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WHOLB NUMBER 18,306.
RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JULY 4, 1910.
THU WBATHBn TO-DAY?tlnaetlled.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
GIORY OR BLIE
ALL JHJFJO JEFF
He Alone Will Be Re
sponsible in To
Day's Fight.
HAS LISTENED TO
NO ONE'S ADVICE
If He Triumphs, No One Can Lay
Claim to Share of Praise, and
ii He Loses, the Fault Will
i Be All His Own?Has
Trained According to His
Own Ideas.
BY MIKE MUBPHY,
?MUHii! Trnlner of Ihe i;nlver?lty of
I'cnnnylvniiln.
(Copyrighted by the Phlladelphla
North American and The Times-Dis?
patch.)
Reno, July 3.?Win or loac to-mor?
row,. Jeffrles wlll have made hls own
flght. If he trlumpha, ho wlll have a,
rlght to every lota of the glory. Noth?
lng can tako lt from hlin. There will
bo no Delancy to aay that ho got hlm
into wlnnlng condltlon, or Tommy
Iiyan to tell about teachlng tho pro
tecting crouch. or any other rlng de
vlce.
Should he loae, he can put the hlame
on nobody but hlmself. Hia tralnlng
a8soctal/;.?. Corbett, Choynskl, Berger,
Armstrong and tho rest, have been
nothlng. They have begged hlm to
box. Ile haa Ignorcd them. And to
morrow hc wlll pay no attentlon to
what they tell hlm to do in the rlng.
Kxcept that they will do the mcchanl
cal work of fannlng him wlth towcla
or rubbfng hls logs,' Jeffries might as
woll havo no seconda, for he wlll ma-ke
hls own flght absolutely the same. as
lie haa done his own tralnlng.
Jack Jeffrles admltted as much to
me to-day.
I wns regrettlng to him that Jeff?
rles had not tten lit to subatitutc hard.
honest work for rubblng. 1 rcmlnded
Jark that on several occasions 1 had
?warned hlm that Jeffries had really
alone no trainlng at all at Reno; that
he had hardly taken any more excr
clae than any ordlnary man wlth a lit
lle apare tlme would tako lo Keop the
looac flcsh off.
Can't Mi.vr Illm.
Jack admltted that ii waa al! true,
but said that it had beon uscless to
'ry to move tbe former boilrrmaker.
ile knew his own bu.-inci-.c-, Ile said, on
the occuslons when he deigncd au an?
swer, and would wln or lose according
to hia own plana.
The fact is that Jeffries ia rather
prourt of hls wonderful rlng rareer.
whi< h la uniuarrcii hy a defeat or even
a. knockdown. Hc holds hlmself ln
knowledge above those who havo
jiought to tell hlm what to do. In hla
earller fights hc was eontont to be
guided, and was a most eaay man to
handle, but now ho ia boss, and In ihe
rlng he will bc his own tactlelan.
1 made a -sort of poll to-day among
some of the wrltera who are experts
on condition, and there is no doubt.
that all are affected largely hy the
contidence of the Jeffries ' followers
and aro certaln that he will wln.
Jack London, Lewis, Kdgren and a
liost of others are confident of Jeff?
rles.
Willlam Muldoon, tho former cham
pton wrestlcr, leans a shade to Jeffries,
but cannot see where anything betlor
than even money is juatified.
Of those who, ln splte of their per?
sonal deslres, have been gradually- ln?
fluenced in favor ot Johnson, I may
mention John U. Sulllvan, Battling
.Nelaon, Billy McCarnoy, Tim MeGrath
nnd myself. I have some falth In the
judgment of McGrnth. Ho tralnea
^harkey twlce to meet Jeffries, and
must have ntade a pretty fair joh of lt.,
Hc has been close in hls attention or,
both men, and he says that it johna^ii
makes the flght he If capable of tKere
Wlll be'the blggest upset since Crrbett
dropped Sulllvan. /'
lll.ick Hat the Povrer, /
If this black wlll fight d/ he has
the power to do he wlll betf/r Jeffrles
sure. But in answer to thi 1 the Jef?
fries followers tell you thasi he lacka
the nerve, and that while hfj is a fm.:
boxer lt will only take a tf-hv of Jet
rriea's bull-like rushes to V/ke all thu
fight out of hlm.
Well, I say to thls that. /jeffrles wlll
havo to make better rtMhes than hc
did at his sparrlng pa'-c'ners or John
eon's left wlll do some merry damage.
Personally, I do..ot thlnk that John
son is yellow. He is big enough even
for Jelf. He has the ablllty, and ho
Btands to win a fortune. 1 belleve that
thls colored man could whlp any of
tlie men that. Jetfrles over conquered,
and some ol' them in qulcker tlme.
Why, then. should he be a mark for
Jeffries?
"I am accused of favoring .lohnaon.
I can only tell what I see here. I am
under Instructions to dodgo no issu*.
but to go stralght to tho facts. That
Ib what I am dolng.
Jeffrlos's appearanco makes a pro
found lmpression on me. But I know
that ho has not worked to put the fln
ishtng touohes on hlmself. Apparently
he is savlng all his power for ono su?
preme effort. But lf he lacks tho vl?
tallty, will .this grand burst of forco
materiallzo?
