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UST MEETING QF
T
f
The Conti.untal Company's Pe?
tition Was Granted.
WEST CLAY TO BE CLOSED
Resolution Reorganiiing the Commit?
tees Is Passed?School Board Asks
for $6,000 More for Addition
to the Randolph School,
The present Common Council held Its
last regular meeting last night. Unless
there ls a called meeting this month,
eleven of the thfrty members have served
for tho last time. Mr. Adams, Mr. Cot
trclland Mr. Gunst wjU bo in the Board
of Aldcrmen after July 1st. Mr. Caskie,
Mr. Tanner and Mr. libel did not stand
for re-clcction. Mr. Camp, Mr. Gibson,
JMr. Wallerstein and Mr. Wiltshirc failed
of w-elcction. Mr. McCarthy ran for the
JBoard of Aldcrmen, but was not clect
ed.
THE MAYOR'S VETO.
A communlcatioh waa received (frlom
tho Mayor vetolug the resolution passed
by the Council, appropriatlng tA~0 for a
eewer on Bcech Street, from. Main Street
to Floyd Avenue. Tho Mayor stated
that property owners ln this locality
now have sewcr facllitics. Mr. Pollock
moved that the resolution be adopted
over tho Mayor's veto. A number of
new houses need this sewcr connection,
thought Mr. Pollock. The resolution was
adopted, notwithstanding the Mayor's
veto by a vote of 21 to 1, Mr. West vot
ing in the negative.
The oidlnanco granting the American
CIgar Company the right to install a
separatc iire protectlon plant at their
factory, at Twcnty-third and Cary
f?ir?:ets, then came up. Mr. West's mo?
tion to refer to the Water Committee,
was Jost. Messrs. West and Winston
voting In the aflirmative. The ordinance
was then adopted.
The ordinance granting the Mutual
Assurancc Society permission to put an
open rail cnclosed area on the Ninth
Street Fide of the $500,000 oflicc building,
the society proposes to build at the
southeast corner of Ninth and Main,
was adopted.
THE CONTINENTAL ORDINANCE.
The ordinance allowing the Continental
Tobacco Company to close West Clay
Street frr/m Bowe to Lambaruy that
it may ercct a large factory, was rcad.
Mr. Pollock spoke in favor of the ordi?
nance and Mr. Blanks in opposition. Mr.
Blanks moved that the ordinance be laid
on the table, Mr. Wallerstein spoke in
opposition to this. The motion to table
was lost by a large majority. Mr. H. L.
Cabell. president of the Chamber of Com?
merce. and Mr. E. A. Catlin, represent
Ing that body, addressed the Council in
advocacy of the ordinance. Professor
Taft, of the Hartshom Memorial College,
spoke in opposition to the ordinance.
The vote was then taken and the ordi?
nance was adopted by a vote of 24 t? 2,
Messrs. Blanks and Stein voting in the
negative.
A sewer in Eighth Street from Broad
to Clay to cost $500 was ordered.
ACCOUNTS CORRECT.
h e It yuccaCnTAtnt ehmtrfdwl mfw
The City Accountant reported that he
had examined the accounts of the City
Engineer. Treasurer, City Colleetor and
Health Department and found them cor
rect.
A large number of street improve
tnent resolutions were laid on the table
as the necessary two-thirds vote was not
present.
The petition of the new Chimborazo
Hospital, on Church Hill, for thejrstab
lishment of an ambulance service in con?
nection with that hospital, was rejected
bn recommendation of the Finance Com?
mittee.
The J?,To,000 Shockoe Creek Improvcmcnt
resolution, introduced two months ago,
was voted down by a large majority.
A resolution came from the Light Com?
mitteo awardlng the street electric light?
ing contract lo the Passenger and Power
Company for five years, at a rate of fif
teen cents per light per night. The pres?
ent rate is sixteen cents. The resolution
was adopted. This service costs tha city
:about $30,000 a year, or $150,000 for live
ycara. The saving of a cent a light per
night will save the citj^ $10,00 in five
years.
A proposition to cxtend a water main
Into Henrico county to supply certain
property owners west of the city pro
?voked cbnsiaerablc discussion. and was
'finally referred back to tlio Water Com?
mittee.
A resolution from tlie Health Commit?
tee instructing the City Attorney to take
legal steps against the Virginia-Carolliia
?ChSmlcal Company for a nuisance at
their plant south of tho river in Ches
JerfieTQ county, was adopted.
THE COMMITTEES.
The special committee on rehfjganlza
?tion of the Council committees reported;
a list of committees which has been
printed in The Times. Mr. Bloomberg,
?who drew up the proposed scheme, ex
plained it. Mr. Caskie spoke in opposi?
tion to tho scheme, and offered an
amendment that the Finance Committee
chall conaist of nine members, as at pres?
ent, ratlier than eleven, as proposed. Mr.
Pollock spoke in favor of the proposed
Bcheme of committees. Mr. Caskle's
amendment was lost by a vofe of 19 to
3 The ordinance was adopted by a viva
voco vole, no disscnting votes being
heard.
RANDOLPH SCHOOL.
A communlcation was received from the
City School Board, statlng that upon re
ceiving the bids for the extension of Ran?
dolph School. lt found that the $15,000
.appropriation was inadequate. The board
.asked for $0,000 more and the matter was
referred to the Finance Committee which
will hold a special meeting this week.
