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consulted. The situation was tonso und dramatic to u degree. Motor cars dashed up with one or another 10 an wanted for some Question. Reporters tamo and went, hut were not .admit? ted to the examination of Beattie, which was stated to be purely prelim? inary to the Imiuest to-day. Cool mill I ncoiieerueil. Many persons predicted an arrest. Beattie was perhaps the most uncon? cerned man there. He had known all day that tho polite activities had been I largely directed his way. and had ex-1 pressed his full ability to meet any j charges that might be brought Thej Owen brother:- had nothing to say. and j Would express no opinions. They hoped that Justice would be done, but gave no hint of their personal views of the ?:ise For two hours the conferences went on, the telephone was busy and the lawn dotted with officers In plain clothes and uniform. The motor car In which Mrs. Beattie was killed was1 examined In Dr. Loving's garage, some getting In it to show the relative posl-; lion of the occupants and apparent conflicts In some of the statements I, made. Detectives questioned Seattle's: Statement that tho assailant was fully j six feet from the car when he fired. Shot ut ?lose ltiniue. It was stated to be n fact that No. ?? j phot would have scattered at that Als-' tance over a much wider range than; the size of the wound, a round hole I about the size of a half dollar. It was remarked thai tho face had not been] powder burned as would have been tho case at a distance of throe or four] Inches. The car drives from the right., Mrs. Beattie was seated, according to Ihe account given by her husband, on | tho left and the assailant fired from the !? ad r.;, her side. Dotectlvos dlSCUSSed privately with the coroner the pfou nble angle of the shot, the position of the gun and the manner In which it j must have been held to produce such a wound. .At the close of the conference, dur? ing which Beattie smoked cigarettes. 3 m- Loving taking notes and Detectives Baldwin. Sohercr, Wren and Wiltshire Inking turns In asking questions, there tvas no announcement. Detectives call? ed for their cur to return to the city.1 5fr Beattie went to his home unat-j tended in a passing motor car. Thomas V*. and Ben P Owen went off in the direction of the Owen home, at Buck Hill, where the father of the mur? dered woman Is staying. Mnu> Persons Called. The morning conferences at Mr. ficherer's office was not confined to an examination of the Bin ford woman. More than a dozen persons who on. Tuesday night. at one time or. another, had passed along the Mid-1 'othlan Koad were called to tell what' they knew of the affair. In nil. several parties of motorists known to have lieen on the road that night were ex? amined, but the nature of their testi? mony was not made public. S?\tne are Relieved to have heard the shot, and it. is said that one party passed the Rent-; lie machine near the scene of the. ir.urder. The road Is much traveled: In- motor cars, especially nt night. Yesterday afternoon Thomas Kay. who lives on the Midlothian Ro?d in Ihe house nearest the scene of the murder?probably not more than SCO yards away. yards away?said the murder must have been almost in front of his place, but he knew nothing of it. He Is ?lightly deaf himself, and neither he nor his wife heard a shot. He didn't know of the murder until he saw men ?with dogs In his field and found they ?were bloodhounds. The road was roped off and he was not allowed to walk along it. Woman With Detectives. From the conference at Dr. Lovlng'B the detectives returned In haste to i Mr Pcherer's office, where the Blnford< i woman was again questioned In the;| presence of Detectives Scherer, Bald-1 win. Wren and Wiltshire, and County j Officer Jarrell. The nature of the con-j : Xerence was not given out. Later at; nlBht Messrs Scherer and Baldwin ?were In earnest consultation, but made! , no statement, beyond expressing satis? faction at th? progress In gathering evidence. Mr. Beattle's father was not with nlm at the Inquiry at the home of Dr. Loving. It was shortly before i o'clock when father and son. \he son still j bearing the livid mark across the! ibrldge of his nose, which he states was the result of a blow from the barrel of the gun of his assailant, left the Beattie home, on Porter Street, by the Fide door and went over to the Perry Street line, where they boarded a| Forest Hill car for the owen place. In! response to a request from tho offi? cers, Dater young Beattie was taken over to Dr. L.ovlng'8. lie later loik occasion to express some dissatisfac? tion \k<tb the ruling wh'ch had Im [lirlsQned- his "car pending the Inquiry. Faying that It would have been of j great use In the many necessary er- ' rands of yesterday. The enr In the ' ly>vlng garage still bears the blood , stains on floor und seat, and what ap- . 