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years old, who wn? calllng on
Thr shootlng oceurrrd nt Beotll
m.'ii' here.
I'.ivo, who has been pnying nl trptl
"to tho c 1 tl for sottic tlme. says
Miootuit- wns aceldentnl. He wns
tn in ln I n t: b shotglth belnnglng to
riettd Blrl'a father, he says, whon
cliniKc lu one nf the bnrrel*' oxplor
enterlng the left slde of tho glrl i
kllllng her InMnntly. Sho fell act
II,i- body of her father, who wns Sle
Ing on tlie COUCh lll tbe > amo nvMl
Dove made tn> nttompi lo esci
He Wftlked to hlfl home apd awnt
the arrlvnl of Sherlff Vlett, of no
vlll*. Ile Is hold wlthout ball.
Three .Miinlrr*.
Greensburg, pa., December 20.?'
atrlke-rfdden coal flelda of Westmc
land county are in the throe sor ri
ing. the rCBUll nf largo quantitios
Hqttor that havo been shippcd into
Various mlnlng camps. The thlrd in
der (n twenly-four hours was repor
to thc cOroncr to-day In the death
Tony Carclno, a strlker, who wns f
merly employed al Osborne, n sni
mlnlng town of the Youghlougheny *
Ohio Coal Compan**. Mlko Calcer
snd John Nathan are belng sought
the State police.
Carclno *vaa llving in a strlkr
Camp and was shot lo death last nt*
when there waa an assauit upon t
camp. About Beventy-flvo shots w<
flrod. and Carclno was found later w
threo bullel holes ln hls back.
There have heen repeatod domar
for thr Stale police all dny from vn
ons cectlons of the conl flelds ln tl
tecllon. Twolvo wero sent to Bradc
vllle slx to Madison. two to Clarldi
two to Adatnaburg nnd four to Somi
set. Tho authorlties fear there i\
be a general outbreak all over the c<
flelds beeause of liquor the men ha
obtalned.
Chrlstmas Kve Trngedy.
Asheville. N. C, December "i",._xe.
of d Christmas Eve tragedy in Swn
county reached here to-day. where
Oscar Clark sio.t tnd almost Instanl
kllled 11. .1. Calhoun, and then turn
his revolver on J. P. Calhoun. a brot
er. lnflloting wonnds from which t
latter dlod ai the Mission Hospital,
this clty, last nlght. ?
The doublo tragedy was onactcd ne
the post-ofllce at Hryson Clty Satu
day nlght, and ls sald to have been t
OUtCome of a Chrlstmas celebrali.
wlth whiskey as ihe motlvo pow<
Clark, an unmnrrlod man thirty yea
old. was anitisirjg hlmself by ilrlng
revolver or-.- tho heads of passers-b
when D. J. Calhoun remonstrated wl
the shooter. Words and tho kllling fi
lowod. The slaln man's brother. J.
Calhoun. arrlvod on the scene a fo
minutes later. only to be shot do-i
with two bulleta ln hls abdomen. Clin
made his escape and is now belleved
be ln Tennessee,
?"nlni iu V'noe of Flre.
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.1
Wilmington. N. c? December 26.
During Chrlsfmas servlces at St. Jain.
Eplscopal Church, lights from a "Sti
of Bethlehem" far above thc alt;
set a mass 'ot green decoratlons o
flre. Reganiiess of tho Immtncnt coi
flagratlon, the lnrge nn'd fashlonabl
congr'egatiori kept their scats, the bi
cholr sang several hymns-, and ibe rei
*or Rev. A. II. Mllton. cnlmlv dlrected
volunteer flro corps, whioli came foi
ward and flnally extingulshed th
flames. The regular service then pro
ceeded.
Drink* t'.vnnide of Potasalam.
Washington, Pa., December 20.?Be
fcauso her parents refused to permlt he
?n go to the home of a married slstei
where she was to meet her sweet
heart, Anna Howard, aged elghteer
daughter of a wealthy farmer of Han
Un Statlon. commltted suicido b.
drinking cyanide of potassium to-da'j
Tlie family had gono away to celobrat
the holiday, leavlng tbe young glrl a
homo wlth a four-year-old nephew
"Where she obtalned thc poison is un
known.
Before kllling herself tho girl wrot.
r noto to her parents, glving thi
names of thoso sho wlshed to be pnll
bearer.s and deslgnating the psalm
Blie wanted .-sung at her funeral.
Murder nnd Sulelile.
Dancaster, Ohio, December 26.?Jeal
OUSy of a girl whom he had not seei
for two years, Oscar Kmlcr, of Clevc
land, to-day shot and probably fatall:
wounded .Miss Emma Deods and com
mitted sulcldo whon he waa surrotindct
by tlie police.
Emler quarrelod with another mai
over Miss Deeds two years agu ani
way soverely cut. Ile loft Dancastcl
ofter recovwing fjoni hla woiinds am
TO GET
ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS.
ALWAYS BUY THE 6EN0INE
SOLO BV ALL LEADING
One Size only, so*a Bottle
Removal Sale Now Qn|
Don't Talce Chancsa
jrith ytur advertiaing appropriaticn L.
icure the aervices of an agepcy who haa
made a succe,^ fo- others. Advice and
?ilans free. \
Freeman irevertising Agency
Miitu:'\ Bmldinft,
JUch-norijI. - VirjiLnia.
her.
iml
ep
f^>C_y^ THE
bBERRY
SHOE
NOW FAMOUS I
ot-1 You'll get. more fop youri
?fT_l0-S?*^sln The B^rry Shoe st
? im * $8.80, $4 and $8 than ln any
ur-l shoe on the market.
'of! T,i?t's why fhey'pe famous.
oi- j Wlnter lasts are ready.
, went to Cleveland, where ho has been
l employed ln n chaln factory. Me re
j turned to Dancaster on Saturday to
I spend Christmas, nnd thls afterilonu
iwent to soo Miss Duods. lils jealousy
( wns aroused by her receptldn of hlm.
i I.nilor drew a revolver nnd shot the
| girl four tlmes. One bullet cntered the
I race and looge.l in tho brain, while
j the others entered her left slde.
