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STUDENTS BIOT
IN ST. PETERSBURG
8T. Pa*"*BRSBCRC.. Special?Riot
st the ?ntvereiti <>t St. r
burg wss renewed with the pos
oMmAo result that ? -tent in I
?ala will . a sink.?. The stu?
dents of th? ly of Tomsk. St
Tomsk. Siberia, sent word today t*
thm leader of the students here that
they. too. would pursi -? a policy ot
violence unless demand?, -?-rere grant?
ed. So serious Is the situation that
the rector and pro-rector of St.
ttrsburg University resign??*!.
Th? poll?**? made "'?0 additional ar
-rests durtn*- the morning, it was di?
eter? ?I. although the authorities have
smS'm policy ot and re
fose-d to give out any Information.
Riot ini- stud?^nts marched through
the Streets singing revolutionary BOagl
end cheering ror the late Count
Tolstoi, whose memory they all idol?
ise.
Soldiers wer? dispatched from the
barracks to guard the university
bu ltd in Kp, and in a skirmish with
these several of the students w?-re
hurt.
The Uves of several of the profes?
sors have been threatened ami this
morn im; the prefect of police wss
ssked for guards to protect them.
The professors who were scheduled
te lecture today would not venture
near th?* buildings, while others, al?
ready in the buildings, were afraid
to venture out.
Fear was expressed that the strik?
ing students might fire the university
buildings, for they have made such
threat?? They declare that unless
the >*? ? ?-s, which they seek to
bave ed, are considered by the
povernors of. the Institution, they will
appeal in person to the Czar. and.
foiling to get redress from him. will
seek to have every student in Russia
leave his school.
Tomsk University is one of the
largest in the empire. The city. In
wnich it it ?-.-;-. i. h ? ? permanent
population of 66,000, but there are
fully 15.000 students among them.
WANTS WOMEN TO
DISCARD FEATHERS
T. ?GII.IU-'.ltT PKARSOX. OF W
TIONAL \t m i?<>\ socnrr-..
ItlN'OINCKs PAD.
RICHMOND. VA. Special.?
Th?- slaughter ol birds of beautiful
plumage by th?- wholesale for th.
of thi-u rs t" embellish the
?skypie? ? s of ih?* tastldious ?*i the lair
?sex was d?suoun< ?*<i moat etnphaUcal
ly by T. Qllbert Pearson, of New *i
eecretary o? th?- National Audubon
?Society. In an an dress which he de?
livered in the auditorium of the J??hi.
Marshall High School last night un?
der the auspices of the Virginia
du bon Society.
Women should refus? to wear such
Indications Of the t?-rrible ranuiw Ol
these birds, which is continually
-waged to satisfy the demand for th?
aigrettes and feathers which
prevalent in this country ami Paris
Mr ii was Introduced by Cap?
tain Jennings C. Wise He spok
the slaughter of the beautiful snow
beron and the seagull for their feath?
ers snd the aigrette? for the decora?
tion of women's hats. Women were
engaged in much work for the uplift
of humanity and the prevention <?!
?cruelty to animals, and yet some ?>i
these same women did not hesitate
to wear in their hats the evidences of
g traffic which entailed a most de?
plorable and cruel slaughter of birds
of all kinds. His lecture was most In?
tereeting and instructive. The pic?
tures he exhibited were superb.
'Speaking of sportsmen, he said:
"There is no true sportsman who
gets his l'un by the Joy of killing. The
true sportsman secures his pleasure
in hunting. I admire a good sp<
man. To hunt does a man good. But
the man who thinks only of ? bid
game bag is not a sport."
The speaker continued: "The |
bas com?- when American wild gam?
birds ere worth more living than
dead. Dead, they have a common
market valu?-, and may '??? sold |
many potatoes oi s<> mu?-h lard. Bui
-what property is not Improved I
game reservation? The farmer should
be one of the first to aid in th? pro?
tection ?>f game.
"I want to emphasize the fact thai
the Audubon Society is not a senti
mental organization. ft believes In
the protection of th?; birds, but has
nothing against the huntsman who
Is a huntsman. Its main object is to
strive for th<- protection of birds that
the var may not become
extinct."
u?Wi
r AMU(X
IS FATAliY SHOT
RICHMOND, VA, Special.?
Jesse Hilton, a color?-?! convict, was
perhaps fatally shot in tl ?men
at the penitentiary this afternoon
about 1 o'clock by a guard as he
rushed at the officer. The convict
subsequently cut his own throat, al?
most severing his head ?from his body.
Either injury is sufficient to result fa?
tally. In the opinion of Ambulance
Surgeon Ward Harshbarger, who at?
tended the man.
The inmates of the penitentiary
were being taken from the workshop
to the noonday m?*al when Hilton was
missed. A guard hurried back and
discovered him secreted behind a box.
The convict sprang at the guard
with a knife, when another guard.
