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&?$_?#$; ?K8!S I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,180,
KICILMOND, VA/, WEDNBSBAV, MAHCH 4? 1008.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DftY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 3.-Foreeast for
Wednesday nnd Thursday:
' virglnla-lMIr In north. riiln In sdu.Ui
portlon Wednesday; Thursday raln; freah
northonst lo oast wlndn. .
North Carollnn-Raln lnte Wednesday
and probably on Thursday; frcsh uorth
oast wlnds on the coast.
An excnptlonally ploasunt dny wus yes?
terday from all polnts of vlow. Raln ls
promlsod Irt somo portlons to-day, and a
more genoral fnll to-morrow,
STATE OP THE THERM/JMKTER^
fl A. M. h
12 M. 'r?
.'! P M. "7
0 P. M.I. ,
I) P. M. '/I
12 mldnlght . *J_
Averago '..???. ,''""i
Highest tcmporat'urii ,yeslordny. M
Lowest teir.poraturi- yeslordiiy. ?>'
1 Mwin temporatiii.. yo8tcrd_.v...i. ? i
Normal lempcraturo mr March........ k
Ocpnitiiro from normal fempWlture, (1
Prcclpitatlon during past -'I hours.... v?
M INIATl.'RE 7\LM AS A C.
March 4, 1'M.
Pun risos.6:CT I HIOW TIDK.
Kun sets.O'.iX. I Morulng.8.09
,Moon sets....11:1" ,| Evenlng.*'??'
RICHMOND.
Mrs. Florence Maybriok ti
money?Obje..
bazaar-Hrlnl'ol uchool may be saved ?
The aiinlveisary i>f tli?r PopO 'OMerv.cu
hor?-Court of Appcals resurries work--? ,
Mltifstcns to fi?lit the Bpeedwny matter |
-Alleged desqrters orrested here-?Movo ,
to estnhllsh a hiwplial ln chtiiu-MOva
t/i olcct United Ktotcs senators by -diroct (
vote of Iho people-Senate pnys oxtraor
rtlnary honor to General .1. K. ii. Hmnrt
-Cummlng'a redtstrlctlnjf blll tiuiv dlo
??Campbell reporla to he Rjghw tuls at
ternoon?-Allegod Riimhling ln llenrlc"
county?Mr. II. A. Gillls telbi of th
Jarril
fotinty-Mr. II. a. uiijis loiui "i i- -
making of- loromotivos?Bln Inorease Ir
<7.0mp.ni.' ;;?? ?'. ' "
Mr. R. G. Latham ? Report to be mado
Frlday on Increaso nf llquor lleenses?
Plans for the new courlhnime:; the coKt
to ho not over $!.W>?The Olympla
Club's entertainment.
VIRGINIA.
Good roads movement In Pittsytvahl.i?
Bouth Boston tobacco,wnrehouses full nnd
prices good-Interest ln Stuart monu?
ment In Powhatan-Local option move?
ment i" York county-Quartorly DfsiricL
Methodist Conforonce at Ashland-<.ou":
ty brldgo bulldliiK ln Warron?rfclrj>t
rresh ilsh from iho Potomao ln Fredo.rH'K!'
Imrg-Northaiiiplon oyster planters re?
port largo shlpmentH-?Freltfht brakem.in
kllled near Jjanvllln-Norfulk to nppto
i.rlat?' jatw.avi for Janiestown Kxposltlon
-f'1,0 ln Dlnwlddlo-?Flng-rnlslng ln
Warsaw-Company charterod In Peters
jntrK-Negro man burned to death near
Orange-Ste.imer Ollve floated nnd tow
rd to Franklln?I-nborers wanted ror
Southorn's double trocklng-Automatlc
(lre alarm ln Harrlsonburg-Inrondinry
attempta to buru a flro englne-house In
Alexandrla-Vessei at Newport News
leaklng after a lon^ voynge-Fnllures ln
Lynchburg-WlhofiCSter Ktonemase-n ls
dlgging hls own grave-Charlotte mn.is
meettng urger Inrgor support for btnte
Test Farm-Ovster business on tbo Rap
pahannock dull." Mnrrlag/>i?-E. L. Miller
and Mlss Willio E. Huppman in Staunton;
Willlam Harrls and Mlss Pearl Ral Joy at
Chlncoteague; E. S. Nottlnghnm and Ml?s
Barah C Rnlley al Belle Hayen: G. H.
Thomas and Mlss Ida P. Dnyln |n Norfolk:
It R. Hurrl.s nnd Mrs. Nannle Woolard
ot Warsaw. Dcaths-E. W. Potter at
Bello Haven; -Mrs. J, D. McAJllster ln
Tazowell; M. A. Carter at Carter s Wharf;
Charles Dlckerson nt Profflt; Mrs. 1-an
nle Todd In Klng and Queen: C. M. John?
ston in Norfolk: Mrs. Sarah Iludnal at
Kront Royall; Mrs. John ?urdelL noar
Drake's Branch; Mrs. .Tosie E; hkelton at
Rearns; Captaln E. \V. Savage at ^orfolk;
Jacob Gross at Montvale.
