The times dispatch. [volume], March 28, 1911, Image 10

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Six pairs hose guaranteed for six months or
new hose given in exchange at the counter
Hosiery arc guaranteed, and if cither of the six pairs show signs of a hole you
arc at liberty to return them and receive a new pair at the counter (no waiting to get them from
the manufacturer). . , , , ? t ir
The "Knotair" Hose are sheer and light m weight, fine, hsle-likc quality?sold only in halt
dozens lots. Both men's and women's.
MEN'S LISLE-LIKE HOSE. .
Boxed mx pairs of a size, solid colors, sizes
9 to UK, in black, tan. grey, navy. Burgundy
and heliotrope, SI.50 per box.
MEN'S SILK LISLE HOSE.
Gauze Quality.
Boxed six pairs of a .-ize, in black only, sizes
9 to llKi $3.00 per box.
WOMEN'S SILK LISLE HOSIERY.
? Gauze Quality.
Boxed six pairs of a size. Sizes 8 to 10. in
black, white, tan, with interlaced garter splicing,
$3.00 per box.
WOMEN'S LISLE-LIKE HOSIERY.
Boxed six pairs of a size, sizes S to 10. in
black and lan, with interlaced garter splicing;
$2.00 per box.
We sell Pictorial Review Patterns 10 and 15c. Because they are the most reliable
All Churches in City Will Be
Included?Brown and
Curry Secured.
The Methodist churches of Richmond
will hold great union meetings in
May and Juno. The city will be di?
vided into four districts. The follow?
ing are the districts and the chinches
composing them:
Central District ? Broad Street, Clay I
Street, Highland Park. Centenary and
Barton Heights.
Eastern District?t'nion Station. St.
James, Trinity, St; Raul's, Denny Street
and Faitmount.
Western District ? Park Place, Laurel |
Street and Epworth.
Southern I ?istriet?Central, West
End. Asbury and Decatur Street.
The meetings will be held in the
first named church in each district, ? \
e'ep't In the western district, when'
meetings will be In the City Audi?
torium, with the churches of the en?
tire city uniting.
Sectional executive committees will
be appointed In each district, com?
posed of throe preachers from the dis?
trict, who will appoint the other coi..
mittces, to-wit: Finance, musical and
advertising.
The meetings will lie conducted by
Evangelist .1 E. Brown, of St. Louis,
find his singer, Curry They have bad
great success elsowhere, and great
meetings are expected.
MORE ROBBERIES
BovHcs * Shnckrlford Report Theft of
Cn?h HeclMer, f Isar* und Cignrcttrfc.
The firm of Bowles & Shackelfora,
j02 North First Street, reported to ths
police yesterday that its store had
been broken into and that property
valued in the aggregate' at $53 had
been stolen.
The report stated thai entrance wa
gained through, a side window, and
that the thief, or thieves, stole the
cash register and a bos 01 cigars and
e box of cigarette?. There wa; no
clue as to the identity of the ma?
rauder?.
Arthur Austin, of 2220 West Moore
Street, reported ihr.t h!? house had
been broken into and that a !--.t of
household goods had been stolen.
Mr. Branch Very 111.
Carter W. Bhr. C ??:?<?:'.-,::: r.
banker and broker", is critically ill at
His home. "feO West Franklin Street.
It was said last night that while bis
condition was somewhat improved, ^i-3
family is nevertheless alarmed.
Easter Cruise
2 7 days, %$', and upwards,
April 1, 1911.
Havana, 67 hours; San Juan. 2i hours;
Bermuda. 55 hour?.
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.,
S0'.< Enst Main Street.
WIMP ? -?
GM. Co.'s "PEARL
J3
Is the crowning glory of your
home.
Richmond, Va.
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Don't shop around foi
Pins
We have a nit e assortment at $2.00 up.
Smith & Webster, inc.
Jewelers- Opt icians,
(,\2 K. Mnjn St.
your laundry phone?
A ti?llfir'd life and shirt's cx<
ifctence depends greatly oil who
launders thctii. .Ml wc ask is n
trial.
ISCLIPSE LAUNDRY;
SOLITAIRE DIAMOND RINGS,
j Every Diamond wc sell is of the finest
quality?each stone is specially (elected
fchd mounted in our own shop. The repu?
tation of the Schwarzschild .Store is be
ind ever,- a'rtirlc sold?so you can buy
ere with period confidence.
SCI IW A RZSCHILD BROS.,
Second and Broad Streets.
