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THR TIMKR KOU.VDFBD 1.88.
THB D1SPATCII FOUNDBD 18B0.
WHOLE NUMBER 17,786
RICHMOND, VA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,' 1907.
PRICE TWO CENTS,
BY LARGE MAJORITY
Vote for Prohibition More
Than Two to One of
That for Liquor.
DISPENSARY WILL
NOT OPEN AGAIN
iVerdict of the People Would
Close thc Instltution Anyhow
at Noon To-Day?Election
Quiet and Onc-Sidcd.
Fight in Other
< Cities.
[Bpoclal to Thc Tlmc*-DI?patcli. 1
KALKIGH. N. C, Deeember 26.-?Pro?
hlbltlon wlns In Ralelgh. and wlll be
offectlve from noon to-morrow, when
the election board will offlcially de
clarc thc result of thc election held
to-day, thc majority for prohlbltlon
belng 317.
So the dispensary. whlch has sold
r.farly 11.000,000 worth of liquors dur?
ing thc four years It has been In opo.r*
r.tion, wlll not agaln bc opened to thc
jiublic. It was closed Tuesday cvening
for Christmas Day and for tho elec?
tion to-day. It could bc opened to
morrow morning untll noon. when tho
result of the election is offlcially de?
clared, but lt Is not the purpose of the
ii-bnagement to do so, the clerks belng
dtrected to report for duty at 9 o'elock
to-morrow to enrry out whatcver ln
ttruction. the management may glve
1or dlsposlng of thc little stock which
remalns.
Very Qulet and One-Slded.
Thc election day was decldedly qulet
Tbo announcement last nlght that tli.
c-hurch bells would be rung at lnter*
vats during tho day was not carrled
out. although there were praycr meet?
lnga In a number of thc churches by
thc women. Thc Prohlbltlonlsts begar
votlng early, thc blg majority of thc
t.nllots belng east by 9 o'elock. Prac*
tlcally no work was done at thc polli
by clthcr sidc. In fact, the dispensar>
?*ivocatus vory largely dropped out ol
thc contest- Tho rcglstercd vot. wai
l.*._5, and the vote east 1.309, so thut
there were 67C clectore rcglstercd whe
ui . not go to the polls, nearly a.11 oi
these belng conceded to bo advocates o
thc dlepensary or sajoons. who dld no'
varc to get Into thc contest. The vot?
for prohlbltlon was 02S; for thc dls
Pfnsan. SS1, and for saloone, I.
Carrled Every Wnrd.
The Prohlbltlonlste eecurcd majori
tics In every ward ranglng from 1
to 106. the prohlbltlon majorltie- in th*
wards in thelr order belng 77, 52, 72
6... 105, 106. 5S and 14.
Prohlbltlon lt-.ors are clatcd at thel
victory. the majority belng very mucl
laiger than they had anticlpaled. The*
w.ro clalmlng last nlght only 230 ma
jorlty.
Twenty-four 6aioons were voted ou
tour years rgo, when the dlspcnsar;
vas establlshed. The dlspcnsary's sale
havo amounted to about $260,000 a yeai
?wlth about $15,000 proflt, this bein;
Iiluced to the credlt of the school fund
road fund and lhe clty expense ac
count It reduecd taxation, but th'
voters here felt that its influence wa
liot for the oity's best Interest. am
V'lted it out. The election was a per
?fcCtly .uiet ono.
Cnrrj- Flfi.it lo Other Cltlen.
In commenting on the sweeplng vic
tory for prohlbltlon to-day In Ralelgl
3ovcrnor Glenn to-nlght declared thn
Se ls much gratlficd, and that this l
lhe blggest victory for temperanc
?chlevcd ln thc State during the ycai
?nd wlll bc of Immense bencflt ln th
?work for prohlbltlon that must b
prcsscd on now wlth renewed vigor l
t>ther parts of tho State.
Thls atatement by the Governor, cou
>lcd with his declarations in tlie Ra
Iclgh prohlbltlon campalgn, mean
that it ls hls purpose now to brln
ahout elcctlons ln Winston-Salem, Sal
tsbury a-nd Wilmington. the three prin
ripal towns of the State stlll rotalnln
opon saloons. He declared Tuesda
nlght in iiddresslng a mass meettri
that If prohibition was carrled in Ht
lelgh, whero hc dld not havo thc rigV
to vote, ho would take up tho wor
ln hls home town, Winston, where 1'
?would havo tho right to vote as we
?s speak In thc interest of prohlbitlo:
It is understood that he has slgnlfle
his willlngness to contrlbute as muc
ns $1,000 to the prohlbltlon campalg
there, as well as to do hls utinost 1
thc way of active campalgn work.
Mr. .Inui-H Ih l.lntcil.
Chairtnon W. N. Jones. of tho Ralele
Prohibition League, who has boen :
charge of the campalgn just brougl
to such successful termtnntlon, sn
to-nlght thnt ho ls olatod at the resul
He had made up hls mlnd to ho sati
flod wlth n 230 majority; In'stead of tl
517 thut was rolled up. Ile says tl
.fforts of tho lougtic wlll now ho turnt
to bringlng about enforcoment of tl
law and keeplng down bllnd tigers.
KILLED NEAR HIS HOME
ClothiiiK Iilcnllflori hy Fntlier, Who D
.Noi Know Ile Wnx Hurt.
[Speclal toTheTliues-Dlspatoli,] ?
TtOA NOKE, VA., Deeember 26.
.Arthur Boone, fori of Dr.,0. A. Eoon
of Troutvllle. was kllled by a fa
frelght trntn on. tho Norfolk und Wes
em a fow steps from hls homo Tuo
flny afternoon. Uls father was tho flr
to i.nov.'of hls death by Idontifyii
?bnie c|othlng that was brought
blm by partles who saw the herrlb
mutilatod. body ur.d dld not recogpl
who lt was. One of his llmhs w;
brought to Uocnoke on the tender
the englne. It ls supposed that he w;
attemptlng to cross the trnck when 1
v. as struck hy the train. Ho was twe
ty-slx years of age and unmarrled.
