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SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
WASHINGTON, Due. 11,-Forecast for
(?atttrdny and Htifiduy:
Vlrwn?iu-1-J,,/?ir; Sunday, rnln or snow,
Colder Ut night; south winds, nlilfU:u In
east and Increasing.
' North Ciirolinn?Fiilr Saturday; Sundr.y
cloudy, probably ruin; eust wind?, ?lowly
increasing.
The mercury ranged rallier low nil day
yesterday, fulling below the freezing
foint aflor nightfall. The ulr, though
chilly,.wuH agreeable and bracing.
STATfO OF TIl?TTHERMOAtHTMn.
V A. Al./. as
13 AI,, . ?
a ?, M. ?
? I'. AI.37
ti ?, ?.'..Vi
12 Midnight ...?'? ?
Average . 'i'? ?-3
Highest tempern turo yesterday.??
ivjwest temperature yesterday. -I
Mean temperature yesterday.J?
Normal temperatura for December. 40
Departure from normal temperature,.,? ?
I-Teclpi tallan during pust !M hours. ?
miniatuu?'aj.aianac
December 12, 1!)03.
Kim rises.7:17 I IUOH TIDI3.
bun 'Bets.4:5l [ Morning-.11:13
Moon rises,...1-':?7 | Evening.11:W
Richmond.
A drnmntle ?ceno In the Senate yester?
day-insurance bill amended, defe'ited
?nd the vote reconsidered?Favorable
report on tho bill requiring grand riiry
investigations after ?very election-Miss.
ilulen Miller Gould visits Street-car Y.
M. C. ?., and takes a picture of a group
of tho members; will return *j the formal
tpenlng In February?City police bill
j UMses the J louse-Arrangements to glvu
ix great (,'hristmns ??tinner to tho poor
Municipal Committee to Investigate again
next week-13111 offered to appropriata a
million dollars to erect a new Capitol
luillding?Economical work of tho Rovi?
slou Committee-Mother and son begin
u term In the penitentiary for train
wrecking-?Doo Camp lix?k the dato of
Ktoncwali Jackson's birthday-Brauer
trial takcH place,to-day at Hcnrlco court?
house-Ubi who masqueraded as a man
in Richmond visits other Virginia cities
'-Well known man missing from his
?borne-Delightful entertainment by Dove
j.odgc?Antl-Haloon convention to bo
peid here. MANCHESTER?TJlio Man?
chester Council delle? the new Constitu?
tion toy refusing to Increase Its member?
ship-Merrymakers at Leader Hall?
?rather Waters much better-Citizens
1(111 a deer-Churtor granted to a ??m
iiany to locato In Manchester.
Virginia,
Barytes mino caves In In Plttsylv.inia
and the miners escape when the shaft l'i
?nearly closed with the fall-Negro who
claims Hlelunond as his homo stab? a
?Norfolk and Western conductor-War
>-enton Hunt Club has a line run-The
now bank at Louisa to open its doors
January 1st-The submarine torpedo
fco'at Moccasin now high and dry on the
sands-Aluch to the surprise of the peo?
ple the People's Dine takes all it? boats
off ihn Happa ha ? nock and the Weenw
jjlno takes up' the additional service?
Tim Bath county grand Jury to investi?
gate drunks In dry town?Mass meeting
in Koanoke to push olalm for extension
to the government building-Delegato A.
A. Gray, from FJuvniwa, gets h nud Call
and Is severely hurt?A burglar lock?
himself In a room iiii Petersburg to cut
off pursuit, and-jumps from the window
?Treasurer Powell, of Nottoway. ruliv
exonerated by tho grand jury of that,
county-?Edward WalthuH's head crushed
vy wagon wheels in Balifax-Judge
J>aac Christian ill at bis home at Wllcox's
v^'bnrf?Electric, light lineman at _G???\??.
ion News Insfantly killed-Now? resi?
dence burned in Boanokc-?nueuaj fall
of snow and phenomena of darkness ?it
midday in Lexington??a woman, in
Crowe, routs two robbers with a. pistol.
North Carolins.
