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_ THE TIMES, HOUNDED 1881
.Testi THE? DISPATCH, BOUNDED IN?.
WHOLE NUMBER l?.424.
RICHMOND, VA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18,1908.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
1 TmMARY.OF- THE DAY'S NEWS
i
The Weather?
" WASHINGTON, pec. .17-Forecast Tor
?Friday and Saturday:
Virginia?Pair Friday 'und 'Saturday;
U?ht to fresi* north to northwest wind?.
North C^ollna-rFalr; , light to ircsh
?orth to cast' wlpds.
The weather continued tinirortnly cold
yesterday, tho mercury remaining not far
from the freezing point nil day, Condi?
tions will llkoly bo similar to-day.
STATE OF ??? THERMOMETER
? A. M. .M
U M.;.... 30
?<P. M.34,
? P. M..;. 33
? ?;: M. ..."..?..Ml'
il midnight.,?, '
Average .?'.o!-?
Highest temperauro'yesterday. 88
Lowest temperature yesterday.'is
Mean temperature yesterday.?JO
Normal temperature for December.??
Departure from normal temperature;,. 10
Precipitation during past SI hours.U;J
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
?' ? Decomber. 1K, 13W.
Bun'rises.7:71 I HIGH TIDE.
Bun sets.t:5.'( I Morning...l:W
Moon rises.0:53 1 .Evening.1:24
Richmond.
State Committee abolishes ,proxies: Dey
instructed to produce ,thu taily-sheets of
<he .recent primary election; 'w-tne^s a
examined at length?Dotato ??-???? oys
tc'r bill suspended and a new and dlncr
?Tlt?- measure Introduced-Charter ot
Richmond amended-Senato declines to
agree.to amendments to social cli-b bl I?
Budden death of Major Charles R. Sklnker
?Death in Baltimore of Mrs. 11. A.
Gibson; funeral to bo held at noon to-.
morrow from Holy Trln ty Church?
McGuire -statue to be unveiled January
7th?Exact number of voters who quali?
fied by nayment of tholr capitation faxes
-Southern tracks to remain untouolitd
?-The will of A. J. Vaughan to bo ?on
tested-N. V , P. and N. tug sold for a
?mall amount?Colonel ?. M. Newhoiiso
n. candidate for. Rcg.ster cf the.Land ?G- I
flee-Bill providing for another nor.ral
sphool Is passed-All of the City Hall
employes are re-elected-Election of a
successor to Judge Hubfoard'likely to be
postponed-Bishop Randolph to addi ess
the Virginia Historical Society at the
*. M. C A. to-night. MANCHESTER?
Joint session of - the Council to-night to
elect a successor to Auditor Hail: L. M.
Nunnally showing c'nsiderablo strength
??Aldermen also?meet to-night?Sched?
ule of license taxes being ? epated?
Special committee prepares t.ibute to
Auditor Hall-Condition of Mrs. Bass I
?to/newhat improved?Work of the courta
?Meeting of the veterans.
Virginia. ?> '. . '
Kiss Alleo Roosevelt to visit her aunt
?t Newport News and bo cn'ertahud
aboard the new battleship M Siour.??
Decision in Norfolk by Judge Wadlll, who
'Klves an incidental opinion fatal to the
; Virginia Pilots' Association?Rcdlstrlct
i lng ordinance will now . bo signed by
? S{ayor, ajt new poll of voters shows fe ?
!.roting places needed?Congressman May;
'.nord to bright eight, colleagues to speak
Opt Jamestown? meeting In Portsmouth-?
?.Ada, Savage apoeals for divorce '?i?Ut
fourteen-months ?at Norfolk, and claims.
her-husband deceived her ac to his wealth'
??rNegroes pay up' poll taxes* bette- In
proportion to number in Newport News
than white:?Negro man killed ,Jn ' Staf?
ford by a falling tree-^? Water in streams
xo'low In Southwest Vltglnla'Noriolk and
Western has trouble getting water to run
locomotives-Ches Peoples, chargea with
murder of John Seagle, -^akon fiom
Wytlievllle to Ablngdon for safe-keep ns
??Mrs'. Burchett claims to have no
knowledge of her husband's murder near
Wytheville-Tho Crlsmond casc? in
Kpolsylvanla court postponed, and sixty
seven contempt cases dismissed; fine re?
turned to acting Commonwealth's attor?
ney?Twenty-one Indictments in ruth
county, under the Mann llciuor law-?Odd
?fellows at Phoebus elect officers?The
Olympia and battleship Texas sail from
Norfolk, the latter with convoy of tor?
pedo-boats for the Isthmus-Anonymous
persons threaten the Ufo of Pe.er Win?
chester Rouss; receives infernal machine
-Farmers' Institute held at Suffolk.
