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FRIDAY EVF.NING. MAY 13, 1910
Thk actioo of Goreroor Mann jeiitr
d?y in extendlng tbe III* of Henry
Hmltb threo weeka and the I'tee of Oal
vin Jobnson, Richard Pioca and Kujeie
DDraey foor weeks wa? unexpected and
aurprising f> psople io tbi? cit*. It
wa? generally understood that hiiexcel
lency wruld coramnto tbe sentencee of
tofl four meo. Tnla mpposition wu
tasnl upon asaertlocs made by Rlch
roond newspaper meo, whoiroaginedtbay
hid divlned the goternor'e Intentiona.
Tneir X-raye, bowever, were defectlve.
The murder for wblch tbeae negroee
wtra convioted aod sentpnoed to be
electrocuted was commit'ed fourteen
rmttas ago, iod tbe nmrderere were
cap iiffd two weeks later. The triaU of
the meo consumed mo?t of the time of
the Cf urt l?t summer and tbreeof them
w?re Bentenced to be pot to death io the
early fall. Smitb wa? Buba?quently
tr >"1 aod be was Bentenced to be eleuro
ealfld in the Bfcond week io Jannary.
U)vernor da-acBOo posipooed the execu
tlon of JohDBon, Pinea a<ad Doreey from
time to time, and Uoveroor Mann has
followd in his foot t'ps In tbe caiM of
all foor. Hi? fxcellency ia probably
mctiog on the bekt motivea, and is wtll
icig to give counsel for the coodemned
men tima io wblch to brlng forwaid
anytbiog of importance they may dia
coter. He evideot'y balks, howerer,
*t electrocotlng tbree men convicted
maioly od the evldrnce of a confessed
perjuier and a noted criminal wbo bad
?>r?ed time Io tbe penitentlary. Wblle
Smith furnished the mitaiial evidence
oo wblch Johnflon, Pinea and Doraey
were convicted, they were unable to rc
futelt-that Ib, titbeaati?faction of foor
jutira or to tbe coort. The freqoeot re
puliation of Smitb's Btatements com
plicated the caae aerlnnly. The go?
ernnr, nndcr the circumstancfB, deairea
to proceed ceotiously in Boch a Berloui
mit eraod willconalder tbe caae in all iU
detalla before he gi?es Bnal jadgment.
The gnvcrror actfld wUfly oa putponlng
tbe day of execnlion of Jobnson, Pln<?
and Doraey till a rr tbat of 3mitb, for
the latter has tttted that the tiu h wlll
never be known in the cwe llll "be takea
hia efftt io t'ie elertric chair.
fHl prfsldcnt aud Attoroey Ueneral
Wlcfceraham are driwn deeply Jnto tbe
BallicgT acandal by developmeota yei
terday Id tho B*llioger-Pinchot iove?tf
gation. la a Mter to OhairmaD Parker,
of the Iloone judiclsry commUtep, the
attoroey general admlta that hia report
on tbe Glavia cbargea wbitewasblrg Bal
lioger waa not wr.tten Be|t?mber 11,
a'though it beara tbat date. It waa not
written until altet tbe pteeident had
written hla le,t>r exoneratiog Billinger
sod uifmiasiDg Olavia, although it ap
peara In tbe rrconl a? tbe basia of tbe
preaideDt'a aUioo. The attjrney gen
eral fxplaios that bo had ? Ulk witb
Prraident Ta?t Septrmber 11, and ga?e
bim bd oral opioion on that date and
this rpinion he afterward r*>('u:ed to
writing. Yet, when Mr. Wickerahaaa
waa fir*t charged witb aotedatiog hia
opiDtoo, he retuacd to noake any fx
planatioo at all, and did not deign to
rfler a word on the unrjsct ntt 1 be waa
thrrkt'ned with a Msolation io tbe
Ildi'e ol R*pre?enUti*e?, demanding
that he furnish all docoments whicb
ccuid tbrow Hgbt on the m pct.
IX'PnUDCVT Kooskveli witb hia
asual irk will prohably tu'rank
etery onr a?ve the memben of royal
/amili a at the 'oneral of Edward VII.
Accorditg to the eitabilabed pieceden1
at the OoDit of St. Jamea, apecial
smbasiadora take precadence of all am
baiaadora re^u'arly accredited to tbr
court and, belng tbe apecial reprfaente
tive ot thfir cr.vercign*, tank nrxt to
tbe relgoing moiarctn wbo may be pria
eot At the funeral of EJward VII
raoat if oot all of the relgoing monarcU
will bP rclated to the dead klng, and
w.ll, thrrforr, be membera of tbe rr.yal
family. Uoder r.rJIoary eonditiona
apecial ambanadora woold raok in ac
rordaore w tb the date of the preaecta
tioo of their rrtdentiala, t ut in tbe cate
of Mr. Roovevelt 11 ia regarded aa higbly
probille Ikkl the fact thtt he Ia an
?S'prtaldett will bl taken Into con
? id*ratioo, i.t.il thu he will, tbfrefcrp,
rcceiff ptccfdence over all bU col
leajura. In the abaence of ctticial in
/ormaiion on thia an>j?ct, however,
Piriident T?:'t cauifd Mr. Roo?e?e!t'a
rrrdeit-al* to be eabled to Amba?eador
Reid in order tbat tbey may bc rccelvcd
aa carly ;* poaalM?, acd it i? qai:e
likely bat tbey will be tbe firat tj be
r^cfirrd.
A v> iv t.'t Mpcntutoa steaaV0 rnD
tkroogl ihe Midid race. Todayii Fri
day aiui tM ib'rteentb. Thii fitt alone bai
c?u<ed the Anoclation for th? Promo'ion
of Viijjioia AntiqaitifB to poitpooe ils
aonoal txturaion to Jameatown one day.