Shooting Mny Prove Fatal.
fSpocial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch. |
Amherst, Va.. December 26.?Sunday
j ovening on what Is known as "Need
i more," nt Amherst, Wllliam Martin,
j colored. who lB said to have come
' from Lexington, shot Joe Rlehoson
I also colored, who llves at tllls placo.
. Ihe man was wounded fn tho left slde
and R is not believed tTial ne wlll re
i .over."*'After tho ,<*Tiootlng Martin made
Us eseape, nnd so far nothlng has bei n
heard of hlm, though efforts aro belng
mndo to apprbherfd hlm.
T'nlnl Mistletoe Berrlr-i.
BokOBhe, Okla., Decembef 26?Three
children aro dead and two others are
declared to bc dying hero as a reaull
or eatlng mistletoe berrles. Durlng a
Christmas celebratlon at tho homo of
Frank Wrlght. a farmer. two of hls
children aged llve and four years. were
dlscoyered feastlng upon the berrlcs.
Physlclans were sunimotied. but their
efforts wero unavalllng. Tho children
died thls mornlng. To-day three chil?
dren o? tbe nelghborlng fal*m of Ben
Jamln White heenme 111 from tbe ?amc
cause. Ono ls dead and the others
will dle within a few hours, physl?
clans declnre.
Two Kllled ln Flgh-tlng.
Waycross, Ga., December :g.-Two
pcrsons aro dead. a third Is wounded
nnd a fourth ls reported to be badly
hurt and probably ln a dving condi?
tion. ns a result of flghtlng In nnd
about Bachlett. southeast of Waycross
yesterday nnd to-day. Tho dead a-e
Walter Allen and Den?r Crews. Mlen
wns shot through tho heart by Walter
i'r.-bv.s. who wns in turn shot by the
? lylng man as ho fell.
I'lirce-I oriH-reil Fight,
Moultrle, Ga., December 26.?Madl?
son Matthews, aged twenty-foiir years
ls dead, Fabe Watson is dying". and
Watson's father. Reuben Watson. is
SUfferlng from serious stab wounds. as
a result of a three-cornered fight with
knives near Hartsfleld, thls county,
Christmas Day. The coroncr's iury
decided that Matthews wa.-, kllled by
Reuben Watson, and that tbe killing!
was justlflable. The cause of th.*
troublo is not known.
Aecldenlnlly Killed.
Selma, Ala., December 26.?-Will GI1- !
mor, son of J. ,\I. Ollmer, was Instantly
killed near horo this afternoon by Dr. !
Joseph Allen, a dentlst. Dr. Alloii was
dlsiiiountlng from hls horso whon the
trlgger of hls gun caught on hls cont.
The chargo of shot penotratod young.'
Gllmor's broast.
Mnbs 111.. Wife.
Wellston, Ohlo, December 26.-?Al tho;
homo of u slck nelghbor, Mrs. Uwis
Boggs, thls afternoon, Frank Buckley, J
aged twenty-elght, a mlner, stabbodj
hls wife. aged twenty-alx, causlng fa- j
tal injurles, Ho orderod Mrs Boggs,
to leave her bed and go out in the'
snow, and thon drove hor husband out.
Buckley threatened to kill nny ono
who "tried to arrest hlm or to mlnister
to hls wife. The polico wero calied.
and Patrolman Henry Shlr'es shot
Buckley through the heart. Ruckley's
two little children wero wltnesses of
tho crlme.
Klll-i llcr V-xnllnnl.
. Clayton. Ga.. Deeember 26.?ClalnV
ing thnt she acted in self-dofenso
when tittaeked wlth a knife, Martha
Wooton to-day shot and Instantly
kilTc'd Samuel Algary. Seven porsons
who witnessed tho troublo nro in Jall
awaltlng a prellmlnary hearlng.
Four Children lliirnod.
Montreal, Docembor 26.? Four small
children of Ovld Barll, of Athabascn
land cou'nty aro ln the Ihroes of rlot
wlilch destroyed tlio stor.e and homo or
their father early Christmas morning.
Both of the parents wero severoly
burned.
Twelve Kllllnga.
Charleston, S. (*., rici-i.mb.--r 26.?Tlie
Christmas season in South Ctirollna
"the weather.~~
l-'orccitwti For Vlrgiiilu?l'nii* Tiich
dn,\, excepl Im-iil ruluN lu sotitkWCKtt
I WednoNilnj unticttled; IIhtIu to uioder
llle miuiii ullllls.
For North ( liriilliiii?LoeMl rnlns
| Tucsdny, e\oo*it fnlr ou thc consti
\\ educnilay fiiii-- llght to nioilcrate
lnoutb wlnds.
LOb\biTio\a \ KsrioituAV.
Fair. Thermometer at mldnight, is.
CO*VDITIONS l\ IMI*QHTANTVo1TI_S.
(*r\t s P. M. Eastern Standard ti. i
Place, Ther. II,
Ashovlllc . 38 !
AuguHta . iv
Atlanta . 02
BostUn . "S
llufl.il. ;>?> \
U
?bui,
11 i.-nv.-r . 28
i (lalveston . ii l
j llaU.'iiiH . 4,i
Jucksonville .... B2
Junlter . 62
Key West . 61
Know Ule . ;:|
Loulsville . ns
Mobllc . ,-?;
New Orleans,... i; i
nv? i'ork. .''2
Norfolk . isj
Oklahoma . ls
Plttsburg . :;ii
Raleigh . n
Snvniinali . 00
Tnmpa . ;,c
Washlngton .... ;;?
Wllmlngton
1
I
I
A
Ta
in
11
P. rlim
('lear
Cloudy
('l.-ar
Clear
Cloudy
I'lou.lv
Cloudy
Clour
Cloudy
cie>ar
Cloar
tiiji*' r\ in,|.;.
December ST, into,
Morning tlde. 13*48
Kvfciitiif lirla......,. 1:2.',
S;
n-oi
proved a bloody one, and twelvo
Ings liave heen reported from sort
of the Ptnte within throe dnys. J
persons hnve lM,oii wmmded mnn
less seriously during festlvltles. B
of tho vlotlmu aro wlilte.