Miller by name, hurried up, attracted
kthither by the sound of conflict. As
[ilton leaped for the first guard Mil
snd fired. The
n?*grro's ab
off
deep inl
severing
reached by Ambulance
Harshbarger the man was breathing
through th?- horrible aperture in his
throat. all means of breathing
through his -os.- and mouth being cut
off. The man's death Is said to b<
put a matter of a few hours.
It appears that an altercation ai
bstwe? Hilton nn?1 another convict.
He was rern?jn8trKi..l with bj the
guard, whom he afterwards attai
Hilton was employed in the shoe
fact or y e-red the pen ??
s??ni. ' ent up
ition Court of erst?
ter for cocaine peddllnc ll?
had previously servid twelve
a previous offense.
The wounded man was hurried to
?the prison hospital, white surgeons
are working over him. The man is
about thirty-five years old.
8RISC0M TO WED
LOST HEIRESS
fiBBreKT SAYS YOUNG GRISOOM
fflLl, WKD MTISSINO HKIKHKS
AT RADNOR, PA.
ATLANTIC CTTY, PA.. Special.?
Th*t George 8. Gria<"om, Jr., the
m? althy Pittsburger. with whom Dor
lothy Arnold was reported infatuated.
Iwonld MO to Radnor, Pa. to
the missing heiress, was a re?
it bscame current here this
Tbs first rumor had it that
?worn was merely going to
ta meet Mist Arnold, but it
supplemented by ?.he report
would be married there,
dealed tt. _
lossy st the Hotel Chalfonte In
Atlantic City, where he is staying- -with
his father. Karly In the morning he
re-eeWed a telephone irie?-isaire from
'??or. I'a . a fashionable s-uburi? of
-idelphla. which la n??sr l'ryn
Mawr.
*-H01?K \\|l lt\l!N
I < ? "*-, I W 1?. ,V 11. ?TO.
RICHMOND. VA-, Special.?
hiis
?!\oro<1 to th?? Richmond SB?t]
. Hearico Rsil*s*aj ('?mpiiny by Louis
" other**? wher?-by th?? lat
?ransfer t?*? th.? str.? t car oomp:?**y
it m<>r?> than six acres ?>*' **TOUnd
at Thirty-fifth -n?I Ms*rShall Streets
? \.t??n?"in*i to the (lovcrnmont
?I on th?*? east. The company will
?i?-?? the lsn?I for the ?-hops and barns
tl.at will cose not less than $20.000.
3,000 E N6LISH
MINERS STRIKE
mkk *pv a unkit? **?.?! ?t to woiik ik
mm>i:hi.am>. *?: ?*??*;.. *h>k?
KhMIIKI) TROIBL&
Sl'NDERLANn BNO., Special.
Three thousan?! min?! s at the Wear
mouth Collieries struck without
notlc?*?. Coal traffic ii|ion th? rivet
Wear and the railroads leading from
Sunderland Is paraly ? <J The strikers
have placed picket.-. aHout the mouths
of the minea
AlthouKh there ha i?.-??n dissension
between the mine awn? i s and the em?
ployes for some tirne, 11 ? men did not
Indicate that they int? ???led to strik?^
summarily. The owners thought that
the grievance? could be patched up
through negotiations.
However, the labor leaders held a
council last night and decided upon
arbitrary action. Then they appointed
a committee to visit the homes of the
men during the nij-rht. This morning
th? se who were not warned to strike
found this notice posted:
"No man dare work in this min?*
until further notice."
It Is feared that the strike wHl
spread to other mines and tie up the
vast coal mining district throughout
York and Northumberland counties.
DYING, BE M UUUEB
liOYJlo? >I> SWEETHEL\RT
NEW YORK. Special?"Tell her i
the doctors say I can liv?> but ?
hours. Ask her if she will he my
wife before 1 die."
That ts-ss th.* message s?*nt by Brnll
O. T. Heyl jresterdsy from his death?
bed in Bomerx'ille, N'. J., to Miss wn
helmlns Gans. i?r*7 Liberty Avenue,
K?st N??w York. Miss ?'ans ?lid not
h? s?tate. Sh?* hurried t<> th?* si?le <?f
her sweetheart, ami y??sterday after
noiin Justie.? of the Tea??- William R.
Sutphen. ?>f Som? rvill.?. perl Or?n?*?'.
UM marriage i-i-n-mony.
I"?<r nearly fifteen year- *'
Heyl ?lave b???*n swe??th??arts. H?*> I
has live?) at _'T4 Atlantic Avenu?*.
Brooklyn, *rinc? Imyhdod. and h?- ami
Wilhelmina w.-re companions at
school in South Hrnoklyn. It has been
knov.n for years to the friends Ol
i'oth that there was an underatsndtns
between tb?*m. but because of Heyl'-* I
deltcste health the marriage was post
p?*?n?d from tint?* to time.
About a month ago Hryl's conrli
tlon became SO bad he decided to
take a rest. tie went to Son?? r\ ill o
where he took up <-*uart?*rs in the
home of Mrs "Edward Hawkent
For several years Heyl was super?
intendent of a ?rail pap?*r factory In
Manhattan, and It is believed it was
there that he contracted the throat
afTecti??n which the doctori say. will
cause his dea?'..
