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WHOLE NUMBER 17,120.
RICHMOND, Y A., SATURDAY, MARCH; 3, 1906.
PRICE TWO GENTS.
OVER 100 LIVES LOST BY
DEADLY TODNADO AND FIRE
Meridian, Miss., Swept
by Fierce Cyclone.
Many Dead ;
Heavy Loss.
BUSINESS BLOCKS
ARE WIPED OUT,
Several BU; Stores Collapse Be?
fore Force of Storm, Which
Lasts But Two Minutes,
MAN HEMMED IN, BEGS HIS
RESCUERS TO COME QUICKLY
Loss of Life Said By Last Reports
to Be Heavy, and Damage to
Property is Great?Fire
Destroyed Debris in
the Storm's
Path.
I By Associai?^! Press.)
MOBILE, ALA. March 3.?
Information has reached Mobile
1
by telephone, all telegraph wires |
being down, that a destructive
tornado visited Meridian, Miss.,
at 6:30 last evening, killing twen?
ty-one white people and over a
hundred negroes, and damaging
property to the extent of $1,500,
000. There arc also scores seri?
ously injured by being caught in
the wreckage of houses.
The tornado caught the city ?
on the southwest and travelled
to the northeast, expending itself
in two suburbs, where many ne- j
groes were killed and injured, a ^
whole tenement - districf being
wiped out.
Two large wholesale stores, !
several smaller ones, part of the ,
principal hotel, the electric light
ing plant and all the small prop?
erty between \he Mobile and Ohio
Railroad and the business section
of the city was badly damaged.
Twenty men were caught in one
restaurant, and several were killed.
Two stories of the Y. M. C. A. 1
building were wrecked and other
buildings suffered in the upper j
stories. The negro tenement dis
trict north of the city was de- j
molished, and the debris caught,
threatening a new danger, but the
local department, with the help
of hundreds of citizens over
cam e this after a hard fight.
They were assisted by a torrential 1
rain following the tornado.
The city is in darkness and the
full extent of the disaster will not ;
be known until daylight. The j
known path of the storm was
about six hundred feet wide and j
one mile in length.
A PARTIAL LIST OF
THOSE KNOWN TO BE DEAD!
?-7 _
(My Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, LA.', March 2.?The
Picayune's Jackson, Miss., special says:
The dead at Meridian, so far as known,
arc as follows:
MUS. El.LA SINGLETON and daugh?
ter und granddaughter.
MAGO IE SI-A LIGHTER.
CLAUDE WILLIAMS.
P. T. MINNS, Mobile and uhio con
?fluctoi'.
WILLIAM It. NELSON, city marshal.
TI10 wounded are:
Citarles Elmere.
AV. .1. W.iodvUle.
iD. It. Brown.
Bernard Menuet I.
.Will Yurboruugh.
IV. 0. Morris.
Bennett Williams.
Errd 'Woodruff.
The cyclone struck the city from u
northeasterly direction, near the ^?.w
Qiicans and ?Northeastern depot. The
passenger and freight depots wore cony
pleti'ly destroyed. Sixteen employes of
the Queen and Crescent Railroad wore
hurled In the ruins, and as far aft could
vhe learned none of them have been res?
cued.
A number of liodles have already been
fourni, but as the. cyclone passed through
n densely populated section of poor bouses
nuil these bouses caught lire immediately,
It will take days to learn the totul num?
ber of the killed.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
AND INFORMATION MEAGRE
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILE, ALA., March 2.?A long dis
Innee message"to the Item from Meridian,
Miss., saya, a, cyclone, accompanied by
heavy rain, struck that city this evening
it fi'::tO o'clock. The storm conter was In
the southern portion of the city, and par?
ticularly heavy along Front Street, one
of tho principal business streets of Uiu
, . . (Continued on Third Pago.)
EH NORMAL
SCHOOL SITES
House Committee De?
cides In Favor of
Three Places.
