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chief of staff of tho army, in an ef?
fort to elude interviewers, slipped out
of one of the rear windows of the
President".1' office nnd neat a masterly
retreat through the secluded portions
of the White House grounds to a rear
entrance of the War Department.
May Itclnte to .Mexico.
The real significance of these activi?
ties, which have been confined appar- |
cutly to tho last forty-right, hours or
Jess, is thought to relate very directly
to the conditions In Mexico, and to tho
growing belief that the situation there
it> by no means so satisfactory as the
Mexican gove rnment would have it be?
lieved to be. There are persistent re?
ports that the physical condition of
President Diaz has lately become such
as to alarm his adherents, and thr.t
momentous developments are to be pre?
pared for.
One report, which was current here
to-day. was that*the Pearson syndicate,
heavily Interested in enterprises in
Northern Mexico, had appealed to the
British government for adequate pro?
tection of themselves and other for- :
eign interests in preparation for the j
chaotic conditions wl-.ch would til-t
most certainly follow any serious loss j
of prestige, to say nothing of the col- J
lapse of tlie i>ia : government. It was j
said that the British ambassador had
taken up tin- question ith the State
Department here, with a suggestion
that unless the United States took im?
mediate steps to exhibit 'ts disposition
and ability to protect foreign interests
in Mexico the european government?,
mote particularly Great Britain nnd
Germany, would be compelled to do so.
Of course, no direct confirmation of
th's report, was obtainable, but the sud?
den burst of martial activity gave it
color.
I'rofcsse?. Ipnornnce.
Am bass., dor Dc La Barra, of the re?
public, of Mexico, who has been in New
York, returned to Washington to-night
to fulfil a social engagement, and re?
turned at midnight to New York. He
professed entire ignorance as to the
meaning 01 the mobilization of Amer?
ican troops. He disclaimed any knowl?
edge of any change in the internal con?
ditions of Mexico, and as for the health
of President Diaz, lie ins'sted at
nothing in the personal or official com?
munications of the President Indicated
anything but his usual satisfactory
condition of health. Moreover. he
stated that apart from sporadic dis?
orders connect od with the revolt in
isolated parts o? Mex'co. the situation
?was normal.
It was said the one reason for the
return of Ambassador De La Barra to
New York to-night was to meet there
to-morrow Senor Limantour, the Mex?
ican Minister of Finance, who arrived
to-night from France, it was also sa.v.
here to-day that another party to this
meeting would be Porflr'o Diaz, Jr., son
of the President, who was said to he
?on ills way north from Mexico City
lor that, purpose.
Henry Lane Wilson, the American
ambassador to Mexico, ha? been in the
Fnited States on leave for about ten
days, and to-day left for Craw ford s
ville, Ind., to visit his mother, who is
ill. He has talked more or less about
general conditions In Mexico, but on
the subject of most Interest at this
juncture ha? been dumb to Interview?
ers. As to what he may have told
his superiors at the State Department
about the rumored crisis in the health
of President Diaz, not one syllable
could be ascertained. Assistant Sec?
retary Huntington Wilson would hot
say a word to-day as to what Am?
bassador Wilson might have said to
bim on that subject.
Trouble to Coutractors.
H was admitted at the White House
jthis evening that the Mexican Insur
jecto.s had been giving considerable
trouble to the contractors engaged on
the work of damming tho Colorado
Tiivcr across the line from tho Impe?
rial Valley in California, and that
JUexlco was sending, by way of tho
Gulf of California, a regiment of Fed?
eral troops in guard the work, which
wa? undertaken by the United States
to prevent. Hoods in tin- Imperial Yal
ley and the surrounding c own try. Two
hundred Mexican soldiers sent through
Yum a, Ariz., sonic time ago lor this
purposf were gobbled up by the in
Kur'rcetos and never reached their des?
tination.
The President told callers to-day
that Texas and the adjacent country
offered an admirable llolu lor ma?
noeuvres at this ifinc of year, nut
vouchsafed no further information.
No such secrecy ever before has
marked the preparations for practice
manoeuv rAs..---quite the contrary; at
other l,jjue^a j lie'' participating officer*
have been only too glad to draw public
^ uttcntion to and arouse public interest
\ in the work of the army ami navy.
"Furthermore, it was freely slated to?
day that the appropriation:; for army
manoeuvres for the. current fiscal year
pre nil but exhausted, and it is pointed
out tiiat. in ordinary circumstances no
such movements as those sprung on
tlie army and navy during the past
forty-eight hours would be thought oi.
Hence, it was inevitable that Washing
Ion should be skeptical toward the
(-explanations given officially; and should
look to conditions in Mexico known
or suspected, as explaining more
pluaalbly this concentration of any
army'close, to the border, with a good
)y portion of the navy at hand.
Takes Cut ire Division.
The movement of troops will take an
entire division of the United States
Army to Texas und along the Mexican
border within the short Space 6l live
days, as the result of tin orders: that
liavn been flashing by wire from Wash?
ington within the past twenty-four
[hours to many army posts throughout
Uif country:
in command of a force approximating
20,000 men, or more than a quarter bf
the entire army .if the United States,
will be Major-General William II. Car
let. Geh Oral Carter is at present rated
as assistant lo Major-General Leonard
Wood, chiei of staff, He occupied ;I
similar position as principal assistant
to Adjutant-General Corbin during the
Spanish-American Wat. and since that
tlih'e he 1ms had much experience in the
bold commander of the Department
of Luzon, in ;ii. Philippines, and as
chief of tin- Department of the Lakes,
ct i hiciigo.