TO FIRE B?flDING
_ j
i
Infernal Machine Containing j
Gasolene Exploded in South
Richmond House.
Working on t lie slenderest of
threads, the Police Department has
made but little progress in the dis- ?
coyery of the author of an attempt j
which whs made yesterday morning
to blow up or set on tire the Baldwin
Building, in South Richmond, with an
infernal machine. It is believed by the
police that the machine was intended
not so much to wreck the building as \
to cause an explosion sulflcieht to set
the house on lire, as the little box used
was charged with gasolene instead of
powder or dynamite.
Shortly before 1<? o'clock yesterday
morning the families who occupy the
flats over Baldwin's store, on Hull
Strebt, were startled by a dull ex?
plosion in the hallway on the second
Moor, and. rushing fron: their rooms,
they were confronted by black smoke
pouring front the head of the only
available (light of steps and rapidly
tilling the hall to the suffocation point.
Alarm Is OiviMI, |
The cries of the trapped Inmates |
reached the ear of Dr. Cjiarles Hon- I
aker, who lives in the adjoining Hat,
and lie. after a hurried investigation;
gaVe the alarm to the |?'irc Depart?
ment. Captain Alec Wright, of flic
Third Police Station, was the tlrst man:
on tin scene; He dashed through the
smoke up the flight of steps that leads
to the flats aboyc the store and sized
lip the situation. .Meanwhile-, the alarm
had spread to the clerks in the store
beneath, and these came out in timo
to see the tire department arrive.
So c|iiick had been the response to
the alarm that the firemen were aide i
to extinguish the blazing woodwork 1
of the hall with the chemical ap?
paratus, and no water was let into the !
building. A ha^t>- examinat'on showred I
the damage to the building to be about j
S50. all of which was confined to the!
helh
A short while after the blaze hail
been extinguished Fire Chief .foynes
atid Captain Wright made si tour of
inspection; and after stumbling over
a small, black tin box; began to fear
that the tire was started by human |
hand. The infernal machine?a harm?
less looking black box such as train .
conductors carry their orders in?con?
tained a set of wires, a small electric
battery, and an exploded Pottle which
had been filled with gasolene. The box
was carried, hack to the north side i>'.
Chief Joyncs and subjected to a minute
examination.
Apparent I y Dellbcrntc.
As several people had passed up
these very stairs only about live min?
utes before the explosion without
seeing any such box, the police believe
ihat the author of the heinous attempt |
lirazehlv carried his machine to its
resting' pla--* In broad daylight, hut j
no oiio has yet been found who saw
a mat! ehtei the building carrying any .
such box. I
There is a theory held by many pe.o- ,
pi,- in the neighborhood of the attempt j
that the machine was loaded in Its
place i,y an enemy of some member
of the band of foreign laborers who
had until recently occupied the flat
over Haddock & Green's, adjoining
Baldwin's store. It is also said that
these men became incensed over their
recent ejection from their quarters.
However." in this event the offender
attacked the wrong bouse. ?
The members of the l.ifford and Ruiz j
families, who occupy the Hats over
RaldwlhfK store, were very much dis- j
tijrbed by the unsuccessful attempt to ;
wreck their dwcll'ng. 1
\ erdlet fur tW.O.
in do ease ->r ,iocl \V; White against the I
Virginia Raiiway and Power Company, tried j
yestcriia;. Iii tho City Circuit Court, verdict;
it rid JudKtiient a ore entered tor tSF.O.
Mr, ?White sued for $1.000 for df-ftnage to
a pair of mules and wagon In collision with
-RURAL DWELLERS
j KICK 1 SERVICE
j
Company Agrees to 15-Minutc
Schedule to Westhampton.
I Committee Must Ratify.
I
? When the Council Committee on
I Streets gets together to-night a dele*
I u; 111 <.11 <<f citizens living along the
I Wcstliampion ear line, together with
'members of tho Count r> club, situated
Jon the same line, will appear before
J tliHt body and risk for rat ideation of
the proposed change In the street ear
schedule which will give a nftceri-mln
Ute service.
The Virginia Railway and Power
company has agreed to such a sched?
ule, -and all thai is needed for It to
become etfecllvn Is the ratification of
the Street Cbtnhiltteei Should this be
secured cat's will leave Ninth and Broad
streets every (if torn minutes niid go
through to West Hampton Bark;
There' will, however, it is expected
be opposition t-i the plan, sin, , ji
volvos a -..'olid fate to certain parts
of the citv.