Flnd? Children llurued.
Gl.iHgow, ICy., December 26.?On
turnlng homo from nn orrnnd to
Mrs. Robert Boles, of Wlsdom,
found her home ln sshes, and ln
corner of the rulns the oharred bo
of her throo yotlng children. XV
Mrs. Holes left home sho covered
fire nnd locked tho doors. Tho ehilt
hnd nppnrently tried to escape,
wero trnpped.
BURNED TO DEATH WITH
NEW DOLL IN HER AR
Bxploitlhg stnvc KaliiK blaslng oil
Meeplng < blld?I'lnnies Ctl<
Off n'escue.
New Vork. December 20.?Sex
year-oltl Lena Trellkler, whose li.
Is a llttie frame cottago at: Hofft
Boulevard nnd Trottlng Course X.i
Elmliiiisi, i? r? worn out wlth the
eltement of Christmas early last ov
Ing, klssed her granclmotiier. who
nlnely-onc yoars old, good-nlcrht.
wn? put to bed in hor room on the t
ond floor.
Her eyes wero hnlf closed. ns
tumbled Into her little bed. wlth n r
doll clasped tlghtly In her arms. I:
moment she was nsleep. That i
about S o'clock.
A few mlnutes later tlie oil stovo
her room exploded. sendlng the biaz
fluid In a shower about. tlio room. So
of It fell on the tace and hair of
pleeping chlld and her dolly. Tho
ploslon awakened Lena. She shrlel
with pain and I'rlght. but beforo :
could stir tho flames liftd snffoca
her.
The mother and four older chlldr
who were on the flrst floor, heard l
ssploslon, followed by the glrl's c
luit by the time they reached the sta
way Ihe fire had spread to It nml <
r.fi" tliat avonuo of resc'ue, l.'psta
they could hear the feeble cries
Ihe Mod grandmolhcr. who wns
hc top lloor.
At thls moment patrolman Fettig.
ihe ISImhurst Statlon, hurst ln t
ront door. H"o dashed through t
l.inies up to tho second floor, but w
mlted at the door of the child's ro.
u- a barrler of fire whlch mado e
rance Imposslble.
He then went to the floor abO'
ind selzing oi.i Mrs. Trehklor in 1
ii'ins carrled her to safoty. Then t
ir-omen arrived and soon extinglllsh
ho blaze.
They found the burnod hody of litt
,eua ln her bed. the doll stlll in h
rms, but biirned almost to a cinder.
\RGUES WITH THE POLICE
WHILE PALS ROB SAf
lookoul Sliuulntcs Drunkcnuesii n
KugHgCB the Aftention of
Pnlrolmcn,
Mlddlotown. N. V., December 26.
'he local police decided to-day th
onsiderable theatrlcal talent is i-n
ilng to waste in th.- person ol
iiidcntltio'd man who finally persuad
hem early yesterday mornlng, aft
ing nrgument, thut he was nol drui
nough tn bc locked ui>. it w
bvlous, when they met hlm in fr'o
l a department store on Main Stre
hat he was suffering from an exee
I' eonvivlslity?at least it struck rhe
hat way then. But he argued tr, sin
ood elToet that they ovontually d
Ided that he was sober enough to 1
llowed to go.
Tho policemen's judgment as in tl
ranger's sobrioty was vindicati
hen they dlscovered later that whi
p was arguing, his pals, belleved
ave ntimbered tliree clovor prol'e
onal cracksmen; wr^-e ripplng tl
ICk out of the safe. in thc store. Tiu
jt $200. but overlooked a box coi
llnlng S750. i;vlt|entl.v thoy left hu
edly, for they abandoned son
urglars' tools of the latest patter
toluding an Instrument known to tl
uder world as u "can-opener," di
gncd for ripplng out the back or
ife.
The police are now eonvinced tiu
io man who ?imulated drunkenne;
ns their lookout and that lils lotld ai
Jirienls were what Inforined hls ai
unpliccs that the police were nea
>mo of the tools loft behlnd wei
rapped in a New Vork City news
ip.-i- of December 2.1. and this, wit
ie faci that it was a city, and not
all cdltloh, convinces the pollco thu
o men were New Yorkors.
IRUSADE AGAINST SMOKING
,-crxt'er nf 7Aon Clty Proceeds Affalun
the "linli'iieiiili-iiis."
Chicago, l lecember 20.?Wilbur Glon
illva, overseer und sucgessor to .lo>?
exander Dowlo. opened up n ne\
tisade against snioking in Zion Cit
sterday, Taklng .cognlzanco of th
islenee of :i new factlon. known a
e "Independents." who have not l>ee
raid lo smoke in puhllo rocontly, h
llowed a general circular 011 the sub
't wlth personal letters to alloge
iders.
In each Voliva announeeri he woub
sin prosecutlons lf the "perniciou
bit" was not Instantly abandonec
i rountains & Elsewhere
Ask for
!*he Original and Getiuina
K
The Food-drink for Ali flgas.
\l restaurants, hotels, and fountains.
)elicious, invigorating and sustaining.
Ceep it on your sideboard at home.
Don't tfavel without it.
quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Ite no imitation. Just say "HORLICK'S.'
No GomS$8siQ ob* Trust
IHE ARTISTIC
iohmer Piaim?
^EE FERGUSSON PIANO CO;,
119 East Broad. N
utherland & Cherry
:>eclal?Odds and ends ln Furntturo,
1 Bods, Mattlngs. Stoves, etc. Cheap
loso tnem our.
810 EAST UHOAD.
lational Cash Registers
. FOR SALE
iXV and sccond-haud, from $30 un.
iasy monthly uayuients. All fully
laiitt-cd.
'll. 6? TMYSOTCi Sales Agen'tj
Jih liai.st Main Ht.
klll
lons
Inny
i nr
Ight
day,
ky?
one
dles
hen
Ibe
Iron
but
NEW YORK FEEDS
POOR MO NEEOY
Thousands of Children Are
Given Fcasts and
Presents.
