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DURHAM MAN
CUTBY NEGRO
William Mangum. Jr., In Criti?
cal Condition at Raleigh.
THE NEW CITY OFFICIALS
Walter Wollcott Elected Chief of the
Fire Department to Succeed L H.
Lumsden?Chief of Police
Mullens Re-Elected.
(BpecUl to The Tlmai.Dl-patch.)
rtALEIOH. N. C, May 7.?Wnu Man?
gum, Jr.. of Durham, wai seriously eut
early this morning at a resort In the
eastern part of tho city by John Kelley
(colored), a hack driver. Mangum is In
a very serious condition and Kelley is
being held for developments In the treat?
ment of tho wounded man.
The Board of Aldermen were In ses?
sion until a late hour last night, spend?
ing most of tho time In cancus, selecting
officers for tho ensuing term of two
years. A change of general interest was
the election of Mr. Walter Wolioott
chief of the Volunteer Fire Department
In the stead of I?. II. Lumsden. Chief
of rollen Mullens was re-elected but the
police forco was considerably shaken up.
It Is announced that the commencement
exercises of Peace Institu?a will begin
Sunday, May 17th, with tho baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. Egbert Smith, D, D., of
Groensboro. Class exorcises will follow
on May 18th and gTand concert on Tues
nay, May 19th- Rev. Frank Strlngfel
low, D. D.. will deliver the address Wed?
nesday morning, when the diplomas and
medals are awarded. ,
Dr. Btrlngfellow ha? promised to de?
liver two lectures on "Scout Life
In tho Confederate Army," while here
? attending Peace commencement- There
will be a charge for admission and half
of the proceeds will go to his church
buildings at Chase City and Boydton,
Va.
Prof, A- R. Rogers, of New York, one
of the publishers of ""Our Dumb Ani?
mals," Is hero inaugurating a movement
for the organisation of a humane' society
for which this dty and oectlon Is badly
In need. There was a preliminary meet?
ing this morning attended by a large num?
ber of lad.es and this will be followed
by a general meeting at 6 o'clock Friday
afternoon, when the organlratlon will be
perfected.
A verdict for J2.000 .damages has been
rendered against tho Seaboard Air Dine
for tho killing of P. Norwood ^colored,
- who was a brakeman. The accident oc
i ourred in tho yards here about a year
ago. The defendant company appealed.
Wake Superior Court concluded a three*
weeks' term to-day.
An Investigation by Wake Coointy Corn?
il missioners has resulted in finding that
Raleigh saloon-keeper? compiled with the
law in giving In their purchase taxes,
giving In tho whole amount of the pur?
chases Including the $1.10 per gallon gov?
ernment tax
The State Treasurer and Auditor have
It will be remembered, notified the com?
missioners of all counties where there
are saloons that It appears that in a
large number of cases, saloon-keepers
,-have only given In as- purchase taxes I6c.r.
'per gallon, deducting the S1.10 government'
tax. A" demand Is being made for addt
. tlonal and back taxes In such cases.
! A handsomely gotten-up prospectus of
, tho summer' school for teachers to bo
' held at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College here from July lBt to Aughst 1st
has* just como from tho printers. This
will bo tho first session of the school and
there Is evory Indication that It -will be
a most gratifying success. The course
of study Is divided Into scientific and me?
chanical departments, literary and nor?
mal, kindergarten and music. Tho fac?
ulty Is composed of twenty-four teach?
ers, all of whom are specialists and expe?
rienced In their respective departments.
The scientific department embraces snii
study, plant culture, animal study, sloyd
work, elementary carpentry, forge work,
mechanical drawing, raphia work, etc.
Nature study will bo a feature of this
department and many simple experiments
will be performed. There will be compre?
hensive courses In literature and lan?
guages.
Teachers are expected here from every
county In the State. They will be pro?
vided board and rooms at the college, the
charge Being only J10 for tho month.
m
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Effect of New Suffrage Provisions of
the Constitution.
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
GREENSBORO, N. C, May 7.?The mu
-piclpal elections held throughout the
Btato Monday and Tuesday of this week
were the first hold since tho elimination
of the negro vote by the adoption of the
, constitutional amendment. Illustrative of
tho paucity of whlto Republicans In the
towns and cities, not a solitary town. In
?11 tho State had a Republican ticket In
tho field. The single exception, where the
Republican organization took a formal
? hand In the contest,* was In Ashevllle.
