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GREAT METHODIST INSTITUTION
IS TO BE OPENED IN RICHMOND
The Orphanage, With its Varied Interests, Will Attract the Attention
of the Community?Children Will Be Given Industrial
Education and Will Work on the Farm.
THE PATHETIC HISTORY OF SEVEN LITTLE CHILDREN
An event which will be of the greatest
Ivtiif-st and Importance to all Methodists
?within the bounds of Virginia Conference
will be the opening of the Orphanage,
which will occur very shortly;. The oc
c:?ilon will mark the beginning of a new
era in the history of the denomination
in the Stnte and as such will command
th? ottci tion of all church-goers
At the same lime Richmond herself Is
ko< nly interested in the institution as a
lousiness proposition. A onc-hundrvd
thousand-dallar investment which bids
fair within a few years to double Itself,
which is, in fact, capable of indefinite
extension, is an entci-prise of sufficient
moment to make its presence felt on the
entire community. The Orphanage will
be such a place and the opening of it
here will mean the addition to the city
of a vast new undertaking.
Operations will begin within the near
"future. The buildings are now being
rrshed to completion and the formal
opening will be possible some time after
?he first of July and before the first of
September. The event will certainly not
be delaved bevond the latter date.
ABOUT THE BUILDINGS.
Tt was only after long and mature con?
sideration that he conference determ?
ined to undertake the establishment and
centro! of an Orphanage but now that the
? ?tier hns been entered upon it is being
jy.ishcci with a will. The location here is
extremely fortunate. For the eum of
?ir.fOO the Conference purchased a
beautiful tract of land on the Broad
F'.reet road, three-quarters of a mile
wi-st of the Home for Incurables, a site
eufiii-iently far from the city yet con?
veniently .near. There, In a an oak
grove, a short distance back from the
roadway, the buildings are being erected
end nre now very near completion. When
the final touches to these are given the j
Otphnnage will be ready to receive oc?
cupants.
The plan for the construction Is
most excellent one and was devised by
the architect, Mr. John Kevan Peebles.
of Norfolk. It is somewhat more ex?
pensive than others but in the long run
vastly better. According to this plan
the orphanage can be developed indefi?
nitely and at will. There will be one
large administration building which will
he the center of the group. Conne?*ted
bv arcades with this central building will
b?? cottages, spreading nut on either side.
??-henever more room is needed a new
cottage may be added and this may be
carried on as long as desired; in fact
until the entire 76 acres of which the
tract is made up are filled with cottages.
To the rear of the central building will
l?e ihe power plant nnd industrial school.
At the present time there are in pro?
cess of erection the administration build?
ing and two of th" cottages. The roof
of t?ie former is bein?? put on now;
ji'.islering Is being done in the latter.
"XhcTc three buildings will cost in the
neighborhood of S4i>,IWV The c?^ntr>il
edifice will represent an expenditure of
?.bout S22.0?V1 and the cottages will con
$7,500 each. One of th?se is civen by Mr.
JVhn P. Branch, of this city, and the
other by Mr. ??". ?. ????e??. of
Southampton.
THE METHOD OF OPERATING.
The Orphanage will. In all probability,
bi run for one year ns an experiment,
with any finaly adopted plan. \rarious
and sundray schemes will be tri?3d and
the most sucessful will in the end be
permanently adopted. Orphanages all
?over the South have been visited" by Dr.
Eledsoe with a view to getting valuable
suggestions, and the Rev. W. B. Beau
champ, of this city, and the ?iev. J. T.
MiiStin. financial agent of the institution,
have recently returned from Washington
where they went on a similar mission.
Some of the Orphanages in the far North
will now be inspected.
Still, of course, there is a general
s?beme upon which tbe Orphanage will
be run at once. An endowment fund of
at least $l(Xi,000 will be raised and the in
d-nie frein it will partly defray the run?
ning expenses. Besides this there will
be regular contributions each year from
all the churches in the Conference, from
the Sunday-schools, from the Epworth
Leagues, and from, the Rosebud So?
cieties. This present month of June is
"known as Orphanage month in the Con?
ference and a special campaign is now
being carried on among the Sunday
?schcol scholars. It is expected that from
this source alone at: least five thousand
dol'r.rs will he secured. This amount will
b?? sufficient to complete the fund which
is bring raised to pay for the buildings.
(It may be remarked here that tbe man?
ager? of tbe matter have deemed it host
to vay as they go and create no debts.)
This building fund will reach the neigh?
borhood of 54(>,<v>ti. in all. tho Orphanage
hns already secured in cash and sub?
scriptions the handsome sum of $t?.ooo.
S?..?*? ?-?al contributions have already been
received toward the endowment and it is
reported that two or three other largo
gifts are on the way.
MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN.