General Carter will leave W ashington
to-morrow night, by way of St. Louis,
1o open his headquarters at Sah Anto?
nio, Texas. General Carter w ill have a
Dill division st.uf hi ins headquarters,
composed of Colonel Stephen Mills,
chief of staff; Major Henry <;. Learn
nrd, Fourteenth Infantry, general stair.
Captain Mal in Cralg, Pirat Cavalry,
general stiff. Lieutenant-Colonel Kti
fc-en-.- I'. Lndd, adjtistant-general; Major
Berry's for Clothes
It's the English "Gabardine"
?he slip-on."
. We have ,it because it's new,
practical, corrifortable, light?
weight and i nexpensi ve.
A perfect watcr-ppoof fabric,
all wool ? rain powerless to
make it wrinkle or pucker.
1 ndespensable to any man
for months to come.
$25.
This will apply in case the
snow turns to rain !
Should the snow continue
'twill be no trouble to show
you fur coats!
The reduced prices still ob?
tain.
George' Bell; ?'>"?. inspector-general;
Major Blanton Winship, judge advocute
gcncral; Lieutcmiiit-Coioncl Daniel E.
MeC'nrthy. chief quartermaster; Major
Ha trie VN'ilkiii's, chief commissary;
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry I*. Birming?
ham, chief surgeon; Mujor Paul F.
Straub, sanitary Inspector;
Many in the West.
Most of these o Ulcers are in tho
West, cither In the Mississippi Valley
or on the Pacific coast, hut have al?
ready had their orders hy telegraphj
and will join their chief at Fori Ham
Houston soon after his arrival there.
All the supply bureaus arc .sending
along food, quartermasters' supplies,
ammunition and medicines, and, in
fact, everything necessary for the
maintenance of an army in the field;
The machinery is working beautifully;
according to such reports as have been
received. There was no sign of any
undue excitement hi either the War
or the Navy Department, though the
ollicers were executing the biggest
military movement in short time that
had been undertaken since t he days
of the Spanish-American War. The
navy and marine corps are co-opcrat
lng closely with tin- army in the
southward movement of the lighting
forces of the country.
The ships of the Pacific fleet arc
being concentrated at San Diego find
San l'edro, California, for tho ostensi?
ble purpose, according to official an?
nouncement, of co-operating with the
army in manoeuvres <>n the Southwest?
ern coast of the United States. Tho
four armored cruisers of the fifth di?
vision of the Atlantic licet?tho Ten?
nessee. Montana. North Carolina and
Washington?will leave New Vork for
Southern waters In a few days under
orders which have boon issued by the
Navy Department. These ships are
scheduled to go directly to the United
States naval station nt Guuntanamo,
[Cuba, which i? being made tho base
tif the naval operations in the present
plan;
Marine* 1'itdrr Ordern,
About 2,000 marines also have been
ordered to assemble at Guantanaino j
to co-operate with the navy. Of ibis
number. 1,100 arc being drawn from
the. complements of the marine liar
racks along the Atlantic . oast and tho
remaining liOO will ho taken from the
I battleship fleet and lauded at Guan?
tanaino before tile fleet leaves Cuban
waters, where it has been engaged for
several weeks in tactical exercises.
On Thursday the United States ship
Prairie will have Philadelphia with
7?0- of the marines, who are being col?
lected from the Unstern posts. Tho
f'iv:.^ will enrrv a like, number, and
will leave Philadelphia on Friday,
stopping at Norfolk to pick up a de?
tachment of marines from tho bar?
racks at that post.
The 2;00Q marines at Gunntanamo
will consist of 1 wo regiments, under
command of Colonel I.. W. T. Waller,
the senior colonel of the marine corps,
at present in command of the marine
barracks at Norfolk, Va.
The flrsl regiment of the detnohmcnl
?.ili !.o In charge of Colonel George
Burnett, now commanding the murine.1
barracks at Philadelphia, while the
second regiment will bo commanded by
(olonei Franklin J. Moss, the com?
manding o nicer or tii.- marine bar?
racks 11 Annapolis.
Two regiments of < oast artillery,
like the bluejackets and marine.-, wi'll
I bo conveyed Texas on shipboard,
and orders wore issued ld-d:ty lo the
quartermaster's "department to have
two transports ready at Fortress Mon?
roe in receive those men and transport
them I" Oalvcston,
Three batteries of field artillery!,
composing the second battalion of (he
Third Field Artillery, stationed at For!
Mver. Va., .lust across tl>C Potomac
(?J liver fi-tou ih'- national capital, to?
night an- ready to start for San An?
tonio, tinl will leave to-morrow morn?
ing. In the absence of Major I.. G.
; Berry, w ho Is at Fort Leavchwori.h'.
Ilo battalion will i>e in cofmahd of
Captain Brooke Payne,
ling in at the win.low '.' A large eon
Troops l nder Order*;
Omaha; Nth.. March 7.- -Two-thirds
of the lighting fore,., of tho department
of the Missouri, nearly cnn men, arc
j under orders to proceed at once to the
Mexican border. The orders from
I Washington to-day called for the
movement "f the following troops:
Company. I >. . signal Corps, Fort
[Omaha: Second Battalion, eighteenth
I Infantry, for Mackenzie; F.leventh In?
fantry. Fori Busseiii Thirteenth In?
fantry, Fort Beavenworth; Fourth
Field Artillery. Fort Russell', Ninth
Cavalry, Fort Russell; Third Battalion
of Ijhgihocrs, i'Ojii Lea von worth ami
Fort Russell.
