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COMMITTEE HAS
LILLEY ON BRILL
(Contlnued From Flrst age.l
letter from Mr. Goff and a copy of the
r.ply, and the question ns to whether
thn productlon of tKe other letters wlll
be requlred -wlll he passed upon by the
commlttee later.
Tlie commlttee hnd In lts possesslon
tx cllpplng from the Brldgeport, Conii,,
fitandftrd of March 25th, saylng that lt
?was reported around the corrldors of
the Capltol that Mes.rs. Bouteli. Olm
st.d, Rothermel and Rodcnherg hnd
left AA'ashlngton the day before for
N_w London (Mr. Lllley belng there at
the tlme) for the purpose of bringing
pdlltlcftl influence lo berfr upoi Mr.
Lllley to stop the submarine Investiga?
tion.
Of the four persons mentioned, Mr.
Bouteli and Mr. Olm-ted nre members
of the commlttee, and Messrs. Rother?
mel nnd Rodcnherg are members of
thfe Houae. A telegram wa? also In
possesslon of the commlttee, dated
March 24th, sent lo Mr. Lllley on a
traln retumlng from Co-inectleut by
hls private secretary, statlng thnt
thes* four Congressman . had bought
tickets for New London on the 4 o'clock
traln. ,
Mr. Bouteli sald he would like to
know the authorlty of .Alr. AA'ebster for
thls telegram.
Mr. Olmsted had left on that day
for Harrisburg, and he had gone
to eprlngfleld. llls.. to attend the State
convention. Mr. AA'ebster replled that
hls Informatlon had heen furni-hed
hlm by two correspondents of Connec?
tlcut newspapers.
Slgned Lotter "Smlth."'
Mr. AA'ebster also admitted thnt hc
had wrltten a letter to State Senator
Frank Edlnborough at Bay City. Mich.,
ftsltlng for Informatlon ns to any can?
didates that had run agalnst Congress
man Loud two years ago. Mr. AA'ebster
ciid he hnd slgned the name of .*-inlth
to thls letter.
Mr. AA'ebster snld Mr. Lilley did net
care to wrlte for the Informatlon <lu
slr*d. so he (AA:ebster1 orlglnated the
scheme of wrltlng the letter. Ho hey.r
recelved n reply. Mr. Lllley, hc sald.
was not informed of thls occurri-nce
untll lnst Sunday nlght.
Durlng the day a letter from Jlr.
Lllley to Secretary Metcalf in tho in?
terest of the Lake Compnny was rco.I
In this communlcation Mr. Lllley re?
ferred to Congressman Roberts, ot
MasMchusetts, saylng: "Among .'??
well-m.anlng memlt..rs of Congre-is
the Lake people have more frlends ho ?
cause they have never omploycd Mi.
methods of tho Holland type. people. lt
U well known that the company Mr.
Roberts appears to repres.nt is il.'ng
more to-day ln the employment <>f
qtiestionable methods to intlmldate
ni-n.bers of Congress and the Navai
Commlttee than all other corporatlons
in the Unlted States."
ILLINOIS VOTES TO
(Contlnued From Flrs*. Page.)
E~C.~Duncan~for~reappolntment as na?
tional commltieeman from North Caro
"avIIIIs G. Briggs. of Raleigh, and
J C fltnncil. of Johnston county, we.*e
named as delegates to the national
convention. and J. C. Matthews. of
Nash. and P. H. Hatch, of Franklln, as
alt-rnates. _ _.,_._,
The nomlnation of a candldate for
Congress was left untll after the na?
tional convention.
J. W. Atwater. of Chathani. former?
ly Popullst-Democratlc Congressman
from thls dlstrlet. took part ln the
convention and pledged hls best ef?
forts. _
Not Support Ofllcc-Holtlcrs.
ISpecial to The Tlmc--Dli*patcli.]
HENDERSON. N. C, Aprll 23.?A'ance
County Republican Convention. held at
the court-house, adopted a resolutlon,
with but one dlsscntitig vote, Instruct
Ing the delegates to the' State conven?
tion to vote for no delegate to Chlcago
convention who is an offlce-holder. The
delegates, both State and congressionai,
?ere elected.
/
..News Gathered From Southside..
/
Notwlthstandlng tho atrenuous effort
to organize a business men's assocla?
tion ln thls clty, tho Manchester pro
fetslonal men nnrl citizens feobly re?
sponded to the call, nnd at the meetlng
whlch was held yesterday afternoon ln
Fraternal Hall, thero was not more
than a "corporal's guard" present.
