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The Times-Dispatch "printB all the news and printa it first." FCEime^ Mefchant* wh? advertise in the Times Dispatch reach the buying public. rHB T1ME8 FOUNDKD 1M9. WE DISPATCH VOTJNDED 1858. WHOLE NUMBER 18,086. RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 11909. THB WISATTfEn TO-DAY?FAlIt. PRIOE TWO OENTS. LITTLE PLMEBJI Tl Alleged to Be Guilty of Sextuple Murder and Arson. JURYSELECTED IN HALF AN HOUR Exceedingly Strong Circumstatv tial Case Is Considered to Have Been Built Up by the State?Amplc Guard Sur rounds Jail to Protect Prisoner. GRUNDY, VA., November 26.?The trlal of Iloward Little, who ls nccuscd of the kililng of Mrs. llettle JustlB, her son. Goorgo Mead owh, hln wlfe and three children, and of havlng s?t the house In whlch they iived on llre after he had completed the alleged suxtuple murder, waa be- i gun hera to-day and, Judglng from j tho large attenaance ln t'ie courtroom j tlio case Ib ono of vefy great lnterejt to tho people of thls sectlon. Court convoned at 8:30 o'cloek thln mornlng, wlth Judge Burns presldlng, and withln thlrty mlnutfiN the Jury hud beon chosen and empaneled. Tho Jury ls composcd of the follow- j Ing men, all of whom are well known i tu Uuchanan county: Ale.tandcr' Mer- j i'-r, A. B. Arms, Davls Steele, B. C. Chantberu. J. W. Nlcltels, Willlam Rat clllfe, AV. F. Klllott, Arch Ilatcllffe, C. B, A'andyke, James McLaughlln, C. C. j Anderson, and IL AV. H. Perklim. Suttr Prencnts Its Case. As soon as the Jury was c-rnpanelen j lhe Stato '-omir.enced to pretsent Its vvldence, and wnen nlght had arrlved, and the court adjournc-d for tho day, u nad bullt up an cxceedlngly bi-oiir case ngalnst tht* man accused of lhe KcxlupJo murder and araon. The strongre.st wltness agalnst the uccuscd man waa Mary Lee. who swore on tlie stand that the lantern whlch Uttle brought with hlm after spendlng the night of the murder away from eome waa tne one whlch was used ln lhe Justls homo. and whicli was the | property of George Meadowo. She I Identified by the wick, which was made 1 from a felt hat. The counsel for tho ? defendant fought hard agalnst the ad- i mlssion of thls tostlmony. but after j the arguments of both sldc-s were I heard the Judfie dkeclded to admlt lt. I Thls evldence siiowed beyond a doubt I that Little had vislt^d the Meadows' j home the nlght of thfi murder, a? it .ia ; Known that tlie lantern was at the j house before the murder was com mttted. 01?er wltneasea also swore that the lantern was the property of the iatc ilcorge Meadows, and the State made a tory stroug polnt by seeuring the ud tmyslon of thls ovldence. Mary Staoy, tlie woman wlth whom Little was to have left the town of llurley for a Western trlp. admlileo on the stand that Little had told hei lhat he had money ln Uie bnnk at Biueilcld, \v. Va., and that ns .-oon as _t could get It out he Int-jnded taklng 1 :r away from ;i>.is sect:m;. ohe said lhat Ll.tle ,iad tolti her ihai it would take hlm at least thlrty days to gt-t the money, as it w*h ln the savings de? partment. She sald that they expectei to get away on September 15, but ad miited that Little told her that it rnlirnt bo later on In tho month. Kvldenco was admlt:o>l thowlr.g (hot George Meadows and Bettlu Jti.sils had 11.300 in the hoa.se at the time cf tno murder, but nona of tho money t>aa been found. Saveral timep the t.t torneys for both eldes got into warm vranglea about tho admls.slon of cer? taln evldence, but whlle tho Judge ruled first one way and then the other ln his gruff mann?r, ho gave entlre sat'sfactlon to both sldes end the peo? ple. The State claimod to-nlght that half of its evldence haB been submltted, and that lt expected to flnlsh it some time to-morrow. Speclal Guard at the Jnil. Tho courtroom was crowded all day, ?>nd a speclal guard has been thrown around the jall to-nlght so as to pre? vent any possible trottble. Whllo ln the courtroom Little was only sllghtly guarded. There wero a number of county ofTicers at all times withln reach. Llttla stood the ordeal well, and it ls rumored that he wlll ask his wlfe to go on the wltnesa stand. This 1b what the State wants, and to bring about such a thlng, lf possible, an offlcer went to Wyomlng county, AV. Va., after her yesterday, and she will _ppear ln the courtroom to-morrow mornlng. It la believed that It may be possible to break the prisoner down when his attorneys put hlm on the otand. i If his attorneys take suoh a stop lt |s certaln that the State wlll attack hlm strongly, and lt ls believed that _ confesslon may bo aecured. Hlstory of the Crlme. Uttle Is alleged to have ktlled the #ntlre Meadows famlly and then to have sot the house ln whlch the famlly llved on flre, so as to lililo ovl dences of tho crlme. No known rea goii for tho crime has beou advanced, txcept that lt ls alleged that Little wanted to get money which It was ?upposed the famlly had about