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VOL. XI. NO. 21)4.
Two Big Sieel Dredges to be
Built lor Canal
Commission.
BIDS WERE OPENED YESTERDAY
Vessels Will Cost in Neighborhood of
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and
It Will Take Twelve Months to Con?
struct Them?Work Begins at
Once.
The Newport Newa Shipbuilding &
Dry Dock Company was yesterday
iiworded a contract by the Isthmian
Canal Commission for the construc?
tion of two steel suction dredges to be
useil In the building of the Panama
Canal. The vessels will cost in the
neighborhood of $200.000 each and
work on them will be started at the
shipyard at once.
Bids on the construction of the
dredges were opened at the office of
the commission at Washington. D. C.
at 10:.'10 o'clock yesterday morning,
estimates being submitted by several
of the leading shipbuilding plants in
the east. While tho exact figures sub?
mitted by each company on the work
could not he obtained last night, it is
understood that the hid of the local
yard was considerably lower than
that of any other competitor.
The dredges will be of the type
commonly termed 'sand-suckers" and
will have the greatest possible dredg?
ing capacity. They will he built of
steel throughout and besides the
dredging machinery, they will he
enulpped with propelling engines
which will enable thein to cruise un?
der their own power. It is estimated
that It will require at least a year for
the completion of the vessels.
The local yard already has file con?
tract for the construction of the hull
of n similar dredue for the Isthmian
Commission and Is now building six
dump bnrges for the commission.
FAIRFAX LYNN KILLED
IN A ROAD ACCIDENT
Son of Prominent Citizen r.f Prince
William County Meets With a
Tragic Death
(Bv Associated Press.)
RICHMOND. VA.. Dec. 11.?Fairfax
Lyhn. the only son of Henry F. Lynn.
:? prominent and wealthy citizen of
Prince William county, was killed on
bis way home from New Market, to?
day, his buggy being thrown down a
deep ravine. His horse feTi on him
and crushed him to death. When
found the horse wns still lying on him
and in such a position thnt it could
not. move and not till both horse nnd
buggy were removed, could bis lifeless
body he gotten out. He Is survived by
a wife and several children.
PROMINENT SHRINER
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Recorder of Kansas City Temple Ar?
rested for an Alleged Embez
zlement of $7,614.
(By Associated Press.1
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 11.?Harry Al?
len was arrested Here today on in?
formation sworn out by the members
of the finance committee of Ararat
Tr.mple of the Ancient Orde.- of No
bloirof the Mystic Shrine of this city,
charging him with the embezzlement
of-$7.614. as recorder.
Mr. Allen, who Is a prominent busi?
ness, man, has held the o'fice of re?
corder for three terms, aid Is known
to 'Shrlners throughout the country.
He was arraigned before .ledge Pears,
pleaded not guilty and was released
on bond of $1.000. Mr. Allan'*] prelim?
inary hearing was set fer December
15.
MRS. VIRGINIA *SIMS DEAD.
Aged 'Lady Succumbs to Attack of
Paralysis?FuneraT Today.
Mrs. Virginia Sims, the aged moth?
er pt Dr. T. J. Sims, died yesterday
afternoon about 4: HO o'clock at the
borne of her son on Thirty-third
street. Mrs. Sims, who was in her
eighty-second year, suffered a stroke
of paralvsls Sunday and grew gradu?
ally weaker until the end came.
Funeral services will be conducted
at. .the residence this morning at 9
o'clock, by Rev. J. W. Porter. D. D.
Tlin body will be shipped on the 10:10
o'clock train to Mineral. Va.. and will
be Interred at the old Sims' farm.
"Glenn Air." The pallbearers will
ho: Doctors Aaron Jeffrey. W. F.
Creasy and B. R. Garv. Messrs. W. M.
Parker. O. B. West nnd J. A. Bux
ton.
Mrs. Sims Is survived by four chil?
dren?Mr. John W. Sims. Miss Vir?
ginia Sims and Mrs. J. W. Walton.
NEWPOT
or Itlohniond. ami Dr. T. .1. Sims, of
this city. She had lived here for :i
number of years and was widely
known and beloved, especially among
the members of the congregation of
the Newport News Baptist church, to
which she belonged.
DEATH OF HENRY C. CURRIN.
Pioneer Citizen Passes Away After
Lingering Illness.