DECIDE TO HEAR
SENATOR DANIEL
V. P. I. Appeal Cases Will Be
Considered Before a Meeting
of the House and Senate
Committees Monday
Night?Much In?
terest Felt.
Tb?-- House Committee on Schools and
C?llog?? decldod last night to locate the
three proposed HOW State normal schools
at lladford, KredcrickH'ourK and Harrl
sonburg. and Ilxed next Monday night at
h o'clock as the time f?ir hearing Senator
Daniel, anil whoever els? may desire to
appear In tin; matter, concerning the ap.
peal of young Christian and other? from
the division of the V. V. T. board. It
is cxpecln.1 that the hiring Monday
night will be before a meeting of the
House and Senate committee?, but nie
former will alt in any event. The argu?
ment will be upon the resolution recently
offered on the subject by Mr. Peyton, of
thlH city. Senator Daniel I? here und will
remain until after Monday night,
The light f.,r tiie location of the normal
school? was a spirited one from til?; ?tart
and there was a gr??at deal of oratory
in favor of all tho contesting places.
The final vote stood:
Radford, 12.
Fredericksburg, 12.
Harrlsonburg, 7.
Front Royal, &.
All Got Some Votes.
This was t?.', :< * till ..' tie- tliii.l ballot,
antl the ihre?- ?.tgii?"=l- won. On the ore
ceding BaTfots Norfolk, Newport News,
Mart!n.?\ ille an?l other jKilnts applying
got about two vnt.s each.
Hon. It. E. Byrd. Hoc. I?. ? ?. O'l-'lalajr
ty. Senator M. J. Kulton an.l Hun. Black?
burn Smith spoke for Front Royal; sen?
ator Shackelfoid and Judge XV. I.. Jef?
fries, for Culp?per; Mr. It. A. DoM-.- and
Mr. J. G. Finish, for Norfolk; ?Mr. J. XV.
Carter, for MurtlrisvHIc; Senator Keozell,
fur Harrlsonburg'; Judge Martin Williams,
Hon. f?. A. Johnston, Senator 1'Ickenson
and Hon. J. I?. Boyall, fur lladford; Mr.
St. George Fltzhugh and Delegates l.ane.
Lewis and Moncure, fur Frederloksburg;
Delegates Barrett and Houston and Hun.
S. Gordon dimming, for Newport News.
The victors were happy lust night, but
the battle Is by no means over, and
chances sepm to l?o unfavorable to the
final passage of the 1,111.
How They Stand.
The eligihles fur membership on the
sun.. Board of Education have written re?
plies tu tin- resolution of inquiry by the
Senate, stating their positions witli refer?
ence to th.- single book list.
I'rof. W. A. Howies writes that he is
not a candidate for ro-Wectlon upon the
board, and that lm dues not favor an un?
conditional single list.
Mr. N. H. Tucker, of the V. M. I.,
states that li<? is favorable, a??l Hon. Jno.
Thompson Brown express?s tin- same view
fur Dr. McBryde, Dr. Lyon (.1. Tyler is
favorable, as Is Mr. .1. I.. Ilarman, of the
Slat.' Female School at Fnrmyille.
Dr. Charles W. Kent, of th?-. Univer?
sity; of Virginia, In his letter says that
the present system, which he originated,
Is all right, and that he sees tuj necessity
for a change.
PROCEEDINGS ARE BEGUN
TO DISBAR JUSTICE DEUEL
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, March 2.?Following ll>e
recent testimony about Town Tapies, hl
the Hapgood libel trial, Justice Joseph M.
Denel, of the dourt of Spocial Scssloi!-,
to-day accepted service ?if papers In a
suit instituted for his disbarment from
his position a? a iustice.
SEISM CAUSED
IN THE HAST! TRIAL
Introduction of Manikin to Show
Course of Bullet Causes
Lady to Faint.
(By Assucluted I'ress.)
