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TRB ?SIMJ&ff $$$$8: i$: I WHOLE nTjMBER, 16X59, UICHMOXD, VA., SATU11DAY, FEBEUARY 7> 1003. PHICE TWO CENTS. THE DAY S SUMMARY. THEWEATHER. WABIIINGTON, Fe.b, 0,-Forecast for Baturday and Bnnday: Vlrglnla?inereaalng clowllncss Satur dny, follow'ed by rain; Siindny rnln, wlnds bfrcomlng norlhcast nml frcsh. North Carollna-Raln Baturday and probably Sunday; frcsh cast wlnds, I _ Ycsterday"s tcmperalure and general oondltlona wore all that coulfl bo dofilrcd, but the indluallons are for raln wlth tho niercury .about statlonnry. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER. 9 A. M.. 55 12 M. ** 3 P. M. <? r, P. M. ? I> P. M. ?? 12 mldnlglit.'...>>.,<? Avorage.422-3 HlBhesL temperature yesterday. 44 Bowcst temperaturo yenterday. gl llean temporatiiro yesterday. 8S Normal tcmporature for Fcb. 3G Departure from normal ternperature. Oi Preclpltallou durlug past 21 hotirs... Ou M1N1AT.URE ALMANAC. Feb. 7, 1003. Kun rlt>o*....7:!0 I HIGM TIDE. Run sets_5:3!) ! Mornlng. Moon oots...2.60 | Evcnlng.1231 RICHMOND. Scnators oppnso plnclng statua of Oen. R. B. Lpc In Sta.lun.ry Ilnll n.t the Na tlonnl Caaltol-Flagmnn eaught by a trap set/for thlevcs-Clty offlclnl chargod wlth lncompetencc-Rcpresentatlve Mc Lean loses hls seat In tho Housc-An othor effort to reduee tnxos on personal property-Another clrrtilt Jurtge mny ba named-Rlclimoii'l tobacconlsti rcturn from Waehlngton-Dr. Calisch mnkcs nn Importnnt roport-Judge Wltt able to rocclvo hl3 friends-Gen. Fltzhugh Bee Fccurcs a refildc>nc? In Rlehmond?-Groat rcvlval to bogln In Fulton to-morrow?? Nerc York orator to speak at the Acad cmy Sunday?Northcrn and Southern publloatlon houses to work togothcr Orphanage bovs to go to farmlng Roosevelt condemned by a rellglouR Jour nal?Manv edltors nrc golng to Florldn Greal Iniprovcments around Bce Monu ment-Jlr. John Bowerx crltlcnlly 111 Blg snle of property on Grnce Street TraiiFfer B.vstem to bo In oporatlon soon -Escaped ronvlct agaln In ctistody Grp?nhousc.i at the JIalv Orphon Asylum dfritroyr-d by (lr<>; Un> loss beayy aml no Insurnnro earrled-Rlchmond rortor nlok In Korfoik?Thlrtv Mgn tcmperanco pledgo-Grand F-xnlUd Rulcr Cronk. of the BlkR, tnniJorwl n roreptlon-J. B. BrnaddiiB to npposo Samuel P. Waddlll In Ronrlco?Shcriff Sirnon Solomon and Troasurer Brnucr nl?o to havo oppo*i tlon. MANCIIFSTER-A Rhake-up Ln Clopton-Strect Haptl^t Chnrch remil'tB In Influentlal moinbprH wlthdrnwing-Alady charged -wlili detalnlrig n llttlc Rlrl-=?The hudgf-t r?>commondHcl to th^ Councll for ndoptlon-Nf^- o^npua llk^ly to bo or deicd foon-SuppHr.i to he purcha^ed for the flrp dennrtment-StirII boys ar rfFtrd and dbchnrgod-O'-nnltP C'lub pocn on a fox chaso-A famlly In grpnt dlstrcss-MPftltifr of Heptapophf-Ef? fort to ptop IJi" Southern traln rcgular ly?Olympla Club to meet. VIRGINIA. Lynchburg Clty CounKll adopts a string ent IIquoi- ordinance. ralst-is taxca ulid tle cilnca to toii.sidtr orrctlou of a new urmory-Chlld <ilf* from bruns at Pu lasltl->Tew caunery at Fork Ctilon Tanmas Irvlng drops dcad lit a KeysviUe tobacco warehouse?Datc tct for Hap pahannock Vallcy falr at Frcderleks iiurg-Smallnox situation In York coun ty Ih Improvliig-Ton yearH for tlalraton at Roanokc-Arthur Wlltoh hanged at Dan\ille for tho murder of John l^t-e Flftocn-year-old boy sliot and klHed by Us companlon at JoneBvllle-Dcslgn for Klng Wllllam Confeilerato mpnument soon to be pelected-Some clne to dfttectlon of grava robbera at Onancock-Edward Chaninan at Suffolk owi?s hls llfe to okl flotlira-Ncaro papcr at Norfolk con dcmns Jim Tlayes-Mr. Joseph Wysor III at hls honie In Pulaskl-Young lady Faved by prcsence of mlnd at Wlnches ter?Gypsy woman. sliot by her hus baild, di<>s at Staunton-Salarles of Nor? folk and Wcstern employcs raiscd Ceraetery at Culpepcr to be enlargpd Albemarle bar wants a four-term clroult rourl-Petltlon for a panlon from Luray -Wharf at Gunston lcased-Anll-ex pectoratlon ordinance nt Salem-Raln rall at I.exln.crton?Flro In Klng George -Founda'lon of new publlc building at Newport News ls lald-Kire at Bon A!r ?Appl'-calion for Arhilles LiOflgB In tilou 'ester-Nfgro escapea from Farmvllle jall by locklng the- jallr-r In-No news of '.?rlsoners who escaprrt from Chesterlleld jall-Judge tbreatens to use a gag on in unruly prlsoner In court at Manas las. Marrlages: W. F. Uurton and Miss Sufile M. Chlldress In Chesterfleld; Chaa. Brown