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?MNDJURYACTS
III WEILER CASE
Pr?sident of the Prudential In
. dieted for Grand larceny.
CAPIAS ISSUED AGAINST HIM
Mr. Weiler Reported Out of the City on
Business?Will Return at Once to
Face Charge, Which Friends
Say He Can Disprove. '
After a full Investigation, which con?
sumed the major portion of three day.?
the grand jury in the Hustings Court
yesterday afternoon returned a true bill
? ?of indictment against T. A. Wcllcr, presi?
dent of the derunt Prudential Banking
and Trust Company, which was placea
in the hands of receivers about a, year
?go by Judge Minor, In the Law and
Equity Court.
Tbe text of the Indictment is as follows:
' "The grand jurors of tho Common
j wealth, for the body of the city of Rich?
mond, on their oaths present that T. A.
Wall???, on the 25th, of June, ISOl, at the
?aid city and within the Jurisdiction of
the aaid Hustings Court of the city of
Rlahmond, divers bank notes and silver
coin* of United States currency, lawful
f money and ourrect in this Commonwealth,
i the number and denominations of which
! sold aotrw and coins are to the said grand
I Jurors Unknown, the whole amountin?? to
? the sum of ?$400, of the bank notes, coins,
j money and property of tho Prudential
I Banking Trust Company ot Richmond,
Va?, a corporation duly chartered by law,
then and there being found, then and
?there unlawfully and feloniously did steal,
take and carry away, against the peace
ana dignity of the Commonwealth of vir?
g?nia."
. CAPIAS ISSUED.
When the Indictment was presented to
lhe court a capias was issued at once,
nnd place,.! in the hands of tho City S'cr
-*<*ant for on Immediate return.
: Mr. Weiler, who has been in the Build- I
Ins Fund Association business here for I
tome years. In now traveliJig'*for a whole- j
?aie house of Oils city. He has been out
| or. the road for some weeks, but ber ore
h leaving, advised Commonwealth's Auor
I noy Richardson that business would take
?iim away, but that ho would return
promptly to meet any charge that might
be preferrt>d. against him. He will be
communicated with.-to-day by telegraph,
sna will return at once. His friends claim
.that he will be able to show that he has
root been guilty of any wrongr-doing.
The Jury after handing in Uie indict
?ntut adjourned. The jury embraces the
following gentlemen: C. E. Wingo, W.
J. "*A*estwood, John H. Frischkorn, James
Tt- Gordon. Charles Hagan, T. M. BuUiet
?ooid and Ike Cohen.
Tho ease has been hanging fire ior a
long time. The company is still in the
lidiids of the receivers. The stockholders
?ind depositors, of whom there are many,
felt that something had been done un?
wisely by which" they lost their deposits,
and at a meeting of a large number of
l.'.e deposit?..* some months ago a com?
mittee was appointed to lay the matter
?before the Commonwealth's Attorney for
his consideration.
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
Mv. Richardson received the evidence
and thought Uie matter of sufficient im?
portance to ca.l the attention ,o? he
grand jury. That body at its meeting on
tlie flret Monday in April heard a num?
ber of witnesses and continued the hew?
ing over through the following day. lo?
ins'unable then to reach a conclusion,
jthe ?grand Jury summoned other wit?
nesses, and adjourned over to yesterday,
when, upon further consideration and the
? hearing of further evidence, the indict?
ment was drawn and the bill handed in.
Kid Duffy, upon motion of his counsel,
"Mr. H. M. Smith, was granted a new trial
in the Hustings Court yesterday, and
found ?guilty of assault and battery
?gainst E. O. Cole and given three
month In jail. In addition to tills he was
-placed under bonds of $500 for twelve
monthse for liis good behavior.
Isaac Jones, alleged to have been ac?
complice in the case, was given the same
punishment. ?.
Duffy, on his first trial, was found guil?
ty of highway robbery and given eight
years in the penitentiary, and tlie jury
In the case of "Isaac Jones disagreed.
C. P. Allen was sentenced to one year
Jn the penitentiary by Judge Witt yester?
day, and at request of his counsel he
was immediately sent to the prison.
These cases, are set for trial in
the Hustings Court to-day. Robert
Goode will be tried for malicious wound?
ing: Emma Henderson for grand lar?
ceny; Emma'Robinson for malicious as
pfeult.
Mr. Spencer T. Hancock, through his
counsel, Mes?srs. Wise. and Watkins, has
instituted suit in the Law and Equity
Court against the Passenger and Power
Company for $10.000. Mr. Hancock claims
?such damages for injuries sustained in
l>eing' thrown from a car at Seventh and
Main Streets on November ISth.
G.. M. Boyer and J. Katie Price havo
instituted suit against thc Bijou Theatre
Company for $5.000 each. The plaintiffs
allege that they were ejected from the
theatre ?because they ha<| purchased tick?
ets which turned out to be for another
date.
if 4 Neither Manager Wells or Treasurer
"MeKee know anything concerning tho
case. They say that never in the hisiory
of the houso has a lady been ejected or
T>ut out of the house for any cause, it
is the rale of the house to show the ut
most courtesy to all patrons, ?-specially
ladles. They have not been waited upon
by any one !n reference to thc suits and
a??i tn the dark as to the circonstances
that led up to it.
Judge Witt said yesterday aftsr.?.?*?..? that
be was daily in receipt of anonymous let?
ter??, concerning certain bar-rooms in va?
rious parts of the city.
