The times dispatch. [volume], February 08, 1903, Image 8

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SHOULDER
WAS CLEFT
IN TWAIW
Barkeeper is Fearfully
Cut by a Negro.
THE ASSAILANT
MADE HIS ESCAPE
Carrying Hls Murderous Knifc
| Along With Him.
W0UNDED MAN IS OF
JHERCULEAN STRENGTH
The Negro Struck Hls Terrlble Blow
>fVith His Keen Blade, Shearing
Through the Shoulder Down to
the Bone?Another Serious
Wound Also Inflicted.
Likely to Recover.
as a result of 'a1 mlsunderstandlng ln a
IwJTOom at the corner of Elghth and Cary
gtreots last night at 7:30 o'clock, Axmegeo,
known to hls assoclates and frlends as
"Mike," Correlrl, tho proprietor of the
place, ls now conJlnod to a bed at the
Retrcat for the.Slck, sufforlng from two
liorrlblo knlfe wounds, whlle Wllllam
Straus, a negro well-known to the pollce,
ls a fugir.lvo from justlce, with every
offloer l.i tlie clty maklng a strenuous
offort to nppreliend him.
Whlle tlie physlcians rogard the wounds
of Correlrl as qulte sorlous, they aro not
looked upon as nectssarfly fu/tal, and
Btrong nopes are ontortalnod for hls re
covery However, ho wlll probably loso
the use of his leit arm, the knlfe having
almost separated this member from the
body at the sholder, Dr. Flegenhelmer, of
tho ambulance corps, givlng lt os his
oplnion that" the wound is the worst he
hns ever seen.
v OVER THE HEART.
The other gash from whlch tho saloon
man is suffering ls u short cut over tho
heart, but whllo tho locality of tho wound
ls dongerous no grave apprchensions are
entertalned on its account, for tho blado
was diverted from the vital organ by
cotnlng In contact with a couplo of rlbs.
Tho assnult upon Correlrl, who ls an
Itollan and who enjoys a good reputatlon
with tlio pollce, was most cowardly, tho
negro ntteraptlng hls Hfc upon the sllght
est provocatlon. after curslng and abus
hlm amost boyond endurance,
The fellow-countrymen of Correlrl,
ncarly all of whom were apprised of the
-assatrit shortly after it happened, are
hlghly indlgnant. They are lending every
issistance in thelr power to tlie polico tt>
capturc the would-bo murderer, and it
s thouglit that suecess will crown their
?fforts.
CAUSE OF THE CUTTING.
The dlspute whlch resulted ln the cut
tlng orose over one of tho patent hitting
machliies, such as are seen in most every
?oloon. They aro so arranged that when
t penny is put In tlie slot a person can
itrlke a huge leatker padded bag with all
?f hls might, the strength of the u.ow
Doing recorded on a dial. Unleja tho
money is flrst put in tlie slot lt ls ruln
>us to strlke the bag.
Straus entered tho bar last nlght ln
company with one or two other negroes.
Ho purchased a "short," after which he
turned hls attenUon to tho macTiine. For
flvo or ten mlnutes he pounded on the'*
bag, ,failing to doposlt the ponny In the
slot. He was cautloned to cease hls
-"KCntak, but pald no attentlon to the re
quest, which camo from Correlrl, who
was behtnd the bar. '
Flnally, tl*ed of. havlng hla request
ignoredt dnd'' seeling hls machlne torn
to pleoes, Correlrl enmo from behtnd the
bar to insial that tho negro leave' tlie
place. For thls he was roundly curscd
nnd abusod, aa a result of whlch he
struck the negro a comparatively aoft
blow with hi3 list.
PUIiDED A HUGE KNIFE.
Straus was evldently expectlag thls,
and was bent on goltlng trouble. In Ies3
tlmo than it tokes to tell ho pulled a
huge knife from hls clothes, maklng two
slashes at the Itollan. Both had thelr
eftect, tho ilrst ciiterlng tho body just
above the heart and glanclng off tho
libs. Tho other entered nt the shoulder
from the rear, and sinklng to the Joint.
almost severed the member from the
body. Correlrl bled profusely from both
.wounds;
Straus mado good hls escape by dart
ing out of the front door and disappcar
lng up Cary Street. Ho went towards
Penltentlary Bottom.
The ambulance was notltled and rc
Bponded qulckly, Dr. Flegenhelmer belng
ln ehorgo. He rendered what assistunco
he could on the spot. after whlch tlio
wounded man was taken to the Retrcnt
for tho Slck, where for four hours tlio
physlcians wero engaged ln ssewing up
tha wounds.
Correlrl is a rnan of Herculcan .strcngth,
nnd could easljy have dlsposed ot tho
negro had riof tho knlfe como lnto play.
i TROUBLE AVERTED
IN COMMITTEE
But for tho lnterventlon of frlends
thero, would havo been trouhlo ln the
commlttee for Counties *at tho Capitol
5'esterday afternoon, and aa It was, blows
were narrowly averted. For somo time
tho commlttee has had under considora?
tlon a bill offered by Senator P, F. St.
tNnlr, of Oiles, to annul tho result of a
lecent eleotlon held in Pulaskl, ln whlch
the peoplo of the county voted to pur
chase a certaln Iron brldge. Tlie su
pem-isors opppsod the actlon and dewlrod
lt annullc-d l>y leglslittlvo actlon.
Mr. Thornton U Massle and Comrnon
weallli'B Attorney Draper appoared
Bstablfshed a Century Ago.
. Wedding Qlfts.
\A/B have procured for thls
Wedding Season many
beautlful artlcles whlch can not
be dupllcated or found ln any
other store ln the United States,
B&"Upon satis/actory references
we will be pleasea to send goods on
approval.
