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THE TIMES, FOUNDED 1881
THE DISPATCH, FOUNDED 1850.
WHOLE NUMBER 16,403.
RICHMOND, VA? TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SUMMARY OFJHE DAY'S NEWS
.The Weather.
WASHINGTON, Nov. SB.-Forocast:
Virginia?Fair and colder Tuesday;
iWcdnoBday fair; fresh northwest winds,
rvortb Carolina?Fair Tuesday and
w?imi fresh west winds.
According to prediction, yesterday was
considerably warmer, although not warm
?nough to bo unpleasant. For to-day the
chances axe In favor of fair and colder
weathor.
? A. M.*{
IS M.?
II P. M.1.'.?
0 V. M.?S
8 P. M.?*
1$ Midnight .? "?
Average .t.<C 1-2
Highest temperature yesterday. JW
A?owoet temperature yesterday.?o
ittean ternpe.aturo yesterday.....?J
.Normal temperature for Novembui.w
Depurturo from normal temperature.... li
A?r?eipltatlon during past 'if hours. u
MTNLVTURE ALMANAC.
November 24, 1908.
Bun rises.7:00 I - HIGH TIDE.
faun seta.i:bi Morning.|;?
Moon Bets.a:48 1 Evening.??<?
Richmond.
Richmond T. Lacy, a wldoly known
lawyer, ends Ids lite by shooting himself
at his homu-Henrico grand Jury finds
h truo hill against one of the candidates
in tno ruco.nt Henrico election; mo.o
witnesses summoned and work may bo
cofup.n.cd to-uay-A pastor ca.led to
Seventh Street hrlstian church-Union
.services to bo htdd on Thurcday-Inlor
caur.g foot-ball gossip-Two bar-rooms
alleged to havo sold liquor on Sunday?
Uoa.d of Education meets to-day-Mem.
beis of the Legislature may toifelt their
oltlces and be lined ?o,U)0 each-Manda?
mus petition filed In Scott county case
Liquor dea.ers ravor the Cumining bill??
Senate retuBOB to pension disabled teach
ftis; bill onered dc-ilning all methods of
nominating candidates as "prlmarieB,'
and Uieiefore within the purview of
tho Iiurki.dalo pure election law-?-Many
now faces In the pulpits hero?-Minister
preacbos against playing for prizes-the
iuock and poultry show opens-Common
council to meet to-night?City Commlt
I Ue urges voters to pay their poll taxes-?
"Ecung man arrested charged with being
about to elope with a girl of thirteen?
council,'Virginia's great foot-ball player,
Is badly murt. MAi\CtlE8TEii?Opening
ot the Colonial Fair a-t Lender wall-?
Two arrests made-The Olympia Club
io have a Tbai'.Ksglvlng supper-Much
progress in work on .bins' new home-?
irnpiovements being made to the Interior
of the Mayor's Court?Death of Mr. J.
li. Ferguson?Special meeting of tne Fi?
nance committee-Judge (Jlopton leaves
to-day tor New Kent?Funeral of Mrs.
Marina Lllott-isews of the cnurches.
Virginia.
Revenue officers inert on by moonshiner
on Dan KJver. and ono of tliem wounded
-x oot-Lnll receipts at NoriolK tnree
iho-aand?Not a true bill found oy grand
?.ury in Nortnumbcriand In charge of
ruu.der against 8. B. hardwlcke-Build?
ers' Manu.acturing Co., at rvortolk, goes
:nto nanus ot receiver-Two Juvenile
tiaged.ea In Roanoke-Liberal inscrip?
tions io Ru.ppa.nannock-i'reueriuiisburg
c-lectric line insure ll> construction?
Man ground to plecesby tialu at Guineas
s.at^n-unmocrawc candidate In Aiex
zuiuna iqi us tailed m taking bis o.ul-e
bv Republican contest-i-iani of the
Wood Supply Company, of l-oteraburg,
u-rns. and also several railroad cars
Coa.miuee appointed In Lyncnnurg to se
cu.e suw*?bur to Or. Moracten; Dr.
ioung preoencs farewell sermon-New
game law wor^s a hardship in Amelia?
uii. torpedo do in la cruising In-the xork
Kiver?jus. bar.th L. taylor commits
Milcide with her nusoand'srasor, in Char:
louesvuie?ou giars break safe in rail?
road tieket oUKti at oueiutnan-ipung
n.an roasted a..ve by a cigarette sotting
fire to nis i>ed-.Testimony in Henate con?
test in rranklin county Miows judbes
left books and ballots alons and eipwiica
lor an noiir-Staunton to have o new
rveiling aa.ly paper-W. W. Massey,
prominent man ot Albemarle, victim oi
graue crossing on Souinern Kailway; hi^
i>odv earned half mile on engine pilot?