Manager Levy Says Jamestown |
Track Will Comply With
State Law.
i
Regarding a statement from Gover?
nor .Mann t<> the effect that lie would i
iipt permit any violation of the State
anti-bet ting law during the spring
meet Of the Jamestown Joekey Club,
which opens on April :i. Manager Boh
Levy, of the club, wired last night
from Norfolk:
"The spring- meet of the Jamestown
Jockey club will run ts schedule from
April to J'i. inclusive, as announced,
without violating any laws of Vir?
ginia.
Governor Mann Iths been in com?
munication with .Indue .1. T. Lawless,
of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county,
and Captain It. C; Marshall.' Common
. wealth's Attorney, In regard to the
opening of the Jamestown Jockey Club
next Monday, directing prosecution of
i all offenders against the nntl-gam
bllng laws of the State. The Gover?
nor said yesterday:
'"I am aware of the fact that horse
: men arc already gathering at Norfolk,
jand that since the abandoning of rac?
ing In New- Vork the turfmen are look
I Ihg in other directions. I am also Iri
| formed that the laws against hook
| making and gambling were openly vlo
I lated ami defied at Norfolk last April,
'and 1 am determined that this shall
not occur again."
The Governor has a hundred or
I more clippings from Norfolk news
I papers commenting on the approach?
ing meet of the Jamestown Jockey
Club. He indicated that If necessary he
would visit the track in person to see
that the State laws were being com?
piled with.
SUGGESTS GENERAL OFFER
Richmond Might Subscribe to First
Krillriiud on the .Job.
Suggestion has been made from
West Point that Richmond might sub
so.rl >e lu r $150.000 to the first railroad
which puts this city hi contact with
the Rappahannock. rather than single
out one proposition. A letter to this
( fie i has been written to W. T. Dab
ney, of the Chamber of Commerce, and
is as follows:
-\\?-st Point, v.l.. March 27. 1911.
"W. T. Dabncy, Secretary, Chamber of
Commerce. Richmond, Va;;
"My Dear Sir,? It has been brought
to our notice that your chamber Is
undertaking to raise $100.000 to be
offered as a bonus or subscription to
stock of a railroad line from Rich?
mond to the Rappahannock.
"I would like to make the following
suggestion in reference to this matter,
which I trust yon will not consider
presumptuous:
''The purpose of the Richmond peo
;being to encourage nnd foster the
development of the country to the
eastward of her. to the especial advan?
tage of Richmond, would it he wise
to limit any offer of cash support to
one company or project?
"Would it not be safer and surer to
bring the desired results If the offer
were made applicable as n bonus to
the first project which shall put Rich?
mond In direct contact by rail with
the Rappahannock River?
'?Respectfully,
"CROSRV THOMPSON,
"President Old Dominion Industrial
i Company."
THEATRE IS CLOSED
Storage of High Explosive Films Held to
He Dangerous!
Upon request of Building Ispecctor Beck,
Mayor Richardson yesterday issued orders
? losing the Rex moving picture theatre pend
Ing alterations. Orders were given to the
Chief of Polle? to see that the building re?
mains closed until certain unauthotized
wooden partitions are removed. The theatre
-?nulls at the northeast corner of .Seventh
and Broad Streets; and la operated by Mrs.
Alice B. Thorpe.
Mi. Beck reported that an unauthorized
wooden partition has been placed In the
space under tin- main auditorium and front
doors, and that he was informed that this
space w:,n being used to store a large num?
ber of aims which arc of very combustible
material. The storage room was erected
without a petinit. It Is stated that the pic?
ture films are of a high explosive material;
ami might cause a serious firo at any time.
The proprietor, Mrs. Thorpe, said last
night that there were no ^lms In tho room
In question, and that none would ever he.
stored there, save such as are In dally use.
and those would he kept In a metal box of
approved type. The rooms, she said, was
for a men's dressing room and storage of
tickets and printed matter. The theatre,
slie said; Is now undergoing extensive alter
alii (is, and when reopened In a few days
will be as nearly fireproof as possible.
Norwegian Strainer Here.
The Norwegian steamer Tliorsa, Captain
Hans Hanson, entered the port yesterday
foi a cargo ,.f "00,000 feet of lumber, con
s gm 'I t.- St. .lohn, N. It. The Tliorsa cleared
sesterdny afternoon, and will likely said to?
day for Norfolk to complete her cargo. Tho
vessel Is a sumII tramp of S'-'i net tonnage.
She arrived here from Jacksonville, Pia.
ijjTHE SAVINGS BANK,
I Of RICHMOND
r
BE READY
when necessity calls by opening an
account with us at once. .3 per cent,
coin pound interest added to your
savings.
