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$1.98 Heatherbloom Petticoats
These are of excellent quality heatherbloom, with deep
flounce, in colors, tan, navy, green, red and black, and
.sold formerly at SI.98: on sale special to-day. a/?C
(Booth, First Floor.)
Remember the Filial Clearance Sale of Women's Suits,
Dresses and Coals which started this morning. Every
garment in this sale reduced to ONE-HALF PRICE.
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APPEAL AFFECT
?B CONTRACTORS
Legal Point Over Filing of Lien.
Express Company Also
Gets Writ.
Presenting ? question of vital inter?
est to every subcontractor in i irginla,
s writ o? error was granted yesterday
in the Supreme Court of Appeals in
the ease of N. J. Steigleder and .1. II.
Steigleder, doing business In Richmond
r:s Stelgledcr Son. against Joseph H.
Allen, on an appeal from a decree of
the Circuit Court ot lienrico county.
The point involved is as to whether
or not a notice of lien is tunning if
hied after the completion of the work
of the subcontractor. It has been in- j
variably the custom, the petition states,
In Virginia courts up to this time, to
admit the validity <>i" such notices If
presented within thirty days after the
work is done, wiiile in this instance the
claim of the Stelgleders was tin-own
out because it was made titter the job
had been completed. The case goes on
the docket for argument at the No?
vember term.
Itnllt IIoiimo In (ilntcr Park.
Mr Ailer., it appears, contracted
With R. H. Walter to build for him a J
house on his lot on Chamberlnytte Ave- i
hue, Ginter Park. Th cost of th<- j
structure was to be fS.OOO. Mr. Walton
sublet the cement and concrete work
to the Stciglcdcrs at a price of 51.
9S9, of which ?r?r.0 was paid. Within
thirty days after their part of the- work
was done, the Steigleders filed notice of
lien with Mr. Allen for the balance of
$1,039. The court sustained a demurrer
i-i the effect that notice should have
been given either before the beginning
or during the progress of the job. |
Mr. Allen savs in his answer that he
still holds a balance of tl.l?C.GS due
t>> Mr. Walton, but against this there
have been filed liens lor labor and
materials amounting to several times
as milch. Mr. Walton, it appears, lias
become a bankrupt.
1-JxpreKs CiiHt1 Vppcnleil.
? writ of error was also allowed by
the appellate couri in the case of the
Adams Express Company a^;iinst K W.
Green, from the Raw and Chane? ry
< .out of the city of Roanoke. The
defendant in error, who is a jeweler
in New York, shipped a package of
i iii^s over tile express company's lines.
Tke package was valued at
5412.70; and for this amount the lower
court pave judgment^ it appearing that
the package was lost in transit.
The point In tip- case as raised by
t!ie express company, is a clause In the
shipping contract which provides that
unless the value is expressly declared
by th.- shipper, it is presumed not to
be greater than $.">0. Another argu?
ment is raised is that Mrs. Green paid a
smaller sum for oxpressage, if the
package was really worth what slid
claims, than she should have paid; and
thereby violated a section of the In?
terstate commerce act.
PISTOL THIEF CAUGHT
A'egru f'oiifeSKCN That lie Stole .Nine
From Main Street Store.'
Detective Sergeant Wiltshire brought
back to the city early yesterday after?
noon William James, colored, who con?
fessed that lie was the man who broke
in the window of the Watklns-Cottrejl
Hardware Company on the morning
of February 6, and stole pistols to the
valu? of about 5200. After finding that
James had left the city and gone pre?
sumably t?. Washington. Captain Mc
Mahon telegraphed the oHlolols of
Frodericksbnrg, Alexandria and Wash?
ington to watch the trains. It hap?
pened that lie dropped off at the first
town and won promptly arrested;
The report of the Wa t kins-OoUrell
Com;.any to the Police Department
showed that the negro was a con?
noisseur when it came to selecting
p,uns. IP- took nlm of them, a pretty
gotid load for a man to carry. There
were pistol.- of the Wild West calibre
forty-fours and th.' like, with long,
black barrels ? automatics of several
tvr.es and sizes, and smaller weapon*
c<f Hie most costly type. Janus hail
taken for his private use a gold
rnounled affair, suitable for tie pocket,
and thin was- found on his person when
the arrest was made. It Is valued at
Soon after the Fredericksburg police
took him in charge, he broke down hui
confessed very freely. Incidentally h,
told what disposition he made of tin
spoils, and most of the pistols! havt
been recovered; He will he arralgnet
hi the Police Court ibis morning.
(fiialiflr?. ;e r \.-<>itri\
Mary :-? >< v pnl|er qualified -Mcrdav ii
Attractive Pieces
of Table Silver
These pieces range: in pri< c from 51.SO
upward, making it possible to seiet t a
gift ,-.t almost any price desired.
Schwarza child Brothers.
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Shirts, collar* ami cuffs care
fLilly laundered, properly han?
dled and returned looking like
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and up
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Time Specialists. 612 E. Main Street.
Lee Camp Advised by Commit?
tee to Unite in Transfer
From State.