Two troop;: Fourth Cavalry. Foil
Mende headquarters are ordered to ki
1 Paso. Tex., while all the other lighters
are to report t o Fori Sam Houston.
AB ate to go fully equipped for flchl
UBEO THE WORLD OVER TO OURE A GOLD IN OME BAY.
Alwajs remember the lull name lx>ok flT\? &
for Ihid. signature on every box 26o. ^^?^l^y^yf^^
\
I * -'
service, with ten days' rations and *J00
round? of amutiition.
All available medical ofUcors ami I
sanitary troops will join in tho move?
ment.
Husy at Fori Snm Houston.
San /.ntonlo. Tox? March 7.?A small j
army of men Is busy at Fort Sam <
Houston preparing for the uccotumodu- '
tlon of 20.000 troops, ordered to mobi?
lize here. The troops will be quartered
op a large clearance northeast of the
post recently used as an aviation field.
Will benve To-Dny.
Chattanooga. Tonn., March 7.?The ,
F.leventh Cavalry, U. S. A., stationed at I
Chlckamauga Park, will leave to-mor?
row for Fori Sam Houston. The regi?
ment will consist of 700 men with '_'00
rounds of ammunition to each man.
All the machine guns nnd other im?
plements of war will be taken.
Ordered From Charleston.
Charleston. S. C. March 7.?Ofiiccrs
at Fort Moultrie said to-dny that the
Seven ty - eight h, One Hundred and
Forty-fourth ami One Hundred anil j
Forty-fifth Companies of coast ar?
tillery would start for Texas as soon I
us transportation could be arranged, j
They may leave to-morrow or Thurs?
day.
JLondlni; netting.
Savannah, On.. March 7.?The -work
of loading tho Seventy-second, Seventy
fourth and One Hundred and Twenty
seventh Companies ot coast artillery
tit Fort Screven, Tyboe Island, prepara?
tory to their departure for Gnlveston,
began this afternoon. Tho men will
leave Savannah for Galvcston about 11
o'clock to-night.
No Hcasou to lloubt Word.
Mexico City, Mex., March 7.?"'The
Mexican government has no reason lo
doubt the word of tho State Depart
ment at Washington that the move?
ment of the 20,000 soldiers to the bor?
der is for nothing more than military
manoeuvres, designed as instruction
fur senior officers;
"We do not believe that In the situ?
ation as It is at present there. Is any
occasion for Intervention by the United
States or any other power. No Ameri?
can property has been damaged by
either side, and. so far as I know, no
complaint has been made by any Amer?
ican."
Knriq'tic C. Creel, minister of foreign
relations, so commented to-night on
press dispatches; from Washington re?
garding the mobilization of troops
near tlie international border. Noth?
ing In the events which have taken
place in Mexico up to now, in the opin?
ion of Mr. Creel, would justify inter?
vention.
No representations, he said, had been
made to tlie Mexican government by
the United Slates, Great Britain, or
any other nation, that foreigners had
sustained any loss or had been placed
in jeopardy to any extent that would
even suggest the "necessity for outside
Interference,
"The situation in the north, and. for |
that matter, throughout the republic, j
is entirely satisfactory," said Mr. Creel.
News has just reached us that Ma
dero has exhausted his money re?
sources. He has just made an attempt
to raise $2,000,000, guaranteeing the
debt by a bond Issue, and has failed.
"Wo have Information that many of
his followers have not been paid for
three weeks, and are deserting."
Mr. Creel ridiculed the threat made
by the revolutionists that they would
starve the people of Chihuahua 'into
submission.
He was formerly governor of Chi?
huahua; He is perhaps more familiar
with conditions there than any other
man In public life hi the republic.
"Wc have scarcely touched our re?
sources as yet." said Mr. Creel. "With
the money, guns and men nt our com?
mand, we can easily put in tke Held
FiO.000 men.
"And can any one doubt that we
could raise an army of this size when
we begin to offer $3 a day for sol?
diers?"
Mr. Creel commented upon the state?
ment contained in the. dispatch that
Lieutonnnt-Colonel Porflrio Diaz, .lr.,
would meet Mr. Limantour In New
York by saying:
I "Of course, that Is untrue, since Col?
onel Diaz Is now here in Mexico."
Criilners Prepare to Sttirt.
New York, March 7.?Four sister I
cruisers, each with twenty guns pro?
jecting from their gray armor, wer.: ?
anchored to-night with supply ships
and tenders tiff Tomplnksyllle, Stuten
Island, in New York Hay. making
preparations to sail for the Gulf of
Mexico, probably on Thursday, as the
marine participants in the great war
manoeuvres. Ammunition was taken
aboard to-night; coaling will begin to?
morrow.
The ships which, so far are the only
ones known to have been ordered to
take part in the manoeuvres, are the
I four artnorci cruisers, Tennessee, Mon
I tana. North Carolina and Washington,
'all of 11,500 tons; the supply ships
[ Celtic and Culgoa, of s.000 tons each;
the hospital ship Solace: the range shir)
, libation; the repair ship Panther, ana
the three naval lenders, the Patapsco,
i Patuxent siiul Yaiikton,
They comprise the fifth division of
the Atlantic fleet which is under com?
mand ol Itear-Adiniral Sydney A.