J H. P. Ciismond r?turns to the bosom
i.t his lainlly in hpottsylvanla; cause for
his disappearance is still a mystery-tu
tai snooting auray between Albemarle
county fanners-uanvulo minister lioida
that local option tnere is a failure
nanklin and Courtland, where dispen?
sary law prevails, arc having tioublo
v.iii social club.s.
North Carolina.
New coumussioner3 appointed to take
chartje ot the dispensary at ItaJelgh tor
one .\ear?The White brothers secure at.
tidavlta to get trial movod from Salis?
bury, and counter aitldavits are p.esentuu
?-A cii-scn of Wl.son shot by a foot
rnd; Uiolimoh'd minister preaches to the
Junior U'rder-Temperance people ot Wil?
ton will contost the recent election-The
ivineign and Pamlico Itnllroad survey
nearly completed-Agricultural and Me?
chanical College snow Hlchmond College
nnder on the g.ldiron?Meihodist Prote?
ta.ni Conierenco elects delegates and ad?
journs-Man lataliy injured near Char?
lotte by tailing trom a train.
General.
Illustration of the attachment of the
Itooseveit administration for the negro
shown by the proposed c.ea ion o. a
postoitico at Tuskageo for C.okor Wasn
fngton's brother-neeolution oiteren o>
Senator Carmack for a se^rchlnc ?????
tigatlon nto the auairp of the Post ff.ee
Department-House unwilling to nbr.?i
to adjouinuient unless the Cuoan bin U
passed; administration critic.sed for c.U
ing the extra Besslon?So-.ator AiOrsan
severely crlt.clses Presid.ut Roote.uts
policy In Isthmian afta.rs?P.eoid.nto
Tnanksgivlng turkey to bo the finest that
graces any table In tne land-ue..ei\.i
Heyos to meet Panama Co.nmiss.o .?.s
with proposition to re.note Colombia cap
tol to Panama; Emperor William dire.t
the recognition of i-aaama,?Stook m r
U<n euinris well In face of untowa.d t. r
oumstances, and Un.ted States S eel
makes gains?DeclJn? of six pomts m^ie
in ReuUOiio Iron and 8 eei a.ociv g.Vte
r se to grave rumors as to the company s
condition?Norwec.an bark Cai>?l a
wreoked and her cew of hfteon dro.w.eJ
-?Mr. Horsey, a newspat.or man from
Virginia, to marry Miss Hoa r ce mocj
In Brooklyn?Charles M. Davison, for a
erly of West Vlrg-ma, d.os In Ne.v Yoik
of throat troub,o-Hil.sboro cLh. and
Fuel Company charges Nor.o It ..nd ^\ os -
em w.th d.seriinin.ttlun?J. H. G. Becker,
of Texas, appointed Inspector of to '.o .
on tlio Gorman East African planta.Liu
.?Georgia potion grot>ois Ir,lug to i-e
cure bettor rates from tno AllaiUio Coast
jjn0?Uarge luiniuor of a, pol tmon s
eontirmod by tho Senate?^.artiun .o
gives weight to the llmu and w.m tho
chief event at Uminiiigs?F.ml nj of
wieekago from Nome s.o.uner Di.-co.ery
leads to fear she 1ms boon iost w Hi pas
nengors nml crow-Co.ossal sUnuu o
Vulcan to rcresent Blrmingiiam dist let
at St. Louis Exposition?-.Miss Mnrga.ee
lllington, who p.iiyed In Richmond w..h
tho lillfen Company, weds Dan el F oh
man In Now *orU-An Oklahoma wink
riiesidiint, urrested tbr u.klii.g WA a-rojs
to return tbe money?Fioroo flBht , B
nrkH lie runnng of street cars I.
I'l.lcitifiv eoilterOllttii? looking to u sottiu
, 11H._nob Mtasimnions und auor,o
hiLriiiiBr to fight at Mechanics' Pav.llon
invffigo^Pe egateVuviiaelti ,n poec .
iH'for" Fedorailon of Laoor arraigns the
United BtntiS Senate,
Unpopular Decree.
(Ely Associated Press.)
COLON, N?v. 23.?A decree was issued
at Cartagena, November, l?, sotting forth
that no steamers shall bo allowed to clear
from Cartagena for Colon, or enter Car?
tagena, coming from Colon.
All the foreign consuls and steamship
agents at Cartagena have protested, with
out ?ffbet, asunst Jblie dewee. ^
A TRUE BILL FOUND
IN HENRICO COUNTY
Grand Jury Has Indicted
One Gandidate.
AND THERE MAY
BE MORE TO COME
The Name of the One Under In?
dictment Not Yet Made
P:tMU:.
MORE WITNESSES TO
BE EXAMINED TO-DAY
It is Probable That the Work of
Investigating the Recent Pri
mary Will Then be Com?
pleted?Much Curiosity
as to Who Indicted
Man May be.
