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TO MAKE HARD FIGHT FOR DEEPER CHANNEL Delegation at Rivers and Harbors Congress to Ably Present Our Claims. FREEMAN ON COMMITTEE {Harbormaster Curfcis Shows How Rjver Commerce Can Be Brought Here Again. Reprosentatlves of tho Chambor of Commerco, tho Clty Councll, the Busi? ness Men'a Club and other eommerclal and clvlc organlzatlons, together wlth the delcgatca for tho State appolnlod to tho Natlonal Rivers and HarboN Congress. met In tho nssembly hall of tho Chamber yesterday for tho pur poso of organlzntlon, so as to enable the Rlchmond delegatlon to get the best posslble results from the con At the suggestion of Mr. John Land atreet. that tho conference appolnt a membur on tho executlve committee of tho congreBs, In order to get tha propor ro'cognitlon, Mr. John C. Ereeman was elected. Mr. Fneoman goes to tlio rnngrosa as a reprcsentatlv6 of tho Chamber and the munlclpal govorn ir.ent Ho has had much exp-3r'ci)ce wlth the questlon of lnland water wnys, and ls thoroughly famltlar wlth the subject ? Mr. W. T. Darncy, business manager i cf tho Chamber of Commerce, waa elected to bo chalrman cf the dele? gatlon ln Washlngton He was (au lhorlzc3 to make arrangements with ono of tho Washlngton hotels so that all memtcrs of the local delegatlon ? nlght stop at tho same place. Hend ?lunvtors wlll ho ostabllshed ln the New Wlllard, whero the congress will bo in aesslon. Iinporlnnce of Meellng. Dlscu3Slng ihe congress nnd Jamos River copdillcin*, Captain John A. Cur Us, liarbni-nifstfr. sald yeaterday: "As the Nniionnl Rivers and Harbors Congress, composed of aeveral ihou ?snu orornlncnt business men. Incltld ing delegations rron: all the Staton Cf the Unlon. wlll assomble 1n Wash? lngton. D. C? Deeember !tth. for a three days' sesslon: and n.s the Gover? nor of Vlrglnla nnd eommerclal or {.?anlzatlor.s thr.ui_.hout the State havo bppointed a large number of dolegates to attend this meeting, it. may bo well ljr the tnformatton of those who havo rot been present at lts prevlous s?s Mons, "to emphnslze. the. importanco of tho objeet this congress hns in vlew. "lts well clefined purpose is to in duce the Unlt'd States Congress to recognize the rlver ar.d harbor bill as one of flrst impovtance, nnd to secure from >hst l-.ndy a conttnulng appro prlatlon of $50,000,000 a year, durlng a perlad of ten years, for river and harbor Improvements. '?Such nn -expendlt'ure ls decmed jioccssary for the Improvement and titlllzatlon of the truly valuablo wafer vvays of the country, now urgently re <iulred, ln addition to exlstlng and prospective railway fiicllltles, to han dle oiir rapldly Increasing tonnngo and to avold a serlons check being glven to our productlon, manufacturc and ??ommerce, all ot whlch have been greatly Jmpeded durlng recent years for lack of adequato means of trans I ortatlon. Need Larger Approprlntions. "Confronted wlth tho prospect of at teudlng sucly an assemblago, with an objeet of sifch magniludo ln vlew, lt is essential that the dclegatos from Vlrglnla, most ospecially thoso from Richmond, should be fnlly aenalole of the Interest the Stato has at stake and of tho part they should tako ln this movement. For whlle the Natlonal Rivers and Harbors Congress has de clared ln unequivocal terms that It does not advocate any partlcular schemo of Improvement, It. ls nono the less true that the zenl of the dlfferent delegations ls flrfct prompted by local interests, by the oplnion they enler taln of the value of tho waterways ln thelr respectlve sectlons, if properly developed. and by the conndence they f<*el that wlth a more llberal and pro gresslvo policy on the part. of the general government the meritorlous claims of .their own speclal projects will -be p'h>'perl.v.' recognlzed by ade quate apprc'pr'iations. "Such bc-ing Iho case. the delegatlons from no sectlon ?bould feel a deeper interest, none should moro confldently rherlsh great expeclations .upon the Kround of meritorious claims', than thould onr representatlves to this con Kress, for Vlrglnla has moro water? ways susceptthle and worthy of im? provement than any State in tho L'nlon. ? "The Fotomac, tho Rappahannock, the York and the James, all tldal > rivers, some of them with lmportant n'avlgablo trlbutariea, and all draintngi fertile sectlons of the State, ampty I into Chesapeake Bay, slxty miles of i whose length is wlthln the borders or Vlrglnla, wlth an average width of fifteen mlles, and easy access to tho ocean through tho eapes of Vlrglnla. "On the- James, at tho head of tldc water, Just 102 mlles from the safo imchorage of Hampton Roads and 1.4 miles from the Capes, Richmond ls located, and from this river lt may I be truly sald of this city that it 'llvcs and moves an<i has lts belng." Coutuierce of HU-liiiuiuil. "The chlef of englneors. United fitates Arrny, reportB aa follows: ?'The commerce ot the river for the cnlendar year of 11107 nmouutcd te ?01, MIO tons nt Itit-liuioiiil und _58,177 Iiium i'or Inudluga helovv, or nn uggregate of iiU0,0S7 tom,, uu Incrcuse of nbout tt |ier cent. over tlie tomiatii; of X0CK1. .The value of the