I havo watcheil both men carefully
for two weeks, and I thlnk that the
colored raan's work and klnd of prep?
aratlon offset any natural advtange
Jeffries may havo on him in size and
endurance.
Suppose ln tlie flrst threo or four
rounds Jeffries is unablo to hl? Johji
aon? Or suppoao he lands on hlm a
couplo of tlmes and does not hurt hi'.n?
Why, then, Johnson wlll get auch ' a
contidence that even if he is by naturo.
a llttlo bit yellow he wlll forget all
about lt and flght like a whlrlwlnd.
All lo Credlt of Jcffrlca. ?
What thoro ls helpful In tho sym
pathy of the crowd wlll all go to the
crodit. of Jeffries. Ho gets all tho good
wlsbes; Johnson gets none. Not many
peoplo of the negi'o's own race are
here; tlie pilEi'lmngo is too custly for
ithem.
It ia remarkable to seo tlie dtlTerence
between the two cuinps. Everybody
_oos to seo Joffrioa and wishea hlm
?well. And Jeff carea nothlng about lt.
Ycontlnue'd on Secontl Page)
CHANGE OF POLICY
Intervcntlon ln Menrnanm Now ??ccina
PrObnble.
Washington, I). C, July .>.?-Indlca
tlona are not wantlng of a change of
pollcy. on the part ot thla government
towards tho Nlcaraguitn imbroglto,
though In Juat what direction the Htato
Department wlll turn it ls impoaslble
to aay. The altuatlon In the unfor
tunatc republlc begln? to npproxImaJo
that in Cubtt ln tlie days prccedlng tho
war between Kpaln and Amerlca, when
Preiddent McKinley described it as a
nulsance at our doors.
A llno seems to be drawn north and
south In Nlcaragua which nelther Mde
?Madrlz nor Kstrada?ean croaa; fight?
lng la golng on continuoualy, the coun?
try Is being rulned flnanclally, and tho
conaiderable foreign bualness Intereata
are oerlously affected. Moreover, neigh
borlng states In Central Amerlca view
with dlsquletude tho probablllty of
the Btrlfe in Nlcaragua cxtondlng over
the borders Into thelr own ajtatcs. So |
It Is not Improbable that there will be
a conccrted movement on the part of
other Interested governmentb to force,
by moral suaaion or. if ncesaary, by
an exhlbltion of armored atrength, the
two factions In Nlcaragua fo stop
fightlng, and subtnit their respective
cnuses to the adjudlcatlon of'dlslnter
eated frlends.
Victory for Inaiirgenta.
New Orleana. July 3.?Eettcrs re?
celved here to-nlght "by Wchard Suas
man, nomlnal conjut-general of Estrada
at New Orleana, atate that the Inaur
gent forces ln N)i:aragua have taken a
strlp of land from Rlueficldc to Lake
Nlcaragua, which will give them a pro
nounccd vantage polnt against the
heart of the country heretofore under
the Madrlz control. Posltive declara
tlon of the capture of tbo followlng
towns was contained In the lettera:
San Vlrente, Ia Mbertad, ..'ulgalpa,
Camaopa and Kan I'balde. If thn Es?
trada forces can control thepe towns
It means that they have galned con?
trol of the provlnce of Chontalcs,
which Is the most important ranch
section of Nlcaragua.
MATUTY EXECUTED
He XX n* Chnrgeil Wltli Trennon Agalnat
Edtrnda.
New Orleans, La., July 3.?A Prlvate
cablcgram recelved here last nlght from
Bluetlelds. Nlcaragua. statea that Gen?
erai Matuty haa heen executed follow?
ing a trial by a rourt-martlal. It was
charged that ho bctrayed tlie Estrada
cause.
.Matuty took a promlnent part ln the
battle of El Rccreo in December. In
Aprll he was arrested, and charged
with treason. Matuty Francisco Mo
relra, minister of state. and Colonel
Enrlque Esplnosa were alleged to have
boen ln a plot to turn over the Atlan?
tic coast of Nlcaragua to Madiiz. Ma?
tuty was finally released. and lt ls
clalmed, went lo Joln the Madriz
forces. He was agaln taken Into cus
tody at Pearl Lagoon by the Kstrada
forces. Following hla la?t imprlson
ment a cort-martlal was summoned,
and he was condemned to death accord
ing to the prlvate cable dlapatches re
colvedVhere to-nlght. Hls execution is
sald tu have taken place yesterday.
DROPSTO HIS DEATH
Avlator InMniirlv Kllled on Firlil of
Rtaelmta.
Bethany Plain, Kheims, France. July
3?The openlng of the second aviatipn
meeting to-day on the hlsioric fleld of,
Bethany was mnrkecl by a fatal accl
dent. Avlator Warhter being killed.
Wachter was the tirst of the contest
ants to appear for practice thls morn?
lng. In hla Antlonette monoplane he
battled long with the gale amid the
enthuslaam of the spectators, until the
rain compolled hlm to make a descent.
Ile rcsumed his fllghta ln the after-1
noon. and was flylng magnlfjcently. |
whon suddenly an explosion was heard.
