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Deelares Hc Will Entcr Suit in Federal Courl if Curtfs Is Sent Acain to Dairv. MAKES ANSWER TO DR. LEVY Diffcrcnccs Arising Over Iii.-*prc ii"ii Again Explained in Pub? lic Statement. made Rt tho request of The Tlmes Dispatch. "However. I cannot allow Dr. Lovy's statements ln Kunday's Tlmns-Dlspatcii to *tand unanswere-d. I clnlm tn have one of tho very best and neatest dal riea ln Vlrglnia, nnd my nelghbors -will all substantlatc me In that state? ment. ?'I clatm sisn thal tbe dalry Inspec? tor, Curtls, lias he-e-n niRkiii)- partlal and arbltrary reports upon my dalry whlch havo doiv mo tho greatesl In* jtii-ticf. and In every Instance in which he has done mo thls Injustlce he hns be-n sustalned by the ! r---i lt li Ofllcer, Dr. E. C Levy. I endurcd thls untll 1 becamo satlsllod thnt it wns Cttrtil Intention to destroy my dahy, whlch represents to tne a larse sum nf money, when 1 consulted Messrs. ?Wllllam I.. Itoyall and H. M. Smith a.i to what were my rlghts under the law. After a full Investlgation they ad vised me that the United States courts would give ran protection. Say* Ile AVn* Scored Dotvu. "On the report of Inspector Curtls, Dr. Levy haa twlce revoked my permit. and Curtis has Invarlably scored me down to a p.dnt lhat i? only a little abovo tho revoking point. On March Srt, 190;i. h<* camo to my place an.l scored mo 61.2, 60 belng tho point at whlch the permit ls revoked. Fortlfu el hy thn oplnlon of Messrs. Royall and Bmith, 1 went on Wodnesday last lo tho ofllco of Dr. Oppenhelmer, presi? dent of tho Board of Health, and re tiucstcd him to come* with the full board out to my dairy, thnt the board mlght see for ltself the injustice that Curtls *'Dr. on the rangei 1 told must Opp iged d elone me. i, ? ;?-.? r e HeC" *'-p Dr. Levy idione im! ' . ?. ? r they ar ,,,, tpone ii until Saturday. i ...i ;..,! do; that they that daj oi i would not wlthout arranging for nl of a suit. About before il at tlme 1 had told iclnier and Dr. Levy, in the ' Messrs. A. n. Scott. Wil i. .\. Grant, H. C. I.e-uttie. d av. 13. Davle, that I had :ounsel, and that unless l should 1-'" into tlie courts on. After my stau-ment to dm-'r On Wedncsday, ho ar h Dr. Levy and tho board mv l.i-i, ?- that afternoon, jind a comr Assoclatlon commltt"-*, penheimT, i-.-.orcd me had scor"d 61.2, and t they bad : - a ri r. di r i r,n b u. ':, ?" t ? * " '?" ' ? ?? ' ' - condlUona bavlng ? i f-rorr-d me :? < *-!'. ?t--.*"g " i-ldered it a lair scor< < UrtI? ."Vot to tio \ "Ti? common ./,- ? ? that Tny dalry wai | too* "I Bccorniwnled Dr. Ia try tric car. and whlle - *??? for lt Dr. Levy stated to -prcsenco of a number of inen mer.tloned above, -would not como to my pre and I am Informed by ono o t tl U,at Cui to tr> my i ? tne newspapei if this thing aoei i im coui ts thero wil tn the way in whii ? ? ? Inspection buslm ? nducted that will be very astonlshing to the peopl. of Richmond, and Ihereaftei tli proper reforms are mado theri ? . not be so many nnlk drlnkers ln 1. jiiond as tbere are novt " DIES~0F INJURIES Mystorj- iu Aceldent Whlch laa-,eit the Dealli <>f ll-nrj. Splvey. Henry Splvey, the young Seaboard Alr Llne brakeman, who ws ihestt ilng Leading Lady Maccabee MISS HI.V'V "11. WE8T._ MISS WEST HERE TO SEEMACCflBEES _ocal Prize Drill Team Will Perform, With an Address by Mayor To-Night. "ln honor of Miss Plna M. AVcst, of Port lluron. Mich, Hupremo record keeper of tho Lady Maccaboos of the world, thc lady Maccabees will give a publlc roceptlon at thn Mnsonlc Temple to-nlght Rt 8 o'clock. The fenture of the cntertalninent wUl bo an address by Mlss AVest. Next to thls In interest will be the manoeuvrea of the prize drill team, under tho di rectlon of Major C Gray Bossicux. The address of welcome will bo delivered by Mayor Davhi c. Rlchardson. The muslc will ho furnlshed hy the North slde f'rehestra and a quartet eomposed nf Miss Irma Hrnjna, Mrs. R. Q. Duke, L. M. Mltchell and C. Gray Bossleux, accompanled by Albert T. August, 'J'lirro will nlso bo a solo by Mlss Reams and readlng by Miss Bailey. Tho performanco of the drill team is to ho tho cllmax of tho performance. MIbs AVest arrived in tho city Sat? urday