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Out-of'Town Order* Promptly Filled. Men's "Wayneknit" Hose, Better than any other Men's Hose made that _? g% sells for 25c; black cotton, full fashioned, double I Ha sole. spliced heel and toes. It fits the foot. Wc I ^1^ have a standing offer to replace at once any ?* *??* v Wayneknit Hose that doesn't prove satisfactory ?& wc haven't had to replace a pair in three years, Wear the "Wayneknit"?it's a great value. Boys' Overcoats, $*}.35 Were $3.00 & $3.50 _ 4 Fancy Cheviots & Cassimercs, in gray & brown mixtures. Fly front coats, lined throughout with mercerized cloth. Excellent Overcoats for school & general wear. With every purchase of $3.50 & over in this de? partment we will give FREE a Boys' Sweater or Football. THEY WANT NO INQUIRY WHEN WORK IS DONE Liglit Committee B_l_cv.es That Gas Plant Was Built Accord ing to Plans. TOO LATE NOW TO HELP IT Members Think Htirrah Investi? gation Mighl Not Trove of Any Value. Trustlng to lts own acumen and to tli. force and abllity of its miperln tendent. the Councll Committee on Light last nlght rcjected the resolutlon of. Councllman Rogers to have a gas e .."-rt oxamlne the new work in pro? gress. on whicii the clty ls spending $::i(i.noO without nny inspection, ex? copt such as Superlntendent Knowles is able to give in the Intcrvals of other dutles. The report showed that a large pro? portion of tlie work had been com? pleted and that parts of the new plant were in vonstam use. the entire work b. ing On per cent. complete. The new tnalns are buried in the ground. and much of the constructlon at the works 1m so bullt over that it would be lin ,>..s<-iH.-. in the Judgment of members ,.f the commltteo, to determtno whether in the rnrlier stages the plans wero complled wlth or not. Could Do Xo ttood. Superinteudent Knowles sald he would welcome any ?<??"??? of lt?8P?c*lon or investigation tlie commtttcc mlght make, hut that the work so far had l,.,n carrled on under his supervlsion and hud proved entlrely satlsfuctory. Mr Rogers propose the employment of'a 'technlcal gaa engineer to examiiic the work, propo.-ing a special appro? priation lo cover the. cost. He polnted out that ihe committee had almost en? tlrely ehanged slnce the last- Councll. aud that many of the members wcrc not familiar with what is belng done and dld not know the lerins of the agreement made by the former com? mittee wlth the contractora. the Stacj Manufacturing Company, of Clncinnatl The debate wa? genoral and informal some members being entlrely willlng to trust the matter to Sitperlntendeni Knowles. whlle others thought it toi late to call in an Inspector when tht -cvork was all but done, und part wai .Llready in operation. Mr. Knowlei said tliat the plant was of standan machinery. af .a type used all over tin world, and'liad nbout lt nothing o ?C-cperimeirtal""" character. Aldermai Powers thought thore should have bcei an engineer for tho clty on the Jol from the start, nnd Mr. Knowles salt he had recommended thls, and lt hat been refused on account of the cost On the flnal vote only Mr. Rogers am Mr. Klrkwood Mltchell voted for th tnspectjon. several of the others show Ing a dlsposltlon to shy off from an Investigation and to let well enoug: alone. Hhy of I.Iiirrnh liiveNllcntlonn. "We might go stirring around dow there and find parts put in not lik the specifications," sald one membei "Then there would he a great hurru Investlgation, and people would be say Ing that the Llght Committee didn know how to run the gas works." Af ter an hour's debate the "stand pat 'policy prevailed. An offer from the Passenger an Power Company to place four olectri llghts on the Hermitage Road, two ? the rallroad brldge und two betwee the brldge and Broad Street, at %; a llght per year, the cltv to hear tl cost of switching the llghts on an off. was accepted. The present cll contract for lights ln tlie old part t the clty is at $_..__ a light per yea tut the company has declined to e' tend this rate to the annexed territoi Of to erect addltlonal llghts ut tl present figure. since the municin electric light plant was proje.ted number of extensions and alley ihsh were ordered. ' b ninetyTent gas Cojiuiiitli*. Wiu .Vtl?_rti__ ..,.? |,? iim lu I.tlVct rul.ru!..y l__. Attention ,._ tne Councll Commltt. on J.igl.t was called laat night to ti roduetioii iu the pr ce of gaa from __ 90 centa per ..... Ceet. el . " , the lst of february. m view ot t rfUuoUoii, u.e committo. decided authorlzo a campaign of udvertiali Cheaper g___, wlth a view to more _?? eral Introductlon uf ranges aml stov for heatliiK. Wltl, this reductlon of nor cent. in t.le prlce, it I. bollev iliot tht- use of gas will I,,.