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???^HM^I^HOLE; NUMBER, 16,203,
RICHMOND; VA, TUESDAY, MARCH 81, 1008.
PRICE TWO .CENTS?'
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SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS
THE WEATHER.
?WASHINGTON, March 80,?Forecast for
, Tuet-day and Wednesday! ? ?. , ? >
Virginia and North Carolina-Fair Tues?
day! warmer .In mat portion, Wednesday
ra.lt?i fresh northwest to west wind?.
Sundrty and'yesterday wore'raw, tin
pleasant days.? A lino ;hall foil Sunday
night, followed.by rain, which foil heav?
ily and continuously- for hours. Fair
woathor la promised for to-day and to.?
? morrow.
STATE OP THE THERMOMETER."
?A.M. ..'. *i ?
12 M. 49
?) P. M,. 62
? V. M,?...,.W
6 P. M. ?
12 midnight.48
Average.?'???.?*8>/_
Highest temperature yesterday.;. 62
Lowest temperature yesterday.Al
Mean temperature yesterday.....40
: Normal temperature for March,... ...?48
Departure from normal? temperature. 02
MINIATURE ALMANAC,
'March 31, 1603.
Bun rise?.6IG9 I HIGH TIDE.
Bun sets.,.;.'.(1:30 I Morning.....6:14
Moon Beta.0:32) Evening........'....0:42
RICHMOND.
Street Committee refuses to ' givo
Mesera; Glisser, Gude and Welnb'runn nny
more contracts-Frightful accident to a.
, Binali boy at the Richmond Cedar ."Wprl"'
?Mann bill comes'up again to-night in
.committee-Joint committee 'to'conslder
. corporation measure?Reunion of agents
of tho _quttnble Assurance Society?:
Senator J. N. Ilarman.probably Republi?
can candidate for Governor?:?BUI to pro?
tect wholesale merchants-Talk of run?
ning Captain W. D.. Cardwell, of Hanover,
against Congressman John Lamb??Fight
over a bond Issue boforo Corporation
Commission?Pool champion ? occopts
challenge-Bill to malee coal (lea)ers
givo a long ton-What Is said to be tho
oldest coin In the world brought here?
More' money .for Randolpih-Macon?Six
women In prison aro converted-Senate
? refera question of adjournment to a com-!
? .mltl.ne-Sufferers from .drugs, eeeking
. relief-Government likely to take posses-'
bIou of the Shnfer building May 1st-;??
'Vandals defuco the Houdon statue, of
'" Washington?-T. P. odltors to'meet to-,
nlght-^?Liquor dealers appear before; the
Committee on Finance-Mr., Henry ?,,
Worth' better?Crops not Injured by the
cold spoil-Thomas lectures' at RIchmo'/d
Collego-Rov. W. S. Lea"ko preacho? his
..farewell sermon?-Richmond man report?
ed to have died In Pennsylvania. ? MAN?
CHESTER-Conductor Wood killed by
a traili-Marriage ?f Miss' Pearl Tinglo'
and Mr. William Canary-Meeting of
Manchester -, Lodge of Elks??Committee
meetings?-Funoral of an infant-^?A
fruit supper to-night.
VIRGINIA.
B. T. Gunter a candidate to succeed Dr.
he Cato In the Senate from Aecomac and
Northampton-?rSlanley .District, In War?'.
wick, Is carried by tho VdryS"-?Wytho?
villo ia making war on , hydrophobias
Heavy storm aIong-*tho coast??Exciting
' 'experience'aboard the . Injured steamer
'Plnn>?Reach-Methodist Conference in
'session, in " Frcdeririksburg?Husband
'missing, now that a seoond wife hae up
; peftrod on the scono.'Wife No. ,1 was-a
pretty Norfolk wldow-^-Weather prevents,
ball games at Lexington and Chnrlottes
vlllt-Epwnrth?' League In Danville?
Local option election to bo'held la Dan
vllio on. April,Otb-^Incendlary-fire near
? Or'auffQ-Hurrioano!Branfch's son injured
bv bloodhounds-Murder trial in Ablng
don?-Norfolk and 'Western- changes '?f
P-oanoke-Boy dies from hydrophobia? Irfl
.Washington county-?-Schooner sunk near
Norfolk by the steamer Princess Anne?I
Wlreless telegraph.'apparatus at Ocean
: View and -Fort Monroe blown down
Box company chartered. In Petersburg?r
Business Men's Association of Hanover
organized-at Ashland?-Small fires at'
West Point, but no'great damage??Big
electric company chartered In-Norfolk?
Father arrested In Lynchburg on charge
of kidnapping his child. Marriages?H.
B. McLcmore-and Miss Pattlc E. Williams
-in Weldon, N. , C. Deaths-Frjink
McNulty in Norfolk: ???. J. C. Gibson
In Rappahannock; Charles ?.. Elm at
Roanoke; James Brlnkley near Suffolk;
Mills Godwin In Isle of Wight; John W.