afternoon and is reglstered at tho Jefferson Hotel. Sho has traveled over most of the United States, anel in ono ,,f tho best known women in tl ?? order. Precedlng her to this clty?this ho. int; ber flrst visit?is her reputatlon as a wrlter and speaker, wnich will be sum io flll tho room. This afteir noon a large class will bo inltiatcd into llio ordor at tho temple, and ropro sentativea freim each of tho six hives of ihe clty will exornplify Iho work timlT tho sttporvlslon of Mlss West and Mlss Kngland, State commander for Virginia, Tln. following Will tako part ln llm worl ; Past Commander Mlss Colla . Commandor Mrs. Annlo Blnns. tiant-Commander Mrs. McTalJ, lin Mrs. Florenco Boadlos, Scr gt ? ' Mn '' A. Brothers, Mistross-at Arms Misa Itr.-^ Mulre. Smtlnoi Mr-*. Coi . E '?:? *. Mrs. Jennie Roblnson, Fsnner Bf-ar-Tj Mrs. Cobean, Mrs. Mr.'. AA'lldbori*. and twenty guarda from tho varlous htves. Lady .Ar-iocabee-, of tho <*ity -*rP * *? *???-> be prc-?cnt at both meot SAVE'D BY BILLIKEN Elli Taylor B-OOta Kl\e Tjinr-, nt Siiitnr AV b? Tbrear-HMd H?-r. 1 a Taylor, col&tUSS: was arrested , -.--,.?.? r ? ?? . irc- nf feitornptint' to 11 murder, the ohject of her wrath being thi :.oan who formerly nougnt t seen_i that the man was Ju=t ->>it vlj ted Klia'."* home to pay i |d grtldge thaf he felt '?????- ' ' v ?-? ? -<?-,,*.?.? for i-.P-i. nr..! bega to upbrahl her and to ? - '--*???._'.-. i--.':? 1 ont a g.in - - * Otlng, Thc fire was so ? negro declded to leave. and lt ieves, through Bllllke-n. who S posltlon on - the irod of be, Is the her go artray who ONE LONE MAN CHAPERONES FIFTY-TWQ WESTERN WOMEN Briugs Them Here from Dctroit, but Calls In Another lo Assist in the Dellghtful Work of Showing the Sights and Handling thc Baggagc. urday afternoon, and haa b ful in up to thls tlme i in thls elty yesterdav aft--r m trip nol,, cinclnnatl ht re tho ? ;1"'1 -*->? Monro ???? aa.jBte<- m lui ?' by 0. N. Bpaln, of the Ches "' "", ?'""' ",!" On thoir arrival ra iho vlBltors took lunch ut the ' Ington and then tumbied mto .i carrlages and v.. .. ., ie_ the many .un. reni piact . , ..'? i hniiiiiii ever a loy to I u tonrt.i i maiter ol tm BURKE TRIAL TD T C*i.-*e Agalnst Rlclimond Man Sci for 1 Icariiig iu Federal Court 011 Thursday. HANSON TO ANSWER FIRST ost-Officc Clerk Cliargcd With Stcaling Letters Must Also Face Jury .ludgo Kelunind AViieidill. Jr., will p reslde over tho Aprll term of the United HiateH Dlstrict Court, which convenes ln thls clty at 10 o'edoek thi-, mornlng. The dockei Is tho, longost Uld must Interestlng for many terms, and Includes several i-iisoh nf much local interest. The grand jury has been Bummbned, nnd several cas.os ln whlch inelictments have already beon drawn will be tried. Threo local casr-s will be heard thla week. Tho lirst to ho called will bo that agalst IDavid C. Hanson, of 2008 Falrmount Avenue. who wns arrosted about a year ago for stealing letters coiUHining- valuabie Inelosures from the post-office, where ho waa employed as a clerk. Thero ha.-* never been a hearlng of the charge; but it ia clalm od the letlers were founel on tho young tnan'j* person. Hanson has a wlfe and chlld, and much lnfluence ls being used ln his bohalf. He has been out on ball ever slnce tho day after he ivas arrosted. and aa he had been ln Ul health for some tlmo pr*lor to tho tlmo he ls alleged to have commttted the crlme, lt ls probable a plea of physlcal inftrmlty Will ho brought. Hanson aecurod an iilltor posltlon of confidence soon after ho was dlscharged nt tho post-oilice, nnd lt ls said he ls dolng well. Frank lltirkr'- Trlnl. Frnnk P. Burke, whose former trlal for steallng letters, lvhlle he was etn ployed as Superlntendent of Statlon B, on Church Hill, created a aensation, Will como up for hearlng on Thurs? day. Two days have boen set aalde for tho case, ns there aro many lnter estlng polnts, which will probably ln volve a lengthy argument between Dlstrlct Attorney Lewis and Harry M, Smith Burke's counsel. The' former hearlng lasted ne.arly a. week, and resiilt.'d ln a mlstrlal. Burke was arresteel hy a government Inspector, who trared the sourco of the crlme by means of decoy letters. Jte was token Into custody whlle ln a barber