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RANGE OF THEtlMOMETEK,
-TOe ran?e of the therrooTOetcf at Tlio
TSoes offlco. yesterday was as follows: 9
A. M.. 39; J2 M-. 44; S P. M.. fiO; G P.'-M.,
?1; 9 P.'M., 43;. 13 M.. 40; averagc. 43.S3.
VOL.15. NO. 4:6.
20 PAGES.
RICHMOND. VA. SUNDAY. APBIL 1. 1900.
"WEAXHKK fr'OrwECAST.
;Forecast for Sunday nnd Monday;
Ylrginia?Falr Sunday and Moridayj
warmer Monday; fresh westerly w!nd?.
Nerth carolina and South Carolina?
Falr Sunday: Monday faSr. warmers
fresh northerly wlnds, becomlng varlable.
PBICE THKEE CENTS.
MR. G, J. HOOPER f
PASSES AWM
Prominent Citizen and
Business Man.
HE WAS PARALYZED.
Recently SufFered a Third Strbke,
Which Caused His Death/
._ /
LEADER IN CHURCH WORK.
HeWasfbr Many Years a i)eacon in
' the Pine Street Baptist Church
and Was Recojjnizcd as One
of tlie Lieaders?Serrcd One
Xerm in the City Councll. /
FromCIay ward. ?
Mr. Gfcorgo J. Hoope.-. Sr., dicd at his
resldence at 6:16 o'clock ycstcrday after
moon.
CMr. Hoopcr was one of IRlichmond's
anost prominrnt citizens, and their loss
yriU be groatly felt. He was advanced in
age and h:ss been in feeble health for
some .time.
On Sunday last he suffertd a third
stroke ot p'aralysis. 'and from that time
Ihls case was consldered hopeless.
The funcral will takc place to-morrow
MR. GEORGE J. HOOPER. SR.
afteraoon at 4 oVlock from the Pine
Stre^t Baptist Churcli. the deacons of
which will act as pall-bearers. The inter
ment will be in Hollywood.
SKETCH OF HiS B1FE.
George J. Hooper, Sr., was born on
Xlne-Mi'.e Road. Henrico county, August.
S. 1834. He-was the *only son of James
Hoopcr, a "Virginia soldler of the Rcvo
lution and -of the war of 1R12.
Mr. Hooper married Miss Eliza Fraser,
by whom he had four sons?James F.
Hooper, George J. Hooper, Jr., Andrew
iS. Hooper, and John R. Hooper. His
-w2fe died iseveral years ago. and his
sons, James F. and Andrew S., died .many
years ago. George J. Hoopcr. Jr., is an
attorney at iaw, and JoCin R. Hooper is
supcrintendent or Hollywood Cemetery.
Mr. Hooper was always a devout man.
and in esrly life connected himself with
the First Baptist Church. and for years
was the teacher of a large Bible class
ln that Suudny school.
In 1857 he built his present residence and
nyjved Into iL A few years thereafter he
coimectcd himself with the old Re'.vldere
Baptist Church. corner Rowe and Church
Streete, and. taking a prominent part in
?church work. he was shortly after elected
as one of its deacons. The nanie of this
church was changed to Pirie-Str'eet Bap
<Ust Church 'absu.t 1SG9. He continued his
membership. and has been a deacon con
tinuously. He is now the last of the origi-,
nal deacons who first acted with Dr. J.
B. Hutson when he came to the church
tweutv-eight years ago.
REFUSED POBTTICAD HOXORS.
?Mr. Hooper was frcque'ntly asked to
beconro a candidate for public oflice, but.
with one exception. ncver allowcd his
namc to be uscd. This was in 1S72, when
Jie wa* elected to the Common Councll
froxti Clav Ward. Hc held the position
of repistrar and judge at First Preclnct.
and later or the Fourth Preclnct of Clay
Ward. for many years. His intogrity was
eo well known that even in' the hottest
political contests both contendlng parUes
wore rwMing to accept his decisions as
*hial. ? ,,
He became an Odd-Feliow soon after
he rcached his anajority. and was a mem
bcr of Fitzhugh Bodge at tlie time of his
death. Mr. Hooper was probably the
oGdest Odd-Fellow in Virginia. He was
also a anember of Virginia Council. Xo. 2,
Order of-Chosen Friends, and McCarthy
Council. Royal Arcanum.