NORTH CAROLINA.
No appllcatlon as yet made for- ball for
Ernest Haywood. who kllled Ludlow Skin
nor; no preparatlbps ns yet for tho prose?
cutlon-B|g timber land deal noar Asho
villo-Superlntendent ot Eastern Dlvislon
of Southern Rallway moves from Salls
hury to Greonsboro-Tho House nt night.
rasses the publlc school blll-Wnrohouse
knd bng factory In Wilmington burned-?
Wilmington Alderman nrrestod on the
chnrge of Interferlng wlth flremen n:\l
wlth drunkenness.1VI11 for new bulldlng
at A. and M. Collego favorahly reported
-The Senato spends tho '/.rger port on
of the day upon thn publlc school bllls
_Standarrt Ol! ComrnnyV. tanks hurnlng
nt Greonville-Ex-State. senator kllls a
nogro at Fayetteville.
GENERAL.'
Employes of tho Wabash Rallway are
res-talned from strlklng by sweeplng ln
junctlon of United States distrlct JUdge-rr^;
Pope's sllver Jublleo celebrated wlth great
pomp and coremony before an immonso
throng-Pollco nre certain that the mur?
derer of Mr. Burdick wns a woman
Robert Wray, a coal mlner, kllled ln sn
loon nt Davy, W. Vn.. though it took tho
enntents of two plstols to end hls llfo-??
'Human skull wlth horns nn It dlscovered
on a farm in Oregon-Conference roport
on the naval blll ellmlnntes the provlsion
for now crulsers-Ratlflcatlons on Iho
Alaskan treaty exebanged between Secre?
tary Hay nnd Mlnlsler Ilorhort-Willlam
Jennlngs Bryan denlos the rumor that ho
would lend a bolt frnm tho national con?
ventlon ln caso a gold mnn woro i-:ml
nated-John ITIpklns. a Confcderntt' Sr'J.
dler who fought wlth Mosby. dles In
Maryland?Presldent Roosevelt vetoes
hlll to pay clalm of Vlrglnlans-Members
of tho Houso very much nniused at tho
fog-horn volce of Canlt.ol pollcomnn who
was run In ns a readlng olerk-Captaln
of tho Malno submlts a det.nllod report of
occurrenees nt Nowport News, ln whloh
jnlolrs from hls shlp flgured-Two fav
orlies win at New Orleans raeos-Stock
markot was feverlsh nnd prices went
?ownward. ln splto of rnllles at varlous
tlmes durlnpf tlio dny-Chorus girls In
vade New York Stock Exchango nnd
rnnko members buy tleltots to actors' home
?fund benollt.
W. J. BRYAN DENIES STORY
PRINTED ABOUT HIM
(Ily Associutpd Pre??.)
PITTSBimO, PA., March 8.?WltlUm
J. Bryan, ln an lntervlew thls evenlng,
denled lhat ho wlll lend a rovolt freni
tho Democratlc party ln caso tbe Gold
Democrats enpture tho National Convon
tlon. as wns roporled to-day from New
York.
lt was sald ho Trould bolt the conven?
tlon nnd load an iridcpeiulent movement.
Mr. Bryan t?nld lhat not only hnd he not
fnado any suph. Htntement, but thnt tho
eonteniplaled actlon was Improbahle, and
he did not dlscuss liuprobabilllics. "Never
wlll you flnd tho Gold Democrats captur
jng apy Domocrntlo conventlon of na?
tional lmpot'tuuce; tho verv ldea of u <?
^bsurd," __^ ^'^. .j^ %#>/?
POPE'S
JUBlLEE
Cosmopolitan Crowd of
Unprecedenlccl Size.
SCENEATST.PETERS
WAS MAGNIFICENT
Indescrlbable Struggie When
Doors Were Opened.
IMPRECATiONS NOT
SUITED TO CEREMONY
Bclls of the Five Hundred Churches of
Rome Sounded Announcement That
Pontiff Was on His Way to the
Basilica, and Nlany Silver
Trumpets Blared Out
Their M'essage.
(Uy .Utuclnted I'reM.)
nUMK. March 3. -Tho twenty-flfth an
nlvensury of tlio cOron'atlon of Pope. Leo
was coiebratcd to-dny wllh all the gran
deii'r and Impresslvcness aisoclatisd with
th" lilgli cerein'onlcs of the cathollc
I'lnifcii, and nmld a dlaplny of opthtisl
nuni aiid emotlon on tho part of tho vast
aSMoriiblago gathored wlthln thu wnlls
of St. Peter, such ns yletl with tho grcut
i.-5t of provlous dcmonstrutlons of rever
enco und iiffcctloii for lho aged Pcjiitlff.