freigut truuaiiorled nriioiiiiti.il lo Sy_,0."i7,000. "Although thia amount of commerce is worthy Of fosterlng care. It by no means representa the lnestlmate aer? vlce of this channol of trado In lts potenttal Influence upon rallroad rates nor does lt bogin to lndlcate lts pros? pective value when dredged to tho depth specified In the project of itn. j.ravement to wliich the government is .tsotiimltted. Mny Ilring Back Shlunlug. "Tho progross of the Improvement has, however, not kept pace with the increasing tlraft of vessols now used In forelgn und domostic commerco, and whlle there has been murked Improve ? rnent' by atialnlng a ehannel, wlth few cxceptlons, of elghtoen feet depth at mean low water from Hampton Roads to Rlchmonil, these c-xceptlons. such as the shoals ut ltJck Landlng, Qoose Hlll, . Swan's. Polnt and HarrlaonV Bar, are tho coiitrolllng polnts, nnd Hrnlt nav Igatlon to tho bettoma whlcli can safely pass those polnts. lt Is'of tho utmost Ipiportunce tlmt they should bo-dredged tb a iwlform dcptli at tho curllest pruc llcablo tlme, aud thia can bo dono at V r-'iiipfirutlvely smull cost, as the mate \rial ls. generally soft. By such a *(iur*o/l;.ft greatcst bericflts will soon ??T*??rt> ohtaJiud for, commerco, as ls ttliiBtratud by the fact that tho ton fcagu Increased ln 1007 6 por cent.ovei tlmt of IU06, although t(?o perio'd waa In, part ono of depresslon in business, "",<? Becajrlnsr adeuuato approprla FISIIOI'S PART IH LITERATURE Dr. Perry Paya High Compliment to Works of Miss Mary Johnston. Richmond Colloge hall was 'ftlled to Its capaclty yestorday afternoon to hear Dr. Bllss Perry In tho flnal lco turo ot tho serles, whlch..has so de lightod liis audlonces. In dlecusslng "Llterary Fashlons," tho speaker found it necessary to give frequent personal oplnlons as to llt erary mertt; so, ln tho openlng sen tences of hls address, hc npologlzed for the frequent rocurrence of the objec tionable pronoun of tno flrst person. Recalllng tha flrst book that had lmprcssed ltsolf upon hls chlldtsh fancy, a "Portfollo of the Bonapartes," Dr. Perry assurod hls hearors that It was not tho subject-matter, but the illustratlona of tho rcmarkable women of that court, and thelr more romark ablo costumes, whlch had held hls at? tentlon. If crltlcs ln fashlon of dross could dlffor so wldely as to cover the wholo fleld, from tho view of tho mota physlcal German, who could wrlto a volume on the philosophy of fashlon, "beglnnlng wlth the soul and cndlng wlth a sltvcr-mounted halr brush, or vlce vcrsa," to that of the theologlcal Scotchman, who deftncd all dross as "the product of sln," surely thore was room for a discusston of llternry fash? lons. In the development of litera? ture ho found no decldod ovolution, ln that tliero was no deflnlto displace ment of a lower typo by the appear anco of a hlgher. Ho sald that commerclal succoss was no crltcrlon by whlch lltorary merlt inight be judged. Occaslonally an au thor was fortunato to havo both. but oftener still, as ln tho caso of "Davld Harutn," It was moro decldcdly a llt? orary fashlon than a work of great llterary merlt. In showing tho dcllcate adjustment between the hlstorlc and llterary per ceptlon necessary to the succcss of the hlstorlc novel, Dr. Perry paid a hlgh compliment to Mlss Mary Johnston, of this clty, In cltlng to what a dogrce sho had- attalned thlB adjustment, whlch made her books of.real worth. This ago of communlcatlon-.through newspapers, perlodlcals and news agen cles wns favorable rathe.r to llterary notorlety than llterary fame: yet such publlclty was for the good of the "glants in literature," as tho value of a book was finally passed upon by a jury of its peers. Amerlcan literature, ho found, was wondcrfully freo from the restralnt of fashlon, -.whlch had formed the famous schools of wrlters In England. such as the Lake Poets. The speaker urged a study of llt? erary fashlons, because "it gavo n hetter senso of proportlon and'aided perspectlve" ln the selectlon of that which is best ln literature; because this study furnlshes a "great fleld for the development of the sense of h'umor," and because f: teaches the permanent value'of real worth." In closlng, Dr. Perry sounaed a note of warnlng agalnst tho "sllly worshlp of tho old, because it la old, or tho absorption of the new, because it Is new," and urged that the people mako fashlon serve, and not beoome the servants of fashlon. "Read some books because lt. Is a fashlc-n, but admire great books, regardless of the fashlon of thnt partlcular age," he sald. tlons and improvlng the channol to a unlform depth wlth dlsoatch and en ergy, not only most of the commorce ol former years, dlverted from Richmond on account of lack of thc requlred depth of water, may be regalned, but a greatly Increased water-borno com merce ' may be conftdently expected from comparatlvely new enterprlsos so sltuated as to handlo large volurries of bulky tonnage from coastwlse und forelgn ports." ? WEEK ATCITY HALL Cfmmon Council to Take Up Ktgular Work To-Morrow Nlglit. Only one munlclpal mectirig?that of tho Common Council at 8 o'clock to-morrow nlglit?has been Bcheduled for the week. lt Is expociod, however, that several eommltteo mectlngs will be called later. Tho clerk of the Water Commlttee lias onmpleted tha work of complllng 3ata for tho Investig.