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1,0.0. F. OFFICIAL
LEAVES HOSPITAL
Grand Master Mitchell Goes
to His Home at
Phoebus.
POSTAL BANK IN PETERSBURG
Governor and Staff to Attend
Unveiling of Massachusetts
Monument.
Times-Dlspatoh Bureau.
1P!> North Sycamore Street.
Petersburg. Vjj^ .\tfgus: -3
Grand Master James Mitchell, I. O.
O. F. of Virginia, who has it?&n a pa?
tient in the Petersburg Hospital for
tome weeks, has sufficiently recovered
from his Illness to return to his homo
at Phoebus. Mr. Mitchell wa6 on a
tour of official visits to subordinate
lodges in the State whan be wo* taken
sick in Lynchburg. He started to
return home, but his condition became
worse on the train, and on reaching
Petersburg he was removed to the
hospital tpr treatment, Ha received
?very possible attent!y.n ana courtesy
at the hospital, and his May was made
as pleasant as could be. He was vis?
ited daily by his brother Odd-Vellows.
The members of the order throughout
the State will rejoice at his recov.ry.
Postal iiani. in Petersburg.
Postmaster Stlth Boiling lupntha ago
marie application to the l'ostmaster
General for the establishment of a
postal savings bank In Petersburg, and
it Is probable that the application will
soon be favorably acted on. Tl\ero Is
a postal bunk lu successful operation
in Blackstone, It Is understood to be
the Intention of the Postmaster-Gen?
eral to establish a postal bank In
every city In the country that asks
for one.
Governor nnd Stan' to He Present.
Governor William Hodges Mann and
hit full staff will be present ofl the
unveiling of the Massachusetts ^nyr.u
merit on the Crater farm on Novem?
ber 13, and so will Governor Fosa and
staff, of that State. It Is expected
that President Taft will a'.io be prvj
rnt. When the President met Gov?
ernor Mann at Man?ssa* q^. if.e occa?
sion of the recent reunion there, he
told tiie Governor that he wouH corjia
if he possibly could. Tr.d President
referred to the reception he had re
cetved In Petersburg ?jverai years
?go as one that he couii never forget.
It wa, tAe greatest of :.'.! puMla life,
and he has traveled pretty a:uch over
the world.
Death of Old Ulken.
John J. Shaw, un aged and respected
citixen and a Confederate veteran,
died lust night at tne residence of
his ion-ln-low, John Dean, on Boll
ingbrook streut. Tho funeral will
take place to-morrow afternoon and
will be attended by A. P. Hill Camp.
He Is survived b>' his wife und one
daughter, Mrs. John U Deun.
Arrested for kVelonJoos Assault.
Robert Crocker, negro, was arrested
last night on his return to tho city
for u felonious assault committed on
William Mason, colored, two weeks
ago. In Blandford, during a quarrel
over a game of craps. Mason was
struck a biow on the head with a
heavy stick, his skull was iractured,
und lie has bees lying practically help?
less ever since.
"l?o Sunday-Scbool Conventions,
Two colored State Sunday-school
convention! are being held this week,
representing the two divisions of tne
Baptist Church. One, that of the Jn
dependents, if In session in Blacks-tor.^,
for which piacie a number- of dele?
gates from th* Harrison Street Church,
headed by the Rev. Kll Tsttte. left
this morning. The other convention,
known as that of the Co-oi.erat!onlsts,
the larger of the- two, is meeting in
Farmvllle. Many delegates to this
Convention from the.churches In this
?Ity. Richmond and Not folk, w ent up
Ihls evening. The Co-opt rat ion lsts be?
lieve in co-operation with the White
churches In their work
Social \r?M.
A delightful reception and ri\nce
,was given at the Country Club to
i ight by drifts Alverdv. Bgerton. in
compliment .-4<v NfTssea Ruth and Jud?
ith Rlddick, daughters of Mayor Rid
tllck. of Norfolk, who ere visiting the
city as the guests of their aunt, Mrs.
Judith Smith, on Washington Street.
The event was one of much social ln
iterest.
Mrs Willis B. Smith and daughters,
(Misses Mary Sterling and Fannie
Smith, who have been spending' some
weeks nt Redclyffe, near Charlottes
?vllle, returned home last evening.
Personal and General.
K. A. Taylor, an old and well-known
rlilzen Is quite sick at his home on
North Market Street.
The friends of Martin and Swnnson,
expect, a big attendance at the rally
to be held on Friday night, when s
campaign club Is to be organized.