To-nlght nll tho saijred odlflces In
Bome. moriaflterle.M, convonts, Homlnarles
and also mt'-iiy prlvato jimiscs we.ro II
liimliiatcd In e.nimenioiatlon of tlio
event, tlie Traiiteyero quarter and the
Loohlnc Clty ospecinlly presentlng a blaao
of Ught, whlle the goneral efffcet was
holBhtehed by tho burning of Bengal
flres ? throughout the clty. Pope Leo,
wlio simp'Tted ndmirably tho fatlguo and
cx.-ltom.jiit. of today's ceremony, after
having retlred, vo:,o agaln from hls
couch and golng'to the wlndow of his
bed'roorn sw.'-d for a whllo upon thls
sceno of H'lumlnatlcn. The vlt-w from the
Vfttlcan '?mbranlng a slrftt'ch of soven
miles brlillant wltb light, waa' a marvel
lc..H ono. and' Hls llighuess oxclaltned as
ho wlthdivw from tho wlndow:
"Thls wlll. Indeed. bo a pleasant thing
to clream of."
Tho coremony at St. Pctor's Cathedral
lasted two hours and a quarter, and al?
though lt was nbtlceable that Pope Leo
felt tho offects of hls recent cold. all
woro Hiirprisod to we how well he seem?
ed. Hls volee was strong. hls gestures
vJgorous nnd the trohtlc cheerlng whlch
greeted hls arrival and depnrture gavo
hlm vlslble pleasure and .brought a fatnt
tlnge of cblor to hls face.
Tho sceno In the plazzl of tho St. Pe?
tor's was magniflcent. There wero a.s
sombled many hundreds of It.ilian troops
ln varlous lhodorn unlfdrm., maklng a
Hirlklng coiitrast with the modiaeval cos?
tumes of the Swlss Pnpal Guard on duty
at the bronzo doors of the cathodral.
Tho crowds whlch gathored bofore tho
flrst cordon of troops wero Impatlent ns
thoy stood drlpplng under tho porsistent
raiii. There wns n greal clashlng of um?
brellas nnd n. general feeling of cliscom
forl among the nwaltlng slghtseers, who
Included very many women In most varled
nttlro. eomprlslng foreigners of all na
tlonalltlos and Itallans from all parts
of tho country. the unlformlty of the
crowd belng plensantly broken by.groups
of slslors In tho dlfferept gowns of thelr
orders, Cathollc students and' picluresque
ly atllred friars.
When, flnally, the doors of St. Poter's
wero oponed an almost Indescrlbable
struggie occurred. In whlch all presont
forgot the rules of polltoness, and strovo
hard with pusb of elbows and feet to
reach tho Intorlor of the sacred edlflce,
whlle on nll sldes wero henrd crles ot
fear and Impreratlons not very well sult
(Contlnued .on Second Page.)
HUMAN SKULL.
BUT WITH HORNS
Find on Oregon Farm Savors
of Prehistoric Ages.
(Speclul to Tlie T)i_c?-ni?piitoh.')
PENPI'ICTON, Oim, March 3.?A hu?
man skull, with homs, savors of tho pre?
historic ngos, but tho prosence of ono on
tho farm of Thomas Adkins, eight mllos
south of hore, ls e,vldenco that such
queer things still exlst.
Adkins declded to search o hf-ap of
stones plled up on the furm near McKay
Creek. Tho heap had boon thoro as long
as the oldest eottler could remoniber. Ad?
kins throw asldo tho plle nnd found un-_
dcrnoath stones, bullt in a grnve-UUe
form. Three feet down a skeloton came
to light. lt belongod to a short, hoavy
sot belng of the human spocles. The
baok Jolnts woro very heavy. The skull
ooiitalned extremely promlnent jaw-bones,
with strange, wido teeth. Horns about
two Inches long projooted fiom each slde
of the bond.
it required'many
bullets to end him
(Spoclal to Tlie Tlmc?-lH?)i/itoh.)
BLUISF1ELD, W. VA,, March 8.?Robert
Wrny, a conl mlner, was Instantly klllod
to-nlght ln a saloon ln llavy, W. Va., by
a barkoiSpor, Bob Hufford. Hufl'ord ls
sald to hnve aoted ln self-defonse. Wray
fought to tha last, and lt requlred the
icontoii.t- o| two revolversto Jay. a?m Jow,
MRS. MAYBRICK IS
SOON TO BE SET FREE
Mrs MaybbicK
James MaYcricK
HURLED TO
HISDEATH
W. W. Nichols. C. & 0. Brake
man. Kllled-by FastExpress
IT WAS SUICIDE, THEY SAY
Eye Wilnesses Declare Hls Fatal Leap
Upon Passenger Traln's Track was
Deliberate?Resident of Rich?
mond?Fatality at Westham.
Walter ,W. Nichols, Chesapeake" and
Ohlo brakeman. Is bellevcd tn have com
mltted sulclde yesterday e-.-enlng by de
llberatlng Jumplng In front of a rapldly
movln'g passenger traln at Westham, a
few mlles out of Richmond oh tlje Ches
apeako and Ohlo road. Whether or not
Nichols intended to take hls own life
wlll never bo posltlvely known. It looks
s-ory much, however, as lf he did.