-utng commlttee. whlch wlll look Intr thc construction of the Sottllng Basln flume. and has ma3e a llst of wltnesses to be called before tho commlttee at th" r.ext meetlng. It Is probable lliat Chalrman Pc.llock wlll call a meetlng Wednesday night. and that others wlll be held later. Among tho thinga to ba acted upon at this meetlng ot the Council wlll be tho approprlation of $10,000 for the publlc play ercunds. Sl.nOO for the Rlvers and Harbors Congress, both of whlch were recommended b-.- the Flnanco Commlttee, and the ratifl catl.on of the award of the contract for tho Blues' armory ani murket building to John T. Wllson & Company by tho Orounds and Bullding Commlttee. m GOVERNOR SH0WS MERCY P.cmlts Jall SenteDce of .Man AVho Gara A'aluoblo Infurniutliiii. Governor Swanson yestorday romitted the lail. sentence of Willlam Lanlgan, who wns iccently convicted ot unlawful ganilng nt Ocean A'ltw and glven slxty days ln Jall anc llned }100. Under tho order of the Governor the flno must be paid, but l.nnlgan wlll not bo rc ciclrcd to go to Jall, At ti reeont Investl gatlon by the authorltlea of Norfolk county j cuicornlng gambllng at Ocean View, Lani gan turned State's cvldunco and gavo vai j -uable Informatlon, .whlch rosulted ln tlie I tiunprcsston of unlawful gamlng at thla aea i slde resort. Tho Judge and Common I wealth's attorney who trled the cases earn I uslly recommended that tho Governor remit thn Jall Ecntence entered agalnst Lanlgan. VALUABLE STATISTICS Warrock-lltchardenn Ahnunno for 1009 Has Just llecn Issued.' The Warrock-ltlchar-Json Almanac for 1009 haa Just been Issuod froin the press ol Clyde W. Saunders, owner nnd publlaher, and lt com ul na even more than the usual aiiiount of valuable statlstleal Informatlon, Besldes a complote roster of tho offlcurs ot A'lrglnia; Maryland and North Carolina, and tho rctunis from tho recent prealdential and congresslonal cloetlons, there ls a most tomprohetislvo . nnnlytils of the gama laws oi' Vlrglnla; u llst of tho poal-offleos in the Stute; extracts from tho Unlltid Statea nottal laws; the law of Vlrglnla in relatldn to wllls, and much other data of vnluo lo tho publlc man as well as the privato eltl ren. Tho volume cantalns nlnoty-ilvo pagos, ann tho matter appearlng thereln is eon Vfulently oluaalfled and arranged. . Diivld Way Uelcusvd. Major AVerner yesterday telegraphed to New. iork.asklngthe authorltles then to release Davld AVay. who -Was wanted hero for forgery. On a draft mado out ^./''VMV0' Pha"nacy, of Mount Ollve, N. O, ho secured ?75 from the Ovvobh & Mlnor Drug Company. and went to .New York. Tho Mount Ollve concern refused lo honor. t)i0 clraft Now Owens & Mlnor do not deslro tc proaecuto, aud the ense Is out of thc hautls of the uolJce. ' i i.l IS ALL MI HAD" Northern Family, Stranded Here, Gives Awful Account of Hard ship and Hunger. DR. BUCHANAN TO THE RESCUE Children Weep With Parents at Sight of Food?Couplc's Strange History. "Beana and dry bread; thnt'a all we've been havlng, and lt aln't what we've boen used to," Thia is what pretty Mra. Wllliam LaBranch told Dr. James Buchanan, secretary of the Asso-' clatod Charities, laat nlght, when she, her husband and two chfldren, vlctlms of hard tlmes, sought ald untll the head of tho family can get a Job. On Novomber 18th tho famlly camc to Rlchmond from Bay Way, N. J., and slnce that tlme, accordltig to the fathor, >ho has wnlked tho streeta day a.ftet day, haa vlslted every placo In whlch he thought it llkely he mlght got work, and each tlmo got the same reply: "Thero's nothlng dolng now; when wo tako moti on we choose them from those put off laat wlnter." The pale-faced mother crled as the husband told of former good tlmes, when ho was employod ln machine shops ln Sprlngfleld, Mass.. formerly the homo of the unfortunate coupte, nnd ln Bay Way, N. J. "Everythlng was brlght for us then, and even now we're happy, because wo share each other'a troubles and try to get olong the best we can." Tclln PHIftil Story. It was a pltltul story told by this Northern strnnger, who now and then omphaslzed to Dr. Buchanan tho fact that ho has never been nddlcted to tht drlnk hablt and has always workod hard when ho had the opportunlty. Evelyn, threo months old, slcpt on her mother's lap durlng the pathetlc soeno enaclod ln the Charities' ofllue, whlle Dorothy, nged four, played around tho room, smtllng and maklng frlends wlth tho doctor and hls wlfe. "I heard. work was plentlful In Rlch? mond," sald LaBranch, "and as wo had been up against lt for n long tlme, 1 decldcd to como South. Vm just twen ty-four years old, and my wlfc, sho's two years youngor. I arrlved In this clty when tho weathor was flno, nnd ns my wlfo had been r.lck for a long tlmo, and my earnlngs had been eaten up by doctors' bllls, 1 hoped sho'd Ini prove, and was happy becauso I was dctermlned to lind work to do. ln ordor to care for her and tho clldren. "The nlght of our nrrlval