Qalt <St Bro.,
Jeweters,
Sllversmiths,
Statloners,
1107 Pennsylvanla Avenue,
Washlngton, D: C.
for tho blll yesterday afternoon,
reprosentlng tho supervlsors, and Mr.
Henry Elnsteln, of Radford, had just
left tho stand as a wltness. Mr. Mas
slo was addresslng the commlttee when
Mr. Elnsteln mado objoctlon to some
statements he had used oonccrnlng tho lo
catton of the latter'a county, nnd a dls
puto resulted, In whlch Mr. Masslo con
tcnded that Mr. Elnstoln's denlal reflectcd
upon hlm. Qulek as n flash he went ovor
tho tablo for tho Radford man, nnd but for
tho prompt steps takon by others ipres
eht a flght would undoubtodly hnivo en
sucd. When tho inoldent had closodv the
commlttee lmmedlately orose wlthout
taklng any actl'on on the blll.
SENT A TELEGRAM
TO MRS. J. L. M. CURRY
Tho VlrglnlafcHlstorlcal Soclety hold Its
flrst meetlng laat nlght Blnoe the annual
eloction of ofllcers. One of tho most In?
terestlng actlons was tho decislon to send
a tclegram of sympathy to Mrs. J. L. M,
Curry, on account of the serlous lllness of
hor husband. The message noted that the
soclety learned wlth ploosuro that he was
better In the afternoon, and hoped for
hls spoedy restoratlon.
Dr. Curry haa beon a vloo-presldent if
the soclety for between ten and flfteen
years.
At tho meeting last nlght Vlce-Presldent
E. V. Valentino proslded, in the absenco
of Prcsldent W. Gordon MoCabe, who ls
out of tho clty. Tlio sesslon was taken
up malnly ln routlno* buslness.
SPLENDID NEW TRUCK
REACHES RICH/Y10ND
Another piece of valuable and mucli
neoded pleco of firo apparatus was added
to the Rlehmond Flre Department yester?
day afternoon, whon tho now aerlal .truck
was placed ln commlsslon.
Tho truck ls a gem and ls ono of tho
most improved pattern nnd wlll comparo
wlth anythlng ln the South ln the way
of fire npparatU3. TfTo truck ls of the
extenslon order nnd ls soventy-flve feet
in liolght when fully ralsed.
Tho truck was purchasijd several
months ngo at a cost of ahout $0,000
and reached the clty Frlday mornlng.
It ls -slatloned at No. 2 truck-houso, nt
Elghtconth and Grace Stroets, where
lt ls in eosy reach of tho blg manufac
turlng dlstrlct.
Dr. Le Cato Better.
Delegato S. "Wllklns Matthews, of Ae
comao, ls ln reeelpt of a letter from
Senator Georgo "W. Le Cato, who ls In
Florlda, for hls health, in whlch tho lat
ter says hls oondltlon Is much Improved,
and that ho wlll probably bo able to bo
ln hls seat by tho otid of the month. Thls
Informatlon wlll bo gladly recelved by
Dr.- Le Cato's frlends ln tho Legislature.
Heptasophs' Benefit.
The organizatlon known as the "Lady
jMlnstrels," that recently (lllod a very suc
cessful engagement at the Academy, wlll
shortly ghve a benefit to the Heptasophs
of thls clty. A commlttee reprosentlng
thls lodgo haa placed the matter ln the
hands of Frofessor Melvlllo Danlcls and
Mosos Steln, who wlll tako chnrge of
the productlon.
Dignlty of Labor.
Rev. W. T. Johnson, pastor of tho
Flrst Baptlst Church (colored), wlll ad?
dress the "Womnn's Leaguo Tralning
School next Thursday nlght on "Tho
Dignlty of L?abor."
Young Declared Sane.
(By Assoclatcd Press.)
NEW YORlv, Fobruary 7.?William
Hoopor Young, on trlal for tho murder
of Mrs. Anna Klngston Pulltzer, was
declarod sane to-day by a commlsslon of
lunacy, composed of Drs. Fllnt," McDon
ald', and Dana, appolnted hy Judge I-Ior
rlck.
THE UNION MEN
WIN THEIR FIGHT
Street-Car Men In Moutreal
Gain a Victory by a
Compromlse.
(By Assoclatcd Press.)
MONTREAL, February 7.?Tho Btreat
railway strlko was sottlod thls afternoon
at a conference botweon atrlko loaders,
represcntatlves of tha street railway com
puny and niemberB of Iho clvlc commlt?
tee.
Tho strlko leaders aecoptod tho offer
mado by tho company to glvo tho men
ah Incroase of 10 per cent ln wages and
to pormlt tho organizatlon of a union.
A better undcrstnndlng of the condltlons
whlch caused a break ln negotlutions car
ller in the day was rcuchod. Whllo n
union wlll bo pormltted lo exlst It wlll
not ho olllclnlly lecognlzed by tho coni
I'lttiy. All tho dlschargod men wlll bo re
InsUitcd. ^
The cominltloo promlsed to do nll ln
lfs power to Induco tlio mon to roturn
to work at once.
Sale Ten Million Boxes aYear.
THE FAMILVS FAVORITE MEOiOINE
BEST FOR THE BOWELS\
AU
, DroetlsU
W. J. BRYAN
DECLINES
i ? . i
He Wlll Not Attend Banquet
With Cleveland.
TO BE NO LOVE FEAST
Iroquois Club of Ohicago Had Put Down
on Its Llst Many of the Most Eml
nent Democrats of the
Country.
(By Assoclated Prefls.)
