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RICHMOND,-VA.,'SUNDAY, FEBRtTAHY-1, lSd3.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
THE DAY'S SUMMARY.
THEWEATHER.- ?
,1 WASHINGTON. ,Jan. 81. Korecast: _
VlrBtnia-Fair , Sunday .ona Mbnd'ay;
Ilght to fre-gh southwest.tr. south wlnda.
North Carolina?Falr' Sunday and Mon
nay; lleht to fresh Bouthwcst" to south
Iwlnfla. *
Testerdiy's'temperaturo was exce-edinu
ly pleasant. Tho raercury was about
?tatlonary, never going nbo've tlfty, ' ln
MoaUons for to-day favbrablo with the
Worc'ury proba-bly'sllgtitly higher.
STATE OF THlSRMOMETER. ,
A. M.. 25
2 M.'..???? ?
. P. M. ?
t P. M. =0
? P. M. 45
12 mldnlfiht . 45
Aveitfc'6 .41 6-6
T=tlpheat temperaturc?i P. 51. *%
Lowest temperaturo?& a. M.<2
ilean temperaturo.*0
Js'orrnal tejnreriUurs- for Janua-ry.C&
Departure from' normal temperature. 0i
PreolpltaUon during past 2-1 hours.... to
MTJCIATUEE A.LMANAC.
Feb. :. 1003.
inm rises.7:18'j HIUHTI^E.
.Bun sets.5:22 f Morn.ng .7:07
iloun sels.0:33 i Bvenli.g .7:Ci
. '. yeb. 2. 1003.
Run rltes.7:15 1 HIC-H TIDE.
Bun &iiB.l:iZ | M&rnlr.g .7:<S
M?oa sets.10:14* | Evening .S:(H
RICHMOND. - .
A mir.lon-dollar building hero?-Des
eenda.ni of 'Afidrew jacKso.i jal o-:?
"Noied artlEts secured by ihe Wednesday
Club??Death of a. d-.stinsulEhed so.d.e.??
Jucnmond society cirls to ap^car In
oompetltlve drlll?Gaytor llctuor dlsj:en
I ary law rnUur.dertto-d?Tobacco men
io enter a protest-^Rald rf.ade on crap
r.hooters?South Caro'.ina and State tlis
penaary law -ejcplained-Burglar cllrr.bs
u rose bush-No arrarigemests yet to
reopen the T.riss plant?E. II. Bothern
to ap;etr ln. Richmond?Quaraiitlne, at
ihe penltentiary-?Dx-reaee In c'.'ys bal
f-noa, but outlook is cvlffht-Rallioid to
ba bullt 19 the -.Vatural Brldge? Mr.
tUachrach cut by a thief?Arranjeiuor.ts
tor Master Pair.ters' meitlng-Rev. C.
~l. Crawford sllent as to h.s rot!rem->nt
?-Death of Mr. Wltcher- J:<nes-New
hiTltal to ? be' starlea here-3:li to al?
low all forty roira hotels to Eell llquor
?Norroa.1 School to ask slxty thousind
r'ollars.-MANCHESTER-rThc- bud?/t
-for the year prepored?Refu*al to ln
creases tne police forc:-Clty's finarice3
ln ex&ellent eondltior.-Attempt to.abol
iah the whole pollce department defeat
ed?-Boy thrown froaj a wagon and hurt
???A muslcaj event. , ,
VIRGINIA.
Or. ,W. T. Drfrwry"s' recommendatlons
Sn regard to Vlrgir.jfs crlmlnal Insar.e
??T. P. A. posts startod under favora^lo
tturjiices a.t Lyr.chburK and-South Bos
tton-?New Odd-Ftl.ow3 H&me at Lyr.ch
5>urg-?Gljarles City county and tome of
Sta offlclale-?Oyster ana torn.2J-.o- can
ulnijr Industries of the Northcrn Neck
?^DlspenKar!e6 ts ttwy aro conddcted at
IBoydton and Martlnsviile and ln Souyv
rjnpton-SoMety . le;ters cover ,the hap
jMinlngs of the weels ln Norfolk;.'Newport
C-Jews. ? Petar8borg. Roanoke. Lvnchbirg.
I?r60Vtrlclcsburs, I'vMnviile ar.d. elfewhere
??Oyster. 4nd lumber^jnduatrlea pi;o??er
ing ln I York-eour.ty-"Tho Redfleldo'
r3ucce*s!er.." Messrs. Boone a.?d Erowti's
|a.test book-?Sult fer one ilay's work
I on' Netvport News chair.trang la dlsmlic
<scl-More toonato cannerl-t to be bullt
crn the Raprparraanock^?^Color.el Waddy
wlll vJke noeteps ln regard to-an.asslst?
ant untll hls nomination ljicojifirm-d
S'ather Heidar.camp'a death , rf-Ciill.i a.
Wythevlllo "-war-tlm* Incident-Irnprove
( ar.er.i Ir. the tcba.>:o ? sltiiatlon- on th?