"lean take no notice of such letters,"
?aid Judge Witt. "If there are persons
?who ' have good reasons why licenses
?should not be granted certain bar-rooms
they must come to mo in person and file
their petition or complaint, and give lists
of witnesses. I am ready and willing
to "hear any testimony, but I cannot look
t'pon anonymous communications as of
any value"
"'The Endowment Association of Vir
?ginia** "was granted a. charter by Judge
Weilford In the' Circuit Court y-.teroay
nfte.~t.oon for the purpose of promoting
.i-.iar.ty and benevolence/encouraging and
-fostering a disposition of friendly aid
und helpfulness among Its members In
?times ot adversity and death. Tho capl
.'.. tal stock ' Is to be not le is than $500 or
.more than $5,000. in shares of $10, "with
the following officers: President. Sidney
?temor.; Vice-Pr=esident Benjamin Jack
?~ ???; Secretary and Manager. P. A.
- Crump; Treasurer, P. A. Martin.
* Chan*s?sin Star Mail Routes.
Star *****?& ?Mile* between Springrille'
g*n? Ttptoo. Taaewell county, has been
tmwremmaA sia times a week, making the
??cbaeal? dailr, except Sunday.
Vk? ?*??? *"?crei?e ?has been made in
i- ??' ???' ? <'
the service between Hoiston and Doe's
Mills, in Washington county. Virria.
HEARD ABOUT THE CAPITAL.
Governpr Montague Was Busy With
Routine Work.
Governor Montague spent a very busy
day ln his office yesterday. He received
a ?great many visitors, and disposed of
a large amount of routine business.
Among these men, Captain Frank a-_
Cunningham, of Farmville, and Dr.
Charles V. Carrington, physician to tlie
penitentiary- The Governor received
through Mr. George B. Jones and accept?
ed an invitation to bo present at Grove
Av?enue Church next Sunday night at the
celebration of the fifty-eighth anniversary
ot Uie organization of tho Odd Fellows.
Tho State Board of Fisheries will meet
at Murphy's on Wednesday in regular
monthly session. It will be the first sit?
ting, of Chairman Bowdoin and Messrs.
Camp and Tyler, who were recently ap?
pointed by Governor Monta?gue to sue-?
coed Messrs. Fletcher (chairman) and
Messrs. Pettit and Curtis,' respectively.
The two old members are Messrs. Miller
(secretary) and Keezell. So far as can be
learned, there is nothing pending but
rodine business.
"Uncle" Billy" Wilson, librarian of the
Senate, was at his office in the GCapitol
yesterday for the second time after a long
absence on ??count of sickness. Ho is
still weak and not capable cf doing much
work, though ho is rapidly impfoving.
He has turned out full beard and is look?
ing almost well as when he was taken
sick. Mr. Wilson was warmly greeted by
his associates at the Capitol yesterday.
Governor Montague yesterday Issued a
rendition -warrant on a requisition from
the Governor of Illinois for one Letonia
Parrls. alias L. J. Ramsay, who is wanted
in Illinois for embezzlement.
The messenger, Mr. Thomas Maskell,
will take the prisoner back, the latter
being in custody here.
The Final Revision Committee Is still
hammering away on the suffrage matter
and will not complete its consideration
before to-day. The work is being done In
a most careful manner.
TONEY IS ALIVE.
His Mother Thought He Was Dead and
Asked for Insurance Money.
After being mourned as dead for many
months Toney Silva, who ran away from
his home in Fulton last July, has boon
heard from In a quarter of the globe in
which he was least expected.
Toney was a good boy up to about a
year ago and lived with his mother on
Erin Street, Fulton, but Toney met Geo.
Wright, of this city, and thc two decided
to do a globe-trotting?-stunt of the most
strenuous kind. They skipped out, and
after a short tour of the British Isles
they r??2ached Belgium. Here Wright be?
came homesick, abandoned his pal. and
as a stowaway lauded al>out a month af?
ter at New York. He brought tbe news
to Mrs. Silva that Toney had gone on
to Portugal, but ' Toney never wrote a
word home of his intended itinerary
through Europe. His mother waited anc
finally gave up hope of ever seeing him
alive. Recently she applied for the money
due from a death policy carried on thc
boy's life, and this is now in abeyance.
Several days ago Mrs. Silva received
a letter from Toney dated at San Fran?
cisco, Cal. Toney was very vague in wha'
bo had to say. and again refrained fron
divulging the direction of his tour. He
also failed to tell how he got from Por?
tugal to 'Frisco. His friends believe h?
has been to Manila and came to Americ?
an tbe Pacific Oceon. They also -?ink
he is feeling the pangs of homesick?
ness, wearying of the life of an interna?
tional hobo, and he will soon be seen a'
bis old haunts in Fulton telling of- his
experiences during his jumps over the
Continents.
MISS ENGLAND HERE.
Commander of Lady Maccabees Will
Meet With Richmond Hive To-Day.
Miss Etta M. England", State commander
ior the Lady Maccabees, is stopping at
No. 1011 East Clay Street. There will be
a special meeting of Richmovl H've, No.
3, Lady Maccabees, at Davison's Hall,
Seventh and Broad Streets, this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. All members are urged
to make a special effort to be present, as
it is the wish of tlie committee to make
Miss England's stay in Richmond pleasant
and profiitabla
DIED AT ONE HUNDRED.
