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WHOLE NUMBER 17,119.
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1006.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
if PAS5 SEIITE
US IT JTUK
President Will Not Aid
In Gettinej Amend?
ment.
DOLLIVER MAKES
PLEA FOR MEASURE
Able Argtiment From Point of
View of Advocates of Govcrn
mental Control ? House
Passcs Bill to Mark
Graves of Con
fedcratcs.
<rty Assoclated Pi-os*.?
iVASHINaTON, D. <'.. March L?That
tln* railroad rate iiili wlll i>e pwwed l>y
tho Sonato practically m.s it camo from
tln- llouuc i.s tni ndmlsBlon thut the oppo
nent.** uf tho moasuro aro alnioHt rdndy
to innk'-. It vv.is ii'liiutt'-,.) to-duy thal
they ?';inin)t hope for -my asalstahce from
tii< Prcsldi nt in antting un amendment
for Judlclnl revlow or orders of iho luter
niiii.- Commerce Coinmtctalun. '1'U Presl
llrm made ihla clear i" Benatora Cranc
uiiii Spooner to-day. Tho only ii"p" left
lo the opponent* ?>r tho measuro in ln
tbe Democrat?. They liave not doflnltely
dctormlncd what tho pirrty posltlon wlll
be toward Rili h un aniendmertt, but It
i-. uiimitt-ii lhat m"r.* than imlf or tho
mlnorlty favor paaalng Iho Wll exactly
n.s it camo from tho Kotine.
Tho railroad ralo hlll for s--vi.il days
ltiiH beefi regnrded im th< nm- mcoxure
HiunilliiK In tho way of un early adjourn
ment of CongreM. On-j <??' fir- leadir^
j[i pohllcan Benatoni u member of* the
Steertng Committee, declared to-day thu-.
-tiu.- Pblllpplno tarlff blll, tln- fUntf-iio*..,
t,i!l ahd thn Sunto Domlngo treaty are
al! ilcad."
He quallfled hla ptatcment concerning
tlie St-uelu'Oii blll by *ayin? tliat ho
niL-iint thnt. th- frlenda of tho hlll could
not pn^f lt without th*? Koraki-r amend*
mi-nt providlng for tho MibmiHnloti lo ihe
votea of the people >>t >;.??? Moxlco and
Arlzona leparately tln* queatlon whether
they nbould have Jolnt Statebood. A poll
of th'- Senate tihowed that, lf voted on
now, the Foraker amendment would win
48 to i". prm ded tbo entlra vote of tho
Scr.ato wu *. eaat. A baat? poll taken to
day showed that. If i'r- ijkIu to a vote.
the Phlllpplne tarlff blll would be de
feated by ? rnu4*-h lansec voto lhan waa
found for t:.- i-".ji-i!.,t amendmeat to
tur- St:itr!i""<l WU. ! Tii Ci h-olly uli of tlto
Scnat'- leaders conced?d that tiu- Santo
I)omln?r> trpHty wlll bo <Jct?*at*d lf brought
to a voii*. nnd tho plan generally favored
1*- io defedt Iho treaty aa early ns p*--**
i*ibi<-, nml tiiu-i avold continued dlscua
Blotl of lt.
L'uder thi0 genernl iirosrarami; outllned
by Scnaio Republican leadon, a great
amount of sxpocted nratory would ho
ellmlnated. Theae leaders gay thnt Con
grese will adjourn early", and May lst
haa bcen nained as tho latent probable
date.
MR. DOLLIVER SPEAKS
ON THE RATE BILL
Unless There is Restriction of
Railroads People May Demand
Government Ownership.
(From Our Hegular Oorrcspbiiilent.)
yVA.SlIINC.TO>:, D. C, March l.-Sena
tor Dolllvor*8 dlseuselbn of thP railway
rntr bill to-day was Hstened to wlth even
gi*eater inten-st, and cloiier nttontlon was
shown hlm as his speech progrerised than
ln the caso of Sonator Foraker. It was
an excecdingly ablo argument from thu
viewpoint of tho advocaten of govornmeii
tal control of rallway rates. Mr. Dolli?
ver la much moro of un orator than l?
Sonator Foraker, whose tones are rather
harsh, nnd hia maniiBv Ih noi so guave,
and easy as that of the Senator from
lowa.
Mr. Dolllver nddressed hlmself to an*
awering tho argumeiita ndvaiu-ed against j
railway regulation of every character by-j
Mr. Knrnker yestordny. H1m illscuspion of ;
tho Interstdte Commerce Commlslson; '
wlth rcfor'eiice to the work lt hud done
In the nlntitcen yenrs of its oxlatoiico,
wa.s listened to wltli eloseat attention,
and was one of the aujlest parts of I113
siioonh. Hls defence of the commission,
? nd eiiloRy of its work and declsioni,
wero about the first unquallfiedl}* good
words fur that body heard ln Congress
ln a long. while.