Where they fused with tho Anti-Saloon
League and ran a combination ticket,
headed by an ex-Democratlo Judge, as a
reform ticket against the regular Demo- !
eratlo nominees. The fusion scheme was
defeated by an overwhelming majority. I
In almost all other towns, where Repub?
licans kept hands off and let Democrats
fight It out, advocates of more stringent
saloon laws or of prohibition won the
fight, ReidBville being about the only Im?
portant exception. After a hitter "family
row" In Charlotte, In which the Repub?
licans, as an organized body, "laid down,"
the victory of tho strict constructlonlsts
of the liquor laws was as overwhelming
kr was that of the "wide open" policy In
Ashevllle,
DURHA/TS NEW MAYOR
Fifty-six Applications for City Positions
Before Board of Aldermen.
(Special to The Tluies-niapatcb.)
DURHAM, N. C. May 7.-The newly
elected Mayor, Captain J. F. Frjeeland,
waa Inducted Into office last night, tho
oath of office being administered by
retiring Mayor M, EwMcCown. Mayor
Freeland trjen swora--iri tho new Board
of Aldermen, the old board having met In
session several hours previous for the
purpose of auditing some accounts, and
hearing the annual reports of the po?
lice, and fire departments. Only one of
Dress Knowledge
imparted to seekers of it for the asking. SMART DRESSN
ERS always want to know what is the LATEST PROPER
THING TO WEAR, alsq to be shown the NEATEST
IDEAS OF DRESS. You can have both of these re?
quirements supplied here, as a WELL SELECTED STOCK
not only appeals to you, but can meet every want you may
have. Pay me a visit and let me eonvinoe you of this.
SCHNURMAN,
TAILOR, HATTER, FURNISHER.
907 Main Street.
Cordes, Mosby & Co. | Cordes, Mosby &Co.
Strictly
Good Corsets.
Ridiculously Low Priced
The Corsets in this sale are made from the newest models,
which have been decreed proper by Dame Fashion. Straight
fronts, dips, hips, &c; in this lot is only represented the best
known makers. Their prices tell an interesting talo of saving
for you.
Royal Worcester Corneta, the 11.00 kinds._.__........................89o.
Royal Worcester Corset*, the 11.50 kinds.$1.29
Royal Worcester Corset?, the }2.00 kind........................_,......(1,49
Royal Worcester Corsets, the IS.CO klnda.?..._.$2.49
Royal Worcester Corsets, the $6.60 kinds/.(3.98
Royal Worcester Corsets, the (8.00 kinds.(4.98
Thomson's Corsets, the Ji.oo kinds...........................890.
Grand Duchesse Corsets, the $1.60 kinds..$1.2}
Orand Duchesse Corsets, the $2.00 kinds.$1.49
Amorloon Lady Cornets, the $1.00 kinds..-..89o.
American Lady Corsets, the $2.00 kinds.$1,49
Nemo Corsets, the $1.00 kinds.89a.
Kabo Corsets, the $1.00 kinds.89 o.
R. _t a. Corsets, the $1.00 kinds.?.69a.
R. A O. Corset?, the $2.00 kinds......11.49
R. & a. Corsets, the $2.60 kinds.?-.$1.79
Cordes, Mosby ? So.
v
the old Board of Aldermen, T. B. Fuller.
was re-elected, but all aro conservative,
level-headed, business men, and will
doubtless direct the_ affairs of this
rapidly-growing city in a creditable and
satisfactory manner.
There were some fifty-six applications
for positions before the Board of Ald#r
men last night, but only one official
was chosen, namely: George W. Wood
ard, who was re-elected city clerk for
the eighteenth time. City Clerk Wood
ard has been faithful and efficient aa
his long term of service would Indi?
cate. Tho policemen, chief of fire de?
partment, sexton of cemetery and other
places will be filled to-night at the ad?
journed meeting.
Trinity Park High Bchool commence
/r?Bht will take place' June Bth to 8tlv
while that of Trinity College comes off
about a week later.
Mrs. Mary E. Davis, an estimable lady
of Ephesus neighborhood, in this coun?
ty, and a sister of G. E. Pope, member
?of tho Board of Education, died Tuesday
afternoon at her home and the interment
took place yesterday at the Markhara
Cemetery.
General Julian 8. Carr left yesterday
afternoon for Richmond.
Mr. Archibald Hatchett, a newspaper
correspondent, well known In Virginia
and North Carolina, has been quite sick
fot several weeks.
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FREIGHT RATE ORDER
New Classification for Paper Box?s and
Plow Singletrees.
(Speclal to The Times-Dispatch.)