The wlngs of the machine doubled up, |
and the monoplane dropped to tho
earth with lightnlng speed. The avla?
tor was killed instantly in full view
of the spectators, among whom wero
his wlfe and llttlo daughter.
The accident ia attriruited to the
breaking of the wire stays.
The prospeets for the meeting, which
will contlnue untll July 10, are excel?
lent. Sevcnty-two machinea are en?
tered.
BUF_D INDIAN TOWNS
Whltcs T/III Nol Ile Permltted to Llvc
/ Wlth Itccl Men.
Okla/oma Clty. Okla., July 3.?Indlan
chiefs/at tonding blg sun or tvlllow
danc/a al Blg Jake's Croaslng. near
Clipyin, Okla., announced to-day that
lli/y' had decided to build a number of
yavns, in which only Indians would
JJe permitted to Ilve.
lt ls believed thls would do much
to break up the roving habits of the
red men of Western Oklahoma and
give them better opportunities in an
economic way.
J. XV. Strongheart. grandson of Slt?
tlng Bull. in advocating various re
forms among the Indians, sald more
religlon and less politics was needed
in the Indlan mlsslons and schools.
PACKERS TO FIGHT SUIT
Aiiuouncrineut Mnde That No De
inurrer Wlll bc Filed.
Chlcago, 111.. July 3.?the civll suit
for the dissolutlon of the National
Packlng Company and its alleged affil
lated concerns pending in the United
States Circuit Court wlll bo fought by
the packers on its merits. Announce
ment was made by John S. Mll?
ler, chlef counsel for the packers,
that no rtemurrer would he filed, and
that. the answer to the bill would be
prosented August 1.
Thla decision was reached following
the action of Judge Landis ln quashing
the indictment against the National
Packlng Onmpi\ny charglng vlolation
of tho anti-trust law.
ARMY OFFICERS TO FLY
Gcrmnu MUltnry Aeronautlc Manoeu
vrea to Contluuc a Mouth.
Poaen, Prussla, July 3.?Mllltary
aeronautlc manoeuvres on the most
extenslve scale began here and
wlll contlnue throughout the month.
They aro being carrled on by tralned
army aeronauta, consistlng of twenty
thrce officers and 183 non-commlsslon
od offlcers and privates.
All typos of dlrlglblea, aoroplanes anjd
sphcrical balloons will be utlllzed.
SEIZED BY MOB
Negro Tuken Froiii JnlV, nnd Hla Fate
lN liiUninvii.
. Dothan, Ala., July 3.?Information
from Columbia, twenty-eight mlles
from thi.s placo, is- to the effeot that
Wlll Thomas, a negro, under arrest
for crlmlnal assault upon a young
whlto glrl, waa taken from the jail
last night by a mob. His fate is un?
known. The Columbia authorlties re
fuand to dlvulge the young woraan'a
name,
Anna Broken Playlug Circua.
Plttsburg, Pa., July 3.?James Mc
Croa, aged nlne, of Turtlo Creek. waa
an enthuslaatio spectator at a, clrcus
yoaterday and waa Improased wlth tho
fanoy rlding. Ho ran home after tha
ahow' and tried somo of the same
trlfilts on a hobby horse, wlth tha
result that ho ls ln the hospltal wlth
a palv of fraotured arma. ,
ATTEIHPTTOBfilBE
SEHATOR DAHIEL
Story Told for Firs"
Time on Gettysburg
Field.
A RUINED MAN, HE
REFUSED $20,000
Wonderful Tribute Paid to "Lamc
Lion" on Sccnc of Battle in
Which He Fought?Virginia
Soldiers Have an Easy Day
at Camp of Instruc
Vion.
BV ALEXANDER FORWA1UJ.
Camp of Instructlon, Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 3.?A story of the late Senator
John Warwick Daniel, which would
have stirred Vlrglnia and the natlon
had lt been known at tho tlme, but
has never bofore been uttered in pub?
llc or puhllahed, was _ recounted hero
to-day. lt la algnlrlcant, indeed, that
on the very fleld where the gallant
Vlrginian fought hls hardcat battlo at
arms there should have been told for
the flrst tlme' what waa perhaps hla
hardest battlo ln peace.
It would never have been told dur?
ing hls llfe. Now that the Senator
haa obeyed the call of "taps," he who
tella the atory thlnks lt fltting that
the State which so honored and loved
hlm should know how, at perhapa the
darkest hour of hls exiatence, Senator
Daniel put aaide the cup of temptntlon
when to drain lt would have been to
sell his honor and to betray hls Stato.
Its telling will but add to the luatre
on the unblemiahed armor of the war
rlor and stateaman. It has been known
to but few, and has been carefully
guarded by hla frlendB.
Tella the Storj.
Mountcd on a box ln front of Col.
Perry's headquarters, surrounded b>'
the lntenaely interested and rcverent
rneinbers of the Firat Virginia Ilegi
ment, Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, of Dan?
ville, told the story and polnted the
moral" for hla hearera. Dr. Hall is the
reglmenial chaplain.
Ii has ulways been well known to
the people of Virginia thal Senator
Daniel was a poor man, but it is not
generally know that be at one tlme
waa practically iinanclatly. ruined and
called a conference of one or two
friends and an attorney to dlsouss the
siiuation. The men sat together in
the Senator's home and tried to brlng
some sort of order out of the chaoa.
