The times dispatch. [volume], January 24, 1911, Image 1

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DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS SHOT !
DOWN BY SOCIALIST ASSASSIN
FIGHTS AND SHRIEKS
BEFORE COLLAPSING
OF STATE TO SUE
Hogg Declares That Virginia
Cannot Ask Contribution From
West Virginia.
Washington. January 23.?The first
?word of defense for the State of West
Virginia, In the .-".lit drought by the
Commonwealth of Virginia 'u the Su?
preme Court ?.f the United States t.j
require the former State to pay one
third of tiie Virginia public debt the
time West Virginia became ,1 State, was
said to-day before that court by
Charles E. Hogg, pi Morgantowri. W.
Va. He followed Major Holmes Con
Tad, who spoke in favor of West Vir?
ginia's being required to hear that
proportion of the debt. Arguments will
continue to-morrow.
After making denial of man.'. <.f the
claims of Virginia, Mr. Hogg attacked
the right of Virginia to sue'West Vir?
ginia for one-third of the $33,000,000.
He said that Virginia had Seen re?
leased from all liability for th's thiro
of the debt by a refunding agreement
between the State and its creditors.
Furthermore, Virginia, he argued, ac?
cording to its own claim, was respon?
sible for two-thirds of the debt, and as
it had paid only that proportion, it
could not bring a suit to require con?
tribution to it from West Virginia.
Any liability that West Virginia : Ight
be under, lie sad. was not to the Com?
monwealth of Virginia, but direct to
the certificate holders.
MORGAN ON RECORD TRIP
Special Train Makes A'civ York-WuNh
Ington Run In .'5 Honrs ."ti MIuuteK.
Philadelphia, Pa., January 2U.?Wliat
Is believed to be the tastest railroad
trip ever made between Washington
and New York occurred to-day, when .1.
I'ierpont Morgan, the Ii panel er, was
whirled from one city to the other ovi-r
the Pennsylvania Railroad in the un?
paralleled time of three hours and
fifty-sis minutes. All the way the spe?
cial train on which Mr. Morgan made
the trip averaged more than a mile a
minute. The distance between the
two cities is 221.7 miles, and express
trains make it in live hours.
Mr. Morgan's train, composed of a
locomotive, a tender, one steel coach
and a private car. left Washington at
11:12 o'clock tills morning- A hfteen
mlnuto stop was made at the West
Philadelphia station, where engines
were changed, and the train arrived in
Now York at 3:08 o'clock this after?
noon.
The special train, it is said, was
ordered in a hurry, and the purpose
of Mr. Morgan's trip was not made
known to the railroad officials.
JURY SPRINGS SENSATION
Indicts Polfceinen, Coiincllnicn mill
HiiMinefiH .Men. .
Camden, N. J., January 23.?A police
captain, a member of City Council, sev?
eral policemen and business men, were
among those indicted here to-day by
the grand jury, charged witli commit?
ting frauds at the November election
In this city. Officers of a fraternal so?
ciety ahd of a Republican club were
also Indicted, the former for keeping
a disorderly place and the latter for
permitting an immoral peefor-viar.ee to
be given in their headquarters The
aotion of the grand Jury his created
a sensation.
The grand jury made its presenta?
tion to Supreme Court Justice Garri?
son and County Judge Joline, and war?
rants for those named :n the Indict
ments were immediately issaed Th ;
first warrant to be served was against
Daniel Flck, a policcntan. who wa,- held
In $6,000 ball on the charge of false
rt?lsterlnar and norjury.
.Mrs. Martin Hurls "Lie" at
Court and Protests Her
Innocence.
MUST SERVE SEVEN YEARS
Sentence Is Pronounced for Mur?
dering Her Daughter, Ocey
Siiead.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Newark. N. J., January 2?.,?Mrs.
Car..line B. Martin caused a sen?
sation by fighting, screaming and
anally collapsing in the Court of Oyer
and Terminer to-day when Judge Ten
Eyck sentenced her lo serve seven
years in State's prison for manslaugh?
ter, in having killed her daughter,
Ocey \V. M. Knead, whose body was
found in a bathtub in East Orange,
N. .!., on November 29, 1009.
"1 rin innocent of all guilt," the
aged woman screamed while the judge
was pronouncing sentence, interrupt?
ing the proceedings. The deputy
sheriffs tried to holj her, but she
fought free of their grasp and pro?
ceeded to address the court.