Nichols left hero yesterday -afternoon
nt 5 o'clock on the west bound freight of
the James RWer Dlvislon of tho Chesa?
peake and Ohlo. At Westham hls traln
took tho sidlng to allow No. 10, whlch
gets hore from Cllfjon Forge at 6:30 P.
M., to pa?s. Whilo this traln was waltlng
at Westham for tho passenger to come
and go, Nichols was standlng on the en?
glne steps,
It was not long before the Richmond
bound mall traln, traveltng a thlrty-mTla
clip, came tearlng down tho track, as it
passed Wostham, with never a thought of
stopping. The engineer of the freight
says he cannot understand how Nichols
could have falled to see the locomotlve
which was runnlng at full speed towards
hlm, ? but when sho reached a point a
dozen or so yards from where he was
standlng on tho other englne*6 steps he
Jun.ped lmmedlately upon the track^over
whlch the passenger traln was runnlng.
HURLED MANY YARDS.
Instantly he was hurled many yards
away, and, ot course, kllled. The en?
gineer of the passenger traln saw what
had hapnened nnd stopped hls traln afi
soon as he could, and backed to the
spot. The crew of the freight had by thls
tlme lald tho brulsed and broken body of
their comrade beside the track where he
had beon kllled. Many of tho passengers
nllghted and n-iewed tho remains. The
express came on to Richmond, leavlng
tho body there. It was brought to the
clty lator ln tho ovonlng and taken to
the undertnklng rooms of Laube.
Mr. Nichols camo to Richmond from
Hallfax county. and has been in the em
ploy ot the Chesapeake and Ohlo for
about three years. He was regardod by
hls employors as a trustworthy man and
hls record wa.s good. No report had ever
boen made agalnst hlm during hls oon
nectlon wlth tho road.
Nichols was about t^onty-soven years
of age and unmarried. He bonrdod with
Mr. G. W. Valden, No. 308 East Cary
Street. Hls remains will be taken to
Hallfax to-day for burlal.
If tho unfortunate man deliberately klll?
ed hlmself it is a mystery. None of his
nssoclntns know any reason why ho should
wlsh to take hls life.
BIG INCREASE
IN THE BUSINESS
Remarkable Strides Made by
tlie Richmond Post
offlce.
The rapldly-growlng business of the
Richmond postofllce ls evldencea by the
report for the month of February. The
snlo of postaga stamps. tho recelpts from
box rents and from newspapers amounted
to $KO,005.17. For the correspondlug period
of last year the recelpts from the same
souroes aggregate.! ?2f.,8^7.29, showln. an
Increaso of ${1,161.18. In other words, the
Increaso was moro than twelve por cent.
During February the number of speclal
dcllvery letters recelved were 2.CU'; for
the corrosponding month of last year the
number was 2,080, an increaso of 631.
Cashler Marrlott, of tho postofllce. la
malitos; chseim ia \$ -luwU Wtleij* ^ ^
A SOUTHERN WOMAN
Reliable Information from London J.hat
Her Pardon Will Take Effect on
Flrst of May, 1904?Sult Pend
ing in Richmond in Which
She Hopes to Testify
When It Comes
to Trial.
Information ot the most reilable char?
aeter has been recelved here from Lon
doun.to the effect that It haa beon agreed,
and determlned, that Mrs. i Florence C.
Maybrlck, whp ls servlng a Hfe sontence
In prlson for the murder of her hirsband, ]
wlll be set free by pardon on tho lst of
Mny, 3901. In other words, sha wlll havo
to serve only about fourteen months
longer.
This case ls one of a good deal of local
Interest ln Rlehrn,o_.d, ns suits are pend?
lng ln the Chancory Court hore ln whlch
Mrs. Maybrlck-is Interested.
Judgo L.. D. Yarrell, tho counsel for
Mrs. Maybrlck, is in the city. Whon seett
at Murphy's Ilotot lasr iilght; he si'.irt that
be was here on buslnesa .for hls cllent,
When asked lf he had any reason to be?
lieve that Mrs. Maybriok would bo frced
wlthln about' a yoar; Im stated that ho
would not deny that roport nor would
he conflrm it. Jt was quite ovjtient, how
ovor. that the Judge had somethlng "up
hls sloeve," whlch he did not caro to
make publlc.
CASE OF GREAT INTEREST.