shop. Many witnesses will tes tlfy that tho accused had been drlnk Ing heavlly for a long tlme before he vielded to tcmptatlon. " John AA' Donly. the sixteon-year-old rhure-h lilll youth, who galned no torletv for himself as a member of an alleged gang of thleves who laat sum? mer robbed many persona who went on the Grocer's excurslon from thls elty to Buckroo Bcach, and who was ufterwards arrosted when ln the act of rlfllng mall hoxea ln the poBt-offlce, will probably be tried on Saturday. The Fntr Oaks Caae. An effort waa being made to have tho boy sent to a reform school. when the news came that he had been Identl fiod with the Buckroo Beacn rob herlee Hc was then glven up to the Federal authoritles by his bondsmen, who at that tlme, thought JbMt to have the more serloua charge tried flrst..11 Demlv is sentenced to a term ln the Vtlanta prlson, lt ls probable other charge-* against him will never come to trlaL ... i Next weok the caso lnvolvlng al? leged revenuo frauds, in whlch Tred Co* and David E. Casper, allogod eivvners and proprietors of tho Fair Oaks dlstlllery, tn Henrico county, are said to have been implieated, will come UD Cox and Casper aro out under a heavy bail bond. as it Is f=**-d tho government lost about ?140.000 from -their alleged operatlons in sotllng moro Whtakey than they pald taxes on. Asldc from those casca. thero are olhera of loss interest, and many clvll matters will bo settiod. It ls probable that _everal new lndlctments will be brought in hy the grand Jury to-day. ATTACKED BV PRISONKlt. Man * Co-oflned ln Death <7hombrr AVounda Tvro Prlson llepntlei". TBENTON, *?*. -T.. Aprll 4.?-David Spc-er and Albort 7>tsner. two deputirn at the State prlson, were badly cut about the head by a prlsoner named Domlnlck Magano, one of six men con | flned ln the death house. Magano's outbreak was due to the taking away from him of a belt ho was maklng out of some yarn, whlch hael become of such slze that lt waa fi-are.-d he; mlght use It to commlt sul e-ido. Mogano reaented thls because ho I was maklng the belt for ono of hts | children. The prlsoner wns conTlcteel jol murder ln the flrst degree ln Unlon county, hut a few days ago was grant I e-d a nc-w trlal. ??. au the long-fuffering Mr. cplained. Stlll some of them <t tee why, nnd grumble,! ti.'!-/ aftei tiio manner of fe 1'iugti they knew woll when wm made that there wan no ittempl to llnger, no matter clng things mlght appear. ln place, tliey anutl get '-ack to ' :-.rid then th?ro are li-iiir -lli...i Arrrmim. 1 . ,. i i.-'/fi-i. waa arrcnUd <.,. u ?:.!??/,'? 'it 4?.iauiUn? ,v?l ? ?>? ? -t-? m _f _> i ? | iiiiw I FOROHEMOREYEAR Council ImiuIs Tliat Municipal Lightiffg Plant .May Bc Long Delaycd. ROUTINE DOCKET TO-NIGHT Public Hearing To-Moitoav on Location o{ Batilc Abbcy in Monroe Park. Although the Common Councll meets to-nlght at s o'clock, the dockot, j whllo showlng u. vast amount of roti tlne buslness, does not lnolude any ordlnance of general or popular In? terest on Whlch final action ls llkejy to bo taken. Tho proposed nonel Is? suo for sewors and water malns rec ommendod by threo ronimltteos In jolnt session, wln come up, but undnr tho rules it will bo referred to tho Flnance Committee. From that com? mittee will oome, wlth favorablo rec ommendatlon, an ordlnance Incrcasing the nurslng staff at the Clty Home Hospital. The Flnance Commltteo has not yet acted upon tho request of the school authoritles for money for tho erectlon of addltlonal grammar schools to take the place of thoso condomncd, and to supply the growing denmnds i)f tho clty. From tho Committee on Streets will come a large number of allegallona. for gradlng and paving sldewalka and alleys. For Street l.nmp-. The Committee on Light will reco'm mend a renowal for one year of the streot Ilghtlng contract wlth tho Pas senger and Power Conipnnv, at 551 tt. a year, each, for the present lamps as it Is not expecteel thnt the munli-l pai plant wiu be In order untll next spring. Although the plans for thls plant were approved by both branches of tho Councll at their mcetlngs last month, the Committee on Klectrlcltv has not as yet aBked for proposals fo'r its erectlon. The Commltteo On'Street Cleaning Is stlll