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SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS
The Weather. .
_WAS1 I.INGTON, Doc. U,?Foreonst for
Tucsdn.v and Wodnosdnvi
Virginia?Ks.'r Tuesday. Wednesday Itl
I creasing blpuulnohsi light to frosh north
I Winds, *
North Carolln?~En.lr TuoHdny. Wodncs
eay cloudy, probably rain In oast portion
! ,wJth Increasing north -wind?.
The, enow and cold wave forecast for
Bunday failed to materialize. Instead, the
duy was fino, us wn? yesterday? Tho mer?
cury foil somewhat last night, but the
?aid did not becomo extreme.
STATE OF TUB THERMOMETER
'??. M.,..VI
12 M.'.. ??
I V. M.?|0
er. m.so
f r. M. .:. :?v
U midnight ...?.jS
Average.36U?
Highest temperature yesterday.W
Lowest temperature yesterday.....31
Wean temperature yesterday.?1
Normal tomporaturo for December. 10
Oicpnrturo from nomini temperature... 08
Vroclpltatlon during past lit hours.00
t MINIATURE "ALMANAC,
I Decomber 15, 1303.
(Sunrises.7:1!) I HIGKTIDB.
.Sun nets.1:61 | Morning.1:3S
*toou rises.3:57 | Evening.??03
? Richmond. \
'i; Only about six thousand paid their
- ftapltatlon taxe?; the saloon people active
-' ?n getting their friend? to qualify?
Xirtut banquet given by the Howl User??
'General Asaembly to work, day and night:
primary bill engrossed; social cltfb bill
amended and made broader lu Its scop*-??
'Largo sum left by a man supposed to be
practically penniless?J. ?. J. Melton re?
turns home after several days of aimless
wandering-Wednesday Club to rehearse
to-night-Death ot an need clgarmuKor
??Oystoi? bill likely to fall in the Senato
to-day-?Tho fourth member of a little
family dead-A Honrlco saloon-keeper
very severely punished-Real estate men ,
to hold a, big meeting here to-day?
Tidewater charters granted yesterday?.
Trial of alleged Fulton rioters' begins In
Hustings Court-New method for dis?
pensing charity; Imposter? to be blacklist?
ed?Arrest of boys, oharged with tit?ft
-?Electrolysis dispute Is s .ill unsettled?
Hoard o? Alderman will discuss bond Is?
sue matter to-night. MANCHESTER
Capitation taxes paid by -l?o voters?Im?
portant meeting of the Board of Aldermen
10-nlght-New home of the Elks being .
rapidly put In shape-Funeral of Mr. !
Anthony Knorr this morning-Thlmeu I
little darkles Whipped for engag ng ih a
rock batile-Concert at Ba i.brljbe Street
Baptist Church to-night-WlUlng Work- I
crs o? CJoptqn Street Church to meet at
b o'clock to-night?Game of foot-ball
this afternoon.
Virginia.
. Toung physlcan in Caroline county
. fctruck on head by man in the dark who
makes hie escape; blow may prove faUI
??Memorial service In Alexandria In
honor of Rev. II. Slaymaker?^Steamer
Lapslcy to bo replaced; collection tauen
??Petition In' bankruptcy filed In Dan?
ville-?A wreath laid on Washington's
grave by Frederlcksburg Lodge-Twen?
ty-two out of twonty-flve candidates In
Orango spent nothing In the campalga?
Fourteen-year-old boy killed by suppased
empty gun at Yorktown-?A'pig- atealer,
wlto fled across the Une at Bristol, kid?
napped and curried back Into ? Tennessee
??Farmvllle _ Baptist Church... accents
resignation of Ha pastor?-Indictments'
found by the grand Jury at "Wllilarnuburg
-Burglars break Into store ot Windsor,
but secure little loot-H-Fa nnera'' institute
under the auspices of the' State Depart?
ment of Agriculture held W'the ?ounhouse
at Petersburg with good ?Uendunco
T'ircs In Amherst burn a new and woll
fuml?hed residence and u flat car loaded
with ties-The government Inspects iho
Kca-golng dredge. General Abbott, built at
Petersburg, and filici? it satisfactory
Dr.'Hall controverted by the other p. cach?
ais of Daiiv.lle as to the effect of ?ocal
option in Danville-The Louisa "grand
Jury finds a true, bill against W. F.