The Raleigh Dispensary Commission
rents (breo store rooms and will tit them
Up .handsomely, in which to dispensa li?
quors'; a Richmond merchant's enterprise
??A Greensboro widow, who answered a
matrimonial advertisement, makes a per?
niimi survey of the future husband and
consequently did not takn tho fatal leap
-Annual reception of ''th? president of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col?
lege-Many new school libraries author?
ized-Supreme Court closes at Weidon
-Arrangements to work the roads of
Halifax with convicts. |
General.
Air. Williams. Democrntlo lender in
Congress, declares recognition of Panama
was deliberate plan, and severely ar?
raigns President; Colombian troops tint
had landed at Bio Strato recalled, possl
fly by General Beyes' advice-National
'Republican Committee meets In Washing?
ton and pays respects to President, who
speaks of Hanna as Gamaliel; Roosevelt's
name the only one heard, but many Vir?
ginia Republicans opposed to him?Alad,
am Nordica suelng for divorce, and one
of her old friends to be made corespon?
dent-Airs. Bennett Ules declaration In
appeal from decision in will case, in
which she alleges the exercise of undue
intluence-independent Tobacco Alami
t.'icturers' Association re-elects Air. Lund.
street as president, and closes Its session
?An imperial grant in aid of cotton
growing In British West Indies-Cuban
reciprocity i'lll under discussion in Sen
ote-Besoin ti? m offered In Congress
looking to reduction of naval armament,
of tho mar?timo nations-Report of Sec?
retary Hester show? cotton crop ahenil
of, same period last year-United States
Steel active on the market, and Is presred
down-Bank clearings snow a healthy
increase?Cotton spinning , not encour?
aging, but evidence of better conditions In
il on and steel-Senator Tillman cills
ror Information as to what constitutes
recess appointments by President?Sec
rcta'rVjRoot says no explanation is needed
froia-'Gnneral McArthur-Heavy verdict
in the GotaRleh, Quick cases-Danig ?ind
Hunt held "to have boon Federal oltlccr.i
when they killed Ilarless,
IMPERIAL GRANT TO AID
COTTON IN WEST AFRICA
(Py Associatoli Prcas.)
LONDON, Doc. 11.?An Imperial grant
In aid of cotton growing In BrltlHh West
Africa will bo proposed during the com?
ing session of Parliament, and It is under?
stood that tho suggestion bus been fa?
vorably received by the government de?
partments concerned, The British Cot?
ton Growing Association is-preparing lull
dotali? of tho results of tho experimental
planting, for submission to.the Colonial
Oillco, und tho recent excitement In
Lancashire caused by tho report of tho
United States Agricultural Department of
a shtjrtago of tho American crops Is
being utilized as a reason why every ef?
fort should he mudo to render the English
cotton trado Independent of tho shortage
ill tho United States cotton crop.
WERE FEDERAL OFFICERS
WHEN THEY KILLED HIM
(By Associated Press.)
? CHARDF8TON, W. VA., Dec, 11.
Unlted States Judgo John Jay Jackson
to-day decided tho habeas corpus case
of John Dalng and Stewart Hurt, hold?
ing that they were Federal ollleors, uct
, jng under process of tho United States
court when they Killed John H'urless.
and therefore justified, and not amena bio
tc' Stuto courts. Dalng Is an operator
? and Hurt Is In his employ. They uccom
jiunled Deputy Alurshul Cunningham last'
' winter to urrost John Hnriese, a louder
? among tho striking miners, for whom
I Cunningham hail a rulo In contempt for
violating United States Judgo Keller's
"blanket Injunction." Harlcss fled when
.Cunningham and others approached his
house.. As ha went by Dalng, Hurt fired
end killed him, claiming self-defense, as
HHarless, with rovqlvor |n band, was Ueiy
i lug arrest,
ROOSEVELT
ONLY ONE
TALKED OF
His Name is on Every
Tongue for President
MANY VIRGINIANS
DO NOT WANT HIM
Statement of Mr. Bowden Not
.Thought to Reflect the
State's Sentiment.
CHICAGO SEEMS AHEAD
IN RACE FOR PLUM
Majority of Members of Com?
mittee Said to Have Declared
?Themselves for That City;
in Preference to St.
Louis as Place of
Meeting.