N'ew Vork, December 211.?Although
yesterday was ronlf> riiristmns, tu
day. as a wook day, was more gen?
erally colebralod throughout the great?
er clty. Thero were f?astP for the
poor and needy by th? scoro nnd dls
trlbiiilon of gffts'an.i good thlngs at
f.n . liarllahle institution!
I.i 5 were not nbserved ? ?
hundred and n'fty lltil.
only
taxed
fjycoum ai tho nn
Frank Tllford to tln
dren who havo to csr
brotherB and slsters v
ers work. ?
After the chlldren I
thing In sight. each wr
a seliool satClied contalnlng a drossod
doll, a box' of candy, n pair of stock?
ings nnd n plcture hook. Flve thou?
sand famllies wore provlded wlth food
by tlie Salvatlon Army, and thousands
of little folks wore made hnppy wlth
loy.u, candy nnd oratiifes. The dlstii
hutlon took placo at tlie Grand.Central
Palace. undor tho dlrectlon of Mlss
Evangellne Booth, commander of the
Salvaton Army in tlie Unlted States.
The Vniunteers of Amcrlca dld not
serve dlnner ln a hall, but dlstributed
C00 baskets' from headquarters in
??"| Nlnth Avenue.
shej
ted
IUII
she
iow
n a
vas
iu
Ing
mej
the I
where servicos
??rday. Twolvo
mothers, wher/
thousand liad boen expected,
thc eapnrlty of Murray Hlll
llnnor glvon by
tenemont chll
for thelr little
:le th*oir moth
?l eaten every
nrescnted wlth
A l'enturolrs*. lloHdny.
Washington, December 26.?Chriat
I mas Monday ln tho national capltal
e"' ; was as iiulot as Its predecessor, Chrlst
he i mas Dny, Presldent Taft surprlsed hls
P''! staff at the executivo ofllces by ap
{ pearlng thoro for an hour ln thc niorn
i Ing and reatftng hla
nall.
Secretary
""INogol und Secrotary .Meyer. who has
?" Just returned from a health resort ln
on North Carollna', where he Ind boen re
I cuperatlng from a recent attack of
?* stomach trouble, called on the Presl
he dent.
Is the afternoon the President and
.Mrs. Taft drove around the clty, stop?
ping at the resldenco of Admlral
Dewey for a few minutes to congratu
lato hlm on the attalnment of hls
seventy-thlrd birthday.
Secrotary and Mrs. N'agel gavo a dln?
ner to-nlght ln honor of Miss Helen
Taft.
Members of the diplomatic corps and
Washington ofllclal set entertalned at
a number of informal dinnera.
Thevpoor of the natlonal capltal en
joyed feasts at tho various mission
houses, old and young gatherlng for
the Chrlstmas dlnner.
!:o
CbrlMtthns nt Aiv luiti.
ISpecial to Thc Times-Dispatch,1
burg, Va? December 2i
Will
Chrlstmi
wlthout
klnd to
Mi ivhau
trade as
'H
theii
Th
passed In Williamsburg
slngle accident of nny
r the galetles of tlie season.
report a.s flne a Chrlstmas
ey have ever had. and some
as !..-en tbe best month in
scbooi of Brtiton Parlah
er j j .hm.;i i ,-Ki up annual Chrlstmas en- i
ik I tertalnmoni Frlday afternoon. at whlch
as f tlme abundant confcetlnns were dis
tit .tributed a-mong the puplls. Tbe nn
e.t uial entertalnment and Christmas
ss treo of tho Methodlst Cliurch wore
m glven to-nlght.
-h | At tbo Eastern State Hospital i?.
e- day the 700 patlents sat down to a
ie flne turkev dlnner. The patlents had
tneir 'rhrlstinas tree" Saturday after
io | "oon ln Cameron Hall. nnd about J.'iOn
>d | worth of candlcs, frulls. cakes and
' was dlstributed among- them
nll busini
I.An entortainmeni was glven at thc
me tlme, in which several convales
nt patlents took pnrt.
\l| Buslness SiiHpeudeil.
?" [Special to Tho Tlnres-Dispatch.]
Iivdeilckshing, Va.. Docembor 38.?
liserved here ns Christ
ia suspended, and
-??d without special Incl
cor the tline-honored pop
tho display of fireworks
at many resfdences at nlght. Thero
were many family reunion.s at tho
wero ser'ved?0 S Chrl3tn,as f'""'e's
At tlie Bantisl au.l Presbyterlan
aundiij fjolioola Chrlstmas celebratlons
were held a1 i? o'clQck to-day. and
i . , i'I'i". ""'Hl 'llill*-<; diBtrlbuted to
tho chlldren The Methodists hold
thoir entertalnmenl and iroatod the
Sunday school scholars thls .-.fternoon
ik'e
Day I'iinsph Quletly.
[Sneclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatcli 1
Anmerst, \ a? December 26.?Christ?
mas here passed off vory quletly. On
iBaturday It. B. .Toties and Walker
nJGrogory were aworn iri as special po
n|licemen to asslsi Sergeant J. W. llig
v ipinbotham tn keeping order ln the town.
' f.I.ate Saturday evening, Edgar Wood. a
'fwhlto man. was arrested for bolng
drunk and dlsorderly ln tho street, and
placed In tlm Amhorst jail. The town
ordlnanco ln regard to shooting llre
crackers wns suspended for to-day,
and tho small boys took every ad?
vantago of thls prlvllcge.
n.-Mlliiiil Iteeeptliiii.
Bfost, December 26.?Tlio mimlet
pality of Brest to-day gavo a brllllant
reception In honor of Rear Admlral
Miirdocl- and the omcors nf tlio third
divislon of the Unlted States Atlantlc
Meet; About 700 persons nttended tlio
functlon,
nnrrooms Open.
Alexandria, Va., December 2a.?
Christmas wns ohserved hero to-day
as much aa yesterday. Thero was a
general suspenslon of? liuslnoss. Dur?
ing the nfternoon hundreds of rost
donts attended Washington theatros.
while others .wore out ? distribu'tlng
gfts. The barrooms horo to-day kept
open all day. as usual.