McClareh. for shooting his wife; new bunk
to occupy clerk's ollice-Judgo Lawrence
P. Poo] holds his first term of court-in
Chesterfield-Negro at Boydtou caught
in the act disjointing the rails of tho
Southern Railway to cause ? wreck: he
sought revenge; two other? Implicated?
The farmers of Charlotte county In mas??
mcetlng hear an address by Colonel violin
S. Cuntngham-Span of an Iron bridge
over the Shenandoah River at Carsons
Ford falls Into tho river-Charley Peo
pica Indicted in Wythevillo yesterday for
murder-Ballard II. Kelt on trial for
shooting George Lindsay.
North Carolina.
Tho Supreme Court passes on tho trad?
ing stamp case In Winston: the accused
not In custody and writ or .habeas cor?
pus dismissed; victory for tho trading
r.tamp peoplo-Charles A, Setzer, of Car?
son, confessed that he sot fire to the
?toro of his rival In business, G. D. Wil?
kinson; tho Htatoment causes a sensation
?t-Poultry show held In a big tent at
Wilmington-A strike Imminent for ?omo
hours in tho Southern shops at Spencer
is referred to arbitration-Rev. George
Snider, of Hagerstown, called to Salis?
bury to take charge of tho collection Qf
$50,000 for endowment of Catawba College
Citizen of Stolces county run down and
killed by a train.
General.
Volume of dealings on Stock Exchange
smaller than for somo days past, hut
prices udvanco and close at tho top level
of tho day-Arguments on tho Northern
Securities case are begun In'the Supremo
Court-This country expects war with
Colombia over the Isthmus, and will refus0
to suhmit the question In dispute to arbi?
tration before Tho Hague tribuna,
Morn damaging testimony Is adduced
?gainst General Wood, und Senator Hanna
lias formally requested that ho ho sub?
poenaed to answer the charges preferred
?gainst him?Japanese marinea are land?
ed in Corea to suppress rioting-Penco
able solution o? dispute between Jupiiu
?rid Russia scums-moro tlvun ever'prob?
able?-United States marinos aro landed
at Colon to resist tho supposed entry of
troops from Colombia-Police have to In
.lerfer? to preserve order In the Suffragist
Convention <>C pegroos In Washington
Decision of West Vlrg.'nla Supreme Court
in favor of tho Dcopwuter Railroad Is one
of Importance to' Virginia and tho Squth,
as it. moans ihn construction o? another
lino to tidewater from the coal fields??
Not a favorito wins on the Bonn ngs
track, owing to the muddy condition ,ot
the raco way?It Is probable that u
rivers nini harbor? hill will be passed by
present Congress, and Virginia will likely
get good appropriations for th? improve
ment h of her waterways?South Carolila
contested election case may bo made ii
test of the constitutionality of negro dia
fianoliisennnit In the Southern States^?
Hutis? of Representatives In session for
four hours'discussing various topics, In?
cluding the Panama? Canal and tho militi,
slon of this government with the revolu?
tion lu Colombia-In th? Sonato Mr,
Bailey, of Texas, makes an eia-boiate nr
giiment against the constitutionality of tlm
proceeding In the. cons deration ot tho re?
ciprocity ireatv with Cuba,
MOSQUITO FLEET
HAS SAFE PASSAGE
' (By Associated Press.)
PORT ROYAL. S. O., Deo. 14.?The tor?
pedo flotilla arrived hero to-day. ' The
trip from Norfolk to Halteras was made
al a speed of eighteen knots in smooth
water. From Hatteras to Charleston
there was a moderate gata from the
southeast to southwest, and the flotilla
went at speeds of from ten to fifteen
knots. Last night wan spent at anchor
?go In .the Charleston harbor. The, run
from Charleston to Port Royal was
?month. The lnr<i>iotlon board hero will
go aboard the .Baltimore to Inspect her
Up trio run to Key West, The flotilla,
will proceed to'Key We,st aa soon as a
email ?mount of coal, Is taken here,
country lands troops on
il, Dut it Is thought that it
? in ficht to brins back
The Jordan-Carchvell Measure
their view, and the' debato oyer this ques?
tion promises to.,be quite Interesting.