WAS BLIND; NOW HE SEES
PortMinoutli I.ad llecovcra HIn Slg
a M Suddenly n* He i.ont It.
| Sn*?"t*?l to Tlie TlmeH-Dt-su'iluti.]
KORFOI-K, VA.. Deceinber 30.
?trlckon bllnd olght days ago by
?evere attack of gi'lpi Alton Bernai
a nlno-year-old boy, of Portsmoitt
?woko Chrl-tmtts morning to llnd 1
?iglit completoly reatwred.
Tho strange case has won tho r
teutlon of physlolans throughout Tlci
water Virglnia, owing'to tho fact th
tho hllndiiess oanio suddenly and d
?ppearcd. ln. tho same manncr.
BONAPARTE WAS "STUNG"
Atfornfy-den-ml IH>nl_? Jooulnr Ilcf
- ??ri'Mce lo l,nle Pnnlc.
WASIIINOTON, D. C December 2C?
Attorney-General tlonapart. slnted to
day that on his vlslt In, Chlcago r_;
contly ho had boon asked by some
lembers of the press what were tho
catWs. In hls oplnion, of the rccent
pnnh: and presont hard tlmes, And that
he had replled that ho could not spoak
wlth any nuthorlty as to the causos,
but could speak rather feellngly as to
somo conseiiuencos, lnimmuoh ns cor;
taln Incldents, imlirectly caused by thn
Hard tlmes, hnd lod lo his loslng con
slderablc money. Thc Attornny-Oen
eral added that thls statoment had not
soemed to hlm In any wlsc Jocular,
but appnrently had so Imprcssel somo
of hls hcarors, slnco he found hlmself
ncouscd the next mornlng by one Chl?
cago pnper of treatlng a great natlonal
calamlty wlth unfeellng and nnbecom
Ing levlty.
"In common wlth all good poople,"
sald tho Altoriiey-Gencral, "I slticerely
hope that the hard tlmes may soon
end, and may bc followed by n l?ng
perlod of buslnoss prosporlty upon n
baala of Bound and conservatlve flnan
clal management and strlct obedlencf;
to tlio law on ithe part of thoso in
trusted wlth the dlrectlon of our great
Industrlal and commercial enterprlse's.
lt Is not within my provlnce to sug
gost rnoasures of leglslatlon' and ad
mlnlstratlon whlch may promoto these
enda, but I can promlse a thorough
golng, Impartlal and Inflexlble en
forcement of all the laws, which It If
the duty of thls department to enforcc
to the *xtcnt of its ability and rc
sourccs."
RESCUE WORK NEARLY DONE
Total of 1-1 Miitlliitcd CorpiieH Heino\r,l
From Mlnc.
JACOB .3 CREEK, PA.. December 26.
?Rapld prpgresa is belng made in th*
removal of bodles from tho Darr mlnes.
All ot the entrles oxcept No. 21 have
been cleared, and a total of 124 bodle.
brought from'the nilne. A number ot
other bodles have been located. and II
is expectcd that they wlll be brought
to the surfacc durlng the night.
Prepnratlons havo been made to re
stime rescue work ln entry No. 2*
;arly to-morrow, and lt is cxpecte.
about 100 bodles wlll be found thero
as lndlcatlons are that the exploslor.
occurred In thls worklng. All tne bod?
les recovered to-day were decomposec
and terrlbly mutllated. The rescucrt
report that drlvers were found ftftj
yards from thelr horses, and nothlnE
rcmalns of the wagons but the trucks
All that was found of a trapper boj
was thc headless trunk and one leg
The body was entlroly nudc.
General Manager Schleuderberger, oi
the Plttsburg Coal Company, sald:
"Provldlng nothlng unfbreseen oc
curs the explorlng partlcs ought tc
finlsh thelr work by to-morrow eve?
nlng. Some falls occurred ln the en?
trles where the men were worked, cov
erlng up some bodles, but this wlll b?
removed at once."
ENTERTAINS CAPTAINS
Governor Jackson of Trinidad RecclTe'
-A tm-rl enn?.
' PORT OF SPAIN, December 2..
The captalns of tne Amerlcan battle
shlps nnd thelr staffs woro entertnlnc.
at luncheon to-day by Slr Henry Moori
Jackson. the Governor ot Trinidad, an<
later were the guests o? the Governoi
at the horse races. Tho weather wm
ldeal, and the race-course was throngei
with officers and men bf the fleet, witl
a hollday crowd from the clty. Th<
Amorlcan horses carrled off the hon
or?. belng the wl|inei| ln nearly al
the races, and t*^ visitors gave them
solves over to applaudlng these vlc
torles. Owing to the fact that the slilp
wlll have ftnished coallng by to-mor
row noon thousands of bluejackets wer
glven shore loavo. The tender Yankton
of the auxlllary dlvlslon. having tnkei
on supplloB to-day. wlll leave for Rli
Janeiro to-morrow ln advance of th
fleet. The eollier Marcctlus, whlch ar
rlvcd here Decembtr l.th from Leagir
Island Navy-Yard. wlll start on hc
return trlp to-morrow.
JA1L FOR PISTOL TOTERS
Danville'* Mayor Annoancea Tbnt H
Wlll Iinposc Prlaon Scatencea.
[Sp.cial to Tho Tlm---D!_patch.]
DANVILLE. VA., December 26.
Mayor Harry Wooding announced fror
the bohch thls mornlng durlng th
sesslon of court that ln tho future th
Jail sentonce would bo lmposed on al
persons eouvicted of carrying plstol
or concealed weapons.
It has boen custoniary tor the Mayc.
to imposc a flne of .20 and costs fa
thc clty and *10 and costs for th
State on all persons convlcted of car
rylng a plstol or any othor doadl
weapon concealed. The. law, howevo:
glves the Mayor the rlght to Impos
both a heavy flne and a Jail sentenc
not exceedlng tv.-elve months. Th
punishment is discretionary with hi
honor. and he has not beforo lmpose
any jall sentence.
