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rrWEIIVHf PAGES! V^^OLE NUMBER ' 16 132-" TflEll^Y'SiSUiMil^ WASHIKGTOX. ' Ja nuaVy , s.— Forecast jor Tuesday and Wednesday: / • ■• '..'' '.J- ; // Virgin Ja—R3ln. , foilowvid v'by -fair /arid goacwha't' colder weather/TucsdayJ /Wed-' tjesday. fair ; wcatlier; / .. light Vto •■; fresh jiorthwest winds.; .. ': " ; ; ;>/ ; ; ■*• ,;.//.'/ Jv'arth Carolina— Fair -Tuesday and rWed ■Besdaj'; somewhat -colder" Tuosday;, fre«b ; **si winds. . .".. . ;-.;'./ ~ * . Xhc weather In ',: Richmond yesterday iras clear and bright: " . ..-' State of thermometer:.-.. . ■ " f *. M........:..:.V:.".:v.'.;; 3*> $ a. M. ..;....... ...■..........'....;....-...■;« jj£M '...>. ........ :.. ........... ii i P. M ............44 . 6 p. m. I/.".. .:.... .:...-...■. .....47 y xight.............^..-..:....^:....:......^ Uoan temperature......^.. ............ 43. 3 RICHMOND. State Board of Education*, compels»dc e-miil to suspend— Need " of . : State E<>oioglst to furnish annual 'reoort- on^the rnJncral lands of the State— Fire" and •R-atcr gut a millinery, store on Broad street Jamns JJackett," S escaped "'jail bird, gives himself up; to/ City Sergeant Smith No further danger of ttooa *in the city from present, high water 'in James river — Xcw directors cbosen ror ■Virtuiia passenger and Power* "Com pany — -Two ■• deaths from "lockjaw In'the city" and swcral .threatening cases ported from toy pfsiol . wojnas — -Tne Gocoral Assembly reconvened after .the ten days' recess yesterday, ' but, without a quorum — -A general road, improvement plan proopsc-d— Comment on: measures penfling in the L/t-gislature- — ur.l CCn Cain's illness will .prevent;- his; attending the legislative session-^— Status of the TrJgg ship-yard, affairs unchanged^'sayei that many of the men -are. seeking,- worK •Isewhcrc- — A State Base-Ball LeagueMn prospect Nurse -Carr seized. with small pox at the almshouse-^— J. W. Colton loses a limb at the Locomotive-WorKs— Ministers protest; against Sunday racing ordinance,- and the-. Committee - on Grounds and .Buildings -take' it back "for revision—^-Ordinance for' removal of screens from bars at certain times-passes the Common Council —^The scathing 're port of- the Committee on "Ordinances, Charter, and Reform ,on Mayor/ Taylor's ■alleged incompetency' referred ; back =to the committee- —^Mutual life . appoint ments Martin divorce j case 1 — The. coal situation— -^-Henrico county news- — Epi phany among; Catholics^ Factory,. . girls flock to the city.-— MANCHESTER: Ro bert Ford (colored) arrested in rPeters burg under suspicion of being one ; of tho robbers who *. held up 'Mr. /Joseph Moore in Manchester — -Police. : to ; -'have new- uniforms— Tr-Mrs., John H. .Wilson dies from burns', received'by lamp explo sion — -Death, of infant daughter, of .Mr. and Mrs. R. L.- Auams- — Machinery-ar rives for knitting mill— — Miss Edna Bay lay entertains. ... . . . - . . VIRGINIA. Tragic death" of Mrs. Mattie Jeter, in Danville: suicide" . suspected- — -Bloody trage<3y T in Russell • county; David Beed killed ; hfs brother "■' Charles fatally Etabbed Thomas 'Reneche- (colored)"*fa tally hurt. In Dan-iille Cleveland Carter, of PittsylvanJa; accidentally killed while hunting Annual meeting, -of . stockhold-; ers of Virginia. Pasenger andi Power Company in Petersburg— —Clifford Turner, the .fourteenth of, Norfolk's- toy ' pistol victims, riled yesterday of ■ lockjaw Deaths: Dr. J. B. ; Amiss, in Harrison burp; Miss- Joycie Fisher.' in- Alexandria; J. B. Russell, In Loudoun; James Man ley, at Gordonsville; J. Sidney Smith.* of Petersburg, at '-;. Wise Courthouse: - Miss oallie C- Hubard.'. of Nelson, in Char !ottes\llle; Mrs. >Llnnie '-IJewls.' in North umberland: Miss Kate Smith, -in^ Floyd; Mrs. J.,'L. Baker., in Frederick; "Mrs. Ruth Ellen Fugltt. in Frederick; Henn* 8. Keller: InsStauhtoriijMrs. - 1. M. 3len«j fee. at Rocky Mount; Edward Urnback." Jn Alexandria^— ; -Glouce"ster,'. oyslermen protest- against the' Jordan 'bill- — Land purchased for a- big* hospital at Bristol.- Va.— Lee.. Beck (colored) ".found guilty of criminal assault in* 'adison. .His' term 1 fix ed at twenty, years— John; A. -White, boarding 'contractor of the. Norfolk", and Western railway, '-, disappears from/"Roa noke;. his creditors anx'our : -7ase,'; of small-pox at- Stephens' City. Frederick county; also,: one; at . McGaheysville, "■• in Uocldnghanil . • : .. ■• ■ "•; ;; GENERAL New York stock market . extremely; irV regular, but with 'considerable^ show . ; ',of urength- — Chicago wheat market quiet.' but close is firm. .Corn, -higher., -Oats pp Former Premier Sagasta., of Spain. ii dead-: — -Thane, Peat, and ' Rankin J the yinuing favorites -at 1 N^w ■"■ Orleans— — • senator McLaurin- th'nks. Indianolapost »flice will be' reopened thls.-week— — Presi 'ent appoints Crum (colored) 'Collector' at Iharleston; S. C. Posttwasters for yir :Ma: "W. B. Cliirk. Clarksville: G. T. I'Hley. Berkley; James -Carter. • Cbath a m • — John . : I. Conrad, bacrgagc agent, .Ma ion, Ga., shot and killed >v negro cm vlpvee—John . Bridges c ; Frederick stein, both of Texa s. blown to" pieces >y explosion in Mexican .copper- mine— — ..rennessee Tv?pislature meets- in biennial lessioh^ — Nepro niail-carrier in Louisiana Vrdcred by. white citizens to discontinue 'Ms work on pain of denth— — Congress Reconvenes: Senate immediately," enters Dn discussion of coal situation. House (\ithout a quorum, but opens discussion Dn bill to create general staff In ■army-—- Cliesapeake - and Oho and . Norfolk- and Western representatives testify at* Com merce Commission hearing onimportrates that their roads conform/ to published tariffs, without exception— Report- 'of Tenriessee-Virpirla S boundary V lire Kcom- Tnissioners filed in United States Supreme Court: — rTaft next month to be no*ninated as- A sso'r'ate Justice of Supreme Cdurt-r— D. J. "HJll. ' Fi-st -Assistant- Secretary ■ of State, to lie Minister to Switzerland.; and to bo .succeeded by F. B. 1/odmis. . now Minister to Portugal, who- will' be ' suc ceeded, nt Lisbon:" by Charles Page'Bo'an , Federal Supreme. ..