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agreement." declared Sir Wilfrid In reply. "I may loll him thai tin. this side wo offor uncompromising support for tho agreement, lie thinks it would ho a ban to Canada and a posstplu danger to the empire. We think Unit It would he a boon to Canada and to the empire." Sir Wilfrid, nfler saying ho was In? formed that the opposition Intends to block the agreement Indolinltely, said: "1 havo In my hand h report of the Speech delivered at the Associated Press banquet in New York lo- William Northrup, M. 1'.. one of the most Im? portant mcnibers of tho Canadian op. position. In which ho stated practically that the opposition at Ottawa will not, allow this' agreement to in- carried Into effect. I do pot know what au? thority he has to t-poak, but I am In formed that he voiced tho decision of the Conservative caucus held only a few days ago. If stielt Is the teTilpor I of the opposition, I think it will bo i necessary for nie to revise my deter- j mi not lei it to go to England." It Is generally accepted hero that! Sir Wilfrid will not go' to Knciiffid, ; and that tho light over reciprocity will ; bo prolonged and marked with a good ? deal of, bitterness. Miotbor liiventlKiitlon. Washington. April USI?Congress i-j sskeri to probe lor violations of the : Sherman anti-trust law. thu interstate I roinmorcc arts and the various national j banking association acts. In a rosOln tlon Introduced to-day by lSoprcsehla tlvc Stanley, of Kentucky, and re? ferred to the judiciary committee. Tho bill provider for :lie appoint- | menu by tin Speaker of a special com- I inllt'e of nine representatives lo con- j duet the Inquiry, ami if any violation:! *ro fun ltd that have not Itcrtl prose, j ruled or legally disposed r.f, the com mit tee is to report the cases to the House with bills directing proper ex? ecutive action. It is made the committee's duty to Investigate especially the IVlilcii States Stool Corporation and ascertain whe? ther it has' violated Che law in Us r. - latlons with the Pennsylvania Stool Company. Cambria Steel Company. Lacknwnnnn Vieol t.'ompahy or any j other nominally independent concern.1 or with railroads, eon I, insurance Or trust companies or national banks. ( The committee is to recommend le-j. Intal ion to reinforce the laws and any ' prosecutions that may be doomed ; Protest Against Arblirntlon. Washington. April S-S.I??Pretests' j against .my arbitration treaty With Great Britotn are accumulating, in tit. . flb-s of the House Committee on foreign Affairs. Almost dally sonic Wonht >l.ike \nvantage with icin,i.v. Ctnimanl of Middleweight THIr Hosts Thompson In I cu - I ton n ,1 Hunt; Ha el no. Wis . April 2$.?rilugo Kelly, cf Chi'.aco. claimant ot the middle v ei?_?>?,t championship, bested Johnny Thompson, the Synumore, 11!.. "cyclone" efier ton rounds of savage lighting r,. to-night. While under I've laws of Wisconsin Berry's for Baggage The old "hair-covered trunk and the cnrpet-bag mode from real carpeting ! But (hey went with the fash? ions of tiiat day. We'd like to trade a new one for one of the old-timers in good condition. .'T would be an interesting display compared with our new wardrobe trunks and elaborate traveling bags! Some new ideas received this month for outfitting the irnveler, not only in trunks, bags, and suit cases, but in everything for men's and boys' wetir. "You'll find it at Berry's" no decisions arc allowed in boxing con? tests, the popular verdict scented that Kelly had decidedly the better of the contest. The Chicago's man most ef? fective Mow was a right hand upper cut, which landed repeatedly without a return from Thompson. Thompson fought a slugging, ruslt lt;u liuttte, and was always willing to ill he Kelly's hardest blows to land one oti ids opponent's hotly. \\ U.KS A WAV "WITH MONKV. ling ricks t p I'nrkngr in Hank and '1'enrn \t Open on Street. Kin:; .Mountain. N. C, April 2S.?A bird dog wandered lit the People's !>iari and Trust Company to-day and pi ?