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ALEXANDRIA, VA.
SATl'HDAY l.\ ? ? INC. I' I.Y ft
Thk announcement of the dismissal
of Colonel .lohn S. Mosby from bis
position in the Department of Justici
will lie read with regret by bis friend?
and acquaintance! throughout the
country. Colonel Mosby has for nev?
ato! years worked earnestly in attempili
lo break up certain questionable proi <
dures on the part of cattlemen in the
middle west, and hit active and ?tonaci
entions labora in this leid raised
up aneantes occasionally. At the same
time be has been confronted by Other?,
representatives of the government, who
did lot vie with him as he had a right t<>
expect, So potentional was the in
rlllelice of these cattle bar? ills that
although President Roosevelt -
onol Mosby to the middle west in the
interest of the government, Senator
Dietrich and othere had him recalled.
Dietrich, it will be remembered, wa
later ousted from the Senate for the
part he played against the government's
interests in the public land?. Colonel
Mosby is now entering llie s(re and
yellow leaf. He lost the eight of one
of his eyes several years ago in a run
away accident at Charlottesville and
bis bearing baa recently lieen impaired.
His intellect, however, la as active a
ever and his determination :i- grea
as in his younger days. la
1*72, for reason? liest known to him
.self, he supported Cenerai Urani for
the presidency as against fioraci
ley. This action arrayed many of In?
former associates against him. in a
political sense, although bin ?
popularity never declined, When the
ballots were counted it was found thai
he was by no mean ? done in bis politi?
cal predeliftn.il-, as (?rani received a
majority of the votes m Virginia, li
has always been an ope: secret thai
Colonel Mosby had good reason to
stand by the federal general. The
latter's ex? tarnation, "Let us have
peace," and the paroling of General
Lee's army, the issue of rations to the
Confederate soldiers and allowing them
to depart with their horse* and side
orma, tempered the indecent behavior
'of many in the Army of the Potomac
after the acones at Appomattox. Colonel
Mosby was s -pecial object of hatred to
the leder?.] army which he had harassed
for fon ? years, and almost a .na?
he appeared in Alexandria after the
surrender be waa surrounded bj ? large
crow?! of soldiers and civilians and hi?
arrest followed. He was later arrest?*!
in New York state while a spectatoi at
a horse race. Borne people in the north,
who never discarded the bloody shirt,
would have had the colonel hanged,
but the friendship known to have
existed between Grant (then the idol of
the north) and Colonel Mosby aid? \ no
little in quieting auch a- would have
committed an avert act Colonel Mosbj
si'Liaequciitly become United -
Consulat Hong Kong. Grani and Mos?
by were firm friends up to the latter's
death, aud many in the Old Dominion
profiled in one way or another, directly
or indirectly, by the kindly feeling
which had existed between the ex fed?
eral general and the ex-Collfederate
colonel.
In his annual report the chief con?
stable of Live, pool says that "in every
relation of life then? are indication?
thai there is a general decay of personal
honesty." He argu?e thai crime, in
stead of decreasing, is actually in?
creasing in England. The crimes of
the animal and the savage, crimes
against the person, he admita, have
lessened, but crimes against propertj
the crime ?>f civilised mau?have in
-id. Further, he say- "Then? is
inure of that disregard foi the truth
which is the initial atage of dis?
honesty, [more carelessness about the
honesty of the iman- employed in <_'et
ting the better of somebody else which
is the principal object of so many
transactions between man and man. "
The Supreme Court of Wisconsin
held in the recent case of O'Connor v-.
Queens Insurance Company of America.
that ? fire in a furnace of material so
highly inilamuiable in character as to
cause volumes of heat and smoke to
escape through the registers into
rooms.damaging about? and furnitun .
though without ignition outeade of the
furnace was a "t'ire" wit hm a pol
insurance, ac.unst "direct loai or dam?
age by fire, "and that though Ordinari)}
whether the damage to insured property
was caused by a fire within the policy
is a question for the jury, ?here tin
evidence is practically undisputed tin
determination of the question by thi
court is not error.
Every battleship that m launched
means nearly a thousand officer? and
men to be added to the naval <-tab
lishment or taken bom other ships.
Captain Usher, assistant to the chief
pf the Bureau of .Navigation, ?,
? hat . whole fleet in peace
: officer? and 60,902
on war it would require
;,. jeera and 72,28] men, and
.?, ,,.????.'ships are to be added an?
nually to the ? -'ablishment.
FBOA1 WASHINGTON.
? orrespondenoeof Alexandria Oaaottol
The separation of Col. John S.
Mosby, a- special attorney in the
Department of .Insti??.?, come about
?!.igh a request for hi- resignation
by ? hi attorney foner?}. It is re
|, ,ried here that the retirement of
\;. bj w.i din- to his imiahilin
on account of age, t" meet the sever.
requirements "f the service.
retar) of the Navy Meyer is hold?
ing down tin? li?l in Washington today.
Until yesterday Secretary Nagel per?
niormeil that function, being the on!
member of the cabinet in town. Assono
a- In- heard <>f Secretary Meyer's ar?
mai h.? took advantagi of his oppor
iiimv ami left today for a brief vacation
prim !?. In- trip t?i Ala-ka with Attor
nej (.?lierai Wickersbam. Secretary
Meyei vili ?.?? the acting bead of tin
government until next week when Posi
master Cenciai Hitchcock returns.
l'In? immediate occasion ?>f Secretary
Meyer's return to Washington was to
take up the question of enlarging the
docks it New York. Norfolk and
Un neil.ai. Piiget Sound.