Mr. Hooper was a cabinet-maker. havin?
loaroed his trade wi*rf the. iirm of Bin
ford & Porter. and afterwards was with
Samson & Peay, rtoundrymen. Durins the
war between the States he was detailed
to work on government work in the Xavy
Department here. He' was a member of
- Oompa-iv A, Tre.iegar Batlalion. Captaln
A 3 Babcock. After the war he asso
clated himseir with the hrte Joseph Hall.
When the Richmond Iron Works were
?stablished. he became a supcrintendent
in 'that foundry, and remai?ed in that
position until he TCtircd from business
about ten years ago.
CONDITION PRECARIOUS.
Xo IXopo Entcrtaineu ofDr. McGuire's.
UJtiinntc Keeovery.
1 The latest reports concerr.ing the condi
tion ot Dr. Hunter McGuire give no hope
?f his ultlmate recovery. lt ts fcared
that he wiM suffer another stroke of
^aralysis.
Whllo Dr. McGuire was able to take
ii little nourlsbmeni yevterday. his condi
tlon did not show any sign of improve.
t?en t.
Cantain W'hitolll.
Captaln Willlam T. 'White. As.Vstant
euperinteriden't of the Virginia PeUten
itlar.v. is quite slck at his homeA Xo.
[tl91-2 Soutb Laurel Street He has Wen
111 several days. and In his absencc\hls
jdutles are performed by Mr. Morgan, Vne
'#f1he guards."
-' : ?-?? -
Go?ie?'n' W||?eler liivliort Here.
Washinglon Bureau, The Times.
DJ5 Fourtcenlh Street
WASHIXGTOX, D. C March 31-Spc\|
eial.?Mr.- Edgar D. Taylor. of Richmoiidl.
called on Captaln JiBamb to-duy Jo Ket\!
bjm tQ requcst General Wheelcr to vlsit
H"^hnto?6T to ?ddress a local organlza
Cioia W Ux?t city. , _.
POLITICAL DEBATE
IN THE HOUSE
Many Members From Both
Sides DraAvri Into It
SOUTHERN ELECTIONS
Were Discussed by Mr. Shattuck in
No Kindly Spirit.
THE FORTI.FICATI ONS BILL
Was Passcrl Without Amendment Just
as it Came From tlic Commiiteo.
Goveriiment Can Make Guns
for Licss Than Thcj' Can be
Bought for at Ontsidc
Maiiulactories.
"WASHIXGTON, March 31.?The House
to-day finished up a hard week"s work
by passing 'the fortiiications appropria
tion bill. Xot a single amendment was
offered and the bill passed as it came
from the committee. A three hours"
political debate was prccipitated", anany
members on both sides being drawn into
it. i
Mr. Hcmingway, of Indiana, in charge
of the bill, explained that the measure
carried $7,093,488, being $4,605,450 less than
the estimates. He said the reductions in.
the estimates had been made because it
had been demonstrated that the govern
ment could manufacturc its own guns.
cheapcr than it could buy them, and the
appropriations would be sufllclent to keep
our gun factories at work*eight hours a
day for the ensuing year. The govern
ment, he said, manufactured 12-inch guns
cheaper by $10,000 than they could be
purchased, and 10-inch guns $7,500
cheaper.
Mr. Shattuck, of Ohio. under tlic lati
tude allowed in general debate, followed
with an hour's specch on general political
topics, the tariff, expansion and Southern
election laws. In the course of his re
marks, Mr. Shattuck denounced the m
conslstency of Southern statesmen in dc
manding that the natives in our insular
possessions be glven all the immunities
of American citizenship, while they were
uslng all their ingenuity to rob the South?
ern negroe-s of the constltutional rights
conferred upon them.
H13 TEXT.
He took as his text an extract from a
recent speech of Senator Tillman, of
South Carolina.
"This dtstlnguished Southern Senator,"
said he. "while pleading for tlie people
in tlie Philippints, who are by compari
scn eighty per cent. less capable of selr
government t'han are any of our people;
while claiming for them alleged constltu?
tional rights: while claiming fhat they
have no right to be governed without
their cons'E'nt: is at the same time ad
mitting. and boasting of it. too, in the
face of the govenvmenl itself, that he
sanctions We oppression of our own peo?
ple, who, under our constitution, have
the same rights exactly as they have
themselves.