WAS WITH PERRY IN JAPAN
Ucnr-.Viliiil-nl Abbott lllfs at AKc <
WU-TU-N, K. L. December _C?uoai
Admiral Charles XV. Abbott i-ell re
dled to-night. Pjteumonia was th
can
old. iieiir-Aiuii" ??? ._.-..--- "*?..-;
in this- town and early bocamo Itlei
lii n..*- it.Ua.i _>i.ilo_ Vnw fli
cause of" death. L He was clghty. yoai
Itear-Admlral Abbott was boi
in tius- town and early bocamo Itlei
tillecl with tho Unltod States Navy, tu
company Ing Commodore Perry on h
e.xpoditlon to Japan in I853-'5I as cle.
to hls falhor, Commodore Joei Ai
bott Ho served on the sloop of wi
Pawnee in the Civll War, and wi
altachod to the sloop of war Brookly
under Admlral Farragut, at tho cai
ture of Forts <Jaekson and St, Phlllp
In 1867 he was appohited tleet pa;
master. He was retlred lu 1891.
KILLS CHILD FOR BURGLAR
Flve-Yeur-Old Slcrp-Wiilker Shot 1
IIU Fnther,
SAN JOSB, CAL., Docembor 26.?La
nlght Alfred A- Somers shot and kilh
his tlve-year-old boy, havlng mistaki
hlm for a burglar, Tho chlld, It
bolleved, was walking In hls sleep. Tl
parents were awakened by a noise
Ihe room, and, seolng tho outllno
a llguro near the window, they co:
oludod lt was that of a burglar. X
Somers reached for hls plstol nn
tired, ktlllhg tho chlld Instantly.
Mr. Somers is the son of Hobo
Somors. a promlnent temporanco toac
or ln thls clty.
Tlill'il Dciuli I-'ourtli Miij- Die,
1 Spoclal to Tbo Tlmes-Di.patoh.l
ROANOKI., VA., Dooombei' 20.
Throo of tho ciuai'tot of chlldren bo
lo Mrs. Wllllam Luck aro dead, ai
tho rcmalnliig ono ls not oxpeuted
llvo through tho night. The funoral
Iho threo was arrnnged for to-day, h
owing to tho condltlon of the four
chiUl.lt wns postponed,
COMES TO PIIE KNOT
FGR FEWJAYS REST
President and Party at Vir?
ginia Home For Hol?
iday Recreation.
TAKE LONG DRIVE
THROUGH MUD
Re.ich Their Quiet Cottage in
Albcmarlc Just at Twilight.
Glad Hand for. Men at
thc Station?To En
joy a Turkey
Hunt.
(Speclal to Thc Tfmes-Di. patch.]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Dccembei
26.?Presldent and Mrs. Roosevelt an<
three children?Kcrmlt. Archlo am
Quentin?accompanled by Mrs. Carew
slster of Mrs. Roosevelt, and by Sur
geon-General Rlxey and Joaeph Wllmer
arrlved at twilight to-day at "Plm
Knot," whlch the Prenldcnt has mach
famous by his Thank6glving Day ani
ycar-end vlsitfr.
The trlp of ten mlles was made ovc
liorrlblc roads, and Mr. Roosevel
found the experience sufllciently stren
j uous to alTord hlm exerclse. Thre.
| traps were requlred for the journe;
| over tho hllls, and the mud-cloggoi
j conditlon of the whcels told thc ntor;
of almost bottomIe_.fi roads.
The party reached North Garden a
2:45 In the prlvato car "Twilight." at.
tached to the Washlngton nnd I .orldi
Llmlted. Accornpanying the Pres^den
were Asslstant Secretary McGrew ant
Secret Service Guard Sloan. The com
pany was ln charge of thc followln*
Southern Railway offlcials: L. S. Brown
general agent; George V. Peyton, di
vlslon superlntendent: T. P. Westor
tralnmaster, and C. C. Knapp, blocl
Inspector.
Glad Hand for All.
As ustial. on desconding from th
train and before assistlng the ladie
Into the vehlcle... the Presldent walke.
forward and greetcd the mlscellaneou
crowd at tho statlon. saylng: "How d
you do. gentlemen: I am very glad l
be back here agaln."
Into the flrst vehlcle. a rubber-tire>
trap, drawn by two mares. one a sor
rel and the other a gray, clambere
Mrs. Roosevelt and sister. the Presl
dent occupylng the seat alondside th
drlver, Frank Leathers. Mr. Roosevel
donned a heavy top coat of gray, whll
the two ladies wore long fur coat:
After tipping hls black slouch hat t
the crowd. the President seized th
relns and started for"'PIn."Knot at 2:5"'
. j The second trap contalned the thre
, j Roosevelt children. and the thlrd,
11 double buggy. was occupled by D
. j Rlxey and Mr. Joseph Wllmer.
j The party carrled as much baggag
? and stufC as. a travellng theatrkc
i troupe, and a large dray, drawn b
? four mules, was heavlly laden wlt
, dress suit cases, rolls of blanket
. boxes, oll stove, guns, two crates c
. I dogs, etc.
I Wlll Have Turkey Hunt.
The bird season has closed. which I
not a hardshlp, as the Presldent ha
never attemptcd quail shootlng. Tl;
turkey season Is stlll open. howeve
and no doubt to-morrow morning wl
find the Prosldent up bright and earl
on his way to tho turkey runs In Oree
Mountain. Assistant Secretary McGre
and Sloan returned to Charlottosvll!
at 9 o'elock to-nlght, to awalt tt
Presldent's orders. When the trai
paused at Charlottesville. thirty mir
utes before it reached North Garden
the rather large crowd at the statlo
was unawarc of hls presence for son
time, As soon as he was seen, muc
Interest was shown, and the Presidei
leaned far out of the wlndow ar
shook hands wlth those In reach.
BREAD ROSE AND FELL
e Norfolk Neprocs Alarni.d by an Expi
1 l pcriencc ot Chrlstina. Dluncr. .
? ' IPpoclal to Thc Tlraes*Dlspatch.]
NORFOLK. P.ccniber 26.-?Ann
r, Dlggs, Helen Ford and thelr frlend
f, ull negroes. aro consumod wlth fca
bellevlng that somo doom ls Impem
Ing. declarlr.g that a miraclc occurrt
ut their home on Christmas Day.