North Carolina.
Attorney-General. Gilmer goes to Char?
lotte to defend registrar sued for not
registering a negro voter-The remark
able nose of Warden Wcatherby's do gat
Greensboro causes the confiscation of
moro birds In . the express office?New
bunk organized at Rowland/ Robeson
county??New tr'al nsked for Ciar^nce
Potter, who Is under sentence to hang
in Watauga county.
General.
Dealings-in stocks congested in few. Is?
sues and holiday dullness bti.l continue
Senators' Gorman and Hoar attack course
of the administration in dealing with the
Panama. Canal situation, wlvle Mr; Fora
ker takes Massachusetts senator to las'c
ror darjng to attack the administration
?-House passes pension appropriation
hit)-Nineteen Indictments brought by
grand jury in Nebraska, among them one
?gaiust United States Senator Dletr ch?
Japanese elder statesmen determ.ne to
oppose a strpng.front to Russia-Views
are'diverse as to possibility of "an n'croaso
In, the production ot cotton-So ator
Martin has Senate pass resolution looking
to?'a? survey of Norfolk harbor and i-he
possible deepon'ng of tho channel?Co?
lombia commander makes protest against
the presence of American vessel In Gulf
of Darlen.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
CUBAN TREATY BILL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17?? The President
signed the Cuban reciprocity bill a few
i-riliultus before one, o'clock this afternoon.
>r The President then issued a produrmi
?non, reciting tlio passage of the Cuban
J]Bc|nro?ity bill and declaring the Cubun
reciprocity troqly to bo cffecilve ton duys
'Croio to-day. ?
?Now that the? bill.baa become a law, a
r.uestlop o? great Intoreet has arisen,
namely, the effect of the reduction uf tlio
duty on Cuban sugar upon Importations
of sugar from other corniti lea. The British
government has served notice upon the
Ktato .Department that, updor tlm "fa?
vored nation piquee," it expects that Brit?
ish sueur from the British West Indies,
?null be admitted Into the United States on
i-qliul terms with Cut?an sugar, and II I?
not doubted that Qurmuny. France, Aus?
tria and'the other great beet sugar pro?
ducing countries will do likewise.
An old holding of AUornoyrOonftraJ Ol
ney, In President Cleveland's administra.
(ion, WO* adverso to such demands, but
the question promise?? to bo reopened with
vigor.
WILL OPPOSE'STRONG
FRONT TO RUSSIA
, ! (By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Pen. 1?.-Thc conference of the
wider Statesmen of Jupan, including the
ftlerQuls Ito and the cabinet ministers,
yesterday resulted, according to a.setni
oWelal statement, in a determination to
oppose a strong front to-Russia, in view
of the latter'? nnatitlstautory reply to the
Japanese proposals.
Another report says It is understood
\hat, although the Russian reply was
cofls.dered highly unsatisfactory; the con?
ferenee decided to make another and pi oh,
?.bjy jaat attempt to arrive at a friendly
sottiement.
The situation Is considered grava. Even
the, most, saber section of the Japanese
fcrcss declares it is high timo for action.
-1
?,... Horse and Buggy.
? ?orrel horse and a buggy were taken
wp'ln the Third Dlstrlot yesterday, Tlio
owner can get the same by prov ng prop,
?rty? at-the? Thjr4? station ?' .*VT
TRUE BILLS
RETURNED
Nebraska's Grand Jury
Brings in Indictments.
U. S. SENATOR
AMONG NUMBER
Alleged' to Have' Violated Sta?
tute Prohibiting His Contract
? ing. With the Government.
OTHER PROMINENT
MEN ARE NAMED
Charge Against Former Senator
Lowe is of Conspiracy to
Bribe a United Slates Sena- ,
tor ? General State of
Corruption Alleged by '
. . Grand Jury's Report.
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, NEB., December U.-Thc
?"United States grand Jury to-day made
its report to the court, returning nineteen
true bills. Theso includo Indictments
against United Stato? Senator Charles
H. Dietrich for alleged illegal leasing of
a building to the government to be used
as a postofDce; former Adjutant-General
Leonard Vv\ Colby, for the alleged em?
bezzlement of government funds; Daniel
Gaines, of Bassett, Neb., for alleged
perjury in swearing falsely to homestead
entries; furmer Stato Senator Elliott
Lowe, for alleged conspiracy to bribe a
United States senator; Postmaster John
S. Mitchell, of Alma, Neb., charging him
with illegal 3ale of postage stamps; Wil?
liam M? Irwin, on a charge of'acting as
agent for Mitchell, and against R. M. Al?
len, president of the Btandard Cattle
Company, for the alleged Illegal fencing
of. ' government lands. The other Indict?
ments We/e similar to that against Allen,
but do not Involve' cxtonilvo tracts of
.land.
