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But His Successor, Governor
Smith, Asks Him to Con?
tinue to Serve.
Atlanta, Ga., July II.? Governor Hoko
btnlth this afternoon received the resigna?
tion of Senator J. M. Terrell, who yesterday
nnnounced that he would not return to the
United States Senate as one of Georgia's
representatives, In a formal reply the Gov?
ernor declined toaieept the resignation, and
r. quested the .Senator to vonltnue to rcpre
Bent tho Stole, at luast. during the present
* .-?Ion of the I.cglslatut e. In hl? letter to
tli* Governor Senator Terrell said:
"By the action of the Genera! Assembly
you have been offered the commission to
{??present the State In my place. I cannot,
therefore. In justice to myself nor to the
l-'tate. whose credential* have been placed
In your handn, undertake to assume a re?
sponsibility nor to wear an honor that be?
ings to you and which you specifically have
been asked to take Instead of me Any
other course on my part would be undlgnl
fled and unworthy. I believe that my term
ot oftlce as United States Senator has ex?
pired under my commission, but in order to
i'move all possible doubt that may arise
in the minds of any one, I respectfully re?
sign the office of United States .Senator from
Ciorgia. to take effect this day."
In declining to accept Mr. Terrell's re?
signation at tills time Governor b'tt^rth points
to precedents established In the United
States Senate, showing that Mr. Terrell Is
the recognized Senator from Georgia until
the commission of his successor Is preifnt^d
t" that body. Continuing. Governor Smith
S?vo;
"It Is not my purpose to send my credent- |
lo!? to the United .States Beasts during the
present session of the Legislature, and
therefore you. during that period will, lie
v^nd question, be on* of the representatives)
nf this Stale tn the United. States Senate
unless you Insist upon your * resignation. |
. As I Mm so situated that it is
Impossible for me to leave at present. I b<.-g
that you will not assume, the responsibility
nl depriving the Stute of having two votes
when the \'ote Is had upon Important legis?
lation now pending in that body." *
Will NOT SUFFER
DEATH PENALTY
Sault Ste Marie. Mich.. July 14.?
News that her sentence of death had
been commuted to life Imprisonment
by the Canadian Cabinet to-day came
as a thunderbolt from a clear sky to
Mrs Angelina Neopol'tanl, In Jail In
?fault Ste Marie, Ort., for the murder
of her husband. Peter Neopollta.nl. at
Kault Ste Marie last Easter Sunday.
Sealed on the edge of the cot tn
her cell, the woman, resigned to her
ffite. was sewing clothing for her
child when the word reached her.
Hearing a tapping on the floor be?
neath her feet, she placed her ear to
ii small rivet hole and heard from
the lips of a condemned burglar on the
floor beneath the joyful tidings, that
"A live Wire"
Denoting a Producer
Is Your House
Wired For
Electricity?
If not, ask us how to make property produce more
j by the aid of "live wires."
i
Virginia Railway & Power Co.
Seventh and Main Streets.
I _i_
had been called to him through the
window of his cell by a passer-by.
The message completely unnerved
the prisoner, and she fainted. Jailor
Hearst and the matron quickly re?
vived her.
"I not be hanged: I not be hanged:"
She fairly screamed In broken English
as she realized the true worth of th"
Information Ehe had received. Then
falling to her knees she grasped the
hem of the matron's fcklrt and kissed
It passionately, while tears streamed
from her eyes.
POLICEMAN KICKED BOMB
Saw In on llrooklya Sidewalk and
Thought It Ua? Football.
New York. July 14.?As he was leav?
ing a Brooklyn police station early
this morning. Sergeant Mlchaejj Bane
espied an object on the sidewalk which
looked to bo a rubber football He
stepped back a few paces, got a run?
ning start and gave the supposed ball a
kick It was a bomb Sergeant Bane
fell to the street unconscious, and every
window In the station house was shat?
tered. The sergeant was removed to
the hospital In an unconscious condi?
tion.
Detectives who examined the frag?
ments of the bomb aald that it had
contained enough powder to blow up a
city block.
IT IS A FESTIVE EVENT
* to come across a book such
as "The Prodigal Judge,"
written by Vaughan Kester.
This novel, which treats of
American life of several decades
ago, is wholly unlike anything
else in recent fiction.
It glows with sturdy spirit and
is so resolute and gladsome in its
methods that at the very first
page the reader is captured com?
pletely; and he is thereafter its
mOSt Willing Slave.-Philadelphia Record
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Incomparably more judicious than in Government''bonds.