A gasp or mingled astonishment and dis?
appointment Issued from court officers
and spectators when at nightfall yester?
day the Investigating grand Jury of Hen?
rico arose from six long, dragging hours
of work and announced, not the expect?
ed conclusion of Its task, but another list
of witnesses and a further adjournment
until to-day.
To compensate In some measure for this
surprising turn, totally at odds with every
indication that nad presented itself dur?
ing the bIx hours, the Jury let fall the
remark that It had agreed upon the crimi?
nal Indictment of one of the candidates in
tho recently held cloctlon.
When the Jury had gotten thus far with
Its report it suddenly developed that the
Indictment aforesaid had not yet been
signed,, and the court Instructed the gen?
tlemen that the remainder of the remark
could be withheld until compliance with
this detail waa had. Thereupon the Jury
retired for the evening.
Various Inquisltory efforts fai'ed of the'r
object, and the question, "Who Is It?-'
Is stUl being asked at every hand. Three
members of the Jury seen In rapid suc?
cession declined to answer this very in?
teresting question, and the only court
officer In a position where he might talk,
was not In a position where he could.
Everybody else was asking Instead of
answering, and nobody seemed even" ablo
to get a satisfactory response. There was
a. good deal of guessing, but it didn't
amount to very much*
Probing Deep.
It Is evident that tho Jury Is probing
desp. tliat It has found something already,
and that it expects to find more. One in?
dictment la a certainty, and two or three
more are very strong possibilities.
The session yesterday, the second on the
election question, began shortly nfter 11
o'clock and continued uninterruptedly un?
til after C o'clock in the afternoon. What
went on behind the door that opened every'
now and then to ndmlt or to emit a wit?
ness, It is Impossible to say. A very con?
siderable Interest was manifested In and
around the Courthouse. In what was going
on. an Interest no little accentuated by the
fact that nobody knew Just what this was.
Dinner time camo and passed and the
lights bad to be turned on. Still some
of the people lingered, satisfied In the be?
lief that their patience would be reward?
ed In that they were to be in at the finish
of the Henrico investigation. The Jury?
men had gone without dinner and had
sent several miles oft to gut a witness In?
stead of Just handing his name to the
sheriff that he might be summoned for
some other day. This looked like business.
The gentlemen finally Issued from their
room nnd asked for a further ndjourn
mont. They suggested Wednesday, but
were ready In their acquiescence when
tho Court recommended to-day nt 11
o'clock. Tho foreman announced that
they had finished a part of tho work, but
not all of It. They had agreed upon one
Indictment, but were yot considering the
others. The Judge asked foi the one but
withdrew the request when ho learned
that the paper had not yet been signed.
The Court was thereupon declared ad
lourned. The foreman handed the sheriff
a new list of four witnesses and directed
him to call the names of Ave old ones the
Jury wished retained.
"We Are Probing."
All efforts to ascertain the name of the
man against whom the indictment Is to
be brought met with failure. Common?
wealth's Attorney Sands know but oould
not talk. So with several members of
^Foreman Watt was seen but like tlje
Continued on Second Page.)
LEFT THE BUGGY;
HER ESCORT SHOT
An Unusual Tragedy in Georgia
Growing Out of a Young
Man Drinking.
(Uy Associated i ress.)
GAINESVILLE, OA? Nov. 23.-Donald
Ware was probably fatally shot Buildup
afternoon by John Cook. Both are young
white men of good family. They had
taken two younu Indies, tho Mlssos Wll
lliuiw, driving in (heir buggies. It ap?
pears Cook had been drinking, and aftor
a short tlmo tho Miss Williams with Cook
got out of his buggy and Into that of
Wuro and her Blsitr. Cook becamo en?
raged and druwlng a revolver f.rod. Tho
bullet' struck Ware In the head, Inflict?
ing a wound from which it is thought
ho will die.
Expect Book Fight
A number of representatives of North?
ern book concerns am In tho city hi an?
ticipation of the fight over the adoption
of lext hooks by the State Board of Ldu
catlon. The Board will meet to-day, but
tho wiatter will hardly come up before
wtrjy next year. Mr. Silver. Of the line
of Silver, Burden & Co.. is amonsr tne
utoook ninu In tb? cit^,
Virginian's Perilous Trip, .
But He Still Lives.
(Special to Tim Tlmod-Dlspatch.)
BOSTON, MASS., Nov. 23
Albert D. James, a native of
Irvinijton, Va., has just returned
to this country after an absence
of seven months spent in a peri?
lous journey across tho Andes
and South American continent
with Robert 13. Ewart and A G.
Henscher. They started from
Lima, and several times nearly
lost their lives from drowning,
and from alligators at Port Vic?
toria.
Mr. James was stricken with
the Pichis river fever, from
which few ever survive, bu'u
pulled through after being un?
conscious twenty-one days,
while the party was hemmed in
by hostile Indians.