CHICAOO, February 7.-Wllliam J,
Bryan to-day declared he wouid refuse
to nttend any banquet to whlch Grover
Cleveland was to be lnvlted. Colonel
Bryan's decloratlon was made through
an intlmate frlend to the offlcers of the
Iroquois Club, whlch Intended to In
vlte Bryan, Cleveland nnd other Demo
cratlc leadera to a banquet to be hold
on tho annlversary of Jackson's blrth
day, Marcih 16th.
It had been proposed to mako thls
banquet tho occaslon1 for a natlonal Dem
ocratlo love feast. The Banquet Com
mlttoo of the club had prepared a
llst of promlnent Democrats lo whom
invltatlons wero sent to mako addresses.
Tho flrst namo on the llst was that of
former Presldent Grover Cleveland. The
second ono was that of \V. J. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan pawed through the clty to
day on hls way to Indluna. He saw the
llst of speakers that was publlshcd In
the mornlng papers nnd lmmediatoly de?
clared that he would not attend any
banquet where thero Is neod of Invltlng
anyono olse at which Grover Clovcland
is to bo present. He rcquested a friend
to liave his name stricken off the llst
of thoso who were to bo lnvlted.
In complianco with Mr. Bryan's ex
pressed wish, Judge Tuloy, presldent of
the Iroquois Club, was told of Mr. Bry?
an's remark. Judge Tuley wlll rofer
tho questlon of issulng nn invltatlon
to Mr. Bryan to tho Banquet Commlttee
of tlie club.
Among tho men who are to bo lnvlted
are:
Grover Cloveland, ITorace Boies, Davld
B. Hlll, J. J. Hlll. Richard Olny, Wllllam
C. Whltncy, Danlel Liunont, Don M. *
Dickinson, Honry Wnttcrson, former At?
torney General Harmon nnd Senator Bal
lcy.
-e
CORRIE GRAVES ARRESTED
Young Man Who is Charged with Being
an Absconding Debtor.
Chnrgcd with belng an absconding debt?
or, Mr. Corrle Graves, a gcntleman wlll
known tn tho clty, was ycaterday morn?
lng arrested by Deputy Sherlif Charles
Hungerford at hls home on South Thlrd
Street. Ho was carrled to tho clty jall,
where at a lato hour last nlght ho stlll
romalned. huvlng falled to glve the nec?
essary ball.
Mr. Graves wns nrrested on a caplas
fssucd by Judge Wcllford at the lnstnnco
of J. L. James, tradlng as the Rlchmond
Watoh Compnny, who nlleged that Graves
is lndebted to hlm to the amount of $51,
nnd Intends leavlng tho State for tho pur
poee of avoldlng payment.
Lately Graves has been employed by a
mlnlng compnny in West Virginia, but.
it is claiu ? l>y hls frlends. has main
tained his i donce In Richmond, hls wife
contlnuing to live here. They, therefore,
look upon tlie charge as unfounded.
lt seems thnt somo tlme ago Mr. Graves
purchased somo goods from tho Rlchmond
Watch Compnny on tho instalment plan,
Shortly he lost hls posltlon nnd later
v.ent to West Virginia, where he secured
a posltlon In the mlnes.
Hero he made such a good lmpression
thnt ho was appolnted a drummer. He
returned to Rlchmond and was arrested.
HIS ARM AMPUTATED
Young Man from Goldsboro, N. C, at
St. Luke's Hospital Under Treatment.
Mr. Edward C. Donmark, of Goldsboro,
N. C, Is gettlng along as woll as could
be expected at St. Luke's Hospital, Rlch?
mond, Va., whero ho was taken a few
days ago for treatmont
A very dlstresslng accldent occurred
to Mr. Donmark at the plant of the
Southern Cotton-OIl Mlll, of thls city,
recently. Whlle at work on tho maclilno
he got hls rlght arm caught by the saws
and shredded of flesh. Mcdlcal aid was
promptly ronflorcd, but as eompllcatlons
wore apprehemled tho young man was
taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where an
operation was successfully porformod,
tlie arm belng nmputated just above the
elbow.
Mr. Denmnrk Is a most oxcellent young
man, only twenty-ono yoars old,
PRODUCE MEN
Will Hold Meeting This Week to Adopt
Constitution.
A general moetlng of the produco men
of the clty wlll be "called this week for
tho purposo of ndoptlng tho constltutioo
and by-laws prepared by a speclal com?
mlttee for the now exchange. Tho dato
has not yet beon llxed.
Tho commlttee drnftlng tho constttu*
tion has hold soveral meetlngs rocontlv,
and la pretty well up with Its work. lt
wlll bo able to roport In a fow days, and
as soon as lt nnn'ounoes Itself ns roady.
Presldont Jonkins will call the meotlng.
Tho socrotnry of tho now exchango has
not yet boon chosen for the very sim
plo renson tlui* tho laws deflnlng hls
dutlos havo not been niloptcd.
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Dr. Willlngham Will Represent the Board
There.
Dr. Hobert J. Wlllliu'liam loft ycaterday
for Washington, whoro ho will spend
three days, beglnnlng to-day, at a con
foronco for forelgn mlsslans.
Tho Distrlct of Columbla, slturitou as lt
is, dlvldos Its OOlltrlbutlona between tho
Board of tho North and tho Board of
the South. At thla lmrtlcular moetlng
representatlvoa from both socthins wlll
ho present. Mlsalbnarles worktng under
both boarda wlll bo thero. Dr. VYIlllne
liain wlll rbprosent tho Southern Board,
uf whlch ha la tho secrotaryv
INCREASED WAGES
Minors and Operators Agree Upon a
Higher Scnle ln Indlann.
iliy AmocliitPil 1'remi.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Fobruary 7,?