7>ears to be a clot of blood under the ?eat. Detectives asserted lust night that | tho cross-questioning of Mr Benttie t was not for the purpose of bringing on n confession?that ho was not bad- ] Kercd or "sweated"?but the Inquiry is eta ted to have been merely an effort to get additional light on the case so""| as to bring out all the fncts. The funeral of Mrs. Beattie took 1 place yester ay morning af 10 o'clock from Central Methodist' Church, which: was crowded to its capacity. The ser- ! vices were conducted by Rev. HenYy C. Pfeiffer, pastor of the church, who The highest point of woman's hap? piness is reached only through moth- I erhood, in the clasping of her child within her arms. Vet the mother-to be is often fearful of nature's ordeal and shrinks troth the suffering inti der.t to its consummation, But fur nature's ills and discomforts nature | provides remedies, and in Mother's ; Friend is to he found a medicine of great value to every expectant mother. It 16 an oily emulsion for external explication, composed of ingredients ' which act with beneficial and sooth? ing effect on those portions of the System involved. It is intended to prepare the system for the crisis, and thus relieve, in great part, the .suffer ing through which the mother usually ! passes. The regular use cf Mother's Friend will repay any mother in the > Comfort it affords before, and the help |ul restoration to health and strength i it brings about alter baby couie?, Mother's Friend |M; Write for our "^to ? ?-<v. free book for V^WJM?. expectant moth- ^*-vfwvvkV? , trs which contains much valuable Information, and many suggestions ] >l a helpful nature. Q&AbFlELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Go. en's Summer Suits $38.00 and $35.00 Suits at. $30.00 and $28.00 Suits at. $21.75 $25.00 and $22.50 Suits at. $17, $20.00 and $18.00 Suits at. $12. $16.50 and $15.00 Suits at. $ 9, All Titular Berry-made this season's garments. 50c Four-in-Hand Scarves at and 4 for a Dollar. anamas At Just a Third Off The Dunlap and Henry Heath included. $10 Panamas at.S6.67 $7.50 Panamas at .... $5.00 $5 Straws at .$3.34 $4 Straws at .$2.67 $3.50. Straws at .$2.33 $3.00 Straws at .$2.00 $2.50 Straws at .$1.67 $2.00 Straws at .$1.33 All Children's Sailor Straws at one-third off. >ummer This is not a "steam roller" but the human machine, as all our work is hand work, even in flattening out the prices. Now a word about the offering in Suits. Every garment-new this season?every one has our gilt-edge, cast-iron guarantee; every one is all wool, and every customer who changes his mind after buying may bring back the suit and get his cash. Now about the cloth. There are blues ? and grays and browns, fancy mixtures in tropical fabrics, serges, homespuns, flannels, feather? weight worsteds and cheviots. Boys' Summer Suits .$8.75 .$7.75 .$6.75 .$5.75 .$4.75 $6 and $5 Suits at..$3.50 Medium Weight REEFERS same way. 50c and 75c Blouse Waists at.35c Children's Straw Sailors at one-third off the prices. Misses' Peter Thompson Wash Suits that (PC were $14 at $9.75?that were S7.50 at. ?D?3? ? D $14 and $12 Suits at. . $11 and $10 Suits at. . $9 and $8.50 Suits at. $8 and $7.50 Suits at. $7 and $6.50 Suits at. Hanan's $6 and $6.50 black, tan and patent a* a or leather Oxfords at ?p4?OD Berry's black, tan patent leather $5 Oxfords at. Berry's black, tan patent leather and $3.85 and Here's Where Your Feet Get In On It $3.50 and $4 Ox- <?0 Or fords at . ?D??0<J Boys' and Youths' tan and patent leather Shoes in this lot. Special Table $1.85 $6, $5 and $4 Shoes at. married the couple last August, as? sisted by Rev. J. J. Fix. of the Presby? terian Church. The husband