Staunton. Orders to the division are
to proceed first to Guantnnamo, Cuba,
where the United States naval station
is situated. At that point they will
take aboard fino marines, in addition
to the Ii,Run ofiiccrs and men now mak?
ing up their personnel. The distance
from New York to Guantnnamo is
about l.ItOO miles. The lime of de?
parture will depend upon the coaling
i which remains to be done.
Of the forts in and about New York
harbor, two had received orders up to
to-night to be in readiness to send
conat artillery to Texas; At Fort
Totten, on U?ns Island, it was learned
j that four companies of coast artillery
j are ready to proceed as Infantry when?
ever a transport Is available, similar
preparations have been made at Fort
\Vadsworth, on Staten Island. Twelve
companies 'n making a complete
regiment, will go from nearby points.
Colonel Townslev In Commnnd.
[Speclii.l lo Tho Timcs-Dispiitch.]
j Hampton, Va., March 7.-?Orders were
received tit Fort Monroe this afternoon
l directing th,. sixth, Thirty-fifth, Forty
I first. Sixty-ninth and Seventy-third
i Companies of Heavy Coast Artillery'-lo
he ready to join seven other companies,
j and at Fort Monroe, and proceed to
I Texas.
! Colonel Clarence p. Townsley, the
, commanding officer at Fort Monroe,
I w.'ll be in command of the. regiment,
and he will have all Iiis present staff
I oflleer.s with hint on the trip. it is
} thought the trip will be started Thurs
' day or Friday, although the orders no
: far received do not designate a day
for the regiment to move Southward.
The order caused the grciitest excite?
ment around Fort Monroe and Phoebus,
I where most of the soldiers have their
homes It is expected that the seven
companies will reach Fort .Monroe from
Fori Washington, Fort Hunt, and I-ort
Dupont 16-tiiorrow or Thursday morn?
ing.
During the absence of Colonel
Towhsloy, Major Lewis will be in coin
; maud at Port Monroe. The torpedo
: floel of "the navy, consisting ,,f Hie
I Dray ion. Perry, Paulding, Flusser,
Smith and Preston, arrived in Hntnp
< toil flonds this afternoon
Din/. Not Disturbed.
Mexico -QHy, March 7.?Apparently
hoi perturbed by the reports that the
United States Is preparing to invade
1 is country with an army ,>f 20,000
men and selling at rest the rumors
thai he is u man desperately ill, Gen?
eral Diaz took his customary stroll
tlii-; afternoon through the grounds of
Chtipultopee Castle.
Although aware of (he plan:; for
mobilization of the American army
. along tlie international boundary, Mex?
ico's President did not permit Ibis
j news to interfere with the ordinary
routine of his business. lie passed
ihe 'forenoon at - the executive offices
j In that place, and the program arranged
; for (lie afternoon was not varied.
AI 10 o'clock lo-nlght he was still
receiving ?'<? his residence those whose
business ho laid m-i been able to take
up during the ordinary working day,
His only recreation during the din
Warthe stroll through the park, when
he was accompanied by Mrs. Diaz and
his son, Colonul Portlrio Diaz. Jr.
Leave Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.?Pursuant to
orders from the War Department, the
?Seventeenth Infantry, stationed at
Kort MePhurson, left early to-night for
Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio, Texas.
Tho regiment is In command of Col?
onel J. T. Van Orsdalo.
AMUSEMENTS
Academy?-Llllinii Russell in ?In
Schreit of a Sinner."
Illjon?"In OJtl Kentucky."
Lubln-?Vaudeville.
David Uisphniit.
i There are concert singers of all
voices?sopranos, mezzo-sopranos, con?
traltos, tenors, baritones, basso-can
t antes, bassos?and there is David
Blspltum, alone and groat in his soli?
tude. Great singer, great actor, great
artist, he stands pre-eminently out and
supremely high as the foremost of the
gifted geniuses who have brought joy
to us of "the provinces."
Many of us who have followed music
In Richmond for a decade or so have
been puzzled to decide whether to cast
the tip pi u to the recital of Mine. .Jo?
hanna Gudski; to that of Mine. Blanche
Marchesi (a woman of no great voice,
hut of wonderful art;; or to Mr. Bis?
phnm's recital of sonic three years ago
at the .loiters on Auditorium, hut after
last night's concert at the Academy
of Music there will bo little doubt as
to the highest mark of recitals in
Kiohmond.
Miss Bessie Abott, the much-heralded
soprano who was to have sung the
leuding part in MuseagnTs undelivered
opera, "Ysobcl," appeared jointly with |
Mr. Bisphutn?Indeed, her name was
courteously billed in front of his?ami
she won the enthusiastic plaudits of
the audience. Most exquisitely hob?
bled and looking like one of Ilelleu's
most charming etchings, she had the
house with her from the Hist. Her ,
very soft work, notably in the encore
to her first group of songs, one of Mas?
senet's, and In Tschalkowsky's "Ber?
ceuse," was good. Her big, high, very
high tones, us in Allltsen's "Song of 1
Thanksgiving," which she sang as an
encore, were clear, ringing and abso-'
luiely true to pitch. But her middle .
voice has a queer, almost incredible, |
rattle?incredible and unpardonable,
unless she was suffering from a cold. '
or was frightened, which Is also almost i
incredible. Doubtless she would have I
been very "?harming and delightful if t
she had not been singing with, or ?
against, one of the world's greatest j
.singers. And that brings us hack to I
Mr. Bisphum.