The ancutl trip ii taken in commemcra
tioo of tbe laodiog ef Cap*. Jobn Soith.
Tbe ladies, eten the oollltant snflr?gi>ti
of tba organiza'.ion, were reBponeihle for
(he tfiort to dodge tbe boodoo day.
Thkrf. wsb a deniocratic prlmary
eleciion lo three of the fonr waida of tbe
olty ycaterday for membera of the Oooo
moo OcujcH. Oharge tbe reaolt to tbe
comel. __________?
From YVashiiigton.
Tbe Treaanry Department contem
platfB making the paper money in
amaller eiz?d notea of more artlatic de
sigr.
Tbe aeianiograph at the W?ther Bj
reiu bere recordcd ?n taithqaake wilh
Bbocka Its icg ao bcur, begionlng at
3:24 o'clcck eaalern time. Tbe c.fficialB
eaiimatwi traat tbe qaake waa about ai
ftr dietaot aa Oentrai Ameiica. Tbe rc
cnrd ia irucb more diB'inct toan tbat re.
cordcd wben Ooata Rica waa devaat-tJd
rerently. The time of tha record bere
coiocldea exactly witb that made a!
Oleveland ontbemachineat St. Ignatiaa'
college.
Tbe Naval Tog Mohawk according to
a report hire, ran down ao aank a ateam
lannch from tbe balt'e-ahip Virgioia in
Hampton Roadaearly today. TheNava!
Department haa recelvednocoofirmation
of the report aod it ia not known
nhetber tbere are any cama'ties
A commHtte repreaectiog tbe oyater
packera of Baltimore appeared before tbe
Iloose committee on ioteratate commerce
today to nrge a favorable report on the
Gill bill providlng thtt every can of
oyatera mnit have the weigbt plalnly in
Bcribed on It. The billa allowa a mia
take of five poanda in tbe weight de
acrlbed to allow for ehrinkage in the
oyatera. Repreeeniat've Mann, cbalr
man of tbt committee, informed tbe Bd
timoreana that he haa heard of no oppr
aition Io the bill which will probabiy be
farorably reported.
All of the Expreaa Chmpaoies of tbo
coontry wtre on trlal tiday, before the
ioteratate commerce committee on tbe
charge tbat they had a combloation
among tbemaelves ti keep np ra'fB and
that tbose ratee are in many cases ex
cesaive and urjtnt. Tbe beariog waa
on a compWint made by B. E. Banbtrg,
a ahipper of Minoeapolk
Ohalrmao Moore of the Bob-commit
lee of the Houae Diatrlct commit'ee,
which ia ioveatlgatlng the bigh coat nf
living, Bald today that tbe end of hl-a
committee laborB is near. The next
meeting of the committee, on May 16,
wlil be devct?d to local IntereatB. Oo
May 24, the m^ject of welghta and
meaiu-M wlll be threshed fu', and on
May 26, diu<a wlll be diecusied. Mr.
Moire aaye he bopes to cloae the In
mtlgaticn witb tbe Jone 3, mreiinga
and lhat Ibe comralttfe wonld then
prepare a bill to correct tbe e?lls ao
covered.
At tbe oprnirg of today'a aeseion of
th? iJilllnger-Pincbot inveatgating com
mlt eea, G. W. Pfppar, attorory for
Pkchot, went intoan abatiua* di-cuulon
of tbe pnblic land policy of Ballioger ar
oomparfd to that of former H?tretary
Garfield. Thcujh Balllrger denltd
having given any deSni e ita ratVlOM to
Director Newell or chli f Eoglneer A. P.
Davia, of the reclamatlon aervice, to
la'in reBtorations rtcimmendations, be
admitted tbat tbeir action in n i dofn*
no dcubt waa the rerult of bia expres -
m1 view on tbia poiot and a?aanoed
foli reaponeibillty for tbe ieat >rationa.
At tbe end of bia croai-sxamination
Mr. Pepper prodused a crpy of a oews
paper adveitlaement againat tbe foreatr?
a rrice. Tbe defenae r^ade no attempt
to diaown tbis methoi of gatberiog mud
to discredit tbe forfetry aervlce but Mr.
Ballingcr denied personal knowledge
of Mr. Our's let'er. Tbe Ittter in part
?ada: When tbe hearlog waa reiumed
for tbeafternoonaeBaion H. li. Sshwartz,
cbief of tbe fleld dlviaion of genera)
land cffice look the ataod.
For two boura tbia morning the I> ?
ttict committee of Ibe Sena'.e di-cusvd
tbe qteation of grantlng a fraocbUe to
;ho Teleport Oompany t. entf r the Dia
iric. No declslon waa rracbed, hoa
ever.
A couference on tbe woid-rulp Urifl
aituitlon occnpied Prealdent Taft for a
htur th!s aftenoon. Pred 'ent A, N.
Burbauk of tbe Itt matinnal Piper Oo.,
and PretdJe-t Jobn L Norria, and Gao
?>ral Oouneel Jenniogs of tbe Newa
paprrs Pmliabers ABaociatlons talked
oyer the matter with the preaident. The
po^albillty of a reclp o;ity .'a^re'ment
wiib Oauada wblch w u'd provide loi
the free admiaalon of Cacaiian pulp
wood into thia cnuntry waa gone o?er
at lenelb.
A report recorurapnlinii the paaaagr ofa
bill ameudinR the hsnkruptcy a"t w*a adopt
ad l>y the Senate committee ou ja<iiciarv to
daj. The committ>e will report the Houae
bill with xeveral auiendmerjta.