Tho speech made by Mr. Foraker yes?
terday had a powerl'ul effect upon the
ailvocates of tho pendlng (bill. Somo of
the ablesl. lawyers among the Democrats
of ^tho Senato admitted that they wore
wayor'lng as to whether lhe bill was con.
? titutlonal. U appeared that Mr. Dolllver
addressed hlmself especially to tho
waverers. He is the leader of the Repub
licatis who favor rate legislatlou, and is
?vldently ln tho mlnorlty ln so far as
lho Repubfticann of tho Senate are con
cerncd. It is still belleved that tho Dcrao*
orats will voto solldly for the blll.
Mr. Dolliver Ibeguu hls speech 011 tho
concluslon of the usual morning routino
of tho Senate. Ho said that tlie
bill wai intendod merely to supple
?ment Ihe oxlstlng Interstate commerce
law and contended for its valldtty from
a constltutional polnt of view. predlctinR
that government ownership of tho rall?
roads would bo forced upon the country
lf Congress did not meot tho present
dornand for rcgulatlon.
Mr. Dolliver was not questlonod and
"when he concluded the remalnder of the
day was devoted to the blll providlng for
tho settlcment of tho affalrs of tho flve
elvlllisocl trlhes of Indlans after tho ter
nilnation of thelr tribal rolations.
Mr. Dolliver, Ih his speech sald he dld
r?ot agreo wlth elther Mr. Foraker or Mr.
"Bacon, that tho secret pracllces have
been ajbandoned. lle did not bellevo tho
Klklns bill adequato for proteetlon agaipst
theso practlcea. "Tha dlfficulty about ro
batos ls not in punlshing vlolators of
tho law," ho nald, "hut ln dlscovering
tliem, and wo haS'e undortaken to amend
tho law t*o aa to cover that defoct."
Roturning to tho queBtion of appeals,
Mr. Dolliver sald that. the powor the
eonimisslon would exercise in prevont
Jug recou'rso to courts was about "aB
great us tho power ol' my friendB who
(Continued on Klghtb ragcj
imranii
IFTIITHE FIGHT
Second Ring Contest at
San Francisco Within
Month Results Fatal
FAMILY OF D6AD MAN
SAY WAS POISONED
Autopsy Reveals the Fact That
Strychnine and Possibly Other
Drugs Had Bc-en Admin
istered?An Investiga?
tion is Being
Made.
<B*y Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCifSCO, March tt.-JIarry
Tehny, who was knocked out last night
by Frankle N'lell, the bantuni .hnnipion
r-ugillst, dled thls mornlng.
The news or Teiiny's death quickly
spread over lhe clty. Orders were at
once given at pollce hcadqunrtef** to ar
rest all concerned. N.-iii soon Burrendered
hlmseir, as nlso .11.1 Jamos Coftroth. Eddle
Grftney, Willis britt. Morris Levy an.l
Mark Shaughnessy, .\n were . harge.l
wlth manslaughler. They were released
..ti dopoeltlng $.V<i cash ball.
After making an autopsy, Coroner's
Kurgeon Cussack nnnounced tliat Tenny's
death was due io cerobrul h.-morrhage,
caused probably l.y a blow.
Il was dlsccvcre-l that strychnine an.i
posslbly other drug-* were glven Tenny
.Iniing tl.,. nlglit. so ihe stomach wau
removed an.l sent i<> the clty chemlst. wln,
wlll analyzo the con tents.
Say He Was Poisoned.
The mother of tho dead hoy, Mrs. Isracl
Teiinebauni (tliis being his real namei.
asserts thnt hc was poisoned. A brother,
.lunie-t Tenncbantri, charges thnt the little
flghtor was dojied before enterlng the
ring. Tbis sensatlonal cljarge ls denled
hy N',-1!! and others connected Wlth the
tragedy.
Mark Shaughnessy, one of his seconds,
cays that he fell ln a lit after leavliflf
the rlng.
Teiiny's death Ih the seeond rt-sultiug
from rlng contest** here within a month.
On the night of February 8th Alex. I'nvln
was beaten to d.-atli l,y "Chevy*" John?
son ln an unllcenaeU fight a' Cplema.
"It is ridlculous lo say that Tenny was
jKilsoned." said Bhaughnessy. **F wns
wlth him cnnstantly before and afler
the flght. I know n few nlgliti ago Tenny
lia-cl a lli. and last nlpht he ".iad a. not her
one. A- least. he acted as lf he was Iu
a fit, and I b?*Iieve that hc? dled in one."