\ hearing will be conducted by th.
Interstate Commerce commission in
Philadelphia duly 14 to investigate a
complaint that the Pennsylvania Kail
roa ! Company unduly favors the Key
-lone elevator, which is located in north
Philadelphia.
Th.? achievement recently made by
Mi M l'?. Wadaworth, the aocietj
le.-idei of New York and Washington,
in riding, with a party of friends, 21 ?
?nil.-in.? single day ha- opened the
eyes of the War Department to the
possibility of Unding better mounts foi
the cavalry arm. At the direction of
General Aleshire, quartermaster gen
? id, Capt. C. II. Conrad made an
examination <>f the bones used by Mr*.
adswurth ami her friend-. General
??. -bin? himself after looking over tin?
horses cani? t>> th?? conclusion that it
was worth wlnl.? to look into th?? Gen
esce Valle) lu New York as a place foi
breeding cavalry horses. Captain Con
rad will look ovei tin? ground and will
attempt to encourage the breeding ol
in.It- III thai legnili.
Th.? condition of Midshipmen Glen
\ Smith, and Richard K. Byrd, jr..
th?? latter from Virginia, who wen?
pul asl.? al Plymouth, England,
with typhoid fever has been report*d
tu the Navy Department as being so
tctory that they have been ???
?, proceed lo th?? United States
when discharged from the Naval H??
pital, 'liny will report at the Naval
my.
General Rixby, chief of engineer* of
I he army, will probably announce with
m a few days the appointment of a
board of officers to examine the wick
of th?? Mane which lies in Havana
hail.m. with the view of determining
wh. thei ?? imi ih. $800 000 appro?
priated f?n raising the vessel will be
sufficient. In the informal conference?
which have already been held to eon
-? lei the problem the engineering corps
claim? thai it ha- a puzzle almost defy?
ing solution. The amount net aside for
the work is said lo be lliade(|uate, The
War IVpartment gives mit a statement
that ii ?- .? infroiited by th.? problem of
finding officers foi the work. None, it
said, ? an be very well -paid for the
six months it will take to examine the
wreck almost buried in the mud of
II nani haiboi The whole truth i
th.u those in authority do not want this
wreck rai ed.
\ naval lioanl of inquiry lias ben
ordered lo investigate the theft <>f $6,000
from th. receiving -hip Franklin at tl ?
Norfolk yard. The Navy Department
e ? a dispatch today from ?'"
Franklin ropi.itingshal the paymaster?
safe had beeil blokell opell aild the
money stolen. Paymaster Hilton, in
charge of the fund- on the Franklin
hi- been ordered to return to his ship
from In- home in Baltimore where he
W.I- oil leave. There i- Ilo clue to tile
theft which i- a puzzling mystery.
Infoi ination that the .Madri/ faction
had offered a Nicaraguan island to a
European power as a coaling station on
condition thai it would interfere on be?
half of the Mndriz faction in Nicaragua
opposing the policy of 1 he Un ltd 1 Stai? .??
was received at ih.? State Department
toda). Depa?t.ut officiai? decline to
make public the name ot ?he country
t.. which the proposal was mad??. It is
believed that offei will Hot receive -c
rious consideration and the incident is
regarded at ?in? State Deportment
mere)) as another phase of the desper?
ate attempts of Madri/, io rehabilitate
himself by bringing about foreign
intervention.
The Hew piecework S\ -te ? of pllllch
ing tin population cards in the cens?a
burean has resulted m a serious delay
of th. p av envelopes of the several hung
dnil girls who come from various porta
of llit- country,
M.s. Helen L, Md.. Kimball a clerk
in th?? olii.?.? of the comptroller of the
? ? ? celebrated her 90th atiliivcr?
if her birthday at the treasury
today, Her associates in th.? comp?
troller'? .'Ili.. gave lunch in her honor.
Mr-. Kimball has been in the service
47 years.
James 0, Carter, -ix'v two years old,
a railway tie contractor, was oreroome
by heat today and later died.
vt heat.
Chicago, July 9,?Wheat prices
bounded upward with a rush at the
opening of the market today asa re?
sult of the government report >
? lav showing that the spring crop will
?mingly short.
July wheat opened at l.OfJ 1-2, or 3
l 2 cents above yesterday's close, Sep?
tember opened at LO?"?, or 3 14 COBti
ov.i the close, md December advanced
?'> 1-2, opening at '..(><<.
New *<?rL Meek Market.
New \ork. lul.v ft?The market de?
veloped a strung tone after the op.
and Iron) lli.-n on throughout the tir-t
hour, price movement? In the direction
of substantial!) bigner prteoa Ih.?
market clo-ed strong.
Inauguration Pullman Observation Car*
stated atan early date taw south?
ern ? ailvv.iy SrUl Inaugurate 10 section
Pullman observation car- between {few
Vork and Birmingham <?? Its Birming?
ham special leaving Washington 4:15 p.
1 '>';
The Dyrnitorth Mill.
Wa-hiiigton, I). C. July '?? 'Tha<
???? is not able to carry out the pro
vi-ioiis of the will. H?? is too delicate
and my hu-baml knew it. I shall de?
mand my share," said Mrs. Jennie
Dyrenforth today in announcing that
she will break the will of Col. Robert
C. Dyrenforth. which provided that his
foster son, Robert St. George Dyren?
forth would have tOOSCOpfl die wiles of
women, as well as selling forth a mi?
nute plan for the boy'l life.
"I ?an only excuse the peculiar pro?
visions of the will 00 the theory that
my husband was menially unbalanced
as th?? result of long illnoaa, " continued
lllO. Dyrenforth. "We have boon
sejiarated since 1901, but not divoreed
and I am fully entitled to my share of
his .-state.