the house. It is also known that somo of the money whlch the famlly was ?upposed to havo Is mlsslng, and whethor it was destroye.d ln tho flre or hldden by Little has not been dls oovered. It ls sald that Little wanted to get tlie money so as to take Mary gtacy away wlth hlm, and although _U of the evldence agalnst tho man Ib clrbumstantlalfMlt wlll be the eftort Of the State to make the ohatn strong ?nough to convlot the man. Little has sald nothlng slnoe he was plaoed ln the Lebanon Jall, and tho jreater part of the evldence ls that which has been seoured by tho pollce and deteotlves who worked on the caso and caught Uttlo. Open Thrcnta Made. Open threata of lyuchlng had been made agalnst Llttlo, and at one tlme _ posae started to Lolmnon to tako hlm from the Jall, nnd lf ho had beon taken by the posso lt la certaln that he would have beon lynched. Slnce that tlme, however, Judge Burns, who ' , tContinued on P.ag? l''our?Colunm -> LORD BALFOUR'S WARNING lle Tclls Vrom Thelr Vlctory Wlll Be Only Tempornry. t/)NDON, November 25.?-"If you wln ?, vlctory, lt wlll bb only a tcmporary one; If you lose, you have prejudlced tho posltlon. power, prestlge and uso fulnoss of tho Houne of Lorda, whlch I bolievo overy one of you honor, and de Klro to aorve as heartlly as I do my sclf." In thls homely, candld fashlon, Lord Balfour, of Burlolgh. told tha mem? bers of tho House of Lorda thls even? lng hls oplnlon of the course they aro pursulng wlth rcgard to the budget. He has none of tbe graces of oratory whlch Lord Rosobory possesses, but hls platn, dOwnrlght manner ls not wlth? out effect, and hls speech was the real event of to-day's slttlng of the upper chamber. It probably wlll have ovetl greater lnfluence than that of Lord Rosebcry, because Rosebcry no longer holds tho confldonce of any party. Tho Bishop of Horeford. who lnt'"' vf.-ned later In tha debate, said that whlle he respected tho Archbisliop of Canterbury's desire that the blxhops abstnln from votlng on the mcasure. he elitlmed the rlght to the excrclse of Indepcndent Judgment. If tho blshops had anv functlon to perform, It was to spea'k for tho multltudlnous poor. he sald; thercforo he supported tho budget, whlch was a noclal welfare budget, based on sound Inance. Many others of the peers spoke. but all of them tlong ordlnary party llnes. A great pro-budget demonstratlon took placo to-nlght ln Parllamcnt Stiuarc and that locallty. Slx thou sand persons gathered for, the dctnon btratlon, and sang polltical songs and cheered for Davld Lloyd-George. Chan? ccllor of tbe Exchequer. Pollee to the number of 1.600 were employed In keeplng order, but flnally the crowd becarne unmanageable. and the police cleared tho square. There were .-ome slight scuflles, and several arrests were made. Tho demonstratlon Is llkely to be repcated on a larger Bcalc Monday and Tuesday. LETTERS BREATHeToVE Eplstlrn of Defcudaut to Daugliter lu trodurcd lu Murder Trlnl. LITTI.K ROCK, AltK.. November 25 ?Tho Jury whlch Is trylng W. V. Kllls, of Plne liluff, lor the murder of Na tha'nlel Parktr Wlllis. ot Indlanapolls, sat ln Bea'slon throughout to-day. tho court refusing to adjourn for Tnunks gtvlng. and ilBtoned to letters writ ten by Wlllis to hls llttle daughter. Msiry Krances WIIIIk. the limoccnt < ausu ot the tragedy. whlch occur red ln a courtroom liorf: last sum iijer. Th.'- letters breathed affection and at times genulne pathos, and wcrc tntroduced ln part to show the atrong love of the fathcr for the child. The lather's llght to regaln possesslon of the child ted to tha tragedy. The Ittters were the xeature of to day's developments at the trial, asldo from two wltn-ases whose testimony from Important links ln the chaln of evldence, tbe defense trying to estab lish that Ellis was In^ane when he shot down the Indlana man. These wltnesses, Dr. W. S. Slewart, of Pine Bluff, Ellls's physlcian. and Asbley Peay, clerk at the Merchants' Hotel, where Eills stopped on the day of the tragedy, both told of the peculiar ac tions ol the accused man shortly be? fore the tragedy. Chancellor John M. EUlott. of Plnc Bluff, was Introduced as a character v, iis.'jssi, aisn tu.ii 01 a.11 appuciiii made by Kllls for advlce on a letter recelved from Wlllis. lle got no further than a deacriptlon of Ellls's uppearance and condition. when an ob jectlon from tbo .Stait stopped hlm, and ! ne was temporarlly excused untlJ tho court rulefc on the di.sputed polnte. DR. BURROUGHS OBJECTS Declare* Mlnlstern Not Coinpetc-nt to Take L'p Snnltnry Work. ASHEVILLE, N. C. November 25.? Declarlng that mlnlaters and preach ?:rs of tbe gospel are Incompetent to dtscuss sanltary measures employed or to be employed ln the warfare against tuberculosis. and further lntimatlng that the clergy ls too much lnciined to glve gratultous advlce from the pul plt on all subjects, Dr. J. A. Burroughs, of ? thls clty, presldent of the State Medical Soclety, ln a statement glven