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THREE TH0US1D li UKUTT LEAGUE Associatfdii I'Mi'iui'ii I Inc. With ]?!r 11111111?1 J'ciulleton .Si'crotury anil Counsel, to. h6ld mass-meeting Member- Rektst Effort 161 nfi iii.tjc I'pon Personal Priyileges pf the People 'oi Virginia. Bellevlng thal thero are party or. gani/.atioii. ln Vlrglnla wi'ieli liilringe upon th- personal prlvllegeii ot the people, nioi-'- than 3,000 iHMsens of Rli hiuond Hav.- forined B P"isOnal I.i',. u A-Mioi latloh cbittrflbuted lo n. .Mijipoii. ahd p.-ui . lcaily axrarigeil for ,, monster mass-me.i-lnij, whlch wlll i,? hold at tlie Academj o. Music wlthin ibt no*t-two weeks. Mean v.hii. the eommltteei are maklng an active teii-.i-' :.,i- a Itfrger rm-iiiber ahi'p I_dmui d feridleton haa been elficted necrotary afid coTlnsel. It wan _ald yiMterila: tliai ISgbert O. L.igh. jr? v,. uid pn. Ide at tha Academy meetlng, nnd tliat some of the leadlng profeRsionai aud business nM?n would dellver addrei Tlu* actlve head of the u.vsot-latlon declined last nlght td give tbe name. of tlneii) who wlll compose the execu tivo or directing cotnmIU?*t{; sayfng thnt a publlc atatemcnl would be pre? pared withln the iie.t few day0, when the f"ll list. wlth spcakcrs and others. along wllh tbe platform, pr objects of the league, wlll he made publlc. with thls memberahlp t?? start wlth the Personal i.lberty Assoclatlon prom Isph to take no small part ln polltlcal ront*-..<n durlng th" year. particularly ln . the clty of Richmond, "Tho men who liave Slgned the roll nnd who have COntrlbUted to th? tln_a.ii ebii support of ti??* asaoclation are nol the klnd to be bullled and lnt Imldated." _ald B mnn closely Identifled with tlie movenwnt. "Wa belleve that our per Fonal libertles are still our heritage. We do not belleve that any class of men sha.ll say what we shall do, what we a hail eat. what we shall drlnk, nor Wlll w.. submlt to the dlcfatlon of those ?who nndertako to run tho govi rnmeitt, In a word, we aro going to iiuOnUilii om Independence, even if we have to IiHiie another doclaratlon." The assoclatlon ls preparing to mako Strong and stubborn resltlance to vlo li e and extreme ileriiiintls which ai'O develi pit'-g Interferehcfl wliU the personal llberty and rlghts of all citl* eens of all classet.. When the offlcers Issue the publlc statement it wiii show exactly where the members stand. what i: ? ? Inslst upon. and how thny will re Blai the '-growt'ig tendency to rule tbc peopl,. .ircorditlg tO the whllllS of SO cailed leitderc." COUNCIL CALENDAR Mint M'rlinB* _)e__?-Ul_d f*f Thi* Werk. I<> l'ii?* im Weather Bureau. ... isa aircad) on ihe cab n dai tnd thoite tliat ?ni t_~ .-'... on. Hiik promiiti-o to be one of th? buslent Burea-i. Whlch wlll b i ?-??! upon by the B ,--'? .-- Aldermen hi its meeilng lo-mor i Isht, Othei .ii'.nngs for tho week ai_? as fol lowi Uonday?Coromltteei on Light. Kieetric H-. Relief of tlo* Poor, Water and tiu- spe? cial t oniralltei on tbe Collectlon of Dolin i li T?,,-.. All of the_e Wlll be held at 8 i. lock. Al ' o'clock a Jolnt set-sion of the t -,u Council and the Board of Aldermen ?il! be 1,'id for the electlon of School Trust ei ? for the Flrst, Second and Tbhd atetrli ts. Tues.ay?Commttteei on Streets, Street ri.d'i!n? nnd Flnanre at 8 o'clock. Tlie Commlttee on Orounda and BuiliUugs hns b?en called to meet at 8 o'clot-k Thtirsday nlght, and tbe Commlttee on Ordinance, Charter und Reform to meet at tbe same tlme Friday nlght. Iti addltioii to the other meetinsa for Mon? day the Subcommittco on Strrtta has boen called to meet at the Loeomottve Worka to-morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock to con ilder tho rcquest of tlio Locomotlve Works to have tho clty close Seventh Streot at the northern end near the crosslng of Hos? pital Street. Besides the membcra of the aubcominittee tho City Attorney, the Clty F.uglneer. John J. Lyocb. 3 ,hn B. Bllley, Marx Ounst and Attorney M. M. Mctluiri* hnve been invlted to meet wlth the com? mlttee. LQYAL ORDER OF M00SE Hc.r Fraternal Orgnul/iitlon Ho* Com plcted Cbnrter I.Ut for Lodge Here. 