hunting a site for the new crematory. for which SioijOO was included In tho annual budgot and wiil probably have no recom mendation to make as to a e-ontract The special Committee on Collectlon of Dellnquent Taxos has completed Itl work and will report two ordlnance* one for the employment of deputles ln tho ofllco of the dellnquent tax eollec tor, and the other for malllng notices to. citizens when taxes become d,le. This commltteo will ask to be dls charged. The special Committee e',n Investlgatlon of the Settilng Basin Flume will report an addltlonal li-=t of cxpenses, and ask to bo dlschar-red The special Committee on Replacinar the James R.ver Free Brldge B^-Jot as yet nnything deflnite to propose Tak-s I'p Ilnttle M,l,,v Tho first publlc hearing on the questlon of placlng tho Battlo Abhov In Monroe Park will be held by the Grounds and Bulldings Committee to morrow night. when Judge Georgo L. Christlan. former President James Cas kle. I-leutonant-Uovcrnor Kllyson and others Will appear wlth tho petltlon of tho Confederate Memorial Assocla? tlon. "Whlle thero Is stlll much oppo? sltlon In the Council to granting this site, it ls belleved that much of thls will be wlthdrawn when lt ls roalizcd that tho building proposed ls a small struc turo of monuniontal character, rather than a largo audltorium. as wns at ono time proposed. Tn tho Council chamber to-morTow night tho Spr-elal Committee on t'hanges In tho Forth of Govornment will hear addresses by former Presl* dr-nt of the Board of Aldermon AA*. M. Turpin; former Presl.denf of the Com? mon Counrll James Caakle and former Mayor McCarthy. Tlio dlscusslon wil) bo open to the public. and an oppor? tunity will bo glven to others to out llno the weakness in the present ?-ys tem of government aml to- propose remedies. Otlier committees for to morrow nlght will be tho Committee on Tmprovement of tho Jamen Itlver and tho Committee on Eleetrlclty. SCOTTISH RITE MASONS llo?r CrMx Urgree Men lo Olebrate AVIIh llanqiict Thuradny Nlght. Members of tho Scottlsh Rlte Masons, -who have Attained the Rose Crolx felghteenth) degree, will celebrate :ho mystlc banquet next Thursday even ing at 7 o'clock, and the ceremony of r-3 llghting next Sunday mornlng. Break fast will be served Sunday morning at 8 o'clock. Unless kept away on ac? count of slckness or absence from the eltv, all members of the Rose Crolx must be present at these exerclses. The offlcers of the Pelican Chaoter of Knlghts of tho Rose Crolx are: John Moncure, wlso master: Hay T. Thorn? ton, senlor warden: W. X Franoi-*, limlor warden: Beon Wallerstein. ora tor- Samuel Cohen, almoner; Charle-i A Nesbitt, secretary*. TO. A. Barber, Jr., 1re:,:nircr; AV. S. Petltt, master of cero moiileH: X V. B. .Turgens. export: John I! fharlcton. asslstant export; G. ?Tetar .TonOB, guardlan of iho temple. C. l.. F-ltzwllson. ttler; .Toseph F. White, or Kanlst, and Thomas F. Whlttet anl Frank AV. Cunnlngh.'.m, rnusleal dlrec tors. thewe^hepT i?nr?.ii A'lr-rlnla?FBlr. nirmff Monday i Tuesday V*rt\y cloudy- wariii* *r In eaat portlont -mod^rato to brlak eaat to amith vrlnda. North Ca-foUna? Falr vrarraer MOn dsyi Tuesday falr) mnilernte lo brlsk aouth -*rlnda. CONDITIONS VKSTBHDAY. Rlchmond's weather was ciear and warrn. Thermometer at mldnlght, 50. CONDITIONS IN IMI-OItTA.vr IITIKS (Al 8 P. M.. Eastern Standard. Time.l Place, Ther. H.T. Weather. Augusta . 74 80 Ciear Atlanta .74 80 P. cloudy Buffalo .40 40 Cloudy Chicago . 44 40 Cloudv Clnelnnatl.62 64 Cloudv Davenport . 64 68 Cloudy I.-.,U0lt . 42 48 Cloudy Hattcras. 64 62 Ciear Jaoktionvlllo .... 70 82 Ciear KaiiBiiB Clty. 78 84 C fur New Qrleans.... 70 80 Ciear Oklahoma Clty.. 80 86 ?????? PIttsburg .r>0 f-2 f;i't't* Italoigh .60 68 <;!-''>>? '-.wfoin .54 62 ?','al* Tampa .7fi 8 1 Ciear IVaimlngton _ r,4 f<? ?-?_? V/llFiiliigl'iii .... 51 '/???lh IHMVl'l HI'' AI.AIA.VAC April ?'? I'' 'I'. ... r, :,i iiuiii 'I'li'i':. t ,.i, ;,, Morning. 1:11 I; a.ti.33 KvcntnS.-??''-> MAKE LOVE ON STAGE, THEN ? FIGHT WHEN THEY LEAVE IT Stage Hand Tells Keporlcr Tliat Some Stars Even Fool Themselves as Heart of Audienco Goos Pitapat, but You Need a Policeman to Keep Them Quiet Aftcrwards. "A'nii people who ."lt oui In front nud iii'in- yemr heart beill faster ns thone ttctors mnko dcsperato lovo to hoiho sWell-looklng actross gel tho ide-n that th" invi- scono hns iromothlng nf tho foul ln It. iliin'l you'.'" sald the stng.