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* "What's that?" interjectel Mr. Pollock
in a tone of great surprise.
Mr. West's resolution was laid on the
table after some discussion in the prog
?lets of which Mr. Allen appealed from the
<5eclslon of tho Chatr?Mr. Cottrell was in
' tho chair at the time?and the appeal was
voted down by a vote of 10 to 1, only Mr.
Allen voting in the afflrmative.
. On motion of Mr. Blanks. of Lee Ward,
; Messrs. H. R. Pollard, Jr.. T. H. El
iett and Harry Huber. who were recently
Heoted to tho Council from that ward for
torms to begln July 1st. wore clocted
. to (ill the three vacancles in tho rcpresen
. tation from the ward. In the event of any
-called meeting before July 1st. these gen?
tlemen wM now be in position to serve.
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come bere.
Our new suits bave all tbe fmest
toucbes?tbe kind of work imitated by
the high-priced exclusive tailors?
$io.oo to $25.00.
Suits as low as $5.00.
We want you to know our "#Every
size" shoes.
We know you'll en
joy the acquaintance
-$3.50
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mNS &3QYS'0UTF1TTER&,
(Continued From First Pago.)
night. Therefore, it may be convenient
if I read a disi>atch from Lord Kitchncr
to the Secretary of State for War, dated
May 20, as follows:
" 'After handing the Boer delegates a
copy of the draft of the agreement, I
read them a slatoment and gave them a
copy of it, as follows:
"' "His Majesty's government must
place on record that the treatment of
the Cape and Natal'Colonists who have
been in rebellion and who now sur?
render, will, if they return to their colo
nies, be determined by the courts and
in accordance with the laws of the colo
nies, and any British subjects wha have
joined the enemy will be liablo M trial
under tho law of that part of the Mrit
ish Empire to which thoy belong.
" ' "His Majesty's government are in
formed by the Cape government that
their views regarding the terms to be
granted to British subjects in Cape Colo?
ny, now in the field, or who have sur
rendered or been captured Eince April
12 1901, are as follows: With regard to
rank and file. they should all, after sur?
render and giving up their arms, sign
a document, before the resident roajis
trate of the district in which they sur?
render, acknowledging themselves gnil
ty of high treason. and tho punishment
to l>e accorded thom, provided they are
not guilty of murder or acts contrary to
the usages of civiiized warfare, shaM
be that they are not entitled, for life,
to be registered as voters. or vote in
any parliamentary or provincial coun?
cil or municlpal electiOn.
NO DEATH PENALTY.
" 'With reference to justices of the
peace, field corne.ts and all others who
hold ofiicial posilions under the govern?
ment of Cape Colony, or who have been
occupyinsr a position of authorlty, or who
have held commands in the rebel or bur
gher forces. they shall be tried for high
treason before tiie ordinary courts of the
country, or stlch courts as may hereafter
t>e constituted. their punishment to be left
to the discretion of such court, with the
proviso that in no case shall the penalty
of death be infiicted.
" *The Natal government are of the
opinion that rc-be'.s should be dealt^with
according to the law of the colony."
" 'These arrangements," concfludes Mr.
Balfour, "the government have approv
Slr Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the
Libcral lead'er, ln l>ehalf of the opposition,
said unbounded eatisfaction would be felt
throughout the Empire at the conclu?
sion of peace. They were unanimous in
admiration of their late enemy. now their
friends and fellow citizens, whose mih
tarv qualities. tenacity of purpose, and
<^elf-sacrificing devotion to liberty and
countrv. had won them the respect of
tho wiiole world, and, foremost of all.
the respect of their opponents. ' Every
member would offer congratulatlons to
the King and to the country. on thnce
blcssed resloration of peace.
Mr Balfour having announced that ..he
government would take an early oppor
tunitv of moving a vote of thanks to
Lord* KItchener and the forces in South
Afrlca the members of the House of Com
mons "returned to their ordinary avoca
tions.
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LONDON CELEBRATES
Men and Women Abandoned Them?
selves Over News of Peace.
<By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June.t2.?The annonncemen
of peace in South Afrlca, was celebrated
in London to-night with a mild repetition
of the Mafeking celebration.
Hundreds of thousands of people surged
through the streets of London from
White Chapel to Buckingham Palace, but
never at any time did the crowds equal
those which created tho verb, "to Maf
fick." To-night tnere was a tremendous
noise in the streets, a pandemonium of
horns and cheers, but the abandon which
marked the announcement of the relief fo
Mafeking and Ladysmith was lacking.
Women, many of them carrying babies.
boys, drunken loafers and others, glad
of any excuse to defy the law and order,
were the principal elements in the ragged
processions passing and repassing through
tho principal streets. The crowds con
centrated in regent sti-eet, and the strand'
and let themselves loose. Women of the
lower class jabbed men in the face with
fcathers flung an apology for confetti and
in turn were hugged and kissed by any
man who found time for such a diver
sion. A few helpless policemen stood
around and watched the fun.
One of the favorlte decoi-ations with
the crowd wasa cluster of red, white and
blue stripes wound around a tail hat
Congratulaiions of the Pope.
(By Associatod Press.)
