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THE TIMKR FOtlNDRD IKHfi.
TIIIJ IUHPATrrit '"OUNDED lRGO.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,682.
RICHMOND, VA., SATUR.DAV, BftPT&MBER 14, 1907.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
LUSITANIA TEST
OF TURBINE SHIPS
Great Cunarder Did Not
Break Trans-Atlantic
Record, but Can.
VESSEL WAS NOT
RUSHED TO LIMIT
real Steamer Almost Equals
Best Record Without Forcing
Mcr Engines?Captain Watt
Says Slic's Fahte.^t Boat
Afloat?Beat Lucania
Thirtcen Hours.
NEW VOHK, Soptemb?r 13.?A fow
elays ngo tlit?ro was a local celebration
ol the hundredth annlversary of that
proud occaslon when Robert Fulton'a
33(J-fool steamer CleVmbnt wont pufftng
llp Un- Hntl-on niver at 1ive. mllcs an
lionr. 'I'ti-tlay Now Yorkera turni'd out
to welcome a steam craft, the paasen
Ct r.1 of whlch broakfast.-d ln Qjuoens
L.wii, IrcIunU, Sunday aml lunched ln
New Vork ' to-day. liotli exp'erltrients,
ciually .successful, were cpbuh-maklng
ii. the way fif propulalve power?the
Cicrroont wlth her slde paddlcs and the
imw Cunarder with her iiuadruplo tur
blnen.
Tho voyago of tho Lusltanla. so hap
plly Completed, waa most Important ln
that it was a t'est of the *?iost modern
propulalvc power. Thls is the vlow
taken by her ownors, who are satlsfied
ihat tlie practlcablllty of the turblnc
for fast voascla has beon denionstraicd,
aml that thls new departuro ln Engllsh
Bhlpbllliairig has been justllied.
The fact that the Lusltanla was
able to cross the Atlantlc in five days
und tlfty-four rntnutea, aud was able.
on lor matden trip, nearly to equal
tli.- beat tiiins-Atlanllc record. is held
to hc of aecbndary Importance.
II im Bqunled Bspeetntloiui.
OIBclala of the Une sald to-night
that tho Liijiltania had done all ihat
was expected of her, wlthout her hav?
ing beeii pushed to make a record. and
they were conffdent that she would
I..- iii>).-.. when called upon, to add to
lo r achlevementa the fastest voyagc
ucroau the Atlantic. Herctofore. lt
waa pninted out, turhlnes have been
conatructetl for moderate speed. but
on il" LaaitaSla and h?-r sister <6hip,
;'.. Miiurotiinij. bulit wlth ihe grcat
'<??: government subsldy ?ver paid, waH
Btnked thu ilrltish hope that the tur
hine-driven ve*s(:ls would prove not
only the most comfortable hut tho
HWlfteet liners u'-loaC
l-'rom the time that the Lusltanla
lailed from Quoenstown at noon Suu
flav until ahe came through the new
Ambroso Channel and reached her now
hier at the foot of West Thlrtccnth
Btreet, North Klvcr, ut noon to-daj
tlu steamer behaved excellently, and.
H.rortllng to the agents, ahowed no
Befecta.
niil -\o< I'res* *i eaa<*I.
Tho proudest man aboard, of course,
?waa the man on tlie bridge, Captaln
j. B. Watt, who sald: "She ia the fast?
est shlp yet bullt. We dld not try to
pitys her on this trip, becauso her
machlnery is new. and it might en
liangcr her. Wo passed through enough
rougli weather to prove that she is a
m*'od sea boat. She dld well?better
than wo expected."
The Lusltanla Is the largest llner
ever built. The Lucania. also ol
Ihe Cuard Line, and the prevlous rec
Pifl-holtler. which was startod to pac?
the Lusitaiiia. wlth flfteen mlnutes' ad
vuntage ut Queenstown. reached Sandy
Hook bar al a o'clock to-night, thlrteen
houra behlnd theWiew shlp.
SIMMONS FAVORS
LEWIS CHANLER
Kortli Carolina Senator Suggests
Chanler and Johnson for
Next Ticket.
WASHINGTON, D. G. September 13.?
Senator F. M. Simmons. of North Car?
olina. announced hlmself as fuvorabl)
disposcd to the nomlnatlon of a presl
?leuiial ticket in 190J*.. composed o;
Lewls Stuyvesant Chanler, Lloutenatit
Governor of New Vork. for President
and .lohn Johnson, Governor of Min
liesotii, for Vice-Presldcnt.