Whlle the confzrtmco was proceed
ing, said Dr. Hall. -somo mail arrived.
which Senator Daniel opened. When
he saw one of tho letters he started.
His face turned white wlth the mental
struggle which followed.
Then he exhlblted the letter. It waa
from an organlzatlon which, aald Dr.
Hall, "you bualnesa men call a trust."'
It was brlefly stated that at tlmes the
concern needed legal advice, and whlle
it dld not especlally want an attorney
at the moment, it would be glad to
have the Senator in tho llst. and to
have him accept a retalnlng fee. En
closed was a New York draft for $20.
000. At the tlme, there was pending In
Congress some legialation which would
affect thla concern.
"Twenty thousand dollars in the
hands of a ruined man, actually wlthln
hls grasp." exclaimed Dr. Hall. "What
would you have done wlth it? What
did he do? He put the letter with its
inclosure in an envelope, dlrected lt
to the wrlter and sent it to be mail?
ed at once.
"Although the people of Virginia
have not known of thls Incident, it
was because the 'L.ame Llon' was that
sort of man that buslness was stopped
in the Commonwealth while his body
was being consigned to the tomb. He
went from strength to strength. Falth
ful in llttle things, he was ready when
the big test came. If honor and hon
esty and a fair and square name count
for anything in the next world the
Senator got full credlt there. No won
der the people of his State honor
the memory of a man who ln hls
hour of financial distresa spurned $20,
000 when it spelled dlahonor.''
For the Flrst Tlme.
After the scrmon, Dr. Hall said pri
vately that the story of the attempt
to bribe Senator Daniel had now been
told for the flrst tlme. He asserted
that he was in a posltlon to say most
positlvely that this account of the
incident was absolutely true. Ho did
not wish, however, to give any namea re
garding an occurrence which would
have aroused the country had Senator
Daniel preferred to use tt as a means
of advertising hls honesty.
High honor was pald to-day to the
Virginia Fleld Artillery and to Dr.
James Power Smith, of Richmond.
Doarning that a member of Stonewall
Jackson's staff was to conduct servlces,
Assistant Secretary of War Robert
Shaw Ollver, Generai W, XV. "Wlther
spoon, commander of tho camp; Major
Swlft, Generai AVltherapoon's chlef of,
staff, and Captaln Fox Conner, TJ. S.
A., rode over to attend. The dlstin
gulshed offlcers sat ln front of Major
Wortham's headquarters and listened
to tho slmple, kindly, earnest talk
which Dr. Smlth made to the men,
On tho tablo was a bouciuet sent to
Dr. Smlth by Lleutonant-Colonol Frank
(Contlnued on Second Page )
TAKES FIRST SIEP
T
Taft Orders Withdrawal
of 8,495,731 Acres
of Land.
THUS CONFIRMS
ROOSEVELT'S ACT
Secretary Ballinger Is Summoned
to Summer Capital for Confer?
ence Concerning Different
Phases of Work?President
Keeps in Close Touch
With Washington.
Beverly, .Mass., July 3.?President
Taft to-day took the flrst steps In his
oonservation pollcy by slgning ordora
of withdrawal covering 8.495,731 acres
of power slte,* phosphato and petro
leum lands.
The President aiso appolnted tjie
Ilve engineer oflloera of the army who
aro to conatitute a board which wlll
pass upon the reolamation projects to
be completed under the recent appro?
priatlon of 120,000,000. It ia hinted
that there aro other important an
nouncementa to come with regard to
the oonservation pollcy of tho present
adminiatration. The President has
summoned Secretary of the Iniertor
Ballinger for a conference on Tuesday,
when various phasea of the work to
be done In the near future wlll be
gone over.
Thn withdrawal orders signed by
the Presidont to-day are tbe flrst spe
clally authorized by law
President Taft signed orders of with?
drawal covering publlc lands and lands
in national forests ln Alaska, In which
workable coal is known to ocour. thua
ratlfying, conflrming and contlnuing
in full force and effect tho order of
withdrawal made by direction of for
inor President Rooaevolt on November
12. 1906.
The water power alles wlthdrawn by
Prealdent Taft covor a total of 1.4.14,139
acrea. The phosphate lands wlthdrawn
total '.,;?'.-'..' i.'-; cres, and the petro
leum lands, 4,4-17,119 aeres.
Tlie phoBphate land wltljdrawals are
as follows: Florlda. 27,406; Id;tho. 1,
10l'.:il7 acres; Utaft, 107,545 acres; Wy
oioing, 1.3S1.851 acree.
The board of engineers la headed by
?ieutenant-Colonel -John Biddle. The
other members of tbe board ar_ L-ieu
tenant-Colonel Willlam C. __ngiitt, and
Major Wllliam W. Harts, Charles W.
Kutx and Harry Burgess, all of the
Knglneer Corps of the army.
In Close Tiauch.
Washington. D. C, July 3.?Although
the President and most of the members
of hla ofitclal famlly in the Cabinet are
absent from Washington. few of the
Cabinet offlcers are out of close touch
by telcgraph and long dlatance tele?
phone wlth the asalstant secretarics
who are looklng after the routlne busl?
ness of the respertive departments.