Tho mlnera and oporntors ot tho cora
pctltlvo dlutrlots ugreed to-day upon a
scnle of wage's for tho ensuhig year,
whlch amounta to an incrouso of four
teen per cent. The dny laborers aro ad?
vanced twolvo and one-half, tho drlvera
twonty-two por cont, and eight por cent.
la oddod to tho cost of maclilno niljilng.
Whllo the new scnle slgned la only for
threo enjh-. Htatos nnd Wastoru Penn
sylvwila, lt wlll ba useil ns tho basls, 1C
ficoeptod, ln all othor Btatoa, Tho opor
ators say tha-t on tho abov* basls the
total Inoroasa ln oo?t of oo*l produotlon
ln the tmitod Btatoa wlll bo }40,a?,ooo
immiully.
WILL THROWN OUT
Mnde by Olnclnrmtl Mllllonairo to Hls
Brlde on Hls Death Bed.
___.^ (By Alioalateil t*r.?M.) _
OrNOINNATI, OHIO, Fohruary 7.?
Judge Nlppert to-day refused to reoelve
for probato tho oopy of tho wlll of tho
lato John MoCormlok Glbson, a mllllon
alre, ln whloh he mado Mlsa Henrlotta.
Coolla Wblfe hls bencflolary. Mlas Wolfo
marrled hlm oil hla donth bod, and ho
dled a, week later. The orlglnal wlll
oould not be found, and a oopy, mado
from stenographer's notes, waa present
ed. Tho oourt sald the oopy was shown
to bo ? true ono, but tho evldenco dld
not show that the tostator had not re
vcked the wlll, By thls declslon tho cs
tato of Glbson la Inherlted byhls mother
niul brother, The oase attractod much
attentlon on acoount ot the legol ques?
tlon Involved, os well as the romantlo
death-bed marriage.
j-:?:?.
A Strlklng Ceremonial.
(By Aiaoclated Press.)
ROME), February 7.?The requlem mas?
cclebrated to-day on the occaslon of the
twonty-flfth annlversary of tho death of
Popo Plus IX. was an unusually atrlltlng
cermomonlal, Cardlnnl Satolll offlclated.
Tho Pope, who was surrounded by the
members of the Sacred Colloge, the Pon
tlflcal court and the Romnn arlstocraoy,
gaivo the. absolutlon and tho apostollc
benedlotlon, although he was sufterlng
from a allght eold. Thero -wore many
Amorlcans ln tho overflowlng congraga
tlon.
Goes to Washlngton.
Colonel John S. Harwood, of tho T. P.
A. National Legislatlvo Committeo. wlll
go to Washlngton to-morrow ln tho In?
terest of the blll oroatlng a portfollo
f.f commerce. Tho blll Is now ln the, con?
ference" commlttee, and has recoWed
many evldencea of favor, but the T. P.
A. throughout tho county want to mako
assurance doubly sure.
If the new Cablnet offlco ls croated,
Mr. Cortelyou wlll almost certalnly be
appolnted.
Southern Vehicle Association.
The Southern V&hlclo Association wlll
hold Its annual meetlng In Rlehmond,
beglnnlng the flrst Tuesday ln Aprll. The
edltor of the Clnclnnatl Spokesman, pub
lished ln tlio Interest of vehlclo dcalers
and manufacturors, has written Mr. W.
C. Smlth. No. 314 North Flfth Street,
asklng hls vIowb of Rlehmond from whlch
to mako cuts for thelr conventlon num?
ber.
Judge Witt's Condition.
Jude "Wltt, while rapldly recoverlng
from the effects of tho operatlon per
formed upon hlm nbout ten days ago, is
stlll unable to slt up, bot able to receive
many frlends daily.
Chlld-Labor Bill Passeo.
(By Assoclntea Press.)
COLUMBIA, S. C, February 7.?The
House of Represcntatlves to-day passed
the blll already passed by tho Senate,
prohtblting ehild labor In textllo manu
factorles and mlnes. After May 1, 1903,
tho age llmlt ls to be ten years; for the
year followliig, oleven years, and after
May 1, 1905, twolve years.
Chinese Immigration.
(By Assoclatcd PrcsB.)
MANIL.A, February 7.-The Flllplno
labor union hns issued a protest agalnst
Chinese Immigration, threatens vlolcnce
lo provent Its introductlon here and asks
tho people to co-operate In the efforts to
prevent such Immigration.
THE CONDITION OF
THE NEGRO RACE
Bill Providingfor the Appoint
mentofCommission?What
Investigation Shows.
Gllos B. Jackson has Just returned from
Washlngton, where ho was called by tel
egram from tho frlends and supporters of
the measuro now pendlng beforo Congress
for the creatlon and appolntment of the
commlsslon of nlno members to be known
ns the "Freedmen's Inqulry Commlsslon,"
wltt) shall Irtqutre into and make a compre
henslvo investigation Into tho condition
of tho negro. race, thelr educatlonal pro
gress and tho best means of promotlng
Imvmony between the two racos. '
The commlsslon ls not only to lnves
tlgate, but to report Its vlews and oplit
lons concernlng the best manner of ad
JiHtlng tho troublesomo questlona whlch
grcw out of tho sltuatlon.
Thls measure was favorably reported
to tho- Houso from tho Commlttee on
Labor nt tho lnst sesslon of the present
Congress, although it soemed to have dl
vlded tho two partles in a sharp polltical
allgnmont.
Tho hlll was strongly combatted ln a
minorlty report ropresenting tho full
strength of tlio Democratic rcpresentatlon
on tho Labor Commlttee. A tslmllar blll
wns favorably reported lo the Senate by
tlio Comnilttce on Educatlon nnd Labor,
authorizlng a commlsslon of five to lnves
tlgato tlio condition of the colored peoplo
of the Unitod States, espocially wlth ref?
erence to tho educatlonal facllltles nf
forded to them. Both tho Scnalo and
Houso blll nuthorlzo tho Prcsldent to
n.ako tho appolntment of tlio commlsslon,
wlth tho advice nnd consent of tho Senate.