Mr. Simmons explalned that tlu
Democrats could not hope to. succcet
wlthout. Now York, und that they ougii
to strlve to get a ticket tliat couU
bo relieil upon to carry New York
Ile saltl that the South felt vory kind
ly toward Lleutennnt-Governor Chan
lor, and tliat there was a manlfest de
slro aniotig Southern Democrats to soi
and hear moro of tho New Yorker
"What wo know and havo heard o
lilm is exceedlngly ereditable to him
aud Interest In him as a posslble pres
identlal nomlneo Is groiving dccldedly.'
Tho Senator explalned that if i
Southern man were to bo chosen lu
would profer Senator Culberson, o;
Texas. "But I do not believo u South
ern man will he chosen." sald he, "no
do I belleve lt would be wise to nom
Inato one at thls time. I huvo what !
belieVo io he sutlsfuctory reasons fo
thls opinlon, but I don't belleve lt ti
profitable to diseuss tlmt mutter now.1
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GEORGIA TAXES
ON CORPORATIONS
New Assessincnt. of Values Make,
Increase of Sixty-Five
Millions.
ATLANTA. GA., Soptomher 13.?Wll
the llxing of tuxablo valuo. of the'Soa
board Air Llno ln tleorgla nt $i.3.'65i;
tMi,' tho arbltratlon of corporuto prop
erty ret'irha came to an end, aml tax
ablo va'ues In the Stato show au lu
oronso ovor lttst year ef $65,OOll.OO<
Of llils amount tho corporation rolurn
yloldod an Incroaso of $:1G,000,000 an
tho taxablo property, an Indlcated i
county digests, \vhh about $11>,(IU0,000.
npslde-s tho Seaboard Air Llno, othe
eorpoi'iiUons whlnh uppealed to th
bnui'd.-of arbltratlon woro the Souther
Kallway, tho Central of Georgla Ball
rond, tho Atlantlc Ootist Line, tho At
laiita aml Wost Polnt Tluilroiul, an
tlu> Western. Unlon and I'nstul Tolo
grupli Couipunics, tho. rotuniB ol' it
biilaH 'cuusldorably. Jacreased,
CDRTELYOU TO BE
AT P1ER DEDICATION
Secretary of Treasury Re
presents Government at
To-Night'sExercises.
ONE OF WORLD'S
GREATEST TASKS
Has Largest Arch of Its Kind in
i 11 is. Country?Vast Resources
Employed in Its Construc
tion?Its Cost Four Hun?
dred Thousand.
Dollars.
[Speciai to The Tlmes-DIspatch.]
.JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
OROUNDS, Septomber 13.?Hon. George
Hruce Cortelj'OU, Secretary of Ihe
j Treasury. wlll be at the .lamestowii
Exposltlon to-morrow night to speak
at the dedtcatlon of the great Oovern
ment Pler. Tlils announcement waa
made to-day. Mr. Cortelyou Is also
chalrman of the Natlonal Terccnten
nlai (Commission.
The lllumlnutlon of Uio .pler on the
occaslon of the dcdlcation and the
iiiagnlflcent display of flreworks wlll
comblne to make Uie most gorgoous
spectat.'le yet witnessed at tlie falr,
The Ilnal comphtlon of the pler ef
fectually tloes away wlth one of the
greatest drawbacks to the auccesa ul
the falr.
The program for the occaslon, wlth
the additlon of an addresa by Mr. Cor?
telyou. will be carried out as orlginall*.
announced.
(.lu.-mlle Tunk.
Thls magnllicent contrlhutlon of tht
general government to the glory atitj
beauty of the tercentennlal celebratlor.
reprt'-sents ono of the most gigantlc
taska ot modern times. The govern?
ment approprlated tho. sum of $400,001
und the contract was awarded ln th<
office of Major Spencer Cosby, the engi
neer ln charge of the work in Wash?
lngton. October 21, 1906, to tho Scho
llcld Company, of Philadelphia.
The plans called for a total of aboul
13.000 plles?sheet piles and round pile*
?consldorahly over a mile of sea-wall
about 300.0(10 yards of HU, and about
j 150,000 yarda of dredging. To com?
plete the plans, over 3,500,000 feet ot
lumber. for either permanent or tem
! porary use. was requlred. Tho pler it
ja double one, tncloslng- an enormom
water basln of 1.280,000 square feet
but the most exceptlonal fcature of lh<
whole pier 'is a 150-foot reinforcec
arch at the outer end.
.Thls arch, placed on a mud bottom
relylng entirely upon tlie bearlnn
powers of the plles driven for its
abiitmentH. was the principal englnaer
Ing feature of the whole work, as II
is the longest single span bridge of- th<
kind in this country, measuring e.vact.
ly 151 feet and 5 inches from sprlng
line to sprlng line. In order to plac*
llils arch. over 200 plles were drivet
In each abutment and the concreti
placed nlne feet below tho water Um
in two large coffer dams.