* hiiiiii the othoi' nlghl tn b reporter who ivnteheil hlm ,-ihlfl IhltiK.-t ItbOUt, "W'll. you nn, wrong. iti-inK iiiiis as such Ihtngs gb, tlioy piny tlu) part io pe-r fection, Tlio man may work a few tears into hls oyos, liis volce bccomos low .'imi mellow, and llio lady lookK nt hlm in such an appoallng, beseochlrig way thnt It preibnbly lurns your heiui. There ls nothlng llke lt. "Bul vuii ought tn see them when tho curtain ls rung dowh, Thal ton dcrness ih shi-t-d jutsl as I woti.d nhirt thin prop, and yoii see a scowl. Aro tliTn any ploasant worda? Woll, hardly. iinif tln- tlmo they don't Bpeaki nnd w-hon they il<> thero Ih h rotiKh noii;- aboul it, nnil then somo .-tago folk nre not. partlcitlar tybout the language they upo. i rorhember Reason boforo last -tvh.'n Ciirlotta Nlllson was hero wlth 'The Three- of Ua, lu which a mnu slmply cdurted her to death. Then when the show was over tboy were ilnnib. The leading man made you dlz/.y tho way ho acted, "He thrcwcvery thing Into hls words nnd looks, nnd then when the straln wns over he said he wns glad, that ho hirfed to talk sweet to one he never spoke to off tho i-tage. I guess you thought l'olly was in love wlth the minister, nnd that tho minister was in lovo wlth Polly, dldn't you? Well, yiiu. hnvo another thlnk coming, but, however much they may hate oaeh nther they certalnly glvo you nn exhi blflon thnt would mako a bonrdlng .- ihonl girl run off into a fit. "Ono nlght whlle I ivrni worklng nt the BIJoti thoy had o lovo m-otio that wns i|illto tho goods nt tlie BuOI), Tho liero nnd Ihe hcrortto wero flne. It liiiilc'd even mo, for 1 nnld to inysolf iinii Iho iictor was getting In ROtriG j work for himself, nnd thnt the Inely wasn't uverse to It a little hlt. Honest ly, It softonert my heart toward those iietor folk. Ilut when thc show Was over 1 hnd another thlnk, Thoy spnkc, to ench other nll rlght, but they spoMe in parahles. whlch Im another way of snylng that tholr language was on profned ln il.ishes when prlnted. They mixed up In thn drcsslng-rooni?ne tn.illy scrntclied?and wo hnd lo hold them to keep them from dolng mur? der. There was always SOttiebO?y around nfter that when they met, be? cause the management didn't wnnt any Pollce Court prelude. But the next nlght, Just after they tried to go nf? ter each other, they went on tho stago and the love scene was so real that T was fooled Into thlnklng that they hnd mado up. They never dld, tho man qultting the company two wocks later | because h? sald ho couldn't play op poslte tho star -when he'd rather choke I than kl.ts her. You may bo fasrlnatcel | by the tenderness, but just como baerk I' lie-ro wlth mo nnd watch 'em flglit It has about shnttcred my falth ln human nature." TO TATTOO HIS FRIEND; BOTH KILLED BY TRAIN James Wills, of Fulton Idcntified by Figure of Woman on His Arm. FRANK MARKS, OTHER VICTIM Richmond Men Crusbed to Death on Pciinylvania . Railroad in Phlladelphia. AVhlle "eleadheading" their way to New Yeirk on the New York dlvlslon of the Pennsylvanla Ttailrood. James C. AA'ilis and Frank (better known to his friends as Dan) Marks. both of Fulton, were killed In Philadelphla yesterday. Both men remalned unldcntlfied untll hls name and the date and place of his blrth were found tattooed on WIlls'S right arm. There was nothlng on Marka's body by whlch he could be idontiflcd, but as tt ls known hero tlmt tlio two men left together there seein-i little doubt hut that It was he. On Wllla iv?r* several tattoo marks. He had a shlp 011 hls chont and a woman on IiIm arm, bcsldos iiuiiierotiH other smaller devlces usual In the tattoo art, all worki d In by himself. l.efl Here to Hunt Wurk. Tho two men are supposed to have loft thls clty last Frlday. tvnis wt homo, saylng that he was golng out to de Horn*. tattoo work on Marks. Ho never returned, and as hn had provlously mentioned that hc wanted ln Ri, to New Vork to get work in tbe settllng basln ot that clty, it Is supposed that tiicy made vip tholr mlnds suddenly, hiuI