GAFFNEY, S. C., March 2,-ln the
trial of George 1 lusty, charged with
the killing of Albbot Dnvtson and Milan
Bennett, of the "Nothing But Money''
Opera Company, Miss Bishop, ono of the
members of Hie troupe, testified to-day.
Her testimony was a corroboration of
that of Miss Sheridan, who testified yes?
terday, to the effect that tho killing was
without provocation. Attempts wore made
by tho defonso to-day to prove that the
character of tho two lady wltnossja
was not what It-should he, but tho court
ruled that while questions pertaining to
this matter could be asked they need not
be answered.
Alias Bishop, in her own defense, ask?'.|
that ?ho bo allowed to answer and
that nothing bo left in doubt. A sensa?
tional feature was tho introductlln of a
manikin to show tin? progress of the
fatal bullet. The appearance of the grue?
some dbject threw Min? Sheridan, ono
of the witness?, Into hysterics und she
was led from the courtroom. The defensa
began Its testimony late ill tiiu day. U
Indicated that' selt-defensu was to be
the Hue of .defense,
RESIGNS BECAUSE
HE IS SOCIALIST
Commissioner of Public Work
Patterson', of Chicago, Gives
Up Position.
EQUAL APPOINTMENT FOR ALL
Tells Mayor Dunne lie is Palter?
ing With Skin-Deep
M easures.
(By Assoclntcel Press.)
CHICAGO, March 2.?Commissioner of
Public Works Joseph Medlll Patterson
iins ti-ndered his resignation to Mayor
Kdward F. Dunne. The resignation was
sent by Mr. Patterson to Mayor Dunne
W?.?inesday in a long letter reviewing the
conditions In his department, and con?
cluding as follows:
"The universal ballot gives every male
citizen an equal political opportunity.
: The common ownership of all the means
; of production and distribution would give
everybody an equal chance at music, art,
; .-? -?!, rturty. r?cre*atlon. tnveil, self-re?
spect, and tho respect of others. I, for
i one, cann?Jt see why those things should
)>e concentrated more and moro In the
! hands of a few. Two hundred years ago
I a proposition for equal jiolitleul opjior
tunity would have seemed morn absurd
than to-day seems the proposition for
equal opportunity in all things on this
earth for which men strive.
"By distributing money evenly 1 do not
mean to say that all the money in the
country should be cut up into equal bits,
nnd that everybody should get a bit.
Hut, on the contrary, 1 believe that the
ownership from which money Bprings
? should lio vented in the whole community.
In either words, as 1 understand It, I ant
a socialist. 1 have hardly read a book
on socialism, but that which I-have just
enunciated I believe In general to be. their
theory; If it be their theory, I am a
socialist. You will find, and other ad?
vanced liberals and radicals who believe
HH I do will also And, that you are merojy
paltering with skin-deep" measures when
you stop short of soi'lalism."
Mayor Dunne at once wrote, to Mr. Pat?
terson, ne-.eeptlng hlis resignation and
I promising to reply to his letter In the
near future.
"I have accepte?-! the resignation of Mr.
Patterson witli sincere regrets," said the
Mayor. -*I3e says that lie resigned be
l cause he is a socialist. I do not think
! it was necessary for him to resign. Be?
cause he cannot accomplish everything
the socialists want accomplished, he has
evidently become disheartened."
HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND QUIET
FOLLOW TWO NIGHTS' RIOT
(By Associated Press.)
S PRINGF3 333^31, OHIO. March t.?A.
steutly downpour of rain has 3>ecn fall?
ing here to-night, and aside from this
quiet prevails, following the two pre?
ceding nights of rioting and Incendiarism.
Tlia troops, who are still on duty, wore
drenched by to-night's rainfall. Police
Court was in continuous session during
tho day, and a number of rioters were
fined.
; Martin Davis, the wounded brakeman,
was still alive to-night.