The number of children the Orphanage
is capable of accommodating is not lim?
ited. As fast as they come they will ho
taken in, and. since as many cotMijes
may be erected as may be desired, tiere
is no danger that they will ever come
too fast.
The manner in which the Orphanage
will keep in touch with the whole State
and have reported to it cases of desti?
tute orphans who need assistance is an
interesting one. In every church there
has boen organized an Orphanage Com?
mittee, either as an Independent bodv.
or connected with the Sunday School, the
Epworth Leacue or the Rosebuds. Each
committee will look after the interests
of the Orphsnage in its particular dis?
trict. When a case is discovered notifi?
cation will be sent to headquarters and
the machiner}* which will end in landing
the little orphan in the Orphanage will
be *et in operation. In like manner these
committees will keep an eye on the cbfl
' dren after they les ve the Orphanage. For
the institution will get homes for at least ?
Rev. Dr. WILEY BLEDSAL.
Superintendent o! the ?Methodist Orphanage.
a few of th?;m. but unlike ordinary chil?
dren's societies it will not loose sight of
its proteges after it has patted from them.
If any child Is mistreated In a home in
which it has been placed, tho Orphanage
Committee? in that district will report
it to the superintendent and steps will
be taken to have the conditions reme?
died. That this is a better plan than
the usual one will be realized at once.
At the Orphanage the children will in
most oases remain until thoy are eighteen
years of age. They will be divided into
families of twenty-five to forty and each
family will occupy a separate cottage. One
family will be lodged in the administra?
tion building. At the head of each fam?
ily or cottage will be placeda matron, a
Christian woman, who will exert a daily
influence over the children. One matron
has already been chosen, Mrs. Leigh, of
Dan\-illo. Each cottage will have in it
one large rooni for the smaller children
and several smaller rooms for the larger
ones.
WII>L? DO FARMING.
From the outset the children will be
educated in a school which will be start?
ed at the Orphanage. Able teacher.?? will
be emoloyed and will make this feature
an important one. The school room will
be located on tbe first floor of the Ad?
ministration building, which will also con?
tain tbe offices and the dining-rooms. On
the second floor will be a dormitory. The
only teacher who lias yet been engaged
is Miss Rosa Shepherd, of Buena Vista,
a sister of Judge Shepherd.
But this academic department will be
but one side of the : ystem. While the
mind is beine: educated the band also will
be trained, and this will, if anything, be
given more attention than the other.
As stated above, to the rear of the cen?
tral building will be built an industrial
:ind power plant. In this building there
will be in addition to a gasoline engine
which will furnish lights and pump water
a manual training school, which will be
the very center of the Orphanage work.
Here the children will be taught some
trade and taught it well, that when they
reach the age of eighteen and leave, thi?y
will be thoroughly equipped to earn a
livelihood.
Another feature is one of great inter?
est. The seventy-five acres of land sur?
rounding the buildings will be turned
into a farm and under the direction of
some experienced person, who will be
THE METHODIST ORPHANAGE SOON TO BE OPENED HERE.
employed, the children will work on It.
Truck farming will be carried on and
flowers will be raised. Such of the veg?
etable, etc.. not used at the Orphanage
itself will be brought to Richmond and
sold. The Industrial School in ????????*^
ton, which has only seventeen acres,
makes a great success of this scheme.
Each y?*ar enough vegetables are raised
to supply 130 boys and girls and $2,000 is
made annually out of the flowers. At
the same time the children leani farm?
ing methods.
THE FIRST OCCUPANTS.
Seven little children are already in the
hands of the Orphanage authorities and
will he the first to enter the institution.
Thev will all go into the Rosebud Room,
which will be run and supported by the
Rosebuds. Concerning five of these or?
phans a pretty little story is told. This
st??rv is given in part in the language of
Mrs. A. B. H.. of Salem. Va., in a let?
ter to the Rev. J. T. Mast?n. She says:
"About four weeks ago a poor though
godly colored woman found at our de?
pot "five little helpless children, ranging
in ages from a beautiful six-months baby
boy to a girl aged eleven. They had come
in "on the midnight train and had been
there about eighteen hours. It was time
to? close the depot and this colored wo?
man, with all the motherly instincts of
her nature aroused, gathered the helpless
babe to her bosom and took three of
r'-em to her h'.imb'e cibili, nnd hns cared
for them <v.-er since as a mother. A neigh?
bor sheltered the two ethers. They were
tota! sjtranger?; had ?Irifted here from the
minine- regions of ?*1^!???: the mother
had died of typhoid fever about two
months ago; the father and several of
the children had been ill for weeks with
1he ?lische, and ? e soon (and even before
they were really able to travel} had
drifted here. I think the father was al?
most crazed from illness, destitution and
bereavement. Be It as it may, they are
here; and the Father's eye, that marks
even the sparrow, is upon them and
upon us."