The leaders ln the movement, while
vory much ,dlscourag-ed, have not glven
up hope, a'hd though not n sufflclent
number were on hand to perfect tho
organlzatlon, a' temporary associatlon
v.-a? formed, wlth Professor Hokc, of
the Hlgh School, as temporary chalr?
man and C, O'B. Cowardln temporary
secretary. ,
Progrosslve business men nnd cltl
zens who hold the Interest of the clty
close to heart were In attendance, but
there was llttle they could do.
Owing, however, to the determlnatlon
of the citizens who attended, tho matter
will not be nllowod to drop, and al?
ready the temporary organlzatlon has
appolnted a conimltteo, conslstlng of
Professor Hoke. Mr. Cowardln and John
Moore, to send out Invltatlons to tho
business and professlonal men of the
clty to meet nt Fraternal Hall Monday
night at 8 o'clock, nnd to finally declde
whether tho business men nnd citizens
generally wish to form an organlzatlon.
"I cannot understand the falluro of
the business men to respond to the
mcetlng." sald a prominent cltlzen last
nlght, "especially after so many had
expressed theniKolves as henrtlly ln
favor of tho plan, and had avowed
thelt* Intentlon of belng present when
the meetlng wns called."
Another gentleman ' who was nt the
meetlng expressed hlmself last nlght
as "greatly surprised." "A number of
prominent men whom T have seen
slnce the meetlng." he sald, "declare
that it sllpped thelr memory, while
others clalm they could not come, but
In my oplnlon thls shows lack of
Interest In tho clty's affairs."
Three Answer for (Jninbllng.
When court convened yesterday
mornlng only three out of the slx
mon charged wlth gambllng for whom
caplases had been Issued. appeared.
Thoy were required to glve bond ln
the sum of $500 each for thelr appear?
ance in court on the first day of the
MR, BRYCE TELLS
OE SCHOOL NEEDS
(Continued Krom First Page.)^
but there are other things which you
in this favored land havo a rlght to
expect. You deslre to have men whose
wisdom and sklll flt them for tlie
work. now far moro dlfflcult. than lt
ever was before, of ndniinlstoring the
government of thls glguntlc republlc
and of the States that cornpose it. Vou
desire to adorn that republlc wlth the
glorles of llterature. and sclenco nnd
art. For thls purpose you must have
not onlv schools, but unlversltles also.
There are plenty of unlversltles ln the
North. and many excellent ones; but
vou aro entlrely right in deslrlng to
have plentv of colleges and univcrsi
tlea here also and to Improvc still fur?
ther those which you have.
Jojner nntl Eggleston.
The afternoon was givcn over to
meetlngs of the State delegations.
A meeting of superlntendents occu?
pied the attentlon of the conferenco
thls mornlng. Superlntendent J. V.
Joyner, of North Carolina, presided
and in hls address said the movement
for Southern educatlon has been em
phasized in recent years; the need of
high schools, more educatlonal funds,
better training and better pay for
teachers and more adequate supervlsion
belng apparent. Thc superlntendent
dwelt upon progress made along these
llnes.
Superlntendent J. D. Eggleston, of
Vlrglnla, told of the new hlgh school
system of hls State, which is only just
belng appreclatod. Superlntendent O.
B. Martin, of South Carolina, dlscussed
school funds. John H. Hlnemon, presl?
dent of Henderson College, Arkansas,
May term. Tho men who appeared
wero Day, Wooldrlgc and Baughan, but
beforo tho day waa over Offlcer Smith
had arrested Tatuni, and hc, too, wan
balled ln' the samo sum. Tntum de?
clared he dld, not know he had to
come to court,' and sald he had never
run a gambllng house In the clty.
What has become of Hastlngs and
Danlels Is not known, but It ls sald
hy the authorities lhat they have left
town, as no traco of them can bo
found, though n thorottgh Bearch has
been tnflde,
"It Is practlcally an assured fact
that there wlll be no moro poker
playlng ln Manchestcr for some tlmo
to come," snld one versed ln tho ways
of tho crnft last nlght.
Itlcliurdson Coiivlcjfed.
The Jury slttltig ln tho case of Wil?
llam Richardson, colored, charged wlth
larceny, returned a verdlct of gullty
In the Corporation Court yesterday,
and the court flxod Ihe punishment at
four months in Jail. Wlllis C. Pnlllam
wns attorney for the accused, and lt
was largely due to the strong plea
which he mado that tho prlsoner got
such a light sentence.
Hattle Wood. also colored. was ac?
quitted of felony, vlz., carvlng her hus?
band, ns there wero no wltnesses tn
the caso ancl the man would not testlfy
against her.