CARRIED OVER BEYOND
OA?E FOR RANGING
Necessary Delay in Patrick Case
Will Compel Another Reprieve
By Governor Higgins.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. March 2.?Tho hoarlliaf
upon the motion for a new trial In tho
case of Albert T. Patrick, convicted of
tho murder of 'William Marsh Rico, an
aged millionaire, was adjourned to-day
until April .1. This will make necessary
a further reprieve by Governor HIgglns,
as Patrick is now under sentonco to bo
executed on.March IB, District Attorney
Jerome Informed Recorder Goff .before
whom tho hearing was being held, that
ho woidd join with Patrick's attorney lu
the application for the reprieve. Record?
er Goff said that ho also would give his
approval to the application for a now
reprieve.
Tho adjournment followed a short ses?
sion o'f thu ? hearing, during which Re?
corder Goff, District Attorney Joromo and
Patrick's counsel, XV. M. K. Olcott, Joined
in discussing motions which were madu
to sulk? out of tlio court record sev
erai ullldavits nmde for Patrick by Texas
WlUiesai'S.
AN UP HILL PULL I
TAKEHFROMftLTAR
SENT TI M.
Ed. Benson Arrested at Staunton
When About to Marry
Miss Booth.
IS CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Alleged to Have Passed Worth?
less Checks?Found Uncon?
scious From Bromo Quinine.
(Special to The-Tlmes-Dispatch.)
BTAUNTON, VA., March 2.?Ed. Ben?
son, of Middlebrook. was Jailed here to?
day, charged with forgery. He has been
lr. the city only a- short time, but It
is alleged that he passed several forged
checks. ' Benson was arrested at the
home of Joe Booth, where a party had
assembled to witness his marriage to
Miss Booth, which was to have taken
place at noon. Benson had procured the
license and everything wa3 ln readiness
for the ceremony when Officer John
Frotwell, arrived.
The forger visited n.iiauiber of business
houses and made mfUtf nurcluiseB, paying
for th?\ .->vi.". Sfttli L?.:J}i3 chfceks. ranging
from two to fifteen dollars. They were
made payable to \V. A. Hall, and some
signed S. M. Serrett, and some O. V.
Serret t?
Late this afternoon. Jailer B?cher found
Benson in his cell in an unconscious and
apparently lifeless condition. A physician j
was summoned, and it was discovered j
that he had taken a quantity of bromo ?
quinine. Whether he was trying to com?
mit suicide is not known definitely. It
is thought that ho intended self-murder,
and that he had also taken other drugs.
It Is thought he will recover.
THE ROUGH TRIP OVER
MADE MRS. LONGWORTH SICK
(By Associated Press.)
TAMPA. FDA., Mar?:h 2.?Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Dongworth arrived on th8 steam?
er Mascotte from Havana at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon. The steamer encountered
rough weather Thursday ?\<1 Mrs. Long
worth suffered from sea sickness. A large
crowd met them at the pier. They had a
drive over the city as the guests of
Collector of Customs McFarland, dined
at the Spanish Cafe and left at 8:40 o'clock
on the regular Atlantic Coiist Line train
in the private Pullman car Grassmere for
Washington.
BIG WHEELER ELEVATOR
AT BUFFALO BURNED
(By Associated Press.)
BUFFALO, N. ST., March 8.?The Wheel?
er elevator, cm Buffalo Kivar, was destroy?
ed by tire to-night. Tho loss on the build?
ing and Its contents is estimated at .?176,
000. Lined up alongside tluVWheeler ele?
vator and up th?i river as far as the eye
could see, were lake vessels of all kind?
In their winter berths. Not one of the
vessels naught fire. Several small wooden
buildings adjoining the elevator and some
lumber were destroyed.
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Virginia and North Carolina
?Rnln Saturday; .Sunday, fair and colder; !
fresh to brisk south winds.
Conditions Yesterday.
