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THE DAILY PRE88
It the only newspaper
In Newport News that
receives full Asso?
ciated Press report.
VOL. XII. NO. 4
TRYING TO OUST
MAYOR M'GLELLAN
Attorney General Jackson o! New
York State Begins a most
Remarkable Action.
MAKES THE STATE THE PLAINTIFF
Thin Latest Move of the Hearst Peo?
ple Will Not Cost Them a Cent,
But Will Saddle on the Common?
wealth, and Expense of $200,000?
Jackson Scored.
(P.y Associated Press).
: NEW YOitK, Jon. 7.?Attorney
General Jackson, on behalf of the
people of the State of New York to?
day entered suit in the Supremo Court
against George H. McClcllnn. praying
that the hitter be ousted from the of?
fice of mayor of the city of New
York on the ground Unit he bnr. usurp?
ed and unlawfully holds such office
whereas William Randolph Hearst is
legally entitled to the same.
It is stated that this new proceed?
ing lias nothing to do with the quo
wnrranto nction which last week was
temporarily enjoined nt the applica?
tion of Mayor McClellan.
A copy of the summons and com?
plaint In the nction were served upon
Mayor McClellan at the City Hall tins
morning by Deputy Attorney General
Deford.' One difference between this
new action and those that have pro?
ceeded it Is that' It is brought in the
name of the State of New York,
whereas the other was in the name
of Mr. Hearst.
L. Richards Jr., Mayor McClellan's
counsel, Issued a statement outlining
the Mayor's position regarding the
Jackson suit. The statement declnres
that the Mayor is Justified in holding
to the office and the Attorney Gener?
al is "so careless of his dignity;
so reckless of his conduct; so con?
temptuous of law."
It also scores Mr. Jackson for "sad?
dling upon the state an expense in
ills efforts to defend Mr. Hearst." An
expense of $200,000. which is the esti?
mate of the cost of the quo warranto
proceedinggs "in the orderly course
of justice," says the statement, is nn
outrnge."
"A suit against Ma'ytt McClellan to
test, the title to his office, ought not
in reason and justice or be brought.
This decision was arrived at by the
Republican Attorney General after a
most careful inquiry. At the request
of the succeeding Attorney General
Mr. Hearst was asked to renew his
application to have an action brought,
which was done. Mayor McClellan
asked the court whether the new At?
torney General has power to reverse
the decision of his predecessor on the
same ."..cts.
"The court has made an order and
issued a writ of provision against the
Attorney General forbidding him to
determine the question involved, viz:
whether lie has the power to reverse
his predecessor and bring the suit.
"The Attorney General Immediately
thereafter determined that he did
have power and has brought the suit |
After the writ was served he imme?
diately came to New York ami
sought the counsel of Mr. Hearst and
of his attorneys. They advised a de?
fiance of the court's writ. The Attor?
ney General forsook the dignity of
Iiis office and of his own autonomy,
violated his oath of office to maintain
the law, and. inaugurated a reign of
riot.
"What hope of justice does there
remain to any litigant, let alone the
mnyor of our city, when the chief law
officer of the state in his first import?
ant net, overrides the authority of the
courts?"
MANY WOMEN ATI END
GOOD MURDER TRAIL
People in Luray Find Much to Inter?
est Them in the Trial of Miss
Stroop's Slayer.
LTJRAY, VA.. Jan. 7.?The trial of
Charles Good, for the murder of Miss
Fannie St.roop in this county last No?
vember, began in the Circuit Court
here today.
The prisoner's mother, a woman
about C5 years old, is by his side.
Good's ruddy, complexion has given
wny to the prison palor. He is np
' parently about 25 years old. His ap?
pearance is anything but preposses?
sing. Ho has a sandy beard, promi?
nent chin and long blnck hair, which
Is kept well combed and parted In
the middle. He seems to bo one of
the least concerned In the vast crowd.
Many women are attending the
trial.
WILL ENFORCE BLUE LAWS.
Prosecutor at Wllllmantlc Overlooked
Violations. But Warns for the Future.
PLAINFIELD. CONN., Jan. 7.?Ow?
ing to contracts here with publishers
for Sunday newspapers, the blue laws
NEWP(
wore not enforced in Wllllmantlc to?
day, but the prosecutor has uotlfieii
all niorehunts, news dealers and rail?
road men that next Sunday the blue
laws against any kind of labor or
business will be enforced to tho let?
ter.
