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UNDER ORDERS, CLERKS S?T SIGNEO FALSE WAY BILLS Letters Are Read That Passed Be? tween Gilbert and Seaboard Line Freight Agent. RICHMOND. VA.. Nov. 28.?At luif past twelve o'cCock tliis ft?r Koon Judge l.?w'.?. who with A'tor n<y John Marl?]., is prosecuting A. P. Gilbert, assistant general freight | age:?t or the Che sapeake & Ohio ran . road, on the e-harge of granting re? bates, stated to irfe court thait tho [?tcsecutlon had concluded its e*as so far ;n taking evidence was con ce rived aiKl were ready for the In I reduction of witnesses for the de? fense. The antsauncenv nt came as a v eat surprise <o the attorneys tor tl.e defense, and in fact to all ?Mo wtre present in the court, ;? it was Ciought that the prosecution would ne; concludk.< until Monday evening ai thi iariii-1, llii! tarter, for the de? ft 'is.', asl.ed for an adjournment ot lh< court until half past two o'clock in order that the attorneys lor Hi' ib-fense nii'.'ht confer. Th req-iet* v as granted and the court adjourn '?I iiikiil hair past two o'clock. The hearing was continued Ihtsl moriiiiig with J. K. Jones, former '?'. I-J i::g clerk in the Ninth street Chesa-l peuke and Ohio station. on the wtt-j ne-s stand Mr. Jones s a resident j of New York slate at presi nt. i"t was. up to a short time ago, in Hi employ or the Chesapeake and Ohl?' for six years. Mr. Jones was SM Moiled ill regard to the cla'ms brought on ac eutliit of grata shipped by \V. It John so.ii and Company. He >aid thai whlli he was hi ling clerk he hardly knew wl at to do with the claim:; that cami In in this regard and,always turned th-n ov. i- to H. O. dates, who settled th in personally. In regard to the reconslgnnient ol cars'. Mr. .Ion s said that he acted en? tirely on orders from the office of the ge-aeral freight agent, in th - form of e th'r the signature of K. I). Hotch ki s or of Alexander P. Gilbert. !!? could not say wheither GHlvrt ever sign: i HoCchkiss's fame or not. H< merely acted, without question, on or d? rs. li stated thi:, Gates was in the freight office every day and at tt- Jed personal'')' to the shipping ol W. R. Johnson and Company. After Mr. Jones William- M. Ander son. was called to the sand to ex? plain a question as to rates aCBcr which he was dvsmissod. Then Gilbert T. S\v3in. etshior in the Chestepetake and Ohio Ninth street station, was callcl to tho stand to tell ot bis par; in the reconsign nv ?,? of cars. He stated that he en dorsed a Dumber of bit's cf lading and transfer slips which he could see on first inspectVxv were irregular. He s?fd a portion of the expense bill was taken from genuine bills of lading anrl a portion was taken from forgeo. bills of lading. He knew that those expense accounts were irregular but signed them. "Why did you endorse those hiii^ you knew they- were not genuin?-," asked Mr. Marble. "I was ao'ing under orders from my supcr'or officer." answered Mr. Swain. "Hiave you ever h?d a conversation with Mr. Gilbert relating to the re consignment of W. R. Johnson and Company's cars?'- askej Mr. Marble. "Yes. I have." answered Mr. Swain when L. IS. Johnson (who work? ed 11j> a great itart of the evi denee on wiiich the prosecution is based), came to the office to look over the files. I told Mr. Gilben, of it ana Gliben told me to keep the matter quiet." Mr. Swain was then relieved and K. M. Gregory, correspondent clerk in the freight agent's office, was ca 'cd. Mr. Gregory was asked to I induce certain lefers which were u. d. The first loiter road was written by A. P. Gilten and was h? regard to "certain irregular transaction in the reconslgnnient of cars over 'h? Sca N.nrd A'iT lane railroad." In this letter Mr. Giluert wrote Uat the prac? tice hed just come to h!s notice and that he had unwillingly become a party to this unlawful practice. In the le-tter was enclosed the atanVeaaeoB sliowing the cars reconsirned rime Aususf. I907, and Mr. Gilbert propos? ed to settle th** matter with 'hat as a basis and to rtry 'he S?. !enard Air Line the amount of the undercharge d'tring that time. A le-trpr from Charles R. Capps. general freight anent of th Seaboard A:r Line rail rewel. in awnrer to the firvt letter was next nod in which Mr. Opps- stated that, as he understood the matter, the Ch?">ap*ake and Ohio, and Sealxvard Air lane set ? led the> difference leotwoon th* kxa-l and through rates from Richmond to j.