HIT BY TRAIN
AND KILLED
Mr. W. W. Massey, of Albemarle,
Son of Late John E. Massey,
Victim of Grade Crossing.
BODY CARRIED HALF MILE
(Special to Ine Times-Dispatch.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., November
23.?Walter W. Massey, second son of the
late John E. Massey, formerly State Sen?
ator, Lieutenant-Governor, State Auditor,
Superintendent of Public Instruction and
perhaps the most noted political charac?
ter in Virginia during the Readjuster
movement, was InstanUy killed late this
afternoon by a delayed southbound'pas?
senger train on the Southern Railway.
The body was brought'here to-night and
Is awaiting burial after the coroner's' be?
quest to-morrow.
AROUND SHARP CURVE.
The accident occurred at Maury's Cross?
ing, two railea south of Charlottesville.
The pass6ngor train, emerging from a
deep cut, struck the wagon containing
Mr. Massey and son Jurt after the vehicle
had rounded a sharp curvo. Mr. Massey
was caught on the cow-catcher of the
locomotive and carried a half mile bo
fore he was recovered. The son saved
his life by Jumping, and brought the Hist
news of the fatality to Charlottesville.
One of the two horses was killed.
Mr. Massey's body was badly mutilated,
the skull being fractured, the right leg
broken In two places, and the flesh torn
from tho face. He was ono of the wealth?
iest citizens of Albemarle county.
A HANDSOME HOME.
With his family ho resided at "Ash
Lawn," the home of President Monroe,
which handsome estate was left him by
his fa thai.
Besides his wife, who' was a Miss Edge,
of Albemarle, he Is survived by three
son3 and two daughters, and by a bro?
ther. Professor Llewellyn Massey, for?
merly of Staunton, who now lives near
Baltimore, and a sister, Mis. H. Willlnm
Kable, of Woodsboio, Md.
CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST N. & W.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.?The Hillsboro
Light and Fuel Company, of Hillsboro,
Ky.. has filed with the Interstate Com?
merce Commission a complaint, alleging
that the Norfolk and Western Railroad by
charging relatively higher rates on coal
from the Thacker District in West Vir?
ginia to Hlllsbo.-o, than to Cincinnati, Is
unjust to the complainant and discrimina?
tive against the cty of Hillsboro.
CAPTAIN COMPLAINS
OF SEAMAN'S UNION
Delegation Took Men Off His
Schooner and He Wants
Them Prosecuted.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Captaln Josoph
Smith, of the schoonor W, E. and W, T.
Tuck, lying loaded with coal at Eliza
bethport, N. J., bound for Boston, com?
plained to Shipping Commissioner H. A.
Hanbury to-day that four seamen, whom
he had shipped Suturtjuy through tho
commissioner, had been taken away from
his veesol by force by members of the
Atlantic Coast Seamen's Union.
According to tho oaptaln's story, he
had gone nshoro for his bills of hiding,
and on returning found a steam launch,
containing twelve men, alongside. IJu
wits told that as he employed non-union
sailors they had come to tako off the
four men he had shlpiwd. Captain Smith
oxpostulatod, but the men In tho luuuch
swarmed aboard the schooner. Tho cap.
tain rushed for his cabin, to get his re?
volver, but was holit by one of tlv? board?
ing party, and the others, of tho crow'
were ovurpowored by the.superior force
of the hoarders. In spits of tho oap?
taln's continued resistance and throats
of reprisal, tho four sailors and their
captors went ba^k Into the launch and
ashore.
Captain Smith declared that the act
of the assaulting party was piracy, and
he will welt warrants for th? arrest of
^tbO twelve men,
CUBAN BILL
AND PANAMA
These Measures.; Provoke 'Highly
Interesting i Debates in
United States Senate.
MORGAN ATTACKS PRESIDENT
Alabama Senator Severely Criti?
cises the Course of Mr. Roose?
velt in Isthmian Affairs.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON,' D. C, November'23.?
Panama and Cuba engaged the attention
of tho Senate to-day, to the exclusion of
all other questions. Tho Cuban subject
camo up early in tho day on a motion
made by Mr. Hale to reconsider tho voto
by which the Newlands Joint resolution
for tne annexation of Cuba was referred
to a committee, and several speeches
wore made on tho motion without dispos?
ing of it
Tho Panama; question camo up In con?
nection with the announcement of the
reorganization of the tienttte committees,
relieving Mr, Morgan (Democrat, Ala?
bama) from tho chairmanship of the Com?
mittee on Inter-Oceanic Canals. Before
the order went Into effect Mr. Morgan
took tho floor, and his speech proved to
be a discussion of the entire canal ques?
tion, with liberal criticisms of the Pres?
ident for his course. ,
Mr. Cullom (Illinois) presented tho re?
port of the Committee on Foreign Rela?
tions on tho bill to carry Into effect the
Cuban reciprocity treaty. Tho bill, went
to the calendar. '
Mr. Hale (Maine) then moved to recon?
sider the vote by which the Nowlanus
resolution for the annexation of Cuba
was 'referred to the Committee on Rela?
tions with Cuba. He made tho motion
the basis of a speech In opposition to the
policy proposed by the resolution, saying
that this country had already declared its
policy with reference to Cuba by enact?
ing the Teller, resolution Into law.