The raval tnx Mohawk, ecoordinR to a re?
port h'-re, ran down and aaok a stearn lauu h
flMB the batlleahip VirginU iu Uamptoo
Roada early toilay.
Alleged Turkiah Atrocillea.
Ojnatantioople, May 13.?Io revenge
for tbe 1 aa of buadredsof theircomradea
io tbe chmpaigo for the soppreraion of
.he Albanisn rovolt, Turklih aoldiera
are tu tiag to deatb all rebel priaonera
aDd are bulcherinif the noncombatar t?
lound in the nndefendrd towna. Tbe
atrocitUa,according to today'a dlspatcbea,
are tbe woiat ever eommitted on Tnrklth
aoil.
By meacs of itiperior aitiliery, the
iroopa have driven tbe rebeU from their
atrongholda. A guerilla campaign on
tle part of the rebela ia resnl'inr. They
bave rl -d to the billa and tbreaten to
prolong the atrnggle indi finlfely. Al
ttoogh tbera ate 60,000 Turkiah aoldiera
now in Albania, tbe commaudera hare
aaked for atill fuitoer reinforcemer.ta.
tbeir aim belnir, to rld the entire oouotry
of tbe lart ve?t ge of revolf.
Heinze Case not Lnded.
New York, May i3.-Un>ted Slates
District-Attorhey Wiac decUred to<l<iy
that the Heinze caae ia not ended. He
satd that while he had not fnlly decided
iii all probability he would press to
trial the charge of conapiracy to iui
pedtf the administration of justice for
which indlctment.i are on file against
Fritz Augnstua Heinze, Otta H'inzc,
Sandford Robinaon, a Uwyer and Catloi
Warfkll. vice-preaident of the Unit"<l
Copper Company, They areal'egedto
hsve spirited frotn the luritdiction of
the conrt tbe booka of the copper com
paay.
Frttz Heir/e aaid today that he ia
tbrough with Wall street an 1 ia going
back to Montana to develop hia mining
propertiep. H-; claima his trruhl-s with
the law coat him $5,000,000 in depreH
ated vaiuea of property and counscl fee?.
Killed by an Exploalon.
Hamlurg, May 13.?Tbrec railnra
were killed and two mortally irjared t -
dey by an txploainn on board tbe G?r
man torpedo boat S 83, crtming npar
Ueligoiand. The fpaael wiil be ? t Ul
wrtck. The cauw of the eiplraion ia
witbheld.
Ttii? isthp taveoth fatal tccident on
board veaaela in tbe German na?y tbia
year.
More bartbquakea.
Oletrtiand, Ohlo, May 13 ?Fatber
Odenbacb, of 8.. Ignatina' Oollege, tc
day reporia au eartfcqmke wbicb be
believea ma;t hare taken place in 8ooth
Ameiica, probably Ooata R;ca If hia
gecgupbical eitimat* ia correct, Fatber
Olenbacb ia?a the rectrd iodicatea a
mote aeverequike tban that wbicb dc
vaatated that couotry a ahoit tiane agp.
Tbe main ahock occorred at 2 24:42 a.
m , and the maiimuni dialarbaoce at
2:42.
BtltinK.rp, Ml , May 13. ?A re?pre
lunor of the far.h waa recnrded by tbe
se'j'.i >gra|>h at the Jobna Hopkina Unl
feraity ai 3:39 a. m , t)day. Dr. Field
iog Rfti.1 in charge aaid tbe lioe waypied
continuilly'or a conalderable period of
time andjal .1:39 a conelderable diaplace
ment of tbe needle occurred, gifit g ^evi
dence o! a aettre ihock.
Ht. Looin, May 13 ? An rartbqaake
ahock of 5C minotea duratlon waa record
i"\ by the aefamograpb at the S , Lcu'a
Unimai'y early tiday. The firat nortb
and annth motion of the eartb occurrrd
at 2:18 ?. m. The firat eaat and weat
?Otioa ?t 2:22 a. m. Accordiog to
Fatber Gjeaia' calcolationa, tbe dir
turhancea ceotered 'aomewhere on the
wea'ern coaat of 8: u h America.
Port Limno, Ooata Rica, May 18 ?
The telegram lineat) the ittarior tui
denly wcnt ont of comtniaaion early to
day. It ia feaied tbat aaotber eartb
qaake ha* atruck the diatrict deraatated
Iftait wof hr
Albany, N. Y . May 13.?Tbe aeia
mograph at tbe atate nintu n ipgitl-red
nn partbqjuke at 3:15 thla morning
The ahock lasted for aboat twn bnura,
tte maximnm morement belng at 3.38.
It waa of diatant origln poaalbly tkutb
America.
Ottiwa, Ont., May 1.?-Aaevereeartbquake
w<u recorded at the Dominion Obaervatory
thia morning.
The lirat trernon eauie at 3:07: iS and the
dUturhiuire laated over two bour?. The di?
tauee to the eeuterof the quake waa entiwted
at about 3,500 milea.
Sixty-iirst Con/jress.
SENATE
The climax in the protracted wraogle
nver tbe long and ehort bml featnre of
tbe admlniatration railroad bill caine in
the S'nate today. Uoder an agreement
general debate will proceed aa uiual tui
tii i ur o'clock, when a rote will be taken
nn ihe Dixon ameodmeot, whicb glvea
the loteratate Oommerce Oommiealon aa
th'.tity U i!e errnioe in wbat inatauces a
bigber rate may be cbarged for a ahortjr
than a greater di'tacue.
