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BEACH CASE MAY
GO TO JURY TO DAY
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on the caee by Beach before Baulihn
came.
Mm Reai h w as the most cunspicu
uua figure iti court to-day. She rat
through two long session*, taking an
occasional note from the testimony, and
(hating with her husband anil the
friends who su 11 ouihI. .1 her. When
she Mulled she showed two rows of per?
fect pearl teeth and her sad brown eyes
alone betrayed whatever anxiety ehe
may have felt.
First to Reach ? ourt.
She and ???!? husband wen- almost
chatting with her husband ami the
last to leave It. Soon after tneir ar?
rival, Mrs. C Oliver iseliu came in
with Mr and Mrs Harry R. HolMhgs
and took seats Just b> hind Um
Beaches, Rack of the rail a score or
more of women, only a few i f whom
were members of the winter <o!oiiy.
had pre-? mpt-d the best seats.
At no t.nie during th- proceedings
d-d Reach advise with his counsel.
Iii appeared to think that his lawyers
?th're were four of them, or five?
?raft well al le to look out for h's
.nt? reats.
Roth sides expressed confidence to
n.ght that the case would go to the
jury to-in trrow.
Mrs. Julian T. Blsilll
? Special to The Tlmes-Uispatcii t
cohoke. Va . February 4 ?Mrs. Ann*
? orim pickett baaarail wife of i?
Julian T f'dward*. of 'Rlvervlew,"
King William fount-, .lie.I at h?r resi?
dence at ?>'<lock this r-iorning Mhe
was the daughter of Steptoe Picket!
snd Sarah Orriek Clinton Pickett. of
Fauquier and l.incesloiie County, Ala.
and was in the ??ventv-seventh year of
her age She was twice married, her
first husband being Hon Thomss Bibb,
of Limestone. Ala. In IMS she mar?
ried Dr. J. T Edwarde, eon of Dr.
Samuel Kdwards. of King William. Re
sides her husband, three sons?Dudley
l'i< kett Kdwards. of Richmond. BvOTOtt
and Krnest Chllton Kdwards. of King
William?and six grandchildren sur?
vive her She will be laid to reet in
the family burylne-ground at I-anes
?, ills on Wednesdsy. Februar-.
seed Red Pepper to Cabinet.
London. Februarv 6 ?The Kxpress
ssvs that the whole Cabinet was set
to aneealng yesterday by the simul?
taneous receipt by each minister at the
House of Commons of envelopes from
suff r.-.gette leaders containing red
pepper._
WWLL uk Ol kh.
< rona Prieee of Ituasla. llowrtrr.
?Uli Laar Frnni \< elilrnl.
Valta. Crimea. Russia, February 4.?
The Imperial Crown Prince Alexis,
of Russia, is unable to straighten his
leg at the knee, owing lo tne injure lie
aeetained recently, nut according to
the phjraicUtn la attendnnce this lame?
ness will rnnidlj illao|ipeai General
lluilllsadl win, retui to day from
the palace of Tsa rskoe-Seb., visited
the youthful prince and conversed with
him Hie sa\s the lad is as full of
spirits as ever, and has grown con?
siderably taller and more muscular
since last spring
phi>cf.?* Kirn i* 111it*.
IMhrrnlsr llrlr la Husslss I krone liaa
HriDirrrd Health
Valta. Crimea. Russin. February 4.?
The Impi rial Crow n Prince Alexis of
Russia is still unable to straighten his
left leg at the knee, owing to the in?
jury he sustsined recently, but. ac?
cording to the physician in attend?
ance, this la,menesa will rapidly dis?
appear.
General iMimhadie who returned to?
day from the pal.ee of Tsarkoe Meto,
\ islted the youthful prince and con
\ersed with him repeatedly. He says
the lad Is as full of spirit as ever, and
has grown considerably taller and
more muscular since last spring
The members of the imperial family
are delighted with the rapid and sat?
isfactory recovery of the prince, who
gives every indication of becoming a
sturdy and strenuous Kmperor.
Hopf.? H Fi SUN VII l.l. Ii f. BMKBX.
-srnator t.ore Thleka 1 hat < oagrraa
Ulli ?et Kiansple.
New York. February 4 Expressing
hope that the extra session of Con?
gress wou! ; beat all records of the
past arid set a signal example for
Ceenrtt" ad well as Justice in legisla?
tion, .senator Thomas P. Gore, of Okla?
homa, to-night, speaking at the an?
nual banquet of the National Retail
I try Goods Merchants, declared "we
have a right to know speedily what
the tariff reductions will include "
Senator Gore argued that this coun?
try was the match of any nation in
productiveness, and he believed that a
reduction of the tariff and the widen?
ing of the scope of the merchant ma?
rine would tend to strengthen its
power among nations.
NEWS KEPT FROM HIM
seriously III Maa \ot Told of Ultra
and ?on's Heaths.
New Rrunaw ick. N H . February 4.?