-' Court decides.* in; Down "cbse that money paid' by ; Russian Government on sugar exported, is a boun-. ty__Grrat Britain :;ond: Germany A agree to continue strict blockade of Venezuelan • oast uniil' arbitration' protocol iesijm-" ,d— -Daughter .of- Sheriff. . aged. 22.- lib-, crates two prisoners at Oneonto, Ala.". s.nd disappears herself- —^People's Bank. ?f BarhesvlUa". Ga..' makes . an " assign ment Production of cold in ■ United States durinp;l9o2. ?50.5c3.07p: of silver. m f>4o fCr>_Coal Strike Commission to re tume its bearing." .in Philadelphia; to-day. ii — Strike situation at Monterey .'•' Mexico; f.ncha nged—^Senator ;. Cullom ... % r- thinks Cub»n reciprocity treaty.^w.H- be ratified — Tammany's,. ExecuHve'Committeevre «tr« in<--d by court : order -from: j meeting. End required to ' show cause:. why -Deverj' (should not be given -a seat .In.'jthercpm niltt«° Case of 'Mobile"' transportation Company against* Mobile .decided .In favor of Use city Railway company sustained by Supreme Court in case of Railroad Ccmr*:ssioners of. Arkansasiaeainst'Kan sas City "Southern Railway./ Company—— 3u=tice Holme? delivers Ms, first -opinion »s member of United /States r Supreme "ourt.. : ■ . ' ' •'• ■ " ' - ' ' ■" ■■■.-. Colonel Mutton Water Bound.' > Colonel Joe Button, clerk, of the State Senate, - was -not •in * his place yesterday when the body was. called^to)- erder.f but come in .last niglit. "Iwa's " water bpund." explained - the colonel; and- could; not h get here ! in" time, but ■as soon , asT I: could eel across the river . I came.*' : " '}>S H * STRANGE WAYS MEN AND WOMEN USED TO END THEIR LIVES. JUMPED; OUT OF -THE WINDOW; .NEW * YORK,: January * Emma- Finger, aged 15, f leaped t from ;, the : : l ourtlVf ' etory../wlndow ;. , of ; her. v home. y> Shb" was unhappy because' her ..fatJier/i Jol^n. Finger, and her mother 'quarrelled £ t re-. *iueritly,:jind because they> would* not! let her. go; out: at night wlUi boys vand -girls of her (own /age/ While; tie i<ju^r/ei^b«£ 'tween the' parents-was^oniltbV'glfl^rWn'.to the front window, of the';: flat;:-rals|aXtKe] ■ ■window;-' and; threw ■: herself ; outs -to' the etr*et. On, th'e - /way v to. the hospital ,"a .:■": street- carj? ran*: into tfiesambul*«ce>an4' I pm girl iwaei knocked' ebdut; »»& HAY IN IM BILL, jStrong Advocacyv of Creation 1 Of General Staff. NO PC^ltitsJ IN MEASURES The .'Aim Simplj-f to Correct 'Existing: *~ '"-■■■ Evil*. .' ' PENSION' FOR ' MRS. HEED. Her Husband. Surgeon Walter Reed, Rescued ' Cul»n from the' lUiyag:es of ;YclloW, .Fever— Virg-inlo. .Men-; unrew Introduced^ In the Senate-^-. Hu*Bh Gordon Miller. In. Wa«iilngr^./ ■ton PrMmraably With; Reference to/tlic Collcctorship of ' Customs ; nt Norf olk-OJe / Sees the President, But Sayi» -He Can't • Say a Thing-: Sureljr -Soitncthlnpr 'Doing- ixi-Co^n-. ; ncctlon With A«*t«tnnt District •Attomcy»liip.. '/:-?.: WASHINGTON.^ T>. C, January. ,5.— v (Special.)— Representative Hay, to-day addressed the House on the general staff, bill." reported 'bj' '"the Committee, on. Mili tary Affairs, . of. which- committoc ho is ; a member. Mr. Hay took strong ground In advocacy of -the- bill. •• : • :•.-'■ ;* / /; / " To the Dispatch correspondent bo;said: "This bill is only.; the the -'countrj', put. into .practical effect. All of the miitary authorities of the country, . with a single exception; advocate its pas sage. There is absolutely no politics in the; measure/ and It is simply •aimed to correct'the evils that have grown out of the present system, and to" prevent a,re ; petition / of . the ". condition / of ', aff airs" - that pre\-ailed during tho Spanish-American war." ■ ; .-" ' ./'■ • :;:' .. • ; '"/ ■ Pension for Mrs. Reed. Representative Hay to-day Introduced a" bill to grant the widow of Dr. Walter Reed a pension of $4,C00 a year. It.was Major 'Reed "who) rescued Cuba- from .the reign' of yellow-fever. /The same bill "was introduced in the Senate by Senator Mar tin. - v ' ■ : - - ■'■" .'" -' .. '.; ■' ■ ■;/ : Virsinia Bill*. 4 / The following other bills' were introduc-' ed by" Senator = Martin: ... ■ For the relief of SL George's Episcopal church. Pungoteague. / J r For the relief, of , Mary J. Gran. / . For 'the relief of Samuel S. Dennis. .' For /the relief of the- estate of Thomas Calbreath. -./ '.'.-■ • i! F6r ; the protection" of the; monuments ori;the"Bull. Run .'battle-field. . • »■ :'•■"": -' '.;■ slUler/Can?t Talk. Hugh-Gordon -Miller is in town, and presumably in . reference to the collector-, ship/of.- customs,- at Norfolk, with which; his name has'been mentioned.' Mr.-" Miller' was at the House to-day.- and after a : long wait, saw i the ' President. ". On i leav-/ ing tlie^WhiteiHousoAMr.S Miller, averred; that he .couldn'tfsay'fa"; thirig-^ undoubted-/ |y one of ithe'most unhappy predicaments Mr.tMH].er'eyer v got into, if. he" really "had any tiling^ he:' could. sayJv*The. : impreSsloh, however, 1 - i was 'that Mr. Miller was.; so loaded with state- secrets ; that -it would be utterly unwise for - him to say ..: any thing./ Yet those who know Mr. Miller feel that for him to keep a political cret cbricefnlng himself for. any -length' of time will be punishment /that heprobably will not undergo. , When he gets back •to publications f rorri " there are ex '^>ecVed' to; indicate , that ;Mr. Miller really •'^a wJ&He.j Presiden t. There is. surely some thirig'/doing in connection with Mr. Mil-, ler and his position of Assistant-Attor ney. ' Judge . Lewis would I probably be glad to: have Mr. Miller transferred/to 6oriie other/ place, and if he could be worked j off on' the. collectorship at Norfolk, Judge Lewis wouldn't object or belsorry. '/ . Mr/.Miller is at.'ieast a receptive candi-" date ?"for the collectorship, as he is for most anj'thlng in the way of -a Federal position that comes along. It