Hydcrpool In Bristol; M. B. Carrington In
Rramv/cll. W. Va.; J. H. Hnskins in Ame?
lia; William and John Hatch in Prince
George. ,
NORTH CAROLINA.
Pastor Installed near Greensboro?
Powell selected for another term as
Mayor of Raleigh?On Plnehurst golf
links-Btltmoro weather observatory of
George Vnnderbllt destroyed by tho storm
-High tide floods Wilmington streets
Schooner ashore at Creed's Hill Life-Sav?
ing Station-Manager of Hatteras Do
Forest wh'eless telegraph station washed
overboard in Albemarle Sound and res
oued-Negro acquitted at Wilmington?
High tide and wind does great damage at
Nowbcrn-Robersonvlllo Chief of Police
is wounded by negroes-Farmers or?
ganized by Colonel J.' S. Cunlngham at
' Reldsvllle. .'.
GENERAL?
Young husband kllled'ln New York by
his wife's visitor after a fight down-.
stairs and through .hall-Huge swindle
said to have been unearthed In New Or?
leans, In which rallwny ? tickets were
forged on wholesale plan-Movement In
..inifMimicd' to establish a Southern circuit
of races?'Abnormally high tide and
winds at Charleston drives vessels ashore
??General William H, Jackson, a noted
Confederated louder and breeder of thor?
oughbreds, died at his home yesterday
President Roosevelt refuso? to promise
rot to discuss tho race problem during
Ms Western tour-There Is? to bo a thor?
ough probing Into the affairs of the Post
office Department, nnd many removals
ere expected?RRces at Bennlngs wore
run In ? driving rain?Cuban reciprocity
treaty will be ratified in Washington to?
day-Wife of rich Paterson (N. J.) lum
fcor dealer sues for divorce, alleging that
her husband made her pose in njry cos?
tume and then showed her picture to his
frlonds-President Roosevelt Is asked to
?ave a full Investigation of the shooting
affair nt Stanlford, W, Va? In which sev?
eral men wero killed?Stock market
opened with selling orders In evidence,
and the running up of the cnlt .loan rate
to 8 por cent, made prices drop-Another
bruUI crime is perpetrated near Blue
field, W? Va?, and. the culprit was ar?
rested and placed In jail at Weloh, *
BOTH FIGHTERS READY
fiOR BATTLE TO-NIGHT
(By ?snodateci Pre??.)
BAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Maroh 80,-,Eo>
dy Granney, who will referee the "Young
Ooi'bett"-McG'ovorn fight to-morrow
night, visited both training ? quarters to?
day. Ho wished to get an exact in
terpretation from the two pugilista of
tho agreement whioh Corbott and Mc
Govern'e managers signed Jast night. An
the agreement reads, in case a foul is
olaimod by either side, the decision of
tho referee must be withheld until after
a reputable physician had made an ex?
amination and reported what injury, if
any, has been Inflicted,
At noon to-day tho betting odds remain?
ed at 10 to 8, McQovorn, as has been the
case right along, is on the long end of
the argument. MoGovern, who is well
tinder wulght, j)s taking Ufo easy J ?
Alameda, He took a little recreation
rond, work this evening.
The claim Is made for Oorbett that hd
lias at last peached tno limit of ?1
pounds, His trainers pronounced him if
prime form and say that a warming u]
exercise and a rub down to-morrow nioril
log will wind up hie .work.
REFUSED
THEM ANY
(MTRACTS
Against Gasser, Oude
and Weinbrunn.
THE VOTE WAS
A DECISIVE ONE
Was Teh to Four In Opposi?
tion to the Contractors.
THEIR BIDS HIGHER
THAN LASTJ^AR
Then They Claimed, Saya Committee
man West, That-They Had to Pay
Bribe Money, But Now That Bur?
den Has Been Lifted from
Them?Maynard & Per?
kins Get Contract.
Echoes from the Hustings Court, sound
' ed out sharply at tho meeting of the
Street Commltteo last night, when the
bids for city work, offered by Contractors'
Casser, Oude and Welnbrunn were turned,
down. , i -
These bids were for road-bed work and'
glittering, and the three contractors men?
tioned wero the only ones who put in
bids for the work, -
The bids wore rejected upon the motion
of.Mr. Peters, and Mr. West brought out
the point that the figures were slightly
higher, than those offered last year.
/ "It was stated In the grand Jury room
of tho. Hustings Court, not long ago,"
said-Mr. West, ."by one, or all of these
?gentlemen, that when they put'in tholr
bids last, year they had to put the fig?
ure ten per.cent, higher ' than necessary ;
In order to pay to. a certain councilman
so much bribe money. Now, thoy come
In with their bids stijl higher, ' with no
bribe rnioney necessory."