(From Our Regular Correspondent,)
(WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 11.?The
expressions from members of the Rep?b?
lica ? National Committee heard In the
lobbies of the hotels to-day and to-night
aro all indicativo of tho renomination of,
Mr. Roosevelt without opposition. Nearly
every member of tho comrnlttco which
will be In session hero to-morrow also
has expressed himself for th? renomlna
tlon, and declared, generally with em?
phasis that 'lie Is a Roosevelt man all
the time., Tho following romark by Hon.
George 33. Bowden,' of Norfolk, who Is
the member of tho committee for Vir?
ginia, Is typical of all the rest:
"Why, I have not heard a peep, much
Ires a loud voice, against Roosevelt's
nomination. AVo aro all heartily for him
in Virginia."
If tlie statement of the other members
of the committee relativo to the aenli?
ment of their States be no more accur?
ate than that of Mr. Howdeu, they arc
not worth much ? as Indicativo of tho
sentiment at their?;homes. With Colo
, uel-James Brownln?.a>t-Ta?iewe.ll,.,oae of
tile wealthiest and most influential Rer
.publicans"in tho State, declaring in sea?
son and out of season, that ho is for any
man for tho nomination as against Roose?
velt, and that if Roosevelt and Gorman
aro the nominees of the Republicans and
Democrats, respectively. It will require
Ulti? persuasion to Induco him to vote
?for Jlr. Gorman, It Is easy to understand
that there Is more than a "peep" of op?
position to Roosevelt In Virginia. While
it la true, that Mr. Bowden is pretty
well out of touch with tho politicians of
tho State, It Is also true that Roose?
velt has succeeded In working up such
? strong sentiment for his nomination
among the Republicans of the country
who do not look beneath the surface, and
fro carried away by the cow-punching,
broncho-busting stylo of tho present oc?
cupant of the White House.? The wisest
oi tho Republicans, and they are on the
National Committee, arc not at heart
for the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt, but
they are carried away by tlje popular
sentiment, They have to present tho
appearance of yielding.
IS NOT RETICENT.
Great amusement has been caused
Democrats and Republicans aliko by tho
publication In a Republican paper of this
city a statement attributed to Mr.
Roosevelt, that ho would not discuss his
nomination with anybody, and that ho
had not dono so. It Is a well recogv
ntz.ed fact that this has been tho one
topic, almost, talked of with all Repub?
lican callers at tho AVhlto House for
several months, and that there Is not
the slightest action taken by tho execu?
tive without reference to tho effect It
will have on his candidacy. It Is con
(Contlnued on Third Page.)
MADAM NORDICA
SUES FOR DIVORCE
The Name of Singer Who Has
Aroused Her Jealousy
Guarded.
(Special to Tho Timos-Dispatch.)
NEW YORK, Dec, II.?Jealousy of ono
of tho most celebrated singers In Ihu
operatic world Is given to-day as a reason
for tho suit for absoluto illvorco brought
by Madame Lillian Nordica against her
husband, Doltan X. Doemo, a famous Hun?
garian tenor. Tho natno ?? t?10 singer who
has excited the Jealousy of Madanin Nor?
dica lias been zealously guarded from the
public by tho prima donna and.nor law?
yers.
It Is stated, however, that Madame
Nordica and tho woman whom slio now
regards as her rival, were onco great
friends, Under tho Grau management,
they shared tho highest honors ut tho
Metropolitan Opera House, and their de?
votion to ono another, was tho subject of
much friendly gossip among those in
tho musical world,
A year ngo, it Is statoti, Madamo Nor*
dica observed a growing friendship bo
tween tho singer and hor husband, and
soon afterward, the singer and Herr
Doemo wont to Paris. Madamo Nordica
heard that the two were constantly to
get her In tho French Capital, and soon
determined to sue for divorce,
A Negro Hanged,
(By Associated Press.)
CARTER SVI DM3, GA., Deo. ll.-Rob
ort Mlddlebrooke, colored, was hanged
hero to-day for the murder of Bailiff
Reed, whom ho- killed el? montila ago,
>wlillo resisting1 arrest, '
DENOUNCED
THEPANAMA
CONSPIRACY
Mr. Williams. Democrat.
Arraigns President,
THE RECOGNITION A
DELIBERATE PLAN
The Project Had Been Well
Thought Out Long
Ago?
