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VOL. XII. NO. KM
SCHMITZ GEIS FIVE
YEARS IH PRISON
San Francisco's Former Mayor'
Makes a Scene In Court While
Being Sentenced.
PROTESTS AGAINST "THE LECTURE"
His Attorney Also Attempts to Re?
prove Judge Dunne, But is Told ;i
Few Things That Caused Him to
Hush Up?Convicted Man Will
Make An Appeal.
(My Associated I'rOSB.)
BAN Kit \ NCISCt) CAL., July 8.?
Mayor KSllgoilu 10. Schmitz. convicted
of extortion, was today sentenced to
ftv'o years In tho penitentiary. The
sentence foilowid ihe recent convic?
tion ?l Schmitz for extorting $1,175
from French rest nimmt keepers of
Sun Francisco. As (lie hist words
fell from the judges hps the Kreut
crowd that had stood throughout the'
dramatic scenes, sent lip a thunderous
cheer. "(iood for yon," shoutl d a
man in the hack of the room. Ills
ejaculation was echoed and re-echoed
h> one alter another of the specta?
tors.
Judge Dunne, in pronouncing s< n
tence on Schmitz, said: "It can ho
paid that the verdict of the jury In
this case had a deeper significance
than ordinarily attaches to the find?
ing of guilt. It is a message to all
the people in the city of San Kran?
cisco that law and order are Supreme;
that no man, however, exalted his
station or how strong and powerful
the political, social and financial In?
fluences which .surround him, is
nbove the- law. K'.igene. K. Schmitz]
you have heretofore occupied the
highest office which the city of San
Kranclsco can confer on one of Its
citizens: You were elevated to that
position because of the confidence
and trust reposed in von by the mass
of the-"
"I am here. Interrupted Schmitz;
In a voice though iptiet and controll?
ed, that carried to the far corners id'
the room, "to receive sentence at
your hands?and not to he humiliated
by a lecture which the newspapers
can repeal Iii print.'*
Judge Imune paid no attention to
the interruption. "You were elevated
to that position, I say, because of the
confidence and trust reposed in you
Attorney Melson interposed, "We
nro here to take sentence; not to
be lectured. Wo-"
"Mr. Melson," said Judge Dunne
warmly," if you interrupt these pro?
ceedings again. I will send you to
jail. You must bo in far better busi?
ness if you were here begging for
a day in court to answer the charge
that you willfully and improperly at?
tempted io tamper with a juror in
this case."
Turning to Schmilz, Judge Dunne
resumed: "You were elected to II
position because of the confidence
and great trust reposed in you by
the muss of the people. You have I',.'
your willful criminal act. so
a jury of your fellow citizens has de?
clared, broken that confidence and
betrayed thai trust."
Hero Schmitz ngnln protested
against the "lecture."
Judge Dunne took no notice.
"Therefore." the judge continued,
"it may bo said that the penally
?which tiie law permits in this ca io
is Insufficient to meet tin- demands
of justice. It may be suggested,
however, thai by your conviction you
will lose the respect of all good clll-i
yens; that you will suffer Ihe humili?
ation of knowing that your career of
hypocrlcy, duplicity and dishonor?"
Judge Scores Schmitz,
"I stand here as an American cit?
izen to demand my rights," interpos
? ed Schmitz. "I'm not asking any
leniency at the hands of this court. I
am prepared to receive sentence, 1
SRk that if your honor has any self re-j
sheet, you will proceed with tho sen?
tence.''
"It. is not unusiial." was Judge
Dunne's reply," for courts to bo
brought into contact wltii such braz?
en acts of effrontry as yours in the
present Instance. It is the duty of i
the court in sich cases to view thej
conduct of a convicted felon with jia-j
tlenco and toleration not In say pity. |
Tly your conviction you will lose the,
respect and esteem of all good men
and citizens. You will suffer tho hu- J
nilllation of knowing. I say, that your,
career of hypocrlcy, duplicity and
dishonor has been exposed and that
you stand, before those who believed
In and honored you. morally naked,
fihanicd and disgraced."
"I deny dial," cried Schmitz, "the
ripoplo of San Francisco know how
I was railroaded through."
Judge Dunne resumed: "Morally
naked, shamed ami disgraced. It Is
in the knowledge of these things |
rather than in any mere term of im?
prisonment in a state penitentiary j
NE
that tbp full measure "f your punish,
uiont may bu found."
