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VOL. XL, NO. 122
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ENLIVEN COMMISSION
l r, j -
One of Them Charges a Doctor
Willi Trying to Intlmdate At?
tendants at Asylum.
GHAIHN SADLER IS SHOCKED
Miss Jones Tells Him That She is
Not Even Afraid of Him or Anyone
Else?Dignity of the Body Suffers a
Severe Jolt?Chair Threatens Wo?
man With Arrest.
(Special to Hie Daily Press.)
WILLIAMSIHJHG, VA., May 2?.?
Today was Indios' day with a ven
Ben nee for the witnesses were, for
the most part, the female attendants
of tht? Lastern Statt! hospital, and
their testimony was given with a
snap ami directness' that was in
Strong contrast to that of the men.
Mrs. Nora Cairns, an infirmary
muse, set the hall rolling ami cre?
ated intense excitement by going on
the stand ami testifying that Miss
?cie Join:;, the matron of the hos?
pital, had approached ami Informed
her thai if she went upon the stand.
Senator Sadler, the chairman, would
make her "lie"
Women Use the Word "Lie."
* Mis. Cables said that Miss Jone.?
had then said to her: "Wont yOH
tell a lie; you have told a lie."
Sergeant at-Arms Wntkins was
sent in hot haste for Miss Jones,
. who denied thai she hail used the
word "lie." She said she bail said
.wAhntiiv.the chairman.sOn:oross -uxamiua,
' ??tloViAvSn1rt-^Ky^o^male,''Mr8.- Gaides
contradict herself ami tell a story,
and turning lo the chairman, Miss
Jones continued:
"1 think you tried to make me
contradict myself."
Attendants Threatened.
Miss Jones Informed the commit?
tee that Dr. Henderson bad told
Miss Dtinniguu, an attendant, that he
would have the law on any female
attendant who testified against him.
ami that Miss Hannah Clark had
beard Miss Dunnigan repeal the story.
Miss Jones also swore that before
the commit lee began its sessions Dr.
Henderson had said to her that
everyone was afraid to speak out;
that she replied thai she was noi
ami that she thought Dr. Poster was
superior lo Mr. Clowes and that Dr.
Henderson bail replied: "You had
heller be careful, you will be hold
responsible for that."
Turning to the chairman, Miss
Jones said: "Do you consider Unit in?
timidation."
Not Afraid of the Chairman.
The chairman then asked witness
If she was afraid lo express her
opinion of Dr. Henderson. Miss Jones
replied: "No. Nor of Dr. Poster, nor
of the chairman of this committee/'
Chairman Sadler became very an?
gry at the reply of Miss Joiie? and
in a short, sharp address to the wit?
ness dec lared I bat if she again of
fended he would turn her over to, the
sergeant at arms to be locked up
"until she learned how to behave
herself."
Mr. Ilison said he thought the wit
ness hail been misunderstood (that
she had in it been discourteous to
the chairman.) Dr. Dunn concur?
red.
Miss Jones said she had not in?
tended it, ami begged pardon of Hie
committee nud the chairman.
SANTO DOMINGO REBELS
AGAIN IN DEVOLUTION
One General Among the Killed?
Schooner Lands Load of War
Munitions.
(P.y Associated Press.)
CAP!! IfAYTIKN, 1IAYTI. May 2(5.?
News reached here today to the ef?
fect Hint the Santo Dominielnn revo?
lutionists, commanded by Maurleo
Jimenez, have atlacued Guayiiblh. in
Snnto Domingo, and killed General
Mongo, the commander of the town,
and then retired into the Interior.
Telegraphic communications be
tween Monte Christi and Santiago De
Los Cabbellos has been cut by the
NE
revolutionists, who have taken up
anus in hehalf ot General Isidor Jime?
nez, til*' former presldehi of Santo Do?
mingo. They have been joined by the
nnulsnns of Oenerhl Morales.
A schooner loaded with arms and
ammunition "recently sailed from St.
Thomas for the island.
MAKES A DENIAL.
Royster Guano Co. Says it Can Prove
Its Innocence.
'Bv Associated Press.!
NORFOLK, VA., May 'JH.?F. S. Roy?
ster, president, ami C. P. Burroughs,
vice-president of the Royster Guano
Company, indicted jointly at Nashville
with every fertilizer concern of any
size in the Southern Slates upon the
charge of having conspired in a com?
bination to fix rates, denied hero to?
day that the Royster (Illano Company
is in any way affiliated with the other
com erhs.