MR. HITT DEFENDS
THE CONSPIRACY
-The Administration's /Apologist
Declares tho. Recognition- of
Panama Was1? Necessary to
Keep Open .the : Path of
? Trade?Panama's Birth i
. .Was Foreseen; ?
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.?The birth of
tho Republic of Panama and Its recogni?
tion by this government was tho subject
of a spirited debato In tho House to?
day. Air. Dliismoro (Democrat, Arkan?
sas), during tho consideration of the pen?
sion appropriation, bill, severely criticis?
ing tho administration In connection with
tho canal and Mr. Hitt (Republican, Illi?
nois), chairman of tho Foreign Affairs
Committee, replied in a vigorous defense
of tho President and his Central Amerl.
can policy. Mr. Williams (Mississippi),
the minority leader, replied to Mr. Hitt,
declaring that the minority did not con?
done the part taken by this government
in connection with Panama affairs.
Nearly the whole of tho four hours' ses?
sion was taken up in a discussion of tho
Isthmian question. . No conclusion was.
leached on tho pension bill.
ARRAIGNED THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. Dlnsmore said tho Panama Repub?
lic had been established and that it ex?
ists by the 'power of the United States,
and that without 'that power it could
not -exist. Nothing -had, ? ho said, 'been
gained that could not have been gained
In a straightforward and honorable way.
Mr. Dlnsmoro declared the President had
set himself above tho law, and ho criti?
cised the hasty recognition of the Re?
public Of Panama. Ho said that Secre?
tary Hay learned statecraft at tho feet
cf Abraham Lincoln, and referred-lo tho
attitude of the government In 1800 toward
tho question of recognition, saying that
Mr, Hay had now taken a different view
of that question.
Mr. Hitt (Republican, Illinois), chair?
man of tho Committee on Foreign At
fairs, replying to Mr. Dlnsmore, said he
was nstonished at the remarks of the
gentleman from Arkansas, adding auch
attacks on tho government would not
bo made by any foreigner in discussing
its action.
MR. DINSMORE'S DISAVOWAL.
Mr. Dlnsmore disavowed any purpose to
Imputo dishonorable or Improper mo?
tives to tho officers of the government.
Mr. Hitt said there was nothing hasty
or unique In tho recognition of tho new
republic, as It occurred five days after
the promulgation of the Independence of
the republic.
Mr. Williams (Mississippi) asked if this
was not the first time in South American
history "that tho other fellow had been
prevented from shooting back."
Mr. Hitt replied that troops could be
sent to Colon only to Interfere with trame
on the Isthmus, and that tho United
States is under obligation to prevent in
teruptlon of this trafile.
. HITT DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Hitt made a vigorous defense of the
administration in connection with the
(Continued on Third Pago.)
TREASURER POWELL
FULLY EXONORATED
Dismissed by the Grand Jury
and Gives a Gilt-Edge
Bond.
(.Special to The TInies-Dlepatch.)
CREWE, VA'., Doc. 11.?After three days
o? continuous and ardent search and in?
vestigation, with over a hundred wit?
nesses summoned, tho grand Jury of this
county complotcd their labors Into yes
terduy afternoon In tho matter of tho
accounts and transactions of J. L. Powell,
treasurer of tlua county, for the last
eleven or twelve years, and reported
sqyorul bills of Indictment against him
for felony and misdemeanors us not true
bills.
This result Is highly pleasing and grati?
fying to the large majority of tho people
of the county, who have never for once
believed Mr. Powell to bo guilty of any?
thing wrong In his oiuclnl life. Rumors
of shortage in his accounts and of other
things derogatory to him were circulated
most industriously against him during
iliu last election, but his friends did not
give them credence, and with nil of
these things against him, and with two
opponents for the office of troasurer, Mr.
Powell was re-elected; by tho people, by
a good majority, und1 now that these
rumors have been judicially Investigatoli
and found to bo untrue, the body of tho
peoplo In the county aro reully rejoiced:
and now feel that the trust and confi?
dence of the peoplo will not be again dis?
turbed , This confidence could not have
leen better demonstrated than by tho
fact that In the midst of tho Investiga
?Ion by the grand Jury Mr. Powell ap?
peared befo? tho County Court with bis
personal sureties nnd gave one ut tho
best bonds as .treasurer of the county
that he has ever given during tho twplve
Clears of, his. Pulciai ll?e??
