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THE TIMES. FOtmDRD m. | WHOLE NUMBER* 16,195.
K l.tSPATCH. FOUNDLD IM. 1 _____.?
UICHMOND, VA., SATtntDAY, MAKCH 21, lOCW
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS;
THE WEATHER.
WAHttlNOTON, March '-O.-Forecnnt!
VlrelnliL-nulii, followed by raln and
coldor Saturday; Butidny falr; fresh West
to north wdst wlnds,
North Cnrollnn-Raln nnd not so warm
Saturday; Sunday falr; IroBh .-West wlnds.
Yostordny waa a vVarm, sprlng-Hko day,
and up to mldnlght last nlght tho mcr
cury hnd glvon no lndlcutlons oP lho full.
prophoBlcd hy tho wctttlicr people.
?'BTATE- OV THE THERMOMETICR.
I) A. M.<L!3
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0 P. M. ,'.L'
I) F. M. S
12 mldnlght..*? __
Avorngc. c*1 i*"3
IligheRt tompcraturo yesterday.7|j
Lowoat lomperuluro yostorrtay. ;.
Mcon tenipcnituro yeaterday.. M
Normal trunpernlure for Maroh... \)
Departurf. from normal temneratlire.. 11
Preclpltatlon during past 21 hours.... oo
MlNIATUru"ALifANAC.
March 21, 1903,
Hunrlses.Cd4 I IIIGH T1DB.
ytiiin hcIb.0:21 Morn tiK.i0.r?
Moon rl8__...r.3l | Kycnlng.R*31
RICHMOND.
das atove rosponslblo for tlie death. of
3, A. Lovo, ot Mcrklcnburg. at the Vnl
enllim HotlBO-State tax on llnuor doulers
doubled by tho Sonato Commltteo on l.?l
nutKio-Mann blll amended und favorably
reported to tho Sonalo-Henrico peoplo
dlscuss action of Flro CommissJoners.
opinion of tho Clty Attorney~--Falr
Koldlors drlll at iho Confedeiato Fnlr?
Phlladelphia t<Mtrri defeat* Kir-hmond Col?
lego liovs-Large slorn-post for a liatlle
uhlp Ib fashlonod hero?Movement for thn
relief ot aged Presbyterian inlnlstors-?
J-oe Camp conslders appropriatlon or a
thousabd dollars for New Orleans trlp?
Councilhion talk on blll for the now Jall--?
Tho Torrens syatem ably dlscussed in
commlttee-Report on Campbell case
mibmltted to LoglKlature by ?\orgeunts-at
nrms-Lloutc-nant-CSovernor Willard dls
elaims any tntenlloit of offending f on
fedoralc veterans?Meeting o; tho 1 ro*
ditco Exchange. MANCHESTER?-Ll
nuor llcenso matter iK postponed??Seliooi
trustees to romaln. unchanged ror tne
preaent-Bowling Club practlclng P.-31'1
-Entortalnmcnt for the benellt of con?
tral Cliurch-Elks' Lodgo to be Irwtl
tuted next Thursday nlght?-Mr. wns
and Mlss lluband made one-Suecessful
ple party-Religlous servlces to-day.
VIRGINIA.
The coal Iands of Buchanan and thelr
tttlo-Home of a negro wrecked with
Hvnamlto at Christlansburg-Lawyor and
edltor at Woodstook marrics suddenlv?
Tolophono company organlzed In Patrlrk
county-Legal flght lu Stafford over a
- cow-Threo well known men mentloned
for the ScniLtc, to succeed Dr. Le Cato?
Bond issue for proposod electric road do
feated ln Stafford county-Clarenc.
Hodges shot by Duek: Carter In Roanoko
-Flrst Baptist Church In Alexandria to
relebrato ita annlveraary on April lfltn?
ronvent to bo bullt at Woodstock
Danvlllo wlll Joln Vlrglnla-Caro Ina Rase
fcallLeague-Ohl-Street Methodlst Church
ln I-otcrsburg haa been pulled down?
Llquor llcenses ln Newport News ralsed
_Ordlnance prohibltlng women In bar
rooms becomes cffecllvo In Portsmouth
to-day-National Elks* Itomo at Be'lford
soon to l>e dcdlcated-Oyster shells jit
Norfolk ura bringlng good pricea?Pe
lersburg Councll rcnows contract with
?Passenger and Powor Company for street
]lBhta-Washlngton and I^oe defoais
l-lastern Collego of Front Royal al Lex?
lngton. Marrlage?-Samuel I.. Pltts and
Mlss Sadle S. Travers ln Maryland; D.
B. Funua and Miss Annle E. Feathor n
Boanoko; Mllton Burner and Mlss Lula
Pohncstock Ln Maurcrtown. Dcatbs-?
Clarence B. Jones in Portsmouth; Jullus
L. Harrell ln Norfolk; Miss Helen Myers
In Strasburg; Mrs. Sadle V. Anderson ln
Petersburg; Bernard Starke ln Foters
hurg; Colonel Thomas L. Proston at
rhaiiottesvllle; Mrs. James Plper at Bris?
tol.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Svdncy Blalr, an old citizen of Rock?
ingham county. is killed by a. slxtcen-yeai>
old . negro boy. Hls nle.ee. Mlss bull c
Walker. a school teacher. who was nis
housekeeper. Is three times wounded. rno
negro is caught plllaglng tho house-?
Proliminary hearing ln tho caso of Dr.. J.