MANN OUT OF RACE.
Lassiter and Southall Have the Field
to Themselves.
(Special lo (he Daily Press)
PETERSBURG, VA., May 20.? Col?
onel William Henry Mann today ad?
dressed a card to the Democratic vot?
ers of the Fourth district announcing
withdrawal from the coolest for the
Democratic congressional nominal ion.
Colonel Mann says he is const rained I
to this course because of physical inn- {
billly to prosecute such a vigorous
canvas as the exigencies of the case1
scoin to demand. Colonel Maun, in ro-|
tiring, expresses sincere gratitude to!
the many friends who pledged him
their support: ami be bad a great
many throughout the district.
Judge Varrel I having also with?
drawn from the contest, the field is
b ii clear to Major F. R. Lassiter and
Congressman Southall. The nominat?
ing primary will be held in the latter
part of .Inly.
SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Three Days of Rain Followed by Win-1
try Weither.
(Bv Associated Press.)
MEDO It A, N. D.. May 2?,?Three
days of constant rain has been follow?
ed bv a hard snow storm. .More than
two inches of snow has fallen.
BANKER UNDER ARREST
President of an Alabama Insti?
tution In Trouble,
SHORTAGE SAID TO BE $40,000
It is Charged That He "Kited" Notes
to the Extent of ,?tore Than a Hun?
dred Thousand Dollars?Paper Held
to be Worthless.
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. May 2C?Gor?
don Duhose, president of the First
National Batik of Ensley, Ala., which I
was recently merged with the Rank of
Ensley, was arrested here today by
Deputy United tSates Marshal 11. F.
Ashley on a charge of having embez?
zled $40.000 of the First National's
money before the merge).
Duhose was placed under a bond of
$20,000
Accnrding to the affidavit of the
haul; examiner, worthless notes to the
extent of $10.':,fi0<i had been made out
by Duhose. Some of ill- notes, it is
said, wer,' dupliutcs drawn for the
purpose of paying other notes and the
actual shortage is placed at $IO,u(M).
powellIIshmpmF
absorbs realty loan co.
Lease on Braxton Building Has Been
Assumed and Office is to Be
Remodeled.
The Powell Trust Company, which
succeeded the linn of Powell Bros.,
has taken over the Realty Loan and
Insurance Company and has assumed
I he, lease of (hat company on the
Braxton 'building.
The company will occupy the entire
lower floor of the Braxton building,
which will be remodeled and filled no
In modern style. A savings bank is
to be conducted in connection with
the other business of the company.'
Mr. .1. A. Willett, receiver for the
Newport News Savings Rank, Is
winding up the affairs of that institu?
tion and it is said that it. may ho
merged with the First. National. It
will he about thirty days before the
defunct, bank vacates the Braxton
building. Miss Lily C. Stunrt, book?
keeper for the Newport News Sav?
ings Bank, has been employed by the
trust company and is now in charge
of the building.
WPORT NEWS, VA.,
BRYAN'S NAME CHEERED
AS STANDARD BEARER
Rocker of Missouri Scores Re?
publicans and Lauds ths
Leader From Nebraska.
CLARK TO KEEP CHINESE OUT
While Discussing Consular Bill He As?
serts That the Bars Will Never Be
Lowered to Let in a Horde of Mon?
gols?Russia Has War Automobiles,
So Washington Learnn.
(Bv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 2?.?During
the course of a listless discussion of
Hit- diplomatic and consular bill in the
House today, Mr. Champ Clark, of Mis?
souri, staled tlial he had heard whis?
perings that the Chinese exclusion
law was lo be modified to affect all
Chim se with the exception of coolie
labor, lie cave notice thai if there
was such Intention on the part of Hie
majority he would fight such a change
to the last ditch; that he had been
somewhat instrumental in put I lug the
Chinese exclusion law on the statute
hooks and that for one he would not
agree to modification.
Bryan's Name Cheered.
WASHINGTON, May 2d.?Publicity
before election as weil as after elec?
tion was Hie subject of an address de?
livered by Mr. Pucker, of Missouri, in
the House today;
He sahl lite apathy of Republicans
toward his or any other bill prohibit?
ing political corruption was startling,
lie suggested thai when the Demo?
crats got control of tin1 Sixtieth Con?
gress and relegated the Republicans
to Hit? Cherokee strip they would pass
a law that would punish coi riiptlonisls
of all classes. ' *
"When the Democrats get. (lie next
House," said -Mr. Hnekor, ?'and elect
that splendid Democrat, .lohn Sharp
Williams, as speaker, unless my good
friend and colleague. Champ ('lark, of
Missouri, is a candidate for speaker,
then will come good legislation for tin?
people."