1117 East Main Street.
Understood Among St. Paul's
Members That He Is Choice
of Vestry.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Vestrymen Decline to Talk.
Young- Minister Has No?
table Record.
While no ofllcial statement was is?
sued after a meeting of the vestry of
St. Paul's Episcopal Church last night,
at which the matter of selecting a rec?
tor to succeed the late Rev. Robert
W. Porsyth, D. D., was discussed, yet
there was prevalent among members
of the congregation a report to the
effect that the position would be of?
fered to Rev. W. Russell Rowic, of
Greenwood, Albemarle couaty. Cer?
tainly Mr. Bowie's name was the most
prominent of those under discussion.
.Members of the vestry said after?
wards that there was no detlnlte an?
nouncement to be made at this time,
and beyond that those who took par:.
In the meeting would tiot discuss it.
It is the belief of some members or
the congregation that the position
has been tendered Mr. Bowie, and that
no announcement will he made by the
vestry until it is known whether or not
he will accept.
Cntl From Home.
Mr. Bowie was reared in 7t. Paul's
Church, having been a son of the late
W. R. Bowie, a well known attorney.
He Is a great-nephew of John P.
Branch, of this city, and has a wiao
circle of relatives and friends hero.
Mr. Bowie Is a graduate of McGlitre's
School, of Harvard University and or
the Episcopal Theological Seminary, at
Alexandria.
He Is now twenty-eight years of ag?.,
and has for several years conducted
with remarkable success a mountain
mission In tho Ragged Mountains,
lie was recently called to the It. L3.
Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lex?
ington, and is sold to still have that
offer under consideration. Some years
ago he was offered and declined the as?
sistant rectorship of St. Paurs.
He has several times preached at St.
Paul's. Bishop Lloyd ami Bishop
Tucker, who have recently visited the
mountain mission, speak In the highest
terms of the work Mr. Bowie has
boon doing. According to current re?
port, the vestry Is somewhat divided ?
not so much over the selection of Mr.
Bowie?but as to the age of the man
who should be called, several members
having stated that they would oppose
calling any man over thirty-five years,
while others would prefer an older
man, with a more established reputa?
tion.
if no authoritative announcement Is
forthcoming soon, members of tho con?
gregation expect that there will be
some formal statement in regard to
the choice of a rector next Sunday
morning.
CANNOT MEET DEMANDS
V lid ting Nur>es Hope to Enlarge Work
Through l ug T)ny.
Preparations for the annual Tag Day next
Monday arc Hearing completion, and the of?
ficers of the Instructive Visiting Nurses' As?
sociation are hoping for a sale that will
meet the heeds of the association for larger
usefulness. With pretty girls on every
corner, and with the people of Richmond
a l oused to the real nature of the work, they
have In hand, the association expects the
most liberal response that Richmond has
ever made to this charity.
One reason the association Is appealing so
strongly for support this year Is tho neces?
sity for securing the services of additional
nurses, without which officers of the associ?
ation say, they cannot hope to meet the de?
mands now made upon them.
Of the ten nurses regularly employed by
the association in Instructive visiting, one Is
provided for by private subscription, two
otherp are paid by the City Hoard of Health
and the other seven are supported directly
by the association through the proceeds of I
Tag Day.
COMMITTEES TO REPORT
Solicitors for Northern Neck Railroad Meet t
on Thursday.
Committees of the Chamber of Commerce
which are canvassing business men of the
city for the purpose of raising $100,000 in
stock subscriptions to the Richmond-North?
ern Neck Railroad will make their repoi^s
to Chairman T. M. Carrington Thursday af?
ternoon. It is proposed that the meeting be
held lit the Business Men's Club at lunch
hour, when the chairmen will talk over the
situation.
Though it is yet Impossible to say Just
what amount has been raised, responses
have been generous, and those closely in
touch with the work say that there Is now
practically no doubt that tho amount will
be raised within a short while.
In' Bankruptcy
I.eo E. Busscr. a foreman of n contracting
firm, yesterday tiled a petition In voluntary
bankruptcy in the United States District
Court. Liabilities of $617.00 are set forth,
while assets of ?77:.. pf which $nS7.?<J Is held
as exempt, arc claimed, George J. Hooper
Is attorney for the petitioner.
Extension Board to Meet.
The hoard of church extension of the
Southern Methodist Church will hold its an?
nual mooting April 27 at Centenary Metho?
dist Church. It Is expected that all of the
Methodist bishops will be In attendance, anil
extensive preparations are being made for
the event.