-oints m the South ?n e-ars n-consicne-d as stit?^ in the let ter. In v>w of .the- fact that 'he practice ha.I certainly been going on f->r some -'me Mr. Capps did not think the -taten? nt covered the whole case and suggested 'hat Mr. Gi'ber pre? pare a stateme-irs. cov-rins ?t l?<i?t several years. A letter was r*-??l from g to-ral freia;ht agent of the Atlanty Coast Line mad in which ho for Bsesre ir forma/i?n in regard 'o 'ho prut c< of ncoimignment e:< carried on nv th? O ?speake and Ohio The Cons. Use official refused to consider the malter until he knew more about the matter Afer :ho resdlng cf t'e- 'f'ters Mr Orogorv way rele ved and Chart-s K Capps. general fnr-rghf agent rf the Setrmmrd Air Une was cal'?d Mr t'appn. sl>er oorrooora'trvir for m? r evidence In regard to ratja*. star . <i that sil tb Seatiosrd Air Ltne nfn e a'. had to mid-- them In n-iard to the r,-eormtg-nme-r of rars was the i f< r >Npw twiori from Mr. fill h?*-t'-i idler.. On this arcoont ho was nn.irtl'* 'o fedl anytning m* 'he recon Rtgaaaeat of e?rs <x^ept that 'b?- s?-i l-oard Air IJne carried s ^r?o nun? \t of cars so recount#ned to pn r.t - in 'ho -..-I After Mr. Caper*. J W Perrtn a? n crsl frrtttM agent of he Attantie Coast I Jim* rsllmod. was oslk d to n? stand, but an tax defense sdrnttte-l that he received a. letter s'mi'ar to that written try Gilbert i<? Cap pa, turn that bis answer to th.it letter in which he refused the settlement as ptv ferred was never answered, be was not put on the stand, and O. I>. James, auditor of freight receipts of the Nmth street Chesapeake and Ohio station, was called. Mr. .lames wan unable to answer the qin-s ions wn.i otlt refreshing bis memory end aas allowed to BO to Irs office to look ow r bis books, with the under daunt I ing that lie return within the hour. Judge Lewis rose at this point -and stand that in order to expediate mat? ters the counsel iti lh< caae had agio, i that it would lie unnecessary for the prosecution to bring forth cvl deuce to show that cttrs ht.td been shipped or that the ro:d-. concerned were common carriers. This wan done tiiei i> as a matter of rorm in order to cm short the evidence as tar as possible. ( SWINDLER AT 80. Dupes Victimsiztd by Aged Ellen; Peck. NEW YORK, Nov. 28?A little gray.] haired woman, dressed in decent I black ami wearing the bennet of our j grandmothers, was locked up at po-| lico headquarters yesterday afternoon, on the charge of Retting (2,000 on ! false pretenses from the promoting Brm of Norwood &? Wilsen, of No. 1 1 Madison avenue. Only a few of the, older detectives recognized the quiet mannered old woman as Ellen B. Peck, the "confidence queen" of, twenty years ago. about whom columns have been written and to whom Inspector Byrnes devoted' several pages in his "Professional, Criminals of America." She gained 1 her lirst notorietv ;5?i years ago. when! she succeeded in swindling B, T. Itati Kitt, the soap manufacturer, out of $19.000. j Mrs. peck tew owns to 79, lmf many who know her declare that sin is over SO. Although arresicd many( times, the has served bul one prison sentence, and little lias been heard' from her since eleven years ago,' when slie was arrested for robbing a jeweler Of $3!