DRAftATIC SCENES IN SENATE
FOLLOW MISUNDERSTANDING
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET ON BROAD STREET.
MR. JONES
IS A GIRL
Handsome Lowell, Mass., Fe?
male Masquerading in
Male Attire.
WAS A VISITOR .TO RICHMOND
Played the Part of a Rich Young
Man., But Failed to Settle
"V Tier. Hot?T??H.=?? ' '
A sixteen-year-old girl, masquerading
! in malo attiro, has been "d?lng" certain
Virginia cities, Including Richmond, beat?
ing boarding houses and hotels..?. ?
Tho girl Is "Harry N, Jones," of Dow
ell, Mass., young and pretty and still at
large. xVbout a week ago sho upyared
In Richmond and stopped at a boarding
house on Eighth Street. Sho wore knee
trousers and acted her part well. When
questioned, she said sho owned a lot o?
Richmond property and had corno down
to sec about it After a stay of a few
days, she suddenly left. Tho board bill
was left unpaid?Included in her other
Richmond property, as it were.
A few days later, Harry N. Jones, of
Lowell, Mass., registered at tho Palm
Hotel, in Staunton, after being refused
admittance to the Eakleton, because he
had no baggage. Hurry said sho wns
representing a magazine and was solicit?
ing subscriptions therefor. Sho visited
the gymnasium, took part in tho, exer?
cises, and proved to bo finito an actor
on tho parallel bars. Bhe was of slender
build, hud a girlish voice, and was hand,
some. She wore knee trousers.
"Mr, Jones" abandoned Staunton, and
Its hotel bill on Tuesday and betook to
other parts.
The mysterious strnnser next appears
In Lexington, where sho succeeded In
having the charge of forgery added to
the others. Tho magazine subscription
agency was put to work again, and a
staid Washington and Leo professor con
MILLION DOLLARS
FOR NEW CAPITOL
Hon. W, H. Gravelcy Offers
Such a Bill in the
House.
Hon, W. H. Gravelcy, of Henry, yes?
terday offered In tho House a bill to
approprialo $1,000,000 for tho eroction of
a new Capitol building, The llrst sec?
tion of tho bill reads as follows:
"Ha It enacted by thoiGenoral Asseni
hjy of Virginia, That the sum of $1,000,000,
$200,0(10 per annum for five consecutive
years, beginning with tho year ending
September 30, 1001, bo und tho same is
hereby appropriated, out of any money
In tho treasury not otherwise appro?
priated, for the building of a now State
Cupitol."
Tho second sootUin of tho bill directs
that tho prosunt Capital Building Couv
mittue report plans to the next Genorul
Assombly, und nlso whether It Is ndvlsn.
bio to erect the proposed now Capitol
building on sonio other part of tho sipicre
or to tear down tho present structure ami
build on the present site,
Tho bill muy not pass at tho presont
session, but there Is a decided senti?
ment In the General Assembly for an
up-tordato Capitol building.
SLEIGHTli^H?NbTf
COMMONWEALTH CLUB
A smoker, which bids fair to bo un.
usually pleasant, will bo given by, tho
Common wealth Club to-night to mom.*
bers and friends.
Tho fen turo of the evening will bn
Churlos S. Dennett, who performs tho
must marvellous slolglit of hand fonts,
A member of tho club who lins wit?
nessed ono of his performances, says
thqt ho is a wonder, <?
There will bo some good singing and
?strumentai music.
?
tri bu ted a check for $1. "Mr. Jones,"
"who Is said to bo of an artistic tempera?
ment, thought a circle more ornamental
than a straight line and thereupon em?
bellished tho check thus "8." But It
didn't work, and Mr. Jones left again,
tills timo for parts unknown.
LOOKING FOR HEIRS
OF NORTH CAROLINIAN
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORXC. Dec. ll.-J. E. Smith,
manager of the Bee HIvo, at Newborn",
N. C, wrltos thus to Patrick H. Mc?
Laughlin, tho inspector In charge of the
uniformed police forco of Brooklyn:
Nowbern, N, C. Dec. S, 1903.