"The lad could never do all those
thing?. He is nearly twelve years old
now and is very sickly. He can't enter
high school at fourteen. It is absurd
to talk of his going through Harvard,
Oxford and We-t Point and practicing
!aw." Mrs. Dyrenforth declined to dis?
cuss the bitter attack upon the "unfor?
tunate sex," made by her husband in
his will, one of the provisions of which
was that the boy should never associate
with her.
The la?l i- the grandson of the
Dyrenforth?, His father, I'. J. He
(?rath, an army surgeon, died two yean
ago and Col. Dyrerforlh legally adopt
?1 the boy. Tue lad is DOW with Wil
liam H. Dyrenforth in Chicago.
Chicago, July 9.?Robert St. George
Dyrenforth, aged 12, who is left ?
fortune of2260,000 ina strange arili
made by his grandfather. Col. Dyren?
forth, of Washington. D. C, provid
ng he take- a strenuous education.li
ourse, mapped oui by bis benefactor,
and obeys all injunction to "beware
of women," will not lose the money
because some of the requirements are
impossible Of execution.
William H. Dyrenforth, an uncle
with whom the boy is living here, and
one of the executors of the Ostate de
? -hired today that DO youth, however
bright, could attend all of the schools
named in the will within the required
time and pointed out that the will
would not be violated as long U
Bobeil earnestly endeavors to ful
tillcs as many of the requirements as
possible.
"The boy is an ordinary youth of 12
years/' said his uncle, "and could not
possibly finish high school at the Bgeof
14. He will be enrolled this fall at tin
Kent worth Military Academy at Lev
ington, Mo., where two of my sons are
indents. We plan to keep him there
four years and lb? ? send Inni to Hat
vani. Imi as he will lie 10 year? oh] then
it will be manifestly impossible for him
to win his degree at 18. \\ hen he re
turns from six month'? law study at
Oxford, at the end of the Harvard
oni-e, we might have some difficult)
ni .securing him an appointment to
West Point. And I am not sure that
he will follow the law m a profession
If he seems better tilted for some other
UM Of work, we do not intend to stand
in hi- way. "
The provisions of the will demand?
ing that th.? boy I?? kept out of the
Roman Catholic Church and be guard
I from aromen will be carried out. H<?
will also learnmaunal training,dancing
and iiiiisi.? as required by Ins grami
father.
Robert was the ?.if the colonel'?
desi daughter, His parent- died
when he vva- an infant and he un?
adopted by Ins grandfather.
Johns.m ??tart- i.,r New York.
Chicago, July '.' M 9 80 o'clock
this afternoon Chi. ago aw the last of
.lack Johnson, the negro champion, for
a month m more. Johnson left then
for New York to play a week at Ham
iii.-i-iein - Tin atre From there he
will go t.. Atlantic Ciiv foi three weeks,
lohnaou'a wife and Big Hart and bis
vif e accompanied the colored pugilist
taembera of Johnson'a family scout
the idea there will be trouble if .lohn
-mi Dienta Corbet! on the train tonight,
both going eastward.
AH ihrktom, in this ?ity b pn
paring f?.r the advent o| Jack Johnson
which i? scheduled for July 00, The
question of "who's gwfni t<? 1..? d.
fuM da! ijakea de hand dal hrough
the bacon home to mamy" i- being
discussed all the way op the darky
BOI tal ladder. Johnson is coming here
as a del. gaie to the Improved Flk
0 ? ,,ii. ? and the two local lodge?
of thai Moiety here are engaged m a
de ?parate struggle to ihoa thai they
can do the job of welcoming Johnson
with ? on? trimming?' than the other.
V c idy several churches ire mixed in
the proceedings and the dusky ladies
are thinking of wearing nbbon? in
honor Of the club which the) think
should be picked to welcome "dal
gnat brudder Johnsing.'
Irridi ut lo an ? viator.
Newbnry Port, Mass., jolj ?, ????
lowing a spectacular three thght across
Plum Island and the Meadow- todo)
V L. Pfit/nir. th?? new York aviator,
while living at a height of 76 feel in a
Burgen bi-plane, waa hurled mio the
l'Inni Island rive, when tin? machine
was ,?,? psizedby a cms- current of air.
Ufitzner swam ashore and wen! to the
aviation sued, where an examination
disclosed a badly bruised head. It i
feared also that he is injured inter?
nally. _
Dog ?ca?a M omen to Death.
Mahanoy City. l'a.,.Inly 9.?Attack?
ed by a dog, which tore her clothe- In?.
did uot touch her body, Mrs. Joseph
RuHgalis, $6 years old, collapsed near
her borne on west Water street y.
day. The dog was driven off and the
woman carried into the house, where
she died soon after from fright.
The Fight Against Lodge.
Boston, July 9.?Menaced for his
?o-itioti as United States senator from
(assachusettf. Henry Cabot Lodge to?
day for the first time in years opened
political bapdquarten today. The
Ame? tight against Lodge bo fai has
been Of a 'gumshoe" brand and what
strength the congressman r.allv has 1
n.it yet apparent._
The Crusade Against the PJrture?.
BoatOO, .Lily 9.?Secretary William
si,aw of the United Society of Chrio
ti.ni Eodoavor, continnea t?. ??
messages from governors of
promising cooperation oil In- fight t?i
suppress the Reno tight picture
Eugene X. Foss, w.bo recently
elected to Bocce ed the lati
man Lovering. of Ma-aclm-ett.-. prob?
ably will be tfie democratic candidate
against Gorern.oaJDraper this fall,
??n?s Xtudent.