Mr. Henry C. ('until, ?5 years of
age. died yesterday morning at his
home. 124 Thirtieth street, after u
lingering Illness with a complication
of diseases.
Mr. Currin is survived by a widow
and one child. Miss Viola Currin. Ho
was ii native of Fluvannn county and
came to Newport News In IS'.H. flyo
j years before the city was Incorporat?
ed, lie established the wholesale
grocery firm of Currin K- Abbltt and
j was with Unit firm until 1901. when
I he became a member of the Boiling
I Orocery Company. Last year bis tail?
ing health compelled him to retire
1 from business altogether. Ho was
widely known and respected, partic?
ularly by the older people of the* city.
Funeral services will ho conducted
at Trinity Methodist church by the
nustor. Rev. \V. A. Christian. The
body will be interred at Greonlawn
cemetery. The nallbearers will be:
' A. n. Abbltt. C. 15. York. L. It. Boll
, ing; .1. W. McNnlr. It. L. Photos, M.
, W. C.avle. lt. R. Carter and W. i .
Wash.
NEW YORK STATE'S
VOTS COUNTED AT LAST
Huphes. Was t'.ie Only Renublicaii
Elected and His Plurality Reach?
es Nearly Sixty Thousand.
(Uv Associated Press.!
I NEW YORK. Dec. 11.?Complete
j and official returns of the vote cast
for stale officers in New York state
at the recent election Show that the
Democratic slate ticket, except its
I candidate for governor, was elected.
Hughes, Republican candidate for gov
j erh?r, was elected by a plurality of
' 57.973, The pluralities of the Demo
\ cratlc candidate for state offices be
ltrw that of governor, ranged from
j 5.4 12 for Chandler to 14.2r,n for Mar
' tin H. Qlliin. the Democratic candidate
for Com pi roll or.
UNKNOWN SCHOONER
ASHORE AT LITTLE ISLE
High Se>3 Running But the Vessel
is Resting Easy and the Crew
Remained Aboard.
(Bv Associated Press.)
NORFOLK, VA., Dec. 11.?A three
, masted schooner went ashore to
. night south of Little Island i.ife
Saying station, about twenty miles
I south of Cape Henry. A Mi mile
wiud is blowing from the northeast
with a big sea running and the
unknown craft is well on the break?
ers. Captain Ohadwick and --is
crew from Little Island Life saving
station shot a life line across the
schooner but the men aboard de
i cidede to wait until morning be?
fore coming ashore In the breeches
buoy The vessel is resting com?
fortably easy.
PLEASANT JAIL LIFE.
Gaynor and Green Said to be Allowed
to Hunt.
SYRACUSE. Dec. 11.?Gaynor and
Greene, who are now In Jail at Ma
con. Ca.. awaiting the results of their
anpeal from their conviction on
charges of defrauding the govern?
ment, are having an enjoyable time,
according to a letter received by a
Syracuse man from a friend In Ma
con. This ietter says:
I have just been out riding with
Oaynor". He told me he was hunting
(hroe times this month. He goes up?
town to eet shaved. He and Greene
? have their meals sent in from .the
I best hotel and sleep lit the prison par?
lors in brass beds. They went to the
county fair last week and they go out
driving when they please.
TO TAKE GILLETTE
TO PRISON QUIETLY
Mother's Ple3 to Have a Talk With
Her Boy Gives the Murderer
One Day's Grace.
'By Associated Press.)
HEPKD'RR M. v r>ec. 11.?Ill
mother's plea for time to talk >?
her boy, has saved Chester E. Gill?
ette, the convicted murderer of
Grace Brown, from at least one day
In the death house at Auburn pri?
son. It has been planned to remove
Gillette from the county jail hero
today but the sheriff finally con?
sented to postpone the transfer until
tomorrow or later. The exact time
at which Gillette will be taken to
the Auburn prison will not bo dis?
closed as the olTicers wish to avoid
the crowds which they fear wouln
collect, at poi.nt along the route If
the time of the departure from
Herkmier were known In ndvance.
Memorial at Jamestown.
(By Associated Press.)
NBIW YORK. Dec. 11.?It wn8 ate
nounced today that the Colonial
Dames of America have appointed
a committee to erect a memorlnl
at Jamestown, Vn? next spring to
commenorate the landing of John
Smith and his company. '
HftS TO GO TO JAIL I
George Burnham Jr., ot the w\
tnal Reserve Company Found J
Guilty by New York Jury.