Other towns are Interested. The
recent conviction of a judge for watch?
ing a man paper a room on Sunday,
nlso of another man for working in
a paper mill on Sunday, and rumors
that at least u dozen grand juries
in different towns have complaints
against Sunday workers In factories,
have caused a sensation. It Is thought
a strict enforcement of the blue laws
at this time will cause their repeal
by the incoming Legislature.
Boys Missing; Hats in Canal.
PORTSMOUTH, VA.j .Ian. 7.?Ef?
forts are being made today to re?
cover the bodies or George Williams,
aged twenty-live, and David and Pec
ry Arnold, youths, believed to have
been drowned in the Dismal Swamp
Canal late Saturday night. Their
hats were floating In the caual yes?
terday.
INCINERATED IN A
BURNING SCHOOL HOUSE
Threats Had Been Made to Destroy
Building and Man Who Lost His
Life Was on Guard.
(Special to theDaily Press).
RICHMOND, VA.. .Ian. 7.?The pub
He school huilding at Shooting Cre>
in the long branch scnoul district of
Franklin county, was burned to tho
ground last night. Thomas Lemon, n
young white man, was cremated In
the building. He was sleeping in (he
school house, und has not been seen
or heard of since.
The building was located In a wild i
and lawless district and threats had |
been made more than once to burn
the building because? the teachor, Is-1
aac Lemon, was unpopular. Thomas j
Lemon was sleeping in the building
as a guard.
The school house at Ottar Creek, I
near Shooting Creek was recently i
burned, and not long ago n fine barn |
of C. T. Snead, together with all his!
live stock, was burned In that neigh-1
borhood. There is no clue to tue
Identity of tne perpetrators of the
outrage.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN
RUN DOWN BY HORSES
Baby Crushed to Death by Maddened
Horses and Four Others Fatally
Injured.
(riy Associated Press).
NEW YORK. .Ian. 7.?A runaway
team dashed Into a crowd at a First
avenue crossing tonight, killing a
baby in its carriage and so Injuring
the child's mother and three other
children that they cat, hardly survive
heavy truck turned Into the avenue.
Mrs. Minnie Klappel pusning a car?
riage occupied by her 1C months old
boy, Sidney, and with another son,
Harry, aged four, and a daughter j....
lie, C years, on tho other side, started
for the opposite curb. v> ith them
were Frank and Frederick Leachman,
seven years old. The woman saw
their peril nnu made frantic effort
to get hor children back to the cur.?
Only Millie escaped. The baby was
crushed to death while Mrs. Klappel
and the other three children were
trampled upon and frightfully Injur?
ed. They were Internally wounded.
Alexander Tagget, tho driver, who
is nllcged to have left nis horses In
the ? street was arrested. He was
charged with homicide after ho had
been dragged through a tnreatening
crowd to a police station.
NO RAISE YET FOR
SOUTHERN EMPLOYEES
Conference Between Officials and
Employees Held in Washington
Adjourns for Two Weeks.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 7.?
No definite decision was reached
at the conference between officials
of the Southern railway and the
conductors and trainmen which was
in progress for several days. The
men asked for an Increase of wages
of from ten to twenty per cent and
the adjustment of some minor griev?
ances.
The conference was conducted in
a perfectly friendly manner and the
various questions raised were thresh?
ed over so far as was possible In
the time consumncd. Finally a
decision was reached to defer a
definite determination of the ques?
tions until a subsequent time, as
both the members of the commit?
tee and the oilicinls were needed
at their stations.
In a week or ten days another
conference will be held at which
it Is said, a solution of the problem
presented will be reached.
Tri-State In Organized Ball.
(By Associated Press).
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Jan. 7.?It
was agreed by the Nntlonal Bnscbuo
Commission today to extend the na?
tional agreement and admit the Tri
State league to class B. The agree?
ment provides that all players who
jumped contracts and are on the inel?
igible list of the national commission
?hall remain In the Trl-Stnte league.
August Hermann was re-eiected chair?
man of the National Commission and
John P. Bruce secretary.
)RT NEWS, VA., TU!
STRIKERS APPLY
TORCH TO FACTORIES
-
Several Towns in the State of
Vera Cruz, Mexico, in the
Hands o! Rioters.
STERN MEASURES USED BY TROOPS
Two Regiments Sent from the City
of Mexico and Though Details Are
Lacking, It is Believed That the
Strikers Have Been Subdued by the
Bayonet.
(By Associated Press).