'Whatever slrla opens and cIoses> it Is
A Plan That Will Revolutionize
??lio Tufe+lirxic c'n ? nnor in
| Were J-T. ?-. XJ, ?????51, Ut ^
J. O. LaFontlze, city editor (
eonville Florida, Tiraes-Unior
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mio ine unum, w, >^v~*.v..v.u.
and this glvemmcnt will have to inter?
vene to maintain the neutrality of the
Isthmus, and law and order on the nar?
row strip of land that connects - the
northern and southern continents.
Secures Counsel.
General Heyes, who is the accredited
representative of Colombia at Wash?
ington, and who baa just been chosen
president of his country, will use all
his influence to prevent any 'act o? war
u?tt! he has presented his case to our
State Department, and has received a
reply. The nature -of the reply. Is fore?
seen, although It Is admitted 'that Royes
b?s.'tnade his chances of. success wltfi
this government much greater by em?
ploying AVayno HeVcagh as Colombia's
counsel. ,
??? substance of the reply of the
State'Department'will be that the recog?
nition of the Independence of Panama Is
not revocable. This government will say
that it has not only recognized thu in?
dependence of Panama, but has nego?
tiated a treaty with that government, by
which an equity In certain territory with?
in the boundaries of Panama has been
secured to the.United States. This will
furnish, reason number two for our in?
tervention In Uie Isthmus and .sending
the Colombian troops back . home.
Appeal to the Hague.
Tt is likely that the most embarrassing
feature of the embrogllo, so for as the
United States are concerned, will be the
attempt which Colombia will make to
have the whole matter referred to The
Hague Tribunal for arbitration, This
nation took the first step which almost
forced European governments lost spring
to cease warfare on Venezuela and send
their claims to The Plague tor adjust?
ment. It Is going to put It In on awk?
ward position If it refuses to refer its
own case to that tribunal.
The United States will not allow the
case to go to The Hague. This is ab?
solutely assured.
Prepared for Trouble.
?The War and Navy Departments are
prepared for troublo on the Isthmus.
There are a number of war vessels down
In that neighborhood and marines arc
ashore looking for the Colombian troops
reported to be on the way to attack Pan?
ama. Somo days ago, an official of tho
War Department said that the department
thought that two regiments of Infantry,
with machine guns would bo sufficient
for military operations against Colom?
bia.
If, as seems most probable now, there
Is wnr with tho republic of Colombia,
Continued on Second Pago.)
THEY FOUND WADS
AND WADSOF MONEY
Edward McCormicU, Supposed
to Have Nothing, Pretty
Well Provided for.
It Is rather a raro thing to find bank
notes of nil denominations, from $100
down, about the bed and person of a man
Riipposed not to have enough to maintain
himself without nsslslnnco.
Such was the case, however, with Ed?
ward McCormlck, who died November
2<;t)i, Thanksgiving Day, at the Sheltering
Arms Hospital hero.
Mr. McCormlck had been in bad hraltli
for a number of years, and wns provided
lor In largo measure by Iwnoflelul organi?
sations, of which ho was a member. Ho
had. been Severn I times ?in I limata of the
Sheltering Arms, und whs there several
'monthc during his last illness.
Prior to his (loath those In charge
were amazed when, from timo to timo,
money was found about his boti, it bo
came a r?gulai? thing to pick up ? few
dollars when tho bed riot lies wem reiir
rangod, and finally Dr. Upshur sug?
gested to tho sick mnu that it would bo
well to put Ills funds in bank for safe?
keeping, Mr. McCormiok consented.
Then tho work of collecting his funds
began, nnd thos? so engaged were almost
l?trlcken with heurt disease whon thoy
discovered throe largo purses stuffed
'with bank notes. Thoy were counted and
fr.uud to amount to a little ov,3r $1,1170.
This was duly deposited in bank by Dr.
Xlpshur. '?"