COanvltle market-Only one ? of tha flve
?BJ-hO' eau?T>ed from ? the ? Chesterfieid' ja.ll
-bavo been ?.ptun>d-The^Pac flo-lumber
I ?:?un*r- Francis H.' Le?r?ett laur.chodat
.CNawport X*w?-FYolsrht can ditrhed. ln
,tie Southnrn's'yard ' at Danville?Can
tK3u?*s for degrees at theUnivfralty of
rVlrglnla/?-The ?Wln?--hystBrj' 'gtlll' un
Vsolved-Newberry s?nt on to' the -g-rand
iJury-foT i traatment of Halsev ln Wyth*
1?lrrterejrliig -ItgaJ point ? ln- aaw-miU
NORTH CAROLINA.
t fjovernor ' Aycocit 3igna Mr. Overman's
lasonimiislon aa'.-jena^or for six years frcin.
(Marvn, ldu3-Little buslrecs of impori
IBirice ln tco Legislature?ipho-ntneni iO-n.
i??lj whlch will represent Arthur L. Bish?
op soon to bfi'tnedat Cr.arlot.to* for the
jnurder of Toomas Wilson-A gay week
?n societ,y ait Payettevilie??.Mrs. Aycoclt's
x?cei*lon to' the-ladies of RaLIgh a no
table affair-Hulouff sult 'compromlsed
Cl Wllmlngton-Copper ls. founj on the
Q3tJC Ivy C?ek near AsheviUe^-An ova
tion awalta ' Senator-eiect?Overman 'upon
bls return to Sallsbury.- hls hemu-The
i jaews from Greensboro?Durham con
j pnuea its: fjght for a.'union staxion.
QENERAL. '??
; AHled poreers refuse to accept equal
! treatment ln payment of their . cla.ms
: agalnut Venezu&.a and the sltuatlon looks
gloomy. M-ay have to be.referred to The
Sague Trlbunal for settiement-Virginia
IRepresentatives and Senators wlll ab:ta.ln
- from atttndins receptlons at White
House. because of the social recogn'tlon
ehown Regroesby the President?South?
orn itepresentatives besieg^d with letters
appealing to them not to attend rec- p
*jons where neeross are received?Bibli
?al . reltc centurlea old discovored | tn
Egypt ln. a fine state of preservatlon
Hon. Joslah' Qulncy'ls engineirtng blg
boom ? of Richard ? Olney for the V\ si
dency??Bta-tus of c:-arles Carrolton re?
ceived frorh State of Maryland for the
stAtuary hall <at. natlonal oa-pltal?Wil?
liams. of Mlsslsslppl, rnode ? a brllllant
speooh Irj blouse on tarlff reform during
dlscusslon of postofflce. : bill?Slany
promlnent puests present a,t' the banquet
.of the Grldiron Club In Washlnjrton
Kentueky bride goes up ln a balloon and
?joesn't come down and htT hufbard ffives
' up work to hunt for her-McChesrey
."won the - handioap ^t the -Kew Organs
Taces-r-^-Pre.fes*or Tlzzoni. of tho Uni
versiiy of. Bologna. clams to have d'scov
*red a sorum that will cure pneiimonia.
miss roosevelt
:Was not snubbed
I Trie Story that Comes from New Or
Iwna Ia t'ronounced Unquallflcdly*
,' Untrue.
Thootory that M!?s Allce Roosevelt
3sad be&n snubbed ;n New Orlear.g be
cause of the >ut!t-:<!n of li-r father on
the negro questlnn la ab-o'.umiy de-'ej
The New Orleans oor.es oudont o' tha
?SJow York Sun, wlrlnsr thai i.a-.er, say-.
' "Jt has been rep.rted lhat one of the
cnrnlval orgai-.'?at onn Ina docllned to
give an Inv.tatlon. to Ml?s Roosov-lt
When aekedon tho subject, tha capiain*
i ?>f all these organiaatioiui, whlch no.m"fl
member? of the varlous'social clubs a* a
praotlcally'all the rnen ao4ve ln socl t\
in '? Now Orleans, denled the utory most
tsmphfttli-a-Uy.
"ThM story," said the captain of tlm
nasoclatlon which ls said to have refusea
a,n Jnvjtatlon to Miss Roosevelt, "Is ab
' 8uw|ly .false. It could not have origlnated
here, where the people know us and know
that 'we ar6' gentlemsn. We would be
cads Indeed If we were g'uilty of such
flonduct, or aliowed any feellnga wo
,3nl<fh,l entertaln atout Mr. Roosevelt to
i affaot our behavlor a* t-en-.lsmwj to hld
TO COST
A M1LL10N
Federal Government to
Erect Fine Structure.
IT WILL SOON BE
MOVED TO SHAFER'S
/Money" Order and Registry
Departments to Go There .
TEMPORARY BUILDING
TO COST 575,000
lt is Thought This Will Be Erected on
? the-Allan-Lot at Fiflh and Main
Streets for the Use of the Gov-'
emment While the Re
buikiing is in
Progress.
$1,000,000 fora new Federal
! building in ' Richmond. '
$75,000 for a ternporary Fede?
ral. building upon a site yet to
be selected. ? - '? ?
Internal. Revenue Department
} may be temporarily removed to
; Petersburg. .....
Some of the departments of
the postoffice to be removed into
Shafer building within ten days.