and Sllss Moade S. Field at West hore; A. S. J. Wheeler and Mlss Jennotte Runlon at Pula.skl: E. E. Helms and Miss Helen Capps at Norfolk; Lewls Colllns and Miss C'aJdonia Stump at Radford. Deaths: Mre. Charles T. Joyner at "Wind Ror; Fred Roth nt Xewport Newi; Mrs. Je.Ksnmlnc McWhirt In Spotnylvanla; Mrs. Ellzabeth Sltnonaon at Magruder: Robert Benthall at Norfolk; Jns. A. Roblnson In Stafford: Jabln B. Alexander at New bern; Edward Davis at Arvnnla; Captaln Robert Benthall ln Portsmouth: Fredrick Settle at Warsaw; Mrs. Ellvcabet.h Cox at Marlon; R. H. Burch at Danvllle; R. M. Hurt at Marlon; Mrs. Eliza Arnold at Port ConwayjC NORTH CAROLINA. Ralelgh to bave an tip-to-datc hotel l'bo Senata dlscussos the rallroad "whlfl tlo" blll?;A compromlsc llquor blll Is jffored-Froight ralo dlseriininatlon bill jrovlding for a commlssloner to be ap polnted by the Governor to Investlgnte^ Jhargas ot" cruelty to convlcts to be lu vestlgatcd?Contral Carolina Fnlr to bo hold at Greensboro In October-Mar .?lago ot JitiACfreesboro-Congrnssman Moody ts clKaflwftut the contest for hls leat goes on-E. h. Utley, who escaped Vom the Fayettevllle Jn.il, rettirns and rlves hlmself vii)-Dr. C. S. Blackwell [eslgns at Wllmlngton to accept a oall to Korfoik-Dr. J. L. M. Carry's condltlon it Ashevlllo unchanged. GENERAL. Robert Gould S,haw, second, marxled yesterday to Atrs.- Mnry Copvcrse. the wldow of the late C. II. Converse, Cere mony was qnlet and tho cotiple, left im mealately for a lioneymoon trlp tluough the AN ost-Prefiident Roosevolt declines (o act as arblter In tho Venezuelan dls pnto, and inattor wlll bo referred to Tlio liague trlbunul a?d tho blockado of Vene? zuelan ports bo ralsed Immedlately Gallerles crowded and a good attendanco on the floor to hear thn closlng of gen ernl dobat? on tho antl-trust blll ln the Honse-Panama Conal and tren.ty and Moi'gan resolutlon snbjoots of tllsoussion ln- open and exeoutlve sessionu of Sonate -Prlncess Eugenln conaents to a sopa ratlon from M. Glron, and the royal io jnance ha8 corn^ to an end-No new do velopments ln the Dolaware sonatonal tlg,ht-Montrenl stroet-car strlko sottled by agreoment of tho compafty offlclala to recognizo the unlomnnd grant. a ten por cent. lncrense of wagoa to thtt men Throe men UUled and aeveral Injtired by Valllng walla In ButTalo, N. Y-Mlsaonrf, Kansaa and Texas Rallway avert strlko by grantlng concoaslons to thclr men Rendlng directora declava tllvldemi and elect a Vandorbllt representatlvo to the dlrcctorato?Rnndolph-Macon alumnl of Baltlmoro hold bannuet and are nddrese ed by Dr. R. B. Blackwell. prealdont of tho collegoi?Taklnrt ot ovidoncc in tho trlul of Btigham Young's grandaon on murder chnrfio waa bognn ycsterday? Rellovod thnt soft conl mlnera wlll ac? cept tho odvnnoe In wngea offored by the operfitora?Investlgatlon lnto wreclc on New Jersey Contral Is stlll In progresa? Naval blll reportod to the Houko yoator day provldcs for Increase of nfflrers and ln nuniber of cadets at tho Naval Acad em.--Aimy offlcer ln Now York thrashea puglllat for InsuUlng a lady? Stock niarltet rolapsert lnto dullneas yea *-*w. Alcmey was caay a.t 814213 .u&r cant. LEE STATUE Opposition to the Halscy Bill in the Senate. TWO SENATORS MAKE OBJECTIONS Messrs. Cold and Bryant Not in Favor of The Bill. SPLENDID, ADDRESS BY MR. HALSEY He Eloquently Advocates the Passage of the Act to Place a Slatue of the Great Southem Leader in the Staturary Hall in the Capitol atWashing ton City. | Irt the Senate yesterday the bill offered by Mr. Halsey prcn-ldlne for the placlng of a statue of Itobert E. Lee In the Statnray Hall ln the Capitol of the LTnlted States occaaloncd a debato, which suddely, and to somc, unexpectedly, took a very intcrestlnK turn. Mr. Bryant and Mr, Gold each opposed tho measure after Mr. Halsey had do llvered a vcry cloquent speech ln sup port of hls bill. The Senate ehamber -was crowded with spectators at the tlme. When Mr. Halsey had concludcd. Mr. Bryant aro'e. and when he had proceeded no further than to say, "Mr. Presldent," Mr. Mcllwalno moved that the bill be pajped by. "I hope," sald Mr. Mcllwafne, "that there will b? no discordant note on thJs oceasion." This .