. lag seriously ill from the effects of
an tyx-ratlon in a hospital to-night,
the Rev Isaac S Selieneck. a letired
minister of Highlands Park. N J . has
Md been loM that a son. Wtllard. a
student at RiCgers College. .lied yea
tefday. ... i th.:- his wife, shocked hv
this happening, died to-day. Physi
clana feared that news of the two
deaths would icsult fatally for the
? lergvman
IF YOU NEED A MEDICINE
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST
? Although there are hundreds of prep?
arations advertised, there is only one
that really stands out pre-eminent as
a remedy for diseases of the kidne>s.
liver and bladder
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
hi?.l est. for the reason that it has
I ptowd to be Just the remedy needed
j in thousands upon thousands of even
j the BSeed distressing vases
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly
f because its mild und immediate effect
i- eeesj roaltaed. It is a gentle, healiug
vegetable lompouiid
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is a ph\
si< ian's proscription for special dis?
eases, which is not lecommended for
' e\ei vthing.
A Sworn Oertlfteatc of Puiity is with
every bottle.
I For sale at all drug stores, in bottles
of two sires?fifty cents and one dollai.
stum iioi ii.i. rtUM lit mail.
In order to piove what Swamp-lioot.
the great kiune>. liver and bladder
remedy w ill do for you. every read? r
of the nifhl?I Dally Times-Dnpatch
who has not already tried it MaVJf re?
ceive ? sample bottle by mail Hbso
1 u t el, fiee Address Dr. KliHI A Co.
Bingliamton. X. V. Write to-oty.?
Ad vert is* ment.
0R0ZC0 SEEKS RELEASE
Saje 'I lire Ik no l.tldeaee to Usirsot
Ills ..itradltloa.
San Antonio. Tex. Feoruai y 4?I'as
cual Orotco. Sr. father of the IftexiCM
rebel leadei. this morning fllefl sppli
I cation before Fulled States < "oliitlils
rltinrr Edwards fei uisehaig> from
< u ? tod'. Oroaco set forth tha: he had
b?en held 1... the Federal authorities
the required forty days and the Mexi?
can government bad not produced evi?
dence to wanant his extradition. H'.-ar
itig was set. for 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon.
1 ii. elder OreseO reeeiTOd a letter
to-day from 'ieiieisl I'ascual OrOasEOt
Jr. urging his father to take no fur?
ther part in the revolution, and. If
he should be reelaneo here, to go to
California With ids family. The letter
was gl gl led S board a train en route to
Juaiex. whence It came to Sau Antonio.
Kill- I hildrrn and ?elf.
Lebanon. Mo, February 4.--Mrs Uuy
Itelchtmyer killed two of her children
and herself to-day. One of the chil?
dren wan five vests old snd the other
two. A daughter, sixteen years old,
was to have been married to-day.
Mrs llallhlai 101 was the widow of
a l.eadmier. Mo, merchant, who died
recently
pkst < OSTUII !> advavk.
Holl Weevil Makes Lain of 7. '.<>?> Square
Miles During tear.
Waahlngton. February 4. ? Despite
the check in the movement of the cot?
ton boll weevil during the last year
on account of the unusual climatic
conditions of the winter of 1 !> 11-12.
the insect has made a net gain of 7,200
square miles, according to a report
:riade to the Department of Agriculture
by W D. Hunter and W. D, Pierce, in
? barge of the Southern field crop in?
sect investigations
The total area infested with the boll
nreevll in IMS was ITK.SdO square
miles, as compared with 271.500 it: 1911.
Texas, with 11.050 square miles, led all
other States in the area of infected
territory gained during the year. Ala?
bama came second, with S.100 square
miles: Florida third, with 2.200 square
miles, and Mississippi fourth, with 370
square miles.
llltOHl K HILLS MKF.T DKFF.AT.
Hoth Measnrrs Votes Down by Senate
I cm ml, t.c.
t Special to The Times-Dispatch. I
Raleigh, N. C-, Februarv 4?The two
divorie bills that passed the House
met a Waterloo at the hands of the
Senate Judlcary Committees No 1 and
No 2. The vot* on the Stewart bill
all owing; absolute divorce for five years
abandonment was ?Ight for and sixteen
against, and on the Kellum measure,
establishing an equal standard of
morality tor husband and wife, were
eleven ayes and sixteen nays.
Senator Stubbs gave notice of a
minority report on the abandonment
t>i11. and Senator Hobgood on the other,
the latter Senator having introduced a
similar bill in the Senate
FALLS OVER 60-FOOT CLIFF
Selon of t'romlaeat 4 leveland family
Hashed to Death.
Cleveland. February 4?Investiga?
tion by Coroner B] rnes into the finding
to-day of the body of S Homer
Kverett. scion of a socially and finan?
cially prominent Cleveland family,
proved that the joung mans death had
been cauaed l,v the fall over a sixtv
foot ?-Uff on the shore of the lake.
An examination showed his neck had
been broken by the fall Jewelry anil
money Kverett had on his person were
found ur -listurbed Fverett disappear?
ed last Saturday right
CALHOUN MAY QUIT POST
Patted states Minister to I inns Soon
to Leave for Home.
Pekm. r.-liruarv 4?William J Cal?
horns. I'nited States minister to China,
who will leave soon for the Fnlted
States on furlough, will not return to
his pejt. it is tielieved here.
He Is Homesick.
''Licit''. February 4?At the law
offices of Mr Calhoun's firm here it
was aaid that there had been a rumor
circulated for several months that the
ml a ster would quit his post He is
homesick. It waa explained
Imrgrtt Srnle H/C//-GF.4DF Tea tm War id
For TEN Cents you can buy at your
grocer's a sample package of Ridgways
Tea, the WORLD'S FINEST for nearly
a century, that will make fifty cups of
the most fragrant and delicious tea that
you*Te_eTer tasted. Try it. ? 10 cents.