To the Chief of Police of Brooklyn. N. Y.:
"Dear Sir,?Will you please try and
find out If there Is some lady or her hoirs
In Brooklyn that Is the heir of Isaac Glf
ford, or sister of John Gilford, of Nortg
Carolina, Cravon county, Tho father was
:a, one-armed man. Pleasplet mo know if
you can find any dueh heirs thcro .and
obligo. ' ??
"J. E. SMITH."
Mr. McLaughlin would like very much
to find tho heirs, and ho asked tho re?
porters to spread broadcast tho informa?
tion that they aro wanted.
PREACHER BEING TRIED
FOR MALADMINISTRATION
1 (By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, MASS., Dec. 11.?Rov.
Frank M. Spraguo, of Tampa, Fla., was
placed on trial hero to-day bofore tho
Htimpdeu Conference of Congregational
Ministers, charged with having malicious?
ly Incited his congregation to strife and
with maladministration of church af?
fairs. The hearing Is held in secret.
Mr. Spraguo is tried in this city be?
cause ho Is a member of tho, Hampdeu
Association of Congregational Ministers
and tho Florida Association Is without |
jurisdiction In his caso.
THE LEAKE GRAND JURY
MEASURE IS FAVORED
House bill -131 was reported to the Sen?
ate yesterday with a unanimous recom?
mendation by tho Commit toe for Privi?
leges and Elections. This Is tho measure
known as tho Lea ko bill, which provides
for special grand Juries after all regular
rind primary elections, recently passed by
the House. The unanimous action of tho
commlttro augurs the passage of the bill
In tho Seimto'with little or no opposi?
tion. If enacted into law, this proposition
la regarded ns ono which will greatly
strengthen tho Barksdalo puro election
law.
OLD WOMAN KILLED;
' A FAM1LY FEUD
Found Dead With Six Bullet
Wounds in Her Body?Mem?
bers of Family Arrested.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Doc. ll.-Wlth six bul?
let wounds In vurlous parts of her body,
almost nny ono of Which would have
caused death, Mrs. Radical Ann Really,
tviventy-ono yearn old, was found mur?
dered In her homo boro to-day.
Many mysterious features surround tho
caso, Tho police have two men and a
woman Under arrest on suspicion of
knowing something about tho crime. All
of tlwni are inoniberii of tho murdered
woman's family, mid all thn? evidence
points to a long standing family dis?
puto ns tho motive for tho ci'lmo. Thoso
?a custody are Andrew Woeilon, tho hus?
band of Mrs. Heidi's step-daughter, and
Churlos Oolrlch and his wlfo, Jesslo, a
son-in-law ami daughter, Mrs, Gel rich
admits discovering the body, but it is
BUld did not report to tho pollen for al?
most three hours, ? hero were evidences
that an attempt hud boon mudo to olean
up tho pool Of blood on tho kitchen
floor, where Mts. Bollii had fallen, Mrs,
Oolrlch admitted doing this.
Judge Christian HI.
(Special to Tin? Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
?WILU'OX WHARF, VA.. Oec, ll.~
Judgo Isaao H, Christian did not hold his
regular tenu of court to-day in Now Kent
on aceouut of lila having had a slight
stroko of paralysis several sr/? ugu. Ilo
?,? i my ?? vi? a, ho w#B?t
REASON FOR
THE APPEAL
William J. Bryan Charged With
Using Undue Influence on
Mr. Bennett.
WIDOW FILES DECLARATIONS
And Objects to All Bequests
Providing for Trust Funds for
";E-duc?tipii?l Purposes.':. -
(By Associated Press.)
NEW HAVEN, N. .T., Dec. 11,-Coun
sol for Airs, Bennett, widow of Phllos
Bennett, to-day filed a long statement
of the reasons for tho appeal recently
taken from the decision of Prdbuto Judgo
Clcaveland, In relation to Air. Bennett's
will.
In tho formal notlco of appeal, It was
briefly announced that objection would
be taken to all of tho bequests hi tho
will, providing for trust .funds, for educa?
tional purposes to bo administered by
Air. and Airs, William J. Bryan, and also
to tho appointment of Air. Bryan .as ex?
ecutor and trustee. That statement was
elaborated In tho document filed to-day,
which, after repealing the clauses of
tho will to which objection is taken,
siiyr. In effect, that Air. and Airs. Bryan
"Induced and persuaded," Air. Bonnott
tu sign a palier addressed to William J.