After various unsuccessful attempts by
the ladies of Salem to get the children
into so?ne orphans' home. Mr. Mast?n
was written to. lie at once took them
under his care and until the Orphanage
?-ould he niipn.^i pave thorn a home in the
Danville Orphanage. Then he wrote to
the Rosebuds and the result is that the
latter are nolng to try to raise money
sufficient to support the little ones In
?he Rosebud Room. The ages and names
of the children nr*> as follows:
Bessie, eleven years; ?*?11?>? nine vears;
Ol.mnle. (a bovi sev?n years;" Alma." three
vears; and Baby Martin, seven months.
Their devotion to the good colored woman
who cared for them in their distress,
washed their clotliinrr. kept them clean,
fed them and gave them a mother's at
tentlon and lore, is very touching.
The other two children who will be sup?
ported by the Rosebuds are two little
girls. Their pathetic history is summed
up in the folowing paragraph taken
from "Uncle Lorry's" appeal to the Rose?
buds
"A broken-hearted father, a former
Rosebud, from one of the lower counties,
came to see me. He was in the depths
of despair. He was in the hopeless stage
of a fatal malady. Two Mormon elders
had asked to be sheltered In his home
during a severe storm. His wife listen?
ed to their teachings; joined the Mormon
Church; lost interest in home and kin?
dred; deserted her home, husband and
two sweet little girls, and went he know
not where. He must go to a home or to
a hospital to?die."
The children were taken In and, with
the other five, will be the first occupants
of the Methodist Orphanage of Virginia.
THE OFFICERS.
The superintendent of the Orphanage
who will have direct charge of the work
will be the Rev. Dr. Bledsoe, an able
minister of the gospel, well known In the
Virginia Conference. He will reside at
the Orphanage and will have offices in
the administration building. The financial
agent of the institution is the Rev. J. T.
Mastin, who is working indefatigably for
the good of the cause. The Board of
Trustees, elected by the Conference,
the controlling body, but most of the
work falls to the Executive Committee.
This committee will meet next Tuesday
at the residence of Mr. John P. Branch,
of this city, to consider the question of
receiving children and to take some action
in the matter of furnishing the build?
ings.
WASHINGTON AND LEE
Dr. George W. Denny to Be Inaugurated
as President.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
LEXINGTON, VA., June 7.?The fol?
lowing official programme for the com?
mencement exercises at Washington and
Lee University has just been completed.
The commencement this year will be
specially interesting because of the in?
auguration of Dr. George H. Denny as
president and the unveiling of the oil
portrait of the late President William
L. Wilson. Following is the programme:
Sunday. June IS?11 A. M.. Baccalau?
reate sermon, by Rev. Edgar Mullins,
D. D.. LL. D., of Kentucky. S:30 P. M.?
Address before the Young Men's Chris?
tian Association, by Rev. William Nel?
son Scott, D. D., of Virginia.
Monday, June 16?6'P. M.?Annual Re?
gatta. 9 P. M.?Final Celebration o? the
Literary Societies. President, A. L.
Jones, Virginia; Vice-Pr?sident, L. M.
Moffet. Virginia; Secretary, E. W. Kelly,
Virginia. Orators: Graham?Lee Society
?E. Sydenstricker. China; T. C. Wilson,
Va.; Washington Literary Society, S. A.
Witherspoon, Jr., Miss.; B. B. Shively,
Indiana.
Tuesday, June 17?10 A. M.?Annual
meeting of the Board of Trustees. 11 A.
M.?Inauguration of George Hutcheson
Denny, Ph. D.. as president of the Uni?
versity. Addresses of greeting?Dean An?
drew F. West. LL. D., Princeton Uni
?-ers?ty; President Richard Mcllwaine,
LL. D., Hampden-Sidney College; Presi?
dent Francis P. Venable, LL. D., Uni?
versity of North Carolina; Professor Wil?
liam E. Peters, LL. D., University of
Virginia; President Ira Remsen. LL. Lu.
Johns Hopkins University; Inaugural ad?
dress of the president. 2 P. M.?Luncheon
to guests and alumni. 5 P. M.?Annual
meeting of Alumni Association. 8:30 P.
M.?Address before the Alumni Associa?
tion by Ernest B. Kruttschnitt, LL. D.,
La.; Presentation of the Pinkney Prize
Cup to the winning crew. 0:45 P. M.?
Reception by the president.
Wednesday, June IS?l?:30 A. M.?Clos?
ing exercises: Delivery of certificat s, etc..
Law class oration, by E. ii. Preston.
\'irginia; ?^??a????G}- Address, by H. R.
Keeblc, ? Texas ; unveiling of oil portrait
of the late President ?????ap? Lynn ???1
son, LL. D. ; address by Hon. lssador
Straus, New York; presentation of oil
portrait of Judge John ?\G. Brocken
brough. LL. D. ; by Hon. John Goode,
LL. D., delivenv of diplomas. 10 P.
M.?Final ball.