- The Jury reported it had further mat?
ters under consideration.
The indictments against Senator Die?
trich and State Senator Lowe arc In addi?
tion to those returned against them a
week ago.
Senator Dietrich Is? charged with-vio?
lation of section 3735 of the revised stat?
utes, which provides that no member or
delegate to Congress shall enter Into a
contruct with the? United States or Its
officers.
The indictment charges Hint Senator
Dietrich leased to the government of
April 21. 1001, a building at Hastings, Neb.,
tu be used for a postoffice at an annual
rental of $1.300; the indictment against
former Senator Lowe charges lilni with
conspiracy to bribe a United States seh
fitor.. Two counts each of $500 are named
in the bill. It Is charged the' amount
were paid to Lowe by Postmaster John
C. Mitchell In consideration of Lowe's
endorsement of Mitchell's candidacy to
Senator Dietrich for the appointment, as
postmaster at Alms.
General Leonard Vv". Colby? was Indict?
ed for tho alleged embezzlement o?
amounts aggregating $1,000 of government;
funds p:*; to him 111 trust by the Stato
of Nobraska and others for equipment
belonging to United States army.
Postmaster J. C. Mitchell, of Alma,
Neb., is indicted for conspiracy to de?
fraud the government by the sale out?
side of his postoffico of largo Quantities
of postage stamps In order to In oreos a
the receipts of the of fico at Alma, and
thus succeeding in raising the classifica?
ti, ? of tlio office securlnc an Income of
salary.
TOBACCO MEN* COMBINE
TO FIGHT THE TRUST
(By Associated Press.)
BVANSV1LLH, IND., Dee. 17.?A com?
bination was effected hero to-day by
three ihiportant Independent tobacco fac?
tories, tlio Hampton Tobacco Company,
VALUABLE RELICS
WENT FOR A SONG
Household Effects of Mrs, Mary
Surratt Brought Ridicu?
lous Prices.
(Special to Tlio Tlmes-Dlspatch,
PAUTIMOIU'J, MD., Dec. 17.?At Sur
roUsvillo, in Prince George county. Md.,
Ilio household effects of .Mrs. Mary Sur?
ratt, who was hanged for alleged' con?
nection with the assassination of Lincoln,
vero sold at auction yesterday l'or a
song.
Tho sale took place In the house occtl?
plel by Mrs. Surratt during her girlhood,
and at tho tlnui of her arrest. It was
there that Booth visited her prior to tho
assassination.
Owing to threatening weather none but
neighbors were present, when the sole
l>.'3aii. and the articles, including fur.
ni turo and Plate, went at ridiculous lig?
ures. A massivo sideboard, imported
from En^'and, brought two dollurs. and
other things in proportion. When tho
wcathei? cleared a lot of Washington
rp|iq hunters arrived and were surprised
|o find Ilio salo over. They offered fabul?
ous prices, and succeeded in buying some
of the articles from tho first purchasers.
It ii! estimated that household effects that
went for less than twenty-flye dollars
?ill euslly bring $1,2000 in th# hands of
dealers.
The sale was mudo in coneequenco of
the settling up of the Jenkins estate, Mrs.
fc'urratt having ? been a JeuLlns, ?
Nowburg, Ind.; tho Bowling.Green, fac?
tory, Bowling Green,. Ky.. and tl? T. M.
Ryan Company, Martin, Tenn. The com?
bino is capitalized at 11,000,000. The Bowl.
Ing Green plant will bo removed to New
burg and combined with the plant them.
The company will oppose the tobacco
trust In flic Central States.
Incorporation papers will bo filed In
Indiana.
WILL STICK TO HIM ,
THROUGH THICK AND THIN
" (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
. ST, PAUL, Dee. 17.-Jn.in T. Carlisle,
who, during a motorie career In St, Paul
finii Minneapolis, claimed to bo a relntlvo
of cx-Socretary Carlisle, has been brought
back from Washington by the sheriff,
Identified as J. J, Bobrals. against whom
there arc Indictments; and will stand trial
for defrauding Miss Clarice Heebner and
others out of sums .ranging from ?20O to
$500. Mrs. Carlisle, who was Miss Hinkle,
daughter of a wealthy lumberman, says
she will stick to him through thick and
thin, and forgive hl'm for deceiving lier. *}
RETURNS FROM DISPENSARIES
SHOW HEAVY GAINS
(By Associated Press.)