DECISIVE- VOTE. ' -
... The vote on'the'motion ' to reject was
'ni?st decisive,; and If .was stated- by sev?
eral members-.of the,'committee that the
! same- action, 'would.-'. be. .taken ?whenever.,
bids were offered by the contractors re
.ferredvto. -?;? .. ,., - j,
;.'-'; 7fr. Peters mado .the-fight that restila
In the "turn-down,".after Mr.'Minor had
offered a motion to award to the lowest
.responsible bidder's. He said ho. was op?
posed, to giving .the gentlemen any work
for the city at any price.
In this connection Major Allen said ho
could'not give his approval? to any work
contemplated on West*Broad Street.? as
long as' the railroad tracks wero al?
lowed to remain on that " thoroughfare.
He thought the street should ' he per?
mitted to^ remain in its preeent bad
condition. "The south side of tho Btreet
now,' he said, is occupied by the tracks,
and. Is an eye-sore and a menace to the,
progress of tho city. He thought the
tracks should bo removed, and the sta?
tion placed on the north side of the
MAT NOT CONTINUE.
Before a voto was reached Mr. Minor
and Mr. Huber' endeavored . to get the
committee to agree to allow Contractor
Gudo to complete certain work he had
started under the old appropriation, but
that 'was votod down, and when the
vote on tho Peters resolution was taken
it revealed the following line-up:
Ayes?Adams, J. ?. -N. Allen, Bahon,
;Foters, PhllUpe, Teefoy, West, Whlttet,
Williams and Chairman Allen?10.
Noes?Maiin, Minor, Burton and Hu?
ber?4.
Then, upon motion of Mr. Adams, the
City Engineer was' Instructed, to award
tho contract for granite curbing to the
lowest responsible/biddor, and the con?
tract for granolithic curbing was given
to Maynard & Pfcrklns, after a protest
was mado by Mr! Huber and Mr. Wil?
liams, who madeja motion that all bids
for this work bo rejected. Tho only
othor, hid was teat of Mr. Gasser, who
was about fi ve? cents lower than the
contractor who/secured the contract.
. After other routine business, the com?
mittee adjournfd.
ATTEMPT MADE TO KILL
WELU-KNOWN NOVELIST
Aneocliited Presi.) .
PARIS, Jfnrch 30.?Considerable stir was
creatod liefe this afternoon by the news
of an att?npt to shoot the well known
novelist, Marcel Pr?vost, It appears that
ns M. Pr*Ost was ontering the office of
the Society of Men of Lettore, In the Rue
Rougemont, where the election of officers
for the doming year was to bo held, a
stylishly* dressed^' young woman, whose
name wfs afterwards given as Mlle, Em?
ma Toufet, allffhted quickly from a car?
riage add fired two shots from a revolver
at him/at,the samo time calling him by
WIEL CONSIDER
?CORPORATIONS
JoW Mooting to Be Held To
Nlght to Take Up Im?
portant Matter,
lcjfhe Senate Committees for,Courts of
jtlco and Roads and Internal Navlga
?i will meet to-night to consider the
poratlon bills, known as House bills
! 's. 00 and 103,
^?(he measures are' of great publlo In
%st, a? they Involve both the operation
I? the Corporation CommlBBlon end the
? intlnf of .QhartersA ? , ?*
name. Both shots mlssed'and the woman
was about to fire a third time when M.
Pr?vost disarmed her. She was taken
temporarily Into custody, and explained
that bho had known' M.' Pr?vost In Lon?
don some time ago. His avoldanco of
her since that time had prompted her to
seek to avenge herself, but she did not
Intend to kill the novelist. M. Pr?vost
refused to follow up the matter and Mile.
Touret was sot at liberty. It. Is stated
that the woman's brother vainly tried to
force a duel on M. Pr?vost.? ,
M. Marcel Pr?vost was elected presi?
dent of th? Society of Moh of Letters at
the election which followed the snooting
affair, ,.
FULL INVESTIGATION
OF STAMFORD AFFAIR
(By Aaaoclated Preaa,)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 80.?John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers; 8, C. Burdett, of Charleston,
W. Va.; attorney for the West Virginia
Mine Workers, and Christopher Bvane,.
one of the mine leaders, talked with'the
President to-day regarding the recent
shooting of strikers by.deputy, marshals
at Btanlford, W. Va. They requested
that a very thorough investigation be
made of the affair. The President took
the matter under advisement.
ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDE
AT CHARLESTON. S. C.
(By Asaoeiated Praia.) -
CHARLESTON, S. C? March .80.?Ab?
normally high tides prevailed here yester?
day on account of the heavy winds.''The
lightship'Relief, In Cooper River, drag?
ged her,: anchor and went aground on
Drum Island, above the city,. where she
Is stuck fast.'