'With a charter 11st of 200 of Rlch mond's representative citizens, the Loyal Order of Moose will be organlzed hero March 19. Supreme Organlzer J. T. Stalllngs has been ln the clty for aome tlme, and reports that he wlll be ready wlth the cornpleted charter list by that tlme. He has been careful to get the best men for tho charter mem? bers, and states that the memberahlp wlll be held up to the standard. The Loyal Order of Moose ls maklng tapld strides all over the Unlted States. At present, however, there are only two iodges ln thls State?ono ln Norfolk, wltli a membership of more than 250 and one ln Berkeley, wlth 200 members. Mr. Stalllngs wlll vlslt every clty in tho State ln the effort to instltute a lodge. Tho Order of Moose Is not an insur? ance organization. The objects are to aid the slck, bury the dead, and be of other assistance to the relatlves of the members of the order. /.WAITING SUPREME COURT Mrs. Ca.rmody'8 Case Continued for Tribunal'g Declsiun ia Itrgurd to Byrd Llquor Law. The caso of Mrs Katio Carmody, who "?as arrested a week ago on a charge of ielllne intoxlcants in violatlon of the Byrd law. was continued in the Pollce Court yes? terday morning to Aprll 2 ln order to awalt tho decision ,of lhe Supreme Court of Ap peuls in tbe caso of Goodman against tho Comnionwealth, whlch came up from Ma nassas. It lias been proved Ih^t tlie hevoi-age sqld by Mrs. Carmody comes wlthin the Hmlts preacrlbed by law, D'i per cent. alcohol, and ia known as "near beer," but tha alleged violatlon lles ln the fciet that the bottles wero not marked and Talieled in complianco wlth th* statute. The statuto requires that ln bottles contalning malt beverages shall be blown in lottera at least half an ineh in btilght, tho name and address of tho niaiiu faoturer. Tha questlon rosts on tlio constl tullonallty of thls part of the Byrd law. Mrs. Carmody wns balled ln tho sum o( |000. it-ult I'lletl Ak?Ui_I Railroad. Judgo Ij Ii. T_,ewis yesterday entered sjilt Jn the Unlted Statea Distriet Court against against tlio Atlantlc Coast Llne Ruilwav for J600. The damage is clalmed for violatlon cf the safety appllance act. There are four eounts.hi tlie cliargo, which allagea that tlve corporatlon falled to supply adequato coup Jf Urig appllances. Tho case wlll come before * Judge Waddill - in Aprll. Pianos, $150 Lee Fergusson Piano Co. 110 EAST BllOAU. MOF SDHROW UT EAGLES HERE mprcssive Ceremonics at Bijoi Theatre, With Addresa rby James A. Fechtig. r. W. CUNXIiVGHAM. Deputy Grand Presldent K. R. Fulle of pixfe Aerle, No. uss, Fraterm Order of I-.'aglew, recelved yesterday letter from Grand Wprthy Prealdei ISornard J. Monaghau, of PhlladelphI conlliniing 0 telegratn prevlously uei that James A. Fechtig, Ot Baltimor would dellver the memorial address c "Tlio PurpofteH and ObJeCte of Ot Orilor," at the Kugles' Lodge of So: row to be held ln tho Bijou Theati thin afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Fechtig Ih ono of tho mo promtn__-.it niemb'ers of Aerle No. 69, i BaltltnOfe, and has for the pnst sc crai years taken a leadlng part ln tl affair.i of the Grand Aerle. The meetlng wlll be preslded ovi "ny the Prcstdent, Frank W. Cunnlni ham. The ceremonle.i wlll open wl an overture by Kessnlch's Orchestr followed by a prayer by the Rev. Ro1 ert W. Forsyth. Mr. Cunnlngham wl then make the prc-sldent's announc> ment. Previous to the roll-call of the den will come an addresn by Past Wortt Prenldent P. C. Martin. 2> . roll-?n wlll be made by Secretary S. I. Hlhscl burg. Following thls iu Il'.c memorl address by Mr. Fechtig. The exerclsi close with prayor, Throughout tl ceremonles there wlll be music t the orchostra, a.nd by a _*pccial cho ?jClet-te^ for the occasion. ThOSO offlcers having charge of tl ceremonles are: Post ^orithlpful Presldent. P. Martin; Worsblpful Vlce-Presldent. . T. Him 1,man: Worshlpful Cbaplain, 1 I,. Cook. Secretary, s. i. Hlrschburi Treasurer, T. a. Reddln: Worshlpf Coitduetor, P. J Hjrde; Insido Gunr I. E, <> t.i.oly. Outside f-uard. J. Mi ra.no'. Tcustecs?A. J. Meyers anu ! ONoi-l. Physicians?.1. P. P.oy at Lee .V. Staton. MANDAMUS REFUSED llniuplon l.lectornl llourd Wlnn Out Appenl to Supreme t'oiirt. The Supreme Court of Appeals Virginia yetUerday ref used the petitit of lhe voters of the clty of Hampti for a mandamus compelllng the Ham ton electoral board to hold an electh in June for the selectlon of a May and City Councllmen. The action the court means that the Mayor ai Councllmen will hold over four yea longer Instead of going out in Se tember, as was expected, wben th. were elected. Th change In the c plration of the terni3 of the offlcia came about through tbe transltion the town into a city. Bury Body of Flinn. The body of James yivnn. who was mi dered on the Wosthampton car lino nea a month ago, was buried Friday afterno in Oukwood Cemetery. The remalns lm been held in thc-*bope that they mlght hc been idontlfied. airVit is said that the m had two daughter* living In Waahlnct' Probably never before has the body of t vlctlm of a murder