Richmond's weather was warm and
clear. Range of the thermometer:
9 A. M.41 6 P. AI..?.67
12 M.?W tf P. M.60
3 P. M.63 13 midnight.49
(Average.62.)
Highest temperature yesterday.?32
Lowest temperature yesterday.to
Mean terriperaturo yesterday.
Normal temperature for March.4!)
Departure from normal temperature,.., (A)
Thermometer This Day Last Year
S A. M.31 6 P. M.33
32 M.28 !? P. M.
3 P. M.?H 12 midnight.30
(Average.. ;.34 1-3.)
Conditions, in Important Cities.
(At S P. M . Eastern Timo.)
Place. Ther. High. T. Weather.
Ashovllle, N. C. M ?5 Clear
Augusta ."'- ?*? Clear
Atlantu, Ga-. Eti ;>8 ?Clear
Buffalo, N. Y.S? '?' Clear
Chicago. HI. 43 S Clear
.Cincinnati, O.M *- Clear
Davenport .53. <??! Clear
Halteras. N. C.;?> ??3 .Clear
Jacksonville .w> ?- t: cloudy
Mobil.). |irt W Clear
Norfolk, Va. nu bu ' Clear
PltUburg, Pa.ill u Clear
Raleigh ?. '?;; ..'* year
Savannah. GO ? us P. cloudy
Washington . H ?g Clear
Wilmington.to ?i? cieni
Miniature Almanac.
March :t, I!) (i.
Sun Hess. 6:11 UiGIl TIDK.
;Sun sets.Q:0t ; Momln??.10:!l.1
Moon set...... I'M Evening.l?>:0t?
IE MATHEWS
MURDER TRIAL
Policemen Testify As to His
Statements the Night of
His Arrest.
NO STRYCHNINE IN SYRINGE
Many Acquaintances of Doctor
Matthews Testify As to His
Strange Actions.
(Special to The Timos-DIapati.il.)
?REKNSBORO, Is". <.*.. March 2.?lit the
trial of Dr. J. B. Mathews here In the
Superior Court to-dny for the alleged
?nurder of Ids wife, the prosecution
rested Us caso at noon.
To establish a motive for the murder,
the last two wltneEsos Introduced were th?
two policemen, who arrested him the night.
of his wife's death.
They said he was nervous and 'dopey,")
and they had to sit up with him In Jnll j
and give him whiskey; that lie Inslsfed on
telling Ws troubles, saying That hjs wife
had been intimate with men, and on ac?
count of her conduct, he had been com?
pelled to leave Plttshoro, whore he had
a fine practico, before coming to Greens,
boro, four years ago. Since coming here,
she had been worse, mentioning several
men by name with whom she was on such
terms, and ono In High Point, where lie
said she went the day before her denth
and came back with a hundred anil twen
(y-llve-?lollar diamond ring, which was
fourni in his p?x*ket tho night of ..?o
arrest.
Shooting Affair.
He told of a shooting scurpc he liad In
a hotel hero about her, and said if It
had not been for his little son, she would
have died In some suoh way live years
ago.
Dr. Farrar, tho first physlelnn to reach
the Mathews home the morning she was
found apparently dying, detailed the day's
proceedings and how they had apparently
savoel her life when Mathews went to her
bed and uneler the pretense of jynylng was
caught Injecting a hypodermic under the
cover, and in twenty minutes strychnine
poison symptoms began an?! she dlod
therefrom in two hours. That Mathews
offered to pay his bill before slio dh'd
and Impressed upon him not to state
anything atoenit what happened, hut to
mnko nut a death certificate as from
heart disease.
A White Powder.
The syringe taken from him was one
iliirel full of a white powder n.nd the
small solution remaining, upon being
annlyned by Dr. Turner, who wrested it
from his hand, showed strychnine, though
Mathews refused to stato what it was ho
hail given.