The women declare. they were gatl
erod about the dlnner table and tall
Ing of thelr dead mother, Mary J
Ford, .when suddenly a loaf of brei
on the tablo began to rlso from tl
plate and' that It ascended fully tv.
feet before dropplng back to the pla
wlth a dlstlnct nolsc. -
Thoy dld not eat nny more dinne
In fact, they have not sle'pt slnc
Thoy declare It wns no optlcnl dohislo
""'nnd that thoy woro not' trloked '.
. i any ono. Thoy nro willlng to glve tl
. | lo;U' of broad away, but tholr noig
'' | bora declmo to havo anything to <
_! with it.
-! INJURED WHILE HUNTING
is| ' -*
VtlMr. Dcure, of Wnrrcnton Huut C'ln
?- llurt ln Fnll Krom Hor.e.
T [Spoclal to Tlio Timos-Dlflpatch.]
'a WARRRNTON, VA.. Docomhor 26.
"?Whlle rldlng u drag over a vory st
>- courso this afternoon wlth the Wa
s* renton Hunt Club. Mr. C. R. Denre sn
'- fered a vory pnlnful and what ls fea
ed wlll prove a very serlous accldo
' a. a result of a fall from hls hon
Mr. Uoare was Injured aoross t
I back and had to bo placed under ;
anc.thetl.v before he could bc mov
from tho ttold. Whllo Mr. Dean
*?* conditlon Is very gravo lt ls hoped
wlll recovor*
,d T1-IU3ATBN TO BliOW PEOPI,E VV
AND AIIE ".lEAVILY FINI
f Snoolal to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatoh.]
STAUNTON, VA., Deeember 26.
Wade Anthony and Robert Lohr, wh
drunk on Chrlstmds Day,* carrled stlc
of dynamlto, eaps and- fuses arou
town, threatenlng to blow people i
They wero arrested and flued $25 a
costs,
neeu Itlurrleil tor .loiidm.
[Speclal to Tho TlmoB-ni.rfttcli,]
ROANOKE. VA., Decombor 20.
nunibor of young people woro Invlt
to attend tho marrlago of Mr. E.
Flsher, a young clgur-makor, and M
Anna L. Haydenlast nlght. Aftor
had assomblod the mlnlster read
certlftcato from a Saleni mlmetor w
had married the oouple on Augi
11 th.
WISE COUNTY BANK OPEN
lloporl Tlint II Ilnd C'loned NiiI Trne.
Un Condltlon Mont MiM?fnetor>.
(Rpccml to Tho Tlm-n-Dlrpatoh.]
BIG BTONE GAP, VA.. Iciombor ...
?Thc report whlch was sent qot
from Brlstol on tho 22d Instnnl.
and publlflhed In the Roanoko. Lynch?
burg and l.lchmond bnpors that thc
Wiso County Bank, of Wlao, Va,, had
closod Us doors In not truo. Thls bank
Is Ktill open* and transnctlng bUHlnoss
as usual. Thc officers and st.oekhold
I crs of tho bank are very Indlgnanl
j over the publlcatlon througlv-ut the
State of such a falae report.
The Wlsc County Bank luis hnd no
trouble wlth Its deposltors, who nre
standlng by It niost% loyally. There
hnve boon no wlthdrawals of funds by
| deposltors: for its management. whlcli
i ls coinposed ot tho most. promlnent
| business nnd profcsslonal mon ln tlu
j county. haa thc complete ronlldence ol
! the pooplo. It Is stated by tho omcer?
of the bank that all of Its paper lf
| good. and that its condltlon Is mosl
' satlsfactory.
[Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch is glad to re
! ceivc and print the good news brought
In the nbovc telegram, sent by Mr
Jamos' E. Mears, wlth the approval ol
the bank's officers. A prlvate incssag.
'! from the officers of the bank alsoglves
li thc assurance that the instltution is lr
ijgood condltlon. It Is learned that thi
i special of last Sunday nlght, announc
'! Irg that the bank had closed, was son'
'out byj the correspondent in go>d falth
,'but rili Information was incorrect, Thi
error is regretted nnd the denlal mosi
welcome.]
BANK WAS STILL S0LVEN1
' | Dlmipprurnncc of Prealdent Artlei
Cnuaed Doubt of It.
' NEW ORLEANS. LA.. December 26.
.I All holders of stock In tho State Na
,i tlonal Bank will receive *1",0 per shar<
,'for thelr. stock. and all deposltors wll
| be pald ln full. was tho official an
, nouneomont to-day of W. S. Parker
I son, counsel for the instltution, whosi
"jdirectoiw have called a stockholders
[I meeting to decldc whethor the banl
ehall go out of business. The proposl
tlon to liquldato was causod by the be
lief that the resignation of Presiden
William Adler last week lmpalred th'
bank's usofulness. The bank has sino
been declared solvent. both by Na
tlonal Bank Examlner Cooper and th,
New Grleanu clearlng-house.
Nothlng has been given out her,
about the whereabouts of Mr. Adler.
Ralph J. Schwartz and Catesby Jonei
recelvers. to-day took charge of th
wliolesale grocery firm of A. Adler -
Company. State Treasurer Smith an
nounced to-night that he had trans
ferrod aproxlmately $360,000 of Stat
money from tho State Natlonal Banl
J!to other Institutlons. No State fund
remaln in' the bank. /
NO REC0GNITI0N OF UNION
Street R-Hlwnr Sl-uatlon -lellered i
tndlcnte Settlement.
PHILADELP-lIA, _'._., Du.erober SI
?The dlrectors of the Pliliadel; hj,
Rapid Trarr_lt Comp*-r.y. ata/me.j'...
held to-day. f.arned a reply. wh e
they will to-morrow.hand to the com
- mitec of employes who have d*mande
\ Increased wag.s, a tcn-hour workin;
day and Improved condltwns. Wha
? I the company has to say to the cm
, J plaves has not been made public. bu
I it was stated that lt would convey t
y the men the Informat.on that th
h Rapid Translt Company would recelv
the employes as IndlviduaU to discue
conditions and hear their grievancei
but would not recognlze them as th
Amalgamatcd Assoclation of Street an
Electrlc Rallway Employes or represcn
tatlves of any union.