Colored Citizen Lives a Century to
the Day.
William Richardson (colored), for many
years a well known character here, died
yesterday on the one hundredth anni?
versary of his birth. He rounded out the
century and died not of disease but of
eld age. - ,
At the time of his death AVilliam was
residing at No. S19 West Moore , Street,
where he had made his home for a num?
ber of years.
He was born in Goochland county and
remembered many interesting events ,of
the past hundred years.
In the County Schools.
The honor roll for Glen Allen School
Is as follows: Grammar Grade?Thomas
Fletcher, Benjam?n Holladay, Edgar Hill.
Louis Lane, Herbert Melton, Clifford
Trewett, Mabel Dudley, Besiie Davis,
Martha Holladay, Ruth Leake, Aliene
MJCton, Mary* Melton, Ellen Melton, Es?
telle Sheppard, Annie Sheppard, Susie
Tinsley, Bessie Trewett, Emma Lane.
Primary Grade?Roscoe Carter, Percy
Fletcher, Willie Melton, Ewell Tinsley,
Ernest Trewett, Allen Trewett, Rosa
Melton, Florence Pumphrey, Mabel
Pumphrey, Annie Trewett, Lillie Tins
ley, Olive Tinsley, Courtney Holladay,
Waverly Melton.
Following is the honor roll of Hermi?
tage School for week ending April lSth:
Robert Gayle, Kenzie Quarles (5), Au?
brey Lawrence (4), Marion Sanders (3),
Harry Sanders <7). Junius Schultz, Er?
nest Valentine (2), Ethel Binford (4), Liz?
zie Lee, Mary Froman (S), Bessie Staples,
Ivy Schultz (3)..
The.honor pupils of Laurel school for
the past week arc as follows: Eddie
?Bailey, Robert Harvey, Granville Jones,
ltuth Bailey, Carrie Goodman, Irene
Jones,-Bessie Smith, Belle Walton, Lottie
Walton.
THE FRATERNAL ORDERS.
Several Meetings of Interest?Odd Fel?
lows To-Night, Delegates Named, ???
An entertainment will be given on April
2fcth at Corcoran Hall by Chimbor.azc
Conclave, Heptaspohs. Mr. John XV.
Cruett,' supr?eme organizer, will be pres
ent and deliver an address. A musical
pogramme will also be giren by the best
talent ia the cUty. The committee hav?
ing charge of the entertainment are:
William H. Parker, J. B. Welsh. F. R.
Butler, J. P. Belrne and A. T. Samuels,
frcm whom tickets can be Obtained.
A union meeting of the Odd Fellows of
Richmond and Manchester will be held
tc? night with Friendship ?Lodge, corner
of Franklin and Mayo Streets.
- Addresses will: be made by Past Grand
Master Thomas N. K?endler; Grand Repr
resentative Hill Montague, of Unity
Lodge; Thomas B. Hicks, of Abb?. Ben
Adhem Lodge; Dr. W. H. Parker; Grand
Secretary, T, Wiley Davis; Past Grand
MeL Fergusson, of Friendship Lodge; Oli
Reds for a Cough
What do we mean? Simply this, tha
a remedy has been found that will .cur
coughs, and to distinguish it from ??
?ther rem?di?e the tablets-are coated ret"
nut are nevertheless harmless. Try thei
for your cough. Ask for MASON'S REI
TABLETS. Cure ?Coughs,. -Bronchitis
Hoarseness. "Sure of a Night's Reet.
10c
"Mam's YcIUtri" Care
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*H?o?'? Rrtf " Care
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"Muea'a W?ite?" Care
SORETHROAT-K
Fron from CaIom?l, Aloe? or Opiates.
30 Tnblete. nay on* kind. 10c. At ?ruifg1?ts
uUed for price by H. ?. MASON CHEMir
*?7. B21 Arcb Rt.. Philadelphia. Pa.
HEALTH
ver J. Sands, of Abou Ben Adhem Lodge,
and others. 1
At the meeting of the Typographical
Union, No. 90, Saturday night, Messrs.
Sidney Cates and XV. M. Cease were
elected delegates to represent the Union
at the meeting of the State Federation
of Labor which convenes at Boanoke on
May 20th.
At a meeting of tho Iron Moulders'
Union held Saturday night, it was u
c"ded to non-concur in the resolutions
adopted by the Central Trade and Labor
Cruncil, in commending Governor Mon?
tague for sending militia to Norfolk.
DAY IN POLICE COURT.
Justice Crutchfeld Disposes of Several
Interesting Cases?Several Thefts.
Several cases of interest came before
Justice Crutchfield, in Police Court, yes?
terday. Two were those ln which well
connected young men of excellent rep?
utations were up on charges ot fheft;
another a pistol battle between two ganga
of negroes at St John, and Charity Street
on Saturday night, some twenty-five shots
being fired; a third, the fining of a gam?
bler $100 because he conducted a gamo
of "skin," and the disposition of the Ligon
case. Mr. Ligon, according to his state?
ment, at the time he surrendered to the
police, escaped from the asylum at Mari?
on, and gave himself up, fearing that he
would suffer another attack of insanity
and thus become a danger to the public
at large.
The two young men before Justice
Crutchfield were E. L. Hand, nineteen
years old, formerly of Norfolk, and who
has been living in this city at .?No. bob
Louisiana Street, and B. E. Cock, of No.