Nelll .1. ciarcs that the polsnn charge is
absurd.
Strychnine Used After Fight.
Atlornoy Hnrter Ashe. who apfvears for
th'- flghters, thinks It probahle that the
use nf strychnine after tlie flght hnd as
much to do In hastening denth as any?
thlng else. Tcnny".-. body sliows a badly
battpred eye and a slig'nt abra.-lon over
the heart.
Mayor Scbmlt* says he wlll Investlgato
the death of Tenny. and if negliirence
conenrning the condltlon of tho pugillst Is
shown, lie will rccomniend to the super
vlfiors that no more permits lie Issued for
prize ilghts in Knn Francisco.
DEATH OF TENNY
MAY KILL BOXING
(Special to Tlie Times-Dispatch.}
SAN FRANCISCO. March 1.?Further
impeUis was given last niglit to tbe move?
ment to dlscournge boxing on tlie Paclllc
Coast by tho fatal result of thc Frankle
Noll-Harry Tenny fight in Woodward's
Pavillon. Followers of tho game say
the liout would not have ended so dlsas
trousiy had Referep Bllly Roche done i)is
duty. Roehe permitted the contest to
continue after the time-keeper had eount?
ed out the unfortunate Tenny. Roche
admlts that he heard the watch holdcr
shnut: "Out!" but In hls unxlety to give
the spectators full satlsfaetlon for thelr
money, be pald no attention to iTie pro
testfl of Nell's seconds to stop the battle.
Xe.il is heartbroken over the deatU of
Tenny. 'T dld not feel like hitting Harry
after I heard the tlme-keeper cry 'Out!'"
said Neil. "but as tho referee made no
attempt to leavo the ring or order me to
my corner, I knew that it was up to.jne
tocontlnue fighting."
The death of Tonny, it ls fcared by tho
sporting eontingent, will kill the boxing
gamo on tlie coast. S* "ral Stato and
city officials are knowr a be vlgorously
opposed to pugillsm, at Tenny's. demisc
will strengtlien thc ag tlon to abolish
the game.
DIST.LLEIIES DIIIEI
INTO STftTE OF VlRSlHiA
North Carolina Whiskey-Makers
Gather in Number in Norfolk
County.
(Special to Tlie Times-Dispatch.)
NORFOLK, VA,, March 1.?The slrin
gent laws of North Carollna against dls?
tilleries and whlskey peoplo in general
having Urlven out practically all the
small dlstiilers from eastern Carolina,
many of theso have como to Vlrglnln,
und thls eectlon has suddenly come into
prominence us a corn whlskey distill'ng
district.
Two dlstlllerit..*" havo beon establisheil
at Bowers's II111, Norfolk county, And
ono on tho Gosport Road, ? near Ports?
mouth, where another is soon to be ostab
lishod. A flfth dlstlllery has begun opo
ratlon near the M?-ry Ballentlno Home
In Norfolk county, on thln slde of the
river, iiud stlll another has been ostab
llshed lu IIuntei-Bvllle. whore a seventh
is, sho'rtly to begln operatlonB.
Au olghth dlatlllery has started iu
Southampton county. " ?
Tho largest of tho new ' dlstilleries ls
tho Porter works. at BoworB's Hlll, whore
rj'o ahd corn whlskey aro mado and many
hands ure employed. Tho othor dlstiilers
dlstlll corn whlskey. QtUen* are con
teuuduted. '
TCUT
1WITY FEE
Amherst Senator Scores
Clean-Cut Victory
During Se.sion.
SHARP DEBATE OVER
SALARY QUESTION
-
Objection Made to Allowance to j
Members of Board of Fisheries,
One of Whom is Senator
Keczell?Important
Discussion To
2 day.
Sharp debates nnd polnte.i dlfforences,
lnvolvlng in the one InatanOe an old
quowtlon "f the attltudc of the "mtclu
-Jlvfe" University of Vlrglnla toward the
commonalty of the state who cotitrlbuto
t." its support. and ln lhe other the
proprlety of the acceptanee by a niem?
ber of the General Asscmbly, of a. salary
COnslderatloh for service upon a publlc
board, enllvened tho sesslnns of t;hc
S.-iiat. yesterday :md produce.] >-.|tu.*itlnns
at one" novel und Intorcstla**; ln n very
unusunl degree.