- ffrt.a, .xte.t'led, and pOBBibly after il ti? becauso of tlu* increased consumpttt the lower rate may prove to be mc profitahlc lhan thu old price, Appoiuu I'liraioi'k tor A'orniai SeUi Governor Swanson yesterday tjoiineed i lie appolntment o( tlie folki Ing curatora of the liuuipton Xori and Agrlcultural Instltuto lor the te of four years, coinniencing January J?0_: i N. W. N|pck, Accomac; II. L, Sehnv Hamptoij; J. T. I.ewis, Richmond; J. Carter, Hallfax; \V, P. Burrett, Rl mond, nnd J. il. Clurk, Hunvllle, laat named being colored. ITather Colllns III. Thf. Itev. Father J. E, (.o.'lint. ,,t II (#r'_ Forty, XV. Va., i.-tb oporat.a on Jn iem-t'lal Konpllal yCKtmlay, HI. eondli (H not i-i-.;ardeii as serlu us. Hc wlll be t |? -jrocelvo ^{Vj^*_yt _.."ftiU;'! LOtlTE ABBEY Resolution Offered in Lee Camo for West End Site Goes Over to Next Meeting. In order to ticcure from U. ?.. Lee Camp, No. I, Confederate Veterans, a dcclt-ive oplnlon on tho question of tho most sultable location for tho Battle Abbey, soon to be orocted in Richmond Ailjutant .1. Taylor Stratton offered at lnst nlght's meetlng of the camp tho following resolutlon: "Wlicrcti.N, It. U. I,c?* Cnmp, _Vo. 1, Confederate Vclernus, nre >erj- drsiroiiN ol hnvlng tlu* Btittle Alibcy bullt nt an eorl.v dnte ns pofiniblc, and liellovlne tlinl Ihe only dehiy Im Ihe selcotion of n proper slte; therofore he It "Resolved, Tlinl thln enmp reapect fully Miiprgv.-ts lo Ihe Hnttlc Abbey A* Hoclatlon Ilinl they Nelcct an n . Itr elther tlu* nortli or nnuth sidc of Mon iinn-iii Avenue, nt ii? Inlernct'tlon ivlth tlie Ilouli'Vitrd, nnd thnt tliey hnve tlie Ilnttle Abbey erected 011 elther of tlie .mlrt nltest provided the lnnd for annie In dnnatcd wlthotil cont to Ihe Bnttlc AbheyvAn??wln_Inn."' Captaln ? Htratton. in introducing hls resolutlon, said he had no deslre to have the camp take shap judgment, and would ask tliat It lay on the table un? tll next Friday nlght. Others advocat ed a longer delay for fuller discusslon, but in the end this prevailed, and the resolution wlll he tho subject of debate at the next meetlng. Advocatea of the scheme, whilo having no definite as? surance from the owners, believe that the attractlon to the nelghborhood und consequent onhancemoni of the value of property would Intluce tho land com? panies antl large Individual owners of property in thls locality to donuto a slto in order to Inaure its erection, fac ing both on the Boulevard and Monu? ment Avenue. Cednr Camp Instiills Orflccrn. Cetlar Camp, No. 22, Woodmen of the World, haa Inutallcd the following- orflcors: Past Consul Commander, W. G. Ca-vcdo; Cor.sul Commander, XV. II. Munkln: Advlsei Lieutenant. W. II. Mlller, Jr.; Clerk. Wil? liam If. Pcaruidii; Banker, Ed. B. Vaughan; Baeort, 1. H. Russeil; Watchnuin, J. E. Blalr: Sentry, XV. II. Enroushty: Managers W. .1. ..Johnson. J. E. Farley, W. II. Ea rcaghty; Camp Physlcian, Dr. W. H. Parker, Face Another Warrant. Pollceman Gentry yesterday sworo 'oui another warrant against A. W. Bethcl Thomas Davls antl Lewis Llull. all white charglng tlieiu wlth runnlng a gambllii. hcuse down on East Frni.klhi Htreet. Tht some three men were arrestetl last Baturda; nlght on a charge ot runnlng a gambliiu htnise at Xo. 7 North Seventeenth Street Thelr caso ls to oomo up on continuanci thia morning. I01SE niDS FIRE !d Midnight Blaze Causes Patient 11 to Scream for Help at the Virginia. Flro was discovered shortly after 1 o'clock last nlght under the stairwa ln the flrst unnex of the Virginia Hot pltal, and before Dr, Lord, an Intenv aounded thu alarm, the corrldors wer lilled wlth smoke, unu several war patlents had sereamed i'or holp. Nt untll aasured hy tho Klro Cliief tht all danger had passed dld the pallen' consent to return to thelr rooms. Although the damage ls lnconsido: able, the excitement was such tliat siv eral of the nurses rushed to the o llces of the physicians for help. Wln Dr. I_ord turned In the alarm smol was pourlng froin Ihc closet. If caused much excitement in tl fire houses, and the speed wlth whh Ihe flre-fighters reached the scene h seldom, lf ever, been equaled, Several of tlio nurses stute that early as S o'clock they hnd caught i odor of smoke, und although theru h been a search, no traco of It was four li was when smoke wns pufll: through the closet doors that one thn nuraes started tho alarm. T oilgln of the bla.e ls altributed to detectlve electric wlre. The blazo w out beforo the department rettcln the scene. Bscapod from Convict C'atnp. Wlllliiiii Wrlght (colored), senteneed four montha ott the road from thls ci et?aped from. lhu Dlnwlddlo county conv euinii Th-uraduy nlght antl w.it eaplurud 1'elersl.urg yesterilny niornhig. Wrlght v a irimty antl wan employed u? u. cook. 