>1. From Colonial Times. Two weeks ago Assistant District, Attorneys Kresel and Hosier were! asked to investigate an allege,! swin? dling scheme, which had been workt d on the firm of Norwood & Wilson by a weman calling herself Kli/.a Knight. .Mrs Peck's favorite alias. The story they unearthed, and which resulted in Mrs. Peck's arrest yester? day, had its beginning away back In 171?."), when James Monroe, later Presi? dent of the United States, was gov-, ornor cf Virginia. j In that year Gov. Monroe, granted to Alexander Kalcott 6r.ii.oot? acres or land, then supposed to belong to the' State of Virginia. Subsequent to this grant the States of Virginia and Ken? tucky appointed a commission to fix the boundary line between the two States, and it was decide,! that the lands gtanted to Walcott lay within Kentucky. In 1S.",0 the Supreme; Cr.urt of Kentucky declared Walcott's title to the land invalid, and that per? sons to whom Walcott or bis heirs had sold i>ortions of the tract bad no title. j Conveyed the Lands. j In spite of this decision the invalid' deeds to the Walcott tract passed through the hands of many persons, and came at last into the possession of Amelia O. Sendling, who conveyed her rights to Eliza Knight in 1S92.; The deed was put on record in Ken- j itucky by Mrs. Knight, wno. as rt turned out in the investigation, is j [Mrs. Peck. f Between 1R:?2 and the present yeaTj Mrs. Peck made conveyance of parts, of the Walcott tract to various per-' sons. l^ast September she went tol the office of J. E. Norman.1 and W. R. j Wilsen and proposed that they form( a corporation to develop a tract of| 22">.0(hi acres in Kentucky. She show-, ed Norwood * Wilson what seemed j to be an abstract of title showing that the land had been conveyed to her by VKrs Sendling. Mrs. Peck agreed to turn over to] the corporation to be formed with her by Norman,! & Wilson the UM? of the laid and to take the pure he sc price in stock. This was agreed to. Makes a Confession. The following day Mrs. Peck return? ed 'o Normand & Wilson's office and off-red :o mortgage hcr property f >r IZ.ae)*, say tag that she was in argent need of money. Representing her? self as Eiiza C. Knight, of AparkRL Rorkiand county. N Y.. sne made a nr it gage 'o Paul Edward Schu^e-t. who is in the firm of Norm.m.1 ft Wil? son. Th<- mortgage described the properties in detail as being in cer? tain c- unties of Kentucky and lyia^ between the forks of Saiidv River. She aot the $2.'?on. and hver ll.-Vto more on the sane- representation*. Investigation proved that the title ft the land was worthier*. District At torney Bonier dug out the story hit bv bit and when Mrs P.e? was co ;? fronted with the elldeace today *be confi-sirf-d at once She admitt-?j that she knew that the suppose J >?"<* to the Wab-ott tract was wortnlcsw JAPS ARE ACCUSED. U>S ANKLES. Cal. Nov. SS.?W. S. Ifafioway. of Ixmdon. wlio for fl?e wars has bad charge of t h?- Brit ?an concc?!>ions In Korea and who will re? turn to Korea api r a short absence. Is now an i><- city. He id Iba? " prtvlb-ged to speak he road tell ? tale of entertv or the par' of the Japanese |n I heir treat met. t of 'he Koreans whVh wonld mskc every metnl>cr of th.-> whi?? r: -e tie in arms atsaenst the t.ipae ?-? *1 am going to renni to Korea," Hid lie "or I would talk. II would 1>?> one of the mosi startling stories ever published if a conii>elent newspaper man was sent to Korea ami the real condition of Japanese oppression lold to the world Is wou'd make every while man revolt and turn uga:list the Japanese. "I could tell how the Japanese sur? rounded 'he Korean Rmperor's palace with maxim- even after they had se? cured what thee wanted in Ibe way of ai'Jictie a. and 110 life was safe Selth er the I'nittd Slates nor KnglanJ knows of the dishonesty and lack ot principle of the Japanese " Mr. OH on Ovster Legislation. IMiioi ol The Times-Dispatch; Sir. As a member or the House" Committee on the Chesapeake and i's Tributaries during the la.