RALEIGH, N. C. May 7.?The Corpora?
tion Commission to-day Issued an order
changing the classification of freight rates
on paper boxes, so that boxes not nested
and packed L. C. L. are double first-class
rate instead of triple first-class. Plow
singletrees are made first-class rate In?
stead of fourth-class.
The Secretary of State to-day ? char?
tered the Benson (North Carolina) Prize
House Company with $10.000 capital. They
will do a general leaf tobacco business.
The lncorporators ore Wilson Allen, B. T.
Johnson, G. W. Cavenaugh and others.
Insurance Commissioner J. R. Young
returned this morning from Greensboro,
where he went to prosecute R. C. Cald
well, colored, for practicing Insurance
frauds In several counties. He represent?
ed himself among negroes as representing
protective associations, and organized
lodges, pocketing all the money and leav?
ing the lodges In the lurch. The order
he purported himself to represent has
long been defunct, Caldwell was con?
victed o.nd given eighteen months on tho
county roods of Gullford. He was first
convicted of similar offenses a number of
years ago and sentenced from Fayette
vllle to a term In the penitentiary. How?
ever, Governor Russell pardoned him Just
before he went out of office. The re?
newal of his fraudulent practice was dis?
covered several months ago by Mr.
Sfoung.
SCHOOL BETTERMENT
Helpful and Inspiring Meeting of North
Carolina Women.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
GREENSBORO, N. C? May 7^-For the
past three days there has been a confer?
ence In Greensboro of the leading women
and county school superintendents from
all parts of the State, and many of the
superintendents unhesitatingly spoke of It
niter adjournment yesterday as the most
helpful and Inspiring educational meeting
they had over attended. It was the first
annual session of the Women's Associa?
tion of North Carolina for the betterment
of the pu-hllo schools. Eighteen county
organizations were represented and re?
ports made were full of helpful sugges?
tions and told of wonderful Improvements
made and interest aroused and stimulated
In the cause of education, especially In
bettor school-houses and grounds, travel?
ing and stationery circulating librarlos In
the rural districts. Fifteen oounty super?
intendents were present and spoke en
' oouroglngly -of progress in their coun?
ties and with enthusiasm of the good
results already been seen from the wo?
men's active Interest and co-operation.
At the last session, held yesterday af?
ternoon, a complete State congressional
district and county plan of organization
was perfected, the purpose being to have
an active working committee In ?very
school district In the State, The confer?
ence will ba held next year In Raleigh,
the day following the adjournment of
the State Teaohers' Assembly at More
head City. The State offloers selected
for the permanont organization are Mrs,
W. T? Hallowell, president; Miss Laura
Klrby, vice-president: Miss Mary T,
Moore, corresponding secretary; Miss
Marie Baya, secretary, Mrs. J. A. An
thony, treasurer. Executive Committee:
Mesdames J. T. Alderman, E. E. MofTlt,
Charles Price, Lindsay Patterson, J. A.
Butler, C. D. Mclver; J. A. Anthony, W.
R. Haltowell and MIhsch ST?-rie Bays,
Mary Moore and Laura Klrby.
The president will, at a future date,
announce the exeoutlve committees of
each of the ten congressional districts of
the State.
There were many distinguished visitor?
,ln attendait?, among them being Dr. D.
~E. Clyod, school visitor of the General
Education Board and Dr. Marian Ken?
nedy, of New York
IN WILMINQTON
Wilmington District Epworth League
Conference In Session.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WILMINGTON, N. a. May 7.?Wil?
mington District Epworth League Con?
ference closed In this city last night after
a two days' session. The meeting was
largely attended and most beneilcia.1. Yes?
terday afternoon Mayor William B.
Springer gave a trolley party to the
beach, complimentary to the visitors. Last
night the large audience assembled was
delighted by an able address by Rev. G.
T. Adams, of Raleigh, whose subject was
the "Possibilities of the Epworth Leagus"
Officers for the ensuing year were elected
as follows: President, Rev. Euclid Mc
Whorter, 1 pf Southport; first vice-presi?
dent, C. E. Vale, of Wilmington; second
vice-president. Rev. W. R Reyall, of
Town Oeeki third vice-president, Mrs. '
R. B. John, of . Wilmington; secretary
and treasurer, Miss Carrie Doeher. of
Southport.
Next Sunday will be a big day at South
port. The Woodmen of the World of that
place and Wilmington will unveil a mon?
ument to J. F. Fisher. A large parry will
go down from here on the steamer Wil?
mington, and the exercises will be very
elaborate. The address of the occasion
will be delivered by E. D. Guthrie, Esq..,
of Southport.
