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JHB DISPATCH FOUNDED 1800.
tub times founded me.
WHOLE NUMBER 18,566.
RICHMOND. VA., WJCDNEf/DAY, MARCH 22, 1911.
THE WKATIIGK TO-DAY?Enlr.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Attorneys End Argu?
ment and Submit
Suit to Court.
BITTER EPITHETS
ARE FREELY USED
Reputation of Both Husband and
Wife Assailed?George O. Tcn
ncy Called an Unnecessary
Liar?Counsel Allow?
ance to Be Argued
Later.
After two days of brilliant battle of
?wits, the argument in the now famous
Tenney divorce proceedings was con?
cluded late yesterday afternoon, and
the cat-e submitted to Judge Grihnun,
of tin: Chancery Court, together with
brief.- and a mass of depositions. A
motion for an allowance to Mrs. Ten
hey's counsel v.;<h continued for argu?
ment lit a laf r (line.
The greater part of the day was
taken tip by 1. O. Wohdehburg, coun?
sel for George O. Tenriey, prcsidi hi
of the Atlantic Bitulithtc Company, who
answered his wife's suit for Separation
and alimony witii an application for
nbsolutc divorce. Mr. Wendenburg
took up section by section the argu?
ment made by William ).,. ltoyall. at?
torney for Mr*. Ultima b. Tehncy. on i
ilie preceding day. The garment j
Which Mr. i toy ail hail fashioned, ascrib?
ing whatsoever things ate piire to Mrs. j
Ten hey and pet JlYry und Infidelity to ^
lior husband, was refashioned by Mr.
Wehdenburg; who pictured Mrs. Ten?
ne y ah a woinan who had failed from
her pedestal of purity, and her In- 1
Jured husband its one who cottl,j now
look only to ihn law fur relief. Kbr
u closing statement, Mr. ltoyall tie- !
scribed Tenney at an unnecessary and
cotntnou liar, his son-in-law and chief]
witness as a gambler and drunkard, ]
and lils negro servant a>* a perjured
bt u t e.
Major Cordon Not Called.
Mr. Wendenbui g resumed Iiis argti- i
merit yesterday morning when court i
convened; taking up the depositions
which described Mrs. Tenm y - r'eia- j
lions with Major 15.C.Gordon, and lh
i/ulring why Major Gordon had not
himself been railed upon to testify,
llsueriiiiH that Major Gordon bad re
f used to descend to perjury, and that j
Mrs. Teimey dreaded that he might j
toil the truth. Mr. Wciidehburg laid
tpecbtl emphasis oh it trip Major Gor-!
don made to Bichmood in .time; l'J?t?, |
u Inn he Isi said to nave urged Mr*, j
Tenney to settle the case and avoid
the notoriety and scandal of divorce]
proceedings.
Mr, Wendenburg denied that Major
Gordon's mind was deranged, but as?
serted that on this particular occasion
lie was drunk, and said that Mrs.
Tenney had told him In- was drunk,
and that she would see him Hie next
day. lie returned the next day, t;ti 11
drunk, according to counsel, and Mrs. j
: Tenney again urged him to give an
affidavit relieving her of any blame in '
connection with their relations. Mr.
Wendenburg asserted that she urged
him to "lie like a gentleman, as King
Kdwafd did, when examined as a co?
respondent."
\il\i?ed to Coininli Suicide.
According to Mr. Wendenburg. Till- j
man Bunch told Ma jor Gordon that if :
he could not testify without being
tangled up by the lawyers, he had
better disappear, and that subsequent?
ly Bunch wrote to Major Gordon to
"disappear or commit suicide." Mrs.
Tenney denied that Bunch had writ?
ten any such letter with her knowl- \
edge or consent.
"They tell us that the major Is an j
imbecile," said Mr. Wendenburg. "that!
his reason has been unseated by these
cflarges. Can anyThlng l>e more dls- '
graceful than for a refined woman to 1
advise the self-murder of an imbecile?" j
He discussed at some length tin al- ;
leged scene at Sparlanburg, when
Majof Gordon was a guest at the ,
house, taking Mrs. Tehney's statement
that she bad become ill from chipped
beef Instead of whiskey, and thai she
fainted in the hallway.