Sin?*.? He] S? merville Mis?
Qsni hem ery hour she ?*ouid
spare from her ?????ular home duties
at Ids side. Sh. watched the pr<?
- of her sw<eeth<sart*s malady with
alarm, but constantly ?Tdiunn-ed him.
?She saw th<- end ciimin?-. and when
she returned t<? her hone in East New
York Monday rn<">rnin?\- it whs with th?
????nvlction that h?? ba?i only a short
time to live.
Mrs. (Jans said last night that sh.?
b? lii'ved her daughter was right In
?wedding Heyl. As boy and **irl, sh?
SSld, they had cherish???! the ulen that
Some ?lay th?try WOUld be husband ami
wife. There was n<? ?reason why wu
helmlna should n?*t be Heyl'a wife be?
fore he died.
"There is a bond.'' added Mrs. Qsna,
"which sometimes holds two loving
hearts toi-rether, no matter what phy?
sical Obstacles may Stand in the way
Of their union. "??*" ?laught. r feels this
and la trying to make Kmil's last
hours as hspp I?*?."
Aid. HIS I\-<.IKI,S \T
His I'AKI.W KLL. DINNER
NKW YORK, Special. ?If the p]
of th<- man who ?bought nine i
at the New Theater yesti r?i.\y after?
noon and rnade arrans;ementa with
th?? l??a room for a "spr. a?l" after?
ward arc what he mentioned in a
burst of confidence t?? J??<l Shaw, tr?
urer of the theater, an <-xtr.*m<-ly o?l?l
t??>\ party will be there tomorrow
tonlR*ht. He said Ihe party \\.?uld be
given for eight young women with
whom at various tiin?*s he had :
on the verge Of matrimony, and it
would mark the finish of his philan?
dering*, for he expects to rnarry with?
in the month.
BOX No. fi was sold to him. Two
airs will be put in it. He
'in ?'sked about the tes room. From
Miss How?*, who is in ?harge, he or?
dered a luncheon and insisted that
the i?es be in the shape nf Cupids
and hearts. He said he *S*OUld supply
souvenirs hims?*lf. and asked for a
specially <"??< ?>rat.*<i table. The center?
piece Is to be a small wedding ?*ak<*.
Candy boxes In the shape of small
white satin slippers will be pl?aoed at
the? plates.
The orders ?were driven before th?
t nature of the feast was r?*v? al
ed Shaw asked If the th??ater party
ha<i any special slgtwrlcance.
"I.oes look like a wedding bnak
fast. doesn't it?" laughed the stranger.
"Hut it Isn't, though I'm to -i-lve <>n.
a little later on. The fs***t is. the
guests at this party are all young
women to whom I was once engaged.
We are still friends, though, and they
?ire friendly with one another?that
is. tTTose who are acquainted. I'm
really and truly engaged this time. I
thought it would be a nice*llrtie st-ini
to give a farewell bachelor theater
party, but instead of asking men I
knew. I thought it would be a ?better
idea to give It to the girls wh?> were
<>\?*d and lost. What?"
Shaw refused to divulge the man's
M it was w?-ll enough
?-now t rassurer to accept a
? ?he? k ? i paynv nt for the
-
TAKEN BACK TO
ANSWER CHARGE
<I.4HK|- WO JOHSSON mi vr ?\s
v.\ l-.lt HOI SI'.llK I.AklM. AM*
III It ?, I, A It \ CHARGE.
HI? H M ON 1), VA, Special. -
J. K. Rice, an officer from Ironton.
O.. arrived In the <*itv ?-arl>- thla m?.?:?
ing with a requisition from th?- Gover?
nor of Ohio for Charles Johnson and I.
J. Clarke, the men now in the city Jail,
who were arrested several days ago on
the charge of hsving a lot of stolen
goods in their possession.
Detective John F*. Wiley, who went
to West Virginia to arrest a man want?
ed in thla city, made s trip to Ironton.
O, and made an Investigation of the
robbery in that city, some of the stuff
found here bearing the name of a firm
of that city. The robbery was traced
all right, snd It was shown that th-.
atore of one of the leading merchants
of that city had been raided and more
than $100 worth of gooda of various
kinds appropriated.
The gooda were lster identified as
corresponding with those which had
been stolen, and the requisition was at
once made for Clarke and Johnson, and
this afternoon they will leave for t>
Ohio town to answer to the , charge
against them. The meo have been ln
leted fer barglary and houssbr<taJclns
The first photographs of the untrue hydro-aeroplane with which Glenn H.
Curtlss recently made the first success ful flight from the bosom of San Diego
Bay, off the shores of California, After repeatedly making wide circling
flights, he brought the aeroplane dow n upon the waves with the same ease
characterizing the alighting of a gull.