30S East Cary Street, with the Eagle Pa?
per Company, confessed to the theft of
a watch, valued at $30 and was sent to
jail for sixty days. Cock was charged
with stealing a pair of shoes from a
Broad Street merchant, and. in his de?
fense it was shown that he remembered
nothing at all of it, having been under
the influence of whiskey at tho time.
Councilman Pollock appeared for him and
on proof of former good' character he
was discharg?ed witli a warning and a
Bible oath to abstain from thc use of
whiskey for one year.
After hearing a portion of tlie pistol
battle case Justice Crutchfield post?
poned the hearing to get further evi?
dence. It seems that two gangs of
negroes, while drinking, met at St. John
and Charity Streets, and there followed
a battle with pistols. So far ?s known,
i no one* was injured, but houses nearby
? are bullet marked as tho result of the
battle and it caused a vast deal of ex?
citement and hurry in Jackson \Vard.
Two negroes, Clarence Carter and Oscar
Dean, were in court on tho charges of
participating in the battle.
. Jake White was the gambler fined. He
conducted a game of "skin" in Four?
teenth Street, and was caught in the act.
He was fined $100.
The police say that he is the last of
the gamblers and that there is not now
another gambler who is operating in the
city. When the Ligon case was called, Uie
court decided to hold the man until a
special officer comes from Marion for him.
Ligon says he went to the police fearing
a return of a madness which is dangerous
to everyone near him.
There was a host of minor ?oases beforo
the court The charge of the theft of
a coat and vest from Mr. W. L. Proctor
by Jeffrey Pegram was tied up tempo?
rarily. Two witnesses swore tnat Peg
ram confessed the theft and he swore
he nad not It seems, too, that Mr. Proc?
tor promised immunity to the negro if
he would confess, and the court was. in
some doubt as to its right to try him
under these circumstances. The. case
will come up again n?axt Thursday.
Everett Washington and Cornelius
Mayo, burglary of a? stable, six months
each. John Stuart stole a skirt from
Belle Wilkinson and got ninety days.
Sam Cosby, swearing, $2.50; Moses Lee,
shooting craps, .$2.00; Matthew Thomp?
son 'had a fit and was arrested for oeing
drunk. He was discharged. Austin
"Mitchell, famous in police circles, was
uischarged" on the accusation ot drunk?
enness. Austin was just out of jail.
While playing with a pistol James Car?
ter fired several blank cartridges in tne
street and was discharged. Emma Foster
r nd Emma Jackson called each other some
agreeable things and were taxed $2.50
each. They said it wasn't worth it* Lucy
1 j-iee told a man what she thought of him
and his family, and was assessed ?2.50,
the swearing fee. Charles Lane hit John
Hart with a brick and was separated
from S2.50. W. H. Evans was drunk and
disorderly in the Bijou $10 worth on Sat?
urday night
Flotsam News.
The Fulton Democratic Club will hold
its regular meeting on Wednesday night
at NeTson's Hall. Election of several of?
ficers will take place and a committee on
by-laws will be appointed.
Mr. .lames R. Sheppard qualified as a
member of the Board of Aldermen from
Lee Ward before Mayor Taylor yester?
day.
Mr. C. P. Waiford, clerk of the City
School Board, who had been sick in Bal?
timore recuperating for the past week, has
returned much improved in health and
was at his desk at the City Hall yes?
terday. ' . ' - .
Property Transfers.
Richmond: John B. Gayle, trustee, to
The Tax Title Company, of Richmond,
30 feet on the \vest side of Seventeenth
or Valley Street, ?$300.
?. T. Newton's executor and Fritz ?Sit?
terding and wife to George R. Cannon,
36 feet on the east side -of Sixth Street,
115 10-12 feet north*of Grace Street, $8,850.
Henrico: R. H. Crump and wife to the
Vir.ginia Passenger and Power Company,
35 feet on Beverly Street, southwest cor?
ner of Elm Street and 35 feet on the
north side of Wallace Str?aet, northwest
corner of Elm Street, .$1,050.
Leonard Estes and wife to James Tay?
lor, 50 acres on the old ?Deep Run Turn?
pike ,about ten miles northwest of Rich?
mond, $400.
LOWEST RATES NORTH AND WEST
Before .you travel to, any point North,:
West or Southwest, consult your interest.
promote comfort and ? ve. money, toy "com-;,
municatlng With ARTHUR G LEWIS.
8. P. -**-, Baltimore and -Ohio Railroad,
(Royal Blue Line), No: H Ortuby Street,
Withers Building. Norfolk.*v*?. ?
WAGE WAR ON
Tobacco Planters Will Poison
the Pest?Stock of Tobacco
On Hand Here Now.
Planters ot tobacco in Virginia, .and
particularly in. this section of the State,
?arc preparing to adopt a new scheme for
protecting their crops from the bugs ?and
worms which have done so much damage
to growing plants, particularly during the
past season. With the ne?w method,
which has been used with success on
tobacco in North Carolina and elsewhere,
it is believed that the bugs, etc., will see
a hard life of it, and may even be exr
terminated. '>
Up to this time the farmers as a ru'e
have been catching worms and taking
thom * off the plants when they would
be found, but it was rather an arduous
task to perform, traveling over the entire
field and raising each plant to see if the
worm was there. Now, according to a
number of those who have been in the
city during the past day or two, they
wifl kill the pest with poison. Paris
green, deadly in its effect, will bo used,
and will be put on the plants, being
blown over them with some sort of a
gun-like arrangement. When the worm
oites where the Paris green is it dies in
about two minutes or thereabouts. This
me?iod has b?een practiced' with success
in other States and in some parts of
Virginia, particularly on other crops
than tobacco. So far as is known, how?
ever, it has not been used before on the
weed in this section of the State.