M; Baken of Tarboro, charged with thn
ittlllng of Dr. H. T. Bass. Baker is balled
for trlal at t.ho Septomber term of tho
rourt-North Carolina Capitol Commls
Klon thlnks a mllllon dollars ls needed for
improvements and oxtenslons?St lo
Press Associatlon to meot at Wrlghtsv lle
_Vanderbllt.ls bulldlng a new huntlng
lodgo-Judgo Boyd hcars a untaue caso,
GENERAL.
Presldont has reappolnted Crum lo ho
collector of port nt Charloston, S.-O.-??
Thought certaln that Congress wlll he
ronvened in extra sesslon during onrly
part of October?Clauses ln Cuban treaty
Pald to be confltcting aml may temi t ln
making it of no avall?Freighter cpllldes
"v th Fail Rlvor boat, resulting n dea h
Hnd injurv of many?Hotel burned ln
Mlchigaii;'ono mun killed antl many very
badlv b r icd-Arguments In the Wabash
rnjunotlon suit aro conoUidcd. aiul Judgo
Adams has declslon under udvlsemeiit-^
Aefan.. flnlshes Its slde of th? Nortlwrn
gociiritlea Company chso and he Oavorn*
ment wlll concludo to-day-~B ds ie n.sk
Prt for thn now battleshlps-~*3? ndl igs of
Ki-and? lurv ln case of the West Virglnia
Rght ar" lald beforo Presldont Roosevelt
2._stock markel- shows genera Imin'ove
nient nnd closed actlvo with prlcos of
nuinv issuos at tho best; monoy easiot?-*
Mlsslssippl situatlon is oven moro ciltl
Diil* other lireaks ln tho levees aro mni
porious thnn the llrst, und water ts hlghor
than ever before-Moukey gavo tlro
nlarm ln New York and saved mnny lives
.?Car caiight llfe on the Rtooltlyii
Brldge nnd ti. smtilb pnnlc ensued t.liat
mlght havo proved serlous but for prompt
Bi-tkm.
CUBAN TREATY MAY
NEVER BE AGREED TO
(l(1y AHHuclnted Press,)
WASHINCTON, Mtircli 20.?Acting Soe
rotary of Stato Loomls nnd Mr. Qucsiula,
tho Onbttn -minlster, after illscusslng Uio
prospocts of an oNcliaugo of ratlfloatlons
for lho Cubun treaty wlthln lho tlmo
llmlt, to-dny declded to ctiblo President
I'almn, reiiuestlng hlm to call lho Cuban
Congress In cxtrunrdlnary sossion Im
liiedlately for thls purpose, as that body
citlionvl_i> wouid not meet untll April V,
(ftiv'qii days aftor lho oxplrntlon of t'.e
legal tlmo llmlt of tho ojrehango of ratlti
ratlons. . .
Such Imporfect roadlngs of tho treaty
cup ho had at thls.stogo that tho State
Dopartmont ofllcluls haj-e somo doubt
?s to tholr abllity to. do anythlng what?
ever wllh tlio convention, Tho amend
nients mndo hy lho Senate, imrtlculutly.
tl;at iiddlng l" lho raill'ylng artlcle, inuy
ros}l|l in tlio ciuniilctq loss of lho tronty.
ritoro uro onnfllctltig clau.sos whlch lt
may not be posslblo to roconi-ilo.
?????--8
Secretary Hay Back.
" (.Siie.-liil to Tlio Tlfues-l)l.riBti:|i.ll
WASiiLN'CTON, D. ()., Marcl) 20..?See
reiary liay roturnod |u Washlngton to
flny.JIo oiijoyeil a porl.od of porfeel reat
Stirlng hls fortnlght's sttiy at-Tliomnsvlllo,
?>>? and camo back greatly. beueflled ln
NEGRO BOY
ESCAPES
LYNCfflNG
Had Killed Old Man and
Wounded His Niece.
SHE SHOWED GREAT
PRESENCE OF MIND
Rukhed on the Boy and Was
Able to Bar the Door.
GREAT EXCITEMENT
NEAR REIDSVILLE
Governor Aycock Wires That the Law
Must Be Re3pccted and That a Spe?
cial Term of Court Will Be Held.
Prompt Action of the She
riff in Suppressing a
/ Threatened Lynching.
(Spoclal to The Tlmca-Dlspatch.)
REIDSVILLIC, N. C, March 20. -Olie of
the durkest crlmes in tho annal. of P-Ock
Itighum county was commltted in the
Cnrmel section, flve mllos from Beldsyillc.
last night. John Brnadnax, a negro, slx?
teen years old, killed Mr. Sydney Bla'.r,
an cstlmablo old cltlzen, and shot hls
niecc, Mlss Salllo AVnlker, in tlirco dif?
ferent places. Mlss AA'alker\is a school
teacher and housekeeper for Blalr.
About dark yesterday afternoon, whilo
Blalr snd hls nioce. Mlss AValker, worn
at suppor, the negro entcrod ihe house
and engaged In convcrsatlon wlth Blnir.
AVithout warnlng he drow a plstol and
flred tipon them. Blalr was kllled al?
most instantly, two balls taking effect.
Ono entered at the collar-bono nn-1 the
other pierced the bowels. Mlss AValker
was wounded at three different places.
ono ball taklng effect Just under tbe
skin of tho neck, another wont through
the muscle of tho arni, and -another
grazed tho' thlgh.
AVIth rarc presence of mlnd Mlss Wa'lk
er rushed on the negro and pushed him
through the door. whlch she barred. nnd
then placed a qullt undorncath the pros
trato form pf her uncle. Sho then left
tho bulldlng to notlfy nelghbors, who
rushed to tho scene.