The top picture shows Curtlss gett ing under-way on a flight in his hydro?
aeroplane, while the picture below shows the machine resting on the water.
scientist or -?.
spirit medium
TRENTON, N. J.. Special.?Brooklyn
Academy of Music was crowded Sun
iia> to hear Pastor Russell on the
above topic. He declared that, notwith?
standing our modern inventions?the
graph, t:*e telephone, with wires
and without -the masses find it dif?
ficult to believe what the Bible teaches
respecting spirit phenomena Yet on
the other hand, there is a class grow
ingly large, which under the name oi
spiritism and psychic phenomena, arc
being carried away, deceived by wicked
?pirita who personate the dead ami
who give, through spirit mediums
clalvoyantS, etc., various ?lemonstra
tlona of Intelligence and of acquain?
tance with human affaira This class.
within the last ten years, has gather?
ed to ils number the names Of som
prominent scientists, both In America
and Great Britain. These are telling
the world that they are not spiritual?
ists, l>'.:t scientists, and that they are
scientifically demonstrating gradually,
with more and more of sat Isfaet ion.
that they are in touch with BUperhU- .
man Intelltgen?
<;i\in-i those scientist* and the spirit]
mediums whom they use full credit
for all that ?they claim In the way oi
manifestation and full credit for -
cerity. Pastor Itusaell holds that tne j
Blbl? gives a better explanation of
the phenomena?-a mor?- rational one.
and. m his opinion, the only satisfac?
tory explanation of the Undings <>l
?plritualists ami scientists along these
?
In heathen lands magic and black
art are practiced, and. to considerable
extent, the demons are worshiped. In
China for Instance, our ordinary lire
crack manufactured and used :
in great quantities in endeavor to rid
themselves of Intruding spirits, who
hsraaa their lives an?i even make some
? ?i th? m insane through obsession;
many o| the insane of civilised lands
likewise merely obsessed. St.
Paul tells us that the gods whom the
heathen worship are demons and not
goda (I Corinthian? \. .<<?, Again hi
tells ol "doctrlr 11
Timothy Iv, li. All ovei heathen-'
iiom ih? a doctrim ? . been i
more oi is blisheu, taking -
lorm or another t<? suit the conditions
and prejudices of the pi And,
who will say that Christendom has not]
bad its share of these doctrines ofl
demons? Who will say that some ol
these false doctrines did not ?-.-t work-1
??<i Into ail of our creeds ?>t the "dark i
both Catholic and Protestant?!
'estai < a-l Out Demon?.
The Scriptures t?-ll us that not only
J.-sus cast ?Mit demons, but that as an
evidence of their authority and hli
authority he gave this power to his
Apostles when he sent them out to
preach. Everyone is familiar with
the Bible narratives respecting these.
demons?some of them very startling.
For Instance, our Lords visit to tin
country of the Gadarenea where n?*
was met by a crazed man, obsei
? ?1 spirits. The Master addressed.
not the man, but the demons of whom
a legion ha?! taken possession, erasing
their victim by their various and con?
tradictory suggestions and commands.
A legion of them were in him and
they requested that if they must come
out they he granted opportunity to go
into the herd of swine nearby?so
anxious were they for earthly,' seri"
SUOU8 life. Jesus granted "their re?
quest, because swine-owning was for?
bidden to the Jew* 'under the Law.
The effecl ot rhe demoniacal obses?
sion of t*v swine was to craze the
herd until they ran violently down a
ateej^"place <'ind were choked in th?
s*e'a. The object of the demons may
have been a desire to resille In an<?
obsess the swine, or. possibly. bj
stroying the swine, to arouse indigna?
tion against Jesus (Mark m\ 1 - 1 4 >.
Another remarkable instance was
the one when St. Paul commanded
the evil spirits to come out of thf
sssed woman, who was a sooth
i or fortune-teller and propb.
thai Paul and Silas were servant!
God. Although the message, was ai
endorsement of them, St. Paul real?
ized that an endorsement from a de?
moniac source was unworthy of his
Master and of his Cospel (Acts i I:
I ? -1I
Spirits today, including mediums,
iy acknowledge that many of the
Its which communicate through
them are "wicked spirits" and "se?
ducing spirits." Just as St. Paul said
(1 Timothy 4: 1). But believing the
spirits, that they represent dead hu?
man beings, the mediums naturally
suppose some of them good. The Bi?
ble alone tella that they are all false,
and that they are not human spirits
at all; that dead men are ded nd
know nothing and can communicate
nothing, so long as they are dead, and
that they will remain dead until the
resurrection morning, when the sleep?
ing hosts of humanity will hear the
voice of the Son of Man.