Philadelphia; July '.'.?Declaring that
she had been dis<-arded by PhiHp Get
Bon, a medical student, because he did
not think she was of high enough -.<sal
1 m-it ion to be a doctors wife, R.
Chapman, 6627 Anderson street, is
suing him for $10,000 damages for
breach of promise.
taon arrived in this country from
RaaaJa -even years ago, and since then
has been a constant visitor to the Chap?
man home, and it was generally ander
stood that he would marry Miss Chap
inan a? BOOB aa b? had compieteli his
medical eduoatioo. A short time ago
Ifies Chapman says -he began to notice
a change in GotSOn'S attitude and, hi
visits becoming noticeably fewer. Mi
Chapmaii asked for an explanation.
According to the girl's attorney,
Louia (lisslfriend, Ciet/en sought to
evade th?? girl, but finally admitted
that he did not think her a suitable
companion to grace tin? home of a doe
tor. Then .she brought suit.
Kver> Potato Barrel Is "Mliort."
N'.w Y?rk, July 9.?Not one barrel
of potatoes of the 15,000 barrels con?
sumed in this city every day mfBJBIiroi
up to the quantity lived by law. This
M.?.) m a letter sent today to the
wholesale produce dealers by Clement
J. DrtSOoH, chief of the bureau of
Weight! and measures.
Mr Macoli write-:
"This seems tobe another so-called
trade custom,' but is it interesting to
note thai we arc as yet unable to find a
trad.? custom which operates in the
?nteres! of the consumer, but hors! found
? hat every trade custom which has
COtne to mir notice operates against the
consumer,
To understand the ridousufsa of
this so-called trade custom' row have
only io picture a pickpocket setting up
a- his defense that the act of putting
his baud in a stranger's pock.twa-a
trad.? custom' and therefore he was
innocent. "
The law provides a penalty of $?"? for
e ich "short barrel. "
.1. Hi i.-- Denle? He aas Hoped.
Los Angeles, July 9.?Jim Jeffries
does Hot believe he was drugged before
his light with Johnson. When the big
fellow arrived here he was met at the
depol by several of his closest personal
friends, but he appeared to be in a da/..?
and was rushed by them to hi- waiting
automobile.
Toa United Press representative he
denied today that he had been drugged.
This statement was made in regard to
th?? current rumor that seine "ham
and eggs" the big fellow ate at a road
house on the Saturday preceding the
tight had (olitameli a mild poison.
"Gotch and Wooley Were Wltl.?
Saturday night when I ate dinner in
th.? madhouse and they were not af?
fected, " he sani. "I cannot believe 1
was drugged at any time. I simply
think it was the negro's superior punch?
ing that got me and put me out."
Aviation heats.
Rhciins, July '.?.?Two more, world?
aviation records were broken early to?
day ai Bethany Plain where th.? man
bird again ?warmed through tin? air,
Manic!, a Frenchman, carried two
pvnengera in his Bleriof monoplane,
and llcw ?'?; milis in one hour and .".->
minutes. Next ?aine Audnm, another
Frenchman, who with one passenger
ilcw in his Hleriot machine 64 miles
in one hour and 22 minute?. Both "f
these flights were new records and
were remarkable in that they were
accomplished by comparative novices
and with monoplanes, which are not
Supposed to have the lifting ?Hiwer of
tin stability sufficient for carrying
? gers. -
The atmospheric conditions today
were perfect ami the livers expected lo
break other records. The meeting will
end tomorrow.
Rheims, July 9.?B<>th the distance
and continuance (light records wire
bioken hen? this afternoon in a BSJaM
ti< ?naI performance by Labouchere, >
French aviator, who il.?? in Antoinette
machine for four hours and tifty min?
ili.- without a -lop. This break- tin
continuous (light of Henri Forman,
inade at Moiinncloii. taboocbere
traveled -14 miles in 4 hours and :>7
minutes, breaking th.? distance of 160
mile- made by Oheslagers, the Belgian,
in his Might Thiir-day.
Turkey Active.
Constantinople, July $.-? Twenty-five
thousand Turkish troops arc today en
route toward iHlasone, on the Turkish
Grecian frontier, to protect Turkish
interests from the bands of Grecian'
raiders, among whom have been found
a number of regulars of the Grecian
army. The government gives the os
t.iisible purpose of the movement as
merely a military inaiieouvre and de?
ine- thai any lepri-als against G.OB
will be attempted. The feeling between
th.? two countries is so intense that it is
freely predicted that hostilities, of which
the present disturbances are believed to
be the forerunner will breakout before
?le? end of th.- suminer
Insurance ? ?? ?-i ;tl living.
London. July '.?.-The death of Dr.
I.?-lie D. Ward, vice-president and one
of the founders of the Prudential toi?"?
Coinpany, isa question of only
a few hours, according to announce?
ment made by physicians today after
a consultation at the Hotel Ritz, where
Ward was stricken two days ago. He
i- mie.inscioiis and the physicians say
he cannot come out of the comatose
condition. Ward came to London a
month ago from the United States.
He is suffering from kidney trouble.
Bomb in a Dining Room.
Honrar, Spain, July 9.?More than
a dozen arrests were made tocfay '"
connection with the bomb outrage of
last evening, when two of the dinner
guests of Don Uallardo were killed by
the explosion of a bomb hidden in the
dining room, Twelve of the diner?,
including the host, were injured, (?ai
lardo i- s banker and conservative
politician, and the attack is believed to
have ben th?? work of political rivals
The Lynclilog in Ohio.