CITY OP MEXICO; Jan, 7.?A spe?
cial train carrying two regiments of
soldiers lias just left for Orizaba. Vera
Crux. Strikers in tho-local factories
have burned the company store to the
ground nnd it Is snlil are threatening
to destroy tho mill.
The property is owned by A. Gar
ctn, a citizen of Prance. It was
thought' thnt the textile strike had
been amicably Bottled through the in?
tervention of President Illnz and
Vlco-Presldenl Corral, but It appears
that a number of men are dissatisfied
with the terms. Orizaba Is about for?
ty miles southeast of the City of Mex?
ico, nnd Is one of the Important towns
of the state of Vera Cruz.
' In u despatch late tonight from a
private? source received by the Asso?
ciated Press, the statement was made
that a condition of chaos existed at
Rio Blanco, Nogales and Santa "Ttosa
mills In the stale of Vera Cruz, where
workers have been on n strike. The
telom-ani states that the strikers were
applying the torch to the factory
owners' property and robbing pawn
shops. The troops, which arrived
from the canltol, the doBpateh added,
had succeeded In pacifying the men
In part by employing Btern measures.
BARBERS ORGANIZED.
Officers Elected By New Local L'n
Ion Last Night.
The journroynien barbers of New?
port News held a meeting last nipuf
and organized a union. The fol?
lowing officers were chosen:
President-C. F. Krause.
Vice President?W. P. Cross.
Corresponding and Financial Se?
cretary?lingo Yncabl.
Trustees?A. Corbott, O. Bullman
and A. Peltz.
Guide?Frank Pecona.
MERCHANTS WANT TO
NAME NEW ALDERMAN
Committees Appointed to Walt Upon
Messrs. Robinson and
Nelms.
Tho Merchants Association held
a special meeting' last night nnd
appointed committees to look Into
the matter of having Kx-Aldermnn
P. J. Mugler's &eat filled by a man
to be named by that body.
Messrs. Alex Meyers, G. W. Burcn
er, A. T. Moore and Abe Horwitz
were appointed to wait upon Alder?
man E. W. Robinson, or the first
ward, to ascertain whether or n?
he will nominate a candidate to
bo solected by the merchnnts.
Messrs. J. H. Burcher, R. H. Harvey
and .lohn R. Morton were appointed
to call upon Mr. C. G. Nelm^, who
has been nominated by Mr Robinson,
and ask him whether or not he will
withdraw from the field in favor
of one of the association members.
Tho merchants arc anxious to bo
represented on the board, claiming
that they are entitled to at least
one member In the two branches.
Mr. John R. Morton, who was first
mentioned in connection with the
race, hag stated that, he will not
accept the office and another can?
didate will be named when the
committees have reported.
Schooner Given Up As Lost.
(By Associated Presa).
NEWPORT. R. I., Jan. 7.?The
schooner Henry Sutton, of Newport,
which sailed from Chevor, N. S., Oct.
31st. for Baltimore, with a cargo of
lumber, before reported missing, has
been given up a3 lost with all on
board. The Sutton carried a crew of
six men nnd was commanded by Cap
thin Sole. The vesso was of C02
gross tonnage.
Bishop Duncan Very III.
(By Associated Press).
SPARTANBURG. S. C, Jan. 7.?
Bishop W. W. Duncan, of the Meth?
odist Episcopal church, whose home
is in this city is very 111, and mem?
bers of his family are greatly alarm?
ed. He Ib suffering from general
breakdown and has undergone an op?
eration for a carbuncle.
Marshal Killed by Negro.
COLUMBUS. OA., Jan. 7.?Kawart
Carter, marshal of Hlchlond. On., was
shot and instantly killed , by nn un?
known negro last night. Carter was
endeavoring to nrrost the negro.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SSD^frY, JANUARY 8,
! TALK NEGRO TROOPS
The Viakciiuselts Senator Says
j lue Fad Is Proved and Law
|:ls With President.
POwS AS CDMMOEII III CEF
; : .. -
The Ohio Man Challenges the Presl
dent oj' His Champions to Show One
Case Which Is a Precedent?For
ak^jt- W?jl Talk Again on tho Sub?
ject Tomorrow.
nfi -
-,iBv "Associated ProsB.i
WAS|HINTON. I). C. .Ian. V.?Pres?
ident Roosevelt's dismissal <.f the no
Rio troops was again Hm subject or
contentions In the Senate- today and
Indications point to a protracted de?
hnte before aiiy oi the pending roan
lutlonn; Wi tbo subject arc? voted on.