(.. ii up a package lying on the iloor and walked out with it. Clerks did ? -? e him. About a hulf-blocl; away he dropped the package on tue Hlde w.'lk; and tore the paper open. Ills action attracted the attention of a passerby, who tools the package nwny. 1; was found to contain a deposit tit>:et and 51^ in silver and green? backs. The doc evidently thought that be hail done something criminal, for he struck out post haste down the street, and wen', upstairs to a law office. IViicllNh Slimmer Wrecked, Madrid, April 28.?A dispatch receiv? ed here from VI go says that a big Huglish steamship, the Identity of which has not neon established, has becti wrecked on Cape Vlllano on the i nortbwesl const of linllcis, Thi dispatch adds that II Is not [known whether there were any fatal? ities as a result of the wreck. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. ... ... - i'h. 1lie Circfe. on everij* Pachte of the Gonuine. DO NOT LET ANY DEALER DECEIVE YOU -A SYRUP OF TIGS AND ELIXIR OF SENNA HAS GIVEN UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS PAST. AND ITS WONDERFUL SUCCESS HAS LED UN? SCRUPULOUS MANUFACTURERS OF IMITATIONS TO OFFER INFERIOR PREPARATIONS UNDER SIMILAR NAMES AND COSTING THE DEALER LESS; THEREFORE. WHEN IJUYING, Note tfio FiUT Name of the Gompanw UP CO. FRINTED STRAIGHT ACROSS.NEAR THF. BOTTOM. AND IN THE CIRCLE.NEAR THE TOP OF EVERY PACKAGE,OF' THK!~if~T^?i~ GENUINE. REGULAR TRICE SOc PER DOTTLE; ONE SIZE M,N'*?SE PK:rURE ONLY. FOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS. PACKAGE. SYRUP OF FIGS AND ELIXIR OF SENNA IS THE MOST PLEASANT, WHOLE? SOME AND EFFECTIVE REMEDY TOR STOMACH TROUBLES, HEADACHES AND BILIOUSNESS DUE TO CONSTIPATION, AND TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS IJ IS NECESSARY TO BUY THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY CENUINE, WHICH IS MANUFACTURED BY THE MINERAL SPRING WATER IS SURE ENOUGH As well as a clcligMfi.il, pure drinking water. "Uncle Sam" won't allow vis to say it "cures" folks; but, strictly sub rosa, it will coine just as near doing, this very thing as any water that money will buy. pon't fail to iry it for Stomach, lilodd and Bowel disturbance . OWENS & MINOR DRUG CO., Richmond, Vu; W. E. ARMSTRONG & CO., Petersburg, Va. PRINCE DRUG CO., Lawrcnccvillc, Va. PANACEA SPRING CO., Littleton, N. C. Collie Nearly Perished in l.'.lazc That Killed hriend He \V*ts Trying lo Save. TEETH IN MAN'S COLLAR Though Weak .lie . Followed Body of Patron lo Police Station. New York. April 2S.?"Prince," ii big colli?) belonging lo .lohn Lawrence, a negro upholsterer, was playing on the sidewalk with his master lato yes? terday afternoon when Nathan Chal? neck,-who has a palut shop at 11 ISast One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street, next door to the upholsterer's, came along. Though Lawrence owns tho dog, It lias always been called chalncck's dog in the neighborhood because of the great affection which they liml for each other. At the..sight of Chalneck the dog forsook Lawrence mid bounded up to <ils old friend, springing up so that his forcpaws rested on Chalncck's shoulders anil barking his satisfaction as Ch.nlneck caressed him. "Come on inside, old fellow," said Chalneck, as he, let himself Into the i paint shop, and Lawrence, nodding :i j greeting, tiuulc no objection when the j dog followed the painter, lie, too, hits come almost to think of Prince tls j "Chalncck's dog." Chalneck shut the door, leaving.Law^'J ronco outside, lie still stood outside] litteen minutes later, when ho saw "a thread of smoke creeping out over tho sill of the door, lie hung the door open, realizing that, there was a lire inside, but the volume of smoke which rushed forth drove him away from the I doorway. 1 The sinoke was black and I stilling with the fumes of burning oils I and paints. Lawrence ran to the corner and turned lu a lire alarm.( and when the engines cninc up ho told the tlromoti that Chalneck was inside-. Man after man tried to rush through the smoko Into the store, und each one staggered I hack to tho .sidewalk, half suffocated. I Not on,.