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??S: ?ded ??! I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,241,
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, MAY 15, 190,3.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, May H.-Forecnst for
Friday and Saturday :
Virginia and North Carolina?Pair Fri?
day and Saturday; fresh southeast winds.
Hummer's lient was forecast yesterday,
Tho mercury reached 78 at 8 o'clock In the
Afternoon, and at midnight It hud only
fallen to CO. Fair weather, with fresh
winds, Is predicted lor to-day and to?
morrow.
state op thiTthermometer.
8 ?. M. 07
? M. 71
8 P. M.78
? P. M. . 71
9 P. M. 70
12 midnight . C?
Avenigo .71V4
Hiebest temperature yesterday.78
Lowest temperature yesterday. ti
Mein temperature ycaterday.M
Normal temperature for May. 07
Departure from normal temperature. 01
Precipitation during past 21 hours.... OQ
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
May IS, 1903.
Sun rises.usa ? HIGH TIDE.
Knn sets. 7:1H | Morning.7:12
Moon rises...10:17 | Evening.7:12
RICHMOND.
Legislature likely to adjourn some limo
to-night-Flood of bills passed yesterday
?-Closing of th<j University College of
Medicine; many Improvements contem?
plateli ther?;-BehOltt to-night for Boo C
I'lipninn-Religious paper condemns a
hymn-Programm?? of the bi-centernury,
of John Wesley-Colonial Dames go to
Yorktown May 27th-To raise funds to
nupport children?A ?senator much dis?
pleased by his colleagues-Bill of great
Interest to shippers, of perishable freight
passed-Petersburg wins first league
game from Richmond; It Is marred by dis?
putes-Cheese-rolling contest In progress
.-Successor to Superintendent E. W.
Trafford named-Mayor Seth Dow lu
Richmond-Bust of Dr. J. L. M. Curry
for Richmond Colli-Re-Final exercises
>f Richmond College arranged-Ex-Judg?
C. J. Campboll expected ' to-day-St.
Louis Exposition Commission In session
here-Legislative l'Inai Revision Com?
mittee's plans-Work of Richmond artist
approved by commltt??- to s??lcct plans
for new Beth Ababa Synagogue-Hope
of reorganizing the Trlgg works now
given up-Fire at tho Jefferson-Mr.
W. I). C-iostcrman quite sick-Steamship
and railroad clerks may have club-house.
? MANCHES!----Olympia Club ralees q
largo sum for West Point-Street Com.
mltteo to bo called to map out work soon
-Mr. Vf. J. M'jrrlsHctt returns-Royal
Tribe of Joseph meets-Donkey party
given-Funeral of Mrs. Smith-Mr.
J. B. Sharp Injured.
VIRGINIA.
Voting man In Alexandria arrested on a
very gravo charge-Negroes In Alexan?
dria arrested for violating "Jim Crow"
car law-C. H. Drumwelght, of Mineral.
dica from an overdose of lightning hoi
-drops-New organization of Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce ls effected and
officers aro elected-Fourteen-year-old
boy In Culpeper asleej) on railroad trac?
ia killed-Spring races at Belmont track
near Charlottosvllle-Sum Jones nnd
Ham Small soon to conduct m<-_tlngs In
Madison-Norfolk and Western to en?
large office building at Roanoke-Big
Uro in Suffolk with but little Insurance?
Seven sailors rescued from ?Inking vessel
and brought Into Norfolk-Trial of Tnrl
lon Slaughter In Luncnb.irg for the mur?
der of James Bower.-Chcsaiieoke and
iJhlo yard-master nt Lynehburg sent on
to grand Jury on th?? charge of robbing
a. car-Rev. R. J. McBryde completes a
twenty-ye.irs' rector?te In Lexington-A.
C. Gordon to present Judgo McLaughlin's
portrait nt the Washington and I_ee com?
mencement-Effort to close Stafford coun
ty bar-rooms falls-Boy falls In ? well
In Carroll, but hangs on a nail-Old fini?
tori Churchyard to bo beautified-Col?
onel Slemp wishes to oust Democratic
mall-carriers-Body of unknown man
washed nshoro near Falso Cap?-Field
nnd track meet between Virginia and
North Carolina in Charlottosvllle to-day.
Marriages-Rev. William C. Taylor and
;uiss Lillian Alice Jones In Suffolk; George
Vf. Allison ant! Miss Gertrude L. Hund?
ley In Essex. Deaths-Mrs. Ellen Rob?
inson ln Winchester: Mrs. Elizabeth Bay?
lor ln Winchester; Mrs. Lorena F. Smith
near Hopewell Church.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Robbers gain entrance to Norfolk Lum?
ber Company*? office In FaVettevIlle by
boating the watchman-Mental anguish
suit In Ashcvlllo over refusal of ticket
agent to accept as genuine a J20 bill
Stato Normrtl and Industrial College to
confer degrees for the first time-Meet?
ing of tho Southern Cotton Spinners' As?
sociation at Charlotte?Grand L>dge of
Odd-Follows adjourns In Wilmington-?T,
Percy Jones killed by a mob ln Wilson
because he refused to leav?* town-Draw
bridge at Newbcrh damaged by a barge.