I> :yond loor o'clock debet) waa per
mlHuable on tbe remaloiog amendoienta
of like character. It ia uolikely a con
clmion can be reacbed today and a re
ce*a will prcbably be takeo tlll lomor
iow. The entire satjpct txmt be con
ciuded before tdj' tuoment on tbla legU
latlve day.
The orfginal ioterntat* commerce acl
contair.a tne worda "unJer aobatantially
ilmilat circnmotancpa and conditlona."
Thls aocalled "j ike" gave tbe rallroada
lirenac to dtclile rerarding "circnm
a a icea and cooditioni" and charge wba'
evtr diacriminatory ratra were MOM*
aary ti bnild np ooo city at tbe expeoae
of an< tber. Tha evil ia declared to hare
?:e<;dtly grown for 27 yrara
S vcn amerdmeoivrelating tothe long
and aaort hm cUuie are p^nding. Home
of tbese irbilrafllf eliminate the alleged
' j ker," leaviog apctiou 4 of theorganic
att coi.Uiuiug them otberwlaa uu
changed.
regalars claim foriy rppahlicaoa
a-d flfipen democrata will vote agatcat
all of the long and ahort baul amrnd
meiidx, tlut leaviog tbe law aa at
preaent.
Tnpre woulJ be 19 rppubllcaoa aod 18
demorr U fot the cbangp, ahowiog a
m?jjiityof 3 again>t the aoieodoneuta
The inaurgena admit tbeir defeit bot
claim that only 1? dcmocrtti and 89 re
pnblicaris will oppoes the cbaogp, mak
ing a majoritr of 4.
Seuator Hpyburn oprned tho debate
today, apeaking at leogtb io aupport of
hia own amendmeni, whicb merely
etiminatei the aix obooxioua worda from
(xit ng law.
All of tbe long and abort banl amend
men'a were yigorcmly oppoaed by Sena
tor Elkloa, who apoke at leogtb. He
ridicaled the contwntlon that railroada
aeek to bnild np one community at tbe
expenae of olhera.
Henator II jgh??, rflered an ameod?
meot to atrike CtU SpcUoob 18, 14 and
16, which are intended to prevett orrr
cupital z t'.on by rfgulatiog the iaaaea
of a'of k* aod bouda. It is believed tbla
waa pi^pnaed wilh tbe approval of Ssor
tor Ald'ich aod tbe regnlar repnblic
leaderp, paving the way for tbe fut-ire
elimioatlon of tboae paragraphc.
HOUSB
A charge of b&d fa tb agatost tbe
preaidoot aod AtUroey General Wicker
?;iam win madj today by Repreaeottt re
lUmaon, ol New York, in withdrawlog
hia reaolotion afking for tbe docomenis
bearing on tbe Ralliogct-Piocbo'. contrt.
veray whicb tbelnveatlgatlog conomittee
declined to cali. Mr. Hirriaon impntea
improppr motivea to boih officiala.
Mr. Fowney rppoaed tbat pcrtlon of
tbe anodry civil approprWt on biil ap
proprlatog $260,000 for Ibe larifl com
miasioD.
Programme for Funeral
Londoo, May 13?-The offiri-l pro
gramm" for the lylog in atats of Kiog
Klward'e bodv aod ita transfer from
Bu-.kingham Palac-i to Wett-nln?ter
Hall and thence to Wiodior was ao
oruaccd today. TJst I next Tu'aday tbe
body will rcmain ia the throne room of
Backingbam Palace and will be viewed
prlvately by closeat friends ol tbe roytl
family. Tunday the body will be plactd
on a gnn carriage and convcyedto Weat
mlo't?r Hall. fbia c rt'ge wlll be ar
cand io btiilancy only ti tbe funeral
ptoceaalon on nrxt Friday. K-ng Gsorge
and all tbe f reign aovertljos aod r p
reaeotattve*, ioclndiog Mr. Knaeveit,
will ride behind tbe body. FjHowing
ihrm will come tbe qu>eo motber,
H jeen Mary and tbe otber women of the
m uralog party in cmiagta. At 4 p. m.
on Iu-aday tbe tubllc lyiog-ic-Uite
wtil begin and will cootini> nu'.il Fri?
day morning, when tbe coffin will be
finally closed. Tbe faneial pocesalon
from WVatmios'.fr Hall to Paddingtoo
atation will likely rtatt at 10 o'clock
Friday morning. Arrlviog at Wlndaor,
25 milca Irom London, tbe body will be
takroitooce ti Bs. G>orge'a Chapei,
wh<ra brief funtral aer?ic?a -jIII be beld,
atter wbich the bcdy will be placed la
tbe magoiflcfotmmioleam at Frogmore,
in tbe bome paik of Wicdaor O-ttle.
deoator Diek'a name goea oo tbe hailot for
ridora'oient aa a (ecatorial caodidate in tbe
primaries io Ohio next Toeaday. Tbe Sa
preroe Conrt at Olumbua from tolay deolined
to oonaider a ujOt;ou to hftTe I>iok'_ nanie kect
ttt thr b.l'n: he.-a-e of the faet tbat it waa
liot riled earlier. The court aaid the actiou
ahouJd hava baen begaa lurty day* ago,
The Proposeii Amendment.
[?Jpecial diapatrh to the Alaxaudria Uaxette]
Richmond, Va , M?y 13 ? Gavernor
Mann eald taday tbat be wcu'd certify
to tie aecretary of ttate of the Uoiied
gtitea tho action or non-action of tbe
latt geoersl aatembly oo tbe income tax
amcndment. Advocat't of tbe amend
meot who propoa* to bricg up tbe aab?
ject at tbe cexl afaaioo. do not oelieve
the governor haa tbe rlght to ceitWy that
V.rgi'ia haa aeted finallv. Speaker
B;rd ratd tbia affrcoon tbat tbe gover
o.r'a action will ni t preveot the oext
legiala'tt'e ftom aciiog aa it may see fit,
tboagh be periooally opposed to tbe
ameodmect.