- got more than three feel past I I the doorway. Hit tho streams of water which the) [engines sent whirling Into the place j ! presently quenched the lire, and when : tlie smoke had cleared llio llremon I made itheir way Inside the place. At j ftritt they saw no sign of Glmlnerck ! I?ir the dog, but when they worked : ] their way to tlie hack of the shop they | cinie on them lying In front of a win- \ dow. Chnlnerck's hands clutched tho , window Ft 111 as though ho hurl tried ] to drag himself up and out. He was 1 dead. The dog. apparently lifeless, ! too, lay beside him, his teeth fast in j Chnlnerck's collar. The dog and the man ho had tried ? t,i drag to safety were carried out to' the sidewalk, where an ambulance snr- j goon from llaiiem Hospital gave one look at lite man and pronounced him ' dead of suffocation. In the dog a! spark of life remained, and the sur goon turned bis attention to him. ] It look nearly a half-hour of hard work, however, before the dog stum- ? j bled weiikly lb his feet, gave Iiis lall a wag or two to show that he was j I coming around, and then went over ' to the patrol wagon ot the Mast tine \ Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street Po? lice Station; in which the body of Chnl-] nerck lay. The surgeon said Hint Prince would j be till rlu-lil is soon as he got a little j fiesli air, and. climbing into lbe atiihii-I lance, he returned to'tho hospital. The | driver of the patrol wngon set out for! the station house n moment afterward.: and Lawrence tried to get Prince lo j come into the house with him, but as tho patrol wagon started away the! nog broke away and. although he was weak in the knees, ho loped along be- j hind the patrol wagon and followed i Chalnorck's body to the station. It was | not until Lawrence followed ami got | tho dojj that Prince would leave the! station. DANG ER??SLY *W0? NDED IN SHOOTING AFFRAY Alleged He venue tilt leer Shot by Anthers! Mini, Following a Dispute. ISpecial to 'J'he Tlmes-Dlspatch. I Lynchburg. Va.. April L'S.?Meagre details have been received of a shoot? ing affray at I .owosvillo, thirty-live miles from Lynchburg, which occurred j in a store there .Wednesday night, in which John Parsons, who is thought to be a revenue ntlicor. was shot and dangerously wounded. It Is alleged, by .lohn Q. Adams, a resident of that sec? tion. Parsons is reported to have boon shot lb reo limes, two of the shots taking effect in his throat. At an all-day picnic at Lowesvlllo Wednesday some kind of a row is said to have boon started,' and it was re? newed in a store at night. Parsons took a hand in il, and Adams, it is claimed, drew his revolver and shot three times. It was learned from Amherst Court? house this afternoon thai warrants have been Issued for both of lbe prin? cipals, bul that no arrests had been made up to noon. It is understood lhat Adams claims that Parsons shot at It 1 tn before lie Hi'od, but the report from Lowesvlllo is that Parsons did not shoot at all in the melee. It wns reported from' Lowesvlllo this morning thai Adams had not been ar? rested yesterday because of a fear of | him and his friends. It is expected,] however, that be will be arrested and bo given a preliminary hearing at Lowesvlllo. GRISCOM*RESlGNS .Successor as Cbiilriiiini Will He Picked In Interest of illinium v. New York. April 28:?Lloyd <'. Gris Cfini, former ambassador In Italy, and close H b ud of ox-President Koosevelt. icslgued to-night as president of the N> w York County Republican Commit? tee in a leitet' lo Collln II. Wood? ward, vice-chairman of the committee, Mr. f.irlscom said thai following an. illness of several weeks ho had boon advised by his physician to give up exhaustive political duties. Ills, suc? cessor will be elected at a special mooting of the roinmillcc called for May S. loiiing the recent visit of President Tuft here Mr ll'.iseoili and other Ko piiblican leaders wire in con f ei'Vicc tviih him. and ii Is said that Mr. C.rf'i toui's retirement was then discussed. Mr. t'irii'com became bond of the com? mittee just year, and came Into open (onillet with many leaders of tho. so called i ild Guard hist fall lu espousing lbe candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt ;.S chairman of the Republican Stale ' i ii ven t Ion Ills successor. It was said by some, "will he pukod In the interest of harniony." ' FATA LI. V I.V.ll HI'.S HIS Hit IHK. I Married but n Week, Mrs. Cnllnil I" i Hying Fritm Husband's lllitw*. i New York. April 2X.