H ls tho wlsh of tho advocntcs of this
nic.asuro thnt a commlsslon of nlno bo
appolnted, tslx whltes and threo colored,
three white men to bo from the North
nnd threo from the South. Tho mlnutes
of the threo meotings of tho National
Negro BuslncBS Lengue, whlch met ro
spcctlvely ln Hoston, Chlcngo nnd Rleh?
mond, Vn., show that nlnety por cent. of
Uie wealth of tho negroos of thls coun?
try ls owncd In tho South, and that tho
opportunlty fnr tho Inhorlng colored mnu
to securaiwork ln tho South Is better than
nnywhero olso, and that .no opportunlty
to securo work for the meclmnlcs ls nl
most 100 por cent. hottor fo;* hlm ln tho
South. Ho snys the commlsslon wlll ho
cliargod wlth tho InvOHtlgutlon of tho pon
dttlon of tho negro. not only ln Iho South,
but In tho North, East nnd West.
Jnokspn hopes, thnt tho cntlro Virglnia
fUlegiitlon ln Congress wlll voto for thls
blll, as nn Investigation wlll show that
her school fiii-llltlos for tho colored peo?
plo nre second to none, nnd that tho deslre
of tho whlto people of Va. to glvo. tho no
gl'008 a fnlr educatlon was ovidenced at tho
roeont inoollng ot tho school Huperlntond
ents of tho Htnto, wheroln every speaker
spoko uncouraglngly of negro educatlon,
oBpeclally Superlntondenta aiass, of
Lynchburg, nnd Puillntn, of Munchostor,
TO F1ND A
Lost Brother,
Slster, Rc'atlve, or
iMap-nuinl FrlendTiron u Postul.
Opua
for purtloulnrs to
Nailoiini Olrectory and Arclilvcs,
llAttllJSBURG, PA,
T. P. A. DIRECTORS
HAVE FINE REPORTS
Excellent Meeting of State
Board Last Nlght?-Two
New Posts Organlzed.
The monthly meoting of the State Board
of Dlrectors of the Virginia Dlvlston of
tho Travelors' Proteotlve AsBoclatlon waa
Imld last nlght at lteadquartera In thls
clty, oorner of Thlrd and Maln Streets.
Presldent of the Stato Dlvislon, Mr. T.
S. Bockwlth, of Petersburg, occupled the
cholr, and Mr. H. L. Harwood, Stato bop
rctary, recorded the mlnutes. The routlno
work belng gono through with, reports
wero recelved nnd rend from tho varloua
posts throughout tho Stnte, and It was
gratlfylng to hear of tho llourlslilng eon?
ditlon of tho T. P. A. memborshtp nll over
tho State. ?
Mr. 13. C. Burrows, tho natlonal buslness
manager, with Messrs. C. Walton Saun
ders, Horaco F. Smlth, T, S. Beckwlth,
Goorgo Glbson, Jr., nnd other members,
vlslted South Boston and Lynchburg and
organlzed two posts, rospcctlvcly, nt each
of these cltlos durlng tho post month, and
thls klnd of work wlll onoble tho Vir?
ginia Dlvislon to bo much higher in the
llst of States as a T. P. A. dlvislon
throughout tho United States.
Tlio board nlso set Aprll 24th and 25th
for tho annual convontlon of tho Stato
Dlvislon, to be held at Danvlllo, wheh
wlll bo forty-slx days before the Natlonal
Convontlon of tho Natlonal T. P. A. As?
soclatlon at Indlanopolls, Ind., Juno 9,
1503.
Members present at last Tlght's tncctlng
wero Messrs. O. Wcmple, of Danvlllo;
W. C. Powell, of Norfolk: T. S. Beck?
wlth and R. W. Prlchard, of Petersburg,
Va., and Messrs. Thomas Polndoxter, Paul
Helndel. R. S. Crump, Wllllam Jenkins.
C. W. Saunders, R. B. Walthall, H. Ellls,
Jr? and H. L. Harwood. of Rlchmond.
WITH BOOK CLUBS
Delightful Evenlngs ln Greensboro's
Llterary Circles.
(Spoclnl to Tho TinioJ-DlBpntch.)
GRK1ENSBORO, N. C, February 7.?
Tho beautlful homo of Mrs. J. N. Leak
was tho sccne of a. delightful meeting of
tho Edgeworth Book Club yesterday after?
noon. A llvely guesstng contest was a
fcaturo of tho evening's entcrtalnmont,
Mrs, J. W. Mcbane receivlng ilrst prlze,
Mrs. \V. L. Grlssom tho vlsltors' prlzo.
Tho Friday afternoon Book Club was
dollghtfully cntertnined yesterday by
Mlss Mendcnhall at tho Stato Normal
and Industrl.il Collogo. Club members
and lnvlted guosts wero lro.'lted lnto what
Is known in college. parlance as the ad
mlnlstratlon room. The very appeorance
of tho apartment suggested a chnrming
comblnation ot the llterary nnd soclal
features which this club emphaslzea.
Growlng plants, cut flowern and the at
tractlvely arranged tea table wero sug
gestiro of happy faccs, pretty gowns,
sprlghtly talk and gay laughter, all as
necessary as tho wrlting desks and book
cases, whlch proclaimed mllady'a llterary
procllvltlcs.