Tho Amalgamatcd Assoclation mem
bers were refused an audience. wlt
-. the Rapid Transit Company. and vote
r. to glvo the executlvo commlttee powe
II Uo call a strlke unless the company'
offlclals agreed to receive them on
adjust thelr dlfferences. -Tho actlo
of the company to-day. lt ls gcncrall
belleved, will brlng tho matter to
polnt whero lt can be ihorotighly dl.
cussed. and wlll result ln thc settle
ment wlthout any strlke being callei
as the men say they have no deslre t
strlke, lf falrly treated.
TEXANS LYNCH A NEGRO
Had Invaded Home In Attempt to A*
aault Womun.
MARQUEZ, TEXAS. December 26.
Anderson Calloway. a negro youth. wa
taken]from the county Jall here lai
nlght by unknown persons and hango
to a nearby tree. Early Chrlstms
mornlng the negro forced an entrane
Into the resldence of XV. .1. Dean. a fai
mer, livlng two mlles out of town an
madc hls way to the room usuall
occupled bv Miss Buchanan, a gra"c
daughter of Dean. but on thls nigt
occupled'by a neighbor's son. The nc
gro's movements uwakened .tho bo
who recognlzed him. The negro fle.
bnt was later arrested. No guard we
placed at the jall bulldlng, as thei
was no evidence of vlolonce. Lai
nlght he was taken from the prlsoi
and. after making a confesslon, wf
hanged. Tho body is stlll hanging t<
nlght. ___
EXPL0SI0N KILLS TWO
One Mnn'* Arm Toru Off nnd Anotli
lludly Iluriicil.
n 1 DAYTON, O., Doeomber 20.?The thii
pv! exploslon In as many wooks nt tl
? JKing's Powdor Mills. fatally Injun
: | two employes early thls ovoning. Tl
,| j Injured: Alonzo Young and An'dr'e
Soars.
Young was shaklng prlmers wln
tho. caps exploded, deniollshlng tl
battery shops. Hls left arm was toi
off, and Sears, who was worklng nea
by, received torrlble burns.
The loss to the plant Is estlmati
at $1,000.
SHOT WHILE PLAYING
ltoaiiokr Iloy Hecelvpa Wonud Clirla
inna Dny Whloh May He Piilnl.
[Spcclal to The Tlmos-Dlspatch.]
ROANOKE, VA., December 20.?Ro
ort C, Brcnt. Jr,. thc nlne-yoar-old si
ot Mr. nnd Mrs. R. C. Uront, ls dyii
nt tho hospltal froni thc result of b
Ing' shot accidentally yesterday 1
Edward MoNameo, the llfteen-year-o
son of Mr, E, S. McNan.ee.
The boys wero out trylng a new gi
whlch the McNamee boy received as
Christmas presont. McNamee was.pr
parlng to shoot aoross tho rlver, wh
ho dlsoharged the gun, the load entc
Ing tho back of young Brent, tho sh
cuttlng through , the Inteatines a:
lodglng in hls rlght hlp..
KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR
Norfolk .'Inn l-iioclioil Down nml Di
I'rom II lu InJurlcM.
I Kneclal to Tho Tlnif.-;D|apdt_'h.]
NORFOLK, VA.. Docombor 20.?1.
Sti'lckland was atruck hy u trolley o
to-nlght, ou Church Streot, rosultl
... i tn a fracture of tho skull and Intr
nal Injurles. Ho dlod after rcachl:
tho hosplteJ.
Conductor Goorgo W night and M
torman Barnus wero arrested on t
charge ?. -ueedlng.
FOULLY MURDERED
Dead and Partially Dis
robed Body is Found
Strangledin Pond
WATCHMAN SAW
MURDERER FLEE
Unknown. Man Passes With Wo
man and Later Returns Alone.
Girls Out Late Hcar Crics
of Viclim?Two Men
Are Held on Stis
picion.
NEWARK. N. J., Deeember 26.?.
murder comblntng the elemonts o
mystery and deliborate cruolty wa
commltted on the Hackensack Meadow.
In the town of Harrlson. early to-dn>
and the nude body of thevlctlm.
comely woman of porhaps thirty yean
was found nearly suhmnrged ln the Ic
waters of a littlo pond. Only the feet pro
Jected when chance pnssersby brok
the Ico In whlch the exposed portlon
were encrusted and iL*.ig_*el tho bori
ashore thls afternoon. The il?*ad wo
man was flnely featured. Her hal
ana nalls gavo evldcnce ot ii recoii
and scrupulous tollet and such of h<
clothlng ae was aub.equently founi
suggested ln texture and style an own
er of reflnement.
The pond ln whlch the body wa
thrown Is made by tho overilow froi
l the Passalc Rlver. and ls dlrectly acros
the rlver from thls clty. The bod
had not been Identifled to-nlght. an
It was pretty well establlshed that I
was not that of a resldent of thls clt
or of Harrlson.
Two men, who occupled a yach
moored near where the body was founc
are detatned by the pollce, but th
most Important clue was furnished to
night by Peter Copgan, a w.atchma
employed by the Marlne Englne Com
pany, who recognlzed the body ns tha
of a woman whom he had seen cross
Ing thc meadows in company wlth
man early to-day. Later ho saw th
man alone. He then carrled a bundl
ln hls arms. The man was short an
8tOUt.
Watchman Saw Her P-??*
Coogan, whose dutles keep hlm i
the nelghborhood of the murder scem
told the pollce: "Whll. outdoors at
o'elock thls morning I saw this woma
i ln company wlth a man cross th
'meadows. golng ln the dlroctlon of tY
ipond. They passed so near me that
0 am able to recognizo the woman's tet
itures*. Some tlme later?perhaps a
'*!hour?the man returned and agal
f^passed me. thls Mmo golng tn the dl^c
'"tlon from which the two had gor
when I llrst saw them. This time tl
man was alone. In . hls arms he cai
ried ii bundlo, whlch he had not ha
at flrst. In bulld ho was stout an
thlck set."