Several times the court was inter?
rupted in pronouncing sentence while
the crowd In the courtroom began
struggling to get a view of the pris?
oner. Finally, it was necessary to ad.
jotirn the. proceedings* for fifteen min?
utes while Mrs. Martin was carried
litto tho judge's chambers. Four e\ir
ried her there as she sat in a chair.
Prosecutor Wilbur Mott, of Essex
county, said Mrs. Martin would prob?
ably bo held In Newark for forty
eight hours before being taken to tho
prison at Trenton. No decision has
as yet been given in the case of her
sister, Mrs. Mary W. Snead, who was
with Ocey Snead when she died. Mr.
Moll said no action would be taken
in the Snead case until Mrs. Martin
hail arrived at Trenton
Some time ago Mrs. Martin, when
arraigned before Judge Ten Eyck, en?
tered a plea of non vult. Tills was
done through her lawyer. By this
she meant that she was not criminally
responsible for the death of her
daughter. Her defense was that Ocey
Snead was a victim of the morphine
habit, that morphine was given her
by Mrs. Snead in tho East Orange
house and that when she seemed to
be overcome, by lt she was placed in
a bathtub to revive her. The young
woman died in the tub.
When Mrs. Martin was brought in to
be sentenced to-day, her brother, Rev
Albert Wardlaw, and Albert Snead, a
son of Mrs. Snead, were in the court?
room. For an hour she had fought in
jail against being taken to court. Dr.
Oswald H. Roth had charge of her,
and rhe was supported by two deputy
sheriffs. . Mrs. Martin was heavily
veiled, as she always has been when
In court. She sat beside her lawyer,
Samuel Kallsh.
"Have you anything to say as to why
sentence should not be pronounced In
the usual way?" asked Judge Ten Eyck.
In a shrill tone, Mrs. Martin cried:
"I am innocent in the sight of God.
I am as innocent as yourself. 1 did
nothing: absolutely nothing."
Attorney Kalish tried to restrain her,
bi\t he was powerless. She finally sat
down as Judge Ten Eyck began pro?
nouncing sentence, but she didn't re?
main seated very long.
Interrupts Court.
Tito court, began by summing up the
facts in the Ocey Snead mystery. Ho
told how a vacant house in East Or?
ange had been routed by one of tha
i sisters, and of how Mrs. Martin and
Pleaded Non Vult.
"(Continued on Third Page.)
Six Bullets, Fired by
Harvard Man, Find
Their Mark.
FANCIED GRUDGE
AGAINST AUTHOR-;
Fitzhugh Goldsborough Gives,
Victim No Chance for Defense.
Believing Him Dead, He
Sends Bullet Into His
Own Brain?Phillips
May Recover.
Sew Vpirk; .liirufnry ?David Gra?
ham Phillips, editor, publicist and
imvcllnt, unh shot six times to-dny ns
ae approached (lie Princeton Cluli by
Fltzhugh Cojle GoIdsborouKb, u Har
?nrd num. trba Immediately after com- :
ail tied suicide.
To-night Phillips Is at llellcv?e Hos-:
pltul lu au extremely critical condi?
tion, but, as relative? hopefully ex-;
prcoN It *'wltli it chance for life.*'
The body of Goldfchorougb, ivhose
career nt Harvard warn brief, lien lu
the morgue.. Apparently lutane, he
bad a fancied grudge ngnln?t the au- j
thur, und nought his life. He was only
thirty-one yearn old; Phillips Is forty
three.
"There you go," snapped the assassin,
as he opened lire, and ?"here I go," ht
hoed, as he sent a bullet into his
own brain. He used a ten-shot 3'-'
calibre automatic pistol, and all six
shots ainu-d at Phillips took effect. One
'>f them perforated the abdomen, an?
other pierced the right lung and
came out at the back; a third shot
'-ntered the left wrist and a
fourth drilled the right thigh. Twc
of them dropped from the wounded
nan's clothing as he was being un?
dressed at the hospital. **
Dcnrs Skoek Well.