Fourteen different plle-drlvlng ma?
chines were used In the pile-driving
as hlgh as ten being used at the same
tlmfe. Nino dredges. seven tugs an<
twelve scows. all manned wlth at lens'
two, and sometimes threo crews. work
ing either alxteen or twenty-four hours
have been used on the dredglng.
In operatlng and handllng the ma?
terlal for this gigantic undertaking
three locomotlves were used, two nar
row-gauga and one slandard-gauge
Over two and a half miles of track
were laln to connect the varlous parts
of thn work wlth tho Exposition Com?
pany's tracks.
In hnndling the ooncrete two sep?
arate and dlstlnct concrete plants werr
bullt, ono on the shore for the fout
sea-walls and tho other end. and th>
other for the ai'ch. sltuated on a tem
porary trestle alongslde.
One of the hardest obstacles ln com
plctlng the pler was found to be tlu
dredglng. The bottom. Instead of be?
lng sandy, as shown on the. draw?
lngs of tho original plans, proved tf
be a combinatlon of clay, sand
.sandstone. etc. wlth a large amount
of cobbie stones and smnll boulders
whlch dofled the best efforts of any'
thlng but the iRrgeat dredges.
DECISIVE BREAK
IN STRIKE RANKS
Eight Former Union 1'clc
graphers, Including Officer,
Retum to Key.
CLEVELAND, O., September 13.
Thero was a declsivo break in the loca
tt-legraphers' strike to-day, when elgh
former striking operators, Includini
the vlce-presldent of tho local teleg
raphers' unlon, returned to work will
tho Postal Tolograph-Cable Company.
Superintendent Colllna also sald to
night. tliat the Postal Company ha.
within the last day or two1 been abl
to open up for tho flrst tlmo severa
of Its most important branch offlces I:
tho Clovoland division.
Tho olflclals of the "Western Unlo:
Telegraph Company stated that the.
had taken back several operators wh
had been on strike, and offlclals of bot
coinpanies declared that whllo tlio vol
imie of buslness belng handled was no*.
ainaller than tho iiormal amount
evcrythlng that <.s being offered i
haiulled with reasonable dlspatch o:
tho part of tho company.
Wnut TelegTiuib HvN.imed.
ATLANTA, GA'., September 13.?A pe
tltlon wns llled wlth the Stato Railroai
Commlsslon to-day by citizens o
GulnesviUe, Marlotta, Grlffln and Cedar
town, Ga., urglng the lnimediato restor
atlou of telegraph service nt thos
citles.
' The petltion alleges that tho loca
offlces havo boen closed slnce the mid
dle of August, and reel tea that flnanela
Injury nnd inconvenlenoe hnvo result et
but ilocs not stato why tho offlces wor
closed.
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FlItKlS LOAD Ol' IU'CKSIIOT ?
INTO BODY OV MAI
NOItFOLK. VA., Hapt?mber 13.?"Nm
watcli me slioot you," aro tho worda al
logoil to havo boen sald by Jiimes William
tho second beforo flrlne a lotul of huckblu
Into tlie body of Joseph Henry Hnre at Bovv
oi-'s Hlll, noar Poitsmouth, yoslortlay mnrr
lim, and who llngeruil hetweon llfo and deat
u!l niuht. linalty ilylnir early thln mornlng'.
Tlm causo of Uie shootlnkr |b not knowi
but Wllllaina haa boon ainu'ehenclod aod
?uow Ui tha couatj Jall,
Four Hundred Thousand Dollar Government Pier at the
Jamestown Exposition Which Will Be Dedicated To~Night
HORSE PLUNGEO IN
Broke Plate Glass and Tcrritied
Crowd in Bar and Dining
Room.
DRIVER THROWN AND HURT
Animal Badly Gashcd After
Striking Window With
His Head.
rtunning down N'inth Streot wlth the
spced of a thoroughbred. a horse at
taclied to an Amerlcan Bread Company
wagon dashed Into thc big plate glass
window on the Bank Streot side of
Ruegor's re.staurant at 8 o'clock last
night, completely shattered it, and sent
Into the air through slicer frlght a
dozen men who wOre llhod up against
the bar. In tho dinlng-room tnvlce
that number of people Jumped frotn
their soats. _ The nolse was deafening.
Lost Control.
?fticharcl Ford, tho drlver, lost con
trol of tlie animal at Franklin Streot,
and was tinable to gitldo him as he,
started toward the restaurant. Thc
horse hit the window with full force,
broko It Into a thousand pieces, and
would have jumped Into the room had
he not been hold by tlio frame at the
hottom. On the anlmal's riglit shoul
der, just below tho collar, thore was a
gash large enough for a big man's
fist. He was cut and brulsed ln several
placos ancl bled profusely. Ford was
knocked from the seat. He was stun
ned, belng removed later to the Clty
Home, where hls wotinds were dreaaed.