Approval was given yesterday i>y ri
committee from R. 10. Leo Camp. No.
i. Confederate Veterans, to the decil
'frohi the camp and from the State of
Vlrgln'a to the Confederate Memorial
Association, conveying the ground on
which the onfederate Memorial In?
stitute is to be built. The report of
the committee, which Indorses a reso?
lution authorizing the execution of the I
paper, will be presented to the camp at
its meeting to-night. i
There being no question as to the
title to the property, that point was j
not considered. <>ii" of the members
of the committee said after the meet?
ing that those who are acquainted
with the history of the property know
there Is no doubt that the title is
sound and clear.
Wanted Ciimp to I nlte.
At the last meeting of the csiinn,
Attorney-General Samuel w. Williams J
requested that the body authorize tie'
commander and the adjutant to unite 1
iti the deed, thus convoying the camp's
Interest in the "property, .\ resolution
to that effect was offered, and was re?
ferred, with all the papers, to a com-j
mi tie.? composed of Judge George li.
Christian, chairman-, K. .1. Kosher. 1
Peter J. Mbit.-. John W. Gordon and!
.1. Taylor Ellysori. The committee nu t
yesterday with Jndgi Williams In the
office of Judge Christian, pronounced
the deed satisfactory and recommended
the adoption of tlx '"solution. This
will doubtless ' authorized by (he
I camp n-night.
; The conveyance will be made by the
State b? Virginia and by i.e.- Camp to
the association. Governor Mann and
I Attorney-General Williams signing in
behalf of the State. The site, which is
part of the Soldiers' Home grounds, bc
longs to the Commonwealth, but the
I camp, the former owner, has a con?
tingent interest until 1 f> I l
! - ASSESSMENT REDUCED
Circuit Ciiiiri Dues Net Sustain Corporation
Commission.
j An order was entered i> Jude.-? n. Carter
Scott yesterday in the <-lc Circuit Court In !
(the ease of the Radfotd Water Power Com
? pa?iv against the State Corporation Coinmls-!
slon. In which the plaintiff bad sought relief
i from o.v.eesslvo taxation. Aftet hearing ex?
tended argument .ludRe Scott ruled that the
nssf-ssniftii or $30.281 made by the
Corporation Commission on t tiwater
t>lant Is excessive, and ordered that
It be reduced to $20,CfO. which the
court holds to lie ii f.ilr vahiatloii. Since the
petitioner has pi hi to ihr State tin der pro?
test taxes for the currehl year amounting
to $276.69. the court holds that It is entitle.1
to relief to the extent of S56.9!>, and It is
ordered tlint Hint amount be refunded The
Attorne.V-fietic'ra) repressed it desire to ap?
peal, ami was given thirty days in which to
tile bills of exception.
TALK ON SUFFRAGE
? Women benders In Address Centrnl Labor
j Couuril Tn-Nlght.
' Several representatives of the F.-piai Buf
i rage behaue of Virginia will address the
ICentral Trades and Labor Council of Rich
rhond at a meeting to be held to-nlghl In
j Labor Temple, Fifth and Marshall Streets.
I Tills is in response to an invitation from
rthe Coiinell.
? This body, as stated In The Ttmes-Dis?
patch inst Saturday, has pledged its bulorse
; ment and support of the nlms of iho league,
\ In vrecognltloh of the help given by women
to organized labor In the fight against
amendments t? the female and cin'.rt labor
haws before the Legislature of 1910. ttesolu
tl?ns were adopted favoring submission to
ti,,. people ot the State of an amendment
tu ti e Constitution admitting women t>> ilie
i privlleg) of suffrage on equal terms with
j men.
UNION TO CURTAIL
TOBACCO ACREAGE
Farmers Adopt Resolution to
Plant Less and Thereby
Improve Crop.
WOULD STIMULATE PRICE
Officers Elected on Closing Day
of Convention?Dues
Arc Reduced.
In the closing' hours of th? second
annual convention^ the Virginia Ri- I
vision of the Karmers' Kducutmnul and !
Co-operative Union of America, yes-'
terday discussed for tho most part
the (juustloii of growing and market?
ing tobacco in the statt', a resolution
was filially offered and adopted prbvid- |
ing that members of the union cur?
tail the acreage for 1911 and for the
next three years, us far as possible,
wit 11 the double idea of producing ?*
better tjuullly of tobacco and creating
a greater demand. A committee of
three will be appointed to confer with '
oilier tobacco people in Danville next I
Ma roll lor the purpose of making the
Clop more lucrative for the farmer
and eliminating, as far as is possible. I
the middleman's profits.
Otllver* Kleuted.
Olllcors elected yesterday wore as ;
follows: '
President, L>. M. Gnnnaway, Guinea
Mills; Vice-President, C. Gordon, Union
Level; Secretary-Treasurer, 11. L. Pet?
ty. Union Level; State Lecturer-Organ?
izer. Thomas II. Steele, Brookncal;
state Business Agent. a. B. Thorn hi Hi
Appomnltox; Chaplain. Archer Fergu?
son, Mecklenburg.: Doorkeeper, 11. M.
Green. Charlotte; Conductor. H. L. Clay.
Campbell; Sergeant-ut-Arms, .lohn A.