"It is the judgement of this court
(ha( you be confined in the state jm-ii
Itcutlnry ut San Queulln tor a term
of five years"
Judge Dunne continued for oho
week the four extortion eases on
which Mayor Schmitz lias not yet
been tried.
immediately after tho passing or
KCiitouco, Attorney Kulrnll, linked thai
Schmltx bo admitted to hall ponding
an appeal. Thin application will I''
heard formally tomorrow.
Hills of exception were then filed,
and Judge limine grunted a certifi?
cate ot prohahie cause, enabling
Sellmit/ to carry lo the district court
of appeals his motion for a new trial.
SON OF GENERAL GRANT
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY
Former President's Younyer Son
Does Not Deny May Stand for
Democratic Nom:na;ion.
fn.V Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, July 8.?Jesse It.
Grant, of New York, son of Oeueral
U. s. Urant, and II. ||. CbilderB, for?
merly in charge of Iha department or]
speakers of the Democratic National
committee arrived bore last night
from New York and are nillklnp
headquarters nl the Southern hotel.
Mr. (Irani has been nieiltloiied as a
possible candidate tor the prosideno
on the Democratic ticket. In speak?
ing of his com inn lour which hcglns
here ln> sahl: "Von call hardly call
nie a candidate, for the presldoi
yot, hull it remains to l><> seen wliotb
er or not 1 ever shall I.e. My deci?
sion as lo entering the race deponds
upon the results of mv trip. At pies
en I I would not care to enter into a
political discussion. Inn like most
people today, I believe there should
he some revision of the tariff and
regulation of the trusts.''
Richmond's Population 110,000.
(Hv Associated Dress.)
RICHMOND, VA. July 8.?Ono I
hundred and ten thousand peope in
Richmond at the dose oi (he census
tuklng which is now being carried on
I a corps of workers, by authority or
the city council. The estimate was
j given -out this uhtw?Utp,"fir tJ>.(i -officr
of'Clydo W. Sabnders, where the con
j Blis-takers have their headquarters
and are doing the clerical work of
the contract to tell the city fathers
' bow many children they have. While
it is not as creat a number as was
i though I l.'y many it Is an Increase of
25,000 over the last census taken and
( shows that Richmond is going ahead
at a rapid rate.
Battleship Georgia Finally Accepted.
WASHINGTON, I). ('.. .Inly x.?-The
Navy Department today finally ac
I copied the battleship Georgia and au?
thorized the payment to tho contract?
ors of the reserve fund required by
the contract.
HURT IN^AUTO "CRASH
Dp. Julian P. Ihomas, Famous
Aeronaur, One of tiic Vicllm*.
HAD TWO ACTRESSES WITH
One of Them Had Ley So Badly
Crushed That It Had to be Ampu?
tated?Dr. Thomas Will Recover, It
Is Hoped.
(By Associated Press.)
NB\V YORK, .inly 8.?Dr. Julian
P. Thomas, the aeronaut, lies in a se?
rious condition at Kordhum hospital
today, suffering from a compound
fracture of Hie log ami Internal Injur?
ies received in an nutoinoLOo acci?
dent last lllglll when the machine,
carrying tili '?roiiaut anil two w.en
en companions, clashed into a IroRey
pole in the Itronx.
Miss Florence Haas an aetres:..
who with Miss (irac" Rogors. WJya
with Dr. Thomas when the accident
occurred, and was so seriously in?
jured Hint the physicians amputated
lx r left leg. Miss Rogors was Injur?
ed internally, hul prohab''. will "e
coyer.
Dr. Thomas and his friends were
travelling at a high rate of speed
down Joromo avenue last ni^ltt. Near
Ho- entrance of Woodlawii cemetorj
Hie load makes a sharp turn, where
the aoronntli evidently did not see in
the darkness. The machine crashed
Into a heavy trolley pole and Dr.
Thomas and his two companions
wore flung from the machine as if
from a eatapault. The automobile was
reduced to scrap iron by tin; impact.
Dr. Thomas was found to have sus?
tained a fracture of the right leg and
to have suffered Internal injuries. Ills
body was covered with bruises, Miss
Rogers and Miss Haas were uncon?
scious. The physician found that
Miss Haas would have to undergo the
amputation ol her left leg to save her
life.
Two women were killed at the
snmo place last yenr In an auto ac?
cident.
WPORT NEWS, VA.,
STANDARD OIL GO.