is needless to say that Mn Miller will not , have /the backing of the/ Virginia organization— Bowden, Agriew,.and others. ; -• PASSENGER AND POWER CO. ENLARGESITS DIRECTORATE Three TTetv Men' Added to the Board." Officers Will Be Chosen in >*ew. York To-Mbrrow. • I At a meeting -of the stockholders ■of the- Virginia Passenger and Powers Com pany, held .in Petersburg yesterday, the directorate of the company, was increas ed from, six to nine/ members, and "the; powers of the ' directors considerably r en larged. The -new,' directorate chosen -yes terday I consists ;of the following: Messrs. Fritz Sitterdirig, ■ Frank : J. Gould; Augus tus -Wright... Alfred Skitt,: J. -D. Patton, A. H. Calef. Gujv Phillips,* Edwin , Gould." and 'William ?' Northrup. They will meet In New York "^Wedriesday to elect; offi-/ cers for the' ensuing/year /and consider plans for" the ■development of the many interests under ,' the , 'company's ;. control.' , : Among those .present at the meeting were Messrs. ' Fritz Sitterding, Augustus Wright "v Carter "R. Bishop, 7 William Northrup, • Major James D.; Pattern, ' Miles M.'; Martin, 7 and "A., J." Davis. ; The Gould Interests -were- represented by// Messrs. Sitterding and Northrup. ROMANCE ON A CUNARDERI The- Ship's Sargeon Betrotlicd' to ■ a ' . Scotch ' Heiress. • 1 NEW -YORK.- January s.— The -Marconi wireless mechanism on the Cunarder Urn* bria, ; which , has , arrived from the /Mersey,' flashed romantic '? massages': to "arid 'from Crook Haven and : other - stations on • trie Irish - Coastl ;. They v were .wave ; ; vibrations of congratulations, ; for the berbthal r was announced ion board of / Dr. Charles j Bur land," ■ surgeon of- the . Umbrla.-;'. to •• Miss Margaret- Mackessack, a^ Scottish } heiress, TOOK DRINK;^SHQT^HI'MSEI^ "WILLIAMSBURG. January ' s.—(Spe cial.)'— Samuel Alkma'n, j a salesman twith ; a {large ■ salary, shot himself between 'the/ eyes ■ and - died almost: instantly in ; the back: room' of a saloon early to-day.v He' left' nothing. to explain why he had, taken his life. "■ <He . entered .; me . saloon ', : and called : for a drink. He ; chatted -with? the bartender;; and 1 after,- smoking:, a' clg-ar/ask-/ "ed|/the£ bartenderJUo^ have J a^ <irink/|jj|ie; ' turned, > af ter^ swallowing! the % liquor^? andi irifai rotau^a the! liartcnder^ heardlaf shot,^ i^fjgQln.gSout.'Afou^diJAikTOanvioniltSe'; floor;- revolver. ln ; his right-hand. Death; m |utiatue»ti* . mm ' TCTOHMOND, VA-v TUE&DA Y-x JANIZARY 6, r1903 - - -•: ■•'- ,-.,.- r ■:: ■ ■ • - - •withsyouth.'jibeautv.Vi ancestry, and for- ; tune." ;■ ";;^/;.^.; ::'•" -C./ : . .;:■ ■ \f: '%S&m J? f About : ■; f our. -; tnonths > ago /; Miss ■ < MacKes- -, sack^wasj a"passen'ge/r" T ori \ Dry^Burland'S] ;.shlp%Sh'eTls*"petltp3has''.>*eryXaub'u and ; is" an brphahlwith / a large* lncome: s ; She/ Isithe;bnly^c^nd ; /bf(the.lato;Charles ; Grahtj .MacbessackAaHlarge/lajidqw^er.rqf^ Scotland,^ arid ?was ';>brdught -|up her uncle.y.; She is /of ,'artlstlc ; tastes arid /does Jdeslgrilrig^/^^Vv;^"; '•Ll':^/; A' : -' ''''U'-^-'i-'^- l iiprAßurland'is^Uie/eidest'soniqf theilate Rev^/CJ:il.;Burland,/:;bf Oxford.; educated ..under/; private; tutors -x>n >' board Her/7 Majesty's'^ steamerlCqriway,'/: and at 'Edlriburg 3 and ' ", Paris ■" from : both §of f.whlch^ he \ received ; diplomas.//^ He has J; practiced ?. his"; prof ession >in | liondqri,": ■bas'Ctrav'eled ■' all i over Ithe i world, -and K: has hunted! blg"/game" : in^lridla ; ;and ! Hlina.layas.^ ■> TheSßurlarids /< areH descended S f rorn;» Sir, John VBurland,?af judge,";: whose :monument arid •^ tomb faref ln^-Westminster^Abbey.;./!? ; f The .wedding; vrtil '/ take /place ■ in j Febru-^ ary •' in • Lbndonl v" Canon -Duckworth^ chap-^ lain to • King ' Edward; will- officiate. : ; . ../.---■ MEN WITH RECORDS::/ - P;MS|witlESiiNlßEcfo® Street-Car; Company. Adopts -a Jfoyel Plan That Meets With the Fa -."•■.'■. ror of jth'ciMen.',./ \ ;• .-. .: ',-■.>•; : The /of .the : Clay-street line ; has ad opted a' new plan " f or '<■ tho = ap-_ pblntment of 'inspectors, on/; the ''line.'; Each' month . the r motorriiari/ and ; conductor/ ha v irig'thebest record ; will be named-inspect ors 'for the ensuing ,; ; mqrithl//;* This // plan seems r ; to 'meet- the approval /of • the>;em-. ploy.ees, as ; it dispenses : with 'the '< services of a" 1 regular- in specter.*? and i gives s the ; rben a chance for the'fprbmotion;inUurn."^^" • 'G. K. : H Strarig," ' motqrmahi .'• and-'^W'.-'^T. 1 / Eanes," conductor,- were, appointed ;yester/ day/| to ; serve: forithe*- first ; month. Z ,v-;, v - ; //L. -Smith,'.; formerly.' cashier £ at the^Twenty-riinth s street 'shed,./ has ibeen appointed -chief inspector/ and dispatcher of 'the No." 2 division.'. " ';/ ? WATGHWDMAN/BURS The: Criminal Indifference of Passengers on Crowdedv .'■;;-• Trolley. Cars. ■ ; BROOKLYN, ..N.^X,-. January'; s.— (Spe-: cial.)---With her • dress ; saturated / with;oil, and burning. MrsJr Anna Nqwak; ran; from her "home at .' Nol 533 ' Court "street, 1 to-day / rushed madly > up . to^Huntington .street, circled the • entire • block 'arid % returned to the pavement . in front of her ;bome. -. .Her race had •"fanned 'thef flames to", a brisker" blaze'..:- She J screamed: -for help as, she her blistered . hands against the -flaming fabric, but/a: dozen or .more 1 persons who/ saw her stood dazed/ as /-they watched her frantic" efforts: to save her seif. v .;. --: ■;/.;.;,.■•..:■■:./;;..-..;,-:.,'■.:::■: A Court-street trolley-car, , : filled //.with passengers,': came /.up, tand -the ■ motorman stopped in front; of the woman's/home^ apparently so that jhe- and/the; passengers might have . a better . and continued/: view of the woman's ' plight. Another car. came from; fhe- other direction ; and 'that, too,, stopped,/ but rriovone: stirred r / to go \to. the unfortunate "/.woman's . assistance. ? ..,//?, ; • Her.louter/,s]virt;had, burned- a/way.; and the 'smouldering ; fragriientsilay; aboutvher b'ri A the ; ; sidewalk. \i-Herr under garments/ were * blazing:, ■■„ and '"flames wliich^h'a^ ! burned V.'away "her. .hair.rand .closed: her "eyes with Jgreat blisters. 