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RICHMOND. YA., SATUKBAY, MARCH 22,1902.
PRICE TWO CENTS
?
IST SENSATION!
George Greeiv, Known as Mar?
ried Man. Proves a Woman.
DEATH TELLS THE SECRET
Amazement of Gentlemen Who
Dressed the Corpse.
RELATIONS IGNORANT OF IT
The Wife Overcome With Grief, But Now
Tbat George Is Dead, ceres Not Thai tbe
Secret Kept for Forty Years in Her
Cud Breait is Known to tbe
World?People of Ettricks
Are Aiucli Exercised,
(FpftClnl Dispatch lo Tho Times.)
PETERSBURG. VA?, March 21.?The
little manufacturing town of Ettrick,
across th?s river from this city, is under
intense excitement over the greatest
sensation known to its oldest inhabi?
tants. George Groen, a citizen known to
evenv man, woman and child in tho vi?
cinage as a man. turns out to be a wo?
man.
George Green, who was seventy-two
year? old, and who for forty-one years
ha.1 been known to the world as the hus?
band of Mary Green, who had mixed
with men, consumed a. man's daily ration
of tobacco, worn boots, trousers, sus?
penders, coats ana waistcoats, was a
female.
A REMARKABLE LIFE.
George Green died at homo an Ettrick.
near this city, at 3 o'clock this morning.
Green came here three months ??go from
Raleigh. N. C. near which place he
owned a large cotton plantation. Being
mi invalid from a complication of heart
disease and dropsy. Green bed done no
work for a year, and v.:.s supported by
his -wife and sister's children, most of
T.hom worked in the cotton mills in Ei
.?-ick. When Green's death became
known tlie sympathy of the little, town
.-.roused, and men. out of pity for human?
ity, offered their resistance to the widow.
?J'nree gentlemen went in to prepare the
body for burial
ATTENDANTS ASTOUNDED.
When Th* apparel had been removed,
and tho Identity of the form bVcame ap?
parent ?? these gentlemen, they stood |
Speechless. ga-.ing at each other. I
It seemed moments before ;i word j
?war. spoken, and one of the number, al- |
most overcome hy surprise, declared in an
audible whisper. "He is a woman." These
words relieved the awful silence, ?.ut tiie
?evident fact remained in ihe minds of
?these gentlemen Uiat they were preparing
Ihe body of ? woman for burial.
They did not rush hastily at conclusions,
bui were Bat i sued that their lirst. impros
r.ions were, correct. They proceeded witn
the utmost care to examine and prepare
the body, and so it was dressed in its
accustomed masculine apparel, and was
ready for tho undertaker. When the men
b'ft the home, they could hardly speak
nf it for consternation.
From th?- innocent expressions of the
face? of the little family it is evident
lhat they have been ignorant of the fact,
whom they called uncle was indeed a
woman. They disdained the suggestion.
und when it was lold them that such was
reported to be true, they said "The face
ilself would show he was a man."
CH ANG E FROM' BA D H EA ???".
Green, thirty-live years ago, weighed
ever two hundred pounds. Disease and
::ge have wrought their work upon the
*f?->rm, and in death it weighed prohahly
pno hundred and twenty pounds. The face
?-bowed no sign of beard, and the man
who went through tlie. process of shaving,
Hai?i only two or three white hairs were
to be found on the face. Daily has Green
worked with men. and never a suspicion
lhaf tneir companion was a woman.
Everywhere Green's identity bas been
undiscovered, nnd but for tho fact that
?men were called to shroud the form the.
.public would never have, known that
<*reen. the husband, was a woman. Tlie
body in form and ligure, and every re
rpeet, resembles that of a woman. The
?aee. rather dark in <;omplcxion. is de?
cidedly feminine? when carefully looked
Into, shows unmistakable feniinine lines.
"C?reen was the last born of triplets, and
fhe mother died at their birth,
the mother died at their birth.
Green came to America from England
when only a child, and lived for many
years in Canada, going from there to
Rochester, New York, then to Uie oil
?distaci of Pennsylvania, then to Erio
county and several years ago moved to
V.'alt? county. North Carolina, about live
Snllea from Raleigh.
In Eri?? county thirty-live years ago
Green married Mr.*--. John Biddle, of War
SUtid. Pa., who was Miss Mary Givens,
Vf Qhjo. Green and the wife came to
txt54?*rsbiir'* about three, months ago. Mrs.
puzzle t'ouver, now living in Eric. Pa.,
Is a daughter of Mrs. Green by her Jirst
?.narriate, and is a woman about forty
one vears of age.
GREEN'S FAMILY.
Green had a brother and a sister, the
latter. Mrs. John Moriarty. who. with
four sons and three daughters, lives In
this city.