Garnett Walter pleaded gullty to tlio
charge of nonsupport, and was put un?
der bond,
The case against George Clay, charg?
ed wlth shooting Laudonla Davls, wlll
bo tried to-day.
"Jack <he Smnslier" Here.
That a "Jack the Sniasher" Is at
work In thls clty Is becomlng evldent.
for twlco recently durlng the early
hours of tho mornlng somo one hai
broken lnrge plate glass wlndows, and
nelther tlmo has anything of valuo
beon taken. Tho flrst occurred about
a week ago, and somo time durlng tho
early mornlng yesterday the second
smashlng took place, thls tlmo nt the
store of S. & 11. Levy, 1433 llull Street.
Though a window vnlued at $10 wns
destroyed, tho only goods taken wero
two palrs of shoes and a palr of sus
pendern.
The method used is a novel one,
spoke of general school progross In hls
State.
Spcaklng of the educatlonal progress
In Vlrglnla, Superlntendeit .Eggleston
showed what ls belng dono on hlstor?
lcal war sltes. Ho sald: "The ti.*?t bat?
tle ln January last was for a Stute
normal. Thls went to Fredericksburg.
also hlstorlc ln warfare. Now Manas
sas comes forward wlth an offer of
$?.'5,000 nnd fifteen acres of land to se?
cure thls approprlatlon. Historic Ap?
pomattox has ralsod $5;000, and wlll
erect a buildlng worth $10,000. Upon
the hloody field of Fredericksburg a
Stato normal and Industrial school is
to he erected, and upon the battle
ground of Mnnassas a splendid Indus?
trial school Is planned. Within a
stone's throw of where the match'ess
Lee surrendered to tho magnunimous
Grant a temple of chlldhood wlll be
bullt." '
Indlcating impatleice at polltical de?
lay, .Suporintendent lCggleston contin?
ued: "We aro antlcipatlng tho Davls
agrlcultural bill, whicli ls destined to
do much good to our people. if Speaker
Cannon and the Agrlcultural Commit?
tee of Congres wlll only get out of the
way and let the measure pass."
0BITUARY
Mrs. Mnrtlm f,. Brnnch.
Mrs. Martha L. Branch, widow of Mr.
James R. Branch, dled shortly before
11 o'clock yesterday mornlng at her
home, No. 014 West Franklln Street,
In tho seventy-scventli year of her
age.
Born on June 19, 1S31, in Petersburg,
Mrs. Branch wns the. daughter of Dr.
W. A. Patteson. who marrled Mlss
Anne Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Branch
llved ln Petersburg untll after the
war, when they moved to Richmond,
and tlie members of the Branch famlly
tho culprlt uslng a brlclt heavlly wrap
potl ln wet paper. ln thls wny thn
sound of tho brcnklng glass Is dulled.
The pollco nre on tho lookout for tho
man who does tlio Avork.
< innni-iH. ilicuf on .liiue 12th.
At a meetlng ot the School Board last
nlght, at whlch many matters of Impor?
tance wero dlscussed, it was declded
lo havo tho Hlgh School conimence
men,t exercises on .lune 12th. The cla_s
exercises avIII bc held lli the morning
and the conimencoment proper that
nlght. Professor Moke is particularly
gi'ittlfleil at tho work of the students
tlila ycar, nnd hopes for a suecessful
conimeuccnient.
At the debate under the atisplces ol
the Hlgh School Llterary Society, to
bc glven thl.i ovenlng, tho following
subjects wlll bo dlscussod:
1. "Ro&olved, That the Influence of
the edltor ls greater than that of tho
orator." Afflrmatlve?.lames AA'alker,
Edward Dunford and Harry Bear. Neg?
atlve?Helen Morrlssetto, Aubrey Belch
er and Arthur Bellwood.
2. "Resolved, That the English Par?
llament was not Justlfled In lts treat?
ment of Charles I." Afflrmatlve?Ellz?
abeth Dcnnls, Irma Thomas and Hattlo
ParkIn8on. Negatlve?Estello Turner,
Lucy Brat and Ellzabeth Fry.
1'iTSiiniil nnd Orlrfs.
Thoso ln charge of the movement to
builtl an Eplscopal church at Forest
Hlll have secured a large and attractlve
lot, and havo declded to erect a build?
lng of brlck nnd stone Instead of a
frame buildlng, as was at lirst contem
plated. A large sum has boen secured,
and work wlll begln shortly.
The local chapter of Brotherhood of
Rnllway Trninmon hold a nieetlng last
nlght.
Landon P. Jones, of Burkevllle, for?
merly of thls city, is reglstered at the
Lafayetto Houso.
The Street Commlttee has been
called to meet to-morrow afiernoon nt
4 o'clock at Soventeenth and Decatur
Streets.