1 rio^i enveloped her .'• head- an d she stood ; . on ■ the 'street .■ like an :'■' animated .»':; torch, ; : the . black r smoke swirling' far: above} her:' ' •;:'■'. /" -./, , .% ■ The ' passengers '; in v the cars shuddered with horror. | But .that / was all they ; did. As ; the woman's shrieks for help became weaker < and more/ indistinct "from behind the "curtain of the -fire ; she ; staggered / in an' effort to maintain -"her equilibrium, arid y. the f sight caused : ' the women in "the cars' to 'turn their heads ana. some-faint ed: "<'■":■• '" ■ ' V" -■ ; -. .» , • , It/ seemed that :-Mrs. /Nowak must -sink like charred embers of a' consumed struc ture ' when 'Firemen .Hoffman - and : : Ralph of 'Engine' 'Company; '■ 129. came '> up " the street. They saw her. predicariient and know what to do. ? Heedless of .the j bums which they would themselves ';*• receive, they carried her into the ; hallway/ of ; her home .and there /"they/ smothered the flames- with their coats. / '-; 1 Completely /exhausted /she collapsed and was sent" to : Long : Island ' College Hospi tal; . where it": was sa.ld that ■ she T would die: . . : ', ■ \' , : ': .:.■';■ ,/"" : '- :: ';■- ;..:.;• ■' In cleaning the front. room of her^house she swept a lighted / lamp from the man tel.'*: It 1 , fell on the- stove and exploded, sprinkling her with urning • oil. Had she not stopped to extinguish the fire, in tho house she might have saved herself. _ FISERY IS FLftWIES. Mrs. . : .":Chamlees.. Millinery ■ * Store Goes Up; in ; Smoke; Smoke pouring through :the- cracks/ in tlie windows ■- and ■ front: floor, of -No. 318/ east Broad street shortly before 12 o'clock last night brought ihe: fire/ department and .a large crowd of late? hour trians Ho the scene of- the fire: The store was - occupied' by /Mrs. M. vD. Chalm/ee, a" miiliner. and was completely^ gutted;by fife and -water. The loss; is estimated: at from - $500 ; to $1,000;" ; covered :' by. ' insurance:; ;:Mrs.! Chalmee/and/her ■family, who^liye on the second ': floor of Ithe ; building, v were aroused by the suoff eating /sraokG,; and 6n T reaching 'the 1 front? door opening; on Broad street, could riot get' the dodr.open; A negro y passing; at ; the time; broke in the door arid released the ; occupants, /who were forced to "retreat/, from - the [ building In^scant: attire. ' ; , <■' ''. ', ■■'[ ' >/ '.-'' '" . . Ricbiuonderß'|u:NcTr-York. V NEW YORK, ; , January 5.-^(Special.)— Following are the \ Richmonders registered to-day' in; New- York:' f -';': r ^':-.^\% - ■'■'■[;■{■ '■- Waldorf— A-' S:_ Buford. .'.. ■' •'.■"• -;■•'. ' \ -■ New Amsterdam— CJ;S. : . Peers. ■V Cosmbpolitan^.^^WaUerstein. ", _ • F-^Welshv:- "v vHofEman-rT. -J.rWalk'er. - - ' . LOVER?USED!AtPISTOI^ '.OGDENSBUiIG.i January. 5.--(Special.)— / I Blal* Darling/ a farmer. Jiving at Hailes- ...■] boro; shot himself dead in the presence of Ina Goings, his 15-year-old sweetheart, at th'A' Darling home. Suicide; was the re «£ - • ■ *;**&*s suit of a, quarrel the young people had '.terward made up. Following: this. Dar ling was. lnsanely jealous.- and- frequently upbraided ■ the ; young, girl for.; permitting hlf9^ttinda?ce|oti<>J^iroe^^s^ißJKß| f*.-~..*i^r.'_ . . . ' ; -'r?^-.^ ,^. : j ---;" -- ■"-« i; 1';1 '; --r, . ' ■'-. -5' ;:.T J Fire Commissioners Framed Their Aririuatg^oTOlSNif|l :WANT?S2QiOOO FOR EXPENSED i Urfire,'iny-/Appropr^tion:-;lbr;'.rhfa™c •'- .-.'•:. "l: .■■■-■•■■-' Horne ■? in""?, West ■■ End. ■ ' PLEA bei»artmcntV<As^sVi : T_t%t/ ; O'^eVß|,*.pf. ••-'"BiUldinsa\Oycir i ..T^rec:Stbriie«^;Sh« : ll^ Be .Compelled to Erect , Stand ' Pipes~-Eil»eriae»;c; Ha-re ;• Increased . to Such an / Extent^ Since tlie r.I/e-/ glslature Prescribed h the- Amount to Be Set Apart; That Board Finds ; Itself Unable ,to Meet - Require ments—Better /.Pay; for i ffPoorest Paid Men'in'City / Government." .; The . annual f report fof -. the .Board : of / Fire Commissioners" "to/, the j. Mayor/ .and / City: Council of --the; city/^of Richmond.; was adopted . at" a / meeting ; ; of / the* first named body held' iri^the: City : >Hall^lastvnight./t; ' .The report details /the work ; , done, and the . improvement' inaugurated; during/ the year, arid makes undent (reciuest for/ in creased • appropriations to isarry out other plans /.- in the? same - direction ,/ and .-to-- in crease tlie "pay'io'f .certain "employees?.: : The -report * states /that T the city./, needs another company ' in //the West-End, .and asks for $20,000 ; for lespenses./ It' renews its ; application 7 : "for _a /../building ; Inspector and.also urges the passage of a law.requir-;, Ingiall- owners of -buildings .of three "or more .stories- to -ereci) standpipes.'; .; ' -" f The i text / of ; the report *is as / f olio ws : ; To I the I Honofablei^.the 'Mayor //and : City I Council joj of .' 'the ' City/.. "0f • Richmbrid, s ';-.ya: : I Gentlemen.-T-The Boar/d:of Fire Commis sioners • present 1 their -/report jj of .the opera" '; tions of I the I fire , and : fire ■ alarm | depart-. mentf^astrequirediby^statute^Bfpr/'i-the vear,4'' l? 02, -5- : with - "{such -\- recqtnmerida tions :as they/ think ; wili benefit the/servi<ie^/Aa/ usual, we return ;, unexpended ba.lari9esl.on '-■ all r of : our.'regular ? appropriations, 5 includ 1 ing ;a 'handsome \ balancefrorii; the - sale of old >reslduals.;- .'. ■ /.- ; '.'.