When Green went to Raleigh twenty
seven -yenrs ago. the now emaciated
?body weighed about two hundred and
twenty-.i ve pounds. For the past year
**-reen has boon an invabd. suffering
irom drops}' and heart trouble, and it
ras this complication of diseases that
?-.-.used death. The entire family dis?
claim thc idea tltat the body is that of
n woman and say thai idle slanderous
tongues are responsible- for thc report
ior which thero is not tlie slighter* foun?
dation. From the evidence of the three
then who shrouded tho body not Mie
??lightest doubt prevails Uiat Green was
j. woman, and Mrs. Oreen herself, now
that death lias revealed the truth, makes
no further denial of her strange mat?
ing between women.
uVKRCOME WITH GRIEF.
The wife i? almost overcome wJth grief.
No ?sorrow more profound or deeper was
ever seen. As soon as tho body had been
prepared Mrs. Green, the wife, was In?
terviewed. "Did you ljnow your hus
Trand was a woman before you married
him." ?ho wan ajsked. "No." replied
Of. firmly a? her grief would penn It her
to emphasize lier words.
Then ?he was a?ked if any one save
Mvarmalt knew ths.t Gr*sen was a woman.
Sho said that no person, on earth taxe
herself knew, it; that it -ivas a secret
known to them alone, and she liad Kept
it carefully guarded from the world,
mother, father, sisters?all?and that the
family then in the house knew it nor.
To another ?question she replied that
she could gel no woman to assist her ir.
preparing the body, and then the mascu?
line neighbors offered their services.
She was told that thc secret she had
borne in her bosom so many years could
have been burled with the woman she had
loved as passionately as if she were a
man. had she only attended the body
a.1 on e.
XO EOXGER ? ?SECRET.
She said: VI know it. but death has
come now; it can do her no harm for the
truth to be known.'' She was questioned
further, but resolutely declined to say.
more.
Why Uie passionate love of these wo?
men for each other existed may never be
known.
The reporter called se\*e.ral times this
afternoon and evening- for another con?
versation with the grief-stricken woman.
but he was not permitted to see her. Each
timo he was told that she was peacefully
sleeping-, and her family refused to wake
her.
Back of all there may be still a. deeper
mystery. Many reasons are suggested
for this disguise, but absolutely nothing
definite.' Green is said to own some
valuable -property near Raleigh. N. C.
but this case obiained recently, and.
therefore, could not be connected with
the disguise.
It is a. mystery still unsolved, and the
problem can only be worked out hy the
woman so long thought to be a wife.
"???Y RUMORS.
All sorts of rumors are afloat in Et
tricks to-night, and the intensest curi?
osity prevails in regard to the case.
It is believed by some that Mrs. Green
will now prove 1o bo a man, and thnt
they swapped identity for some purpose
known only to themselves.
So certain ar?-? citizens that further
revealment will come, that there was talk
to-night of watching the house. Green
is said to have considerable property in
Raleigh.
ORDERED FROM
THEIR OWN HOMES
Cave-in on Park Avenue Rendered
Them Unsafe?Loss Nearly
$I00:000.
(?? Associated Press?,
?NEW YORK. March 21.?Fark Avenue,
this city, to-day was again the scene of
an accident, which, while it entailed no
loss of life, caused a. property loss of
considerable proportions. The brown
stone fronts of several four-story pr??
vate houses on the cast side of thc avenue
s..i>k from thc undermining of the foun?
dations by excavations for the Rapid
Transit tunnel.
The lirst serious ?-avo-in occurred when
the sidewalk and aveaway of Xo. 55 Park
Avenue sank to a considerable depth,
leaving the front wall with no support
ard exposing the cellar. The houses on
either side of Xo. ?"*?"> were also rendered
unsafe. Late iu the afternoon a. further
i-?ttiing1 ol" the walls and sidewalks and
11.* residents on thc cast, side of the block
were ordered by the police to leave their
h'.mes. The financial loss was estimated
al ?T?,flOO to ?100.000.
(Special Dispatch to Tlie Tin?*??-.)
NORFOLK, VA.. March 21.?The arrest
hue to-night of W. Lindsay Bibb, con?
testant from the Good Government side
1..1 a Legislative seat from this city,
created a sensation. The charge against
him was that he took from the room at
ine Monticello Hotel of II. .T. Barnes $26?.
Barnes is from Hinton, X. C, and has
not known Bibb before, he says. The
??tory, as he tells it. is that Mr. Bibb,
whom he met a short, while before, came
to his room and invited hiin out to .sup?
per; that he declined, and ask ?ed Bibb to
stop with him. This he did. Barnes says,
hut. upon awaking he found his money
gone.