Uupg, Phyllis. I
L'xccutlve Committee?D. M. Blank
citshlp, Campbell: G. S. Gordon. Bus
koi ville; J. \V. Cawiliorn, Appomattox;
C. Mi Abbott. Bedford; Wi P. Masale,
-\ hilierst.
The old executive committee held a j
meeting last night and dissolved, turn-j
ing tin- business over to the newly- |
elected committee, which met and!
? Iceted C. S. Gordon chairman.
To Cut Down Rue*.
Several changes were made in the .'
Constitution, one of the most signifi?
cant ami important being the reduc?
tion of annual ilues .'?> per cent. It
y.'iis found that the increase in mem?
bership h id Keen such that one-quarter
? >:' the present cost for annual ilues
would he ample for the maintenance
of the union, Certain work of the
secretary-treasurer was transferred to!
other officers as the growth of the in?
stitution bus increased bis duties be?
yond the capacity of one man.
The convention closed with a hymn
and prayer by Itev. .1. a. Barnhardt.
It will convene in the next annual ses?
sion the fust Tuesday of next Feb?
ruary, witli probably double the pres?
ent number of delegates. Though no
place lor the meeting has yet been
named, it is probable that it will be
held here. President Gannaway was
named as delegate to the next national
convent ion
IN POLICE COURT
iVeieeilvo Presents Prisoner Captured .
One Thousand Mile, Awnj".
After traveling more than 1,000 miles1
in search of his man. Detective Set--!
gcjtnt Wiley appeared In the Police
Court yesterday morning with Walter
Johnson, cob red, wanted here for the
robbery of Vooleker's shop, 213 North I
Sixth Street, In September He was
discovered soon after the alleged rob?
bery by Policeman Jennings, who ask?
ed about the bundles he was carrying.
The negro replied that he could estab- !
lisii Iiis identity and on the way sud- I
tlenl.v dropped the load and made Iiis
escape, I hough ho was shot at several I
tithes. In a short time he was on his j
way in Kehiuckv and was arrested at 1
Concord by Wiley. The detective first!
went to Thurmond, W. Va.. where a
negro of the same name was heilig I
held for the Richmond authorities; but i
be proved to be the wront man. Wiley
Continued the search until he was
landed at Corii-oid. .tustice Crutchflcld
turned the ?? ?dsoner over to tho City ,
Sergeant:
I b ury Green, colored, charged with
selling liquor without a lb-onse. in the!
rear of ID02 lOast Main Street, was'
lined 51"" and ret] ui red to give se?
curity in the sum of ?500 for one
year. lie had been successful in
getting a why from the police for six
months, until Wednesday afternoon,
when he was captured by Detectives
Bailey ami Wiltshire, lie was unable
tn give the security or pay the One, so
was sent to jail.
On the charge of stealing seventy
two pairs of shoes from the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company, Benjamin
Blanch was ? laced under security of
; $300 for one year. A woman is sus?
pected of pcing the main mover In the
ease, and as the detectives have not
yet been aide to locate her, at the re
j iptest of Detective Wiley, Planch was
! put u..uer bond.' lie was unable to
. give the security and had to go to jail.
! John Banks was sent to jail for four
i months on the charge of attempting to
steal $7 7". worth of whiskey from the
North State Distilling Company.
.Miss t an Vert Again nn Duly.
Miss Rose 'A. Win Vort, superintendent of
:ie- Metnorlnl Hospital, who has been III for
severhl weeks, has sufficiently recovered to
resume her duties.
PfMUT l?lIMO QUIT
fp COMMISSION
Paschall and Gresham Lose
Damage Action in Law and
Equity Gurt.
Voixiiiii and judgment for damages in
ill.- sinn ff S'i.OO?, wUli Interest fi'?in
Sejao'mt'ie-r li), l???, were rendered yes
\< rda> in til? Law and lvpiily Court in
Iii, .-nil Of j: ( ?illlss UgainHl il. Us
Psi< liiiii and Tiibihas Greshahi; tradil k
,i l'cifchall & tireshani. Motion to set
iisldc i!i<- verdict as contrary to the law
and evidence and on account of a Iii Is
direction of the court was overruled
and the defendant glven leave to ii 1??
'hills "f lixeei?!Ion, wlili a v iw to an
appeal. Mr '.Jilll-s was represented by
1 l.traxton it lOggiestiii), of this city, and
Upbert W. Tomlln, ol Norfolk. Pas
? all .v. Circsbani were represented 1
Mollen <v \\ llllams. and the case lias
been one of the most warmly contested
of recent 11 la Is.
The con Iroversy grew out of the sale
ol a tract ol timber land* it) South Car?
olina. IcnoWn as the "Lofton tract."
wb'cli belonged to i'aschall n- Grcshuin.
They valued it at 5 Mm,nan, rthd entered
Iii to . eb n tract with (illllns to llnd a
l? ? iic-baser at that figure, the agent to
receive r. per <imt. The land wan inter
sold for fISO.find, and Gllliss claimed to
have been the ngenl who brought for?
ward tjp' put.-hi*! '-rs. Ira Johnson and
Mrs .1 c. Johnson, und demanded bin
com'miKsifiu, *? per rent , on the innouhi
of the stile, j.i.mm with Interest
from ihn du' - of the ?nie. The c.t.iu had
been on trial for three days.