to the Cltlzen to-nlght, repudlates a movement by the North Carolina Aiso ciatlon for the Preventlon of Tuber? culosis, whlch deslgnated next Sunday as "rianltary Sunday," and which call ed on the mlnlsters of the State to preaeh educatlonal sermons on ways and means to be employed in the llght agalnst tuberculosis. Only yesterday Governor Kitchin sent out to the press of the State an open letter, requestlng that the move? ment for "Sanltary Sunday" be given all posslble prominence. Dr. Burroughs notifles Dr. C. A. Jullan, of Thomas vllle, who, as assistant secretary of the State Board of Health and as sec rotary of the North Carolina Associa? tion for the Preventlon of Tubercu? losis, sent out the call for "Sanltary Sunday" that he sDr. Bul'oughs), as presldent of the State Medical Soclety and member of the State Board ot Health, would refuse to ask the Gov? ernor to saaslst ln the matter. In hla statement Dr. Burroughs says that mlnlsters know nothlng about tha treatment or methodd of preventlon of tuberculosis, and (hat such matters woutd better be left to the County Boards of Health. NEGRO IS LYNCHED Taken From Omcera nnd Body RUIdled j Wlth BulletN. MERIDIAN, MISS., November 25.? Morgan Chambers, a negro, was taken from Town Marshal Broadway and Deputy Joe Camp', at Meehan, twelve miles west c-f Meridlan, to-nlght by a mob of 200 masked men and hls body riddled with bullets. The negro had earller ln the day boaten and robbed Martln Dressler, an aged cltlzen of Polnt, a small statlon two miles - west' of Meehan. Dressler was taken to Meehan for medical- treatment and the negro cap tured at Chunkey, a few miles further west, waa taken to Meehan, where ho was posltlvely Identllled by hls vlctlm, Aftor the Identitlcatlon, Marshal Broad? way and Deputy Camp started with the1 prlsonSr for the town prlson. On the way they wore confronted by tho mob, who took the negro by force, Marshal Broadway having hls cheek grazed by a bullot in the sorlmmage. After obtainlng possesslon of tho negro tho mob dragged him a short dls tanco and shot hlm to death, .several hundred bullets penetratjng hls body. Tho mob then quickly dlsporsed, leav Ing Meehan, golng in tlio dlrectlon, of Polnt and Chunkey. ? FIVE KILLED IN WRECK Car llcurlng Dend Uodles llieu' flKurcs lu Colllsion. LOS ANGELES, CAL,, November 25.? Nlcliolas Jacobs, a real estate dealer; hls two daughters and hlsntwp sons aro dead, and Mrs/. ^-thicobs and her two-months-old baby are dylng as tho rosult of a colllslon to-nlght between an automoblle ln whlch they were rid ng, and a trolley car on the Loa An relos and Santa Aiimi. llne, slx miles rom Los AngeleB. Two other sona of*JacobB, Peter and John, and Miss Josephine Solon, nlne teen years old,'.jumped from the auto mobllo and escaped wlth slight Inju rles. Whllo an elootrlo oar, ln whleh the persons and the bodles. of those kllled had boen plttcod, was corning to Los Angojea, it oolllded wlth aV'ar on the Centrul Avenue llne at Seventh and Central Avehueti ln Dbs Angeles, and olght other persona were lnjurud, some Borloiuljr. ' , Tl Oliver Harris Put on Trial for'Foul Murder. YOUNG PRISONER IS UNCOWCERNED He Is Accused of Two Offenses, Killing John Henson Poole and Brutally Assaulting His Aunt ? All But Four . J u r o r s Secured. ROCKA'ILLB. MD., November 25. Charged wlth a murder of the foulest nature and wlth an as xault to klll, horrlble in Its details, Oliver Horman Harris, a young Mont gontery county farmer, wbb placed on trlal for hiit llfo here thls mornlng. Thero belng no cognlzance taken by the laws or the constltuted authorltles of the Stata of Maryland of Thanks. glvlng Day, young HarrlB walked out pt tho county Jall and into tho court? room thls mornlng at a tlme when most people were beglnnlng a day of pleasure or of rest. ln the courtroom to meet hlm were his father, Jefferson D. Ifarrls; his mother and his slster. There also were John AA'. Poolo and his wlfe, the parents of young John Henson Poole, whom Harris ls accused of killing, and Mrs. Clara Harris, wlfe of young HarriB's uncle. Gwynn Harris, whom the ?fe fendant brutally assaultcd two ntghts before he was ar.ested last July. Two Judxes on Bencb. On the bench were Judges James B. Henderson and John C. Motter, of the Clrcult Court of Montgoraery county, who are trylng the case. Oliver Herman Harris, th? defendant. Is twenty-four years old. He has llved In Montgomery county all his Hfe, His famlly Is well known In this sectlon and ls highly respected. The young man now on trlal always bore a good rcputatlon, nnd when he was arrested on charges of murderous assault and murder perBons llvlng ln his nelghbor hood were dumfounded. John Henson Poole, the man for whose murder Harris ls belng tried, bore a reputatlon not of the very best. In November. 