CHARLESTON, S. C, Doc. 17.?The
figures from the report of Chairman L.
J. Williams, of tho board of directors of
the State dispensary, for the fiscal year
1WB show that, the 'business done amount?
ed to ?07,098.77. . ? ,
Following, are comparative flgure?3
lui.??gross sales, $2.817,002.77. ?
11)02?gross? figures, : $2,400,213.27; Increase,
HE ."85.27. ,
.The net profit? to. towns, and'counties
tor 1903 were $5]2,216.35. an'd the net'profit
i or'the school fund for 130? was IJ128 266;
increase of not profits In H>?.over '1W3 Is
?71,6811
POSITION TENDERED ?
GENERAL BLACK
'By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec 17.-The President
has tendered the position of civil,service
commissioner, made vacant by the death
of John R.? Proctor, to General John C.
Black, of Chicago., General Black la com
mander-in-chlcf of the Grand Army. Gen?
eral Black has, not indicated whether or
not he will accept tho appointment. Ho
was commissioner of pensions during the
second administration of President Cleve?
land.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
OF EMPIRE STEEL
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Didpat'sh.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.?Directors of the
Empire Steel and Iron Company will meet
Friday to take action on tho dividend
question.
Tho company has outstanding ?,???,???
of six per cent, .cumulative preferred stock
and $2,281,400 common stock.
..It-has extensive ore properties In Vtr-'i
glnia, and has important holdings else?
where. Its earnings for this year are
expected to double those of last year.
PROMINENT MAN
DEAD AT CAMP FIRE
(By Associated Pros.)
.UUL,BERRY, FLA.. Dec. 17?Tho body
of Charles A. Davis was found to-day
near a camp fire with all tho clothes,
burned off. Davis had held many Import?
ant positions with railroads and other cor.
pcrations and Is well known by most
railroad men ! in tho Southern States.
Davis wes reputed to be wealthy. Ho
was eccentric and had a habit ot sleep?
ing by camp fires. Ho was a thirty
second degree Mason.
MORE MARINES TO
GO TO ISTHMUS
(By Associated Tres?.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-The cruiser
Olympia, flagship of .Rear-Admiral Cogli
land, commanding the Cn.rrlboan Squad?
ron, left Norfolk to-day for Colon. Tho
cruiser Dixie left Colon to-day for Phil?
adelphia to tako on board tho battalion
or marines being assembled at that city
for service on the Isthmus.
BODY OF CAPTAIN
FOUND IN ENGINE-ROOM
(By Associated Press,)
CHARLESTON, S, C, Dec. 17.-The
mall steamer Thistle, plying between
Georgetown and Santee, brought to
Georgetown the body of Captain William
Collins, who was found dead In tho en?
gine-room of the tug Lorlotta, a dis?
charged gun lying near the bod|?. Tho
coroner's jury Is Investigating the cause
cf death.
THE NUMBER WHO
HAVE QUALIFIED
The Official Count Shows That
5,573 Voters Have Paid
the Poll Tax.
A largo forco of clerks are busy in tho
oillcc of City Treasurer Phillips, making
up the list of those who have paid their
poll tuxes.
The total number of eligible voters,
according to this lint, la ?,d7?.
These will have to be listed alpha?
betically and reported to the Hustings
Court by January Hth. The number la
not as large as was at first I bought.
M'GUIRE MONUMENT
UNVEILEP JANUARY 7TH
The da<? for unveiling tho McGuire
monument has now been definitely sot.
R will be Thursday aftornoon, January
Tip. ut I o'clock. Mujor Holmes T. Con?
nu!, pf Winchester, will deliver the ad?
dress. Judge Christian received a tela
?rum from him yesterday staling the
??ay selected would suit him, and so the
matter was at onco settled?
Tho features of tho programme already
announced will bo curried out. Jiulgo
Christian will present tho monument to
the Stuto on tho part of tho friends of
the luto distinguished surgeon ttnd the
Governor will roceivo It.
Master Hunter Holmes McGuire, Jr.,
will unve|l the statue. Major Conrad's
uddross will bo tho lust of t!|? occasion.
The opening prayer will be delivered by
Dr. James power Smith, who served on
the staff of General Jackson with Dr. MiW
l'?uirc Tho sttttuc is n?w on iU way i.o
JUc&moni),
BIG GUNS
TURNED ON
Severely Arraigned for
Action in Panama Affair
BOTH SIDES FIRE
AT ADMINISTRATION
Senators Hoar and Gorman In
' 'sist That More Information
'?be Given the Senate.