GlrU Hear Cry of D|stres?.
Two glrls returnlng to thelr hon
in Harrlson long after mldnlght th
morning heard a woman's crles floa
Ing over the marshland. They seemc
to come from tho dlroctlon of thc pon
and sounded like "Oh. spare inc!" ar
"Help!" Nearer home the girls wei
approached by a well-dresscd strange
who accosted and followed them unt
thev met a pollcetpan. when hc turn.
and' fled. The glrls hnd a good vle
of thc man undor nn electric light, ar
whllo he was woll aud neiitly dresse
his hands showed oither that he wi
accustomed to manuul labor or lu
recently bcon engagod in work thi
solled his flngers.
Llfe had beon extinct, tho corom
sald, about twelve hours when tl
body was found this nfternoon. A mai
on the neck indlcated that strangul;
tlon was the manner of deat
Scratches on tho leg and trunk at
pieces of clnder forced Into the floi
showed that tho body had been drnggi
along a clnder path whlch skirts tl
pond.
Along the path the pollce plcked i
a whlte silk walst, slashed up the bac
a skirt and a palr of sllk garters.
Arrcst Yacbt Occupouls.
Going down the path tho pollce cai'
upon the yiioht Tdle Hour, whlch w
ticd up on the Passalc about 300 fe
from whero tho body wns t'ound. C
the yacht the police say thoy foui
a seatskin and a fur neckptece. .
. The occupnnts of tho yacht were A
hert Thompson. forty-one years old,
Ellzabeth, a boatman, and Frederh
Klskman, thlrty-elght years old. Bo
wore employed on tho boat. Thom
son snld that he found tho fur plec
near the path thls morning. The poll
found on tho boat dlshos enough f
threo dlners. The mon. however. sa
thnt thoy had no visltor on tho Tt
Hour. Tho pollce said to-nlght th
thoy had pructloally nothing iigalr
the prlsonors, but wdtild rotalri 'tlu
until further iriqulry could he m..<
An nutopsy wlll bo performod ns so
as lt cnn be nrrnngod.
Aftor porforming an nutopsy t
nlght, Coronor's Pliysician Allers 89
thnt the marks ou tho neck stroni*
Indlcatod doath hy nLran_iilntlon. T
theory of rohbery was ellminuted,
Is thought, by tlio finding of n dl
mond rlng on tho dead woman's lim
Tn llfe tho woman had boen, ho su
rather stout nnd of modlum helg;
She had tho foaturos of a person of i
fliioment.
Wlll Crane, a boat-keoner, w
found tho body, was to-nlght hold
a w.ltnoss.
THE ..KOIIGIA MVTl'Al. I.IFE
Dl.H AUIII.D KltOM TKXNI.SSI
NASHV1LLE, TENN., Docomhor 26
lnsuranco Comml sstoner Fowlke to-d
rofused to renow tho llcense of I
State Mutual Llfo Insuranee Conipa
of Georgla to oporate ln tho Stt
of Tonnossee, Mr. I*'owlke, cc
strulng a statute, recently hold tl
the offer of 8e,*~vrate prlvilego to p
Icyholders as an Inducoment. for bu
ness was unfalr. It waa ullegod tl
the company had adopted thls metli
In other States, nnd Tennessee polh
holdors could not partlciputo ln si
beneflts hocauso of prohlbltory logls
tlon.
N?bi*o ciilldi1. ii Fnlully Iluriiod.
| Bpoclal to The Tltue-.OItpntcli.l
NEWPORT NEWS. VA., Dooombor
?11 was Iturned hero to-nlght tl
threo littlo negro ohiltlron. aged thr
four und flvo yoara, wero burnod
death last nlght at the homo of th
father, Thonia. Coolui, In Ellzabi
Clty county, A Inmp ln tho ichlldre
room explodod, und the cntlro hoi
was' destroyed.
ARGUES CASE WHILE SEATED
Atinrney Tlnrrow, Too III lo Mniul,
Dcnonnrc-a Orclinrd.
l'.OISR. IDAHO, Upccmber _..?On
Inc'coilnt of illnef.s whlle speaklng to
the Jury. Ctarence Dnrrow, chlef coun
sol for. 'tiiis defense In thc Pottlbono
Ulnl, snt In hls ohalr thls afternoon,
ns lio could not stnnil. As ho otitllncd
]hls casc, Darrow's statednent madc lt
j cvldont that to a groat dogroo the
samo llne of defenso would bo followed
|oh tn tho Haywood trial. Harry Or
chnrd was reforrcd lo by Darrow as a
man who wns looklng for easy money.
who nover sluck to anythlng oxcept
gnmbllrig.
-Wo wlll prove to you by flftoon or
twonty wltnessos," he contlniied, "that
Orriiard swore vengoance on Steunon
be-rg for tho alleged loss on hls rlch
Itorculofl Intorcsts. Tlio only other man
j who hnd any Interest In taklng tlie
llf.. of Stfiiinonberg was .Inck Slmpklns,
! and II would have to hc shown that
j he had anythlng to do wlth it beforo I
j would believo lt,
! "The defenso wlll show," he sald,
"tliat the Vlndlcator exploslon was a
pure accldent, and that1 Orchard had
nothlng whatever to do wlth lt. We
oxpect to show that Orchard went out
and hiintcd up all tho crimos hc could
and clalmoil thom as hls own, thoso
belng freriuently crtmes he never com
mltted. He Is a monomaniac for clalm
f ing crtmes as own where not hls."
Judge Wood to-day denled^he mo
tions flled by Ihc defenso that a verdlct
of acqulttal bo advlsed by Iho court
for want of sufnclent eorrohorattve
cvldence. Ju.lge Wood said that there
wa6 no Independent testimony con
ncctlng the defondant wlth tho kllling
of Steuncnberg. except that whlct
tended to show his connectlon wltli thi
consplracy. but thls he consldered wai
sumclent to submlt tho ease to the
Jury.
a
GEORGJA'S BLOODY DAY
HcTolvcr Playa' Coimplciious Part ti
Christmas Trngcdle*.