Gcrmany was tho subject of the after?
noon. Mlss Mary Stroud gaii-e a charm
ingly real descrlptlon of an Imaglnary
trlp down tho Rhlne, whlch was Inter
spersod by Hhlne legands by Miss Lee, of
tho normal fa?ulty. Mlss Kttn Stockard
then told of tho unlverslty towns, and
Mlss Jamison nnd tho Mlssos Harrls gave
somo t.weotly rendered songs of Lhe
Rhlne. Mlss Mendenhall, asslsted by a,
hovy of pretty normal glrls, served re
freshments.
Mrs. H. B. Leo cntcrtalned a sclect
party of frionds at a card party yester?
day afternoon at her home, on Edge
worth Street.
Ono of the most delightful soclal events
of tho week was the card party of Judge
and Mrs. R. M. LhurIosj Thursday eve?
nlng in honor of Mlsa Marcia Myers,
of Washington, D. C.
Rov. T. J. Ogburn, the correspondlng
secretary of the Board of Forelgn MIs
sions of tho M. P. Churoh. wlll preacl
mornlng and evenlng to-morrow at Grace
M. P. Church, this city.
Mrs. 8. U Ollmcr, who has been the
guest of Mrs. R. D. Gllmor at the Tar
borough Houso In ILaloIgh for a. week, re?
turned home lost night.
BUCKNER WILL CONTEST
He Has Served Notice on Senntor Grif
fith Charging Irregularltles.
rSnccial to Tlio Timos-Slsnatch.)
RALTj'iGH, N. C, February 7.-W. M
Buckner, of tho Thlrty-slxth SenatoriaJ
Distrlct, arrlved to-day, and served no
tlco on Senator Grlfllth that ho will con?
test hls seat. The olection was held
January 20th to elect a successor to Son
ator Wilson, who was killed by his
brother.
Buckner claims that preclncts wore not
counted before Orlfflth was glven tho cer
tlilcato of elcctlon, and that those would
glve hlm a majority of threo ballots cn-er
Grimth. Under tho law Grlfllth has thlr
ty days to answor. and in that tlme the
Assembly will adjourn. This Is tho only
contest in thls Leglslature.
Governor Aycock to-day sent a speclal
messago to tho Senate givlng tho nam??
of thlrty retlrlng members of tlie Board
of Trusteos to be fllled by the Leglsla?
ture.
DVING FROM FRIGHT
A Widow Lady Alarmed, but No Bur
glars Were Found.
(Speclal to Tho Tlmos-Dlapatch.)
HAHRISONBURG, VA., Fobruary 7.
Mrs. Bettlo Bogon, of Good-'s Mlll ls
sald to bo dylng from tho effecta of a
frlght srtio hud Wednesday mornlng, Mrs
Begon ls a wldow and llvos nlonc Wed
nosday mornlng sha hnd gono to feed
her stock and was just onterlng the
houso when sho heard a struuge nolee.
Soolng tho front door opnn she aunppspd
that burgloi-H wero rnnsnek-ing tlio houso.
Sho ran into tho yard' sereamlng and bc
comlng hystcrienj. rn this comlltlon. n
n(*lghbor. hoarlng her aoreams, found her
Sho wius taken into tho houso and tlio
doclora pronounco tho casa wcllnlKh
tomul"*' BlEr,1S ?f burElars could be
SUBNARINE MINES
OfFicers Dctailed to Study the Hampton
Roada Defenses.
(Rpoctul to Tho Tlmim-IllBiintcli )
NUVYPORT NEWS, VA., February 7,_
Two army ofllcers, whoso nanioH could
not bo learnod to-nlght, huvo boen do
lulled for duty at Fort Monroe In con
noctlon with tho syslom of submailuo
mlries ln Hampton linnds, reuohlng from
Old Polnt to tlio Capos. Tho cubles lmvo
l-omained lutaat slnco t'ho Spimlsh-Amer
loun war, but tho nilnes wero rornoved
after tho war, belng u, monaca to iuivI
gatlon. Tho ofllcors ln questlon wlll fu
in,. urlzo thoinaolvcs ut once with tho
locutlon of tho nilno coiinootlons and with
tho oporatlng awltchhonrd, whloh Is In
sldo of tho fort, nnd oonwnumls a vlew
oxtenillng ncross -tho tnouth of tho Ches?
apeako to tho Capi-s and tlio ocoun.
" ?? f-?*>
'Phone Rates Raisod.
(Speclal tn Tho TliiwH-IMHiMitrh.)
HAR1USONBURO, VA? Fetrimry 7.
Tlie mutual telophono syetom hus rajsed
the resldence ratca from ?s to $12, and'
Great While Boodi Sale Begim Monday,
JULIUS SYCLE & SONS
(Keep in Mlnd the Credit Advantages.)
You can buy what you want at cash prices, paid in emall
amounts weekly or monthly.
New Spring Dress Goods Will
Have First Showing To-morrow
Our new Spring Dress Goods are in splendid showing^
They are exceptionally choice in weave, pattern and color??
the loom of foreign lands and progressive home factorios
send you fabricB thafc will cliarui. Oome and look through
the stock. If you do not want to buy now, you'U know
where to come wheri you're ready. But' there are some
very ohoice things that only iirat choose will get?exclusive
woaves and colorings not to be dupUcated.
75c French Flannel, special to-morrow. 29o
Hamburg Sale, 4c to 25c, worth nearly double.
Clearing sale Carpets, Eugs and Floor Oilcloths.
Tailor-Made Suits, Furs, Cloaks and "Wool Underwear,
' marked down nearly one-half of the regular prices.
the bunlncas rates $10 to $20. Tho cnuse
for thla ralso Is the neecsslty of placlng
another swltchbonrd ln tho exchange,
owlng to tho Increased numbor of nppll
cnnta for 'phones.
STREET-CAR STRIKE
Situation Unchanged and No Vlolence
at Walerbury,
(By Asuoclatod Pkm.I
WATERBURY, CONN.. February 7.?