-?tatemcnt peemefl to be almed at Mr. Bryant, and Mr. Mcllwalne said that in maktnx hlsmoilon he had not the re motest ldea of cutting off debato. He dld not oven Unow what vlew of the matter was held by the Senator from Henrlco. The Petersburg Senator dld not picss hls motlon, and as there scemed to be a general deslro to hear Mr. Bryant, he proceeded. He stated that In order that there mlght be no mlstakinpr his posltion, he had prepared a few remarks which he had commltted to wrltlng, and he would road what he had to statc. MR. BRV'AiNTS KEfMAItKS. Mr. Bryant sald In part: "I express the sentlmonts of many of my constltuents, and of mysolf, when I here object to the pasage of thls or any 'other resolutlon or bill looklng to the placins of a statue of General Lee in Statuary Hall, Washington, or tho erec tlon of a monument to liim at any place, unless it Is done In response to an Invl tatlon and reauest from the authoritles and in aceordance with the unanlmous volce of the poople of the locallty where such token Is to be put. "General 1-oe was too great a man and his mnmory is loved and revered too rnuch by all who know aucjht of hls true character and llfe to permit any Jealousles or blckerings to be arouse dby an at tempt on our part to erect a perlshable statue or monument to hlm where even ono person does not want It. Already, I haii'e observed, some mlsgulded blgots and fanatlcg ha.vo spoken of our 'valn glorlous' attempt to honor General Lee, by placlng hls statue In Statuary Hall. Of course, we plty such charactws. But does It not grate on our senslbllittr-s and dlsturb our equanlmlty to a. dogree to have such thlngs sald? "And surely tho famo of General Lee cannot be vaddcd to one Jot or title by any monument we may erect anywhere; nor are such thlngs needed to show to the world now, nor hereafter, how xvo lovo hlm and hls memofy: "In my Judgrment, any spot on earth (Contlnued on Elghth Pago.) UTLEY RETURNS TO FAYETTEV1LLE After Two Days of Freedom He Surrenders Hlmself to the Sheriff. CSpeHnl to Tho TIraes-Diaputch.1 I^ATETTEIVILLE, N. C? February 6. Edward Utley, who so mysteriously es caped from. tho Fayottevlllo jall two nlghts ngo, Is agaln in the northeast cell on the second floor of tho county Jall. He lay in the, swamp all the day followlng iiin escape and at nlght proceeded south word. Noxt day he bought a horse from John McGIrt, near Wakulln, In Uobeson county, and went on. He, rcturned yester day afternoon, saying ho dld not want the animal, and asking to seo somo nowspa pers. A Charlotte nswspaper was handed to hlm and he read tho account of hls escape with manltost emotton, saying he liad ;'got Jaller- Pate In a holo." He then revealed hlmaelf to MeGIrt as the fugl tlvc from Justlce, voluntarlly surrenderod and asked McOlrt to go with hlm to Fay? ottevlllo, as he wlehed' to give himself up to the shorlff. He alept at McQlrl'H last nlght on tho ground floor and eame up on the traln to-dny. I'nmanRoledi, ho got ort 'and wnlked with McGIrt down a slde slreet to the sherirf'B ofllee. Ho uays hls manner of mcape is a "seerot that ho Is golug to palent." Ho denlcs that tho locks were dled or sawed, and statea that lie dld crawl through an openlng at the bottom of tho stulrway, gettlng foatened for a mlnuto, for lt waa a tlght Bqueeze, Ho Bftya he remaln&a ln jall somo tlme nrtor h?i was froo to dnpart, rtxlng tho "dliinmy" In hls bed. Ho oxnneratea .Tall nr Pnto from all oompllolty, and niivn that ho nnVcted lils llborntlon hy hls own ofTnrts, unaldcd by nnyone?frlcnd or rel ntlve. PROHIBITS MANUFACTURE OR SALE OFC1GARETTES (Bj AHBOclated Prcan.) MAI5ISON, W18., Fobruary C.-Among thn blllfl lntroduce<l ln tho Wlsconsln As nrmbly to-dny wwi one prohlbltng tho miiiiufacturo or salo of clgarcttcH In "Wts conpln. Another maklng all marrlagcs hereaftor contracted botwecn whlto por sonn with ncgroos or mulattoea Ulcgal and volfl was also Introduccd. DR. FRISSEL AT THE FUNERAL OF MR. DAWES CKnirlnl to Thn Tlme?-nispntch.1 PITTSFIELD, MAfiS., Feb. 0.?Dr. H. B, Frlssell, presldent of Hampton InsU tute of Vlrgtrfla.. wlll be one of the pall bearers at the funoral of cx-Senator Hen ry. h. Dawes to-morrow, THE PLEDGE WAS SIGNED BY THIRTY Mrs. Nowton, dlstrlct organlzor of the. Woman'a Chrlstlan Temperance Unlon, deliyered an oddress last nlght at the Methodist Mlsslon, corner of Nineteenth and Matn Streots. Thlrty person9 signed tho plodge. MR. BOWERS IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Mr. John Bowers. who is critlcaily 111 at his resldenco on Floyd Avenue, rallled somewhat during the day yesterday, but at night hls conditlon was worse, and' lt s feared hlB death. may occur at