DALTON, GA.. December 2C?New
has reached hero of the fatal shootinf
Y followlng Christmas, noar SpVlng PIac?
i last nlght. Llege Wllllams. a farmcr
1 Invlted sevoral persons to suppei
y One of tho guests Is alleged to hav
made some allghtlng remarks abou
the food. whlch resulted ln a flght bo
tween tho host, hls son and Rosco
Russell. Durlng thc flght the ligh
was overturned and extlngulshee
When the room was agaln llghte.
John Tanks, an Innocent onlooker. ha.
been shot and was found lylng dca.
upon the floor. No arrest has bee:
made.
Shot Atteinpting l-lopcr.
LEESBURG. GA.. Decomber 26.?1
W. Atklns, of tho Lee County Journa
was shot late yesterday evenlng b
Deputy Clerk J. W. Morgan. Th
wounded man wlll recover. The shoot
Ing was a result of Atkins's attempt
" ing to elope wlth a sister of Morgan.
* Fatally Sbot In Buggy.
. COLL'MBUS. GA-. December 58.
' Ben. Edwards. a Russell county (Ala.
merchant. was shot and killed by Roi
,. j coe G. Edward*,'a farmer of th?
e<l eot-i?tyr"wh'tle -the two were rfding I
a buggy from Hitbhechubbe to Uche
Ala., last night. Thero was no wttnes
d j to tho tragedy, and the causo is ur
j known. They had boen very clos
frlends.
THE NANN SMITH LEAKING
d Puta Into \cvf|iort Nevra "Wllb Scvcrp
'; Feet of Water ln Holil.
[Speclal to Thc Timcs-Dlspatcli.J
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. December 2i
-Tho now Amorlcan steamshlp Nan
11 Smilh, ? bound from Baltlmore for Sa
d Franclsco, put Into port thai nftot
iV noon with several feot of water I
o her hold and stlll lenklng badly. Th
'? exact condltlons of thc vessel coul
not bo u.cortalnod to-nlght, but lt I
said that some of tho dock plp.tes ar
bont, and thut thorc are some soatn
s water llne. A sttrve
to-morrow at the shir
mlth was completed her
_^^^ ago for the C. A. Smlt
li- LiiinbT^WCoinpany, of Mlnneapoli
d Minn..?Kl ls designed for tho Pacifl
coast luinbcr trade. She went to Ba
tlniore and loaded a cargo of std
ralls. salllng for San Franclsco la;
Thursday. Sunday nlght. when tho ve:
sol was 300 mlles southeast of Hai
toras, a vlolent storm was eneountorc
When thc blow waa ovor Captaln.No
son put thc shlp about and hei.de
for thls port. Tlie pump. wcrc kopt g?
ing contlnubusly.
?
Tc NOVEMBER AND JUNE
1- Vtrglnlan, .-Kert Sevcnty-flve, Wci
ot Woninii 'I'.venty Years Juulor.
k I Speolal to The Tlm.s-Dlspalch.l
h BOSTON, MASS., Deoembor 26.? Ag
is only a small tncldent when .a ma
deslrea to enter into the bonds t
matrlmonv. nnd marrlod llfo ls the on
happv llfe." vigorously declared Rol
bert S. Batcman, the sovc.nty-llvo-yon
old father of Charles und Albert Batt
ic mnn. of Sprlng Grpve. Va., who too
?t for his socond wlfo Christmas nlte
m noon Mlss .lonuie .1. Allen, twenty yoa
lo. ihls Juninr.
ml Brlde imd stoom woro born in uoigl
l-.oring towns in Now York. Tho ag<
0. groom is a watchman lu tho 1 cnsli
IdiOltlce at Washlngton.
ly I-a-.
?o
it
a
id.
Id.
it.
BLOWN THROUGH WINDOW
:f
Vlnbunin Youih Hml Dyniimlte
Poeket, und Is D.niU
P.IRMINGHAM, ALA.. Doeombor 2li.
nn Dan Bradley. stxtoen yoars old, son
as!u wlilow at Pratt City. dlod to-day ?
I tho result of Injurles received lu i
exploslon bf ilynamlto ot a Chrlstmi
pnrty. Tlio boy carrled u plece
dvnamlto ln hls coat poeket. \\ Iillo ?
tho poreh ho was Jurred, und tho ?,
iinnilte explodod. Tho boy'a rlght l<
was torn off, and hls body waa throv
vlolently through u window Into tl
parlor whero the guests woro asset
blod. Soveral boys (ind glrls we
knocked down and others woro bad
shaken up by th? exploslon and by tl
boy striking them. The house w
badly wrecked. ;
WAS BRED IN OLD KENTUCK
Ittolinionil Mnu Wlna-Daughter of HI
GriiNa State.,'
[Speolal to Tho Tlm---Pl-P-jioh.J
LHNINCITON. VA.', Docenibur ...
Uu*s.>ll Stafford Morrymau. eniploy
by tlie Chosupcako and Ohlo Uallro
Company ut f.tchnicind,' Vu,., und Ml
Currio Nunli, a young soclety glrl
thls clty. woro marrlod horo thls u
teriioon bv Rev.-W. P. Hlnes, of.Ci
vurv Baptlst Church. Tlio. young couj
left to-nlght over tho Che.sapenko a
Ohlo -for Rlohmond, whero llioy w
mako thelr home. ....
DR. AMESBURY WAS
, JEALOUS OR CRAZY
Shocking Christmas Trag?
edy Attributed by State
to His Jealousy.
DEFENSE WILL
BE INSANITY
Danvilie Music Teacher Waa
Beautiful Woman and Brilliatif
Singer and Husband Skil
ful physician?Desper
ate Struggle at
Dinncf.
[Special to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch.]
DEDHAM. MASS., Deeember 26.?.
"Not gullty" was the plea ontcred by
Walter Ralelgh Amesbury. of Mllford,
Mass.,. to-day when formally charged
ln the Distrlct Court with the murder
yesterday of hls wlfe. Anna Ree?