WANT CANAL WITHOUT
TAINT OF DISHONOR
Senator Foraker Also .Speaks
and Takes Mr. Hoar to Task
for Daring, to Criticise the
Administration ? House
. Passes the Pension
1 Appropriation Bill.
, (By Associated Presi. 1
WASHINGTON, Doc. .17.-Tho Senato
to-day was the scene:of a most Important
debate In the Isthmian question as af?
fected by tho president's recognition of
the independence? of the Republic of
Panama, The discussion began -with a
speech'by Mr. Hoar on his resolution of
inquiry, and lasted?several hours... In
addition to Mr. Hoar's address,? therb
were speeches by Mr.; Gorman and Mr.
Foraker. All three were notable utter;
anees, ODd of historical Interest : '?
Mr. Hoar confined .his remarles to' his
resolution, and "they wpro carefully-writ?
ten out and read .from,manuscript. ? Ho
held that this country has';not yet re?
ceived f?ll' official Information, concern?
ine the Isthmian revolution, and criticised
in sharp terms the conduct of this couni
try as shown by what has been given
out. ? ;?'
? Thorp was ?no reservation In Mr. Gor?
man's utterances. l?pi practically alle?ed
? that the situation "'V? 'PiMbmai- had., been
created-.to mak4 a -ca?ip?lgri. issue, and
said that unless: ifurth'erUhiiit was thrown
on the subject ha would oppose ?ho.'Pal??
ame treaty. '
' Mr. ' Foraker ? took Mr. Hoar .fr task
severely for;his remarks, ?reflecting on
the administration; Ho defended the
administration : for its attitude toward
the Panama-revolt. . A heated "colloquy
took piece between Mr. Foraker and
?Mr. Hoar, during an effort of tlie;Massa
chusetts senator to explain more fully
his'position In the matter. -,
Senator Hoar Speaks Plainly.
. .Mr. Hoar said ho was In favor of the
irithnilan ' canal, hut was anxious that
tho canal? should bo built "without taint
of.suspicion of national dishonor."
"What ivo,.want to know Is," ho said,
"did this government, knowing that a
revolution wns about to take place, so ar?
range matters that the. revolution,
whether peaceablo or otherwise, should bo
? permitted to go on without Interruption
nnd whether our national authorities
took measures to prevent Colombia from
stopping It7"
Mr. Hoar quoted the correspondence
bearing upon tho revolution, and asked
"Why this great anxiety before any dis?
turbance had occurred?" It was, ha said,
ctear that If the correspondence so far
printed included all tho Information pos?
sible to givo on the subject, that from
twenty-four to forty-eight hours before
the revolution broke out this govern?
ment hud Instructed a man of war to
prevent Colombia from doing anything to
prevent It. ,
"1 want to know, tho American people
want to know, and have a right to know,
whether tho highly policeman' on the
isthmus, seeing a man about to attack
another. Is Justified boforo tlio blow is
struck, In manacling tho assaulted party,
and, whether, after the assault has been
mnde. the policoniau Is Justified In claim?
ing the pocketbook which has been taken
from the victim by tho assailant, should
ho bo turned over to him (tho policeman)
(Continued on Ninth Pngo.)
A.J.VAl)GHAN'SWILL
TO BE CONTESTED
Counsel for Grandson Claims
the Paper Probated Was
Not the True One,
Sands & Sands, counsel for Mrs. Mutile
?', Vauglian. mother of ?, J. Vuughun,
Jr., an Infant, have Instituted suit In tho
Chancery Court contesting the will of
tho late ?. J, Vauglian, nnd praying tlio
court to set aside the probato on tlio
grounds that It is not tho true will of
tho deceused,
Tho will us probated on August 5, 100.1,
wn.s dated June 23. of this year. The os?
tato was valued at about $70,000. The will
provided the following bequests: .1. J.
Vnugliuu, $2,000; A. J. Vaughan, Jr., a
grandson, $5,00O; Knitnu T. Bull, 52,0011?, W.
P. Burruss, $?00, Tlio residuo was left to
the widow, Mrs. Bara h Ann Vaughn ?, for
Ilio, thon to go to his daughter, Florono?,
now Mrs. Beavor.
The grandson, to whom tlio $5,000 was
left. In trust, la the orphan infant son of
the only son of the deceased, and by
whom ho was tenderly fond during his
life time. It la alleged that there have
been for some timo strained relations be?
tween the daughter and the other mem?
bers of tho family, and It Is duo to this
fact that the claim Is made by the coiv
testants that tlio will as probated o?
August Stli Is not the truo and lust will
of Mr, Vauglian.
J, J. Vuiighun. Unmut T. Ball, Florenco
-JU-aver and Sarah Ann V.uuglmu urn
imiiiod as parties to the suit.