University College of Medicine!
Faculty Honors Former Secre?
tary and Treasurer.
[>r. Paulmh A. frving, secretary rind
treasurer of the University College <>f
Medicine from the time of Its founda?
tion until last Scpieihber, when he
^;iV" up his residence in Richmond, and
nni' of the original members of the
faculty, was the guest of honor last
night at a reception given by Or. Stu?
art MeGuirc at hi-; home. Grace and
Sixth Streets. Members of Hie board
?I trustees and of the faculty were
present.
Tl ? feature Of the occasion was the
i presentation to Dr, Irving of a hand?
some silver service, on behalf of the
: ulty of the college, by Dr. Hugh M,
Taylor. The gift was tendered with a
speech, which vya? appropriately re?
sponded to bj Dr. Irving.
The service consists of five heavy
sllvei pieces and a huge salver, all stilt
. i lily cngrn ved,
i'r Irving was forced to resign the
blriee >r secretary and treasurer of the
institution, In which he took a deep
j Interest, In order to return to Iii? home
; In Parmvlllo, Va
? lie. has been vieitlnjr here for several'
'day . hut will leave the, dly to-day.
Health f.ecturo Postponed;
Ihu'.Vunci nf the Inclement weather t lie loc
tl i Dr. Allen \V. I'iieman. who wan to
hnv,. spoken lam iiIkIh In the .Tolitt Marshall
MIkIi School under the auspices ol the Ked
I eration of Mot lit rs' Club?, was postponed.
Robert H. Tallcy to Speak at I
Anti-Saloon League
Convention.
PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED
Dr. McDariiel, Speaker Byrcl
and Congressman Glass to
Make Addresses.
Conditions in Richmond under the
licensed liquor traffic will be discussed
at the coming Anti-Saloon League con?
vention at Newport News i>y Robort II.
Tai ley, Assistant United States District
Attorney, of this city. Hl? address
will be delivered on Wednesday after?
noon, February 22. under the beading,
? A Word From License Cities."
Rev. George W. McDanicl, p. D.. pas?
tor of the First Baptist Church, will
speak on "Virginia 'Dry'" on the evo
ning of the same day. The annual ad?
dress of the president will be deliv?
ered by Uev. Henry Pearce Atkins, of
Richmond, at the opening session Tues?
day night;
Speaker Richard livelyn Hyrd's topic
will be "The Relation of the Existing
Reglstration Laws t" Popular Refer?
endum," while Representative Carter
Glass will speak on 'Shall the Consti?
tution and Laws Be N Ulli lied V"
The complete program, just an?
nounced, is as f6.1 lows:
Tuesday Evening, February 21.
President 11. P. Atkins presiding.
7:30?Devotional exercises, W. G.
Starr. D. pi; 7:50?Address of welcome,
Maryus Jones. Mayor: S:1J ? Response,
Rev. W. .1. Voting, p. l>. (Invited); S:30
?-President's address, lie v. 11. p. At?
kins: :?:<>()?Report of legislative com-1
initteo, Rev. James Cannon. D. D.: 9:15'
? Address. John G. Woolley.
Wediiesdny .Morning, February -'J.
Vlce-Presldcnt P. Y. p. Con way presid?
ing.
f?:0U?Devotional exercises Rev. .1. E.
DeG.ifferrell.v: 9;1">?Appointment of
i-omtiit tees: 9:20?Fraternal greetings:
W. C; T. U., Mrs. 11. M Eloge; Good
Templar--, Mrs. George W. llawxhurst;
W. T. L A.. Mrs. CS. M. Jobson: 9110?
Superintendents report, Row James
Cannon, D, D.: 10:05?General secre?
tary's report. J, D. McAlister: 10:30 ?
Reports: of district superintendents,
Rev. E. ,L Richardson. Rev. David Hep?
burn: 11:00 ? 'The Relation of the Kx
tstlnc Registration Laws to Popular
Referendum," R. B. Hyrd; 11:20?Ad?
dress. "Interstate Regulation of the
Liquor Trafllc," S. E. Nicholson; miscel?
laneous business.
A ftornoon.
Vice President Rev. j. 11. Ellis presid?
ing. '
2:30?Devotional exercises, Rev. W.
S. Trimble: 2:45?"The Strength find
yyealcness of Local Option,'.' Rev. W. R.
Motley; 3:05?"A Word From No
Llcensc cities": Clifton Forge, E. A.
Snead; Frodcrlcksburg, J. W. Adams'
(invite.It: Stnuntbn, C. T. Jordan: "The
i 'upc of Lynchburg," J. C. Moss (In?
vited); 3:35?"A Word From License
Cities": Bristol, Major A. D. Reynolds
(invited): Danville, Frank Talbott;
Richmond, Robort II. Tai ley; 4:05?'-The
Press and Prohibition." Rev. H. D. C.
Mnclachlan, D. D.; 1:30?Question box,
"flow to Enforce Virginia Liquor
Laws," Thomas Whltehend. attorney for
Virginia Anti-Saloon League.
Evening,
Vlce-Presldont Governor William H.