Demons Once Holy Angela.
dn jjn oj joMOd J*aq? u* u*"* op o-,
Xaiunvioddo eq* uusq, sajS oj*. (i)
?<*sodjnd piojos v jo- mm q-?|M
dmSMO-rdJ ?ABI* O*. pO-1-.-U-JOd SJ9A\
-je-fdd? s-aiiu-8 ?m soui-j -juopuB ui
-ssaiui?
pus snoiuouusq sea *rujq*j?**SA?? ?asnso
-eq ?XienojAS.id pe-se, uaeq p?q *?
iaqi se '-aamaiaAOl sfq jo s?>dpu(ad
eq-> PO? ?II ?? A^rmAoi Jfeq* 0% \*9?*
-.'j u| -qaStre .<p>q *?m %so% jo oaoj?i :
qsj.w poo 'Xirsuonippv (**)
?pu|*?(UT-*.u jo; nonSA|SS i<> ut)|(I .***uo
oqj *tnq is.??) .?i*; ?|UO jot: -*-* pofj
.<<? psS|ASp ui'id .?qi *Ji*qi pin: *i?fq|SSOd
q.?ns jo s}un??.>.>u .?qj ||S |S1|] "J?v>Avoq
-uit spav sMjj i*s*t|*j uses ?'<? m??jiii u
'Xpsanbssqns 'i-sqi ?<-?? .>.>?:.: nsirsj -?qi
?.j.'.w poop ^ui -iot-js t-raonssir?*j9*iv*ui
rien?? as a sinner the h?.iy ai*K?is
first to deflect. I-'ar'y in man s sxps
inqj tuojj '.iKnv.i.iq *S|ai"*US X|0*t* .<<*
At one time, sai?! l';.st?>r Russell.
PUV (Hi?-* sis-.ui .>?*,) ijs*.v Ji-?qi j?>
uonmionoo <>qi trjun s-sSos oq <?i i??u
there ar<- many other scriptural ac?
counts of similar Import. Be it noted,
all the angels were holy. Satan b?-in*i
ed as men. assuming human bodies
and clothing. ?>t? N ?t? . tor instance.
those who cam? i?? Abraham .?<
Msmre and who at?* with him. and
talked with him. but whom lie knew
time onward, the unholy angels, ot.
account of sin. were deprived by th?
Almighty of the power ?>f msterlsll
zation. They were put under restraint!
of darkness, invisibility. As the Ap<>
tie says. Those angeis which kept no.
th?*ir first estate. He cast down t??
tartarus and reserve?! them In chains
of ?iarkn.^ss until the jmigment e?f the
day (II. Peter li.. 4; Jude. 6).
*-**lsewher?** they are roferre?! to US
having been disobedient in the da-.
?*f Noah, while the ark was prepari
(I Peter HI., 20).
The Kin of the Fallen Angels.
The Apostle declares that their sin
was in leaving their own habitation.
By this was meant that they preferred
to live in a materialized form as hu?
man beinlos. rath?-r than to liv?> on
tin* spirit plane, which was Qsd'S will
and provision for them.
DRAPF YOl'R POSTERS,
ORDFR TO STIDKNTS
rniUDKM'HIA, PA., Special.-?
Members of the srchltsctursl faculty
at the Tniverslty of Pennsylvania ap
par? ntly have allied themselves with
thos? who insiste?! that the Barnard
Statues in the State Capitol at llur
risburg be draped so as not to shock
the eyes of the legislators. The Penn?
sylvania professors arc* conducting a
like campaign on the third flo?ir o!
College Hall, where the students ar?
busy ?irawing p?-sters for the archi?
tectural play to be given early next
month.
Th? unde**gradustes always have
been allowed free scope, but this y SSI
ral of th>- professors felt railed
on to Object to the character ot post?
ers ma<le by the students, and insist
<??t that they be "drape?!" before be?
ing placed In th?? show window? aboul
the campus.
One professor in the an hit??tura
School said this morning that he, too
believed In "art for arts sake." but hi
could imt countensnee the exhlbltini
of posters around th?* COlletre which
woujvi ha?i outsiders t<> think th?
modela pos???} for the rtude-.ii? "purfc
in naturalibus."
As ? consequence th?? students an
now busy painting artisti?- drapery or.
;r women who daringly proclaim
that *'Tlu* Sacred ?Scow," a play srril
t?*n by Honald Kirkpatrick. a senior
in the srchltectural school, will b?
given in March.
Following the stand of the faculty
sev??ral students asked that the plsstei
esst? used as models for architectural
students shall either be removed or
that th?y be suitably draped.
Earl Grey, Governor-General of
Canada whose efforts to promote satis?
factory trade conditions between the
United States and Canada may be
checked by bis early retirement. It
was said at the Grey's annual New
Year's entertainment at the Governor
General's offices In Ottawa, Ont., that
his term of office was drawing to a
close and that this would probably be
his last official New Tsar's reception.
OLD TIME FEUDS
OF CAPITAL CLANS
Uli M M O N I-. VA-, Spe?
A ladv. who does not deelr.
her name in print, and who Is tem?
porarily sojourning in Hoanoke. writes
the much-flattered editor of the "Ohl
!"???>-?' Column." in these word?:
"While on a visit to this place (Roa
* I have enjoyed reading in
Journal your articles ?>n the ?>Mtin*?>
s of boys, which stirred up r?-?-ol
lections of s period atill further back.
when the Church Hill cats' and the
?|*?x*ketts cats' fought many bloody
battles over historic old 'Bloody Run
C alley.' BOW littl? more than a .Mem?
ory.