TO BE FINED A?6?ST 3.
final Order In the Case Will be
Entered by Judge laufe
on Ibal Oaie.
fQOIWL PfiOTFST WAS FNTEftEO
Attorneys for the Big Oil Company
Try to Show That the Chicago
Court Has No Jurisdiction, But the
Statement Receives But Little Con?
sideration from Presiding Judge.
(Ry Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILLS. July * - The at?
torneys for the Standard till Com?
pany today iIccIIik d lo submit any
further evidence in the hearing held
on Saturday by Judge Lnndls, judge
l.andis then announced thai sentence
will be passed on the standard oil
Company of Indiana, which Was con?
victed of using Illegal railroad rates
on August 3.
Judge Lnndls in opening court to?
day said to the attorneys lor ihe
company: "Have you anything to ed?
ler in this ease prior to ?I0 entering
of a finill older'.'''
"We have a formal statement to
make." saiil Attorney Itosentlmt. Mr
Itoscnthal saiil substantially as fol?
lows: "In answer to llio court as to
whether the defendant desires to of?
fer my ovidonco tending to show that
the defendant or the Standard Oil.
Company of New Jersey violated the
Interstate Commerce Law lief ore and'
appearing now. answering this Inquiry!
and denying the Jurisdiction of the
court in the premises, and coutcndli/g
that this entire Inquiry Is bemud the
legal power of the court, the defend?
ant still Insisting that the record In
tills ease shows that it is Innocent of
the offenses charged in the indict?
ment, the defendant desires to say
that there are in the record no sug?
gestions that this defendant ever be?
fore was charged with violation of
tlie Interstate Commerce law.
"For the defendant now to assert
its innocence of matters that It is not
charged with, or attempt to show that
It has been innocent of wrongdoing
with others outside of the record of
this case would present a situation
unheard of in Anglo Saxon jurispru?
dence." The statement continued at
some length that the court has no
right to go outside the record of the
case in considering the penalty to be
meted out.
The statement then com hides: "If
the occasion shall ever arise in an
appropriate proceeding where this de?
fendant can without any waiver of Its
legal rights subject itself to the
question of its having heretofore vio?
lated til.- Interstate Commerce law it
will certainly appear since the pas?
sage of the law there being no viola?
tion of its provisions by either the
Standnrd oil Company of New Jersey
or tin* Standard Oil Company o( In?
diana."
Throughout the reading of the
statement Judge l.andis listened with
much interest and when it concluded
said abruptly: "This Una! order in
this ease will be entered Saturday.
August Call the next case.'
1 .1. I). Archibald, vice-president of
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey; II. I'.*. Fctloil, president of Ihe
Union Tank Line; C. Mi Prult, secre?
tary of the Standard Oil Company,
and F. F. Harstow. th<- assistant
treasurer, wire in court during the
proceedings.
Cortelyou Names Leach.
(By Associated -Press).
WASIIING1 ON, l> C July S.?Sec?
retary Cortelyou has recommended to
the President the appointment ot
Frank A. Leach, the present super In
tendent or the mint at San Francisco,
as director of the mint to succeed
George E. Roberts, resigned.
TUESDAY, JliLY 9,
AT EXPOSITION TODAY
Members of Sociely From III Over
the Country to Attend
Conven ion.
(SOLQIERS NElCOIt BY HEAT
Ten Mcmhcrs of First Kentucky Suc?
cumbed During Evening Parade,
Just Before Regiment Broke Camp
Yesterday ? Names Withheld by
8urgeonc?Crowds Still Growing.
(Pro111 a Staff t'nrri ispOndcitt.)
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION, July
v "On to Jamestown" is the slogan
Of the numerous societies, USBOClil
lion;., professional bodies. and the
people of the country al largo Mild
the attendance at the Tercentennial
grows larger cuuti day.
Tomorrow is Kin's Datlglttt is Day
at the Exposition, and the Interna?
tional Older of (he King's Daughters
will met t in annual convention lu re.
A meeting of the order will be held
in Hie Auditorium from 10:30 lo 1:30
o'clock.and a vury Interesting pro
gram has been arranged. Mrs.
Charles Rood, of West Virginia, will
be the chairman of tiro mooting, and
Mrs. t\ t;. liurtou, of Richmond, Btnte
secretary of the Virginia cliaptor, will
act as hostess. A delightful recep?
tion will be given in (he Virginia
building at 0:30 p. Ill, in honor of the
delegates.