Yesterday Mayor William B. Springer
and the new Board pf Aldermen sub?
scribed to the oath of office in the pres?
ence of a large number of citizens. The'
new board last night re-elected all the
departmental officials as follows:
City clerk and treasurer, B. F. King;
assistant, Charles H. White; city attor?
ney, William J. Bellamy; -chief of police,
John J.- Furlong; chief of Ore department,
Charles Sohnlbben; civil engineer and
superintendent of streets, Walter G, ilac
Rae.
.
COMMISSIONERS SCORED
Stokes County Courthouse, Jail and
Roads In Bad Condition,
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh.)
WINSTON-SALBM, N. C, May T.?A
citizen who returned last night from
Stokes court reports that Judge Neal, In
hla. charge to the grand Jury, soored the
commissioners of Stokes on the court?
house building, the Jail and the bad pub?
lic roads. His Honor practically urged
the grand Jurors to indict the county
fathers for failure to provide a suitable
and safe place for the court records,
Jury room, etc., stating that If a fire
should occur and destroy said records
the county would not recover the loss In
fifty years. Judge Neal said the sharlff
of the county could not be held respon?
sible for the escape of prisoners from the
present Jail, because it was inadequate.
Judge Neal told the Jury that they could
Indict the commissioners on one or all
of the Items mentioned by him.
Colonial Dames Elect Officers.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WILMINGTON, N. C? May 7.?The
annual meeting of the North Carolina
Colonial Dames was held in this city to?
day and officers were elected for the en?
suing year, aa follows: President, Mrs.
GaBton Meares, Wilmington; First Vloe
Pr<*3ldent, Mrs. William Cutler, Wil?
mington; Second Vice-President, Mrs. A.
B. Andrews, Jr., Raleigh; Honorary
Vioe-Presldents, Mrs. Virginia Bmple
and Mrs. J. W. Atkinson, Wilmington;
Historian, Mrs. Emma Mafflt, New York;
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M, V. H.
Gouverner; Recording Secretary, Mrs. A.
M. Waddell; Treasurer, Mrs. B. P. Bail?
ey; Registrar, Miss Caroline Meares, of
Wilmington.
Prizing Their Stock.
(Special to The T1niM-0Up*tch.)
OXFORD. N. C? May 7,?All of the
tobacco buyers are busy now prizing up
their stock.
The Rock Brook Mineral Spring has
been purchased by Mr. D, C. Hunt, and
he will begin at once to put the water en
the market.
A special train left here this morning
for Raleigh. A large-crowd went over to
the carnival.
Freight Rate Oaae.
(Speolal to The Timoi-Piipatch.)
WILMINGTON, N. C, May 7_Jnd?e
Thomas R. Piirnell, now holding Fed?,
ml Court In Wilmington, to-day ilxed
June l?th as the date for hearing the
caso of the Interstate Cnnm?rco Com?
mission against the railroads, charging
them with discrimination in freight rates
against Wilmington and other cities.
The hearing will be held In this olty.
.-?-_
Judge Bond Here.
Judge W, II. Bond, of Wise county, Is,
a visitor in the city, where ho will re?
main several days ou business,
W. A. JONES
AJARMER
Talks of Tomatoes Preferably
to Politics.
THE SENATORIAL RACE
Too Soon to Prophesy as to Its Out?
come, Says the Congrevsman from
First District?Campbell Case
Discussed?-Many Patents.
Times-Dispatch Bureau.
No. 1U7 G Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C, M?ay T, 1903.
Congressman William ?. Jones, of the
First District, was in Washington to?
day. When asked by The TImoa-Dlspatch
correspondent about the political s.tua
Uon In Virginia, ho replied "I know more
about raising tomatoes than I do about
politics. I have been setting out tomato
plants for wee*ks and 1 havo gotten to be
an expert In that Une. 1 was helping
my gardener a few days ago. Ho said
that he knew how to sot them out. I said
'all right, you take a row and I will
take one and we wtll seo whose grow
best.' Next morning mine were do?
ing fine and hlB were all wilted down.
PLANTING TREES.
"I have also been planting trees. I guess
I have planted a thousand of various
kinds. "While other farmers are cutting
away their timber, I havo been planting
more, ft will bo valuable bofore many
years, as It Is getting scarcer every
year."
"But what about politics.'* he was ask?
ed. "Oh I have been down on the outs'de
strip, as my district was once styled, and
I have not heard much mention of the
subject. My people are prospering, they
are Improving their farms and do not
have much timo to talk politics*."