Goes to Prison.
Gus Holland (colored) recently convicted
In the Hustings Court of the murder of
another negro and sentenced to ten years,
was removed to the penitentiary yesterday
afternoon.
TECTIKS MAY
ARCH FOR Hill
I Family Has Heard Nothing Yet
I of Missing Colored Bank
Cashier.
Search for R. 'I'. Hill, cashier of the
defunct True Reformers' Bank (col?
ored), is still being prosecuted by
friends and members of the family,
and it is probable that to-day tho de?
tective department will bo called on
to lend its aid in attempting to locate
the musing man.
I Members of Hill's family held a
short conference yesterday with Cap?
tain McMnhon, and they stated that
It was probable that to-rlav they would
ask him to send out circulars for Hill.
The part to he taken by tho Police
Department, however, will bo still un
ofTtclal. But. hs Is usual in .such cases.
It will lend every legitimate aid.
Hill disappeared from" homo last
Friday morning. n0 Is oho of the
most prominent negroes in the South,
and has field and still holds positions
of importance ah (I responsibility in
many negro organizations. It seems
generally to he believed that tho losses
Incurred by the True Reformers preyed
upon nnd unbalanced bis mind.
DESERTIONS THIN
INSURGENT RANKS
Most of the Rebellious St?deiiis
Attended College Yes?
terday.
OTHERS ARE STILL DEFIANT
Talk of Finishing Course in
Separate School Under
Mr. Mayncs.
Though they admit that their ranks
have been somewhat dcplcated by tno
return of certain of their number ti>
tlie class room yesterday morning, tne
insurgent students of the Massey Busi?
ness College arc still fighting, and,
though they have not definitely decided
upon their course, one thing they say la
certain??that they will not return to
college. Just what their status as re?
gards numbers Is, seems hard to as?
certain.
Manager 15. L? Laylleld stated yester?
day that at roll call there wore thirty
two men missing, seven of whom were
away on leaves of absence and would
return The rebels, on the other hand,
say thut the total of absentees was
greater and that a number of those
who reported for their classes would
be reaily to leave the college when
other arrangements could be made.
A mooting was held last night, at
which W. P. Huynes, the discharged
teacher, presided, and at which there
were thirty-two men present. Tt was?
sxpiuihcd that a business college of
Norfolk had made an offer to take
them in. It was the sentiment of the
students, however, that it would be
best to remain In this city If possible.
Mr. May ties told them that inasmuch
as they had seen fit to stand by him,
he was prepared to take care of them
as far as he could, and suggested that
if a suitable hall could be obtained,
he would continue the class and make
arrangements for a shorthand teacher.
There were several places in view yes?
terday, but up to tho time of the mect
lr>g no definite arrangements had been
made. it Is expected that something
definite will be done to-day.
BellrveN Others Will I\rnvc.
Mr. Huynes stated that he had as?
surances from a number of the stu?
dents who yesterday returned to the
college that they would be with the
Insurgents if they decided to continue
their courses under him here, and he
is making his plans accordingly. in
the event that It is Impossible to se?
cure sutablo quarters in this city, the
students and Mr. ITayncs wll prob
tibiy accept the Norfolk order.
Asked about the terms of tho con?
tracts for tuition, which is paid for in
advance and good until used, Mr. Lay
lleld said that ho could make no
definite statement until after a con?
ference with other members of the
system. Ho stated, though, that there
was a clause authorizing the officials
to revoke the contracts for Insubordi?
nation, and personally lie considered
yesterday's walkout decidedly In that
light.
The students who remained away
seem to look upon It as though the
bridges have been burned behind them
and that they have severed all con?
nection with the college. However, Mr.
I^a.vtield expresses the conviction that
nearly all will return, and the. general
hope seems to be that the youths will
take this view of the situation.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
I.ciromotlre Work* Kleetrlelnn Falls Against
Mte Wire.
K. C. Vaughan. an electrician employed by
the Richmond branch of the American Loco?
motive Company, was Instantly killed at 10:15
o'clock yesterday morning, when he fell
against a "live" wire, and ".MO volts of the
deadly current passed through his body. The
city amhulance was summoned Immediately,
hut Dr. Hatshbarger, who answered the call,
could do no more than pronounce the man
dead.
Vaughan was working In the power house
of the plant when he lost his balance and
fell against the wire. He had been em?
ployed at tiic Locomotive Works for several
years. He was about twenty-five years old.
find was a. native of King and Queen county.