President, John Randolph Tucker, Va. ;
Chief Marshal of all exercises, J. G. Sale,
of ATirginia.
ROANOKE FEMALE COLLEGE.
Final Exercises Close With a Brilliant
Reception.
<Si?ecinl Dispatch to The Times.)
DANVILLE. VA., June 7.?A brilliant
reception given Friday evening by l?r.
and Mrs. C. F. James to the graduating
class of Roanoke Female College ?'.arks
the close of the sesi?n l?)01-'2.
The commencement exercises com?
menced with a final concert on Friday
evening. The art exhibition on Saturday
afternoon and evening was declared to
be the finest ever given at the college.
There was a constant stream of call?.-is
during the receiving hours of the after?
noon, and many returned in the event'ig,
well pleased with the magnificent dis?
play of the work done by the pup'is of
Miss Parr, the accomplished teacher i-i
this department.
On Sunday morning in the F.rst Bap?
tist Church. Dr. J. J. Taylor, o" Norfolk,
preached the annual sermon before the
graduating class. Monday night was
commencement proper, and the exercises
were held in the First Baptist Church.
Dr. T. B. Thames, the pastor, delivered
the. baccalaureate address.
The members of the graduating class
are Misses Maria R. Tilman, of Albemarle
county; Dot Richmond, of Danville; Car?
rie Scott, of Leaksville, N. C. ; Anna Mae
Rogers, of Loudoun county, who took the
degree of ?. ?.; Misses Pearl Hatcher,
of Bedford county; Mable McNeny. of
Prince Edward county; Mildred Cook, of
Danville, who won the degree of B. A ;
Misses Mabel Moore, of Buena Vista.
Gertrude James, o? Loudoun county;
Myrtle Marshall, of Plttsylvanla county,
and Sophia Grlzzard, of Southampton
county, who were awarded the degree of
B. L.
To Miss Maria Tllman was awarded the
president's medal. This is given to the
young lady who makes the highest aver?
age during her college course. The Wei?
ler scholarship medal, which is offered
by Mrs. Lena Ferrell Weiler, of Rich?
mond, to the student who makes the high?
est average during one year, was awarded
to Miss Dot Richmond. The valedictory
was won by Miss Carrie Scott. The mu?
sic medals were awarded to Miss Jennie
Tutt, of Augusta, Ga., and Mise Annie
Cook, of Danville.
In the primary department the medal
for spelling was won by Miss Edith V.'ad
dill, of Danville, and that for writing by
Miss Blanche Elam, of Mecklenburg.
Ideal weather, pleasant visitors and the
ease and grace with which the young la?
dies did the parts assigned them, have
combined to make this an unusually de?
lightful commencement occasion.
ALLEGHANY INSTITUTE
Elaborate and Highly Entertaining Ex*
ercises by the Young Ladies.
(Special Dispatch to The Time?.)
CLIFTON FORGE, VA., June 7.?The
Alleghany Institute for young ladies, lo?
cated at this place, under the manage?
ment of Professor R. R? Powell and
Floyd W. King,, hadjjommencement exer?
cises this week! . ,
The programme from beginning to end
was varied and entertaining. Friday
evening. May 30th, at the. institute build?
ing, an art reception was tendered the
public and there was an extensive dis?
play of artistic work of all designs. Sun?
day, June 1st, the baccalaureate sermon
was preached at the Presbyterian Church
by Rev. F. C. Barth, of Atlanta, Ga.
Tuesday, June the 3d, two distinct en?
tertainments were given at the Opera
House, one by the literature classes, the
excellent rendition of a play specially
prepared for the occasion, the otiier an
operetta, "Tyrolien Queen," most delight?
fully presented by the school of music.
Wednesday, the 4th, marked the com?
mencement exercises proper, held in the
Baptist Church, where the honors were
awarded the deserving students, the pro?
gramme of the evening being made most
entertaining by vocal and instrumental
music and addresses.
NORFOLK RAILWAY FIGHT.
A Bitter Campaign on Between the Two
Rival Companies.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
NORFOLK, VA., June 7.?Mr. H. K.
Wolcott this morning strenuously asked
Judge Alan R. Hanckel, sitting in Chan?
cellor Martin's stead, to issue a manda?
tory injunction compelling the Bay Shore
Electric Railway Company to stop oper?
ating and to pull up the track in the
night time laid along Church Street, upon
which the property of the Virginia Place
Company, Mr. Wolcott's nominal prin?
cipal, abuts.
Mr. Wolcott told about what the news?
papers called Mr. Page's coup, and ex?
plained that this French word is pro?
nounced coo. Mr. Page sat In court
smiling as usual, but Mr. Wolcott was
not doing any cooing himself. He was
throwing the hottest sort of hot shot into
the Bay Shore people. All Norfolk be?
lieves Mr. Wolcott Is fighting in the armor
of the Norfolk Railway and Light Com?
pany, but he did not raise his visor to?
day, and was entered under the Park
Place Company's colors.