Mra. Hay, who was solied with an epl.
leptlc fit yesterday upon completion of
her direct examination, waa cross-exaniin.
ed and It was shown that she made
Mathews get out of his wife's bod when
she discovered him nt another timo under
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
LECTERN FOR BRUTON
GIVEN IT PRESIDENT
Mr. Roosevelt Donates One to
Hold Bible Recently Given
By King Edward. .
?From Our Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. C Murch ''.-The
Bible presented to Old Bruton Church, at
Wllllamsburg. Va., by King Edward VIf.,
will soon ' be resting on a lectern
given by President Roosevelt. Hon.
Harry St. George. Tucker, president of tno
Jamestown Exposition Company, accom?
panied by Bishop Satterlee, of th? Dis?
trict of Columbia diocese of the Pro?
testant Episcopal Church, called on the
President to-day, at tlm request of Rec?
tor Godwin, of Bruton parish, and told
Id m that It would bo greatly appro
cluated If bo would Rivo to the pariah a
lectora to support tlio Bible presented by
the King of England. ,
Tho President expressed his pleasure at
being permitted to d?nate a lectern for
such a purpose, and assured his callors
It would go to Hruton at once.
"That old church Is down near James?
town, isn't it?" asked the President, and
Mr. Tucker assured ' him It was only
seven- miles distant, and thon went on
to toll him that it contained a communion
service which had boon presented to the
church at Jamestown, tho first Eplsoop.il
Church In America, moru than two hun?
dred und fifty years ago.
"I .shall bis all the,, more pleased to
present the lectern,"_ ?aid tho 1'ioslUcnt,
nono CONFIRM
H. E, R. CLOWES
Investigation Commit?
tee Makes Adverse Re?
port to the Senate.
WILL INVESTIGATE
WHOLE MANAGEMENT
Committee Far From Satisfied
With Condition As Revealed
By Testimony?Inquiry
in Vacation to Fol?
low ? Repon.
Adopted.
By unanimous vote In an executive ses?
sion held late yesterday n.fternoon the
Senate rejected the nomination of the
appointment of ?. II. Clowe*s as a mem?
ber of the Board of Directors of the
Eastern State Hospital and adopted the
report of the special Investigating com?
mittee recommending a general Inquiry
Into tho affnlrs of the asylum with moro
particular reference to tho (efficiency
of Its superintendent, Dr. 1.. S. Foster,
and the management of the Institution
?rr the special board.
Impla. ,tlil>- antoganlsiu between direc?
tor and superintendent resulting In the
serious Impairment of the public ser?
vice Is asslgueel by the committee as
llio chief ground for tho rejection of Mr.
Clowes, In which opinion the Senate con.
curred. Testimony reflecting also upon
both the superintendent and the special
fcn.ml Is calleel to the attention of the
body as of sufficient gravity to demand
a further investigation, and In this also
the Judgment of tho e-ommltteo was ac?
cepted by the Senate. Tho new Inquiry
will not be made at this session of tho
Legislature.. Joint action will bo taken
*by the two houses looking to tho appoint?
ment of a board of Inquiry that will
report to the next G?nerai Assembly.
The Report.
It was about 6:30 p. M., after a long
day's work thnt had left many members
yoarning for a quiet supper-table, wh"ti
Mr. Thomas, chairman of the special
committee, moved that the Sonate go into
executive session. There was no oppo?
sition. The report was submitted at once-,
together with a bound copy of tho
stenographic record, nearly i: foot thick.
The report itself ?s as follows:
To the Honorable President of the
Senate of Virginia:
Your committee appointed under
resolution of January 31, 1906, to In.
vestlgato the fitness of E. H. Clowes
as a member of the Board of Direct?
ors of the Eastern State Hospital,
heg leave to report that It has fin?
ished Its work. The record is now
delivered Into your hands. The com?
mittee respectfully submits that, In
its Judgment, the nomination of E.