Newspaper men were not allowed to
? earn from Bibb his side of the case to?
night. The friends of the accused claim
that political reasons underlie the arrest.
s\ l_gorio will become Bibb's bondsman
in $500.
Bibb was bailed this morning, lie im?
mediately made a statement denying the
charges and asking a suspension of ?iu?g
ment by the public
THE METHODISTS
GET TOGETHER
Joint Commission of Churches,
North and South, Meets
in Baltimore.
(By Associated i'ress.)
BALTIMORE. MD.. March 21?The
first session of a joint commission rep?
resenting the Methodist Episcopal Church
and tho Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, began to-day p~t the ????????'?
College in this city. The conference is
private.
A member of the commission of
Northern branch of the church said that
the result of the conference will undoubt?
edly be far-reaching, and it will be im?
possible to predict its general scope.
Following are some of the items that
will be brought up for consideration:
Unification of mission Tvork in all for?
eign fields.
Strengthening the various posts of the
two ?churches by thorough organization
end equipment.
Thc establishment of a more economic
basis of operation.
The establishment of a joint theologi?
cal seminary in the foreign field.
The establishment of a joint female
seminary in the fore!?srn fleld.
? proposition to ?establish a joint book
Nota Dollar Added to the
Appropriation.
OVER SIXTY MILLIONS
The Senate Passed Two Import?
ant Bills Yesterday.
TO HAVE A MILITARY GUARD
BH! for Protection of Chief Ex?cutive Pro?
vides One That Shall Be Furnished With
?No Unnecessary Display?Other
Measure Enacted by the Upper
House Was for Repeal of
War Revenue Tax.
(By Associated Press.)
AVASHINGTON, D. C, March 21.?The
House to-day passed thc river and hor
bor bill, which has been under considera?
tion throughout the week. Although sev?
eral minor amendments were adopted,
not a single dollar was added to tho
measure, and as passed it carried ex?
actly what it did when it camo from
the committee?$60,BSS,2137, including au?
thorizations. Mr. Sulzer, of New York,
attempted to force a. record vote on
the final passage of the. bill, but only
three members. Messrs. Smith, of Towa;
Fitzgerald, of New York, and Cochran,
of Missouri, supporter! him.
Something of a flurry was caused by
a.n amendment offered by Mr, Gaines, of
Tennessee, to an amendment", which was
presented and adopted yesterday on mo?
tion of Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee,
to permit the ?Secretary of ??.??- to grant
leases to the owners of.land abutting
lock and dam number one at Nashville,
Tenn.. for the use of the water power
creatcd by that. dam. to? allow the con?
struction of inlet and outlet canals, etc.
Mr. Richardson's amendment met with
no opposition yesterday. Mr. Gaines
amendment, to the amendment; provided
that the lease or grant of this'water
power sho"id h? to the liVhnci bidder.
NO PERSONAL INTEREST.
Mr. Richardson explained his connec?
tion with the original amendment in
which he said ho had no personal inter?
est.
He said that last summer at the request
of some constituents of his. wh?' desired
to obtain the privilege of using the water
power at Nashville, he and Senator Car
mack emne te AVnshin?trui to see thc Sec?
retary " XVar about the? matter. The
secretary, he said, declined to grant the
request for the use of the. water, saying
it was a. matter which Congress should
pass upon. There the matter rested un?
til a short time ago. Mr. Riehnrdson said,
when his constituents a.sked him to call
Hie matter tg the attention of Congress,
and he had done so. "I had no further
interest in the matter;" said he, "than to
do my duty by my constituents, who had
asked me to come here, and who had
paid my way."
Mr. Gaines insisted that the rights to be
W. LINDSAY BIBB HELD
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE
Contestant for Seat in Legislsture Accused of Larceny of
$260 from a Norfolk, Virginia,
Hotel.
concern ?ind publishing house in China.
Thc establishment of secular and reli?
gious papers in the foreign fields.
A large number of other important
questions will be. discussed at tlie session
of thc commission, some, of which will
refer to tlie work in the home field.
Thc joint commission is composed as
follows:
Methodist Episcopal Church, South?
Bishops John C. Granbery. W. W. Dun?
can and R. K. Hargrove: Rev. Dr. E. E.
Hoss. Nashville, Tenu.: Rev. G. G. Mas
Dowell. Judge Walter Clark. Raleigh,
N. C.: Prof. R. W. Jones. Oxford, Miss.,
and Col. Asa Holt, Abilene, Texas.