The Bay Shore has the sympathy of
the populace to a very large extent. The
Bay Shore people, it will be remembered,
laid some 2,000 feet of track tn the night
time, paralleling that of their rival, and
stunned the latter so that for a day or
so they went about like a rooster that
has had feathers burned under his nose,
or a cat which has had its feet greased
and forgot where It lived.
The Railway and Light Company folks
have, waked up and a bitter battle is on.
They have reduced tne fare from any
part of Norfolk to Ocean View to 10 cents.
This move will make trouble for their
rival, as all may see.
Judge Hanckel granted a temporary
injunction until the case may be heard
on its merits, restraining the Bay Shore
from operating its Church-Street tracks
or building more. The tracks, however,
may remain.
SENTENCE DISAPPROVED.
Court of Inquiry Recommends Cour
Martial of Navy Officers.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 7.?The Navy De?
partment this morning gave out the fol?
lowing statement concerning the court
of inquiry on board the Chicago, which
investigated the case of the American
officers arrested at Venice:
"The court of inquiry recommends trial
by court-martial of Lieutenant John S.
Dodridge, United States Navy; Captain
Robert F. Wynne, United States Marine
Corps, and Assistant Surgeon Robert E._
Ledbetter, United States Navy, on the
charge of unbecoming behavior, and that
no further action be taken in the case of
Naval Cadet Cress. United States Navy,
and Private Wilfred Langley, United
States Marine Corps. Admiral Crownin
shield has disapproved the finding and
recommendation of the court of Inquiry
where it is adverse to the officers, on the
ground that the evidence is insufficient."
' THE JURY HUNG.
Rev. W. R. Laird is Forced by Illness to
to Cancel Engagement.
(Special Difpatch to Tlie Times.)
DANVILLE. VA.. June 7.?The jury in
the case of J. ?. Brown, charged with
felonious assault, could not agree. Brown
engaged in a shooting affray with E.
M. Clayton several weeks ago, in which
both men received wounds.
Mr. John Quincy Adams, aged seventy
odd years) died at his home near Ring
cold last night.
Rov. W. R. Laird, of this city, has been
obliged, because, of illness, to cancell an
engagement to preach the baccalaureate
sermon to? the students of Hampden-Sid
ney College to-morrow.
BODY HEAT
Reduced Twenly Degrees in Summer
Never eat heavy carbonaceous foods
for the morning meal, for these foods
should follow and not precede hard work.
The best morning foundation is Grape
Nuts and cream, a little fruit, a cup of
Postum Cereal Food Coffee, and possibly
a couple of eggs prepared to suit the
taste?this breakfast is sumcient to sat?
isfy the hardest worker, either of brain
or muscle, until the noonday meal.
Particularly is this true at the present
season of the year, when meat and oilier
fattv foods increase the internal heat
of the body and malie the summer day
still more disagreeable.
Grape-Nuts come to you from the gro?
cer ready to serve, having been fully
cooked at the factory by food experts
and this saving in time and exertion is
appreciated by the housewife as well as
the economy, for being a concentrated
food, for teaspoonsfuls is sufficient for
the cereal part of a meal for one person
and costs only one cent.
A booklet of excellent recipes is found
in each package of Grape-Nuts from
which many easy and delicious warm
weather dishes vcan be made for luncheon
and supper that are not only nutritious
but pleasing to the palate.
A trial of the above selection of food
for ten days? will prove to anyone that
health and vigor, an active mind, and a
keen enjoyment of the pleasures of sum?
mer will take the place of poor diges?
tion, a dull brain, and that heavy, draggy
feeling caused by improper food during
tho hot weather.
ME INEFFICIENT
Juniors, Especially, Are Ignorant,
and Have No Desire to
Acquire Knowledge.
(By Asiociated Press )
LONDON, June 7.?The report of the
Committee on Military Education and
Training, Issued to-day, furnishes the
strongest official corroboration of the In?
efficiency of the officers of the British
army. The committee's report, which is
based on the evidenc of the officers them?
selves, from the commander-ln-chlef
downwards, fills forty-eight printed pages,
with caustic criticism of the existing sys?
tem. The witnesses were unanimous In
saying that the junior officers were la?
mentably deficient in military knowledge,
and the desire to acquire knowledge and
zeal. Some commanders report that young
officers will not work unless compelled
to do co; that "keenness" is out of fash?
ion.
The committee declares that many of?
ficers do not possess common elementary
education, and plaintively protest that
officers ought "at least to be able to ex?
press themselves clearly and concisely in
their own language."
The report condemns the system of both
Woolwich and Sandhurst, where educa?
tion is '"far from satisfactory, the in?
structors having no inducement to teach
the cadets, still less to work." .