Bryan, and to copy a. considerable part
of another paper, the said copy to bo
addressed to Airs. Bennett, . The papers
referred to nre tho sealed letter by which
Air. Bryan and family were to bo given'
???,??? by consent of Airs. Bennett, and
a lotter similar In purport which Air,
Bryan produced la court.
Tho soventi clauses, to which objec?
tion Is taken, and tho scaled letter and
tho lotter to Air. Bryan, aro declared to
havo been prepared at Lincoln, Neb,,
by Air. Bryan and his wife without tho
knowledge of Airs. Bennett,
Allegations of nudilo Influence uro
innd* concerning all the clauses appeal?
ed from.
THE LIMIT GIVEN
TO JOHN SMITH
Young Negro Who Robbed Res
taurantcur at Point of Pistol
Gets Twenty-five Years,
(From Our Regular Corespondent,) |
WASHINGTON, D, C, Doc. 11.-John C.
Smith, tho young negro, who croatod such
a scusatimi on November 19th by enter?
ing a lunch room on G Street about 8
o'clock In tho evening and robbing tho
propi'lot'or b( ?2S at tho point of a pistol,
and then shooting two policemen Who
pursued him, was to-day found guilty and
sentenced to twenty?flvo years' Impris?
onment. Sentence was Imposed in Climi?
nul Court No. 1, and was pronounced by
Justice .Piltchurd.
Tho negro got tho limit of tho law,
Fifteen years Is tho maximum penalty for
assault with intent to kill. Mo was con?
victed on tho first count of asault with
Intent to kill Olllcer Osliurn and given
an additional ton years upon conviction
on Ilio second count, tho attempL lo kill
Olllcer Edwards, who was only slightly
hurt, In vlow of tho sentence imposed
In tho assault with Intent to kill oases, Hie
charges of robhory and houiiubreukliig
wero nolle prossrid.?
"Gct-Rich-Quick" Verdicts.
(Special to The Tlnies-DUpatch.)..
NNW yOHK, Deo. 11.?A verdict of J7,.
Ola was to-day returned against Alfred
Q, Cioslln und Robert A, Amnion, of Hi?
Miller Hyndlcalo notoriety, awl tho de?
fendants in the first of a serious of ac?
tlo'.:H brought agulnst tho alleged "get
rich-quick." operators. Tho Initial suit
was that brought by ? he firm of com?
mission brokers vi ?u'cur & Bull. o? To?
Wickham Aggrieved by
Action of Colleagues.
BILL REPORTED
IN H?S ABSENCE
Opposition to His Request fox
Recommittal of the
Measure.
SUGGESTION OF LECTURING a
FINANCE COMMITTEES
An Eliciting' Incident, WhlcHi.
Had, However^ an Amicable
Ending?Insurance Bureau
Bill Amended, Defeated
and the Vote Recon?
sidered.
Tho session of the Senato of Virginia^;
began tamely enough yesterday with the*
routine of opening ceremonies and usual
work, but it ended In one of the mosti
dramatic Incidents in tho history of the
Senat?, The sceno camo almost without
warning In tho beginning, but tho con-'
flictl'ng currents of feeling soon began ta
assumo such streugth and forco that
long boforo the climax was reached It
was observed and felt by many that Buohi
a culmination -would bo almost lnevlta?*
ble.
In the morning hour the Committee, on!
Finance and Banks 'had reported favor* :
ubly. tho bill of Senator Anderson, pro'?? ;
vldlng for tho appropriation of $150,000,
.in addition to that already, appropriated/
for the ! repair, enlargement and im?
provement of tho Stato Capitol. ; No. dis?
cussion had followed the submission o?
tho report, but when the special order,"
had been disposed of and the Senate was ?
about to adjourn for tho day, Mr. "Wiok-.;
ham, tho chairman.'.of tho Finance Com?';;
nilttoe, and_ the veteran of the . Senate?
lit point of service, rose to subjnlt a mo? :
tion to recommit tho measure to tha
Flnaneo Cnmmlttec. In' the course of his'.',
advocacy of tho motion to.recommlt Mr.