The most dangerous wound it
thought to be that through the lung J
{Septicaemia or pneumonia are the two j
secondary effects most feared. The ro
oust constitution of the patient bore
film through the loss of blood, and
shock sUrprrlsingly well, and bin llrst
request to his physicians was that
no alarming reports be given out.
"My mother," he said, "is an old lady,
and the shock might kill her. I'm ;
young and strong; l may get well i
Make the best of It. and I'll try to '
bear you out."
The six shots broke the quiet of
one of the most aristocratic neighbor?
hoods of old-fashioned New York. The ?
Princeton Club, formerly the home of j
the late Stanford White, fronts on !
Gr?ihmercy Park, and at 2 o'clock of'
a bright afternoon. Phillips, who lived
near by at the National Arts Club, was !
sauntering through the sunshine for an I
hour with his friends. A policeman
stood not H'O yards away. Two fool
passengers had just passed the club
as Phillips was seen approaching it.
Nobody saw anything to attract at?
tention in the well-dressed Golds
borough, who was walking in the op?
posite direction from Phillips. Ther<
was no argument as they me', no quar?
rel, no opportunity for self-defense
The shiny barrel of the pistol glinted
in the.sunshine, a thin maze of powder
spat from the muzzle, and the patter ;
of the shots punctuated tire air with j
great rapidity.
Phillips staggered, but did not fall' j
He lurched against the Iron railing
that surrounds the clubhouse yard, j
with one hand to his body and the '
other grasping for support. Satisfied
that he had been successful, the as
sassln fired the seventh shot Into his j
own brain and toppled over before j
anybody could reach him. For hours;
his body lay in the bright sunshine, '
with only a sheet to cover it.
The policeman and the two by?
standers came up on the run. At the ;
same moment three members of the J
club?Newton James, Frank Davis and \
Frederick Evans?rushed down the '
steps and carried Phillips into the I
house.
"Graham, what's happened?" asked j
Evans. Phillips was conscious and j
suffering intensely. "He shot me Iii I
the bowels." he answered. "Don't \
bother with him. For God's sake get:
u doctor."
Insassin Identified.
It was some time before-.an ambu- :
lance arrived, and in the meantime the !
club members were trying to identify
the dead man. In the pockets were j
cards bearing his name and the ad- j
dress, 1331 K Street. Washington, D. C.
He carried $2-1.70 in cash, a membership;
card in the. American Federation ol j
Musicians, and two manuscripts of j
short stories, one entitled "The Con-!
quest of the Climate," and the other |
"For Conscience Sake."
The body was well dressed and well!
nourished. Goldsborough wore sil*'
socks and had been freshly shaved.
William F. McCoombs, secretary of
I the Princeton Club, recognized the;
man as Fitzhugh Goldsborough. of an'
I old and respected Maryland family, he!
said. Word from Washington con- ?
firmed the identification. Mr. McCoombs j
said Goldsborough had entered liar-1
yard with the class of 1901. but left!
at the and of his freshman year.
After the arrival of the coroner the.
body was taken to a police station,
where it was further identified by Al?
gernon l.ee, secretary of the Rand
School of Social Science, where Golds- j
borough lived. Eee said that Golds?
borough came here last November and !
took rooms at the school. Ho was not'
la student and mingled little with the!
j life of the Institution.
"I am surprised," said Lee. "that,"
j Goldsborough should have attempted '
I the life of Mr. Phillips, who lived near 1
I us. sometimes came to see us, and'
[took a friendly interest In us. We'
know little of Goldsborough or his an?
tecedents. He came to us as a Social-,
1st, and said ho would like to live
with us. He was a Violinist and gave
lessons. I am told that he had been
writing begging letters to Mr. Phillips.
Wo know nothing of that."
find Bothered Phillip?.
Harrison W. Phillips, David Gra?
ham's younger brother, said that Golds?
borough had been bothering David with
letters and telephone calls - to the
Princeton Club for a month or six
(/JontlnuctTon Second P?se.)