been held untll l criminal had been convlcted and sentenc to death. All elTorts to locate relatlves the murdered man proved futile, and I buria! took place under court orders, Smlth Goes to Death fell. James Smlth (colored), who wlll dle Ihe electric chair Aprll 8 for tho murder James Flynu on January 23, was remoi from the county Jall yesterday afternoon a guard from the penitentiary and placed the detention cell, thero to awalt his exei ip|ii MS ALSOJTHER One Real One, Wigwam Sergea at-Arms, and One Citizen Coul Not Make Welkin Ring. Again the flres of polltlcal entl slasm, whicli l;ave made the C: Ward A.ctives the beacon Ilght Demofcracy in thls clty, have refui to burn. The call had been lssi for a spell-bindlng seance laat nlg but the falthful relused to respo Half an hour after the gas had bi turned on at Monroe Hail, the wlgw of the trlbe, there was nothlng do Another thirty minutes and the s geant-at-arms sorrowfully plunged empty room Into darkness and turi his head homeward. By actual count of the hundreds aspirants for thls or the other fc of polltlcal preferment that tho t can give, and the several thousi voters who would faln bo shown way there arrlved at the foot of stairs one candldate, ono near-car date, tho sergeant-at-arms. a porter and one private clttzen, . came out of curloslty bdeaueo he ' already made up his mind as to how would vote on the- "paramount lasu On the edge of the pavement five talked pleasantlyvconcerntng s gentle thlngs as.the weather and prospects for a good basoball seal because there* waa none worthy of ing taught, V.inally tlie neai'-oai date went up to the drug store to a aoft drlnk. The candldata instruc the sergeant-at-arms to put out Ilght and: looU the doora so no _ arrlval could drum up a croy. d. 4 ln arm they dlsappeared' Into night. . i-,-1? Suit Filed. Suit was instltuted yesterday mornlnt t-ho city Clroult C'ourt by the Wallet. Priiduea Company agalnst ), V. Buat lfOUj {399. Hq dcclai'tttloa waa liledi MAY IHE CABELL FIRST ASSISTflNT Bclicvcd in Federal Circlcs That He Will Be Hitchcock's Right-lland Man. MIGHT PUT ALLAN HIGHER Rcpublicans Regard Tt as Qtiecr That No Virginians Have Bccn Appointcd by Taft. Although Postmaster Royal B. Cabell denles that he is to be vin ns stfitant to Postmaster-iJencral HHch OOctc, lt wa. stated yesterday ln Re publti-an clrclea that his appointment to a hlgh Federal posltion, which wlll r.eceasltate his removal to Washington aml his reslgnatlon here. wlll be Of? fered hlm. lt was sald by certaln ot Mr. Cabell'.. coll oagues th/it be ls slnted for the Flrst AssisJtant Postmaster gen eralshlp. It has heen qulte a surprlse among thOfe who advocated the electlon ot Judge Taft thnt no Vlrglnlan has been glven a posltion ln the govemment service, and all along It has been an open secret that the new Presldent wlll not forget the showlng he made ln Vir? ginia, whlch, for n Republican, excelled that of any candldatn ln recent years, Xot In Ra?*?. for Governor. Mr. Cabell has boen froqucntly spoken of ns the nominee of his party for gubernatorfal honors; but lt ls sald to he pretty well fixed now that Alfred Olllesple, of Tazewell. wlll op poso whoever the Pcmocrat.. may se lect. C. Bascomb Slemp, State chnlr man of^hls party, wlll probably C$A) a meeilng of thn Republican Commlt? tee next month, when the questlon wlil flnally be decided. Mr. Rlomp's re? gard for Mr. Cabell. who is sald tr be one of his Olosest personal friends wlll serve hlm well if his name is con? sidered by the Pastmaster-Oeneral. A surprlslrig fact In connectlon wltl the rumor, which asstiredly has tbe semblance of fact. ls that almost everj one of those approached about th* matter yesterday expressed the oplntor that the Richmond postmaster ls Ir well wlth tho present admlnlstratlon antl will eertatnly galn recognltlon. Furthermore, lt Is stated that As sistant Postmaster Edgar Allen, Jr., li slated tor appointment as postmaste If Mr. f'abell goes to Washington. Mr Allan was formerly a srhoolmate ani Close personal frlend of Mr. Hitch coek's. and when the latter vlslted thi; clty In 1908 it was sald that certali agreements wero reached hetweei thom. That suoh a rumor should have he.et spread ls extremely dislasteful to Mr Cabell, who apparently prefers to re main out of polltlcs. He has invarlabl: slated that he will not be the nomine of his party for Governor, even thougl others inslst that he is the most logica candldate. If Mr. Cabell ls to be ap pointed lt ls probable that the offlcla announeement wlll be made wlthin th next thirty days. FATE RESTS WITH COURT . Governor hwanmn t_ 111 N'ot Agaln Interfer tn Ben Gilbcrfe Ca.se. Announeement was made yesterday at th Governor'a offlce that Governor Swanson wll not agaln interfere In the case of Ben Gll bert. the Norfolk youlh who ia sentenced t dle Friday In the electric chalr at the Stat Penitentiary. Gllbert'a fate now regts wit the Supreme Court. The papers ln tlie cas were HJed there last week, and if tho cour cannot pasr upon tho jnerlts of tho petltlo for a writ of error before the date set fo the executlon lt can order a atay of sen tence. 