A strong camp, known as Klinwood,
No. 17::. Wtiodmen of the World, was
organized this week a! Wilson's Depot,
in Dinwiddle county, by District Man
BXJ2. UJ6. EAT.OfDCB
Drailap Ha
For Fall and Winter
191 1-12
Your critical inspection
is invited.
tiger H. E. Mayos. There are some six
or eight camps of tho order In Dlh
wlddio.
Owing to tho number of candidates
for local cilices and tho unusually largo
registration In the adjacent counties,
the campaign Is dally warming up, and
canvassing is becoming more aetlvo. j
Many of the candidates are making:
a personal canvass.
Mrs. M,try K Cameron, widow of W.I
B. Cameron, died this afternoon at hor|
home on illusion Street, after a p>;o-|
tracted illness. She was well known j
and much esteemed, nnd is survived I
by four daughters?Mrs. R. C. McCunu ?
and Misses Ellen, Dlluncho and Pearl .
Cameron, all of this city. I
Miss Mary P. Iv?y, of this olty. is in1
Buffalo, N. Y., attending the unnuol.
session of the Natlonul Council, Daugfi-I
tert of Liberty.
Fire, supposed to have been caused
?by the acldental throwing of a match
or lighted cigarette Into a pile of
trash, was discovered oarly this morn?
ing in the hall of tho store of Frank!
Wagner, at the New Market, No dam-j
age of consequence resulted.
A. P, Hill Camp of Confederate Vet?
erans has been called out to attend I
the fur.eral of two of its comrades to?
morrow afternoon?R. W. Slocum nnd |
John J- Shaw.
Rocky Ridge Council, Junior Order
cf United American Mechanics, 06
South Richmond, win visit Washington
Council, of this city, to-morrow night.
?:.ue Councilor Thomas B. Ivoy. of this
city, will addrt.-s a big gathering of
the Juniors at Mathews Courthouse
next Wednesday.
The Petersburg; Pnlr.
Tho Southslde Fair Association has
Just Issued Its catalogue for the fair
next fall?a neat and attractive pamph?
let of 116 pages. It Is to he distrib?
uted at once throughout the South-J
side section. Tho list of prizes to be
swarded Is a large one, and tho awards
ure very liberal
The friends of Congressmen Glass |
and Jones aro making arrangements
to give them a cordial reception and
a big audler.ee when they come to]
Petersburg to speak. The friends of
Senators Martin and Swansoh are like?
wise active.
Fire I? Discovered.
Fire was discovered this evening |
about 7 o''lock Issuing from the roof |
of the store occupied by the Atlantic
rind Pacific Tea Company en Syca?
more Street. The i'.re department re?
sponded quickly and soon had the fire |
out. The building Is a three-story
1-rlck one. and the third story is not!
used. Mrs. Kate Bullock Curtis occu?
pies the second story, conducting a
millinery store. The main damage !
done was by water. Mrs. f'uriis's stork
and that of the Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company were soakea, with water
Both are Insured, the Atlantic and P?'-I
clflc Tea Company carrying Its own
Insurance. Its loss, it is estimated,
will be about $6,000 The store Is j
owned by William J. Crowder und/ is
fully Insured. His loss will be v.ryt
slight. The adjoining store, owned by i
Mrs. Hamilton Seabury, and occupied.|
by the Queen City Confectionary Com?
pany, was slightly damaged by water.
ATTLE OF TARIFF
AT NEXT SESSION
(Continued From First P-nge.)
their acceptance. Thoy contend that
most of the nioasureo resulting from a
Progressive Republican Democratic al?
liance are likely to fall In conference.,
oh the ground that the Democrats de
I sire to fight the next national com
I paign on the Payno-Aldrlch tariff law.
The Regulars also depend on the presi?
dential veto to put a quietus on any
1 measure that would be satisfactory to
Democrats and Insurgents.
MAY DROP CASE
AGAINST AUSTIN
Prosecution Will Be Pressed if
He Returns to Roanoke to
Live.
[Special to The Timos-Dlspatch.]
Roanoke. Va.. August 28.?Dr. Sam?
uel A. Austin, who was Indicted In
this city March 2r?. 1910, on charges
of murder and criminal malpractloo.
and was committed to the Southwest
State Hospital at Marlon, and recently
declared to be of sound mind, wo3
brought here to-day nnd bailed In the
sum of $5,000 for his appearance In
the Corporation Court tho first of
the September term. It Is stated on
reliable authority, the prosecution
will be withdrawn provided Dr. Aus?
tin leaves Roanoke. Ho signified his
Intention of going to Wayneaboro to
live. Should this plan be adopted, the
Indictments will continue In force,
and In the event Dr. Austin returns to
Roanoke to make hla home, the prose?
cution will he pressed. Since the ao
cused physician was committed to tho
nsylutu for observation, two of the
wllnesses upon which the Common?
wealth relied have left the city, one
going to South Amorlca and tho
whereabouts of tho other Is unkown.