wo went to No. 1811 East Marshall Street, and there procured a room, where we cx pected to mako temporary quarters untll I could do better. I had a llttle money, and pald $3 ln actvance for room rent. I bought a few necessary convenlences, and this left mo wlth Just enough money to llve on. Llve Over a Store. "Our room ls sttuated over a llttle store, and as soon as all our nionr-y was gone tho good storokceper gave us rrcdlt for $2. l.ast week he shut down on us, and slnce then we've been put hard to it to keep from starvlng. I tried awfully hard to flnd work, but lt seemed that lt was no use, and to seo my wlfo and children sufferlng is more than I can stand." It was followlng'thls recital that Dr. Buchanan, touched hy tho story and the apparent slncerlty of tho man, turned to an employe of his commis sary department and dellvered orders that a big bag of provlslons bo glven the famlly. Tho mother's face heamed when tho father was told that Dr. Buchanan was willlng to help them out, and the father, even more grateful than she, wept when ho was told ,to como back Monday at 8 o'clock, when an effort wlll be made to flnd hlm work. "We'll be thrown into the street on the 13th," added Mrs. LaBranch, "un less Wllliam can earn inoney to pay the rent." An Elojiemont. It was whlle the bag of provlslons was belng prepared thut a Tlmes-Dls patch reporter .talked to the couple. The father ls a Canadlan, and tho mother an Engllshwoman. "How about tlie marrlage? When dld that take place?" was asked. This was tho slgnal for blushes from each parent. The father spoke. "That's no secret. now," he sald. 'Tt w,as an elopement. You see, I was only seventeen, and my wlfe had just turned lifteen. Tho old folks wouldn't thlnk of glvlng thelr consent, so ono day we ran away. We don't regret lt, do we, Emlly? I'll be on my feet agaln soon." Hero's what Mr. and Mrs. LaBranch wlll spread upon the table when they pour out tho conten'ts of the bag glven them by Dr. Buchanan: Two pounds of meat. a 'pound of coffee, a box of cracked oats, a bar of soap, a bag of homlny, 10 cents' worth of beans, flvo pounds of flour, two loaves of bread, two pounds of sugar, some pork, a can of baklng powder, nnd other thlngs, whlch, after tho thrlfty housewlfo lin Ishes wlth thom, wlll "be wholesome and palatablo. Mrs. Llndsay to Spenlt. .Mrs. Llndsay.' of tho Mothers* .Federated Clubs. wlll tpoak ot tho medal contest nf the Woman's Clirlstlsn Tempernnce Unlon td be hell on Tuesday at S 1'. M, In the Thlrd Chrlatlun- Church. 11(110 IIBIS TO HEIH DMIEL Distinguished Senator to Address Lodge of Sorrow This Afternoon. MEETING AT THE ACADEMY Intcresting Program to Be Ren dered, and Large Attendancc N Is Expected. Wlth United States Senator John W. Danlel, a membor of Eynchburg Lodge, No. 321, as the orator, and a most ln terestlng muslcnl program, to be ren dered by tho best talent ln the clty, Richmond Lodge, No. 15, B. P. O. E.. wlll hold Its annual m'emorlal servlces at tho Academy of Musto at 3:80 o'clock this afternoon, The demand for tlckets' on the part of members has been much greater than usual, and it la expected that thore wlll be an exceptlonally large attendance. This condltlon arlsos malnly from the fnct that Senator Danlel is one of the most brllllant ora tors ln' tho country, and has long been a popular favorlte with Richmond au dlences. Rev. Robert W. Forsyth, reotor of St Paul's Episcopal Church, wlll bffer the openlng prayer, and when the exerclses are over the bonedlctlon wlll bo pronounced by Rev. Oscar Gutrie, pastor of St JoUn's Bvangollcal Church. The members ot tho lodge wlll be seated on tho stago, and when those holdlng tlckets shall have been as slgned thelr scats ln the audience, tho doors wlll be thrown open to the publlc. The tlckets are glven out only to membors, and by them dlstrlbuted among thelr famllles and frlends. The Academy orchestra wlll make musle for tho occaslon, and the stng Ing wlll be undor the dlrectlon of Cap? taln Frank AV. Cunnlngham, chalrman of the .memorlnl commlttee,'and Pro fessors Jacob Reinhardt and Moses Stcin. Sncred Oecnnton. The -flrst .Sunday ln Decornber of each year ls dedicated as a day on whlch shall be commemoralod by every lodge of IClks ln sacred sesslon the mcmorles' of doparted brothers, and ls known ns *<The Elks' Memorlal Day." The occaslcn ls cherlshod by all Elks as one of great nacredness, and tho pervices are always Intcresting and Impresslve. One ot thc features ot theso memorlal excrck-es whlch Is never lacklng In pathts is the readlm? of- thn nrmiis of members.who havo dled slnce the last memorlal. Thero wore several doatks in the.Richmond lodge durlng tbg past year,. the last jr.ember to puss away. having boen Mr. Allen Y. Stokes, Jr.. who dled several woeks ago. Tho rec3ptlon comn Itte* urgts that those, holdlng tlckets wlll roir.e lo the Academy promptly. in or? der that they rr.ay be seated and the lioors thrown open to the publlc ln tlmo ff.r the exerclses to begln at 3::;o o'clock sharp. Tho commlttee also .tsk's that all members of Rlehnond Lodge, No. 15. and vlslting Elks meet at the Elks' Home