Nwark. O., July 9 ?Appalled by the j
.?it. n: Of it- his! night work, the
k lownpoopk thai beeeiged the
jail and lynched Carl Ktheruig'on,
'dry" detective, bo?? wilted away.
and th. town i? DOW wrapped in a grim |
gloomy hI?
The streits this morning were prac-1
tically deserted. The authorities are!
working hard to locate the leaders of
. lob, Amt with little prospect of
-I
VI1?GINIANEWS.
Mr. Clarence Minor, publisher of
the Westmorland Enterprise, published
at Colonial Beach died at his borne
then on Thursday of typhoid fever.
Marvin Hreeden, 22 years old, anal
taken to the Roanoke Hospital Thurs?
day night in the last stages of pellagra
and hope of saving him has bean prac?
tically abandoned
Mi-.-Jennie Hale, R grandniece of
Gen. Jubal A. Early, was buried at
Rocky Mount yesterday morning, ah?
having died of tuberculosis ?outra? ted
in nursing her brother. Her mother,
Mi- Robert B. Hale, is dying fron. -he
same ih
A charter has been granted to the
Relmont Trap Rock Company, Hern
don, Fairfax county. Maxiinuni capi?
tal, $92,000; minimum, $5,000, t..
oponte ? alono quarry. E. L. Detwiler,
president, l(ermioii;S. A. Hersperger,
secretary, Herndon.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
alor? hens.? of Messrs. M. F. and L. F
l'aimer, at Pleasant Valley, Fairfax
county, ' iinday afternoon. It ajao
struck the barn, near that place, ,,f
Mr. A. F. Kendall, but the tin? wa
extinguished after doing considerable
damage to the roof.
William MeCutcheon. colored, was
-hot and killed a few minutes after he
had gone to bed last Monday night,
mar Waynesboro, Augusta county.
The murderer tired through the window
mie bullet entering the man's shoulder
and ??ne each temple. The assassin
then broke int.? the house, stole #.'?5
from the dead man's pockets and ran?
sacked his trunk.
Julius Booker, colored, was held to
the grand jury in the police court in
Richmond yesterday OD a charge of ?us
Baulting Mrs. Virginia Rutherford, >
white woman. Although the assault
was committed two weeks ago, Mrs.
Rutherford's fa?'e, when she appeared
at the hearing, was a.mass of cuts and
bruises. Part of her nose was bitten
off by the assailant.
?1G.???? Os? COMGRBMMAM
HKOW M.OW.
Representative Walter Preston ? own
low, of the First congressional district
of Tennessee, died in the hospital of
the mountain branch of the National
Boidiera Homo, at Johnson ''ity, Tonn.,
yesterday evening. For three days he
bad been in a state of coma due to
iiraemic poisoning resulting from
Brigbt'a disia-.?.
Walter Preston Brownlow had served
m Congres- since ]S',i7 His career
ran a wide gamut, from messenger boy
at 10 years of age, tinner'?, apprentice
ami locomotive engineer, to Congress,
He had been failing for som.? months.
Mr. BrOWOloW, who was a nephew
of Parson Brownlow, one?? ran an en?
gine from Rogcrsvilie to Bull's Gap.
He worked Into the newspaper busi?
ness as a reporter on th.? Knoxville
Whig and Chronicle, edited by Ili?
um le. Filiteli States Senator Hrowi
low, and later, in ls7ii, he purchased
the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune, of
which In since had been editor and
proprietor.
II?? was chairman <>f the congression?
al campaign ?Munmittee of his district,
delegate to the national republican
convention for 'Jo years, republican na?
tional conimiitecmaii for Tennessee
throe times, doorkeeper of the House
in the Forty-seventh Congress and for
14 y.ars thereafter a represenativc in
I 'nllgleSS.
For the last ten years he had been a
member of tin appropriationa commit?
tee. He was married and live children
survive him. He leaves a fortune of
$260.000.
? ??.????????.?, PKAVKK.
I ?eai Lord, giant unto me, my pray?
er for an eiicmy. Give upto DM tin
day one who will hate me. Send unto
me obe who will s,?,? in rue my imper?
fections, and who will make known
hi-discoveries to the world. I would
that this enemy watch me by day .when
the BUD is shining, and at night when
the stars glitter in the heavens. I
would have his baleful eye upon me
always. Never would I be fie? from
him. I pray thee dear Lord grant un?
to me this enemy who will make un?
do what I can, who will compel me t..
play the gome of life fairly and square?
ly and frankly and without fear. Deai
lord, I crave of you this day that Thou
Wilt give unto me mie who will protect
me from my friends, one who vvfll se?
ih. ? evil in me as they see in me only
that which i- good (i've this enemy
unto me, O Lord, that I may walk
wisely opon this earth, and thus find
it that heaven which men call happi?
ness.?Thomas Deier, in the Nautilus.
hank deposit rot bxbmpt.
Judge John H. Ingram, in the Law
and Equity Court of Richmond, yes?
terday, handed down a decision in the
.a-, of E. E. Higgins, who sued J. K.
Button for a debt of 176.60.
Button had a bank deposit of $29.04,
which he tried ?o protect with api.;?,
that the cash belonged to the firm of
Sutt-m <fc Co., and that the judgment
was not recoverable because he had
taken out a homestead exemption en?
titling him to hold property to the ex?
tent of $2,000.
Judge Ingram held that under the
law a cash deposit in the bank to the
credit of an individual, though shown
to be the funds of a business firm with
which the individual is connected, can?
not bo included in a homestead ex?
emption, and that the bank must sur?
render the money, as it was deposited
to the credit of J. M. Sutton.