Ridgways
Capital Household
ir pound*
(An
la 9*?>ri Mr Times' P\g%
Ord*r MM (Vk*ji
O T A \
? . W. .KM TIM 4 CO., DISTRIBUTORS.
Princeton. It J.. February 4 --Pres?
ident- Fleet Wilson to-day declared
I himself in favor of a radical change
I in the primary laws of New Jersey
to he applied not only to the nomlna
, lions t',<- Culted States Senator, but
[ thd go\i 11 or.Mhlp as w ell.
? A hill is heing prepared, he said.
I modeled after the Wisconsin system.
Whit b. wus championed before IIa
[ adoption by Senator La Foilette. It
I would amend tl..- present law to pei -
mit second choloe voting. A majority
[would be required to nominate rather
! than a plurality.
The 1'resldent-elect had another in?
vitation to-day to visit the Panama
'"anal before It is opened to naviga?
tion, colonel w. C. Gorges, a mean bet
of the Isthmian Canal Commission and
health offner of the zone, called on
Mr. Wilson and urged him to see the
canal
"I certainly hope to get there this
summer. 1 said Mr. Wilson.
The Governor's day at Trenton waa
de.ote l fat the most part to State bus?
iness
Wats tntllruai Bills Passed.
Trenton. N. J., Febru.uy t Herat
ISM Wilson wants to see the ne\en an?
titrust bills passed by the New Jersey
Legislature before lie goes to Wash?
ington to assume the presidency In
, line with this wish he indicated teSea
, ate leaders to-day his disapproval of
any postponement of the public hear?
ings
Hannes in .on. lit A meutluicui.
TreattOO, Jf. J, February 4.? The New
Je:sey Senate to-day, by a vote of |<J
td I rat.tied the amendment to the
; Const.tut on of the l'inted stat-s. au?
thorizing Congress to impose an income
ta\. The House had previously rati?
fied itif amendment.
In Prohibit Polyester.
Indianapolis. February 4 ?An
amendment to the Federal Constitu?
tion prohibiting polygamy is sought
in a Joint resolution introduced .:i the
lower house of the Indiana legislature
to-da ?? .
Inltlativr aed Referrndum.
Madison. Wis.. February 4.?The
Wisconsin Assembly to-day adopter] a
resolution for a constitutional amend?
ment for the Initiative and referen
1 dum r,9 to lf( the Democrats furnish
, ing most of the opposition
For Popaler Election.
Charleston. W'. Va . February 4 ?
The Senate to-day adopted the Hous?
resolution ratifying the amendmnet to
the Federal Constitution provid.nc for
the ej-ctlon of Fnited States Senators
by popular vote.
lasl?tj> Women Help strikers.
Boston. February 4?Several socie-.
ty women to-day assisted strikers in
picketing the forty shops affected by
the walk-out of garment work?
ers to inforce demands for an increase
In wages and better working condi?
tions.
traay Aviation school.
Paim Bea-h. Fla.. February- 4 ?Two
officers of the United States Army, ac?
companied by a detail of six men of
the signal corps, to-day began the
work of establishing an army aviation
school here. The officers are Lieu?
tenant F. M. Call, of the r'oart Artil?
lery, and Lieutenant K. L. Ellington,
of the cavalry service.
CLAIMS AGAINST SICKLES
Two Exemtion? ImuuBling lo More
Then aJs.lMMI Heeeived by Sheriff.
New Vork. February 4.-?Two more
executions against General Daniel K.
Sickies. the aged warrior, which must
be suffered out of his property before
' the .states claim for his shortage in
the monument fund can be collected,
were received by the sheriff to-day.
The executions are in favor of August
Heb kacher, for IS.015. and the Na?
tional Bank of Orange Countv, New
York, for lit:.
Another person is co-defendent with
General Sickles la the latter claim.
Author Breaks Leg.
Sar.ta Barbara. Oat, February 4.?
Stewart Edward White, the author and
explorer, broke a leg while sliding for
the home plate in a ball game here to?
day. Among the players in the game
was Winston Churchill, recently Pro?
gressive candidate Ifor Governor of
New Hampshire
tdOpllOB IS < ..needed.
Santa Fe. N. M.. February 4.?lt. a
vote of 34 to ?5 the lower house of tue
Legislature to-day adopted the reso?
lution approving the pro posed atn< ird
r-ent to the Federr-1 Constitution, p-. -
\ .ding for the direct election at :'rilt* 1
States Senators. Its adoption, by the
Senate is conceded.
Taft -ten. Rill.
Washington. February 4.?President
Taft to-day signed the bill incorporat?
ing the National Institute of Arts and
Letters.
THE WEATHER^
Forecast: \irgintn?Fair Wedersday
and Thureday: light to moderate west
winds.
Norrb Carolina?Fair aed slightly
colder Wednesday: Thursday fain
light, varlablr winds.
? aerial Loral Beta for 1 eeferdas.
12 noon temperature . 41
p M temperature. 4*
Maximum temperature up to s
p M . ??
Minimum temperature up to 8
I P. M . 22
Mean temperature. 40
? Normal temperattire . 3?