left wlthout say? lng a word. Wills had travelod about a gooel deal, and it was hls habit neve.r lo say when and where ho, waa golng. Whcnoyer ho went out hls family was not surprlscd lf he; dld not return for months aftorwarus. Ho was a ma Chinist by tnido, but had recently boen mit of work. He v.as thlrly-two years nf 11-40. l(o was marrled rsenic tlmo ago to a woman tn Ohlo, but the couple coulel not agrec, it is sald, aml were dlvorcod. Ho ls survlved by his father. George AA'lUs, un employe at the Lowor Oas Works; his mother, two brothers and ond slster. Marks was thlrty years of age. He ls survlved by one slster. ?Both. bodies will be brought bnek to thls cily for burlal. Mr. Sliin,. Stopa Here. On hls way North from the banquet of the railroad men at Norfolk,'Mel vllle E. Stone, general manager of the As.soclated Press, was in the city for a few hours yesterday afternoon. He reglstered at the Jefferson Hotel, re lurning to New York by the 5:15 train. WITH BURGLARY Scvcn-Ycar-OId Boy Is Allowcd to Go, but Willie Smith Is Held. Willie Smith, ten years old, and Bar ney Thurston, seven years old, were nrrested yesterday by mounted offl? cers whlle ln the act, it ls alleged, of robbihg the storo of S. R. Royall, 190a AVest Cary Street. Tho oflicers found both boys underneath the counter, They stated that they had broken 11 wlndow pane, aud crawled ln through the hole. They were taken to the Second Po? lice Statlon, hut the police afterwards allowed Thurston's mother to take hlm home, as he was of .such an age as hardly to bo able to realtze that he was coinmlttlng si crlme. The Smlth boy was sent to the Flrst Statlon. where there are better facili? ties for curing for youthtui prlBoners. Though of such a tender ago, lt is snld that young Smlth hjts beon in trouble with tha pollce boforo, and 011 a like charge. 1 r-- is alleged tp have been one of thej gang that apma montiu ago'robbed thu Klbn Hurdware Stort on West Hroad Street. Ilnlli-oit-l .Vttoruey ln Ihe Ctt*"> Alr. aml Mis. -I- Noinuin I-owe-ll. ul .luhnsini I'ity, 'iviin., ure reglstered nt tho li'lloisnii llOtOl. Mi'. I'iiwoII is thi poiioral QOIIIIspl of iho I'lini-lilii'lil, I'aiu I>n.i ,-nul (ji}lo lluilroad. thc new llne nf the Curter-Pya.11 bv.tem, STftFF MEMBERS Col. J. Thompson Brown Ap pointed Assistant Quarter mastcr-General. By an order of General Clemcnt A. Kvans. of Atlanta, commandor-ln-ch'ef, Adjutant-Genernl Mlckcl. of the I'nited Confederate Veterans, has lssued from tho headciuarters ln New Orleans Ihe following llst of staff appolntments: Brlgadler General Thomas C. Jones, of Montgomery, Inspector general; Brlgadler General .1. i". Bhlpp, ?f ' hat tanooga, e|uartertnaHter general; Brl* adli r General Thomas K. _>avl*i. of Ne .v Orleans, comminsary general; Brlgadler General B. M. lludson, of New Orleans, ludge advocate; Brlgadh-r General Te bault, M. P., of New Orleans, tuirgeon Kene-ral; Brlgadler General Bennett II. A'oung. of l/oulsvllle, e-hlef of nrduniu???: Brlgadler General Page M. Ba.kec, or New Orleans, paymaater gonerai; Brig adler General II. A. Newman. of Hunt.i vllle. Mo., as.ilstnnt adjutant general: Brlgadler General Tt. R. Gurliy, ? > WacQ, Texas. asslstant adjutant goi eral; Brlgadler General II. XV. Graber, of Dallas, Texas, an.?fstnnt adiutsnt igenerai; Brlg.-idior r;-tinrnl AV. C, IStubbs, of Now Orlo.-in-., asslstant ad Intfint geii-ral: Brlgadler General C \Q. wniiams. of Wayncsvllle, Mo., -|* islstant adjutant goneral: BrlgadtoT neral Charles If. llooker, of .TackSOh, slstant adjutant general: nrli ?neral K. 1"). Wellett, nf Ml.-i slppl, asslstant quartermaater generuj ("olonol R. K. rark, of Atlanta, bssIm - mit inspector general: Colonel I. Thompson Brown, of Rlehmond. as? sistant eiuartermasler general: Cnlon-1 R. P. I?ike, t,t Memphls. asslstant lu spector general; Colonel Henry Moyern. of Memphls. asslstant quartermaater general; Colonel B. 1*. .Tonas, nf N'.-v. Orleans, ayslstnnt hidge advoratp gi-n oral: rnlonei .T. R. Cowan. M. D.j ot Tullshoma, Tcnn., asslstant surgeon general, Tho aldes*de-canip Include: 1 *nii?