Testimony of Mrs. Hedges, Its
Star Witness, Is Ruled
Out.
STATE SCORES HEAVILY
All Its Instructions Accepted,
While Schenk Counsel Lose
Nineteen.
Wheeling". W. Va.. January 23.?The 1
end of the trial of| Laura Farnswortli I
Schenk, on a charge of administering
lead poison and arsenic 'to her hus?
band, John O. Schenk, is now in sight,
arguments having been begun this ar
ternoon at 3:15. and It is expected that
the case of the tr: :ed will be in the
hands of the jury riot later than Wed?
nesday noon.
Apparently the greatest blow yet
sustained by the defense was struck
to-day, when, on motion of Prosecut?
ing Attorney JIundlan, the evidence of
Mrs. Jane Hedges was ruled out. it i
was this witness who told on the stand I
that Albert Schenk had said he would |
"leave no stone unturned to rid the ,
family of John O. Schenk's wife." The
defense played its trump card in Mrs.
Hedges, relying upon her evidence to
prove its contention that members of
the Schenk family had conspired
against the woman who is fighting for
her liberty.
The evidence given by Mrs. Hedges
was ruled out on the ground that no
overt act suggestive of a conspiracy
has been attributed to Albert Schenk
or other relatives.
The State, immediately after the ex?
clusion of Mrs. Hedges'* testimony, an?
nounced that It would rest Its case,
taking counsel for defense and every
one else by surprise, as it had been
anticipated that a number of witnesses
would be put on In rebuttal.
Stute Score? Agnin.
The State apparently scored again
when instructions to the jury were of?
fered. The Srato offered ten instruc?
tions..all of which were given. The.
defense offered thirty-four, nineteen ]
of which were stricken out.
The suggestions of the State for in-i
structions were of usual form, and
while the defense objected to most ot
them, the objections were of a tochnl- i
cal nature, and all were overruled.
The instructions submitted by the
defense and ruled out related princi?
pally to two subjects?circumstantial
evidence and the reputation of witness?
es. Dr. J. W. Myers and Miss Eleanor
hoeckler. It was asked that the jury
return a verdict of not guilty If it lias
not been shown definitely that Mrs.;
Kcheiik put the poison in her husband's
medicine, or if it is shown that she
did not do the work herself. This was
rejected, as the State claimed such
'instructions would prevent any circum?
stantial evidence being taken into con?
sideration. The instructions in relation
to the character of witnesses was over?
ruled on the claim that the unrelia?
bility of the witnesses in question had
not been shown.
In opening the arguments for the
State, Mr. Maury bitterly arraigned
Mrs. Schenk as nil unfaithful wife. Mrs.
Schenk first dropped her head and
showed extreme agitation, but later she
recovered her composure and listened
intently to the assistant prosecutor.
SITUATION CALMER
Riot lug Is Cheeked by Presence of
13,000 Chinese Troops.
Hankow. Clilna, January 23.? Riot?
ing, which was precipitated by the
circulation of a report that the British
police had killed a coolie, resulted, II
was officially stated here to-day. In
the killing of twelve Chinese and the
wounding of thirteen others. No for?
eigners were injured. The fighting was
between the Chinese, and the authori?
ties, supported by British and German
marines, who were landed from gun?
boats in the harbor to defend tho
foreign community.
This afternoon tho situation quieted
down under the influence of the pres?
ence of 2,000 Chinese troops, which had
been brought into tho city to protect
foreigners, and British and Gorman
sailors, with local volunteers, who ro
malnftd under arms prepared to resist
any movement of tho rioters.
All of tho foreign representatives
hero, including I he United States
consul-general, have asked their gov?
ernments for protection._
_ .? ?M.'!*' ?" .' -' ? '. . -
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES.
Convenient, effective, safe, for coughs.
SENATORSCOMING
ACK FROM EXILE
Republicans Have Reached
Agreement With Their Demo?
cratic Colleagues.
CONCESSIONS ARE MADE
They Get Presidency of Senate
and Will Permit That Body
to Organize.