at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. c.nd march In a body to thc Acadenfy cf Musle. Intcresting Program. Followlng Is the full program to be rendered: Ovcrture, "Romantlquo" (Bola Kella), Academy Orchestra, Brother Moses Steln, director. Chorus, "Aus der Jegend Zelt" (Rob. Radecke), Gesangvereln'A'lrglnla, Pro? fessor Jacob Reinhardt, director. Openlng ' Ceremonles, Rich?mond Lodge. No. 45. Exalted Ruler Max F. Llndner and offlcers, durlng whlch the "Roli of Our Dead" slnco last memorlal will be called. t^. Elks' Openlng Ode, melody "Auld Lang Syne," led by Gesangvereln Vir? ginia. Prayer, the Rev. Robert W. Forsyth, D. D., rector of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. Barltone Solo, "Tho Soul Bowed Down" (Loulse Ebel Ruegor), Mr. Henry C. Rueger. Soprano Solo. "Hear My Cry, Oh Lord" (Alfred AVooler), Mrs. M. XV. Pat tee. i Barltone Solo, "One Sweetly Solemt. Thought" (Ambrose), Mr, Howard D. Bryant. Trlo, "Pralse Ye and Magnify the Lord" (Verdl), Mrs. Pattee, Messrs. Bryant and Cunnlngham. Overture, March (Chopln), Academy Orchestra, Brother Moses Steln, direc? tor. Orat'on, Hon. John XV. Danlel, Lynch . burg Lodge, No. 321. '? ! Tenor Solo. "The Arac'ant Chalr," Me. ! morial RItual, Brother F. W. Cunnlng-; ? ham. Hymn. "How Firm a Foundation" | (Novello), Gesangvereln A'lrglnia, Pro? fessor Jacob Reinhardt, director. Closing exerclses. offlcers . Richmond Lodge, No. 45,'B.P. O. ,E. Prayer and Benodretlon, the Rev. Oscar Guthe, pastor St. John's Evangel Ical Church. March, "Cervus Alces" (Losey), Acadomy Orchestra. Schools Close an 24th. The Henrlco County School Board mot a: the court house yesterday mornlng for thc purpose of paylng off teuchers nnd de . elillng upon tho length of tlie Chrtstmus , hilldnyH. The schoola wlll ho closed on i i.:l ilstmns Eve nnd wlll open agaln Jnn ' uary 1th. BABIES SHUFFLED ABOUT; ONE IN GRIP. OTHER ON PORCH Mrs. Doyle Asked to Hold One a While and Mother Failed to Return-Infant From Hospital Carted Around in Suit Case. ASKED yesterday aftcrnoon , to tako caro of a baby for flftcon minutos whlle the mother, who rcprcaentod horself tq be Mra. Scott, -went out to attend to aomo prl vate business, Mrs. Doyle, of No. 607 North Twelfth Strc'et, found heraolf wlth a whlte olephant on hor handa. Tho term "White elaphant" la, of oourao, a fig-ure. of' apeeoh used tn ex nggeratlon, for the baby waa a very pretty glrl two weeka old. After car ing for the Infant for some tlme, Mrs. Doylo declded that'Mra. Scott had de parted to return no more, ao she' callod upon the police to ald hor out of her dlletnma. Bicyele Pollceman Gcrrlng ?waa dlapatohed to the accne. Carefully wrapping the baby, ho transportod it to the Clty Home, whero If. -was taken In and llstotl aa a foundllng. Mrs. Scott was two weeks ago an Inmatc of Memorial Hoapltat, where her chlld was born. She repro sented hersclf aa belng tho wlfo of a very rlch man. Her statement, howevor, was not regarded as credtblc. Nothlng has been aeen or hcard of her alnce. She' informcd Mra.' Doylo that she was from Church Hlll,? but sho la not known there, at lenat by' that name. The infant is ln good health and wlll llve at tho Clty Homo. RICHMOND BUT!; Visitors Are Defeated by Narrow Margin in Afternoon and Night Sessions. Enthusiasts of dupllcate whlst from Norfolk came.to Rlchmond yeaterday, and ln afternoon and ovenlng sessions were defeatod by tho local players by twenty-one polnts. The total. acoreo wero; Rlchmond, #221; Norfolk, 200 polnts. ? ! Tho games wero played ln Murphy'B Hotel, and started at 2:30 P. M., tho afternoon games belng in favor of Richmond by 101 to 92. At tho con? cluslon ot the seven games supper was served, and play started itKaln at 8 o'clock, continuing untll 11:45 P. M. Tho cvenlng game resulted In favor ot Rlchmond also by 120-108. Spence and Edmonds carrled off the Indlvidual honors. havlng a lead of forty-two polnts over thelr opponents, whlle for Norfolk Kehl and Lawrence led. fwlth thlrty-slx polnts. Tne visltlng players wlll return to thelr hoine cltv to-day, and expect to defont the Rlchmond contlngent In the return match, whlch wlll l>e played somo tlmo ln the sprlng. Tho scorcs made were as follows: RICHMOND. Afternoon Game. llarvey-Tf nser . . 17 Hpauldlng-A. Brocker.brough. ? Wood-Knrlght .11 My.^r-Olles . 15 Murphy-Cunnon .12 Valcntlne-Knox . Ii .^pencc-Edmonds . 2. 101 Nlght Gantc. Murphy-Cannon. II Valentlno-Knox '.. I) ^pauldlng-Brockcnbrough . IS fpence-Bdmunds . 13 : larvey-Tf nser . 16 Wood Etnlsfht . i: F. Cooke-Chapln . 17 1/lycr-Glles . 3 120, 101 Tolals, Rlchmond .221 NORFOLK. Afternoon Games. h'aundcrs-Edivards . 13 ICehl-Laurence . 15 Old-Pcehles._ 12: Dupuy-Hnncook ."... S1 Cavt-g.-Butt . . 16' Da\ls-Burke . 111 j Grant-l-'ostei . 12 ?Y Nlght Gnmc. Mcakin-Ohl . 15 Jor.t-s-ppchles . 15 I'entress-h'avage . IV Gfant-FoY.fer. 12 Butt-Edwards.. VI Davls-Burke . 12 Dupuy-&acnders . -1 Laurcnce-Kchl .?. 21 lOj 92 Totals, Norfolk ..'