The report plainly hints that officers
can hardly be expected to work so long
as the present system of advancement,
through social influence, is in vogue, or
so long as efficiency has nothing what?
ever to do with the selection of officers
for desirable appointments.
The committee recommends, among
other things, that more commissions be
offered to the colonies and that officers
be compelled to know either French or
German.
ROOSEVELTS AT COURT.
Relatives of the Presidentat Buckingham
Palace.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, June 7.?King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, held the fourth court
of the season at Buckingham Palace iast
night. Ram and a cold wind marred the
spectacle for the crowd, which had as?
sembled outside the palace gates.
His Majesty's bodyguard of gentlemen
at-arms, was on duty in the State apart?
ments; the yeomen of the guard, were
on duty within the palace and a guard of
honor selected from the Irish Guards was
stationed in the Quadrangle. The cos?
tumes of the guests were brilliant and
varied, which added to the scene by the
numerous gorgeously clad Indian Princes
whose jewels surpassed those of most of
the ladies.
Among those present in the Diplomatic
circle were Mrs. Montgomery Sears, of
Boston, and Miss Helen Roosevelt, c.-f
New York. The Americans presented in
the general circle were Miss Ruth Hoe,
of New York; Miss Elizabeth Warder, of
?'vashington; Miss Elf rida Roosevelt, of
New York; Mrs. XV. C. Endicott, c-f Bos?
ton, and Mrs. Ronalds.
LEAVES A FORTUNE.
Charles Hill, Who Says He Had No Rel?
atives, Left $142,000 Cold Cash.
(By Associated Pr?ss. )
LOS ANGELAS, CAL, June 7.?A for?
tune of $142,000 in cash awaits the heirs
of an old man who passed under the
name of Charles Hill and who died at
the Good Samaritan Hospital tvt? weeks
ago.
About three weeks ago the man, who
was between 75 and SO years old, applied
at the hospital for accommodations. He
was received and paid for all services
rendered. ?????? asked to tell the names
of his relatives in order that they might
be notified, he replied that he had none.
He died and was duly buried. In his
clothing was found $2,000 in currency.
Further investigation disclosed a key to
a private box at the Union Bank of Sav?
ings. The box was opened and found
to contain currency amounting to
51-10.000.
The old man had lived here seven years
in a modest sort of way at lodging houses
and restaurants. He had no intimates
and no one can be found who knows
anything of his antecedents.
WHEELER HAD A COLD.
Tells Why He Was Unable to Attend
Reunion at Dallas, Texas.
(By Associated Tress.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. June 7.-Gen
erai Joseph ????e??G, in a letter to a
friend in this city, explains his failure
to attend the recent Confederate reunion
in Dallas. He says:
"'It was very kind in you to say what
you did in reply to the very unjust ar?
ticle which was published in a certain pa?
per about the Dallas reunion. There
certainly was no justification, even if I
had determined not to go; but in fact I
had decided to go and went as far as
Washington, but when I reached that
city my cold was so bad that It would
have been impurdent to have continued
the journey."
FRENCH VISITORS.
They See City of Chicago and the Stock
Yards.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL. June 7.-Count and
Countess Rochambeau arrived in Chicago
at S:10 A. M. to-day and were met at the
depot by Alderman Honore Palmer, repre?
senting the city. At the Auditorium An?
nex, where Count and Countess Roch?
ambeau will stay till they depart for the
East to-morrow evening, Mrs Harrison
wife of Mayor Harrison, and a number
of ladies received the Countess. A visit
of the entire party to the stock-yards
followed.
RAILWAY SURGEONS.
Elect Officers and Choose Old Point as
Next Place of Meeting.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 7.?At to-day's
session of Surgeons of the Southern Rail?
way the following officers were elected:
President, Dr. Rett G*oode, of Mobile.
Ala,; First Vice-President, Dr. T. P.
MeMahan. of Illinois; Second ?'???-?G???
dent. Dr. M. O'Brien, of Alexandria, Vn.;
Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. J. J. Har?
rison, of London. Tenn.
Old Point Comfort. Va., was chosen as
the next place of meeting in June 1903.
BEAUTY NO BAR.
Supreme Court Decides Pretty Girl Can
Flirt With Jurymen.
(By Associated Tress 1
ST. PAUL. MINN.. June 7?The Su?
preme Court of Minnesota has decided
that a girl's beauty is not to be count?
ed against her and that if a jury is in?
fluenced by the comeliness of a fair
plaintiff It Is not the court's duty to
deprive her of her natural advantages.
IT'S QUALITY THAT COUNTS.
The best Pianos in the world are those which are recognized
as such by the greatest musicians in the world, and used by
them on all public occasions. Imitators may succeed in polish?
ing the outer cases, but they cannot reproduce the internal
mechanism that has made the
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buying experience if you are hoodwinked into buying a
" cheap " piano. Best pianos improve with use, the others
deteriorate. Come and hear the different makes side by side.