No day has yet been lined by Judgo
^J punan, tor a? hearing,
THE BOOKS DEMANDED
BY STATE COMMITTEE.
f^?U WILL:BE ? \/WOWER
BY THE. J3<? 0? THIS MONTH
AW WILL FOLLOW YOUR WF?
)%EFDMTHE'FIRST OEJ?XJ&?ONr/ft
Tours.
HAVE
YOU
READ
IN THE SHADOW OP THE AXE
WILL FIGHT
FOR PANAMA
Colombians Determined Not to
Give Up Without Struggle
. r . to Bitter End. '
TROOPS ARE ENCOUNTERED
Commander Protests,' Against
Presence of: American War
, '. Vessel in? Gulf? of'Darien.
(By Associated Pross.)
COLON, December 17.?Tho United
States cruiser Atlanta, Commander Wil?
liam H. Turner, returned hora'last night
rfrom the Gulf.of Daricn. She dlscpverod,
December loth, ? a detachment of Colom?
bian troops, numbering visually about
EOO men,, but, according to? their state?
ments, ; totalling 1,500 . to .? 2,000 men, at
Tit'umatl, oh'thceastern:slde of the gulf,
just north, of the .mouth,'of : tho Atrato
River. ? ?.-??;:.'
Tho ? commander, of. t'ho Atlanta sent
ashore an officer, Who conversed with tho
Colombian commander. . Tlie latter pro?
tested energetically against the presence
of American warships In Colombian wa?
ters, insomuch as war between Colombia
and the United States had not been de?
clared, and politely requested tho Atlanta
to lenvo tho gulf, because it belonged to
Colombia. Commander Turner Ignored
the request, and tbo Atlanta, returned to
Colon to report to Roar-Admiral Coghlan, |
Tho Colombians are clearly busy with
protective and strengthening measures.
Although they treated, tho Americans
oourtnously, they declared, they resented
tho presence of tho .Atlanta's landing
party. Tho Colombian force was com?
posed of tho men landed' recently at tho
Atrato River by the Colombian cruisers
Cartagena and General Pinz?n.
Marly In tho morning of December 15th
tho Atlanta sighted a small schooner in
the center of the Gulf of Durion and fol?
lowed her tn tho western shore, Whore tho
schooner attempted to hldo behind an
Islot. Lieutenant Harlan P. Pen-Ill. of
tho Atlanta, was ordered to ? board her,
whereupon a wholeboat was lowered and
pulled towards tho schooner, Through
thu courtesy of tho naval officers tho cor?
respondent of tho Associated Press nc
(Contimicd on Seventh Page,)
BISHOP RANDOLPH
SPEAKS TO-NIGHT
Annual Meeting of Virginia His?
torical Society at Y. M. C. A,
Hall?Public Invited.
To-night at tho Y. M. ('. ?. hall ono
of tho chief literary oveuts of thu,winter
will take place, lllshop A, 1\|. Utili?
dolpli. a gentleman whose learning und
oloqucneu aro fui- famed, will deliver tho
animal address before tho Virginia His.
lorical Society. Doubtless a brilliant u\t
ill eneo will gather to hoar tho distin?
guished getilloinnu.
Tho annual mooting of the Virginia.
Historical Society will begin at S o'clock
this evening in tho Y. M, C. A', hall, and
not (n tho hall of tho llmiso of Delegates,
as first determined. President W. Gor?
don McCnbo will present his report l'or
the year, which will un doubt bo very
Interesting. It will ho an admirable
pappi', a? all feel assured, coming from
Captain MeCab?, ono of the finest schol?
ars of tho country,
Bishop Randolph will be Ilio guest of
{toy, William M ?ule- Clark, redor of St.
James Church, Ilo will discuss tho "lOilu
catloual KunuUons of Historical Study,''
a tliemu unusually broad and well calcu?
lated in givo tha uiplk'iioo an opportunity
of seeing tho speaker's versatile powora
lu the development 0f n.
The public Is cordially luvitt.d by tho
society.to attend this meeting und hqa>!
?toll?? Randolph,
DEATH CAME
SUDDENLY
Maj'or Charles R. Skinkcr Strick?
en With Paralysis?Lived'
Three. Hours. >
A BRILLIANT WAR RECORD
Fought Gallantly Four Years
; Interesting Story' ?f ? Escape
From Federal 'Prison.
The sudden death yesterday afternoon
of Major Charles R. Skinkcr, < ono of the
best'known citizens of Richmond, will
bring deep sorrow' to his host of friends
and acquaintances.