ACCUSED OF TAKING $40,00))
Former State Insurance Superinte^
dent Payn's Famous Check Bob?
Up Again?Two Other Officers $f j
Same Company Will Now Have to
Face Trial.
- ? >?
(By Associated Press.)
NF.W YOHIC. Dec-. H.?OnoiRO
Rnrohain. Jr.. vice prcldent and geu
eral eouusel of tin- Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance company, was today,
convicted of appropriating $-10.000
from the company's funds. The
> rosccutlon and convlclhm of Burp
iiain was an outgrowth of the In?
vestigation of the Insurance com?
panies In this state by a legislative
committee a year ago. Two other
otticcrs of the Mutual Reserve*
Frank Burnham and Oeo. l>. Kirf
ridge, vice president, were Indicted
at the same time as the man wild
was convicted today.
The charge against CJeo. Burn
ham, Jr., is that in 1001 he paid J
Douglas Wells with company funds
a loan alleged to have been
made to Fred A. Burnham, the presi?
dent, and that payment was con?
cealed by false entries in the books
of the Insurance company.
One of the sensational features of
the trial which ended today was the
production of a check by the prosecu
lion] which bore the name of l'id'iils
F. Payn, a former state superinten?
dent of insurance, and the United
States Express company, < f which
United States Senator Platt Is presi?
dent. It was no! claimed, however,
that Burnhnm paid the amount of
this check to Mr. Payn but that it
was used to resist an alleged de?
mand by iMr. Payn for $10(i,000 from
the life insurance company.
The prosecution charged that
President Frederick- A. Burnham
borrowed $5.575 Horn J. Douglas J
Wells, saying that he wanted the
money to meet this alleged demr
by Payn and that Burnham repaid
this loan, with additions, from the |
funds of the company. By request 1
of his counsel further proceeding*
were postponed for few days anil |
Burnham wes remanded to the 1
Tombs Prison.
LIVED BEYOND MEANS;
FORGED MANY CHECKS'
Prominent Young Lawyer of Peoria,
III., Commits Crime in Order tj~ \
Held His Own Socially.
(By Associated Press.)
PEORIA. ILL., Dec. 11.?Daniel
Rai.m, i> prominent lawyer of 30 u:i i
a son ol the ex commissioner ni
ponslous, entered lue office of State's
Attorney Scholes today, saying:
"I am a forger." Raum was will?
ing to sign 11 written confession.
He told a story of traveling with
a class in society ?which required
moans Tar beyond his own. He de?
tailed how he had committed his
first crime to scene money for his
living expenses.
The gross amount of his forgeries
aggregates > 10,1(00. Three thousand
dollars of this Is due Frank C Cun?
ningham, loan broker and the re
maining $5.000 i3 scattered among
other persons In smaller amounts.
It was a week ago that Mr. Cun?
ningham sent for Mr. Raum. They
had a conference in reference to one
of the forger'ea which Mr. Rauiu
expressed a hope to pay. Another
was due and Raum despairing of
ever meeting the obligations, which j
would result In his arrest, surren?
dered himself . He was takti to
jail.
Investigating Southern Wreck*.
(Bv Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, VA.. Dec. 11.?The
corporation commission began today
the investigation of the recent ac?
cident of the Southern at whlo<
President Spencer lost life. Judge
Crump, chairman of committee, an?
nounced that the Investigation was
for the purpose of ascertaining the
facts and cause of accident for the
view of fixing responsibility at least
if not, blame for the wreck and
In addition with a view to prevent?
ing recurrences. Most of the tes?
timony so far relates the working
of the block system. ?
Patrons' League.
An interesting meeting of the Pa?
trons' league of the Twenty-second
street public school was held yester?
day afternoon. The feature of an en?
tertaining program was an address by
Rev. J. W. Porter. .1). D... on the sub?
ject. "A Public Library for Newport
Nowb."
i
f ESDAY. DECEMBEl
FRANCE EVICTING |
CHURCH OF ROME
Mgr Montague, Papal Delegate at
Paris Escorted to the Front?
ier After Being Arrested.
CONSTERNATION ST THE VATICAN
Surprised at the Firm Stand Taken
I
By the French Government But
I
the Latter Says It Hai? Only Be
gun its Warfare Upon the Catholic
Church. I
_
(By Associated Pi ess.)