AVhen thoy arrlved tho negro wai found
in . tho kltchen in tho aet of pillaglng.
AA'lthout resistlng ho was captured.
AVhen unarmod hls pistol was found to
hnvo been reloaded, and but for thelr
fjiilek actlon he would probably havo es?
caped.
About tlio tlme Deputy Sherlff .Tohn C.
Faucette nrrlvcd thero was talk among
thoso whom hnd gathered, which indl?
cated thoro wns danger of tho negro bolng
lynched, Two or ihrio suggested that
ovidenco wns concluslve, and that the
nogro's confesslon mndo doubt irnposslhla,
but thoy wero qulckly told that thls
would not do.
BOLD SHERIFF.
"I know your faces." snld Deputy Sher?
lff Faucette. "If you hnrm hlm, or por
mlt hlm to bo harmed, I will havo you
every one arrested.-'-'
Tho news of the horrlblo crlme qulckly
spread to adjolnlng farms, and'wlthln a
short tlmo tlm premlsos were erowded;
Tho negro mndo n full conl'esslon; statofl
thnt ho wns told by anothor person to
commlt. tho deod, and it was hls lntentlnn
to sonrch tlio premlsos for monoy and
VHluablcs.
Mr. Balr was nbout slxty years old. n
natlvo of Plttsylvanla county, Vlrglnla,
nnd had beon a rostdcut of thls county
ten years. Mlss Salllo Walker wns hl_
hotisekeepnr and tnught school ln tho
nelghborhond. Sho ls about twehty-fivc
yoars old nnd wns do voted to hor ngod
unclo. Mr. Blalr was robbed of slxty
dollars recently, and ofilcers havo boon
trying to locato tho porpetrntor of that
crlme. Yesterday Brnadnax passed
through Beldsvlllo and soveral pnople
nsserl that ho hnd n numbor of wntchos,
now clothos. and two or threo vnllses.
Ile loft tho Carmol section, whero ho
hnd beon worklng as a fnrm Inboror for
somo tlmo, about tho tlmo tho monoy wns
mlssed from Blnlr's homo. It Is supposed
thnt ho got tho monoy nt that tlmo, nnd
THE LARGEST
EVER FASHIONED
Pattern for Stern-Post of Bat
tleshlp Loulslana Will Be
Shipped To-Day.
Tlie wnnxton modol of tho storn post of
tho Loulslana, whlch, whon completed,
wlir lio tho largest battloshlp lu the
United States navy, wlll bo shipped to
duy from thls clty, whoro It has Just beon
completed, by tho Itlchniond Pattern
AVork.,,
Tho pattern ls perhaps tho largest of
Its klnd evnr ninde. it Is forly-seveu i'e-t
long. Hvory llno ln It |a dlfforcnt, und
heiico tho work has hnd to bo done en?
tirely hy hnnd. From twenty-llv. to
thirty nieiv havo been engaged ou It for
tlie past seven woeks, Tho ateel eust
whlch wlll ho '.iiodelctl from tlio pattorn
wlll welgh 1:1.1 or l.'JO tons.
As slntod abovo, tho pattern wns
mado by tho Ulohmond Pattern Works,
whlch ls now one oi' tlie Iurgost concerns
of Us klnd in tlm country. ft goes l.o
Nowport News, whero the'. batt|oShio '.?
being bullt. . .
returnod lnst nlght to got what Jewelry
and othor valunbl.s ho could find,
aov._-.Non NOTIFIBD.
-Iicrlff Plnnlx notlfled Oovornor Ayceck
thls mornlng ot tho crlme, and Was hsi
sured that tho negro would hnvo trial
by spoclal torm of court. Mayor Watt
alsb rccolvcd tho followlng telegram from
thn Oovornor:
"Plonso uso your good offlces to pre
scrvo pcaco of Stato. Spoclal torm court
wlll bo ordered. Asstiro tho cltlzens that
tho law wlll bo speedlly onforced."
F/x-Sherlff Htilchorson und othor lli
fluoiillnl cltlzens havo gono to tho sec?
tion whoro tho crlmo wns commltted to
ndvlso tho nclghbors of Blalr ngnlnst
nny vlolonce,
Owlng to tho fenr of lynchlng the negro
was carrled to Orccnsbofo to-nlght. Com?
pany O, Thlrd Hoglrnont, Nntlonal_
Ounrds, wns statlonod at the armory'
Iho cntlro day undor orders.
GENERAL CORBIN ON
VISlT TO THE GOULDS
(Br Anuoclntn.1 PrrM.)
AVA8HI.NG-TON, March 20.?MaJor-G-en
cral Corbln, odjutant-goneral of tho army,
nnd Mrs. Corbln, left horo thls evenlng
for JokyI Island for a wock's vlslt to
Mr. and Mrs. Edwln Gould,
During Genoral Corbln's absence
Colonol Willlam Hall wlll aet aa ndjutant
U. S. TAR GIVEN MEDAL
BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT
(By Asuoclntc) Pri>HH.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 20.-.I.
Ryan, a sailor now servlng on tho monl?
tor Purltan, Hampton Roads, haa
been prosented by the Brltlsh Gov?
ernment with a sllvor medal In
recognltlon' of his servlce os a troopor
In the Canadlan scoutn ln the campalgns
In (ho Transvaal, Orango Freo State aiid
the Capo Colony. The mednl was for?
warded' through the Stato Department,
and wlll bo dellvercd to Ryan at tho fimt
opportunlty. '
BEEF TRUST
ORDEREDOUT
The Missourl Supreme Court
Found Five Firms Guilty.