- <j, .' . " : - ■-« ;• '. : '. "-- : '-•- ■ ;. The? personnel {of the '< force:: is satisfac-/ tory';*'" and ■> 'we 1 -;/ have; V: }.. littler : trouble/ though J:. tlie -discipline i is - seyere/f arid ': a •thorough mutual; understanding/esistsbe ; tweeri I the ; force -arid )the commissioners." arid > as / a . r result; - all t co-operate ; for. J the general good, . which; avoids /./everything disagreeable. , -• - : ..:-:-^'i': '■■"-■ : The general condition ; of the houses us first-class, , and /are always maintained (cbNTIUEb"ONiELEVENTH : PAGK) : UltU I llUifl LUulXunif Euigene \ gdel glut? Anptfier|yic 'tim of the toy : Pistol. * . :Eugene Edelblut, the 8-year-old \ son -of Mr. George Edelblut, living ;at?'No:/1301 west Leigh j street, died Sunday,: af lerrioon' from ;lockjaw, resulting from' a woundiri flicted by a; toy J. pistol. - : Another; son, lAI-." fred;".aged,ll-years, died several days: ago. frorii / the same /cause. : Both boys v were wounded /.slightly on Christmas . Eve > by. the accidental discharge .of a toy- pistol that they were handling. '; ,/•; I /;; . ■ ;- ;' '-.;■ 'S The wounds/ were not' considered ■ seri ous at the time, /being of a;very trifling nature, but lockjaw developed; in iboth cases, 'and, medical"; skill //could / not save the lads.* The; funeral of Eugene /Edel blut- will take place this /morning /at; 11 o'clock from ! St. Mary's , German Catholic church.- !■;.- ' :"; <v: ' :-' In addition. to: the; above fatalities,"sev eral cases of injuries from /""toy pistols have; 'been^reported. /Charles ; Schrnidt; the 13-year-old son of Mrs.: C. ; X. / Schmidt,' has a wound in -his , hand inflicted ;.. byj ; a wad from one of the dangerous\weapons. Tom Hlggins, son" of .Edward - : Higgiris,/re- ; siding on Louisiana ; street, : and /Joe .Don ley, son of - William Donley, * living; on Nichoison street, ! have : injured hands from the \ careless use of the toy '■'■. pistol. / SEVENTEEN 7\RE,DEAD; Norfolk: Adds Still Others to the • '.-;■' Toy Pistol Victims. .. . -.-' NORFOLK, ; VA., January ';.. s.— The '.- : roll of victims /who have met death ; by' lock jaw.Vas a' result- of burris/|nflicted ; by "toy pistols. during/ the holidays," /reached'/sev enteenJ to-night; .when 9-year-old ; Frank Hume, : i of: Portsmouth; died. ; '.- "•; .;. / NORFOLK,' VAI, January s.— (Special.) The ; latest ; death from ■ lockjaw was that of : Clifford f; utirner, ' colored, j 9 . years/ old. The other cases, that developed as^ai re-" suit I of , wounds' inflicted by the- toy i pistols are doing well. Turner's is the fourteenth" death.' • -- .: /' ; : v" ." ':; A^:/-v;'-'-; : 1 Physicians still /aver the ; germ is : in . the air. - F9r this reason, , some uneasiness '■- is felt-f6r/A.J.- Johnson, who ■wasrblttenvby a hbrse. ; .It is j feared r tliat"^ tetanus^ may/ : set in.- • ■ •. '.- ■ - •-;■ SAGASTA Noi MORE; Former Premier of -Spain : Passes ■■. ; .';V. :v:- Away. • :..'■■ -,■■■■: MADRIP.i January , s.— Former Premier Sagasta died /at 6:30 o'clock-this^evening.' ; Senor Sagasta's death: was* due'tolbron^ chitis-and^ gastric? trouble.; i His .-■; family, was at ; the deathbed, . and . former/ 5 Liberal 'members of .theS cabinet;, were ftiearfthe' old ; ; leader.:, . 'AU bishop q administered .the last rites i : this ; afternoon. - :,;-'• r X''^ : - :)■ \v^ "i'he hews of ; the : former,premier's death created ' a --painful ; impression ;-! throughout Madrid.' Kipg 'Alfonso ; expressed' prof qund ■regreti";' ::^ ;:^;:- ■ ' ''.""'" RRAYEDIANDITOOKfGIASf N. V., January s.— (Spe-; fci^)^Emily;rPritchard;;a|saleswpman|in. 'i'i/'i\ large*' department 'store, '■■■. was.^fqundj \in 4 heri room "^ih f a|boardlngl | House ]■ to-day,; with [7a\black;skh-tCwrapped| about her head, and a rubber tube- cx \ tending "i f rom|anippeh*\gas • jej^furider^the^ 'improvised hood. When found £it|iej|w;p^ man ; was dead. The body, was In a;.kneelqs: I ihgi postured thelhead jfestlpsTpn|t^e"|wlpjg fdpwt^iji^Jt^lsl.b^levVd^s^e^waßsi»raylsißti I when ?death f came^SA3 letter^ f Qynd;jn '% h>r t • rbom;! in'd. ■ addfes^edi' to ia|woTODr» ?P9K?j toffanfdp^fatfop:?shreiwas;abw^ Ihw^tb^ 'co^ihit'' suicjde.' '= Her * [ - f atheriwiis TaK ■HHi Ph. D*s and D; C. t's Checked Sl^ 6E^ "^^^fflfc^ His. listitntionv "Will; Give "So More '.. ". . .Jfon»Rcslt!ent Dcfrcces- '■■ ■ '■ ■ "-rsaSß^s^si^^ TIRGIMA - : SCHOOIi ■} BROUGHT -UIV Secretary; iState^Boardj; of. ; vJEd^n^oyiHiwed ; That^PoU*y/pt Conferring: Titles Will Be Dlscon ■■"■■j tinued— Clinrter "of- School TUreat ..i'ened • for'lndistsriini na tel jVWnr«Hnsf ,'of Greater f. /An thbrity, ViWaiited '"'for ■""'the'.'.: .State ; Board; to " Control!' '• Mnshroom : ■.•■"•' and' to' Certify to '^liicenses. /';.;'-■;. /■;//-/■•-.; ■]\.")^- : [;:y->^'^^ : r }As ;; a^resuit: ofj tho ■ inyestigations of .the State Board, of Education •■-: through:- its secretaryr r - Mr:" ■F. ■' R ; - Brei\t;' ; a } \ "degreoj mill" : ;win ;; d, tscontinye ic U^ workfand:'its}policytof -gran ting hvalua^ ble \ collegiate' degrees 'to non-resident ?"stu- : dents under.the flimsy^pretense"of.initiat ing:! them i into '; its', alumni \ 'association ,; has been effectively /stopped.. - : •'. :.'\ ; . ■--;■.-:':' : ; , ; ; A : ; letter -has. -been 1 received : at : :the\of-.. "fice?6f; the; Secretary /or^the- State^Board of ' Education f rom 'the f president ;. of < the iinstitiition /in.-q uestion", "stating ,-that^the . non-resident /'degree > feature of ; insti tution ■ would \ hereaf tory'- be /discontinued. Considerable •correspondence has •-' passed between" the president of:/ tho college and : ;the ; secretary -'of the board, and .the' last • letter*/ from /the -■ secretary, seems . to have brought "■'about /thVdesir'edeiid.' The pres ident /of .the allege'; referred /to" was .ln formed -that " quo" warranto /proceedings . would '-be/ instituted :\ against ; : his . institu- T tion-to"have^ its -charter /vacated,: and as all the i evidence • ip the 'l case "was" of : such '.aj: nature"? as i to \ show J , that - high '■. de-. i gree £ were r being v hawked ■/. . for .-^ a / price s : among/ non-resident ,\ students, . tending '{ to bring "/.the "value ! of '/-college-degrees- in/ iyirglhia^ intoi f disrepute^- if -V the were : : continued,' the t jacking -/up" ;by ; ,the •State{Board\has caused. a • discontinuance^ of tlie/policy that" has ;been'; severely ■. con-/ idemned by'.thocoileges ; of standing;in the State." - • * ''• >•" «.'"