"As a little girl, veil do I remem?
ber the gathering of the clans, th? n
the -shirr md whizz ->f rocks tht?>.iL-h
the air. th?*n excitement of mot'
In the vicinity apd Hnally ?it the at.
rival on the scene or some lather,
hastily summoned from work by a
distracted mother who feared h? r
darling boy might get his head broken.
"My own father somet.n.e? appear?
ed on the scene, and, with a strung
grin on the collar tf ins two hopeful
sons, and a determined look in lib
eye. he made his way to the wood?
shed, where he held an affect mg in?
terview with his offspring to th?- edi?
fication of the surrounding n?eig*hbora
"But even such an unpleaxa.it se?
quel did not deter thos?. two boys I'mm
engaging in the very next battle, e\?*n
if it took place the day following.
"These bloody events took place In
the late sixties, and if you are suls'i
ciently lnter?*ste?I and wish to know
more on *b? subject, you can get som?
Interestlns dsts from R. A. Hughes,
n ih? City Home, who to my
certain % now"edge, was a frequent
participant."
It is dif?iciilt to say just when th
puerile feuds and vendettas had their
beginning In Richmond, though it is
- rtalnty that they date back at
least sixt> years and possibly longer.
Captain Carlton McCarthy* says that
he has heard his older brothers speak
of the ButchertOWn "cats" long bef<*r<
tbe Civil War and even In that re
mot?- day, the r?xk battles had become
SO Her??- tli.it pistols -.%??? KOtmtll
substituted for slings.
And y.*t. strange t" say, ? time
writers never saw ?it to ?aj nv
about Richmond's boys. We b.i had
no local Mark Twains to record lb?
deeds of our Tom Sawyers and iiu?*k
leberry Finns.
This chroni<*ler has sought in vain
in the pages of Samuel Mod. .
"Richmond in Bygone buys" i ? ?i- som?
referen- c to the "cats" and "gangs"
oi other years. Much is said about
the pi.i. ss frequented by the boys, bul
nothing about the urchins themselves.
Mordecal does, however, recall som.
plessant memories in connection with
the c-ipitoi Square, after describing
the ravines, "Jimson" weeds, hois. -
racks goats and kids in the S?j*
he adds: "A few <>f the original for
eel tr? .-s. oRks and pines, which has
escaped the barbarous refinement ?>l
?baring away native growths to !>??
supplant- KOtlce, constituted the
"tiiy relief to the dismal aspect of th.
grounds, except a few chtnqueptn
'mshes. which served to prick the liu
of bo>-s in due season, and a co
? oui and luxuriant growth of thts
ii? s. whose down, in a good brssse,
ressihled a snowstorm."
The first edition of Monb-cai's "l'> -
KOne Days'* was printed In ISM, but
it must have bees long before this
that Richmond's urchins harvested
chinqueplns in th?* Sonare. ProbsW]
not ?i single one ??I those boys is liv?
ing today.
? ? ?
Pension Clerk B. L? C Scott? of the
First Auditor's office, a good "recol
lector" who, though coy about his
has reached that point when h<
lovet to talk reminiscenlly. says that
this column should certainly mention
the old-time game of "playing horse."
which used to be a great source Of
delight to anIcherboeteered yeangsters
wlm had just i-ut loose from the ma?
ternal apron strings.
"I'layiiig horse" required but little
paraphernalia- though it demanded
the exercise of much leg-power One
urchin acted as the Bleed and th?
other SS th?- driver.
It is hard to nay which end of the
job was the easier. Of course, "a lit?
tle brief authority" was rspOSSd in
the individual holding th?* ribbons.
though there "was certainly ? distinct
element of pleasure in being the st?*< d
?a function which required mu?-h
prancing and side-st?-pping.
Stout twine <*r rope tied apound the
arms or shoulders of the "horse" con?
stituted all the harness required. I
recall, however, that as the game
-*rew more popular, our mothers
grandmothers and others lent asststs
? by crocheting little seta of worst -
d harness. Som?- of this harness
b? ?light with bella ?which made thi
puerile ?quines feel lmm?-nsely ini
portant. Of course, where such csp
arlaonlnga were available, every small
boy ?voted to be horse inst?*a?l of
?1 river.
Penalon Clerk Scott says that In the
days of his innocent childhood it
didn't always take two to "play
horse." Ofttimes a broomstick served
las a mount. While the solitary rider
astride this steed furnished th?* leg
power. Mr. Scott distinctly recalls the
phantom days of the past when he
and Colonel Barton Grundy were two
of the fastest pacers on the local track
and covered miles every day on their
broomstick thoroughbreds.
Another game in which urchins
were required to undergo a metamor
phorsls and become four-footed crea?
tures was "fox and hounds." To be
the fox required peculiar qualifications
in the way of speed, but almost any
sort of measly younker could be I
hound.
Those engaged In this sport rangcl
far and wide, but the fox rarely bo*
came so panic-stricken as to carry the
hounds into territory Inhabited by
hostile "cats." In such caaes the
hunters and the hunted alike b?-came
the quarry, with "cats" as the pur?
suers.