The animal was sent to a veterinarian.
Ford sald that he saw what was
going to happen, but was unable to
prevent it. He tugged at the lines ln
an effort to swerve clear of the lamp
post ar.d the bulldlng.
Hnd No AVnruJng.
Tho crowd at the counter were
laughing nncl talking. and for tliat
reason liad no warnlng. Llko a shot
out of a cannon the chestnut head
came through. scattering glass ln all
directlons. With ono accord. tlie ctis
tomors dropped their goblets. Beforo
tlioy had tlmo to think, tho fear of
otlior trouble was over: for the horse
was plunging nnd dolng hls best to
back out.
Hlghhallf*. rtpwever, had gone Into the
air with tho liighbull consumors, and
withln a few moments about live hun?
dred peoT?lo had gathered. Tlio twelve
men nt the counter needed something
ln a niomont or two to steady nerves
whlch had beon awfully rattled.
Tho wagon, wlth the excetitlon of n
broken shaft. wns unhurt, Mr. Tttieger
sent some of his men from tho hotol
- to take care of Ford.
GIVE NEGROES TEN
YEARS IN PRISON
Jury Finds Burton and Conquest,
of Onancock, Guilty of Par-.
ticipating in Riol.
(Speclal to Tho Tlmos-DIspatoli.)
PARKHIA3Y. VA.. Soptember 13.?The
trlal of Samiiol Burton and Rylvestor
Conqiiost, tho negroes wlio are "b'elhg
trled for tho inurdor of John Topplng,
colored, and partlcipatlng ln tho Onan
ccick raco rlot was concluded about l
o'clock thls aftornoon In tho Circuit
Court of Accomac. Tlie jury, whioh
wns composod of cltlzens from Korth
amptoii county, after helng out fot
ahout thirty minutea, brought in a ver
dict of g'-Ulty, glvlng each ton years
In tho penltentiary. It Is rumornd that
Burton wlll now ho compollod to face
another charge, as the government ou
thorltles want hlm for flrlng on thc
back cii rnuto from Onancock to Tai
loy. Va., August KUh, t.ho niglii of Un?
Onancock rlot.
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FIND WHOI.K EGGS AND
SALT CIUI13T 1N.SIDI3 SXAKH
FMTtMVlIXF,, VA.. Soptembor 13.-?
Ono dny tliis wook Captaln .T. w.
Kowlkos, who residos near Hamriflen
Sidney College, discovorod a big black
snnko ln ono of hls ]ic,i'h nost. TTf
got hla gun and shot: tho reptilo. No
tlclng that tho surface nf ihe snaki:';
skin wns vory rough, Captaln Kowlkei
docldod to open hlm. Whon ho.dld thlf
out. rolled soveral'whole lion's eggs am
n porcelaln salt ortiot, tho lattor meas.
urlng ovor four Inohos lu dlmneter anc
llvo Inches ln length. Mrs. Fttwlkot
hnd usod the salt coUhi' as ti ncst-ogg
? hut lt had buen nilaslng from tho hen
, iiouaa for iuoi'.-j tt.au a uwuU*
TURN MUCH LIGHT
ON TE1BIE CRIME
Mrs. Davis, Who Was Mrs.
. Rorschach's Neighbor, Tells
? of Ncgro Intrudcrs.
DESCRIPTION* FITS ARCHER
Street Car Conductor Saw Negro
in Yicinity Early That
Morning.
[Speciai to The Tlmes-DIspatch.]
NORFOLK. VA., September 13.?Dr.
Gray G. Holladay, coroner of Ports?
mouth, and a Jury, thls evenlng.at C
o'clock began an lnqulaltlon- into the
death of Mrs. Mary Lawless Ror
achach, wife of Lleutenant Frank
Rorsch'ach, U. .S. N., murdered by a
burglar ln her home on Park Avcnuo
early Tuesday mornlng. Four wit?
nesses were examlned, and then tlio
inquest was adjourned until next Frl?
day.
New and Important testimony was
given by Mrs. Davis. whose home ia
on ltivervicw Avenue. immediateiy
hack of the Rorschach home. She testi?
fled that on the morning of Septem?
ber 2d or 3d, a week before the mur?
der, she saw two men In the rear of
the Rorschach premlses between the
hours of ?. and -1 o'c'ock A. M. She
descrlbed the two men as negroes. one
a tall muiatto aud the other bluek.