Mr. Wendenburg went on to say that
Major Cordon had an amazing knack
of turning up wherever the Tcnneys
Jived?at Decatur, Chattanooga, in New
York, on Pullman cars, in Spartanburg
and In Richmond. Coincidences, he as?
serted, would not satisfactorily cx
- plain these meetings, most of which
were when George O. Tenney was
away from home. 1
Mr. Wendenburg resumed after the 1
dinner recess, taking up the deposi?
tions which relate to .lohn Goodenough
Tyler, formerly manager' of the Gaiety
Theatre in this city, and now of Bal?
timore. Counsel then took up state- i
nichts to show that George O. Tenney, I
becoming alarmed at his wife's con?
tinued stay in Atlanta, employed a de?
fective to find what slip was doing. .\
report from tills detective mailed to
him at Spartan burg was opened by
Miss Tenney. and sent by her to her
mother witii a letter slating that
"whatever happens you can trust me
to help you." ,
Outrageous, Sayn Wendenburg.
"It was outrageous," shouted Mr. !
Wendenburg, "that any mother should
so use a fifteen-year-old girl to stay
at home and Intercept letters and spy
on her father's movements. It shows
Mrs. Tenney to he (it neither for wife
hood nor motherhood, who was even
then demanding of Tenney a protec?
tion she was not capable of appre?
ciating."
Some of the arguments for Mrs. Ten
ney's side Mr. Wendenburg character?
ised as "miraculous tales, thinner titan
water," and emphasis was placed on
evidence intended to show that except
in the mutter of the divorce, Mr. Ten?
ney bad always been a kind and cottr
Flde.rntc father, anxious for bis daugh?
ter's welfare. The effort of Mrs. Tenney
to make capital out of a letter said to
have been addressed to ".I. O. Tcarnoy.V
and opened by Tenney by mistake, and
returned, and which later fell into
Mrs. Tcnney's hands, and was found to
he from u woman in lloanoke and of a
compromising character, was charnc
{Continued on Second rage.).
His Intentions Toward
Mexico and World
Are Peaceful.
TROOPS ARE USED
AS PRECAUTION
Felt Bound to Act on Reports
and Place Forces Along Bor?
der, so That Any Emergency
Might Be Met?Would
Not Act Without Con?
sent of Congress.
Washington, March 21.?The so
called Mexican situation cleared con?
siderably hero to-day. The altitude of
the United Stales government has been
made plain, and there need no longer
be any doubt; It was stated by ad?
ministration ofljelals to-day. as to what
i.i y the President has in view.
Mr. Taft has announced that be will
do everything possible t" maintain the
friendly relations that so long have
? x is ted between this country and M< \
i< .. Ally rupture of these relations
must come as the result of some overt
act <ui Mexican soil. The United State;;
has no desire to Interfere in the Inf
tern a I affairs of the Southern republic,
and President Taft will not recommend
any such Interference to Congress un?
less tip circumstances become such !
j as to permit no other possible course.
Why Troop* Were Sent.
The American troops were sent to
Texas and prepared for any emergency
on tin strcngtli of reports which in?
dicated Unit conditions in Mexico were
approaching stich chaos as at any time
might threaten American lives ami
property in that country.
These reports were of such a nature !
that President Taft felt he could not
fail to heed tbcm. He acted quickly |
tiiid hoped that by acting quickly the'
threat of danger would be stayed, lie \
believes that to a large extent this
has been uCcbiiildlshedi lie believes
that the presence of tin- army In Texas,
within striking distance of the Mex- |
lean border, has had a sobering in- i
lluencc, and thut Americans and Atner- j
lean properly will be respected
So long as Americans engaged In )
lawful pursuits are not molested and
so long iis American property rights i
j are protected, Mexico need not be 1
? alarmed by the reports of an Amer?
ican Invasion, which have been spread
i in Varl bus quarters by irresponsible
; persons.
There will be no move toward tile
! Mexican border unless outrages so j
j flagrant as to call for the presence of j
a protecting force occur. liven in the
event of such en outbreak. President j
Taft would not think of act'ng with- j
out the consent of Congress.