LONDON. Jiine 2.?King Edward has
received a message from the Pope. which
conveys the pontiff's sincre congratula?
iions on the re-establishment of peace in
South Africa.
Hopes for World-Wide Peace.
(Rj- Associated Press.)
ROME. June 2.?On the receipt of the
news of the conclusion of peace in South
Afrlca, the Pope expressed his joy, add
ing:
"I hope to close my eyes on world-wide
peace."
The American and the Irish flags fig
urod largely among the decoratlons, while
tho enslgn of tho new Australian Fcdera
tion made its. flrst appearahce in a na-!
tional celebrallon.
A curious feature of the night's street
scenes was that banners were carried in
several processions bearing the inscrip
tlon "Bravo Bullor."
SERJOUSLY HURT
Accldeot While at Work at South?
ern Shops Yesterday.
HE PLAYS A "SKIN GAME"
Several Ladies Residtng on Principa
Street His Victims?Body of John
Amos interred Here?Other
Items from Manchester.
JUanchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
No. 1102 Hull Street.
Mr. Percey Farmer, a well-known
young man of Manchester, met with a
palnful and very serious accident while
at work at the Southern Shops yesterday
afternoon. While attending to his duties
near a moving saw in some manner his
hand struck against the revolving teeth,
earrying away a great deal of the flesh
and sinews.
The wounded man was at once taken
to tho oflice of Dr. Merchant, the com?
pany's physician, and there one finger,
was removed. It is probable the whole
hand may be amputated. The wound is
a ghastly one. If the hand ls spared it
will scarcely be of any more service to
him. Mr. Farmer 1b well known in Man?
chester.
A "SKIN GAME."
Manchester was last week paid an of?
ficial visit by the book-robber, and many
are his victims. Taking a street where
there has been' little work of the kind
done before, this smooth-talking young
man worked a few ladies to the Queen s
taste. His gamo was a very plausible
one. He represented himself to be tlie
agent of a Richmond house and the books
would be delivered in the afternoon.
The manner ln which the fraud was de
tected was through a gentleman who
works near a Richmond house that the
agent said he represented, and he very
plainly told him when he came to -taa
house that he was a fraud- With a few
feeble explanations. the young man ler.t,
and nothing has been heard of him since.
BODY BURIED HERE.
The remains of John W. Amos, a for?
mer resident of Manchester, reached here
yesterday afternoon from Philadelphia
accompanied by a committee from the
McDennett Club, of New Jersey, of which
the deceased was a member.
Mr Amos was drowned m Black Tlm
ber Creek, off the New Jersey coast on
Fridav last. According to reports from
there," the young man. in company with a
party of his friends. was out rowing
when Mr. Amos' hat blew off. In an
effort to catch it. the boat was cap
sized, throwing all the occupants into
the water. Amos sank for the third
time before help could reach him His
fnends were rescued with *&&***
Mr O. B. Ray, a brother-in-law of the
deceased, went to Philadelphia and[re?
turned yesterday. The funeral was from
Fifth-Street Methodist Church, Rev. Asa.
Drlscoll officiating. lnterment was in
\\UrL?rrou?announclng the marriage
of Miss Nola Claiborne to Mr. C. T.
Wright. which will take place to
night at the residence of Mr. J. H.
Smith. No. 109 East Eighth Street. at
<i o'clock. The ceremony will be per
'formert by the Rev. Mr. Kmchelos. pas
tor of Stockton-Street Baptist Church.
.Miss Clairborne is the attractive daugh?
ter of the late Ashby Clairborne. Mr.
Wright i<* a valued employe of th^.
Southern Stove Works, of Richmond. Mrtt
H D Wright. brother of tho groom. will
act as best man. J. A. Jewett, B. A.
Perdue W. A. Richardson, of Richmond,
will be'ushers. Reception will be tendered
the bride and groom at the home of Mr.
and Mr? J W. Smith. on Eighth Street.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Rev Mr. Smith. the new pastor of
Oaic Grove Baptist Church, preached his
first sermon Sunday. His subject was,
"Let Tour Light So Shine." Ho was
welcomed to the church by the members
who were highly pleased with the ser?
mon and tne personality of the man.
On June 5th there will be a joint ex?
cursion of the* local lodges of Juniors in
Manchester to Buckroe Beach. Every
detail of the excursion has been looked
into carefully hy the committee on ar
rangements. and the trip will be one of
the most pleasant of the year.
The ordinance of baptism was admin
istered at clopton-Street Baptist Church
Sunday night by the pastor, Rev. W. W.
Sisk.
Mrs. Frances McGruda, and old white
lady, spent last night in a cell at the po?
lice station. where she had been taken
for safe keeping. it being determined that
she could no longer be kept quiet at
home. She seems to be a hopeless luna
tic The ladv is very old, and her con?
dition was pltiful in the extreme. She
will be taken to an asylum as soon as
a place ls made vacant._.
AT FEMALESEA1INARY.
Delightful Recita! Given by Mrs. Brock
enbrough's Class.
The Female Semlnary was thronged
with the patrons and friends of the
school last night. The recital was given
by Mrs. J. S. Brockenbrough and Miss S.