'I guards searcliefl aU nlght for the prlson who was takon nn Inforinailon furni-1 by person* who ?"??- i?t?a on hls way I-..i_f?.ur?, HIGHER SALARIES FOI CITY OFFICERS Ordinance Committee Gets Three | Applieations, Which Are Sent On Approved. KEEP POLICE COURT CLEANi Measure to Prevent Con'gestibn Recommended at Request of Commissioners. Salary increasea agaln came to the front Irist night, the Councll Committee on Ordinance, Charter nnd Hoform rec ommcndlng hlghor pay. for three Clty Hall mon ovcrlooked ln tlio generous dlstrlhtition of favors by tho last Cuun cll. Tho Asslstant .Superlntendent of Flro Alarm Telegraph, on rccommenda tlon of Supcrlntotidont Thompson, wfis Indorscd for a ralso from $1,100 to 51,1100 n year; the clerk to the Building Inspector, on recommetidatioii of hls chlef, from .000 to $.1.20.0 a year, and tho chlef health ofllcer, on reeommen datlon of tlie presldont of the Board of Health, from $2,500 to $3,000. All three were recommended to the Coun? cll and wlll bo referred to the Flnance Committee, a body whlch in recent months has falled to seo the wcighl ol persuaslvc arguments made for salary Increasea. # Wnnt a I'rlinlcd Synopaln. The committee also recommended to the Council for adoptlon the ordlnance olTered by Mr. Klrkwood Mltcholl re qulrlng a prlnted ..ynopsis of each reg? ular meeting of the Council und Board of Aldermen to bo dlstrlbutcd umong tlie members two days after tho meet? lngs. Objectlon was made that. lt would he necessary for commlttees to havo thelr buslness In hand fivo or six days before the Councll meetlngs. in order that tho recominendatlons mlght ap? pear on the prlnted docket. Hoallzlng that the congestlon of buslness leads to many mattors belng passed ln both branches wlthout full knowledge of tho sltuatlon, or opportunity to preparo facts und figurcs ndequatoly to present arguments for or against measures, tho committee recommended that tlie plan used In nll largor leglslatlvo bodlc be glven a fair trial. Accustomed a city ofllcials are to the alow methods of clty prlntlng hlthorto in vogue, lt had been Imposslblo to convince muny members tliat such a dockot can bo ac curately prlnted in tlmo for each moet? lng. An ordinanco cxtending the Umlts of brick constructlon, known as the "fire line," ln tho western part of the clty, was recommended for rejectlon, and an ordinanco requlrlng personal servieo of notice to dcllnqucnt tax pay ers wan returned to the Councll to be referred to the special committee on rcvlslon of tho system of collecting de Inquont taxes. Can't Crowd Pollce Courl. At the request of the Board of Po? lice Commlssioners a reaolutlon was recommended for adoptlon authorizlng tho hoard to pay out of lts expense ac? count $."?0 a year to each blcyele police ofllcer, the men to fumish and main tain thelr own wheels. At present lt ls said that the men aro careless with the wheels. and the repair bills to the city aro oxccsslve. An ordinance offered by Alderman Bllett to prohlbit ovcrcrowdlng or standing in the doorways and in the1 pasageways of tha Polico Court was recommended to tho Council, as was an ordinance to increase tho number of nurses at tho City Hospital. An o'r dlanco chatiglng the names Walnut and Carter .Streets to Allen Avenue. making lt a dlrect Avenue from Broad Street to Colorado Avenue. was recommended. An ordinance requiring llghts on all vehicles after sunset was rejected, but one requiring brakes on aU wagons carrylng a load of 1,000 pounds or ovor was recommended. The petition of tho Boyal Baundry for permlsston to use soft coal was rejected on protest of tho neighbors. Au ordinanco trans ferrtng tho removal of dead animals from the Board of Health to the Street Cleanlng Department was recommend? ed. and a resolutlon providing for straightenlng tho boundary between between Marshall and Jefferson Wards and llxing the preclnct lines was ta blod untll representatlves of the two wards can appear to explain what is proposed. Jlr. Boyce Improving. Mr. Cllnton A. Boyee, of The Times-Dla pateh, who