--Mis. Winifred t'allan, a bride of loss I ban a week. Is j living In (he. Flower Hospital from ! wounds which ihn police sny were III;, Dieted by her husband in it qunrrti early to-day. iiin hlishliriil is under arrest, pending lbe result, of her Ill juries. According to the police, the young A CABLE AD EVERY DAY Just as you arc preparing to mow or to go to the country, the | seaside, the mountains or abroad, dott't overlook sending your piano j ? to our Factory Repair Depart j merit, where it can be repaired, i parts renewed, case rcvariiishcd; ebonized or mahoganized. \Vc will attend to these thing's, store it, and, when you return, send your piano back to you practically a] new instrument, fur only a few dollars' expense. As a matter of fact, the money will prove an investment by the added value to the piano. Phone Mad. 2734 213 East Broad. EVERYTHING MUSICAL husband stayed, nut until midnight last night celebrating his recent marriage' with friends, and was upbraided by his i wife <m his return home. Cdilnii then upon picked up a heavy club, It Is | charged, and beat her Into unconsci? ousness, completing his assault by stabbing her repeatedly with a huge | knife. TKACIIKH SHOOTS PIPII,. Pistol for lue In School Piny Proves tit Iln\c n Cartridge In II. Manhattan, l\an., April 2S.?A Catholic | sinter, who Avas drilling (pupils at Flush, twelve miles north of beta-, In a school play, shot and probably fatally wounded oho or them Wednesday af? ternoon With it revolver she dlrl not know was loaded. The wounded girl is Pearl Reedy'. She is eighteen years old and is the daughter of Jackson lleedy. A rehearsal was'being held In the school rooiti nfler school had been ills missed for! the day. The play was one in which a revolver Is used in one of the scenes. The revolver was put on a table for use when It sbuubi be needed. Otic of the smaller hoys slipped out of the room with the weapon, put u cartridge in it and tried to shoot a bird. The cartridge railed to explode and lite boy put the revolver back! where ho got It. When the time came lu use the revolver -Mary Holmes, who was sup? posed In lire the weapon picked It up. bin laid it down acnln will! the ex- i einmal ion, "I'm afraid of that old j thing." The sister, to show her there was I no cause for alarm. tno|< up tho re? volver, pointed at Miss Reedy and pulled the trigger Miss Reedy fell to the lloor with a bullet near her heart. \KW YORK CITVS GROWTH. Census shows Its Population In More Than III) Times lirciitcr Thun In 17H0. Washington, I?. ('.. April 2S.?-A bul? letin Issued yesterday by the Census Hun-.in contains interesting llgures on New York City's growth. The bureau has compiled the populations of the several boroughs and towns which have been incorporated In Ihc greater city, and through these compilations it Is possible to trace the population within the present limits of the dry of New -ork from 1790 up to 19in!. In 1730 there were only 49.101 souls within the present confines] of the j greater city. The 1010 population was 4, [ 7i".f,.sS3. or more than ninety-six times the population of 120 years ago. The tremendous strides that New York City has taken are shown further by the fact that the present popula? tion of (be entire State Is only twenty seven times that of 1790, while the [entire population of continental United I Stales Is only a little more than twen? ty-three Inne.s Hie llgures in 1790. Of the 19,101 souls In what Is now dealer New York In 1790 33,131 were In '..the Borough of Manhattan. The Bronx then had only 1.7S1; Brooklyn, 4,101i; Queens. 