PARIS, Dec ll.? Mgr Moiitagnl
tile papal iloU'Rltto here since the
recall id Nuncio, was arrested this
evening upon an order expelling
him from France ami tonight ac?
companied by a commissary of po?
lice, was conducted to the frontier.
Tin- residence of Mgr Moutugnl was
searched hy the police. Immense
quantities of documents were seized
and taken to police heaihiuarters.
A courier from the papal secretary
states thai Cardinal Merry Del Val
bringing despatches from Homo was
turned hack at the frontier today.
Premier Clemencnu'H reply to n
question in the chamber ul deputies
as to reason of the expulsion of
Montaglll, said it was because of
complicity with prominent clergy?
men of Parts, against whom charges
are pending In Inciting church goers
fc'tb rebellion. Interference by for?
eigners on orders from the I'ope a<
Home in the face of France's posi?
tion, be declared was no: pqrmlsst
bile. The premier, amid thunders of
applause, tersely summed up the
situation by declaring that the gov?
ernment's cphcilltpry iiroposlilons to
Wards the church had been exhaust?
ed and that it hud been decided
in (he future to leave (he onus on
Rome. "If the church wishes," the
premier continued "there Is silll
time to avoid a battle. We oder
her the law of I SSI, made for all
Frenchmen and submitting thereto
she will have pence but by seeking
us she will lind Us.
Formal notice was served during
the day on Cardinal Ruchard, arch
bishop of Paris ami the bishops
ami parlssh priests of this depart?
ment that ihey must evacuate their
residences tomorrow.
Priests Must Leave Residences.
Similar notices were served upon
the clergy In the other departments
notifying lliem to leave their iesi
deuces on Thursday or Friday
After a meeting ol the cabinet today
it was announced iu.it on December
H, President Clembnceau will osk
clergy parliament to suppress the pen?
sion of the clergy, to liquidate the
property or Calvunlsts and to dir.
tribute (he presbyteries, seminaries
etc. ?
War Minister Pelrqart has order?
ed the recruiting of troops to re?
quire ecclescvlastlcAt students to
place their certificates, Those who
fall to do so by December 20, will
be ordered to join the colors on
January 7. The order affects 6,600
students.
Many Touching Scenes.
The scenes. today were extremly
touching. Not in years had mere
been such an attendance at mass.
The number of women was especially
large. The officiating clergy read
the regular official service for the
week without referring to their illegal
status. Nevertheless the depression
or the Catholics was manifest.
Many women emerged from the
Catholic church's with their eyes
streaming with tears and lingered
on the pavement to see the clergy
turn over their church. Tonight the
press of the city (Indicates that the
Pope's uncompromising attitude will
compel the French government to
open negotiations with the Vatican 1m
ha, *;u-fully mistaken the temper
of thi" people which favors a more
hostile, rather than a more concilia?
tory, attitude.
Consternation in Rome.
ROME), ec. 11.?The expulsion from
France of -Mgr Montagni, secretary
of the papal nunciature at. Paris
has caused not only astonishment
but consternation at the Vatican.
According lo Vatican ollicials thin
Btep Is an evident, proof that the
French government wishes not o
to strike at the church as .re?
ligious Institution, but to rep>.^nt
It as one of the republic's fnesfCniid
furthemore the? officials characterize
these stpes as taken In a splift of
knows at Vatican cannot retaliate
meaness as the French government
because of Its position.
A curious phase of the situation
Is that Mgr Montagni being an Itnl
Ian subject any protest against nis
expulsion or the searching of his
house must be communicated to the
French government through that gov?
ernment.
Italy Congratulates France.
ROME, Dec. 11.?Slgnor Mlrabf.iil
republican in the chamber of dep
12, 1900.
uites. Introduced ItMlny u resolution
which was adopted to effect (hat the
elm in her sends Is warmest congrat?
ulation* lo Finnic on the anil cler?
ical policy which It is following as
"tending to secularize (lie slate and
lender the human conscience hide
pond u I." *-i
ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S
BAD GOVERNORS DEAD
Frank J. Moses Meets With a Sudden
End In Boston After a More or
Less Varied Career.
BOSTON. MASS.. Dec. 11.-Kx Gov?
ernor Krank J. Moses of South Caro?
lina, wus asphyxiated by gas at his
hoarding house in Winthrop Beuch
this morning. The police have not de?
cided whether death was due ib acci?
dent or suicide.