*? i states Senatora John XV, Daniel, of A'lr ginla. and John Pharp Wllllams, of Mis? sissippi; Colonel W. J. frawford, .,f Mo-nphis: Colonel George T-. Christlan, <>r Richinond; C!olonol W. "K. Haldeinan, ,,r _oulsviIle; Colonel R. K. I,oo, of Fnir fax. \ra.; Colonel R. K. Hee, of West Point, Va., antl others. ORGANIZE RAILROAD Mi l-'llygeriilel nnd N'orthwestrru AVII1 Give Sliorlri- Route to Atlantu. FITZGKRAX.D-, GA., Aprll 4.?The Fitzgorald Northwestern Railroad wns organlzed here to-day. The proposed road will extend from thls place to Fort A'alloy, Ga., a dlstance of elghtv two mlles, vla Roehelle, Pine View anel Grovana. , Thc road will shorten the route tn Atlanta thlrty-flvo mlles. REftRY CROP TQ E NEXT WEEK Carolina Output Expected to Reach 6,000 Cars This Season. Reports from Eastern Carolina Indl cato that tho strawberry crop, which will bo movlng wlthln the next ten days. will be the largest in years, a fact which makes the trucker belleve that hls life, after all, lsn't so had. I Indeed, wlth a flne crop, a strong du . mand and good prlces, the revenuo I will be greater than that whlch comes j from tobacco or cotlon, and wlth the I linproved methods of shlpplng the out? put will be delivered wlthout loss or deterloriition ln value. Just how many curs will he shipped has been varluusly estlmated, although truckers say that tho number muy reach 6,000 or tnovt, ln the strawberry Uelt arrangeineuts have already been made to have cars thero when needeil, und hundreds of emptles have been pasAng through Richmond wlthln tho past few days bound for the Chud biuirno sectlon. They will ooino thruugh hero again with thu cream of tho piekings. A.s it happens tu tmver.se, the hcart ot the strawberry coimiry IU North Carollna, tho Atluntlc Coast Llno has always mada special offorts to handle the- frult promptly, nnel thls season Its fast frelght trains will he opernled on imsst'iigi'i- sehe-eliile. Thei'O ix nol ex tiecterl tu he any irouble ln tho matter uf i-:u- dl.urlliiitioii, and llio lii-rrie.-* v-ill movo ns Iust as Uiev ran he*. liiouglu in irom the iicldti aud le-jrfftTI. J0M5HS LEAD, SMITHS SECOND Bllt Then I.cadcrs in fteW Di rcctory Lis( Spcll Their Xanu-.s in Different Wav-*. _ * 11 BIG JUMP OVER LAST YEAR 1'iiiid nf fnformatioii in R_cdrc JtlSt Issued Aboill C'ilv :ilu\ Its I'eople. lllchmond'e '.'ity Dlreetory ror iooi) " vuiuiii.- iiiii-.i uni, valuable hiformn. tlon from cov, i- to t over, will i?, ,u. Hiiod tTila weok, nnd thls year wln ,-,,,,. taln 1,670 pagi - ,,r , Isssltled Informa. "'"i of the highesi value. The book hi-giti.*- i,y givmg the addrcss ol Ooorgi i'. Aaron, as 618 Nlcholson Btreel nnd hli occupation ns s rnolder flml close* wlth tha namo ol winiam' _waii_lg , of 1110 Jacquelln Btreet, a draii itnan at the Amerlcan Locomotlve Works Between tho two names comes tha ?oMipiof. regUHer .if who's who i? Richmond Tlio Brown* Jdm lea ...,,? ihei Bntltha nre tbere ln ton <?, ;,u classlfled by Ih'elr iniilais, their occu patlons .',iui tii.ii- resldences, nud Is many cases their telephone numt>er? ror nowadaye a man's telephone num? ber ls aimo.vt nA Important ln iocaflna hlm ns hls street address. The bualness dlreetory reveuls some unexpected things, Por one Ihlng, tiioro aro not 160 bnr-roonu ln Rich? mond, as ii currently belleved, There are 150 liquor llcenaes; but if ihe new dlreetory is accurate, thare aro but !-?'" naioons. Twenty llcenses are held ly gi.rles and pm kuge housos, Where there ls no drlnklug ou the premlses, and there are seven houset selling only wholeaale, maktrifl up the total number of llcenses Issued, Prefeialonal Men, The learned professlona run curlt uslv* noar together. There are 215 sttornej i llsted, 301 clergymen und 23] phy-il clam. Kor Ihese profesiional men tliere n , provided. accordlng to the dlrei I ?- . 162 churches, J7 jwhlte and 6S color, i. IT hospltmls rtnd ii courts of Justl Incllidlng Federal. State, CoUnty and , ity courts, Twenty-seven banks are shown In tbe llst, and 49 ln-titu'.le.ns of learnlr,,-, OUtslde Of the publlr ?"olioolf. ln iho general lnde*x th>-i. trt the old Richmond names and some ol , ers, The. Smlths, fur yean In flrst place, are decreaslng ln numbers, nnd occupy but 31 cdfumm- of -pace. Tl i year the Johnsomi lead the llst; wlth M columns, tn whlch are llsted their res* Idences, occup&ttons nnd telephone*. Tin- Jones family comes aftei I io Smlths. wlth B littlo over 3H ? Ol .111:. ? ? ( the ? "-.