Coleman's pupils. assisted by Mr. John
Powell. The girls acqultted themselves
very well and showed good training, the
fiowers attesting their popularlty. No. 8
on the programme was encored loudly
and JUr. John Powell, responding, executed
"with wonderful skill and delicate-touch
Gounod and Liszt's. "Waltz from Faust."
Miss Rose Satterfield, who was encored
twice. responded with two short pieces
entitl'ed "Billet Doux" and "Grandmas
Prayer."
NORFOLK BAR ASSOCIATION
Decides That Mr. P. J. Morris Shouid
be Disbarred from Practice. -
(Special Dispatch to Tho Times.)
NORFOLK, VA.. June 2.?At. a meeting
of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar As?
sociation. held this afternoon. the report
of the Grievance Committee recommend
ing that Mr. P. J. Morris, one of the best
known criminal lawyers in this city, be
disbarred from practicing at the bar, was
adopted. ? ;?'.. ?'.. . ,
The association appointed a special com?
mittee to lnstitute proceedings ln the
courts. Mr. Morris states that he will
fight the case to the end, and claims
that as long as the Bar Association wants
to fight he will give them all they want,
even if it takes years._;
Philadelphia, 6; New York, I. -
(By Assoclated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 2.?First baseman
Doyle was deposed from. his position as
captain of the New York to-day and
second baseman Smitu was appoynteA.
captain in his stead. The change, how?
ever, did net bring out a change in New
York's loslng streak. Score:
Philadelphia.0 110 0 0 2 0 2?6 12 1
New York ...... .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00?1 15 5
Batteries: Iberg and Dooln; Dunn and
Yeager; Time, 1:48. Umpires: Emslle and
Cantlllon. Attendance, 2,300.
? ?-1
American League Results*
Baltimore, 14;" Cleveland, 1.
Philadelphia, 5; St Louis, 4. ,
Washington, 12; Chicago, 0*
Boston. 4;rDetroit, 2, ' .
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PERFECT
Tooth Powder
flH ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY.
Used by. people of xefmement
for over a ouarter of a century,
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TODK ilORy
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sugested by the Advisory Board has to
be guessed.
ADVISORY BOARD IN SESSION.
The Advisory Board was in session sev?
eral hours. It was nearly midnight be?
fore adjournment. Among those present
were Judge George L. Christian, ' Hon.
J. Taylor Ellyson, Major N. V. Randolph,
Mrs. Randolph, Mr. E. D. Tayflor, Mrs.
Taylor and Mrs. McCullough.
Nothing was given out about the meet?
ing, but every one knows that the Board
of Directors of tho Monument Association
has been on tho point of selecting a de
sign for a memorial which is opposed by
Mrs. Davis and her daughter, Mrs. Hayes
and also by a large number of organl?
zations directly interested. It is not
likely then that this Advisory Board was
not able, after several hours' deliberation,
to devise some means out of the quan
Tlie Directors of tha Association will
be in session to-day, to-morrow. and
possibly Friday. They will be enter?
tained by the Art Club this afternoon,
and will attend Lee Camp to-night. To
morrow's session will be that of chiefest
interest, as that will settle every ques?
tion one way or the other.
THE LADIES WHO ARE HERE.
The folllowing members are here:
Mrs. McCullough. president, guest of
Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor.
Mrs. A. T. Snvythe, Charleston, guest
of Mrs. Taylor.
Mrs. E. G. Weed, Jacksonville.
Mrs. R. C. Cooley, Jacksonville, guest
of Mrs. Archcr Anderson.
Mrs. John P. Allison. Concord. N. C,
guest of Miss Minnie Baughman.
Mrs. Garland Jones, Raleigh; Mrs
James A. Rounsaville, Rome, Ga., guest
of Mrs. James Caskie.
Mrs. Basil Duke, Louisville, guest of
Mrs. S. XV. Travers.
Mrs. John B. Richardson, New Orleans,
guest of her sister, Mrs. H. Cahell Tabb,
No. 1007 West Franklin.
Miss Mary Harrison, guest of Miss
Vawter.
Mrs. W. W. Read, New York, guest of
guest of Mrs. Martin.
Mrs. T. J- Latham, Memphis, gues of
Mrs. A. R. Yarbrough.
Mrs. Mollle R. Magill Rosenburg,
Texas- Miss Amelia Smith, Warrenton,
Va.: Mrs. James Y. Leigh, Norfolk,
guests of Mrs. Hunter.
Mrs. XV. J. Behan, New Orleans, at the
Jefferson.
The Richmond members of the Board
who will meet with the above are Mrs.
N. V. Randolph, Mrs. E. D. Taylor, and
Miss Blanner. ___,_
DESIGNS ON ENHTBIT.
The following designs are now in place
or will be when the ladies reach the Sen?
ate Chamber to-day:
Those of Messrs. William Couper,
Charles Albert Gudebrod, William Story.
George Julian Zolnay, Albert Lopez, Ru
dolph Evans, C. A: PiTlars and Miss
Montgomery. of New Orleans.
VETERANS WANT MONUMETT
""Declare That Davis Memorial Should
Be in that Form?Against Fiske History.
(Srwinl Pisnntch to Tho. Times.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA., June 2.?Ma
gruder Camp Confederate Veterans to
night voted to ask the School Board td
exclude Fiske's History of the United
States from the local r.chools. It was
also voted the sense of the meeting that
the memorial to Jefferson Davis, pro^
posod to be 'erected in Richmond, should
take the form of a monument rather
than an arch.