-t session >>t the Oeneral Aif s* mbl\ <>f Virginia. Ij will undertake to answer briefly Ihel question propounded hy you lo Mr. W. MoHonald l>-e> as t0 why no oyster I legislation was enacted hy the said' (e neral Assembly. On January 111. 1908. lipon tlu- re? quest of the Hoard of Fi tierles, I in trod tie-. 1 in the House a bill providing for the codification of tho ovster laws of Virginia, and containing many ma leriai amendments, which hill, when printed, contained ninety-eight pages ' This hill has been drawn Wiith much care |>) Mr l>-e- and those associated with him, and the oyster laws of other Stales were considered in jts prepara tion. The Hens.- Committee on the Ch-cwa-l p. ake and Its Tributaries met day al? ter day and night after night for 'tie purpose1 of considering this bill, but. owing to the mam- investigations, ue c- ssiiating the api? a ran: <? of mem? bers of the committee at Other meet? ings, the shortness of the session, the multitude of bills on the calendar, each one of which was considered b> its patron to be imivortant. and opposi? tion to cortat? portions of the !>i|] it self by certain member!?, it failed of passage in the Hot-*.-, but. in all proba-ltlity. by lack of time. A similar hill was introduced in the Senate by Sena, or Keezell. Mr. Loo worked in season an! out or season in it- In-half, and its |iassage would have- giv >n the hoard better facilities for eoforreing 'hem. and would, no dot'bt, have remedied many of the evils which your paper now- claims exits. Should not Mr. I.oo. uneter 'hose claims existdlu Mr. I.oo. under these circumstances, he commended for hi? untiring efforts rather than wrensured for the nan-pas sar?- of the bill itself } This now brings ine t<> tin- bllil changing tho n -.nio of the Board of "isherics to the Commission of Kish eri*-s. providing for a fund for carry? ing out the purpoees of the act. out lining the duties and powers of Che commission, and incidentally increas? ing the salaries of certain members of the hoard. This bill, after full and carofn! consideration in committee and on the floor, passed the House by a rote of 55 to 3, an drthe report ot the conference committee was adopt do by the. House by a vote of t;:j to 2. and by tho Senate by a vote of 2" to 5. Those votes in themselves ought to 1*- conclusive evidence of the fac that the Mil was a meritorious one. And any thoughtful person, in exam? ining the ovsier codification bill, nine? ty-eight i>agos long, making changes in he existing laws, and the Com mission of Fisheries hill. ot:,y tour pages Ion?. rceogni/.e>d to be of merit, can easily understand wiiy the latter became a law and the former failed of pa-sage. And it is only fair for me to state that Mr. I>?-<> told mo aeain and again, and. no doubt, other mebors of the committee also to use every effort to have passed the codi? fication bill, even though by so doing the Commission of Fifr-liorie's bill fail? ed of passage. And his every action, so far as I observed, proved his sincerity in man ing this stat* im nt. I would also like to call at'ention :o H. B. 3*fi. directing tho Board or Fisheries to rearrange the lines ot th?- Baylor Survey in Warwick county; 'he resolution introducid by Mr. Fcatherston. ?>r Campbell county, pro? viding for the appointment or < om misston to make an Invest iga'ion or the S-ate's inters.; in and relative to the fish and oyster industries, and ?'he Potomac River bilis, all of wtM had his approval and support It i- my intention in writing thi letter, ami I do so voluntarily, to give ?o Mr Lee the credit ho desn-rvos; and 1 sincerely hope that this sta't-mn' of facts, which can easily be veri lled by other mi'mbers of the com? mittee, will convince you that Mr. Lee did do his best to have- ?nacted foster logitd-ition con.-r'd*'re-d by ihew who <~xarcin?d the lulls the-mselve-s to be wise". pro|x-r ami ne-oessary. Youts vecv trulv. WM. W. OLD. Jr. Xorfeilk. Va.. Noveml'-r 23. 