News of the Day.
It waa foted lo the Beoate yeatjrday
to mect at 11 a. m. daily, bfgloniog
Mooday.
Tbe Hooee yeaterday paiaed tbe reao.
lution calllog on the attoroey general for
iaforsaiion with refereoce t j proaecatiooa
of cottoo aod wheat poola.
Henry Wtllard Reed, one of Waeh
iogton'a be?t known real eatate men,
died laat night at bia home In that
city.
Mra. Eliza Jaoe Wilder, widjw of tbe
Re?. Royai G. Wilder, aod for nrre
thao 60 yeara a mtaaiooary in Indla, re
ceoly died at lalampur, Bombay, lo her
eigt ty-nioth year.
Withoot ? word of debata tbe Maaaa
c\ metta Beoate yeaterday kllled the
Hi me leaolutlon placing MataacLutetta
on rtcord in farcr of the electioa o>
Uoit'd Statta aenatora by direct rote.
Tbe Raaaian goveromeot Ia preparing
a favorable reply to Becretary Koox'a
propoaal for a permaoeo'. ciurt of arbi
tral juatlce tbrcugh an exteoaion of the
jarladiction of tbe iotunatlooal prlza
court.
Mr. Rioeevdt will be preaeoted to
King Gaorge V abortly after bia arrival
in London eariy next Monday motn
iog. Arraogements to tbia enJ ba?e
beeo made at tbe wiah of hia majeatj,
wbo rxpreaaed the dealre, tbrnush tbe
Americao Ambaaaador, to aee tie >arm
ar preeident at tbe earlieat opport'inlty.
Mra. lUrriaoo Wbite, of Oatlette
bnrg, Ky., a young bride of two weeka,
ended ber life yraterday eveoiog at
Hootiogtoo, W. Va., by aeoding a bnl
let tbrongh her heart. A few wetka rgo
Mri. Wbite waa graotfd a dirorce from
her tir-t buabiod, Lewia Howell. Tbeo
?he accepted tbe baod of Mr. White, ao
eager aoitor. She waa a member of a
promioeot Boyd Kfaftf famtly.
Mra. 0. W. Morae reacbed Atlaota
yeaterday, accompanled by Misi Morae,
aitt>r of the coovicled baoker. Thay
were met at thetrain by W. H. Vitbam,
an Atlaota baoker, wbo Ib greatly io
t re-trd In Morae, aod taken in an auto
blle to tho peoitentlary, whero tiey had
a long ioterview w tb the priaooer.
Morae wa? delfgb'.cd to ese hia wife and
aiater. I11 ia a.ili oearlng up well.
EviJeoee of or|>>aition to tbe movt
meot to make Keprpsentativo Ohamp
Olark ipeaker of tbe Mouae in the
.rent of a democratlc vlttiry nex'. fall
deyeloped yiaterdayon toe mloority side.
The anti Olark movrmeot haa pxU.ed
ever aioce tbe yigoroaa rating which tbe
minority Irader gave to thoae democrata
wbo voted witb Rapreeentative Fltz
gerald (ut a rerialnn of the tulea at the
beginning of the S xtj-firat 0 >ogrtai.
Frilz Angoatad Heinze waa acqaitUd
in New York, of chaigea cf miaapplylng
?he fooda of tbe Mercantile N;l onal
Btuk wbile he waa prealdeot of tbe in
aiitntlon in 1907, aod be waacletred of
the charge of orer-certiftiog tbe cb?cka
of hia brother'a firro, O to Heicza A Oo.
A jary In the criminal brar.ch of tho
Uoited Btatea Oircirt Ooort, after a
trial laatiog oearly ihree weeka. fiuid
him nitguilty at 9:60 o'clock laat oight,
aod be waa dlacbarged.
The G. orgia cou' t of appeala wec t oo rec
ord yeaterday aa upboldiogtbeanwrlttea
law, declariog io et!*ct tuat a buahand
haa a rlght to kill in order t > aveoge au
loault to hia wife. The deciaioo waa
reodercd in the caae of Frank Roaai, of
Rim", wbohtdbreo convlcted for kill
iog Fraok Hirrla, aod aentenced to 20
yeara in the peoiteotiary. Boaai bad a
yonng and beaotiful wife, wbo attracted
tbe aitentho of Harrla. Roaai heard of
it two daya later, and abot H.rrla ti
daatb. The lower conrt charged the
jury that Roaai bad oo rtghl t? kWI Har?
rla, ereo If tbe latt-r did icanlt Mra
Roaai. The conrt of appeala de-id a
that ibejulge erred iu tbia charge, aod
givea Roiai a oew trial.
7HE MErHODI.-<r*.
BiBhop Alplena W. Wi?>n preslded
at tbe aeiaiooa of tbe G.neral Uooferenca
of tbe Mefaodiat Epfacopal Oburch
Soutb io Asheville, N. 0., yeaterday.
Tbe mott iraportant coromiltet) nj.nt
received waa tbat concerring in a meroo
rial aikiog tbat the lay repreaerta'.lon
io tbe annnai conference be iocreaaed
t>lnc!u1e one lay dalfgate from eacb
paatoral cbarg% tbm aecarlng tqial
lay and clerical reprretntation.
Dnring ihe cooaldrration of the rt
poit of the Suoday achool couimlttee
tbere were aevtral warm diacatfllont.