;SIDEHT HAS
HIS EYES OPES
Summons a Conference to Look
After Political Fences in
Congressional Campaign.
(Bv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 2.?A conference
was held at the White House and was
attended by leading Republicans of both
houses, the President inviting them to
atttend. Those present included mem?
bers of the Finance Committee of the
Senate, the Ways and Means Committee
of the House, and the Republiean Con?
gressional Campaign Committee. The
subjects under discussion were pending
legislation and its relation to the com?
ing campaign.
The chief reason for the assemblage,
however, was the tariff, the discussion
turning on tho advisabillty of attempt
in-^ any revision now or of taking up the
matter in committee during the recess of
Congress with a view to presenting a
measure in the short session. All of
those present were decidedly opposed to
revision, either now, orat the short ses?
sion, the view being expressed that re?
vision was unneccssary and that further
more, there was no time for it.
STRONG PROTEST MADE.
Norfolk Democrats Object to Naming
of Fusion Registrars.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
NORFOLK. VA., June 2.-At a meet?
ing of the Democratic Registrar Com?
mittee of Norfolk county, held to-night,
a protest was filed against the appoint?
ment of fusion registrars. The commit?
tee claimed that Judge Portlock would
name a majority of members ot the isoard
of Registration of Norfolk county out of
the ranks of the fusionists who, have
placed the negroes in off!ce and for this
reason entered their protest.
The following telegram was ordered sent
to Juclgo Portlock:
"Our representatives here have report?
ed to us your expressed intention of ap
pointing fusionists as registrars. This is
such an injustice to the white people of
Norfolk county that we protest against it
and shall resist your action before the
??"? "NAT: M. TUNIS,
(Signed.) "Chairman."
'f EarthquakesContinue.
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY, June 2.-Earthqj8ake
shocks contlnue in that portion of the
Stato of Guerero in which seismtlcac
tivity has been a matter of observation.
PILESCUREDWITHOUTTHE KNIFE
Itchlng, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO OINTMENT fails tp cura
,you. 50 cents.
THE STRIKE DRDER
Mitchell Says 80 per Cent of
Firemen and Pumpmen Go Out.
NOVIOLENCE HAS OCCURRED
A Mining Official Says Mitchell's Esti
mate is Too Large, but Admits That
Great Many Went Out?Trouble
Is Not Improbable.
(By Aswciated Presf)
WILKESBARRE, PA., June 2.?Tbe
order of the United Mine Workers of
America, calling out on strike all engi
neers, firemen and pumpmen employed
at colleries where the elght-hour work
day at present wages was not granted,
went into effect to-day, and, as has
reen predicted, a majority of the men
obeyed the order Neither side can claim
a victory at this time, because the strug
gle, on this phase of the anthracite
miners* strike has just opened. There
was only a partial showing of "strength
to-day. The real test of wheTher or not
the mine pumps shall be manned will
l.?(gln to-morrow. Although a majority
of the men quit work, the companies,
generally speaking, succeeded in keep
ir-.g their pumps in operation. The ope?
rators feel at present that they have an
advantage, but they Are not so sanguine
of the future. The exact number (pf
men who quit to-day cannot be obtained.
Each side refuses to make public it3
figures, but gave out information that
roughly estimates me numbver of men
affected. These estimates are far apart
MITCHELL'S ESTIMATE.
National President Mitchell, of the
Miners' Union. gave out a statement
in which he says:
"Reports received from every important
mining community indicate that where
eipht-hour day has not been conceded
fully eighty per cent of the firemen,
pumpmen and engineers have ceased
work. Tlie number will be materially In?
creased to-morrow. In some sections
mine f6remen have positlvely declined to
perforni Che -work of engineers, firemen
and p-umpmeh. In some places foremen
have manned the pumps and clerks have
also been required to perform this labor.
"A perfect army of irresponsfble* men
have been employed by the coal compa?
nies to act as coal and iron" policemen.
The services of theso men are unnec~
essary and their presence unwarranted.
There have been no violations of law to
day by the mine workers. and I am san?
guine there will bo no overt acts on the
part of the strikers."
On the other hand, a mining official of
one of the' largest coal companies, who
received accurate inforfnafTon from the
entire coal belt. made this statement:
"President Mitchell's ~*esffrriaTe is too
high. We have received figures from all
our colllerles, and the general superin^
tendents of all the other coal companies.
but thev are not to be given crnt. I can.
however, say that about sixty-five per
cent. of all Che Lehigh Valley's men went
out. The Reading Company was ZnV
worst sufferer. more than seventy per
cent. of Its men refusing to go to work.
The individual companies n-i '?... more
than fiffv per cent. of their men.
EXPECT INTTMIDATION.
"Notwlthstanding the big desertion of
men every colliery in the entire region
thft made the effort was able to get up
steam and maintain it. The compan.es
have nearly all the men they want for
present needs. We look for int.midation
of our men by the strikers. but we will
go right along and protect our employes
and property as best we can
Considering the vast number of men
who are idle, the coal held was very
qulet Hirbughout the day. Reports came
S from several sections telhng of dis
turbances. but these were of a m.nor na?
ture The small army of coal and lron
policemen which ls in the field are not
much in evidence._^^
THE CONTRACT AWARPEP.