•'- -i ■ " -■'■I '■-■,' Decrees /LT»«*;.Werie. Good. ; ' : THe - institution "to - which ' the •■' attention; of ; - the" ' State VBo'ard {■ has -beeiv/Vdirected'. with :gobd >: results, '"'• has". been" offering' de- as 'Ph:^D;;=;P^C.:L:i-andjS/ D.V.T:, Jtp, students^ a.ll rover : , the .^country, . un4e'r /". the announcement v ; that it / was . chartered; by" the / S ta te - 'of ..Virginia. ; / Be-' ■ lieyirig -that^the' integrity^of ;: college/:de-, grees ;. given 7by '■-'Institutions;:" incorporated; by ;;' the ■ State;' should *:be ' protected} against ? mountebank/ colleges any . epdowf i ment;;r equipmeiit,"'- of. vfactuJty/V/necessary; to"- affix -at value / to " the'; degrees,- ; the ; State ; Board Uias ; gone \af terJ the ; college • in • ques- j tioo '•/ witJi"; a • sharp; stick o and^ hasj, folio wed up::lts"ihvestigatibn¥ r so7clbsely/- r arid > ;thdr-; bughly'J that?, the 'college ; has ../practically sued "."- for-. mercy / from /.further. (searching I investigation/ and has', notified 1 Mr. j Brent- j that ;the "non-resident /degree "> policy ■ will beLabahdohed. ';. ..'-■'; -;.'j v ; ' ;/ k ;:; :;^Wheh ,:the /Virginia, institution': started j out 'oh ; itsl-pjan ; of /giving; these:, degrees j a ; : year - or, • more ' ago. ; it announced Z .that it^.was i taking;! up; the r work ' of ; University; \ ati Upland, : Ind;, ■ which -insti tution ? granted more > Ph// D. . degrees 'last | year ■ than ; ci tber "Harvard ; - or - Johns\Hop kins/ although/ the 'annual :incomej f orbits support^ was \ less ■ than /; the salary :paid ; to ;orie:profcss6r/atf Harvard. 1 ; Mr. v ßrent I said yesterday ;/that s the; State: Board] had'; laken-'the "initiative '-'in .this ./;. matter, v, al-. | tlibiigh it / properly /'-belbnged. to /the- ya- j ripus colleges \of \ standing, ;in : the -.State,; ] who ought j.to^ protect-/ themselves - against 1 such impositlon^One / of;- the " leading col-.. ! lege i - presidents f in^//Virginia ; v said A recently : 1 that»;th"e I^slatufi^ should f/empowcr^the^ ! State " Board sof i Education • to' j control the j issuing-' of : degrees^ and/furthermoro that: the 'hoard' shquld : have the-power to ' grant I licenses ; to dwhb*- have graduated ! from ;";■ repu table :fco]leges j just'^ as licenses are 'granted -to; lawyers and 'doctors, after, they have received;, their" degrees /from | in- ■ :stituUonsJof;;high -The/State/; Board' of /Medical jEsaminers. passes upon; applica n ts i who '^vish - to ; practice ' medicine ; 'in-Virginla^thoisame^isitrue/of/pharma^ cists, dentists, ) and \ lawyers, and ; yet there . is ■ no examination ; of : : the, fitness ;:ofteach- ; er s*. wh o \ have > received \ degrees :■, from? col T leges,: but who are; intrusted •; wi th a dii ty, no "less ~-'i important 5 ; than- .that .of ca'.law yer;-a doctor, or/ a" dentist,':- ' '••; ■■" /college President: Arrived. , During/ the; session of^ the /Constitutional Convention, .an effort^was.' made by one ; of» ■ the college - presidents -In Virginia to . have I incorporated ? intb'^ the '; organic f. law : ; oft the Stated some /for. the /is suing of certifjea tes : , to -the ■ State; teachers : by^a4boaHjibu t^ the^ plan/= seemed ! likely^ -to arouse : opposition, 1 ' arid vas J. the i ' college ■pKsidehtf^d,^VTh*e!me^bers;o yentioh^were; not [anxious*: to" shoulder^ any/ measure that -seemed i"; likely^ to t add _V any ; ;unpopularity/; to Jtlie ~k Constitution*.- prefer-: *ritig> to : unload » t^t^taskYonv the j LegislaA ture."-- :'..-■ ■■■}'^"-'\-'- ':>:,; " :-:. V ';: ; - v.;. :/ Dr. IW.1 W. VW r " - Smith, '.rchancellor,' for { the ; Randolph-Macon Csystein,':; speaking/ about/ /tiiis TVilUcit? degree-giving.^ said>" . recently": ; "Reputable": colleges 5 In ,/V irginia,- incorpo-^ • irated'under the" laws/of the; State, /should^ have f? theif^ graduates ? protected -against: ;thj££lndlseri^ '\iy: : ; 'mushrbom :c institutions^.; and = it; should^ • be '{controlled by; the": State'i.Bpar'drofiEdu^; : cation. *; The; i;of ■.'; Btantilng : "with; ■ endowment ; and have no thing ; to ; ?f ear^f or/ttheir/> grraduates,%bu 1 7 : the^PubUcj should \b'e', pf otect&di against ; menVap'pliyng', !fbr^bsiU6nsltoUeach^>vith/;degre^.t^ked| to'C their S Ham es r that > have : be en i'V awarded ' iby^institutions¥|i^^fw^tihg'^in;v;tb>s f facilities] that are"' necessary/; -to fgive i.yalue" .to^their^eg^eeßipSch'obV/authoriU^re/mJ HEffRIEDIKNIFEfANPIGASI ||NEU^YORIf Jatsuary 5.-(Si>cc|alog ' Because Capitol, janitor of an 'l apartment -houße, could not get coal • enough ? : to jkeepl the: place \\varm;-;-: the ten • ant» had eomplajneti ?t> that ho %vas - ■-■ self. Ho was saved .both times by Annie Har.lon. a trained nurse in- St Lube's ihospfiaf, who 'lives in .t^e,hoawj;^He?firßt| j^je«?lasti^fHt^t6¥cutihlßitflroa^fwith|at^ IfeiUf e7=lwhicn i&Jlss j^aSlon|'«rreßt.ed| tippi? \ him?S JEaxlyXtWsj: mornins* eapltol'B|wtf e! If<w'ndshlm>un'eo^i«douai.^pjn;ljUu^ing{g^ j htiec-vjleiwif, taken ; %6-, tlx» Flower, H«Bpl-: ■ i-i ■ \ plqyinari teachers) are.;^eq.uentl7^not^lif^a s : [position • to "."diacrimSnato^betWwns" j^tHe., Iwortb /of } these* de'^eflaTand/tth^c^llegea^ and^ the" ?! State,| thr^uga| ) itslrecognized r /of :EducationS should* fgivol its? guarantee: to -the value, of a d& i'groe"given by a college incor rotated Vap>3 supposed to represent pound scholarship, j fto % studentsliWho^ dql not } set : : f oqt \ withfe| j Ith^-iraUsfoflanjin/sUtJ^OTjl^^bftetff fhajs^'nb^T^ls^fiw'ceptKba^pip^i^JF^^cte^ tupqnv?? the?? educational iy. standard \\ pf.s s the] I S ta t ef and foperates j lnjmfbusjy;; upon^l those ?communities \ thatfaccept/|tho 1 desrjee3|to ; ; good:" faith." ■ '/ ' - ". > Awhile is rib; expressions 4qfJ/opinlon /bavo "betftiybbtainedi frqm^btbeT^coHegrsJtpresi;, ld«its"iin^thV|Sfat^there|ii|nbXquestiotii ■of £ doubt/ that lX)j:Ji Smith* eipresses | the sviews?qf Ahe^hlgh^grad"efdenqrainaUoriaJ> fcollegoYof ;; 'Virginia; ,- and % thie| steps 1 taKen . 