* ? ?
At school great mirth was caused
by the surreptitious distribution of
sheep burrs (nigger lice), which w?*n*
placed in the hair of our schoolmat?-s
while teacher wasn't looking. These
burrs, which "?ame out" of the hair
only after the most violent persua
s. fully merited the homely ?ame
b> which they were popularly desig?
nated.
If I mistake Dot, lh?-> w?-r<* the
products of some brier Occasionally,
instead of landing in the unkempt
hair of in? victimised urchin, th?>
would go down his collar, in which
?vent startling results were produced.
But compared with a pinch of
Shredded asbestos "down one's back."
a sloer? b.irr was Considerad an abso?
lute luxury. It did not take ?nt?-r
prising urchins long to learn ?the qulok
'??suits that could be produced by as
bestOS. ?
As an instantaneous generator of the)
Itch it holds the championship belt '
against all comers. A pinch of asbestos
not larpre en??ugh to till a thimble can
set a boy a-wrlggling and a-scratching I
worse than a malignant case of eczema I
. or seven years' itch.
The asbestos treatment wtt great
?port?for the individual administering
it?but I firmly believe that In the
hereafter these offenders will need a
whole suit Of It to protect them from
the fiery punishment they deserve.
When Ned ?Scott, ?Colonel Barton
Grundy and Tom Watford were boys
there prevailed among urchins the be?
lief that If the palms of on?'s hand h
were thoroughly rubb-ad with resin,
one would suffer no pain when teacher
whipped one with a ferrule. This be?
lief, however, quickly vanished when
the educator got down to business.
Then. too, the teacher sometimes
changed his usual tactics. In which case
It became evident that the resin had
been rubbed oS the wrong placa.
It Is hardly ta be supposed that there
survives among? the aider *"bsys** of
-?rf-k, - .-?'BBS'????-' ^*L
'-?- <~M*
The latest portrait of Kais?*r Wll helm, of Germany, with hiB eldest
?ison clashed in his arms. The Emperors photographs, are known
as MgOOd s?*ll?*i-s," among the t ra des people of Germany.
Richmond today, ? -ingle soul who, in
his youth, has not longed t?> have his
arms ?>r hands tattoo?-?! witb India Ink.
Mothers used to be constantly on
their guard u si their roans hopefuls
t 10 this pi ornea of self-ornamen?
tation.
Hundreds of boys actually did get
tattooed while untold thou.-ands ?>nl>
avolde?! becoming living plet
through their inability to procure ludlu.
ink.
When this article was not available.
the youngster bad to oontent himself
with ordinary Ink inserted through t
inediuin of a stolen cambric needle.
This ink. fortunately, hud a pernicious
way of fading after being injected In?
to the boy's hide. It was consid?
a mark of great heroism to bear the
?teel without a murmur, though each
boy prudently did hi? own tatooing.
Thus he could put on the soft pedal
when th?- pain got too great.
Just Whal caused the hunkering Si
tattoo (b-i-oi at ion.s I have sever known.
The spirit of emulation muy have ' -
arous?-?! by the "profusely illustrated"
wonder ??f liarnum's circus, or it may
have bsea prompted by a desire t?> km I
sall?>r f?>lk. At any rate, svsi .*. b* y
who was a boy, wanted some luilla in?.
In his s>-stem.
1'KKMIKl*. IHKT AT KALI..
AUCA NT, SPAIN, l-'eb 14.?Premier
Caneladas la today Buffering iron? s
bruised l?-g as a result of falling
upon the floor o? the ?lancing pavilion
her?- last night during a ball Incidental
to the Spanish regatta Th.- floor
highly waxed. consequently very
?llppery. King Alfonso, who
present. laughed loudly at the mi
of his prim?, minister.
Today a deputation ?if cltlsena call?-?!
upon King Allons?? wishing him and
his country success in the fighting
against he Klff tribesmen in Moro
IIM> ltt>|VV OF YOUNG
SlICIDi: Nl-IAK HAItltlSOMil H?.
HARRI80NBURG, \.\. Special.?
The body ?>i John liilnn-r, ?tg?-?i twi-n
ty-one, was found last eight In a re?
mote hollow tin?-? mllee from Blkton,
toward th?- Klue Ridge Mountains
The bods was Identified by letters an?!
I bank book in the pocketa An op? n
knife lyins on the ground sag:
suicide. Th?* body had probably lain
there taro weeks. Qllmer was regis?
tered at ib?- Virginia Hotel at Blkton
on January 28th, where he kit his
overcoat and suit case.
Q17JUUBLED ?VKH VOS ST.
Bl IVAI.O. N. v.. Special.?As a
result of a quarrel over money be?
lieved to have been secured by black?
mailing, Ltoreto Laobue, forty-seven
years old, la dead, whll? his brother,
Vlncenso, and lasmsrto Cucco are In
different hospitals her?*.
?Cucco. win? is charged with killing
Lobue, bas s bullet near the heart
and is believed t.? !??? fatally ?wounded.