Mrs. Maybrlck ls not unknown In Rlch
, mond. .Sho has beon hero on many occa
sions. Sho was before her marriago tho
beautlful Mlss Florence Chandler, <xf
Mobile, Ala., and a nleco of ono of the
Confederate Cablnet ofllcers. Sho b?
longs to one of the blue-blooded southern
famllles.' She wap married to James
Maybrlck, a wenlthy Engllshman, who
was for several years a cotton brokor at
Norfolk. Soon aftor thelr marrlage the
couple went to England . They bad not
been there long before Mr. Maybrlck dled
from arsenic polsonlng. Hls wlfe way
accused of hls murder. Sho was arrest?
ed. trlod, convlcted. aad sentenced to life
lmprlsonment. That was thirteen yoars
ago. It has always been charged. and
generallv belleved. that Brltlsh polltlcs
had somethlng to do wlth her convlctlon.
It was provoh to the satlsfaction of many
that Maybrlck was an arsenic eater.
Thore are many pooplo- ln Norfolk who
made aflldavit to that effect.
Slr Charles Russell. now Lord Russell,
defended Mrs. Maybrlck. General Roger
A Pryor, now Judge of the Court ofi
Common Pleas ln New. i'ork, went to
England in her behalf. but, for some
reason, was not permltted- fo .appea'r in
court ln her behalf.
After the woman's convlctlon there
came up spontanoously a potltlon to
Queen Vlctorln, slgned by.500,000 or more
Britons, asklng Mrs. Mnybrick's pardon.
It was not. granted, as tlie Home Secre?
tary advlsed agalnst It. For six years
Mrs. Maybrlck was conflnod at hanl
labor ln prlson, but during the last sovon
years sho- has a freer and easler time.
She is now at Allsworth prlson, whlch
Is excluslvoly for women.
Brltlsh sentlment. agalnst. the woman
has beon relaxlng for several years. Now
there ls every g">od reason to make the
Btatement that Klng Edward VII. has
caused It to be known through tho proper
channels that he wlll set Mrs, Maybrlck
freo ln a. llttlo over a year.
WHO MAVBBICK WAS. /
Jamos Maybrlck was a rlch Engllshman
and was a cotton brokor ln Norfolk.
Thero Mlss Florence Chandler met and
married hlm. Tho dosk lie forrnerly
used ls now ln the Vlrglnla-Carollna
Chemlcal offlces in Norfolk. Soon after
tho marriago thoy went to England to re
sldo. and not long thoreafter tho death
of Mr. Maybriok oeourred,
Presldent Harrlson and his Secretary
ot State, James G. Blalne, thought Mrs.
Maybrlck'had lost her Amerlean cltl.en
nhlp and would not Intorfere. President
McKlnloy, over the prote.st'of hls Secre?
tary of State, John Shennan. aftor ro
vlowing the evidence, mnde offlclal re
aucst for her pardon. Thls was rofused.
Mrs. Maybrlck Inheritcd much property,
a good deal of Whlch hns boen lost to
her. Tho suit pendlng horo Is to declara
null and vold a doeil to lands in South
western Virginla, whlch sho deeded away
the nlght of hor convlctlon. lt Is elalmod
that thls property was sold by her nnd
asslgned for M0.000 when sho was In no
sort of mental condltion to know what
she was dolng. Therefore, lt is very Im?
portant to have hor testify whon the sult
comes to trial. , ,
Tha whole caso, if lt could bo printed
in full, would read llke a romanee. The
properly Mrs. MrivbiJcUla.vKclulm to was
iiihorlted. It was thit glven by tho State
of Vlrglnla to James riwimn.. a Boston
merchant, who gavo ald to tihls Coiimon
vvealth in the war wllh Groat Hrltaliii ln
1512, lt wlll bo remembered that thls
State was ln a posltion to asslst the Fed
eral Government materially, Thero Is
stlll a clalm pendlng agalnst Uncle 8am.
Swann was over ln Franca, and after
nnrrowly cscaplng belng gulllotlned dur?
ing tho French Revolutlon, was able to
send Vlrglnla JiO.uoo worth of arms. The
Commonwealth voted hlm certain lands,
and theso uro they whlch aro lu contro
vei'sy.: "~'i
CHORUS GIRLS
ONJCHANGE
Invaded Wall Street and But
tonholed Millionalres.
TICKETS TO A BENEFIT
Brlgade Led by Pretty Dorothy Bertram
of the Silver Slipper Company Cap
tured Bulls, Bears and Lambs
and Sold Tickets to All.
fSpeelut to The Tlmos-Dlspnteh.)
NEW YORK. Mnrch 3.?Wall Stroet's
mnstors of finance woro routed to-day by
a 3trategic movement executed by s. for
mldablo slxteon brlgade of protty chorus
glrls from tho leadlng Broadway thcntres
bent on selllng Indlscrlmlnatcly to bulls,
bears and lambs, tickets for the actbrs'
home fund benellt, to bo glven on March
12th.
Tho army that swoopod down on tho
hub of the flnanclal world was led by
Dorothy Bertram, a vlvaclous brunotte
from tho "Sllver Sllpper" Company. Mlss
Bertram, after clovorly dlsposing of her
small forco so that Wall Street's nul
llonnlres wero mercllossly hemmed in,
salllcd forth with only ono alde to tho
Stock Exchange, where she buttonhojed
every prosperous looklng Indlvldual she
saw and sold so mnny tickets that sho
lost her breath.