.200 Bichmond .221 Norfolk .2C> Won. by .21 MJNISTKRlAI. UNION TO DISCITSS CHAPMAN FLAXl At the request of the executlv? commltts-s of tho Chapman campalgn a call hus been iesued for a speclal meeting of tho Mlnis terlal Unlon of Rlchmond, Manchester and viclnlty, for to-morrow,- Monday, Dacambcr 7th, at 12 o'clock noon ln Ihe chapel of the I'u-sb.vterfan Publlshlng. House. Matters ot the creotest Importanco ln connectlon wlth tho Chapmar campalgn wlll t-e conslilered. A full attendance Is deslred. Annlversury Sermun. . Uev. 'd. m. Ramsay. V>. T>? wlll preach ?tho annlveraary sermon before tho Men's I.oasrue of Venuble Street Baplfst Church at 8 o'clock to-nlght. Gondensed Statement of the Condition of the Richmond Banks Nqv. 27, I 908 l^imt Xutlnunl llnuk. IMuuter*' Nntloianl Iluuk.'. Natloual llank of A'trglnlu. Nulloiuil Si::t,? limik. nivrctinntH*- Afntluuat Muuk. Clty llnuk. Anicrle.tii Nntionnl llnuk., iluuk of ltU-Jiiitond. Ilroud Street Itank...... ,?. Itmik of Comutcrcc nnd Trusts l'nlon l(ank. (,'aiiltol Savlogw llank. SuviiiK" llnuk of Htebmoutl.,.. Vtnrlntii Trust Coiopuiiy. CoiiuuuuweitKh Iluuk .. AVeiit End llnuk,. ASSETS. I.ouim und InvcsfmentM, 87,183,338 1)1) 5,380,710 03 :i,Mt7,230 BI) :t'8oa,040 41 4,325,805 so (.170,300 04 3,35!),377 oa 3,343,005 87 1,052,780 84 720,851, 0.1 2,013,708 34 478,347 34 1,1T0,1H>!) 85 014,143 85 :m:i.3?.*i Bl 78,103 13 Ci:jfl> 11. Exchnnec. ?Mtn,atiri r>3 475,358 05 270,48:: 48 340,808 27 58(1,014 1ft 08,050 Ii3 243,1)02 25 250,805 11 51,252 18 ?8>5(i0 1)2 1,300 88 1,052 II) 2,374 30 4,3111 04 111,205 31 4,485 88 Tolnl I'Mrsl .Vailonul llnuk. i'liiliU'i-H' j\,ii< iiniiil llnuk. A'tttlouiil Iluuk of Vlrglulu..., Autlouul Stiit ?? Uiiuk. UercliitulV Vi.IhiiinI Iluuk..., Clty Iluuk. AiiuTieiin Nittlounl Iluuk. Iluuk of lUcliiuouil.. Broad Streel liiink. Iluuk of t'oiunuTi'i' aud 'I'limls UiiIim llnuk. Cupliol Snvinga Uuuk......... . NnvliiKN IJ-nk of Hlchiii.ind. . . . Vlrglulu Triwt Compuiiy. < .'omiuuuwenlili llank . Went I'iud llunk..,,....,..,.. Capldil ?1,1) 1)0,1) 00 300>0t)0 .-.1)0,01)0 500,0011 200,000 400,000 400,000 1.000,000 200,000 200,000 210,750 50,000 2041,000 r.oo,ooo 200.0(H) . 25,000 ?.*?8,()t(8,381 ?7 i.iuumties. sui-piiiK und $2,S4?,0S8 50 Total Our 1'roiu Eltuikx. 91,320,075 35 1.184,753 51 .758,082 88 300,357 Ot 1,100,001 01 317,81(1 54 814,750 74 705,843 .17 04.452 11 40,072 02 ii.son oo 24,550 08 80,0511 8U ' 18,8(18 05 0,103 41 005 48 $0,800,051 11 1'rollU. $ 1)80,55-1 57 1,801),180 11 325,180 10 410,037 315 000,838 30 804,5-12 80 211,418 80 488,000 41) 80,585 01) 40,38-1 (15 455,45a 01 18,307 57 175,401) III 7,048 87 0,040 52 fl,880 80 To'lul Clrculntlou. IH'iionKh. $051,200 |5,741,t)25 21) 4,058.041 50 300,000 414,000 11)2,100 200,000 135,000 Total 2,085,(114 01) 2,7X3.407 24 4,780,702 80 1,287,(104 22 3,328,701 22 2,871,047 (III 881,005 38 033,000 02 1,351,774 57 431,542 55 1,184,021 07 124,101 47 102,448 82 52,0(15 Ol lloud Other Aecouut. Llubllltlcs. 1681)" 000 (12,000 fiooidoo oo 371,000. 52,000 4,105 00 342,100 22,072 811 Total AmkcIn, 98,071,070 Stl d.021>,827 01 4,500,701 00 3,1)82,200 50 (1,081,541 10 1,802,237 11 4,417,220 02 4,350,744 15 1.1)18,400 47 704,084 57 2,020,078 18 400,850 12 1,5511,431 01 (131,808 8-1 421.702 83 83,554 43 #48,417,115 38 Total ' l.luhllltli.. 98,071,070 80 (1.020,887 01 4,500,701 01) 3,082,200 50 0,081,541 10 1,802,237 11 ? 4,417,880 02 4,3.10,744 15 k 1,108,400 47 71)4,084 57 2,020,078 18 400,850 12 1,550,481 01 (131,803 81 421.703 88 83.534 43 95,804,700 95,578,873 75 ?2,lO8|50O 938,500,058 74 91,110,700 9120,837 80 948,417,110 98 FROM tlme Immemorlal thero havo been many methods of transport Ing bables from placo to' placo, the orlglnal mothod belng on the rhother'a back; the latest, up t6 very recently, belng- hy means of perambu Intors. But later than even that la tho sult case. Very recently?only a few days ago?a llttlo baby waa carrled through the etreots of Rlchmond in a handsome sult case, In which two little holes had been punctured as ventlla tors. Tho mother. who, lt la understood, comes from the Weat End of the clty, deslrcd to rtd hcraolf of the charge, but dld not know what dlapoaltion to make of It. She thought once of de posltlng tho sult case In ..he Capltol Square, but for some rcaaon changed hor mlnd. Then aho went to Captaln Fowler, head of the Salvatlon Army. and deposlted tho baby wlth hlm. The salvatlonlst wantcd hor to tako care, or help take care, of tho baby. But she haa bo far refused. Ho wlll forc? hor by process ' of law to contrlbuto somethlng to tho child's support. Ho knows her namo and her resldence, nnd he has already preparcd to brlng her to account. He remarked that It was one of the strangest cases he had ever hcard of, Inaamuch as tho mother sccms to be abaolutely without love for hor chlld. Hl WILL TALK TO MUStC-LOVEBS Rev. E. N. Calisch to Address Philharmonic Association at Concert This.Week. The Rov. E. N. Calisch haa consented to addresa the Rlchmond Phllbarrrlonlc Associatlon at lta concert, whlcli wlll be glyon in tho Jefferson Hotel Audi? torlum Deeember 10th. Tho organlza tlon 18 not a new one, aa It gavo sqv oral entertalnments last wlnter, which .dcinoiistratedwhatva.it pleasure, prollt and solid rnuslcal knowledge can he obtalned by unlted effort. The mem bcrshlp of