Methodist Episcopal Church?Bishops
S. M. Merrill, J. M. Waiden and Circus
V. Foss: Rev. Dr. John F. Gouclier,
Baltimore: Rev. Dr. H. G. Jackson,
Chicago. 111.; Rev. R. J. Cook, Chatta?
nooga. Temi.: Judge Thomas If. Murray,
C'leari.cld. Pa.; R. T. Miller. Cincinnati,
Ohio; T. B. Sweet, Topeka, Kansas.
KILLED HIS EMPLOYER.
The Act Justified by thc Circumstance?,.
Conductor's Arm /Hashed Of.
(Special Dispai?*h to The Times.)
RALEIGH. N. C. March 21.?Q. S.
??.dams, a farmer in Barton's Creek Town?
ship, was shot and killed this afternoon
by John Nipper, an employe on the farm.
Adams came to Nipper's house intoxicated,
was overbearing, struck his mother, ana
attacked Nipper himself. Later Nipper got
a gun and shot him dead. The load of
shot took effect in his right breast. He
then went to an officer and gave himself
up.
The killing is generally pronounced jus?
tifiable.
Capt. W. .T..Rand, of Raleigh. Seaboard
Air Line, freight conductor, fell from his
train at Cheraw this afternoon, and -
his left arm crushed so that amputation
was necessary."
"(.and was riding on a. fiat car and fell
off in such a way that his arm fell on the
track, under thc car wheels. He was
making a, run from Hamlet to Cheraw,
WAS IRRESPONSIBLE.
Elevator Attendant Twice Set Attor House
Afire.
-
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, March 21.?Edward Far
ley, who was an elevator attendant ac
the Astor House, was arrested to-day,
charged with causing the two mysterious
tir?is in the Astor House last M'edncstlay
night. He made a statement to the police
saying that ho started, the fires and that
he did not know why lio had dono it. He
-was under the influence of liquor at the
time, he ?aid.
given away tinder his-colleague's amend?
ment were exceedingly valuable. He! saia"
that a Now York concern had offered
?SS95.000 for similar rights at Chattanooga.
At the "War Department, he said, it was
estimated that the wacr rlgn.j at Nash?
ville were worth'several million dollars.
* After some further discussion tho Gaine's
amendment, modified slightly, was adopt?
ed._
In the Senate.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. O, March 21.?Two
important measures were passed by the
Senate, to-day?tho bill for the repeal o?
thc war revenue taxes and that for thc
protection of tlie President of ,the United
States. The revenue bill was passed
without division and after only one short
speech. Mr. Tillman embraced the op?
portunity to -pretest' against the repeal
of the duty of ten cents a pound upon
tea. . - < r;
The. owners of ?tea now In this country
In bond, Mr. Tillman said, would got the
benefit of the r^mova.l. of duty to the
amount of ^.OM'.'O?O. Since the duly had
been levied upon' tea the United States
had been receiving a better quality of tea.
which had been supplied to the people at
no increased price. He said, too. that the
exp; riment of-tea culture was being made
in South Carolina, and he believed it
would be successful. This was a "baby
industryV and really needed the protec?
tion. The tea. culture, industry ga.vc occu?
pation to many colored children, and
might do much other good.
The bill for tho protection of the Pres?
ident was under discussion during the
greater part of the session. Mr. Patter?
son, of Colorado, made an extended
speech in opposition to it.. and Mr. Fair?
banks, of Indiana, advocated it in a
forceful address-?.
Amendments were offered by Senators
Continued on Ninth Page.)
SEVERAL NORMAL
SCHOOLS NEEDED
Earnest Presentation of the Sub?
ject by Dr. Frazer, of
Farmville.
The Committees* of ' the Senato and
House on Public Institutions and Edu?
cation held a. joint session last night. A
number of the members of the Richmond
Education Association were present for
the purpose of presenting to the commit?
tee the. importance of ?establishing one or
moro State female normal schools in ad?
dition to the one in operation in Farm?
vrlle.
Mr. .T. Stewart 'Bryan, representing the
?association, addressed the committees
briefly. He was followed by Dr. Robert
11'ra.zer. until recently at the. head of the.
Farmville School. Dr. Fraser thought the
State ?could not find a better way to spend
JtfOO.C?**) than, in Ibn education of female
teachers to whom m? entrust the instruc?
tion of the 700,000 children of the State.
The State now spends ?2.HX>.(X)0 on public
schools. Dr. Frazer thought it would do
belter to put ?l.GOO.COO on public schools
and $500,000 on normal instruction. The
State should have at hast five or six
more normal schools like the one at
Farmville. This would be better than to
enlarge this school, as the best results
come in a. school of about 250. thinks
Dr. Frazer. Thc. Farmville School cost
the Slate but $15,000 ?.year. -
"The great, trouble with the schools of
the. State," said Dr. Frazer, "is the. lack
of competent teachers. Teaching is one
thing; hearing lessons another."