The President felt that it was his J
1 duty iis commander-In-chief of the
army and navy to prepare for an emer?
gency, so that if Congress should be
called upon to act its orders could be
carried out with the greatest possible
speed.
Depend* on Developments.
liow long the troops will remain in
Texas will depend entirely upon de
v< lopments in Mexico. The United .
States government has determined to
u.'.^ 1'resilient Ida;: every possible
chance to restore brder in Iiis republic.
President Taft has determined that
this government shall fulfil its Inter?
national obligations in stopping the
! sinuffg'ling of arms and ammunition
across the border, when it Is known
I that they are to he used for purposes
; of war. The enforcement of the neu?
trality laws called for the presence
of tunny additional troops and was one
; of the causes of the recent army move
! incuts. Having carried out Its obli
I gallons, in this respect, the United
! States would feel free to act further
If the nccesity might arise.
; President Taft Is hopeful that this
necessity will not arise. But so long
as there Is a possibility of danger, he
will keep an adequate force near at
i hand
Mexieo has made no protest against
the presence of troops in Texas. Such
a protest would be regarded as un?
diplomatic Inasmuch as the troops are
on American soil and must remain on
American soil until Congress shall
otherwise direct*
President Taft repeatedly has as?
sured the Mexican ambassador, Mr. de
La Harra, that the Mexican govern?
ment need feel no alarm over the move?
ment of troops. He has sent the same
assurances to Mexico City. These as?
surances arc in line with the policy
of the administration to maintain the
friendliest of relations so long as such
relations arc possible.
At 1,cn.it Four Month*.
I There Is every reason to believe to?
night that the troops will remain in
Texas for at least four'months. Mean?
time they will not be idle. The mobili?
zation of the army will be taken ad?
vantage of to Impart invaluable train?
ing to the officers and men of the reg?
ular establishment and to many offi?
cers of the State militia organiza?
tions who will be sent to Texas from I
j t'.mo to time during the manoeuvres. |
j In a way the sending of the troops j
to Texas will give to the army the
: same valuable Instruction and cxperl
; ehcc that came to the navy as n re
suit of the cruise of the battleship
licet around the world. It was re
, called in administration circles to-day
i that the sailing of that llect was re
? garded in some quarters as a threat
; of war, but it proved to bo a mission
] of peace.
i President Taft hopes that the send
! lug of the army to Texas will' prove
; to have been a peace movement; He
j declared to several callers at the White
House to-day that he ought to be
the last person in the world to be
suspected of Jlngollsm?Hint nothing
was further from his mind. Political
considerations, the President declared
had not entered Into the operations
from any possible angle. Mr. Taft Is
fully aware that an attack 1? to be
made upon him In Congress by son?o
i (Continued on Ninth "Pago^
Patrick Henry, His Descendant, and Scene of His Famous Speech
- Mr:.t:-.jr<v*arr? # tare;ill &^"'h ? P ? - -
Men Charged W ith Obtaining ?
Fraudulent Licen>e May
Plead Guilty;
SUBMIT TO HEAVY FINE!
-
Understanding- Is That Case
W ill Lie Disposed of This
Mi irning.
Settlement of the eases against Dr.
G. IT. Greenr. of Olive Hill. Ky? and
Dr. James Pat Speer, of I^ebanon, Va.. I
both dentists, who are unrter indict?
ment for. fraudulently obtaining a li- ]
cense in Virginia for the letter in
June, 11)03. may be reached to-day. it
was understood last night that some
sort of compromise, whereby under
another statute the two dentists may
plead guilty to the indictment and pay ]
fines, had been reached between the
lawyers on both sides.
Dr. Greear arrived in Richmond j
Monday morning, and is the guest of a|
friend. Dr. Speer is expected to ar?
rive this morning from the West. i
Dr. "Greear was seen last night, but1
be bad little to say beyond stating
that representatives of the State Board
of Dental Examiners and his own and
Dr. Spoor's lawyers and those repre?
senting the Commonwealth would
probably hold a conference some time
to-day and decide how the case should j
be conducted;
To Forfeit License.
It Is understood that, under a tenta- j
tlve agreement, the dentists will have ,
to pay each a tine of $f>0o. and that j
Dr. Speer must forfeit Iiis license.