The King's Daughters organized in
New Vork. Jan, 13, lvsii. for nc |itir>
poao of developing the spiritual and
Christian Hontlmont of the coiiidry.
J.t now niiinhers Its members by Hid
fens <>f thousands, und its Inllueiiee
Is felt throughout the ontlro world.
There me fourteen hundred members
in Virginia.
I The Association of Surgeons <>f Iho
Allantie Const Line Hallway will
meet in Convention hall at the Ex?
position on July 23, and will he lu
iSeasioii Ihne days. July J:: has been
? designated by the Exposition manage
uieiit as the surgeon's day, ami a
special program Is being arranged for
Hie occasion.
Heat Overcomes Ten.
Ten members ol the Firs! Kentucky
regiment during the closing drill to?
day at the Exposition were overcome
by hClll and the hospital corps was
kept busy.. The' Burgeon of the regi?
ment hud to call in Sur goon llobi rl
Dine, IJ. S. A., and other physicians
to assist in handling the cases.
All of the men being pronounced
out of danger, the hospital authori?
ties decided to withhold names to
prevent apprehensions on the hurt Ol
I the relatives.
Elks' Day at Fair.
The National Lodge of the ?cnevo
lent Protective Order of Elks, "Rest
People uii Barth," will have July 20i.li
j as Its day at the Exposition. The
order meets at Philadelphia, July l.'.t.a
i lor a tour days' reunion and Bilks'
Day at the Imposition follows that
? meeting.
Prince Wilhelm, second sou 01
Crown Prlnco Gustave, and grandson
; of King Oscar, of Sweden, will lie lit
the Exposition on August 20; lie
j will remain for several days and
?during the week he is here (he six
davs will be konwn as Swedish
: Week.
j The First Kentucky Infantry left
for home today and the Third Ken?
tucky Infantry, Captain Henry, com?
manding, will arrive tomorrow. This
regiment has a splendid reputation
lor close order drilling, and its visit
to ike Tercentennial will add much
to the attractivenoss <>f the military
program.
("apt. Uoliert E. Lawton, who had
charge of the Six Nations exhibit at
Hie Pail American Exposition, has ar?
rived at the Exposition with a party
of Tttscarora Indians, including Ka?
chel Mount Pleasant, Chief. CU8lck
Exposition Program for Today
Kings Daughters Day.
Conventions Meeting.
The International Order of the Kings Daughters.
8 a. in.?dates open.
la a; in.?And hourly meroiflor, lOxhibitibn of weather bureau
earthquake recorder, Government Building A
10:30 a. in.? Gunrdmount, Twenty-third Infantry.
1 p. in.? Preparation of largo weather map Iroin reports from
all sections of the country, Government Building A.
'2 p. in.?Lecture by Messrs. Lovelace and Lud low on Aerial
Navigation, Goyernmont Building A.
2:30 to 4:30 p. in.?Innes band concert, Auditorium,
2:30 p. m.?United States Life Saving Service Drill at Station.
:t p. m?Biographic exnioltlon and lecture. Scenes on Indian
Reservation, Government tlulldlng A.
?I p. in.? Biographic exhibition and lecture. Yellowstone Nation?
al Park with lecture by 10. V. Culver, Government Building A.
4:30 to 5:30 p. m.?Organ Recital by \Vm. Wall Whlddit. "Otll
cial Organist.
.*> p. m.?Lecture by biessrs, Ludlow and Lovelace on Aerial
j avlgatlon in Aeronautic Building.
8 p. m.'? liincss band roncert, Auditorium.
1007.
ami Otllof Jonathan. They tiro ipinr
tOrod at the Colonial Virginia bulltlr
hi';, ami came hark over the old trull I
thai their forefathers follow..i when
the riisearoraa wont North from Vir?
ginia and the Carolinas to join Ihr
lroi|iiois ConiCdcrncj years ago. Ka?
chel Mounl Pleasant, who is an ac?
complished musician, will give an
organ recital at iIn- Exposition.
Concessionaires to Boort.
At a meeting id concessionaires of
the Exposition; in Id III lllu llislllo
lun yesivU'iluy, an organization was
porfecteil lor the purposes of sysle
iiiuiicnll) boosting the Exposition,
ami all its Interests
'The following ollleera were elected:
President, Fred Biirgenlj treasurer,
.1. II. Sinclair; seen tat v. (J, T, Kosse
hd; vice presidents, It. .1. While. Phil
E, Duuitovnut, li. Drown and ll. it.