Mann presiding.
7 30?Devotional exorcises. Rev. L. T.
Wilson, D. D.; 7:15?Address, "Shall the;
Constitution and Laws Be Nullified 7''
Hon. ?'arter Glass; 8:30?Address, "Vir- i
gin la Dry,' " Rev. G. w. McD&nlol, D. D. j
ThurMdny Motulngi February
Vice-Presidenl Rev. G. S. Bowers pre?
siding.
9:00?Devotional exercises. Rev. A. E.
Kaukati; 9:15?Report of committee on
credential};; 9:30 Consideration of re?
port of legislative committee, pending
the adoption of the report?"State-Wide
Sentiment": (a) in Northern Virginia,
Rev. W. F. Watson; (b) Tldewatfr, Rev.
G. W. Ferryman. I). D.; (c) Southsido,
Rev. II. E. Johnson, D. D.; fd) South?
west, Rev. W. s. Neighbors, D. D.; 11:30 I
?"Prohibition as a Common Sense!
Business Proposition," D. H. Bargor; ,
mlscelln neoiis,
A f Irrnoon,
Vice-Presidenl W. c. Camphell. D. D.,
presiding.
2:30?Devoiional exercise*. Rev. C. N.
Watson: 2: ?5?Report of committee ori
nominations: .1 :ao?Report cf commit?
tee ,?t resolutions; 3:30?Recreation,
visit to Shipyard
Evening.
Vic..>-President \V. w. Smith, LL D.,
presiding.
7'30 ? Devoiional exercises, Rev. T. C.
Durst: 7:45?Address, Rev. P. A. Baker,
I>. D.: S: 10? Address. John G. Woollev.
,V\S' rlr, ,,l< f o?rt of Appeals.
Hie I nltc-d States ''ircuit Court of Appenli I
reconvened yesterday morning nt ll o'clock.
W th < Ircuit Judges ?off and Prltehard and
District Judges Prnwlcy. Dayton and Con?
nor In attendance
.1. W. Johnson and L. V. Lide, of Marlon.
s C. were admitted to practice In this
court.
The foMotving ? nses were argued:
No. 978- Rank r>f Marion, appellant, vs. S.
yV, Norwood, trustee ln bankruptcy of C. ,T.
I McDonald .v Souc bankrupt, nppelloo: ap?
pealed from the nistrlet Court at Charles
<?h, S O, fans,. ;,rf;lied by B. A. Hagond. of
Charleston. P C. and F. T.. Wlllcox, of
; Florence. S. C, for the appellant, and by ,T.
\V. Johnson and !.. V. Lide, of Marlon. S.
<".. for the nppelle(./and submitted.
No. I's?- f.llzoh th Land and Lumber Cnm
I'.'i'iv. appellant, \s, Kannwha biimhpr Cor?
poration, appellee; appenl from the Circuit
Court at Charleston, S. C. Cause nrgucd by
M. C. Woods n' Marlon, S. C. and John N.
Seliiell. Jr.. ..f Voifolk. Va? for the appel?
lant, and by V. f. WIIIcox, of Florence, S.
C. for the appellee.
Court adjourned until this morning at It
o'clock;
C'aso In rail to-day: No. 994?Steamer "Old
Point Comfort." appellant, vs. schooner
"Sunny South." et al., appellees; appeal from
the District Court nt Baltimore. Md. To be
argued by Daniei if. ifayne, of Baltimore;
Md.. for the appellant, and by Robert H.
; Smith nn<l Harry N. Ahercromble. of Balti
| more. Md.. for the appellees.
Honor to High School Pupil*.
Membership In Die Ttnsomary Library ban
I been a warded to n number of honor pupils
at the John Marshall High fiehool for one
! year. The recipients of the honor are Wil
' Hani .f. Parrlsli .1 Louise Welsiger. Henry
anrrco, Louise ttepfarlli. Mary Htimphrey,
l Gladys Burnct, Wilson Brown and Taylor
IColeman. To obtain this honor students
1 must make an average of ninety In Studien
land have a good record In deportment.
ONLY ONE SURE WAY
To have money. Save jt. Deposit
your savings with us. Wc pay 3 per
cent, compound interest.
1117 East Main. Street,
Richmond Lawyers Will Hold
Joint Meeting in May
With Doctors.
MAJ. STR1NGFELL0W SPEAKS
Annual Meeting Brings Out
Largest Attendance Since
Organization.
-;-1 i
Edward M. Pitcher was elected prosl- J
dont of the Richmond Bar Association j
ttt (he annual meeting held at ihc
Commonwealth Club last night. The
occasion was one of the most enthu?
siastic nnd more largely attended-than
any in the history of the organization.
A departure by the lawyers was the
adoption of n resolution offered by
Robert II. Tal ley extending to the j
Richmond Academy of Medicine and >
Surgery an Invitation to be .the guests j
of the association at the next quarterly :
meeting, to be held In May. It Is
planned to have a Joint session of tho !
professional men. with the Idea of pro- I
moting the Interests of each.
The principal address made last ?
night was thai of Major Charles F. i
Stringfollow. who was in a. reminiscent '
mood, and told numerous humorous and j
peculiar experiences he had partlci- I
pa ted in and witnessed in the years of
his practice. The members of the bar
wore hearty in their praise of Major
Stringrellow's talk.