Discuss New Bridge,
A call has been Issued for a meeting of
the subcommittee of the Committee on
Streets on the new Mayo Bridge for thla
afternoon at fi o'clock, at the City Hall.
Members of a subcommittee from the Com?
mittee on Finance are Invited to sit with
the bridge committee.
Special Service.
Rev. TL D. C. Machlachlan will speak to?
morrow nlRht at R o'clock at tho Seventh
Street Christian Church on "The Prayer of
Daniel." An attractive feature of the ser?
vice will be tho singing of the regular choir,
assisted by Charles W; Hunter.
EDITOR BROWNE
Of the Rockford Morning Star.
1 About seven years ago I ceased drink?
ing toffee to give your Postum a trial.
"I had suffered acutely from various
I forms of indigestion, and my stomach had
become so disordered as to repel almost
every sort of substantial food. My gen
eral health was bad. At close intervals I
would suffer severe attacks which confined
me. in bed for a week or more. Soon after
changing from coffee to Postum the indi?
gestion abated, and in a short time ceased
entirely. I have continued the daily use
of your excellent Food Drink, and assure
you most cordially that I am indebted to
you for the relief it has brought inc.
"Wishing you a continued success, I am
Yours very truly,
J. Stanley Browne,
Managing Editor."
Of course, when a man's health shows
he can stantl coffee without trouble, let
him drink it, but most highly organized
brain-workers simply cannot.
The drugs natural to the coffee berry
affect the stomach and oilier organs and
thence to the complex nervous system,
throwing it out of balance and producing
disorders in various parts of the body.
Keep up tins daily poisoning and serious
disease generally supervenes. So when
man or woman finds that coffee is a
smooth but deadly enemy, and health is
of any value at all, there is but one toad?
cid it.
It is easy to find out if coffee be the
cause of the troubles, for if left off ten
days and Postum be used in its place, and
i the sick and diseased conditions begin to
j disappear, the proof is unanswerable.
Postum is not good if made by short
boiling. It must be boiled full 15 minutes
after boiling begins, when the crisp flavor
and the food elements arc brought out of
the grains and the beverage is ready to
fulfill its mission of palatable comfort and
renewing the cells and nerve centres
broken down by coffee.
"There's a Reason." '
Get (he little book, "The Road to Well
villc," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
interest.
$ 9,85 for Spring Suits Worth Up to $18
$12,85 for Spring Suits Worth Up to $25
Every suit carried over from last season is on sale this week
at the above reduced prices.
?Almost every size for every shape.
Gans-Rady Company
Reporter Says He Was Insulted
and Ordered From Monroe
Park. j
Formal complaint was made?to May?
or Richardson yesterday by Charles W.
Cordes, a reporter for an afternoon
newspaper, against Eugene Walton,
keeper of Monroe Park, and the city
editor of the same paper has filed sim?
ilar charges with Chairman Batkins. of
the Council Committee on Grounds and
Bulldlngfc\ which has supervision of
parks. Mayor Richardson has sum?
moned Park Keeper Walton to appear
before him this morning.
Mr. Cordes complains that he hay
been Insulted and threatened by the
park keeper and ordered from the
park. According to his account, he Is
an acquaintance of Mr. Moore, an em?
ploye In the park, and ho had con?
versed with him several times, seeking
information for his paper. Keeper
Walton objected to these Intorvicws.
and according to tho complaint, ho met
Cordes, in the park on March 1R. when
Mr. Walton Is said to have told the
reporter:
"If I see you nosing around here
any more I'll fix you. I'll show you
that yon can't come around here and
interfere with Moore and get informa?
tion from him. Now. you keen out of
the park, or I'll lix you."
Chairman Ratklns, of the Council
Committee on Grounds and Buildings,
said last night that he had already
made some inquiry Into tho matter.
According to Mr. Batkins, the after?
noon paper asserted that some one was
lobbying to prevent holding band con?
certs in Monroe Bark the coming sum?
mer, a matter which has not been
discussed In any way by the commit?
tee. The paper. It is stated, sent Mr.
Cordes out and secured a number of
statements from citizens living about
tho park, nil of whom wanted park
music, and some of whom Indicated
that whatever objection there might
be. could only come from tho nark
keeper, who would have some addi?
tional work. In pursuit of this same
matter, the reported was proceeding
to Interview employes of the park
during working hours, when Mr. Wal?
ton Interfered, alleging that he was
interrupting the men in the discharge
of their duties.
ARRESTS LAST NIGHT
Believe Hubert llnmutii to Be Negro
Wanted for Ilouftc-Hurnlng!