Dr. Frazer thought any live Virginia,
town would get together *100,00ft to start
?such a. school if the State would th"n
locato it. Tho school, apart from other!
benefits, would bring over $15,000 a year
to* the town in cash, a good return on an
outlay or .$100,000.
The suggestion of the association was
that the subject of establishing one or
more additional female normal schools he
referred to an ad interim committee t>j
report to the next Degislalure. The com?
mittee took no action last night, but
this course, will probably be followed.
Among those present were: Mrs. B. B.
Valentine, Mrs. T-. R. Dashtel, Mrs. E.
C. Minor, Miss A: N. Parker, Mrs. Al?
bert. Brice. Miss Blair, Miss Elizabeth
Robinson, Miss Virginia Elicit. Mr. AV.
F. Fox. Judge E. C. Minor. Mr. B. B.
Valentine, Mr. A. H. Hill and Mr. F. P.
Brent.
MR. LAMB FIRED AT.
Young Lawyer Had Exciting Experience Last
Night With Intruder.
Mr. John A. "Lamb., son of the Congress?
man, had an exciting experience hue last
night with a man who. he "thought, was
a burglar. He fired at lhc man live times
and the man fired two shots in return.
Mr. Lamb was standing on the back
porch of residence. I.'o. 123 South Fifth
Stveet, while thc would-be intruder was
in the alley.
lhc midnight caller was white. Ho
came in a. cab, and was evidently intend?
ing to effect an entrance to a house near?
by. Hc had been drinking and had gone
to the wrong house. The servant woke
Mr. Lamli, telling him ihat a. burgla*
was trying to got. in. The man ran off
alter ?lie live shots fired at him and after
lie had "held his end up'' the best hc
could. The cab driver, Fitz. I.ee Cham?
bers (colored), also ran,-leaving his ve?
hicle. He returned afterwards and said
hc had gotten the stranger at the Union
Depot, and had taken him to several sa?
lmons and finally to the alley behind Mr.
Lamb's residence. Oflicers Fihhegan,
Wiltshire and Wyatt hunted for the dis?
turber of the young lawyer's slumbers,
but were unable to find him.
DRAGGING THE RIVER.
Efforts Being Made to Find th: Bodies of
Zeiler and Boyer.
The freshet in James River lias subsided
and the river is now being dragged for
the bodies of Zeller and Boyer, the two
men of Fulton who are supposed to havo
been drowned Tuesday afternoon.
The dragging is being conducted by
? M<3ssrs. Coghill and Haywood. The city
tug is also on tho watchout for the bodies.
A number of thc workmen of the Trigg
shipyards; with whom Zeller worked, have?;
offered a reward of $25 for his body.
Up to a. late hour last night there were
no new developments G? the case. .
RHODES DECIDEDLY WEAKER.
Weather, However, If Coo'cr, and His Breath
Ine is Better.
(By Associated Presi.)
CAPE TOW ?.?..?MARCH 22.?The weather
here is cooler and it is raining. Last night
Cecil Rhodes was breathing better and
took nourishment, but his heart was
weaker!
According to the latest report, issued
at midnight. last night, the. patient was
rcsUoM and decidedly weaker...-.?^",*?
CLAMI FOR IHE
DEATH OF WILCOX
Less Than a Verdict In Some
Degree Would Cause It.
THEY LACK A LEADER
The Judge in His Charge Warns
Against Popular Feeling.
VERDICT EXPECTED TO-DAY
Thought it Will B: Murder in the Second
Degree?The Father of the Prisoner
Says He Ha? the Names of Three
4 Men Who Were Gtttio-* Up
a Crow to Lynch Him.
Toasts His Death.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
ELIZABETH CITY, Is*. C, March 21.?
At a late hour* to-night crowds tire gath?
ering along tlie streets iii anticipation
of the jury's verdict. Should they say
V."ilcox is innocent thero will likely bo
an attempt to snatch him from the offi?
cers' hands. That is not probable to?
night, for laTvyers on both .?-idee say
they do not looj? for a decision until
Saturday. The police acknowledge small
crowds are collecting, but they do not
cxnect trouble to-night, for the jury is
not likely to render their ?say.
Judge Jones this morning made a feel?
ing charge to the jury. He told them
not tu consider popular sentiment or
prejudice and not to take into ac?
count any public demonstration, refer?
ring to yesterday's exodus from the court?
house and the ringing of the lire alam.
He said other action would do violence
to their oaths. He; said they should be?
fore conviction find that the evidence
was not oniy consistent with guilt, but
inconsistent with innocence, and told them
t?? rise above, prejudice and passion.
THE INSTRUCTION'S.