Thls ls particularly true of Secretary
Knox, who from ffla home at Valley
Forge, Ia keeplng close watch on the
aaily happenlngs in Washington, as re?
ported to hlm by Actlng Secretary
Huntington Wllson.
Several matters of negotlation are
in what he regards as a critical state.
For lnstance, there ls the Hankow
Railroad loan. Amerlca ls jolned with
Germany, France and Great Brltaln In
what thej foreign offlces are pleased
politely to term a "request" upon the
Chinese government, but whloh actual
ly amounts to a demand. for the Issue
of a decree acceptlng a loan of $30.
000,000 from flnanclers of the four na
tions to be uaed ln the constructlon of
the Hankow Railway. The Chines**
government doea not oare particularly
to do thla, though It may aeem odd for
a natlon to refuae to accept a loan.
Its reluctance ls based upon the fact
that the great vlceroys and manderlns
of the provinces through which the
projected road will run aro strongTy
opposed to it. These offlclals havlng lia
mlnd tho bltter experlencea of Chlna
followlng the concesslon to the Rus
sians of the right to bulld the South
Manchurlan Railroad, are fearful that
the buildlng of the Hankow road wlll
mean the ultlmate domlnation of thelr
country by the foreigners.
So they have offered to finance the
road themselves, but lt is probable
that thelr proteats wlll be unavalling
and that somo tlme this week the ex?
pected decree authorlzing the loan will
bo forthcomlng.
ConccHslon Held I'p.
Wlthln the same period lt Is posst
ble that some agreement can be reach?
ed between the Stato Department and
the government of Turkey regardlng
the projeoted 1,000-mlle railroad
through Asla Minor, A group of on
terprlslng American flnanclera haa ob?
talned a conoeaalon from the Turkish
feovernment to exploit that anclent
country for tho vlrgln mlnerals con
oealed below the sands and arld hills.
But a German corporatlon which has
already constructed a road leadlng out
of Bagdan, of "Arabian Nights" famo,
has lodgod an energetic protest wlth
tho TurkiBh government on the ground
that there is not room onough for
two in that part of the world, and has
succeeded in havlng tho conoosslon
held up.
CAUGHT BYPOLICE
Widow of ForeignNaval
Officer Arrested on
Ugly Charge.
RECENTLY TRIED
TO KILL HERSELF
Former Trained Nurse, Who Has
Figured Extensively in News
papers, Shows Indication of
Early Refinement and
Educatton?Two Others
Arrested.
Mra. Eleanora Wold, trained nurse,
widow of a naval offlcer and a wo?
man who still shows tracea of high
educatlon and early refinement, waa
arrested early yesterday mornlng, ln
company with Otta Dell and Joe Wil?
llams, on a charge of being dlsorderly
on the premlses at 1723 East Main
Stroet.
During the ahort tlme s!he haa heen
In Richmond?only a few months?
Mrs. Wold has been frequently before
the publlc eye and frequently before
the police. Early ln June she was
found unconaclous ln the Capitol
Square, but whether sho had beon
overcome by whiskey or had attempt?
ed to poison hersolf the physlcians af?
terwards could not aay. But sho de?
clared she wanted to end lt all, as
she had lost her reputatlon and dis
gracod her husband's name, and lt Is
belleved that she drugpre<l herself and
then lay down ln the Square to die.
She ahowcd appearances of havlng
been drinking when arrested early yea
tcrday mornlng. She became 111 later
in the day, and an ambulance physician
from the Clty Hospltal attendcd her.
Datt night she lay down on the floor
of her cell, groanlng, utterlng impre
iiations and wishing that ahe could die.
Wldow of -Vnvnl Offlcer.
"I was born in Christlana, Norway,"
she Eaid, "and marrled a naval offlcer.
We came to this country eighteen
years ago, but 1 have ainoe been all
over the world, into overy port and
into every country." She suffcred so
intonsely that abe could hardly speak,
and llttle of her paat life, except that
which had been learned before, could
be obtalned from her.
Mrs. Wold llved formerly on Eaat
Franklin Stroet. She went to the house
on _ast Main Stroet two days ago, and
admllted that she was under tho influ
enco of whiskey when she went thero.
She had also had a good posltlon wlth
a wealthy business man of West Frank?
lln Street, who offared hor a posltlon
wlth hlB famUy at their country home
near Gordonsville, *.n Orange county,
"1 wish I had gone wlth them." ahe
wept ln her broken acconts. "But I
got wlth evll companions and began
drinking whiskey, and now I'm dis
graced."
As an indication that she is hlghly
educated, Mrs. Wold can speak seven
languages, havlng been educated ln a
school ln Copenhagen, Denmark.
Once Tried Sulclde.
After her attempt at sulclde she waa
arrested on a lunacy warrant, but tho
commlssion which examlned her decld?
ed that she was sane, and sho was
freed. Thore seems to be somethlng
vltally wrong with hor. Whiskey al?
ways leaves her in hopeless dejectlon,
and her mlnd beglns to wander. sho
stated with the flrst revlval of con
aciousness aftor being found In the
Capitol Square that sho attempted to
klli herself because of her hopeless
love for a buslness man on East Main,
Street. He denled havlng had any lovo
nffalr wlth her, but sald he had tried
to help hor to recover a penslon frorn
the government in whoso navy hor
husband was an offlcer.