H. Clowes as a director of the East?
ern State Hospital, should not be con?
firmed for tho following reasons:
There seems to have existed for
some time between the said Clowes
and Dr. L. S. Foster, the superin?
tendent of the Eastern State Hospi?
tal, an Implacable antagonism, with
the result thnt the public service has
been seriously Impaired.
Your committee Is of the opinion
that the public service would be seri?
ously affected by the retention of
these men In their present official
relations.
The foregoing ground of unfitness
Is, In tho Judgment of your commit?
tee, so well established by the record
that It deems It unnecessary to pre?
sent findings on any other allegation
of unfitness,' the whole record being
returned with this report for such
action thereon as the Senate may
deem best.
While not strictly wlthl-n Its duty
as outlined In the restitution under
which it acted, the committee feels
Impelled by a sense of duty to call
the attention of tho Senate to tho
fact thnt In this hearing much evl.
dence was produced which reflects
upon the special board's management
of the Eastern State Hospital and
upon the capacity and efficiency of
Dr. L. S. Foster, as s'j.perlnt?ndent
of said hospital, and It respectfully
recommends an Investigation ?f Jhese
matters.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed) A. F. THOMAS.
(Signed) F. S. TAVENNER,
(Signed) EDWARD ECHOLS,
Committee.
Consideration of the matter consumed
something over a half hour. The two
propositions wore taken up separately.
(Continued on Ninth Page.)
WALSH ARRESTED FOR
1KI FALSE RETURNS
I Gives Bond of $50,000 and De
! clares That Bank's Report
Was Correct.
(13y Associated Proas, i
CILICAG-O. March -.'.?John P.. Walsh,
president of the defunct Chicago National
Hank, which closed Its doors December
IS, IMS, was to-day taken into custody
on a Federal warrant, which charges
him with violation of the national hanking
laws In making false returns to ilie comp?
troller of tho currency, and also assorts
that ho converted to his own uno, without
proper authority, funds of the bank
amounting to $'i.000,0C0. ile was iiaieaseel
after giving bonds in the amount of
$00,00?).
The, arrest of Mr. Walsh came as the
direct result ?if the last examination of
the books of tho Chicago National Hank,
made by Special Hank Uxiimlncr Amlmr
I,. Curry, seilt to Chicago from Wash?
ington. The data furnished ti> the Treas?
ury Department lh' Washington was sent
to Distrlet Attorney Morrison, In tilia city,
with instructions to take the proper steps
In the mutter. Mr. Morrison early to-day
?wore to the complaint before Culled
states Commissioner Kioto, who Issued,
a warrant for the arrest. ? ,'.-'
Mr. Walsh Issued a Miatciiuiil, d?elurlok
Un? report lo have been ubdolutoly cor?
rect.
win for
mueus
IS GON.lNCiNG
Eppa Hunton Closes In?
vestigation in Power?
ful, Eloquent Speech
CLERK UPSHUR IS
SCORED BY CARTER
Says His Wounded Vanity and
Inordinate Pride Caused the
Unpleasantness.
HENRY FAIRFAX STATES
CLEAR AND CONCISE FACTS
Says if Lanier Had Been Innocent
He Would Have Been Dis?
missed ? Judge Crump ;
Makes Privilege State?
ment Regarding
Newspaper.
The .legislative investigation proceed*
Ingft of tho State Corporation Commls
alon, wore closed yesterday evening,
shortly aftor six. o'clock, when the mm?
mlttee having finished tho examination
of witnesses nnd hear?! argument by;
counsel, Messrs. Carter and Ilunton, art?
journeil until Monday afternoon, when
the matter will (be considered in oxe
ctttlvo session.
The end came sooner than any partiel
In Interest had expected, for It had bee?
stated that at least three more witnesses)
would bo examined and that others woulii
be summoned.
It was therefore a surprise when. Majos
Lanier having finished reading a sensu?
tlonai statement, charging Judge Crump
with having agreed to accept the presi?
dency of the Virginia Corporation Com?
pany, if it were merged, with another
company with a capital of $200,000, Chair?
man Byrtl announced that the committee
was ready to hear argument.