4 O. OFFICIAUS RETURN FRO.H TOUR OF IASPECTIO: President George W. Stevens, Gen eral Manager C. E. Doyle and Directo Fred W. Scott, of the Chesapeake an> Ohio Railway, will return to Richmon, this morning from a tour of inspectio: of the railway property. The Jnspec tlon Included all of the road betwee; Richmond and Clncinnatl and Louis vilie. Medlcal FraternUy Banquet. The annual banquet of the Alpha Kapp Cbapter of the Alpha Kappa Kappa fratei nity of the Unlveralty College of Medicln was held Friday nlght ln the Jeflterso Hotel. B. A. Hord acted as toastmaate and tbe following toaats were rcsponded tt "Alpha Kappa Kappa and Its Future." _ E. Underwood: "The Attitude of the Alumi to the Actlve Chapter," G. C. Woodson: "Tl: Succesa of tho Fraternlty," G. H, Macor "Hie lmpressions of the Sunny South." I A. Slateri "Tbe Freshman ln Medlclne," J r. Tralnum. Soutliern Railway Earnings, Estlmated earnings of the Southern Rai way for the first weelc in March, occordin to a statement Issued yesterday by Comi trolled Plant, show nn lncrease of $78.68 as compared with the correspondlng wet last year. fs BEST FESTIL1 Children's Chorus Promises to E Feature of Great Concert Next Month. The Wednesday Club has opened ii offlce at 213 Eaat Broad Street, whei Information relatlve to the comlng fei tlval wlll cheerfully be glven. Ernei H. Cosby ls feBtlval manager for th season, succeedlng Walter C. Merce whoso entire tlmo Is belng devoted- 1 the tralnlng of the immenaa chorus i children, whlch has heen especlal organized for thls festlval, and whl< wlll undoubtedly be one of Its greate attractlons. The concerta for thia year have'bet planned on a much larger soala the those of any former years, and thi offer a number of dlstlnct noveltlt In addltlon to the enlarged chlldrer chortis, tlie club wilj be asslsted by tl New York Symphony Orohestra, und Walter Damrosch, and by'a quartet artlsta who hava not been heard b fore. The festlval -wlll be held ln t newly equlpped Clty Auditorium, ai the opera chalrs, recently provlded I the clty, will be lnstalled ln tlme t use at the concerta. The great Blze tho bulldlng enables the club to c fer a large number of seats at popul pricea.. The Interest already manlfested l dlcates that tha many great chang have been approved hy the gener publlc, and many new names are b ing added to tha list of subBcrtbli members. Fersona deslrlng to be a rolled aa subscrlberB are invlted send thelr names to tho offlce at on ln order to get the beueflt of the chol of seata and other privliogos aoa'ord to subscrlblng members. The lifit w close In two weeks, and after that tii _>ct subsurlptlona can pe recclvod. FIVE NAMED TO STUDY NEW PLAN Special Cofnmittcc I'rom Council Will Study Best Form of City Govcrnment. WEARYOFCUMBERSOMEYGKE Scntiincnt Grovviiig Thal Munici* pal Affairs .Should l.c Contluct ed on ptlsincss liasis. Tn,'nccordance wlth a Jolnt riMtiliitlon adopted. by the two branches of tho Clty CoiiiH'H, and approved by Mayor Klchardson^on Friday. Presldent Wood, of tlie Board of Aldetinen, and Presl? dent Peters, of the Cominoit Council, yesterday appolnted members of the ."peclal commlltee whicli will look Into the best form of governtnent lo bo adopted by the clty. provlded a change j.. made. The coititnltteo conslsts of Aldermen Marz CunBt and iJoseph K. Powers, and Councllmen John A. Cut chlns, VV. Fred Rlrhnrdson and Klrk wood Mltchell. Mr. Cutchlns, author of tho reso? lutlon, did not make provinlon for any tripn to other eltles with a vlew of Investlgatlng. tto ldea belng to galn all posslble ln-*m-mation by a system of correspondence. Thern ls much to bo gatliered now In book and pamph let form. The same proposition came up during the life of lhe former Coun? cil, though nothlng deflnlte was ever done. Since then, however, -there has boen a change in sentlment and feeling whlch justifles tho bellef that it wlll not be EO tlifficult to rld tho city ot a cuin'oersome form of governmont when sonnthlng better is presented. Knvor t.'ommlsnlon