The muiatto, she testllled, was try
ing to force an entrance Into tlio
Ror8chach home as Ihe black man
stood watch. Tlie black man dlscover?
ed iicr looking at them from her wiu
dow. gave the nlarin by whislling and
both men fied. jumplug over tlie fence.
Mrs. Davis sald that she wanted to
open llre on the robbera, but was pre
vented from dolng so hy her husband.
She hati also seen the tall muiatto on
tlie premiaes at a prevlous time.
The description given of the muiatto
by Mrs. Davis tallies in detail wlth
that of Thomas Ar.tlier. now confllied
In jall. suspected of the crlme.
Trolley Car Conductor Viok testl?
lled thnt on the night beforo the mur?
der he saw a muiatto of the .descrip?
tion of Arche'r acting In a suspicloua
manner in Park Avenue, near the
Rorschach hr.me. j_ ?
Paul C. Trugion nnd Frank Ror?
schach. Jr.. eight years old. testllled
oll tho witneas .stand according to
what they told Immedlately after the
crlme.
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YOUNG MEN MEET
HORRIBLE DEATH
Fatal Explosion on Iyanhoe Ftir
; hace Conipany's Ore Road.
| Find Mangled Remains.
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'. (Speciai to Tho Tlmes-DIspatch.)
I 1VANH013. VA.. Septomber 13.?An
liihexpocted explosion occurred about 11
! o'clock yesterday on tho lvanhoo B"ur
jniice Company's new ore road, whllo
Arthur Orowder and Luthor Bonnett,
lyoutig whltu men. woro dlschargiiig a
iioln, which failed to blast. Both men
wero Instantly kllled, and one llterally
tcrn to pleces.
Tho remains of Bennett wero found
this niornlng ln New River. Tho body
was horrlbly iimnglt'd, hut practlcally
all.together. The left arm of Crowder
was found lodgod in a tree ubout a
hundred feet above the grade. ono rlb
in a pllo of dirt and stonoa below tlie
blulT, and one. leg in a patch of woeds
on the oppoalto side of tho rlvor, ahout
threo or four hundrod feot from whero
tho explosion occurred.
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COPPER MINES
NOT TO SUSPEND
Anialgamated Company . Will
Operate Plant: oh Reduced
Production.
BUTTE), M0NT., Septoniboi* iil.?Tlio
mlncK of ? the AiiiiilKamated Copper
Company wlll not bo closed bncauae of
tlio glut of tho copper mnrkot. Goil
oral Supprliiteml.'iit .lohn Glllls, hi n
atatonionl in tho Intoniioiiiitaln, says
that, whllo work will bo iibiiiulonotl
on Sundays horonftcr, thoro wlll he no
general closo down.
Duvolopmouts und oxploltutlon wlll
be stoppod fnr thn present. hownvor,
and iirodtictloii ciirtiillod until lt falls
to-ahout s,(lOo.iioo pounds per moiith.
Jjt iu n-w fcbput *o4ooo,odo pok launUi.
Young Englishman Bccomcs
Heir to Large Estatcs in
Great Britain.
INHERITS FROM HIS UNCLE
Mr. Wildhore and Family Expect
lo Leave Richmond and
Reside Abroad.
Mr. Robort Newton Wlldbore, an em?
ploye of the Southern Express Com?
pany, In thls clty, has Just received
notice of a windfall that wlll change
hlm from a plaln everyday worklng
man to a man of means, worth posalbly
a mllllon or moro dollars,
Mr. Wlldbore, who has been om
ployiid as a drlver for tho Southern
Exprcss Company for a year or two,
ls a modesi young Englishman; who
has been living Wlth his mother and
three brothera on Cherry Street for
two or three years. His widowed
mother had somo means, nnd the boys
wero lndtistrlous and fruga.1, and alto
getlier they saved up enough money to
buy a niodest homo out on Hanover
Stroet, whoro they havo Uved for the
past slx months. They came from Eng?
land to thls country some years ago,
and knew thoy were, sooner or laler,
to become helrs to a large estate.
Dr. Erederiek Wlldbore, an uncle of
Mr. Newtop Wlldbore, and a man of
lnrge means, long beforo his deatli,
which occurred five years ago, made
his fill, leavlng' a. large eslate, con?
slsting malnly of stocks antl bonds,
to his chlldless wldow, and after her
death to his nophew, Mr. Wildhore.
the express employe of this clty, and
the nldest aon of his brotlier. Tho
widow has recently dled, and ln ac
cordanco with tho wlll tho property
uomes to tho' young man.
Ahout n Mllllon.
.lusl exactly what tho estato la
worth ls hard to tell, but lt seems cer?
tain that lt ls somowhero over a mll?
llon dollars, perhaps not more. As Is
the way witli all Engltshmon the
will leaves the entlro estate to the
elder male member of tbe famlly, but
all of tho famlly now ln RIchmond
will sharo Iii tho bonofits.