ALL WERE HEAVILY FFNED
Maintained an Unlawful Combination lo
Control the Price of Meat?Met
on Certain Days to Fix
the Price.
(By A.s.cintC- Pross.)
.TEFFJ-RSON CITY, MO.. March 20.?
The Missourl Supreme Court to-day found
five large beef packlng oompanles gullty
of maintalning an unlawful combination
to control prlcos of meat ln the State
of Missourl and issued an order of
ouster, prohlbiting them from dolng
business In thls State, and to pay a flne
of $5,000'each and to bear tlie costs of
tho proceedings. Tho companies are
glven thirty days in whlch to pay the
flno imposed, and If during that time
they shall accept the Judgments aud pay
the flne the ouster wlll bo held in abey
nnce and the compaJiles wlll bo por
mltted to continuo thelr buslnoss in
Missourl.
The companies afftected by tho decision
nre tlfc Armour Packing Company, Cu
duhy Packing Company, the- Hammond
Pucklng Company and Swift & Company,
of Chlcago, and the Sehwarzschild &
Sulzberger Company, of New York, The
oplnlon to-aay holda that the evidence
obtalned nt the hoarlrigs show conclu
slvely that thoro was a combination of
packers to malntain trust prlcos on beef
In Missourl; tliat tho packers met on
certain days to llx the prices for tho cur
ront week: that rebatlng was done; that
thu samo prices prevallod at all the cool
ers at the samo tlme; that no competl
tor could enter tho field ngnlnst tho pack?
ers, bocnuse tho combination would cut
tho prices of beef,
It was also charged by the Attorney
Genoral tliat the companies wero gullty
of selllng diseased meat,_ v
THREE A1MD A HALF DAYS
TO SAN FRANCISCO
(Speclnl to Tlio Tlni-.-DI_put.il.)
OMAI.A, NEB? March ' 20.?Regarding
tho plans of tho llarrlman-Venderbllt
llnos for the comlng yoar a Unlon Pa?
cific ofllclal sald yestorday;
"Wo proposo to cut tho tlmo from Now
A'ork to San Franclsco to threo nnd one
half days. This wlll bo nccoinpllshed as
tho resiilt of work now about to bo be
gun. Contracts havo ulreudy beon lot
for doubllng 144 mlles nf track. Thls
road wlll havo ton thousand mon at work
thls spring, lf they can bo obtalned, on
new constructlon work.
"The Southorn Paclflo ls now plannlng
a tunnel through tho Novudu Mountulns,
lo cost $10,000,000. Thls wlll mako a tro
liiondoiis dlfforoneo In present schedules.
Tho heavlost work, however, wlll be the
reductlon of grades nnd stralghtonlng of
curves, Involvlng JIO.OOO.OOO of expendl
turcs."
LEE CAMP HOLDS
A BIG MEETING
There was n gieat blg mootlng of Lee
Camp last nlght.
Tho mattor of approprlatlng $1,000 to
pay tho expenses ot' cnrrylng delegates
und others to Now Orleans on tho occa?
sion of the rounjon ln May was brlefly
discussed, nnd wns passed by untll next
Frlday nlght,
Thls questlon ls Intorostlng ull membors
of Iho camp, nnd thero wlll llue'y ho a
largo iittendanco noxt Frlday nlght.
Tho cttnip hopes to curry a lurgo crowd.
South, and overy offort wlll bo mnde to
provldo for tho trlp. _ ?
Behind Closed Doors.
? (By A.-.-luieil 1'i'C-i.) , ?. ',
NEW OU1.EANS, I.A., March 20.-1 ha
mornlng's session of the Wornen's Suf
traglsts comprlsod a work conference be?
hind closed doors, In whlch tho delegates
and membors only partl.lpat.d.
LAY DEAD
ALL ALONE
MANYHOURS
????? j
J. A. Lovfe the Victim of
a Gas Stove.
FOUND LIFELES5
ATVALENTINE HOUSE
Every lndlcatlon That His
Death Was Accidental.
7 ?' ':
WAS A MERCHANT OF
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Came to Richmond to Purchase Goods
Evidently Turned on the Wrong Jet
in Lighting the Gas and Failed to .?
Turn it Off and Was Found
at 6 o'CIock Yester?
day Afternoon.
In a room reeklngwlth escaped gas, a
man. supposed to bc Josoph A. I.ovo, a
Mccklenburg county ?merchant, was found
doad ln bed yesterday afternoon at tho
A'alentino House, iii thls clty.
Tho caso is' cleariy one of death hy
asphyxltttion, though whether ftccl&ontal
or otherwise cannot, of courso, wlth accu
racy be sald. indlcatlons, however, seem
to substantiatc the bollof that Ignorance
of a pecullnr arrangemont of gas fl?
tures is tho sole cause of the tragedy.
A thorough investigation ot the eircum
stancos devolops nothlng which would
cstnbllsh a theory of suicide.
CAME THURSDAY NIGHT.
The residence of tlie dead man at tho
A'alentino House dated from ThuC-dny;
evenlng. About 10:30 o'clock that nlght
ho entered tho place and engaged a rooin
for a nlght's Iodglng, for which ho pald
in advanco. From all accounts he ex?
pected to leavo tho next mornlng, ond
lie did not even ninke arrangements to
got his breakfnsj.
The strunger wns dressed in a sul,t of
black. No register ls kept at the house,
and the "proprietor did not even Inqulre
the nnino and occupatlon of the lodger.
Tho man was nt once shown to hls roorn,
and nothlng more was seen or heard of
hlm untll he was found dead.
DOOR WAS LOCKED.