The fehllerles of the Senate wen?
crowdj?d.Vnnd the debate was llBlened
to with Abe closest attention by an un?
usually'.-: large number or Senator?.
SonntorjLodge delivered a new phase
of thaAfjueflllon by presenting n reso?
lution* prodding tor an Investigation
of the /'affray" at Brownsville and
conceding the authority of the Presi?
dent tp-tflke the action he did. Thlu
reHolujlr)jh , wan supported by Mr.
Lodge, in* an address and opposed by
Mr. ForakoY. who followed and spoke*
until t>:?o o'clock, giving notice that
he would continue tomorrow.
Mr. tLodge said In )inrt: "Two
questions are here involved, a quen
tlon of : fact and a question of law.
They are entirely distinct, they ought I
to J>o-entiled separately and neither]
should.bo jiermitted to cloud or ou
scuro the other In the public mind.
'?rii< ^nuoBtlon of fact may bo stat?
ed' lir^tnttf-way. There was shootlug
in the streets of Brownsville on tue
night of August 13. ,ufl(i. houses were
fired into, one man was killed and
I the lieutenant of police had his borne
shot from under him and was so bo
veroly wounded In the arm Hint nm
I put a lion was necessary. These facts
are not disputed by anyone.
"The President, the Secretary of
War and the officers of the army de?
tailed to Inquire Into the affair navel
made affidavit that the shooting was |
done by the soldiers from Kort Brown ,
and furnished testimony to sustain
their opinion. The Constitution
league, representing the soldiers, deny j
that, the shooting was done by them \
and aBHert that, it was done by tho
citizens of Brownsville, disguised in '
cast off uniforms of the troops and
provided with exploded shells from
the gun rnnges, who committed this
outrage for the purpose of casting
odium on tho troops of Fort Brown.
One of these two positions must bo
proved for genernl negations are of
no use here. It. will bo tho duty of
the committee under this resolution
to take nil possible testimony and do
i cldo whether this shooting was done
I by tho soldiers or by citizens of
nmwnsville. This Is the question of
fact.
The Question of Law.
"The question of law .'k whether the
President in dismissing those compa?
nies without honor exceeded his pow
prs under law nnd the constitution
This question can be settled by the
Senate just as well now. and I think
better, than at any other time with?
out tho least regard to the commit?
tee. It is purely a question of law
and I think it ought to be detached
from tho question of fact nnd settled
at oneo, because I thing that confus?
ing one question with another has al?
ready done harm, towards justice and
will crente great delay and prevent
prompt action. The constitution
makes tthe President commander in
chief of the armv nnd navy of tho
United States and Congress Is given
authority to make rules for the gov?
ernment and the regulation of the
army and navy. In the fifth amend?
ment of Ihe constitution the land nnd
naval forces are executed from the
rights guaranteed to all persona who
are held to answer for n capital or
nny infamous crime. It nppears thnt
the soldiers and sailors were recog?
nized as being subject to a law dif?
ferent from thnt administered in tho
civil cotirts. In making the President
commander in chief the constitution
conferred upon him all the power and
authority ordinarily exercised by Ihe
commander In chief under tho mili?
tary laws of the times. Tho principle
of the "mutiny act" nnd the articles
of war adopted by Kngland were in
the main adopted by us nt the time
of the revolution and which may be
found embodied In the articles of war
which are now a Statute of the United
States.
Rights of Commander In Chief.
"The commander in chief has the
right, inherent in his office to punish
or discharge except so far as it Is
limited or rocnlnted by tho law mak
lng power which has ennetcd the ar?
ticles of war. There can bo no doubt
whatever that the power of summary
dismissal was inherent in the office
1907.
of commander in chief whon Hie
President wan invested by tho conatl
tutlon will) Hint office und Utero has
never boon nny attempt on the purl
of Congress to prevent or Interfere
witli llu> exorcise of tili? uutliorlty.
The power of Bunintnry dismissal
niuHt rest where It always rontod. .1
Is Impossible to conceive of maintain
lug an army on any other principle.
If a soldier cannot he separated from
the service except by being convicted
of crime on evidence which would
satisfy n Jury In a civil case thorn Is
no possibility of maintaining military
discipline.
"The power to dismiss or terminate
ilie ciintract of enlistment Is absolute?
ly ossentlnl to the maintenance of an
army. In fact Ihe principle runs
through all business and BOOloty, The
law. the constitution, the statutes and
flic uniform practices are so clear as
to the right of the President to torml;
mile ihn contract tlint It hcoiiib n
waste of words to anyone who has
read the statutes to argue II at all."