Mr. McCormicK loaves two sons, one
sixteen and the otV|or nineteen years of
age. Both Jive here. His .wife and? an
rther child roside else where. He also
has a brotheu living in Manchester.
??-day,
TO PROBABLY BE DEFEATED
Indications Now Are That Its
Advocates Cannot Muster
Sufficient Strength..
The final battle.-certainly of the pres?
ent General Assembly, over the passage
-of tho Jordan-Card well bill to break the
Baylor ' oyster survey and. lease thie bar?
ren or depleted rock therein . will begin
at XI A. M. to-day In tho State Senate.
It promises to be a brilliant struggle,
with chances against the bill. For weeks
tho subject ' has been uppermost In Uie
minds of legislators, ana for more than
a week past the senators have been glv
'lng tho bill and Its advocates and oppo?
nents their attention.
A tremendous fight has been made for
tho bill and against It, In the lobbies, of
tho Capitol and hotels and wherever the
members congregate.' Planters have been
hero in large numbers and somo packers
urging the passsage of tho measure. Fow
of tho tongors have come to Richmond to
oppose tho bill, because they wcro advised
by their representatives, that not know?
ing the members and being in?
experienced in dealing with them,
thoy could do no good. Tho ad?
vocates of the bill have been working
hard and using overy nonorablo means
to secure the passage of the measure,
which thoy contend is necessary to the
preservation of tho vast oyster Interests
in the State, and promotivo of them and
of the revenue derived from them, Tho
opponents on the other hand contend
that the passage of the bill will have
tho effect of practically turning over the
oyster rocks and shoals of the State to
tho large planters and packers, and tak?
ing awuy from tho peoplo the livelihood
thoy now have in tonglng. Arguments
might be multiplied, but these briefly I
state the contentions of the opposing ele?
ments. Some of tho opponents of tho bill
take a gloomy view of the effect of tho'
passage of tho monsuro especially upon
tho political conditions In the Tidewater
sections,
A LONG DEBATE.
Tho donate,will begin at ? A. M.j and
STEEL TRUST TO
MAKE DEEPER CUT
Will Reduce Wages of Ninety
Per Centi of Its Army of
Employes.
(By Associated Press.)
. NEW YORK. Doo. 14?Th? slaloment
was mndo to-day by ft. loading official
of tho United Sta tos Steel Corporation
that, boglnning Jnmuiry 1, 1904, about ?M
per cent, of the employes of tho cor?
poration will suffer wage reduction. Hing?
ing from d to 20 jor cent, This reduc?
tion will affect about 1&0.O0O workmen In
tho various grades of tlio subsidiary com?
panies.
The remaining 10 per ornt. of employes
aro mombera of the Amalgamated As
sudation o? iron. Stool and Tin Workers,
whoso wage schedule runs in July i,
1901,
Tho Pin?lieo Commlttoo of tho Stool
Corporation has. it is understood, under
consideratlon tho dismissal of many high
salaried employes, lu addition to those,
already dlsuhnrgod, but no statement on
this point wus forthcoming to-day.
Jt was assorted that barring somo uii
forsoeu technicalities, employes of tho
corporation who participated in tho prof
It sharing plan will In the romlng mouth
re?oive a f> dividend on ilio preferred
?dock to which they subscribed at $S2.50.
CHAPLAIN CHOSEN
FOR THE SENATE
CBv Associated lU'ess.)
WASHINGTON. D. C December H
The Republican senators, In caucus to?
day, decided upon Itev. Edward Hu|o,
of Boston, (or chapltiln of the Senato,
beginning January 1st, Ho Is a Congre-'
gatlonullst. and la now eighty-throe yimre
V?W.
Prince Edward, a. member of the Joint
special committee which recommended
the legislation, will .open the debate for'
the advocates of the Jordan-Cardwell
bill. It is prohable. that ho will bo rein- ;
forced by Senator Julian Bryant, another'
member of the special Joint committee,
and by Senator George B. Keozell, a
member of the St?te-fBoard of Fisheries.