19?8. [ The Times-Oispatcli i- very glad to I print Mr Old's expl?nation of 'he ; failure e>f 'he bill touching oysler law* I and the SfSSarSSTe of the bill jnerost sing ; rhe salaries of 'he late Board of j FSsfcorios This paper is not advancing the in? ter- sts cf any party of parties, bu* adveicates o^r-w-elly 'ogSsfation which ?ill protect tlx- ovr'er industry anil which will bring to ihe Sia?>- increas cd revenues from ?n? of her moot vaioshle poseesmems That mn-ti legislation i- necessary no one denies; that crying ?"vli* exis i* ;:?~know ledgod: 'hat present oondi Con* are * d:?c~ 'o 'he St evfefc-nt. and 'hat afesfly IrKteax-t revenues shrmH result is sppsren* The T.me-4-fnsnatc? points on* tn? srtaaaM rooditlnr.s of the nvstvr in dinrtry so that all tfce people of Vir tnnta? roe p h* to all lbe p.??>,...? that this crest nonrrv- of rwnne he-kiag? -ram sppr?-ciat?- and und?-rvtand ?Uustlno Mr OM denn not state however 'ho ehsrsctrr of tho I- . ;?l.. -.. - pmprw^i rteca-isn- The Times- IHnpaVh twlfnv tax- prrs??nr laws sre- en1IT*?H nnsiWt able it is cren'lnmng to acits'e this eiTje-t*r>r> and dir?V attention to the menacing condition *e? whtcti ho oyster ?ndTsstry has be*-n re.-tuced.?Editor ol The Time? Pispaich. INQUIRY BUT NO ARRESTS IN RICHMOND SENSATION I Richmond Authorities Seek to Fix 1 Responsibility for Death of Young Imm grant Girl. ItlCKMOND, VA, \o\ l's. t'.ini uit Taylor's forma! inquiry into tho pitiful death of Ma i Murphy, who was found lifeless in n .aniago at at tlio gate of tho Ketn-ai lor the Sick [last Wednesday Boon was adjourned at half past one today till Thursday a- !< ::o a. in. The police authorities requested, for reasons of theii own. thai it In' interrupted light tbeie after .lobu Kennedy, Mrs. .latin II Dugan, Mrs. Agnes llerniauce, Mi- lieruhard, the girl's employer; l>i Charles It Rob? ins, William Vanghan. Ilr A I?. I ?' sin and John ? Hill.-) bad testi? fied. Tin- police feel tb.it the) have nar? rowed responsible' ? tor the glnl's death down to Vtchic Musgravo! Vaughan, the gitl loviT. who is J fugitive, to a color. !i mid wife, whom! they know, to Dr. \ II Cosby, who] attended her, and :o Mrs. Agnesj llermanee. whose house is a private] lying in place. May Arrest Suspect. It may be said, on tie hist police j authority, that tit. arrest ot either! or all of the four persons mentioned] may fi How at any moment. The evidence given ihe coroner was taken, without m i striking occur? rences, in his ofllc" in ihe city hull' and he was assisted in his question-] in:: by Cotnmonw .-alt h's Attorney Folkt s. Mayor Richardson and Chu t of 1', lice Werner Detectives >lc-j Mahone, Wren, Wiltshire and Balloy listened intently to the testimony | An evpert stenographer took it down.] The ease asbumeil proportions that; have drawn in all the high police au? thorities of the city ami promise lOj make jt a cause thai max bad to' dtastic reforms in ihe mutter of prl-| vate hospitals, or lying in resorts. I Officers Busy. j Commonwealth's Attorney Folkes.j Chief Werner, members f the detec? tive force and mayor Richardson are also in attendance, und everything n being done to get at the perpetrator, of the criminal operation on the girl. I The police believe they kno-w thel name of the negro woman who pet-, formed the operation, and tiny be-] lieve that she has tigtired iu niorej than one case recently. So far the! woman's name has n"t been mention-' ed, but there is good reason for the' belief tbat^she performs the o|tera tions and send the victims to other] places for treatment. | The detectives are working on <hej case in a manner that may result in an arrest at any time. When a! witness leaves the jury room he or| she is taken in hand and closely ques-, lioned on points that may have been' overlooked. There are some who incline to the; belief that Miss Murphy was dead) when she was taken from the Her-' tuanee home by Mrs. Herniance andj plated In a carriage to be taken