any tlme. SHOT SELF FOR A THIEF Flagman Bowen. of A. C. L., Vlctlm of Watchman's Wlles BULLET WAS FOR ROGUE Revolver Concealed in Box of Brasses Was Discharged by Raising the Lid. Flagman Bit and Was Birten. Ball Buried in His Arm. It is not a pleasant thing to be shot for a thlef when one Is cnUrely innocent and is really golng about one's own business. It Is, indeed, still more inconvenlent and mortifylng to shoot one's own self for a thlef, or with a pistol that was mcanti for a rogue. But that is what befell Mr, W. H. Bowen, a flagman of the Atlantlc Coast Llne BaJlway Company, last- night, and for many days hence he wlll carry his arm In a sling. The brass rogues have been vcry husy of late, stealing and pawnlng the valua ole "brasses" of the Coast Llne, and the speclai watchmen and tralnmen have beon 011 the alert to catch the fellowa'and have taxed thelr Ingenulty to the utmost for scberr.es that would protect thelr ernploy ors' property constantly. One conductor with a ferttlo brain yesterday put a forty lour-calibro revolver ln a box of brasses, vhlch was in a dark corner of a caboose of the frelght llne. Strlngs were attached so that when the Ud was raised the thlef would have the satisfactlon of knowlng that he hlmself had llred the pistol ln his own face. ' Tho cleverness of the plan can not be questioned. That caboose was to go out last eve-, nlng as a part of the 0:15 frelght. About 6 o'clock Mr. Bowen, the flagman, went to the car to Bee if they had on board enough brasses to last the trlp. He knew not of the wlles and trap of the conduc? tor. Up he pu'lls the Ud, only to fall back Instantly, stunned by the unexpected re port, and ahot ln the muscle of the loft arm near the shoulder. The forty-four bullet dld not qulte plough through. the firm muscles of the young rnan's arm, but came to a rest near the bone. Mr, Bowen soon realized, fully what had hrippened, and so dld hls fnands near by. They wanted to call a carrlage, butcould not help admirlng hls nervo when ho sald: "That you won't," and clasplng tho woun'd with hls rlght hand, marched off to tho Ketreat for the Slck. Here Dr. C. N. Bagley extracted the bullet, dressed the Injnry, whlch Is nothlng more than a harmless though palnful flesh wound. Young Bowen thereupon went to hls home on "West Marshall Street. Mr. Bowen ls one of the most popular men of tho Coast Llne, He Is only twen ty-two, but a nervy, manly fellow, who has the respeci. and' esteem of all hls as soclates. No one regrets the accldent more than the conductor who set ths trap for an cnUrely dlfferent fellow. MOODY DEAD, BUT CONTEST GOES ON Testimony Continued at Tryon While Funeral is Conduct ~ed at Waynesville. (Spoclnl to Tho Tlmes.Dlspatch.) ASHEVILLE, N, C. February 6,-The funeral of Congressman J. M. Moody wlll occur at Wnynesvillo at 2 o'clock to morrow afternoon. Tho Washington spo? clal wlll reach here to-nlght, and the members of tho party wlll leave at an early hour to-morrow mornlng for Waynesville. The ^Waynesville bar. the Knlghta of Pythlas, and Royal Arcanum. wlll altond ns organlzatlons. , The Moody-Ciudger oontest goes 011 ro gaidless of tho death of tho oontestant. Teatlmony wlll bo oontliuied to-nforrotf at Tryon. whlla the funeral of the |?te prlnclpal Is taklng place at Waynoavlllo, The object ln eontluulng tlie oontest Is to have the oeat In the Houso of Rep. reaentatlvcs for whlch Mr. Qudgor hojda tho cortlf.caU declwed vacant, , IS AOAIN United in New York Yes? terday to Mrs. Converse EVENT CAME AS GREAT SURPRISE There Had Been No Intima tion That He Wed So Soon. THE CEREMONY WAS VERY QUIET The Couple Left Immediately for a Honeymoon Through the West, Marriage Followed Close on Divorce from Prelty Virginia Girl?Mrs. Shaw in Europe. fRptrlnl to Tho TlmfiJlispatch.) NEW YORK, Fcb. C?Robert Gould Shaw, second, tho Boaton soclety man and polo player, who has Just returncd from Europe and whose wife, formerly Nan Langhorne, one of the "beautlful Langhorne glrla" of Virginia, who has Just obtained a divorce from hlm, on statutory grounds, was marrled this af ternoon at the Isorth Baptlat Church, West Eleventn Street, to Mrs. Mary Con verse, the wldow of the lato C. H. Con verse, of Newton, Mass. The divorce had not startlcd soclety, for tho papers In the case were mado public a long while ago. but Mr. ShaWs audden marriage thls afternoon vras tho subject of much gossip. The divorce and remarrlage ended the