Others v?Hl probably.-cspeuk for ?ie.m?as.
rue. Senator C. 'Harding Walkor, of
Westmoreland, one' of'tho most ?formid?
able debaters in either, houso, will prob?
ably open the discussion In \opposition to '
the bill. Mr. Walker is1 admirably ?
equipped'' for tho warkv-a^d is a most ef?
fective ?speaker. rii&r}, "V ,
" 'Close' t?G?^????????t. I
? He will bo aided by Senator J. Boyd
Sears, of Math-aws, who "will probably
close the'argument for tho adoption of
the committee report and tho defeat of
the bill. .-Mr. Sears is one of tho attrae.
Uve speakers of the Senato, being proba
bly more an orator than any other mem?
ber of the bod}?. He Is thoroughly and
earnestly. Interested in the fate of the
bill, and Is well equlppsd to make a
strong argument against tho bill. ?
Senator Watklns is also one of the
most effective speakers and most con?
vincing debaters In either body, and is a
tonacious fighter. Mr. Bryant is well
supplied with facts and statistics on tho
question nt Issue, and having cruised
with tho committee, Is In touch with
tho work of that body.
Tho debate Is going to bo the feature
of the sessions of the Senate up to this
tlm.3. Senators Mcllwalne, BnrksdaJe,
Chapman and others will probably take
part in the discussion.
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS
ON PARTY POLICY
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, d. c, December ii.
The Democratic senators to-tlny were in
caucus for two hours and adjourned un?
til to-morrow. The subjects under discus-,
slon were party discipline, tho force of
caucus action, and general policy. Toward
the close of tho meeting the Panama
situation Was talked over, tho policy of
tho party regarding the new republic
?and the treaty being the question on
issue. It Is expected, tho Isthmian situ?
ation will engago tho attention of tho
caucus.
Made Sales Agent.
? Mr. Beverly Harrison has been appoint.
en sales agent for tho Kanawhn, Fuel
t nmpany, with headquarter? hero. T-Io
will represent tho VIrgllla and Tidewater
section.
IMPROVEMENT FOR
HER WATERWAYS
Congress Will Pass a Rivers and
Harbors Bill at the Present
Session.
CSpociql to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc, ll.-Tho
prospoots of Virginia, getting appropria?
tions for improvements of her water?
ways aro bettor than w.sro thought.
Them will bo ? river and harbor bill
passed by ^ Congress at the presoli t ses?
sion. Thorn lias been some doubt of
this hitherto, hut at a session of the com?
mittee to-day, Chairman Burton an?
nounced Hint a 1)111 would ho drawn ami
that ouo would ho passed,
Ho said fiutlionuoro I hut them would
bo liberal appropriations nindn for tho
Improvement of tho rivers and hut hors,
and that If there wan any reduullon to
ho dono, ho would fight to havo II. dono
in the naval appropriation hill. tie.
nrked the ni?'iiiher.s of tho committee to
ll)c| him In peeing thai this warf done, and
It Is not huprohalilo that thoy will re?
spond without rega?? to party.
A river und harbor bill is never looked
mi us a party measure.
(nei nil ???-??
Has No Significance,
(Bv< Associa ted Press,)
AVASltlNOTON, lieo. ?.?Tho Ututo Do
part meni has received the fullowlug ca?
blegram from United Btateii Minister Al?
len, dated Seoul, forca, December l?th:
.Japanese forces landed ut Mok-I'he yes?
terday to protect Japanese subjects from
Ooreun rioters, This has no ?JBiiiflcaiico
us troublu Is purely locai???
Vogue.
TO BLACK-LIST IMPOSTERS
Way to Prevent the Indiscrimi?
nate Giving of Alms by Good
People.
A great organised movement, tor char?
ity that will result In bringing order out
of chaos and changing an indiscrlmlna.te,
and frequently unhelpful almsgiving Into
? careful and discriminating work of re?
lief that will systematically do good, has
just been hegun by representatives of
the four chief denominations of Richmond,
backed by the leading charity', organiza-,
lions ot tho city. ,' ,?
In the past a great and apparently In?
surmountable obstacle has boon In tho
shape ot the alms that were diverted
from Its proper channels and that found
Iti, way into tho hands of Impostere and
in tlw necessary overlapping of the work
of the denominations. One denomination
dispensed its charity funds over a cer-.