Wlth tho exceptlon of some stono throw
lng ln the outsklrts of tnc clty, no dls
turbance was reported up to 11 o'clock to
nlght In conncctlon wlth the strcot rail?
way strlko sltuatlon. A number of cars
whlch camo lnto tho oontcr of tho clty
from Naugatuck. Watervllle. Brooklyn
and Oakvillo had somo brok.cn wlndows,
nn*! the conductors reported that they
had been "popporcd a little" ln the out
lylng dlstrlcts. A car.on tho Watervllle
llno ran Into a. pllo of rocks placed be?
tween the ralls ln a partlculnrly dark
spot. The motorman was unablo to stop
hls car In tlmo to prcvent & collision wlth
tlie obsrtructlon, and tho car was deralled
and badly damaged. No ono was Injured.
F. N. WICKER DEAD
Wrote Valuable Articles on Bering Sea
(Seal Fishcries
(By Annflclnted Prc?s.)
NEW ORIjEAN'S. LA., February 7.?P.
N. Wlcker, United States appratser, dled
to-day. He was born ln Akron, Erle coun?
ty, New York, In 183S, and servod ns sec?
ond lleutenant In tho Twenty-elghth New
York Volunteers and subsequently wlth
the Slgnal Corps durlng the Clvll War.
He was second ln command to Coloncl
lluckley In tho Russo-American telcgraph
expedltlon to Alaska In 1867 and wroto
a valuable artlcle upon tho Bering Soa scal
fishcries. In 1SC8 General Orant mado hlm
speclal agent to Alaska. He was collector
of customs at Koy West frpna 1878 to 1884.
BAILFORTILLMAN
Counsel Glvo Notlce They Will Ask for
It Next Thursday.
{Br Assoclated l'resn.)
CHARLESTON, S. C, February 7.?
Congressman J. W. ICrost, of Alken.
Tlllman's portner, and P. H. Nelson. n
leadlng crlmlnal lawycr of Columbia, wlll
osk next Thursday that J. H. Tlllman,
charged wlth the kllllng of Edltor Gon
zales, be rOleased on ball. Thoy servod
notlce of thelr Intendod action on Attor
noy-Oonoral Gunter and Bollcltor Thur
mond thls afternoon.
A hearlng upon the wrlt waa grantod
to be held on Thursday by Chlof Justlce
Popo at hls rosldenco In Nowberry to
day. The proceedlngs wlll probably be
hold ln Nowberry Courthouse.
SHOT OUT HIS HEART
A Magistrate Quicker With Hls Qun
Than a Farmer.
(By Assoclated I'ress.)
CHARLESTON', B. C, February 7.?
Henry W. Blltch, a truck farmer, of
Moggetts, Colleton county, was shot and
liistantly Ullled thero yesterday afternoon
by Maglstrato Behllqg. Thero had beon
some dlspute between them about a land
transactlon. Behllng advanced toward
Blltch wlth a shotgun. Both men wero
urnied, but the magistrate was quicker
with hls weapon and llred twlce, a load
of buckshot rlpplng out BUtch's honrt.
Behllng surrendored to the Bherlff of
Colloton.
Twenty-five to One Shot Won.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. February 7.?
A twenty-ilve to ono shot, Horton, tho
graudson of El Rayo and Fuslladacs, car
rylng the colors of Blanchl and McOov
orn, won the 510,000 Bnrns h&ndlcap at
Inglesldo to-day from one of the best
llelds that over contested ln tho event.
Cunurd, of tho Morrls stable. was second
wlth Claude, owned by iS. J". Daly, next
ln llne. Tlme, 2:10 1-1.
Endorsed by Rooscvelt.
(Br Assocluted I'riyis.)
NE7W YORK, Feb, 7.?Pollce Captaln
Schmittborger, who recently passod an
examlnatlon for promotlon to an InBpoc
torshlp and who has been denounced by
Dlstrlct-Attorney Jerome aa unflt to hold
oflle ln consoquonco of revelatlons mado
duYlng tho Loxow Investigation, mado
publlo to-day a letter from Presldent
BoosevolfB secretary, sta-tlng that "tho
Prosldont dlrocts mo to say that he wlll
bo dollghted to have you refer to hlm
for your ontlro servlco durlng tho period
ho was a mombor of the Pollce Com?
mlsslon of Now York."
, . t ?
The Boer Factions.
(Ilv AhkiwIiiUmI 1'p'hO
BLOOMFONTEIN, ORANGE RIVER
COLONY. February 7.?Tho conference
here yesterday between Colonlal Becro
tary Chnmborlaln and about forty Boors
of tha extrcmo party. Inoludlns Chrlstlan
Dowet, at wlilch Mr. Chamborlaln rc
bukod the delogution for prosouting hlm
wlth an address whloh he regnrded as
insultlng, Inasmuch as lt Impugnod tho
good fnllh of hlmself nnd tho govern?
ment, has furthor wltloncd the breach
botweon the Boer factions.
,i ?
Small Boys Arrested.
On eomplnlnt of Miw. Cclla Boso, of
Gllmor and Marshnll Streots, Honry Lnw
Bon, Arclilo K<*llo>'. Miit Kelloy. ChrlK
tlan Splos, Eddle Kcller and John Kel
ler, boys whoso ages do not nxceed slx
toen, who Uve ln tho iielghborhood of
the streots Btated, wero yosterday aftor
noon arroated by Patrolmen McMullen
and Tylor. Thoy nre clinrged wlth maln.
talnlng n nulsanco in the nolghhorhood
and Intorferlngwlth Mrs. Roso.
m-pp i nT""wost Matu, in tt.