was opcratod on ln tho Memo? rial Hospital yesterday, was sald to be do ing excellently last nlght. The operatlon was entiroly Huecessful. Indications are that the patient Wlll be up and about withln the next ten days or two weeks. Many friends called at the hospital yestorday. TRIES SUICIQE _S PMCTICILJOKE s I Physician Hurries to Save Charles A. Harley, and Finds Him Calmly Smoking. Dr. Wallace Carr. of the City Home. last night called the attentlon of Cap? tain Whitlock, of the First Polico Sta? tlon, to the fact that three times dur? ing the past week Charles A, Harley a guest ln the Wolverton Hotel, ii y alleged to have attompted suicido, anc that even though ho has found ar empty bottle lnbclled poison, hc ha: never yet beon able, after treatment to l'lnd, tra'ces of nny foreign substnnce Dr. Carr i.s led to tho bellef that tlu guest is playing a practical joke fo hls own amusement. On Wednesday nlght tlie call canv froin the Wolverton that Harley hai swallowed a half tumco vlal of lauda litiiii, The story told the physlcian i that Harley went into tho Ttirkish but) department, and that when the attend ants started him on tho first course o tlio c.leanslng procusH ho begged tha they desist, as he was dylng. To provo his statementu, Harley i said to havo produeed an empty land antini bottle, with tho sti.tement thn he hnd swallowed tho contents. Liiist nlght the doso was strychnlni Dr. Carr respon'ded to a hurry call, an when he went to tho patlont's room h found hlm slttlng up ln bed amokln a clgarette. The empty poiBOn bottl wus on a tablo bo'ildo him. Bostorn tlvosworondnilnlHterod, dopsite the al TOgod vlotlm's proteats, but tho roBult lndlcntod that tho call was a false o'rii Dr. Carr reported the facts to tho pu llce. Harley lmB been i. guest In th Wolverton for a week, and Is said t liavo tyrmot)y Uy-O. lu Jlemptou. led Stork Paid 2806 Visits TWO llioiisninl cljiht lionilred nnd al? elilldri-n iverc-' linrn lu llio clty of Itli'luuoiiil Iiim< *e:ir. of .vhlch J,7fll wero wtiltu nnd l?075 eolorrd, nr I" liurcii.e ot -III.. over 11107. Thn iiiimlier .xotcdcil tlie dcnlli* by 1120. Tlie blriii record mIirv nmo im llitl'i. SISi Ifloi, 7_!IH initt, T.VJt 11)011, IHI.ll iDoi. nmii tno... oosi mon, i.iarii mor. _i,:ttit 1008, _s,noii, Tin* .Iniiin rrom 1110.. lo 100(1 ls not nn ????mai-knlil,. ns It iiiIkIH np iieiir on Itn I'nei*. for tlie ren.mii tlinl tlie Inlter ycnr tlu* lloiird of llenlth look cognlznnoc of iicu nrrlvnlfl. TN FGRGIVEHESS Rev. W. E. Robertson Writes to Mr. Morse in Behalf of Con demned Murderer. AVrltlng ,.to tho mother of Mlss Amanda Morse, who wns shot to death by hor sultor, Benjamin Gllbert, who Is now under the death sentenco in the Stnte Penitentiary, but who'has been respltcd to"*February 26th, the Rev. W. 13. Itobertson, pastor of Randolph Stroet Baptlst Church, splrif.ial adviscr to Gllbert, asks tho vlctlm's parents to forgivo tho misguided and erring youth. No answor, lt Is unilerMood, hus yet been recelved, but Mr. Morse has the reply under adviscment. Tlie letter ls ns follows: "I have been requested to act as splrltual adviscr to Benjamin Gllbert, who, as you doubtless know, i.s sen tenced to be put to doath .lanuary 20th. 1 have had soveral talks wlth him, nnd he seems to genulncly ropent of hls slns and Says ho ls satlslied that God has forgtven him ond thnt ho fcels thnt ho ls prepared to go. "Ho asked me tn wrlte to you and tell you and your husband how sorry he Is for tho tcrrlble deed ho commit letl. and that he wants tu know if you wil. not forglve him. 11. says ho fcels tliat ho wlll dlo better satlsfied If he knows that you and your husband for? givo hlm. "I know how you must feel, nnd I wlsh to offer you my slncoro sym pathles and prayors ln your great trouble. "I hope you wlll write mo at onco nnd let me tell Benny that you forgive liim. God says wo must forglve others If we expect Hlm to forglve us. "Although ho must havo been an awful blow to you aml your husband, 5*et I am sure tliat as a Chrlstlan, and for Christ's sake, you nre willlng to forgive hlm. riease let mc hear from you at once. as there nro only u few more days between now and tho 20th. The Lord bless aivl comfort you and your famlly." CLOSE GAIETY THEATRE Clty Klcctriclnn Orders Current Ciit OfT Be ciiiLse nf Drfwtive .Vlrlnff. Actlng on a report from Klectrical In? spector t.pclgh-8. Clty Eh-ctrlclan Thompson yesterday ordored tltu current turned oft at the Galety Theatre at No. 331 East Broad Street. and