" 'Would you slioot a pbor Filipino into
submission?" he asks. "Would you'force
them to become citizens of the United
States?" be. queries. Xo, not if every
person in the Philippine Tslands shouid
petition to become citizens, if they were
to receive the same inhuman treatment
after submittiug and after becoming
citizens of the United States. that mil
lions of our people who are citizens now
receiv?' in -the South at the hands of the
Democratic party ii> sliooting submission
into them and forcing them to give up
their (political) citizenship. (Applause on
the 'Republicnn side.)
VOTE DEAiD MEX.
"If you want to learn how the consent
of the governed is obtained ln .a larger
iield. right here af home, just read the
reports of the contested election cases
tyhich come up here annually from the
Southern States. "Why. sir, they vote
men down there who have been dead for
fivc years; they stuff ballot-boxes; they
(Continued on Second Page.)
CHAMPION GOLF
AT OLD POINT
Harry Vardon Defeats Willie Dunn
by a Close Score?The Field
in Poor Condition,
FOKT MOXJIOE. A'A., March 31.?Spe?
cial.?The exhibition game of golf be?
tween Harry Vardon, champion of the
world. and AVillie Dunn, champion of the
United States for ISiM. drew a dlstin
guished company of enthusiasts to the
links of thc Hampton Roads Golf and
Country Club this afternoon. The weather
was wretchod, a piercing northeast wind
sweeping across the water and cliilllng
the spectators. of which there were pro
bably 500. made up of society people of
Xew York. Bichmond, Xorfolk,' Hamp?
ton. and visitors at' the Old Point hotels.
Vardon maintalned his rep'utation,
maklng some splendid plays. Dunn, how
over, was not a mean opponent, and the
contest was not a one-sided one alto
gether.
ln the first game, in which most in?
terest was manifested. at the end of the
thlrd round. Vardon had twelve up in a
game of thirty-six holes. ending the con?
test, it being impossible for Dunn to win.
ln this game Vardon's longest drive was
240 yards. Another exceptional drive was
180 yards against a stiff breeze by the
champion.
The opponents then faced each other
in another game. In the second contest
the score stood 46 to 49 ln favor of the
world's champion. There was only one
tie In this game. the eighth hole, all the
others being Vardon's excep.t the second.4
Among the interested spectators who
witnessed the games were Mr. Edwin
Gould and a party of Xew York society
people, who came down with the Gotham
milllonaire yesterday.' In the party were
Edwin Gould and wife, Edwin Gould.'Jr.,
Miss Marletta Ludlngton, A. O. Beebe.
Stewart Derinlng. "Willard Fisher. and
Dr. John Shrady. Messrs. Gould, Beebe,
Fisher, Dennln'g, andr Duncan Oampbell,
who Joined the party here, left for Xew
York to-nlght.
Thcgrounds to-day were ln poor condi?
tion, the" hard ralns of the past few days
maklng them a little muddy.
CARNIYAL WEEK. RIGHMOND, MAY 141019.
1MP0SING SCENES
FOR THE CARNIVAL
Few Richmonders Aware
of Jts Magnltude.
EVERYBODY TO KNOW
Most Important Meeting is Called for
Tuesday Night.
PLANS FOR STREET DECORATION
Courts of Ho'iior and Triiimnha
Archea Propb'sed by Patriotic Citi?
zens, But Fiiiids.Must be Fortli
coniinjr?A Tlcvision of the
Parade Progr'aniirio Has
Becii Made.
TVhat will in all probability be thc most
important meeting since its organization
will be held by thc Richmond Carnival
Association at the rooms of tlie Travcl
lers' Protcctive Association Tuesday even?
ing at 8 o'clock. At this meeting every
oflicer, committeeman, subscriber, and
stockholdcr is earnestly requested and
cxpected to be present. At this time re
ports will be presentcd by 5l! committces,
and the real magnitude of the under
taklng presented to those interested, as
but few Richmonders have any idca of
what the proposed Carnival is to be. It
THE PROPOSED COURT CF IIOXOR.
will doubtless eclipse anythlng hereto
fore attempted along this line, and will
be the greatest street display ever wit
nessed in the South, with the single ex?
ception of the annual Mardi Gras fes
tival of 'Xew Orleans. which has done
much to make the Crescent City famous.
STREET DECOllATIOXS.
Ju?;t what puzzies the offlcials at pres?
ent is the matter of proper street deco
raf'on*. Two well-known Riehmonders
have contributcd suggestion?, and either,
if adopted, would prove most satisfactory
.and would be dccorations truly arUstic.
The questiou of funds. however. is where
the hltch is, and it is feared that unless
S10.000 is subscribed both projects will
have to be abandoned.