I Ftrees in temperature . 1
Excess in temperature slate March
t 1 . .- 1
? Acctim excess in temperature since
January I . C*>3
' l>eficie-i. v 111 rainfall since Marr'i
I I.? ?4
I Accnm deficiency in rainfall since
j January 1 . M
I .m? i i.bsers nflon n P. St. Vrwterday.
' Temperature . 3?
Humidity . Ii
? Wind ?direction.S W
Wind -veltvity -. 1
Weather . . . Clear
1 tiMMTln??? l\ IMIMIRTtM <III>s
1 At I P M Eastern Ma-dard Time I
Place Ther H T L T. Wes'her
I JtOhSlists ... 3? 4s J3 Clear
I ?.Hanta . *-? 4< 3Z Clear
Atlantic cip. . t: .*? 3? tleer
1 Heat on. 3* 2* Clear
Buffalo. - ? 54 -'S Cloudv
Calgary .-2 ? -I? near
'?? .oi'ston .. SI U Kaln
?Ttlcago _ I? ? ciesr
Henvsr . I: -- 12 P rloudv
Dulrttb _ .-14 -? -14 Clear
Gelvesfon ... 44 Clear
Hatteras . 4? 4? 4C Clear
Havre .-It -s -1J Kam
Jacksonville . <? Clnndv
Kansas citv t9 ;< I? Cloudy
Louisville :? 30 |? Clear
' Montareassry .. 44 it 4e tlear
New Orleans . . ?4 M 44 Clear
Vew Yori^ . ;x Jt ?? ?leer
Norfolk . 40 IS IS Hear
?tkUhewia .... I? 2*. fM dear
pittsb'irrh 2t :? 14 clear
M l-oula _ 22 30 14 Clear
at raul is a .ta clear
Man FrarH-tecn. ?? >?* 4t Clesjdy
?texannah ??< ?: r.O Clear
Spokane . 1? 2? 14 P . loudy
Tamos TO Tt ?? Ram
Washington .. 24 4<l 12 Clear
?v W 2? Cksar
WIM4I1 ?" llttl ti
Februsry i. t?U.
HIGH TIDE
stun r'eea ... T 1* Morel an_3 IT
Hut. eeto.? ?7 Evening .,..1 42
LETTER IS DELIVERED
t nalriila of I orrcsnondencc Ri lnm
Hitlers Not IIDulgcd.
SI Peter sburg. February 1 ?The au?
tograph latter Kent by Emperor Francis
' Joseph, of Austria, was present* .| to
Emperor Nicholas to-da> by Prince
Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Sohl 111 ngsfu r?t
; Ko intimation waa given as to the
i contents of the correspondence.
t* Coudact Negotiations.
London. February 4--Prince Hohen?
lohe, accord Iiis* to the Vienna corespon?
dent of the Pally Telegraph, not only
is intrusted with the letter to the Rus?
sian Kmporor. but alvo is authorized to
I 0 ..I11, 1 negotiations for a bettur un?
derstanding between Austria and Rus
? ia and the disarmament of the two
I countries.
HOI. KA1TIIKI l< 'l?? MAslKIl .
Ilciuovcil by Force Hefore Mods ? ould
He Iteseued from W reek.
Louisville, Ky . February 4?Who,,
rascuers . cached the scene of a wro k
w hich occui red here early tins morning
when three cars of a Baltimore and
Ohio freight train dropped over an
eight-foot trestle, they found the
mangled body of Charles Woodsinall.
switchman, still clutching his lantern
Britta a tiich a moment before IM ha I
tlasheii the danger signal, and stannlng
above the body was his dog. wlii' h had
. an following the train through the
.aids Oiils after the dog ha?! SOSB
diugged away by foi.e were the mem?
bers of the train crew able to extrn a'e
the body.
According to the engineer, the train
was backing on the trestle in the | ard.s
v. hen Woodsmall. who was on top of
the second car from the end, flashed
a danger signal, and a moment later
Oil appea I ed The engineer applied the
emergency brakes and stopped the
train, but not in time to prevent the
three hindmost cars from dropping over
the trestle The cause of the accident
lias not been determined.
\midk\ ON IjRA Ml .1 Rl.
Plrsl Instance of This Kind in mm.- of
California.
Redwood City Cal., February 4?In
, accepting the qualifications of seven?
teen women tor the San .Mateo County
grand Jurv venire. Superior Judge Ruck
In effe? t yesterday placed at least six
women on the grand Jury. Only thir?
teen meti were named, and the mem?
bership of the grand Jur\ is limited to
nineteen. This will be the first in?
stance In this State of women serving
on a grand Jury
Judge Buck accepted married wo?
men, most of whom appear as "house?
wives'' on the voting register.
j "I've always wanted to get a Jury
that would not gossip.*' said Judge
Buck. "There never has been a grand
jury In San Mateo County that could
I keep a secret, and now we'll give the
J women a chnnce."
Incrrnsed \\ ages -FfTectlvr.
Duluth. Minn.. February 4.?The in
I crease in wages promised the first of
I the year by the United States Steel
Corporation went into effect to-day
President Oleott. of the Oliver Mining
Company, issued a statement saying
; that the rates for surface labor are
1 advanced $2.10 to $2.25 per day. Rates
' in other classifications of labor, both
I surface and underground, are also ad
Justed so as to give the highest per
1 centage of increase to the lower paid
employes.
PARENT* HKTHOTH INF A NTs.
Hoy and GM Horn In Same Flat Five
Days Ago Knerngrd.