Tliis worm, upon which tho Fards green
will be operated, is known? to fanners as
the "horn worm." This worm is much
addicted to chewing the weed. It eats
Its' way Into the new plant and unless
its progress is checked will eat the wholo
up, all except the stalk. The bugs are
known as flea bugs, and "also do much
damage to tobacco.
Considerable interest is being manifest?
ed by the tobacco manufacturers of the
city in the amount of stock on hand in
the city at this time. Thay are keeping
in touch with the stuatioa in order that
they may know what they have to build
upon in addition to the incoming crop.
In this connection, the following figures
will be of considerable interest:
Stock on hand March 31, 1902, 10,170 hogs?
heads; 304 tifare?? and boxes.
? Stock on hand March 31, 1901, 10,379 hogs?
heads; 736 tierces and boxes.
Stock on hand' March 31. 1900, 10,510 hogs?
heads; 1116 tierces and boxes.
Stock on hand March 31, 1S99, 10,640 hogs?
heads; 355 tierces hnd boxes.
Stock ori hand March 31, 1S9S, 16,0S4 hogs?
heads; 265 tierces and boxes.
It will be seen from these figures that
during the past five years there has been
a steady decrease in the stock.
Mr. Adolph Ostcrloh and the young man
associated with him in the new company
recently formed here for the manufacture
of domestic and export tobacco have
leased the largo four-story brick factory
at Twenty-eighth and Main Streets, owned
by Mr. L. C Strouse. It is understood
that possession will be secured at once.
The president of tho company is Mr.
Osterloh himself. The vice-president is
Mr. Manuel Millhiser and the secretary
and treasurer Mr. Hugh Skipwith. The
general manager of the concern is Mr.
C. S. B. Halpin, who has heretofore been
connected with C. D. Lams & Co.. and
who is regarded as ono of the most ef?
ficient managers in the State. He is a
nephew of General John Wright, of the
old J."' Wright Tobacco Company. Mr.
C. B. Newcombe. of Boston, will he head
salesman and member of the new ?com?
pany.
The factory secured by.Mr. Osterloh is
well adapted to his needs. It is of brick,
four stories high and large and roomy.
The company will manufacture chewing
and smoking tobacco and cut plug for
domestic and export trade.
Mr. Alfred T. Harris, Jr., has.returned
to the city, after an extended trip North.
Mr. Harris has not yet secured a factory,
but will-do so very shortly. His present
Quarters, at Twenty-second and Frank?
lin Streets, will be vacated about May
1st, to make way for the establishment
of Mr. Thomas Gallaher, of Belfast, Ire?
land, who has bought tho place.
Among the tobacco men in the city
yesterday was Mr. J. J. Rives, of Hous?
ton, Halifax county, Va.
IN THE FEDERAL COURTS
Important Case Against Building and
Loan Association.
The case of Steven J. Terry against the
??oiumbian Building* and Loan Association
was argued yesterday in the Unit-??! States
Circuit Court upon motion to dissolve the
temporary injunction. The case promises
a long, hard fight, as there is an array oi
able counsel on either side..
A bill was filed yesterday in the
United States Circuit Court by Charles N.
Romaine Fireworks Company, against the
Virginia Fireworks Company Robert
Cabaniss, John O. Barham, and R. H.
Seabury, praying a temporary injunction
. estraining the defendants from infring
ment of letters and patents of the plain
t:ff.
The court granted the Injunction and
set for further hearing of the case May
fth.
Miss Mary Augusta Cocke.
Miss Mary Augusta Cocke died early
Sunday morning after a short illness at
the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr.
William M. Bridges, No. 1 East Main
Street
Miss Cocko was the daughter of Gen.
Philip St George and Courtney Bowdoin
Cocke, of Belmead, Powhatan county.
Va., and sister of Mr. Philip St. George
Cocke,1 of Fluvannah county. Mrs. Wil?
liam M. Bridges, Mrs. D. C. Barraud and
Mrs*? Saliie B. Wilson, of this city, and
Mrs. L. B. Kennon, of Brunswick county.
The funeral services were conducted at
the house at.4.o'clock yesterday by Rev.
J. J. Gran/att, rector of Holy Trit?i >
Episcopal Church. Interment in Holly?
wood.
The following were the pall-bearers:
Messrs. Joseph Bryan, William S. Archer, \
Charles B. Boiling, William PL Urquhart,?
Dr. John F. Winn, John Rutherfoord,
James Br Harvie and Dr. Jacob Michaux.
1902
1709
For 193 years the
(Johann Marls Farina)
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EAU DC COLOGNE
HAS KEPT THE LEAD
In Europe, Japan, India, South
Africa and Australia? A most
delicate, refreahisf* and. lasting
PERFUME fot refined fwople;
to rapidly gaining favor here.
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M?WOM^WrrCH HAZEL? SOAP
Lady and Baby
as Rosea.