Major Sklnker was stricken with paraly?
sis while talking with somo friends In
Thomas I?. Alfrlend and Son's olhco,
Twelfth and Main Streets, about 1 o'clock
In tho afternoon. Ho was hurriedly taken
In a privato . conveyance to his homo,
No. SOI -West Franklin Street, and three
hours later pnssed away. Ho had been
In very good health for somo time past,
and tho tidings of his death will conio
to many of his friends os a pnlnful shock,
For somo years Major Sklnker had
not been engaged actively In business.
Ho always led a usoful Ufo, and for
muny years after tho war a more.active
and public spirited citizen could not bo
found.
Charles Robert Sklnkor was born July
11th, 1S10. i Ho was educated at the Uni?
versity of Virginia, leaving that Institu?
tion three years before tho beginning
of tlia war hetweon tlio States. In that
great struggle ho was destined to malto
a record of which his friends havo every
mason to.be proud. Ho ever loved tho
Southern causo very dearly. For It ho
sacrificed his right foot. A thousand
limes ho risked his life for It.
FOUR Y15ARS" SFR VICK.
April 21st, 1S61, ho enlisted In the celo
brnted Company "??\" of Richmond, a
part of tho Twenty-first Virginia Infan?
try. For twelve months as a private he
carried a musket, but for bravery was
ltitor promoted at ever ^opportunity, until
ho bacamo tlio captain of his company,
in tlio course of time the Twenty-first
was merged into tho Forty-olghlh Vlr
Contlnucd on Second Pago.)
CONFEDERATES MAY
MEET IN BALTIMORE
Movement to Have Reunion of
1905 Held in tlio Monu?
mental City.
(Special to The Tlmos-Dlspolch.)
BALTIMORE, MD., Deo, 17.?Tho move?
ment to bring the reunion of tho United
Confederato Veterans to Baltimora in
1?5 is meeting with approval uf many
of tIn: leading business men hero regard.
less of their affiliations with cither the
North or the South.
It Is polli tod ont that such ? gathering
hero would add to tlio fame und pros?
perity of iiultlmori?, unii that all sec?
tional reeling, if It still exists should
bu burled.
All of tlioso interviewed to-day agreed
that tho convention would lm of great
advantage to the business interests of
Baltimore and that citizens generally
should do everything possible lo enema??
nj?e holding IVo reunion hen-.
Ciovornor-elect KUwln Wartlelil has
pledged himself to support the project
linn, said that he heartily approvili of ilio
Idea.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
SYNDICATE EXTENDED
{fly Am?crUciI I'ri-ns.)
NKW YORK, pup, 17.--Announcement
was initcl?.? to-day Huit the Atlantic Count
I.lue syndicale has been psiotided till
February J8th, lfW5> \ largt mujurliy
uf I ho subscribers to the ?yndiaUv us
?cliled to ili? Ci.tWS'.ms,
Captain Dey to Produ?e
Tally Sheets To-Day, j;
PROXIES TO BE
ALLOWED NO MORE
Resolution of , Mr. Whitehead!
Prevailed by a Very Large I
Majority.
WITNESSES TESTIFY
ON NORFOLK PRIMARY
Charge That . the Dey Facti?t?
Was Absolutely In Control]'
and Conducted ,?Matters; as ')'
it Saw Fit?To-dayfs Ses-,
sion to be Interesting ?
' and Probably Lengthy!,
For more than eight hours yesterd
tho Stato Central Democratic Commlttwi
sat In tho assembly room of Murphy*!*
Hotel annex, ? considering ' the - contest ??
tho primary oloctlon in Norfolk city, Op+
tober 13th, by the aiitl-admlnlstratlort
or Trohy faction of the party,. At 11'P?',
M. tho commltte rose to meet again tt?iW [
morning at 10 A. M., and hear furtheti
testimony and .argument on the subject}
of. the fairness . of tho primary ; In auejw
tlon, . ' ? , ?
, Tho attendance of member's of the StalfJ
Committee was the-largest ever, held' s?n??.,
tho present committee was ? constituted}..
tliore bolng at the maximum thirty-si^
of tho fifty members of tho ? oornmltteo
preseni. Tho' first actl'on taken, arid o?iiv
of far-reaching importance In Us app?l-?'?'.
cation, to future meetings _of the coi^mlW:
tee and tho disputes brought before itsfoa..:
adjustment or adjudication, was the adop^1
tlon of a resolution offered'by {Mr. I. ..P.:,
"Whitehead, of Amherst, expressing ? it : a? ?"'
the Sense,of tho.,cQmnil'ttee that'-peraori?