GENERAL.
A speaker In Ohio in opposing participa?
tion In services over graves of Confed?
erate dead at Camp Cha.se declared that
the war Is not over aud will never be un?
til the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend?
ments to tho Constitution are recognized
In t.ho South-Judgo Roger A. Pryor Is
re-elected governor of Tho Virginians?
Important speeches on big soclnl questions
tro delivered at meeting of tho American
Association of Social Science in Boston? j
Pot ton establishes a new high record for
May and August-William B. Ellis,
former North Carolina editor, ls declared
Insano by Now York court-Depart?
ments In Washington anxious to have
vessels building at tho Trlgg yards com?
pleted, but havo to await action of the
, -onrt-Board room trailers mado futile
?ffort to bid up price,?, of Rtocks. but found
no buyers nt tlio higher level, and the
close was weak nnd at about tho lowest
_Secretary Root discusses tlio new
militia law-P.hlladelphlan writes a let
trr demanding tbo publication of the full
report of General Miles on tho enndltlonn
In tho Philippines-Flvo fnvorites won
yesterdnv at Morris Park, and tho other
event went to a well-backed third choltfl
_Ono man killed and a number Injured
In wreck near Hot Springs, Ark.-Vir?
ginia horses capturo many prizes at Bal?
Flmoro Horse Show.
MAY CARNIVAL AT
THE CATHEDRAL
The May Carnival bolng held at St. Pe?
ter's Cathedral is proving an unqualified
iuccess.
Last night the largest crowd yet was ln
attendance. The feature of tho evening
was the musical programmo, conducted
ty tho boys of St. Peter's School. In?
creased Interest was manifested in the va?
rie us contests now in progres!?, fit-.rgeaiu
-Terse Is ahead for tho gold badge to he
voted to the most popular pollco sergeant
of Richmond, Mr. O. A. Hawkins and
Jlr. C. O. Saville are tied for the hand?
some painting to go to the most popular
Olty otllcer. The doll contest and the bro?
therhood pin contest are both exciting
great Interest.
Tho carnival will continue through next
week. Meals will be served throughout
the day from U A. M. until 11 P. M.
MR. WHITFIELD TO
SUCCEED MR, TRAFFORD
Mr. George II. Whitf.-ld has been ap?
pointed to succeed Mr. 12. W. Trafford,
who recently resigned the position of su
?perintend-nt of the light and power de
pariinent of tho Virginia Passenger ?'and
JViwor Company.
Thero have been several resignations l_
,_.!_ d,o?urUneu<; ei-ce Mr? X.'affar?'ft,
APPEAL
MUST BE
TO JUSTICE
The Discussion on Big
Social Questions.
THE TRUSTS AND
LABOR UNIONS
Are Alike in Motive and Ob?
ject. Says Mr. Anderson.
PRESIDENT ELIOT
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS
He Says There Is No Objection to the
Incorporation of Labor Unions, if
They Desire Incorporation, but
that It Should Not Be
Forced Upon
Them.
" (Br Arnociat??/! I*r?fn.?
ROSTON. MASS., Ma-v 14.?The gene
nil meeting of 1303 of tho American
Social Science Association began hero
to-dny. George H. Anderson, a member
of tho Suffolk County (Mass.) Bar, rjpoke
on "Some R'jsponslbllltlea of Capitalistic
Organization." Ho said tliat the labor
organizations have no moral standing
to denounce trusts, for their movement
Is a? distinctly a combination or trust
as is the capitalistic movement. The
two movements are alike ln motive and
object.
"In the contest as it Is now carried on
between these two opposing forces, It Is
obvious that there arc at least two main
desiderata?first, that the parties to tho
contest should becomo so nearly equal
in real and apparent power that each
may come to respect the other, to the
end that an equilibrium approximating
Justice may result. The organization of
labor is an absolute condition precedent
under present conditions to any Bound
social and Industrial progr?s. To op?
pose that organization, to attempt to
prevent It hy legislation, or to denounce
It ln terms recently used at the Manu?
facturers' Association, at New Orleans,
la both futile and foolish.
RESPECT FOR UP??.
"Tho second desideratum Is that there
should be nn Increased respect for law
ami for Justice on the part of both labor
and capital, The final appeal must be to
Justice."