Makes the skin soft as velvet, Improvee
?any complexion, keeos tiie skin free from
pimples, wrinkles ana all facial blemishes.
Keep your digestion and blood in good order
by usine Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure." It?
makes good, rich blood., enables you to eat
what you liksand all you like. Cures, dizzi?
ness, constipaticr* ??**.?! nil t-toxnach troubles.
RICHMOND HOTEL
COMES TOO HIGH
Will Cost $200,000 More than
Mrs. Atkinson Thought?-Con
siderabie Delay Caused.
While there have come unexpected de?
velopments, which will of necessity con?
siderably delay the actual construction
of the new Hotel Richmond, planned by
Mrs. A. D. Atkinson, of the Lexington,
to replace the St. Claire, at Grace and
Ninth Streets, Mrs. Atkinson said yester?
day there is no doubt that the new hotel
will be constructed if she Tetains her
?.?a'th. This delay in the matter is due
to the fact that each of the nine bids
received* and opened last week is far _ in
excess of the sum of money Mrs. Atkin?
son wishes to put into a hotel.
Originally, Mrs. Atkinson's purpose was
to construct a hotel biulding which would
not cost more than $200,000, with, a rea?
sonable margin. Architectural plans
wero made for a building which was es?
timated at $200,000. but the lowest of the
nine bids received by the architects and
opened last week in their offices in Balti?
more was $435,000, more than $200,000 in
excess of what was intended. This bid
was that of the Cramps, in Philadelphia.
The highest bid received was one of
?4S9.000. and the other bids ranged high
and low between the two.
Now, airs. Atkinson, through the ar?
chitect and the Cramps, is figuring to see
if it would not be possible to cut these
expenses considerably in. many details,
and when this cutting: process has been
completed the bid will be submitted
again. This trimming will be principally
of the lavish decorations planned in tho
original specifications, and one or two
material changes may be made in the
plans, according to her, ideas, to bring
the sum total within a more reasonable
distance of the amount intended for in?
vestment, and at the same time to pre?
serve the general plans of the architect.
The land site which was to be used for
the new hotel cost Mrs. Atkinson some?
thing like $35,000. and since its purchase
its value has steadily increased. In the
the event, therefore, that it be desirable,
this property could be sold at a handsome
profit. Meanwhile, it seems problable
that if the architect and the Cramps
cannot reach some figure which will be
acceptable to Mrs. 'Atkinson, she will
have new plans drawn throughout. The
delay consequent upon these changes
ma,>" extend over several months, but
Mrs. Atkinson is confident that the new
Hotel Richmond will be a reality within a
year or so, and that at a figure some?
where near what she had counted on.
Their Day at Cohen's.
The Cohen Company will lend a helping
hand to the Sheltering Arms, this city,
as it has to other worthy institutions and
movements of the city.
Thursday of this week the Cohen Com?
pany will give 3 per cent, of every dollar
of business the store dGes that day.
whether charged or cash. The Sheltering
Arms Board has appointed a committee
to serve a luncheon at the store in a
suitable booth .arranged for that purpose.
FIRE IN NORFOLK.
The New Seventh Ward Without Fire
Fire Fighting Apparatus.
fKnpcinl ntsoatch to The Times.?
NORFOLK, VA., April 21.?An excellent
frame residence in Park Place, Norfolk,
owned by Mrs. S. P. Adams, and occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Morris, burned
about S o'clock last night. There are nf
facilities for fighting fire out in the new
Seventh Ward, and by the time Norfolk's
chemical engine reached the burning house
it was too late to save.it.. House and
contents wero destroyed, nothing being
saved' except four canaries, two .tables,
four chairs and a broom.
Mrs. Miller, who was alone In the
house, said that she set a lamp upon a
table which had a pivotal top, this over?
turned and the lamp broke, pouring oil
over tho curtains which were soon
ablaze.
Mr. Morris only moved into the house
a few days ago, and , all his valuable
furniture was destroyed. This and the
house were partially covered by insur?
ance. ' r!'**?***R*"'**'
Mr. Miller, who Is candidate, for City
Attorney of Norfolk, was down town wh?r
the fire broke out.
PILES CURED WITOUT THE KNIFE
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature is on each box.
25 cents.
710 Main Street.
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Special Sale
Blue-Flame Oil? Stoves, Perfec-,
tion, 2 burners, $5.50; 3 burn-!
ers, $7.00 ;" large ovens, $3.00 ;|
steamer ?cookers, $1.50. . t
' j
Gasoline Stoves, very cheap, best^
made. j
Gas Ranges; best made is the?
Fortune. We have 2 sizes. (
Also full line of the cheaper;
Stoves. )
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710 ^lairi Street. t
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NEGRO MAN IS
FATALLY INJURED
Shooting Affray in Henrico County
Sunday.
SLIGHT HOPE OF RECOVERY
County Court Grants Liquor Licenses
. to About Fifty Applicants ? Two
Contested Cases ? Other
Henrico News.
As the result of- a shooting affray,
which occurred Sunday morning \on tho
Cary-Strcet Road, near the forks, a ne?
gro named John Harper lies in the Hen?
rico pail probably fatally injured, with
a bullet through his chest and lungs.
In the. jail also is Ben Turner, charged
with shooting Harper, and warrants arc
out, or will be, for one or two others
who were mixed up with nim in the af?
fair.