After a long discussion, wlth avowed
friend* of lhe Instltutlon on both sides
of tbe proposition. contciidltig Ul.ig
themselves, tbe t'lilverslty matter was
flnally dlspoeeU of by making the pres?
ent year iipjiroprlatlon cdndUloned upon
n reductlon In the entrance fec to one
foiirth of what it i? to-day. ln thls
llght. le.i hy Mr. Strode. of Amherst. tl.e
excluslveness of the t.'niversity, denoml
tiated a "rlch man's school." and tho
monetarj" barrler it establlahed, Insur
mountable iby tbe people tlie great
fonnder of the college deslred most to
scrvc, was attracked on the one sldo
and vlgorously denlod on the other. all
iinlting. however. lli expressing admtra
tlon for the Instltutlon itself ond a wlU
Ingness to give to it every support.
moral and linan.ial. that tbe State could
reiider. It was a clean-cut victory for
the Strode followlng, who. whlle pro
fessing these Hentlments. held that lhe
University on Its part. ln return for tlie
dlstlngulshed consideration it received.
should do more for thc people of the
State.
Action in the other matter of chief
not-- before tbe Senato was not so de
ct-rfve and the fight there began. ended.
.m.l reopened will be rcsumed to-day with
a wlder scope than ever. A proposition
to allow $4<Xi each to the unsaleried rneni.
berti of the Board of Flsheries. one or
whom is rkmalor Kcezoll. of Itockinghani,
cKti-?ed the trouble, and as another Ben
1 at.-r put It there wcb a ?'high-ro'.'.iti'*
Umc" In the ctember for a whlle. Qon
j-titutiona.] questions of considcrable mo?
ment were sprung, and the proposition
wa.s attacked on the ground that it was
an evaslon nf tho spirit lf not the lettor
of the organic law of tho State. The
division was elope. but the appropriatlon
wna ordered. T?Uer th0 vote was recon
sldered and the mntter went over untll
to-day. when' it wlll lhe taken up again.
and this tlmo includlng among other
things. tho sugge.sted Increase in the sal
arie.c of tlie Supreme Court judge*", will
precipltate a royal battle among the con.
stitutional lawyers. As for the flsheries
matter Senator Keezell was heard to say
last night that if any (-ucstlon whatso
cver were raised he preferred to have
his name strieken off the list so as not
to block tlie appropriatlon for the other
"members.
University Matter.
Both debates grow out of the consid?
eration of the general npproprlatlon blll.
Whon the clnusc approprlatlng $75,000.
an increase of $25,000, to the University
of Vlrglnln, wa? reached shortly after
the general discussion began at the morn?
ing sesslon the expected and predlcted
movement from Mr, Strode was promptly
made, and until tho moment of adjoum
ment, about two hours later, the Senate
was nbsorbed wlth thls matter to the
excluslon of everything else.
At considcrable length Mr. Strode
made a careful statement of his posl?
tion wlth reference to the University
appropriatlon. As a friend of the instl?
tutlon and a former student thero ho
bore for it the deepest and the warmest
atTection. and so far from destrtng to
hold up an appropriatlon of money to It
would willingly and gladly grlve lt livo
times tho amount lf tlio State could
afford it. ? But he felt compelled to call
the attention of the Senate to what he
regarded as the failuro of the Univer?
sity to do Its siinre and to mako any
attempt to open the way Into tho school
to the great publlc of the State. To rem?
edy thls sltuatlon he proposed that the
appropriatlon be made condltlonal upon
tho removal of the University fee.
lt was polnted out by the Amhorst
senator that. the University receives a
(Contlnued on Thlrd Page.)
PQSTOFFIGE SITE
n SETTLED MATTER
Senator Martin Wires That Fur?
ther Agitation Will Prejudice
Minds of Congressmen.
That Rlchmond's postofflce will for
many years to como remain on Maln
Streot, where lt now atands, ls protty
plalnly lndlcated by the appended tole
gram to Mr. John P. Branch from Sena?
tor Thomas S. Martln:
"Washlngton, d. C, March 1, 1906.
"John P. Branch,
"Rlchmond, Va.
Your telearam received. .After
hearing the Rlchmond people and
glvlna tho matter careful considera?
tion, Congress determlned tho loca?
tlon of your publlo buildlng nnd *u>
proprlated two hundred thousand dol
, 1.11*8 for the acqulsltion of addltlonal
land.. So far as I am concemed, thls
ls flnal. l have no Idea that the
Congress wti'i now eonslder a propo?
sition to change the locatlon, and any
agitation of that matter enn, In my
oplnlon, hava no other effect than to
prejudice the proepects ot a better
buildlng. Senator Daniel concurs In
these vlews, and we do not object to
any publlclty you seo fit to glve thls
telegram.
.(SIgned) "THOMA8 8. MARTIN."