Messrs J. F. Wingfiield & Son to Build
New Engine House.
The Board of Fire Commissioners met
n?t night with every member preiient.
'Proposals for laying andergrouna con
duits and building manholes for the use
and accommodation of the city's fire alarm
^ nolice telegrapli wires. to reach
^ints^noftouchfd by the Bell Telephone
Company's ducts, were opened, and the
contractwas awarded to Mr. J. A. Goode
nt the orlce of $4,434.90.
The proposals for erectlng. the new en
gine-house for Engine Company No. 9,
at the northeast corner of Fifth and Duval
Streets were also opened, and the con?
tract was awarded to Joseph F. Wing
field & Son for S5.200. Work on this bulld
in? is to start at once.
The Board granted the Westmmster
Presbvterian Church permission to ercct a
frame church building at the northeast
corner of Grove Avenue and Elm Street.
A number of the call members of the
department were reported for missing
alarms of fire, and they will be reprl
mThe6tBoard ordered that an advertise
ment be placed in the papers asking for
bids for furnishing coal to this depart?
ment, these bids to be opened on the 7th
of July next_
OB1TUARY.
i'liTJ ']3r - ^F'[ .:!..(.!.'
A lan Carper.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
NEWCASTLE, VA., June 2.?In thG
death of an aged gentleman, a llfe-long
citlzen of this county, is ended one of the
very many sad stories of the Virginia
land boom of 1892. Mr. Alan Carper.
aged eighty years, died at the home of
his son, Mr. Charles Carper, Sunday
morning of last week.
When the land boom struck Virginia,
Mr. Carper was a happy, contented
farmer, livlng on his little place a mile
below Newcastle. His farm lay in the
t*ack of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail?
road and the Craig City Land, and Im
provement Company purchased his farm.
With the proceeds of this sale Mr. Car?
per bought a farm on Meadow Creek,
some miles above here. It was the prop
ertv of Hon. James W. Marshall, and
sold when land was very high.
The boom went down and the price of
land fell and Mr. Carper failed in his
expectations of making the new farm
pay. He fell behlnd ln his payments to
Judge Marshall and a suit followed.
This suit dragged through all the iower
courts and finally reached the Supreme
Court.
After many years of weary fightlng,
Mr. Carper lost his suit and Judge Mar?
shall galned a decree for the sale of the
property.
This suit was brllliantly contested by
Mr. Carper's lawyer, Mr. Benjamin Ha
deii, of Fincastle, but the Supreme
Court sustained the opinion, "and the
judgment was executed a few weeks ago.
Since that time Mr. Carper's health
has been rapidly deellnlng. He ls well
connected ln this county. and has been
a type of fine manhood, superlor health
and strength and has rarely been 111 In
his long life- His remalns were interred
in tha cons'ecrated spot upon his old
farm in which rests the dust of his
family.
Among those to mourn his loss are the
following children: Mr. C. E. Carper. his
only son; Mr. Will Carper. of Cllfton
Forge; Mrs. Hez Caldwell, of Newcastle;
Mr. Bird Carper, of Newcastle; Mrs.
, Kyle Sublette, of All Healing Springs;
CARTERS
IITTLE
IVER
PILLS
SICK HiAQACHE
Positively cured by these
lattle Pills.
They also relicve Distress from Dyspepsfa,
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per?
fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi
ness, BadTaste In the Moum, Coated Tongue
Pain in the Side, TOKETD LTVER. They
Rcgulate the Bowela. Purcly Vegetable.
Small PHl. Small Dose.
Messrs. Hank, Harry and Howard Car
per and Miss Lizzie Carper, all grand
children. His aged widow survlves him.
Mr. William H. Atkinson. *
Mr. William Hayes Atkinson died Sun?
day afternoon at his country home, in
Henrico county, the result of what in
its beglnning was conBldered a triflfng
accident.
A week ago while walklng near his
barn Mr. Atkinson stepped upon a nail
which pierced his shoe and entered his
foot. The wound was for the time neg
lected, and blood poison set in Saturday
night.
His condition grew steadily worse, and
Sunday afternoon his nephew, Dr. Mar
maduke Atkinson. of Newport News. was
telegraphed for, and arrlved at his un
cle's bedside that evening.
Mr. Atkinson was forty-five years old.
He was born ln Richmond and had lived
here all his life. He Ieaves a widow who
was a Miss Rowe, of Gloucester coun?
ty, and five children?XV. B., A. C. and
Hunter Atkinson, and Misses Allce and
Mabel Atkinson, one brother. Henry A.
Atkinson. of this city. and two sisters,
Mrs. W. J. Gentry of Richmond. and Mrs.
J. A. Fleet. of Mathews county. Mr. At?
kinson was a member of the Union Sta?
tion Methodist Church.
His funeral will take place from Un?
ion Station Methodist Church to-day, at
3 o'clock.
The pall-bearers will be: Actlve?The
officers of Union Council, Royal Arca
num.
Honarary: Messrs.John W. Hughes, J.
T. Montgomery, Frank Bates, J. W.
Woodward. Berry Waddlll. C. E. Brauer,
Adam Diacont and Samuel Flournoy.