When asked what he thought of the sen?
atorial race, he said that he didn't know
what was going to be done along that
line, that he had received no Intimation
as to what Montague proposes 'to do In
the matter. "I do not know what I am
going to do myself," he added.
THE CAMPBELL CASE.
Mr, Jones did not wish to bo quoted
on the Campbell case, saying that he
was on friendly terms with the Amherst
Judge and that there was no occasion for
him to take one aide or the other In
the controversy. He said, though that the
temperance people 'are watching the out?
come and that they will give the fellow
who votes to retain Campbell as Judge
of Amherst county the time of his life
to get back to the Legislature. At t??ls
Juncture Mr. E. A. Shreve, a prominent
farmer of Loudoun county, passed by, and
overhearing the remark, said: " Yes, that
Is right, If Ford doesn't vote to remove
Campbell, the people of Loudoun will,
when the times comes, vote to remove
him (Ford)."
Mr. Jones said that sentiment In his
county and district had not yet taten
sufficient shape to make any statement
as to who they favored for the Presi?
dency. "It Is not likely," however, he
added, "that they will bo for Cleveland
and scarcely more likely that they will
be for Bryan."
Mr. Jones will return to Frederlcksburg
to-night, where a competitive examina?
tion was In progress to-day to determine
who should represent the Naval Academy
at Annapolis from the First District.
SWANSON IN TOWN.
As was noted In this morning's Times
Dispatch, Representative Swanson, of the
Fifth District, is in Washington for a
week on business. He discussed his prob?
able candidacy for the Governorship
freely with The Times-Dispatch corre?
spondent. It may be said that he expects
to be In the race, and that he will an?
nounce the fact when tho proper time
comes.
PATENTS ISSUED.
The Patent Office Is being worked to
its limit In the great demand for letters
patent on new Inventions. Virginians and
Ncrth Carolinians have furnished their
share of the work to keep the employes
of the office busy.
Reginald A. Fessendon, of Fortress Mon?
roe, has re-entered the ranks of the In?
ventors In wireless telegraphy, the recent
discoveries in which have opened up one
of the widest fields yet opened in the
lino of Invention. He has within tho past
week been granted three letters patent
on Improvements in wireless telegraphy.
Tho descriptions of the Improvements aro
so full of scientific terms that it Is diffi?
cult for -the uninitiated to understand
them at all. ?.
A TRACE HOLDER.
Robert C. Barnes, of Sunbury, N. C,
has invented a trace holder, -whose object
Is to hold the traces on draft horses away
from their sides and prevent rubbing. In
his application for a patent he says of
It: ??.
"This Invention relates gonerally to
trace holders particularly adapted for
heavy draft harness, and the object of
the present Invention Is to provide a
ti|.ice holder which will hold the traces
In place and prevent their rubbing against
the sides of tho horse, and another object
Is to provida a rein guide in connection
with the trace holders, whereby the hold?
er Is held In Its proper position and the
reins are also held In their proper rela?
tive position."
A NEW CROWBAR.
Michael T. Cahill, of Lynchburg, has
been granted a patent on an Improved
crowbar, of which he saysi
"My Invention relates to new and use?
ful Improvements In crowbars, and Its
object is to provide an attachment which
Is adjustably secured thereto and which
Is so constructed as to readily engage a
timber or other Blmllar article placed
thereunder and servo as a fulcrum for the
bar. The Invention consists In providing
a crowbar having a ?erles of apertures
therein, one of which Is adapted to re?
ceive a pin, which extends through the
forked end of a plate, which Is provided
with sharpened lugs or projections, at tha
opposite end."
STOP DEVICE FOR KNITTrNG MA
CHINES.
Arthur "L. Patterson, of Albemarlo, N,
C, has Invented a stop device for knit?
ting machines, of which he says:
"My Invention relates to that class of
devloes known as 'electrlo stop motions'
for knitting machines, or devloes eon
trolled by electro-magnetlo mechanism
and circuits which automatically stop the
operation of the knltlng machine when?
ever the yarn breaks or too much slack
occurs from a failure of the tension de?
vices to work properly, My Invention
consists of a simple Bet of attachments,
which may be qulcldy and conveniently
applied to any ordinary knitting machine
without any special alteration of or in?
jury to the same,"
Rufus W. Brooks, of Portsmouth, has
Invented ? new vehicle tire, of which
he says:
"My Invention relaies to vehtole tires
In which the resiliency Is due to spring
metal, and the general objeot Is to ob?
tain the very desirable characteristics of
pneumatic tires without their disadvan?
tages. With this object In view, I pro?
vide an amular tube of thin spring metal,
having Its outer side out across at short
Intervals to form a ?erles of semi-Inde?
pendent flat springs, and this tube I
cover with a removable case, Buoh as the
Usual tire or tiro cover of rubber and
fabric, for example. Ths steel tubo thus
takes the placa of tho Inner tube of or?
dinary Inner lube, tiros, and la protected
from water and dirt In the same way.