ULLSfHl MEN
With Pistoi and Knife He
Fights for Hours With
Officers.
HOSE TURNED ON
HE IS TAKEN CAPTIVE
Grabs Chief's Weapon and Kills
Officer, and From Upstairs
Room Slays Two Policc
men Who Attempt
to Pick Him
Off.
(By Aasdclatetl Preaa.*
II 1.1,3! NG-FORS. FINLAND. March 1.
Tho pursnlt ot tho bandits wlio last Mon?
day night. entered tlie Kuaalan State Hank
hor'* killed th... ?jruardlati und securtd *>>7,
tJ/\ re?ult':(l to-day in ondth -r highly ilra
matiO hiildont and.'cost four more IIvob
at TammTsfor!", whoro two of thn fnjt-1
tivos woro corriored. Ono ot tho itandl'a
-?nt pnnx'-saton ot tho towii hall and lield
It for hours, hut ilnnlly was tubdiied oy
n stream of water direi-t*~d by the tlro
men . Whllo cpmm|a6Qi*y nf police Uaiu
shlu was ox.-cnilning thi* two < aptivos one
of thom gnibbcd o. i-ovolvt-;' from tlie belt
of tho i-hlof of pollco and wltli it killed
Baliialilh.
Tho Umilit thon dashed i?p atairs, where
be barrlcaded hlmicJf in a, room com
maudlng th?? stalrs'and lobby and the
street outslde. There he doRed the police
for threo hours!
Two polieemen who trled to pick off tho
desporado from a houso opposlto wero
killed by the tmndlt. who was a.n excel?
lent marksman. After nll otlier resourecs
had been oxhuiiatod tho tirenien were call?
ed out and poured a flijoil of water Into
tho window. Simultanoously, a, picked
band of poIIc? aJid tir.-nn-n stormed the
atairs, Ono of tho assailing party wils
killed and nine were wountled before the
bandlt, who fought desper-ately wlth a
big knife. oould be overpowered.
TO CON VICT GIRL TO
SAVE THEIR PLACES
; Defense Claim Berthe Claiche is
Being Prosecut*-*d With This
in View.
lUy Assoolatca Kr*mii.l
NKW YORK. March 1.?ln Uie*Gci*dron
i trial to-day, ietters wore introduced ad
| drossed to OuTdron from Miss Claicho
I couch?'d In mosrt endoaring terms.
Counsol for Bertha Claiche sald ln out
i linliig the d?*fendant's easo that dofonce
< would lUtempt to provo that sonio of
'? the pollcemrn who havo testlflfd in tho
caso are attempting to sond the defendant
to the electric -chalr In order to save tholr
I positions on t.'ie pollco force.
Pntroltnan K'any Morton declared he
bad not Minsio'?'- with t Bertha Claiche
I to lure Gordron to thn place where hc
: *was shot. Morton wa.s still on the stand
?when court itdjourned.
ALL DOCUMETARY EVIDENCE
IN GAYNOR-GREENE CASE
(By Assoclated Press..
SAVANNAH:, GA.. March l.-As hus
been the case for the last three or four
days tho evldence presented In the Greenc
and Gaynor trlal to-day was largely docu
mentarj'. It ls probable that thle wlll be
true to-morrow also when it Ib the ox
pectatlon of District Attorney Erwln
that tho Ideatiflcation of tho cheoka, do.
poslt sllps and other papers by represon
tatlves of banking and brokcragn firma
of Now York will be eompleted.
Into Moosehead Lake Region.
News comes from TCangor. Me.. that the
Postal Telegraph Cablo Company lias
eompleted a direet connection wlth tho
Northern Telegraph Company,! operatlng
llnes on the Bangor aud Arooatook Rail?
road, thus addlng to tlie Postal's system
flyo hundred mlles of polo line and one
"hundred and flfty places in tho famoua
lumber, agrlcultural, huntlng nnd llshlng
rcgions ln Northern Malno. Telegrama
are now transmltted by tho Postal to the
Moosehead Lake region, and all polnts
on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Virginia and North Carollna
?Falr and warmer KYiday; Saturday,
falr, oxcept raln in western portlon; fresh
eoutherly wlnds.
Conditions Yest*?rday.
Rlchmond's woather yesterday was clear
and moderatc. Raugo of tlie thermome?
ter:
9 A. M.21! 8 P. M.jo
li! M.to S P. JI.Sjj
3 P. M.12 12 mldnlght.St>
(Average.39 1-6.)
Highest temperature yesterday. 55
Lowest temperature yesterday . *})?