MetJiirvie,
Allot tier meeting w ill he held to
morrow evening at the Inn.
Events Tili: Week.
There are many important events
scheduled tor this woolt at the Ter
coiiteuiihil, several ol them being
nillloillll In exit ul. and any one ol
which would in Itsell lie Millleient to
nttract an Inimensi; throng of people.
Among these events tire tho Inter?
national Alliance of Theatrical singe
Employees of the United Slates, on I
Thursday, ami McKeesporl Day on1
Friday; The musical features of the
Week Will he daily conceits by lulled
blind ami tin- Imperial hand Of (he!
Oil) of Mexico and organ recitals by
Joseph Man ? and William Wall
VYhtddlt. I
I ii. c< al column of West Virginia
has been prucUnally completed.
Justice I'lodgett of Hu Ithodo Is?
land Sitlto Comuijttlsou and Mrs.
Klodgott have in rived here ' mid are
staying at the llhoile Island .state
huihllng. They will he hero nil Die
summer.
? ill Squircr Wants to Ficjht Aijain.
MELHOUUNE, VP'., July s. -The
hacker of mil Butilros, the Australian
pUgllls' Who Wils defeated In Iho
Hist round of his light with "Txniilpy"
Minus, at Col ill a, Cul.. July 'I. has
cabled to the United states offering
lo give Hums 2.R00 and the wiloltl
gate money win. lose or draw, for a
return light with Squires within a
month.
Fire Duns Cause $10,000 Loss.
COLUMBIA, S. C. July S.?Piro,
believed to he of Incendiary origin
wiped out the business portion of
Holly lllll. a village ill llarhley coun?
ty, early today, causing a loss <>f
about $-10,000, llloodhotinds have
been sent to tile scene with the hope
of capturing the incendiary.
Firr.t Elk Arrives.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.. July 8.?tho
III'St of the host of Elks who will he
In re tor the anneal reunion which
begins in Ulis eil y next Week, ar?
rived today. Colonel John II. Sul?
livan, of New Orleans. grand es
unite, who will be grand marshal of
the great parade lo be held July III,
was the first of the olllceiu to leach
the city.
HEAT DROVE ~HIM WlA D
Armed with a Hatchut Man Ban
Amuck Am ng Workmen.
ONE OF HIS VICTIM WILL DIE
Fractured Skull of One Man. Then
Badly Injured Two Others and Af?
terwards Narrowly EGcapcd Death
at the Hands of Bicj Crowd.
(Hy Associated Tress.)
NEW VOIIK, July 8.?Armed with
hatchet and crazed by the beat, a
workman on a Wall street building
ran amuck among his fellows today,
fatally Injuring one and dangerously
wounding two others;
lie was then attacked by the
eiowd, which had gathered, and nar?
rowly escaped death himself.
The workman's name is Milton Al
bin. a plasterer. His victims are
Michael Itollly, who will probably
die. Patrick Sullivan and Edward
Smith. All were at work on the iicw
building of tip' Trust Company of
America. Alblll, without cause or
warning attacked Sullivan, with
whom lie had worked for years. Af
tor he had beaten him unconscious
be turned upon Rcilly, whom he
struck with the blade of a h'teilet,
fracturing tue skull. ?mitli was
wounded in attempting to .separate
Rclily ami alDiii.
Len Reynolds Is Dead.
CHATTANOOGA. TIC NN., July .S.?
Len ii>. iiohls, president of tho Coal
Miners' Union al Mont Lake. Tenn .
wlio was yesterday shot by W. H. Mel?
lows, laUor agent of the Mont Lake
Coal Conitiauy, died this morning or
his wound.
Gun Play In Raid on Gamblers.
(By Associated Press).
NICHOLLS <;.\, July 8.?Shorlfl
fUckorlson raided a gan^ of gamblers
here yesterday, and in the fti.dladc
that followed, two negroes were kill?
ed, and Abe Mellks, a white man, was
wounded. Twenty-five of the gnin
biers were captured and locked uy.
ir<nm6 6To mnnnmft
weather.
Partly cloudy and
continued warm Tues?
day and Wednesday;
variablo winds.
jUUUJUULPJUULSJIULU
PRICE TWO CENTS
SolTi(Eilir
CHAKGEJN^ RESULT
Fellows loses Three Voles, But
Figures lor Barrett and Moss
are Unchanged.