The German bark Weisslnger was blown
from her anchorage and collided with the
wharf, but suffered little damage,
FOUGHTWITH
A BULL DOG
James Slavln Nearly Had His
? Arm Torn Off.
THE DOG WAS KILLED
But the Man Would Have Been the One
to Loqse His Life Had Not a
Policeman Come to
. ' the Rescue..
'(By Associated Preaa.)
NEWARK, N. J., 'March 30.-A fierce,
struggle between a bulldog and a man
to-day resulted In the death of the ani-,
mal, but not ! until It~ had almost torn
'the-loft.arm from its victim.;?
James Slavln was walking in Mulberry
Street. The dog was eating at a gar-.
bage can and turned on him. Slavln'
kicked'? at the beast, which fastened Ub
'teeth in his arm.
Slavln finally sank to th sidewalk,;
bleeding profusely and with the beast
chewing the flesh. The animal would
have-killed Slavln had, it not ' been for,
the appearance of Policeman Schott, of,
the First Precinct. The officer did not
dare shoot for.fear of hitting Slavln and
had to beat oft the dog with the butt end
end of his revolver. The animal sprang
at Schott? With another blow the po?
liceman knocked the animal senseless
and then filled Its body with lead. Slavln
was removed to a private house and a
physician: cauterized his wounds.
ORDER WHICH AFFECTS
MANY U.S.' PRISONERS
(R.v Associateli Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 30.?Pres?
ident Roosevelt |ias Issued a general or?
der In the nature of an amnesty toward a
certain class of prisoners, which will af?
fect more than a hundred prisoners con?
fined In the new United States peniten?
tiary at Atlanta,. Ga.
In 1002 a number of Unltod States pris?
oners Incarcerated In penitentiaries in
Ohio and New York were transferred to
Atlanta. By reason of transfers of these
prisoners their terms were very material?
ly increased for the reason that Ohio.and
New, York laws relating to tho diminu?
tion of'sentences for good conduct wore
very much more liberal than ? In other
Federal Institutions. The last Congress
enacted a very llbernl commutation law
appliablo to all United States prisoners.
In order to remedy this Injustice, the
President has Issued this general order.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
ON NOVEL GROUND
Mrs. Westervelt Alleges That
Her Husband Compelled
Her to Pose,
TRENTON, N, J? Maroh 80,-Because
her husband compelled her to pose, light?,
ly clad, for a flashlight photograph, Mrs,
Edwin O, Westervelt, wife of a rich lum?
ber dealer of Faterson, petitioned the
Court of Chancery to-day for a divorce.
It appears, from Mrs. Westervelt's af?
fidavits, that she was interested in
ohur?h work, whioh faot was not pleas?
ing to her husband, who, she says, looked
her in a room and refused to let her out
In time to attend ohuroh and Sunday
school,
The declaration also says that Mr.
Westervelt. on one occasion, compelled
his wife to pose while scantily clad for
a flashlight picture. She became indig?
nant ?vhen she learned, according to her
declaration, ^that her husband liad, ??t
lilblted the photograph to his friends,
and she promptly brought action for a
divorce. Mr. Westervelt makos a com??
islote denial o| all the charge?.
BURDICK
INQUEST
GLOSED
Judge to Announce His
Findings fTo-Day.
NEW EVIDENCE WAS
HARD ON PENNELL
Heard to Say Ho Could Kill
One Man If He Swung for It.
PENNELL INQUEST
WAS NOT GONE INTO
Friends and Relatives are Doing Their
Best to Havo It Put Off Indefinite- '
ly?It Is Said No Arr?ete
Will Be Made Nor War?
rants Issued?Only
Two Witnesses.
(By Aisoclated Press,)
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 80.-Justlee
Murphy Is to announce his findings In
tho Burdlck Inquest in Police Court to?
morrow morning. ! No arrest will be made;
no warrunts will be issue. The court's
findings will be Interesting as a closing
commentary on the famous case. The in?
quest was closed formally by Judge Mur-!
phy to-day after hearing, the testimony
of Quil?n and King, the former bar-tender,
and cashier of the Hotel lloland In Now
York, about. Pennell's alleged statement
to them of his willingness to kill one man,
even If? he went to. the gallows for It.
No.other witnesses' were called.
, The PennoH inquest, which Judge Mur?
phy' had announced ' would -begin this'
morning, was postponed Indefinitely. The
reason announced-was the absence of wit?
nesses from the city. District Attorney
Coates worth was in, court and said he was
ready to go ahead,, arid that the postpone?
ment was not at his repeat.' One witness
was absent from the city. Ho was Wal?
lis Thayer, Pennell's attorney and con?
fidential 'friend ; '?"??-.'?'' ?