"tinder our law permitting the private
ownership not only of the ?"irface of the
land, but of all minerals and metals be?
neath the surface, he said the coal and
iron supply of tho country would soon
bo under monopoly. Tho condition of
the ownership and control of the anthra?
cite coal supply, he contertDed. was Just
causo for revolutionary sentiments and
activities. In the last generation, he de?
clared, the legislation of the country had
been mainly controlled by caplLil, and In
not a few of the Slates the sale of legis?
lation was a regular business. In con?
clusion Mr. Anderson said:
"If capital falls to recognize the neces?
sity of Just laws, respected and obeyed,
??: may expect little mercy at the hands
of Its adversaries when they discover
their real power. If socialism comes, the
main responsibility will rest upon the
capitalistic organizations."
Lewis D. Brand?is, a lawyer, rand Pro?
fessor Eugenio "Wambaugh, of the Har?
vard Law School, discussed trado union
Incorporation, the former favoring It, and
the lattor saying It would be "unconstitu?
tional. Inappropriate and dangerous."
INCORPORTION.
President Eliot, of Harvard, summarized
the question of the Incorporation of the
trades unions "in tho statement that If
they wanted It there seemed to be no ob?
jection, and If they did not want It there
was no objection. There was, however,
an objection to tho Imposition of a money
penalty, and this whole talk of Incor?
porating trades unions was fairly at?
tributable to a desire to get at them
and Impose a fine or collect damages.
"It must bo noted," said Mr. Eliot,
"that the activities of trades unions In?
volve only moral responsibilities. The
positions of the unions Is virtually that
of 2,000.000 men who systematically per?
mit moral and physical violenco in the
attainment of tholr ends In the limita?
tion of output, than which there Is no
more curruptlng ?r degrading Influence
"Unskilled laborers cannot gain their
aims in a labor struggle without per?
mitting violenco, but thla Is a, moral
question nnd not ono of damages. To
attempt to got nt them vindictively, by
Inducing or compelling Incorporation and
makln?? thorn financially liable, is not at
all tho way to settle tho problem,"
WILLIAM B. ELLIS
DECLARED INSANE
(By AesoelatorJ Press.)
NEW YORK, May 14.?William B. El?
lis, the publisher and formerly a tobacco
merchant In North Carolina was to-day
pronounced hy Justice Blschof? to? be
Insane, suffering from paranoia, qubject
to systematic delusions of persecution,
and likely to commit acts of violence.
He was ordered committed to a private
sanitarium.
Bills was alleged to have threatened
to shoot Colonel l'Vles, a North Carolina
merchant, and tn have mode threats
against the United States district court
and district attorney tn Migration In
which ho was engaged.
.-1
FELL IN THE WELL,
BUT CAUGHT ON NAIL
(Special to Tho Times-Dlspatch.i
C3LAPKBORO, VA.. May It.?A UtWe
son of Mr. Humphrey McMillan, while
playing at the well, accldently fell ln.
The well was walled' with timber and a
largo nail or spike had been left several
feot below the mouth. The little fellow's
clothes cuught to the spike and It saved
his life. The well was about sixty-five
fuet deep, and hin escapo from death was {
miraculous. .
REFUSED TO
LEAVE TOWN
J. Percy Jones Killed by Mob
In Wilson.
SEVERAL MEN ARRESTED
Jones Had Been Warned to Leave the
Town?He Was Attacked in His
Room by a Crowd of Men Who
Broke In the Door.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch,)
WILSON, N. C May U.?J. Percy Jones,
an Insurance agent, of Llttlo Rock, Ark.,
was killed here this morning about 1
o'clock In his room on Ooldsboro Street.
Tha killing was the result of an attempt
to run Jones out of town. A fow days ago
ho was arrested with a negro woman who
was wanted for stealing a watch In Golds
boro. The trial resulted In his acquittal.
Georgo W. Whltley was appointed to waft
on Jones and command him to leave, town.
He did not heed tho warning and as a
result Is dead. The facts of the shoot?
ing are these:
About 1 o'clock this mornlhg two police
officers heard shooting on Ooldsboro
Street. They went ln that direction and
wero guided to the scene of th? shooting
by the cries of the wounded man, who
, was making frantic efforts to summon
medical aid. . He told the officers that
his room had been forced by a mob, tha?
ho had fired for his own protection, and
that the mob had opened Are upon him.
Jones died in a short time. Tho evidence
shows that throe shots were fired, one
by Jones, which entered the wall near
the celling of tho room, the other two
by the mob from a thirty-eight calibre
pistol, one of th?5 halls entering Jones'
stomach, the other the shoulder of John
Allen, one of the supposed mob.
. The following men aro now under ar?
rest awaiting the coroner's Inquest*.
Messrs. George W. Whitley, J. ?3. Plver,
Lawrence Morgan, John Plttman, W. H.