entered the. church, following the casket, ac? companied by his father. Henry C. Beanie, Sr.. whose white head and deep-lined fnce showed the marks of the strain under which he was pass? ing. Members of the Owen lamlly at? tended. There were many floral tributes, und an oven larger gathering hud assembled at the grave at the Beuttte section in Maury Cemetery. I Mrs. Beattle was burled in her bridal] gown of gray, the casket being cov- j ered with gray broadcloth with | antique silver handles and trimmings. In the course of his prayer Mr. Pfeif? fer made touching reference to tue I tragedy of Tuesday night. Chief of police Werner Mated late | last nig'.u that the clue as to the sale of the gun by Lonnle Page had been i traced and found to be without foun- ] dutlon. The detectives stated that I they had practically abandoned efforts | to trace the ownership of the gun for the present, and were devoting their Inquiries to evldenco of a more clr- ] cumstantlal character, seeking to de? velop some motive for the crime and some possible theory that would In? clude all the facts so far ascertained. Eye? ou Coroner. Testimony that has been gone over by the detectives in private will be? come public property at the Inquest to-day, and the belief that there would be an arrest before to-day was over was almost universally expressed; in fact, it Is known that the detectives disagreed on the question of an ar? rest yesterday1 afternoon. Some were for Kolng ahead at once, and this course was strongly urged, but others counseled waiting until statement that have been made in private to the officers arc made a record before the coroner's jury, and that jury has had an opportunity to render its verdict Rovernor Watching ( n?f. ? Fearing that there might be some development in the Beattie murder case which would lead to violence, pos? sibly to threats of lynching, and the necessity for troops. Governor W. It. Mann, who left here on Wednesday night for Luray nn<T Manassas, re? quested Adjutant-General w. w. sale to rem:iin 'n the city and keep in touch with the situation. The Governor ex? pects to be nt the Manassas celebra? tion to-day. accompanied by his entire stuff In uniform, but It was felt that in view of an nnderonrrent of feellnc the Adjutant-General's plnco was In Richmond nt present. ALDRIGH MD MT BOOST LOMES (Continued From First Page.) gess on the Winnipeg flyer last March that he subscribed $10.000 to a Lorl mer election fund. Wiehe stated that no arrangement hud been made to pay Shields anything, but that he hnd asked him to collect the atndavlts 'Just as I would ask a Senator to hand me a fun." Locating Witnesses. He said that Shields spent two weeks traveling in Kansas, Iowa. Northwest Canada mid Washington to' I locate the witnesses. The witness ..aid I thai Shie lds hud drawn upon lumber company for his expenses, but he did noi know how much they were. He offered to furnish the Information later. For an hour Wiehe was questioned aa to whether Shields represented the Hines company In Wisconsin politics, and how it happened that Shields would leave his own business to hunt up evidence for others without some kind of an arrangement about com? pensation. Wiehp knew nothing of such ar? rangement, hut called attention to the statement that Shields got about $4,000 out of the Hines company as Insurance premiums. He said he expected to pay Shields If he presented a bill. Wiehe said he had Shields come to Chicago about ten days ago in order to ask him if he had had much trouble in locating the witnesses. Wiehe de? nied that he wanted more information as to what tho men would testify, be? cause, he explained, he had their affi? davits. Wiehe said he could not as- J .?1st the committee In locating Shields. lOlffl IS II STATE (Continued From First Page.) will leave Admiral Osterhnus'S "at? tacking" llect to-night for coal, sail? ing for Cape Haitlen probably to-mor? row at u twenty-knot speed. The trip will be made in about four days. The I>es Moinea left Roston to-day for Port an Prince. Her voyage will consume n week. The Peori Is ex- I pected to leave San Juan, Porto Rico. ', to-morrow for Fort Diberte. With the j Petrel, now at Oonaives, the United Slates In the course of a week will have four warships surrounding the : little republic. Blockade of Port? Proclnlmed. Port an Prince, July 20.?The gov-| ernment has proclaimed a blockade of] the ports of St. Marie. Oonaives and j Fort I-iberte. Having only one war-' ship at Its disposal, however, an ef-j fectlvo blockade Is impossible. The order for the bombardment of St. Ma? rie and Oonaives hns not been carried out, and the cruiser Anloine, Simon Is now anchored before Archahale, a port eighteen miles northwest of the. cap? ital. I General Septimus Marius, the Mlnls ! ter of War, who failed to disembark on I his nrrival here with the President, j has been dismissed from office. Word renehes here that the pillaging: I at Cape Halten has been stopped by | energetic measures taken by the rev-1 qluttonary committee, presided over by I General Alhert Snlnnvt. Tho American, Ormnn and Italian legations have made urgent requests for the dispatch of warships to Haiti for the protection ot their respective Interests. SI IT FOR !?'J,r.(>tt,oOO FILBD. Action Against Anierleun Smelting und Ii. Hi. in ^ Company. Denver, Col., July 20.?Suit was filed In the Federal court here this a.'tor r.oon by Special Un'ted State.? Attor? ney.General S W. Townsond again*: u.e American Smelting and Refining Company for 12,600,000 damages, for Alleged conspiracy and fraud in acquir? ing 2,HIS acres of coal lands in the [Trinidad coal fields of the Tueblo land district. CAN FIND NO CLUE TO CONSPIRACY Mexican President Was to Have Been Assassinated Last Tuesday. Mexico City, July 20.?The police have received Information of an al? leged plot to assassinate President De La Harra. According to the police In? formants, De la Barra was to have been killed on the occasion of the ex? ercises last Tuesday, on the anniver? sary of the death of Benlto Pablo Juarez, but opportunity failed the conspirators. Government secret service men have been working on the report of the plot to assassinate De la Barra, but have found no clue. Practically Suspended. Mexico City, July 20.?Busi? ness In Aguas Callontes, capital of the state of that name, was practically stopped to-day and a largo part of the population sought places of safety, following a clash between MaderlBta troops Quartered there and the police, according to a special dispatch receiv? ed by El Emparclul to-night. Shots flred at intervals from the barracks of the Madcristas served to create the fear that the revolutionary troops would march from their quarters, thus precipitating an encounter with Fed? eral troops. The tight started when the Faderlstas resented an attempt to arrest a few drunken soldiers. The engagement was brief, but one man was killed. State of Anarchy. San Antonio, Texas, July 30.? Foreigners arriving here to-day from Mexico In large numbers report a state The Army of Constipation Is Growing Smeller Ever; Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are ictpooMble?they n only givo relief? : they permanently ? cuie Constipa? tion. Mfl-? liont ute them (or Bilioni sen, Indigeitioa, Sick Headache, Sallow Skia. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL. PRICE Genuine mutt bear Signature ADVERTISING THAT PULLS. We have men In our off'co who can make advertising copy fairly bristle with selling point*; other men who actually "TTiInk in pictures." Experience has taught tlieni how t'- rr.' d'Kr ad\er tilling that will "get tho business." Oj;- oignntznt^in I? at your sor vlea Advice free FREEMAN ADVERTISING AOENCV. INC., Mutual Building, Rlcnmnnd. .. .. Virginia. 'Phone Madison 24U. of anarchy reigns In Torreon and the i state of Coahuilla. They report the j situation Is critical, and say they Will remain here until some foreign power intervenes in Mexico. STEVEXS ALMOST SMUGGLES. Xew Vork nntclnl Forget* Valuable Eiutralil tu III? Pocket. San Francisco, Cal July 20.?Freio rJck C. Stevens. Superintendent of Pub? lic Works of the State of Now Vork, who arrived from the Orient Wednes? day, unconsciously defrauded the United Stutes customs of over tl.St? for several hours. As soon as he real? ized thut he was a smuggler he ac? quainted Collector of tho Port Strat ton with the faet that he had walked through the squad of Inspectors that lined the. rail of the steamer Sierra with a $3,000 emerald tie had forgotten to declare., jingling