:'::';' ? TO POSTPONE INQUEST.? -
Considerable .pressure-has been, brought
to bear by friends of tho 'Pennella to avert
th? Inquest and?,? pbotatno ,It indefinitely,
It not'block it ' permanently. 'When tho
Pennell Inquest Is held; If at all, the
probability Is. that, neither in Pennell's
papers -Hor effects' will anything bo pro?
duced to - throw, Jight on. tho .affairs of
Burdlck or to add any valuable Informa?
tion to the Burdlck case. The Pennell
hoirs have been reluctant from the outset
?to havo any.,of tho dead man's papers
mode public.
Alexandor J. Qulnn, titio bar-tender
from New, York, was the llrst witness to?
day. He Bald he mado tho acquaintance
of Arthur L. Pennell early in? December
last at?,the Hotel Roland.
Asked to relate the conversation ho had
with Pennell at that time, Quinn sold:
'Mr. Pennell bad several drinks. He
gave me his card, During the conversa?
tion Pennell said: 'You do not know what
la passing through my mind, boys. There
Is. one man I could kill now, .even If I
hung for It.' "
F. H. King, former cashier of tiho Hotel
Roland, who was present during tho con?
versation related by Qulnn, was the next
Witness, In detailing this conversation
King Bald: "Pennell discussed a picture
that was hanging on the wall of the
room, and after having a few drinks he
said: 'There Is one man'I could kill, al?
though I might swing for It.'
"After having another drink I proposed
a toast, which was responded to by Mr.
(Pennell. -I tihink? he 'said: 'Here's to
death.' At tho snme time ho sold ho was
having the greatest time of his life, al?
though It was at the expenso of another."
WM. H. JACKSON
DIED ON YESTERDAY
Famous as Confederate Lead?
er and Since the War as
Breeder of Fine Horses.
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. TENN.,' March SO.-Gen
eral William H. Jackson, a? noted Con?
federato cavalry leader during the Civil
War, when ho boro tho soubriquet of
"Red" Jackson, died at his homo, Boil
moade, near here, this afternoon. He
wae in his slx'ty-^olghth year, and had
been in falling health for more than a
year and dangerously 111 for several
weeks past. At tho close of the Civil
War General Jackson was In command of
Forrost's Division, with a Texna brigade
added.' Since the war he has devoted
himself to agriculture anil tho breeding
of thoroughbred running horses, some of
,tho most noted performers of the Ameri?
can turf having been born at famous
Bollmeado.
General Jackson was a brother of the
late Howell B. Jacksqn, associate Jus?
tice of ?\he United States Supreme Court.
? -e-?.
CUBAN TREATY WILL
BE RATIFIED TO-DAY
(By Aesoeliitetl Press,)
WASHINGTON, Maroh 110.?rtatlflca
tlons of the Cuban reciprocity treaty will
be exchanged at the State Department
to-morrow morning. To-day Sonor
QueSada, the Cuban minister, called upon
Secretary Hay and oilldally notified him
of the ratification of-the treaty by the
Cuban Senate as reported In the news
dispatches. As there Is only ono copy
of tini treaty In Washington, tho other
being on route , from Havana, tha exr
change of ratifications will be construc?
tive rather than aotuai, Secretary Hay
?accenting ajs sufficient tile asaurance
that the Cuban copy has been dispatched
to Washington.
No dato ima boon set for the assem?
bling of Congress to tako action on the
treaty.'
GENERAL BOOTH HAS
KIND WORDS FOR US
(By Aiiocls-ted Press.)
LONDON, March ?.-London accord?e
General William Booth, commander-ln
ohleff or the Salvation Army, a. groat wel?
come home at the Albert Hall to-night.
The immenso auditorium was packod from
the floor to the roof. Thoro was not a
vaoant seat in the building, which has a
? capacity of 6.000 persons, and In eplta ot
the rainy? night hundreds wero turned
away from the door.
? Tho General spoke touohlngly on the
roceptlon aco?rdod to him ? throughout
Amorloa,, and tho reference he made to
tho kindliness of his reception by Presi?
dent'Roosevelt and tho distinction shown
him as the representative of the Salva?
tion Army by the United States Congress
evoked repeated applause. '
' ' ? ? t. ? ? . ?
DIPHTHERIA PATIENTS
TO BE WELL CARED FOR
(By-Associated Proas,)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March JO.-Ao
tlon has bedn taken by the, Navy Depart?
ment to check. the spread of diphtheria
whioh hns brokon out among the crow ot
the receiving ship Franklin, at Norfolk,
All suspects will bo nt?ved at once from
the ship and quartered in tents, and the
silck will be. cared for at the naval hos?
pital at Norfolk.
A telegram was received at the De?
partment to-day stating that no oases
had developed In the last twenty-four
hours. 'Up to date one death and five
cases have, been'recorded. It Is said at
the Department that, the authorities
at Norfolk had the disease-well In hand.:
SHOT DEAD
BY VISITOR
Young Husband Killed by Man
Who Came to See His Wife.