The spring metal tubt Is yr$t
Wrabiy made in eeotlons, I
by properly cutting metal Bheets
and so bending them that their
opposite lateral edges overlap along the
Inner side of the tube, means being pro?
vided for at will ndjustlnfr the degree
of overlapping, the tube may be enlarged
and made to exert an expanding force
upon' tho cover, acting much like the In?
ner tubo of ordinary double tutus pneu
matio tires."
BANKING NEWS.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Winchester has designated the American
National Bank of this city aa a reserve
agent, which designation has been- ap?
proved by the Comptroller of the Cur?
rency.
F. M. Brooks ha? succeeded George W.
Hunt an vice-president of the National
Bank of Fairfax.
A. Dlbrell has succeeds R. H. Lynn
as cashier of the Loudoun National Bank
of Leesburg. Carroll Pierce has been
moved up to Mr. Dlbrell's former place
aa assistant cashier.
Messrs, It. J. Weaver. I. J. Meals, R
R. Fairfax, Jame? D. Johnston and others
have been authorized by the Comptroller
of the Currency to organize the People's
National Bank, of Roanoke, with a cap?
ital Of $100,000.
The First National Bank ot Llncolnton,
N. C, has been authorized to bogln busi?
ness, with $30,000 capital. J. A. Abernethy
Is president of the new institution and
Claude Ramsaur cashier.
From March 14. 1900, to April 80. 1903,
there were twenty-seven new banks or?
ganized, with an aggregate capital of U,
1B5,(W0. Of these nineteen had a total cap?
italization of $495.000, and eight an aggre?
gate of ?660,000,
In North Carolina In the same period
of time there were thirteen banks char?
tered, with a total of $360,000.
MARRIED IN WASHINGTON.
Gus W, Norvell, of Covesville, and Miss
Rena Delle Beery, of Midland, were mar?
ried here yesterday by Rev. Donald C
McLeod.
A CHANCE TO SEE
WEST POINT RUINS
Excursion for the Benefit of
the Sufferers Will Go
? Down To-Morrow.
Previously acknowledged. .$328 28
West-End Christian Church 6 48
Major Dooley . 25 00
W. L. Hudson. 6 00
James W, Can.?. 5 00
Total.$369 74
With the announcement yesterday
morning that the Southern Railway will
oonduct an excursion to West Point to?
morrow afternoon, the proceeds to be
given to the fire sufferers, the subscrip?
tion here took a sudden spurt, the dona?
tions for the day exceeding those of any
previous date this week.
- But tho personal contributions will
amount to only a small purtlon when
compared with the money to be raised
by the three benefits that are now con?
templated, Captain Westbury, of the
Southern, said yesterday afternoon that
he expected to haul no less than a thou?
sand people to WeBt Point Saturday
afternoon, and this alone will net $500.
In addition, refreshments' wilt be served
at West'Point by the ladles, and thla
fund will also go to the aid of West Point.
Yesterday Richmond whs flooded with
hand-bills, and by night the proposed
excursion to the flre-strlcken city was
thoroughly advertised. Hundreds ex?
pressed their Intention of taking ad?
vantage of the cheap rate and excep?
tional schedule to view the burned dis?
trict, and many coaches will leave here
packed with people to-morrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Jim Munn and other well-known
performers of Richmond have made ar?
rangements to play a benefit one night
next week at Leader Hall, in Manchester,
and the proceeds of this entertainment
will be given to West Point. It Is ex?
pected that a considerable sum will be
derived from this source alone. Among
others to appear will be Wilson and
Preeman, James Munn, Salvator and a
quartette of BIJou performers. N
The benefit which Mr. Frank Bostock
has agreed to give tho sufferers Monday
promises to, attract to the Horse-Show
building at Reservoir Park the largest
crowd that has assembled there since
the animal aggregation and wonderful
performers came to town several 'months
ago.