The case excited much attention
when the facts were lirst published;
and the examining board held several
meetings to decide upon, what action
to pursue, it was the lirst time that
shell n case had been brought to the
attention of the board, though the ob?
taining of licenses by fraudulent
means in other Stales has been very
frequent, and in sonic States the Pho?
tographie method of Identification has
been adopted.
It is probable that the same method
will be followed In Virginia.
The dentists tire out on $1.000 bail
each. Dr. Greear, who Is now prac?
ticing at Olive. Hill, said last night
that he would remain in Richmond
until the case had terminated.
Accidental lOvhleneo.
It was upon Information accidentally
picked up in a train that the two den?
tists were secretly indicted by the
grand jury on December 5 last. Tele?
grams were immediately sent to Le?
banon and to Olive Hill, asking that
the men be arrested. But they were
not arrested by officers in their own
localities. That disagreeable duty was
left to Detective-Sergeant Wiley, who
was dispatched first to Lebanon and
then to Olive Hill with th<* necessary
requisition papers. But neither man
gave trouble, and It was not necessary
to serve the papers. Both men wore
exceedingly popular In their communi?
ties, and many friends pressed forward
with offers of help. Each arrived , in
Ttlchmond with lawyers, and with cer?
tified checks for S1.000. which were
given as bond for their appearance.
Attorney Harry Smith was engaged by
the defense.
According to the indictment. Dr.
Greear came to Richmond and regis?
tered at a hotel under Spoor's name,
and represented himself to be Speer In
the examination. He passed in a very
rrcdltable paper, it was stated, and
the. license was given to him without
I question. It was forwarded to Speer, It
was alleged, through the mails, and,
under the alleged fraudulent license.
Spoor proceeded to practice and soon
had n^lourJs_hlng_ business I? wn?
[ ""(Continued on Ninth Page.)
rhq?is?hdsTry to Got Into Court
robm to Sec Booker T.
Washington.
CHARGE IS REDUCED
Negro Educator's Assailant Will
J!e Tried for Simple
Assault.
New York. March 21.?Through an
agreement, of counsel for both sides,
the charge of felonious assault made by
Booker T. Washington ngalnst Albert
Ulrich, a carpenter, growing out of an
attack upon the negro educator on
Sunday night, was reduced to one of
simple assault to-day, and instead of,
the case going to the grand Jury as a
felony, Ulrich waived examination and
was held to the Court of Special Ses?
sions on the minor charge, with bail
reduced from $1,500 to $500.
William J. Gibson, counsel for Ul- j
rich, said that the agreement had been
reached at the Hotel Manhattan last
night, when he was called In confer?
ence with attorneys and friends of
Washington.
Interest to-day centred in the ap?
pearance of Washington in Police
Court. His head still was swathed inj
bandages, and he arrived in a taxlcab,
accompanied by former Governor!
Plnchback, of Louisiana. The West
Side Police Court was jammed, and the
crowd, in which negroes predominated
about'two to one, ran into the street.
Waive* Examination.
Presiding Magistrate McAdoo, who
sat with Magistrate Cornell, took
charge of \hc case and examined Wash?
ington and other witnesses in private
Chambers, so that the clerk could draw
up the mod tiled charge. When Ulrich,
?who had been in conference with the
other witnesses and with Washington.
wn? called to the stand, his lawyer an?
nounced that the defendant wou!(!
waive examination.
"Will f??O be all right?" asked the
magistrate.
Both sides assented, and the bond
was at once adjusted.
By this time the crowd In the street
! bad grown to several thousands, and
Washington, on leaving, had great
difficulty in reaching a city automobile,
assigned to Borough President McAn?
on y. But. escorted by Mr. McAneny
,ind Deputy Police Commissioner Flynn,
he forced his way through the throng
j und was quickly driven away. To clear
j the street It was necessary to cnll out
! police reserves.
Washington went bark to the Heitel
Manhattan, and It is understood that
ho expects to remain in the city several
elays. Prominent men continued to In?
terest themselves in Washington's be?
half to-day. Among those in court
were .lames II. Kltts, president of the
City National Bank, of Tuscaloosa,
Ala.: W. .1. SchicfYeiln, president of the
Armstrong Association, which assists
negro students in Hampton Institute,
nnd' .Tacob Mack, chairman of the So?
ciety for the Betterment of the Con?
dition of Negroes of Now York City.