Foraknr Talks Some More.
Mr. Fornkor replied vigorously to
Mr. Lodge's speech Inking Issue with
tho Massachusetts Senator on both
the points as lo law nnd fact. Ho
declared (but liiere Is no autocratic!
nnd unrestrained power In this coun?
try, "not even In the commander in
ohlOf of the nrniy." Mr. Fornker con?
tended Mint the power of the PtobI
dent must be deduced from the con?
stitution of the United Slutoa. The
power of tho President derived from
Congress wan IiIb legal power, it was
pot. lie said, necessary to go to Rrlt
Isli precedents to ascertain this
newer, as the Supremo Court of the
United Slates had RDokoH on the sub?
ject many times nnd always had said
Rimnly It wns the president's power
to "command."
Mr. Forakor emphasized ills posi?
tion that if Congress hnd spokoy^ on
any Biibject relative to nrmy regula?
tions, there was no room for the oxer,
else of any power to tho contrary on
tho part fif tln> President. On mat?
ters of regulation on which Congrons
had not spoken the constitution gave
the power to make necesBtiry regula?
tions. Mr. Forakor maintained that
tho officials of tho War Department
nnd tho Department of Justice bad
escaped themselves from denying that
the affray nt Brownsville was a enso
covered by the articles of war by the
order that was given to Commander
of the Department of Toxhb to prefer
chtireos against till members of the
companies involved. The Senator hnd
procured copies of thoBO charges and
ho then placed them In tho record.
Mr. Fornkor challenged anyone to
Bhow a slni.'le instance whore a man
lias lieon discharged from tho army
without honor when thnt man hnB been
charged with crime and where he
protested against so being dlsclinrg
ed. "Is tlie President of tho United
RtatoB over nnd above tho law? Cnn
ho ignore It?" ho naked.
MAKING MmTmiSKEV
IN OLD DOMINION
Reports Show Increase In Manufac?
ture In Thia State of Over 25 per
Cent?Business Still Growing.
BRISTOL, VA.. < Jan. 7.?Reports
for the six months ending Doccmber
31, 1900, indicate that the total
receipts from the manufacture nnd
isnle of liquor in the sixty-seven
Virginia counties, comprising Col?
lector Summer's district for the fls
nil year which will end July 1, 190V,'|
will nggregate tho stupendous sum
of $2,000,000.
I While sixty-seven counties nrc em-1
braced in Collector Summer's dis?
trict, tho larger cities of tho Stale,
I Including Richmond, Norfolk, Lyn
loh burg, Danville are in tho other
district, and the receipt*; of the other
ofllce will be equally large if no!
larger than those of the efficient
Abingdon.
These figures will Bhow an tn
croaso of over 25 per cont over
tlie receipts for tho flscnl year,
which ended July 1. 190?, and Col?
lector Summers stnted In Bristol
that, lie believed that twonty-fivo
per cent more whiskey would be
manufactured In Virginia this fiscal
year than ever before In the history
of the State. Tho receipts for the
last fiscal year wore approximately
?1,400.1100, which will be exceeded
this year by SCOO.OOO or more.
Bride of Six Weeks Drops Dead.
(Bv Associated Pres?.)
PETERSBURG, VA., .Inn. 7?Mrs.
Dora Bonhnm, bride of six weeks,
dropped dead last night ns she was
about to embrace her motlior, after
returning from the honeymoon, The
physician, who was summoned, said
iheart failure had caused Instant
death.
Caot. Macklin's Assailant Arrested.
(Bv Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 7.?A
telephone message from the flherlffs
office at El Reno today reporton
I that a negro soldier of Company A
j Twenty-fifth Infantry (colored), is
now untfar arrest at Fort Reno,
charged with the assault on Captain
Edgar A. Macklin, December 21st.
No Hope For Terry McGovern.
STAMr-wltD, CONN.. Jan. 7.
"There is no hope for Terry McGov?
ern. He Is dead mentally now, and
It will not bo long before be Is d^au
physically," said Dr. Glvens, of the
GIvcns ?Snnitariutn, today. The lit
ito fighter's expenses? at the sani?
tarium are SI 40 a month, nnd are
being paid by Sam Harris, Iiis form?
er manager.
THE WEATHER.