Plnn. Naturally, the ldea Is to adopt tho commlssion plan, whlch lins worked Kiiocessfully ln all elUes where It has beon glven a trial. "Atlanta, a clty whlch I? often mentioned ln making comparlsons with Itlchmond. has about grown weary of the old council proposition, und a commltteo from that body has recommended that tho publlc lurn to a coiiimisslon. Advocatos of the movement have gone elsewhere for Ilght. and the local newspapnrs have been prlnting n series of artlcle;: Khowlng Just how the publlc Ih to derlve large berirfilH from a change. Des Molnes. once, and for years, graft-rldden. throw off tho yoke, adopted the commlssion form. the citizens as a wholo belng so vlo lently aroused by evlls that they got together and beat every ring elate put up by the polltlclans. Not Afrald of Fiilltlcliin-. In dlscusslng tlie local situution many cltlzona have declared that It would be to tlie best Interest of all to change, not becauso Kiclimond is graft riddfti, but because thero ls too much narrowness, too many rings, too much , | polltlcs. and not enough businens sense, not forgettlng the wa-ste. the extrava gance and tho general dlsplay of In efflclency. What worrles them, how? ever, Is tbe fear ttyu lf the commls? sion plan should be put Into effect the pollticians mlght- elee.t the commls sioners. whlch would be much like arwapping the devil for the wltch. But agalnst this argument ls tho plea that an arouEed public sontlrnent would not submlt, that tho best clement would pre.k to overthrow the bosses, and brlng the govemment to that point where lt would be conductcd the same as any big corporatlon. The haggllng over tho Weather Bu-> reau site, and what has been regard? ed as an attempt to thwart the wishes of the entire communlty In behalf of a handful of property owners, ls ac? cepted as the most convlnclng evl? dence that the people wlll rellsh any relief from tho present system of gov? emment The special commlttee wlll probably hold a meetlng this week to organtae and map out some plan of campaign. It wlll work wlth a vlew of present ing its report at the earllest possible tlme, so that the General Assembly can act on amendments to the city charter at Its next session. COL A. Q. HOLLADAY DIES IN RALEIGH Well-Known Virginian Stricken With Pneumonia About Two _Qays Ago. Colonel Alexander Quarles Holladay, who was widely known throughout Vlrglnla, died at 11:45 o'clock last nlght ln the home of his daughter. Mrs. Pickol, Ralelgh, N. C, where he had spent most of the wlnter. Death was due to pneumonia, which attaoked hlm about two days ago. He had, however, prevloualy been in falling health, and there was llttle hope from the flrst. Hla two sons, Willlam and A. Randolph Holladay, were at tlio bedside when the end came. Colonel Holladay was foartlci\Jarly well known ln Richmond, wnere h^ had a liost of frlenda. He had spent a por tlon of his latter yeara on his farm ln Nelson county. and he was also. very popularly known in tha State. He was about eeventy years of age. He waa the son of "Alexander Holladay, who was a well knpwn lawyer here, and, after studylngJUaw at the Unlveralty of Vlrglnla. he entered the firm of his father, Holladay, Whlte & Holladay, afterwards Holladay & Hqlladay. Part of his educatlon waa also galned ln Berlln. Ho was a oousln of Judge Holladay. He waa presldent of Lake City Unlverslty, Florida, and af? terwards of the Agrlcultural and Me chanlcal College of North Carollna. He married Misa Vlrglnla Randolph Bolllng, sister of Charles E. and Thomas Bolllng- He ls survlved by two daughters, Mrs, Peyton Hoge, of Kentucky, and Mrs. Jamea Plckel, of Ralelgh, and by three sons, William Waller Holladay, of Wllmlngton, N. C; A. R. Holladay, of Richmond, and Charles Bolllng Holladay, of Wllmlng? ton, Pol. . The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed. Hopklna Sent to Jury. ' Charlos Hopklne, colored, alias Jo aeph Johtisou. charged wlth tho theft of moro than .300 worth of jowelry from Judge T- Ashby Wlckham, was trled at the county oourthouae yester? day morning, and sent on to the grand Jury by Maglst.rate Lewls. The negro was arrested Jn the clty and turned over to the county offlclals a short whlle before his trial. Bulldlng Feimlts, Permlls were Issued ln the ottlea of the Bulldlnff Inapector yesterday to tlie fallpw Uig: Btokes A Dunn, to erect a brlolt tenomen, for two dwellliiH_i, 10i,1 nnd HO North Moa* <Jow Street, $8,809. n. P. Sohtlllng, to repalr brick bulldlng, 408 Eaal Marehall Street, to be used for jAutomo-lte and machlne ahop, |859j Some W^aifs That May Be