The one brings Health and Happiness?the other may;'bring
neither. Wake up to the living fact?PANACEA WAT,ER is
a boon to humanity. If you have not done so, try it'and'feel
the benefits it bestows.
PANACEA SPRING CO.,
Littleton, N. C.
L
Many of Missing Probably Found
Refuge at Isolated Farm
Houses.
Toronto. Ont.. July 11 ?Although the vari?
ous relief expeditions covered the greater
portion of the burned Porcupine district to?
day they failed to report any further loss
of life than was contained In yesterday s
dispatches, which placed the number of
Uvea lost at about 100. With the arrival of j
additional relief workers the burned area
l? being covered more thoroughly.
Many of the missing are believed to have
fled far Into the Interior and found refuge 1
at Isolated farm house, and. although safe,
may not be heard from for several weeks. |
Reports of the latest survivors Indicate
that the fires started In Immense blotches '?
instead of In one place, and failed to cover ?
the whole district.
Frank Cochrane. minister of lands and i
mines. Is convinced from hla Investigation '
that the loss of life will not exceed 10?. ,
The f.rst refugees of the lire-swept district. \
horror stricken by the disaster, believed j
that the flames must have swept a very i
great area.
The latest of the survivors say that the
devastated area wa? confined to Whitney
ar.d Tisdale townships. Latest advices re?
ceived say most of the fires are out. Three
rarloads of provisions reached Porcupine to?
day, and more are on th* way. Shelter
tents and materials for houses are alao be?
ing sent.
VIEW OF COMET KIES9.
PbotogTnph of Spectrum Obtained by ]
flnrvnrd Professor.
Cambridge. Mass.. July 14.?Professor
Edward C. Pickering, of the Harvard
College Observatory, reported to-day
that a photograph of the spectrum of
the comet Kless had been obtained at
Harvard July 7 with an eight-Inch
Draper telescope, which showed the
two bands 3SS3 and 4737 bright and
nearly equal. The former band was
much the fainter of the two In Dan
lels's comet of 1907.
A telegram from Commodore T. De
Witt Veeder. superintendent of the
United States Naval Observatory, states
that the Kless comet -was observed by
Eppes about 12 A- M. July 13, local time. |
its position being right ascension
hours 41 minutes 35.2 seconds, and de?
clension plus 34 degrees 19 minutes 20
seconds It was visible In an opera
glass.
Swept by a Typhoon.
Manila. July 14.?Northern Luzon has
been swept by a typhoon. All the wires
at Manila are down, and the observ?
ers believe the storm was the worst
In years. Details on account of the
lack of communication have not yet
been received. Vessels are unable to
enter Manila harbor
THE WEATHER.
Forecast: For Virslnls?Generally |
fair Saturday and Sunday; slightly
warmer Saturday) light, variable
w lnds.
For North Carolina?I.ocnl thunder j
showers Saturday and probably Sun?
day; light, variable winds.
CONDITIONS YESTERDAY,
Friday midnight temperature....
S A. M. temperature .
Humidity .?. 33 I
Wind, direction .b E.
Wind, velocity. 4
Weather .Cloudy
Rainfall .38
12 noon temperature . 77
3 P. M. temperature . SO
-Maximum temperature up to 5
P. M. 82
Minimum temperature up to 5
P. M. .^. .. 68 I
Mean temperature .
Normal temperature . 73
Deficiency in temperature . 4
Deficiency in temperature since
March 1 . S7
Accum, excess In temperature
since January 1 . 5y ]
Deficiency in rainfall since March
1 . 6.36
Accum, deficiency in rainfall Since
January 1 . 6.57
CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES,
I (At 6 P. M. Eastern Standard Time.)
I Place. Ther. H. T. Weather.
I Abilene . 72 84 Rain
Aeheville . 70 82 P. cloudy
Atlanta . 74 82 Rain
Augusta . 76 82 Cloudy
Atlantic City- 70 76 Cloudv
Boston . 71 7S Cloudy
Buffalo. 72 7S Clear
I Charleston . 74 92 Cloudy
IChicago . 74 TS Clear
Denver . 86 86 Cloar
Duluth . 74 78 Cloudy
Galveston ....... 82 86 Cloudy
Havre. 88 90 Clear
Huron . 88 90 Rain
I Kansas City. 86 90 Clear
K'noxvllle . 82 8S Clear
Louisville . 86 90 Cloar
Memphis . 82 90 Cloudy
Mobile . 82 86 Cloudy
Montreal . 70 80 Clear
New York. 68 76 Cloudy
New Orleans.... 60 88 Cloudy
Norfolk . 72 76 P. eloudv
North Platte- 82 84 Clear
Plttsburg . 80 84 Clear
iBulelgh . 74 80 P. cloudy
1 Savannah . 72 84 Rain
San Francisco... f.S 60 Clear
Spokane . 92 94 Clear -
Tampa . 72 90 Rain
Washington - 78 84 Cloar
Wilmington - 74 86 Cloudy
I Wylhcvilie . 72 80 Clenr
MIXIATUnE ALMANAC
July 15, 1911.