East St. Louis. 111. February 4.?
Miss Clara Carter Mallet, and Mallett
, Carter, born in the same Bai here, last
; Thursday, are engaged to marry. The
children are each five days old. and the
wedding ia scheduled to take place
many - ears hence.
It seemed so remarkable to the par
I ents of the children that the stork
x should visit both homes within four
hours that they agreed to bring up the
children in the knowledge that they
; were betrothed.
f'RKVASHE SOO FF.FT W IDE.
Water Ponrlng Through Opening In
? treat Volume.
Memphis. Tenn.. February 4 ?The
? revasse in the Mississippi River levee
j at Beulah. Miss, is now f>00 feet in
width, and. with the river rising rap
, idly in that section, water is pouring
through the opening in great volume,
' according to to-night's dispatches.
Futher caving, however, is not anti?
cipated.
At the solicitation of the Mississippi
delegation in Congress, who were ap?
pealed to by Oovernor Brewer, of Mis?
sissippi. Secretary of War Stimson to
j day authorized the shipment of all
: tents at the disposal of the Mississippi
I National Ouard to the overflowed sec
j tion. where refugees are reported to
'be in a sorry plight because of lack
I cf shelter.
Weather conditions are the most se
' vere of the w inter, and representation
j was made that unless prompt action
was taken much suffering would re?
sult The greater number of those
driven from their homes are negroes.
At ail other points the levees are
holding.
A I SIT CAPITOI. di FORI F..
*iilTranettrs VA ork for Amendment to
Permit Women to A ote.
Harrisburg. Pa. February 4.?Wo
i man suffragettes vtslted the State
j Capitol in force dur*ng the se.->;. -i
I of the Mouse of Representatives to
1 da*** and to-night worked among
legislators in behalf of the bill pro?
posing a constitutional amendment to
l>ermit women to vote The bill passed
aecead reading to-day. and will be on
third leading to-morrow.
Anti-suffragettes to-day sent many
letters and memorials to memt>ers
?irirfne them to vote against the bill.
[ll.ATII OF MWXPAI'KH MAN.
I'ohliclo Manaaer of Atlanta I onstf
tnllon A hreaaS ol Apoplexy.
Atlanta, da . February 4 ? Thomas J.
K.I:-, fift v -five \f.irs old. publicity
ger of the Atlanta Constitution,
died suddenly here to-night ?r.ortly
after he was strl< ken with apoplcxv
on a downtown street Mr Kellv was
well know 11 throughout the State In
rewspa|?er circlea. and had i>een con?
nected with the Constitution for
t went ? sever, vears He waa born ;:.
AVvthevlIle. Va.
?ecclal Mesoaae to t oagrcss.
Washington. February 4?In a spe?
cial message to Congress to-day Pres?
ident Taft recommended legislation to
compel exporters to prepare accurate
and complete lints fo.- roer. handiae sent
out of the l olled States
Children Cy
FOR FlETCKEft'S
CASTOR I A
Richmond Trust & -Savings Co
HOP Fast Mala Street.
Only place in Richmond where
you can get saving* deposit cards.
**>c. 5oc or $1 00.
Charles Lincoln Smith
i xpr.bt ?rr?A( tiomht.
r>mianent'v 'oeated gutta lavixj.ivt
Marpr.y llo-el Arne? ? o-ner l.igh'n
and Broad t tree Vs. Richmond. Va.
REMAINS IN HIS ROOM
(?rarrtl Castro Kccelvce Mevrral \ Ul?
li, r? Dario? !>?>.
Now York, February 4. ?Clpriario
Cast r<i. former President of Venezuela,
who is awaiting under bail in thin
City a bearing In Federal court in bin
effort to remain In the United States,
in spite of the ruling of Se. retarv
Nagel, contlnuedl to-dav to etpend his
Wiuting hours in his hotel room over?
looking Central Park. The general
iitcetved several visitors.
It was announced to-night that Gen
| eral Castro will be the principal
IX ikei Thursday night at a meeting
. to be held in an Fast Hide hall, under
the auspi.cH of the ?'Citizens' Caatio
: Protest Conference."
SEINE CONTINUES TO RISE
I latfcoettlee Prepare for I inn k i n. t it
it Goee I Basse i>auger 1st sol
j Pa11.1. February 4.?The Itlver Meine
continues to rise, and now lacks only
forty i entimeties of the 4.7t> metres
-t.it;*'. which is the danger level. The
authorities are l>egiiinlng to take pre
i .t,..ns for the emergency which will
arise if the flood goes beyond that
poinl Rescue parties have been or?
ganized, and all boatmen have been
i Instructed to hold themselves in rOOill
? iiess in the suburban districts, which
would he the first to be flooded.
m\ki:s Fl'?TbUOI < 0M'Khsion.
lirafft-4 aHaacaafl Policeman Ts ?s ad in?
iiiiiiatoo
Men Fork. February 4. ? Kugene Fox.
the self-confessed graft-collecting
policema a, who ia expected to
tell the extraordinary grand Jury
j a atory of graft levied by the
i police in Harlem. made a con
; fession to the district attorney, sup
, plemenlary to the one he made yester
j day, la Which he figures he handled
j $70,000 in tlve years, most of which,
he says, went to certain superiors in
tiie department
Ten per cent of his collections. Fox
told the prosecutor, he kept for him?
self The rest was divided between
his captain ami men who represented
the inspector responsible for his pre
; ? Inet. Some of the money found its
I way "down town' to police headquar
j ters. according to his story.