aguinst the louse change in his pocket. Mr. Stevens obtained the emerald in Delhi, "on approval," desiring to submit It to Inspection by a N'ew Vork Jewoler before final purchase. The I emerald, which was turned over to Collector Strulton, will be shipped to the New York firm under bond fur? nished by Mr. Stevens. If the experts report favorably, Mr. Stevens will pay the 60 per cent, duty on Its valuation to the New York customs officials. CONVICTED OK RETAILING. Brodle L. Duke's Fourth and Last Father-ln-Law Found Guilty. Raleigh, N. C, July 20.?Leander S. Rochelle, Brodle L. Duke's fourth and last father-in-law, was to-day con? victed of retailing in Durham County Court. Before Recorder R. H. Sykes Rochelle was tried In April and sen? tenced to six months. The case, alleg? ing two half-pint sales, began yester? day and ran through to-day. Judge Allen has not pnssed sentence yet. Tho blind tiger special term of court called Monday has resulted In numer? ous convictions of the sixty alleged ; tigers caught on a midnight sortie! I three months ago. Four special detec-I tives did the work, and the officers made the arrests. Of the forty-five I tried, two have been acquitted. Judge I Allen has been lenient with the few punished, giving as his reason the- be? lief that the tigers are not the real offenders, but the servants of dealers I further North. PILOT TRAIN WRECKED. Accident to Freight Probably Saved Many Liven In Express Following. Grand Junction, Col., July 20.?A wreck In which scores of passengers might have been killed was averted when, contrarv to custom, a freight train on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad preceded the tr*? "continental express a few minutes out of D^betine yesterday and broke through a bridge over which the express train was due to pass a few minutes later. The freight train had w.-flted at De beque for the express train to pi:hs, but the dispatcher finally allowed it to go abend. The freight reached the bridge and the engine passed ovet, when the structure gave way, allow? ing four cars and the tender to fall a distance of forty feet. The engine and the rear end of the train re? mained on the tracks. No one was Injured. A flagman rushed back and signaled the passenger train'- The bridge had been weakened by floods. lt. E. nOWDEM ELECTED. I Heroines President of Nntlonnl Press Annoelnl ton. Detroit, Mich.. July 20.?R. TC. Dow 1 doll, of Artesinn. S. D., former flr*t ; vIco-preBldent of the organization, was 1 chosen president of the National Press I Association of America at the. dosing rrsslon this afternoon of Its twenty sixth annual convention. Tho National Council will later select the 1012 moot' , ins olace. ^ NOT YET DECIDED Commanders of Both Fleets Claim Victory During Attack on New York. Block Island, R. I.', July 20.?Which? ever side won tho two dnys' struggle between two fleets of thoUnltod Status Navy for the possession of the south? ern approach to Boston nnd tho east? ern entrance to New York through Long Island . Sound, tho officers and men In the two fleets obtained much vulutgilo Information, while many ln tore/Ung problems were worked out and partlully solved by the naval tac? ticians. After the reports of all the umpires have been received and digested by authorities In tho Navy Department, the actual result accomplished ; /ol - ably will be more, definitely known. 'Ihn commanders of the two Sleets, Pear-Admiral Hugo Qstcrhaus. of the "Blue" attacking squadron, 'which sought to gain on approach to the two cities, and Commander E. W. Eborle. of the "Rod" defending squad ron, wh'ih tried to block tho plans and destroy (ho battleships, each claims a victory and says thst the "enemy" was defeated and destroyed. It Is apparently true that the two , fleets were engaged from daylight yes? terday until half an hour after mid? night last night over a stretch of water covering a radltiB of nbout twen? ty-five miles Trom this Island. The principal fighting seemed to be to tho north and eastward. Throughout the manoeuvres no powder n*as m* led, although all the ships were cleared for. action. All Vessels Destroyed. Washington, July 20.-?