Normal temperature for Fobruary. 49
Departure from normal tomporature.... 11
Thermometer This Day Last Year
9 A. M.37 6 P. -M.......50
13 M.il ? P* Al.-<s
3 P. AT.19 --.'mldnlght.3-t
(Average.43 1-8.)
Conditions, in Important Cities.
(At S P. M., liislern Tlme.)
Placo. Ther. l-Ugh. T. Weather.
Asheville, N. C.48
AtlKU.stu .6
Atlanta, Gu.63
Charlotto .52
Charleston .Xti
Ohioago, III.?lfi
CliiclmuUl, O.BO
Mobllo . 80
Now York Clty.33
Norfolk, Va. 88
Pittsburg, Pa.-w
RaleJgh.tV)
Washhigtuti .40
Wllnilnston ...-.BO
Miniature Almanac.
Maroli 2, 190t,\
Sun rlsba.,.";',. 6:42 UIQII tjpb.
.Sun sets....... 6:03 Morning., o.**H
" >i?nn at-ta.12: li' K ronlng.......... p ;5(j
CRUMP UNDER FIRE
OVER THREE HOURS
JUDGE BEVERLY T. CRUMP.
Chalrman of the Corporation Commlssl on, who was on the stand three hours
.Yesterday.
A NORFOLK LADY
URNED10 DEATH
Dress of Mrs. Columbia Rhca
Catches on Fire From Over
h'eated Stovc.
SOON ENVELOPED IN FLAMES
Endcavorcd to Extinguisli Blazc,
But Could Not Do So?Flesli
Was Ba,dlv Seare-i.
(Spoeial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
BALTIMORE, MD., March 1.?Mrs. Co?
lumbla Rhea, slxty-nve years old, ot
Norfolk, Va_, who was visltlng her slster,
Mrs. Martha Brldges, at No. 1616 East
Baltlmoro Street, was fatally burned thls
mornlng, her dress catching flre from an
overhcated stove. before whlch she was.
standing. Her flesh was burned and seared
from head to foot. She dled nbout 1
o'clock thls aftemoon.
Mrs. Rhea was standing- In front of lhe
stove ln tho dinlng room, whllo Mrs.
Bridges was reading alotid from a morn?
lng newspaper. Suddenly Mrs. Rhea dls
covered that her dress was otf flre, and
wlth a cry of alarm she mado frantic
eltorts to extinguish the blazo. Failing
In this, the frightenod woman ran out of
tho room Into tho back yard, wlth Mrs.
Bridges following after and making ho
roic attempts to throw n. rug about her
sister. When she reached thc yard Mrs.
Rhea was ln a mass of flames. She ran
back Into tho house frorn ono room to
another, untll a passerby ran ln nnd ex
tlngulshed tho flames .
Mrs. Rhea. was tho wldow of Ro,_ert XX".
Rhea, who was chief of the Xorfolk flro
department. She hnd been the guest of
her sister for two months.
Was Legally Executed.
(By Assoclated PresB.)
SHREV13PORT. _A., March 1.?Charles
Coleman, the negro who murdercd Mar?
garet Loar near hero last week, waa
legally executed ln tho parlsh Jall to-day.
No cxcltement attended the exeoutlon,
publlc feeling havlng subsided since tho
convlction of Coleman last Saturday.
Coleman confessod.
K1LLING OF BENJ. IEN
PLfliNNED BYMELLADK1NS
Wife of Murdercd Man Lays Bare
the Whole Plot and Men
Are Held.
(By Assoclated Press.)
WABHiNGTON. C.A., Marcli 1.?Tlie
preliminary trlal of Mell Adkins, Alex Ad?
kins luid Mrs, Benjaniln Alkon, ull eluirged
witli compllclty ln a plot to kill BenJ. Alkou
on the night of February 10 th. was held
to-day before Judgo Hamuel Hardemuri,
of Wnshlngrton City Court. A dozen wiL
ness tostlfied that Mell andAlex Adkins
liad been seon on tho nftoriioou ' of
February 10th going 111 Ihe dlreftlon of
Alkon's homo.
Mfs. Alken, wlfe of tho ninii who waa
tiliot, waa tho lnst to testify and creutud
a'sensutlon ln laying baro the whole plot,
whloh sho B;Ud was Instigntcd hy Mell
Adkins to kill hor husband, She sald
that Mell Adkins threatened lo kill her
ln tho ovent that sho i*-ald anythliig to
her huaband or uny oim else nbout dosigns
he had upon Alken.
Judge Hanleman houud tho two Adkins
ovor under Ib'.OOO bullH'acb. Thoy wore
roturned to jail lu defnult ol boml.