Fox reiterated that he could pro
duce witnesses to substantiate his
story, and the district attorney expects
to have persons mentioned by Fox as
having knoweldge of graft-taking ap?
peal with the policeman before the
I grand jury next week.
RESOURCES LIE DEAD
l.aek of Railroads Pre*cat Development
of Alaska.
Washington, February 4.?Alaska's
; great tesourees lie dead because of lack
! of railroads to connect the inland wa
Jerway s with the coast, and because of
] Inadequate coal land laws. Secretary
j tories Committee.
I committee.
There's been a dog-in-the-manger
! policy in Alaska since 1906.'' he said.
j .Mr. Fisher asked for an appropria
t tion to investigate the Alaskan rail?
road possibilities.
IIOV'T BKI.IKtF. IX KI?SlM..
Krply of Ttvcnty-Two-Yeer-Old Wife
to Judge's t|ueatlon.
Baltimore, Md., February 4?1 I do
; not believe wives should kiss their
husbands; I don't believe anybody
ought to kiss."
This was the reply Mrs. Theresa K.
? I'eems, twenty-two years of age. and
rornely, made to-day. when asked In
court If she did not want to kiss her
husband and make up.
Then Judge Ambler paroled George
W. Deems, who had ben arralqn.-d oa
a charge of nonsupport. on condition
] that he pay $3 a week towand the sup?
port of his wife and seven-year-old
i child.
Mrs. Deems said afterward that she
? had never been kissed, not even by
her parents, and that she would not
kiss her child, whom she loved "morn
than her own life." because she did not
believe In kissing.
JUROR'S WIFE IS WITNESS
Telia of Influencing Husband to Ac?
cept Hrlbe Money.
lx)s Angeles. February 4.?Direct ex?
amination of Mrs. Robert F Fain, w ife
of the MftWaatara Juror Clarence S.
Darrow Is accused of having bribed,
. was concluded to-day when the attor
! ney's trial was resjmed. Mrs. Rain
j told of having infuenced her husband
to accept bribe money from Rert H.
Fraahltn, a detective employed by
Darrow, when he was chief counsel
for the Ml TTbiOOI a brothers.
COUNTING VOTE
III STRIKE BALLOT
New York. February 4?All of the
I votes in the strike ballot now being
counted by the Rrotherhood of Loco
! motive Firemen and Knginemen on
fifty-four Kastern railways will have
been re-cived bv Saturdav night, ac?
cording to a statement to-night by T.
Shea, assistant to President W. S Car
j ter. of the brotherhood. Mr. Carter
: is expected here Sunday, when the re?
sult of the ballot probably will be In
hand Mr. Shea would not say what
: the votes already received indicated.
' but it is reported from other sources
' that M per cent of the members favor
n strike, unless the railways grant
their demands
That the firemen still hope for an
; awhrSsMa settlement was made plain
by Mr Shea, who raid that an soon as
I the result of the strike ballot was
{known the firemen s committee would
lequest a conference? with the man?
agers i. .. ik.im. offer to arbitrate un
i der the Krdman act
"??ur demands are fair and reason?
able." .sea hsaid. "and while we are
sure of this, we are willing to meet
the managers half way in an equitable
setfleir.. ? t
Tie inHWBJ marage-s. in a state?
ment to-night, say that chief among
the prop, .sit ions whiili the railroads
hare*. SteWewd t,. arbitrate Is a demand
f?,r two firemen on all freight engines
of more than 2"0 jtounda weight on
the drivers Ott this point, the state
, -? . , ? !???. there are . desert -
ing of relief To settle this demand,
the managers propose that each cnoe
1-e referred hack to the local ofhVers
and mrr. for decision, and where they
are unable to reach a Judgment to re?
fer the matter to a permanent com?
mittee of appeal for all of the tiff \ .
fotir railroads
?A* 4MI. sTW R.
Ktsotblaek at '.tc. Rr?artwa< (rivers ?esen
I rrllS. ilfa to Hall Prleatd.
\. w York. Fehruarv 4 ?lx?onard
Rolpr a bootblack who shines irtinri
in the standard ">l l.'ilbtlng at 2?
lltoadnat. offered seven shares of
Standard OH stock aa boll for a friend
lt-tlgr p..lie, . ..urt to-nlghl for
?t.'PP<-it forward
sw eharwa of ?Standard
honor If yenj , are '
ftalen Island iral estate
s?curit>.
aa sum.irrt
FRUIT STEAMER ASHORE
Tide Hrrrdr? and Leaves ship -Piled
I p" on Wanda at I <?uk Reach.
New Vork. February 4?With her
how pulntlnK a' right angle* to the
' shore, the Norwegian steamship Nich?
olas OnnoOi laden with bananas and
? oroanuts from l'ort Antonio, Jamaica,
grounded upon the sloping stretches
of sand at Long BaaVak. on the south
shore .,f LutiK Inland, early to-day.
When the tide receded. It left the
ship, with kver forepart so high on Uta
sands that life savers were abb- to
Stand under her bowsprit and read to
Captain KnaaVasa telegrams addressed
to him. S.-afaring men do not recall
when before a ship has "piled up*' on
tlv- sands in this fashion.