No one. fresh from a recital in which ?
David Blsphani participated could ,
write coldly of his wonderful art? '
certainly, I cannot. From the soft. |
tender melody of the "Banjo Song." ?
through the dramatic power and |
strength of "Danny Deever" to the
wonderful, gripping, aching Intensity
of "Edward,V this great artist poured
forth tho Heaven-sent beauty of Iiis
voice. And. wonderful to relate,
throughout the whole evening, except
in the somewhat trilling ducts, this
master-singer had not a line, not -i
word before him. Even In his superb,
marvelous reading of that tinal test |
of the reader, actor and singer. "King
Robert of Sicily." Mr. Blspham rcjjod
entirely upon Iiis trained memory.
Mr. Gilbert, the accompanist, with
his soft, accurate nnd beautiful touch,
added u great deal to the artistic
worth of tho recital.
And the house was about half-filled?
"Why don't, we have good shows?"
W. D. G.
Billion rttiNxcl! To-NlKht.
Blllian Russell nnd a captivating
comedy are the irresistible combina?
tion hooked for to-night at the. Acad?
emy. Miss Russell will offer here Oh
that occasion her newest hit. "Tn
Search of a Sinner." It is a comedy
by Charlotte Thompson, and has been
lavishly produced by Joseph Brooks
for his best known and most success?
ful star. Tho piece. Is. written in a
comedy spirit and touches lightly a
theme of feminine uncertainty that is
amusing, and .Vet not without a subtle
c-dorourront of truth to make its
humors all the more incisive. Miss
Russell wlil have the support of tin
same company that appeared with her
during the play's Introductory run re?
cently at Powers's Theatre, Chicago,
where it had iis metropolitan hearing
for the first time on any stage during
the latter part, of September.
RATHER TAME DAY
AMONG THE BOWLERS
I.OW Scores Are. Mnde In All Divisions
nt the rttiffnlo Tour?
nament.
[Special to Tho Times-Dispatch. 1
Buffalo, N. V., March 7.?Bow scores
were the rule In all divisions of the
National Bowling Association Tourna?
ment to-day. Only two teams in tho
five-ma it series howled over 2.700, and
the two-man division standing also
remained unchanged. The only redeem?
ing feature of the day was tho work
of I'elor Donahue, of Voun^stown, O.,
a Iwenty-threc-ycar-old lad. In the
doubles his tally for tho third game
was 240, the highest single game of
the day. and in the individual series he
tolled ?22?1U2 in the first, 243 in the
second, and l ST In the last. It looked
for a while as it' the young chap was
going to jump into the leadership of
the individuals. With two big scores
to begin with, he started into the third
game at a smashing rate. On tho eighth
frame thero was a possible t>7S ahead
of him, but he drew a bad split, which
ho followed up with a bad error, pull
i ing hi? total down to 622, He takes
eighth place.
High scores, five-man teams to-day: |
Yohkors B. C. Yonkers, N. Y? 2,78.'?;:
j Ottawa, No. 2, Now York, 2,713; AU Chi- !
taget-, Chicago, J.CI2; Sands Diamonds,
I No. 2, Cleveland, 2.C22.
THE PERFECT ORGANIZATION
OF THE HOTEL ST. REGIS
Which lias Proved It* Claim lo the
Title ..of ?Anicrlcn'n Finest."
One visitor to New York?a West?
ern editor, who stopped at the Hotel
St. Regis, Fifth Avenue and Fifty?
fifth Street?printed the following in
his paper upon his return home:
".Iedged from the standpoint of scr
j vice, tin- St. Regis has no equal in
America, From the proprietor down?
I even to the young men who operate
the elevators?-there exists the most
' complete harmony as the result of
most excellent training." And he
might have added that this harmony
of effort was but the inevitable result
of perfect organization- Mr. R. M.
Haan, the manager, has a positive
genius for organization, and he has
built up an efficiency among the dif?
ferent departments of the hotel that
; places the St; lt< gis in n (.'hiss by itself.
Jin respect to interior an-angomcnts
~hmi furnishing: no hotel in A ifloricTT
is its superior, and few arc its equal.
But the feet remains thai this hotel
is better known and appreciated by
its guests for what it "does" than
for uh.it it "is." The St. Regis
restaurant ha.- no superior in all the
world in quality of food, skill In
preparation and perfection of service;
while the Charges are no higher than
those of otln r first-class hotels.
Transient guests coming to New York
and stopping at tho Hotel St. Regis
win find accommodations of the very
highest grade in every particular, and
at standard rains, Single rcprris are
|',l and :?; a day; the same with private
I i'li for u day tor ?fi for two peo?
ple); while for i,i parlor, bedroojn and
pi'l>. bull) the rates are $12 a day
and up.
is packed in a dust-tight metal
box, with patent measuring
tube, which is both safe
and convenient for tourists.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Roonoke, Va., March 7.-?Following
tho mooting of tho board of trustees
of itoanoke College held to-day in
Salem, the following statement was
given out for .publication concerning
the action of the board relative to the
objection raised against the use of
Hlsons's History of the United States i
as a text-book In the college
"In the resolution adopted, tho trus?
tees stated that Itoanokc College has
been and is loyal to the ideals of tho
South, appreciating heartily the mem?
ory of tho brave and noble heroes, and
gratefully tho many principles for I
Which thby havo stood. Further, that
tho abiding Influence of the South'.s
contribution to the nation will he se?
cured not by a spirit of sectionalism,
party passion and popular prejudice,
which Injures rather than helps any
cause, hut by tho spirit of fairness,
judicial calm and that love of the
truth which is willing to give due con?
sideration to all of the facts on every |
side; that it is the mission of Koanoke j
College as an educational Institutional ;
to stand for frew and full Investigation j
in search for tho. truth to develop its i
students Into men of broad knowledge,
sound judgment, mental power und up?
right character, that they may become:
men of brcauih anil fairness capable
of seeing alt sldos of a question; fur?
thermore, according to ^President More?
head, the head of a department has the
privilege of selecting his own books
and determining the other details of
his department. It was the judgment
of tho board that fair play demands
that, a professor should not be con?
demned in advance of his actual con?
duct of the work of his department:
Touching on tlie matter of Dr.