Another Flood in the Seine.
Paris, July 9.?The Seine and it?
confluents are steadily rising today. All
the large steamers have been forced to
tie up owing to the height of the river
making it impossible for them to pass
under the bridges.
Tln-re is general alarm lest another
disastrous Hood ?weep the city. Al?
ready breaks have appeared in the
banks of the Seine, through which the
water is infiltrating. Water is in the
basement <>f the O/rfoaut raiiwa]
tioii and It la probable that the station
will have to be abandoned. Pumps are
working night and day trying to keep
the wat.-r fiom th?? main door.
Auteuill, Granenti?, and Passy, all
of which suffered heavily in the flood
of last spring, are again threatened.
Their inhabitants are preparing for an
early leaving of their hornea,
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ralph Hill Tnomas and the divorced
wifeof Frank J. GooM have obtained a
license PO marry in New York.
The Fiiit.?l States transport Sum.1er,
with the American delegation to the
Pan-American Congress, has arrived at
Buen | gentina. The Congres?
opens next Tuesday.
Bishop Brent, of the Episcopal
Church in the Philippines, is endeavor
ing to secure the consent of the British
government to the opium conference
at lb? Hague proposed by the United
States.
Richard McHuirk, a St. Louis ma?
chinist, was arrested yesterday after
he had attempted to force an e itrame
to the home of Jack Johnson, the
negro pugilist, in Chicago. McGuirk
was armed with a ritle. When ax
mined ata potto? station, McGuirk
said that he had lost 226 as a result of
he prit? tight at Reno. He denied he
intended to harm Johnson.|
According ?o well-founded rumors
$6,600 disappeared from the safe on
the receiving ship Franklin at Norfolk
Thursday night. It is said that #10,?**1
was concealed in another pati of the
safe and is still intact. The sentinel
who is supposed t<> sleep in the office
where the sif,. is kept was taken in
eostody vest? .day 00 the charge of
inattention to duty. It was reported
that he failed to sleep in the office
Thursday night.
COBm MOSBY dimmimskd.
Col. John S. Mosby was dismissed
July 1 as special attorney of the Depart?
ment of Justice, to which he was ap?
pointed ??????? eight years ago by Presi?
dent Roosevelt.
It is understood that Col. Mosby will
now devote his time to writing a book
of reminiscences of the civil war, with
particular reference to the part he play?
ed in the conflict. The colonel has
worked assiduously to break up the
iperations of cattlemen on government
lands in the middle west. He did con?
siderable other work Of the same kind,
but of late years, alti ough always re?
questing to Ui put OU active service,
was given little to do.
Owing to th?? absence of Attorney
General Wiekershain from Washington
the i.-al reason for Colonel Mosby's dis
mi?al could u it be learned yesterday.
It is learned from close friends, how?
ever, that the matter of detaching him
from the Department of Justice baa
been under consideration by Attorney
General Wiekershain for sonic lime.
When Colonel Mosby's son, John S,
Mosby, jr., was seen concerning the
matter last night he said:
"Ye-, we have known for some time
that my father was to sever his eonii.c
ti.m with the government service.
?her.? an? personal reasons for such
action which we <l?> not believe il would
I.?? wise to make public ju-t now. Tin
whole thing will be made known in
doubt at an early dal??. "
It i- understood that one of tin
reasons that prompted Attorney-Gen?
eral Wiekershain to ask for ('?done
Mo-by's resignation was the fact that
the latter had recently been assigned In
some very Importan! work in securing
evidence against prominent busincs.s
men soon to ligure before the public.
He received a ielegriwn. it is said, from
frienda of these parties asking him to
see that they received justice, to which
he replied: "If the parties yon nani??
receive justice, tiny will go to the peni?
tentiary. "
This may or may not have been the
direct cause of Colonel Mosby's forced
retirement, but it is characteristic of
the man, as the persona in whose he
half leniency was asked an prominenl
in the public eye and have vast busi
li?-- interesta. Ibis probably brought
about his detachment from the govern?
ment service.
Mr Wiekershain is expat ted back in
Washington in a few days, and then an
official statement regarding the matter
will no doubt be mad?-.
Upon learning that the resignation of
Colonel Mosby had been requested.
Judge .lame- Keith, president of the
Virginia Court of Appeals, addressed
a letter to Attorney General Wieker?
shain, asking him to reconsider the
matter and withdraw the request.
Judge Keith reproduced a Dumber of
int.-listing chapters in the career of the
famous ex-Confederate. He gave
sen.?- in Colonel Mosby's life at the
?lose of the civil war when his only re?
source was his legal profession; the
manner in which be was harrassed by
those with whom he had contended
during the four ? cars' conflict; his
frequent arrests and ostraisni to whicli
he W.is subjected; tells of the visit of
Colonel Mosby's wife to President
Johnson and his request for protection
for tOO colonel and her family; the lack
of ?nteroal manifested by the president;
her subseqeiit appeal to General Grant;
the magnanimous treatment she re?
ceived; Grant's order affording pro?
tection to < ?olonel Mosby and his family;
and the colonel's ?-spousal of Grant's
cause in 1272, at a time when it took
nerve for an ex-Confederate to support
a republican candidate for president in
Virginia. Judge Keith calls attention
to the fact that the' party now in power
hi- since been enpported by Colonel
Mosby.
