlch¬mond nnd Manchester, the extent ofthe commlsslon's powers relatlng tomalntenance nnd repalr.Whlle the skles were overcast and

threatenlng yesterday. very little ralnfell, and prospects for brlght weatherto-day were good.

W.L.-DOUOLASTHE BEST $^5Q SHOES FOR MEN

W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS MOREMEN'S $3.50 SHOES THAN ANY OTHERMANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD.The reason W. L. Douglas

$3.50 shoes are worn bymore men in all walks of lifethan any other make is be¬cause I give the wearer thebenefit of the most completeorganization of skilled shoe-makers in this country, whoreceive the highest wagespaid in the shoe industry andwhose workmanship cannotbe excelled. .

The selection of the leath-ers and other materials foreach part of the shoe andevery detail of the makingis looked after by speciallytrained experts in every de¬partment.

If I could take you into mylarge factories at Brockton,Mass., and show you howcarefully W.L.Douglas $3.50shoes are made, you wouldthen understand why theyhold their shape, fit better,wearlonger,andareofgreatervalue than any other make.

(Slgned)WaLa DOUGLAS$4,00 GILT EDGESHOE

Oannot Bo EttuallBd at Any Prioe.W. L. DOUGLAS BOYS" SHOES $1.75 AND S2.00. JUST THESAME AS MY MEN'S

-AME LEATHERS, FOR »1.7S AND $2.00. ;S3.50 SHOES, THE SAME LEATHERS, FOR S1.75 AND <2.00.W. I>. DouUi nimi nd pilco U .Ump.d on th. bottom,»_!__ protactt th* iww utlnilhigh pricM u_ jaftrtw «W IM-IgT UrOM HAVIIta IH-M. TAKE H0 SDBBIIfUTE. T

JTatt Color Xyrlett uinl »*oll»U'eEy. Catalog Mailml free, n'.L.llaugla. Mrecktan, _*«"*

W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE STORE IN RICHMOND, 623 East Broad Strec

LWERE UfflEM-

Police Doubt Theory That Pro-fessionals Robbed -Broad

Street Stores.Detectlves worklng on the robbery

of Traglc's drug store onil Bnchrach'spawnshop on iVoad Street, are loath.of course. to glve up any clues tlmttliey may have found In thelr two day.'Investigation, but nll ngrce that thohousebreaklng ls pu.zllng. Indeed, itmay be staU-d that II tt lt- more has beenlearned. lt lst generally belleved now.li Bc-cms. that the. work was not thatof professlonals, but of amatetirs.Though in Bachrach's the thleves car¬

ried IntoNi rear room, Where they hadplenty of tlfrte to examlne and to jud«eof the valuo of their booty. about $400worth of rl'-gs and other Jewelry, nota thlng was mlssltig frotn the case.

Xot .Iniltf" of Jevrrlry.On the other hand. la Tragle's drug-

Utore. where there Is a Jewelry stand.several artlcles of a cheap varlety w«rataken. It Is true that ln Bachrachsseveral thlngs were stolen. but ln thatplace there was more opportunity to.teal artlcles of real value than Inthe other store; and tli ls opportunitymus apparently neglectert. Professlon¬al.. are supposed to be yood Judges ofthe boodle they handle. Ordlnarythleves mlghl not.and probably wouldnot.know the dlrference between areal dlamond and a plece of paste. Iutlils Instance the artlcles stolen fromthe drugstore were more numcroii..thun those stolen from the pawnshop,showing that the thleves were cvldent-ly so amateurlsh that they failed totake an opportunity of reaping a har¬vest of whlch the professional crookwould have been proud, and out otwhlch he mlght have earned a rlciiproflt.

..mall Clne lo Work On.The case is still a mystery, and 11

may remaln so. though the detectlvesaro' worklng wlth untlrlng energy onthe case.They have. practlcally. no clues on

which to base a theory. Even ShcrlockHolmes would derlve llttle from a

plece of knotted rope, and that ts aboutall the force has to work upon.

There may. or there may not be,some connectlon between the robberieswhlch have recently occurred In Pe¬tersburg and Lynchburg, largely of thesame nature. If the thleves are mem¬

bers of a gang travellng through thecountry, more may be heard from them,It the rohberles are merely local, tlieywlll probably not occur agaln for somotlme. ., ,..

But everything in connectlon withthe local crlmes Is based only on

hypothesis. Some. extra Informatlon. Itwas learned yesterday. has been glvento tho pollce. Investigation only .Wlllprove whether or not lt Is of anyworth. Meanwhile every posslble cluoIs belng thoroughly worked.

HISGEN MAY SPEAK HEREiletirat Also Expected to Tour South

foi* lurtepcnilcnce League.Informatlon has been received at

tho headquarters of tho IndopendencoLeaguo party ln thls clty that ThomasL. Hlsgon, of Boston,' nomlnee forPresldent, and Willlam RandolphHearst, chlef promotor of the netvmovement, tvIH be ln Rlchmond fortlie purposo of maklng campalgnspeeches on September 10th.

It Is understood that they wlll gofrom hore to Norfolk, and that frornthero Mr. Hlsgen wlll proceed on afurthor tour through tlie South.No definlte arraugcwients have been

made for the speaklng, but It ls prob¬able that somo centrally located nallwlll bo secured.

TO ELECT NEW CATEIIEKKOa MASOMC LODGES

Major Sol Cutchlns malled a letterlast night to each of tho reprosentu-tlvos of tho varlous Masonlc ordors o£tho clty, selectnd to elect a catorer attho Masonlc Tomplo, Informlng theinthat Mr. Georgo R. Guvornater. Jn.,elected at the meetlng last Mondaynight, had decllned to accept the posi¬tlon, and. calllng a moetlng for Wed¬nesday night, at which time some onawlll bo named to flli tho vacancycaused by*--tha death of Willlam.Ci/ause,/Major Cutchlns stated that thera

would bo several appllcants tor thepositlon, but that none had formallyentered. He decllned to glve thanames of tho probable candldates.

NEW PERMITS ISSUEDInspector nc** Now Has Authorlty Ovee

Street and Electrlc Signs.rcrmlls wore Issued from the oltlce of tli.

Bulldlng Inspector yestordny to the follnw.Inp*Murphy's Hotel (lne.1, to o'ro.t a metal

sIrh at No. 81 u East Broad Street.ir. XV. Rountreo, to erect a wooden slgn

Bt No. 706'West Broad Street.Henry H. Pollard, to eroot a stable ln th|

reai of No, 2-03 Wost Graco Street, to ooaiSlflO,