Robert Barnum, or Bonner, colored,
was arrested last night by Dctectlve
SeVgcaht Wiley and Bicycle Policeman
Matt on suspicion of having committed
a felony. It Is believed that he may
be a negro who Is wanted lor house
burning.
Arthur Shelton, colored, was arrested
oh a charge of carrying a concealed
weapon.
Heiter Morris, -white, was arrested on
ft charge of stealing a metal hadge on
which was Inscribed the mark and
insignia of'the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Compai y.
Owen Callahan. white, was arrested
on a charge of being d'sorderly on a
Broad and Main Street car.
TAKES HER LIFE
Mr?. M. M. Todd Kulrldes ns Result of i
Despondency.
Despondent, It Is said, over til health, Mrs.
M. M. Todd, of 17 West Marshall Etreet.
commltled suicide yesterday morning b>
taking about fifteen grains of corrosive sub?
limate. It was not until nearly an hour
after she had swnllowed the deadly poison
that her sister, Mrs. E. D. Mansfield, no
tleed that Mrs. Todd was in great pain
she admitted then having taken the poison,
and the ambulance was summoned. Though
Dr. Marshbargcr administer heroic treat?
ment and did all he could, there was no
response, and Mrs. Todd died a ehort tlmo
later.
Mrs. Todd was twenty-ftve years old. She
is survived by her husband, one flve-year
old son, Melville; three brothers?W. C, M.
T?. and W. F. Wright?and three sisters
Mrs. ,T. W. Sheppard. Mrs. F. D. Munatleld
and Mrs. A. D. Da vies
NOT QUALIFIED
Comparative! v Few Citizens TlaTc Paid
I Their Poll Taxes.
Less than F.000 out of a possible thirty-odd
[thousand men In Richmond are eligible to
vote. In order to qualify for the November
election and the summer primaries citizens
must pay all poll taxes six months prior to
election day. According to officials of t*1?
treasurer's office, the payment is slower
than In many years. Thn paid list Is said
to he smaller than at any time since the
new Constitution went Into effect, nnd ap?
parently but little work Is being done by
Democratic party workers In Inducing men
to reglste'r and qualify. The taxes must be
paid by May 7 to qualify for tho November
election.
Deed la Recorded.
A deed was recorded In the Chancery Court
yesterday transferring from the Richmond
Chamber of Commerce to the First National
Bank Building Corporation property, n't,
the southwest corner of Ninth arid Main
Streets for a consideration of $C3().00e. The
old building la being vacated and plans pre?
pared for a twenty-story railway office
building.
Bryan Park Gets Appropriation.
Improvements Slated at
Reservoir.
After two hours of cutting nnd
pruning, a subcommittee of the Coun?
cil Committee on Grounds and Build?
ings last night distributed between the
various parks of the city the general
appropriation of $2f.,000. The report
will be made to the Grounds and
Buildings Committee on Thursdu.^
night. The slate as adopted follows:
Chlmborazo Bark, $2,000; Marshall
Park. $2,000: Jefferson Park. $1,000;
Taylor's Rill, $1.000: .Ste>ps, Twenty
Sixth Street, $20; Gamble's TfIII. $000:
Monroe Pnrk. $1,200; Nursery. $1.200;
Riverside, $1,000; William Byrd. $S,900;
Monument Avenue. $000; Washington
Square, $700; Contingent fund, $100;
Water and, light, $700; Joseph Bryan
Park. $2,45f0. ?
These funds are for improvements,
nnd nro aside from the pay of keepers
nnd laborers.
Bar Association to Meet.
Secretary Maurice A. Powers Issued a call
yesterday for a meeting of tho bar of the
city to be held this afternoon nt t o'clock
in tho assembly room of tho Chamber of
Commerce, to take suitable action on the
,death of li. SC John Conltcr.
Admits Larceny From Employer
and Is Ready to Face
His Sentence.
Frank H. Fitzgerald, who wan
brought back from Washington by
Detective Sergeant Reliant Sunday af?
ternoon on a charge of stealing $90.54
from Klngan ?fc Co.. and whose pecu?
lations are said to amount to $3,000,
waived examination In Police Court
yesterday morning, and the case was
certified to the April term of tho Hust?
ings Court. No attempt wag made by
Ills attorney, Willis C. PulUam. to pro"
ctire ball, ami Fitzgerald was remanded
to jail.