0.159, and Richmond, :t.$35, The Borough of .Manhattan In the I2<i years has Jumped from 33,131 to -.331,? 12, and Brooklyn has expand? ed from its modest proportions of 1,790 to a population of 1,634,301. IIKATII A I.-MOST VICTOR, .11 rx. Id-own Itenelies New York, bill Condition In Very Gravel New York, April 28.?Mrs. Carroll Brown, of Baltimore; I ho eldest daugh? ter of Marcus Only, ended hero lo-tilgbt her night from tho thin air of the Mon? tana mountains, with death almost tho victor; The lang of sen air and the heavier alinosphi re brought no revival of her waning strength, and physicians Hi her bedside gave lit Lie: hope for her recovery. The private ear In which she was rushed to sea level reached the Grand Central Station np i; o'clock. A few minutes later Mrs. Brown was on her way to the Klfl.li Avenue home of her mother, Mrs. Oiily. Physicians were awaiting her, anil to-night (hey held a cruisiillallf.n. "We do not now know exactly what Is the nature of M;y. Brown's ailment," was Die statement given out ill tho I):'ily home afterwards. "Her heart Is ajfeeted. and her condition is very grave." nuns MO I 'll \ KOI! MISTIir.'iS. Woman Who lief r leaded Homeless Animals DIo.h in Newport, n. I. Newport. R. T.. April 28.?Surround? ed by a score of dogs of many breeds which she had found homeless and had befriended, Mrs. Klla Burl. Ilfly-elght years old, died at her home here last night, after an Illness of two weeks. .Seeming by Instinct to realize the loss of their benefactress, the dogs whined and howled In a dismal chorus for sev? eral hours after her death, until lliey were put nut of Thell' misery early to? day by the use of chloroform. In ar cordniiee with. Ihe express wishes of Mrs. Hurt. You can expect strength from proper food. ry "There's a Reason" TROUBLES REBELS , (Continued From First Face.) expresses the confident belief ^>f iTic. department that tho Mexican foreign ofllcc will promptly "repudiate and prevent (ho promulgation o?* any such statements, calculated -so seriously lo disturb the mutual confidence and friendly good Understanding between the two peoples." Comment Withheld. Mexico City, April 28.?"The state? ments attributed to Mr. Corral iiro so at variance with the facts und so In? conceivable us originating from a per? son occupying the high und responsible nllloe of Vice-President .of a great na holding' friendly relations with the United Stales that comment of a critical nature would be' bettor reserv? ed." In this manner, Ambassador Wilson commented to-night upon the Inter? view attributed to Vice-President Cor? ral at Snntunder, Spain, ami printed in 151 Impartial,.of this capital, lu diplo? matic ami olllelul circles the deposi? tion to dl? r*tllt the intervb-w was gen? eral, several expressing tho same opin? ion its did the ambassador. "I am stire those views nrjs nut shar? ed by the other responsible officials of the Mexican government," continued1 Ambassador Wilson. ?'A Voulcec Trick." Kagle/Push, Texas. April zs. ? The' killing of the Americans at Douglas. Arizona, during the battle between to-| Volutlonists and Mexican soldiers, was! a Yankee trick, as Svas tho destruction I of the Maine in tlie harbor of Havana. Cuba, is Whiil the Mexican oflUinls of I Clitdad Perllrlo Diaz says In a signed ; circular scattered broadcast lu that; city to-day. The circular Is signed |iy i the Jcfe polotlco of the Ciiidad Porlliio I Din/, district, the Mayor of Cludad j Porllrlo Diaz and by various court Judges. f - lighting Im Resumed. Tucson. Arizona, April 2.S.?Fighting between rebels and Federals has been resinned in tho vicinity or Hormoslllo, the capital of Sonot'ii, and. according to mall advices received hero to-day, forty men were killed or wounded in a battle at Horcasllas on April SB. Two hundred and twonly-llvo Fed? erals engaged 'a smaller number of ! rebels, and the latter withdrew when their ammunition wns exhausted, j Horcasllas is a. town between I'roo, I where the. revolutionary light occurred a month ago, and Ilermoslllo. |WYLIE FAILS TO ARRANGE FOR AMICABLE DIVORCE ltctiiriiM tu Klimpe I iisiioooKsfiil in Plan to Wed Mrs. 11 Ich horn, With Who in lie I'.loped. Washington, April 2S.