1S06, he killed Thomas Peacock on Hnrrison's Island as the result of a qtiarrel ln a cornfleld. but was ncqultted on grounds of self-de fen30. He was married, but dld not llve wlth his wlfe. Jlrs. Hnrrl* to TVMIfy. Mrs. Clara Harris will flgure proml liently as a wltness for the prosecu tion. She is expected to tcstlfy as to her nephew's assault upon her. The motlve ascribed for both of the crlmes Harris Is charged wlth ls robbery. He Is known to have had a good deal of money between the tlme Poole was killed* ana the time he, Harris. was arrested, three weeks later. He ls re ported to have been ln love with a young A'irginla glrl. Whlle his money lasted he spent most of lt on her. Every cent went for "having a good tlme." Automoblles, carriages and theatres appealed to the young farmer, and he Indulged hlmself in these luxuries whenever he could afford them. There was nothlng dlstlnctlve about Harrts's appearance as he stood up ln the courtroom" and heard John L. Brunett, clerk of the court, readlng the formal charge of murder. He ls of medlum helght, sallow complexlon, has llght brown halr and gray eyes. He wore a plaln, blue sult, a whlte shlrt and brown tie. IMend.n Not Guilty. , Throughout. the readlng of the ar ralgnment Harris showed no slgn of emotlcn. He eyed the clerk tranqullly and chewed gum atendlly. "Oliver Herman Harris. aro you guilty of the charge whereof you stand lndlcted, or not guilty?" the clerk ask srf'tthen he had finlshed readlng the arratgnment. :"Not guilty," 'replled Harris, wlth a sllght tremor ln his voice. Counsel for the defense then made forrnal demurrer to the lndlctment. Four Jurom Sceured. After the arralgnment of the ac? cused and the flllng of the demurrer to the lndlctment, talesmen were ox amlned to secure the Jury. The regu? lar panel of twenty-four and an ad dltlonal panel of twenty tales men were exhausted, and but four jurors secured. When the second panel was exhaust? ed the court took a recess untll to morrow. In order to obtain addltlonal talesmen. Poole llncked to Deatb. Poole was killed the nlght of. July 21 ln a lonely hut near Pennyrteld's lock, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca? nal. a short dlstance north- of Tra vilah, where he llved alone. He was Btrtick on the head wlth a hatchet and shot two or three tlmes ln tho head wlth a rlfle, after whlch his body was wrapped ln a blankot and hid in a closet of tho house. The crlme was not dlscovered untll three weeks later, when the young man's father, John AV. Poole, bocom ing alarmed at the failure of his son to pay his regular vlslts to the home of his parents or to wrlte them, Instl tuted a search. After maklng lnqtil ties at Travilah and learnlng that his boy had not been there for three weeks he went to his son's house. Upon on terlng the little shanty he was atartlec" and shooked at seelng bloodstalns or tho floor and furniture, and followlng tho trall of blood, he dlscovered tht badly decompise- body of his son ii the closet. The mornlng of tho day Poolo's bodj was dlscovered Harris waa arres'tet for a murderous assault. two days be forei upon hlB aunt, Mrs, Clara Harris wlfo of Gwynn Harris, whom he at tacked as the two were orosstng i Held near thelr homes at Travilah to gcther. Mrs. Harrla was struok oi tho head wlth a pleoo of lron twelv or flfteen Inchea ln length, whloh wa found covered wlth blood near th1 soene of tho attack. She was strucl several hlows, hor skull : belng frac tured and her scalp badly lacorated (Contlnuod on P?b? Two?Column (.) FATAL RESULT OF AN ERROR Three Kllled finrt Two tlmlly Ilnrt ln Traln Wrcck, SFOKANE, WASH., November 25.?A Spokane-Rovlew speclal from Llnd, Wash., Hays: Three trnintnen dead, two othors bo Ileved to be fatally Injured, flve out of bIx ears on a Great Northern passen? ger traln cornpletely destroyed by flre, but every passenger safe, Ih tlie ssim ming up of a colllslon on the Northejrri, Paclflc Rnllroad about a rnlle frorrj LIrid Bhortly after mldnlght, ' Tho deud are tho englncer and firo mati of the passenger traln and a man believed to be a mall clerk. Tho englnecr and flreman on th<? other englno wero probably fatally in? jured. Colllslon ?Wlth WIl.l Englnc, Tho Oreat Northern traln from the coast was travellng over the Northern Pacillc track on account of floods on tho Great Northern llne. It was due tn Llnd shortly after 1 o'clock this morn? lng. Tho wlld onglne started west, and no sooner had lt left the- station than the operator know that a. terrlble mls take had been made, but had no means of correctlng It. About a mlle from Llnd the englno and tho passenger traln camo In col? llslon. Accordlng to Englneer Runh. who had ptilled the traln to Pronser, but who was rldlng on tho traln from, that polnt as a pasBenger, every passenger escaped unscathed except one, who was only sllghtly Injured. FRENCH AS "SHE IS SPOKE" Ambnflsadnr JtinHcrnnd Henrn the Renl Thlns ln New /Fork. NEW YORK, Novombef 25.?M. Jnles Jusserand. the Frenoh ambassador, was tho guest of the College of the Clty of New York to-day, and had an