GIVES BONDS AGAINST CUPID
Surctles nf Hollo tilrl l,n?e i?Ou ir She
Wed* ln Slx Moutlin.
Spokano, December 28.? When Miss
Margaret Perkins< went to work us
telophono operator in a local hotel
yestorday Lhe management rerjuired
bor u. glvo a. $fi00 bond nol to marry
wlthln slx months. The suratlea are
Promlnent buslness men. Tho reason
Is iliii a half-dozen telephone opera?
tors havo married wlthln aa many
months.
"J nm not engaged, nor do T cxpeo't
tu enter into an ongagetrioni during
tho oomlllg aix llionths," sald JIIhs Per?
kins, a comoly lii'iuiotle. "Of course, I
havo recelved a pruposal or two; but i
ttlll not ready to Battlo down for life,
Tho t\voyaung women worklng on tlio
other elght-hour shifts will also ifo
requlred to glvo bonds, I am liiformed."
INQUEST is*GRUESOME
SiiMicniled 'I'lint Itelntlves of nead Miij
ltecover from Hiuotlon.
Kirkby-Stepheti, Eng? DflCorfihoi" 86,??
Aii Inqueet Into the dlsanter whibh be
lell tha Seo tell Express Saturday, near
ITawos .liinctloti, wns lield to-day ln a
tl!i.\ ln ii lical' tlio spoi when- tlm traln
was lUtohed aml iniriicd. So grueaoma
was ti,,. inrjueai thal ii had to b,- sus?
pended tor atl lli.ur lo enahle tlio rola
tlves of the dead io recovor froni thelr
? -' ? 11ii>11. 'I'll.- soli.'itur Cur tho rullroud
c.iiupuiiy expressed tlio uompany's re
Jall
I
gret for the accldent, but. aceeptetl t
lesponnllilllty for It. lio Say* lt w
due to thn momentnry forgetfiilnosn
n nlgiialmnn.
B.v tho nhl of scraps of chnrr
clotlilng, buttons, keys. etc.. ntv
bodlor. of vlMlins have bcoit Identltl.
hut the evldence ttddllOOd to-day Im
caied tliat twonty other persons n
misslng and probably woro iittorlyro
siimert hy tho flro whlch liroko oul
Ihe wrockngc nfter Ihe traln wns il
rniled.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS
Ofllclnlft ? ,rt llnnk nre ( b/n u..,i \\\
VnlnK Illcgnl Meihod*.
hlsbon, December 2n.?Former Ti
mler .1. Diiclnno do Cnstrn, twelvo fr
mer jrovernors nnd dlroctnrs of I
Portugtloso Credlt Fopcler Bank, :
of them e.\-cablnet. mlnlster*, nnd I
chlef nccoiintants, treasurer'and cas
ler nf tho bnnk, wore arrosted to'-di
011 a elinrpn of using IlioRni mrtbo
ln connectlon wlth tho ndrnlnlstratl.
of tho Instltutlon. All of them we
released on ball. Cftstro, who ls
paralytic, wns unable to appear befo
tho maglstrato, nnd his ball was flxi
nt $2,oon.nnn. Thls was furnished-I
four capftallMs.
DYING OF PLAGUE
Tlilrty-Two People Siiceumlj ln Ifnu*
nnil Slrcet*.
Marbln, Marafhurla, l>er?mher 2fi,
In tho Chlnese suburb or Pudishu*
th.ere wo-rc thirty-two deaths fro
bubonie plague In houses and tl
streets on Ch.rlst.inns Day. Flght pe:
sons sufferlng from tho disease wei
taken to the hospital.
TREASURYSYSTEIW
AS BUSINESS EVIE
May Make Money Too* Scarce o
Too Abundant, Monetary Com?
mission Expert Says.
"Waslilngton. December 2?.?"The ln
rloponuent Treasury ol' the Unltei
Haiei and Its Relatlons t.. tlm BahK
if tiie Country" is the tltlo of n vol
iiine' Just publlshed by tho Natlonn
Uoncs*?ry Commission. This mono
;raph'^vas WrIPten by Dr. Davld Kin
ey. professor of polltlcal economy h
he Uhivers'Ity of Illinois.
The" aet of iS-lrt. whieh required th'
?overnmont to keep Its own funds
'oiind' its jusilAcatlon ln the hatur.
ind condltlon of tlie banklng systcn
)f the time. whlch mado the relianci
if the government on the banks fo
inancfal safety dangerous, nnd there
'ore undeslrable. Tlie flrst two stepi
tway from the act of 1846 wore taken
iccordinp: to thc. author, in 1863, by th.
aw estaJjlisbing tho present nationa
lanking system. Ilcnceforth the See
?etary of the Treasury niiglu deslg
late national banks to tho depositarlei
)f public moneys. except roceints fron
?uwt,u*s. National bank notes. more
>ver, to bo received at par in all partl
>f the Unlted .States ln all payments t<
ind by the government. except cua
oidk and interest on the public debl
"he extent to whieh tln. Treasury has
ivailed itself of thc prlvllege of .1,
loslt has varled tnainly tccordtng ti
he vlews of thc Secretary of thr
I'reasury or the Presldent.
Dminp the past ten or flfteen years
)r. ICinley tinds that there has growr
ip a policy of actlve Interfe: r-ncl- v.itl
lie money market on the pa:-:. of tl.
'reasury Department. This new policy
e belleves, is due to the realization on
ho part of the .Secretarles of th<
'reasury and buslness men of the evil
nfluences of the independent treasury
vstem on buslness. In lSIt", the re
elpts and dlsbursemonts of the gov
rnment were too small to have any
ipprecinblo effect: to-day condition*
re very different Thc Treasury is tlie
reatest slnglo handlor of money in
lie country, and its annual revenuu
requently runs much beyond lta ox
enditurv. Consequontfy tlie wlih
rawal of largo amounts of money
rom circulation may lead to monotary
tringency and buslness uncertalnty;
s sudden disbursement may stlmitlalo
nhealthy speculatlon.
I'cll lliippirr Mti-r Plungc.
Chlppewa Falls, Witt., 'December 20.