to; the Retreat, bill nothing to establish' this fact has yet been brought out before the Conner's Jury. Dr. A. B. Cosby. Dr. Arthur It. Cosby was asked to | tell all about it so far as he knew He said Archie M\ Vaughan came toj his office Friday night. Nov. 2". and. told him of a woman upon wh-ni a' criminal operation had been perform-j ed and aske.l him to come and reme? dy the defects of the operation. H-> demurred at taking any such case, bu- j finally consented to do what lie could.] He told Vaughan to take her to Mrs | Hcrnianace's. who. he said, adver-1 tises private midwifery. He found j [her there Saturday with a tempera |ture of 101 and a pulse of 120. The] young woman was pretty far gone j He .asked who had performed thel operation and the girl said "a colored woman" without saying who the wo-l man was or where she, lived. He called again Sunday and found the woman's condition so alarming tha' h<- felt obliged to ccnsuR the highe.-t gynecological authority inj Riehmond. Dr. Charles R. Robins. His testimony confirmed that given by Dr. Robins. Dr. Cosby, who was flushed and manifestly distressed, said be had consulted Dr. Garcln. a member of the tv ard of health, about notifying the coroii'-r and that lh\ tSjrcin had said he did nol ihiBk it neceeaax) if Dr. Cosby could sign a erttflea-?- <>f d'-a'h from pieriieral scpti.-eniia. Yes. witness said, he bad Informed lr Garcin of the criminal features of the rase. He had attended a Mrs Matthews and a Mrs King at Mrs. Ht rsnanee s An-?erinc the coroner, he admitted having been involved In a polic- r-mrt car.e <th?- Butler affair, hut had been exon. rated. Dr. Cosby said be raii'-d up Vaughan an.) his brother told the doc tor that Archie Vaughan had Jcpatrt ed for iar-s unknown. Dr. Coshy ad? vised that Archie Vaughan be brought back b-, ac means and tell who was the coT-red woman that had perform? ed the operation. The chief of police naked pointed? ly what had become of the babies liorn to Mrs Matthew* and Mrs Ktng Wt'ness mpHcd that Mrs Hermance 'old blra the King ha by was t> ra dead and that the Mat? thews bahv was taken hone The aeneral !aapression was that |>- Coshv had crane out of hi? o'd-al very well. William K. Vassjhan Archie Vaughan'a brother William K Vangbae. took the stsnd. Mc Capital Dry Goods House WASHINGTON AVENUE AT THIRTIETH STREET---?*m ? ? Ladies' Elegant Satin Lined Broadcloth and Serge SUITS $20.00 Values for $15.00 HIGH GRADE SUITS, Made <>l Uno All Wool Herring bone Serges; $22.I*ii values. For . $18.00 Beautiful Suit* -made of finest quality Broadcloihu ami Snipe Series; $25.iHi virtue. Vor. $2000 Dress Goods Specials For Monday ?'?!?? quality Hneidcloth lor Cmis and Sul's. Full rtutgc ol v* !<>is. yard.$1.00 :tvinch handsome novelty plaids. Dark, ii' h i i oi v f.9c vaiii' s. wil l . 43c Firn- Linen Datnask, 2 yards urio>. BLEACHED BED SHEETS. Size 81x90, Monday special . . 45c Bleached Pillow C-sea. 9c SALEM BLEACHED SHEETS Siz - ?3x9il . . 52' zc Size 72x9'? .. 62' 2c Size 81x90 .72' 2c Pillow Cases to match . 12' 2c :!(! inch Serges in the new dlagon. e| bihI Herringbone weaves at. yard . 39c r.O Inch all wool Herringbone Serges, all wautod coiora at. yard . $1.00 75c valn>? yard - -. 60c VISIT OUR PERFUME COUNTER. All To!J?t i>reparatlons at the lowest cut prices. Monday we will soil t'oigates famous Cold Cream, in large opal Jars, at . 25c Smaller else et . 15c McCalTs Fashion Magazine 20c Year Particulars at Our Pattern Counter Sale of Handeome Trimmed HATS at $3.98 Monday you may have choice Of 25 stylish $5.00 and $6.00 trimmed Hats- al! now, fresh Hats just front oi>r workrooms. No two alike. The) come In every new shape and color. Pick out the one to suit you, for R. $3.98 For a quick ehara'Kv of all dtB con tinned numbers and broken line of C-B c orsets. We mark the i riri ? down r.s follows: f t "0 Corset for . $1.69 $ 1.5u Corse s for .79c JUST RECEIVED, A Lot if White Madraa SHIRTWAISTS. Minnish styles with stiff laun ih*r<>d collars and cuffs, at .. $1.00 One lot of these Wtii.