Nows of the tnvaslon spread through
tho street llke news of a bull markot,
and e.j.oro long Miss Bortram had to cnll
in hor outposts. who had boen ruthlossly
golng through all the large offiea bulld
lng?. dragging forth all thoso who vainly
trlod to dodge the lnevltablo and selllng
tickets fo them desplte tholr protcsts.
Aftor It was all over tho glrls agreed
that Wall Streot wns too lovely for any?
thlng and thoy bado odleu to tho money
maelstrom with promlses 'of return.
THE WAR EXC1TEMENT
INTERFERES WITH TRADE
(By Aseocintod Press.)
MOBILE. ALA.. March 3.?The war
excltement is so great at Puorto Cortez,
Honduros, and labor so scarce, becauso
the pooplo have fled to tho lnterlor, that
the steamor Espana could not got moro
than a thlrd of a cargo of bananas. Tho
Espana sallecT for Mnbllc Saturday and
brlngs $70,000 ln coin shlpped out by Puor?
to Cortez morchants for safe keoplng.
THE NEW TELEPHONE
; IS DEEDED AWAY
In the Chancery Court yesterday
rnornlng tho dood of sale transferrlng
tho proporties and equlpment of the
Richmond, commonly known aa tho "old
'phono" company, to the Southern Boll
Tolophone nnd Tolegraph Company was
llled for rocord. The document wns
qulto lengthy, coveiring a dozen or moro
pages of typewrlton manuscrlpt.
WORE IRONS FOR
HIS FIDELITY
Death ol a Man Who Fought
and Suffored for the
Confederates,
(Speolnl lo Tlio Tlnif.i.nispnteh.l
BALT1MORE, ML., Maroh 3?John
Htpklns, a C'onfcvlernta veteran, dled at
the Plkosvlllo Soldlors' Home yesterday.
Mr, Hlpklns wns n natlvo oi' Norfolk,
Va. In ISiH Mr. Hlpklns was a mastor
malo on tho Unltod States steamer Vln
oonues. When Vli'sinla suoedad (joni tho
Unlon ho tenderod hls resignatlon lo the
Seerotary of tho Navy. An hour Inter
ho was notlftcd by tho nommandcr of tho
f.toamor that ho was under arrcst. Ho
wus Ironod nnd taken to Fort. Lafayette.
remalnlrg there twenty month''. After
hls release h? enllated In Company V,
Forty-thliil Bnttallon of Cavnlry (Mos
by's), roiuatninj. with tho company untll
April 17. lStiS, when tho company wa_
dlsbanded,
CONGRESS
DYING
HARD
Little to Relieve Tension
ofPartisan Feeling.
ONE INCIDEtMT HAD
PLEASANTTINGE
House Passed Blll Grantlng
Penslon to Mrs. Reed.
THEN THE BICKERINO
BEGAN WITH NEW VIGOR
As the Night Grew Older Attendants
Grew Wider Awake and Watched
With Grcater nterest the Dy
ing Thoes of the Fifty
seventh Congress of
the United States,
the Dfti
Fifty- O
(Spi-iil-l to Th" Ttmcii-Dtspatch.'l
WASHINGTON, D. C March 3.--The
Fifty-sovenlh CongrosH ls dylng hard.
Thei-o 1k llttlo to rellrv.:- tho tonslon bf
partlfian feollng that hns run so hlgh in
the Houso sinco tho Republlcans tinseatod
Butlor, of Mlssourl. lnst weok, und the
Domocrats aro followlng oven to tho end
tho pollcy of obstructlon whieh they In
uuguratcd thon.
Thoro wus ono Incldont In tho House
aftor mldnlght that was a pleaslng re
ltef from tho constant strlfo of partlsanry
;that hnd charactorlr.cd nll tho nlght ses?
sion. At 1. o'clock thls morning tho Houso.
passod tho Senato blll grantln* to Mrs.
Walter Rood, of Virginla, a penslon of
$125 a month for tho slgnnl servlces ren
derotl by her husband, an army surgoon,
by hls dlseovcry that yellow-fevor ls
tfansmltted bymosqultpes. Mr. Hay got
up the blll about mldnlght. He mndo a
sliort Btntetnont concernlng it. Thon. as
ovldonco of tho better feeling'.e-olstlng.
Mr. Dalzell, who has boen. more nbused
by'tho Domocrats ln Uie past(weok Ihnn
nny other man 6n lho Ropubllean Hl.le.
made n forclblo speeeii in bohalf of tlio
air. Maynard ancl sovoral othera-spoko
in advocacy of the mensuro, nnd lt was
thon passed, with but '.9 votes In the
nlTlnnatlvo.
BICIf.ERING ACLVIN.