'tain section; another camo along and
went over tho same track Into which the
frauds would soon find their way. There
was no system; thoro Is none now,
A NEW PLAN.
A few.days ago Rev, George I-I. Wiley,
head of the Methodist Institute, con?
ceived the Idea of a mass mooting for the
purposo ot remedying those evils. But
this meeting has beon called off and Mr,
Wiley has fallen In with a more wide?
spread and promising movoment. On Fri?
day evening? of last week thero met at i
tho residence of the Rev. Robert Strange,
D. D., rector of St. Paul's, five ministers,
including Dr. Strange, Dr. W. R. ? L,
Smith, Rev William Meada Clark, Rev.
Mr. Wiley and Rev; Dr. Russell Cecil.
Dr. Strange, who Is tho father of tho
movement, explained tho object of the
gnthorlng, and thon tho ministers coli
ferrod. Yesterday all five visited the ?
City Allsslon and conferred for two hours
with a committee of tho indies. There
will ha some further conferences and
then some Interesting announcements, will
probably bo made,
Tho plan projected Is something like
this: Tho denominations and the charity
Continued on Socond Page?)
WAR SECRETARY
ACTS FOR WOOD
Says Some One Has Been Giving
Out False Representations
lo the Press.
(It/ Asioclatwl Press.)
WASHINGTON, Doc, Il.-Becrotary
Root Iihs uddressod a letter to Senator
Proctor, acting chairman ot the Commit?
tee on Military Affairs, which says:
"I endoso a letter from Brigadier-Gen?
eral Tasker II. Bliss, asking attention to
the report of his recent testimony before
your committee as a witness regarding
pertain objections to Ihn confirmation
of General Wood. It appears that tha
press reports of Clouerai Bliss' testimony
ara tho preciso contrary of what he In
fact testified.
"At the samo time I wish to call the
altentlan of tho committee to the fact
that some person seems to be perslstontly
furnishing .to tho pros falso statements
of toh testimony taken botolo you, tho
perversion of toh evidence being In every
case to tho perjudico of General Wood,
It cunnoi bo doubted tint the newspapers
publishing these reports believe them? to
be trite, and that tho reports are pont to
thorn by tho representatives of the pros?
in good faith, under the samo belief. It is
evident that some person Is undertaking
tod convoy to Ilio press representatives
Information of what goes on In the com?
mlttoe, and Is taking advantage of the
fact that t"h evidence Is not public to
stato it falsely for the purposo of Injuring
General' Wood in the public estimation,"
General Bliss in his letter contradicts
tho report that ho strongly opjji?ad. the
Havana Post, published during American
occupation; L. H. Morlson, of New York,
and Genoral John R. Brooke, retired.
Mr. Fisher told the story ot Genoral.
Wood's Intimacy with Bollalr?, ? and at- j
tempted to show that General Wood knew;
of Bellalrs*. bad record. Dr. Fisher said1;
that In September, 1900, he accompanied ;
General Wood on a trip to the Islo of;
Pines, and thoro told him of an article;
which he.had, ordered,printed in the.Ha-;
vana Post, exposing Bollalrs. The witness'?
eald that General "Wood io|dth'tm lie did?;
. not, want .the ,stot;y?.j)rlnte.d,.? and?,; that. }r.
had not boen used onvaccount of that re?
quest. Dr. Fisher said he,took charge of;
tho Havana paper at the request of Gen-.'
eral Wood, and that hb also had acted as
the correspondent. for .the Associate.!
Press for a short poriod., , .
Dr. Fisher testified that ho told Gen?
eral. Wood . all: ho ihad learned of tho
character ot.Bellalrs. and that ho had
offered to, .GenreBl Wood, to pro-i
duco? witnesses -who. could provo
Bollalrs' indecent Immorality.?Ho said that
General Wopd, told .him he dldnot care, to
know any thing-about tho stories;, that
all he asked >was that they not be,printed
In Havana.
Corroborative Testimony.