"It might be said that tho Newlands
resolution is only an invitation but grant?
ing this to be true," said Mr. Hale, "it
Is still a fact that we are not in the habit
of extending such "Invitations to other
countries. We would not, for Instance,
extend such an Invitation to G'reat Brit?
ain for the uniting of Canada to the
V ited States, or to Mexico for such a
union. In this connection Mr. Halo Bald
incidentally he had no doubt that there
were men present who would live to wit?
ness the annexation of Canada to the
United States.
Mr. Newlands said as a matter of fact
Cuba had already Jassumed the attitude
of a ward of the Unit..?.- 3mies;, He also
advanced the argument that In making
a reduction of the duty on Cuban pro?
ducts exported to che United States,
Cuba was making an exceptional request,
and he thought we should respond by
offering political rattier than commercial
union.
HAD CAUSED UNEASINESS.
Mr. Piatt (Connecticut) said he did not
belleva the Newlands resolution repre?
sented the business or political sentiment
of the United States, and that Its intro?
duction nad caused uneasiness In Cuba
and Porto Rico. Mo hoped there would
be no growth o~f expansion sentiment. He
believed that tho best Interests of the
United States and Cuba would be sub?
served by separate existence. He eulo?
gized President Palma and the leading
men of Cuba, and declared that wo were
only neighbors and friends of Cuba.
Mr. Lodge (Massachusetts) expressed
the opinion that the present debate would
emphasize tho fact that the Newlands
resolution did not represent the wishes
of the government of the United States.
Ho was opposed to Island States.
Mr. Hale then presented the list of
Senate committees as agreed upon by the
caucuses of the Republican and Demo?
cratic Senators. The committees were
read at the suggestion of Mr. Gorman and
upon the motion to ndopt the report, Mr.
Morgan (Alabama) took tho floor and
addressed himself to the Isthmian Canal
question. Ho said ho did not regret his
retirement as chairman of the Committee
on Interoceanlc Canals. Ho disclaimed
partisanship in the conduct of uio affairs
of that committee, and doctored that he
had not and would not reverso his posl
4 ..? (Continued on Second Page,)
J.P.H.CRISMOND
RETURNED HOME
His Shortages All Settled and
the Reason for His Leaving
Still a Mystery.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
FREDERICKSBURG. VA., November
23.?J. P. H. Crisrr.ond, who for twenty
two years was clerk of Spotsylvania
county courts, and who, on July 7th Inst,
suddenly toft his handsome home at
Spotsylvania Courthouse and gave no in?
dications of hi" Intentions beyond send?
ing a note bnck to his wife that he wns
gone for good, returned to his homo to?
day, accompanied ?/ n'8 son' A?
H. CTisnioiul, wi',0 had gone to
him in , the l>r>" few days. He
stood so high in the community Hint the
announcement of his disappearance was
a shock to tho people. In the absence of
any other causo being assigned for his
action, It was generally supposed that the
affairs of bis office wore badly mixed. An
Investigating committee, appointed by the
court, examined all of tho accounts of
the ollico, and a great many Irregularities
were brought to lighl und u shortage was
discovered of about iH.bOO. Tills Mr, Crla
mond was amply able to pay, as boaides
having a lino hu'uie and sevoral furma, ho
had a good bank amount.
II Is yet a mystery why ho should have
gone away.
As soon us the amount duo by lihn to
tho Statu, und county was ascertained,
tho sum. which aggregated over ?i,WH).
was promptly paid by A. II. Crlsrnond.
son of tho former clerk. Mr. Crlsrnond is
again In the bosom of ills family, and
I ho public neutrally are relieved that
ui* return pnli au enrt t0 a cl,aiUer ln
I tho hlMory of Spotsylvania which has
i t>i?wj iuU ot intertill, tmcl i^clwrnent,
SCOTT IS LED
INTOAMBUSH
American Officer Victim of Ruse
of the Moros and Receives
a Wound.
FIVE DAYS OF HOT FIGHTING
Insurgents Attacked by Our
Troops Under General Wood
and Three Hundred Killed.
(By Associated Press.)
MANILA, Nov, 23.-Throo hundred
Moros aro known to have been killed
and many others worn carried off dead
or wounded as a result of flvo days'
fighting in Jolo between the American
troops, under General Leonard Wood,
and tho insurgents. Major H. L, Scott, ?
of- the Fourteenth Cavalry, and five
American privates were wounded.
General Wood landed near Siot Lake,
In Jolo, November mh. The Moros wero
soon located, and fighting began imme?
diately and continued until Novembor
17th.