*17.sr? TO CALIFORNIA
Via WnsblnKton-SnnHot Itoute until April
10. TbroiiKb tourist Hlecplrifr enrs, person?
ally conducted. Lower berth, J!); upper.
17.20. S. B. IJUUUKSS P. A., D20 E. Main.
Head of Carnegie Trust Com?
pany Charged With Theft
of $335>ooo.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Mixed Up in Skyrocket Finan?
ciering of Embezzler Jos?
eph G. Robin.
New York March 21.?Out of the
tangle of financial transactions which
were first made known by the collapse
of Jos. C-. Robin's chain of hanks ruin?
ed by skyrocket linanccring, the grah'J
jury to-day drew the indictment of
William J. Cummins, directing head
of the Carnegie Trust Company, for the
alleged larceny of $o35,000 from the
institution a year ago.
Arralglned In court late this after?
noon, Cummins pleaded not guilty,
with leave to withdraw the plea. Ball
was fixed at }50,000. and furnished
promptly.
Cummins is a Tennessee man, who
came to New York only a few years j
ago, highly recommended as a success- I
ful promoter. lie gained control of the '
Carnegie Trust Company, ami through
bis solicitation, it is alleged, large city
deposits wore obtained for tin- insti?
tution shortly after the date of his al?
leged larcenies.
Specifically, he is charged In three
indictments with larceny in the first
degree, of these sums: $1L'0.000, $75,
000 and $1 10,000 on April 21, 22, 'Jo.
IHK?, respectively, it Is alleged that
these sums were borrowed by the Car?
negie Trust Company In a note trans?
action from two other hanks and ap?
propriated to Cummlns's personal uses.
Others to FolIdir;
Robin was a witness before the
grand Jury whicli returned Hie indict?
ments. District Attorney Whitman
[ has made it plain also that he ex?
pects other Indictments to follow.
The transactions involved In the
charges; against Cummins were made,
it is alleged, in an-explanatory state?
ment. Issued to-night by the district
attorney, when Cummins feared that
stock of the Nineteenth Ward Bank
and the Twelfth Ward Bank, which
was held for collateral for certain
loans, would he sold In the open mar?
ket. To avert this sale, lest it affect
other Institutions In which he was In?
terested, it Is alleged that Cummins
desired to buy off this collateral, and
therefore made arrangements to bor?
row money from the Nineteenth Ward
Bank and the then Van Norden Trust
Company.
The money was borrowed, It Is al?
leged, on notes of the Carnegie i rust
Company, which were immediately in?
dorsed over to the personal account
of Cummins and appropriated, It will
be charged, to his personal uses.
Women Will Tnke n Hand.
Tlunnewell, Kan., March 21.?Because
they hell ovo the men arc running the
city as a "wide open" border town, the
women of Hlinncwoil have decided to
take n hand In the city government;
At a caucus of women held to-day Mrs.
.1. 10. Wilson was nominated for Mayoi
and Mrs. O. A. Oaborn for police magis?
trate.
Above Ii photograph nf tablet to Im? !
unveiled to-day. Heads nre of Patrick
Henry nnil of Ii In tlcMcendnht, Mit?* |
nnhncy, who will unveil tablet, stir- j
rounding tliem Ii lenr front Henry'm
fnnilly Hlble, In lil.i nwn handwriting;, j
<>lir(>nlrilii|; Iiis marriage lind the liirlli j
nf his children. T'tio Interior ?>f St.
? Ih'ih'v Church Ii Nhown, n itor mark?
ing the |ieiv where he delivered hl*
"Liberty <>r Death" unce'ch;
Old Battleship Sent to Bottom by
Gluts of New 1 lamp
shire.
SPECTACULAR SHOOTING
More '1 nan One-Third of Shots,
at Many Miles Range,
Go True.
On Hoard the Torpedo Hont Slrlng
bnVii) Lower Cheaaneake. liny, March
ill;?Shattered by n veritable storm of
.shell, the old battleship Texas roils
to-night on the mud of Tangier Sound.