HIGH TIDE.
Isun rises_ 5:03 Morning.... 6:54
Isun"sets_......... 7:30 Evening...... 7:22
FUND SUBSCRIBED
FOR AUDITORIUM
Structure Will Be Erected at
Virginia Beach by Baptists
of State.
f Special to The Times-Dispatch. ]
Norfolk. Va.. July U.?The fund of 15.000
to erect a permanent auditorium for the
Baptist encampment at \ irgitua Beach was
n%vr-sub?cr1hed when to-day's session clos?
ed, assuring that future sessions' will be held
nt this resort annually. The structure will
be erected In time for the encampment next
summer.
The address hy Dr. Mulllna, of the South
err. Baptist Thenlogici: Seminary. Louis?
ville.' Ky . was the feature ot to-night's ses- ,
slon. More than 1.000 persor.e were enthrall?
ed with his address on -'The Practical Ideal
1st."
Officers for the next year were elected at
the afternoon session as follows
President. W. w. Hamilton, Vice-presi?
dents, w. W. Robertson. Norfolk, and R. 6.
Barbour. South Boston. Recording Secre?
tary. E. B. Foster. Clifton Forge. General
Secretary. Joseph T. Watts. Richmond.
Chairman Flnmce Committee. Frank T.
crump. Richmond. Treasurer. J. Asbury
.-sunders.
The most largely attended and important
of the four annul! encampments will con?
clude to-morrow.
HAD INFLUENCE
ON MORRISES
-
Vltcrbo. Italy, July H.?Captain Ka
broc.l to-day told the Jury trying :he
Camorrlsts of the Investigation made
i by Marshal Karris at the home of
Maria Stenardo, where the witness s>.H
; a meeting was held for the purpose of
i planning the murder of Germar-) C?oc;
| colo and his wife. Mir'.-i Stenarlo 's
the common law wife of Nicola Morr.i.
who Is accused of being o.te of the
actual assassins. She Is the oity Wo?
man among the prisoners, with .vhom
j she is alleged to have had great Influ
I ence. It Is alleged that her home was
1 the rendezvous for criminals.
I The witness said that following the
murder of the Cuoccolos the woman
! returned to her home carrying stolen
' goods.
Pickpocket Shows Ills Skill.
Captain Kabroni related an episode
I in connection with the arrest of An?
tonio Parlatl, who was later released.
Parlatl. wishing to prove that by pro
i feaslon he was a thief rather than a
murderer, offered to show his skill,
[Which made It unnecessary for him to
lake human life In his operations.
? He laid a wager with the officers
i that he could rob Marshal Karris In
j the presence of Kabroni. Karrl?
laughed at the boa><t, but ten minutes
later, although his tunic was buttoned, j
discovered that his pocketbook and
cigarette case had disappeared.
ENGINE'S BRAKES
REFUSE TD WORK:
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Raleigh, N. C. July 14.?One engine
was nearly demolished and another
badly crippled this morning, when a
Greensboro-Selma Southern freignt
train plunged Into Engine No. 4C2.
standing on the main line <n the yard
limits here. Brakos of the freight
failed to work. Tne engine thr-.t the
train struck was backed rapidly en to
the turn table, some distance back In
the yards, and was shoved 'iff It into
the pit, several feet deep, ? complete
wreck. The freight, engine was not
very seriously injured The train
blocked the main lines of !>oth South?
ern and the Seaborn.i for a short while.
No one was Injured.
UNIQUE FEAT I.V SURGEHV.
Suffering Woman Supplied With Leg
Bone l-.y GrnftlUK.
New York. July 14.?By grafting the
shin bone of a man onto a woman
suffering from necrosis, thus practl
callly giving her a whole new lower
leg. the surgeons of the New York
Hospital for Deformities have com?
pleted an operation unique in surgery
Up to now operations of this sort have
been confined to experimental work
done on dogs.