About 10 o'clock yesterday mornlng a
chnmbermald went to the room, but
fcund the door loeked. Freriuently whon
stro'ngor.s come In late at night ,thc-y
sleep late. and no movemept wns made
to dlsturb the slumberer. Throughout
the day nothing was'seen or beard of tho
man, rjhI It was supposed that he hud
gotton up and gone about hls business.
The ne.\t> vlslt mado to the room he oecu?
pled was in the afternoon at 5 o'clock,
when the chambormald went agaln, this
tlme to clonn up. The door was still
loeked. and tho circumstnnces wero noled
wlth susplclon.
Tho woman peered through tho key
hole, hut could see nothlng. Tho view
was obstructed by the key sticklng in
on the other sldo. A falnt odor of gas
could be detected. and thls at onco con?
firmed the susplclon. aroused by tho
looked door. A skcloton key was used
to removo the other and tho door wns
flnally opened.
When tho rush of gas pcrmittod thoso
on the outslde ln enter a ghnstly sight
met thelr eyes. Stretched upon he hed,
wlth his mouth open and hls hands out
spread, lay the lodger of the nlght before.
Ho wns st'lff nnd cold in death, und hnd
evldentlv been so fnr somo hours.
THE GAS THRNED ON.
An Investigation soon rovealed lhe
eaiise for the comllthm of tho mnn. The
gas plpe In tlie room sorves n double
purpose?heatlng and llghtlng. There ls
attnehed to It a jot and nlso a plpo
whlch communloates wlth a gas slnve.
The stove nnd tho Jot havo IndependeiU
stop-cooks. It was from the stovo thut
the deadly gas was comlng.
Tho probablo courso of ovonts can only
bo guossod at, but tho accepted theory
onslly nccounts for what followed. The
man ovldontly entered tho room and
reached up to llght tho gas. He turned
on tho stove, but lliidiiig thut that dldn'l
work he turned tho othor and lighted
tho jot, Tho stop-cock to tho stovo he
loft open. After completlng hls ar?
rangements for tho nlght, whlch owlng
to tho lateness nf tho hour were proba?
bly brlofly dlsposod of, tho man turned
off tho Jet nnd wont to bed. But tho gas
from tho stove was stlll escaplng. nnd
it continued to do so ' throughout lhe
nlght Tho man went poucefully off
TRIVIAL MATTER
SAYS DIRECTOR
He is Under Arrest Charged
With Embezzlement to the
Amount of S 15.000.
(By Assorlutc'd Press.)
IUlIDADiai.PHIA, l'A? Mnrch 2rt.~
Cliargcd wlth eipbo-zloniont and othor
Irrogularltles to th" amount of uhout
$10,000, Goorgo 11. White the vlco-prosl
dent nnd n dlroctor of tho Hank of Houtli
Pcnnsylviinlu. at Hyndniau, Bodford
county, wus arrested by a deputy murshul
to-day und hold ln -s.(|00 ball by United
Stutos Commlsslnnor Cralg for u further
honrlng noxt week. The wurrant wus
sworn out hy 8p*clal Bank Hxnmlnor
AV. A. Mason. who sluled thut ho was
nctlng under lusiructlons from l-iitte.l
States Attonic.-Oeneral Ktiox. Whlto
was arrested al hls ofllce ln thls clty.
He did not appear ngllnted nt the oluirg. s
nindd agalnst hlm, and treated tho mattor
as lf It were of small Impnrtnneo.
"lt ls onlv ii trlvhjl matter," ha said.
"Merely a "littlo mlsunderatunding In
banklng busiiie.s that can bo easlly
tiflfa." .- ,
Into a sleep, from whlch ho was tn Imve
no waklng. Ilo dled as poacofully. Not
even tho bod clothes wore dlsarrunged.
As soon ns tho body wns dlsooverod
Coroner Taylor wus summoned, and vlew
ed tho remnlns. Ho pronoiinced do.itIi
due to nsphyxlatloti, nnd utihosltatlrigly
deolaros It io-bo accldenlal. Ho dlscov
ored no slgns whatsoever. of suicidal tn
tent.
PAPEPS POUND ON HIM.
Efforts to Identify thn mnn wore nt
flrst fruitless. AViion hls person wns
searched, howovor, thore was dlsooverod
upon hlm a lottor addross to "Josoph
A. Love, Chase Clty. Va.," and a bnnk
book on tho Mecklonburg County Bank, of
Chase Clly, Tho book wns ln tho name
of J. A. Love & Co. An attempt wns
mado by Mr. C. O. Pettlt, proprlotor of
tho house, to got a tolegrnm through to
Chase Clty, but tho offlco was closed for
tho nlght, .
Further Itivestlgntlon developod tno
fact that tho supposed Mr. Love camo
to Richmond ou Thursday, and that. ho
came hero obviously for tho purpose of
purchuslng supplles for hls Storo. Ilo
wus wlth ~lr. Johnson, of C. B. Antrlm
& Co., wholesala' grocers, on ThurSdiiy
nnd ho had an cngagement to meot him
ugaln yesterday. He did not appear.
however, nnd Mr. Johnson left'town at 6
o'clock . In the aftornoon boforo com
mtinlcatlon could bo had wlth hlm.
One or two gentlemen from Mecklen
btirg county wero seen by Mr. Pottlt, who
wlshed to Identify tlio mnu beyond doubt.
Mr. Read, member of tho House of Dele?
gates from that county. wns called In,
but hc could add nothlng to the little
stock of ovidenco In httnd. Ho hnd heard
of Mr. I.ove. but had nover como lnto
personal contact wlth hlm.