holding proxies bo ^Qt-aJlOwed, to ;parrfaif*
?ipato in d?lib?rations ;'of.. the c.pmml,itreij;>
?now or hereafter.?. This was';adoE?e.*f-?yV?!
a, voto of twonty-threo to nln<!? sevcralr
members present later not then having ,'?
come In, Nine- persons holding, proxies
for absent members were thus cut. out .
from participation in tho deliberations of/
the commlttoo and from .'action On tin1
Norfolk city 'primary case. '??*'!:
FIGHT. OVER TALLY SHEETS.' ? ' *
With this question disposed of, the com?',
mitteo settled down- for. a long, slgge,' ;
taking up tho contest In, the Norfolk, city ?
primary case, in which the antl.-adminlsr I
trattoti or Trohy faction? charged th'aj
through fraud or falluro to return tlio ?
voto us cast, the administration-.or . Dey, .;
faction had secured .control of the City,,'
Democratic Committee. There was much.
fencing and parleying and playing fot
advantages by tho ^attorneys on both
sides, first as to tho notlcn of contest) ;
and to sutllclOnoy, then as' to tho testi-?
mony and Its admisslhlllty, and finally1,,
when the opening, statements of the op?.
posing factions . had been made, theitA '.'.
whs a stubborn contest on the question
of .producing before tho committee thu
tally sheets used In the primary, on )
which tho contestant.?) rolled chiefly to *
provo tholr case. If. finally developed;
that thoy wcro G? Norfolk In Captain
Dey's safo; that ho and his two depu?,
tics, who alone knew the combination,
woro in Richmond, and thoy couldnot gota '
back to Norfolk and return boforo night,
Thoy were accordingly' directed to? pro?
cur?) end produco them this morning,"
Captain Doy, Police Commissioner Retti '?
and Captuln Dey's two deputfas as' com?
tnlssloner of tho rovonue, ' left; last night,
for Norfolk to secure the , sheets.
WITNESSES EXAMINED, ?
The committee proceeded last night'
with the taking of sworn oral testimony?/.''
examining Ilvo witnesses. Thoy are .for?
mer City Attorney Walter H. Taylor, ?
Clerk of tho Corporation Court James?
V. Trohy, head of one of tho rival fac?
tions; Colonel ?. M; Hlgglhs, Mr. J. ?. ,
l'rinco and Attorney Ralph P. Cage. Th'eli?
testimony related to tho conduct of th?
election and tho refusal of representation'
to tho contest?es, or even of the right tr?
examine tho tally sheets. Mr. Trohy was
a very Interesting witness, bolng direct,
emphatic and sometimes aggressive apd
dramatic in his testimony. Mr. Taylor
als? iniulo n, clear und strong statement,
dotulllng at great lnegtli tho methods al?
leged to Imvo boon resorted to by tho dom?
inant faction to retain control. The testi?
mony of other witnesses was largely cor?
roborativo and cumulative. All tho wit?
nesses woro cross-examined by attorneys .
for tho cont?steos at great length and ",
in minuto detail.
The committee adjourned until ? Ud*
morning, when a largo number of aft.- v?
davits will bo submitted. Two were sub?
mitted lust night to sliow that the .polling
places wore leased two weeks before tin?
primary and before tlic Electoral Hoard,
had boon chosen or tho Judges tuuped,
and thai they wem leased by thq city
chairman, C?ptala Doy.
Thu Democratic State Central Commit'
to tuet, pursuant to call of tho chairman,
ia Murphy's Hotel yesterday ut noon.
Chairman J?llysoii, who prended, ruad
tho call fur th? meeting, und Secretary
iluttoii called th? roll of members, show?
ing tho fallowing present at the time or
later during the meeuu-g. besides a num?
ber of persons holding proxies of absen?
tees:
l'Irsi Dlstl'let-Lluyd T. Smith, Clag
gett U. Jun,:s, J. yoyil Sears, R. .[.. Ail?
worth and 11. II? Wallow.,
Second Distrlei~\V. W, Dey, licore* W?
Jones and J. M.' Curtis.
Third District-John C, Eu?ley, P. \'.
Cogbill, Julia J. Lynch. John ?*- llarwoott
?md B. U? Wliwt'on.
Kimrrti IMiilrlct-T. E.? Clarke, A. li,
Wat kins, Hubert l?illlifcn and J. W?
Knwlkcs. ?
Fifth District?H. A. Jame??, T. il. Uunii
and George M. Helm?.
Six til District?D. Q. Eggleston, W. !',
Hurksdale, II. U. Humphreys ami ?. 1?*?
1'iadduek. ?i"'-. . .
Seventh District -John K. P.Uton ant|
IS D. Newman.