Post-Offlce Inspector Morton. uf
Staunton, who Is ln the city on offlclal
business, Is reglstered at tho Lafay?
etto House.
All persons who have not pald thelr
capltatlon tax must do so by Mny 2d.
in order to vote at the Juno election.
became actlvely identlfled wlth the
business Interests of tho clty. On July
2, 1869. Mr. Branch was killed bv the
collapsc of tho bridgc on A'auxall'a
Island.
Mrs. Branch hart heen In Ul health
for about two years before her death.
bho bore her sutfering with a great
deal of rortltiiclo, und her death was
calm nnd peaceful. She was a great
charity worker aml was for many
years one of the most falthful and
beloved members of st. Paul's Church.
ror some tlme she was presldent of
fat. Paul's Churcii Home, and was also
vlce-presldent of the Hollvwoocl Me
niorial Association. feho leaves five
children?Mrs. George McAdams, Mrs.
Anne B. Cabell, Mrs. E. H. Bowlc, Mrs.
Boverly B. Munford and Colonel James
R. Branch, of New York.
Tho funeral services wlll be con?
ducted from the resldence, No. 1)14
AVest Grace Street, thls afternoon at
5 o dock by the Rev. Robert AV.
lorsyth, the rectoj: of st. Paul's Church
asslsted hy the Rev. J. J. Gravatt; Th.
Interment wlll bo mado In the Branch
section ln Hollywood. Following ln a
list of those who will act as nallbear
ers:
Colonel Thomas B. McAdams, Robert
G. Cabell, James Branch Cabell. AV.
Russell Bowie, Molvllle Branch, H
Gortwin Boykln, Blah* _-egram, Thomas
McCaw.
Mrs. Anule T. Schafer.
Mrs. Annle T. Schafer dled' at the
home of her mother, Mrs. __ella Morltz,
No. 1931 Short P Street, yesterday eve?
ning at 8:50 o'clock. Arrangoments for
the funeral services have not yet been
made.
Frcderlck Joseph Mallor.
Mr. Frederlck Joseph Malloy dled
yesterday at Old Point. The Inter?
ment will lake place in Rlchmond, tho
body arrivlng here thls morning. The
funeral arrangements wlll be an?
nounced later.
Mrs. S. R. .Vlnahorrovr.
[Spaclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
FRONT ROYAL, VA.. April 23.?Mrs.
o. B. AA'Insborrow, wife of Sam R.
Practicing fhe*
GrocerS Wink
<?and isn't it worth 'winlang for
when you get?? Well wink at
the grocer and learn.
Read It Before
You Eat It
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WInsborrow, a prominent firmer of
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ls survlved by her husband.
Jacob V. Carer.
[Roflclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
NORFOLK, VA? April 23.?Jacob V.
Carey, aged slxty-four years, died last
nlght at hls residence, No. 154 Holt
Street, after a brief Illness. He was
a well known cltlzen. The funoral oc?
curred thls afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the Church of Chrlst. '
LINEVITCH IS DEAD
Was SucccBRor of Iviiropntkln as Com
msnil.r of Russian Forces*
*-!*"?*.
GENERAL LINEVITCH.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aprll 23?Lieu
tenant-General Llnevitch, atde de camp
to Emperor Nlcholas and commander of
tho First Manchurian Army, dled of
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and ELIZABETH PRICE, daughter
of the late Thomas R. and Lizzle
Trlplett Prlce.
< DEATHS
TINSLEY.?-Dled. Aprll 23d. near Glen
Allen, Va., JOHN T. TINSLEY. He
leaves a wife and .one daughter to
lnourn their loss. Jftr. Tlneley was ln
the slxty-slxth year of hls age,
Funeral from the resldence THIS
(Frlday) AFTERNOON at 8 o'clock.
BRANCH_Entered Into rest at 10:45
A. M., Aprll 23, 1908, at her resl?
dence, 914 West Franklln Streot, Mrs.
JAMES R. BRANCH, in the eeventy
eeventh year of her age.
The funeral services wlll *be con?
ducted from tho houso THIS (Frlday)
AFTERNOON at 5 o'clock.
?MALLOY.?Dlod, Aprll 23. 1908. nt Old
Polnt, Va., FRBPERICK .IOSI.1'11
MALLOY, llls romalns wlll arrlve
ln the clty to-day,
, Funeral notice later.
1
SCHAFER.?Dled, at the resldence ol
her mother, Mrs. Zella Morltz, 1931
ShortP Street, at 8;50 yesterday eve*
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ffjoaci-aJ iii-Uii. .later
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