The governmertt will, need at
once only the ground floor of
Shafer building, excepting 'the
departments occupied ? by John
L. WilHams &. Sons.' - .
Judge Edmund 'U'addUl, Jr... yesterday
eutered a. formaj order . ln ,the Cnlted
States Circuit Court for-proceeding3 to be
j-.eard on the 7th day of,February;for the
| condemnatttc Of the Shafer bulldlsri-j for
i Kwleral j>urpose3i ';?-.?.
S Mr. ChsrUs E- Kernpor, of the offlce
! of the aupervislr.g urchlteot of the Treas-.
J ury Bepartnicnt. gathared :jjl tho infor
! ii'iiitioD ha aeelred as tottae character ot
| 1/Uildii:s .tho Feae'rai, Government needs
j here yesterday morning ,and leff on the
noon 'train for Washington. ' He will make
! hls report- to-morrow. ? . . ?-.,'.'
The Shafer buiidihs ".yM he condemned.
withln-the,next ten days/or two weeks,
either by a Jury or by'a ccirnrulsslon. The
government.wui take charge of tlie prop?
erty Just. as .soon as Its check ls sent to.
Mr.' Jarnes A. Moncure,. the agent and
lhe personal. represcntative ot the Shafer
estate. , . ,
The remarkable growth of the. business
ofthe po"stofllce makes lt absolutely neoi
e_ary that there shall he add'tijwU ouar
ters Just' as early as they can' be pro?
vlded. Some days, especlally those ? bn
whlch the -B-eeWj' editlon of The-Ttmes
O'spatch ls mailed, the people. ln the pres?
ent postofjice quarters have not-tb.e room
necessary- Ui whlch to- har.dle prom'ptly
lctters, packages ar.d newspapers.
MOVE TO SKAFBR BUILDING. : -
The mqney order and reglstry depart?
ments and the offlces of some. of the
otl.er pos'toffice employea will bo'removed
to the Shafer building.Just as early as
piocticable. The postofuce people will re
c,ulre all of the ground floor ot th6 Sha?
fer building wlth the eiceptlon of the
rcora- occupled- by John L. Yv'intams and
Sons. There will be no need at present
ot the basement, ln whlch there ls a bar
ber-shop, and a saloon. The , tenants on
the second and third floors -will not be dis
turbed for the .present.
After the Shafer building shall have
passed Into' the possession of lhe gov
ornment and the present congested condl
tkn of the postoffice ls relleved. the su
pervlsin'g archltect of the Treasurj' De?
partment will send here thTee architects
10 loolc over- the ground aJid draw plans
for a new building.
It is 'understood' that efforts will he
made to have'a Federal bulldln gto- cost
not less than St.COD.OOO. "T-hls Is the sort
of structure that will, be recommended,
and the Virginia Senators and Represen
tatlve Lamb will do all withln their
power to g-u this appropriation.
TEMPORARY STRUCTURE.
When the plans for the new. bulldrng
shall have been declded upon and the
appropriation made, before the work-dt
tearlr-K down the pre<ent Custom, House
and Shafer building ls commenced. the
Government will erect a ternporary bul?d
ing for Federal purposes, to cost about
STo.OW. It Is protty generally ? understood
that the Ai:an lot. at Flfth and Main. ls
(averefl for the site of ' the ' Umporary
building.
When the Cnstoro House ls vacated lt
is posslble, even prohabja. that the head.
quarters of the Internal Revenue tDepart
?.iient wll] be removed to Petersburg. but
a suflicient force of deputles will be kept
her- to transact promptly all.local busi?
ness.
u is thought that after the work upon
the ternporary building ls begun It wll
requirs a year to\ coinplcte lt To . erect
?i uermanept Federal bul'rting, such as la
contemplaed. wll requlro llve or eix
jenrs' tnne. as lt wi!l ue bullt of stune.
To so,m the whole matter up'brtefly. lt
ls probaljle that certain departments of
? he ?owtofl1ce will he.'n Sha.'er building
wlthlri a month. The work upqn a tem
ponu-y building for'Federal purposes will
ln a!l prnbabillry be r-oin m?ue*d with n
me year ?.nrt oompletod' withln two years
?'rnm thl? ilnrsts when'work upon'the per
manoiit Federal building wjl|' be com
menceil.
SUMWER J. GOLLINS
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
The Southern Railway Company haa ls
sued the followlng ctrcylar^
Washltigton. U. C, Feb. 1, 1003.
Effectlve Uils date, Mr. Sumner J. Col
Hns ls appolnted general siiperlntendent
of tha Eaetern Plstrlct, wlth. headquar
ters at Sallabury, N, a> vJco Mr. J. ?.
V Sanda( reslgaecS, ^. ? , - \ . .
Elephant?" 'Fraid I was going to miss you, Tommy"
Great Treat is ln Store for the
People of Richmond.
NOTED. ARTISTS ENGAGED
Wednesday. Club Will Celebrate Its
Tenth Annlversary by Givlng a Pro?
gramme Such as'Was Never
Given in the South.
'The'people of Richmond will on April
ITth arid' JSth ' nert be tfeated to the
greatest 6vent the lover.s of music ln
this- clty, have ever enjoyed here.
rThe Wednesday Club will celebrate Us
ter)th_. annlversary by(giv!r.g a festlval
suoh as-.tlis citizens of Richmond have
never, had the prlvjU-gej cf a^tteridlr.g" h'er'e.