Toe report, aa fioally adopted, after
varioua amendmenta had been f t d
down, privldea f(;r 30 per cen'. to go to
toe Suoday S.hcol Board and tbe reat
to be r tiined by the Annoal Ooof?r
ence l? >ard.
A memorlal rcgarJing the eiminia
tration of tbe Lird'a tnjptr once in
three mioths io>t'ad of once n month
met with non-cootu-renca in Ihe com?
mittee on reviaa'-. An df.rt to aub
atltnte tbe wcrda "cburch of God" in
atead of "Doly Oathohc Orurch," io
tbe creed met wilban uofavorable report
from tbe aame comm't'ee, and It ia aald
tbe con.'er'oce will amttin tbia action.
By a ruiog vote, tbecooferonce adop*
td the r?p:rt of the committee on tem
peraore lodortiog the Mtller-Curtla bill
peodlog in (Jongrce* prchib ting th'p
meota of Iqoor into probiblthn tet
rltory.
Tbe reaointion aettiog Mondar, May
16, aa tbe time for begioniDg the Epia
copal elcitona waa adopted.
The aecrctary ann uiced tbat tbe
biabop had app inted J. M Oole, E. V.
Regeater, W. N. Ainawcrth, Orted F.
Batea a*:d 0. A. Ireland aa a committee
'o aelect tbe place for the next general
confereoco
A favorable repoit waa made opin
the memorlal from tbe Btltimore Oon
fereoce aaking tbat a apecial committee
of tbree be appoioted t > aonotate the
ducipline befira anctber volame Ia
pobliabed.
Tttw Market.
Uacrgatowa, 0. C, May U- Waaai ku-*u
Virghiia News.
In tbe dtmjcratic primary Io Lynch
bnrg yeaterday thr<>e caudidatea for re
electian were defeat'd.
Franc'a 0. Fitihogb, aged 75 ycart, a
rct red mtrchant, diedanddenly io Obar
lottwville yeaterday of heart diieaae.
Theoineteeutb aonual eoaveotion of
tbe Iiavf!er5' Proteuve Aatoclailoo
opeoed at S:aunton today witb a large
attiudeoce.
A. Hensford Wallace and Miaa Lula
Braxtoo were married In Frederlckabnrg
latt n'gUat ih ? home of tbe bride'a
br ther-iu-Uw, Mr. 8 S. Bradford, by
Rev. Dr. R. J. McBryde.
The debate between Vaoderbilt and
Virgloia, beld at tbe Unlvetalty of Vlr
ginia laat nigbt, reaulted In a viotory
for Virgloia, the vote atandlng two to
one.
Mra. David Fraoklin, of Big 8:one
Gap, waa probably mortally woanded
Wedneaday oight by ber butband, who
then ahot himBelf tbrough the bead, ra
snltlog fatally.btcanae of fallure Io eflect
a recoociliatioo aft-jr eeveral mootba'
aeparation.
When Judge T. W. Harriaon went to
Woodstock tbia week to hold the Oireait
Uourt of Snenandoah cuunty it waa
fouod neceaaary to contloue praotically
every caae on tbe docket, owlng to the
abaeoce of M. L. Walton, a prominent
attoroey. Mr. Walton ia intereated in
all tbe caaea on the dookat and the coort
waa In aeaaion only a day.
THE BAPTIB18.
The aecond day'a aeaaion of tbe
Soutbera Biptlat Oonveotion In Balti
more yeaterday Indicated that that
braoch of the church Ia preparing to
aever ia connectton witb all Inter
dpnomination movementa, except the
laymen'a miaaionary movement.
A committee waa reqneated to out
line a new ayn.-m of Banday-sohool
booka t) replace the Interilenomloa
ttonal onea, whicb were orltiolaed in
a report placed before the convei t on.
Rer. George, W. McDaolel, of Rlch
mood, in an addresa, eaid the Biptleta
lacked orgaoizatlon aod an adeqiute
flilaaion p iltcy and expreaaed tbe bope
that Mr. Jobn D. Rockefeller will work
ont a plan for them wbich would make
tbem aa atroog apirftutlly aa tbe HUod
arJ Oil Oompaoy ia oommerclally.
Tbe plaoa of cmnmit eea now con
sidering varinoa prcj?cla tend to adviae,
It Ia aaid, that tbe tootbern Baptiata
aeek tbe broadi-r fleld of tbe natloo.
The New Mt xico aitaatloo oommittee
will alviae goiog ioto that territory
whicb baa prevlomly been under nortb
ern Baptiat j lrurtlctloo.
It Ia onde^tud that |400,000 will be
approvtd by tbe committee for home
miaaion wotk.
Abnit 126,000 waa raiaed for the
Botithern Ba[ t at Theoluglcai S?mlnary,
at Loaia?ille, in a 15-minate coHeodon.
Prealdent Jo'hui Levering gave $6,000,
hia brother, Mr. Engeoe Levering,
gave $6,000 aod an aoonymtiH donor,
aaid t) be a Baltimoreao, alao gave
$6 000,
Tbe oonvention vcted to contlr.m the
work of the Biptlat Yonng People'a
Unlon of the aoutb.
Tbia conveotlon Ia tbe largeat ever
Ke'd by the B tuthero Baptiata. There are
1 608 delegatea attnoding.
The Boathern Baptiat Theologl
cal Heutoary ia to be remored to tbe
aurburbs of L u avllle, Ky. Tbe en
croacbment of the baaioeaa houaea
about ita property haa ]made tbia atep
oeceaaary.
Rev. Jobn H. Shakeepeare, of Great
Britain, and a relatlve of the
Bard of Avoo, attended tbe nigbt aea?
aion.