Passing from a Democratic House,
Mr. H?cker saw a Democratic Presi?
dent in the While House "and your
brlghesi sun (pointing to the Republi?
can side) is like a lightning bug along?
side Hie man whom we will elect, our
peerless lender. William Jennings I
Bryan." (Great applause on the Dem-|
ocrntlc side).
No Aid for California.
WASHINGTON, May 20?California
members of Congress have prartjcally
abandoned the effort to secure legis?
lation allowing California to Import
building material duty free.
The agitation was the. outcome of
I the earthquake, ami it was pointed
out that great saving would accrue lo
those who are anxious to rebuild, par?
ticularly in San Francisco. Hut the
will of the House leaders wns against
the proposition, und it will not come
up.
Russia Mas War Motors.
WASHINGTON, May 21!.?The re?
ceipt by the Russian government of
the first shipment of war automobiles
from a French concern bns just been
reported to this government. A Hoich
kiss' rapid fire gun is mounted on a
rear turret. The gunners are screen?
ed, and look through loopholes. Two
steel rails are carried, which can be
quickly unshipped ami placed over a
ditch.
Consular Service to Be Inspected.
WASHINGTON. May 2R.--:7Ncrelnry
Root today made public an order In?
tended to mark n great difference in
the consular service and to carry out
the most important features of the
plans for Hie reorganization of that
service which were not dealt with in
the act recently passed by Congress.
Tliis order created a board of five of?
ficers, comprising some of the mosl
experienced consuls, which will moot
in Washington, June -I. lo prepare
plans for Die desired reorganization.
LAUNDRY GIRLS IN FIRE.
400 Female Workers Have Narrow Es?
cape From Flames.
(Civ Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 20.?The lives of
about 400 laundry girls were endan?
gered today by fire which started l'fi
the chemical laboratory of the Decker
Lonvllt Company, in Twenty-fifth
street, and swept through the back of
this building into a laundry building
in Twenty-fourth street. Many girls
jumped from first story whitlows.
In attempting to rescue girls from
I he burning laundry*" three firemen
were Injured. They had placed a lad?
der to one of the tipper stories and
hail climbed to the lop, when Hie lad?
der fell to the street. Two laundry
girls were injured.
SUNDAY, MAY :<7, 1
OF DEEPWATER ROAD
Norfolk to iie Make the Termi?
nal of the Great Wabasli
When Line Is finished.
VIRGIN GOAL LANDS TO OPEN
New Railroad Which is One of the
Most Remarkable in the Country
Makes a "Bee" Line to Territory
Which is Rich in "Black Diam
ons"?Taps Pittsburg, Too.
(Rv Associated Press.)
NORFOLK, VA., May Uli.?It Is
learned lieru (hat the Wabasli Rail?
road is so closely Identified with the
Tidevvaler-Oeepwater Railroad now
helng const rix tfd from Norfolk to
Charleston, W. Vri., Hint it will ho
lised as an Atlantic seaboard outlet
by the Could lino.
The Tldowater-Doopwator line
penetrates the coal Heids of Wesi
Virginia. At Charleston, which will
he the Western Tidewater terminal,
connection is made with the West
Virginia Central, a Wabasli property,
over a friendly Davis-Klklns line.
The Wesi Virginia Central taps Cum
berlnnd, and from that city the West?
ern Maryland, another Wabasl.
properly, is building a Plllxhurg c?il
neeiion, thus coiiipleiing the link. |
That Wabasli interests are lilenll-!
fled with the 'IMdewaterdloepwnler
lilies was developed in a discussion |
of terminals for Hie latter system In |
Norfolk.
% The const ruction of the Tidewater
fieepwaler line is "most remarkable
railway building in American history.
With absolutely no regard for towns,'
mountains and valleys, iho Tidewater
goes from Norfolk on almost a bee
line to ibe great and undeveloped
coal fields of West Virginia.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS RID
Of HER ATTACK OF FEVER
Daughter of the Patient Gives Out an
Encouraging Report From
Bedside.
(Ry Associated Press.)