These are the .nou-d ariUts. who' have
already entsred Into conxracts With tho
ch?b: , -' .
.?JU?IE.>LI_I-NA)'BLAUVXLT and MI?S'
AXITA RIO, sppranoa
"M.yE/.ixiUISE' HO>fER' and ITME.
isA^BELLA. BOUTON, eo'ntraltos.
???AXXiREAS. D1PPEL, tenor,
' SIGXOR EMUO DE G-OGORGA, - bar
itone.
' FRJ3DERICK . MARTIX. basso.
i . .MEETIXG OF THE BOARD.
. Thgre was a 'njeetjng cf the Board of
Govern'ors of the Wednesday Club lield
at the Common.wealth Club last night.
! A1L the. .mcmoers' were present. It was
I or.e>- -of the-most. enthuslastlc meetirigs
| this body has ever. .held.
I The great mu-slc festlval ls to be, a
I testlmoriial' to the club'whlch has done
much excellent work to develop and to
! encourag* ? the taste for music, ln Rich?
mond. The club ls going to glye. the
people "so'uiethirip- that has never been
wltnessed 'here, and-; the publlo Is ex?
pected tb. respond ln order to show its
appreciation' ot Uils enterprlse on the
part of theelub.
Mr. George W. Stewart, of the Boston
Festlval Orehestra. has been engaged as
the -dlrector-general of the festlval. He
was.chosen for this positlon without any
soltcitatlon on hls part. Mr. Stewart.
who, by- the way, Is to have charsre of
the music. a? theSU Louls ? E-xpoMtlon,
fe>-. whlch the' sum of S500,C0J has reen
approprlat'dj was present at lasr night s
meetlng. Hls farae as. a director of'scch
enterprises is not conflned to th's coun?
try. but he ls known- to the muslc-lovlng
world throughout Europe.
; WHO THE ARTISTS ARE.
In addltlon to the artlsts already se?
curod, tjbi-eral others will be engaged.
Mme..' idl'.an Blauvelt probably has no
superior as a soprano elnger-in the whole
world. In order. tb secure her services
it' w_; necessary for her to cancel by
RAILROAD TO THE
NATURAL BRIDGE
A Big Deal That Is Understood to Be
' on Involving-the Purchase of a
Hotel. . . ;
The great. hotel erected by the-Rock -
brldge Developroent Company at Glasgow
ten years ago ls about to be purchafed!
by ? a con-pany whlch will open lt and
run lt ln connectlon with the Natural
Bridge.
The sale has not been absnlutely con
summated, but there seems no good rea?
son to doubt that ln a few days the prop?
erty will pass to the parties who are now
negotlatlng. for lt The Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company is said to be Jn
terested ln the ? purchase.. The James
River dlvislon of the Cheiapealie and
Unlo runs Immedlately ln front of the
hotel,
lf ls understood to o-s the In'eiiton of
the would-be purohasors to construct an
electric line from the hotel to the Natural
Bridge a dlstance of about ftve rnlles.
Tha ' Natural Bridge Is at present
reacherj by means of a hack over a coun?
try rond, a thves miles' drlve from the
railway oiatlon, There la at present a
hotel et the Natural Bridge. but the
et'ructure at Glasgow. ? whUh cost J123.00O
ln- the-days when the company headed
by General Fltshugh Lee was trylng to
build . a clty in. a oornfleld,' is far more
ele'gant, and will' aecommodate many
more jr ests. Tha hotel was sod under
a nieehanles' lleti recently for $13,0.0.
Trte building has never beon furnlshed
nor occupled. lt has until reoeirly beon
ln cliavgi* of a eare-taker, l.iit th's man
recently gave up hls posltlon because of
allejj?d :'~lura to recelve hls wau'fl-.
cable an engagement to slng ln London. .
Miss R'o ls one of the rlslui: young
stars. and has already nade a world
wide reputatlon.
Mme. Louisa Homer ar.ii Mme. Bouton,
the contraltcs, are wldely known ln the
musical world, and the club w.as very
fortur.ate to secure tholr servlces..
, Herr Dlppel -13 the greatest of all Ger?
man ttr.or singers and a -man of fine
stage. presence.
? Signor de Gororga. has wey equals ts:
a barltor.e, and Mr. Maxtln has a-voic?
that-ls not Kurpassed by that of any other
basso. . . ,
.The club wlll mako' an extra efforl
to .arrange for a pre^gTatnnie ,r.hat has.
never been equalled In th'e Soiith.*'
? - . THE FORMER - MEMBERS.
3n order to earry out its purpoees, the
Club desires all of ifs aetive membe s to,
particlpate. It desires all who itavo been
members of the o.-gar.ization slnce Irs
foundatlon to come -ln a-nd take-prrt-.lt
wishes all good singers ln the city to Joln
and to ca-operate ln'.making thi6 festlval
tha suecess lt ls gotny to be.
The next rehearsal wlll ,be held to-mor?
row night. when all lnterested.are invlted
to be present.
THE TOBACGG MEN
Opposed fhe 'GIvinrf. Away.^of
of Presents with Paclvages -
of Tobacco that are Sold.