FOUGHT HIM VICIOUSLY
J. E. Peppier Crazed by Jealous Anger.
Threw Visitor Into Hall, Pursued
Him Down Stairs and There
Was Killed.
(Bj^-A?soelated Fr.?t.)
NEW YORK, March 30.?Pilled w'th'jea?
lous anger at'iindihg another man being
entertained by his wife this evening, J.
E. Peppier, of East Ono. Hundred and
Nineteenth Street, threw the visitor-;out
Into the lhall, fought him from the third
floor to the front door of the apartment
house In which he Hvod, with the wife
screaming and weeping at their heels, and
was there shot dead by the man whom
he thought had wronged'thim,' '
Tho man was William. Earl Dobson, a
cashier In a stock broker's office. He fled,'
and the police- have s'ont out a general
alarm for him. Peppier was about twen?
ty-six years old and'a.clerk.'lie had'not
been'married long. .', ,';';?;
Dobson was arrested to-night In the
apartments of friends living on West
One'Hundred'and Eleventh Street. He
took his arrest very calmly and refused
to make any statement! At the police
stri tlon he said he had a wife and two
children In Washington, D. O. He was
locked up.
? A policeman, summoned by the cries of
the other tenants of the house, who were
[ alarmed by tho shooting, rushed Into tihe
! building, and In the hall? stumbled, over
' tho dead body of Peppier, on ? which his
wife was lying unconscious. Peppier had
been shot in the side, the bullet passing
clear .through the body, After being re?
vived, Mrs.. Peppier Bald that she and
Dobson were together, whon her husband
returned unexpectedly from work, and a
fight followed, resulting In Dobson being
thrown out of the room and pursued down
stairs by her husband. In tne lower hall
the men clinched again, and Dobson fired
ono shot. After that the woman remom
bered nothing, . for she fainted,
Dobson Is said to be a. married man,
with a wife and two children, living some
whore in North Carolina.
Dobson, until recently, waa an expert
accountant In tho office of the, Southern
Hallway Company, In Washington, D. C.
A LITTLE BOY IS
FRIGHTFULLY HURT
Willie Davis Caught In Ma?
chinery at the Cedar
Works,
A frightful aooldent In which Willie
Davis, a young boy, who lives on the
Government Road, was probably fatally
injured, occurred nt the Rlohmond Cedar
Works about 2 o'clook yesterday after?
noon.
What Is known as a conveyer Is used
at the works to haul the logs out of the
barges to the place where they are con?
verted Into useful articles, \ : ?
The boy. who Is not over twelve years
ot age, became entangled in this ma?
ohinery, whioh he had started hlmsolf
and was riding on, and before ho could
be extricated, which was not long, for
every effort was made to ?ave him, he
sustained a compound fracture of the
leg below the knee, a fractured thigh and
other injuries of a most painful nature,
Dr, P'sgenholraor, with the nmbtw
lunco, soon roachoil the scone, and did
what could ho done to relieve tho suf?
ferer, He thon took him to the Virginia
Hospital, whore X>rs, Hugh Taylor mid
Paulus A. Irving dressed hi? injurie?. ?
GREAT BIG
CROWD AT
CITY HALL
Protest Against the In?
crease in Taxes.
MRS. ATKINSON
TALKS PLAINLY
May Be Driven Out of Busi?
ness by Taxation.
LIQUOR MEN WANT
A FLAT LICENSE
They Enter a Vigorous Protest Against
the Proposed Classification?Real
Estate Men Have Objections to
Offer?The Committee Sits
Until After 12 o'Clock.
Decision Reserved.'
There was a great meeting at,the City;
Hall last night when the Finance Com?
mittee mot to consider the ordinatile im?
posing taxes In. Richmond.
' Probably there has never been so many
people .there except, perhaps, on the oc?
casions when the telephone franchise was
to be granted, or tho act to bo passed to ;
allow the Traction cars to rundown Main '
Streot.
The lobbies wcro filled with people. '
The, committee met In tho office of the
Commissioner of the .'Revenue. .A. Times-,
Dlspatoh man oakcd .permission to ;be
present and report all-the. proceedings,
The committee after a brief .executive :
session granted this privilege, but after?
wards rescinded It, ' as will be seen later.
on, . ,'?'''' ? ?.,.'?'.
Among those who were there to protest'
against' tax?e'proposed, to. beI'Imposed was '
Mrs. Atkinson, the ; proprietor of? the Lex-;
Ington -Hotel,? ?'? i ?