The nghl started In ?the saloon of
Krank Caronaga earlv today.
BAD >K(JRO CAKGIIT.
("HARIX)TT**. X. <*., Special.?Dave
Young, the last 01* the negro gang
wanted in connection with the murder'
of Deputy Sheriff Mumford and shoot?
ing of Chief of Police Glover, at "Wil?
son, was arrested Monday in Rocky
Mount.
He admitted that he was the man
wanted, and gave a graphic descrip?
tion of the crime to the police, but
stoutly denied that he was present at
the time of the shooting. He was Im?
plicated by the confession of Lewis
West, the leader of the desperadoes.
? tt\ STOVE.
RICH M O N D. VA, Special.
William Taylor, nine years <>1?I. son
of Mrs. Meta B. Taylor, of G?nter Park.
was badly burned yesterday after?
noon at the home of his grandmother.
Mr?. Celeste M. Taylor. North Avenue.
Hart?*n Heights, when he poured a
quantity of gasoline ?>n a tire which
he and some of his <-<>nipa nions were
building in the bsck y.?rd.
The gallon can. from which he was
pouring gasoline, and which was near?
ly empty, exploded and the burning
fluid badly scalded the lad's legs. The
llames were extinguish?-?! i?y the quick
work ?>f Austin W. Marleiisteln. Jr.
The lad's condition is not regarded as
alarming
$30?WF(Tr
HIS VALENTINE
RICHMOND. VA., Specie 1.?
> k?i with abundant r??l tape and
neatly ?ngraved with the inscription.
"Sure si the vine grows round the
Stump I tioe you $3(>i>. was th<- Val?
entin?* passed t<> Alexander Donald,
president of the Madison Social Club,
this morning by Just!?*?- I'rutehfteld.
Commonwealth's Attorney Folkeo
aupplsmented th?- ?.'rutehfioid token
with the stat?*ment that he would Im?
mediately Institute pi ??HOOdlng? to
have the charter ?>f th?? club annulled.
1 ?onald was charged with having
opersted a gambling establishment at
nth and Franklin Streets. The
place was raided February 4th by Of?
ficers rjentry, Griffith an?! McGowan,
anu though no gambling parapherna?
lia was discovered, the officers did
not hesitate to issu.- a warrant against
th?- manager of the ?*stabllshment.
Upon atlvlce of his counsel, Gilh?-rt
Pollock, the club presid??iit immedl
at?ly ntitcil an appeal to the Hustings
Court. Hund for his app? ara.? be
fore Judge Witt was furnished by C.
ii. Reed, formerly connect<sd with the
cafe ?>f the Albemarle ??lub.
Two other young men were ? h
jointly with "Donald, but as the club
preeldent-msnager assumed all re
sponslblllty and entered .? pl?ns of
technical guilt, they were ?n.-missed.
Officer (?entry was the only witness
examined. He said that h?* had the
names of two men who, th?>ugh not
n:? inbers of th?? >*lub, (sad been al?
lowed to gamble th?-re. These men.
however, were not ?ailed for by the
police Justice. It was shown that the
club is composed almost entirely of
responsible young business men, many
of whom are connected with large
flnencial Institutions.
The club has never held a liquor
license, and the evidence showed that
liquor has never been sold there.
When members wanted r??freshments
they bought them on the outside and
paid for them out of a kind of rake
off fund. The club, however, received
no rake-off from any game, being
supported by the dues of Its mem?
bers.
TAKES PAS?ERS"
IN HIS AIRSHIP
SAVANNAH. O A., Special.?Short?
ly after midnight Monday Frank {""oi?
ly n, a Wright aviator, broke the
world's night altitude aeroplane re?
cord by ascending 800 feet.
THe former record of 250 feet was
! held by Arch Hoxsoy. who was re
cehtly killed in a fall in his machine
I In I?os Angeles. In a second flight
! Coffyn carried as a passenger G-eorge
i H. .Manor, of Haltlmort?. The first
j flight lasted thirteen minutes and ti"??*}
1 second eighteen minutes.
VALENTINES
If I should send a line t?~> Mr. Taft,
I'd not include a picture of the Colonel.
And should I find some poems based on graft, ,
I'd mark them for the Senate's own?eternal.
A picture of the pole to Dr. Cook
I would not send?I'd keep the same for Peary?
1 think that ho. at least, should have a look
In pictures at the region cold and dreary.
I do not think I'd send a baseball team
Convincing pictures of a waving pennant;
I figure all will win them in a dream,
Though very few will have them as a tenaat.
No valentine concerning politics,
Particularly those that flaunt "Victorious,"
I'd send to those conversant with its tricks,
Because elections may not seem as glorious.
In sending valentines, let's follow rules
To comfort b'liefs of those who may receive them;
Therefore, a picture of the modern schools.
Don't send to RIchmo id, such would only grieve them.
Don't tell your friend you wish he was a king.
For Manuel found he won by his declining;
I tell you, 'tis a difficult, tough thing
To write Just as you should In valentlnlng.
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