romance, whlch culmtnated in the mar? riage in October of 18n of the Boston club man and Miss Langhorne. Hor beauty and that of her aistors had been made known to the world by tho pencll of Charles Dana Glbson, who marrled the eldest of the. Langhorne glrls, the orlgiTidl inspiratioii of tht" famous "Gllt son Girl." He is connected with the Agasslz fam IIy, the Hunnewells, the Hlgglnsons nnd the Fenno Cartercts. and Mrs. Shaw's debut in the most excluslve Boston so cioty made a vast sensation by her beauty and vlvaclty.. Last August after the Albemarle Coun? ty Horeo Show Mrs. Shaw returned to her father's home, and her husbaiiil went to Boston. DIVORCE GRANTED. Gossips immediately had It that the Shaws had separated, and they were righ-L A suit for divorce was brought by Mrs. Shaw in the Albemarle Clrcult Court. She charged desertlon.' There was a good deal of wrangling over the amount of allmony that was to be paid, and there followed an adu.Uonal complalnt ln the action, alleglng infidellty as well a'3 desertlon. Thls Is supposed te have brought young t~aw to tprms. At any rate. the ali moiiy question was settled out of court, to the satlsfaction of .ars. Shaw. and then Juige Grlmsley granted the divorce. The nert day Mrs. t>naw and her mo thor sailed for Europe. There had been no hlnt ln the news papcrs tnat Shaw would tako another chance at matrimony so soon. j-^is marriage to Mrs. ConverRe to-day was extremely qulet. It was performed by Uie Rov. Charles E. Nash. Only a few close frlends and relatlves were present. The bride and brldegroom left Isew Tork at once for a honeymoon through the West. FIRE AT THE MALE ORPHAN ASYLUM Great Damage Done to the Greenhouse There and no Insurance Carried. Flre last nlght deatroycd the new green house at tho Malo Orphan Asylum and dld groat damago to tho old grecn house, / It is difflcult to tell what the loas Is. Mrs. GIU, tho superintendont of the In stltullon, sald she could not tell. It ls probable the dnmage done wlll reach ?2,000, and there was no Insurance. The flre was dlscovered about 7:80 o'clock by one of tho boys, who occupled un apartment in what ls known as tho new greon house bulldlng. Thls struc ture was put up recently at a cost of about $900. It contalned sleoping quar ters for aeveral of the boys. Ono of the Inmates of the Institution accldentally overturned a lamp. An ex ploslon followed, and thon the place was on flre. ~ Oroat excltement prevalled, but, con slderlng the lnrgo number of boys In the asyluni, the good ortlor that provalled was reniarkablo. Mre. GIU telephoned to Rlchmond for asslstance, and the Laurel-Street Englno Oompany went out nt llghtning spoed, In the menntlmo thousands of peoplo had gathered at tho scene of tho flre and they fought It nobly untll the englne anived, The Rlohniond flremen very qulckly had tho flnmea under control. At no tlme was the malii bulldlng ondan gered. Tho new green house Is a total loss, and the old one very serlously dnmnsod. Mrs. GIU desorven to roturn tlmnks to all who nideil lver lant nlght. Whllo tho loss Is heavy, y>it she feols that It mlght lmvo been niuch' worsa, for had tho llre occurred at dead of nlght aomo of the boys who slept ln the greenhouse mlght have loat thelr llvos, i Mr. Ilenry. 8. Jiutzler, on? ot tho iue? b*rs of the Asylum Board, arrlved early. IIo wns itndcr tho rmpresHlon that the malri hulldtng was on flre ntid wns prif pnred to malco arrnngamentM to enro for the boys. Hls sollclttidc waa much ap preclatod, ' DR. CURRY'S CONDITION RE/Y1AINS UNCHANGED fSpecial to Tho TlnioK-PUpntrli.) ASHBVIE/LE, N. C, Fob, O.-Dr. Cur ry'a condltlon remalns unchanged. Ho had a falrly good day and ts roportod to-nlght as restlng very qulet!},', Mts. Curry nrrlvod laat nlght. Bhe Is In very poor health, and tviw mot at tlw atatlon by an ambulnnce. Sho waa noiompa nled by Hon. Rlehmond Pcnraon. roccnt ly appolnted mtnlstor plcnlpotentlavy to Per.sia. a.nd fonner Unlted atat^s cons.il to Genoa, who la Dr. Curry'a brother-ln-. law. It Is thotight that tho dlrect cause of Dr. Curry's setback -waa hls trip to New York almost a month ago to atcer.d a meetlng of tho dlrectors of tho Poabody fund. Hls physlclans say that ho caa not recovcr. /?it elovaa o'clock to-nlght Dr, Curry was restlng more quletly. The famlly are to-nlght hopoful. Mrs. Curry Is not ao well. JUDGE WITT'S FRIENDS CALL TO SEE HIM Judge Wltt, who was operated upon at the Vlrginla Hospttal