Adopted TO 5 Virginia Historical Society Home Not Damaged by Temporary Post-Office Building. The regular monthly meetlng of the executlvc commlttee of tho Vlrginlc Historical Socloty was held yester? day ln the socloty'n house. Pre Bent: President McCabe. ln tb.e chalr, and Messrs. Paltoson, Grinnan, .Stan a'rd. Lancaster, Clark, Valentlne and Yonge. ln additlon to tlie usual number of books and pamphlets recelved, the fol? lowing glfts were roported: As a gift from Mis. Mary Peachey Rogers, of Portland, Malne, and a lesraev from. her sister, MIh.. Sally Cary Peachey, a beautlful original mlnlature of James Blalr. D. D., founder and tlrst presldent of Willlam and Mary Col? lege. This ls one of tbe most valuable and Interesting portralts ever recelved by the society. I-'rom Tsanc Davenport. of thls clty. a large and handsome bookcaso and 128 volume.. tn additlon to those formerly slvon; from F. T. Anthony. of this clty, through St. George T. C. Bryan, a sword found in 1868, wlth the remalns of an unkiu'wn Confederato offlcer huried on the bat tlefield of Gettysburg; from Miss Flora Cather, a photograpli of a painting of the home. of Stonewall Jackson, near Wcston, W. Va. It was reported that as all danger to tho -western walls of the bulldlng from the erectlon of the temporary post ofllcc had now passed, tho books, whlch had been stored ln the rooms of tho second story, had been restored to the shelves In the wlng, and the rooms. which had been so occupled mado ready for use. Tho following new members have been elected: XAte. Hon. Claudo A. Swanson and Judge R. Carter Scott; annual, Miss Elbbie W'hlte, Texas; Mrs. -Laura B. Wall. Georgia; Miss Frances R. Fulkerson, Illinols; Miss Edith M. Mohler. West. Virginia. and Messrs. E. Howard Martln, New York; Joseph T. I,ow, Now York; E. W. Allen, Georgia J. J. Spence, Florida. antl Robert Lecky, Jr., Alfred T. Harris, Jr.. J. Jor dan Leake, of Vlrglnla, and R. H. Pleas ants, Maryland. FOUR THOUSAND FARMERS BIb Crowd* Attend Meetlngs on Iiistltiite Traln of Seuthern Railway. After a very suecessful trip over tbe llne from Norfolk to South Boston and from that placo to Jlldiotbian. the special Farm? ers' Institute train of the Southern Rallwey arrived In Richmond last nlght at 7 o'clock. The traln was out slx daya and made a total of tblrty-two stops. Commlssloner of Agrlculture Kolner, whe made the trip on the traln, sald last nlght that fully 4,000 farmors attended tha varloui meetlngs. At Emporla and South Boston the crowds were so large that the meetlng! had to be held in the Town Hail Instead oi around the traln. About B00 people turnec! out at Vlrgltlna Station, and thero wns ar unusually big crowd at Midlothlan Station wbore tlie last stop was made yesterday af? ternoon. HEAVY ELEVATOR Lilly Robertson, Colored, Pinnec Down Nearly an Hour Before Being Rescued. Whlle piaylng about tho elevator shaf ln the Shenandoah FlatH yesterday af ternoon, Lllly Robertson. a colored ser vant glrl, was caught beneath th' freight elevator whon it becamo un manageable ln some way, and wa plnned under it for nearly an hour bo fore flremen from. a nearby ongln house were able to rescue her. The woman was caught about mid way of tho body, but t'ortunately th elevator hud not descended far whei lt struck her. Thero wus no ono nea by who could help hor, and she couh not move elther forward or buckwari IJart of tho machlnory rested on he legs, and sho suffered greatly befor boing rescued. Tho flremen had to break the floor Ing out of tho elevator before the could get the woman from bentfatt She was attended by Dr. Roll,jtt th clty ambulance. J? no compKratlon arlso her Injurloa wlll not prove serl ous. No bones woro broken. WED IN WASmNGTON nieliiuoud Couple UeoliU-H to Hav Ceremony Perfori??*d There. DIspatchOB .were recelVed hero las nlght tolllng of tho marriage ln Wash Ington yesterday of Miss Estelle Cosbv of No. BOt Eaat Clay Streot. to W. M Cease, of Barton Hal-hts. According to Miss Cosby*.. rolatlvo; the dato for the marriage was doolde upon somo tlmo ago, Tho couple lef for Washington on tho 5:15 traln yos terday morning. Thero thoy wore mo by a brothor of Mr. Ceaso, who wa present tit tho wedding. They imiut? dtately left Washington for a Norther trip. fcater Mr. and Mra. Cilaso wl1 return to thia clty for a shinrt visl but wlll mako tholr home ln New Yorl Avlwre h? har lurgo buslncsa lutorost: ARRESTED HI E Arthur Warwick Lcads Officers Merry Chase, but They Get Him afld Cocaine, Too. Caught In the mlddle of Shookor Creek, Arthur Warwlck, colored, was arrested last nlght