tho association now num bcrs thlrty persd'ns. iTho progrum for tho concert next Thuraday la as follows: Overture. "Der Frelscbutz" (Wcber). orchestra; concerto for piano (opus )7. No 3)-(Beethoven), Miss Mlnnle Derby nnd orrhestra; Cavatlna, "Dlo Posscntc" ? Faust (Gounod). .Mr. Howard Duane Bryaht nn.i orchestra; concerto for vloltn, ".Seventh Alr and varlatlons" (DeBerlot). Miss Buy Ililllkopf ai?.l orchestra; serenade, "Meditatlon," clarlonnt and cornet duo (Voelker). Mr L. I*. MosVhlo and Miss Agnes Co? wardin and orchestra; address, Rev. Edward N. Calisch; overture, "ritradella" (Flotow), orchestra; reclta tlve nnd arla, "Jewel Song"?Faust (Oounodj. Mra. J. Murphv and <>r ehestra; (a i "Last Dream of the Vlrgln" . (Massanet); fb> Intermezzo. La Rose'* (Ascher). orchestra; quartet "The Mlller's "Woolng" (Fannlng), Mrs. .7. Murphy, Miss Pattlo Isaacs, Mr. Con way Gordon. Mr. H. D. Bryant nnd or ches ra; "Turklsh Patrol March" (Mlchaells). Member- of Anxoclalion. . Members of the Rlchmond Philhar? monic Associatlon are Mr. Shephera Webb. conductor; Miss Mary .Shelton planlst. Flrst Vtollna?Mr. II. G. I'rerlcks concert master: Miss Katherlno Thurs ton. Mr. Henry Ebel. Mlsa Bav BI11I kopf, Miss Mamle Keck and Mr. Hor 5bort Taylor. .Second Vlollna?Mr. James Whlttet. Mr. W. A. fiorg, Mr. J. M. Culbrcth. Mr. J. A. Lundin, Mr. A. C. Copcland. Vlolna?Dr. A. G. Hoen and Mr. Hud son P. Hoen. VifilonceUus?Mr. Herbert Thurston, Mr. Ernest A. Hoen. Contrantt???Mr. W. Percy Tallafcrro Fliitca?Dr. Wllliam Cowardin Mrs! J. A. Shropder. Mr. George Cowardin. C'lnrloneU?Mr. H. p Maschio, Mr. D. Adaml. Ohots?Mr. Thomas J. Devlne. Dr J' M. Whltfleld. Truiiip. tn?Miss Agnes Cowardin. Mr A. M. Lilly. French Hornn?Mr. A. r* Wrenn, Mr. ?. S. Perklns. Trombonen?Mr. James Smith, Mr. R. L. Fergusson: Tynipun! and Drum?Mr. Frank Co wardln._ NuloiNi*?Mrs. John Murphy, soprano Miss Patty Isaacs, alto; Mr. Conway Gordon, tenor; Mr.M, D. Bryanl, bar itono; Mlsa R. Bflllkopf. violln, and Miss Minnlo Derby, piano." DENTIST UNDER ARREST Cunie From Kmnorln nnd C'nrrled l*nlr of t'oncenled Kiiueks. ,W. P. Adams, a dentlst from Em porla, was nrreated last. nlght on a chargf or belng drunk and dlsorderly, and for carrying a pair 0f ooncealed knv.cks. J. s. Perklr s, f.f the sam ? town. a clerk, came/ into -the station house ,w|tr> hlm.- As tho two men wore nieely divased and showed soit.'e trac.es ot good breedlrig, a little more tlu* i ! tl\e usual courtesy waa shown- them li'i ihe pollce stath-n. Ad?n*s l.-ocamo vlo lent'ln hls languago, and was lecked t.p. Perklns went out to get somo one to go on his frlond's ball, ,but outslde he became abuslye to Detectlve Sor geant Bailey end towards the polio i'o'rce in genoral, and he, too wns locked up. ' SENT YACHT ON AHEAD New York Pnrty Stopw Over Here nml Wlll Jolu It at. Cliarleston. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. DoFore, of New York,-and their two sons, wlth Mrs. E. E. Nichols, of Manltou, Col., arrived here last nlght from Newpprt News and reglstered at tho Jefferson Hotel. Tho trip from New York to the bay was made ln Mr. DeFero's prlvate yacjit. * Not carTTig to make the rough voyage around the capes, Mr. DeFero sent tho yacht to Cliarleston. S. C? where the party wlll meet it ln a few days, Tho wintor months wlll be spept ln orutsos alotig the coaat from. Cliarleston to Klorlda. Mr. Nichols ls tlie owner and manager of tho Cliff House, at Manl? tou. Jnule Wulkcr Acqvilttcd.' , Jano Walkor, colored, was acquitted ln'Pollce Court vesterduy mornlng of tho charge of murdarlng Edward Davis tn tho nU;iit of November 2oth.- It. was shown that she.acted ln solf.-defense, ? nnd that her part ln the shootlng* was roally an a,oetdont. SJhe struck thu platol wlth whloh Davis was 'trying to klllher. and the bullot nieant for lier lilt hlm. / Mr, Htvurues Back. / Mr. l?. Ov Htearuea, sucretary o/ the siotn Board ot' Udut-ation, haa rofuriicd I'lOm a trip to Ainella and Bucklnghiuu ccuntles, where he wont to look aflor sumo eilucatlnnal msttar?, He found eondltlona -tud lo bath , soiiaUaa. -. . 1/ 15 DiAMOND THIEF Police Accttsc Sani ? Tucker ol Stealing Mrs. 'Biick's JcavcIs from Pullman Berth. TRINKETS VALUED AT $10,000 Box Placed Between Mattresses on Coast 'Line Train in NeAV York and Never Seen Again. Suspected of belng dlrectly concorned In tho robbery by whlch Mrs. Buo Wll* llurne Buek, of No. 821 AVest Franklln Street, lost $10,000 worth of Jowelry, whllo travcllng from New York to this clty on tho Atluntlc Coaat Llno Hallroad Thursday, Iho traln arrlvlng at Elba Station at 7:50 o'clock Frlday mornlng, Samuel D. Tucker, a -negro hol|er, was arrcstetl shortly after'!I o'clock yes? terday afternoon. nnd after a grllllng cross-questlontng, in whlch ho rcfused to dlvulgo anythlnff, was placed ln custody and locked up In tho Second I'oilcc Station. Thc urrest of tho necro waa made by the wholc dctectlvo forco thon on duty?Scrgeants CIlbBon. Mc&falion and Balley?and I'rlvatos AVlley and Kel lum, tho two latter havinir been put on as extra mnn. Tucker was vlslbly nfrald. Hls lips tromblod as he an sworcd thc cuustlons put