the houso will continue In dar',t ness untll defeets ln tho electrlcal wlrlns are roiralred to the satlsfaction of the offl cials and insurance. agents. who have Jolned 11_ the complaint. "Wo havo notltled them asatn and agaln of defeets," sald Mr. Thompson laat night. As far haek ai last October thelr wlring dld not show perfect on inspection, but they havo put off making repalrs. Wo fcared an explosion or the blowlng out of a fuse mlght cause a panlc, In whlch people mlght b. kllled or lnjured. "My nssistants and myself are constant ly watching the cheap theatres. The regu? lations are cxcllclt, atid hereaftcr thoso that don't come up to standard wlll have ttelr current cut off. With thls authorlty I don't iind lt necessary to nsk tho asstst unce of the polico ln cloBlng tho diouses. They are slmply dark In tho theatre and in tlio plcture room until thoy can pass in? spection. Every operator of a moving plc? ture machlne has (o pass an examination liefore me of hls ablllty antl knowledge. We have rcvoked tho llcenoes of soveral operators for tlrunkenness or carilessness. We wlll continue a nlin.it.? Inspection of all tlie moving picturo houses !n the clty at once." UNVEIL TWO SHAFTS Goiernor Swanson Glves New Jersey Troops Perml__ion to Kntcr Virginia. Governor Swanson last nlght gave hls peiinissioii for New Jersey troops to enter Vliglnia In May, whon monumeuts to Fed? eral veterans who fell in tho battleticlds around l-'redcricksburg wlll be unvelled ln Spotsyivanla county, A committee laat nlght visited the Governor and stated that tht. shafts will be uncovorcd on May llt.i and 13th. The Governor of New Jersey and hls staff wlll meet the Virginia executlvo und hls coterlc at the unveiling. A commltteo of the Twenty-flfth New Jersey Kcglmont saw Govornor Swanson las: niglh. The visltors aro Mtopplng at the Jefferson Hotel, and are Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Crawley, Mrs. J. B. Crawley and W. H. Crawlcy, Jr., of Somer-vllle, N. J., and Mrs. XV. E. Gordon. C. K. Armstrong and S. W. Gordon, uf Newark. MAXY I_E_,l_GATES COMING TO GOOD IIOADS MEETING The executlvo committee of the South eastern Virginia Greater Hlgh? ways Association held a very enthu siastic sesslon yesterday at the T. P. A. rooms. Reports from varlous subcommlttees were very encouraglng, und from pres? ent liidicatlon tlie convention on Feb? ruary 10th and 11th wlll be largeiy attended. Tho commlttee's flnancos ure very low, and an extra effort wlll bo made lu the next few days to ralso sufflclent fuilds to defray tho expense of postage, printing, otc. The com? mittee on spenkers mado a partlal re? port, stattng they had secured soveral national speakers and were in corre spondence with othors. Governor Swanson Is now engaged ln appolntlng delegatos to represent the State. Commercial organlzations In every town and the board of supervlsors ol evcrv county aro invited to send deie* gates. All contrlbutlons and corro sponileiico should be addressed to Sec? retary Jf. Ii. Harwood, 301 East Malr Street. The conventlon wlll be attend? ed hy nhout 000 delegates, whlct means a blg thing for the city. Itiiildiiign nn. Repnlrs. Bulldlng and repalr permlts wer< Issued yesterday as follows: Mrs. Magglo A. Quinn, to erect twt brick dwellings, 720, 722 North Secom Stroet. .' _ ., H. C. Hudson. to oreot a framo dwell Ing on the north sldo of Taylor Street between Sycnmoro and btrawberr; Streets, to cost $2,000. __ ___. ' Judge A. B. Ilnnger, by N. XV. Bow. i. Son. agents. to repair a brick waro houso on tho east slde of Thlrteentl Htreet, between Canal Streot una tn> river, known as Shookoo .Warehous. No, 1. . Arrests Yesterday. Emanuel Iverson (colored. wa? nrreate yestenhiy on a chargo of omelly work n and torturlns two horses -U-formg Wltl sore back*, , - Eloanor* Nash fcolored) wns arrestett o a chargo of steallng a watch from Jon llolniun. :-> _ Wllllo Hatksnn (cotored) wns.arrested o a charge* of Tielnu a _nu>pla|ous. ohnractoi belng Biispeotod ot larceny. Re was tako ln hy Sorguant Glbson, Deteotlve Wlloy an ,0_it;.r TonUlnsoiij ITTICKS IN HER KITCHEN Mrs. YV. F. Adams, Alone in House, Knocked Down and Robbed of $7'. NTRUDER ASKED FOR FOOD ?Iad Btlls in Her Hand Wlicii Negro Approachcd and Struck Her in the Face. Walking , into tho kltchen of Mrs, IV. F. Adams, No. 2114 Veniiblo Street, .vlth thu plulntlvo appeal that ho was lungry and wanted somothlng to eat, 1 hlg, black, buiiy negro knocked hor lown at 10:30 o'clock yostordayNmorn ng antl robbed hor of $7/ Mrs. Adatns liad some money to pay >ut , yesterday, and shc was In tho tct of eountlng it, when, without warn ng, tho negro entered nnd asked for iornethlng to oat. Breakfast was over, ind Mrs. Adams, a young woman only .wonty-four years old, answerctl that tho had nothlng left. ln her hand wero 1 $5 blll. two $t bllls nnd some chango. Klriiek llrr In tlie Face. Sho endeavored to (hlde the money .rom thn negro, but he got a gllmpso it It, and, with an oath, made a sudden tpproach and struck hor In tlio faco. -iho reeled against tho wall, nnd ns she .lutched valnly for support, ho reached .ut and grabbed tho bllls. Kho ?