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Something solid to stand on.
Records are superb.
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PIANOLA IS IMITATED
BUT NOT EQUALLED.
The Pianola is the king of all piano players. It allows
everyone to become a producer as well as a listener, for it re?
moves the barrier of technical requirements on the part of the
player by executing perfectly the technical portion of the music,
leaving the player full control over expression?the soul of music.
Sold on Monthly Payments if Desired.
PIANOS sold, exchanged, repaired.
We have always special bargains in slightly used instruments.
ITER 0. MOSES & CO.,
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103 EAST BROAD.
This ruling was made indirectly in the
case of Emma Koplitz. against the city
of St. Paul. The girl was injured by
an accident while on a coaching party
and sued the city, alleging a defective
road. She was awarded a verdict of
three hundred dollars. The city appeal?
ed, alleging that her beauty had influenc?
ed the jury. The Supreme Court denied
a new trial and the verdict stands.
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ELEGANT HOME WEDDING.
Old Dominion Purser Carries Off a
Popular Society Girl.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
NEWPORT NEWS, ?*?.. June 7.?Miss
Ada Carr Baker, one of the prettiest and
most popular of Newport News society
girls, and Mr. Alfred Taylor ?Valton, of
Norfolk, purser on the Old Dominion
steamer Hampton, were married at 4
o'clock this afternoon at the home of
the bride's parents, Colonel and Mrs.
J. C. Baker. Xo. US Thirty-second Street,
by the Catholic ceremony. Rev. Father
Donahoe, of St. \rineent's, Newport News,
and Rev. Father Doherty, of St. Mary's,
Norfolk, officiating.
The wedding was one of the most beau?
tiful in the social annals of the city.
The cosy home had been converted into
a wilderness of flowers. The hall was a
perfect bower and he balustrade of the
stairway was hidden in daisies, woven
and arranged by dainty fingers. The
parlors were ?iecorated with ferns, dai?
sies, nasturtiums, roses and other flow?
ers, presenting a very beautiful scene
in the subdued light from the pink chan?
deliers.
The bride, leaning upon the arm of her
father and preceded by her maid of honor.
Miss Berkley Ellyson. was met in the
bay window of the front parlor by the
groom and his best man. Mr. Leigh
Gordon, of Norfolk. During the en?
trance, Mrs. E. A. Shenk played Lohen
I grin's wedding march, and while the cere
I mony was being performed, "Call Me
Thine Own" was softly rendered.
The bride was beautiful in a handsome
gown of mousseline over white silk. She
wore the handsome diamond sunburst,
the groom's gift, and carried a shower
bouquet of bride's roses. Her maid was
attired in green organdy and carried a
shower bouquet of bride's roses.
After the ceremony, punch was served,
and the weddings guests boarded the par?
lor car "Old Point Comfort" and accom?
panied the bride and groom to Old Point
going thence with them to the Hampton
to Norfolk and returning in the early
evening. In Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs.. Wal?
ton boardeu the Old Dominion boat for
New York. They will spend their hon?
eymoon in New York, Buffalo, Niagara.
Toronto and other northern cities, and
upon their return will reside in Hamp?
ton, making their home for the present
at the Augusta Hotel.
The presents were numerous and hand?
some. All of then, of course; are much
prized, but none more so than the b
tit'ul silver caKe ba^Ket presented by the j
colored crew of the Hampton.
Among the guests present were:
From Richmond, Mrs. S. K. Bowers:
from ???????ee?eG, Misses Nancy Cart
well and Emily Baker; from Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walton, Misses
Landon and Dot Walton, Judge and Mrs.
D. Tucker Brooke. Miss Lucy Brooke,
Mrs. J. D. Yv'inn. Miss Elizabeth Winn,
Mrs. George Gordan, Mrs. Nottingham,
Mrs. Helen Martin Brown. Mr. R. A.
Dnbie, Mr. Alexander M. Agelesto; from
Hampton. Captain Reed. Mr. and Mrs.
Blair P. Wilson./Mrs. S. A. Homey, Mr.
?. B. Chiles; from Old Point. Dr. and
Mrs. Brown; from Newport News, Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Wood. Dr. and Mrs.
Corss. Dr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and -Mrs.
?D. S. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. ??". S. I*p
shur, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Street. Mr.
and Mrs. ?. B. Bailey. Mrs. Willard
Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ellyson, Miss Page
Ellyson, Mr. and Mrs. G. 3. A. Booker,
Mrs. R. T. Stvll. Miss Mary Palen.
Messrs. C. B. Nelms. ??*. J. Nelms,
George Nelms Wise, J. A. Massie. S. W.
Hobson. E. A. Thayer. Fred Palen, E. A.
Manville. Stuart Lottier. R. M. Rey?
nolds, Fred Shawen, Frank Bragg. XV. B.