- With ihr r'u inorod sailing of Horace Wylle for j Europe from New York Ulis week the I smart si i of 'Washington has reiln- ! ipitshcd tho belief that it reconciliation 1 bet ween Mi-. Wylio and Ills wife Is pos? sible. j Mr. Wylio, It is believed, enmo over I to try to arrange a divorce with Mrs. I Wylle. that ho might marry Mrs. Hieb I born, with whom he eloped last De? cember. It Is said Mrs. Wylle In a final talk with her husband on Wednesday refused to assist in nil amicable divorce and Mr. Wylle was obliged to return unsuccessful. Mrs. Hlchborn Is reported to bo liv? ing with her mother, Mrs. Henry M. ? Hoyt. in a secluded chateau in Franco. I Mrs. Hoyt Is said to have given WyUe the choice of obtaining a divorce or I never seeing Mrs. Illchhorn again. Meantime Mr. Hlchborn Is said In be i preparing divorce papers which will I name Mr. vv'yllp as co-respondent. Mrs. Martha Itlalne Pen mall, aunt of liny Miss Hlchborn, who lias been J deserted by her mother, is taking a jgronl interest lu the negotiations for i ilio Settlement of the affair, and Is 'said lo be about to adopt the Hiehborn ! baby, on whom she now showers 'n HniHr* care. Mrs. Pcarstill is famous I as Washington's "heliotrope belle." I EMEHSO.V I) It OPS DIVOHCF. SUIT. - Wife's Suit Ad van ce(| nml the Taking | of F.vldenee Ordered. j Baltimore, Md.. April 28.?Captain I Isaac F.. Emerson's bill for absolute divorce from his wife went by default I yesterday In accordance with a decree J signed by .lodge Stump. The case Is now ready for tho court examiner, and taking testimony will begin in a few days In Mrs. Emerson's suit against her husband. Croat surprise was expressed when It became known that Captain Hiller? sen did hot put In his appearance Inj court yesterday, the time limit In the divorce suit and countersuU of Mrs Emerson. Tho inference is .that Captain Emer? son is going to allow his wlfo to get j a divorce from him. William Shepard Bryan, Jr., of conn sol for Mrs. Emerson, who it led her bill for divorce after, Captain Emerson had filed his bill naming C. Hnxeltou Bas shor, a well-known clubman of Bal? timore, as c6-r*snondenl, went into court to-dny and told Judge Stump thai tho bill filed by Mrs. Emerson against her husband had not been meant as a cross bill, but as an orig? inal bill. Tho court Iben ordern! tjutt I the bill be marked "original." iinuDoiit ox wm;i:i,s. Ilurllngtim Bond Is to Hut On Cur Tor Women Only. Chicago. April 28.?A car for women will be put on two trains of tho Bur? lington between Chicago and St. Paul on May 1. Mere mini will be permitted to use and occupy a portion of the car. The principal nparttnonl will be ii parlor, for women passengers exclu? sively, luxuriously appointed and pro? vided with every feminine convenience and comfort. The innovation Is ?lue lo the con? stantly increased patronage of women t rav tiers. ill CO.NSHIIVE III.STOIIIC SITE. S. A. It. Wnhts Park nt Point Wnsli \ InKlnn Crossed the llelmvnre. ? Douisvlllc, Ky.. -.April 28.?Sons of the Anior'enn Hev.olutlnn, nt their nu? lluni convention, which begins here April .10, will consider plans for estab? lishing a r.ailonnl park on the banks of the Delaware HI vor whore Wash? ington - crossed. The organization pro? poses that an appropriate acroago bo acquired on' onch side of tlie river for park purposes. Every Slate in the Union will be represented at lbe gathering. GAMUI.IXO TO I IK SKHJION THEME. Montclalr Pastors to Preneh Agnliisf Evil' In May. Monlclnlr. N. -I.. April 28.?Pastors of the loading, churches of Monlclnlr nre arranging to deliver n philippic against society gambling from their pulpits on n designated Sunday in May* Tho action of the clergymen Is K sequel to the reimest made of Recorder