The first essential was to get a good, j
healthy bone to take the place of the \
one eaten by disease. After a time
one of the hospitals which handle
emergency cases reported that a man
had been killed in an accident. As
the body was unclaimed and would
have gone either to potter's field or
the dissecting table of some medical
college, requisition was made for one
of the legs, from which the tibia was
taken. It was kept in an ice box Im?
mersed in a strong salt solution, un?
til the surgeon was ready to use It.
FRANCE READY FOR TREATY.
Changes Her Views Regarding Agree?
ment for Arbitration.
Washington. July 14?France now
stands practically ready to Join with
Great Britain in entering Into a gen?
eral arbitration agreement with the
United States. Possibly this is the
immediate result of the return to
Krance of Ambassador Jusserand. In
any case. Information now reaches
Washington that the Krench govern?
ment is In a most complaisant mood,
and It is. now regarded as pos?lolo that
Secretary Kmox may be able o san
the treaWes with Great Br tain and
France practically at the sann time.
As the conventions must be signed
in Washington, where they origin? tt.
auch a program would ne;-t tjitato a
f.lnlit delay In order to xwait the re
?urn here of Ambassador Jusserand.
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER HURT.
Inununl Accident Folloire Sadden j
Stopping of an Automobile.
New York, July 14.?-A peculiar au?
tomobile accident to-day killed Ar?
thur A. Dalely, a chauffeur, and In?
jured Arthur Welsbecker, his employer,
who was with him In the car. Unex?
pectedly aeeing before him an exca?
vation in the street, Daley suddenly
Bh?t off the power and applied the
brakes. Immediately there was an
explosion and a burst of flame, and
both men were blown out of the ma?
chine.
Weisbecker will recover. The auto?
mobile was destroyed by fire.
MISSING PHILADELPHIA MAN
FOUND IN NORFOLK OITY HOME
Norfolk, Va., July 14.?After search?
ing for more than forty-eight hours
here for William B Wllgus, uged fifty
years, of Philadelphia a rnlestng rela?
tive, Frank McDowell, also of Phila?
delphia, last night found Mr. Wllgus
in the Norfolk City Homo. ill. The
two expect to return to Philadelphia
?aturday.
Who Was the World's Most
Wonderful Woman?
Everbody will have an oppor?
tunity to settle this question in
their own minds, by reading the
great new series under the above
title, by
DESHLER WELCH
Beginning in the next Sunday
issue of
The Times - Dispatch
Lord Stranleigh Again >
Robert Barr's great character will again appear for the benefit of readers of this issue of
the Illustrated Sunday Magazine. This one of the series is the conclusion of the story en?
titled "Stranleigh Deals in Stocks." Read it.
A Host of Other Good Reading
Contained in this issue are the following literary gems: "A Side-Light on the Rialto," by
Newton Fuessle; "The Ghostly Bridegroom," by Etta Anthony Baker; "Fads of Prominent
People," by Isabel Joyce; "Imaginary Recollections," by John Kendrick Bangs; "Frank
Fables of Family Folkes," by Sophie Irene Loeb; "Merriment in the Slums," by Max Merry
man,
DESHLER WELCH
AND A BEAUTIFUL COLORED COVER
GRIM REMINDERS
OF DAY'S RIOTING
No Further Hostilities Between
Maderists and Federals in
Puebla.
Puebla, Mexico, July 14.?While this
city to-day presented a holiday ap?
pearance, with its flags and bunting
and its band concerts in honor of
Francisco I. Madero and his party,
there were present many grim remind?
ers of the riotous events of yesterday
and the night previous.
There were no further hostilities be?
tween the Maderists and the Federals,
but reports of depredations by the mu?
tinous revolutionists have kept the city
in a state of apprehension.
Alarming rumors of a projected up
i Ising by the followers of Zapata, th*
recent disturbing factor in Moreles, has
had a further disquieting effect.
At the conclusion of a conference be?
tween Madc-ro and Governor Caneta.
Madero said while deeply regretting
the unfortunate condition he believed
it would have no serious bearing on
the political situation.
What steps would be taken to punish
the leader.-; of the revolting Maderists.
or of others, he would not state, de?
claring the affair would need careful
study to fix the blame.
The hospitals are filled to overflow?
ing with wounded, and many are cared
for by Red Cross nurses. In Impro?
vised hospitals. The burial of the dead
attracted crowds and cast gloom over
the city.