'b"yj»lr^Brent:to"eradicate*^eveVil/;in^Uie^ icage 1 qfithel insttotibnt^^h'andiwinyrneet; th c /hearty.; approval •/'; the y collegq / au-. /thqfitiesloflVlrsinia. , '. THEaiNDIANOLA|gOSTPFF[!C^ Belief jThatiS.lt* WfU^Bei This/^KVeefc. ' • WASHINGTJON^D^ C^f^a^ma^i 5-~5 -~ = Senator/ aicLaujfim :.qf ;|Mlssi*ssippl. I to-day conferred Iwith [P.QsUnasterT^neralf Payne, 'on the situation at :Indian6la>T3liss..".wher« .the ; pbst^offl co has « been i closed ; as . the ) re>. jtnaster. 1 •■ Siisequentlyr / Senatqr. ; iMcLaurln/ fstated %%ha.t ? he ibelievedj the J/qfßce /^would bc/ireoperied this s week.-. *'; '^ , } \ -i . ■' i~ .^.Mr't Payne : said - that - the V office /will^be Reopened vif i there * is 'i no ? intirriidatlon/^of ;the" postmaster.; v% ■;.:..; ■ ;"-■•■■':■■ Association of Universities. ; 'WASHINGTON.! •?. January * s.— Members of - the ' National Association ;6f; Stater-Unl yersi ties, 5 ; ; consisting ; of? the t. presidents *of the' various -State- colleges - ? aridiunive/rsl ' ties, VcalledcuponTthe" President |to^day| to pay ; their 'respects. . The I association ' is ; in annual/ ; session;./in /this; clty.f.v .. • KSIP/HISIii of Virginia; Renounces - : ' : Universaiism. ■- ; : -"-" NJ '; J.,-, January- 5.-^-<Spe cial.)—Rev. >■ Dr." ' F. •"•;- MJ- ; . -Hayesv^at • ; the Presbyterian church last night,- with pas tors t off Presbyterian"; ; Methodist, 1 / 1 Baptist,/ arid iChristiari/churches- present^ espressV cd '"? his '■■' religious ;belief f and '* severely I cri ticised . the.Universalist: •' denomination; for, its antagonism r to the; teachings of,; Scrip ture ; 1 lack/of - spirituality ; of other denomlria tioris. ! arid ": charged ilt * with .being;/: a:,- dying y church.* Concluding. 7 he :said:" ;; ;-'' •"; :-s;/ : 'r ;/; '"v r '" '.. -""' >'.:'■ ::"""' '"'/; '."With malice toward none and -charily for: all and with ; faith/: also ; In; Jesus Christ" as my- personal '- Savior, •; l . publiclyj renounce: ? all ; belief Inland : allesiance;: to the .Universalist * church t and ■; its teach ings." _ //: "~. v: - :^ "". ' ' ,'. r C ' I' Dr/, Hayes -conies of '- old ..Virginia j stock- He Uook/i his -Ph. l;T>:'l tiqmi the * f Univera!ty> of . Virginia-"' He t has Z preached iin * Massa^ ! chusetts, f. lowai^and i^lllinois, -j AHe /". is '.a" prominent I'f raternal i man? • being ':a'mem ; ber. of ithe "Masoris.'TOddiFellQWS; 'Grand . Army.'i Knights - of {■ Py thias, c i and ; Modenr; rie-.' closed V his jp/astorateTwfth: -Newark; ; the *Universalist:" church;. Decem ber'SSth. . r * '• ,? '. '-• ■■ "- "-';\f' ' '-^'i : - ■ TENNESSEE : VJRG!NIA \ ; : BOUNDARY-1-INE REPORT. It is / Piled in /the lUnl ted ; States Sa '■■•*.- premie _Court» and Ordered to ; -;, ; ■ ' -.;.' •'..;;; • !\! \ -.'^De^Priirte'd.;: '•'■■•; /-'■•; V- . '/-." WASHINGTON, ; January "5.^-Attorney ; General / TateVVpf s,Tenriessee,^filed :to-day. inhtherUnitedjSta.tes Supreme -Court; '.the report of ; the ;v; v appointed to; determine^-the ;, boundary line ibetween : that ;.;: State { and < the // State ,of ■ iVirsinla> and s vthe ;/;court /ordere"d that the be^. printed. -; The/ case /; lnvolves about 7 a square ' mile, territory r ; at tho 'eastern extremlty(of the:boundary.r .'.* , ■•■■.:. ; : ; Quakers; Will Stn^v - . The ; Quaker. Male; Quartette ;■ vrlll 'k give the fifth, entertainment of the; association course in- the YoungfMen's; Christian .As-, sdciation | Hall: ' next^'Friday ; nighty Jan-; vary 9th.^This-wilj; be .their/ first ap pearance:/ In ■ Richmond.;- -The: •/ Alkahest Bure"au,'cof.;/A.tlanta, Ga'.. gives 'them 'a. strong '; eridoFse'ment. The % company ' ap-' pears in .both / full / dress } and. r ,Qualcer cos tume, fand ; renders/ a programme" of;;va /riety s and; merit.: ;. ./;'.- /;/ ;//; ■"''■'., HiiIHIMSIIP; James l^ickett, Whcj^Prpke Jail Before Christmas, Surrendered. ;p James < Hickett, (a. white j youth - t 17 years oldi 'Iwhot escaped ' from 5 tbe" !^lty / iail De^ 'cember ; l2lgt;;lwklkedSlnto V the: jail fofflce/: : last might* "andjgaye'hlfnself '. up^ HacbetCi two - negroes, -"j made ', the Jr7 escape * f r °na 5 the"; f jail : on i tjje' inbrriins/ of pecember ; 2tat,'fand ibad^been^heard of Uheir-wnere^ abouts' "until /'HackettV>^^surrendered'^.lastj night.//; .'His :,; companions I; have not; re^; { turned"; and a / reward i Is ;; out Xor >.thelr ; :: / : '■}.'. '.'.■'.'■■ .fvi- '0- 'I';} ■" - ?:'£:'?>■ '-, ?;",'": "5 Hackett" said-he/ had i been:to/L.ynchburg, /Clifton "l Forge; i and K other i points ; In: the_ ■ State < sinee 3 he fescap€d.\but gaye \no!in \ forraationJabout J his -, fellow^ Jailmates. ; He |was~ indicted! yesterday^by the' grand; jury; .; f or/ ■: car-breakins'l 'y. He ; and r f bis itwo v;com ''panjons XwhoYfled ?with' : him' sbroke/i Into sa; ■ freighty^ryoi^e^Chwapeake/andlpblo' ■r"sojw^tlme";""lajsO.^'and^.Oie;_W^h'_^^be'cri sent^/on to > the: grand ; ; Jury^ when ■■ they, -■ effected from 5 the] Jail: f; ;' ; WENT TO HOTEL; TOOK GAS. NEW YORK, January 5.-(Spcclal.)— A man believed to be Henry D. Williams.' :phy^iate*d;' ; ?byirsSp|tK^§mpr^^^yS|b»j iLionlHotete It r la i believed i hV- came'/ aH ; the way from his home on purpose to commit suicide. in ffaw York. He arrtv |dJa^tbs^§qtej|!iM^sh^^^?Xdr»g ; covered ; comlnf \ fiom ! b Is ; room ] thji ; moyij-, ing 1 . The door w^s broken esMip, and ( the ; f»6^ltoii»«SJhe^saWito:'Uheipe^lei»%»ti the.hotel. Itla believed (thit fwiJU^mw.: bles ledhlwitp'talsebJs owiiUfe."r:Tls« po : ttv«L .^.^v^ •: ■:-;■: .. i'}i'l?&* t-i^ •■-:- C^V^: 1 ; I if CLw c ■ r<wE3> ■ MWRjoioeßUi Counci lnien : Stampeded Gentlemen ■ of ". The^ jClolfc:*-;-*-. l^ Rnn -Into Somethlngr Store TlMjA"*! KS^V/'-^iThey-BararalneiiFo** "f.^hi SCREEN*. .*■."■ ORDISA3fCE' .V 'VAMVSO(s)i B«?former8;;ia; : Council rlVin ■■*tjiwe*,o£ ; v ; J Fall--Orainaxice 1 f or : Police inssNMM^ f.- : itfoj»'"Defe»t?d— Report (of. {cVnußJ*|g? v./ ■; te e '-l o f ;' Ordi nances, j. Cl»arter»-s «nd A'J ■■■:'■; Reform VforMayor Taylor TooiHot^ ■/ ■ t qr;;COT^cii:^o|Handle^ent;l^^B^ to" jUte ■'.