The veteran of the United Stntc.s navy
Kiink under the speetoeulnr iiinrkmiinu
rsliip of her hewer winter, tiuping holet?
in her port hide and two jugged
wounds In her forward armor, where j
Nlieila piiK.se?! completely through htr.
showed how (she Nuceiimbcd. Part of
both her lighting aiants wer? whot
away, and her deck wns a cluster of
ilebrlN.
The broadsides, delivered by the bat?
tleship Now Hampshire at a varying
distance of from six to seven and one
half miles, were considered remark
aide by ordnance officers. More than
one-third of all the shots were said to
have gone true, although nothing offi
; eial, was given out. No ono was per?
mitted to approach the hulk, although
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, on the
Dolphin, made several trips during
pauses in the firing.
Ideal Weather.
Ideal weather greeted the fleet this
morning. Half-hour after the sun
had risen the first shot was tired. This
was followed by another, both merely
to determine the range.
Then began a beautiful exhibition of
marksmanship. A salvo directed to
the stern of the San Marcos raised
huge columns of water leaving her
unscathed. Then, to show the con?
trol of the great twelve and eight
inch cannon, another hall of shells was
dropped immediately in front of the
ship. This was intentional. '.l ito
shooting then began in earnest. All of
the broadsides were delivered against
the San Marcos, while the attacking
vessel was steaming back and forth
along a line at approximately a ten
knot speed.
After the seventh broadside the
erstwhile Texas was plainly in dis?
tress. The two naval tugs nearby
raced to her. The shells presumably
hail set the vessel a tiro, for hose was
run over the side and the engines were'
set to work pumping.
The tire was quickly extinguished,
and she was prepared for her further
ordeal. Twice afterwards shells set
the hulk n ill re. The nineteenth broad?
side practically gave the old warrior
her finishing blow. The shots poured
so thick that it was Impossible lb
determine how many of the eight.
[Struck the vessel, a crashing of steel
against the warship's side Just at the
water lino was followed by a great
cloud of flying splinters of armor and
la burst of smoke, She then listed
badly, and settled.
Upon the conclusion of the examina?
tion by the export observers a report
will he made to Secretary Meyer. Ad?
miral Schroetter, in command of the
fleet hovering around the test grounds,
declined flatly to-night to discuss the
effect of the shell fire on the armor, the
chickens arid cats within the turrets
or upon the manniklns placed in tlu
Jlgjitlng tops, turrets or bridges.
I GETS NEW TRIAL
Court of Appends CrnnlK LtiriiNricn An?
other Trlnl.
Albany. N. Y.. March 21.?The Court
of Appeals to-day granted n new trial
tu the case of .lohn C. Lunisdon, of
North Carolina, convicted of killing
Harry B. Sfeydam, a broker, in New
York* City on December in. 1008. Lums
den was found guilty of' manslaugh?
ter, first degree, and sentenced to Im?
prisonment at Sing Sing for hot less
than eighteen years h?r more, than
nineteen years and six moths. Suy
tinm was shot durinc. n quarrel, and
Lumsdcn blended self-defense. The
court's decision was based on an error
of the trial judge in churning the Jury
at. the request of tho assistant district
.attornc/i
VIRGINIA MRS
MEMORY ?F HER
FIRST GOVERNOR
Tablet Erected to Patrick
Henry to Be Un?
veiled To-Day.
PUBLIC SERVICES
ARE RECALLED
Distinguished Speakers Will Pay
Tribute to Man Whose Career
Was Given to His Com?
monwealth?Miss Susie
Dabney to Unveil
Tablet.
INSCRIPTION ON
HENRY. TABLET
''Give nie liberty, or nlvc mo death'.*'
To the glory uf liud mid n* n
K in I ein I tribute in tin? memory of
lier in ns11 [on ^ mihi hihi llrst gov?
ernor. Patrick Ileury, patriot, orn
tor. stntoMinnn, tin* Commonwealth
ot Virginia litis caused this tablet
to lie erected.
In the Virginia Convention n*?
nom tiled in this <>h ii roll, .tin rob ill),
ITT.*,, hy IiIm immorttii elbiiheiiee
he inspired in his ciiuhtrymcn the
elear vision of truth ami iluty, und
i'oiised (heni to eonttecrate them
sclves to the defense of liberty.