5?ttr LU I jront. Anothor bar
palu iKilonalng to nou-reuldonts.
feOTJ.OO. Hoiil Kstnlo Trusb Oo.
?frmi miimiiiiiiiMiiiiiii?
BARKSDALE TALKS
PURE ELECTIONS
Says He Is Sure the Passage
of His Bill Will Do the
Work.
Sonator W. P. Barksdale, the patron o!
tho propoeed new law to purity the poll
tlca Of the State by provontlng the ox
pendlture of money at tho polls, la very
enthusinjrtlo as to the results whieh wlll
follow tho paasoga of hla bill. In dls
cusslng the matter last nlght the Sona?
tor sald:
"The pure eleetion bill In ln tho hands
of the Houae, and now atands upon tha
Houso calcndar. It may and probably
wlll bo rcaohed In n. few days. Thoro la
no ecrious objoction to any of tha
amendments, save one, nnd upon tlie dc
feat of that one amendment all deponds.
To lnaert 'corruptly,' ns Is propoaod, la
In effect to say that you can do nll of
theao prohlblted thlngs; i. e., buy votes,'
indlrectly debauch the clectorate, and
use monoy to an ujillmitcd degreo, but
you must pot so 'corruptly.' To pass
such a law os the proposed bill with such
on amendmont would not only absolutcly
destroy the object sought hy tho bill, but
would be in effect a Icgal Invltatlon to
debauch nnd corrupt to any extcnt.
"Tho sentlmont thnt favorcd the call
ing of a Constitutloiial Conventlon was
brought Into belng and created Into nn
Irreslstible forco by tho lntense dcslre
of the people to purgc the electoratc and
cleanse and purlfy electlon methods.
"If efforts In that bohalf fall, then the
sacrlncea In money. tlme and energy ne?
cessary to mako a new Cpnstitutlon will,
lndeed. haive been ln vaiii, and our 'last
eatate wlll bo worse than our flrst.
"There can hc no miatake In the ls
suc; there ought not to be any hesltatlng
or fnlterlng In the atepa to be taken. It
is a questlon between corruptlon and In
corruption?vice and vlrtue, honesty an4
dtshonesty. Tho provlslons of the bill maj*
be drastic, and they should bo drostlc.
"There can bo no grcator erlme agalnst
the aoverelgnty or tho State than corrup?
tlon of the source of thnt soverelgnlty.
"Tha punlshnient for such erlme should
bo ccrtaJn. swlft. and e*cn terrlhle.
"The provlslons of the bll] are clear cut,
dlrect and well deflned. and the one
who would rlsk hls all In defianco there
of would, lndeed. bo reckless of hls ehar
actor and Indifferent osto hls fato.
"I lnsist thnt tho bill wlll accnmpllsh Its
ohjocts os cxpressed ln Its tltle, though
the heatlien rago and peoplo Imagine
vain thlngs."
RAIN TO-DAY
Weather Man Holds Out No Hope for
Good Weather.
A ralny Sunday Is tho proepects whlch
confront Rlchmond thls mornlng. The
weather man sees no slgn of clearlng
skles, and holds out no hopo for Ifh
proved weather conditlons.
Tho temperature wlll remaln about sta
tlonary. It may grow colder toward eve?
nlng. but tho ehange wlll not bo great.
The nir fclt much llke snow ywJterday,
but tho weather man says thero wlll be
nono.
CHURCH NOTICES.
J NEW JERUSALEM.
' AT THE NEW JERUSALEM CHAPEL
(133) ?W. Broad Street) Rev. J. B. SPIERS
will prcnoh nt 11 A. M.: sublcct, "Tha
Purposo of Llfo"; at 4 P. M.. "A Rational
Vlew of tho Second Comlng." On Tues
day 8 P M., a class for doctrlnal study
at Mr. and Mrs. RIcIicb'. 7% W. Marshall
Street. Sunday school at 10 A. M. All -wel
COme" THE BAPTIST UNION.
DEVOTIONAL MEETING OF THE
FIfth-Streot Bantlst Church Sunday, Feb?
ruary 8th. at 3:30 P. M.; aubjcot, "Ben
Hadad's Defpat." 1 Klng 20, 12-2. PresN
dont, AMBERS D. AYRES. All person*.
are oordlally lnvlted.
BAPTIST.
ORACE-BTREET . BAPTIST CHURCH
(corner Grnco and Foush'eo Streets)?Rev.
CHAS. S. GARDNER, D. D? pnator.?
Proachlng by the pnstor at 11 A. M. and
8 P. M. Sunday school ait 0:30 A. M.
Prayer-meotlng 'WedncBday at 8 P, M.
~~~STEAMBOATS.~
~~Clyde SteamshiiHJoTs
PHILADELPHIA,
RICHMOND AND NORFOLK STEAM
SHIP LINE.
Appointetl sailing dnyst ' Every
TUESDAY, FRIDAY and SATUItDAY,
at dayllght, Frcight rocoivod dnily till
5 P. M. ?
f SCHOOlif
New Students recelved durlng January
nnd Fehruary in both Acndomlc and Law
DopaTtmcnts,
For cntaloguo and Informatlon address
^Presldent F. W. BOATWRIGHT,
Rlchmond, Vo,
RICHMOND COLLEQE,
S/'RINO TWRM BEQ1NS FEB. ItrTH,
MISS TANNER'S STUDI0
217 KAST MAIN STREET.
iSprlng Terms Beglns FEB. 10, 1903,
lllooutlon nnd Inatrumental MubIo, New
putiils rocoivod durlng Ifebruary ln bath
dcfiurtmonts.
%pn WRITERS AND POETS.
fSucoessfiU songu brlng fortunes, w*
vrlte mufl)o to your words and publbih,
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