Morton and James Allen.
Colonel Baker's daughter. Miss StisTe,
was married last Saturday. Mr. ?\~? Ron's
sister. Miss Mary H., will be married on
June ISth, to Mr. A. M. Agelsto. of
Norfolk.
Wedding Announcement.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Times.)
WILLAMSBURG. ?G?.. June 7.?Invita?
tions to the marriage of Aliss Harriet
Elizabeth Haxall. daughter of Dr. Harry
Haxall. of Charles City, to Rev. XV. J.
King, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
here, and director of physical culture at
William and Mary, have been issued. The
ceremony will be performed In the Pres?
byterian Church In Willlamsburg on June
23th. and Dr. C. B. Bishop, professor of
Greek at the College, will officiate.
s? Sunday Times
... Wants...
roverb Conies!.
?sh Prizes
"One "rood turn deserves another,"" -was
the provery in last Sunday's Times
wants proverb contest, and the seven
cash. prizes were awarded as follows:
Xo. 1 (Prize 52)?Miss L. T. Woodward.
1002 East Clay Street, city.
Xo. 2 (Prize $1) Edgar Blackburn, care
j Cottrelll Saddle Company, city.
Xo. 3 (Prize 50 cents)?Percy Hall. Ash?
land, Va.
Xo. 4 (Prize 50 cents)?Urs. T. C. Leigh,
Columbia. Va.
Xo. 5 (Prize 50 cents)?Francis M. B.
French, 1210 Porter Street, .Manchester,
Va,
Xo ? (Prize 50 cents)?Miss Elizabeth
Ingram, South Boston. Va.
Xo. 7 (Prize 50 cents)?Miss Virginia
Wingfield, Warren, Va.
Correct answers were also sent In by
the following named parties, viz.:
Ashland. Va.?Vf. Edgar Jennings. C.
H. Addlson, John Aauison, Jr., Mrs. J.
j B. Hall. H. A. EUett Jr.. Wilmer Hall.
Winnie. Va.?Miss Lula Hendrickson.
Richmond?Miss Florence Woodward,
? Mrs. W. S. Morton. Frank Jett. C. X.
? Pugh. Pendleton Wright. Miss Allen
Shirrell. XV. E. Turner. Mrs. J. Vv\ Tur?
ner, D. R. Johnston. William W. Crumps.
William L. Price, Percy Johnston. Miss
Xellie Bryan. Mrs. Frank Christian.
Mrs. P. F. Johnston. Mrs. R. E. Bruce,
Mrs. L. F. Duval. Edna V. Bloomberg,
Miss Xellie Garthright. Miss Louise F.
Price, Miss L-zzie D. Gilliam.
Virginia, Va.?Mrs. C. XV. Richardson.
Warren, Va.?L. Wingiield.
Crewe. Va.?Alice Shortt.
Perkinsville. Va.?Fred Dobut,
Highland Springs? Henrlco county.
Va.?Mrs. L. M. Mathews.
To-day another proverb (composed of
twenty-two capital letters), will be found
scattered through out the little adds in
The Sunday Times want pages. Every?
body has an equal chance of winning the
prizes. Finding the letters and then form?
ing the proverb is quite an interesting
puzzle. Try it. See Sunday Times wan
pages.
NOW IS THETIME TO SAVE MONEY
Our stores are filled with bargains. Dai?
sy brand lye. for scouring. 3c; Star lye.
largo can, Tc; small cans, oc; regn'ar
5c. package ball blue, three for 5c; ce?
dar buckets. 12c; wooden wash boards,
Sc; three string brooms. 15c; four string
brooms. lSc; rive strong brooms, 25c;
new Xorth Carolina cut herring. 12c
dozen: four cans best table peaches, 30c;
home-made jellies. 3c pound, apple but?
ter, in Mason jars. 10c.; best grade es?
sence lemon or vanilla, two bottles, 5c;
mountain roll butter. 15c pound: fresh
country butter, 20c pound; best Tarbell's
cream cheese. 15c pound; best baked
beans, in tomato sauce, in two-pound
cans, 3c Try them; they are fine.
S. ?LLIUX'S SOX.
? Three StoreS.
Bears the ^? Ite X?n!l Y ? Ka? Always Bsugftt
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES
Via R., F. & P. R. R. and Connections,
Commencing at once, the Richmond.
Fredertcksburg and Potomac Railway
Company will sell special excursion ticket
to all the principal summer resorts north
and east. Including many points In
Canada, at greatly reduced rates. Tickets
good returning until October 31st. 1902
inclusive. For through tickets and fur?
ther information, apply to ticket agents
Byrd Street. Elba and Main Street
Stations, or Richmond Transfer Company
903 East Main Street. Jefferson Hotel ami
Murphy's Hotel.
W. P. TAYLOR.
Traffic M?"in^r