Thc court, reviewed thc evidence and
the contentions on both sides. He said
he had no opinion and if he should dwell
more on one side than the other, he told
te jury not to consider it. but to lind
in accordance with the facts.
Among tho instructions lie gave to the
jury are these:
'?(fnder the bill of indictment and tlie
evidence ht "tlie case yon can" return a
verdict of murder in tlie first degree, or
murder iu thc ?second ilfgrec, or a ver?
dict of not guilty, as you may find the
facts to be from the evidence, after ap?
plying thc. facts so found by you to
the rules of law given you by tho court.
'?? coming to your verdict you have
taken an oath that you will try this
-. ......? ?.??.;-. ???????" ."troduced in
this trial. It is your duty not to be
influenced by anything other than the
evidence. That if you have, formed an
opinion about this before, tho commence?
ment of this trial, it. is the duty of each
of you not to allow that opinion or tho
facts you have heard ahout the case
before you -wero empanelled in this eas?->
to influence your verdict in the least, but
The compromise suffrage plan was sub?
mitted to thc general conference yester?
day, but that was all. It was not con?
sidered;
After an hour's fight the plea of thc
orrosition for adjournment until to-day,
in order that they might have oppor?
tunity to consider tho new clause, pre?
vailed, and lines were formed later for
a determined fight.
'lhose of varying views, but all op?
posed to the compromise scheme, held
afternoon and night conferences, :.nd at
the latter adopted what is practically tho
Meredith plan, and it will be offered in
the conference this morning as a sub?
stitute for thc compromise scheme, after
the AVysor substitute has been with?
drawn.
THE PLAN PRESENTED.
The convention only sat a few minutes
yci-terday. There were seventy-three
members present, and Rev. S. F. Good?
win offered prayer.
Upon application of Richmond Lodge.
No. 45, B. P. O. E., the use of the con?
vention hall wa.s granted them for Wed?
nesday night. March 26th, for installation
ceremonies, their own lodge-room under?
going repairs.
After granting several leaves of absence
the convention adjourned, and the "Suf?
frage Conference was called.
Senator Daniel presented to the confer?
ence the compromise suffrage plan agreed
upon, as he said, by a large majority of
the members of two informal conferences
and representing divergent views of that
majority as a compromise settlement of
a suffrage measure.
-Vfter stating that he would spare tho
conference the infliction of any address
on the suffrage auestion. he proceeded to
read and explain the provisions of the
plan, which was printed in fuil in yester?
day morning's ?Times.
COULD NOT SUFPORT IT.
Mr. Pollard, of the committee, arose ana
said he could not vote for any under?
standing clause and regretted to say that'
he had to dissent from the plan. He
also stated that he. with a great deal
of reluctance, -had to acknowledge that,
in his opinion, if any argument was ever
come to in the Democratic conference on
the suffrage question it would have to
be on the plan presented by Senator
Daniel as a basis.
Senator Daniel then offered the plan
as a substitute for the Glass plan, which
was pending.
?Mr. AVysor-offered the plan submitted.
bv him as a substitute for thc compro?
mise plan. ?
Mr. Meredith moved "that the conference
adjourn -until- Saturday, saying that 'he
had not had an opportunity, to examlu?
you ? are to render your verdict from tho
evidence given by the witnesses ar.d by
that alone.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL? EVIDENCE.
"In this case the State relies entirely
upon circumstantial evidence to estab?
lish a fact that a crime has been com?
mitted, and in order to establish the guilt
ot the prisoner it shall fully appear that
a crime" has be??n committed and been
committed by him.
"Every material circumstance relied
ur.cn by the State as proof of guilt of the
prisoner must be proven beyond a rea?
sonable doubt, and' the circumstances so
proven must not only bo consistent with
his guilt, but must be inconsistent with
bis innocense. and if there is any reason?
able hyopthesis consistent with the in?
nocense of the prisoner, the jury should
give him the benefit of the doubt and
render a. verdict of not guilty.
"If you shall find from the evidence in
this case, beyond a reasonable doubt that
the prisoner formed the preconceived and
fixed purpose in his mind of taking the
life of Ella M. Cropsey, the deceased,
am? in pursuance of such preconceived,
and fixed purpose did wilfully, with de?
liberation and premeditation, carry out
the preconceived and fixed purpose so
formed in his mind by taking tho life of
the deceased, then he would bo guilty
of murder in the first degree, and you
Should so render your verdict.
THE DEGREES OF "MURDER.
"It is not necessary that the purpose
and.design to kill must exist for any par?
ticular length of time, but it must have
existed before the killing, and if the pris?
oner formed a fixed and deliberate pur?
pose in his mind to ta.ke the life of the
deceased, and, in pursuance of such fixed
and deliberate purpose, did. in a moment
after forming such purpose, take the life
of the deceased. Ella M. Cropsey, this
would constitute a wilful killing with
deliberation and premeditation. ?