Attorney General Wickeraham sent
a copy of Judge Keith's letter to
Colmiel Moeby, when the latter im?
mediately sent a reply that the judge
had written it upon hie own volition
and without any request or suggestion
from him. The colonel elated that
he had not seen Judge Keith for two
years nor had any correspondence with
bisa, He had also requested his family
and frnml- to use no influence toward
having the order for his resignation re?
scinded. The colonel later sent a letter
to Judge Keith expressing his appre?
ciation of the interest hp had ttken
in his case, but regretting that he had
written to the attorney general. In
closing his letter to the judge Colonel
Mo-iiy -ays: "The world will hear
no complaint from me, and all that
is left for me, to do is to die with
dignity. The Titan on the rock did
not liear his torture with more com?
posure than I shall submit to this blow
of formile
Boranosi ?>f th?? ntueeiee, whether in?
duced by violent exercises t;T inpiry, is
quickly relwvedby the' free'application
of Chamberlain's Liniment. This lin?
iment is equally valuable for muscular
rheumatism, and always affords quick
relief. Sold by W, F. Creighton and j
Richard Gibson,
?HAM BATTLE.
The 6,000 troops in the camp of in?
struction at Gettysburg engaged in a
sham battle at Gettysburg yesterday
afternoon, while the sun was pouiing
dowurays that were piping hot. The vic?
torious army, a red force were under
Colonel Mansfield, of the Second
United States Infantty, made a Suc?
cessful attack 00 a blue force entrench?
ed at Granite, about six miles east of
Gettysburg, and under the command
of Brigadier General C. C. Vaughan,
jr., of the Virginia militia, it wa-s a
Of the regulars airainst the militia,
and chiefly heeaUSB of that fact the
battle was brought to a close before any
parts of the opposing forces COJOS
within the iioint of contact.
Colonel Mansfield began the ad
rio? on Granite Hill about 1 o'clock
anil every movement of his force was
reponed to General Vauglian's head?
quarters by couriers from Troop A.
Soon a heavy infantry fire along the
front of General Vauglian's battle
line Indicated an engagement. The
First Maryland, under Colonel Little,
was on the tiring line of Colonel Mans?
field's force, and made an attack by
rushes across an open field. The
regiment deployed, with Major Reck
ani s battalion on the tiring line.
Major Morgan's battalion as the sup?
port and Major Riley's battalion a
the reserve. dloney Little soon saw
that it would be ncessary to throw
the entire regiment on the line, and
at once brought up the battalions
commanded by Major Morgan and
Major Riu-y. A /.ig-/ag movement
was ordered, two companies making
a rush and dropping until the other?
came up.
Colonel Little was forced to make
the rushes, and in an open field di?
rectly in front of the enemy's en?
trenchments, because he was pro?
hibited from entering a corn field,
which would have given him a battei
position. The Second United States
Infantiy succeeded in enveloping the
right Hank ?if General Vauglian's
fon?: and could have trimmed it,
completely rolling the long line of
blue infantry men behind the railroad
embankment. A cessation of hostili?
ties followed this movement on the
part of the Second Infantry, bul the
battle was soon resumed with heavy
losses on both sides until the recall
was sounded.
The tight opened Boon after 1 o'clock,
the men having been given time in
which to COOk their dinners in the field,
using the new haversack ration. Gen
VaughaO established his headquarters
in a small grove at the intersection of
the York pike and a road leading to
the Hunterstown mad. His command
consisted of the First, Second, and
Fourth Virginia militia regiments of
infantiy. Troop A, Maryland National
(inani, a battery of the Third United
States Field Artillery, the Virginia
Field Artillery,?company of engineers,
and a hospital detachment. His ordere
were t?. hold Granita Hill ami prevent
an army advancing from the north
entering Gettysburg by the York pike.
General Vaughan rent the First ami
Second Virginia Regiments to a natural
trench formed by a deep cut along the
Western Maryland Railroad, while the
fourth Virginia was held in reservi
Th?? artillery was given a po-itmu in the
wood- eoa! of beadqnartera, and Troop
? was used for patrol duty.
The battle was replete with thrilling
. barges and inaneiiveis. The decision
was given to the Reda on a Hank at?
tack, which would have enveloped the
entire right wing of the Blue army.
Yesterday's battle was the linai con?
certed action of the present maneuvers,
and the Virginia and Maryland troops
left for home today.
Governor Mann, of Virginia, had the
summary court trial of colored Trooper
Carroll BWppsd yesterday after but tw?>
or three witnesses had given their testi
mony. All the officers of the Fire!
Virginia Regiment waited on the gov?
ernor Thursday night and asked him to
request that Carroll be tried by a gene?
ral court-martial, instead of by a sum?
mary COOrt. They were afraid the man
would either get off entirely or re?oive
but a mirtOt punishment. Governor
Mann at once BCOOded to the request of
the officers, and it is likely that tin
papers in the case, with the recoin
inendation from General Wotberapooo,
will be forwarded to the commander of
the department of the east, at Gover?
nor's Island, for his action.
Carroll is charged with having drawn
his pistol on Lieut. Ernest M. Hardy,
of Company B, Richmond, who was
officer of the guard in the First Regi?
ment camp last Monday evening, and*
also on Corporal J. E. Truehart, of
Compony A, Richmond, who was
corporal <?? the guard. The colored
trooper pleaded not guilty when ar?
raigned before the summary court yes?
terday. Virginia militiamen on en?
deavoring to make all they can out of
th? case. It seems that the sympathies
A the regulars in camp, officers as well
M enlisted men. are with the accused
who has been in the service a longiim. .
The Alexandria Light Infantry reach?
ed this city at 3:30 o'clock this even?
ing, having enjoyed their camping ex?
perience.