And tho partlsanry and Mclf,crlng and
every other form ot contenUon ? possible
undor tho rules of tho Houso, began
agaln Tho dreary round of rall-calls
whieh has obtalned. sinco Wednesday
wont on nnd will go on untll tho hands
ot the blg clock undor the glldod oaglo
on tho breast of tho gnllory ln front of
tho Speakors polnts to tho hour of noon
to-day. ^. , ,
Since 11 o'clock yosterday, with a short
recess, the members have boon In tholr
soats The monotonous droiie of lho clerlc
proucoding with tho roll-call. ,that petu
lant voleo of Rlchardson, tho Domocratlc
lond'or, maklng polnts of ordor, or dc
mnncllng n recorded voto. the sharp rap
plng of the Speaker's gnvol oalllns the
Houso, nro sounds that at 2 o'clock ln
the morning nro growlng dreadfully
wcarylng. But there is stlll left in tho
gnllerlofi of tho Sonate and Houso, a
consldorablo remnant of the groat crowds
that packed the gnllerles at elther end
of tho Capitol whon tho presldlng officers
rapped the respectlve bodlos togother
early to-nlght'.
ANOTHER DEADLOCK.
The Senate In IU flnal hours Is on
anothor deadlock. McEnery. of Lonlsl
ana spoko for two hours sparring for
tlme ln ordor to klll tho rhllipplno tariff
blll whloh proposed' to redtice the dutlos
on 'sugnr imported from tho Phlllpplnos,
(Continued on Thlrd Pngo.)
MR. COHEN TO
CALL A MEETING
Cltlzens Wlll Pass Upon Ques?
tion of Having a Carnlval
In Richmond.
Mr. Isnac Cohen, who prosldod ovor the
mootlng of cltlzens hold a few nlghts ago
at Murphy's Hotel to conslder tho mntter
of holdlng a carnlval ln May, wlll to-dny
call a meeting of the body over whlch
hc proslded to hear Uho roport of the com
niilteo, whlch has considered ,tho whole
lt ls genorally undnrstood that the ro
riort wlll not be fuvorablo to tho schome
iih presentert at the llrst meeting. But
tht. does not mean that there wlll be no
cnrnlval. Now plans may bo suggeHtod,
adopted nnd carrled lnto <?n"?ct.
Mr ,T, S. Berger, manager of .Uie Carnl?
val Companv, whlch made a proposltion
to the cltlaena' meoiliig. has not lort tho
clty as h?s boon roported, hut la Mlll
horo and is cn-ouragod/to bellovo tlmt
thero wlll bo a carnlval after all. Ho
says he has Intorvlewed many of tho cU
Ize'ns upon tho subjoct, and that thoy aa
a rulo aro enthuslastlcally ln favor of it.
air Berger la nulto s|ok nt tho \ Irrsln a
HoBpitnl, hut ha hopes m ho out. agaln
beforo vory long*.
FIGHTINO^UBONIC
PLApUE WITH FIRE
MATJAT^V'fe TK& K.-Th*
riumber of dea tlu herfl In February was
lu7, of whtoh 5H were fi'om bnbonlo
plnguo. Erom .Tanuary ist to March 1st
thera was burned by the sanltary authorl
tl*. .01 houses of a cheap class, for
whlch the cwuers were pald t37,0Qp.
EIGHT FOR
ACQUITTAL
OF KING
Jury Was Discharge.
Last Evening,
NO AGREEMENT
COULD BE REACHED
Three Jurymen for Convlctlon
and One Doubtful.
THE ACCUSED BAILED
TO MARCH TENTH
Many Ballots Taken by the Jury, but
All With the Same Result Except
the Last, When It Had Become
Evldent That the Mem?
bers Could Not Get
Together.
For ciiiiviotion?Andrew Wray, Quarles
Splcor, C. F. Selsel.
Doubtful?Mnnly B. Ramos.
For aciiuittal?YV. Ii. l'lzzlni, V.. Donati,
D. A. Brown, Albort Grccntroe, J. L.
Wooldrldgo, J. O. Rlohardson, H. S. Jen-i
nlngs, J. C. l'uckett.
Such is the way that the jury ln Uio
oaso of tho Commonwealth against John
M. Klng, charged wlth bribcry, stood
upon ovory ballot. tuken during the twen
ty-Cour hours elnpslng from tho tlmo tho
caso wa.s subinlttcd untll last nlght .at..
: o'clock, when Judgo Ingram declared.
a mlstrial, with ohe single excoptlon.
Thls'oeourred yosterdny aftornoon. upon
tho lnst ballot, when the vote was sup
posedly as follows:
l''or convlctlon?Andrew Wray, Manly
B. Ramos, W. B. Fizzlnl, D. A. Brown,
Or., C. F. Scisel, Charles Splcer.
Doubtful?none, ,
For actfuiltal? V. Donati, J. _;. Wotn-.
drldge, J. O. Rtohardspn, Albert Groen
troe, H. S, .leiinliigs,'J. C. Puckett. .