*- Wltll tl ? I' ii.ler*. it ti.kliv. but ii colun ? ' ' But ti"* Hai rli tr Itx I comtnn rapldl ' io the front, taking it columns tlils year agalnst 13 last year, l'olrpli"ne l-lst, Tele-phunes ln the numerb-a! llst, Whlch last year only ran to 8.7X1, tf-i year go up to i/Ci, notwlthstandin.-'* the great lnc-renne In "f." nnd "J" tele phonos, where two "tatronti tuko the same number. Altogalher moro than i r.,r,on persona iu nnd around Richmond are lleted ns telephone lubserlbt-n-. Flgurlng that fIn persona can Iio reached by any telephope, oi. average, fully one-half ol the popu Intlon ot Rlchmpnd. wl Iti and :olor< ?-. rlrh ?nd T"'"*>""- !?" always BC?*_' I '? means of Ihls woiuiorfui dfcvlce. Tel ? phone N<. 1 gn.-s tn IT. tjdwanl M' - Guirc. as before. nnd telephone No. ::? -t to I. 'i. B"lt_patrlek. For doublo names, the honol* ft-11 ?? ? the Wllllam Rtnlths, .*i>.> Wlth sll varle* tv of mlddb- InltlHls .md wlth im in.irl: of lelentlflcatlon nll number tt -*lo-m behind come tho John .lot m'-iw. wlth I-. nearly atl colored, nearly ?l? ur skllled labarers, and wlth no mtddlo Inltial to save one. should a warraut be Issued for hls mute. There is n corrCel niap ot Rlclimon.l, showlng thr streot. recently "i" '""' "' the annexed territory. nnd til-w ruoi-i of the outlylng aectlon lu u is bound h ccmplet* ,ir-;'-ti->rv cbester, wlth a llst of Hw i,u.-iu- n terprise.-'. Arrlfi \i1-l--.-*.*.---.. rnstmar-inr Cabell f.iys i-very i"1"""1 m Rlchmpnd who over expect* w >?'; ,-e|vo a 1,1 ter thrPUgh the mall. ept-Uld look In n directcry and -see if his namo iinii streot address is corract. Sltoub there ho anv error r.r change, '? would l-.e well lo write a postal card lu tne postmaster so that ho can make i ?'?' ? rection cn tho offlclal copy kept eui Ii)h desk, and used for reference by enr riers ln sorting out mall for d-llvery. SETTLE PRIMARY QUESTION Mai Clty Coiuinlttce Sleeli- 'I'o-Maht -<> Fl< Dali'-i enil Assensiuents, One prlmary or two?-that Is the iiiie'" tion to be deternilned by the Clty Dem? ocratlc Committee to-nlght. The body is called together tb declde Wltetiier i-andidates for Clty Sergeaut. bheriif, Gomnionwealth's Attorney and other clty posltlons, shall be voted bn ut th-*j same tlmo, wlth tho saino bllllut, und the siimo pleelge. as candlduteu tor lh governcrship of Vlrglnia, aml tho .Vt torney-General. Thc call was asked by tlie party tn voilng two prlmarles, nnd tho candi eiates who tvlsh to keep the issues sn> arate wore juhihiut. Slnco then lt i'H' been adrnttt-d that the result is in doubt. Wlth the probabllity that iher-' will be hui ono prlmary ln Rlcliniotyl tlils siimnior. though possihly ns a rou cesslon there may be soparalc pledga"J on the tleket for elly and Stato qfflces. Tlie dobate in Iho i-oinniitteo lo-ulgiit wili no doubt be long anel vlgprOus-, -ta both siden aro i-l.iluiing v|i*tniy and aro unwilling to yield. The assessment of the varlous lo.-ai eanilldiites will al.su be determlned y upon. HID-QHAII);IN SHOE Hopklns GIVes ln bast of Wli'khnr* Jewelry Frum Unexwectoil piitvc. Charles Hopklns, colored, wln. Will go to the grand |ury at the next t.erm of thn Henrico OQUlity Clrcult Conr.t. charged with the theft of a large amount of jewelry from the homo of Judge* AVicltham, has giveh up stlll an? other helrloom uf the AA'lekham family ln the sjinpe of u handsome uat.cn ohnin, which has been found in thc toe of hls shoe. Fver slnce hls arrest Hopklns hai protosted hls lnnocen.ee, savlng that he got the jewelry from a mnn, whose namo he refused to dlsolose, Judge AA'ickham, though ho Identllled the rost of tho hooty, wns not hui-u ut ihnchuln, though It looked like uni' thal bu louged to hi.s fnther. l.uter the negro Kiiid that ult of the stuff came from the same placo, but stlll clalined that ho dld not steal li. Hoplvlns's wlt'e. who has lu-cn to see ' him several tUttes, deelares that thc jewelry waa stplen by another negro, and says that hor husluiiul knuws hlj. whi-rciiliiiiils. However (his may bo llopkius has hii f-ii ii.fiisoil lu |,l ,,n anything .ibuut tlie supposed accom plice,