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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,