by two ofllcers whlle they were standing walst deep ln the turbid strcam wlth what appeared to be a quantlty of cocalno paekagc? tloating about them. Warwlck drew susplclon on hlmsell by hiH pecullar actlons./The two offl? cer.. were in tho vlelnity of the Tentli Streot bottom. from. where nurheroui complalnts Jiavo come to tho polico ol fretjuent shootlng und rows mnoiif both whlte antl roloretl people. Tlu offlcers noted Warwlck and called tc him to get somo information. He in terproted it as a slgn that they .vantet to arrest hlm, and ho immcdlateb dashod off, wlth the bluceoats in ful pursuit. Thoy ohased hlm sovera blocks. and began galnlng. Seelng no other chance, tho ncgrt headod for the creek. thlnklng tha when lie plunged In they would balk a tho bank. Not 80. They took tho dly< simultanoouslv, and when Warwlck hl th.* water the two offlcers were then wlth hini. The negro threw a quantit.. Of small onvelnpes out of lils pocket but moat of them were recovered. CHARGE WIFE DESERTION ..liehncl Artenl, Barber, Alleeed to Hav l.eft Family Seven ..lonlbn Ago. Mlchael Artesi, a barber, who wa emploved for about four weeks in th Murphv Hotel barber shop, waa ar rested "vesterday by Detectlvo Cottor of Norfolk and a local offlcer. on i charge of wife dosertlon. He wn locked up In the Flrst Polloa Statloi and will be taken to Noi-folk thi morning. ." ._ Artesi ls charged wltli having de serted his wife and two clilldren, on of which is only a few weeks ole about seven months ago, when ho lef Norfolk to go to New York. He sal. that he went North to see his mothei who was 111. and that he afterward secured employuient ln a New Yor. barber aliop, He denies having Intend ed to desert his wife, and says that h sent her money up to the tlme that sh ceased writing to hlm. When sh ceasod he also ceased. and tho warran for his arrest followed Boon after sh dlscovered that he was located l Richmond. Ho came here about fou weeks ago. _ Why He Vlslled Senator Martln. ln a letter to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch Rc James Cannon, of Blockstono. states tha hla vlslt to Senator Martln on last \\eane_ day night had reference to a letter whic Mr Cannon had wrltten R. S. Barbour, o Soiith Boston, ln regard to cortaln questlon whlch bad been asked hlm by a Rlchmon afternoon paper. Mr, Cannon states tha he deslred to eonfer with Senator Martl before quotlng from a letter whlch Senato Martin had wrltton hlm. Jolled for 8teallng Itooster. Samuel Johnson (colored) was sentence to slxty days ln jall in tho Pollce Coui yesterduy on a charge of etealtng a game cook from J. M. Illllsman. whlah ls value at 110 Tha rooster waa produced ln ovl dence, and he proved his worth and breed Ins by crowing on Justlce CrutchHeld's desi DEATH GAME 01 ?EIE DF Frank Beckham, Who Was t Have Been Married on April 2, Passes Away in Hotel Here. From pneumonia, contracted whil attendiug tho Inauguration of Pres dent Taft, Frank E. Beckham, thirty two yoars old, secretary to Unlte States Circuit Judge Oeter C. Pritcl ard, died at 6:10 o'clock yosterda morning in the Richmond Hotel. Tii remalns were removed to Bllloy's ur dertaklng-l'ooms, und wore sent to Ci ltimbla, S, C, last- night. Mr. Becknui had boen Judge Prltchard's secretat for moro than four years. Mr. Beckhain's knowledgo of Foderi law,- for a young man, ivua regarded ? remarkuble, and lt ls sald of him thi ho could take tho most Intricata oplt ton and present an oxuet extract of ln leas tlme than any young man a: sotlated with the courts. At the tlme of hla death Mr. Recl ham, who was ablo to be out Frldi morning, wasi surrounded by mai friends, none of whom expeotod tl end. _. ln recent years, or slnce ho had boi secretary to Judge Prltchard, Mr. Beol ham had made lils homo In Ashevlll N. C. Ho waa to have been married 1 Aprll 2 to a young woman ln Ma elie.tor. Members or Mr. Beckhan family wero telegraphed for aa soi ? as possiblo aftor hla death, and lat . a message aslsed that tho remalns ? shipped to Columbia. liicrluilniilr l.aiira -lio". After due lnqulry Into tho death the lufant child of a colorod glrl nanv Mabol llill. tho coroner's jury yeate duy evening brought In a vni'dlet l urlmtuatlug l..u!in AUen, a colored w man who llvea on Brook Avenue. KU? w urrcstod aml looked up ln tho Seooi Pollce Station. No oharges we brought by tho jury agalnst Emr Watson, wlio had beon suapoctcd liftUicjpatlou lu tlm ci'iras. . PICKEI UP WIFS IN MANY PLACES Dr. Maybee Brings Hnmctcss Childrcn Here, and Tclls of Their Stiffcring. FOUND IN THE P00RHOUSE Little Strangers May