by Dr. E. J. Moae ley, Jr.. laat week is rapldly Improvlng. He wlll "be out on tho atrcets ln a fow days. Hls friends are now permitted to see hlm and he holda dally receptlons In hls rooms. FAILURE, SAYS ROOT Enfranchisementofthe Negro Was Wrong Plan to Pursue. SPEECH AT UNION LEAGUE Secretary of War Said That the Amend ments to the Constitulion of the United States Have Failed and Another Plan Must Be Tried. (By Assoclated Presa.) NEW YORK, February 6.?At the cele bratlon of the fortieth annlversary of the Unlon Lengue Club to-day. Secretary of War RooL made aa addresa, in whlch ho sald: "After the CivH War tho grcat qdes tlon was: ?'Wliat sliall ive do wlth the black man?' and the answer was, "Give 1dm citizenshlp, equal rlghts and fran cldso and ho wlll risc.' Threa amend menta wero added to tho Constltution, and I fear that we wlll have to face tho conclusion that tho experlment has failed. "Tho suffrage has been taken away from the negro and in many of the Southern States the black man no longer has the rlglit of suffrage. "A curloua dcvclopmet has been soen wlthln the past year. Presldent Roose velt haa appolnted fewer black men than Presldent McICinley dld. and there are to-day fewer black men holdlng offlce than when McKinley, dled, yet loud out cries are to be heard In the South about Presldent RoosevelL'a pollcy of appolnt ment of black nion to offlce. McKinley, Cleveland, Harrison, and back to Hayes' tlme, more negroes wero appolnted to oltice, and nothing was sald. NEW CHANGE OF FEELING. "A black raan attended an otliclal re ceptton ln Washingtoa at tho Wliite Houso a sliort tlme ago. Tho black man, as an officlal of the government, haa al waya attended these recoptlons; yet the Invitatlon of tho Preaident to Uiis man was the slgnal for an oucry ot a thousaoid papers ln tho South that the whltes wero belng insulted. "1 don't want to nrguo tlila questlon. I am certalnly nhowlng that we have to fn-co a new chango uf feellng ln tho South, that tho black man is denled tho right to aspiro to tho hlghest thoro Is In Amorlcnn citizenshlp. Thls right to aaplro to the higheat dlgnlty whlch was formerly uiiquostloned ls now questtonod. ln a short tlme tho whlte man wlll suc ceed ln excluding tho'black man from all offlces ln tho Southern States. "YVo can novcr throw off the responsi blllty that rests on our pepolo for the welfare of theso black people that we held in slavery for so many generations. "Now that tho first attempt has failed the questlon Is what to do, and It should take the greatest thotight of tho great oat mlnds of the oouaitry." OWES LIFE TO HIS OLD CLOTHES Edward Chapman Whirled by a Pulley and Denuded Save for Hls Socks. (Speclal to Tbe Tlmoi-nispntch.) 8ITFFOLK, VA., February 6.?Edward Chnpman, colorod, twcnty-elght yeara old, asslstant auperlntendent at tho Suf folk Faonut Company'a plant, owes hls llfa to tho fact that hls clotlica -wero old atid ragged, enld Dr. J. W, Gibson. Thls afternoon whllo adjustlng sonie machlnory, Ohananan's coat wua r.aught by tho pulley nud ho was whirled rapld? ly aevaral tlmos nnd flnally thrown twolva feet to tho floor. IIo was de? nuded ot every speek of apparel oxcopt hls Bocks. IIo waa attonded by three physlclans wlio eay he ls badly brulsed, but that no bouos are broken. ROOSEVELT DECLINES TO BE ARBITER Hague Tribunal Will Set tle Venezuelan Dispute BLOCKADE TO BE RAISED AT ONCE Protocol ls Rcady for Slgna ture of Representatlves. CONFERENGE AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY The Hague Tribunal Will Have Decision ofWhether Allied Powers Are to Have Preferential Treatment inPaymentof Their Claims. President's Reasons for Declining. (By AssoclatjJ Pr*s?.) WASHHS'GTON, Fobruary 6.?Presl dcnt Roosevelt has declined the Invltatlon of tho allied powers to arhitratc the ques tion as to whether they wlll recelvo pref ercntlal treatment In the settloment of thoir claims agalnst Vcnezuela over the other credltor natlons. He reached thls decision shortly before 1 o'colck thls eve nlng, and Instructed Secretary Hay to dispatch a note to tho Britlsh) ernbassy at once advising the Britlsh ambossador that effect. Tho mattcr, thereforo, now wlll be referrod to Tho Hague tri? bunal. Thls wlll result in the lmmediate ralsing of the blockade. The Admlnistratlon, it was statcd ln onlcial quarters, was unable to approve tho endeavor of the Britlsh Government to eliminato Mr. Bowen from the negotla