-ts. WIM cuffs or ?ame ina erlal, but with laun.fered eiltet.?, .or . 50c BEAUTIFUL WAISTING SILK in Plaids, large Checks and Strip Pull vurd-wlde, lite regular $1.50 gratdV'. Reduced to yard . . 69c MESSELAINE SILK3. till wntit .1 rid im;. KirJI yard Wile. $i.jb grade a1, yd.$1.00 Ii? Illing'? yard wide Satins all c<'!ors yd. $1.00 Hemti'ttched am; ?:rawtn Scarfs and center pieces worth 35e ? . 25c Fancy Laundry Bags 10c, 25c, and 50c Beautiful Sa in Top Sora Pia low.- $2.00 values for.$1.48 Handsome Curtain Net 46 inches wide Ecru rml Wh.tc. 30c grade, ytl . 39c Pretty Cur ain Swisses, yd. .. 9c Fancy cr- tonnes, yd . TVs4 H st yard v.tce SUkollna, >-ard . 121^? A lot or Rtirfled Swh? Curtains, worth 65c i?air at, pair_47'/ie Double Smyrna Hugs?size 27x60 ?worth $2.00. for . $1.00 CUSTOMERS FROM OLD POINT, PHOEBUS AND HAMP? TON ALLOWED CAR FARE ON PURCHASES OF $5.00 OR OVER. J POE MILLS -yard-wide Bleached Muslin, yard . 6 3-4c Fruit-oft he-Loom, yard-wide Bleached Muslin, yard . 9 3-4c CALICOES?all D3rk Prea* styles, i SHIRTINC. CALICOES?all good some with side bunds, yd .. 5 3-4c I styles. Regular 6c gradr, Monday only. I Monday only,. 4 3-4c Cxtra ?Special A big lot of ri gular I2^?C Shirting Perc.al?*. FuM yard wide at yard . 7 3-4c A lot of regular 7c outing fc'ianistds at, yd. . 4 34c A lot o| checked Apron <inoa.'iani at. yd.4 3-4c A lot of Hue H>c Dross Gingham* at. yard . 7'-2c A lut or regular 12V4c Flannelettes at. yartl .S'/jc EXTRA SPECIAL VALUES IN WHITE BED SPREADS. Regular $1 .00 Sprads. Reduced I Regu'ar $1.75 Spreads. Reduced ?lo . 89c j to. $1.39 Regular $1.50 Spreads. Reduced to ._ $1.19 Fine blear!- xl Tab!? Damask. Several very attractive patterns ?< yard .19c Good II ached Napkins reetljr hemmed. A si^claf liacg&'.n at. itozon _ . 45C was haggard, palt- and his voice was husky. Hp gal with clasped hands while testifying and seemed deeply depressed. He said he and his bro? ther were pharmacists; -that he own? ed rhe store and they siiared profits. He had never seen his brother with Mary Murphy, nor had his bro? ther spoken to him of her. He heard rum- rs of their intimacy from others, but was unaware of the criminal situatl n till Saturday attornoon when a hoy brought him a note from his brother, written on wrapping pa? per, saying he was in rouble and had gone away to return in a week. He said Mr Kennedy and a jHilioeman called that evening and demanded to know where his brother wa* lb' could not tell them. The policeman, he said, choking with emotion, was very gruff and left declaring he would find te.it where he was \WUJONSoTd1)'JL!ARS expended IN barrels I The Stave Plays important Part In Country's Industrial and Farm? ing Pursuits. WASHINGTON. I). C No. ' ?.?Tb.- farmer with his po ) tatoes and his appJes th I hardware man with Tits mails the fine as aaaaufart nrer. and the msrr. other in?rs cf th*- faithful slack '-ar ? ml. that coml.in.it!?on of staves, hoop* an 1 heading*, which K not in'.-n+ <' to holi water or f*wne-rimc strongei i In fluid form, n-w-l for?*t |>rod>ict* |a*i year hci-tng the piwrtnnrs value o $i v*n?..s.vi. TT? average imn would little mis per? that the hnmh'e la ?> i put. s* import an? a part In tlx- esperne ae e?v;nt? of tbe Amerv-au farmer aru! mi-tunar furor, jm ftgnr*-* o-wjnrHl*-d hi tbe <????? .as In co-o-btiKion with tn? t'nli.-l Slai-t Kon-st Sp rite.- d? . e?oj this inter-sting tr-cta. Monsos-er statistic* taken directly trom report. I from V.te r*>op?-ras-o mills in all parti of the Cnited Mate? srtrrw an in cres-Sf of 11 or II i^r cent, II tlw- \aine of ssnt ye-a-r*? pro.h-of ovet Iba? of the previous y-srr. In dtot-lttrt cootraat o tight cooper ape stock, which in tue main requires onk Umber fur its raw material, slack cooi>er:igo stock, particularly stav*-a an?! he-id in--, utilized In greater or less degree, most of the commercially lni|?