Bc Ad-.pt ed?TTomc Greatly in Need of Funds. Oathered from poor-houses and from homes In whlch they have Uverl ln the most abject pnverty, In many lnstance . wlthout tho care of elther parent. fifin children In all havo boen cared for by the Children'* Home Sodety or Vlr? glnla, and each week adds to tlie num? ber ot those whom Dr. Maybee Is shelterlng. Those who appear ln the group pieture were brought to'thls clty Friday nlght. "All ln this group," says Dr. May? bee, "were practleally homeless, and most of them were ln worao condition than lf both parents had been dead. Some wero abandonctl by tho father, who left them penniless, apparently wlthout concern for thelr future wel fare. Othors wero turned over to tho society by the mother, who waa un ablo to care for thelr lnterests. I.lti-d Ih Piitir Houses. "Others had no homo but a county poorhouse, Whlch Is undoubtedly ono of lhe poorest places for tho wclfaio of children. It ls tho object of the so? ciety to give Its cliargos tlie benclUs of home life, and every necessary com? fort. Many of our littlo ones aro sat l.siled, and aro aa happy as tho chil? dren ln any home. "Tho aocloly Is handlcapped for lack of__funds. but ff tho llberal-niinded woufd como to our asalatanco, wo would caro for ten tinies as many, ?iul lt Ss no oxaggeratlon to say thal withln tho next Ewelve nionths. not a. week would pass ln whlcb we did *not secure at least ten clilldren, wMoJfi environmenta now aro such as wlll mako them a public burdon for tlio remalnder of thelr Ilves." "Urgont demands aro constantly be? lng recelved by the society to como to tho ald of clilldren. Our work em br.-u.es the entire State, and we nover hesltato to resflond to calla from any section. There aro more than twenty cases ln whlch children are waltlng a call from our representatlves. nooaevelt for Work. "Ex-Presldent Roosevelt sald re? cently that nothlng ought to Interest cltl/.ens more than tlio -caro of destl tute and neglccted children who aro not dellnquent. Personally, I-belleve tlie best way to caro for clfildron is ln the family home. When you care for children you itre taking ln churgo the natlon of to-morrow. "Owlng to strlnftent times and the igany appeals made upon us, the .so? ciety lias a doilcit of $S00 in tho last few months, and thero ls a mortsagtj of $5,150 on tho home, 2605 East Franklin Street. Robert M. Kent la cashler -of the organization. and as tho work ls^ entlrely charltable wo musf rely solely on publlc asslatance filf support." MOTHERS ViEW Come from Many Cities, Filled With Fear That It Might Have Been Their Son. Scores of people. some of them moth? ers from nelghboring eltles, who have been awalting for montha the return of a wayward son, havo vlslted Bllley's undertaklng rooms to vlew: the body of a man whoso name ls snpposed to be Alexander i_trai_.se, and who was kllled Tuesday afternoon near the new pumphouse. There were two women from "Washington. ono from Baltlmore, and a fourth from Norfolk to call yes? terday. Tha man's head waa entlrely severed from tha body, and tho remalns wero not found untll tho following morning. Two , men who , traveled wlth _,the stranger could g1'e no Information re? gardlng his identlty. Chief of Pollea Werner haa made every effort to? lo? cate relativos wlthout success. Tbe re? malns will bo held nntll every chance of loeating relatlves has falled. . Ono mother who saw the remalns yesterday afternoon- sald between. ,her sobs: "He ls not niy boy, but I know somo mother has kept the light burn lng for hlm, just as I havo done for my Walter, who left home moro than six montha ago." The woman sald sho came here from Washington, and had Vlewed the. re? malns of slx young men ln hope of flntl ing her niisslng son. Each vlsltor has a dlfferent tale to tell. HroUe Arm Wlilln Skntlne. Lewls Powell, twelve years old, of 715 North Twanty-oight Stroet, fell and broke his arm whllo roller skat ing in .TefCerson Park yesterday eve? ning. He wns carrled hoiqe, where tbe bono was set by Dr. Massle. Ill at Memorial Hospital. A. S. George, of Ponola, Carollne county. ls HMn the Memorial Hospital. Mr. CJeorge's condition, whlle not re? garded as crttical, is -such ns to create alarm ?unong lils friends, many of whom have called slnce ho entered the hospital. Cruise of S. S. Oceana From New Yotlt, $90.00. April 3d BERMUDA, ST. THOMAS. SAN JUAN AND HAVA'NA. / Stxteen-day trip. Ample tlme for slght-oeelng. RichmondTransferCo. 809 E. Main Street. THB BEST VALUES IN DIAMONDS. C. LUMSDEN & SON Jawelen to the Virginia Feopfa 731 Main Street RicKmonil,Vs