With the three benefits and the pri?
vate contributions, the relief fund will
have passed the thousand mark by a
good, big margin long before next week
Is out. Already much has been done to
alleviate the suffering In West Point, and
gradually the ruined city Is coming
around.
The Southern Railway has generously
given a train to the committee for the
excursion to-morrow, and every cent
realised will go to did the sufferers.
Notable among the contributions was
one of the first to come In of $1,000 from
Mr. Reuben Foster, of Baltimore, presi?
dent of the Chesapeake (York River)
Steamship Line, Mr. Foster was In Rich?
mond yesterday, and expressed his great
sympathy for the West Point people.
It Is requested by those In charge of
the relief work that six boys come to No.
218 West Marshall Street by 8 o'clock
this morning. They will be given em?
ployment at 60 cents each per day,
"Wo make no exceptions
when -we assert that
THREE JARS OF
TM-PILI
?will positively cure any oase of
piles, no matter of how long
standing. You must confess
that we havo unlimited con?
fidence in our Tannopiline, to
Bay nothing of nerve, when we
offer the sum of $5.00 for any
case three jars fails to cure,
Bomemher, we? do not require
a physician's certificate.
$1.00 per Jar.
ONE TREATMENT
3 Jars, $3.00.
Tannopiline Manufacturing Go.
For Sale by
OWENS & MINOR
DRUG CO.,
RICHMOND, VA.
u,
THE PHENOMENAL DEMAND
IS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OIF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT!
&
EVERY INSTRU?
MENT THAT'S
MADE.
Th<
Plays
Any
Piano !
Discriminating Piano Buyers
will always ohoose either a
or HAINES.
In point of both quality and
v&luo thoyohallenge comparison
?with all ooiapetltors.
I*
The best of the
music of the mo?
dern world.
r
Any
O
ne
Can
Play
It!
MARVELS OF THIS MECHANICAL AGE
Are The Victor Talking Machine and tho Regina Muslo Box.
BEE THEM 1 HEAB THEM I
No. 103 East Broad Street.
Come to our warerooms. The proof of all our contentions la there.
COULDN'T
RESIST
Marie Wilson Tells of Recon?
ciliation with Her Husband.
N EVER REALLY QUARRELED
Florodora Girl from Nirginia, Who Won
S760.000 on Wall Street, Has
Sailed for Europe and Takes
Husband Along.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
NEW YORK, May 7.-^Anolher paga la
tho romaiulo life of Marie TTllson?famous
as one of the original sextette In Floro
dora, more famous as the -winner of $750.
000 In a lucky Wall Street speculation
was turned yesterday when she sallud
for Europa wich hor, husband, R, H.
Wimsatt, BJid her sister and niece,
It is scarcely two years aso that she
returned from Europe, where she tS??Ffed
after, the Wall Street venture, .and an?
nounced that she bad parted with her
husband forever. She made the nairre
remark that they were atill good friends.
They had simply mutually agreed to part,
that was all. She had been married very
young. Mrs. Wlmsatt said that sTi? and
her husband had agreed that It had been
a mistake.
Sha went to Chester Brooke, In Vir?
ginia, and there "built an expensive villa
after plans, of her own, presumably with
some of the proceeds ,'ot the Wall Street
deah ;T!io building of the villa led to the
reconciliation with her husband, whloh
Mrs. Wlmsatt explained to The TJmes
Dlspatch' correspondent at the Imp'erial,
where,tho Wlmsattg wore registered as
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wlmsatt
"Yes, It Is trua tlTat _ am reconciled to
my husband," she said with the faintest
possible blush. "You see we never really
quarrelled about anything. I Just per?
suaded him that wa wore better apart,
and he agreed. I had arranged to go to
Europe with my sister Miss Josephine
Gambia, and my niece, Miss Ethel Gam?
ble. When my husband heard of this,
he ?aid 'taka ma along as one of the
'party,' and I couldn't resist."
PLASTERINCi FELL
Being in the Habit of Eating Dinner
Saves a Revenue Officer.
While the employes of the revenue of?
fices were gone to dinner yesterday a
large section of plastering foil from the
celling Just above tho chair lately occu?
pied by one of tho employes and struck
tho floor with a crash. Had the fall oc?
curred a few moments sooner the gentle?
man would havo received a heavy blow
on the head. The section that gave way
was about threa feet across.
The rural freo delivery service radiat?
ing from this olty has grown so in recent
months that the pay roll now amounts to
about ?13,000 per month. The pay roll for
all the rural froo deliveries of the ?State
Is made up horo by Cashier Marriott, of
the local postofllce.