-.lohn Christlanson jumpe/1 forty feet
?oin a wago'n brldge Into Ihe Ch|p
cwa Rlver to-day, with stilcidal in
jiit. Ile went under the leo aud
ime up 200 feet down Btream at nn
Ir hole. Ile grabbed the ice and
?awlo.l o^J. lie went home and said
lat thc eold water had taken away
io deslre to dle, and made him fe.M
appicr than ho dld before tho plunge.
I'lght to ii Draw.
Metiiphis, Tenn., December 2*.?
tmes Barry, of Chlcago, and Toney, of
Mvcastlo, pa., fought eisht rather
.mo" rounds to a draw beforo tho
Ulonal Athletic Club to-nlght.
Nelther man secincd dlsposed to
lance his oppstient at short range,
id thc blows whlch landed true wero
m'paVatlvely few. After tho slxth
und the fightlng became f-aster,- Barry
ndlng choppy rights and left
/ings. At tho end Barry had a hlack
ed eye and Ross showed several
ulses.
Carl Morris. Ihe Oklahoma hcavy
slght, was al tlio rlngslde to chal
ige the wlnner,
Kknters I) 'inriied.
Boston, Mass.. Docembor 26.?Skat
ir out Ihe close o ftho Christmas
liday on the Charles River basln,
irlo B. Peterson, aged twenty-one
ars, and Miss |,|]la Pli'tll, a-go.l twen
years. broke through tho thln ft
?night an.l were drowned. The bodie
ire recovereft.
plles Ainerlenn Mnnoplmie.
Vllneola, i-. I.. noceniber 20,?Frank
luimacker, a mechanlc, omployed by
Uter Xj. Falrchlltl, a consnlting engi
er, made slx short straightaway
rhts in Mr. Falrchild's monoplane
the avlation (leld this afternoon.
IV' said to be the llrst tlme that
American monoplane, run- by an
lorlcan englne, has been aloft.
WIM irorcgn I'liither FHgUts,
,ondon, Dec -mber 20,?Actirtg on the
tr.uebl.6ns pf his modtcal advlsor,
Udo Graliaiiie-'Aliite, who had a nar
v escape. from serlous Injury a week
), and whose aeropiono was burnod
(day, haa decided to forego l'urthor
pnipts at (llghts aerosB the I'Onglisli
mncl f.or dlstance in compotlng,for
Baron de Foi'pb.I prlee of ?2.O,00n,
floes lo .hill f(ir n KIkm.
.shevllle, N. C. December 2'1. Ile
ise ho was carrie'il away h.v '"'
ibpi'ancc of qscttlatory /.eni and un
?fully inllleled the samo u'pnii Mrs.
la "Warti, of lliis cl-.y. .laifi.-.s Itaiii
is to-nl.yfit coolinp of? in tho clty
, eharged Wilh InsuJUng M?'B. XVnvtl.
:anisey had called at llie Ward
,io to-day to make a h .li.lav call,
TO Cl KK A I'OI.II IN ONK l).\\
? I.AXATIVK lllltiMd Qulnlno Tab
rglats refund money lf it tails to c
V. GROV^'B simituiic is on each 1
ill i.nnd wns admitted an u frlend of
fur famlly, Ifla "cbun d'lm-res" was
it pn ccilcil by nny wnrnlng us hn.kls
r* woninii nuddonly In thn prcsol
d- of her two small children. Mrs, Wi
iiniiii'il'ntoly left thi hoiiRd and
tiii-ncrl wlth n. poflooman, who tt
Itnmsoy ln chargo.
OBITUARY
llcnry t'lnr lliiiilbi-i'.
llcnry (.'Iny Hookor pnssod a.v,
Sunday nlght ln Iiiu home, -112 W
.Mnln Stroet, aftor n long Illnesn.
Ho leaves n wldow, Mrs. Cnr
. N.nthain Hookor, und a daughter, M
111 Maud Dnthum Hooker, bosldcs f<
j slsters?Miss Hosa Hooker, Al
e- l.oiilse Forbes, Mrs. S. M. Abbott a
r- Mrs. RIamIe Chony?und four brothori
ir- Oflcnr.LawrCnco nnd Zebb V. Hook
,11 r,f thls clty; ,S. T. Hookor, of C.rcc
,,. ; vlltn, X. C,
,. Mr. Hooker wns forty yeara old, a
camo hore from hls nativo town, Groi
?' vllle, -N*. ('., about four years ngo.
'"* Innl liad mudc his home slnco that tii
dl In lili-hmond nnd was actively engng
"0 in business here up to last sprlr
a when he wnn irtreed to retlro on t
P ...iiiit of falling health.
,1 Mr. Ilookor's d'*nth wlll bo mourn
,., I by fl large number of frlends not or
j ln Richmond, but ln inuny North Car
I lina cltlos. Ho wus a member
I Patrlck Henry Dodge, Odd-ITellows, ^
I 12ts, and took an actlve part ln t
. work of ihe order before hls lieal
I began to fall.
'? Tlu* body will bo takon on tho S:
| Atlantlc (.'onst bino traln thls mor
? Ing to Greenvlllc, N. C, where tl
n burlal wlll take pluco.
II .11 rs. .Inftupbllic Uui., Dl,'1 in ii n.
,i Mrs. Josephine Bass Ivlckman dl.
?. hat her home, 1111 North Twenty-alx
0' Street, Sunday mornlng ahortly uft
|4 o'clock, aged twenty-three years. Sl
I Is survlved by hor husband, Walter :
| Diekman. The funeral wlll take plin
irom the Sjecond jjuptlst Church th
afternoon at '1:20 o'clock.
Funeral of A, Llnwood .Mltchell.
The funeral of A. Dinwood Mltchel
wlio died at the home of hls niothc
617 1-2 West Cary Street, yesterda
j wlll take place from the house th
afternoon at i o'clocit.
'ii-. Snriili Tuck.
11 Mrs Sarah Tuck dled yesterda
mornlng at thu home of Mr. Tlller, c
Glen Allen, in Henrico county. Tii
funeral wlll tako placo from S
Mark'a Church thls afternoon at 3:2
o'clock, nnd the Interment wlll b
made ln RlVerview Cemetery,
(in-. rs i-*. Powell.