One of these suggestions for street
decoration is a Court of Honor, which
will extend for a dlstance of two blocks
and prove most beautirul.
The Times to-day reproduces the pro- i
posed Court of Honor from the plans of
ALEX. H. MEYER.
(President.) ,
the de^ners. The plans call for four
groups~of cqlumns tifty feet high_ and a
?range of columns thirty-five feet high to
extend two hlocks. These are to be built
out of staff, as were the approacnes to the
Dewev Arch.-and, sutrmounted by ban
mers will make a very impresslve slght.
worth coming to Richmond to see to those
who have not seen the Dewey Arch. .
These gentlemen have donated this de
si~ii to the managers of the assoclation
and will give their time and services free
in erecting the same.
Me=srs. Xoland & Baskerville, a firm
of archhects of this city, have already
Mveri tlie association most valuable. ald
fn arranging and drawing a p'lan of Broacl
Street lllustratlng each cross-street and
the dl'fferent amusernent enterprises to be
located there. When the posters are put
up at the Carnlval headquarters, Uie
booth-holdors will be enabled to see exact
ly where the various booths are to be
looated
ARCHES OF TRIUMPH.
Mr. Delyahe, the Belglan sculptor. has
drawn plans for two magnlflcent arohes,
sixty feet high, which he proposes to
erect at each end of the booth street as
entrances to the Fah-' proper. These
* '(Continued-on Elghtb, PageJL
A BIG BATTLE IS
NOW IMMINENT
Britisli Advance to Pre*
toriaHasBemm.
DAILY SKIRMISHES.
BoerCamp atKaree Siding Occupied
by Tucker's Division.
THEWAYCLEriR TO BRANDFORT
This Place Is neportpd to be Alrcady
13vacuatcd?Ordexs Have Been Rc
ccivcd for the Immcdiatc Dis
cmbarkation and Sendinjj
Xorth. of tho Eigbth
Divisiou.
LOXDON, April 1-4 A. M.-The W'ar
Ofiico issued no further news to-night
a.'.d the few dispatches received from
tho seat of war bear ovidence of having
been .dclayed by the censor.
According to a special dispatch from
Pretoria, datcd yesterday, Lord Roberts
has commenced his advanco northward.
Thc dispatch says that there are daily
skirmishes and that a big battle is im
?minent.
This, however, may refer to the opora
tions preccding the engagement at Kareo
Siding, which has apparently eleared the
way as weil as secured an advantage of
positiqn whence the next ope-rations may
be conducted.
Tucker's division is now strongly oc
cui)ying the Boers' camp at Karce Sid
ing with the way clear to Brandfort,
j which is reported already evacuated.
Orders have been received at Cape
Tawn for the Eighth Division to be. dis
embarked and sent north immediately on
.its arrival there.
Tlie Boer forces in the neighborhood of
Paardeberg are reported to be actively
engaged in marauding and in attempting
tfl capture British horses left on the
veldt, owing to their weak condition.
Six hundred Barkley refugees sent back
from Cape Town are stranded, the Kim
beriey military authorities refusing as
sistance to allow them to proceed.
Much Kaffir looting is reported at
(Continued on Fifth Pagc>
THElEARSARGE'S
LAST TRIAL TRIP
Everthing Worked Beautifully and the
Double Turret is Pronounced
a Complete Success.
WASHIXGTOX, March 31.?Admiral
Sampson, who was aboard' the Kearsarge
during her last run out to sea, arrlved
here this morning from FOrt Monroe on
his way Xorth to Boston.
The admiral witnessed the test of tfc<?
double turret, a feature of naval archi
tecture peculiar' to the United StaAes
Xavy. The test settled completely all
doubts as to the pcaetlcability of this
idea. According to Admiral Sarapson,
none of the predicted faults of tho sys
tem developed. It had been contended
that the blast cf the 8-inch ,guns super
dmposed above ,thef Iblg 0.2-inch guns,
would make it impossible to operate tne
latter; that no man could live. in the
lower turret. As a matter of fact, the
blast was so light that two offlcers sta
tioned in the two sighting hoods on the
lower turret were unable to agr.ree as
tq whether there was any blast at: all,
aiid if there was they could' not tell its
directlon.
A plece-of cotton wool placed in tha
fcrward sllt of the middle of the sighting
hood was driven Into the hood, but on
either side it remafned undisturbed.