? ? ? 'WHAT'-MRS. ? ATKINSON SAID, :
,? Mrs.; Atkinson..' was. the first -person
heard by. the committee. With-a great'
deal of force,?a??. with; apparent'effect,
she- told the'committee' that-the -fax of
$2i5?'placed upuii: Her for condu?tlng a'li?
tel would? moan -practically, tho driving
her-out of, business of. conducting a
hotel., '. ?'? ?';?" ,,.' . ,,'",,'."? ?..' ...'. ?'. ?'.?
"The day?-has passed;'', said she, "when
an- old ranchi can be taken'irp and made?
a hotel and people bo'taxed ..out? of ex?
istence.? I had'tlioiight'-?f building a now
hotel; ?biit?.I.. cannot longer.--..think Of'It'
whenthls.'pollcy-of'taotatlon Is to be car?
ried put," ':'-.- ''? i- .p ?'.
' There -was 'a-good deal of: feeling In
Mrs.^-'Atkinson's remarks.; She talked
plainly: and- practically, .to the committee,
Mr, N, W.. Bowo was the .principal
speaker? for'?.tlie-real estate, agents. ' Ho.
thought .the "tax proposed ,to be imposed
upon.them,, was .urijus*,. . ?..,'?].;?
"I* : do .not--profess to speak for. the
whQ?e'.-fraternity,'! said-he. "There were
several."j>f...us'' who conferred and thought
this .'i proposed ' tax. was unjust, and ho
felt that. .'iio.-;epoko the ? sentiments of
most-of. the'agents.",
Mr..-C, H. Button and Mr. O. H. Fun-'
stoh'agreed with Mr. Bowo and Mr. Fnn
Bton explain?^! ? that Mr. J. .Thompson
Brown,was unavoidably absent from this
meeting. ,-.,.'? ?
Mr,- Funeten and Mar. Button argued
that tho sales wore falling off, and It
was proposed to Increase taxes .upon tho
agents. Mr. Funston,' too, brought out
the fact that tho commissions wore be?
ing cut down. In this view lio took of
the . matter ' Mr. Bowo and Mr. Button
agreed with him.
NOT A ICIOKBR.
Mr, H. Seldon Taylor said he did not
wish to be regarded as a klokor He
wished to contributo his share to the sup?
port of the government, but he did think
It would be unjust to force him to pay.
-Increased taxes when his, business had
not increased,.; :
Mr. Taylor Intimated that some of tho
younger real ostato agents wore not
taxed In Just proportion to the old firme,
. Mr. Bowo took tho same view of 'the
matter. Mr, Bowe told of the increased
cost of running his office, he and others
having an established reputation as
ngents, While his business had not In?
creased, he was bound to conduct his
office at the usual os?ense In order to
keep up Its well oatabjlshod reputation,
Messrs, Taylor, Punsten and Button
took tho same view of tho matter. In
othor words, they thought the classlfl
tlon of firms unjust to them; that they
should have to pay taxes a great deal
higher than other younger firms that are
doing a good business, and the Just
burden of taxation has not been plaoed
upon them.
TAX UPON LOANS,
Mr. W, I?. Waring, of the Commercial
Quarantee Company, complainod of tho
tax imposed upon him. He did not tlilit't
(Continued on Third Pago.)
THE EXPLANATION
SATISFIES THEM
Oerniany Will MaKe No Repre?
sentations on Account of
pewey's Interview,
(Hy Aiuoclated Pr???.)
BH3RWN, Maroh HO,?The Foreign Office
here is fully satisfied with the explana?
tions Admiral l'Jowex. n>ada to President
Jtooat)Vo|t regarding tho Interview with
tho Admiral which appoared recently in
a Newark, N. i-, paper, In which the
dorm?n navy and the German ^?Bmperor
wore mentioned. No communication on
thai subject has passed between the B*0r
c It-? ? nice und the Qermnn embassy,
TO CHOOSE
W.J.BRYAM
Can Be Neither Candi?
date Nor Gliairman.
POLITICS AND ISSUES! ?
DISCUSSED BY HAY?
The President Asked ? to Keep
Quiet oh Race Question.
ANSWERS THAT HE CAN ,. ,j,
MAKE NO SUCH PROMISE
Mrs, Roosevelt and the Children Maf {
Visit Navy Yard et Norfolk During ;
Cruise on the Dolphin?Postal ; '
Investigation?North Stale
Politics?-Increase in ,
Salaries.
Times-Dispatch Bureau, ???'.?,".
No. 1?7 G Street, ?. W^ ; ;::
Washington, D? C, March SO., ...