According to official Information ob?
tainable, the dead number, 6S, of which
51' were Maderists. There are 54
wounded in the hospitals. Many others
are privately cared for
GEN. GARIBALDI AT CONEY.
Gives Famous Resort a Taste of Ex?
pert Shooting.
New York. July 14.?General Gari?
baldi, one of the insurgent leaders In
the Mexican revolution, went to Coney
Island last night, and proved that he
could outshoot any man at the resort.
The general was accompanied by
four Mexicans. After he had seen
Coney Island from one end to the
other, be announced he would like, to
see If his rifle aim was as good In this
country as it was In Mexico. For half
an hour the general shot without a
miss. Ten New York professionals
tried their skill against him and were
beaten.
'That's the way all the Insurgents
In Mexico shoot," laughed Garibaldi.
"We have been tnvight to do It since
we were children."
BLOOM IS GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE
Washington, July 14.?Private Frank
Bloom, of the Fifteenth Cavalry, the
young Jewish roldier whose attempt
to gain an army commission resulted
in a public reprimand by President
Taft of Colonel Gtrrard, commr.ndnnt
at Fort Myer, Vs., on account of an
alleged race prejudice, has been given
a .other examination. It will be sev?
eral weeks, however, before n will
be known whether young; Bloom was
successful.
"Lack of aptituJe," which means
general appearance, soldierly aspect
and pleasing addroee, is sali to have
beer, responsible for Uloont'a failure
Upon the former examination Sj far
aj his studies were c>:iceroed, his
showing was satisfactory.
MARK TWAIN ESTATE, IM71.136.
Noted Humorist Worth Nearly Half
Million When He Died.
New York. July 14.?Mark Twain
left actual property worth $471,136. An
appraisal of his estate filed with the
surrogate to-day places this value on
securities and real estate the
humorist bequeathed to his only sur?
viving child, Mrs. Gabrilowltsch, when
lie died. April 21. 1910.
Mr. Clemens left no real estate In
New York. The value of his personal
estate here was $29t5.74ti. This does
not include a trunk of manuscripts, to
which no value is assigned In the ap
i praisal. The largest item in this
.--ehedule Is fifty shares of the Mark
Twain Company, valued at $200,ono.
The author's property in Connecticut,
where he owned an estate at Redding,
the place of his death, Is valued at
$174.390. Outside of the real estate
It consists of mining, railroad and In?
dustrial stock. The books in his house
at Redding are valued at $2,000.
A relic of the dead author's many
unfortunate business ventures is i
schedule of shares in several corpora?
tions noted as "no value "
The will was made In Connecticut
August 7. 1900.
SUE OF BONDS OF
DEFUNCTCONCERN
Alexandria, Va., July 14.?The Attor?
ney-General for the lltate will within
a few days, It Is announced, begin pro?
ceedings to have the bonds on deposit
with the State Treasurer in behalf of
the Virginia Safe Deposit and Truat
Corporation subjected to a sale for
the benefit of the creditors of the con?
cern, which went into the hands of
receivers December 28, 1910.
All that Is necessary will be tha
publication of the Federal notice for
a certain number of days. The Vir?
ginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corpo?
ration was on the bond of City Treas?
urer Thomas W. Robinson, and State
funds amounting to about $18.000 were
on deposit with It.
The bonds on deposit with the State
consist of $12,500 of 4 per cent, city
honds of the Issue of 1908. which ma?
ture in 1938.
It is announced that the receivers
will, about August 1 next, pay depos?
itors a dividend of 20 per cent, on
their deposits.
I.ant Cbaure to Enter.
Noon to-morrow Is the time limit for
candidates desiring to enter the raca
for the State Leglstlature from this
city and county. All candidates will
have to notify Crandal Mackey. chair?
man of the Joint committee, by that
hour. Robinson Moncure, the incum?
bent, is the only candidate thus far.
Should he be without opposition a
meeting of the Joint committee will
be held" Monday night at 8 o'clock
at the Hotel Rammel for the purpose
r>f declaring him the nominee. Candl
dates who desire to be re-elected on
their respective committees, who^e
terms expire soon, will also have to
notify their re-spectlve chairmen by
noon to-morrow In order that their
names may be placed on the tickets.
The primary for the State Legisla?
ture will be held September 7 In con?
nection with the United States sena?
torial primary. Candidates for tha
senatorial race have another month
yet in which to file formal notice of
their candidacy.
TEN AMERICAN AND a E?RCPEAN
I CAN AND ?
iQVi
Richmond Boosters* Tour
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