Mr. Wildboro is out of the city on his
usual summor vacatlon, and probably
does not know yet that tho fortiuid
left hlm by lils unclo is at lils dlsppaai.
His mother, who lives wlth her sons
at No. 12317 Hanover Streot, says lluit
Iho news was no surprlse to hor, und
will not be lo her son. They havo
known all along that sooner or luter
tho property would come to thom. Hor
son has had Lotulon lawyers looking
atter his interest, nnd tho tlrst lntl
iiiation of tho windfall camo through
the attornoys.
She says hor son has formed no
plans ns yet, and wlll awalt mall ud
vlces from London before maklng any;
but the probablllty ls that tho whole
family wlll journey to England beforo
Ihe end of tho year to tako possesaion
of the estate.
Whllo, as before stated. tho prop?
erty left Mr. Wlldhoro conslsts largely
of stocks nntl bonda, fliort* ls a iinc
Engllsh liomeatead and eonsldernb'e
valuable land lueluded ln tho estate
left to tho lucky young Englishman,
CAROLINIAN. MET
STRANGE DEATH
Calvin Gillis, of Asheville, F.x
' pir.es of Heart Failure
in Surf.
ATLANTIC CITY",' N. J., Suptoiiibor
l.'l.?Calvin Glllls, aged thirty-alx years,
of Asheville, N. C, dlod ln tho ocean
t()-tluv: in water not. more, thun walst
doop, Glllls was seon to wado under
nootli tlu atooplocluistj pler and sud?
denly dlsappoar, Llfo guarda rushoil
to lils le.scuo unil brought hlm nitliore,
hut ho dld not rog.nlii . coiisiilpiisimss,
Surgoon Uockwlth. suhl that Glltls'f
ilenili wns not due to drowiiing, hut tu
heart failuro.
Glllla wns a. nioiiiliur of tho Knight
i?f 1'ythlus, und hud u tickot lu 11i*
pocket loadlnti-?i"jiu Ualtimurd to At
luiUiotUttf,.
Lee Camp Expresses Disapprova
of Scnii-Military Female Con?
federate Organ izatidns.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTEG
Reprcscntatives to Grand Camr
Instructed to Lay Matter
Before Tliat Body.
Pronouticed- disapprova! of the for
mutlon of somi-military female Con
fedcrate organizatlons was expressec
by Loo Camp, No. I, C. V., nt a largclj
attended meeting hold last nlght.
At.a prevlous meeting of tho camj
a committeo conHisting of Judge Goo
\j. Chrlstian, Air. James Vnss and Mr
10. J. Bosher was appointed to con
sider aud report upon tho mattor
Members of tho connnittoo conferrei
with Mrs. N. V. Handolph and othci
ofllclals of tlio Daughters of tho Con?
federacy, who are likewlse opposed tc
the movement, and after niature do
llberatlon submitted rosplutlohj whiol
tho camp adopted by a rlslng voto
every niombor present, slxty-three lt
all, voting for thom. Tho resolutioni
aro ns follows:
Wliereaa thls cninp rccognlvics
nnd nppreciiilcN the siilcnilld work
dune by Soiitheru woiiieii, lu keep
lue nllve tlie meuinrlo? nud priuei
ples of our great ?trtigsle for con
-I It 11U..11111 I'reclliilll, nud lli'l" eclllert
nny und nll movement* whlch nui.i
teud to impiiir the dlgnlty, uscfiil
ncHH und Inlliiciicc of tlie noblc
iiriiiinl/.iiiloiiH through which IIiIh
grctit work has heen nccomiilisheil j
Aud wliereaa illii-; camp hns
lenrned ol' tbe fnrtiiiition of other
oruuiil/.iilliiii.s of Southern wonicnj
mild lo l>e iiulforntcd in CiMlfeilernlc
grny, \?lth leiulers heurlng iiillUnry
tltlcs. uud Ueslgncil tu tuke soine
piirl in tbe incetliigH nud pnruilcs
nf Ihe Coufederate cninpxf
Aud -ivbcrciiM iln> forinntliiu of
llicc- iitiifiiriiicd IViunle Oonfeder
nle orgniiizutlons wlth mllltary 11
tlcN, In, lu tlio iiplniiiii of ilils
?-iiini> oonfrnry to tbe tnstes, trn
dilluiiN aml eiistouiM of our people,
nud cnlciilaicil to Impalr tlie dlg?
nlty, iiNi-fului-NH nud lnlluciice of
nll other orgunlzutlunn of Coufed?
erate vtumnu; tbcrcforc, b? it n?