Henry Ii. Yost last week to cause the publication of the law relating to gambling, and which; It Is said, was inspired by the prevalence of bridge willst und other forms of card playing in Montclair homes. The pastors who requested tho. publication of .the. law nre tho Rev. Orvillo Hoed, of Trinity ^^*^^^^^^pa2? aiausOgarGo., bislnuutors ^^''^sXi Presbyterian Church: die Kev. Iliirry' Bmcrson Fosdlck. of the First Baptist < Chhrch, und Archdeacon Frederick It. I Carter, rector of st. Luke's Church, i Their interest in presenting I ho penal? ties of the law has brought many in? quiries t" Itecibrdor Vo;<i as to' just , how the law might work if prizes were offered in church entertainments, bridge parllen. tile. Recorder Vest yesterday received re- I quests from two pastors in Newark lot ? copies or the State gambling law, ?Vilich he caused to be published, tine or these clergymen said lie had no I knowledge of the existence of such a 1 law heretofore, and was glad to know i such a statillc might be used to sup? press certain forms of lotteries of which he is cognizant In his own com? munity. PI KUCK S.IVS IIK'S IXSANK. Henry Clny''i Piene-? Sun AkKh Siiprnne Court to Annul Ills Marriage. White Phillip. April 2S.~When ihr petition .c It.iv Knswnrili Pierce, eon ..f lieni) i.lbiy Pierce, tile ud man, for an ainiulineiil of Iii? marriage to Kllzahcth Pierce came up for it lieni'lnc before Supreme Court Juidlrn .Mm-; y liatiger ycMcrduy .Iniiies P. Rickey, counsel fur ,Mrn. Pierce, moved for a chance of vi lino bct-atme he averted Unit Mr. Pierre (i 11 i" hlettl of N"< iv Verl: City ami riot Ora'mte county, where tin- action was originally; lirrmsht. .Inmice Moirthiiusor will hear Hie iiinllon hcxl rrlday. Hoy Pierre bring? the union UKahiM III" wife through Count} Judge A. F.-Ii. Heiser, of N'ewlmiKh. "bis ne?,t friend anil Kiinrdl a.n." He suvn lb.it nt the ttluu "f the inrir rlngc hf Wim Inrftne and is ntlll iiisnne. When this declaration was mndc In eolirl Mrs. Pierce shnole her henrl. Poiuisel Tor Mrs. P.erce told the ronrt Mint ihe couple bad he, a legally married on No Miiitier It last, and I ha l Mr. Piere? ?'u not in ?alle then. u<. said Ihn I nn at fin pt lind been in.vle to plarn yonns Pierre In I)!., Car Ion p. MirDonntd'fi s inltnrlnm .it Central Valley, in Dr?nge county, hut that In- tvaii not ndniitted in the Institution. "I Iih\/- irlrd in piee the eoinmltnieiit papers," raid the lawyer, "bin tliey have mil In en filed wlib Hie S'lnt? Lunncy Crist. iitlaNlon, We do not know when. Mr. pierce, OBITUARY Mr*; l.tinelle (hen the in llnmlilon. Mrs. Claude II. Hamilton died on j Thursday afternoon at liei' home, at Louisville, Ky. As .Miss l.tinelle Cheat- i ham. her girlhood was spent In Bich-; liiond, where she was much nd mired ? for heir ehurmlng personality. She, was the daughter of Mrs. Moilie K. i Taylor Cheat ha in ami the late Walter lllll Cheatliani, and besides her hus? band und mother the following sisters mid brother survive her: "rs. B. L. ! Morris, Misses Mnry and Adelaide Cheatliani ami Walter Hill Cheatliani. Jr. The remains, accompanied by her ? husband and several members of her family, will reach here at 3 o'clock this nfternooh. The funeral took plr.cn from the Methodist Temple 111 I.'.iils vllle, and sorvl.es will also he held at the grave in Hollywood Cemetery nt half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon. j Rev. Cmiig Klug. ISneclnl to The Tlmes-plspatch;] Gladcsboro, Va., April '2S.-P.ev. Frank King, who resided n few miles south of here, hi Patrick county, died a few days ago, and shortly after bis death bis wife also died. Itcv, Mr. j King was a preacher of the 0,uaker Church. Mrs. Sidney 11. t'bnpinnn, [Special to The Times-Dispatch.] Winchester, Va., April 2^.?Mrs. Sid? ney Howard Chapman, widow of John W, Chapman who was shot and killed' from ambush while In from of his store at Slanosvlllo. W. Va., three years ago. died at her home here, aged sixty-, four years. Otic son and one brother survive her. Mm. Sue .1. Itlsilon. 