op portunity of hearing Frenoh "as she is spoko" ln the Amerlcan collego classroom. In an address before the 2,500 stu denta ]ate ln the afternoon he ex preased plcaaure at hearing hiB lan guage adroitly spoken by many of the students, and declared that "my people ln France wlll recelve a glowlng ac? count of my vlslt here to-day." . Hls audltors expressed thelr appreclation of hls pralse by glvlng hlm the poly grlot college cheer, wlth nlne "Jusser ands" on the end. RALLIES FROM 0PERATI0N Doctors IMcused Over Condltlon of Mayor Johnson'a Son. NEW YORK, November 25,?Loften E. Johnson, son of Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland, who was operated upon last nlght tn thls clty for appendlcltls, was stlll ln a serious condltlon to-day. but the attendlng physlcians were encour aged by the manner In which he \ad rallled from the operatlon. Thls mornlng he was restlng com fortably, and was sald to be dolng even better than the surgeons had ex? pected, as the malady had deyeloped rapldly and had gained,..& atrong hold upon hlm ?when the operatlon took place. Mayor ana Mra. Johnson are expected here to-day. Mr. Johnson Is a broker, wlth offlces ln thla city. LAUNCH CAPSIZES Flve Youiik People Out for Plcaaure Rlde Are Drowned. MUSKEGON, MICH.. November 25_ Five persons were drowned in ilus kegon Lake this afternoon, when a pleasure launch, carrying a party of nlne young people, capsized as the result of a panlc following a gasollne explosion. Four of those who lost thelr llves were members of one fam? lly. The dead: Oscar Carlson, aged twenty-eight. Hulda Carlson. aged twenty-four. Anna Carlson aged twenty. Jennle Carlson, aged elghteen. Ann Sanders. The party started out to attend a wedding on the north side of the lake and decided to take a short orulse before golng to the festlvlttes. They enclrcled the lake and were wlthln 150 feet of the north landlng. when, ln some manner, some gasolene exploded. Tho glrls became panlc-stricken. The bodles were all recovered. BURIED WITH WINGS Old Hcrmlt on Hla DentUbcd Aiiked to lle So Equlpped. PARKERSBURG, W. VA., November 25.?When Wllllam H. Ledsome was burled two days ago he was ready for the tootlng of Gabrlel's horn, belng oqulpped wlth wlngs and. an angel robe. In thls attire he was burled. Ledsome was an old soldler and a rellglous fanatlc, and for years he lived a hermlt llfe in the forest. When he was near death he dlrected that he be wrapped ln a shroud to whlch were to be sewed two blg wlngs. At tho grave, after the funeral ser vices, lt was dlscovered that the wlngp wero missing, and hls son-In-law de layed tho Interment untll they were replaced. HANDCUFFS ON TO STAY Constnble llnd to Call LoekamltU to Get Them Olf Prlaoner. and so securoly was he arrested that ' a locksmlth had to bo callod to releasc hlm. Constable Andrews Schlelchtweg snapped a pa,lr of handcuffs on Tread well. When' they reached the lockur. Schlelchtweg could not flnd the key tc hls handcuffs. There wasi no key al police headquarters that would llt. and Schlelchtweg finally had to go to o locksmlth's for ald. -UffS CAPITAL Managua Reported Sur rounclecl by Forces of HisEnemies. CITY MAY FALL ATANYMOMENT! Friends of Estrada Are Jubilant Over Successful Advances of Revolution ? Attitude of United States Has Ad? ded to Air of Hopc fulness. WASHINGTON, November 25.?The Nicaraguau revolutlonlsts aro galnlng ground. accordlng to a dlspatch recelved here from the com? mander of tho crulser Des Molnos. now ln Nlcaraguan waters. Tho dlspatch adds that Amerlcan lntcrests are be? lng protected, and that tho blockade by the revolutionary forces ls effec tlve. TnsiirKC?ln IteJolce. NEW ORLEANS, LA., November 23.? Thero ls much rejolcing among tli<> revolutionary forces ln Nlcaragua, aci cordtng to passengers arrivlng here to-day on the steamship Marletta dl Glorgio from Blueflelds. The follow ers of General Estrada are elated over what they clalm haa thus fur proved a successful advance agalnst the gov ernment of Zelaya; and are sangulnely predlctlng the fall of Managua, the Nlcaraguan capltal, withln a short tlme. Thls alr of hopefulness has been atrengthened by the attitude of the Unlted States threatenlng a de mand on Zelaya for reparatlon for the death of two Amerlcans?Grace and Cannon. That the revolutlonlsts have recelved what Is a comparatlvely formidable supply of arms and ammunltlon waa tne news received here to-nlght by Lonsul-Ceneral Suswnan, Kpresentlng the Estraua government at New Or leans. Accordlng to a cable to tho consul, tne steamship Utstein, whlch was loaded and sent out of New Or leana with war tujiplles for the Insur gent forces, has reacho.l Blueflelds. Tlie vcsvel clcared ot New OrleanH tor l-c-rt Barrloa, but remalned at that pott for only a short time before pro-, i?edlng to Blueflelds. ' Mr. Sussman made known for the first time to-nlght Just what -thei Utsteln's cargo conslsted of. It waa as follows: Two