scilvcd,
F|,m(?-?I'liat (vrltlioiil lutcndlug
to ri-ilcci on thc miitivcs nnd ebur
iietcrs of others, Inn uttrlbiiting lo
nll the iikinI palrloilc nnil iii-nlsc
worthy objects) IIiIm camp vlrws
wlth li-i-'liUAs of a'lirin und regrct
tlie foriuiition of llicse scinl-tiillltiiry
feniule Confederate orgunlxutloun,
and pxnrcMKCK Ihe oplniou. iliut nll
Miih moveiiieiilH are 11nwl.se, us
tendlng to 1111 palr Ihe dlgnlty, u.ir
fulnes.s und Influence of other t'nii
fcileralc orttUlltautioilK, uud espc
elully enlculiilcil lo Icsscu the cs
tcein uud vcncriitloii in whlch our
women nre now iinlversully held,
11 poNltlou Ihey luive gnlueil uud
hold hy lniinte modesty, forlltude,
derollou to prlnclplc aud woiitnnly
bcni-ias;. uud nol hy piiriiillug In.
Coufederate imiforms und by iin
xiiiulug inllltiiry litles dealgncit only
for men.
Second?Thnt the rcprcscntntlvcN
of thla eainp 10 the fSraud Camp of
Ylrgluiu be, und Ibey are hereby,
Insii-neieil lo luy Ihls ninttcr before
tlie Griiml Camp mul ask Its cou
curreuee in |be views lierelu e\
preNMcd, and thut the Grniid Cauip
use its hest clYorta lo stop tlie for
niutlou of ilu-NC sciul-iuililiiry lev.
lllllle oi'Kiini/iitloiis iu ciiiiniiet Inn
willi tlie cauips of Ihls mul other
.Slalcs.
Mr. Dnuglns Freeuian, a son of th
i-.imnu.nilei- of tho camp and .a studon
at John.s Hopkins. was by resoliifioi
i-onuostocl to speak to tho camp nox
Frlday nlght on tho work of tho wo
ment at tho Confodoralo Mitsoutti,r-jhl
meeting wlll bo open to the publlc an
tho camp cordially Invltes tho "Daugb
lers and all women tu attiuiil and uca
tho addross. '
Daughters woro elected to tho Clrnn
Camp 11L' tlio State whlch wlll bo hel
iu Norfolk 011 tho Ifith and lTlh 0
Octobor. It is tlio purpose of th
State Camp lo ? contlnuo tho tneetln
over to the'lflth and hold the last.day'
session nt tho Jamestown Rxposirioi
AiTangoinonls |iavo alroady beon por
fecled wlicu-ohy tho votorans can g
down to thls nieeilng at ' great lv re
duced rates. Moro than a huhdrocl ]n.
nlght slgiilflod tliclr Inltmtlon of bolp
present.
IMiAt'K IIVVVMITH IX
? -V Tlllll'SUl.M; M.XI'll
OIIIIM'IOYVA FALl.S, W1S,, Septcl
1.1.?An nxplnslon of dynamlto I
bundlo of grn.iii tu-day lnjured
mon and wi'ockod a threshl.ng iuu>
on the fiiviii nf Peter Petersou. In
ttgtltlon ilevclnped tlie finl that s
of ilynumiui luid lieen placed ln s>
bundles of gi'alii, Thu nilaoi'cant
,,.1'ut bocu I'OUUd.
tiv
hin
i.-k
eni
Jiu
IS
Mikado's Government is
Friendly to United
States.
NATIONAL DEBT
PREVENTS WAR
l.-!;ui<-lers Are Too Busy With
Korea and Manchuria lo Think
of Picking Quarret With
Fiirmidablc Power?Do
Xot Want the
Philippines.
Tlmea-Dlapatch Bureau,
Mnmioy Builtlinrtr.
tVashliiRlon. 1). C, Sept. 13.
General Lnke E. Wrlght, of Teiines
nee, returnlng home after a resldence
of n year aml a liaU" ln.Toklo as Amerl
ittii ambassador, ls here on buslneaa,
whlch. when dlsposed of, wlll formally
mark lils retlremont from tho dlplo
matlc servlce. lils sttccesaor as thu
Ilrst amlias.sniliii- io Japan, Thomas .1.
O'Firlen. former mlnlster to Denmark,
salled frnm Seattle to-day wlth the
Taft party fnr Toklo.
j General Wrlght lakes a most com
placent antl optlmlstlc view of Japan
|iiiul the future nf it.s people, antl repu
dlatea as unworthy the suggestlon of
j Ihe prospect of armed conlllct between
the Unlted States and tho Mikado's
government. He sald that Japan had
enough real work to do ln Korea and
Manchuria to oxerclse her energlea for
yeara lo come. wlthout seeking trouble
with the United States.