Among other things the attorneys
changed their meeting day. which was
the second Wednesday of each quarter
month, to the second Thursday.
Following the business session, an
elaborate supper vvn? served In the
club, unusual attention being devoted
to a menu which was planned solely
to tickle lite palates of the practition?
ers.
About 123?nearly the full member?
ship of the association?were present.
The new officers elected are its fol?
lows :
Edward M. Pllcher, president; P. IT.
C. Cab ell. Urs? vice-president: Henry
it; Miller, second vice-president; Rob?
ert E. Peyton; Jr., third vice-president,
and Maurice A. Powers. secretary
treasurer.
W. B. GAY INDICTED
Chnrgctl With Grnnd l.nrceny In Al?
iened 'Hief! of 8<100.
Two indictments wore returned In
the Hustings Court yesterday against
W. Ft. Clay, a former employe of 'lie
Watt Plow Company, charged with
grand larceny. It Is alleged that he
stole from the company last year,
goods to the amount of |r,oo.
Carrie Johnson and Charles White.
Jr.. both colored, were indicted for un?
lawfully Rolling cocaine. They were
arrested on the premises of Charles
White, who Is known to the police as
the "Cocaine King.'' White, however,
escaped: I
Annie Johnson was convicted of at?
tempted petty larceny and was sen?
tenced to six months in jail.
The grand jury yesterday uiet I?
special session, having been adjourned
from last Monday on account of the
large amount of business.
CLUBS FEDERATED
Charter Grnnted lo Mothers' Organization*
of Cltj and Stole.
Consolidating: various women's orKiuilza
tions. formed for tho purpose of ehnrltable
and benevolent work, the Federation of
Mothers' Clubs sf lUchmond and Virginia
was chartered yesterday by the State Cor?
poration Commission. It has no capital
stock.
The In corpora tors aro Mrs. William Com?
mon, president: Mrs. Arthur O. Roger?, sec?
retary; Mrs. Kniest blndsey, Mrs, Howard
ti. Whit lock and Mrs. J. S. Crook all <.f
Richmond.
HAS EVEN CHANCE
Rut Main Shot by llnnk Cnahlcr In Still
Desperately III.
Physicians at the Memorial Hospital
say that the fact that Ouy Bruce, of
Mehcrrln, did not meet Instant death
when he was shot Tuesday night by
F. H, Kauffmnn, cashier of the Me?
hcrrln Bank, is a miracle. The shoot?
ing .was a case of mistaken Identity,
the young banker believing Bruce, his
intimate friend, to be a footpad.
The pullet entered his left breast and
passed through the back, and in some
remarkable manner weaved its way
between the big arteries of the heart.
However, Bruce was in a critical con
dltlon last night, hut was said to hav
an even chance of recovery.
FOR NEW BRIDGE
Structure Over James Will Con?
nect Westhampton and
Southampton.
Within four months the Southamp?
ton brklRc across James River, which
Is to connect tho Wcstliampt'on suburb j
of Richmond with Chesterfield co?h- I
ty. will he built and ready for public [
use a contract for Its construction
was awarded yesterday by the direc?
tors of the newly Incorporated South
nmpton Bridge Company to the Vir- |
gihlo Bridge Company, of Ronnoke. i
The bridge gets Its name, from the
new residence socMo'ti which It will tap,
and which will be immediately cut up
into lots and sold under the name of
Southampton.
The new bridge will pe of steel con?
struction. It will be 060 feet long and
eighteen feet wide In the cleat, ji will
rest on concrete piers. The bod of the
bridge will be eleven feet higher than
the track of the Chesapeake and Ohio,
making the roadway actually about
eighteen or twenty feet higher; The
nppronoh to the structure will cross
the railroad at grade.
Iltuhrr Tbiin Freshet.
The height above mean low water
Is to be thirty feet, and it will bo
eighteen inches higher than the freshci
of l S 7 7. the highest water ever re?
corded In the James.
hi direction, the Southampton bridge
will be about half a mile west of the
Cdurttry Club buildings, and about
1,000 feet each from the nearest point
of the club grounds, and from the
property where, within a year or two
will be located Richmond College,
Colonel i" I*. R, Burgwyn Is the com?
pany's consulting engineer. Thomas S.
Winston Is president, and George C.
Gregory Is a managing director.
RICHMOND AVIATOR
Meiitennnl KU vom Make* Snccettiiftil
Flight In California.
a successful Might into the floods
has been made by Richmond':: first
aviator. Lieutenant Theodore G. Klly
Knn, United states Navy Lieutenant
IDllyson, who lias recently been as?
signed to a course of Instruction in
aeronautics, made a short, put success?
ful Ilight at the mounds of the Corn
hado Country Club, near Sun Plej_-o,
Cab. In a biplane.
This young otUccr, who is the son of
II Theodore F.llyson. of this city, has
lately traded his sphere of action un?
der the water to orte above the ground
He has taken a greni Interest hi sub?
marine matters, and has achieved a
reputation Iii this line. He wan nt
Newport News, supervising the con?
struction of the submarine which wan
launched Wednesday; when ordered to
the Pacific coast to try his hand nt
aviation.