NI2W YORK. May 2fi.?Mrs. Jeffer?
son Davis, who has been ill for several
days at the Hotel Gerard, Ibis city, Is
steadily improving. Mrs. L. Addison
Hayes, her daughter, said (Iiis morn?
ing:
''Mrs. Davis sat up for a short time
yesterday afternoon ami wo now con?
sider her a convalescent."
The fever has entirely leit her nnd
both her piflse and temperature have
resumed their normal conditions.
EARTH CRACKS AND TREMBLES.
Men Working in the Copper Diggings
Alarmed?Threaten to Quit.
(My Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL, .MINN., .May 2?.?A
special from llnughlon, Mich., says:
The most severe eatbipiakn dis?
turbances ever experienced in this re?
gion occurred at the Atlantic mine
lodny. There were more than fifty
shocks. Buildings rocked violently
and in places there are cracks in
the earth from two to six inches in
width.
The shocks were rlstlnct in Hough
ton and Hancock, hut did no dam?
age. Great alarm prevails and min?
ers and their families are preparing
to leave for other points in the Cop?
per Country.
The Atlantic mine shut down two
weeks ago as the result of these dis?
turbances. Indications of caving is
now nearer the surface, as lh?
shocks are more distinct. It is be?
lieved locnlly thai Hie Atlantic will
never he opened, as it would take a
year lo clear the shaft and drifts of
fallen rock.
LEGISLATORS RATED AT $1,000.
Letters From Alleged Tobacco Trust
Discloces Truth About Hoo6ier.
(Ry Associated Pres-J.)
WARASH, IND., May 2(1.--Arthur
L. Hughes today made public the
fact that ha lias many letters which
906.
are the property of O. A. Haker, wild
i.- in hiding in escape an indictment
on the charge of attempted hrlbery
in the last legislature in connection
with the passage of the anli cigarette
law.
.Mr. Hughes said that one loiter of
the lot was signed by a man named
Gibhcs, whose ofllec was in New
York City, and who, Hughes explain?
ed, was connected with the so-called
tobacco trust, The contents of this
letter referred to the purchase of
legislative votes and appraised one
mem her as worth $1,000, another at
(500 ami a third $20.
BRIDGE COMPANIES INDICTED.
Ohio Court Brings in 3-1 True Bills
Against Alleged Grafteis.
(Hy Associated Press.)
LIMA, ().. May 2?.?Nineteen
bridge com panics and agents were
indicted hy the grand jury here but
tlu> county officials refuse to make
their names public.
Among lh?> thirty-four indictments
returned, there are two each against !
former county commissioners T. C.
Burns, Ceo. \V. Knnaval and Albert
Heffher,
The exposures regarding the
bridge trust operations here are said
in lie startling ami show thai the
county has paid from three to five
times what should have been paid
for ordinary county bridges.
FOUR SOLDIERS DROWNED.
While Crossing Swollen River They
Are Carried to ' Destruction.
(Hv Associated Press.)
MANILA. P. 1.. May 211.?Sergeant
W. 11. Thompson, Privates .1. O. Miller
and ,1. H. Morrison, of the fCigblh Cav
rlry, and Private Memlosia, of the
constabulary. together Willi five
horses, were drowned yesterday in
the Llngayau river by the capsizing
of a ferry boat. The river was swol?
len by the recent typhoon. Tile troops
wer?, on a practice march.
CADETS TO VISIT HERE
An lapolls Boys Will Come (o Now
port News.
FOUR WARSHIPS FOR THE MIDDIES
Naval Students to Leave the Academy
on the Newark, Severn, Florida and
Arkansas About the Middle of Next
Month.
{Hy Associated Press.)
ANNAOPl.jS, MD.. May 20.?The
Itinerary of tile summer cruise of the
midshipmen, which bus been an?
nounced, Includes stops at the Pntii
xiit Itive.r and the naval proving
grounds at Indian Head. Md., Newport
News and Old Point Comfort, Va., and
New London. Conn., which will be the
northern limit of the cruisft. The mid?
shipmen will embark .Inne 111 on the
cruiser Newark, |he practice cruiser
Severn and the monitors Arkansas.
Florida and Nevada, and will sail from
here June Hi. The fleet is due to re?
turn August 3L
COMPANY TO BE REORGANIZED
Brewery Will Bo Operated on Large
Scale in Future.
A meeting of the creditors of the
Old Dominion Hrewing and lee Com?
pany was belli yesterday before Mr
John H. I^ieke, . referee in bankrupt?
cy. Other meetings will be held from
lime to time until the affairs of Hi"
company can be straightened out.