Cincinnati, 0-. January 23.?"We have
fteen conceded every thins wo ltave
been demanding, and we are going
?>ack to Charleston," was the announce?
ment of State Senator Merldeth. one
.if the fifteen West Virginia State Sen?
ators, who have been here for a week
past, just before leaving for Charleston
to-night.
Senator Merldeth said that whilo tbo
articles of agreement had not "been
cealed, signed and delivered," he had
been assured that an agreement had
aeen reached by which the Democrats
?-ould concede to the Republicans the
presidency of the Senate and a dis?
missal of contests that are pending
against two Republican members of
that body.
The West Virginia Senators will en?
ter into a conference with Governor
Glasscock and other Republican lead?
ers immediately upon arrival in
Charleston.
Arbitration Invoked.
Charleston. W. Va., January 23.?As?
sured that no attempt would be made
to enforce warrants of arrest for non
attendance upon the sessions of the
State Senate, fifteen Republican mem?
bers of that body wil] return from
"voluntary exile" in Cincinnati to?
morrow.
All matters in dispute between the
fifteen Democratic Senators and the
equal number of Republican Senators
are to bo referred to an arbitration
committee, according to the announce?
ment of Governor Glasscock, made here
to-night following a conference be?
tween the Governor, Vv". E. Chilton,
Democratic caucus nominee 'for the
seat of Senator Scott, and former Gov?
ernor W. A. McCorkle, the latter a
Democratic member of the State Senate
By agreeing to arbitration, it is be?
lieved that the Democrats will rescind
their action by which Senator Hearne,
Republican, was declared unseated, and
this and other contested election cases
will take their regular course before
the Senate.
Notwithstanding that the Republican
Senators will arrive hero early to?
morrow, it is understood that they Will
not participate in the voting in sepa?
rate sessions upon the United States
senatorships to-morrow. The under?
standing in political circles here is
that they will not participate In the
proceedings until the arbitration com?
mittee reaches an agreement upon all
points.
FEAR SHIP HAS SUNK
Pacific Wlreleas Men t'au't Learn F'ate
of the Clilcuuo, with Forty Aboard.
Seattle, Wash.. January 23.?Wire?
less stations along the coast of Wash?
ington and of British Columbia haw
been unable to get any information
concerning the fato of the fishing
Steamer Chicago, with forty men
aboard, which sent out distress calls
for more than an hour.
The operator on the Chicago failed
to give his position, and its where?
abouts Is unknown, but she was sup?
posed to be off tbo west coast of
Vancouver Island.
The fact that the Chicago's distress
calls graduaJly grew fainter and then
failed entirely is said by wireless men
to indicate that water had reached tbo
engine room and cut off the power.
SEES AFTER FOUR YEARS
Heinnrkable Recovery Prom HHndncxM '
of Dr. W. Copley Wlnslow.
Kosten. Mass., January 23.? For tbo \
first time in four years Dr. William j
Copley Wlnslow, the noted nrchaelo- ,
gist, historical writer and former
Episcopal minister, is able to see and !
recognize the faces of relatives ami '
friends, ami is able to resume his
studies. Ho has been cured of blind?
ness by means of a glass lens, but
without it he Is sightless.
Were Dr. Wlnslow a young and ac?
tive man the cure would not havo
been so remarkable, but he Is over,
seventy-one years bltlJ Me looked out
upon the Charles River to-day, point?
ing out objects of Interest, read the
writing on signs, und counted the foot
passengers who crossed tbo brldgo to
Cambridge. J
Members of Judiciary Committee
Oppose Hunt's Promotion to
Commerce Court.
HIS INTEGRITY IMPUGNED
Some Express Opinion That
President Taft Should With?
draw Nomination.
Washington. D. C? January 23.?
Nearly half of the members of the
Senate Judiciary Committee are said to
have taken positions against the con?
firmation of -Judge WilUia-vi 11. Hunt
now serving as a member of tue Court
of Customs Appeals, and promoted to
a circuit judgeb-Tiip for assignment to
the new Commerce Cuurt. When his
case was called up in- tho committee
to-day, in consequence of the oppo?
sition, h's friends did not press tne
cas?, although all of the others ap?
pointed to circuit Judgeshlps for ser?
vice on the now court were ordcreu
reported favorably.