A large oumber of the delegatea to?
day will Inapect one the large Imm'grant
ahipa in the batbor.
At tbe aeaaion of the Woman'a Baptiat
Miaaionary Unlon In tbe afternoon 1,000
women lurat ioto t->ara it the aigbt of
aeveral immlgraota who were takeo to
the cburch and who are u be de
poitad.
Tbia mornloga J?eaalon of the con.
vention waa maloly devoted to tbe con
aideratlon of home ralaaion. Rer. Dr.
Burrowa reporter that there waa a geoe
ravl incrpaae dtirlog tbe paat year of
$111,t)0 for tbe home aod forelgn rali
aion boarda.
iMachinlat Kllla loaptctor.
Phlladelphla, May 13 Orerwbelmed
witb rage G <orge Sjhofleld, aged 46, of
Bridgeton, N J., a macbtoiat In the
Graenwioh round honae uf the Penneyl
vania Railroad, early today arlz)d a
hammer aad with it attacked Wllllam
Kayarr, aged 23, an inapeotor A ter
rific blow on tbe head crmhed tbe
yonnger man's aku'l and be died In a
hoipltal a few houra later. A biltsr
qaariel bttween tiemen, dnrlngwhlcb
SchoSeld accnsed Keyser of breaking a
eteam pipe wblle making an ioapectlon,
led t. the mnrder. Schofield waa ar
raated.
IHK EAGLE8.
At tbemeeticgin Richmond yeaterday
a>. the alate conveotlou of tbe Frat rnal
Order of Eiglea tb. fnllowing officera
were eiected :
W. R. Brawn, Norfolk, preaident;
Jobo B. Gravea, Olifton Forge, vlco
prea'deol; T H.Sm!th,8 u h Riobmood,
cbapla'o; E. B Peaco, Staooton, inalde
gnard; John VV.Moore, S uh Rlcbmood,
oatalde gnard; John P. Flood, Porta
monih, treaaarer;GeorgeHenoafer, New
port Newe, aecretary; Trnateea: C. 8.
J ibnaon, R anore; Jamea A. Sbaw,
Port?oaru'b, and M. Alher, Norfolk.
Tbe cfxt conveotlon will be held at
Hamt.t d the aecood Taeaday in Juoe,
The Roosevelte in Berlla.
Berlin, M?y 18?Former Preaident
Rooaevelt followed np bia recent Inveitl
^ation nf tbe Daoiab Nallooal H >me for
0!d People, cooc*u!ttd wbile be waa io
Oopeobagen, by viaitlog tbe model poor
houa' e, homea for old prople and loaaoe
aayluma in tbe envlroos of Berllo. Tbe
trip waa made in an aotomobiie and uc
der tbe guidaoce of tbe hargomeialer.
Mr*. Kocaavelt aod Mlaa Ethal apent
tbe forenoon in bnyingmonrulng dreaaea
to wrar at Kiog Edward'a looeral.
Knocked Down.by ao Automobile.
Parla, May 13.?Ex-Preaident Loobet
waa koccked down by an aotomobiie tc
day wbile croaalng tbe Pont Ntu'. For
b time it waa tbtujbt, he waa aerioualy
li jared and be waa rnahed io bia home
In tbe Roe Daete. Ezamloatioo, how
ever, diacloced that be was not ao badly
boit
[COMMUNICATKD. ]
R'pablica are ongratefnl; but O yoa
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Clothing. |
Inspect our spring ?
models of men and ?
boys' clothea.
See ihe comfortable
kind of
Underwear l
we are handling
New arrivals in
Mannattan i
Shirts
Kaufmann
Bros.
CLOTHIERS,
4C2-405 KING
STREET.
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liot Weather Comfort
You don't need to be un
comfortable this summer.
Uae electricity for light
iny, it will not heai up the
room
Use ao electric fan to cir
culiire the air
Electricity is safe, cleanly
and economical. Let us
prove it
Alexandria Electric Co.
524 Kiog Slreet
UBUTCHER
A full line of the finest
fresh vegetables <in and out
of season) are always on
display at ei'her of
A. J. Butcher's
two produce stands in the
City Market.
BELL PHONE 34.
FOR SALE.-9IDE LINE for $100 pay?n(?
25 per cent. a mooth raqairiai 1 hour
par wtek arork. Ad-ieaa "timiplex."
mayl. 3l*>
Celabratiag Heloze'a Acquittal.
Butte, Moot, Mav 13.?Tbe mpply
of "morning after" roatora'ivea waa
qaickly exbaoH d hern today. Batte
had atqalred tbe large?t headache In ita
hlstory, following ita celebrit1 ???' ot tbe
ecqoit al of Frltz Augoatoa H"i:za, in
New York.
It will be aeveral daya before the city
reaomea ita normal conditiora. Tb'uaanda
of coogratalatory tslegrama were sect to
Heieae today, aod invitttloca to "oome
back home where you are appreciated.
Ooe featare of the celebration waa tbe
hanglng of Diatrirt Attoroey Heory A.
Wlse, wbo proaecated Heioze, In eflgy
from a telegraph pole.
EIGHT DROWNED.
Bix girla and two boya, mcmbera of
the graduttlog and the junlor claaaea at
tbe Huotlngton Milla Hgb Bcbool, 16
milee from Wilkee Barie, Pa., were
drowned yeaterday aftemnoo in a mill
pond netr tbe achool. Four other boya
maoaged to reach ahore and aave theai
aelvea. Tbe drowned were all between
16 aod 18 yeara old, aod bad been boay
duriog tbe moroing prepariog for tbe
gradaatlng exerciaea.