Rich, W. Vf. Barnes, S. J. Walls,, GUI
Ward, Thomas Bass, John Allen and W.
P. Croom. At the coroner's Inquest, which
was begun this morning, no evidence has
yet been brought to light w???cfi would
place the crime ' on any One man, but
everything goes to prove that the per?
son who flTed the fatal shot Is among
those who are how being held awaiting
the coroner's ?verdict. The Inquest will be
resumed to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
Those under arrest ropresent several
classes, a greater portion of tho number
being men interested In the whiskey
business. There are some among the num?
ber, however, who are not ln this busi?
ness. Several of those arrested have iip
to this time been well thought of. Pub?
lic sentiment in Wilson is very decided In
Its verdict. The crime Is considered the
most heinous ln the history of Wilson,
and every ono expects the town and State
authorities to leavo no Rtone unturned to
bring the grullty ones to Justice. The
relatives of tho deceased have been noti
fled, but as yet thero have been no re?
plies. The remains heve been turned over
to Messrs. "Wootten and Stevens, under?
takers, awaiting orders from Arkansas.
OMAHA SITUATION
IS MORE STRAINED
(By Associated Press.)
OMAHA, ???., May 14.?Six assaults
were made on team-drivers during the
forenoon to-day. One driver named Flint,
was badly beaten while In the other oases
drivers were forced from tholr wagons and
three loads of coal wero dumped into the
street, The police dispersed the crowds
but no arrests were made, the assailants
escaping. Labor leaders say the grullty
persons are not members of the union
and deny responsibility.
Tho situation seems to be more strain?
ed than at any time since tho strike be?
gan, and further trouble Is feared.
GEORGIA VOTES
AGAINST THE CHANGE
(Bv Asst>e!?ti>i? Prese.)
SAVANNAH, GA., May 14.?By a vote
of three to one the Diocesan Conven?
tion of Georgia voted against the propo?
sition to change the namo of the Episco?
pal Church to the "Catholio Church of
America." The debate on the question
was spirited. Rev, G-. A. Ottman doclarlng
that tho agitation would be continued,
and that the time was not far distant
when tho name would be ohanged.
whether the Georgia diocese wanted It or
not. y
DESTITUTE WOMAN
ASKING FOR WORK
Her Husband Sent to Jail for
Stealing to Procure Means
of Subsistence.
Justice John tempered Justice with
mercy in the Police Court yesterday and
cut In half his usual term for petit lar
cony In the 'case of thu young white
man, W. H. Hewitt, who confessed to the
theft of six bicycles from aa many differ?
ent people.
Lack of work and money and the pangs
of hunger ?for himself and wlfo were the
excuses offered by Hewitt. Tho detectives
who made the arrest, softened toward
the man and his little family, and asked
the good Judgo to be lenient, He was
lenient, and Hewitt was given three
months In each case.
Moved with pity fur the young man's
wife, AldcrmaiiiW. M. Turpln Invoked the
aid of Rev. Cleor'ge H. Wiley, of the
Mothodlst Institute. Mr. Wiley responded
promptly and took her to his homo, No.
2314 East Grace. Sho desires a position to
do cooking and general housework for
somo family, and Mr. Wiley thinks no
??ne, svili regret h\ who, imfiloya lier, 1
HER ESCORT
ARRESTED
A Young Alan in Alexandria
Locked up on Grave Charge
WAS STRUCK BY A STONE
Young Woman Was Rendered Uncon?
scious, and Was Later Found In a
Dazed Condition?Young Man's
Attitude Aroused Suspicion,
(Special to The Tirncs-WsDritcti.)
ALEXANDRIA, VA-, May 14.?William
Whalen, Jr., a young man about nineteen
years of ago, was arrested hero this af?
ternoon on tho charge of attempting to
commit a criminal assault on Miss Lina
Davis, tho eighteen-year-old daughter of
Captain Ocorgo Davis, a well kaown rlver
muti, residing on Prince Street. The pris?
oner waa at once locked up ut the station
house. He will ho given a hearing Erlday
morning beforo Alayor fc'linpson ln the
Pollco Court Miss Davis Is confined to
hpr father's homo to-day, suffering from
a blackened eye and a cut over her tem?
ple. She has been In a dazed condition
since the occurrence last night. When
the policemen Interviewed her to-day sh?> ;
told them that sho was taking a stroll
with Whalen shortly after 0 o'clock last
night, not far from her home, when sud?
denly she was rendered unconscious by
a blow, apparently Inflicted with a Btone.
Prcm that time she remembered noth?
ing until she found herself seated on tho
steps of the ofllco of Dr. Arthur Snowden,
on King Street, nearly 11 o'clock. Whalen
?was with her, but after getting medical
trcstrnent for an injury on his chin, which
he said had been inflicted by an unknown
man, who was alleged to have assaulted
them both, he left her to go to her home.