*Coiia 'mlttee— Reaqlntion of - Committee on - 1» •Take ?«^ I ' ■-;Tri9"'Se"at jßact itoT^Tliem ; tor .lUrH**^ oJo^-Varioqai O«ier Matter*. : '.-li^%pt The expected s sometimes ' docs • not hap*. pen. even, when there Is the ; best, ground for the anticipation. There was matte* enough in the" business before the Com- v - mon Council last, night to have furnlshea several first-class sensations, and an qrs ustjally large crowd 'assembled. In .-.-the • chamber to" see the fur fly, but for, somo reason -It /was 'not .a" good night -for an exhibition, and while some .of thefCpun cilmeri worked hard • to'. bring the^meatlor ■;■■:.■%; up to the : predicted ?mark. it resulted; only In accentuating tli© ; flat failure toipro duce anythlhsr'sensaUonal.' they three-hbursV -. session. " ■.notwithstanding , its apparently ..dragging natureU resulted in the 7 making* •' of -the -Committee on .« Grounds .and Buildings "back : water",;onur: the 'Sunday, racing at Reservoir .Park. the; adoptloru^a'fter^aj hard ;flghVjojr ;V; ordinance"^ to "remove -screens -from . In front" of .tiara at . such ■ hours as tha liquor, traffic^ mi^ittbe -prohibited by law, and the : sending back- to 1 the Committee^pa ';■,■"s Ordinances.':' ■■'- Charter ''--■■and ■ Reform* - ;of^;^ thelr report on:the dellriciuences and short- 'r - cojralnssVof iHon. V Richard : ;M. -Taylor. j£f ■; Mayor Vf Richmond, 'riot to speak ;of /a>";::J "mildjr|buKe .tw/'tne -^ater/fCommittee^l'p pVojp<3sedtexpendJture ; of (thelr^ balance foti^?! handifrom>loo2:lii v a trip! to tol take "[ a course '"'■ irC t the '[ study^of i ae ttiingf^v^ .b%islnsV-etcV^~which■i's6mejofiUle.:member9^^ of •the'CouncU'wereAtngenerousfehoughJto^^ characterize i as a.useless-junket." » ' V - When the ? Cats "Arc Away; > Among the : crowd lined thß walla .; > i& of ithe.^chamber^were^a" 1 number, of the. ■ gentlemen "of ;j the f { cloth, C'and ■ whether : it • was .-' that ) the'i meinbefs ; of 2, theirvi "flod*?^^ In ! the;bbdy.'didJ"n6t.;fQel so frisky '.wheaf;.^ \ their monitors '.were " preseh t. or 1 f or, ! some : . ,' : other" : reason, ; the which I ther"A> had. (caused tto') be $ handed fop J5 tovi Cleric . ; ; Augiist*wcre";notrallowed'.to ', be "read f"eyert V'-.y Inlthel hasteTof isonie'of i the r zealous ; ; meoi- V^ : bersl_of f^hejGrounds" -'arid 'Building sCom-' < nilttee'ltb-^setf the rbbjecUbnablel parkS'oTr^p diha'nee ■safely^ backjinto ; their ; possession.; M wJto^theTsfirbr-^ly^i^pUe^fP^Slse^^'LeliT -\ minating tha sinful features thereof. -The . "\ unread^ protests .are as follows: 1 .; ■-•„ :.-■' -' Preabytcrlan -Protent. To.the:. Council "of^the" City of *t" ; ,The^ Presbyterian Ministers*-; AsspciatloTt '* \'-f of , : Richmond;^ Manchester;: and vicinity, in > the ; interest of i the" 1 public moral 3; and i ■3a Christia^ r Hfe^be^the ; cbrnraunity; :^forlvy whichHh~eiCburicil e of /the ;dty-. should ,cer^< taln|y r b"e:a3 deeply .'concerned "as ;forith«.-v:< encbnrage'ment | of \ hbrse^racirig^r. '. hereby t "! solemnly: protests i against the action. pro-i^ posed * by* the ; Committee ; on . Grounds] aSd ;^ ; Building 3. ii recornmeridlng '■', tho I openingipf 10^ the speedway ■ at i the Reservoir. : on [Sunday"^ •'for trials r of. -fspeedan'dV: racing." --'and J; - mcstVe^nestly'petltion: the Council not to ■ : adopt -any (ordinance ■ allowingYsuch^dese"t ?iil crationfof ! ; the tChVistf an: ; . Sabbath. , y?n . would *ca\\ l Tatteritlon .to t the) well-known arid Incontrovertible' fact that f such"actiOTrj:J§ would I ba i "directly "contrary .to the Jons " J| established "customs arid ■ deeply 'Tgrburid- tt edj sentiment "of Jth's '; community,' 1 which, 5%: have given ! 1 to J this -city i its • acknowledge* <■ r-' reputation 4n the paste as a i law-abiding' % ■ ! people vwithja; distinctly .Christian . char-; : ; f| acter." 'In atycord^we"; most ; emphaticaUr^xJ proteatlasainst^theintrbductlon^oraiheaf- "^ theii^ custotnl into - a(Chdstiari fcbmmiajity>/^ r■ By •; order] of the ■ Presbyterian Ministers* o| Association.' ' ' ' ?'7Wn^LTA3r:E.;CAMPBELIA. ; ■ ' russei^cfcii* : - - : fV>y • • . rt • . Committee. To the . Honorabte .Council of the : City ot y ~^Richmond: • "" . • Gehtlemen.-frWe.; the undersigned, a committee"^ a'pVbtrited i^ preacher3'.'4ineetfhs ;btxthe i city.irespect- 1 fully; present; the -^following ; paper: ■ •: . ; "TVhereas; *a \ committee '.; at your .4 hem or- -^ able '» body 'j has Vreconimended '; the j passage J_ : | of Tari"'; ordinance; tgrariting; permission Jo;;' usel*the:Bpeedway:, for^racins on the Sab? :> k; bath.jasfweHia's^otherTdays. . ' •> ••Resolved^That -i-wc' enter^our ; :soletnn;r protest;agalnst]the-;action^of the commit- •/ -. tec-aridlrespecifuHy.renuest that the'jre-.^ •, port *be. h ri6t;'a"do'pted. _ " ■ ;v :; .!«HKNRT,tC^ JOHNSON. ; '-■- ' -: ■■: '■■■/. VGEORGE'II: SPOONER.. 4'S -; :<: -;^:?, '"JOHN, HANNON. "/..*.-.' ; ; '; .;:': :"l :^v^. " ."4>*;' ,r/.'; - ; .;, : ' : ."Commlttee."'vS;i^" ' The subject . was: scarcely -broached ; be-Vjfy fbre;Mr^Thpm^-Hlcki;the:stout:chMa^p pibniinlthe (com mltteelbf \ Sunday •Irecrea^^ tibri^f or ■ the > peoplft^i arid ; the re vrt val of i th» r bldScVirginfii tisplritiof. -racing. . . via rth« g^ speedway^ and! I .ta Sunda>-/exhlbltlon:\waa v>> on" h!s:='f eet; r crylris; Uier Councir.Vmerc3r^ i S|« arid & the ,;of " the \ ordinance Ifc»Jf| the committee" in {orderJ to ' glyo lt'a^chancV||| to mend the error of its way. ■ ■ Methodist Protest. " Mr.' Hicks said he -wanted ths - -who!*' » matter;:referredKb^ck^tblthe,;committe*s^ ■They ~ had run'; into ' sbmethlng^ he. r did { riot S^ knowlwhati> He7did '• not ' kriovr^ that Jtfc» yf J wbro*hraclns^Uwas^in,the:prpUnarica.|llp^ didKnpt v iVotej;fbri?*raclng." he >oted Jfor ,'_-, ?*sp«ecunsfivT arid 1 he iwanted ; a j chance '%ipj^ set - hihy^*\ right the I Council i act-i? ; ed on/ J , - " - - (COY ON* THIRD PAGE.) 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