"If you are not satisfied beyond a
doubt that tiie prisoner is guilty of mur?
der in the lirst degree, you will proceed
lo determiiK-r whether or not he is guilty
ot murder in tiie second degre??.
"If you find from the evidence? beyond
a teasonable doubt, that the prisoner took
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF
DECEASED PASTOR
Congregation of Leigh - Street
Baptist Church Buy Pictures
of the Late Mr. Wright.
Mrs. AVilliam L. AVright, widow of
Dr. A.'right, for a number of years
pastor of tho Lcigh-Strcec Baptist
Church, this city has recently sent
to the church many photographs of her
husband intended for sale.
Mrs. AVright thought tho people at
Lij-h-Strect bad not forgotten her hus
b:md and would like to have something
that could bo kept in their homes that
"they and their children might always
seo and he reminded of the man who la?
bored so helpfully among them. She
guessed aright.
She had tho photographs mounted on a
cardboard and set among brief estimates
of Dr. AVright by prominent Baptists of
tliis and other States.
Theso cards wore sent to the church,
r.nd by friends offered for sale. The price
was ten cents, to cover the expense. In
a very short while after the people of the
congregation knew that they rouM be
gotten they were all gone. Others could
probably as readily have, been sold. Dr.
Wright was one of the best beloved and
most effective ministers who have labored
in this city in the last quarter of a cen?
tury.
COMPROMISE SUFFRAGE PLAN
WILL BE BITTERLY FOUGHT
Those Opposed to it Force Adjournment and After Long
Conferences Adopt a Substitute to Be
Offered To-Day.
the plan, which had only been printed
in thc newspapers, and that he was bit?
terly opposed to it. Speeches in favor
of adjournment were made by Messrs.
O'Flaherty, Wysor and others ot tne
opposition, on the ground that they want?
ed time to understand the new plan.
It was explained by Messrs. Stuart,
Kendall, R. L. Gordon and Glass, that
the only material change In the plan
from the one which had been printed
and discussed for over three months, and
known as the Glass minority plan, was
that the temporary understanding had
been moved up from one year to six
ye.irs. then moved up as to other feat?
ures for two years, with power in tiie
Legislature to allow the people to say at
legislature to allow tho people to say at
the expiration of the understanding
clause, whether they would make it per?
manent or not.
AVANTED TO ORGANIZL.
Mr. Meredith contended that his side,
who opposed the plan, ought to have time
to agree on a plan or to organize their
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NAVAL COMMITTEE
AGAINST SCHLEY
All Bills and Resolutions Regard?
ing Him Postponed
Indefinitely.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. March -?t.?The House
Committee on Naval Affairs by a vote
of 7 to 1 to-day adopted a resolution con?
curring in the conclusions of President
Roosevelt as to terminating thc agitation
of Schley controversy and indetinltely
postponing all bills and resolutions on the
subject.
The report of the subcommittee, as
adopted, gives all the various resolutions
which have been introduced, and says:
"Your subcommittee, to whom tho sev?
eral bills and resolutions introduced in
the House in relation to Rear-Admiral
Winfield Scott Schley, has had the samo
under consideration, and presents the
following report thereon: 'The unfortu-.
nate controversy in regard to the San?
tiago campaign has attracted wide ,iub
lic attention and has been thc subject of
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LOVE-FEAST OF
1
Richmond Members Entertain
Their Colleagues.
ELEGANT BANQUET GIVEN
Speaker Ryan Thoroughly at
Home as Toastmaster.
HON. J. T. ELLYSON SPEAKS
He Fills the QoTeraor's Plact. and Rnpama*
oa Behalf of Virginia?Lieutenant Got?
eraor Willard Makes a. nit?Fla?
Speeches, Good Music aad a
Splendid Menu? Occailon
Highly Enjoyable One.
tinder tho soft glow of tho chandelier
and the mellow warmth of tho wine thm
Richmond members of the House of Dele?
gates entertained their colleagues in th?
splendid new Banquet Hall in "Murplur ?
Annex lust night.
Covers were laid for 110. ana most of tha
members were present. There was na
politics in the affair, and D?mocrate ant*
Republicans vied with each other in praise
of their generous hosts. Governor Mon?
tague, who was down for a toast, was un?
avoidably absent, and his place was tilled
in an admirable manner by Hon. J. T?ayIo?
Ell*.*on, who responded to the toast "Vir?
ginia."
?MI (he speeches were highly ent?rtala???
ing and created great enthusiasm. Speak?
er Ryan presided as toastmaster and per?
formed his post very happily. On the right
was Mr. Ellyson and Lieutcnant-Govemo?