? After somo furthor innulrles Mr. Pettlt
turned the remnlns over to Undcrlaker
Bliley, to bo prepared for burlal. Mean
while steps, wlll be tnkbri lo got word to
tho man's friends and relatives In Chase
clty.
SEVERAL SiM.LAR DEATH S.
Tho frcquency of accidents and doaths
in Richmond from gas stoves and ;the
liko occusloiiH. remark. AVitliln recent
tlmes thero have hecn several dcaths
here from asyphlxlntion.
THE MONKEY
GAVE ALARM
Saved Llves of Several Per?
sons as Well as Hls Own.
LAMP EXPLODED IN STORE
By Continual Screeching Ring-Tailed
Monkey Attracted Attention of Po
liceman, Who Turned in Fire
Alarm?Birds Smothered.
CS.cclal to Tlie Timos-Illspatch.)
NEWARK, N. J., March 20.?A ring
tailey monkey wns tho means this af?
ternoon of probably saving tho llves ot n
number of persons who were asleop ln n
large apnrtment house, when fire broke
out in a blrd store kept by Charloa t. ~_w?
mnn, on tho ground floor, a't that ad?
dress.
The anlmal ga'i'e the nlnrm, and by
hls continued screeching attracted the
?utcntlon of Patrolman MacDonald, who
had just passed tho store. Tho monkey
cage was ln the rear of tho store.
About 3 o'clock a kerosone lump whlch
wns left burnlng. oxnlodod. The burnlng
oll spread about the lloor and soon tho
storo wns nllre. Tho 'nionkey wns crouch
ed ln a corner of the cago when somo
of tho oll touched hls body. lmmedlately
tho llttlo boast bogan hls screeching.
Tho owls soon jolned the monkey, and
it wns not long before the I'.re depart?
ment was on hnnd. Tho flro flgliter_
forced tholr way into tlio itoro, When
the smoko cleared away and tho ilro was
nxtlngulsbed It was found lhat llttlo dnm
nge had boen dono by the flames. but a
few llves had been sacrllVced. Two
canarles and a reed blrd were smothered.
BANKER ASSAULTED
BY NEGRO WITH HATCHET
(Hy AK.o.liit-cl r'i'PHS.1
SPRING CITV, THNN.. March 20.
A. D, Paul, ono or tho most prominent
cltlzens of thls placo nnd proprietor of
a local bnnk, was nssuulted lnst nlght
by Don. Dnrwln, a negro, whom ho had
disoharged from his servlco, The negro
used it liatohot or some liko Instrumont,
and Mr, Paul's skull wus frncturod 11.
nddltlon to othor Injuries.
Late reports to-day say ho is ln a pre
carlous coudltloii, Dnrwln flod nfter eom
niittlng tho assault, nnd a posso und
bloodhounds gavo chase, enpturing hlni
nfter a long run through tlm?eountry.
Ofilcers with dllllculty prcvontod a moli
formlng and taklng thn negro. Dnrwln
was removed to tho county jull at Day
ton.
GIRL A BURGLAR TO
GET BRIDAL OUTFIT
f. nr.'iiil lu Tlio Tlluni. hl.Ii/itch.l
PBRI3V, CONN., Mnrch 20.-To get
monoy for hoiisekooplng when married,
twelvo-yenr-old Lona Cook coiil'cssod
that sho had broken lnto und robbod
plght hmiscs ln Bristol. Sho sald sho
saw no wrong ln her ncts bocnusn the
imiiins sho dospo||od wero thoso of the
rlch. Iu tho Clty Courl yostorchty, Judge
Nowoll o.uiiinllt.d her lo tho ludustrlul
School for Cilrls, al Mlddloton, Sho ls
tho daughter of Aloxuudor Cook, a load.
Ing cltl.en of Bristol.
LIQUOR MEN TO FIGHT
Will Oppose Before the Council the ln*
croase in Their Licensos.
Thoro wlll ho an attempt rquda nt the
next moetlng of tho Coiinnon fouuoll to
liavo tlio city llquor llcenses recoonimlt
ted, wlth Instructlons lhat thoy bo cut
eonsid.rably.
As wa.s Klalnd ln thls papor yosterdny
mornlng th" reud.lustiuoiit of Iho llt-uor
llc.iinos jilacos '.'15 suloons in iho flrst
($?BU) olnss, aml leuvos a fow, vory fow, ln
the thlrd clnss. Thoro are not many
ln tho liitormodluto griulo, niul iho doiil
eYs nro dls.utlsflod as a resiill.
Tho Plnunce Coninillteo sqya that tho
burige-t wns prepared and tlie npproprln
tlons mado lo run tho city wlth au ldea
In vlew of recolvlng ovor ?UO,000 addltion
al from tho llquor dealers. nnd If It Is cu{
tbe departments will run short ut Ih"
,eu~ of the .car
DOUBLED
THE TAX ON
LIQUORMEN
Mann Bill May Yet Win
' ih the Fight.
IT IS AMENDED
AND IS REPORTED
Applies Almost Wholly to the
Rural Districts.
INCREASED REVENUE
FROM RAISING TAX
Estimated That the Amount Will Reach
the Sum of a Hundred Thousand
j per Annum?How the Voto on
the.Mann Bill in the Com?
mittee Stood Before lt
Was Amended. '
The Mann Ilquor hlll haB won Its flrst
step towards vlctory, having been ro?
ported as an amondment to tho general
tax blll,. whlch oame from tho'Senato
Committoo on Flnanco yoslerday to tho
upper branch of the Gonoral Assembly;
Thls was accompllshed yesterday. oon
trary to indicatlons up to that tlmo.