Before refusing to talk further, Mrs.
Wold sald that her brother, a man
named Von Lled, as near as could be
dotermined from her confusod pronun
ciation, was ln Rlchmond, havlny come
hero to help her. He ls a Duthcrau
preacher and llves in Wisconsin.
The Dell woman took affalrs more
calmly. She has been arrested beforo,
she admitted. She sald her homo was
in Ohlo. Willlams is said to be tho
proprietor of the house. He was not
bailed.
TWO WOMEN KILLED
Traln Strlko* Automobile ai Fanioua
Crosslng,
New York; July 3.?On tho same
crosslng at Valloy stream, L. I., where
twenty persons were kllled ln a tally
ho Wreck, some years ago, an auto?
mobile owned by Androw Crawford. of
Hlverslde, N. Y? and containing Mr.
Crawford, hls two daughters, Jean
nette and Charlotte and thelr ohauf
feur, was struck by a Long Island
Railway traln thls afternoon. Both
young womon were kllled and tho
chauffeur was serlously Injured.
Mra. Crawford had left the car only
a few minutes beforo tho accldont.
Mr. Crawford was tossod wlth the
othera. but escapod wlth a few
soratches.
FIRST NEWS OF THE FIGHT
The Times-Dispatch this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock will operate a special
bulletin service, publishing the first news of the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
A huge bulletin board has been built high on the Bank Street side of The
Times-Dispatch Building, on which will be posted bulletins painted in large letters
showing the battle by rounds.
Painters working from swinging ladders will operate the board, while ring-side
news will be announced by megaphone.
Come to the Capitol Square at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon-and-get the first
news of the great fight.
EXPECTS INDICTMENTS
Orpnrlmrnr of .limllee ProMeciitlng Al
lenni .Swlmllers.
Washington, July 3,?Tho Depart?
ment of JtiBtice oxpectB that a num?
ber of Indictments wlll bc returned
during thls woek by the grand Jury
at Montgomery, Ala., which for nearly
n month has beon lnveatlgnting the
so-called Jewelry and furniture bank?
ruptcy frauds whloh had thelr ramill
catlons ln sovoral of the IVouthern
States, notably ln Alabama. In both
classes of alleged frauds, the opera?
tions, acoordlng to the ofilciala hero
werQ carrled on ln an extenslve scale.
ln the Jewelry frauds, the estlmato
has been made that merchants
throughout tho country have been vlc
timlzed to amounta varylng from
$500,000 to $2,000,000, the oxact total
of which probably never wlll bo
known, !
More than two hundred witnesses
from various parts of the United
States wero summoned to appear be?
fore the grand Jury to glvo thelr
tostlmony. Tho delay In prosentlng
Indictments has been duo to tho great
labor Involvcd ln tho prcscntatlon of
the cases. A dozen persons were ar?
rested ln the preliminary proccedinga
and indictments may bo brought
either for oonsplracy or for using the
malls wlth lntent to defratid. Con
vtctlon under either charge would
mako tho dofondants Uable to severe
penalties.
Dlstrlct Attorney Willlam H. Am
brecht, at Mobile has been actlng as
special asalstant to the Attorney-Gen?
eral ln the prosecutlon of tho cases
at Montgomery.
The alleged oonaplracles, tho ofll
cials here say, aro among the most
serlous which the F"ederal govern?
ment has sought to prosccuto ln
years.
PAY THE PENALTY
Two Ncgroen Are Tiaken From .Inll
nnd l.ynchcil.
Charleston, Mo.. July 3.?Two
negroes were lynched to-day tor the
murder of Willlam Fox, a planter of
Mlsslsalppl county. They were taken
from tho county jail by a large crowd
of cltlzens, who broke down tho doors
wlth sledge hammers in broad day
llght.
Tho nogroes ahot Fox ln the back
whlle rlding ln hls wagon, last nlght.
Ho dled after Identlfylng the negroes.
The negroes, who came from Ten
nesseo, but whose names wore not
learned, talked to For yesterday ln
Charleston, whoro ho was trudlng.
They sald they were working for a,
threshlng outfit near hls place and
asked permission to rlde ln his
wagon.
Fox startod for hls home after dark
wlth the negroes ln the wagon box
behind. Two mlles from town one of
the negroes shot Fox through tho'
back and both searched hls pockets.
An approaching wagon caused them
to run.
The approaching^ mon were friends
of Fox, and after tlndlng hlm mortally
wounded thoy wont to Chjirlcston and
told Sherlff Culp, of Mlsslsalppl county.
Bloodhounds were put on the trall.
and tho negroes were captured in a
barn three miles from tho scene of the
murder. They wore brought to Charles?
ton' and locked up.
Fox dled shortly after he had lden
tificd the negroes, nnd to-day farmcrs
from the county began flocklng Into
Charleston.
ZI0NISTS MEET IN PITTSBURG
Plnn* to Ile DIsciiHMed for Jewish
Natlon in Pnlcsttne. .