>rtarii trees in ine country, and for this reason its manufacture was far more widey distrihui? d than is the e-ji-se with tha-t of tight cope.ago stosk. Twenty-one species of wood cnntrihut'd to the total slack pro-rue t'on last year. X? arly two-thirds or the output, however, was manuractur ed from the four spec lea, red gum. pin*-, elm, and beech. 1n the order named. The figures disclose so Interesting movement in the industry In the sno stiiiition of Itss expensive woods for thos>e which for many years were drawn upon most hettvily for stacK stav-- material, bat whV-h. owtng to growing, scarcity of financing erift. ,are rapidly h ing displaced. In If"* elm staves were manufactured iu larg? er quantise* th?r? those from any other wood atwi o"ntituted nearly one fourth of the tirtAl prod ion for toot I year, with pine and red saim ocrispy . ing srond an-I th'rd psae-a, respec? tively tsirl year sum Jumped to tlrsr ( place, jdrto to iwond, while eim, with a failirg off of per cent In produc? tion, dropped to third place. Beech, in. ppl'-. spruce, choadnu'. and aj?h follow d in th- ornVr named. While sl.-ck s'ave and hesVfngpro dt; tion was reported last year from 1 practica;!y ail ?te> statten engaged in the manufacture of lumber, a cou frtderahlo perc?Tit^ge- of I ho stock, in ; fact, being tnrnod out as a by pro? duct ..f lumber, th*' industry was to an eitent localised, the five Haters ot f*l ssu'jlisasla. Missouri. Mtrtusan. Arkansaa. sod Virginia, in the order i riain*'?, cootiihuting fr.h p> r ceo* of th*? to?*4 pro-TiK-1 ion The dtHribu i tion of th* Industry of hoop roonufac . lur*- la m<x-*a more Umi cd than (hat of slave* and boadlnat. and is dne prim?r J\ to the fthai this com modltv in msd*? ohfefl. from elm tim , t? r c, > '.-,) in ;h- n'natl'. of hoop* manuf.? tnr? t elo U followted bv ln ?na. the <mi put of :,tear two States torinii.; ?"? .: per rent of tho to'al prr> duct ion IThc Glass sjlowmr and ?c*?nc?. Tlio art of the aajrana in aaass hats . l>-on broug*nt ?o the aid of to* aatar ilbst in a way which will giro us a tnowiedge of the under sea> and its) lenzions never before afforded. They aill be shown to us in tneir identical proportions with even the exqulestn coloring which, so many of them havo wnen >u life. Thm as a new art, watch in the pea*, have made, the Bohemasat famous for hia fashioning of the crys? tal substance. Considering the In? numerable shapes in waich marine life exists, It would seem Imposed baa faithfully to model eaeb branch, ten drl and fkbunent which form so misch of ?ach organism; but It Is being done, successfully, at the American M-iseum of Natural History in New York, where already the blow pipe has sculptured perfect moceks of aonsa of the moat in'cresting of the subma rinea ntonn of Ms. Howr the sculptor in glase shapes ? so deftly an aota.rs.ceJy is worth the> telling. The creature to bo imatated artificially is placed upon the micros? cope table and Its ?die enlarges! to the desired dtmonaiona. Then with hia eye to the hna of thv instrument, the draught man outlines bet by- bit every portion upon the paper, or a model may be worked out of ck?y. The dt nienstons as se?-n through the mt 'croscop>' give an accurate gauge vf w hich 10 work and the- & etgsi or modal I* in exact propnrtiOB to this. With the drawing to guide b-m. the scuWpfor Lake* Ms glass and ;now-pipe anal lahapea the imitre, banding it up. piece) by ? Sack is the y'mpllctty of thai op?--. ?ion thai- one can scarce beT?rw* the object sr ? so cnasfed.?Day AJ I Wilier, in raeesaber Vast Magazine ' M>wt? He?B-r-r! | am positively sWns* it a I think I N tako She (with a aly g"ence>?!*? ! as toaaV ?Boston Trasscript. Cve Hiss Tissa. l ady ton Miesau ??Boy! are the porter s quarters ?* thta ? C*edy Kwt In the pock' rs yet. Miaw ? Boston Genest "Now. what Bat