A movement is on foot to reorgan?
ize the brewing company and it is
understood that it is proposed to
operate the plant on a larger scale
than ever.
CORPORATION COURT.
May Term Begins Tomorrow and the
Docket is Full.
Judge Harham will open the May
term of the Corporation Court to?
morrow. There are about 175 rases
on the docket, but it is probable
that most of them will he continued.
The May term will be necessarily
short and most of |ho business will
be disposed of during the June term.
Old Newspaper Man Dies.
(Hv Associated Press.)
NEW OR LR ANS, I.A.. .vlny 2fi.?.1.
R. Mr-Daniel, correspondent of the As?
sociated Press at New Orleans for the
last thirty-five years, died at the New
Hi 1,-aiis sanitarium today, after an ill?
ness of one week. Mr. McDanlel was
a native of Alabama and served val?
iantly In the Civil war.
THE WEATHER.
Rain Sunday and
orobably Monday; cool?
er Monday; south, shift
ng to north winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
DOUMA THQWS DOWN
GAUNTLET TO GROWN
- -t
Russia on itie Verge of Civil War
Which May he Started by a
General War Strike.
REPRESENTATIVES DEFY CZAR
Premier Goermlkln Refuses to Sur?
render to the Proletariat Nor Will
He Allow House to Overthrow the
Fundamental Laws of the Empire
Until Lawlessness Ceases. I
-
(Ry Associated Press.)
ST, PKTRRSRURH, May 26.?At
i he end of a memorable seven hour
ko.ksIoii I he lower house of parlia?
ment indignantly rejected the govern?
ment's policy a a presented by Pre?
mier (locrinikin. and with only seven
dissent inj; voices, voted a lack o?
confidence in the ministry practical?
ly throwing down the gauntlet to the
bureaucracy with a demand for the
retirement of the present cabinet and
its supporters.
A < on lllct bei ween the crown and
the nation now appears to be inevi?
table. While the house avoided the
appearance of delivering an ultimat?
um, the government seems to have
no alternative except surrender or
war.
Forebodings are everywhere cx
pressed tonight and the general Im?
pression is that the country is on the
verne of a titanic struggle, which
may ho delayed but not averted.
Dispatches received from the in?
terior indicate that tin',struggle poa
slbly may be -Tu.'rlig?rataVT - Morrday,?'
with a general strike, when the peo?
ple learn that amnesty has been re?
fused them.
Premier Goeiiiilktn stated that "In
r.ofar as jho house does not trans?
gress the limits of the fundamental
laws," the government recognized
the agrarian (| liest Ion as paramount,
proposing to remedy the deficiency
in laud through the operation of an
agrarian bank and emigration to Sl
hciia.
11 proposed the Introduction of uni?
versal and compulsory education,
the reform of the administration.
Premier Goorinikln'a statement,
however, declared that the govern?
ment's fiat and exceptional law can?
not be withdrawn until murder and
terrorism cease.
EMPEROR OF CHINA 0F?D
SAVS REPORT FROM PEK1N
One Report Though Says That the Po?
tentate is Only III?Story
Not Verified.
(Rv Associated Press.)
LONDON. May 2(1.?A Renter dis?
patch from Paris says thai a telegram
received ihere from Pekiu reports that,
the Emperor of China is ill. There is
a rumor even that the Emperor is
dead.
DEWEY IN RED SEA.
British Ship Reports Passing the Dry
Dock.
ISLAND OF PEIM. It I'M) SKA. May
20.?The Rritifth steamship Frlenurlke,
which passed here today, bound north,
reported that she passed the United
Stales dry dock- Dewey In the Indian
Ocean on May 22, in latitude 12. de?
grees north, and longitude 511 degrees
east. All on board were well.
COMMENCEMENT DAY SET.
Roanoke College to Graduate Its Se?
nior Class.
SALEM, VA- .Mn>^Ti?The exercises
of Hie fifty-third ninmencemenl of the
Roanoke College will be given on Sun?
day morning, June 10, will) the baeea
liiureale sermon to be delivered by
Rev. Floyd W. Toniklns. D. D.. rector
of Holy Trinity church. Philadelphia..
Mr. Busky to Leave.
Mr! D. .1. Musky, a well known and
popular young salesman who baa
been connected with Messrs. Werth
nimcr & Co., for the past several
years, has severed his connection
with that firm and will open a cloth?
ing store in Phoebus about June 1
Mr. Musky has many friends hero
who wish him success in hU ne.v
field.