Ex-Coinanlssl?ncr Henry Fairfax luul
been sworn, and hud taken his seat on
the witness stand, when Judge Crump.
1 arose and requested' to be allowed to
make a statement.
He said he desired to add to his tes?
timony the fact that he had never seen
the letter addressed by Mr. A. B. Wil?
liams to '.Mr. Royall; In which Mr. Wil?
liams suggested a settlement of tho
Lanier incident. Continuing, Judge Crump
disclaimed any intention of meaning in
his former statement, that he opposed
laws to govern the acts of the Corpora?
tion Commission and in conclusion pro.
tested against the head lines In tli.s
Times-Dispatch of Thursday, which
stated, that he hail said, chat ho '?would
do it all over again."
Deeply Regretted Action.
Judgo Crump insisted that hla mean*
lug hail (been that ho would act on tho
dismissal of Major Lanier in the sama
way, and not that ho would have sub?
scribed to stock In the Virginia Corpora,
tion Company, which action, he sold, ho
regretted.
Ills exact statement to the committee
on this point Is given hero In full:
"I think It Incumbent upon me to
ask to put upon the record a eorroot
tloii of what Is certain a very grave
Injustice ?lone mo, perhaps Inadvert?
ently, In a head-line, hi our city
morning paper. It is to tho effect
that ? made ?t statement that I would
?In over again exactly what I had
done?that being used or stated in
such a manner as t? lead to the In- ?
ferenco that I had reference to what
had occurred between .Mr. Lanier and
myself, and my taking stock in this
company. I think I can ask every
member of this committee, and
every one who If present in this
room, to bear witness to the fact thai
nothing that 1 said could lead to any
such Inference. I suppose that If
there is any fact that Is known from
what I have said, or from what my
associates have said; and what my
friends have said, it is that this was
a. grave error on my part, nnd ought
not to have been done, looking at it
from tho consequences. Of course,
that is a fact that I supposed was
well known, and I stated, as the
committee will recall, that the fact
that my lack of thought and my error
of Judgment In this whole matter,
had led Into these things that fol?
lowed, was what had hurt me very
seriously indeed. I desire for that
reason to correct any Inference that
r.ilslit be drawn from that head-line,
and aslc tho committee lo bear In
mind tho statements which X made
on yesterday, that I acknowledged ?
tiie fact?most always have?that
what was done, though no wrons; was
Intended, ami It ?lid not seem to me
any wrong could have been ?lone,
was done, so far as I was concerned,
without any thought of the possible -
elrpumstunccs, but In view of what
had happened I ?lid recognize it as
arising from thoughtlessness, and a
grave error, (is I stated on yesterday.
Mr. Fairfax's Testimony.
Mr. Fairfax tlien In a cleat-, concise
manner t?>id of the Lanier dismissal.
Ills testimony v.-ns almost identical
with that given by Commissioner Henry
C, Stuart, earlier In the Investigation,
except that he related at length the In?
terview that Mr. Upahur had had wit}?
him, when thu chief clerk asked his ad?
vice regarding taking stock lu l^anler'e
company.
Mr. Fairfax said that ho hud t?il?l Mr.
Upsliur that It would bo Improper for
any ckrk in the office to subscrita to
stock, und that L'pshur had ?epiled that
he had no reason to tell him that.
Mr. Fairfax slated that he know nothing
mote of the company until the ''churgos"
were tiled, and that it was not until Mr.
l'oyail told liltu that he knew that Judge
Crump was a slock hoi /u-r in the soin- '
pany,
His recollection o& tit?- questioning Of :
l.milor after ? the "charges" wer? nie?!
was the saino as Mr. Stuart's, but h?t
added that lie.considered that Major La?
nier had bee? very frank, und th?u. h?