Mr. LaFontlzo corroboratoti ? the tes?
timony . given 'by Dr. Flshor. Ho said
that before General ;Wood and Dr. Flshor
started on their trip to the Isle of Pines,
the latter Instructed .him (LaFontlze) to
write nn article concerning Bellnirs. Mr,
LaFontlzo said ho took the question under
consideration, and decided that as the
matter would bo highly sensational, and
In case of libel suit it would bo necessary
to summon witnesses from the United
State? to provo tho charges, ho would
not print the article. Ho said that when
Dr. Fllshor returned ho was greatly agi?
tated and asked: .?
"Tou did not print that nrtlcle, I hope,"?
When Dr, Flshor learnod that tho ar?
ticle was not printed ho was greatly
relieved, and said General Wood did not
want It used. \
In addition to his corroborntlon of Dr.
Fisher's testimony, Mr. La Fontlzo told
or thn mannor In which ho had loarned
cf Bollalres' character, nnd swore also
that Genoral Wood know all about It?.
Ilo said ho learnod from persons who
went to Havana from Florida that 'Bol?
lalres had sevrod five years In Florida'
Continued on Second Page,)
DEATH HERE OF
A CIRCUIT JUDGE
Hon. J. Fillmore Hubbard, of
Willicimsburg, Passes
Away.
After an IIIums extending through a
month, Judgo J. Fillmore Hubbnrd, jrf
Williamsburg, died lust night In this city,
where ho hod boon brought fqr special
medical treatment.
Judgo Vlubburd was ? nativa of James
City county, and;was slxty-fivo years of
ago. Ilo was a son of Dr, Mlles Hub
hard. During tho war lie served In tho
Thirty-second Virginia Regiment, and
subsequently In tho (Fifth Virginia Cav?
alry ? Payne's division, Army of Northern
Virginia. After tl>j surrender ho en?
gaged actively In tho practico of law
until his hualth begun to fall about two
years ago. He was elevated to tho
bench a short while ngo, being appointed
by the special Legislatura to the cir?
cuit made up ot the counties of York,
JaniOS City, Wurwlek, New Kent and
Churlos City, ?nd the city "of Wllllams
biu-g.
About ten days ago Judge Hubbard was
brought to Richmond for treatment by
Dr. Hoge. Ho gradually sank, however,
and died last night at ll;,'W o'clock at his
boarding place, No. T'* Fast Grace. Ha
la survived by his widow and five sons:
C. ?., J. F.. Jr., r. ? . G>? D.. and H. Jt.
Hubbard.
Tho remains ?111 be taken this after?
noon to Toano an,t w"1 be burled to?
morrow morning at ? o'clock from th?
Olive Branch C!"troa o? -U-u**?? k*i?'.
ONLY SIX
THOUSAND
QUALIFIED
The Vote of Richmond is
Considerably Reduced.
SALOON FORCES
WERE VERY ACTIVE
All Its Friends Were Induced
to Pay Their Capita?
tion Taxes.
STRIKING SCENES
IN TREASURER'S OFFICE]
-_- _|
It.Was Literally Jammed-Dur*j
.. ing the Greater , Portion t o? '
Yesterday?Estimated That
About a Thousand Ap- 'l? ?
pe?red on the Last Day,?
for Reception of Taxes.
. By sunset of yesterday about one. thou??
sand citizens had passed before the desk
of tho treasurer of FJohroond and the1
electorate of tho city, had been ewelleoT
to perhaps 8,000 out of a. possible vote, o?
22,000, and an actual registered vote oC
more than 0,000. ...
To this startllngly small number mustt-?
be added , ono ' or two thousand more??,
veterans of tho Civil or; SpanIsb-Ainor??
can wars, who aro'by virtue of service'
in de.fcnso of their county, ? exempt fremi ?
the tax with which ,???? ordinary layman
'must'purchase his r|ght of suffrage, ..But
even ?with this .addition the number? la
remarkably, almost ridiculously, ? small
for a community of the sise of Richmond.
There has never beforo been known so ?
small a poll, and the fact will, porhap?,^
be slgnlfjcant ? of ? things' tq. come. It! is
already .commonly- rumored- arid' cam'-,
monly bcllov?d that as ?'?tu' result, of the
activity of the onovoitd tho inactivity of.
th_e;;.oth?r, .In, connection -with Oiieiihap-.v
pollings of yesterday, the lines laid In a ;
recent elc?tion..betWeeij1.th,Cv.sialoon force?*?
nnd tho anti-saloon' will irij??tuf? be, till,
the more marked. '
Striking! Scene. ;?