Major Scott was taking Pangllma Has.
sen, the Moro leudor, who bad been modo
a prisoner, to Jolo, and while en route
Hussen asked to bo allowod to sea his
family. IBs appeal was granted, and
ho thoneupon led Major Scott into an
ambuscade, where tho American dotach
ment was fired upon. Major Scott was
shot In both hands. Hasscn succeeded In
escaping during this unexpected attack,
but Is supposed to have beon killed the
following day.
IN A ROCKY COUNTRY.
The flghUng took place In a country
covered with rocks. The Moros were
driven across tha country from Slot
Lake to the town which Hassen had
made his headquarters, andi whoro It was
reported the Moros wero '2.000 strong.
The rebel position was attacked In tho
Bank by the Aaierlcan troops, who occu
plod th? town, and inflicted a loss of
fifty killed on tho Moros. The rest of the
Moros wont into the swamps, out of
which they wom driven on November
lffth, leaving seventy-six dead behind
them. On November 17th the American
' forces renewed the attack on th.a remain?
ing Moros, of whom forty moro' wore
killed. ;? ?
The rebel forces have been literally
destroyed by these operations, and Gen?
eral Wood says the Indication* are
? that there will be no extension of the
uprising, which wab handled without
difficulty. , ' .
On November 18th General Wood
start-sd' on an expedition against a body,
of 2,000 Moros who were In the mountains
back of Tallbl. No nows has as yot been
received as to the result of. this move?
ment.
General Wood has under1 him two bat
tallons of th.? Twenty-eighth Regiment,
one of the Twenty-third Regiment, a
platoon of Captain George S. Sntley's
buttery two troops of the Fourteenth
Cavalry and a detachment of engineers.
M-tJor' Scott assisted; with a force
composed of three companies of the
Seventeenth Infantry, n platoon ot Cap?
tain D. J. Rumbough'fl battery, nnd a
troop of the Fourteenth Cavalry.
GEORGIA PEACH GROWERS
WANT LOWER RATES
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTA C.A., Nov. 23.?The case of
tho Georgia Fruit Growers' Association
vs the Atlantic Const Lino Railroad
and other ronds that handle the poach
crop of this State, wns taken up before
tho interstate Commerce Commission In
this dtv tn-rtqy.
Tho Peach Growers' Association In their
charges altege that these railroads have
refused to lower rates, which, In view
of tho Increased competition and lower
prices of peaches, are unjust.
Witnessos for tlw) Poach Growors As?
sociation were heard to-day.
COMMITTEE WILL
FINANCE JAMESTOWN
(Sneclal to The Tlmcs-Dlspntnh.)
NORFOLK, VA., Nov. 23.?Morchants
and manufacturers of Norfolk to the
number of a hundred held a meeting to?
night and set on foot definite plan to
finance the Jamestown Exposition. David
Lowenberg offered to bo one of four, ten,
or a hundred citizens to raise the bal
anco required before the Exposition com?
pany's charter becomes effective.
A committee of 100 was appolntod to
carry the plan Into effect,
WILD TRAIN ON
A MOUNTAIN GRADE
At One Hundred Miles an
Hour It Deals Death and
Destruction,
(Special to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.)
CHARLOTTE, N, C? Nov. 23.-At the
rate of one hundred miles an hour a
freight train dashed down Balsam Moun?
tain at an early hour this morning. After
running eight mllos at this fearful rota
a sharp curve wns struck, and tho on
glno, tender and entire train wont down
an embankment fully sovonty-flvo feut
high. Engineer Guy Mooro and Brakunmn
duy Port or wore Instantly killed, and
Conductor Bone, Fireman Fortune and
Flagman Killlan wero badly Injured.
Tho crew lost control of Hue train at
tho heaviest grade on Balsam Mountain,
iho brakes rofust-d to work, and down the
train went dealing death lo two. serloua
ly Injuring throe, and entailing u property
Josh of ubmit one hundred thousand dol?
lars.
SR. CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN
DIES IN THE FAR WEST
(\Sy Associated Press.)
DMNVEK. Nov. S3.--Kov. Thompson
Hniltli, senior chaplain of tho Confederate
army and intimate friend or General!
.lacUEon. Lee and Early during tho CW11
war. died of eaneral debility to-d?y at
tiu J>uk*'? Ho*j>.iw4, to ma aty, *g?4 tt,
COULD NOT SLEEP;
HE KILLED HIMSELF
MR. RICHMOND T. LACY.
NEWYORKFOR
ROOSEVELT
Senator Piatt Declares That the
Republican Leaders Are All
for the President Again.