Ile dld not regard war even as a
reniote posaibillty, and, as for troublo
In the future over the PhUlpplnes. he
dld not think Japan has ever wanted
tho archlpelngn or ever wlll want lt
bnd enough to llght for the stake.
One reason, in General Wrlglits's
opinlon. why Japan is not smarllng
for trouble wlth the Unlted States
Is the enormlty of Its national debt,
whlch In round flgures is ono bllllou
dollars. Considorlng tho resources of.
the government. that gigantic aum
wus equlvnlcnt to a natlonal debt in
thls country of. flfteen or twenty bll
Uons. In other words, General Wrlght
thought the Unlted Statea could bet?
ter ufford to owe twentrj- blllton dol?
lars than Jnpan onn afford to carry
a debt ot one bllllou. lt should not
bo ln fer red from thls compariaon of
the resources of tho two countrles that
Japan is not emlnently capable of
earing for her natlonal obllgatlon.
Mnny Vflinlrulilc Trall*.
Of the people of Japan. General
Wrlght saltl thnt they had many ad
mirable tralta and eharaeterlstics. "
which made for them natlonal unity
and strencth.
Ue sald that some of tho greatest^,.'
students he had ever met ln publlc'
life wore Japanese, and that thelr /Ca?
paclty for achlevement wns almostrim
measurablo. General Wrlght regretted
Ihe antl-Japancso outbreak In San
francisco. but dld not regard lt ns
aultlclent provocatlon for war between
the two countrles. The best thlnkers
Of Jnpan. he said, wero adverse to
the iclea of. war wlth tlie Unlted Stntes
aiul earnestly deslred to add cohesion
to tho rolationa whlch heretofore hajtl
made Japan and America frlendly.
Anent natlonal polltlcs. Goneral
Wrlght, although eonfessing to a lack
of knowledge of the real sltuation.
owlng to his prolonged absence from
home, thought there was a good charico
for tho Democratic party to wln, If
no mistake was niade In selecting the
head of the ticket. Ile suggested no
numo for thls place.
Ua thought Tnft or Hughes would
make a formldahle contestant with
any Democrat, and as to Presldent.
Koosovelt, he rogarded him as almost
invinciblo ln those States that sup?
ported lilm In the last election.
General Wrlght rotlroa from tho
dlplomntic service of his country to
return to Memphis to re-establlsh hlm?
self in tlie practice of law, in whlch
profession he has wnn permanent famo
nnd rooognltlon. Ile wlll practice with
his son, Major E. E. Wrlght. who ls
ono of tlio ablest young lawyers ln tho
South.
General Wrlght declared that ho had
no polltical ambitloii to gratlfy. atul
would return to his natlvo clty for
the single purpose of resumlng work
in a field that offered hlm tho moat
congenlal labors. Ho wlll go to New
York to-morrow. and from there ho
will return to Memphis, arrlving homo
next Wodnoaday or Thursday.
STUDENTS WAR
WITHHOODLUMS
Six Purdue Boys Injured and
Several Severely Beaten
in Mele'e.
LAEAYETTE. IND.. Septembor 13.?
ln n rloi between Purdue Unlverslty
students and clty toughs, alx students
were severely Injured and flfteen
others wero severely beaten to-day.
Several students wero?.returnlng to
tho unlverslty from a dance when at?
tacked by a score of hoodlums, Afler
a lleree llght, durlng whlch students
nud roughs aliku wero beaten, tivc of
the latter were arrested. Tlu* most
severely Injureil are John Mlller and
M. J. McCheaney, of Charleston, XV. Va,,
students,
CRUSHED BETWEEN
RAILWAY CARS"
Charles Arehart's Mjyrgjed Body
Found on Track ,Xear Luray,
Wife Survives.
[Speiilal tn The Tlmea^pispatoh,]
lukay. VA., Soptember 13.*--Charles.
13, Arohari, of Lamoti, Pa., waa klllod
un the Norfolk and Wesiern Railroad
aboilt twb miles south of Liiii-j aomo*
lime during last night. whllo "ii hl?
way to Shenandouli, this coun.ty, where
ho has a wlfe. Arehari Ia supposed to
have t'allou belwieu tho ou'?'and waj
torrlbjy umngled, oiu* leg belng cut
oil. In additlon tu many hrulses about
tho head. Ula body w?s found lylmr ?
hetweon the ralla b.V tlm eiiiilncor. of
- Ith.i northbound ml.li'.igM train, who-.
j dlscovered the body ln lltuftto hiiu'c
II hla tl'.iln (o il M.imlslill. The hotiy
J wuh taken on board tho. tralu and
1 broiiij^li lo Jjui'ttjr. ?,