Illue. fiel l)rr?* Cnps.
Blue social rtres? caps have been purchas?
ed by the officers of the Richmond nines
for use oil dross occasions. Tho raps are
?Omewhat similar to the red articles worn
by the Governor's Knot Guard of Connecti?
cut on their recnt visit to this eliy. T\n
enlisted men of the battalion will also have
rips n little later.
I? is tho intention to use those at dnnf
and reeoptions in uniform In Heu of tho full
dross headpiece. The lotierinc <>n the offi?
cers" caps Is of white silver, while on tho.v
ef the men It will bo blue with a white
cord.
Hen Thornton Fined.
Hen Thornton, colored, u ns tinofl t;;.r,o nn'l
costs yesterday In tho magistrate's court of
lleni'icn county on chare, s of assaulting nnd
entering the ii'irno of Mildred Carter, col?
ored, and threatening to kill Willie Hinpp
ton. A warrnnt chareinc that he carried a
concealed weapon was dismissed
Building TcrmiM.
Bulldlnc anil r.-pair permits were Issued
'yesterday as follows:
L. Cord, to erect a brick tenement, two
I dwellings, S317-Mlft East Franklin Street, in
1 rear, to cost Sl.SJH.
I Carrie Mintrr, to repair a frame dwelling,
26U East Marshal! Street, to cost *150.
Mr. Pace Better.
The condition of City Treasurer James B.
Pare ts reported as more fnvorable. His
friends hope that with otter weather ho
will soon be out again.
Conncllmnn Miller Improving.
Councilman Clifton M. Miller, of Monroe
Ward. Is convalescent from an attack of ap?
pendicitis, nnd expects to he able to resume
his professional nnd municipal engage?
ments next week.
Colored Merchant Arrested, but
Loudly Protests His Inno?
cence to Police.
Mistaken, as lie told It to the police
last night, while on a mission of mer?
cy, Winston Cephas, n well-known col?
ored merchant of North Ninth Street,
uns arrested and locked tip in the
First Precinct Station on the charge
of stealing a polka-dot handkerchief
and $;>(> in cash from William Frazler.
of fit;? North Seven tec-nth Street.
Ahout 11 o'clock ho was bailed in the
sum of $f>00 by Undertaker R. D.
Brown, and will appear in the Police
Court this morning with Attorney Oil
bert K. Pollock as his representative.
According to the story told when Ce?
phas was arrested, be went to the
homo of Fra/.Ior yesterday for the
purpose of inquiring after his health
and doing other things In the way of
dispensing the "milk of human kind
ihss," for Frazlcr was sick. During
the visit, it is alleged that the sick
man left the room and soon after bis
visitor also left. Then it was discov?
ered that (be polka-dot handkerchief.
In which the money was wrapped and
which reposed under the nillow of the
sick man. had disappeared.
A warrant was issued immediately,
and the merchant, was located at his
store and hurried to the station, in
spite of the fart that he loudly pro?
tested his Innocence. II was late when
Attorney Pollock got Justice Crutrh
fleld oh the telephone and hud him
bailed out.
Another story is that Cephas wns
not the only visitor at the time when
the money disappeared. In fact, It
Is said tlint tboro wore at least ten
"friends" In the room, and that any
one of them might have got nwav
with it.
.Mr. Seit* In Richmond.
Bon Seit?, ?enernl mannKor of tho New
York World, Is in Richmond, a guest at
Laburnum.
State Recovers on Bondsmen of
Former Treasurer by
Compromise.
Settlement was reached yesterday In
tho City Circuit Court in the long drawn
out litigation of the Commonwealth of
Virginia against O. B. Thomas, tho de?
faulting treasurer of Fluvanna county.
Attorney-General Samuel \V. Williams
appeared for the Commonwealth, and
J. O. Sheppard for tho defendants, the
bondsmen and their heirs. An order
was entered setting aside a judgment
entered by the Circuit Court of the city
of Richmond on March 10, 1888, and a
new judgment entered in favor of the
Commonwealth against R. S. Campbell,
in his own right and as administrator
of C. T. Kldd; R. B. Kldd, A. S. Burgess
and John J. White, for $1.062.67: against
C. C. Jones, for $1,000, and against .1. C.
Shepherd, for $500, with interest, as
in full of all liabilities oh the bond of
O. B. Thomas, treasurer of Fluvanna
county, executed .Tune 2T>, 1S8.1.
It. was also ordered that the State
recover from R. S. Campbell, sheriff of
Fluvanna county, and aa such, admin?
istrator of S. S. Mosby; J. 15. Desper,
R. J. Howard, J. S. Par rar, J. J. Flan
nagan. ? James K. Scruggs, Thomas
Cleveland, Johanna Walker, executrix
of W. T. Walker; C. W. Rogers, admin?
istrator of C. S. Irving; F. H. Jones, ad?
ministrator of W. W. King; R. F.
Croorge, D. J. King, Samuel J, Sony and
James T. Kldd. for $1,062.07, with In?
terest.