Plttsburg. I'a? July 3.?Promlnent
.Tews from all over the world, many of
whom will leave next year for Pales
tlne, where they wlll make thelr per?
manent home, are ln Pittsburg to at?
tend the annual convention of tho
Federatlon of American Zlonists, which
opens to-morrow. Already about ,'tOO
delegates from all sectlons of thls
country havo registored. many of whom
are women. Fvery deiegato is intor
csted In the world-wlde movement of
the Jews for emanclpatlon In tho pro?
posed establlshment of a natlon in the
Holy Land.
Some of the promlnont men who are
here are Dr. Joseph .Tasin, of New
York. secretary of the federatlon:
Lewis Llpskl, editor of the Maccabean;
Bernard G. Ttlcharda. secretary of the
.Tewlsh Konilla; M. Chazzan and Rabbl
Jacob Menkcs, of Now York.
Slmon Goldman and hls famlly. of
St. Louls, will leave for Palestlne In n
few wocks. whlle I. b. Borushak. of
the same city. who ls also here, ls ono
of a party that will follow wlthln tlie
year.
The buslness seasions of the conven?
tion begln to-morrow morning and
wlll contlnue untll Wednesday.
ARM0UR 0N HIGH PRICES
Snys New Crop of Onltlc Neueasury to
Ohenpcr Ments.
New York, July 3.?The farm and
ranch wlll declde whether thero aro
to be any modlficatlons of food prlces
in the near future, in the opinion of
J. Ogden Armour, who with hls wifo
arrived on the steamer La Prov
enco from an automobillng tour In
Franco. Mr. Armour sald ho would
leavo at once for Chlcago.
"I do not thlnk thero wlll be a ma
terial change in prlces until the new
crop of corn is harvested and untll, I
may add, wo get a new crop of Ilve
stock," sald Mr. Armour, whon asked
about posslble reductlons in food com
modlty prtcos.
"The lattor mattor," ho added, "Is
ono which ls seldom seon in its truo
llght, I fear, by tho generai public.
At uny rate it has not beon glven
auo signiflcanco ln agitatlons which
have sprung uu recently In rogard to
tho prices of food supplies."
Mr. Armour characterized as "rldleu
lous ond untrtio" publlshed reports
that large quantltles of moat woro be?
ing hold ln storage,
VETERAN BURIED AT SEA
Wtll Asked Thnt Frlcndn Bc Illlarlou.i
nt Itls Funcrnl.
Miaml, Fla,, July 3.?Complying with
a roqueat oontalnod In hls wlll. frlends
of Captaln A. U. Simmons. a Grand
Army votoran, who dled at the Na?
tional Soldiers' Home, Johnson Clty,
ronn., buriod his body at sea Frlday
afternoon, and tho voterun'a Inst stop
ls ln the depths of the beautlful Bis
oayne Bay.
Captaln Simmons, who was a flrm
bellover lu ovolutlon, oxpreased tho
further deslre that no religious ser
vlcos be held over his body, and that
!h!s frlends in porforming tho last
ritos conduct thomaelves wlth ns much
galoty as posslble. Theso rltos merely
conalsted of roadlng the will, the flr
ing of three guns nnd placlng tho tlngs
pf the yacht at half-nmst as the body,
inensod in u bag, was lowerod Into
the Gulf Stream.
Tho body of Captaln Simmons, who
served throughout the Civll War wlth
a New York reglment, was first Inter
rotl ut Johnson Clty. but was exhumed
whon tho contents. of tho wlll booame
known.
NOT TAKEN SERI0USLY
Atlniulo CUy Heiira Humor That Sen?
ator Is Drowued.
Atlantic Clty, N. J.. July ?.?A rumor
ot the drownlng off this clty of United
Statea Senator Punroso ta not tukon
serlously bere, fe'enator Benroao left
on a flshlng trlp last tyrldny, and his
yacht Betty x was reported as havlng
salled from the breakwator to-day.
The Sonator's. absence from his hotel
gave rlsi? tor the rumor of hls drawn -
iu_.
PORTSMOUTH HO
LOHGERIHLEAGUE
Jack Grim Gets Fran?
chlse, Which May Go
to Petersburg.
QUESTION RESTS
ON FINANCIAL AID
Assurance Given, However, Thati
Petersburg Is Anxious to Get
Club and Will Give It Neces- \
sary Support ? Richmond /
Holders Lose Ports?
mouth Stock.
BY .yklso.v uonivs.
Ocean Vlow, Va.. July. 3.?The deatlny?;
of tho Portamouth Baseball Club waa^
scttlcd this afternoon by the Vlrglnla*
League mngnates, who, ln dcfault ofts
the owners of tho club taklng cara-;
of tho team, put Jack Grlm ln chargaj
wlth carte blanche to select any clty, j
ln Vlrglnla as tho homo town. Qrlnity
takes charge at once, and wlll an
nounco his decision ns soon as he caiv
talk tho matter over wlth baseballR
people. Owing to the holldays. tho en-i'
thuslasts could not he got togeUier,,
but it ls confldently expooted that
thoy wlll arrango matters' by to-mor-j
row, when Grim wlll announco hls de-*!
cision.