From tlio nlxivo It wlll bo observed that
tho doubtful juror voted wlth the mlnorl
ty, whlle Mr. Brown/and Mr. Pizzlnl went
ovor for a convlctlon.
COULD NOT AGREE. '
Unable to agreo after havlng dellberv
ated tipon tha case for a period of twen-r'
ty-four long weary hours, tlio .jurj>_
whlch helil'ln tho palm of Its hand tho;
futiue ffcodom of Juttu M. Klng. cjc-v
Alderman from Jefforson Ward,, charge
wlth bribcry, returned to the Husttnffs
Court lnst nlght nt 7' o'clock,, when -the
Coreman. Mr. Albert areentree,. informed
tho court that thero was no probablllty
of tho twelve mon ever gotting together,'.
although they woro. closeted for years.
whercupon Judge Ingram dischargod, the
Jurors and declared a mlstrial. Klng.-,
ihe accused, was relcased a few minutcs
lator on ball, which was readlly fur-;
nlshed bv Mr. D. O'SuIIlvan, and.for tho
tlmo behig nt least the famous caso ls
over nnd done. ? ,_'"'_._ ., "
However, at tho requeet of Common?
wealth's Attorney, Klng wfts batled .on.y
untll the 10th of thls muntli, tho next
term of tho court, whon once more ho
wi'l appear as a defendant at the bai.
.Tnd acaln for the second tlme. the stlr
ring sfenes and stringent denunclatlon
of witnesses wlll be rehearsed.
On tho the last ballot that was take).
yesterday boforo the jury was dlschargo,!
the voto was a tl*. six favorlng convlc?
tlon nnd an equal number reoordmtr ?
Hinmielvos ns for acqulttal.
HESITATE OVER TESTLMONY. :..
Sevoral members of the jury wore seen
after tholr dlsmlssal, but thoy rofused
tn talk ,-egardlng the caso or refer to tho
imprMSlon Uio by tha different vU
'TL ,IPon the different Jurors. How.-;
ever it has beon wcertalned that th*
failure of tho Jury to arrlvo ata verdict
rS 'n oVn^^^Gude^G? anV
TJZnn. t.?reo0stat'witnesses for
thj0urP;menCUts0eSmed to hesltate. Scm,
thought it unwlso to convict upon -th
Bv. whlle otheTS^oemed^qulte.sa ,
Ufied wllh what had been told hy the
gentlemen. Tnls doubt ln tha minds of
fhe ju"v was quite sufBelent to ltoep^hera
fron votlnff a convlctlon, for tho court
lnUructed that if any doubt e-isted th*
prl-ohor should be givon tho beneflt of lt,
From tho flrst, the very mlnute almost
that the jury rotlred to conslder- a ver?
dict to tho tlme lnst nlght when Judgo
Ingram declded that there was no need
of further? holding them, wlth the sin
_le cxcentlon mentloned, t|to voto has
beon tho samo as stated ln the.forego,
ing. and no nmount of ??\?ment ??!?
Induce tho doubtful member to slde
nosltlvely elther way. ??__?,,?.?
P MR. riREENTRF.H KOREMAN.
When tho body rettred lo tho ju
t_oto{ after havlng the case siibml t
to them. thelr flrst natlon was to sele
? fnronmn There was some talk i
Mr bTowu. but he declined Inl^ro
tno successful gentleman, Mr. AlberHfe
areentreCe K- was ""fJ^JT'V S
after whloh It was declded to take
"^'tho'meantime th^ury had declded
to voto .^eci'etly.-,--i.-" ? as a hat v,ati
nassed oroun/.S .'oom each man
S^rned In a l' '.?w sllp of PftP?r. on
whlch to hls j.-gnwnt. wa? wrltten the
S verdict to return In the case. For
Em-^mlnutM no ono had the sllghtost
fdea how ho ballot stood. for ?o dls?
cusslon of "lie merlts ot the affair has
"aU %?<_ eagerly awalted the an
notincement of tha vote, as lf each e?
pected to havo hls judgmont proven by
lu, unanimous oplnlon of othor mem
be?a of tho body. Slow y the chalrman
took (ho sllps from the hat, and.almost
lmmedlately lt was discoverert that there
was a dlssentlon, for lt was seen that
two nlles were bolng made ln the win?
dow slll Of tho plecea of paper,
d THEY GREAS- 13XCITED. '
As the one stacK grow rapldly and tho
other was slow of advancement ln prp
portlon, tha speculation among- tho. Jun
became more apparent, aud tha men
crowded moro ei,-ely to the tally
keopor. FlnaJly.lt was announced that
elght favored acquiital, thr? e_wn>>
tlon. and ope man had falled to vote.
for only eleven ballots had boen dv
posited. At. thls stago f?w were awato
who tho doubtful man wa?.
Then this jury did just as others have
dono ln tbo paM aud will 4ci. Ir- th?i fo-,,?
ture. They commenced p-lring off mt
grou??, and for a tlme the room w.- \
_ dia v? confu-loa ?nd *o__p.
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