The last day In. the treasurer's office'
-was in moro respects than one striking.'
and Interesting. Previous and perslsteht.
announcement through the press of the
city had called the attention of the citi?
zens generally to tho fact that unless
they paid the poll tax before S o'clock ye?- ;
torday-afternoon, they could not'cast a'
ballot In the coming elections. Ovor-.8,0QO
persons registered under the new Consti?
tu? Ion. and all of these might have had a.
vote for the mere dollar and a half, but
a lassltudo seemed t? have stolen ? ovar,,
them, for they came not,.
Stili the crowd was something Immense
at times. Nearly 5,000 persons had paid the
tax previously to yesterday, and between
early morning and dark, almost a thou?
sand, moro appeared?certainly not more,
possibly less. The force In the treasurer'?,
onice was considerably augmented, and
six clerks were kept intensely busy. I
straight through. tho day. A little attor'
? o'clock, when the office and the.books,
wero closed, Treasurer ? Phillipe said he,
had not had time to got a drink of -water,,!
much less a bito to eat. At times the offlcei
was Jammed?not simply full of people,')
but jammed. The peoplo seemed to com?'
In a bunoh. They packed themsoivea In
and then couldn't unpack. A person at th?
desk had literally to fight his way bacie,
to the door when ho wished to leave. T/h??'
crowd was ' very unwloldly aud became
boisterous now and then?talking, laugh-?
ing, hooting.
It was rather a curious sight?watching
tho peoplo as thoy luid .down the small
money that brought tho theoretically:;
big right to oast tho ballot. By 3 P. M. |
tho bulk of tho crowd had exhausted It??
self, and from then until about 0:S0 ?.
straggling fosv kept up appearances. Tuon
t?.u ottico closed. Tho clerk kopt on until
.late at night, figuring things up, but
stated Hint thoy could give no figures tu
detail. Thoy guessed that the list of the
day would show 1,000 or fewer names,
and thnt tho total voto of tue city would
amount to 0,000 or something under.. The
total possible list of assessablo candidates
returned by tho commissioner of the rov?
cnuo iti over '.'2,000. ?
Saloon; Anti-Saloon.
Thoro Is one verS" significant and lm*
portant fori turo of tho day's work. In a
rocontly held oloctlon tho lines between
tho whlskoy awl tho anti-whiskey 'forces
wero vory closely drawn, The whlskoy
forces have boon vory active with an in?
terest born of considerations moro posi?
tlvo than personal ones. Tho church ?peo?
ple- It has been almost Impossible to got
thoroughly aroused. Thoy woro Interest??",
but rather passive, Since tho recent regis?
tration tho whiskey mon have been un?
ceasingly ?' work. They have marshaled
all Ihn friends, und registration list In
hand, havo persuaded them to pay the
tux and havo their names enrolled. The
church people, or somo of them, also on
doavored to do some work, hut with not
so good effect. At one of tho religious
meetings on Sunday it was declared thnt
saventy-ilvo per cent of those who paid
poll Uixos yesterday wero whiskey people,
who would favor an "open" Sunday,
? plea was there mad? to tho member? of
tho church to register forthwith, and try
to balanon thlngsjnoro evenly. The state?
ment made Sunday Is to a certain extent
true. It is generally believed that certain?
ly u good majority of tnc city's voter* ?ira
now not anil-saloon.
Nominated by the President.
I By AnSQui&tmi l'n?*.i
WASHINGTON, D. C, December ?.*
Tho president sent the following ?ondo*?
tions to tho Senate- to-day:
Collector of Revenue?John A- Thorn?
ton. for the district o? Teche. La.
I'ostmastere: Vlrg.'nU-S. V.. Tardy,
?H?8???pW-Iren?> 1"? Ellott, Oko|on*l
?John R. Matthews. Wesson. ?'?/?'??<
Tennessee-William ?, Douglas, JeUIca,