Miss Davis has hut a vague idea of what !
else transpired, hut a little later she was
fcund wandering on the streets alone and
In an aimless manner by a friend and was
cc? ducted to her father's house.
Before his arrest this morning Whalen
visited the police? station and Informed the ?
officers that he and Miss Davis had been
assaulted last night In a lonely part of |
the city* by flvo unknown men, one of
whom, he said, threw a stone, which
struck both himself and his companion.
The time he gave for tho accident, ns well
as tho place, did not agree with the state?
ments of Miss Davis, and the attitude
maintained by Whalen aroused the suspi?
cion of tho police. One of them went to
tlie point designated by Miss Davis and
found drops of blood on the pavemenL
Whalen's arrest then followed.
NOW TOO LATE TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
(By Associated Presn.)
JACKSON, ????.. May 14.?The com?
mittee appointed by the Commercial
Club to confer with General Manager
Clark, of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
to-day wired Mr. Clark at Mobile, stat?
ing that they believed that If a confer?
ence could be held an agreement would
result whereby tho -men would return to
work.
Mr. Clark, ln answer, stated that ha
was certain that the committee did not
know that he had attempted to get a
conference on May 9th. but that the men
stated to him that unless he would come
to St. Louis on May 8th for a conference
they would call a strlko. It was Impos?
sible for him to be there on that date,
and they need independently ot any sug?
gestion from him.
Mr. Clark also states that It was now
too late for him to hold a conference
with the strikers.
THE POLICE GUARD
THE SUBWAY WORK
(By Associated Presa.)
NEW YORK, May 14.?The subway con?
tractors began to-day to employ every
man.who asked for work In the subway
ln place of tho strikers, who yesterday
refused to return to work. In a short
t-.me a big force hod been ermpVoyail.i Po?
lice guarded the whole length of the sub?
way.
More than COW men, compr's'nar nil tho
employes of the Heclo. Iron Works, in
Brooklyn, went on a strike to-day, de?
manding a reduction of working hours
to fifty a week and thai the flnlaherrs be
paid thirty conte an hour and the help?
ers 25 conte an hour. By a co-operative
system the men received a percentage of
tho oompany's profits.
VIOLENT ERUPTION
AND LOUD NOISES
(By Associateli Prua?,)
TUXPAM, JALISCO, MEXICO, May 14.
Thero was a very violent eruption of Co?
lima volcano last night, accompanied by
deafening subterranean noises, nn abund?
ant flow of lava and a heavy rain of
ashes. The eruption continued at night.
People on the Haciendns and ranches
In the neighborhood of the volcano are
panic-stricken, abandoning their pueblos
for safer places,
? -
Col. Chesterman Seriously III.
Colonel Vf. D. Chesterman, a member
of The Tlmes-Dlspatch editorial stuff, nnd
one of tlie most widely known newspaper
men ln Virginia, is seriously ill at his
home. No. 4 West C;"'y Street, lie hns
only been confined to his room two days,
but his condition Into last night was con?
sidered grave.
DR; CURRY'S BUST
FOR THE COLLEGE
One of Carrara Marble to Be
Presented by Mrs.
Curry.
President Boatwrlght, of Richmond
College, received yesterday u letter from
a?rs. Curry, staling that she would pre?
sent to the college the portrait bust of
Dr Curry, which she had made several
yiii'irs ago ln Italy. This bust la of Car?
rara marble, nuil Is of superior work?
manship. R will he pleusant to Dr.
Curry's friends to know that the cqlleiro
is to possess this admiral effigy ', ,.|
t?,lt3tliisulsUo4 ?aiursAtoi*? ? V '
BRIDGE WENT
IN THECRASH
Passenger Train Jumped the
. Track on High Embankment
ONLY ONE MAN WAS KILLED
But a Score of Others Were Injured,
One Fatally?All Cars but Pullman
Sleeper Wrecked?Spreading
Rails the Cause,
(By A-Boclated Presi.)
HOT SPRINGS, ARK., May H.-The
outbound passenger train on tho Choc
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, which
left here at 9 o'clock this morning Jump?
ed the track on a fifteen-foot embank?
ment about a mile east of this city to?
day, wrecking all of the cars except the
Pullman sleeper and carrying an iron
brldgo down Into the Oulpha Croek. One
man was killed and at least twenty other
persons wero Injured, one fatally and
several other eerlously.
Tho dead:
JOSEPH RIELEY, fireman, Hot
Springs.
Injured!
John Ryan, engineer. Hot Springs,
fatal!..
' Newton Holt, lawyer, Hot Springs, dan?
gerously hurt
Conductor W. J. Weir, Hot Springs,
seriously.