-All of tho / naval vessels engaged in the mimic | war at the entrance of Long Island | Sound have been theoretically de? stroyed. If the reports of the rival fleet commanders are to be believe i Acting Secretary Winthrop called for reports on the progress of the war gsme, and to-day these came from Ad ndr.il Osterhatis. commending the at? tacking "blue" fleet, and f rem Com? mander Eberle. of the "red" defending fleet, each claiming a complete vic? tory. Involving tho destruction of his antagonist. WILL REQUIRE 1,200 TARS TO MAN BATTLESHIP UTAH III if Crew Needed on Vessel Which tiors Into C'ominlnnlnn Within a Month. Washington, July 20.?It will ta*e a full-sized regiment, Just about 1,200 men, to make up the complement of the big battleship Utah, which is to go Intoi commission within a month and join ; the Atlantic Heel under Admiral Osli - hnus at the completion of tho present manoeuvres. Readers of accounts of Nelson's bril? liant naval batiies and those of the War of 1?12 und of the Civil War, where the crew of a ship of the line numbered only a few hundred, may find it hard to realise the w^reat num? ber of men required to man one of the great Dreadnoughts of this day. Hut there Is need for every one of them, though the old Jack tur plays but a smnll pert In the ship's management. Many trades now ore represente 1 ;n the fighting fortresses of the modern navy. There are machinists, electrl-' cit.ns. telegraph operators, engineers. 1 boiler tenders and a small army of I firemen and ash handlers. Also there! Is a formidable force of marines, who are tho police of the ship. The ma? rines also man the batteries of sec? ondary gun.", nnd always arc told i ff first for the landing parties. The recruiting officers will have :.n ample crew for the I.'tah when 'ho ship hoists her commander's flag. GALLANT VETERAN DIES AT HIS HOME: (Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.] Washington, D. C Julv 20.? With the. death of Joseph A. Weeks, at his 1 tute hume. 512 Nineteenth Street. ;hl?: morning, there passed another mem- i ber Of the scattered remnants of :n. former military staff of iron-willed ' Stonewall Jackson. Born ninety years j ago. Mr. Weeks HrBt came to the capi? tal during the stirring days of the I late 'fiO's. At the outbreak of the I War Between the States he cast his j fortunes with that of the new Con ftderacy. fighting through campaign ' after campaign, until a wound, la,te in j l?tJ5. caused his retirement, just be? fore tho fortunes of the <,,,... for which he fought finally waned. He was In tho first and second bat? tles of Bull Run. and at the battle of Chancellorsvllle received a wound from whloh It took him nine months to recover. He was with Stonewall Jackson as courier on the fatal night when that general was fired upon and killed bv a dotachment of hla own men, and was one of the first who tried to get to the stricken leader's side to nroffer assistance Mr. Weeks leaves, a wife and six children?James E. Weeks, a sales? man traveling from this city; John W. Weeks, of Burt Station. Va.; George Weeks, of Hot Sulphur Springs, w. Va . and Charles Weeks, of this city. His two daughters. Mrs. Kate Burr and Mrs. Li//.if Cnrr. both are residents of Washington. An only brother, w. T Weeks, of Fairfax Courthouse,' Vn., I* lure for the funeral, which ?ras nc-ld this afternoon. Interment will bo near Hurt Station. Vn. P. H. Mc3 OBITUARY Mr*. Annul llrnneh. (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch 1 Bnllsvllle. Va., July 20.?Mrs. Branch. Surf Bathing Hugely Enjoyed Surf bathing Is said to -be one of the greatest sports and exercises In the world. Two fast Norfo?k and Western trains leavo Byrd Street Station every Sunday morning for Norfolk, Virginia Bench and other seashoro resorts, where you can onjoy good sport. The round trip fare Is only ft.50. Trains leove at 8:10 and 9:00 o'clock every Sunday. A CABLE AD EVERY DAY Wc could paper our walls with INDORSEMENTS, but after we prefer to have YOU judge for yourself. Music lovers are dis? criminating, and we are willing to trust your judgment. Come and examine our Pianos. Note the vibrant sweetness of their tone, the exquisite workmanship of their make-up throughout, then mark our attractive prices and terms. This little forethought on your part will add your name to our endless list of gratified.patrons. 