The popila came to the achrol from
aome diataace ind carried laocb. After
thia had been eateo at noor, a party of
the older onee, alx girla and afx hoyr,
prrpoaed golog fof a rnw oo tbe old mill
pond. Tbey embarked in two boala
abcut 1 o'clock. Fifteen iniaatea after
ward eigbt of tbem weredead.
Tbe accldent waa ceuied by fha occn
panta of one boat engagiog In ekrlark
log, ataodiog up and rockiog II until it
capa'zed. Tbe other boat came to tbe
reacm when thoae in the water over
torned tbe frall craft in ait?mpiiog to
get loto It.
ODD FELLOWB.
The three daya' aeaaion of the Crand
Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fel
lowa of Virginia came to a cloae in Dan
ville laat nigbt after one of tbe most tn
tereating and 1-trgely attended conven
tiona ever beld. Lynchbnrg waschoaen
aa the next tneeting place. The Grand
Lodge elected C. H. Lumslen and Sarn
uel Beinor, of Lynchburg, to fill vacnn
ciea on tbe board of trustees of the Odd
Fellowa' Home at Lynchbnrg. Ahout
Ji?,uoo was raiaed tbrough tbe-lodgea for
tbe maintenance of the home.
The Rebekab Aaaembly, n woman'a
auxilliary to tbe Odd Pellows, yeaterday
elected the foilowing officere: Preaident
Mra. Eljen Seaborn, of Portamoutb;
Vice-Preaident, Miaa Lucy Harlow, of
Sianton; Grand Warden, Mra. Da<ay
Jonea, of N'orfolk; Secretary Mra. Ola
Bnnch, of Lyncbburg; Treaihrer, Mra.
Anna McCoy, of Norfoik.
A large number of membera of the
Grand Lodge who were returning from
the meeting in Danville, atopped in
Lynchburg yeaterday and apent the day
at the orphanage an 1 Old I'oiks' Home,
whicb are maictained by the Grand
Lodge.
G!aoce over the iiat of HiSh Grade
gbota aold excludvely by aa : J. ?% T,
Oooaioa, Queen Quallty, R;d Oroaa,
Llnder Sbo. Oo , N. Heaa & Bro. (Tbe
Heaa), Taylor % Oo. (Taylor Made),
Broctoo Oo. Operetlve Oo., V7alk Ovar,
Regal, Ejcelalor Shce Oo. aod maoy
otbera. J. A. Mefhall A Bro. 4-2
x-log etrect,
?>EMERALD
If the Stork came in May
If Old Mr Stork brought your
friend into this world some
month of May?
You ought to get him or her
an Emerald For?
"Who nrat bebolda the lifht
of day
lo Bpring'a aweet flow'ry
month of May,
Bhall wear au Kmerald all
through iife."
And bestof all-Emeralds are
so reaaonable in price that you
can afford tbem as gifts, or to
wear yourself
We want you to see the rich
deep coloredFmeraldfl we have
bere. All sizes, shapes and
prices to suit every taste aod
purtae
Sauoders & Son,
629 King Street.
WANTFD.
RO'>M in private family with board pr
ferred, hy ynuog inan. Can give be?
ref'ereuees. Addreaa P. Gaz< tte Ofhee.
raayl3 3t*
FOR RENT.
DF.SILABLK HOIT8R, I mniw, cellar
water, aidealley. large yard. $10 a mootb
Immediata ro?aPHiior>. Ad<lr?t> Dffcirahl
Houae, Gaxette Oth:e. ni*yl3 5t
L08T.?Thuraday night on Roval atreet i
I'KARL BROOCH. SuiUhle rewar<
for :tH returti to 217 aoutb Ro>al Blreet.
PROP08ALS.-Propr.tiU will be reeeivt
until noon WedntR'lay, May V5, 1910, i
thet'ity Fugineer's o&Ve for the followi.
work at tbe Lee Hchool for girla
1 Sf tting granite enrb iu conrrete and lij
ing guttara.
2 Uradiug and laving concrete aide walkt
3 Orading and aurfacing the lot.
4 Manuring the lot.
5 Plowing, rolling, harrowing and aowir.;
the lot with grana aeed.
Plana and BpeoinVatitna can he aeen at th
ottice of the City Fogiueer.
Heparate piopneala are reqnired for ea
item of work and the uommittee rrmrvea Ik
right to rej ct any anu all propoaali, pnd '?
award the Jifierent itema to dinVreot hiddeM
LAWEKNCEHFABLER.
Chairman Committee flouaea and Furoitun
of 8cbool Board.
oatyltwt.
We have received the las|
shipment of the celebratet
Country Ham:
They are the kind that make yoi
healthy and Iengthen your davi
We have
SPRING CHICKENS an(
BAKING FOWLS
and a full line of
SPRING VEGETABLES
We do not carry spec alties fo
Saturday only, hut you can fini
what you want atourplat e even
day in the week When you an
having difficulty in obtainin;
what you waut just ring 167 Brl
phone and we will aupply yoi
witbout any trouble
FRESH MEATS, EGG<
and BUTTER.
CarterBro^
1023 King Street.
rnay'3 St
Tbe San Franclaco Earthquakr.
Han Fiaociaco, Oai , May 13 -
far aa c u!d be learned today no damr.
waa done by the ear'bq uke, whlcb ari
felt tbrcnfbfu. ihia aectloo iate ia
night. There waa oae beavy ab'd
followed by aeveral ligbter ooea.
Obarged with grave mlacondoct lc
ward a iuvber ot yooeg girla, oio
men are t. day onder iodittaaeot t>y tfc
graod jury in Worceater, Maaa.