Contrary to predlctlona, ther* was no
?aifnculty in maintaining the four guns
in the suiperimposed. turrejits ln parallel;
the shots were delivered almost ln one
spot Owing to a fault in the electrical
connectlons, which can easlly be reme
died, it was not possible to distharge mone
than three oT the guns together, but the
three shots at a thbusand yards dropped
ln the same place in the water.
No trouble was exprelenced with the
turning devices and other mechanism;
evecytblng worked with perfect smooth
ness. Tho same was true, acording to
Admdral Sampson, of the Kearsarge'as a
-whole, everythrng?bpilers, engines, steer
ing gear/functioned'peEfieoUyi ^_.... j
. . .
POLITICS IN
OLD VIRGINIA
Norfolk on Eve of a Revolt
Against Old Regime.
NEW MAN FOR MAYOR.
Dr. James G. Riddick Develops Un
expected Strength.
CASE OF TOO MUCH JOHNSTON.
A Bolt in the IVarren County Kepnb
Iican Convention?The Powhatan
Ttcpublicans Take Action in
Mc'mory of the liate State
Senator Flannajan.
Other Coiiventioiis.
?XORFOLK, VA., March 31.?Speclal.
A municipal political revolution is appar
ently imminent in 'Xorfolk, and the unex
pected Is seemingly golng to happen.
The plans- drawn and speeifications pre
pared . by the allied Prohibitionlsts aml
municipal reformers, who, as the City
League for Good Government, tnr^atened
some time back to develop a party who
would unhorse .the "old ring favorites,"
so to speak, failed o? fruition and died
in- the flower.
TItti 'League could not gcl; a candidate
to ?accept the immolation offered. and
when Judge Heath declared that he coukl
not spare the time to lead the .reform
liost. the voicei of the virtuous waxed
wcak, and then those who have "an im
pression that it would require evidence to
remove," that the banner of the Uoo
Goos could have been had cheap.
All this was changed ln a twinkllng,
though. last week. when a banner was
ihung on the outer wall which bore the
announeement that Ooctor James G.
Riddick was an aspirant for tne>mayoral
ty of Xorfolk.
?DOCTOR (RIDDICK.
(Docfcor Riddick, whose candidacy was
hooted at by political owls, went up to
tbd present Mayor, Hon. C. Brooks John
ston, and smacked his shield with the
butt of a lance, showlng no fear and ask
ing no favor. The poHtidans looked on
the doughty Doctor as a sure enough
Don Quixote. and looked under the bea
for Pancho Panza, -his 'Squrre. The real
astute ones, however, said that Dr. Kld
dick was a strong man, and gava his
candidacy some attention.
The Johnston Heutenants thought the
"heelers" were* exaggerating the Doctor's
drawing powers, with a view to securin?
more fruit of the limb, as it were, antt
gave the "heelers"' the ha! ha!
IX<H-er were lieiitenants more mlstaken.
as it now appears.
It looks to-day as though all the ene
mies Mayor Johnston has made in his
long and successful career in business
and in politcs are allied against him, and
he see'ms to have inherited all the quar
rels all the members of his admlnistra
tion have opened.
\MATOR JOHNSTON.
He, one of the most progressive' may
or's Xorfolk ,has ever had; one who has
done more to improve the city than one
ever did; one of the nbl-est of Xorfolk
business men. advised by the most as?
tute politicians hereabouts. is. from all
appearanuces. in imminent danger of be?
ing beaten by a professional gentleman
of high charact'Sr, who has no knowledge
of politics, has not put uj> a cent, so far
?as known, and does not represent any
faction." apparently.
Men of standing in Xorfolk, who never
saw Dr. Riddick, and know nothing or
hfm. except that they have heard of his
exceflfeifit character, say that they are
going to vote for him.
SOME OBJKCTIOX5.
Asked why they are golng to oppose
the present administration, they say that
it is a case of "too much Johnston.'
Others say that they are going to vote
for Dr. Riddick becaus^ they don't Uke
"Alf. Thom." others because they don't
like "Tom Wilcox," but the matn com
piaint against the Mayor appeors to be
that he. while 'Mayor, accepted the vlce
nresideney of Mr. Lancaster "Wiliiams"
street railway and illuminating enter
prisets.
, The tide may turn again berore May,
but nine men out of ten here believe' a
revolt is on, and the present city adminis?
tration will be changed entireiy.
The arbitrary and ill-judged actions of
the Democratic politrcians hereabouts
are really responslble.