VERY PET DAY
AT
'reseiice of Military Has Done
Much to Keep Down
Y'iolcucc.
SOLDIER STRUCK WITH BRICK
-Machine Gun at Court-Housc,
and Jail As Precautionary
Mcasure,
(By Assoclated Press.)
.Sl'IllNUlTlJ-LD. OltlO. March 1.?Af?
ter a day of qulet from the mob whlch
has held sway for two uights, this even.
ing waa ushcred ln with Indlcatlons tlmt
moro depredatlons ngainst tho colored
populatlon of the clty had been planned
for to-nlght. Antici'iatlng that the at?
tack, If made, would be ln tho vlclnity
of Section Street, Colonel Annncl sent
a souad of soldlers to that locatlon at
7:30 o'clock. Just -hotore thelr arrlval a
crowd of rloters sprang: from the house
of Pearl Howard, against whom threaia
had been inade. The house had been
set flre to, but the troops sent In nn
ularui and the structure was only slight?
ly damagod. The rloters escaped. As a
precautionary measura Colonel Ainmcl
has posted two machine guns and a com?
pany of troops at tho oourthouso and
I Jaiil, and the ontlre squuro is cut off.
An effort was mado to-night to securu
automoblles to carry tixioiis from ono
aectioii of tho city to another when
neodod, but not enough could be had,
and wagons havo heen provlded for that
purpose.
The dlstrlbutlon of tlie guns and troops
over thu clty has had a doprcaaltig etfoit
on tho nldtors, aud wlth tho excoptlon
of llttlo affalrs whlch dld not amount
to much, but llttlo out of tho ordinary
had happonbd up to ?leven o'clook, A
houso at Hlgh and Knee Streets recently
occupled by negroes, wns fired by rlot?
ers, hut tlie flames were quelled before
they had mado great hondway.
Arthur Anell, a memlbor of thp Xenla
Military Compnny, waa hlt In tho head
wlth a brick sald to havo been thrown
by a rioter, and fatally liurt to-night. His
assailant made an Improvisod alung
(Contlnued on Sevontli Page.)
I! BE PUT
IT HEAD OFGDIVIMISSIOW
The Insurance Investigation May
Conduct Inquiry As to Oil
and Coal Carrying Roads.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
AVASHINGTON, D. C, March l.?Prep
aratlons aro belng made by the Interstato
Commerce Commission foi u most search?
ing hivestigathin of tho oll und coal*.
ca.rrylng roads under tlie TIlImaii-GllloK
plo resolution recently passed by both
houses of Congress. Tho plans for tho
Inquiry nre bolng carefully prepared, but
ll mny be several weeks beforo the com?
mission wlll be ready to begln.
Tlioru IS good reiiMiiii to belleve thut
tho oommlHsion 1ms considered Charles K.
Hughes, the insurunoo investlgator, fnr
thls work. Tho commission expeota to
announco withln a week tho namo of
oniinsol who wlll he ongnged to 11s.5l-.it iu
tho Itu'iilry.
Wcsley G. Collier Dead.
(T'y Assoclntoil ITuss.)
A'CbANTA, UA., .March l.?Wosley G.
Collier. ?? ploiieer oltlzon uf .-Yllmita, a'ld
ono uf tiu beat known mon m .Miihllo
Goorgla, dlod horo to-iiuy, "aged i-lghty
threo years, Un Is survlved by Mrs. Col?
lier aml nlno chiUlreii.
Chairman Tells of His
Connection With Cor?
poration Company.
WOULD DO IT ALL
OVER AGAIN, HE SAYS
Not Willing to Admit That He
Erred?Says He Evades or
Conceals Nothing.
WITNESS DOES NOT REPLY
TO QUESTIONS CONCISELY
Chairman and Committeemen
Have Some Difficulty in Pin
ning Judge Crump to
Catagorical Answers.
Fairfax To?
day.
If there remained u. llngcring doulit
In the niinds of any ono regardlng thr
Iduntlty ot tlie person at whom the in
?/*-*? tlgution of the Htatc 'i'orporatiou
Commlsslon wns almed, lt has boen dls
pelled forever by the seaWilng fire of
eross-questlons dellvered by Chalrman
Uyrd to Judse Crump on the stand yes?
terday.
Again anil again Judge Crump wis.
asked why he had not lnformed hls ass*>
clutes on the commlsslon, that he wns in
terested in tho Vlrglnla Corporation Com?
pany.
ln reply witness stated thnt he did
not eonslder it necessary fqr hlm tu
confide in anyone. lle had been rearod
in a sclionl, he suld, that taught hlm
to Judge for hiinself whether a matter
wus right or wrong. Upon being ask-d
If he dld not eonslder that hc had not
lieen "frank" with liis colleagues, he.
replicd that he thought he had.