Here Is a llBt of now carriers recently
appointed, each at a salary of J600 per
?annum!
William IC. Adklns, Level Run? John C
Anderson, Keeling; William N. Dawson,
Lovingston; Morris K, Estes, Lovlngston;
C. T. 13. LAilwilor, Buchanan; W. I. Gate
wood, Banister ; John D, Keeler, Jr., Bed?
ford City; Joseph W. Lewis. Sutherland)
John W. Marshall, Callands; O. M. Mo
bos. Level Run; J. W. Muagrove, Bedford
City| L, D. Overstreet, Bedford Cltyi Wil?
liam H. Reynolds. Bwansonville; D. V.
Robertson. Bedford City; T. P. Smith,
Rondo; John D. Teass, Bedford City; W.
T. Walker, Bedford City.
BLOODLESS SURGERY
Physicians Witness Another Demonstra?
tion o< Bloodless Surgery,
(Special tii Tho Tluiet-DUputcti.)
NEW ORLEANS. May 7.-Flve hundred
doctors gathered at the Charity Hospital
torday to witness another demonstration
by-Dr, Adolf Lorenz of his method of
bloodless surgery. There was an unu.su.,1
attendarico of crippled children and their
parents, the latter anxious to have their
little ones ?elected as subjects for the
demonstrado?, Boras of the scenes were
affecting.
The House pf Delegate? continued Its
session to-day taking up tho matter of
the proposed revision of the code of eth?
ics. An Interesting paper on leprosy was
read by Dr. Isadora Dyer, of .Louisiana,
and Dr. Ryer invited a party of the doc?
tors to visit the Louisiana Leprosy Hos?
pital to-day.
i-??-? . ?
Police Coiyimissioners.
The Board of Police Commissioner? met !
In regular monthly session yesterday af?
ternoon in the oillca of Major Howard, |
chief of police. In the City Hall. Only !
husillos of a routine nat,ure was trans- I
acted, no matters of moment or vcbllo 1
? tutores i being brought up.
JIAIfil
710 Main Street
Blue-Flame Oil Stoves,
Gas Ranges,
Gasoline Stoves,
Ovens for Stoves,
?/?, Steam Cookers,
Cream Freezers,
Water Coolers,
Hose, Hose, Hose,
Sprinklers,
Filters, Filters,
Cooking Utensils,
Garbage Cans,
Oil, Oil, Oil,
Gasoline.
All Kinds of Stoves
Repaired.
Orders from the Country
Given Prompt Attention.
710 Main Street
RECEIVE PICTURE
OF GEN. ECHOLS
A Notable Occasion atR. E.
Lee Camp This
Evening.
Lee ?Chimp of Confederate Veterana -will
have another meeting to-night of much
publio Interest. The portrait of General
John Bcbols, of Virginia, will bo presentid
to the camp by Captain Jam un Buingard?
ner, of Staunton.
Tho meeting will be In Lea Camp Kail
at 8 o'clock this evening,
The many friends of Ooneral Bohol
wlll desire to be present, especially the
people of Staunton and the VoUey of Vir?
ginia.
PROPOSED ARMY HUSKET
Four Inches Shorter than tha Krag, and
is, More Powerful.
The army board, which has been for
months past considering the merits of the
new service iltlu or musket. ha.s finally
?declared In favor of the weapon wllh s.
barrel only twenty-four Inches In length,
using a .so ball. The new gun la a. won?
der, accor?ilnff to the orduance officer?, for
while It ta four Inches shorter than the
Krag and only two ?nclita longer than
the carbine. It is more powerful than
eithor, with a higher Initial .velocity and
flatter trajectory. The new nun make*
nothing of shooting through twenty-four
one-Inch plhe ? planks- It is- a pouui
lighter, too, than the service ride, a great
consideration in tropical chinatas, where
every ounce of weight counts.
A new feature Is ft complete incusomsm
oC tha barrel In wood to prevent burn?
ing- the handa of the marksman when
the gun la rapidly dlueharg?d,
The weapon la the evolution of TJidtod
States army officers and is not patented,
though it is asserted tp be trie mo4t
powerful musket in the world. In ??unto
of Its adoption It will reidaoe tho car?
bine in the cavalry arm, an well t_v th?
Krai; Jorgenssen In tin? infantry.
. *-??
Mr. I.. i'J. Ki.iii.-ii. was taken Monday
evening with a severe attack of Itlue&t"
and has been coiiiloed to hi? bed ever
??luce. However, Mr. iVanclt I.? now n-iu?*
what, better.