WORK DONE IN JUST TWO HOURS
Sul> Committee, Assisted by Hcpi;e
rentatives of the Candidates, Count?
ed All the Ballots?Ticket Was Lo?
yally Printed?Mr. Mosa Has Noth?
ing, to Say Now.
It took Just two hours lust night
fur ih<> Democratic i'it> committee
to prove Ihill th<- returns 61 ihe Dem?
ocratic lii'iiiiiirj hold on .Line uti were
practically cm-reel. In the recount,
Kran Rod at the ruuuosi of MuBttrti, A.
a. Mohh ami ('. It. Follows, dt'feutod
caudldaUs In the race for the nomi?
nation lor the I lull;.c ot I leii'Kales,
Mr, fellows lOHl time votes, IIlid the
totals for Mr. Moss ami Mr. W. K,
llarrctt, tin- nominee, were uuehnug
etl.
The recount showed the result to
he as follows;
llarr.lt, a-16,
Follows. 300.
Moss 287*
Barrett'B Plurality 37.
Mr. Harten received a plurality of
37. Instead of 34, as shown by the
report of Ihe Judges. .Mr. Fellows lost
I two of the lhreo voles ill the Hist
I ward, the returns from which ho
usked, especially, to he recounted.
The recount was made by Messrs.
W. I?, Thomas. Thomas Newman ami
It. c. Nor?worthy, titeiubers of the
committee, ami Mr. 0. I?. West, repie
BOIltlltg Mr. Imrrott; Mr. 10. L. Gllll;
iilnghnin, represent lug Mr. Fellows,
and Mr. Moss, representing llluisblf.
Invalidated Ballots.
The committee made no special
oxumlnation of Ilia 112 ballots invali?
dated because two untiles ill Ihe leg?
islature arce were ii lire rat elied. Mr.
Moss examined ami made notes mi
these, however, and alter ihe work
wa.s finished he said that Mr. Barrett a
name was llliscrotchod on oil ballots
ami thai his, Mr. Moss' name, was
unsemtchod on 7(1. (>u one or two of
the tickets, all three names had been
sera tolled.
Ballot Was Legal.
Mr. W. K. Thomas, reporting for
the subcommittee appointed to exam?
ine Into ihe question of whether or
not i lie ballot used in the prlmary
was legally printed, reported that the
matter had been carefully looked in?
to, mill that Ihe coillllllttee was of the
oplnon that the ballot wns Iii every
respect a legal and proper one. The
report of the committee wns accept
ed.
The report of the recounting com?
mittee was adopted, und the coin inly
tie adjourned. This was the last
meeting of the old committee, ami
the new body meets next Monday
night to organize and take charge
of (he parly's affairs. Arrangements
fi r a ludgcsllip primary will be milde
at once.
Mr. Moss Net Talking.
After (he meeting Mr. Moss was
asked by a I tally Press representa?
tive whether or not lie proposed lo
appeal to the Stale committee In con?
nection with bis contention that the
ballot was not legal. Mr. Moss re?
plied that be did not know what he
was going to do; that In- bad nothing
to say, but that he did not think
there would be an;''Irouble.''
Judycshin Candidate.
Mr. a. C. Garrotl yesterday an?
nounced thai be would enter the
Corporation Court judgcshlp primary
us a candidate for the nomination.
Messrs. L. C. Phillips ami II. R.
SontlllOS will be in the race, mid
ludge Ra rhu in will be a candidate to
succeed 'ilinsolf.
Estimate Norfolk's Population 68,530.
NOK FOLK, VA.. .Inly S.- Norfolk's
population June I, according to an
OHtlinnte received bv Assistant
Health Comini:.isoner Paillllll from
Director s. N. I). North, of ihe United
States census bureau, was (58,530, Of
this number 38,682 are estimated to
be white and tin- remaining 20.848
negroes.
V Major Dreyfus Retires.
VfB.V Associated Press.)
PArVj'. .Inly S.?The report current
in mills ry circle:-, yesterday that Ma?
jor Alfiy d Dreyfus, the former cap?
tain of nrtlllor.", who was sentenced
on a charge of treason to Imprison?
ment on Devils Island was to retire,
accepting a pension, has been con?
firmed. , The reason for his retire?
ment l3 ill health.
Hottest Day of Summer.
YcRtcHlay was the hottest da;- of
tin sunifrnor. The thermometers along
Washington avenue, where the glare
of the ami reflected from the asphalt
Was lit/tensely hot, registered over
100, Id was very warm nil through
the nlant.
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