None of tue crew of thirty men?the
Qanee is a freighter, and seldom car?
ries naaasaajan?was In dang? r except
? foi tic- t.'sf f.w hours, while giant
l comb. :s were sweeping over her stern.
I As the tide went do? n, the waves lost
I their force.
To-morrow at mlpjh tile an effort
will be made to pull the "luneo into
. ile. p water. The area remains on
I board. To-night the sea was moderate
ACCIDENTALLY STARTS FIRE
then. Fearing Imprisonment, Man < on -
sania i nuptial steer.
Chicago. February 4.?Harold IVtet
sou to-night confessed that he to-day
a. ? lilenlaiiy ?et fite to the Heriruist
upbolstet y establishment, and. fearing
impi isoument. coacoctad a etori ami
enacted the part of having bee. beaten
by two negroes who, he said. Med the
building. Peterson beat himsell on
the bead with a milk bottle and tie.)
ropes around his arms. Am the tire
grew dangerous, he staggered to the
street and gave the alarm. The Hr?
started when he dropped a cigarette in
some excelsior. The loss was not great.
? 01 Hi BflM MUM hiiorfn.
More 1 baa IUO ? ontictious In Hrealhltt
I ounfy.
Jackson. Ky.. February 4 ?More
. than Hit) convictions, most of them in
liquor law violation cases, were ob?
tained in the Breathitt County Circuit
Court here to day, thus surpassing all
records for any circuit court In Ken?
tucky.
In one of the cases, that of a woman
i accused of assisting lo r husband In
the robbery of a store, the defendant
eaase into aatart with four children
ranging in age from one to five years.
She pleaded guilt), but the judge sent
both she and her husband home with
Instructions to mind the children, pend
; bag action on their cases by the grand
Jury.
? IIII.D PAIXI IN FIR F..
Four-1 ear-Old GM Dangerously III.
Not Fatnlly. Burned.
Posa I,a*ka. four-year-old daughter
of Ltetme Uska, a tailor, of 1123 Fast
?larshaU Street, wns dangerously. If
not fatally, burned yesterday morning
about 11 o'clock, when she fell into
an open fire while alone In ? room at
her parents' home. The child's nurse
, has ben ill for several days, and this
: was assigned as the reason that some
I one was not with her. Her screama
: amused the household, ami after emer
j gency treatment had been rendered she
' was removed to the Memorial Hospital.
It was said last night she had a good
chance of recovery Most of the burns
were about the head and face.
CLIMAX OF ?FT
SOCIAL REGIME
Washington. February 4.?The Pres
i ident an>l Mrs. Taft were hosts to
I night to the army and navy at a recep
I tlon which marked the climax of the
Taft Social r"?timf in the White House.
: To their last reception the President
and Mrs. Taft had Invited practically
every one of the 2,200 officers sta?
tioned In the capital.
Senators, members of the House and
j civilians invited numbered nearly a
thousand. Hundreds of applications
' for tickets had been refused during
! the last few weeks, and the doorkeep
: ers were unusually cautious In scan?
ning cards of admission.
The President ami Mrs. Taft and the
members of the Cabinet, with their
wives, stood in the receiving line for
more than two hours. The custom of
allowing the guests to dance in the
east room after the reception was ad?
hered to. and the President found time
to watch the dancers before he retired.
Re l.uldrd by Conscience.
Fl Paso. Texas. February 4.?A docu?
ment signed by ileneral Jose Blanco
was made public to-day. In which the
former commander of Madero's Mexi?
can rebels orders his captains to "do
as their conscience dictates" In dis?
banding their troops or joining the
revolution.
The order, .t was said, was signed
when Planco was a prisoner of rebels,
who released him on parole. Klanco's
command consisted of some Son cav
alr> operating in the Casas tlrandes
District. The Federal commander re?
mains here, as his parole will not per?
mit him to enter Mexico.
amis if lh
FO UNITED STAFFS
Mexico City. February 4?1 1 lied to
the American government for ten
months, telling them that the Mexican
revolution would be over in six weeks.
I was forced to Invest my diplomatic
mission with a domino and a mask "
This statement wan made by Manuel
Calero. formerlv Mexican ambassador
to the I'nited States, during ths ois
. ?!??.-f " ? loan measure in the Sen?
ate last night
Tlie erail is that the Department
of Finance has not painted the Situa?
tion as it reallv is We should speak
"he truth, though it destroys us.'* de
dared Calero
"The truth is thst the sit iattoi is
desperate
Senor Calero'a speech created a ?re
.nendcun aens-ition.
Frreato Msdero. Minister of F r.ar.-a.
-eplied. csllmg Manuel Calero "an In?
discreet an.basse.dor and a bad fnan
VETERANS VISIT
CORN EXPOSITION
Columbia. S. C. February 4.?Ada
dr. sses on the organization and opera"
t ., . ,,. grain f!<v?for? of the Central
West, seed torn improvement, motetujo
requirements for crops and other mat*
I tera of interest featured "Corn Day*
HN at th>- national corn show here to-davy*
The speakers included H F. Atwood,
i of Iowa. C. ii. Kyle. L'nlted States De
! partment of Agriculture; T. A. Kleeal
Im? ii. Of the Nebraska Experiment Sta?
tion, and K J. Watson. Commissioner
i of Agriculture of South Carolina. Mov?
ing pictures and Illustrated lectures
. also were given Aa interesting inci?
dent to-day was the attendance upon
the exposition of tl e veterans front
! the Confederate Soldiers' Home here.