Wilard occupied a scat to his imm?diat?
left. The other speakers were rangea
along on cither side.
The affair was much In the nature of a
love-feast. Everybody present was in a.
happy frame of mind. There were beau?
tiful flowers and fine musi*, and four loug
tables laden heavily with all the things
that tend to refresh inner man.
The banquet was a gre.at success, an*
the Richmond members were warmiy
praised up their generosity and hospital??,
?jr.
SPEAKING ?BEGINS.
Speaker Ryan-?arose amid great cheerinjg
.-itlrt:.?*/) o'clock and made ?. brief an*
happy speech, which he closed by order?
ing that a foast to tlte "Richmond deles*-,
tion be drunk standlris. ';';.'??. wa** don?
amid cheers and hurra?!*)? .:>- tlie? locai
members. Speaker l.y. . ...?*e?ited a?
th.j first speaker If'?;. '. vl?r El?
lyson. who responded ?>? : - ??-.ist "Vir?
ginia." in tho absence o. : ?-.-ernor Mon?
tague, who was called f'.:.-m the city b#
the death of a. relative.
Mr. Ellyson's remarks were very happy?
and elicited frequent bursts of applause.
Ho started in by praising Virginia's pres?
ent young Governor, and then referred In
eloquent language to the long line of
great men the ojd Stato had produced.
He pictured a bright future for Virginia,
and declared amid great cheering that
she would yet resume her old pla?ce at
tho-head of the column in the great
march of civilization and progress.
A SPLBN'Dro EFFORT.
"Tidewater" was responded to by Hon.
.T. X. Sebrell, of Southampton, whom.
Speaker 'R'yan r.-f^rrcd to as coming from
that section where people arc so pros?
perous that "they toil not. neither d?
they spin.". Mr. Sebrell's speech, whif?
brief, was exceptionally happy, and was
one of the decisive hits of the evening.
He referred in glowing terms to the fact
that the English speaking people had first
found place in old Tidewater, and that
since that hour she had held aloft at all
times the banner of civilization. She had
a history of which she was proud. yet
sho had her eyes upon the future, and
would make her infltienco felt for good
in the great industrial and political ?>tr*J^
gles of the old Commonwealth.
WILLARD ?MAKES ? HIT.
Lieutenant-Governor Willard was given
a rousing reception as he arose to respond
on behalf of "The Young ?Men of Vir?
ginia." Captain Willard*? remarks wer??
t'e?verd in a very happy vein, and he
?was often loudy cheered. His references
to the young men of the State breathed
hope in every sentence for the old Com?
monwealth and portrayed for her a great
r.r.d prosperous future. He was willing,
he declared in conclusion, to leave -th??
destinies of himself and his peopl?*- to
Virginia's young meri, advised and coun?
selled by her older men.
THE PRESS.
Colonel George C. Cabell. .Tr., of. Dmm
vV'.e, spoke for "The Press" in ? very
brief manner, and In presentine Ma
Speaker Ryan said the man -who wielded
the pen swayed the world. Colonel Cabell
was very eloquent in bis reference to th?
ir ?luenee bf tho press upon the public
mind, and said it was the most powerful
rnd potent factor of the day for goo*.
?After all. it was of tho man behind th?
p< ? of whom he arose to speak, and her?
no launched into a beautiful tribut? t*
the men following the calling in Virgin!?
Cclonel Oabell closed with an ode to th*
press of his own production, which wa?
loudly applauded.
"The ?Senandoah Valley" was responde?
to by Hon. George E. Sipe. of Rocking?*
ham. and it was handled in a most fas
cinating manner. Mr. Sipe is a smooth
and eloquent speaker, and in praising the
great section from which he hails he
outdid himself In this line. He caught
his audience on the start, and was often
interrupted with applause.
KELLEVS F?.VE SPEECH.
Hon. S. L. Keiley was given perhap:
the most flattering reception of the
? ing. as hc arose to speak for "The Ci
of Richmond."
He was in fine form, and spoke wltS
more than his accustomed eloquence
which is known far and wide. His re?
marks fairly bristled with bright hito
and beautiful bursts of eloquence, ancf
he kept his hearers convulsed, with ap?
plause. Hi? tribute to tho ci?ty of Rich?
mond constituted a fitting climax to hLi
brief but brilliant effort, and it ita*
delivered with wonderful force and Witt?
fino effect.
?With all his reputation as - an ' orator,
Mr. Keiley never appear?! to better ad?
vantage, and the audience ro*e up and
cheered when he concluded.
Captain Frank W. Cunningham was
called upon, and rendered several of hi**
best - vocal selections, much to the ea
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