The two men are North Carolina ne?
groes, who have been here working on the
new railway being constructed to run to
Westhampton Park. They were two of
a gang who were at work during tbp past
w?eek on Cary-Strect Road, and were em?
ployed as drivers ?? scrapers. The ne?
groes camped out in the road where they
had pitched a tent.
According to an ante-mortem statement
made Sunday night by Harper to Dr.
Lorrimer James, coroner of Henrico coun?
ty, the- trouble began last Thursday, when
Turner snatched the reins out of tne
hands of Harper as the latter was driving
his cart by. The two got Into a fight
and Turner hit tho other over the head
with the root of a tree. On Saturday
night, according to Harper, Turner and
some of his associates waylaid him and
robbed him of an overcoat and some other
things. Ho broke away from them and
ran, whereat somebody fired a pistol at
him. Sunday morning about 6 o'clock
Harper went to the tent after his over?
coat and ran up against Turner, who
he did not think was there. Harper says
that without a word. Turner raised up
and shot him in the chest The wounded
man was brought to the Henrico Court?
house, where he was treated by Dr.
James. There is but slight hope of his
recovery.
Turner, it is understood, systematically
denies the whole thing. He was arrested
yesterday? about noon by Officers Branch
and Green, who came up with him near
the place at which the shooting occurred.
Tc all appearances Henrico will be able
to furnish about the usual' number of
drinks this year. Licenses were granted
yesterday in the County Court to nearly
fifty persons, and others will be given to?
day. There are about the usual number
of applicants. Up to the present time
there are only two contested cases?thost
of R. J. Cottrell, who conducts a saloon
at Williamsburg Avenue and Graham
Street, and Hubbard and Red ford, of
Cary and Carter Streets. These cases
will be considered Friday.
The court had quite ? busy day of it
with the licenses. Each applicant had
to be present with three or four witnesses
and there was quite a crowd of them.
Licenses were granted to the following:
George E. Anderson. Cary and"' Ritchie
Streets; Howard H. Hartzell. West-End
Electric Park: Hugh ?. Lawrence, Broad
Street and Parham Road; T. S. Terry,
No. 1600 Ashland Street; J. H. Floyd. No
1100 Brook Avenue; J. L. Holzbach, St.
James and Peg Streets: Joseph ffuitman,
Meadow Bridge Road and Mill Street;
Sandy Krouse, Lakeside Park; Mrs. Jos?
eph Kienitzky. Meadow Bridge Road and
?Mill Street; Lewis F. Meyer, No. 2G0O
West Leigh; Mrs. Julia F. Staude, St.
James and Fill Streets; Simon Solomon,
Brook Road; S. T. Tinsley, No. 3300. West
Broad Street; John F. Tyler, Broad
Street Road; George A. Wray, No. 1701
West Clay Street; Tim Sullivan. Osborne
Turnpike; W. E. Aeree-, No. 1326 North
Twenty-seventh Street; T. F. Bagley.
Twenty-fifth and Carrington Streets;
Charles Battege, Hardin's Shop: T. W.
Collins", Twenty-eighth Street and Nine
Mile Road"; Deminitie and M?ller, Short
? Street; Mrs. Elizabeth Holoran. No.
1721 Seventeenth Street; James E. Hart,
No. 1125 Seventeenth Street;, Charles F.
Hubbard ,No. 1111 North Twenty-fifth
Street; Thomas McCortley, Thirty-second
and ? Streets: C. A. Martin. No. liai
Twenty?seventh Street; James H*. Mingee,
Thirty-second Street, between ? and O;
Hugh M. O'Neill. No. S14 Mosby Street;
XV. E. Pollard, No. 1201 North Twenty
fifth Street; Washington and Pollard, No.
ISO? Twenty-fifth Street; Samuel N. West,
Seven Pines; John N. Sweeney, Long
Bridge and New Market Road; XV. ?.
Enroughty, Williamsburg Avenue and
Goddin Street; Samuel Fenschel, Mosby
and Ohio Streets; John Schneider, Mill
Road, near Locomotive Works; R. XV.
Browning, Rio Vista; Samuel S. Henley.
Short Pump; U. L. Floyd, Jr.. No. 036
Brook Avenue; John H. Nolte, Hermitage
Iload; Rosenegk Brewing Company; Wil?
liam Snelllngs, Bland?n Park; Italian
Country Club; Creed man Shooting Club.
Bland?n Park; West-End Social Union,
No. 1513 Taylor Street.
Marriage licenses were issued yester?
day in the clerks' office to the following:
Mr. Mark J. Loutz. a miner, of Montana,
and Mrs. Nellie James, "of Henrico; Air.
Thomas E.vMayo and Miss Mary E. Wash,
both of Henrico.
A negro named Joe Monroe is in jail
charged with playing, craps.
Before 'Squire Lewis yesterday morn?
ing, a negro, Taylor by name, was ac?
cused of peddling without a license. His
case was dismissed, there rtot being suffi?
cient evidence'to hold him.
The officers of Henrico county are
searching the outskirts of Fulton for the
negroes who have committed several hold?
ups there recently. A good description
of thenegrocs has been furnished the of?
ficials.
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
A Horse Lives With His Skull Badly
i Crushed.
(Special Dispatch to The I'mes.)