213 East Broad widow of Aaron Branch, of Ladere, Amelia county, Va., died suddenly Tuosday at the residence of Wm. Bra zeal, of Sunnysldo She Is survived by one daughter. Mrs. WUllam Br.igeal, . and three sons.'Aoron Branch, of New? port News: Luclan Branch, of Dln widdlo, and Robert Branch, of Sunny side. J nuten Steell. (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.] ChrtstlansburK. Va., July 30.?Tho death of James Steell occurieJ in Floyd county, and the funeral services were conducted by Rev. Chas. Stantcn ut his late residence on Tuesday af? ternoon. Mr. Steell was an old resi? dent nr.d hud been engaged In thu mercantile business here tor many yents. lie I? survived by a daughter. Miss Mary Steell, and one son, jainos Steell. Jr. Mrs. Sallle A. Jen Idas. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch. J Frederlcksburg. Va., July 20.?Mrs. Sallle Alice Jenkins, wife of Oscar Jen? kins, of King Oeorgo county, died yes? terday at her home, alter a lingering illness, aged flfty-one years. Sho Is survived by her husband and nine chil? dren. Mm. Chnrlnttr A. Miller. (Special to The Times - DlEpatch 1 Marlon. Va., July 20?Mrs. Charlotte A Miller died at her home In Marlon on Monday. She had been sick but a short tune. Mrs. Miller was burled from Hie Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member. She was married to Daniel C. Miller in Ftb runry, 1*>?2. and leaves six children ? Mrs. F.. It, Barkstnl?. I'hlpps Miller. John T. Miller. Mrs. J. V. Barkodale, Mrs A. F. MeClure and Dan C. Miller. .Mrs. I?otilr II. Humphrr > h. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch ] Farmvllle, Va., July 20.?Mrs. Lullln Davidson Humphreys, daughter ?>{ Wil? liam M. and Mrs. Davidson, of Farm? vllle, died early this morning In Wash? ington, 1 >. C Mrs. Humphreys leavea two children of less than a week old. The remains will be brought to Farm? vllle for Interment, arriving here to? morrow afternoon. She had been mar? ried less than two years. Jimliun II. \\ unon. {Special to The Times-Dispatch ) Farmvllle. Va ? July 20?Joshua Hun? ter Wilkinson died to-day at his !i ime near Farmvllle. after a palnfjl ill? ness of several weeks. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon. Kltv.I O. Mourning. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch ] Hampton. Vs., July 20.? Elwood O. Mourning, twenty-one years old. died to-day from typhoid fever, In his resi? dence In Elisabeth City county. He Is survived by a widow, one child und his parents. Mrs, George II. Robertson. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspaleh ] Suffolk. Va.. July 20?Mrs. Elizabeth M, wife of Oeorge B. Robertson, a wealthy lumber manufactturer of Whaleyvlllc, died to-day. aged iVtt/ six years. She formerly was Miss Tay? lor, of Berlin. Md. Aside from her husband and two children, she Is sur? vived by two brothers and two sis? ters. .Mrs. Mnrthn Reynolds. [Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatoh.] Cartersvllle, Va., July 20.?At hor home In Cartersvllle to-day at 1 o'clock Mrs. Martha Reynolds, widow oft ex Judge J. O. Reynolds, died, In tho six? ty-eighth year of her ago. 8ho loaves four children?the Rev. w. W. Rey? nolds, of South Boston; F. B. Reynolds, of Richmond: Mistes Mary and Helen Reynolds, of* Cartersvllle. Funeral services will be conducted In the Ciirtersvlllo Baptist Church July 21, and Interment will he In the family cemetery near Ashby, Cumberland county. Mrs. V. M. Dedacker. [Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.] I-.ynch.burg. Vu? July 20.?Mrs. V. M. Dedacker, aged eighty-two years, died Wednesday afternoon at her home "iear Bailey's Chapel. Campbell county, pa? ralysis being <he cause of her death. Klie, Is survived by the following chil? dren: J. W. Davis, of Spring Mills; F. II. Dedacker. of Bailey's Chapel; L.. E. Dedacker, of Roanoke, and Mrs. Mol llc Shaner, of Lynchburg. und Miss Elmlra Dedacker, of Balley'b Chapel. deaths OREOORV?Died, at Woodbury, King William county. Va., the homo of his parents, on July 10, 1011, ROGUIt CL.AIBORNE GREGORY, son of Dr. and Mtb. Deucalion Gregory, ngud thirty years._ in Wm?rT?m FRICK?In sad but loving remem? brance of our dear mother, CHRIS? TINE FRICK, who died seven years ago to-day. July 21, 1901. 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