Th?irstcnb?rs. the trustees realllnncd
their implicit confidence in him tig a
man and a professor; accordingly, Pro.
fessor Thorstenburg sigh Hied his plan
to adopt during the remainder of tho
session the topical method of instruc?
tion without a.stated text-book In Amer?
ican history, and this was approved
by the board. In the official papers pre?
sented to the trustees by President
Morehcad. It was emphasized that Dr.
Klsons's book was selected for Us
merit and not for its defects. Atten?
tion wag called to the wide use Of the
book In nearly 100 Institutions, many
of them In the South. This local pub?
lic sentiment, inlsguidedly awakened, is
duo largely to a failure to appreciate
the difference between a book In col - 1
leges used on a basis of Instruction
nnd discussion and a text-book in
schools of lower grades."
STRUCK BY STREET CAR
>ortb Carolina Coiinrcrt*iiutii DruKRrd
Fifteen Feet on Fender.
Trenton, N. J., March 7.?Congress?
man John A. Small, of North Carolina
who spoke at to-night's dinner of tin
'Chamber of Commerce, of Trenton,
was struck by a car while, alighting
from nh automobile. He was dragged
iibout Ufteen feet on the fender of the
car. but when examined by a physi?
cian was thought not to he seriously
injured.
The Congressman. In alighting from
tho automobile which brought hi in
from the railroad station to tin- Cham?
ber of Commerce building, got out on
the wrong side and did not notice the
approaching trolley car.
DA SI AGIN G K VID K X OK
AGAINST .11 IIS. II AY 12 S
Whlteville. N. C. Miirch 7.?The most
interesting witness in the trial of Mrs. J
Posa Hayes, charged with the murder
Of Pobert Floyd, the young'Spiith Car- j
olina medical student, to-day, was Mrs. '?
Mlms. daughter of the editor of the I
local paper, who printed an interview
with the defendant after her Ihcarcera?
tion; Counsel for the defense hotly
contested tlie adnilsstbllity of tho tes?
timony, in the interview, the seveti
> teen-year-old wife and prisoner admit?
ted that she had been unusually friend
ly with her victim and that as he
lay dying he had called to her in eir
dearing terms.
Tho State further introduced wit?
nesses to tell of a trip the defendant
and her victim had taken last sum?
mer to a neighboring seaport (own.
where I hoy spent the night at the
same hotel, eyewitnesses to the shoot?
ing- swore that Mrs. Hayes continues
Illing at Floyd otter he had fallen,, and
a physician testified that he found nine
bullets in Floyd's body.
OBITUARY
Mr?. Kettle Carver Denoon'.
Mrs. Bettle Carver Denoon, widow
of Daniel Denoon. died yesterday after?
noon about 5 o'clock at her home, 813
Fast Marshall Street. Mrs. Denoon.
who was in her seventy-third year,
had been In very feeble health for a
long time, but had been critically ill i
for only a week or two. She was a'
woman of most vigorous intellect and !
of marked Christian piety. She had
for many yours been a member of the
Second Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Denoon Is survived by two
daughters. Misses Dicie and Mary De?
noon. and by four sons. C. |,., f j, l,,, i
Hugh and Arthur C. D^nonn. The
funeral will bo from the house Thurs?
day at 12 o'clock! and the Interment
will he at. Hollywood.
Mrs. Morion YV. Mnson.
I Mrs. Marion White Mason, wife of
1 Lewis F. Mnson. died yesterday morn-'
1 Ing shortly after 0 o'clock, at her
home, 516 North Fourth Street. She
had heon ill only a short while and
her death was a shock to a wide cir?
cle of friends. Besides her husband,
she leaves two sons?W. H. XV. Mason?
of West Virginia, and A. Courtney
Mnson. of Richmond. The funeral will
take place to-morrow morning nt 11
o'clock from tho residence. Services
will he conducted by Rev. George XV.
McDaniel. Pall-bearers will be as fol?
lows: Honorary?Major A. R. Court?
ney, Captain K C. Schwoickort, Finest
Kubank, Robert Reeky, Jr.. ami Frank
Crendell. Active?H. M. Crone. George
A. Wingficld, .lr.. Leo Kldd, A. F.
llulcher. \V. N. Watklns and .lohn Wil?
son.
Mi?. M. S. Street.
Mrs. M. S. Street died suddenly ibis
morning at 12:40 o'clock at her home.
I South Beech Strebt; Her death will
be a shock to a wido circle of friends
Mid relatives. Mrs. Street was the
mother of Mrs. Ada S. Rllis and Miss S.
13 Street, of Richmond, and she also
leaves tho following sons: XV. A. SI reel,
of Palmyra; Va.; Hcv. J, ,\. Street, of
Isle of Wight county: Dev. If. II.