Amesbury, ln Hyde Park. Thero waa
no hearlng to-day, counsel agree|ng
upon a contlnuance untll January 3d.
Dr. Amesbury appeared vory nervous,
although ho ontered hls plea in a flrm
voice. He waa coramltted wlthout ball
to the Norfolk county Jail ln thls town- jj
Nelther of Dr. Ameebury'a two sons.
nor any of tho government wltncsses
was in court to-day. Ifdeveloped that
Amesbury had boen agltated by an
anonymous jetter, whlch hc recelved
last week, and several persons to whom
ho showed lt notlced that lt had In
flamed hls already jealous passion and
dlstrust of hls wlfe. The doctor had
been worrylng over the separatlon. and
especially because, wlth hls wlfe In
Danvilie. Va., he could only communl
cato wlth her by letter.
Auonytuous Letter Flipurc..
The note ran: "Dr. Amesbury?I
know for a fact that your wlfe doe*?
not ever Intend to llve with you
agaln."
Dr. Amesbury was so excited by thia
lommunlcatjon that he telegraphf>d
hls wlfe amf also wrote to her asktng
her If It were true sho had told frlend;
In Hyde Park she would not llve wlth
hlm. Mrs. Amesbury wrote ln replya
consoltng letter. tolllng hlm not to
believe thc reports he heard. She bado
tho doctor be cheerful, and sald she
would be home for Chrlstmas. when
they could talk over their affairs.
Amesbury also showed to-day a copy
of a letter whlch some one wrote from
Hyde Park to a Roanoke Collego
faculty member a few wceka ago.' aci
vlslng that Mrs. Amesbury be no loriger
retalned because "she has a chay^cter
far from enviable."
The slur on* the -reputatton of hla
wlfe, the po|Iee of Hyde ParK now h.
lieve, .was wrltteh' by Ameshury hlm?
self ln*.he hope that tho Roahoke col?
lege would dtsmiss hls wlfe rand that
she would be compelled to return to
hlm.
Defense to Ile In. nnlt. .
That Dr. Amesbury wsr actuated bj
jealousy wlll, ln all probablllty, bo tho
contention of the prosecution wh?u
tho case comes to trlal, and the effort
wlll also be made to show tliat the
crlme was premedltated and even
carefully thought outin advanco.
On the other hand, Clarence J. Wlng,
counsel for Dr. Amesbury. will un
doubtedly strlvo to prove hls cl.ent in
sane. "Unless we can show lnsanity It
looks ns though we wore up ag-.ilii.i
,11," said Mr. Wlng to-nlght. "Dr.
Amesbury." lio. contlnued, "Is ii perso**
nal frlend ot" long standiug, and wlllie
he hlmself claims that hls rev0lv?r
was aceldentnlly dlschargod," U is my
oplnlon that ho was not in his rlght
mlnd."
Mra. Jcnnic Rees. mother of tha
murdered woman. dcclares sho Is cor?
tain that Jealousy was the motivo. Sha
sald: "He wanted hls wlfe to breaW
her contract wlth the Roanofc-i Colloga .
and come to llve wlth hlm, and hl3
jealousy was arouscd bocause sho re?
fuscd to do so."
Career of Slnycr.
'* j Amesbury served sovoral years as a
'??.. pliysjlclan and surgeon In the Engltsh
'?! ninij'. He ls*a brother of Ivan Anie\
j bury, one of thc most promlnent resl
doius of Dorctjester. Tho physlclan h_3
' luui a largo sulto of oftlcesin Ihe Mason
block, tho buslness centro of Milford,
but In tho last few months hls prae
tl'cii has beon dropping off. He bears
a reputation ns an exceptlonally .kil
ful surgeon. but lt was sald that of lato
ho has been .erratlc ln his actlons.
Prlenda ot the man sald he had become
m.-laneholy over dlfforences wlth his
wifc, and that they' bollevod contlnual
broodlng affoctod his mlnd. Ho is
forty yenrs old, nnd hla wlfe was the
snino ago.
Was lleiiiillful nnd Talenlcil.
Mrs Amosbury was a remurkatily
beautlful and Intolleetunl woman. Sho
v.-as successful as a coneert singer bo?
foro her marrlage, nnd sung iu all
purts of C.reat Brltaln, Por sovoral
years she tourud thls country. wlth
great success, and attrnctod so much
iiivorohlo attentlon that she was sought
us a teacher of muslo. She wns born.
tn Kentucky,- ancl whon stltl ln hor
toons was married to Amosbury ln Lon?
don. They woro happy untll about
two years ago. When he flrst camo
to tlils country Amosbury soitlod ln
Klngston, Mass., and quickly becamo
on- of tlio toadlng pliyalclans. Ho went
tu Duxhury. und for a short tlmo waa
in Corateana, Texat*.
Mrs. Kocs suld thut Amesbury always
was Jealous, oi' hor duughtor's heaufj*,.
but that tho wlfe was possessed of so
much lact that tlio couplc llvcd (n
happlnesa for almost twonty years.
Thon Amesbury became more unrea?
sonablo. sho sald, and hor dauabt*
deo^ded to leave hlm. Amesbury plead.*
ed wlth her to remaln wlth hlm, and
when she went away he nevar ceased
to work for a reconoHlation. Mrs.
Amesbury lnformed hlra sho also de
Hlred a reconclliation, but that -ho wat
resolved to take tlme to.tcst hls sln*?
cprity.
Putnl rmiillv ltcunlou.
Through tho Intoi'vontlon of Mrs.
Itoos tho reunlon of the famlly w.ib
arrungod. The two _ona aro omploy?*d
... in Now York. und ttu.y came here wlth
ad tholr mother, Mv*. Amesbury luivliig
travelod North tO)J?OW TurU from Dan?
villo. Amosbury t.aveled from Mllford
to Hydu Park. and there was a Joyful
mooting between the husband and wlfe,
Tho man brought Chrlstmas glfts for
hls mothor-lii-luw, hls wlfe and tyr<*
sons, and thoy, In turn. bestowed pre?*?
ed