Whether with the stoicism of de?
spair or with the calmness of utter
Indifference, the defalcating book?
keeper looks upon his present plight
with little apparent concern. He de?
nies nothing. He admits that ho stole
the money, thinks that It amounted to
$",000 and said that his thefts
covered a period of three years. Evi?
dently, however, he saved none of tho
money he stole. When he left South
Richmond, after having been dismissed
from the meat parking firm, lie had,
he states, only $155, and or this
amount $100 was stolen from him otiu
night In Alexandria. Ho met three
young Rlehmondors, one of whom has
been In trouble here several times, ho
said. and. after leaving him in a help?
less condition, they stole his money.
Rllded the Simpenne.
He knew that ho was wanted here;
ho felt that it was only a matter of
time before he would be captured, and
the suspense battered away his nerves.
After much hesitation, he surrendered.
Though it opened agatn the gateway
of the penitentiary for him, there was
a certain sense of rallof in knowing
that he would no more have to dodge
the police ami be hunted the country
over as a fugitive from Justice,
j "I've been away before, you know,"
he said a little wearledly, "ami 1 know
what 11 Is."
Drawing the inference from some of
his remarks. Fitzgerald seems to have
a slight hope that he may be freed of
his present trouble His family owns
a home said to be valued at $3,500,
and the mnn seems to depend on this
to cover the losses Incurred by tho
company through his peculations.
Samuel II. Remiss, of tin? Soulhslde,
who was mentioned Sunday by Fitz?
gerald as knowing that the prisoner
did not leave Richmond with a woman,
disclaims any such knowledge of i\U
man.
SMALLPOX CASE
Express Messonecr Moved From Railroad
Y. M. C. A.
Richmond's second case of smallpox for
this year wan reported to the Health De?
partment yesterday In the person of M. M.
Burns, twenty-two years old. of Pltts
horo. N*. ('.. an express messenger on the
.Seaboard Air Line Railway, running be?
tween Richmond and Hamlet, N. <'. He was
taken III on March It, and has since b?e:i
tinder treatment for chicken pox at th*
Railroad Y. M. ''. A., coiner of Seventeenth
nnd Main Streets. The patient wns removed
to the smallpox hospital, nfter inspection by
Dr. W. J. West, of the Health Department.
Mr. Burnj wns about the city for a day
er two after feeling til. und it !S fearer!
that other cases will develop. The Health
Department strongly urges all tin vaccinated
persons to take proper precautions at once.
His rooms at the Y. M. C. A. were fumi?
gated, nnd vaccinators set to work by tho
Health Department In and about the build?
ing, so as to preclude all danger from In?
fection there.
Simple Subjects.
"Photomicrographs of Lesions of Tabes
Dorealls" Is the exceedingly simple fend
everyday subject which will be discussed to
njclit at a meeting of the Richmond Acad?
emy of Medicine nnd Surgery, which will
be held In the Travelers' Protective Asso?
ciation building at Third and Main Streets.
Tt ^11 be presented by Dr. Thomas A. Wil?
li.-rrs, of Washington. D. C.
-The Thyroid Heart" will be discussed by
r?~ A. G. Brown. Jr.
Fined for Resisting.
Richard Evans (colored), charged with be?
ing disorderly and resisting Policemen Gen
trv and Griffin, was lined !2j and placed un?
der S100 security for six months in Police
Court yesterday morning.
lFollx Smith (colored* wns sentenced to
sixty days in lall on a charge of stealing
a quantity of butter and groceries from P.
15. Hatcher.
Sues Hotel for Baggage.
The appeal case of II. S. Potter against
Mrs. J. B. Gilbert-, trading as the Gilbert
Hotel, from the Court of the Civil Justice,
was tried yesterday In th> Law and Equity
Court, and resulted In verdict and judgment
for $29.45. Potter sued for baggago lost by
employes of tho hotel.
Open Bids To-Night.
The Council Committee on Streets will
meet to-night at S o'clock with a long and
Important docket In prospect. BidB will be
opened for a large amount of street work.
Including much curbing nnd guttering In
South Richmond.
I ARE YOU FREE
? FROM?
Headaches, Colds, Indigestion,
Pains, Constipation, Sour Stomach,
Dizziness? If you are not, the most
effective, prompt and pleasant
method of getting rid of them is to
take, now and then, a desertspoon
ful of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy?Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It is
well Known throughout the world
as the best of family laxative reme?
dies, because it acts so gently and
strengthens naturally without irri?
tating the system in any way.
To get its beneficial effects it is
always necessary to buy the genu?
ine, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co., bearing the name
of the Company, plainly printed or*
the front of every package.