.May I'll, I7;t?>?.iuiie ti, 17P0.
A tablet bearing the foregoing in?
scription will bo unveiled tlii.s morn?
ing in St. John's LSpiscopal Church, in
this city, the exercises beginning at 11
, o'clock. In this, way does Virginia
pay tardy acknowledgment to the
memory and for the services of one
of her must distinguished sons.
The tablet has been placed on the
w?lls of the historic edifice, where the
orator of Revblut dnnry days made bis
most famous speech, just at the Henry
pew. It is of bronze, and bears at the
top, just above the inscription, the
seal of Virginia.
A distinguished concourse of cit?
izens of this city and State will be
present, upon invitation from the com?
mittee in charge. All the members of
the General Assembly and of the City
Council of Richmond have been In?
vited, and seats have been reserved
for the guests of the occasion.
Program of Occasion.
Religious services will be conducted
by Jlev. R. A. Goodwin, rector of St.
John's. ITe will then turn the meet?
ing over to Governor William 1 lodge;?
Maun, who will preside, using as a
gavel the key to the Henry mansion
He will introduce Alden Bell, member
of the House of Delegates from Cul
peper county, who will formally pre?
sent the tablet from the State to the
vestry of the church. The unveiling
will be by Miss Susie Hill Dabney. of
Lynchburg, a descendant of the states?
man whoso memory Is honored. The
Henry pew will he occupied by four
of these descendants.
Addresses will then bo delivered by
Lleutonant-Governor J. Taylor Elly
son, by Senator Claude A. Swanson. by
Representative John Lamb and by
Mayor D. C. Richardson. The tablet
will he received on Dehalf of the vestry
and congregation of St. John's, by
Rev. R. A. Goodw-in. Music by the
choir will be a feature of the exer?
cises.
II Im Services to Virginia.
The bell, which summoned to their
seats the members? ,t tho second Rev?
olutionary Convention of Virginia,
meeting In St. John's Church. March.
22. 1775. for many years has hung
mute. But it rang clearly enough on
that March morning, now nearly a,
century and a half old, when Patrick
Henry, of Studley, Hanover county, In
tbd discussion of tlie advisability of
military preparations, took the tloor
and moved: "That this colony be Im?
mediately put Into a posture of de?
fense; and a committee be formed to
prepare a plan for the embodying,
arming and disciplining such a number
of men as may bo sufficient for thac
purpose."
There was strong opposition to Mr.
Henry's motion. Jefferson said of
Patrick Henry years afterward that "it
must be allowed he \vas~~oTir leader in
the measures of the Revolution In
Virginia, and that respect more Is duo
to him than to any person. lie left,
all of us far behind."
famous Quotation.
The impassioned oratory which sup?
ported Iiis motion lias been so oft
(juotod and so well remembered that
to-day. almost the first thing told a,
visitor to historic St. Joan's Church
is that, within a pew, called by the
orator's name. Henry stood and made
the Kreut oration ending with the cry,
"Give me liberty, or give fhe death!"
On July ?>. 17 7t">, Patrick entered
upon his duties as first Governor of
the Common wealth of Virginia, after
having borne his full part In the con?
vention that declared the Bill of
Rights and framed yje Constitution of
the State. Ills term of - office was a
period of vast .ind dcclslvo events In
tho struggle for, national independ?
ence. ^
Tho autumn of 17TS. brought news
of the brilliant success of tho expe?
dition under George Rogers Clark, of
Virginia, w bich had been sent out by
Henry's sagacious statesmanship early
In the year. During .dr. Henry's pe?
riod o~ governorship, lie was married
on October tV 1 777. to Dorothea Dand
ridge, a granddaughter of one of the
roval Governors of Virginia, Alexan?
der Spotswood,
I31cctcd Second Time.
Patrick Hohry entered upon his see
| oud period aa Governor of Virginia
in ITS!, lie was member of a con?
vention Which had for Its object the
revision of tho Feder?! Constitution
und met in Mas- of iTJi?, and was a
party leader until alter tho vatl?cr.tlo;q