*reamed, but her crlcs wero futlle, 'or thero was no one elso ln thn houso -xcopt a Mrs. Brauer, who llves up* Uairs. Tho negro got the money and .led tho way ho hati como. As soon us sho got to her feet Mr.> Adums ran out into the hull and -creamed Kgain. But tliere was no one o help her, nnd the lntruder got away ts sllently as ho hnd come. lt was ?lomo tlme beforo Mrs. Adams could ?nnkc hcrjillght known to her nnlgh jors. She telephoned ugairi and ngnln for ler husband, a clerk in thn frelght de Jot of the Chesapenko nnil Ohio Rail? way, but was unable to get lilm for iomo time. Flnally several of hls riends located him and told hlm of ,vhat had occurrod. He went home at mce to Iind hls wlfe suffering greatly 'rom nervous shock. Collnpfied "Wlicn IIiiiIihoiI Caine. Sho had not been lnjured by the ne rro's,blow, but the shock of his sud len and sllent arrlval and his unex .ccted attack was too much for her lerves, and'she was.verglng 011 a state )f collapse when her husband arrlved. Tho negro entered through a slde illcy, whlch. led hlm to the hack porch. ;ie went up a short lllght of steps, nnd .pening tlio kltelien door, saw Mrs. \danis withln. Preserving hor conr ige, Mrs. Adams Informed hlm that she. ind nothlng left, and then tho negro nade hls brutal attnek. It was not intll somo tlmo after, however, that :he matter was reported to tho pollcc. DR. WILSON SPEAKS Oellvern Inlirt-.tliig T/ertitrc .nt Hurton Ueigbts Hlgh .School Kntertnlnmmt. A largo crowd attended the publlo cele ?iration and entertalnment of th. I.lterary Soclety of tho Barton Heights Hlgh Scho.il In tho school bulldlng last nlght. An ln lorestlng and enjoyable literary and musical program waa renderod. The feature of the entertalnment was an address on "Utera? ture" by Dr. J. 1_. Wllson. professor of Ut? erature at Wllllam and Mary College. The. address waa at onco Interesting and In structive. and tho speaker waa closely fol? lowed by hls hearers. The following program was rendered: Plano duet, "Over tho Hills and nalcs." Mlsses b'teln and Smoot; song, "1 Used to Believe ln Fairies," Hlgh School; rcclta tlon. Mlss Ruth Gllnn; song. "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," Hlgh Kchool chorus: address, Dr. ,T. E. Wllson; t.ong, "My Heart's In the Highlands," High Kehool chorus; recitation. Mlss Ruth Gllnn; song. "Believe Mo if All These Endeartng Young Charms," Hlgh School chorus: plano duet, Misses Steln and Smoot: song, "Good Night," Hlgh School chorus. FIREMAN MESCO HURT Fractured Ankle, hut Answered Alarm Bo? fore Calling a Doctor. While sllding down tho polo at the j_n glne-houso at Flfth and Duval Btreetsl at 12 o'clock last nlght In rcsponse to tho al.:rm froin the Virginia Hospital, Lawrence Mf-sco, a tlreman, turned hls ankle as he hit tho paddlng on the floor and seriously frac? tured tt. Notwithstanding tbo pain and suffering ho went to tho llre, but when he returned tho pain waa such tliat Dr. Carr, of the city amlmlanco, waa called. He treated Mesco, and then sent hlm to hls home, No, SU_ Nortli Flfth Street. BOTH ACQUITTED Robinson Found Gullty and Port uu Itoiuls for Twelve Montlis,' Tn the Hustings Court yesterday Cor nellus Robinson, indlcted for mallclous woundlng. was found guilty, of unhtw ful cuttlng witli intent as ? chargud. In lieu of the jall sentence ot twelvo months given by the jury, Judge Witt sentenced hlm to twelve months on tho public roads and a Une of 1 cont. Frank Stark and Dempsey Lotta, jointly Indlcted for robbery from Geo. Carroll, were botli acqultted. A Sale of Boys' Clothing at UNHEARD-OF PRICES? Hundreds of Boys* Knickerbocker Suits Hundreds of Boys* Overcoats Hunereds of Boys' Cravenette Raincoats Hundreds of Boys' and Girls' Reefers At Prices Less Than Their Wholesale Value. Boys' Suits . . . . ] Worth $5, $6 &$6.50, choice to-day Boys' Overcoats . > d?n Q? Boys' Reefers . . j *_p___i.OO i Boys' Suits .... "1 Worth $8.50 and $10, choice to-day Boys' Overcoats . > <fc/l QG Boys'Reefers . .J -ip^.OO Boys' Cravenette 1 Worth $125? & $13S0' ?