Powhatan TSepublicnns.
POWHATAiN. VA., March 31.-SpeciaI?
The Republican .County Convention met
here to-day to nominate delegates to the
dlstrict and State conventions. p.Tne con?
vention was calied to order bjr T. O.
Davis, -county chairman. Isaac " "U'alton
was elected chairman and-A. T. Taylor
secretary. X,. o. Davis was eiected coun?
ty chairman. The following delegates
were elected to attend both dlstrict and
State eonventions: S. T. Davis, A. \V.
TVillson, R. J. Olobson. and T. "W*. Harri
son.- Mr. M. F. Swan was elected com
mitteeman. Resolutions were passed en
dorsing McKinley's administration and
paying a tribute of respect to the death
of the late "VYMiaro M. Flanagan, who
was the former county chairman.
Greensville IJcpublicaiis.
BMtPORIA, VA., March 31.?SpeeiaL?
The Republicans of Greensville county
met in convention at the court-house
yesterday to elect delegates to the Dis-"
trict and State conventions to be held in
Petersburg and Xorfolk on the 10th and
11th of April.
'Nathan Avenit was elected chairman,
and T. J. Langford secretary of the meet?
ing. The, following delegates were elect?
ed: Captain Frank Jarratt and Nathan
Avent (colored) to -the State convention,
and Alex Batts and Waverty Wyatt, both
colored, to the Dls'triet convention.
. Xaiisemoiul Hepublicans.
STJFFQL.K, VA., March 31.?Special.?
Thc Nanseraond county Republican con?
vention met- here tbis aftemoon with H.
P. Brooks as' chairman .and J. . W.
Weaver secretary. ',-'-.
Kesolutions\ were adoptedv endorsing
iOqntlnued on Fiftn Pagea
[PORTO R1CAN BILL
WAS COMPLETED
With the' Exception of
Two Amendments;
THE FINAL DEBATE
Will Begin on MonrJay Morning at
Eleven o'Clock.
VOTING BEG1NS TUESDAY.
Pcature of Yesterday's Session Was an
Exhaustive Discussion of the Fend
ina Measure by Mr. rairbanks,
of Indiana, Who Supportcd
the Bill Vigorously and
UnequiTOcally.
WASHrXCTOX, March 31.?SO fa-r as
tlie committee in c-harge of the measure
is concerned, the Porto Rico bill was com
pleted to-day, with the exception of two
amendments which senators had requested
should He over until Monday. The final
two days' debate on the bBI will besin at
11 o'clock Monday. At ?! o'clock Tuesday
aiftemoon the votes will be taken on the
pendlng amendments and the bill.
The feature of to-day's session was an
exhaustive discussion on the pcnding
measure by Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana.
Particular interest was mani'fested by sen?
ators on both sides of rhe chamber in the
speech, in view of the attitude of Mr.
Fairbanks' colleague, Mr. Beveridge.
?He supported vigorously and unequlvo
cally the pendlng measure, making an
argument which. some of his colteagues
?said would attract widespread attentiou.
Consideration of the Pofto Rico bill be
ing resunied, Mr. Bacon, of Georgia. made
a statement cbncernlng the suhstitute he
offered yesterday for the pendlng un
fiiiisaed business. He desired, he said. to
arrogate to himself no- crcdit for the sub
strtute, as it was the measure originally
prepared by Mr. Foraker, amended slight
ly. He could not speak for all members
on bis side of the Chamber. but he knew
that as he had introduced the measure in
the utmost good faith. some Democrats. at
least, would support lt. at presented. he
thought, the best proposltion yet made as
?to Porto Rico, inasrauch as lt provided a
free, territorial government of the United
States.
MAKE IT A TERRITORY.
The pending question was on the
amendment offered by Mr. Ailen, of Xe
braska, proridlng that the bill ahoifld des
ignate Porto Rico as a terrltory of the
Unitrd States.
Mr. MoComns read a recent s>tatement
of Mr. Havemeyor. president of the Ame
rlcan Sttsar Refining Company, in whlc'i
he argued in favor of the free admission
to the United States of sugar from Pcrto
Rico, and expressed. the belief that the
time' would come soon when it would be
admited free.
When that section of the bill relating to
the legislative assernbiy of Porto Rico
was reached. Mr. Pettus, of Alabama.
offered this amendment:
"That the Uog-islative Assembly of Porto
Rico shall have no power or authority to
enact any law in conflict with the Con?
stitution cf the United States."