The gas which caused his death
came from a small stove. 1
The death of Franklin .1. Moses]
closes a spectacular career. Sixty
three yearn ago he was horn In South
Carolina of a good Southern fain IV/.
When barely twenty yearn old Gover?
nor IMokenH. whose private secretary
he was. deputed him to hoist the Pal?
metto flag over the ruins of Fort
Sumpter. Moses nerved through the
war with the Confederate army, but
When host lilt lea wns over, he was one
Of the rirst lo take advantage or the
opportunities* offered by reconstruc?
tion and the negro vote. He became
i a member of lite Stale Legislature.
I then Speaker of the House, and In
I ISVo Governor.
) During his political enreor, It Is
. said, he ran the whole gamut of brill
i erv and corruption. Tin* assertion Is
freely made here that he levied toll
I on every measure, he gave away par
? dons like holiday baubles. When ar?
rangements were made to arrest hlin
I he louk rCgtlge behind the Hinte mill
iin. mill the civil authorities found
t llOIIIBClVOS powerless,
j After bin term nxplrcd his descent
' was rapid. He failed lo secure re
? election, and. enst off by his family.
he en me North, where he has Blip
' ported hlniHoir by various shifts, one
, being the publication of a small news
pnoor, Several times he has been Im?
prisoned for swindling, his operations
covering various pni'lfl of the country,
in 1RSS he finished a sentence of three
, years In the Massachusetts state
? prison.
i Will Not "prosecute Bradley.
' WASHINGTON. D. (!.. Dec. U.?
Former Kennior Brown; of Utah. Hie
victim of a bullet fired by Mrs. Annie
Bradley last Saturday. Is reported by
the Burgeons at the Emergency Hos?
pital today as having very fair online
! es for recovery. In the event of Mr.
Brown's recovery. Mrs. Bradley will
I probably not be prosecuted.
Swallowed a Live Chameleon.
OMAHA. NEB.. Dec. 11?Miss
Louise Douglass, a comic opera slng
I er. Ik dead here lodav ns the result of
j swallowing a live chnniellon over a
: year ago us nn advertisement, Phy?
sicians say her bodv is alive with rep?
tiles. Two hours before Miss Doug
( lass died, two little chamellons
i crawled from her mouth.
BOY SHOOTS FATHER
FOR WHIPPING HIM
YouitngEter Did Not Want to Go
I to School or Be Chastised for
Not Knowing Hla Lessons.
(By Associated Press.)
I NFIW YORK, Deo. II;?Because
j his fattier kept him in the grammt-.r
r'jhool while (be boy was older nn I
! larger than others In (hat grade and
j whipped 111 111 when he failed In
his lessons, William Wenden, aged
j H?>. today shot his father, John
l Wooden, In the faco and neck at
their home in Geludalc L. 1. It is
lean,I thai the father's wounds will
I be fatal. William borrowed a 111
. tie revolver Irom q s -hool male
J and when his lather started to whip
i him (inlay, shot him twice. The
! lather ran out of the house, the
i bo.,' ;iinsuing and liring a- aim
Thiee bullets from the revolver pen
: (rated the clothing of a pollc > nii.i
wl o Interfered and arrested V.'il
j Ham.
John Ward Gets a Stay.
RICHMOND, VA.. Dec. II.?John
Wright, the negro sentenced to hang
at Alexandria for alleged criminal an
saull there, will not go to the gallows
Friday, the day appointed. Judge
Keith, president of the court of ap?
peals, today granted a writ of error
and siiperseileas in the case, the ap
nllcatlon having been made this morn?
ing by .lames K. Clements, counsel
for the man.
Officers of the Blues Discharged.
RICHMOND. VA.. Dec. II.?Major
Cheat wood, Captains Bowles and
Bin-well an-i Lieutenants Hobsoh (ad
jtttnnt) ninl F.opOB are no longer con?
nected with the Richmond Light in?
fantry Blues' battalion. Their resig?
nations, presented several months
ago. were presented to the governor
today and he promptly accepted them,
lo lake effect from and after today.
BishoD McCabe is Stricken.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11.?Blshon Mc?