Mr, Charles A. Edwards, secretary of ?
tho Democratic Congressional Committee/ <
does not want Mr.'Bryan for national .:
chairman. In discussing tho subject with, ;
Tho Times-Dispatch correspondent . to^? ??
night, Mr. Edwards said: "Everybody?,!.''
has great respect;,, for Mr. Bryan,' but ?????
lately he has shown himself to, be-a?.?,
smaller man Intellectually than he .was.'???.
bellevod to be, He Is, Impossible In 3904 !.?
either as a candidate,, or as chairman of \
the Domoorat National Committee; li'?i'?
cannot win in either capacity. He shouia^.
pj?fctlce some self effacement, and must ??
not'attempt the role of dictator. He must,' .
and no doubt will, ftow to the will of';
the majority of the! next national con?;,'??;
vontlon, ? otherwise, ho iwlll' be guilty of
the same thing he accuses.the Cleveland.;.?
men of doing in 1896". '.j,'.;-;
, That convention-.will,'? in'my Judgment^;.;
adopt a platform which will deal with)'?'.,
live: issues and eliminate those that-dre;'?
obsolete, ft wiH';.throw no moro saps 'to,.'?
populism and will nominate'a en mil dato..'.'
acceptable to'the South, East and 'Mld-iv,
die West',; to th? toiling,masses and the ,?
business element,' a man who''did notboltf?;
in '96; a man Imbued;with the spirit ol i?
Joffersoninn ; Democracy, and through
whose ireln's coiirses? the spirit of ?tho.,
?rourth of July. If? will win." Continuing,?'.,.,
Mr. Edwards said: , ,
"I should like very much to see Senator??,]'
Gorman made national chairman. ?Ha -f
would be Ideal In the position. But there;;?
Is. little to choose between Senator Gor-'.; :>
?man and Senator Martin."
NORTH'CAROLINA POLITICS. .
It will be Interesting to see who will
be chosen, by the Republican State Corn-? ;
mltteo of North Carolina to act as the ,'
head of tho party, to take the place ot .? '?
ex-Senator Pritchard, ????? sent in his.':;
?resignation/ Saturday. .The committee? ?,?'
will meet at ?Greensboro April Oth.
It Is believed that'Mr. ? Thomas Rollins, -
of Asheylllo, who married .Senator tPritch?? "?
? ard's daughter, will succeed him as. State ;,
chairman and member of. the. National?. ?
Committee.' Former Attorney-G* noral _^
Zeb ! Vance Walser, of Lexington,- "hi";
mentlonedfor tho position, and his ?a???.'? ;
will ; be before the committee. Mr?';:
Pritchard controls the State Committee? ;
He will probably select his son-in-law ???',
his successor., Mr. Pritchard will con?*
tlnue . to take a ''warm Interest," at.,
least, In North State'politics, though h#.
Is on the Supreme bench of the Districi
of Columbia. The fondness of the Presi?''.;
dent for, Mr, Pritchard. invlow of/'?-iit'
successful fight against the latterie off ?''
fort to carry'through a Lily White'-ReC?'.;
publican movoniont in North Carolina?/??
Is one of, the Inexplicable things of;,,?
politics. At one time It Iookod ?s thought ??j
Mr, Prltohard would he successful It? :
establishing a. white Republican'party Ini ,'?'
his Stato, but President Roosevelt ar* .'.
rayed himself with the negro, and de?.;?',
ispito the fact that many of the. mosti;:
prominent Republicans of the State were) '?]
with Mr, Pritchard, the movement wai? '
crushed, and black and ? tnn describee y
tho Republican party of North Carolina,
as well ns of other Southern States. ; ,
Prltohard Is a man of brains. Th*
people of his State, Irrespective of party/ !
bolleve he Is honest. But the lotter..
whioh lie wrote the President some ,
weeks ago, referring to what he had done .
for the negroes of North Carolina In the ;.'
way of having them appointed to office, '.'..
Is hard to reconcile with Lily White' pro?
testattons.
The Republicans have no hope of caiS t
rylng North Carolina for years to come "
since tho President so summarily, '[
crushod tho Lily White movement.
. WILL NOT PROMISE.
It Is stated upon high authority thai??
the Presldont has refused to promise no?
to discuss the race question on his west?,
em tour. It Is understood that several
warm western friends of Mr, Roosevelt,.
Including a United States. Senator, called
on him at tho White House last week and
requested him not to dleouse the negro
proplom In the speeches he will make in
their States. They told him plainly that
very many of tholr people did not agree :
with him In his views regarding the ne* ..'
gr?, and that fin expression of them would
not be wise,
Mr. Roosevelt Is said to have refused
emphatically to make any promise of
the kind, He Is said to have declared
that he felt It 'would be improper for
him to bind himself by any such pro-i
Ise as wns asked,
THOROUGH PROBING,
The investigation now In progress u*
to the conduct of affairs, In the posto??M
Department promues to yield ?nme sea?,
jiatlons before It ends. It is understood
that President Roosevelt has directed that .
the affaira, of the department bo probed- <
to the botfnu'.ttlt has leaked out thai??,
when two otll,'lalkot the department say?7'
the President at t*f "White Howe Batur?^
day and told him h*w far thej? be4.?onV |