Whlle tho : amendment embodying tha
Maiin features of the famous Quarles
Barbour reBolution, foii'ght over s'o long
ln tho recent C'onstltutlonal Con'ventlon,
and the Mann blll, whlch was practlcally
the former with the cltles exempted, will
cause a blg light on the lloors of tho two
houses, yet its' passage is confldently
predlcted by. Judgo Mann; tho popular
patron, and Messrs Wlckham and Boaz,
tho chalrmen ot the Senato and House
Commlttees on Flnanco, ? aro of opinion
that it will go through, .
EXKMPT TOWNS..
Tho amendment was so modlfled as to
oxempt towns. ot G00 inhabltants and,
ovor, and all waterlng| places and sum?
mer rcsorts. I
It provoked a long strugglo in commlt?
tee and orpon tho proposltion with towns
of 1,000 and over exempted, the body was
a tlo, tho vote having been 7 to 6 agalnst
lt boforp tho latter was offered.' But
flnally yesterday morning tho ? patron
agroed to tho further modllicatlon ex
otnptlng towns of 500'nnd ovor and all
Biimmer resorts nnd waterlng places, and
the way was clear, thore oppcarlng llttle
opposltlon on tho fi'iial 'vote, . ??
WAS A CONFLICT.
The blll was roported as an amendment
to tho omnlbus rovenuo blll rather than
ns an independent measure, beeause lt
was ln conflict with somo of tho provl?
sions of the latter, and lt mado a part
of a new basls of taxatlon for the Ilquor
dealers of tho Stnto.
It Is estlmated thnt tho not gain in rev
enuo from thls.sourco wlll bo about
Sion.ooo.
TAX DOUBLED.
Tho prosont tax on Ilquor dealers Is
doubled nnd thls wouid brlng an increaso
of $.00,000, according lo Messrs. Mcll
walno and Boaz, and tho docrenso of $.100.
000. ' Under tho Mann blll amendment wlll
rodtico thls mun und mako it $100,000 not.
Judgo Mann ls satlsfied with tho blll
as roported, inusrnuch as lt was the best
ho could get, nnd ho bellovos |t wlll prac?
tlcally drlvo tho oross-roads bar-room
out of buslness In the rural districts. The
iimondmont provldes thnt boforo proeur
Ing a llcenso to sell ilquor wlthln tho
territory Included In lho blll, whlch ls nll
tho rural districts with tho towns, &c,
mentloiiod abovo exempted, tho appllcant
must havo tho ondprsontciit of a majorlty
of tho quallfied voters lu tho maglstorial
dlstrlct where tho sald llcenso Is do
sirod. That tlio Ilquor pooplo nro golng
to put up a pOwerftil flght agalnst any
change, and, especlally tha Mann amond?
ment, thoro Is no doubt. but woll postod
leglslators aro of opinion that tho blll
as amended wlll becomo law.
HOW THEY VOTRD.
' Tho commltteo orlglnally llnod up six
to six on tho Mann blll, wllh Senutor
St Clalr ahsont, as follows:
For tho blll?Messrs. Wlckham. Lupton,
keo.oll, Chapman, Donohoo, Claytor.
Against tho blll?Mossrs. Hurvoy, Mas
slo Cnrrctt, Sliac-kolford. Anderson, Sulo.^
As indlc'ated, Mr. St. Clalr'wns away
nnd ho could not be recorded ono way or
tho othor.
STREET-CAR BLAZE
CAUSED A PANIC
Wild Dasli for Loop and Fire
Extinguisher Prevented a
Serious Dlsaster.
(?>(ioi-liil to Tlio Tluien-nispiitclj.l
NEW YORK. Maich ;'0.-Tho slght of
a. Balph Avonuo tiolloy car ablazo from
a burning fuso oh tho loop ut tho Man?
hattan ond ?f the Broohlyn Rrltfge.
causod a small panlc during tho tnornlne
rush to-day,
Tho car got nflro nn thu bridgo, and
tho motorman mado a wlld dnsh for tho
loop, nono of tho passongors-bolng aware
of tlio blaao. As soon as tho car arrlved,
thero was tui insiant crusli, whlch camo
very iie.ir holng a fatal panlc. The
qulck ncMoti of tho pollco, howovor. pre
ventef} lt, Brldge Patoctlvos Brodorlck
und Lnuderbaum. with a flro extinguisher.
soon had the Are under control.
One man started to turn ln an alann,
Imt wns nr.rentod.
PRESIDENT
REAPPOINTS
NEGROCRUI
Determlned to Force
Him on Charleston.
SENATE WILL BE
ASKED Tb ACT
Almost Certaln That Congress
Wllli Be Corivened.
BIDS ARE ASKED FOR
THE NEW BATTLESHIPS
Findlngs of Grand Jury in Case of Flght
Between Miners and United States
Deputy Marshals In West Vlr-.
glnla Laid Before the Pres?
ident Has Not Been
Mald Public.
' Tlmes-Dispatch Bureau,;
No. 1417 G Streot, VN. ;W?
"Washington, D. C? March 20. '
Tho Prosldent late thls/afternoon re- ';,
appolnted W. D. Crum, dolored, to the
posltlon of collector of the port of Char?
leston. ' Tho Senato at the 'regular sos- '
slon did not act on ihe appointment, 'j
though tho Commltteo on Commerce, to
whieh such appointments'. aro reforred,* /
reported against conflrmation, The most
strenuous .fforts woro xnado by the Re?
publican Senators- closest to the ndmlnls
ti'utlo,*?-7to have tho commlttee^Sct on the
nouilffiitlon at tho Xfetra Hj*?5Ton. but tho
Democrats, with 'thokaltrof Sonator El?
kins and two or threa,other Republlcans'
on the commltteo, prcwanted tho com
mlttee's reportlng.