William Schaaf
Mr. William Schaaf died at his home on
Oakwood Avenue in Henrico County- at
12:0f> o'clock this rnorning.
Mr. Schaaf was nearly seventy years of
age. He had been unweil for six months
or more. For many years he was a
butcher at the Old Market. His wife
died some years ago. He Ieaves four
sons and two daughters. The funeral\
notice will be published later.
Mrs. Anna S. Stowe.
Mrs Anna S Stowe died at 2 o'clock.
yesterday afternoon at the home of her
husband, Mr. J. E. Stowe. No. 101 1-2
Reservoir Street. Mrs. Stowe is sur?
vived by her husband, five sons. thre-s
daughters, one sister and three brothers.
The funeral will take place from St,
Andrews' Episcopai Church to-morrow
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Mr. A. B. Doherty.
Mr. A. B. Dohertiy, a brother of the
Labor Commissioner. died at his home,
No. mifi North Fifth Street. Sunday.
Mr Doherty was a native of Richmond
and by trade was a plumber. He was
thirty-two years old. The funeral took
place yesterday afternoon from St. Pe
ter's Loinedral at 5 o'clock, and the In?
terment was in Mount Calvary Cemetary.
Mrs. Minnie E. Landrum.
The body of Mrs Minnie E. Landrum
who died in Trenton, N. J., was brought
to this city Sunday and buried in River
view in the afternoon.
Old Citizens Die.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
ROANOKE, VA., June 2.?J. F. Smoot,
a promising citizen of Franklin county,
dropped dead yesterday after shooting a
dog. He was seventy-one years of age
and is survived by his wife and threo
children.
James F. Earhart died here to-day. aged
seventy-three years. He will be buried
at Rural Retreat.
John W. Caldwell.
(Special Dispatch to The Tirnea.)
WALKERTON, VA.. June 2.-Mr. John
XV. Caldwell died at his home at 9 A.
M. May 30th, aged 77.
He was a native of, Maryland, but had
lived ln this viclnity for twenty years.
He Ieaves a widow and two sons?Messrs.
Robert and Carroll Caldwell.
The interment took place Sunday after?
noon at Locust Grove.
Death of an Infant.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
HAMLET, N. C, June 2.?Hal, aged
nine months. the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. H. Bagwell Jr., died Saturday
night at the Seaboard Air Line Hotel.
He had been sick only n few days and
death was unexpected. The burial took
place Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
in the. City Cemetery.
DEATHS.
ATKINSON.?Died. at his residence, In
Henrico countv, June 2d. at 1:30 o'clock
P. M., WILLIAM HAYES ATKINSON,
in the fifty-fifth year of his age.
Funeral will take place from Union
Station M. E. Church WEDNESDAY.
June 4th, at 3 o'clock.
OWEN.?Died. suddenly at her residence,
No. 9 West Duval Street, Saturday. May
31. 1902, at 6:30 P. M., Mrs. MARY L.
OWEN. in the fifty-fifth year of her
age. She Ieaves one son. William H.
Owen. a sister and many friends to
mourn their loss.
Funeral will take place from First
Baptist Church at 4 o'clock TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. Friends of the family
are especlally Invlted to attend.
STOWE.?Died, at the residence of her
husband. J. E. Stowe. Monday. June 2d,
at 2 P. M., ANNA S. STOWE. Shetleaves
husband, three daughters, five sons, one
sister and three brothers to mourn their
loss.
Funeral from St. Andrew's Episcopai
Church WEDNESDAY at 3:30 P. M.
Darling mother, thou hast left us,
And we long for thee in vain;
But we know that theou are freed from
All thy earthly care and pain.
Freed from suffering. thy spirit,
And in peaceful rest, thy soul: i.
Dearest mother. thou has entered ?'-'??/
In the blessed, heavenly.goal. .~i;'
But our lonely hearts are achlng 1
For the face and smlle we miss,
And we long for the dear mother
Whom we never more shall klss.
Home's sweet sunshine seems to vanish,
As thy face no more we see,
And without thy loving presence,
It no more as home can be. ._ .
And thy place. forever vacant, :'
Will bring meraorles of the past.
And our hearts will e'er be achlng
For the times that could not last.
We. perhaps. have caused thee sorrow.
That wa did not wlsh to do,
But we know thou hast forglven,
Dearest mother, kind and true.
Fire in Hampton.
(Sp?clnl Dispatch to Th<? Times.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. June 2.?Fire
in the rear of the Globe Clothlng Store
bn West Queen- Street; in. Hampton,
caused a loss of about $6,000 this after?
noon* The insurance was f2",50O,
HAY RECEIVES THE
THftNKSDF CONGRESS
.1 ?r
House Voted to Do So Desptto
Speech Against Such Action.
INANIMATION IN THE SENAT1
Few Senators Were inclined to Discus
Philippine Government Bill Under
the Fifteen Minute
Rule,
"?"."? (By Awoilated Presa i
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The Houss
to-day, by a >vote of 129 to 46. suspended
the rules and adopted the joint resolu?
tlon extendlng the thanks ot Congress
to Secretary of State John Hay. for ht?
address upon the occasion of the McKia
ley Memorial Exercise3 last February.