Early ln nfext' week a number of the
mc3t proniir,er.t..rcp:'esar.tat!ves of the lo?
cal tobacco interests outslde the trust wlll
go to Washington to app.ear before a com
m,luee of Congress.to protest.against'cer?
taln methods. *"
? Some years ago there ivas iritroduced and
passed ln Congress a bill perinlttlng' the
glving away'of pretehts and bonuses with
purchases of tobacco.' At one timelt1 b?6
been fc package of chewlng' gum given
away with each package of a'partlcular
brand pf eigareties; at another tlme .lt
ha,s been something else. Ta'gs' and bo's
frouts have been made valuable- by the
giftc they representei when'accumulated.
There hns now been gotten lrito Congress
a- bill making it unlawial'to contlnue this
sort of business. The Inde^pendent 'manu?
facturers here are behind it, and next
week, -when the mafter will be called
be-iore the proper comnilttee for conslder?
ation, these _ manufacturers wlll ?appear.
tcgether with others from-dlfferent States.
A meeting or two has been -held; and
whlle tt Is not deflnitely deterniined Just
who ls to go. the delegatlon; it can'be
fiald, will Include fep'resentatlves from a
number of the most promlnent houses
here. % ...
The ground for the J movement? ls the
hellef by the Ir.dependents that the bonus
scheme.jjO-e breaking down the trade and
that they'rhould not be -permitted.' They
are confidently of the belief that th'e bill
vvlll go through Congress.
ROMEEXISTED YEARS, .
BEFORE ROMULUS'DAY
(By i?s"clat?-a'Pret?.5
ROME, Jan. 31.?Ercavations - in . the
Roman forum upsets another anclent tra
dltlon. They prove that Romulus wasn t
the founder. of Rome. but that the'clty
existed ceiituries before Ktail The' di3
coveries show that the Etruscans .were
established at an early date on.the Aven
tine, whence they forayed on tbe Sablnes.
occupying the foot of 'the - historic hlll.
This Etruscan city on Aveptlne ,was
Rome and lt exi?ted generatlons before
Romulus was born. Romulus vanqulshed
tlie Sablnes and the Via Sacra. llnklns
the twoquartors of Romons and Sabinoa
was bullt.
ALLOW BIG, HOTELS.
TO SELL LIQUOR
Bill to Let All F^a/ir.g as Many' as Forty
? Rooms Have Right to Disp'snse
Intoxicants. - . i
A -bill win be effered ln the House of
Delegates lh a few days whlch will fce
of lnterest to al! the people qt tho State,
but apecially to those of the eounties ln
whloh the sale of liquors ls forbldden
under the local optlon law. '
The b.ll will provide that llcense, tb
conduot a hotel of as many as forty
rooms shall also be llcensed to sell ln
coxlcatlns llquors. O* cootko, tho amount
of the State llquor license wlll have to
be ? paid. > ? < ;
lt has been stnted that nearly ona
third of the hundrdd "countles of the
Stau ara "dry." But under the pro
posed law llquor may be sold-at every
hotel ln the county whloh' contalna'as
many as fcrty rooms. It ls ?afe to say
that If every "dry" county-ln VirglnU
does not. now coiuuln a. hotel of ,ta: ty
rooms every one wlll have a hoatelry of
that e.'ze eoon after tha.proncsed. Biatute
peoomes on? ln realUy.
DR.PMARD
Lynchburg Man May Locate
nr Boston.'
AT T REMONT TEMPLE
Pastorate Has Been Vacant for Nearly
a Year, and Members of Executlvo
Committea Think He is Right'
. Man for tha Place.'
'(SpecU*. to Th* Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
BOSTON", ,MASS.", January 81.?It Is re
mored to-n!ght'thst Rev. Dr. TVllliam L.
Ptckard. of, Lynchburg, Va., wbo ls to
prfacivat Treniont Temple to-morrow, !s j
Ukely to be cailel_ to the Temple pulplt |
R,? is con^ldered. the righit man for tlie
pasi,qrate,i'Vyhlcii-baa not? .been. vacant
nearly ayeavi-???-'.?'. . ;'.
..'A nurrib-su- 'o'f tha Esecuttve Comralttes
aru.,'iayorably tmprcssed with him In view
of-hls .expefJeh'ee .^'s a mlnlster, his natu
ruLsffts asiaixiratorand hie'devotion to
the.hlghest Interests of-hlS present'flock.
Dr. Plckafrd'hasnofbeen-mentloned for
the Tremont (Temple pastorate untll now
because.of the unfortunate dlfterences'ex
Isting.i but now *? the .--.young- men of the
church strongly favor -calllng- him. ?
RIGID.QUARANTINE, .
AT THE PBNITENTIARY
Dr. Charles V. Carrington, surseon of
the 'State penltentiary, haa establlshed
the most rigM quarantine regulations
against smallpox at-that lnstltution, ow
lngs'to' the,'prevalence of thls dread dis?
ease ' la many of ?? the countles 'of tlie
State. ? '
'Dr. Cairrlngtoh said yesterday that he
could not premit -risltors to enter the
penltentiary ; un.less . they-'w&uld flrst
cohsentjto' be vacclnated, whlch. he offers
to.do for oll ,who".des!re to enter-without
any charge. 'He eayE he wlll have tc
enforce his rules rlgidly ln the lnterest
of the pub'llc health..and cannot relax lt
ln faji'or. of any one.,
DISGpVERED SERUM
. TO CURE PNEUMONIA
? I <By -Aasoelated Press.)