Gatllng guns. 2.100 rlfles, 250 rounds.of.. ammunltlon and a complete outflt for maklng cart ridges. Cui.iKal Surroundedf Prlvate cable messages recelved from Blueflelds early to-day decla'ro that the reason Arlce-Consul Caldera has not replled to the State Depart? ment querles concernlng the execu tlons of the two Amerlcans, Groceand Cannon. is because the lnsurgents aro encamped about Managua and already Have controt of the cable statlon at Snn .luan Del Sur. New Orleans has recelvea no conflrmation of thls report except that General Saenz, wlth his army of Nlcaraguans who had been exlled to Honduras and Salvador, re entered Zelaya's republlo early ln the week and captured Leon and Chlna dega, two of the most Important towns on the Paelflc sld-i of the republlc. Aianagua is withln strlifing tllstamie of vtther town. The state of mlnd of the populace at the capltal would make possible a ) orsh attack by robels tha-. would glve them control of the sltuatlon wlthout much fighting, and rebel sym pathlzers here thlB mornlng belleve Managua has fallen. Control Pactflc Coast. The lnsurgents here belleve that General Saenz wlth his army of exlles ls ln complete controi of Nlcaragua's Paclflc coast; Wlth the oapture of Chlnadega and Leon, the advance 011 the capltal coulA have beon easily accorupllshed. and lt ls declared that ?if Hut-nz dld strlko nt Manngun his army would hava been mot by lnuur gent sympathlzers withln the capltal, who would strlke at Zelaya the mo ment the advanclng army flred a shot. Zelaya agents here, in the absence ot posltlve conflrmation of a rebel vlctory at Managua, cllng 10 the be llef that Saenz has been captured by government forces who put out from Managua and attackod tho rebels nt Leon, retaklng that town. Cnpt, Shlpley Tleports. WASHINGTON, November 25.?Tha oltlclals oj the Stato and Navy Depart ments wero in thelr odlces as usual for a short tlmo to-day for the con sideratlon of developments ln tho Nlcaraguan affalr. About tho only new matter they had before them wus a r-Jpher dlspatch from CnptuWi Shlp loy, commandlng tho crulser Des Molnos, dated at Port Llmon, glvlng an aocount of his vlslt to Greytown. That port is occuplod by u portlon of Zelaya's .forcus, who ? aro practlcally prlsoners, as thoy nro surrounded on all sldea by tho revolutionary forces, who await only tho arrival &t ainmu I (Contlnucd on Pngo Four?Column 2.) ?raiirag ?ir Afera??!a? When Will You Shop} This next week you who are wise will do the bulk of s\ your Christmas shopping. If you shop mornihgs you'U find the stores spick and Bpan, stocks nicely arranged, sales people alert and anxious to ser\'e you By afternoon the shoppers have disarranged the dis plays, the days grow shorter and darker, the clerks are growing tired?thcy're human, you know. Shop thornings whenever possible. FINDS 3 NEW CANALS ON MARS I'rof. I.nwll Scnri* AVord of lTi? Ile cent Discovery <o floMon. BOSTON, November 25?Three new canals hava boon dlscovered on the planet Mars by Prof. Lowoll at hls Arizona obr-orvatory. The announce? ment came through Mrs. Davld Todd, wlfo of the authorlty on Mnra, and her self an astronomor of natlonal reptitn tlon. Thls announcement of new slgns of activity by the Martlann ls a dlrect contradictlon to tho recent roport among astronomera that disturbancns on tho planet showed that all llfo there, If there wero any, had been de? stroyed In a great cntastrophe. The announcement of Mrs. Todd ls borne out by dlscoverhM made at tho ob.sorvatory at Juvlay by Camlllo Flani iniirlon. wlio, Instead of flndlng slgns of dcstructlon ln the rocent uphcaval on Mars, found slgns of new activity, the constructlon of somo great new work up there. "There has been no great calamlty on Mars," sald Mrs. Todd. "There have been some changCB more pro nounced than la usual at thls tlme of the year. Tho great loe cap soemed to disappear, but now lt Is growlng larger agaln. and ls approaohjng tho normal." "Prof. Lowell aays that he haa found three or four new canale of recent maklng. These canals look to us llke Hlgns of Intelllgent, purposlvo work rather than natural marklngs. Tho radtcal view la that they are suro silgns of intelllgent activity and of hu? man belngs oxlstent on Mars. but all wo can say la that there soems to be a probablllty that theso new canals show that there ls llfe up there." Prof. Wllllam A. Plckerlng, of tho Harvard observatory, agreed wlth Mrs. Todd and M. Flammarion that there had been no cntastrophe on Mars. "It was purely a seasonal change. wlth an unusual quantlty of clouds," he sald. "Wo have the same phonomena ln the sprlng here." As to the new canals, Prof. Picker I Ing would express no oplnlon. MINE IS AGAIN SEALED Declded Thnt lt I? l>ele?B <o Throw lu More Wnter. CHERRY, ILL.. November 25.?De talla of a meeting held here early to day between the etulre State Mlnlng Board. BattaJlon Chlef McDonald, ot tho Chlcago Flre Department. and