tlons, and moreover. the Presidcnt could not havo accepted the Invltatlon of tho allles, unless ho recelved tho consent of Mr. Bowen, thelr co-negotlator, and thls the alltcs dld not admit in their noto to the Presldent. Immediately on receipt of Secrotary Hay's note announclng the Preslden's de? cision, the Britlsh ambasmidor aent a notp to Mr. Bowen, saying that he was suffering from an attack of grlp and vvould be obllgcd if Mr. Bowen would call on hlm. The. Venezuelan envoy went at onco to the ernbassy, where the Britlsh am bassador cxplained. thut ho had been too ill to call for severnl days. and announced the arrlval of his protocol, whlch ho was prcpared to submlt ,to Mr, Bowen for slgnaturo. Later. the Gernian mlnlster, Baron Von Sternb'urg, announced the ar? rlval of hls protocol. . rTo-morrdw's conference wlll lnclude prellmlnary preparatlons for tho plgnlng of tho protocol. ' TWO APIECE. It developed to-'nlght thut the two pro? tocols are to be algnetl by Mr. Boweii with the Itaiian..nmbussador, two with the Britlsh umbossntlor nnd two with th Ciermau mlnlster. The flrst protocol ln each case wlll provldo for the ratlllcntlon of the allles' contentlon for preferentlnl treatment by The Hague and tho ralsing nf the blockade slmultaneously with tho slgnlng of tho protocols of thls oonven llon. It Is doubtful whether the Inltlal protocols botweeu Mr. Bowen and the three allles will contaln tho samo condl tlone, though all the negotiators are work Ing to thls etld. In theso protocols the condltions prccedent to the ralsing of the blockado; wlll be cleatiy stated, namoly, tl.at thirty por cent. of the customs rc celpts of the ports of La Gnayra nnd Porto Cabello aro to be set aside by Von-! ezuela for the satlsfactton of her crcdl tors. and tho questlon as to whether the allied powers shall recolve preferentlal treatment. or as Great Brltaln terms lt, "separate" treatment ln tho settlement, shall ho referred to The Hague. Thesc protocols also wlll provida that Venerueln shall pay to each, of tho allles In cash ?5,500 aa an Inltlal cash payment. The (Continued on Second Page.) TALK OF NAMING Allegatlons Concerning Party Loyalty May Be Gone Into. There ls an lnterostlng story going the rounds of tho Leglslnture os to tho prob ablllty of a caucus shortly for tho pur poso of conslderlng the wlblulrawal of one of the cnndldatcs recently nomlnated for a olrcult Judgeshlp ln one of the dls trlcta of tho State, and the puttlng up of anothor man In> hla place. Whether the matter wlll eyer take any deflnito shape or not ls not known, though It ls certalnly uoing dlscussed by the mom bers with more or lesa eorlousness. Ab aolutoly nothing ls belng urged ogalnat the charaotor of the judgo, who, by tho way, ls one of the present Incumbents, but hls Democraoy Is belng brought sonie what lnto questlon, some of tho mombors from hls sootlon contondlng that he dld not dlnplay any great amount of loyalty to the nomlneei of that party for C'on greas In hts dlsilrlct at tho last electlon. Agalii, It ls Biiggmted that iu tho ap polntmont of electlon ollleers he mlght not hew altogethor to tho llne, and ln thls wuy mlght glve some proHtlgo to the inlnorlly party, whlch tho mombors thlnk lt shouUI not have. Whether auythlng ahall bo done or not, Iho utory is oor tatply an Intoresttng one, and la belng \wldcly alucuBaed in legtslatlve crcles, EIOHT HOURS' DEBATE Anti-Trust Bill Discussed in Lower House. GALLERIES FULL OF EAGER AUDITORS De Armond, of MIssourl Closed the Debate. FINAL VOTE WILL BE TAKEN TO-DAY Measure Will Flrst Be Considered fo* Three Hours Under the Five Mln- t utes Rule?Many Speakers Par ticipated in the Debate of Yesterday?Many Ques tions Are Asked. (By Assoclatefl rrens.i "WASHJNGTON, February 6.?Genera? debate on the antl-trust blll closed in?. the Houso shortly before 6 o'clock thl? evenlng. The debate had proceeded slnca 10 o'clock ln the mornlng. Moro intereat was aroused aa It proceeded, and tha closing speechea by Mr. De Armond, ot MIssourl, and Mr. Idstlelleld, of Malne," wero dellvered to crowded gallerlca, andt to a very ?ull attendance on the floor, Tho closing, howevar, waa devold of brllllant pyroteohnlca and sensatlonal cla.sliea. Tho other speakers to-day were Messrs; EiLwrence tRopublican), of Massachuaetts; Parkor (Republlcan), Tyrrell (Republl can), of Maasachusetts; Jenklns (Republi canj, of VVIsconaln; Douglass (Republi-i can), Henry (Democrat), and Kleberg (Domocrat), ot Texaa; Flomlng (Demo? crat), of Georgla; Kltchla (Daraocrat), oj North Caiollna; MeLellan (Democrat), oC Xew York; VVllliama (Democrat), of Mls slsslppl. 