Street, of Plaiiiviow. Ton., and \V. V.
and C. M. Street, of Richmond.
n. lien Bvaits.
[Special to Tho Times-Dlspa Ich. 1
Concord. Va.. March 7.?D. Ren Kvun.c
died In Asheville Tuesday at a hospital,
where In- was being treated for con?
sumption. The remains were, brought
IMMOS CUIIKD IN ? TO M DAYS.
Vour druKglst will refund money if PAZ?
OINTMENT falls to Cure Itching, Hllnd.
Blecdlnj or Protruding Piles ,n C-ll daja. SOc.
hero and burial mado at Now Concord
Church. Mr. Evans wnB forty-one
years old. lie leaves a wife and throo
small children, six brothers?Dr. T. W.
Evans, of this place! ?lohn Evans, of
Bluotlolu: William Kvnns. of Kansas;
Chnrh.-s and Dan Evans, of Dynchburg
?three sisters?Mrs. French, of this
place; Mrs. Susie itenson. of Crowe;
Mrs. Hunter Land, of Pnrkorsburg, YV.
Vu., and an aged mother,
M rs. Grorgle llnrrcll.
I Special to Tlin Timcs-Dlsnateh.l
Gordonsville, Va.. March 7.?Mrs.
CeorRle J la m il died at tho home of
hor father, Q. M. Watkins, at. Thorp
Mill, Ornngo county, Monday afternoon
about. 2 o'clock:, after an illness of sev?
eral weeks, tier remains wero brought
to Cordonsvllle Tuesday afternoon at
:? o'clock nnd Interred in Maplowood
Cemetery. Besides her father, she is
survived by her huaband, one child,
ono brother. Tt. Q. Wntktns, Chlof of
Police of Gordonsville, and two sisters,
Mrs. J. K. Mlchie and Mrs. Montie
Michle, both of this placo
Mr*. Hnl Howard.
[Special to The Tinics-Dispateh'j
South Boston. Vn., March 7.?Mrs.
Hnl Howard, aged seventy, died at
her homo near this placo yesterday.
She is survived by her husband, one
son. Easlcy, and one daughter. Miss
Sallio Pat Howard. Interment was
juado in Oak ridge Cemetery at this
place this afternoon.
Mnt. Mary Ci Child*,
f Special to The Timos-Dltjpa.tch I
"Winchester. Va., March 7.?Mrs. Mary
C. Childs, widow of Charles .1. Childs,
and daughter of the late John Blue,
of Clarke county, died at her home, |
Summltt Point, Jefferson county, W. j
Vn.; from Bright'a disease aged seven- i
i y-four. Two sons, two daughters and |
two brothers survive.
S. W. Thrift.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Warsaw. Vn.. March 7.?S. W. Thrift,
aged forty-nlno years, died tr's after?
noon after an Illness of one week of
pneumonia. A widow and five children
survive him. Interment will tuke. place
Thursday afternoon at Gideon church
CcmctcFT.
Mr*. Dltinn Gordon.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Harrison burg, Va.. March 7.?Mrs.
Diana Gordon, fifty-six years old. died
yesterday at Good's Mill. Kockingham
county. She was Miss Plrkoy. She ]
leaves two sisters and a brother. Joseph
Plrkey, of Covlngton. She belonged to
the United Brethren Church.
}ir?. Nellie W. Marshall.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Krodei icksburg, Vn.. March 7.?Mrs.
Nellie W. Marshall, wife of Washing?
ton Marshall, died at her homo In King
George county, after a brief illness,
aged seventeen years. She Is survived
by lter husband, her mother, two sis?
ters and two brothers.
Mm. Mary Itcynold.v
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Freu? rleksburg. Va;. March 7.?Mrs.
Mary Reynolds, wife of Preston Rey?
nolds, of Orange county, died at her
home a t St. Just a few days ago, aged
thirty-five years. She Is survived by
her husband and three children.
? A. W. Pn> no.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]
Staunten. Va., March 7.?A. W.
Payne, a Confederate veteran, of this
city, aged seventy-five years, died last
night, leaving a wife and three chil?
dren.
Mr*. Mitchell Agee.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.l
Lynchburg, Va., March 7.? Mrs.
Mitchell Agoe, aged twenty-seyeh
years, died last night at the home of
her sister. Mrs. Frank HIB, after a
long Illness, She was the daughter of
J. G, Brown, of Windfall, where the
remains were taken for burial to-day.
She is survived by an Infant.
Mr*. Sarah Melle Dnvln.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Lynchb?rg, v.l.. March 7.?Mrs. Sarah
Belle Davis; aged eighteen years, wife
of A. c. Davis, die.i last evening at
her home. 2110 High Street, after a
short illnes.--. in addition to her hus?
band. Mrs. Davis is survived by ?>
child
II. C. Polmh vter. '
[Special to The Times-Dispatch |
Sotith Best (?n. Vn., March 7.?If. C.
Poludexter, aged sixty-eight, and an i
ex-Coh federate soldier, died at
his home at this plnoo after j
a lingering illness early this morn?
ing. He Is survived by his widow, four
daughters?Mrs. W. B. petty, of Kon- i
tucky; Mrs. Younger Tune, Misses
DEATHS
FJDLEU?Died, Tuesday. March 7. 1011.
at 7:".,"i P. M.. at the residence of her
parents, 702 North. TwerUy-fift h
Street, \.\V.7Ay. STB ART FIDLER,
wife of Mercer H. Fidler nnd daugh?
ter of .lames M. and Jennie Shanks
Woody, aged thirty-three years.