Itawcs Jj*,; Powell. slxty-three yeni
old, dled suddenly Sunday at nls bom
[Inear Trevllllan's, Va, He ls survive
. ? 1, !,i.- ,wlfe. tiin r.ons and two daugi
ters, arid one brother, R. R. I'owcl
, r.f i'.ichmond.
>lr?. I.eorKr XV. Ollvler.
[Special to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.)
Ch-arlottesvllle, Va.. December 26.
t Mrs. George W, Ollvler dled last nlgli
lat hor home oii West Maln strr-et. Sh
i spent the Christmas day ver
? lly in her homo and among hc
i I frlend.*?. und seemed unusually wol
? ? :-? returned from a call wbo
1 il selzure took plnce, and deat
? .1 in a few mlnutes from some
' Ihlng like acute Indigestion, followe
j ???ii t failuro.
i| -Mrs. Ollvler was ono of the .bcs
known, muat highly esteetned and uso
, ful women in thls Bectlon of Vlrglnl;
IHer inirnis were constantly ongugo
in good work. She was a daughter ..
Charles XV. Pollan] and Frances Bay
Ior, and ?a< born Bljcty-two yoars ng
Pen Park," tho old Gllmer honu
irlottesvlllc, long the bom
of Wllliam Wlrt, who married Mlldre
Gllmer. H<-i glrlhood was spent li
|AIbemarlc county and her young wo
In Baltlmore, where niu- wa
and ln Norfolk and Peters
:,r thi-- years she had livcr
Ma(,n Street.
survlved by her husband. i
i.. or of CharlottesvUle, ani
[two children?Charles Pollard Ollvlei
nov,- . :i his way home from the r..<*l
I Obseryatory, where he has boon as
[slstant dlrector of nst-*-noinIcal worl
for elghjeeji tnonths: aud Kattiaiim
Roy, vlf.. ..f i?r. if Cabell Maddux, 0
j **. A.. cl Wav-l-.iiigion D. <~\
| .Mrs Ollvler v- ? ? n member or .
gr< u rrvany organizations. hlstorlca
und hencvolent. She was president o
tho Alhemarle CI.ter, Daughters o
tho Confederacy: member of tlu
[Daughters of tbe Amorlcan r.cvnlutior
land the Colonlal Dames.
Her funornl will tak.- place al Chrls
Eplscopal Church, thin clty. bui thi
' tlme has uot yel been decided upon
CbarlcH Klng.
[Special to Thc Tlmos-Dlapatch, I
i .\lexandria, Va., December 26.?-Chas
Klng. senlor member and president oi
tho tiriii of Charles Klng & Son c...
jiii'.. seventy-two yeara old, dled al I
o'clock thls mornlng at hls bom.-, 211
[South St. Asuph Streot, followlng a
brlef illncss of pneumonia. Besldes lils
Wlfo, who was a .\ilsn Laura Tubman,
: ln- leaves tho follow-lng chil'lren: Frank
T. Klng. Marshall U Klng, -Miss Laura
| Klng, of thls cltj . Mrs. Charles Itulfish
of CharlottesvUle; Mrs Dledel, wlfo ?(
Dr; Clharlcs Dledel, of WaBhlngton'
|Mrs. Schnelder, wife or Dr. Klwln O.
Schnelder, ..f Washlngton.
Tho funeral arr-angemen.tr, havo not
yel beon completed, although it Is
planned to havo them somo timc Wed?
nesday afternoon.
i Charles King wns born near Syra
[cuse, x. V and in early years grad
uated in dentistry. Ile later ioined
[thp.l nlted States Army. and at the
! i.iitliri-ik of tho war was connected
.with the quartermaster's depU'rtment,
.VI tin* close ..f tho wur he loeated
m thls city and married here. In 1S77
Mr, KIiik founded tho flrm of which he
v. as the hoad, and hnd one of tbe
most extensivp wholesale houses in
this sectlon of the Stato. He nlso
opcratsd a braneh In Ctaarlottosville
Up. lo the tlmo of hls lllness he was
an actlve member nf the firm.
Mr. King was never actlve In'poll?
tlcs, although* ho was a Republlcan'.
IIo wan u member uf the Chamber of
Commeroe and also n prominent me'tri
bor of Grace Eplscopal Church, boing
a vestryiiian. Tbe Chamber ria? oalled
ii. meetlng for to-morrow night to
tako action oii lils death.
.1. Ililiison Prlor.
(Special to The Tlmes-JDl8patc.il 1
Alexandrla, Vu., Docember 2C?J
llanaoh Price, brother 0f City Auditor
VI. F. Prlce, n well-known resldent
died at noon to-day. followlng a brlef
lllness of pnoumonia. IIo was about
lifty-tlvo yoars old and utimarrlod. [i"or
tlie l*-'*ht thlrty years ho had hold a
clorlcal I'osition iu tlio offlce of tho
Chief Englnebi* of tho Wur Depart?
ment. Mr. Price ls survlved by two
brpthera and two slsters. Thev aro
Clty Auditor B. F, Prlco. Captaln Mark
Piico, -Mrs. John R. Zlnimerniaii and
Miss Ellzabeth Price. The arrange
ni-nts for tho funeral havo not boen
f'eiirgo XV. Hall.
[Special to Tho Timos-Dlspatoh.i
Aloxandria. A'a., December 2C.?Goo
\V. Hall died yesterday at his home'
?129 North Patrlck Stroet. Besldes his
wife, ono son and onc daughter sur?
vive hlm.
Mr.s. Mnry J. ITmid.
[Special lo Thd Tlmes-DiBm-tcn.]
Norfolk, Vu., Docembor 26.?Mrs.
Mary .1. Hand, widow of Samuel T,
Hand, Jr., iljod ln Portsmouth to-day
nf pellagra. She waa formerly of Bal
liuioro. whero Johns Hopkins Hospltal
aiirgeons rocontly dingnosoil hor caso .
illss Kate S. li. Pritcliett. Mrs, C. K
.Adams, -slsters, and T. Harry l">rltrhet t,
i brother, nf lialtiinoio, survive her.