W. L. Hondrlcka, brakeman, Hot
Springs, seriously.
Jack Archer, deputy sheriff, Hot
Springs, dangerously.
Mrs. T. F. Cooney, Indian Territory,
eerlously.
There were at least a dozen others more
or less hurt. Delegates to tho State con?
vention of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics wore passengers, and many
of them sustained Injuries.
Engineer Ryan, who is In a critical
candltion, stated to-night that the wreck
was caused by the tender Jumping the
track on the approach to the iron bridge.
Two coaches followed the tender, and
in a careening way crashed into the
bridge, tearing It from it3 abutments. All
the coaches, together with the bridge,
were precipitated Into the stream blow?
The Pullman sleeper did not lesivo the
track- Two physicians were aboard find,
administered to tho needs of the injured,
who were later brought to Hot Springs.
It is said the accident was caused by
tbe recent heavy rains having loosened
the embankment, causing 'the rails to
spread.
MISS REICHLIN WAS
CHOKED TO DEATH
(By Associated ?????.)
LORALN, O., May H.?The remains o?
Agatha Rel.chlln wero exhumed to-day in
order to settle tho question raised ns to
whether the young woman had been chok?
ed as well as struck with ? stone on the
head. The body was found to be wellpre
served. Dlscolorntlons were found on the
right wrist and upon the neck, and a dark
blue tingo benea?j the rlglit eye. At tho
conclusion of thn .xamination Coroner
French said that tho maries found were
the same he had seen at tho post-mortem,
but that at this time it was impossible
to say how they had been caused. Detec?
tive Mlntz, at whose request the body
was exhumed, said:
"I moro than over believe that the girl
was choked Insensible, If not dead, be?
fore she was struck with the stone."
THE STRIKING PAINTERS
RETURN TO WORK
(Special to Tlie Tlniee-Dlupatcli.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA? May 14.?The
striking painters returned to work to?
day, tholr demand for an eight-hour day
having been granted. There seems to be
no prospect of an Immediate settlement
of the carpenters' strike.
The Lexington Hotel will be sold at
publlo auction to-morrow, nnd G. C
Guvornator, of Richmond, le erpecbed to
buy It ln. Ho ls tho largest creditor.
GREAT NORTHERN
STRIKE IS OFF
Both Sides Make Concessions
and An Amicable Agree?
ment Is Reached
(Bjr Associate- Presa.)
ST. PAUL, MINN., May U.?All danger
of a strike on.the Groat Northern Rail?
way system has passed and an amicable
agreement between the company and its
tralnment has been reached, tho sched?
ules being signed late this afternoon.
Each fide made concessions, although
upon the faco of the -terms of the com?
promise, as stated by A. B, Gnrrotson,
assistant grand conduotor of the Ordor of
Railway Conduotore, who with. Mr. New.
nu-?, of tho Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, has conducted the negotiation?
the men havo somewhat ??? better of it,
Thoy uro grouted an increase in wagon
Which ?Vertiges 16 per uent.; tin?, yard?
men get tlio Chicago scale, which Is three
cents an hour liigher tlva-i the Bt. Paul
scale; new men aro to bt, _ivuu inoreased
wages after ono year's __rvlc_ Instead of
five?, as proposed by the company, and
upon tho double-header question, which
was tho cuusu of tho deml-lock In tlie ne
(rotlatloiia, tho men -?odlfled Mio!, de
?, in_n?_j to a slight ?osree.
OPPOSITION
WAS STORMY
War is Not Over, Declares
Dr. Warner, of Ohio.
WONT DECORATE GRAVES
Hilltop Improvement Association Turns
Down Resolution to Participate In
Services Ovor the Confederate
Dead at Camp Chase.
(By AraoeiaUtl Press.)
COLUMBUS, O., May 11 ?The Hilltop
Improvement Association, an organiza?
tion ln the vicinity of tho Confederate
Cemetery, at Camp Chase, after a stormy
session, refused to participate ln the
annual services which are to be held
next month at the cemetery in memory
of Confcilerato dead.
President Vf. ?. Potts had planned for
the association to take part ln the cero
monles, but when the matter was brought
before the association it mot with stormy
opposition. A resolution was at once
presented declaring tho refusal of the as?
sociation to participate in the exercises.
Dr. Warner, a member of tlio associa?
tion, declared that the war was not over.
He said It never would ba over until the
Confederates recognized the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the Consti?
tution.
President Potts Wed to prevent the
adoption of this resolution. He said the
Confederato graveyard at Camp Chase
was tho largest of Its kind In tho North,
and annually ln Juno the eyes of a united
country were on Columbus; that this
city had gained the thanks of all the
people of the Southern States because
of Its care of tho graves of tho dead Con?
federates. He said he was one of those
who thought the civil war was over. Ho
had beon laboring under the Impression
that Ihe sons of ex-Confederates and
sons of ex-Union soldiers fought side by
side ln the Spanish-American war and
for the protection of tho Christians in
China,
Tho resolution was adopted by a ma?
jority vote.