The judges acted upon were Robert
W. Archbald, of Pennsylvania; John E.
Carland, of South Dakota, and Julian
W. Mack, of Illinois. Judge Martin A.
Knapp, former chairman of the. Inter?
state Commerce Commission, was con?
firmed before the holiday recess, for
presiding judge. Inasmuch as tnero
were four members of the court against
! whom there were no contests, It is
I expected these will organize the new
court as soon as those reported to-day
are confirmed.
Landowner?) C'o-mpnltn.
Soon after the appointment of Judge
Utint was sent to tho Senate, charges
were filed against him by Montana
landowners, who alleged that while
serving on tho Federal district bench
there he had aided smelting interests
by delaying court- proceedings brought
by landowners who complained that
their property was being Injured bji
fumes from the Anaconda smeltor. The
effect of the charge was to cast re?
flections upon Judge Hunt's integrity
by seeking to show that he had been
subservient to corporation Influences
A subcommittee took up the charges
against Judge Hunt and made an In?
vestigation, whic hresulted in two re?
ports to tho full committee, the ma?
jority being in favor of his confirma?
tion. When the full committee con?
sidered the case to-day, the Democrats
are said to have opposed confirmation
unanimously. They were joined by
some of the Republicans, and although
no vote was taken the meeting did not
augur for confirmation at this session.
Some of tha Senators went so far as to
express the opinion that the President
should withdraw the nomination.
No appointment has been mado to
the customs court to succeed Judge
Hunt, and it is the belief at the Cap?
itol that if ho Is not confirmed for the
Commerce Court ho will retain his
present position.
DELIRIOUS WOMAN DROWNED
j Scrap* of nathrobe Point Searchers
to the River.
Hartford, Conn., January J3.?Scraps
of her husband's red bath robe sho
had flung on over her nightdress told
the route taken by delirious Mrs.
Alfred L. Mills, of Thompsonvllle, who
escaped from her nurse soon after
midnight, and strands of her hair
frozen into tho ice of tho Connecticut
River directed searchers tills after?
noon to the idace In the stream where
I they found the woman's body.
Mrs. Mills was thirty-two years old,
and for several weeks had been HI
with an ailment specialists could not
diagnose. They warned her family
precaution!) were necessary to prevent
a (tempts at suicide, but in tho few
moments the nurse dozed Mrs. Mills
escaped. Her husband and the nurse
could find no trace of her. Not until
daylight, when the. bits of the bath?
robe were found caught on barbed
wire fences through which the woman
crawled on her way toward the river
was Hie direction she had taken dis?
closed.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS PROTEST
Hundreds of Meetings to Denounce
Inaction on Franchise Reform.
Berlin-. January '23.? .Many hundreds
of Socialist meetings wer.' held
throughout Prussia and resolutions of
protest were adopted against the fall,
urc of the speech from the throne in
the Landtag to mention franchise re?
form.
Seventy-throe nieetlngs were held
i In Berlin nlono.
DESIGN SELECTED
FOR MEMORIAL
TO LOST USE
Contract for Construc?
tion Goes to Phila?
delphia Architect.
STRUCTURE TO BE
OF DORIC DESIGN
Committee Indorses Selections of
Prize-Winners Made by
Jury of Award?Many Archi?
tects Submitted Plans for
Confederate Memorial
Institute.
Final selection of a design for thf>
Confederate Memorial Institute, which,
on a commanding site in the capital
city of the Confederacy, will perpetuate
forever the memories of th- decJs ot
the soldiers of the South, was made
yesterday by the executive committee
of the Confederate Memorial Associa?
tion. The result Is an award to the
architect of a massive museum struc?
ture, of graceful and yet solid out?
lines, of Doric effect, and one which it
is confidently believed will meet wltn
lite unanimous approval of the veterans
and the public.