to hlm, but ho Inslstontly donlcd having committed tho robbery, though he admitted that lt waa hc who went through the Pull man car after Its arrlval here and re rnoved tho inattrcsses. I.eft Cnse lu Her Ilcr<h. The Jowcl caso wus loft by Mrs. Buek between two tnattrcsHcs ln hor berth. She Is posltlve that tho caao was still there when she arrlved In Richmond. for sho felt It agalnst hor sldo durlng tlie night. Aftr-r thc traln pullod Into Rlba Htatlon both sho nnd her mald fbrgot thc cOBe, onch thlnklng thnt tho other had reinoved It. Though they left the traln ut 7:50 o'clock. In th? mornlng. tho Jewelry was not mlssed until 2 o'clock In tho afternoon, In qulrlng casually of her mald as to tho whoroabouts of the Jewelry sho dls? covered the loss. After a hasty wearch of tho houso lt was routid that the valunbles wero gono, and at 5 o'nlock, accompanled by her daughter. Who wore a $15,000 dianiond nccklacc nt tho time. sho re? ported thc loss to Major Werner. who Iminedlately Instltuted on Inqulry. and twojhours later postals, glving a de acrlptton of the jewelry and narratlng how it had been lost, had beon prlnted aiui innlled to ncarly every lmportant Clty ln thn United States. Now York and Washington ntithorltles wero askcd ?<i give thelr ospeclal attentlon to the matter. ln the meanwhlln the local dc tcetlveH were put on the case. yns terdny mornlng thoy heard that the negro Tucker had been through tho car. Ho was followed up. and, aftnr cvadlng thcrn several hours. was flnally rapturtd on the street. He was taken tmmedlately to tho chlef'a '?men, where thoy put him through the "swcatliig prooess." They trled hirn again' and agaln. Several tlmes he feOme 1 to be on the vcrge of glving up, hut restrainlng himself and swallowlng it down, hc con tinued his dcnlats. Conld Eacnpe Pruxecutlon. If ho ls really tlie man who has th? lost goods. he couid. under thn law. glvn lt up on a clalm that he found It and dld not know the ownor. and thus e? capo . prosecutlon. But. knowlng this, ho still inslsted that he is Innoccnt. Hls nervousnesB through the ordeal, hls very evident efforts to escape thn detectives, hls actions in a barber shop in Jackson Ward, whoro. whllo he wns boing shaved. he contlnually kept hls eyes on the door. and tlie fact that hf adtnits he renioved the mattresses from. Mrs. Buek's. berth. make the east agalnst hlm look very black. He is known as a worthless negro Ilo rarely aleep.s at home- and hls own mother has llttle that is good to say ol hlm. He hns no known nieans of llve llhood. Hls prlnclpal occupatlon, lt appears. has been to lielp tho porters of Pullman cars In cleanlng up knd maklng up the bertlis. He has no rlght whatever in thc cars. ls* not an em ploye of tho Pullman Company, and these facts lie will have to expialn sat j Isfactorlly to the police. Mrs. Buek was sure that she had placed the casket between her two mattres?es, and'she ls posltlve that It wae not taken from her durlng tho night. S.he was accompanled by her daughter. Mlss Ellen Huck, and by a mald who has been Ir. her employ twenty years. ln New A'ork they went to Tlffany's and bought somo more Jew? elry, and It was thought that she mlght have been followed by some one from, that clty. All susplclon now, however, - rests on the negro Tucker. i.t.it of i.o.M Jewelry. A Ilstjof the Jowelry ls as follows: One dark bluo-leather bqx. wlth key on top; 1 rlng, double solltalre, two stones, $1,000; 1 rlng, slngle solltairjK one stone, $1,000; 1 rlng, solltalre, ono stone; l largo emerald ring, set wlth dlamonds, $100; 1 ruby and diamond ring, $250; 2 pearl and diamond rlngs ($300 and $500),'$800; 1 butterfly dia? mond and pearl pln, $800: 1 diamond and pearl pln, $1,200; 2 diamond sun hursts ($1,000 and $500), $1,500; i double clrclo diamond pln, $500; 1 dia? mond heart pln, $500; 1 diamond and * pearl pendant, $-100; 1 pair diamond t ear-rlrigs, $000; ?1 pair turquolse ear rlngtf, $150: I pearl watch wlth pearl chaln, open case, $260; 1 long gold chaln, set wlth dlfferent stones, $250; 1 strand pearls, .$100, and clusp,.$175. ' $275; gold coln, $25U; 1 gold enamel pln, set around wlth dlamonds, nanio./ "&', K. Buek" on back, $100; 1 carbunclo plp, set with dlamonds and poarls, $300. A reward of $1,000 has been offerod for 'the nrrest and convlctlon of the ' tlilef or thlevesr,. WARD CASE C0NTINUED Mnn Gc4? Fuur AInnths ln Jull for Steallng I'orty lln/eii Egga. Tho case of rtoy Ward (\vhlle>. charged wlth crlminal nasault, was oontlnued ln tho I'ollce Court yosterday ta December l'.'th. C. A. BeoKner wus aentenced by Judge Ciutchfleld ' to mour.monthH ln Jall for tho. larceny of forty dozen opga irom Willlam Mltchell. ,., D. C. Barrmid and James Davls, both colored, nhargo.l wlth assnult, wlll b? brought befora Justlce Crutohflold lator on. Bullding l'orndts, Permlt h were Issued by Inspector Ttue'x yestorday to T. W. Cholf, to orect a de tuched frame dwelllng un tho south sldo of Brown Btreet between Fourtoenth atid Flfteonth Streets,: to coat $1,100, aud tn Knnnott W. Pooro, to orect n dotaohud franio dwelllng- at No. 1306 AVost Danoe Street for J350. v .TO-NIGHT