W. W. Taylor, general superlntendent of the Chlcago, Mllwaukee and St. Paul Company's mlnes. wero made known this afternoon. Battullon Chlef McDonald. after an inspectlon of the work belng accom plished by hls men, who had been throwlng water ln tho east bottora of the mlne for more than a week. ad vlsed the State mlne lnspectors and the representatlves of tho coal com? pany that tho water being thrown into the mlne was not reachlng the flre, and that he saw no use of throwlng ln any more water. as it was merely flll Ing up the thlrd veln. Bodles of the known dead In that veln are already lnaccessible, owlng to tho quantlty ot water already thrown Into the mlne, and to Increase thls amount, McDon? ald sald, would delay recover ot tho bodles lndeilnltely. Mr. Willlams, ct the Urbana Rescue Statlon. who had boen keeplng care ful note of the gases formed In the mlne, reported that the tlre had ex tended to tho coal plllar and was formlng dangorous gases and maklng it perilous for rescuers to contlnue at work. After conslderable discusalon and a careful golng over of all phases of the sltuatlon, lt was unanlmously agreed that the only thlng that would make posslble .uUImato reoovery ot the bodles ln the mlne was to aeal up both tho maln shaft and the alr shaft and keep them Bealed untll the cut tlng off of the alr smothered the fire. The shafts were thereupon sealed. BIBLE OUT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL Objecrlonn of Freeport Prte?t Su?talned by Stnte ConunlBalon of EducnUon. FREEPORT, L I., November 25.? After a flght of two years, Father Charles Logue. of the Freeport Catho 11c Church, has succeeded ln having tho readlng of the Blble ln the publlo. school hero stopped. Eventually the priest laid his objectlons before Com? mlssloner of Educatlon A. F. Drapor in Albany, wlth the result that an order prohlbltlng the readlng of the Blble was lssued last Saturday. Father Logue and Commlssloner Draper nnd precedent for the order In a recent legal decision that if a single objectfon to the readlng of the Blble ln publlc schools be ralsed lt shall be sufSclent to brlng about a dlscontlnu ance of the practlce. The members of the School Board and a majorlty of the parents of school chlldren here favor the readlng of tho Blble. Samuel Jt. Smlth, presldent of the Freeport Board of Educatlon, de clared to-day that the rellgloua exer clses ln the schools here were always held before regular school hours, and no child was compelled to attend them. Mr. Smlth sald, that Commlssloner Draper's order showed that he was ln error ln relatton to mattera at lasue. and aa the local board was ln Igno ranco of Father Logue's vlslt to Al? bany, and bo had no opportunlty to present thelr sldo of tho case. they have asked that lt be reopened and an opportunlty glven to them to be heard. TIPSY DOGS FIGHT FOR BEER Collle nnd rtnehshund nevel When Kec Rolls From "Vt'nsrnn. MONTCLAIR. N. u., November 25.? A keg of beer fell to-day from a brow ery wagon ln Bloomfteld Avenue and broke open at the bung just ns a collle. and a daohahund wero passlng. Both anlmals wore muzzles, but that did not keep them from eagerly lapplng up tho nmber fluld that foamed ln the gutter, The col'le got drunk flrst. and Us head began to wag solemnly from slde to slde. The dachshund took thls as a challenge to flght, and made for tho other dog In a lumberlng, maudlin way that seemed to amuse tho crowd that had gatherod. The two .tlpsy -canines rolled over and over. growllng and-pa-wtng at each other. Then thelr humor changed, and they rubbed up agalnst each other ln a frlondly way. Tho collle fell down ln a puddlo of beer and drank somo in a puddle of the beer and drank some more. Tho dachshund also drank somo moro. Flnally. when all the beer was gone, tho two doga looked around wlth dull eyos and wnbblod off, tho dachs? hund golng through Mldland Avenue and tho colllo through Park Streot. They looked back once or twlce, aa if hoping another keg would fall from tho wagon, but lt dldn't. and they slowly made thelr way out of slght. COOK'S DATA ON SEAS UecordH and Reports ou Wn yto Unl vi-i-slty of Copeuhutteu. NEW YORK, November 25.?Another chapter ln the North Pole controversy was bogun to-day wlth the departuro of the data and reports which Dr. Frederick A. Cook complled In 'he Arotic for Denmark, where they wlll bo submitted to tlio Unlverslty of Co penhagen as proof of Dr. Cook's as sertlon that he reuched the North Pole Aprll 31. 