*** ***** Raincoats . . . j $8.65 GANS-RADY COMPANY SEYBOLD TAKES BLAME ON HIS OWN SHOULDERS Former Convict, Pardoned With Walter Turpin on Christ? mas Eve, Swears That Hc anel Not His Pal Made s Gounterfeit Money-Turpin Will Explain To-Day. lioldty asscrtlng hls own gullt, but dcclarlng that hl. frlend, Wai tor Tur? pln, who wus arrested wlth Iilnt for belng Impltcaled In u Hcheme of coun terteltlns, . Ih Innocent, Thomas Soy hold, thlrty-four yea? old, whose boy hood wiih ..jii-nt in thlH clty, was yes? terday sent on to the grand Jury hy Unlted States Connnlssionor Joseph P. Brady, whlle hls alleged I'al. In whotic room wan captured thu outfit wlth whlch the spurlotia colns were. manu? factured. wlll be glven a hcurlng at 12 o'clock to-day. Seybold wns arrested soon after mld? night Thursday, a few mltiutos after he had passed several fake ipiartors lu thn ni-lghborhood of Seventconth and Broad Streets, und three hours later, on descrlptlons furnlshed hy a nogro ?'spottor," Turpin was locatetl ln a room in the. Methodlat Mlsslon, Nlne teenth and Maln Strcetss, whore ho and Seybold had spent two nights. A com? plete outfit for the manufaeture of nlcki'ls, dimcH aml quarters was found under tho mattrees of the h.'d on whh-li Turpln was sleeplng. Turpln waa locked up at 4 A. M. I'ollee Arre?t Seybold. It was ahout 10 o'clock Thursday nlght when Information was recelvei! hy BIcycle Offlcers Atklnson nnd Smltl that a stranger, wlth a black mus* tacho and wenrlng a blue suit, wa. flashlng the bogus money promis'cu* ously. Thoy at onco got on the case and Seybold was arrested Just after ln had bought a half pint of whlskey wltl a. bad plece of money. Ho was searched and six quarters. ln appearance real wero found on hls person. The man denied hls gullt, nnd olaimci that ho (fot possession of tho colns bj chanep. tle was taken to the. pollci statlon, and soon after he had bcet locked up Detectlve Wiltshlro Jolnei tho two blcycle men in thelr ^earcl for the eounterfeiting outfit and ac compllces. A negro gave the informa tlon that he had seen Turpin earliei in the nlght. and knew that ho ho< spent the prevlous nlght ln the Mctho dlst Institute. It was there that tlu second arrest was made. In thelr search of Turpln's room tlv polico found three molds made o plaster of Parls, and eonstructed fo tho manufaeture of nlckols, dlmes am quarters. There were many lnstru ments, such us knlves for scraplng of tho rough edges, ftinnels, through whlcl tho melted metal Ih poured Into tlv shapos, pollshers, and, ln fact, every thing needed by the crimlnals for thel purpose. Career of the Mcu. , Turpin and Seybold have recentl: served terms In tho penitentiary, an wore pardoned on Christmas Evc b; Governor Swanson, who acted ln th caso of Turpln on the assurance fror the Ex-Prlsoners' Ald Soclety of VIr glnla that ho had determined to glv up hls old llfe of.crlme. If he Is pun ished f6r tho crlme of counterfeitln; it wlll mean that he must serve sevo A CARD In view of certain. rumors to the effect that we, either incUvidual* ly, or jointly, are interested in or about to become interested in cer tain mineral water property .other than the Buffalo Lithia Spring. Water property, and in view of the fact that the numerous inquirie; we are receiving would indicate that these rumors have been ac credited by Ihc public, we think it well to state ak follows: We the undersigned, liavc absolutely no connection either individuall) or jointly, directly or indirectly, with any mineral water propertj or any resort property, either in the State of Virginia or else where except the Buffalo Lithia Springs property. Wc have.'a this time no ihtentioh of form ing any such connection, nor hav> we at any time had any such intention. Any report to this effee is without foundation in fact and is uot authorized by us in an; way. No member of the Buffalo Lithia Springs Water Compan; has any conuectiion with any other mineral water property. eithe directly or indirectly, other than the.Buffalo Lithia Springs Wate property, and the use of the name of any member of the compan; in connection with any other property of this nature is entirel; without foundation. E. C. GOODE, T. F. GOODE, ) ST, JOHN C. GOODE. '4 years of his unexpired term ln tho penitentiary. Seybold was pardoncd after huvlng servod three