A CYCLONE AND TORNADO
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
No. 217 Colorado Building,
1-lth and G. Sts, N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23.-8an
ator Thomas C. Piatt, of. New York
to-day talked to J. Martin Miller, Wash-'
Ington correspondent Of the Newark
Evening News, about New York State
politics, and the mention that has been
mode during the past day or two con-,
earning a Hanna-Odell boom for the
Republican presidential and vlce-prosl
dentlal nominations,
"Who Is your personal choice, Senator.
as well'as the choice of tho Republican
party ot New York State for president
next year?" the correspondent- nskodv. ^ ?
"I am' unetiulvocally for President
Roosevelt, and the sentiment In N?w
Vofk State Is overwhelmingly for him.
I talked with Governor Odell on Satur
day, and he declared to me that ho Is In
favor of Mr. Roosevelt"
"Senator Hanna is too wise a man
to run counter to a cyclone, and tln>
Roosevelt boom Is a cyclono and a toi
nndo combined. It will sweep the coun?
try, and there Is not tho least basis for
tho anxiety that some people'appear to
have regarding New York State."
"New York State will help nominate
Mr. Roosevelt and he will carry tho Stale
at tho polls one year from now.
"in tho nomination and election of Mr
Roosevelt next year tho Republican
party will be as a unit. No ono realized
tills more llian does Senator Hanna.
"You can make It ns strong an you
pleaso that New York State Republicans
are for Roowvolt, from our Govornor
all along tho lino. You can say also
that this is tho first time that I have
expressed my views on the subject In a
nowspapor interview," said tho Bmplro
State's senior Senator.
HELPED OTHERS ESCAPE;
REMAINED IN HIMSELF
(Bv Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 23.?R, C. Morgan,
brother of General John Morgan, tho fa?
mous Confedero.tu raider, called upon
Govornor Nash to-day and later visited
tho Ohio penitentiary, whoro in 3863 ho
was confined as a prisoner of war. Dur?
ing his visit to the prison ho Hot at rest
reports that tho party who escaped on tho
nlirtit of November 27, 1SC3, had bribed
their way out. Ho went to the cell block
nnd explained how the escape was made
Mr. Morgan changed cells with his broth?
er, and wns not with tho escaping party.
He. however, furnished them the Informa?
tion which enabled them to got over the
walls In safety. To-day was the first
visit to the prison slnco his release.
NEED MONEY FOR ? ?
THANKSGIVING CHEER |
Some kind ladles are endeavoring to j
raise a fund to give a needy family to |
provide Thanksgiving cheer. Any sums I
left to-day o rlo-morrow nt The Time*- !
Dispatch office will be acknowledged and
6ent to the proper parties.
SEVEN INDICTED ON
CHARGEOF PEONAGE
Georgia Grand Jury Finds True
Bills Against Prominent Men
for This Offense.
r.
(By Assoclatod Press.) v
SAVANNAH, GA., Nov. 28,-Clinrged
with huvlng held negroes In a condition
of sorvltudo and peonage, twenty-su
Indictments have boon returned by tho
Federal grand Jury agulnst seven promi?
nent citizens of Southern Georgia.
The names mentioned in llio Indict?
ments are Fdiwurd D. McRoo, William,
Mclteo and Frftnk 1. Mcituo, of Valdustn,
an.; William F. Crawley ami Thomiu
McClellund, of Wttre county; Clayton
B. MoLood and Lester McWIIUumson, of
Montgomery county.
Tho Indictments are for various of
fensoa connected With the ullenu'l soiling
negroes inlu poonugo anil pUW modus
of depriving thorn of their lllmrty.
Tlie persons, against whom Indictments
have been returned are prominently con?
nected, one of thorn, F.dward Mclteo.
being a. member of the (iw>3 Legislature.
The remaining persons Included In the
indictments have been prominently iden?
tified with the business, and In some
Instances political interests of their sec
tlonu,
Richmond T, Lacy, Law?
yer, Uses a Shotgun.
MUZZLE TO BREAST;
FOOT ON TRIGGER
Death Came at Once, and Wife
Found Him on the Bath- ,
Room Floor.
WAS PROBABLY DAZED
BY DOSE OF MORPHINE
He Had Taken Several Capsules V;
Sunday Night to Induce Sleep'
and Realized at Time of
Shooting What He Was
Doing?Funeral Ser?
vices ? To-day.
In a stupor from an overdose of mor-;.
phlne, taken to induce sleep, Mr. Rich?
mond T. Lacy, member of the Richmond
bar, a Confederate veteran, with a proud
record, and for many years a prominent
and useful citizen of New Kent county,'
committed sulcldo yesterday morning In .
the bath-room of his residence, No. 1503 ?
North Twenty-eighth Streot.
Carefully he placed the muzzle ' of ; m.
shotgun over his right lung and with onal
of his toes pulled, or, rather shoved, tfta
trigger. Death was instantaneous. Hi* ,
wife, who rushed to the room as 'ebon???
as she heard the report, found him lyinR "^
on the floor In his own btood. The end
had already come.