Death from a Hcratch.
Xew York, July 9.??Scratched by a
dog on the lip moro than two months
ago, receiving a wound that was con?
sidered most insignificant at the time,
but which was cauterized as a precau?
tionary measure, five-year-old Tommie
Dennie died in great agony in Beilevue
Hospital today. Anaesthetics ?ufti
cient in quantity to have quieted strong
men were administered but they had
little effect. When the child died, his
father and mother, sitting in an ad?
joining room, their hearts rent with
agony at their boy's screams, ?imply
?aid: "Thank God!" The boy's father
is a livery stable proprietor. Thursday
night when he came home the cliild
..mplaineil of nausea. Yesterday
morning he was worse, his eyes were
innatural and when he bearti water
running he went into a convulsion, Ho
was hurried to the ho?pital, but it was
o?. late to check the dread malady.
Announcement of an agreement be?
tween the Pennsylvania Railroad and
the minority stockholder- of the North?
ern ( entrai Raihay for the lea-e of the
lafter road for '.r9Q yean? will be made
Monday. Thus another, and by far
the largest and most important railroad
property now controlled by the Penn?
sylvania Railroati Company, and ope?
rated aa part of its system, is tobe j
swallowed ?Jive by the big|c?rporatioo,
? ^dlV~"".' Nil. VIV.I |MI,>?U
'jf?/VT^ No? yo'J guessed
ill* t'\, wrong. It's not the
W V?^ woman but
It's the works in the wat. h
the mechanism that tells you wii-n
it's morning, noon or nigh'.
How about your watch
Does it keeji correct time? If not,
let us fit your COM w,;li new w 11 -
stand.tid make- at iow.-i prices,
SAU? & SON,
629 King Street.
WATCH INSPECTORS FOR
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
BATHING SUITS.
BATHING CAPS.
BATHING SHOES.
ill all Solon, si/es and -tv les.
WATER WINGS and LIFE BUOYS
JAPANESE AND
CHINESE LANTERNS.
HAMMOCKS and
LAWN SWINGS.
R. E. KNIGHT
621-23-25 King Street.
DRY coons
Store Hour-.
Daily, 8 a. in. to 5 p. DB.
Saturday, s ,, hl |,. g ?, m.
Parasols
Worth $4.50
$2.00
We were fortunate in -, . iihiil' an?
other lot of those fine POnuoU. Ihn
lot, like the last, are all lin.?, perfect
goods. The quality of the -ilk ?- 81
??client : nice, bflovy taffeia and all silk
pongee A rariet) to please any one;
either plain or fancy citeit-. plant) "f
the black and while effects and liuiit.-r's
green, with gilt ribs and tips; long di
rectoire handles. There are also red,
blue, black, while, ?op. nh.??', u. and
the new Flench blue all -ilk pongee,
with tuck.?.! border, ribbon border, ??
inserting. Among them ara pat isula
worth up ... ft 60 Bp? ^2.00
420-426 Seventh Street.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
(? <?NF wanting a -?'?"I M??l -|
(URL should call ai :;_?; north l'av n<
street. ? I HI V PR? ?JIRL
ATLANTIC CITY.
The season hi on sod everything It Ina
giddy whirl.
Ami grandma lias forgo! thai she ao
longer is a girl.
Old folk? ?tide down the bauiiatei I
sii|i through slipper) ? uh.?-.
And OUT coil-ins from Hie conili ry ? oil
would ii.'i er take for rubes,
There are human Hie*In till? atmosphere
soaring beyond our vision'? reach,
And there are exclamation? G?.??? tlie
watcher? on the bench,
"l woinler what people will dfl liexl
Balda watcher from the hunch,
And I suggested thai thev should goand
get a CAMERON li N'en.
905 King Street.
Open All Night.
?TOLE ?Ill's VM.IIIIIV. KIM..
When .lohn IfcNeice, of (few York,
acknowledged thai be bad -?"???? Ins
first wife'? weddfrig ring to merry an?
other women, Judge Poster, in Ueneral
nerds,) -enti ?? ed bim
year in the peniteirtiar) \p \?,. .?
-tn.,.1 a g od ? hain c to Im? placed oll
probation ori the charge of bigamy re?
cited in the indictment, but the theft of
the wedding ring moved Judge Foster
to sen,j him away. M. Neu.? pli
guilty to bigamy. He acknowledg -d
marrying Mary Marshall three years
ago and marrying Daisy Bom - I
months ago without the formality ?
divorce. He said he atole the wedding
ring of his first wife to use in ||
ceremony.
??.???? ?? Kadi'Mil ? ?-..-.mg.
Winnipeg, Man., July '.?.-Three
lier-,ms an? d.ad today and inn.? others
in the hospitals as th?? result <>f a rail?
road crossing cra-h lure la-t I
An Oak Park local crash? d into a street
car ,nd trail. | load. I with pa
The fender of the \oCOttU3Hm BtrOC?1
ir at dkl ? OOpiiog M I bofJl
01ft Wer.? wreck?d
Barone?? de la ?assWa Conditi..!,.
Rheim?, July 9 ?Chain -
reccA'ery of Baroness de la Roch?. t<r
nbly injured yesterday in ?he fall "f
her aeroplane, were declared to '"'
favorable today b> Dr. Roused The
baron??--?, who-e legs and arm w?'?.
broken and win. suif? red intern 'I in?
juries, rcxti'd well through the night
and was much stronger loony. The
improvement in her condition ? 1
tLe ?mali army Qf avjarors wh?
daily breaking records over B-thany
Plain,