This compromise will put an end to
another of the ancient Commonwealth
cason which have been pending on tho
docket of tho City Circuit Court for
about twenty or thirty years.
No Use Putting It Off
If you want to take advantage of
our 33 per cent Reduction Sale do
it to-day while the assortment is still
good. All sizes for all shapes.
Gans-Rady Company
Implement Men Would Work
With Manufacturers?Meet?
ing Adjourns.
With the oleetlon of officers for th?
year and with the selection' of Greens?
boro, N\ C, us the place, and Fobrunry
T and S. KG 2, as the time, for the next
meeting, the convention of tho Virginia
and North Carolina Retail Implement,
.Machinery and Vehicle Dealers' Asso?
ciation cunte to an end yesterday. The
concluding business session was fol?
lowed last night by a banquet at Mur?
phy's Hotel, where the Implement men
feasted on the best things that hostelry
furnishes. There was plenty of fun
until a lato hour.
Ofllccrs were re-elected, as follows:
.i. W. May, Alexandria, Va., president;
G. ?. Todd. Norfolk, Va., tirst vice
president: .John Slaughter, Goldsboro,
N. C? second vice-president: E. C, Tar?
ter, Rural Retreat, Va., third vice-preslr
ident; Harry V. Stephens. Smlthtleld.
N. C,, secretary and treasurer. Direc?
tors? II. L. Smith. Petersburg; W. T.
face. Franklin. Va.: George p. Todd.
Norfolk, Va.; A. c. Slut on, Richmond:
John R, Ponder. Tat boro, N. C.; W. R.
Wart man. South Hill. Va.; J. B. Barkley.
Lawrence vtllo, Va,
I'/ipcrs Presented.
Two papers were read at the morn?
ing session, one on "How to Handle
Complaints," by W, it. VViirtman, of
South Mill. Va., and the- other on
"Clerk Management," by John Slaugh?
ter, of Goldsboro. X. C.
Above all Its other objects, and ono
whit h was the most generally dls
? cussed. 1^ the promotion of co-opera
, tloti between dealers and manufactu?
rers, The association has no tight on
makers of the articles Its members nell,
but jt is organized for the purpose ,>t
I securing fair play, it has no objection
I to the direct aale by manufacturers to
I conoumers, hut it asks that the maker
I sell olthn. ,>r.e way or the other, and
I not undersell those who pay for tho
privilege >>f .!oln? business and at the
same lime expect the dealers to push
their ware-.
The boycott whs not favored in the
discussion, it having been found that
moral suasion does tho work. Should
h dealer find that a manu f act?rer
whose goods he handles Is .selling di?
rect at a cut price, the executive ofll
cers of th'- association are notitle.i,
and they take tip the matter, showing
to thr manufacturer how co-operation
If to the advantage of both fiides.
Secretary Stephens expressed his sat?
isfaction with the Richmond meeting,
which has been successful In every way.
The attendance was good, and snore
members are expected at the next
meeting, for the reason that the organ?
ization 's growing.
WORKING ON BUDGET
and
Finance Committee Consult*. Auditor
CommUfloncr of Revenue.
The c-.uir.ril <"<>i>,nilttee on Finance mat
yesterday at f. o'clock to consider several
financial matter.? having to do with th<?
new budget. Commissioner of the Revenue
: O. A. Hawkins and City Auditor Edward J.
'< Warren presented estimates of the probable
I revenues for the year, rash balances, de?
mands for Interest charges, and other Items
bearing on the prohnble amount that will
be available. Cnder strict construction of
the charter the Finance Committee Is di?
rect e.\ tr, make a budget of needs for main?
taining tho government and then lay a tax
lev>-, varying from year to year, to meet
tho needs. The Finance Committee lias
found It best for many yenrs to leave tho
: levy stable nt H 40, and to cut the appro?
priations to meet the probable income at
that raie.
Petlllon? in Bankruptcy.
Two petitions In voluntary bankruptcy
' were filrd yesterday afternoon In the United
j State? District Court.
I Heller was sought >>>- Kate P. Cobb. trading
and doing business as K. P. Cobb. merchant.
' at 071- O Street, from liabilities of J 1.760,75.
Assets of S1.M5.7S, about $500 of which is
held exempt, are claimed. P. A. Smith is
attorney for the petitioner.
Edwin B. rhHIIps also filed a petition, with
Inabilities of $71?;.^ and assets of $r??3.??.
iCutchlns ?- Cutchlns are attorneys for tho
petitioner.
Dr. Cnllsch Return.'* Borne.
Br Edward N. Callsch has returned to the
city' after an extended trip through tho
We?t where he delivered several addresses.
His speech at Louisville and St. Loul?. at?
tracted widespread attention Or X allsch
will conduct services at Beth Ahabah J*?
ple to-night, and will speak on Mysticism
versus Materialism." His -ubjoet for? to
1 morrow morning will be "Roundabout Ways.
Seaboard Air Lino KarnlnKS.
? Annroxlmato earnings of tho Seaboard Air
L tie HalwQ\ for the month of ???u^$g*
an Increase of $02.080 as compared with tho
corresponding month last year.
Day and Niftht.
PHONE?
Madison 46 Day.
Madison 48 Night.
Call for the "Alco."
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