For six months Mr. Lacy.had been in
f&lllng health. He was greatly troubled ?
.with sleeplessness. Night after night he.'?';?
would lie awake, and the need of rest at- ;
most drove him wild. Frequently his;;:
?wife and sons would urge him to ? sea
a physician, but he preferred to be hlaV,
own doctor. Insomnia had bofin much, v,
worse during.the past week, and .he; gat'I;.-'
morphine capsules to Induce sleep .that .;
way. Sunday night he must have take;:'/
a very largo dose, probably an overdose,'?"
Usually he got up at shortly.; after .7
o'clock; yesterday It was 8 o'clock be?
fore ho woke. His wife would not dls-:;
turb him, hoping the sleep would do him
good. . "'
His ohamber was.down-stairs. He par?
tially dressed, 'drank a cup-of'coffee and"
won't up-stairs. , Mrs. Lacy thought It, %
likely that ho was. gains;to a.quieter room',',-;
than any on the first floor,, and would
sleep again.
He Seemed Dazed.
She noticed that ho appeared to ba
dazed and scarcely realized what he was?',,.
doing. Prosently, becoming Just a little ,
uneasy about him, she went up to the
room he had entered and found It locked.
Site called him and he said something
about being "puzzled." But he Would not .
unlock the door. Remembering the room
hud another entrance, which could b???;.'
reached from a back stairway, she hur?
ried down. She was now mtioh. alarmed. :.l
Reforo getting up tho other steps the re?
port of tho gun Btnoto hor ears and she
knew hor worst fears had been realized, \
Ho had loaded one of tho guns in th?'"
boys' room, and, going , Into tho bath?
room, hud apparently sat upon a trunk,
resting the muzzle of the gun against
his breast and the stock upon tho floor,
had shoved tho trigger with his foot.
When Mrs. Lacy reached tho bath-room
her husband was dead upon tho floor,
with the gun bcsldo him.
Dr. R. D. Garcln, tho family physician,
wits culled, in tho excitement. Ho noti?
fied the coroner. Dr. Taylor learned from
Mrs. Lacy th? circumstances of (Jr?
death, ns far as she know them, and. n3
plainly an Inquest was unnecessary, gav?
the body over to the undertaker to pre?
pare for burial.
Rov. R. A. Goodwin, rector of St.
John's Church, called at the house as
soon as ho learned of the death and did
what a minlstor could to comfort th*
bereaved family,
Was a Good Soldier.
Many friends In Richmond and thsj
entirocounty of New Kent will learn of
tho death of Richmond Terrell Lacy with
no small measure ot sorrow. He was
born In Now Kent. His family was of
the aristocracy of that counts'. Thera
wero threo boys in the household?BenJa*
mln W.. Richmond T. and T. H. Lacy,
Ben Lacy was one of the brightest men
of the State, and became a member ot .
the Supreme Court of Virginia. T, H,
Lacy became a minister of the gospel,
Richmond remained In the old home coun?
ty and held many positions of trust. H?
was at times Commonwealth's attorney
and superintendent of the public schools.^
About seven years ago ho came to Rich-,
mond to continue the practice of law.
Though living in New Kent he had fre
quently appeared In the Richmond courts.
The prospects for a busy practice hera
were good and they proved to bo not
false ones. Since coming tiere he had led
a qulot, unostentatious life. He and his
family united at once with St. John'?
Church and nls bright boys readily found
employment. Until his health began to
fall, u happlor home und a happier man :
could not bo found In the broad limits of
the Commonwealth.
Mr. Lacy was a bravo soldier when
his native State needed such. He wa?
n member of Company F, Third Virglnl*
Cavalry, and was un-,r" the command of
former Governor C / ;s T, O't'errall.
Ho was at the time o. nis death a mem?
ber of R. 13. Lee Camp, Confederate
Votorans.
Ho was a devoted Mason, holding mem?
bership In Henrico Union Lodge, No. 13'),
.V. F. and A. M., and In Dovo Lodge, No,
fit, A. F. and A, M.
Tho popularity of the entire family wn?.
In a inoasuro evinced by the grout liynv
her of friends who called at thu hour**
yesterday to express their sympulhy and
personal sorrow in the ears of tho strick?
en wife and children.
Mr. Lacy married Miss IJUzle Winston,
of Hanover county, a member of one of
the first families in the State. She and]
five children survive him. Tho children
are: Richmond T-. Jr., Snrntiol W., Let!*
L? Virginia, P. and Alice M. Lac>.
Tho funeral wilt taku place IbU after* ,
noon at S-.M o'clock from St. John*
Church, and the Interment will be mad* (
in Oakwood Cemetery.
Commander Smith, of L*? Camp, !:?'.?
ordered the following detitit to report at.
tho Hall In uniform at 2^0 o'clock ihi?y
:ktiwriicoa jw fcU*ft4 &? iuxai'il. ,