Again when Chalrman Byrd asked
Judge Crump If he considered that he
had heen truthful in giving the reasoti.-*
of r.anler's dlamlssal (i. e. tho lrreconcll.
able dlfferences between _anler and Up.
shur), hc rcpllcd that lie bad been truth?
ful.
Would Do It Again.
I'oUowltig thla aiu-wor ' Mr, Byrd
'tiuotcd from the testimony of Couinii
sloner Stuart whlch stated that the pri
ina:->* reason for the dlsmiesal of I_inlvr
was hls connectlon wlth the VIrglni.i
Corporation Company, and that 'ill
threo members of the comniission had *"
declded.
Tho questlon. however, which created
thc most liitcnso interest wus as fol-'j
lo ws:
Mr. Byrd?
"With all the lights beforo you, and
looking back on all that has huppencd,
would you, If you had all thls uffair
to go through with again, act in tlie
sumo manner?"
Judge Crump, after a hioments hoslta
tion, ropllcd thut he would, and contlnu
ing. said: "lf you knew as much about
this matter as 1 do, you would probably
understand It l/nttor."
Mr. Byrd broko In?
"If thero is unythlng tliat 1 do not
know, 1 hopo you will tell me."
Took Wide Range.
Commissioner Stuart had, in a vigorous
aud miinly statement mnde on the stand
on Wednesday night. done much to dls
pel the alr of "tho mysterious" wlth
which thc peoplo of fi:o .Stato vlewed
the ncts of the commlsdon In the af?
fairs now bolng Invo-Ulgated.
Ilir. oulogy of Judgo Crump h.id vn
deubtcdly mado a favorablo Impressiop
on the publlc mlnd; his franknesa bad
led to tho bellef that a mountain had
beon mado of a molo-hill, nnd thnt, as he
expressed It, only "an unfortunato in
dlscretlon" had been commltted.
Judgo Crump, however. was not ao clear
and conclse. For tho flrst hour and a
hnlf hla testimony took wide range,
many matters rogard'ns the oporations
of tiie commlsslon aud thc various duties
devolvlng- upon ench of Its members be?
ing ohlefly dlscussed. The chairman had
somo difllculty iu getting; tho witness to
answer questions categorlcally.
Flnally, lu tho course of hls diroct tes?
timony, ho ronchod tho formntlon of the
Virginia Corporation Company.
"Would Benefit State."
Judgo Crump explained that he had
for somo tlmo thought that the organiza?
tion of companies of thls naturo would
not only be of asslstanee to tho com?
niission by reason of preparlng properly
the chnrters which wero to bo presented.
thus reliovlng tho commlsslon of much
routlno work, but would also servo tho
Stato by advertlsing to tho world at large
hor excoptionally llberal corporation laws.
Ho sald ho dlscussed the purposes ot
the proposed company with Major l.anier,
and learnliig that It would bo necessary
to raise tho sum of $1,500 to launch the
vonture, ho agrced to subacrlbe S100, In
order to. glvo lt u trlal, and tliat ln thls
manner ho becama a stockholdor.
Ho denlod that ho wus an advisec
of tho officers of the company, and stated
thut liis conversations wlth Campbejl and
T^vnler were of thc ssmo nature, as lia
was in tho hablt oi" holdlng with othei
luwyors who cunie to ask hls oplnlon.
Coming down to the tlmo of the fllin-*
of "chargus" hy Upshur, Judgo Crumn
suld: "They (thu charges) were In ex
aggoratod and hombastlo lunguugo, whlch
mlght bo excunfHl on account of the Yw\y
stoal condltlon that Mr. 1'pshur was in."""
.Mr. Upshur at this point smtled ?ai*.
custlcally.
Had Warned Lanier.
ln descrtbing the sceno ln hls offlce,
wlion J.anlor was called In and irau told.
of Upshnr'a "charges." Judge Crump sald:
"Mnjoi* T,unier turned to nie and Mald:
'Judge Crump knew about thls company,
the Vlrgmiu Corporation Company. lio
knew 1 liad gotten lt up, aud he thought
lhal lt was a good thlng, uud.woi"-M be
a bcneilt aud,1 help."
"I sald: 'Yes, Major; ihiu's true. but
1 warned you not to brlng it iu connectlon
wlth your work, hls assistant cler**,.*
"llo said that thU Waa true; thut Ii?
wus sorry lor what had bapponod, and
would nol cngagu ln "nny such work
aguln." i
Judgo Crump sald. that XInjor I.anle- s
ututement that he ICrtimpl liad aald that