NEW PHYSICIANS
AT THE ALMSHOUSE
Dr. William Flegcnhialmer yesterday
severed his connection with tho City
Hospital, his term of office having ex?
pired. Dr. Flegenhelmer has made an
?enviable record for his ability and
fidelity, and his sorvlce will bo missod.
He will bo succedod by Dr. J. P. Rex.
Dr. FIogenluMmer will locate ln Richmond
and practice his calling.
The terras of Dr. Edward Sandldge and
Dr. J. P. Proctor also 'expired yester?
day. They were succeeded by Drs. M;
C. Syole and A. E. Crump, both of this
city. Dr. Sandldge will return to his
home in Amhorst and Dr. Proctor will
locate at St. Luke's Hospital. Both have
made many friends hero.
MONEY FOR BATTLE
ABBEY IS SECURE
Mayor Taylor yesterday affixed his
signature ot approval to the ordinance
providing for the appropriation of $50.
00O out of tho budget of 1904 towards the
erection of p. Confederato Battle Abbey
ln Richmond, and the act is now a law,
whloh means that the money wJU most
assuredly be given and the desired build?
ing constructed. '
Tho ordinance was returned to City
Clerk Ben. T, August, and has already
been enrolled on the books ot the city.
FATAL DUEL FOUGHT
AT CLOSE RANGE
(Br Amocinted Press.)
KANSAS ?CITY, MO., May 14.-George
E. Spencer, a clothing merchant, who
came here recently from Birmingham,
Ala., was shot and killed, and Stephen
Flanagan, a police patrolman, was mor?
tally wounded here to-day In a pistol
duel In a room. Flanagan had gone to the
house to arrest Spencer. Thero were no
witnesses to the tragedy, and when per?
sons attracted by the shots entored the
room Spencer was dead and Flanagan
lay unconscious, blood oozing from a
wound In his breast, a few Inches below
the heart.
MR. C. J. CAMPBELL .
IS COMING TO-DAY
It Is announced upon reliable authority
that former Judge C. J. Campbell, of
Armherst, will be In Rlohmond to-night,
and that he will ooine for the purpose of
conferring with his counsel. Major Holmes
Conrad, of Wlnohester and Messrs. Wise
and Watklns, of this city, with reference
to the question of taking the caso of
rforrnej? Judge Campbell's removal Into
tho courts. The case Is still full of pub?
lic Interest and the visit of Mr. Campbell
here at this time Is looked forward to
by all who have followed the case,
?
GEN. LONGSTREET'S
CONDITION IMPROVES
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WASHINXSTON, May 14.?Tho condition
of General James Longstreet, Commis?
sioner of Railroads, who is being treated
at Garfleld Hospital, for an attruok of
rheumatism which manifested itself Tues?
day, is reported to-day to be Improved,
?G? spent a comfortable night and all In?
dications are that he will be out short?
ly._
ACTED AS PEACEMAKER
AND WAS BADLY SHOT
(Br AHoiMated Press.)
CHARLESTON, 6. C... May ll.-Runert
J, Whltton, a young Atlantic Coaat Line
engineer, was shot and probably fatally
woundod by B. A. Hartly, a sewing .ma?
chine agent, at Florence laat night. Details
are not obtainable, except the fact that
Whltton was trying to aot as peace?
maker and received tho halt Intended for
another. He was shot through the lung
and elsewhere, and his condition Is criti?
cal,' > ? ?? ? '
LAWMAKERS
ARE ABOUT
TO LEAVE
The Session Is Likely to
Gloso To-Day.
SENATE WISHES TO
KEEP ON LONGER
But the House Will Probably
Refuse to Agree.
COMMON CARRIER
MEASURE IS PASSED
Also Bill Increasing Annuity of the Stat?
Normal ?School at Farmville?De?
murrage Bill, and a Number
Which Are of Lesser
Importance Are
Agreed To.
It is evi_cnt that the Legislatur??,???;*
pected to get away from Rlohmond at
Boma hour to-night, though it may be ir?
tho wee small hours of morning.
"Fortunately 'the bande of tho clocki
work both ways," said a prominent House
member last night in discussing the prop-?
oaitlon of adjournment, "and if our clerk;
shall measure up to hJs promise to get ail,
the bills in shape, there Is no doubt abouti
pur getting away."
This fitly expresses the tomper of th*
Houso on tho proposition and It looks a?
if it Is safo to predict that tho lower;
branch will not agree to the Senate re-<
solution sent over yesterday to prolong?
until Tuesday. Everybody on the House
side wants to get home and thoy ar*
going and that is the whole story.