1908. The reoords wore taken abroad by Walter Lonsdale, prlvate secretary of the explorer, who aalled on the steamer Unlted States for Copenhagen. The documents bulked large. Mr, Lonsdale sald he would keep them undor careful guard untll they aro placed safely ln tho hands of Dr. Torp, raotor of tho Coponhagon Untveralty. The jeoordsa and reportu oontaln about 30,000 words. The unlverslty authorltlos wlll probably be 6e_vpral weeks golng over theiu,' IIE STATE FEMALE Senator Strode ancl Dr. Kent Take lssue on Proposition. ELOQUENT PLEA BY PROF. WILSON Advocates Beauty and Higher ? Ideals?University Man Vigor-.. ous in Opposition to Plan of Legislator for School for Higher Education of Women. Rival Arguments The experlence of a oentury has put bcyond questlon the value both to woman and to the Htnte of any well dlrected tutellectual tralntngr. ?Senator Strode. ThU aort of tlilnu In perlodlcal. We huil lt flftccn years ago. It docsn't do nny hnrin. Thls tlme I nm rnther _linl to ?tc lt, (ar It mny tahe tlio mlinN of tvomeo oflt the hrnl n-nhsorblng, norve-rncklnjr, liome-deniornllzliiK hrlilge uhlst.? Dr. Kent. It ls KtifMitltteri t Im * there I* no good rcnxon for lhe lack of facili? ties nfforded by the Stnle for the lilRher educatlon of her dniiglitcra.? Senator Strode. Tlie great neeil of the Stalc Is not n new college; It Ih uot higher cducntlou for women. It Is n trade kcIiooI where tlie young cau Icarn to ninke nn honest llvttiz.?Dr. Kent. Into the new liottlc* we must put the best of the tliuc-testcrt wlne thnt ln old] lhe iipirlt of cternnl beauty; the beauty of the world thnt |s ivlthout: the beauty that la of tlie splrit wlthlti?Professor Wll son. I would nee n grent iiioveinent for o State-wlde lyccuni lecture sys? tem, orgaulzed nnd dlrected by the school teaohcr*, siipplted freely nnd generously by tlie college fuc tiltlcs nnd tlie health oftlclals of the Slnle.?Professor Wilson. ADVOCACY of a Stata college for women ln a carefully prepared argument presented by State Senator Aubrey E. Strode, and dlrect opposition to thls project on the part of Dr. Charles W. Kent, of the Unl? verslty of Vlrglnla, were absorbing features at the meetlng last night ot the Vlrglnla Educational Conference, Between the two speakers, ProfeBsor J. S. Wilson, of Willlam and Mary Coi. lego, spoke on "Esthetlca ln Educa? tlon." His scholarly address wa? given earnest attention and well de served applause. Dr. Kent. belng the thlrd and last speaker, the hour was late when he aroae. He evidontly had a great deal that ha mlght have said in opposition to the proposition of Senator Strpds for a State collego for women, but con flned his argument to the questlon of the ttmellness of the movement. The well known young Senator based his plea for an Instltutlon of higher learnlng for the women of the State on the' ground that Vlrglnla has a university and four colleges ln whlch boys may gain thelr tultlon' wlthout exponse, but has no \ slmilar Instltutlon for gtrls, exoeptlng those who destre to be tralned ln the one dl reotlon of teaohlng. He traoed the hls? tory of the movement for hlghor edu? catlon for women, and made a num ber of suggestlons as to how the sohool mlght be oonduoted. Dr. Kent ln Opposition. Dr. Kent began his short address by saylng that he waa somewhat afrald of vlslons. although he loved them, be? cause of the enthusiasm with whlch we take hold of matters ln VIrgima. Ue sald it had been pleasant to hlm to Iisten to two of his former puplls, and that he was under obllgatlons to them for maklng it tmpossible for hlm to make an extended speech. The other day, he sald, he found a copy of a speech he had made fifteen years ago, on "Soclal Conservatlsra." ThlB had reminded hlm that at that tlme ho was vlewlng wlth trepldatlon the then movement for female suf frage. "Now after fifteen years it has come back." ho commented. "It ls perlodlcal. Along wlth it was a move? ment for higher educatlon, and thls movement was Just as vivld then as lt ls now. But no harm has been done. Thls tlme I am rather glad to see lt, for lt may take the mlnds of women for the tlme belng off of the braln absorblng, nerve-racklng, home-demo rallzlng brldge whlst. "If thls thing will glve the women somethlng to Milnk about, serlously und earnestly, nobody wlll bo hurt." Time I-opporttuiR. Dr. Kent then proceodud wlth hU argument on tho proposition that thls ls not the time for such a movement. Tho high school problem, he sald, Is not yot solved. It must spread all over the State, "so that there wlll be, ln faot, no place ln Vlrglnla whore a boy or glrl oannot find his or her way to a hlgh school. We have a com-' misslon now trying to work out a system' of eo-ordlnatlon between our educational lnsUtutlons. AVe are only beglnnlng to approxlmate adequata trainlng for our women teaohers. "If the Farmvllle school should ac copt only studouta who have been through the hlgh school eo_rse, we could have women / superlntendents. We have not yet adequately equlpped tho Farmvllle. or the Harrisonburg schools for the work we have asked them to do. "The prlvate sohools of the State." he assorted, "are meetlng the requlro monta of ou'r glrla, They are not da tiomlnatlonal unough to hutjt, "Higher educatlon? Higher thttn whut? l.'evt Women \llccled. "Why, how many girls are there Irt the State who have pasned tho. colls glate grada, and want to dp hl?_ unl