Itrlicccn 'S. V'rlcp.
[.Special to Thc Tiiue.s-Di.sputch.l
Green Bay, Va,, Docembor 26.?Mrs.
Reboeca S, Prlce died al her home hero
^aiiinUiy mornlng nt ii o'clock, aftor
i ll'ngertng lllness, Sho wus in hor
ilxty-eighth yoar. Mrs. Price was be
lovod by all who knew hor. 'alwa
rottdy ait.i wlllfng to Help any wbo
needed asslstahce. nnd was, us 6
.ressoil by ono of her friends. "truly
ui angel of mero.v." She was a mem
ii'i- of tlie Chrlatlan Church hero for
learly forty lyears; was fnr a num,
icr of years pdstmastoi* horo, nnd
iiiiglit si li.ml In Ihl.s county for many
?oiirs. .Mrs. Price was born und roaroil
n LuneitbUfg cuiinly, and was a daugh
or of RQborl Bolllng, of thnt county.
drs I'rii'c hnd many friends ua ovi
Iciii'.-d by the large gaihorina ut tho
'iiuerrl servlces hdil nt the Chiistlun
'liuicli horc riiinday nftoriioon at n
.'cloik.
Thn soi'Nleos wero .-oiiducted by Rtr.
A CABLE AD EVERY DAV
We Have a Few
1NNER-PLAYER
TRADE MARK ' *""
PIANOS
Left over from our
Christmas Sale
which will be placed on sale
this week at a SPECIAL
DISCOUNT PRICE.
You must come early if
you want one.
Fjible'Pimo Pjb.
213 East Broad
EVERYTHING MUSIGAL;
/. I'arker Richardson, and interment
was mado In the Prlce section of the
Green Day Cemctery. Mrs Prb-e ls
survlved by three sons and on<- daugh?
ter, aa follow.i: riobort \v Prico I*.
tenbur-r; Wlllle n. Price. of Meherrin;
riiaddous \. Price. Oreen Day: Mrs
Mary p. Berry, also of Green Bay
The following pallbearera bfflclatcd;
Actlve?_. D. Jones. .';. S. Wing, I'. II.
kauffman. S. II. Puliev, n D. Kauff.
now. n. B. Wllson. Jr., T. p. shel
Honorary?,f. C. Rowlett, It. ll.
XV.
Wllson. .Sr., It. E. Wlther
Borum;
william i:. Indrews
I Special to Tho Tlfa --i ? .-;.
Roanoke, Va.. 1. ???. i i
liani !?:. Androws, i ? | i|
who retlrcd from bl ?
ago, died to-day, aged olffhty
iie leaves three sons, on
W. K. Androws, ex-Mayor
uoke. Another son ls .1. B.
n local capltall.-t.
It.i'.i-.i WINoii.
'Special to Th- T
Hampton. Va., Dece ?
Wllson, forty-two yean old
hls home. on Hope Street. to
Is survlved bv hla wldow
chlldren.
.lohu SlniMiiirl li.
I Special f> Tiie Tlmi - I /,?
Hampton, Va., December
Stanworth, sijtty-tv o
to-day of paralysl
tliree chlldren survlve hlm.
K.
Ile
DEATHS
?nty-tl
"t,
NANNIE L.ITTDETON ANDERSON,
daughter of M. D. and Nettle U An
il. !-?;, m
Funeral notlce later.
iii.ai-: k
.; 11:, ,.
Fun
DICKMA
North
at
UASS, bcloved tvrfi o!
Dlckman, aged twenty
i.rin11: -Died, in Camali
Italy. November 1%. l?li
I.UCHE, father ot P. l>.
US North Third .-tr. et.
.1' ?SE
threo
I.I.K
ie, of
We miss theo from our homo;
Joseph Ine, wc mlss thee from thy
itir life
Street. in
DINWOol)
Funeral from tho Second Baptist.
Cliurch TUESDAY AFTERNOON at
3:30 ..'clock.
Norfolk, Washington. r>. c.; North
Carolina pnpera please copy.
MITCiiki.d Dbd. nl his inot.her's res?
ldence. 617 1-2 West
coinber 26, 1!M".
MITi'IIKI.I..
Funeral from tiie above resldence
TUESDAY AFTERNOON at I o'clock.
O'BRIEN?Died. at lier resldonce, 203
West Clav stroet. December 25. 101 n.
at .1 o'clock P. RI.; MARY ANN. bo
loved wlfe of Thomas O'Brlen. Sha
ls survlved bv her husband and (V .
daus'Iiters?Mrs. -lohn I". Black. Mrs.
Thom-is A. Carroll. Mrs. Jumos 11.
Dugan, Mlssea Marfraret I* and A?
ui-s _, O'Brien.
Funeral from St. I'eter's Cliurch
TUESDAY at in A. M. Frlends and
acqualntancos are Invited to attond.
TUCK?Dlod. Monday Jiiorninsr at S:if
o'clock. at resldence of Mr. T4llor, at
tllonn Allen. MRS. SARAH JANK
TUCK.
Funeral servlces at St. Mark's
Church TUESDAY at 3:30. Inter?
ment in Rlvervlew,
BECK?Died, ?December 25, 1D10, at
1:45 A. M.. LAWRENCE A. BECK,
Funeral from St. Mary's Church
' THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON at 3
o'clock.
IN MEMORIAM
MUCHALES?-In lovlni* memory of my
doar husband, SAMUED MUCHALES.
who died December 27, 1905; fivo
years ago to-day.
Yes, dear husband, fivo lonp yenrs
Havo passed since we parted,
And yet I miss theo; thy memory ls
yet green,
And my love for theo is 'ns lastinjr as
the
Stone that incloses thy mound,
BY HIS WIFE,
Are You Satisfied?
ls the state of your flnances satis?
factory?
Ans.or.
Had you opened a bank account
Hve or ten years ago could you not
have saved from ten to twenty-flve
per cent, of your iucome?
Ans.or.
Why not start to-day?
Capital, Surptus & Proflts, $1,500,(11);
Wrlte for hooklet, "Banking by Mail"
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