REACHING FINAL STAGES.
The Legislature is rapidly reaching US
final stages and will, accordine to pres?
ent indications adjourn for its long re?
cess to-night.
Two long sessions of bot?. Houses were
hold yesterday and a largo amount of
Important business was. transacted. Tha
House went Into the business of dis?
charging: committees and It relieved tho
Flnanco Commlttoe of tho further consid?
eration of a great many measures, but
only a few of ithom wero pa_soii.
Tho two Houses agreed to the confer?
ence committee's report on the bill.relat?
ing to the government of cities and towns
and the House discharged the Roada
Committee from the consideration of tha
bill requiring railroad companies receiv?
ing freight to become responsible for lt3
safe delivery.
TO REMOVE REMAINS.
The Houso passed Senate bill provid?
ing for removing the remains of tho wife '
and daughter of Presldont Monroo from
Loudoun to Richmond and ? the body,
agreed to Senato amendments to a great
many herotoforo passed.
The feature of the Senate session waa
tho defeat of the University appropriation
bill, which failed by a vote of 20 to 10.
Tho Angeli demurrage bill was passed by,
tho Senato as was also that making reg-,
latria- conservators of tho peace.
The Senato and Houso passed a great
many local bills and tho closing.hours of
tho day's session in both Houses were
characterized by tho utmost confusion.
Tho bill Increasing tho annuity to th
Stato Normal School at Farmville, was
passed by tho House late in the evening
and that making appropriation to Blacks-, .
burg failed, but on a. motion to reconsider1
which was passed by It will come up,
later.
Both Houses passed a bill relating? la
tho conduct of elections under the new,
Coastltutlon.
The military bill, heretofore passed by;
the Sonato, was agreed to by the House?
The Senate.
The Senate began its session at 10 A.
M. yesterday, an hour earlier than usual,
Lloutenant-Uovornor Willard In the chair.
Thpro was no prayer, and tha Senato,
plunged into work without preliminaries.
No bill was reported from tho commit?
tees, but a great many bills wero com?
municated from the House. ?
The House amended the bill in relation
to cities an towns; the Senate refused.
to concur ln tho Houso amendments and,
the amended bill was ordered to conference,
Messrs. Halsey, Anderson anil McHwalne
wore named as tho con forons on the part
of the Sonate. Tho conforees sat dur?
ing the session of tho two houses, ami
though they agreed to a report. It wad
mado to tho Senate at tho first session.
The feature of the session was the do??
feat of the Unlvorslty nf Virginia appro?
priation bill, which failed for luck of the
necessary numbor of votes. -he result,
was announced?ayes 20. no?s 10. A mo?
tion to reconsider prevailed, hut when the
bill again came up on Its passage, again
It was defeated?ayes ll?. noos 10. Thi*
kills the bill for tho Besalon. It proposed
an appropriation of ?30,000. Messrs, Chap?
ilion and Shuckelford spoke ln advocacy
ot tho bill, and made an earnest plea, ?
for tho appropriation. With more Sena?
tors present and voting, the bill would
havo passed, but having twice failed It
cannot come ' up again ut this h-ssIou.
UlOMirrUtAGl. BILL PASSES.
Tho Sonate passed the House bill
known as the Angeli demurrage bill, to
reutilro th? Stato Corporation Commis?
sion to fix and prescribe Btora_o, de
murrago and car servlco charges with
rules und regulations governing tlio sante.
The bill was uai-iidail by Mr. \V lek bun?
so us to allow the Owner of freight to
waive the demurrage oliarne and claim
actual damages as ho may prufer. Tim
amendment was acceptable to tho patron
of the bill, ami It will pass the Hous?.
The passago of the bili was communi?
catedj.
Tha Senato also passed the Walker Jolng
resolution ln relation to tho purchase of
copies of Pollard's Annotated Acts ot As.
seinhly. This now goes to tlio H_use (Oil
concurrence.
Houso bill No. 1C0, to amend certain
?ocupas of the Codo, making ruglnt'.-ars ?
conservators of the peace, was amended
by Mr. Harmon so a? to prevent what;
Uo termed star chamber proce-ding?, by
the. registrara. When. tho amended bill
came up on its passage sufflol'?iit 8_?ia?
tors voted for tbo bill to pass It, hut bt??
fore the vote was announced, so?, oral
Sonatoi- changed tholr votos from ayo
to no. and soon a stamped? followed vt
chango from ayo to no, until tho bill Waf?
lost when the vota was ?iinoiincv.l??yea
13. n "?-'a 11. ? .
A largo number of hills wero taken .up
out of the order und pu-buii! undor bus?
u_j..._i?, ?_. tu.. ?'UK. ami ?.ni?! MU- ?-?