'J.'o-morrow for three hours the blll wlll bo tonsldored under the tlve-mlnute vulet after whlch the flnal voto wlll bo taken.' POWER VEKY LJMITED. Mr. .lenklus', of Wiaconsin, ehalrman of the Judlclary Commlttee, sald that the power of Congress was as llmitcd upon thls queatlon as that of any commoii councll. Ho quotnd many authorltles ln support of hls contentlon that Cotigrcsit had no control over commerce; that Its power wns strlctly llmited to reguhulou. In reply to a questlon, he agreed that tho taxlng power oifllie govcrnment need,. not be Invoked to suppresa undeslrabla corporatlons. Mr, Fleining, of Georgla. eald he wouldt voto for tho blll, amended or unnmended, but ctltlcised tho weakness of the v?J.rlous sections. He polnted out particitlarly, that the blll only cotnpellcd corporatlons "hereafter orgnnized', tj ijlc returns'. Thls, ho sald, would bc ln the citerest ofi Old corporatlons by placlng the.n ln poa Hession of complcte luforniation concern lng futuro corporatlons organlzed to fight Uiose In.oxlstence. Mr. Fleming suggeste(j an amendmont to section five, so as tp uiake It appllcablc to water transporta tlon. Ho said tliat Mr. Novln. of -nlo, and himself, both members of the Judl ciary Commlttee, had concurred ' In a tnluorlty report favorlng the atrlklng out of aectlon seven, whlch prohiblted a car? ritr from transportng trust-made goods. He waa opposed to It becauae lt j^icvqT. tho responslbility of determtnlng whatl wero trust-made goods on the carrler. i' NOT TO DRSTROY'. Mr. Do Armond, of. Mlasouri. clurjtd that general debate for lils slde. He' sald he. reallzed how dlttlcult lt waa to deal wlth, the trust. Hurnan greed, wlth tho beatl huniah Intellect at Its command, wasi not to bo eaally baffled, and therefore a soliitlon of the problem requlred sineera and honest endeavor. He was one ofi thnso, he snld,. who belleved ?hat a revin slon of tho tarift could achleve muctu He did not bclleva that the tarift shel-< tered all trusts. Stlll, If it would breakj tho bones of any of the glant trusts, whyj he asked, should the remedy not bo a,p* plied? Sonio on the other slde openly; admltted that the trafllc had protectedl trusts; would it not be good to let dowti the burs of tho shelterlng place and breed* Ing gvounda of thei trusts? Hls alde pro posed dlscrlmlnatlon agalnst trust-mad?j artlclcs whenever necessary to protec4 tho publlc. YVhy, he aaked, addresslng the Republlcan slde, to trust the trusts rather than your own President? "\Yo aro not seeklng to destroy," iur< De Armond sald, "but to preserve?to act as a bulwark, to prevent tho consoli-i datlon and constantly multlplylng monop? oly whlch wlll flnalty crush out tha Ajnerlcan Indlvldnal and make a ahadoyr, of what was once hls proud Amerlc&n ? citizenshlp." , PIOICINGS BTlUt, GOOD. Mr. DeArmond sald tho blll reporteql from the Judlclary Commlttee was qulta. a <;jfferent measure from that origlnally Introduced by Mr. Uttlofield. "When tha gcntleman from Malne started out," sa|<J he, "ho had blood ln hls eye and a toma hawk ln hls hand, but by the tlme he and hls colleagues caught up wlth the truata they were smoklng tho plpe 6t peace, Tha eky was clear and the plcklngs ^.were to cnntlnuo good for the trusts. (Damocratlo langhter and applause.) U lt waa deslred to do something effectlvo," Mr. DcAnnond sald, "tha nilnority amendment should bo adopted." Corporatlons should be niada nmenabln to local courts, as indlvlduala are. The taxlng power of tha governmenb shculd be employed as lt was to suppresa Stato banks. Tho bnnkruptoy act coulq\ be used to throw trusts lnto court if th?y, vlolated the law, H? belleved, he sald-, that m?mber$ should aerlously and wlthout seeklng parry. advantaga atrlva to placa an antl-truat law upon tha statute books. The roajorltjfl In Congross wltl go far enough to sattafm the paople that It secks to do something t'nr the people's good, but not far enougtt to punlsh the pooplo'a enemj', Mr. Ijlttlefteld spoke for the majoritjr, In openlng be atated-that no one serloualy bfclloved, wlth the exlstlng copstltutional llmitations, that a blll could be preparecf that would fully and adequaUly mctl the sltuatlop, But he belluved the com< ntttteo had preaented. a "falr. >*"?? ?*?'?