Cabe. of Philndelnhia. of the Metho?
dist Episcopal church, was stricken
with nnoOplexy at Twenty-third street
and Third avenue todnv. Tie was
taken (o New York hosoldil. At the
h08ntt.nl It was enld that tiie bishop's
condition is serious.
3
THE WEATHER.
Fair Wednosday
and Thursday, warm?
er; slight variable
winds.
PRICE TWO CENTS
VERDICT ft SURPRISE
IN BIRDS0N6 CASE
The Accused Murder of Dr. But?
ler Found Guilty o( Man?
slaughter by a Jury.
RESULT WAS NOT EXPECTED
Friends of the Woman Believed
That She Would Be Acqulted ana
Were Not With Her Wlion the
Jury Came In?Will Appeal for a
New Trial.
(Bv Associated Press.")
UAZFjLIIUUST. MISS. Dee. 11.?
Mrs. Angle Blrdsung was found guil?
ty of inanslaugliter today for killing
Mr. Thomas Butler, and was rectum
mended to the mercy of the court.
Alter the verdict, while the defen?
dant sat crying with a young child
In her arms, a deputy appeared to
take her lo Jail. Whim ho lifted
the child from its mother the IIUlu
one nobbed and mied "Mamma don't
let* htm have me." So ?uro had Mrs.
Blrdsong's friends been of a favor
able verdict that she was nearly
alone In I he court room, when the
verdict was rendered. tCven her
husband was absent.
Mrs. Blrdsong was not compelled
to ivinalu in jail but spent the night
under survcllaucu at u hotel. Her
uncle, United Hintes Senator Me
I.nut In, who had left Hur.olhurst, wan
telegraphed for to return und malte
the motion for a new trial which
the defense announced will be done
tomorrow. The court did not pass
sentence today.
The minimum penalty for man- .
slaughter In this state 1h a fine atj
Mrs. Blrdsong Is 22 .?yearfejrM ,anjJ
a member of one of the leaittlig
Mississippi families, shot and killed
Dr. Butler.
She alleged Hint he had boasted of
illicit relations with her and that
his boasts were- untrue. Tbo tragedy
occurred In Montlcollo, Mlss.i
MISTAKE OF OTHERS
COSTS HIM BIG SUM
Former State Treasurer of Kansas
Turns Over to the Common,
wealth $9,381.
(By Associated Press.)
TOPK9CA, KANSAS. Ode. fl.?
F. IS. Grimes, former slate treats-.
urer, today voluntarily puld to the
state of Kansas the sum of $!),381
fir which amount an Investigation
was held. The alleged shortage who
never considered In the light of a
defalcation In any sense of the
word and resulted from the act of
allowing bond brokers to detach
coupons from bands sold to the
state. The Investigation showed con?
clusively that Mr. Grimes was hot.
benefit!e?l In any way through llils
practice. In speaking of the case
today Mr. Grimes said "In order
lo avoid a long drawn out suit and
feeling under a moral obligation to
do so, I have agreed i't make ,a
settlement with the siv? of Kan?
sas on the basis of $0.381. I hnvrt
never had one pettily from the stale
thai did not honestly belong to me'
I have been the victim of careless
nil-lakes and unfaithfulness of oth?
ers und Ii Is a very great hardship
for me lo have to pay this money
but I would rather have the utimo
of being honest and have the con?
fidence of my friends and the people
than any amount of money." 1
\SHEA WANTS TO USE
DYNAMITE IN STRIKE
Leader of the Chicago Teamsters Fav<
ored Violence of the Worst Sort,
According to Witness.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO., ILLS.. Dec. 11.?Evi?
dence as brought out In the Shea trial
today showed that during the Btrike.
jot the teamsters the-use of dvnamit?
jtis a menus of winning the strike was
considered. Michael Kelly, who v/w ,
In charge of one of the squads Of
pickets testified on the stand today
that Slua asked him if he knew, of
anybody who could handle dynamltel "
He also said that knives were glven
out to the pickets with instructions
that they were to be used on men who
had taken the places of strikers, also
In cutting harness. The attorneys fof
the defense made a strong fight;
against the admission of this testV'
mony of Kelly, but Judge Ball decided
that It was -?Vmlssable.
Smith to be Commissioner.
WASHINGTON. D. C. Doc. 11.-?
The President today nominated Her?
bort Knox Smith, of Cincinnati, to
he Commissioner of Cornorattons.
vice-president Garfleld to the Secre-.;
tnry of the Interior.