Tho President, who has nevor swerved
ln hls'detormlnation to forco tho appoint?
ment of tho nogro upon tho-whlte peo-'.'.
plo of Charleston, desplte.tho protest ot
nearly. every buslness man ln tho clty,???,
rcappolntcd Crum to-day, nnd tho Sonato
\vjll ibo, nslcod to. a'ct.'oii .tlio appointment
whon it noxt convones, whlch'wlll nimost ,
cortalnly bo in Octobor. T'hero ls thought
to bo no dpubt that an oxtra sesslon
will be called for about October 10th.
NEW BATTLESHIPS.
. The clrculars asltlng for blds fnr tho
threo 16,OO0-ton battleshlps attthoiized' by
tho last naval appropriatlon act woro Is-t.:
sucd to-day. Tlio shlps will bo practIcal-\
ly Identlcnl with tho Conne.ticut and*
Loulsiana, thtf prlnclpal "change belng .
sllghtly henifler armor "for 'tho super
strueture und sllghtly llghter. armor at
tho top of tho regular armor helt. Tho
blds aro' to bo opened Juno 3d. Tho shlps
aro to bo completed In forty-two months.
Ex-Governor Atklnson, of West Vlr- -
glnla, Unltod States Atlorney for The
southorn dlstrlct of that State, to-day../
prescnted tho President with an Im- ?'
portant roport mado by tho grand jury
to Judgo Benjamln F. Keller on tho re-'-'
cent contllct betweon mlnors nnd deputy .
marshnls at Stundlford, Rajelgh county,
Wost Virglnia in whlch five men wero
killed and nearly twico as many wound-':
ed, Tho grand jury lu Judgo Keller's
court Investlgated tho tragedy In grent
dotall, and has gono Into a full roport
pf tho affalr. 'Judgo Keller thought lt
was his duty to sond tlio roport to-tho
Department of Justlce, aud lt was siib- '
mltted to Solleitor-OMiernl Hoyt, acting
Attorney-General to-day hy Mr.,. Atkltl
son, who brought tho report'to Washlng?
ton by dlrectlon ot tha Fcdernl, judge,
Mr, Hoyt dlroctod that tho roport bo
lald boforo tho Proshloiit, as lt was re?
garded as un lmportant rtocument, Thti
grand Jury t'/xes tho blame for tho
trugedj*. i . /
IS MADE PUBLIC.
The spoclal roport of the Federal grand
jury Jn Judgo Kollar's court, was madrt
publln to-nlght by permission of Attor
noy-Goneral Knox, Tho grand }urf a**.
sisns as u reuson for maklng n speclal
roport, tho fuot tltttt thero hnd been
gravo violatlons ot the lnw, endlng ln
bloodshed, nnd that wido nowsnnper no
torloty, with gross mlsro'^resontatlons,
had been glvon the affalr und grent In?
jury dono tho officers of tho court.
Tho report recounts tho efforts of
Charles Evans, organl.er of tim United
Mlno Wnrkors, to provont reslstjinco to
lho sorvlco of tho wrlts, aud goes on to
say that tho mob was enmposed largoJ,,v
of tho lawloss oloment of tho com
munily, or strnngers who hnd come In
thuro lo tako advantago of tlio luwless
noss orlgliiatltig with, and foslcrert by
tho Unltod Mlno Workers in tlio vlclnlty
of th" troublo.
A report kIbhocI hy tlilrteen tnotnbors of.
tho grand Jury, pralses the conduct of
Populy -Marshal l-'iinnhighani nnd Sherlff
Cook.
MR. JONKS I-RO.MOTKIi.
It was announced at tho general of?
flces nf Iho Southorn Rallway in thls
clty to-day that Mr. A. Gordon Jones
luul beon appolnted asslstant to Genoraj
Siipeiintendont Sumner J. Colllns, Tho
piislllmi Is ono creatod for Mr. Jones.
who (or sovoral yoars, nnd up to about
two werks ago, was suiierJntondout of
lho Hotitliuru.
W.irron R. Choato suoeocded hlm yes.
terday. Mr. Jones wlll havo lils head
iiuurtci's at Sallsbury, N, C.
Tll.LMAN ASTUTJ3.
It has lieeu dlscovered ut tho Treasury
Pepartment tluil Sonator Tillman Is moro
than a match for "t'nolo ,loo" Cnnnon,.'
aud all of the rest of tho Republlcans
horo, who havo perslstcntly refused' to
allow tho p-.iyinont by the Oovornment of
Its just dobts to Indlvldual Statos, If tlia
Stato ho south of Mason niid Plxon.
Mr. Tillman camo near enii'ilng on cxtro.
sesslon of Coneress beeause of tho action
of tho Republlcans, headed by Mr. Can?
non, in refuslng to nllow tho clalm of
South Carolina for UtW for moneys ad
vattced In an old Indlan war. To avolrt
an extra sesslon of, or to'defeat the Ken
eral di-ftcleney blll, Mr. TJllman's amencl
ment had' to bo accepted.
Sonator Tillman went over to tho Tr*?_?
vry Department tho othor day to &>??<?
about the clalm. Controlter TrafloweU
e.ainlned the blll as passed by. th* lti?$
Congress. He found that Mr, THIman ?
'?,amendment yroyldea for the p?yroent at