Partly cloudy Tues?
day, rain and colder In
extreme north por?
tion: Wednesday fair,
colder; variable winds
?ee^ie?*e-5>oe**??
PRICE TWO CENTS
KILLED IN RGHV
3 MORTALLY WQUNDEO
Pistol and Knife Fit In Apart?
ment ot New York Manicurist
Shrouded In Mystery.
POLICE CAN ASCERTAIN NOTHING
Not Known What Cauncd tho Fight
Which Resulted In the Murder-?
Ono of tho Wounded Mon, tne
Proprietor of a Florist's Shop Held
as a Wiltnosa.
(By Anaoclntod Press.)
NI3W YORK, .Ian. 7.?Mrs'. Lohn
Woldman, n manicurist wllh nn
establishment In Iho Hotel F.ndl
cotl aj Seventy-first stroot und Co?
lumbus nvenue, was shot und killed
lit her apartment In West Thirty
second til root tonight. iMrs. Wold
matt, 'who was ;m yoara old. wan
shot twloo through tho body nnd
stubbed twice in tho nock. Paulino
Itntell, twonly-flvo years old, an uu
nlatunt to Mis. VVuldman In tho
manicuring buBluens and who lived
with her, was shot through the head
and removed to a hut?j>lal.
George Kalian, a florist, with a
place of business at blight y-llrst
street and Columbus avenue, re
cilved a wound In (ho body am
It Is Bald that he will die. An
iinlndentllltid man, the fourth party,
was cut about the thront. Kation
was technically plncod under nri'OBt
und charged wllh tho shoollng, but
Ihe police at a late hour had been
unable to learn but little ot tau
origin of the trouble.
PA YMENTOf $5<$G00,000
CANAL MONEY VALID
Warren Wilson, the Chicago Lawyer,
Beaten In the Highest Court
In Long Suit.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. 1). c. Jan. ~ ?
That the action of the Secretary
of Treasury in paying out JoO.OOO,
U00 on account of tho puronnao or
I'anatna canal property, to the Pan?
ama Canal company of France, ob
directed by the act of Congress of,
1902, was valid and regular wnn
ofholnlty decided bv the Halted
Stales Supreme Court today. Tho
decision wns announced by Justice
Brewer and was handed down In
iho cane of Warren Wilson agnlnst
Secretary Shaw. The caso was
.m injunction suit by Mr. Wilson
lo restrain the payment of tho mon
ey and it originated In the local
courts or the District or Columbia
before tho .money had b?on paid.
The decision or both the district
?Supremo Court and the district
Court of Appeals wifj unfuvoniblu
i i Mr. Wilson's contention that tho
aft of Congiesa was tjiconntitutional,
but neither these decisions nor tho
fact that the Secretary had mndo
tho payment as directed wns stir
Iclent to dctor Mr. Wilson, who is
a lawyer and a property holder.'
residing in Chicago, and he prose
cut oil the case to the court of hike
result. lio argued his own caso
before all the courts1, and when ho
appeared beforo the Supreme Court
ho held the attention of that tri?
bunal Tor two hours. In his opinion,
last lee Brewer says the United
otale ^government has dominion and
control over the canal zone and
therefore has authority to appro?
priate money io construct tho canal.
Negro's Spectacular Death.
RICHMOND, v"A., Jan. 7? Forty"
feet above tho street level, on a
gravelled roor, Joseph Hay-wood, 30
years old, met death in a spectacular
form this morning about 8:15
o'clock. A lofty smoketttacg, \,is?o
pounds in weight, sixty-five feet
long, fortyslx by forty-eight InchcH
in diameter, nnd made of iron sheet
if a thickness of one-sixth of nn
Inch, descended in a perpendicular
line upon Haywood, throwing hint to
the roof and practically decapitating
him.
Brownsville is Grateful.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 7.~
President Roosevelt today received
he official thanks of the Brownsville
(Texas) Board of Trado for his dis?
missal ol tho negro troops who,
recently "shot up the town." John
Banhon, secretary of the board, con?
veyed the' mc"S.?>agc.
Murdered In dames City County.
W II. LI AUBURG, VA., Jan. ? .?
Andrew Bradingham, a negro, waa
murdered near his home. In Jnmea
City county some time Friday night.
The body was found lato Saturday
and an inquest held by Justice
Coleman Whltnker. The jury brought
In a verdict to the effect that Brad?
ingham had come to his death by
a gunshot wound Inflicted by Peyton
Ashloclt, the man last seen with tho
victim.