Funeral notice later. \
DENOON?-Died; March 7. at 5 1'- M., at I
her home. SI." Bast Marshall Street.
MRS. BETT1B CARVER DENOON.
relict of Daniel De.no?n, in the sev?
enty-third year of her age.
Funeral from the lomse, sir, Hast'
Marshall Street, THURSDAY at 12
O'clock. Interment in Hollywood.
STREBT?Died, suddenly, at the home
of her daughter, 1 South Beech
Street, 12:10 A. M.. March S. MRS.
M. S. STREET; She leaves seven
children: Two daughters. Mrs. Ada
S. Ellis and Miss S. B. Street, and
five sons. Mr. W. A. Street, Palmvrn.
Vs.: Rev. .1. N. Street. Isle of Wight
?Olinty; Rev. II. II. Street. Plainviow.
Texas; Messrs. W. F. and C. M.
Street, of this city.
Funeral notice later.
?FTERS?Pled, at 0:30 P. M.. March 7.
NANNIE T.. wife of D. Oetcrs. at her
residence. 2220 Beverly Street.
Funeral notice later.
FUNERAL NOTICE
BOBII EN?The funeral of HENRY C.
BODDKN will take place TO-DAY
(Wednesday) nt 2 o'clock from the
Third Street A. M. E. Church. Inter?
ment at Evergreen.
^ We're always
glad to see you in
our store, and we
want you to come
often
So even if it is only to buy a
"Popular'* Song you'll find it
profitable. It's a pleasure to
us to sell all "Popular" Music
at TEN GENTS a copy.
Operatic and Classic Sheet Music.
Also Music Dooks at lowest prices.
Let us send a Victor Talking Ma?
chine to your home. $10.00 und up,
Kasy terms.
213 East Broad Street.
A CABLE ?? EVERY DAY:
Sal lie and Mary Poihdextor?two sons.
Archer and Henry N. Poindexter. of.
tlii;:, place. The funeral will lie at
Oakrldge Cemetery to-morrow after?
noon.
Mtaft Hither StoiiteultiirKu.
I Special to The Times-Dispatch.!
Alexandria. Va., March "i ?Miss
Esther Stoutcnburgh. Ilfty-two years
old, died this morning at the home of
her sister. Mrs. Charles A. Deahi; 21H
South Alfred Street. She was a daugh?
ter of the lato James A. and Esther
Stoutcnburgh, and is survived hy one.
brother, .lames A. Stoutcnburgh, ami
two sisters?Mrs. Charles A. Dealt I ami
Mrs. Kate W?olls, the latter of Wash?
ington.
Fnurrni of Judge Itcdd
[Special to The Times-Dispat. Ii I
Asidand. Va.. March 7.?The remain.*
of Judge Samuel C. Redd, who died at
his home. "North River." llahoyer
county, on Saturday. were brought
hero and interred with Masonic honors
in Woodlawn Cemetery this morning at
11 o'clock. The Hcrvlccs wer.- con?
ducted by Itevs. Quarlos an.l lawless
The pall-bearers were Barrett Sydhor,
E. w. Woolfolk, Clarence Taylor. I. A.
11 oof nagle. .1. Doswcll and \Vlll6ugh
by Newton. Jr. Besides his widow,
who was Miss Nannie Cartel, sinter "t"
Hon. Hill Carter, of Ashland, be leaves
three sons?Hill Carter; John and
Samuel C. Redd,
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"The Results of Systematic Savings'
; COMPUTATIONS
! SHOWING ACCUMULATIONS OF MONTHLY SAVINGS
DEPOSITS I
Of One to Twenty Dollars in One to Five Years, When
Interest is Compounded Semi-annually
, at 3 Per Cent. Per Annum.
Monthly i
I Deposit. I Year. 2 Years. 3 Years. 4 Years. 5 Years
! $ 1.00.$ 12.19 $ 24.75 .$ 37.67 .$ 51.00 $ 64.72 ,
I 2.00. 24.3? 49.50 75.37 102.03 129 49 I
I ,3.00. 36.58 74.25 113.08 153.06 194.26 |
4.00. 48.78 99.01 150.79 204.11 259.06 i
:' 5.00. 60.97 123.78 188.47 255.13 323.81
6.00. 73.17 148.54 226.20 306.19 388.62 S
' 7.00. 85.36 173.29 263.90 357.22 453 37 I
18.00. 97.56 198.06 301.60 108.26 518 15
9.00 . 109.75 222.81 339.28 459.28 582 91
10.00. 121.95 247.57 376.99 510.33 647 70
11.00.134.14 272.33 414.70 561.37 712 47
' 12.00. 146.34 297.10 452.43 612.43 777.28
13.00. 158.53 321.85 490.11 663.47 842.06
14.00 . 170.73 346.62 527.82 714.49 906 81
?1 15.00 . 182.92 371.37 565.51 765.52 971 57
i 16.00.195.12 396.13 603.22 816.58 1,036.38 \
; 17.00 . 207.31 420.90 640.93 867.61 1,101 14 1
18.00 . 219.51 445.65 678.62 918.64 1,165 91
19.00.231.70 470.41 716.33 969.70 1,230 70
I 20.00.243.91 495.18, 754.05 1,020.75 1,295!50
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