Bisseil & Sinkler, of Philadelphia, is
the successful architectural firm, win?
ning the first prize, which is the-con?
tract for the design and the supervis?
ion of the construction. The second
prize of $400 goes to Hewitt & Brown,
of Minneapolis, while the other prizes,
of $200 each, are awarded to Averilj
& Adams, of Washington; Wilder &
White, of New York, and Dennison As
Hirons, of New York.
Committee in Session.
The executive committee is composed,
of General Robert White, of Wheeling,
W. Va? chairman; Lieutenant-Gover
nor J. Taylor Ellyson, president of the
association; Judgo George L. Christian,
Colonel Thomas Kenan, of Raleigh, N?
C, and Colonel J. M. Rickey, of Wash?
ington. D. C. The meeting was hold
yesterday In the office of Lieutenant
Governor Ellyson.
Mr. Ellyson reported to the commit?
tee, on behalf of the jury of award,
which recently inspected the sixty de ?
signs submitted by as many architects.
This jury was composed of Mr. Ellyson,
j W. C. Noland, the professional adviser,
j and James .Knox Taylor, supervising;
architect of the United States Troas
| ury Department.
After careful consideration tho
executive committee unanimously;,
adopted tho report of the Jury and
made Its awards in accordance with.
Its' recommendations.
Author Ascertained.
Up to this time no member of tho
executive committee or of the jury o?
award knew the Identity of the author
of any of the designs. After action by
the committee, a request was made of
Mayor D. C. Richardson for the names
and addresses of the competitors,
which have been all the time in his
possession. Upon identifying the marks
made by the Mayor, it was found that
the architects indicated above wqre the
prize winners.
Every member of the committee wua
much pleased with tho work of the
jury of award, and was confident that
the selection would be satisfactory to
everybody,
j Before adjournment the committee
adopted a resolution requesting R. E.
Lee Camp, No. 1, United Confederate
I Veterans, to allow Its collection of por
| traits of Confederate leaders, now
hanging In Its hall, to be placed In tho
I building, at such time in the future as
I suits the pleasure of Lee Camp. Shoula
, the veterans accede to this request,
[ they will have an opportunity to con
' fer with the executive committee aa
1 to a place for tho portraits before con?
struction Is begun, and in this way any
modification of the plans which may bo
I found desirable to accommodate tho
j collection may be made.
Add Hull for Cam p.
I Besides, if Leo Camp so desires, ar
! rangements will be made In the buUd
' ing for a permanent meeting place for
i the organization.
I The next step will be the closing o?
! the contract with the successful archi?
tect. A member of the firm of BlsseJl
I & Sinkler will come to Richmond and
I will confer with the executive commit?
tee as to details before proceeding with
the preparation of the working draw?
ings. The firm 1/ to bo paid $750 at
once, and when it completes its revis?
ion of the design It is to get an addi
tiinal sum of ?750. both of which
amounts are to finally merge into the
total fee.
The Confederate Memorial Institute,
more commonly though wrongly called
the Battle Abbey, Is to bo a repository
and exhibition building for Confeder?
ate relics, paintings and sculpture,
with records and all procurable data
relating to the Confederate. States. It
is to be on the order of a museum and
art gallery combined, and Is Intended
to be the final place of custody for col?
lections of Confederate relics and data,
and to serve. <\s to both interior and
exterior, as a memorial building for
the placing, from time to time, of com
mcmoratlvo tablets and statues.
Will He Fireproof.
Carrying out to the full the tentatlvo
plans of the. committee, the design ot
Bissell & Sinkler Is of a dipnlded.
monumental character. The construc?
tion Is to he fireproof throughout, being
constructed with a face of Southern
granite up to the floor ltno, and wltn
Southern marble above that line.
ThQ Bisseil ^ sinkler plan shows a
Doric building, sixty-nine feet front,
lf.O feet deep and fifty feet high. A
brtfad flight of steps leads to the fronjt
portico, whose roof is supported by
massive columns. Mural decorations
appear on the outside. A flat roof wi".I
afford a walking space for visitors.
While the structure is of only ono
story, there will be no fewer than nix?
ie, i) galleries, each devoted to special
collections front a Southern State.
Those are. grouped around one. general
hall. f..rmlng the main place of ex?
hibit,
The building is estimated . to cc?*