1 LSpocia) to The Tl:nes-l Mspatch.l i Clfarlbtlesvlllo. Vn? April 2S.?Mrs. ; Sue J. lilsdon died yesterday at the j residence of Judge it. T. W. Buke, Jr. I She was the daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. I Charles M. Ilasker. of Mount Holly. N. J . and Hie widow of Or. William M. Kisdon, of that. city. For the last few ' yours "he had resided here wlib her I niece, Mrs. B. T. W. Duke. Jr. Th.? I funeral and interment will take place I in Mount Holly, N. ,f. Mrr>. A. II. Stephens. I ISpeclal to The Tlines-DIspatch.J Cliarlotlesvllle, Va.. April 2S.?Mrs. A. ; B Stephens, mother of Mrs. A. S. Vith 'cy. of this city, died yesterday ,at her I home at Mlddlclnn, at the advanced logo of olghty-elgbt. The remains were brought hi this city last evening, and I removed this morning to Harbours j ville. Orange county, where the Ihtor I inent took nlaoe to-day. Throe daugb ' l era survive her. Mrs. \l I?. Henderson. ISpeclal lo The Tiines-Dlspatch.1 I Chariot teavlllo, Vu.. April 28.?Mrs. A. 0 Henderson, aged eiglil y-elght. the I oldest resident of North Garden, this I county, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary P. Price. She was a daughter of Turlcton Brown, of Brown's Cove, near Crozet. and bad resided In Albenmrle all of her life. Four children survive?Charles Hen? derson, of Washington. D. C-j Mrs. Furbish, of Staunton; Mrs. Mayo, of 1 iiicnwood, and Mi s. Price, of North i <a rden. ,l, II. Pllr.rr. I ISpeclal t?The Tlipes-Dispatch.] Covinglon. Va.. April 28.?.1. B. Plt i '/.or. aged seventy-throe, a well-known and highly-respected citizen of this place, died very suddenly hero last night, lie was a Confederate soldier, [having entered the service as a cavalry? man from Botetourt county, and served through the entire war. One brother and fine sister and four children Sur Viva him .1. W. Kcelon. [Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1 Danville, Va.. April -28.?After tin ill? ness of several months' duration. J. W. Kcelon. died at his home hern to-day. aged nfty-scveu years. lie was born In Halifax county, but came to this city about twenty-five years ago. He miis one of the organizers of Ca bell Street Memorial Methodist "hurch, one of the lnrgost churches In the city. Be? sides, his wife ho Is survived by the following children: Mrs. .1. F.. Scrugg, Mrs. It. II. An gl In, Mrs. P. J. Cook ami Miss Freda Kcelon: a sister. Mrs. David Weliry:- two brothers. C. W. Keoton. of Norfolk, and n. M. Kordon, of this eitv. The funoral will be conducted from Cnhell Sheet Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. DEATHS HAMILTON"?Bntorcd' into lire eternal' Thursday afternoon. April 27. 1911. nt her borne In Louisville, Ky.. LIT NKLLK CHBAT-HAM HAMILTON, be? loved wife of Clnudn II.- Hamilton, daughter of Mollle B; and I he, late Waltor II. Choalham. in tho thlrty lirst year of her? age. Funeral services, will be hold at Ihe grave In Hollywood Cemetery SATUBDAV A FTH11NOON, April 29. at :'.:3fl o'clock,_ ?Coo %ait for CJn??iifeaiion. WA NT KD. /VYOITN? MAN WITH SOM1C knowledgo of the drug business.; ,i i good .chanco for experience. B 253. caro Timcs-Uis'patch. SUPPORT PLEDGED Gulldhiili Meeting In Interest of Arbi? tration Ilcld. London, April 28.?A resolution pledging the sui port or Uio HiHIbIi Kin plro to tho proposed arbitration treaty I>ii ween tho United States hiiiI Great Dritnln was adopted to-duy at a meet? ing or the cltl/.irns of London, held at Guildhall. The meeting pledged sup? port to the principles of such a treaty, "as serving I he highest interests or the i ivo nations and as tending to pro? mote the peace ot the world." Among the notable speakers were Premier Asqulth and former Premier llalfour, both of whom spoke nloquoht Iv of the treaty proposed by Presld'ent Tnfb They declared that Its adoption would mark a new era In civilisation, hul holh pointedly disclaimed that it would mean an alliance between the two countries. 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