Wickham spoke hi .his'most intense, em.
photic, iinfl-?yei^limnacslonod..'.jman.n.er,,,,;,
and In doing so ' tised' .language" "'which'?'?]
was construed by',some to.be hi tho na
uiro of a lecture to tho coifcilttce,..
, Mr. Shackolford. In an explanation of
his part In the action of tho commUtco
Ih considering and reporting tho ? bill
without the presence of Mr. Wickham,
tho chairman, Intimated that the senator
from Hanover ?teemed to lecture the com?
mittee.
Before the sentonco had been com?
pleted, Mr, Wickham, with that spirit
which is characteristic of him, Inter- '
Jected, "I deny any Intention to lecture
the committee, and herewith submit my
resignation,"
'With that statement the tense feeling .
which had pervaded the discussion up
to that moment culminated, and the mo?
mentary sllenco which followed was im?
mediately succeeded by a period of nc- :
tlvlty approaching excitement.
Not in Accord.
Mr. Slmckelforcl withdrew his state?
ment as to tho senator's soemlng to lec?
ture tho committee, but Mr. Wlckham'a
spirit was aroused, and he replied, stat?
ing that for some time ho had felt that ,
he was not In accord with tho prevailing
sentlmont of tho Senate, and that his
action was not duo to any personal feel?
ing or to any affront, but to this feeling.
Mr. Anderson, of Richmond1 city, wa'a
recognized, and spoko In a strain in '
which Intense earnestness was manifest
In every tono, becoming at times ol?
?juent In explaining his own motives ami -?
his course In the matter, tho discussion
of which had unexpectedly precipitated
the dramatic Incident recorded.
President, Willard, In graceful terms*
announced that ho would exercise hi? - ?
prerogative and declino to submit the ?
question of the resignation' of the sena?
tor from Hanover, and tho Seriate ap?
plauded tho utterance, ns It had done
? tribute to Mr, Wickham by Mr. An?
derson.
Mr. Wickham then desired to withdraw '
his motion to recommit the bill, but ere
be was settled In his seat again, the tall ?
form of Senator Ople nroso on the othqr
sido of tho Senate and he renewed the
motion to recommit. "G seo tho senato??
from Hanover Is writing his resignation.'*
said Senator Ople, "and I desire to-pre?
vent that, ft would be a calamity to the
State." Continuing, the senator from
Augusta olomiently commended the sena- ?
tor from Hanover for his Invaluable ser?
vice to the State, and expressed th?
earnest hope that ho would not Inslet on .
offering bla resignation.
Timely Adjournment.
At this crucial moment tho senator,
from Halifax, Mr. Barksdale, aroso to the
occasion and solved the difficulty by mov?
ing to adjourn. The motion was Imme?
diately put and carried without dissent.
Immediately nearly all the senators
crowded around the desk of Mr. Wick
hum and remonstrated, persuaded and
sought In every manly way t<> Induce the
senator not to ex?cuta tho radical step
Ik? bad In contemplation, and from which
up to this moment ho had Indicated no
purpose ti> recedo i v
Just what was said onuld not bo dls
tlnctlv heard where so many were talk?
ing. Presently, however, Mr. SlmcUel?
ford was called by Mr. Wickham and
??amo over to tha group. Tho senator
from lInnover and tho Senator from
Orango exchanged a word or two In the
naturo of mutual disclaimers, and tfceiv
tho two clasped hands warmly, not to
say affectionately, placed a bund upon,
the shoulder of each other, and the fuel
dent was motif, happily ended. It was?
evident that the Hanover senator, upon
iWlti'tlon and u proper apprehension of
tho Intent of his friend from Orange and
their fellow senators, had determined to .
recoiiBlder tho action lie was on the point;
of consummating.
How It Occurred.
lu the discussion leading up to till*
dramatic Incident, Mr. Wlckbum had
ployed to tuke up Stiliate bill 4k) apprw?
pria ting ?&?.??? for the enlargement and
rcrair of tho titule Capitol. He then,
iinavea-ifi NviranmH ?ho Mil lo ikt-GQm