years atid seven moiitlM. Hv vas sent ta prlson from Covlngtoti, Vn, whero he, wlth two other men, he.hl up and robbed a Western Union Telegraph operator. Durlng his stay In prlson Seybold mado a sensatlonal uttetnpt at cscapn. by manufacturing a wooden plstol, cov erlng it wlth tin full, and llushlng lt' In the face of a guard. One yoar wus added to hls sentence for thi,* act. Tjurpln began hls career of crlme whon a boy. and seventeen of tho thlrty-om. years he has lived have been spent in prlson. Hc was raised tu Lynchburg. Several years ago a series of counterfelt colns were clrculated withln tho penitentiary walls, and.af? ter many months Turpln was caught tnuklng tho colns, wlth Just the samo kind of tools as were found ln hls pos? session yesterday morning. H_? prc vioiiK offense caused the pollce to di** crcdlt Seybold's story that he alone Is responslble for the recent crlme. Major I'-. !?'. Morgan, Superlntendent of tlie Penitentiary. appeured in tlu. Police Court yoaterday and asked the return of the men to hls custody, but Marshal Treat was there ahead of hlm, and as eounterfeiting Ia a violatlon of a government statute, Justice Crutch fleld. after consultlng wlth Judge Witt, turned the men dvcr to tho Federal authorltles. They wero remanded to the clty jall for safe-kecplng. Seybold wlll hc trled in April. Tho maxlmum penulty for the of? fense ls a tlne ot $5,000 and Imprlsoii ment for ton years, elther or both, In the dlscretlon of the court. FARNAM WANTED ELSEWHERE Chcck-Flunher Cautcht Here May Haw Worked In other < tilp.i. W. h. farnam, allas Dr. J. P. Wad? dell, who wus arrested Wednesday jn tho .lefferson Hotel on a charge of raising two checks?one of .10 to $50 and one from $5 to $15?and havlng thom cashed. is wanted ln other clties on a like charge. Major Werner yes? terday recelved a telegram from tlio Norfolk authorltles, statlng that a man giving tho namo of Haroid Nylcs, an swertng to tho desorlption of Farnam. had worked the same game there. and asktng that ho be held for them. It further doveloped that Farnam may bo the same man who, under tho name of Dr. J. P. Waddell, worked lu Baltlmore, and, under .tho name of Edward Arnlnc, got money by a slnii lar tncthod from merchants ln Phila? delphia. Detectlves Wron and Balley, v/hrc inade the arrest. havo asked for a few days' postponement; and the wlsdom ot thelr courso is shown by tho recent dovelopments. They believe they havo a strong; caso against the young man. -\ CARRIES BOND ISSUE . Voters of Clmrlotte County Declde to .Npi'iid Vll.0.000 on Iloadfl. Secretary B. D. Adams, of tho Stato Board of Agrlculture and Immigratlon, recelved a telegram whlle In this clty yesterday morning announulng that the voters of Charlotte county had carrled by 350 majority the $100,000 bond issuo for permanent improve ments to tho county roads. Mr. Adams says that wlth the money already glven by the State, the county wlll havo about $105,000 to expend in Improving lts roads. Tho material ?o be used wlll be decided upon by tba county supervlsors. The moasure permltting the county to have a bond Issuo for good roads was Introduced ln the State Legisla? ture by Mr. Adams at the last sesslon. EXAMINE OLD STRUCTURE ICugluecr Here ToihIIiik WuIIm aml Foun. datlou of (-uveruinciit Bulldlng. llaswell It. Wllliams, an engineer in the offlce of the supervlslng archltect in Washlngton, is In tho clty for pur? pose of exathtnlng tho walls and fouiv dations of the Federal bulldlng. II. was busy for some tlmo yesterday hor Ing holes In the east iron supporls, whilo in front of the building a hnln was dug and the depth of the fotiuda-' tlon tested. The Inspection, which ts hold for tho purpose ot aiding archt tects in drawlrtg plans for the now post-otflce, ? proved most satlsfactory. Mr. Wllliams states that tho drawlngs aro in course of preparatlon. and that tho govornment wlll bo ready to start work as soon ai. the temporary struc turo ut Seventh and Franklin Street* js completed. LIQUOR CASE CONTINUED Second Cnse A gnlu.il I'nrk Hotel Pro* prlcior (,'iintiiiiii'd. The second oase against 3. Marshall Atklnson, proprietor of tho Park Ho? tel, charglng him wlth selllng llciuor -to mlnors, was postponed in Pollce Court yostorday morning to January 23d, the conttnuanoe belng granted for tho giuninonltig of witnesses. The yonth in thls cnse ls XV. P. Bynum, nlneteen years dld, who wai on? of the Important wltnessjos for thi prosecution in the first ease, whion .brought convlctlon. . |