From a gambler's standpoint thet
odds are 100 to 1 that Petersburg wlltl
get the Portsmouth franchlse. The "V"i
on tlie unlforms wlll no longor st&iidr,
for Portsmouth. but for Potersburg/
Grlm wants Petersburg, the Petersburg)!
people want the team, and there Ish
money a plenty ln Petersburg to puCt
up for lt and pay all lts tndebtedness.
Ilrooko Propositlon.
Tho magnatee met' this afternoon oai
tho veranda of the Ocean View Hotel]
and disouaaed tho matter IntormaJly,;
l>r. Vernon Brooks, of Portsmouth, waa
prosent wlth a propositlon. He offer-j
ed to pay tho dobts of tho Portsmouths,
club to tho contractors, who aro walt-'
lng wlth aherlff's papers, and to paya
half of tho Indebtedness of tho club to/
the league. After lt had nearly been;
decided to lot Dr. Brooks have tha*
franchlsp for Portsmouth, however. _a|
declded that some of tho iiu.-Uliuu.tlon-.
were not to hls tuste and witlulruw.
hia otter.
Then. Grim placed hls propositlon bey
fore tho league, and lt looked good.
After the withdrawal of Dr. Brook?
thero was no other bidder beslMes
Grim, and he had things ull his own
way. The magnates talked lt over,
and because Grlm had not -been ablo tu
discuss the matter with Petersburg
peoplo they declded that he shoulcC
have tho team and place lt ln any clty;
able to support it.
Grlm had talked wlth Petorsburg1
folk enough to know that they wantert
the team, and could support lt, but asr,
nothlng was pledged ho was chary ot
declarlng hlmself beforo he know what
ho could bank on. He wlll be ln Pe~
tersburg to-morrow, hawover, and will'?
flnd out what tho town wants.
Itlchniond People l.osae.
Incidentally, lt developed during th*
meeting that the Rlchmond stodkhold-j
ors in the Portsmouth olub would bot;
left in the cold. There is a clause ln*
the by-laws of tho Vlrglnla League*'
which makes it poBSlblo to take thei
franchise away from any owners whor
refuao to support tho olub. It was held
that the Rlchmond stockholders had
In refuslng to pay the salarles of the
players, vlolatod the contract, anrf
thelr sharo ln the franchlse was nlx<
Everybody who sat with tho :nag-j
nates this afternoon was onthusiastlcri
over tho prospoct of the franchise go-'
ing to Petersbuxg. Wln Clarke, man-.'
ager of the Norfolk club, advocatedj
the move thoroughly, and severati
rortsmouth players, although they hada.
no say ln tho mattor, stated that they-.
belleved the move would be a good/1
one. It was shown that Portsmouthfj
wns dead so far as baseball is con-;
corned, and that tho Infuslon of fresha
ontliuEtasni would help the league. \
The decision dld not come untll a-j
hard llght had been waged to keepri
the franchlse In Portsmouth. DrJ
Brooks waa ready to flght to tho lastq
dltch to keep it in Portsmouth, andl
hls arguments held the rneetlng for'
two hours. When the magnateaj
learned what Dr. Brooks was banking.
on, they decided that they could notvj
ontortaln his propositlon, and it was7*,
wlthdrawn,
After placing the Brooks offer ln thetf
diacard, tho matter had to bo goneo
over again and gone over ln detall.]
Jack Grim's proposltion was looked
into, and then tho visible assets ot'
tho Portsmouth team were revlewecl.
lt was declded that Portsmouth had.
players who, lf sold, would brlnsj
onough money to pay tho club's ln-ij
debtodnoss.
Leave lt All to Grlm.
Grlm was not, howevor, in a posi-;
tion to say absolutely whether he!
aould raise tho money to buy the team,,
Ho was morally certaln that he could,
tuit he would take no chances.
Jake Wells, knowlng that Peters?
burg wus ready and wllling to tako
the teum at a fair vuluatlon, offered
tho suggestton tliat Grlm be placed ln
jharge and allowed to flnd hls town
Jor hlmself. This was unanimousiy
igreed upon, and tho team was for
nally given hlm.
Grlm wlll tuko charge at onco, and
indertako tho monagemonl. Ho al
?oady has threo men who, he thlnks,
.vlll strongthen the team matorlally,
ind ho will begiu to liammer hl.-i
nethods home at onco. Ho wlll go
o Petorsburg to-morrow and aeo what
he people thero have to offer, and lt
s confldently expected that before tha
veuk is onded the Portsmouth fran
ihlse wlll bo formally turned over ta
^etersburg, and the city on the Appo
natlox wlll have a chance at winntnai
ho Virginia League pennant.
Those prosent ln the meoting thla
ifternoon were: Jake Wells, HeoreWry
Jregory, Willlam 15. Bradley, C. li.
.V'illlaiiis, of Hoanoke; XV. M. Sneadi
md John W. Boswoll, of Danville. a.
;. Omoliitndro und B. Murgollus, ot
Jorfolk. Nn representatlves of Lyneh
>urg wero proapnt. Wln Clarke uutt
everal Portamouth peoplo who wer?
nterested Iji the matter wore In th**
lotel, but, of courae, could tuke no a<>.
^ve part in ihe meetiug.