Unanimous consent for the consldera
tlon of this resolution was objected to
by Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri, some
time ago and to-day Mr. Clark. of Mis?
souri, made a twentw minute Bpeech ta
opposition to Its adoptlon on tha
gmound that Mr. Hayi had abustea
the occasion by injecting a "Republlcaa
stump speech" into the address.
General Hooker, of Mlssissippl, a one
armed Confederate Veteran delivered an
eloquent defense of Mr. Hay's addres3
denying that it contained anything that
was objectlonable from a political stand
point and Mr. Grosvener, of Ohio. who
was in charge of the resolutlon, argued
that Mr. Hay, ln eulbgozing the mar
tyred President could not divorce tha
man from his achievements and bls re?
cord as a manly partlsan. Forty-six
Dcmocrats voted with Mr. Clarke against
the resolution among them being
Jones, Virginia, and W. W. Kitchin,
North Carolina.
Special orders were adopted for the con
slderation of the antl-anarchy bill and
the bill to transfer certain forest re
serves to the agricultural department
The Senate bill to retire Surgeon Gen?
eral Sternberg and the House bill to en
courage salmon culture ln Alaska, wers
defeated on motlons to pass them un?
der suspenston of tne rules. _
In the Senate.
(By AsS'-clated Fress.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 2.?Little
interest, either on the floor or in the
galleries, was manifested in the Senate
debate on the Philippine government bill
to-day under the fitteen-mlnute rule. At
two or three stages lt almost died of
inunimation. Senators seemed little tn
clined to avail themselves of the op
portunlty to discuss the measuro thus
briefly. and there were few utterances
of special note.
Mr. Mason, of Illinois. in a vigorous
speech. differed from the majority in tha
treatment proposed for the Fillpinos.
He urged that no reason existed. for ac?
cording to them, a treatment difterent
from that accorded to the Cubans and
strongly advised that they be afforded the
right to exereise the right to govem
themselves. He said he would not have
voted for the Paris trjsaty, but for tho
open imderstanding among Senators tha*
the Filipinos were to be given their !n
dependence as soon as they were rendy
for u
*-*I have faith in the ultimate Iiherty oC
mankind." concluded Mr. Mason. "It may
not come ln your day or mine. but some
dav. not only the people here ln tha
mother repubilc, but all over the world.
in Cuba, South Afrlca. aye in the Phil?
ippines. will be free."
Other Senators who spoke to-day wers
Mr. Hoar. Mr. Foraker, Mr. Cullom, Mc
Bacon, Mr. Patterson. Mr. Teller. Mr.
Carmack and Mr. Proctor.
Mr. Bacon. of Georgia. spoke against
the bill. After exhausting thirty minutes
of time, by unanimous consent, chiefly
in having read documents and
extracts from books, Mr. Bacon
yielded tho floor. An awkward
pause ensued. nobody being neady
to proceed with the discussion. A sug?
gestion that some other business be takoa
up met with objection; and at'ter further
delay Mr. Bacon resumed his remarks.
Mr. Hoar, reviewing the situation in tha
Philippines and referring to the out
rages which had been committed, said:
?T don't charge these things upon tha
army. I charge them upon imperiallsm."
Early in the session some amendments
were made to the bill by the Philippino
Committee, the most important ot whioh
related to the disposition of tha pub?
lic lands in the islands.
t - ?__?_? '
HOGE ACADEMY.
Eighth Annual Commencement Exer?
cises and Society Celebration.
(Special Ptspatch to The Times.)
BLACKSTONE. VA, June 2.? The ex?
ercises of the eighth annual commence?
ment of the Hoge Academy began hero
yesterday with the baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. L. W. Irwin. of Radford. This
was delivered ln the large Methodist
Church. which was unable to accomad.ua
all who attepded. many remaining out?
side by the windows. It was pronounced
bv all who heard lt as a grand effort
In the same building at 8 o'clock last
night. the address before the Y. M. C. A.
of the academy was delivered by Rev. H.
C V Campbell. of Salem. The audtenca
a-ain was too large for the bulldins and
those who heard Mr. Campbell pronounced
his address as Inferlor to none ever de?
livered in Blackstone.
The final exercises will come to-morrow
with the dellvery of distlnctlons and di?
plomas and the address by Heutenant
Governor Willard. ,_?>?_
The town is fast filllng with visitors
coming to attend the commencement ?
the Academy.
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Broad-Street Store Robbed.
W H. Hazelgrove's place. No. 20S West
Broad Street. was broken Into by an un?
known man at an early hour Sunday
rnorning. A pistol and 51.07 in the cash
reglster were stolen. Some little damaga
in the store was done. An offlcer heard
the breaking of glass. but when he ar
rived on thescene saw one.
Licensed to Wed.
Marriage licenses were issued yester?
day to William Beazley and Eugenla J,
Rider, Ollle C. Hope and Pearl A. Wada,
AMTJSEMENTS^
Academy.
The GIFFEN Company
.IN.
Too Much Johnson
Hilarlty Run RIot.
MATINEE TO-MORROW.
THE POPULAR PLACE.
sCASINO=
To-Night 8:30. Matinee 2:30.
The Night ofthe Fourth
With HARRY BULGER and seiected cooc__jr