PARIS.. Jari. 81.?Professor TizrohL of
the Unlverslty' of Bologna. recently an?
nounced to the Academy of Medicine there
that'he'had dlscovered a.serum cure fer
pneumonia.-' * The Professor 'announced
that he haa treated'forty cases. losing
only two. " - ' ^ ????
UP IN BALLOON
NEVER CAME DOWN
A Kentiickian IsSJiH, Looklng for Hls
' ? Bride. Who .Went Up in Ihe
" ?;Alr. : ' , ; ?
(Special to.Tbe Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
ASHLAND.. Ky.,-..January $1.-Henry
Prather. who !tv?s".tn Letcner county. has
given up hls farm-and. ls now searchlng
for hls young'bride, who, he alleges,
oloped in-a- most novel manner about a
month ago.
After a. ro*r.4nrJc courtship Prather says
he or.rl his.wjfe, w.ere. married. ,One day
a show, cameto a nearby, town, and he'
and. his wife went to see lt. Conneoted
with the show was an areonaut wbo of?
fered to take lip ar\y young lady who was
not-a-fraid to make the ascenslon. Pra?
ther says hls wlfe and the aeronaut made
several ascenslons. but oii the last one
they faljed to ; come down. He says be
has heard nothlng , of* hls mlssing wlfe
aiiice thenl and that he Intends todevote
hls entlre tlme ln an endeayor to ascer
taln what has becomeot her.
COL. R. C. MARSHALL
AND GOVERNORSHIP
It.ls practlcally eettled that the friends
of Colonel R. Cf Marshall, of Portsmouih.
wlll ? bring him out as a candidate for
j Governor. They wlll probably -liave him
j made an' elector-at-large on ihe Demo?
cratlo Ucket InVliglnlanoxt year.
HE SPENT
TWO WEEKS
I PRISON
Grand-Nephew of Presi?
dent Andrew Jackson.
A RESEMBLANCE
TO 'OLD HICKORY"
Almost a Counterpart of His
Ancestor.
WAS CHARGED WITH ?
BEAT1NG HIS WIFE
Case Dlsmlssed at Interventlon of Mrs?
Jackson and Friends?Man Has
Bean in the County Jail and No?
body Knew Until Yesterday
r . , Who He Was?Coul'din't
Pay the . Costs..
For the past two weeks there has teen
locked up ln the Heiirlco county Ja.l,
wlth a serious-charge har.ging ? over hls
head, a man who-turns out to be. a grand
nephew of- Aiidrew Jackson. seventh
President of the Unlted States. and who,
ln-the. light of this relatlcnshlp, knowl?
edge of which has just come to hand,
ls found- to be-feature for featuro almost
'an ex-aot counterpart of "Old Hickory,"
hl* illustrlous ancestor.- ?? ?
Yesterday afternoon the prlsoner, who
ls aged and whlte-halred. appeared-be?
fore a maglstrate asd heard a severe.lec
ture on the evlls of a hasty temper wh'ch
leid men sometlmeo to beat.their. wlves.
Then. at the Instanco of hls wife, who
freely forgave hlm the offense, and of
promlnent residents of the coupy. ha
was d1sch_-ged and sent baok to -hls l.t
tle homa neaj- Hlghlsnd Spilr.gs. So
poor ls he that he could not-pay the costs
ln the.oase; the money was advanced by
a'mlnlstet, who has Ihterested himself
in tha conrtl'-lon of the old man.
XOBODT KXEJW HIM. r
When Donald Jackson was- arrett'd
at-out two weeks ago there was little
thought that Che nam'e'"he b'ore wa-s any?
thing moxe than one out .of the piyilad
of ^.Jacksabs Tho walk. the, earth.* T^o
body paid rhuch attention to the "niatte-.'
and lt was ganerally, stat&i. and hel'eved
that he was an Irlshman halling f.-om
tlie Einerald Isle. For reasons known to
hlniself thi old .roiti. did not reveal hls
identlty. Moro d-eflnlte ; knewladgB: ho'-v-'
ever,,-came to the hands .of the .offlelals
yesterday. ' '''??' - \ ." " . I
It. se,ems. ,fhjat Mr.; Jacltson,. wllh h's
wife. came' hero" several 'years' ag*o, and
has been llvlpg. .eyer ?slnce_ at Hlghlard
Sprlngs. He was thrlce ma"rrled and had
about 'tea chlldren. Hls present wife Is
a'native-of- Prince Edward Island. ln
Canada:, Mr. Jacksop ls.Hmsplf a native
born yAmerlcan. \yhen "th'ey 'left Canada
the cot'ple' went "to several' placs j>nd
finally landed here. .At Hlghland Spring'
they settjed-c\otvn,ar.--l Mr. Jackson went
to work. He waa honest, s'ober, and 'n
dust^idus, and'earn'd1 tharespact of h'a
nelghbora , ar.d .assootates. .Gradually, he
acoumulated, a- llttla m,onev whlch he
lald by (or a ralny "day. 08 was ai
vancinp in'yenrs,- and er trls time-both
he and hls.w!fe are aver.seventy., .