' About sixty veterans, wearing their
: gray uniforms and their bronze crossea
of honor, spent the day in the build
; ings. examining the exhibits, and list?
ened to the Old Southern melodies
Which were pla>ed for their special en?
tertainment by the band.
'Iii- exposition management stated
to-night that there were a larger num -
hei of farmers at the exposition to
Lhag havi been present on any of
i the preceding days.
To-morrow at the exposition will be?
gin a series of rural life conferercea.
lasting through Friday. Wednesday
the subject will be health and sanlta*
tlon in the community.
It ?as announced to-night thst Dr.
tYarren H. Wilson, at New York, su?
perintendent of the church and country,
j life department, will deliver an ad
( dress Friday afternoon on the country
I church and will preside at the round]
I table conference Friday morning.
The exposition closes at midnight
Saturday.
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I AKOI.INA AVIVK STATE PRIZE.
, Ceea Award of SlOfl la Moek Trial
< on teat.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.J
Chapel Hill. N. c. February 4.?X
1 message was received here this after?
noon from New York stating that thai
? University of North Carolina law class
won the first State prize of $100 In the
j Jennie Rrice mock trial contest. Thbs
announcement was made on the occa
J sion of the University of North Caro?
lina law school being successful In
the nation-wide contest instituted by
a Northern magazine in the mock trial
of a case in a serial story In three In?
stalments, based on the plot of a mys?
terious murder supposedly occurring im
Pittsburgh during the floods of 1907*
I The contest was entered Into by thouss
ands of contestants the nation over.
Prizes varying from $10 to $100 were
offered to contestants In every State In
' the Cnion for the best mock trial.
The stipulations governing the judges
the trial was held, the manner in which
In determining the successful were how
the verdict was arrived at and how
the report of the trial wa filed with
the Judges The noted prosecuting at
1 torney, Whitman, of New- York City,
I was one of the three Judges that de?
termined the winners
This is one of the most successful
contests in the fifty or more years of
history of the law department of the
university.
j FARMER KIELS BBB !? IIWi
' Striken Him Over Head With Stick of
Wood Dnrllg Difficulty.
Lenoir, N. C. Februarv A.?W T.
Jackson, a well-known farmer, resid?
ing ten miles from here, had a diffleult.v
with his son-in-law. AA'llllani Thomas,
to-day. and struck him over the head
: with a stick of wood, fracturing his
skull. the latter dying instantly.
Thomas was a mineralogist and had
only recently come to this section,
littie being known of his past. Jack?
son immediately surrendered to the
; sheriff.
NEW ORLEANS BOWS TO REX
lily I rolle? I nder Joyous Dispensa
Ron of Hla Majeaty.
New Orleans, February 4.?New Or
| leans suspended all business to-day
snd frolicked under the joyous dispen?
sation of His Majesty. Rex. king of
I the carnival. Crisp. cold weather
' greeted the magnificent Rex street
pageant, embracing twenty beautiful
floats, entitled "Enchantments and
! Transformations."
Hugh McCloakey. a prominent busi?
ness man. was crowned Rex. and Miss
Dorothy Wilmot is the queen of tha
; carnival.
"STOLEN" JEWELS IN MITT.
Steamer Paaaeager Had Charged Theft
of Diamonds.
New York. February 4.?Three days
1 at sea Mrs. Clinton Cushtng caused
commotion on the steamer Permudian
by . hartjing that some one had stolen
diamond rings worth $2,000 from her
jewel b,jx Stewards and passengera
were all closely questioned, but there
was no clue.
As soor. as the vessel arrived her?
raatardjg nets m-es were engaged tm
work on the caae. and they were go?
ing through Mrs. Cushing's luggage
for the third time last night, while thai
disconsolate voyager was explaining
how futile was their search, when the
'ost rings were encountered In a pocket
of Mrs. Cushing's sable muff. Then
Mrs Cijshing remembered that she bad]
put them there.
RICHEST ART MI'SEUM.
The Wetronolltan Now Haa Yearly
Parrhaalaa Faid of gtOO.OOO.
New York. Februarv 4.?The eetata
of James Bart left Hammond, types
writer manufa iure- estimated at $2.?
ftoe.eee. which ? I-ft by his will with?
out rentrvts-vr. to the Metropolitan
Muaeum of Art. raises the total of
'arge hesjnerf? to tae amseaaa within
recent years to more than (12.000.PMk
?>ther recent clfts have he.-n $;.<)**.
so i br Ja-oo s Bega I a $-.V".,M*? by
i .vt* s K. I" |1.i be Fred
e-iek. <- lie?111 tT.*)**X*t? h\ Francis
I* i/-iv i and aies.eee by Joseph Pa
ltteer
Arc1: I aa to - if Davidson dlr?c
?.,-?? ,.???,-? t"> M<-: -.polltan ban
b?eonv- th* ri< best tnnsenea ta thss
?x -? T1-.- ?? i lehl- pu-ehaaing fund
is ?pproiimateiv tzoe.e^e a year, etas
?bi -.K tbe nus-tm to progress mach
' it pt ?e-t he iiM-jrv^ tfia
. 'in abroad.
ESTABLISHED I8M. I
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Dyeing, Pressing
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