STAUNTON, TA., April 21.?A two-horse
team belonging to Mr. M. Erskine Gay,
which was hitched to an ?empty surrey on
Gospel Hill yesterday evening, became
frightened and dashed down the hill for
about a.quarter of a,mile, towards the
Baltimore and Ohio depot where they
ran into ?n old rock crusher, totally
wrecking the vehicle ; and injuring both
horses very- badly. When Dr. C. B. Lohr.
a veternarian surgeon, was summoned
?? found one horse on top of a rock
pile ten feet high, and apparently life?
less, with a number of deep cuts about
the body. The other horse, had gotten
up and was very' much dazed from the
effects of a compound fracture of the
skull, the fracture being over four Inch?e*?
long and extending directly across the
brain. Both horses are still. living and
doing well. Dr; Lphr says. thi3 Is a very
singular c^se. -as ? borse, very seldom
lives but al short, while after his sku'.l Is
broken, and--'.says-'?that it Is possible that
the skull will havetb be trepanned.
The Best Coal
at moderate prices is what every
consumer wants. A bucket of our
eoal is worth a dozen buckets of
that stuff which is sold as coal, but
which consists of three parts dirt
and stone and the rest poor carbon.
Don't throw away good money on
such kinds of fuel. We have large
quantities of
High Grade Goal
and we don't ask high grade price*!
for it. Try us.
Richmond Ice Co.,
LEE DISTRICT IS
HIGHLY FAVORED
Street Committee Gives $12,000
for Improvements in
New Ward.
The Street Committee of the Council met
at 5:20 o'clock. Tho matter of the distri?
bution among the wards of the fund? ap?
propriated for street purposes was taken
lip.
Mr. "Minor moved that JIO.C0O ba set
aside for repairs, and ?10.000 be set asid??
for Lee District, and that the baiane?
o? the appropriation. $50,000, be set asid*
to be expended for the systematic im?
provement of the city's streets, in accord?
ance with some scheme to be decided up?
on, without reference to the wards of th?
City
Mr. ?. If. Funston and Capt. John A.
Crke* spoke In advocacy of a grenerous ap?
propriation for Lee District.
Col. Cutshaw called attention to the fart
?hat the Street Department was not given
n?* much money as it was twenty years
ago.
Maior Allen stated that in some in?
stances streets in the centre of the City
nao. been torn up and re-made th.ee times
while nothing? had been done for outlying
sections.
The motion to lay asido $10.000 of the
$70.000 appropriated was carried.
Th?? City Kngineer called attention to
the fact that the distribution made last
year would divide; tho balance of $?">0.?,*?>
as follows: Jackson Ward. S*T.1SO*.SO about
1"-per cent; Clay Ward, $7..~f>7. 5Pi about
l.'i per cent; Lee Ward, $7.3?>7.5*>. about
1." per cent: Marshall Ward, .-*l?.\in,*?.. about
?_??> tier cent: Jefferson Ward. $1 1.047..** .
about IS per cent; Madison Ward. .??G.?2?4.- ,
20. about 12 per cent; Monroe Ward. ?7.
2.64r2f>, about Ili per cent.
Mr. Mills moved as a substitute the
following division: Clay Ward. SU."??1. ,
Lee Ward. $11.000: Marshall Ward, flO-JOO?;
Jefjj?rs?i. Ward. $10.000: Jackson Ward.
.**.. ?. ? Madison Ward. $6,000, and Monroe
Ward; $6.000.
Mr. Pollock spoke? in advocacy of this
scheme of division and in opposition to tr.t
scheme proposed by Mr. Minor.
Major Allen stated that he had been
for years opposed to the present scheme
of division by wards. He thought that a
subcommittee, with the City Engineer,
should decide how the whole fund should
be divided. Some system Is needed, think:.
Major Allen. The presir??*?* system is un
progressive.
. Mr. Pollock replied to Major Allen. He
argued that the present system is sys?
tematic, and favored the substitute of
Mi?. Mills, which, he thought, gave tho
western part of the city more than it
asked. Thc committee is not opposed to
the betterment of Lee District.
Mr. Peters offered as an amendment
that Lee Ward be given $12.000, and Jef?
ferson Ward $0,000. Mr. Mills accepted
this amendment.
The substitute of Mr. Mills, as thus
amended, was adopted by the follnwling
vote:
Ayes?Messrs. Blanks, Burton, Curtis.
Mills, Peters, Pollock, Whittet and Allen
?S
Noes?Messrs. Bahen, Minor and Mosby
Mr. Mills moved that thc subcommittee
be instructed to bring in a report on the
removal of thc Bichmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac tracks from Belvidere Street
on April 2Sth, the dato of the next meet?
ing of the committee. Otherwise the fall
committee will take the matter up.
Delinquent Taxes.
Mr. T. C. Walford, Collector of Dellu
ciuest Taxes, has completed his list for
publication, and Is ready to turn it over
to the printers. All tho?e> who pay up
to-day will be stricken off thc list.
Stieff Methods
areUp-to-Date!
We hope to improve the
methods of piano selling
in Kichmond.
The customary way is to
have an elastic price?
one that will stretch asfar
as the dealer thinks your
pocket-book will allow.
The STIEFF way is?one
v fair fixed price?no in?
dividual favors, but justice
to all. And the price is
? conspcuously displayed
'on every piano in our
store.
It's a difference mmethods
worth while looking into.
CHAS. M.
STIEFF,
202 ?. FIFTH ST.,
Between rrrond ud Grace Straata.