But there was one thing ebout the
old man and .-lbout' .hls. wife too,
so he. 'says, whlch ? was incompittle
wlth a qulet, exlstenee. Both accordl'g
to the statement of themselves and eieh
other. are of'.a hasty temper. an'd in th
beatof pas?lon are wont fo do th'nsre
which in their calmer momeats they
mlght regrit.. How the wife came by
this tralt 'of character lt 1* ifhpo=v'iHe
to Pd:-'. ln the case <if -the ?hus'-an--'.
however, it is easlly i explalned. , "O d
Hickory." ln the tanguage of the mag's
trate who sat ln the cpse yesterday.
"was the very devil." and Mr. Jacksm
Is a descndant of hls. Frlar.ds of the
old man avow that lf h* ls hofc-hea'ei
lt shiuld be lald at tho door of hls flery
ancester.
BEAT HIS *v?IF_.
' At all events. about two weeks ago
Mr. and Mrs, Jackson engaged in a fam?
ily quarrel; whlch rasnlted In an assault
by'the husband upon: the wife. It is al
leged that he. beat her severely a.nd that
Mra, Jackson was very patnfully In?
jured. The man was arrested and placed
ln" jall, where, until yesterday. he lay
cenfm.'-'l In a cell. Then ha was taken
oii' and carried before 'Squire George W.
Thomas, who. as said above, dtsohargerl
hlm after readlng him a sevre lectu e,
Several promlnent and Influontlal resi?
dents of Highland Sprlnes becam*
ln*e-fl?ted ln tho eise. an-1 app^a'ed
Furthermore. several promlnent and In
flu-jr.tlal resiclentR of Highlanfl.Sprlngs be
came lntere?ted ln the ca?e. and appea'ed
to 'Squ)re Thomas. Mr. Jaclfs-m pro:nlsed
solemnly that In future he wo-.ild govern
hls temper. The upshot of the mattei
was that the 'Squire d!sml?sf-d the war
rant, puttlng Mr. Jackson vnder bond on
h!s owri recognlzance to keep the peace
for twelve . months. The costs of the
court proceedln>-;s?son-o three doliart" or
so?he also charged to the defendsnt
But the grand-nephew of "Old Hlrkory"
had not so much money. Tho small sum
wi* advanced by tha Rev. Mr. Sornera.
a Unltarl&n pastor at H'ghUnd Sprtcgs'.
TOLD WHO HE IS.
Until the very last, before. the case waa
triod, tho Idsntity of the prlsoner r6
mained unknown. Then Mr. .K, S. Re"-d.
of Hisrhlar.d Sprlns*. and others who had
taken the matter up, Informed the 'Squire
that 'he man before him was a llneal
da'scend.-int of tho seventh President of
tha Unlti-d States. Mr. Jaolcsan himself
was asked If lt was truo, and he replled
in. the aDrn'.fitlve. Up to, this time he
hnd kept sllaht,
"I nevor mw such a llkeness In my
life." said- 'Squire Tfcrmna afterwards.
"ITritil I wita told who ha Is I had not
notlced the man partlcularly, except to
o'oservfe tliat he was old?prabably over
-even-}-. I now looked oleser ar.d saw
that he bore a stronj resemblanr.-e to
Andiew Jarlsson, A sldo face vlew of
h m,. especlally, Impresfed me wlth t' e
iijfenesa. Tho tran will probably jo bac-k
home and restimb work where ha !?ft
off. Ho I* llvlng at Hlghland Sprliifs and
will doubtless .remafn thera.
"There can be no douht of the relatlon
shlp 'h - clalm to which Is boi- e .-ut t.y
the likenesa Morqover, the Informatlon
co"-es, tb rough aources whlch cannot be
called lato question."
IN TOTO
The Venezuela Sltuatlon
Grows More Serious.::
NO EVIDENCE OF
ALLIES YIELDING
Exchanges Are Stlll"ln Prri
? gress, However. ? ;
NEGOTIATIONS ARE . '; '
AT A DEADLOCK.
Uriless Allied Powers Agre? tp Rtf?
nouhce Their Clafm for Preferdntial '?'
Treatment Whole Dispute May
Have to Be Referred to The . ' ,
HagueTribunal f?n.
Settlement. ri ? ' i ?
Why Venezuela Affair '* %t
Is {jton ing Critical
i ? ~ ? , . ,
? KepTesentatives of the allied powers ?
havo feceived seplies to Mr.. Bowenfs ?
reftisal to give? their claimm prefer-;
onco ia th'e Vonezuelan" settlement. ?
The replies are tn the aature of an'
ultima.tupi. ... ...*'_.'.?.,' ,., ..'' '
The three Amhassadors have urged";
their goveruments to, assume a more
eonciliatory attitude- ? !
France,- Belgiuin, Holland, Den-r=
mark, Spain; ^orway and : Sweden ?'
and the United States'are ready-to
Insist that, there .^be 'no preferred
, claims... ,', . ',.'?'. ,
Failure of thff negotiatiohs is like- ,
ly to throw. the entire cohtro'varay
to The Hague, where pref erential..
claims will not be'allowed. ; '-.,:.