The amendment was lost?15 to 31.
Mr. Fairbanks then addressed the Senate
in support of the 'ponding measure.
LOOAIj taxatiox.
After pointing out that tho propcsed
tariff shall cease. absolutely, on March
Ist; 1602. and' that so far as the Porto
Rican Assembly shun have put into
operation a system of loca! taxation, the
commerce between the island and the
United States shall be free. Mr. Fair?
banks concludeu:
"We' should consider the subjeet before
us In no illlberal or dogmatlc splrit. Xo
(Continued on Sixth Paare.i_
SEPARATE CAR
FOR NEGROES
Norfolk Street Railway Puts One on
Its Lambert Point Line?Flem
ing Wants New Trial.
XORFOEK, VA, Maroh .".1.?Special.?A
Separate car for colored people was to
dav. by the Xorfolk Screet Railway. put
onits JTorfolk and Lamberfs Point line.
Forty apprentices from a traininT sh'tp
have been asslgned to duty aboard the
new battieship Kearsarge. Both sbips are
in Hampton Roads.
Judge of the Corporation Court Hanckel
to-day devided that the recent act of the
]><.-islature requlring appUcants for U
quor licehses fb give thirty days notice
of the fact by posting it upon the court
ihouse door does not apply to cIMes.
The Wlse Republlcans will hold p;-ec.lnct
meetlngs here on April 2d preUmlnary to
tlie District and State conventiorw.
A motion for a new trial will be argued
by Justlce Flemlng's attorneys before
Judge Whilte. ot Princess Anne, April ?d.
GENERAL F. H. CAMERON DEAD
-\Vell-Known Xorth Carolinian Pas?ed
Away Last Xicht
General Francls Hawkes Cameron, a
well known cltizen of Ralelgn. X. C, who
recently came to this city. died at the
resldence of (Mrs. F. H. Ctmeron, Xo.
315 West Franktln Street. at 11:37 o clock
last night, after a llngering illness ot
several days. The immediate cause ot his
death was Bright's dlsease.
General Francis Hawkes Cameron was
born in Xorth Carollna June 1, 1S37. and
until recently was general agent for
-North Carollna for the Life Insurance
Company of Virginia. with headquarters
at 'Ralel"h He came to Richmond ln 1SD0
to assume an offlce at the headquarters
aere. , , , ?
General Cameron is survlved by a
wldow and slx chlldren?Francls H. Cam
eson Jr.. an offlcer ot the volunteeV army
and Is now .ln the PhiUppines; Dunian K.
Cameron. of Yokohama, Japan. who was
with him at the time of his death, and
tha lollowing daughters": Misses Frances
H> Le Grand. Natatte and Eugenla.
General Cameron waa Aajutant-General
of North" Carollna under the last Demo
"cratle admlnistratioa. He was a veteran
and . senrad . wita. dtetlactloR?- General
Cameron was also a thirty-secondt degree
I Maaon and .pxomiaeat ia> itasonic alrriOTs.
JURY TO FIND
THE LYNCHERS
Judge Goodwyn to Charge
Them To-Moirow.
RICHMOND WITNESSES
Two Newspaper Men Have Been
Summonsd to Give Evidence*
MAY HAVE BEEN A NOBLEMAN.
Theorles nnd Facts- Have Been Ad*
vanccd Teiidin- to- Confirm tho
Suspicions That O'Grady Was
of Nobtc Birth and "Was a
Victim or L'nfbrCunato
Circtimstanccs.
The grand jury to investigate the recent
Iynchings at Emporia. will assembly to
roorrow morning at 11 o'clock in that
town. The perjonnel of the jury ls: J. H.
Batte, G. H. Baltey. W. \V. Green, Johrt
Chapfin, W. E. Batley, S. S. Green. W. T.
Tlllar, P. F. Weaver, J. T. Bryant. G. JL.
Vincent, GU3 Cain and Douglas,. FisiTcr.
These men are selected from retnote
portions of the county, and, so far a3
Judge Goodwyn is aware, are entirely
without prejudlce ln the case. Mr. W.
E. Bailey, one of the jurors. was one of
those who was in the conference at the
Judge's oftice when the order for the wlth
drawal of the military was signed.
There have been two wltnesaes sum
moned from this city, Messrs. Feyton R.