Baron Sternberg, the new German ?
Ambassador, has ? arrived'-in ?? Wafth-,
ington, and ha? cabled his government-'
that. the 'outlook"1. for br'eaking .the"
"aeadloe^'.is'xery'gloojny. _
/B* Assocl-UAil Pr^w> '?
.WASHIN""GTON", January .31.?It ??v?\w
oped .to-day that the "anftwe'i'ti of the al
l'e'd. powers. to',Mlnlster. Bowen's: latest^;
p'ropos^tion irri.ved '-'bera. yesterday, 'but- '
were not imm.e*d!ately_._pr*s6ntel" to 'the'
ntlnls.ter. The.answers"Vero"to'the effect
that-th allles-could -not conseat.that Ithe.
United Sta.tes and - the- othev cUlmant
nations recelve -the savoa -treatment. a?.
the biockadlng ' powerf,, and ' thit ' they^
therefore rejected ? ln toto ' Mr. Bowen'a
flnal proposltlon. Knowing .the 'conse
quenees that^were-to foliowthe preseata-.'
tlon of this answer, the representatlve*.
of the al'lM ,took upon themsalvee tha
re?ponsibl!lty '-of ? withholdlng .the' notea
of their' governments and of. again ca~
bllng. arglng a; retraetioa of their-pr*t?
er6ntlal demand. . ' ? i
STILL IX PROGRESS. . ? ' V
Exohariges are stlll in'pfogress'between
Italy, British ar.d 'German efnbasMe6i but ?"
thefe Is'no evidenc* that the'alh'ev-ln-.
tend yleldln'g.'If thsy'hold'otrr. their Tei>
resentatives inust present. tbe jolnt ns
fusaK and the -Washington , negotia^onal
will come to a standstill. . ? ,
Earon Starnburg. Gor'm'ahy's new en-?
voy .oxtraord;nary and mlnlster pl^nlpc-'
tentiary to the trhlted States. .'conferreij,
to-day wltli Coiuit Quadt wlio. ,a^s,charge'
d'affaires. has. thus far , conduited> the
irenezuelan negoilations, for Germanyj
Afterwards the minister called. by. ap.
p^intment at- the t State, D->p?rtm>h.t 'and.
presented hls tetters of creder.ce'.to .Sae?
retary Hay, and afterwards io .the Presi?
dent" From the "White Uousa' Baxoa
Srernburg went to tbe Brltlsh ?embassy. ''
Baron Sternburg, lh hls calls at th*'
State Department and the British ? ein
Ni*sy to-day. found the b-jtlook- for a, re?
lief of the present ded'ock . ewedlagly
gloomy, and he has cabled as mhch' ^s"bli
government. ? ':.
r6t?IAL PROTEST.
During a call to-day of Grr. deiiatv
^?ri? upon' S?cretary Hay, the fact.dSB
veloped that the French cva?:grfl haa .rj??:
ceived' speclflo Instructions from his gc?v<
ernment to'-lnsist that France shair, not
he dlscrimlnated against ln the eet.Jie
nient of the Veneauelan elairns. ? Having;
he personal. assurance ;of -Mr., Bow?j?
tbar 'h? Frerch claims sha'l hot be^dj^r
crimtr.ated.. aga'n't, Mr. Maxgerie'? rd^
frains at present frotn act on. but aa',
soon as he eliall be ass'ired by' M?.
Bowen that the allie's rat'use to 'permSt
siich treatment to the French claims a*
he expe.-ts. he wlll take -steps w lodge- jj.
formal protest against' tha 'propesed di?
crlmlnation, and' in so dong -he especw
to be Jolned by the ? representatieva ? oC
the ouier oia mant iia-tlons here. :?,.
SAYS THE CLAIMS . ..; ,
. , ' ARE UNREASONABLB
(Br jjsocuwd rrns.i ;|
OARAOA3. Jar.uary il.?AU the neTwii.
papers of Caracas-have p-jblish?d artloleo >
tc. the effect that the action of the al
lies.ln Iniposiner. upon Venesuela. epeoial
preferentlal treatment ln the eettlement'
of their own e:alms ls'on a par wi*
al| th.alr pravlou3 acts, slnce the begln
nlug of the present dtfilcuJty; namoly
unjust and unraasonabl?, ' /
The correspohdent' of - the - Assoclated
Press approached ? the membera ' of th?
diplomatlc corps here asking ;for ''<**%/
oplnion on thls phase of tha fliatM-.r, Twv
dcol'ru-J to speak, but a third vtas wiV.lr.g
to discuns the- matter for publicatloa pw??
vided hls name was not vvd.. ?
NOT WBUL, FOUNJ^SD. . ' '
He said: "Tho action of GhmU B-ltalo,
Germany and ItaJy ln tryln* '.* Impan*'
favored treatment for their claims antt1
ln demandlng an ljnm?d'.at? ;eash p?jn-i
ment ariees froro thi faot t&at they;'
know their olalins ar* not w?ll <onn<*d..
My iJolleague, Mr. Haggard. fRri't;rt|(
Mlnlster). tsfore his departura p?04aat*J
claims to the .Veneruelan Govemm*r?t ,oa
behait of Great Brltain to the traouat'-a^