Xoel and Clarcnce T. Boytktn, to testlty
beforo tlie grand jury. One of these gen
tlemcn wil.eti asked ragardlng what evi
dence he could give that would lead to
the Utentitication of the tynchers, stmteU
that as he was a stranger ln the fdwn anu
almost totally ^unacriuainted. he could
Identify cnly one person as being in tho
mob. Who this one person was he dc
clined to say.
O'GRADY A XOBLEMAN*.
Much speculation has been aroused as
to the idenclty of Brandc O'Grady, who
was Iynched at Emporia last -Saturday.
It is now thought that he was the son
of a prominent court orflcial of a nurth
ern city, who is at present on iiis way
?here to gather furcher facts. Captain \V.
L. O'Grady was expected to niTlvtj here
last night, but did not. He will probably
j reach this city some time to-day.
The following letter bearing on the sub?
ject has been rocjived by a gentleman rc
sidlng ln tliJs city:
As you saw the allegcd "O'Grady." will
you kindly let me know what was his
apparent age, helght. weighr. color of
hair and eyes? If he is the person l fear
he was, there was only one Ufe betweer
him and an Irisli peerage, the knowledge
of which was, no doubt. respor.slblo for
some of his vagarles.
He was thirty yeurs old. five feet sfct
inches in height, weighl about UO poutnis,
sllky brown hair and gray eyes.
He was a very quarrelsome fellow. H?
had been in three rea!-estate offices, two
Iawyers' offices, a fruit importer's. a pub
lisher's and a patent medlcine l!rm. Then
he went to Chicago, with good Introduc
tlon, a complete out.'it of new clothes,
and $"j0, and did well for a year.
Then he turned up suddenly at his fa
ther's house in rags, having got lost on
a cattle train. and starving.
The prodigal was again made doeenf,
and for a very brief spaee was employftj
as a copyist in a register's office.
UXOOV'ERiXABLE TEMFER.
Then he had a general qtiarrel with
everybody. and went to England on a
cattle-ship. There he made himself
known to an aunt. who procured him a
situation in a banking-house ln London,
where he did well and was twlce pro
moted.
Then he left suddenly and has never
since been heard from. As slx cattle
ships were lost within a few days of
each other In the fall of 1SD8, just as he
left his employment. it has been surmised
that he had drifted back to a famlliar
employment and perished.
He was brlght enough?earncd $."? when
only fourteen?and generally, after a lit?
tle probation. got promoted to a salury
of from $10 to J1S a week wherever he
went.
In spite of his villainous. Impracticabta
temper. ail his employers spoke well of
.his ability and unimpeachable honesty.
He would lay down and. die rather than
stea* or beg, and when" f read that this
tramp was found1 helple33ly, aimlessly
camped in a cabin where the murderer
was caught. it mademe sore at heart.
Of course O'Grady had no Irish brogue,
for he was born in India and educated in
America,
SUMMARY OF TO-DAY'S NEWS.
T.ocaf.
?O'Grady, the man Iynched at Empo?
ria, was of a good family.
?Flrst base-ball ga.tio of the season
played yesterday.
?Death of Mr. George J. Hooper, Sr?
?Meetlngs of the political clubs.
?Much Interest ln the Carnival Asso?
ciation.
Stafe.
?Tn the Iocal oytlon election In Appo
mattox to-day the county goes dry.
?Kearsarge's turrets prove to be a suc
cess.
?Harry Vardon, the world's champion
golf player. defeats W'iVMe Dunn. t.'nlted
States champion, by a close score at
Hampton Roatfs Golf and Country Club's
grounds.
?E Randolnh Wiliiams elected presi?
dent Of the Richmond. Petersburg and
Carolina- Railroad. and new directory
elected. A part of the consolidation
scheme. Xame of road to be changed.
_H. P. Dodson. of Lancaster. arrested
'on charge of arson.
?Dr. W. W. Rangeley. of Christlans
burg. hurt on the road at night by hl?
runaway team. and suffers much hard
shlp.
General. $7*
?House involved ln a warm political
debate
?Flna! debate on Pcrto Rican bill will
begln Monday. and the votlng on Tues?
day.
?Blcodshed threatened over attem.pt to
arrest Finley ln connectioa' wltb killing
of Goebel.
- Forcijcu.
?Big battie with Boers Imminent.
?Boberts' advance oa Pretotia. has
? ICIghth Division ordered t<? disembartc
and advance north,
?Mafeking stlll hotdlns out.
^nl-iy.1 ftuafa, diti at bla ?niiiTil y