FATAL HOTEL FIRE
Three People Crushed to Death When
Wall Collapses.
Parkersburg, .VV. Va., August 38.?
Three persons wore killed, one. fatally
Injured and several others slightly
hurt to-day as a result of a lire and
explosion, which damaged the Chan?
cellor Hotel. The dead are:
Floyd Smith, aged fifteen year* son
of a police captain.
George Washington, aged twenty
two, colored.
Harry Hall, aged fifteen, colored.
Robert Dawes, aged fourteen, was
badly crushed, and will die. while a
number of others, among them Ches?
ter Kraft, a well k*own business man
sustained minor injuries. The tire,
which threatened to spread through
the business section of the city, start?
ed in the laundry room on the seventh
lloor of the hotel. In the midst of the
lire there was a terrific explosion. Es?
caping1 gas Ignited in the assembly
room on tho seventh floor, and the east
wall on that story collapsed. The fall?
ing debris demolished a one-story
brick building occupied by Dr. S. 51.
D. Wise. It was here that tho spec?
tators were caught.
One of the lou^.or.g scer.es was the
fact thai Tollce Captain Smith directed
the work of removing the Oodles, hut
did not recognize the nringlea form of
his own son. It was an hour later be?
fore the identification was made.
The loss was $"26,000.
THIS WAS "SOME SNEEZE"
New York, August 1:3.?A giant hip?
popotamus, a fourth cook and the
ship's crew as principals, ennctej for
the 2,000 passengers aboard the steam?
ship President Grant, which reached
Ne?- York to-day from Hamburg, a
"near-sea tragedy" last Tuesday, when
two days out from Southampton. Tha
big hippo, so many of the passenger*
maintain, was the star performer In
the act which terminated with the
rescue of the fourth cook after tho
latter had fallen overboard.
Max Harvest, the cook, was Bitting
on the rail do::ing in the sunshine .lust
then from the nearby cage of tho
hippo, the largest ever brought to
America, and consigned to the Zoo at
Cincinnati, came a tremendous snee/.e
The shock of the hippo's sneeze was
apparently too much fqr the somnolu
lent cook, who unceremoniously top?
pled overboard, and a moment later
whs struggling In the wake of the
ship. A cry from one of the passen?
gers hroueht aid. A Hont was lowered
and the Pr-sldent Grant clrebd around
until the er' w fished the cook out and
got him aboard.
JUDGE AIKKX, OK n\NVII.I.K.
WIM, GO TO SAX tiOKll tl
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Dhnvllle. Va . August 23.?Jud^e
Archibald m Alken, who f.-,r years has
hern the able Judge of the Corporation
Court of this city, was ndjudtrtd non
compos mentis by a commls-ion here
this afternoon, and probably will bo
taken to some sanatorium for treat?
ment For several months it had been
known that Judge Alken was not !n
the be*! of health. The many friends
Of this Jurist have been greatly
grieved by reason of his recently de?
clining health, rut ate hopeful that
?Ith new '-nvlronments and skilled
treatment he soon will be able to re?
turn home with health restored.
, SNAG WRECKS PACKET
River Hont Sunk Potty Miles North
of Memphis.
Memphis, Tenu., August 23.?Pns
aeni t r;; arriving her? early to-day re?
port the sinking of the river packet
Harry Lee at Bfandywlne Landing,
forty mlb-s north of this city, late ves
terday. She carried a few passeng'ers,
a.', of whom were tpken off by tho
Steamer Eleanors and brought to Mem
Phis. A negro fireman is reported
missing.
On leaving the landing the T^ee
struck a snag und s.nk In r.lne feet
of water.
t.ift tt..to Mils i.iiuldT
[Special o. T ..? Tlm?*-D!?patch.]
Newport News, Va.. August :5.-Annnun?
merit was n.aii. at Old Point to-day that
MI?? Helen Miller Gould will give |jorr.|
to the' Army and Navy v. M. C. A. at Old
i oir.t Comfort. J f.. money will b.. used in
enlarging the [ireieni building arid install
inn a mvlmtilnsf pool, roof pardon, howling
alleys and a larger t.yronas um.
A CABLE AD EVERY DAY
The TUNING
PROBLEM
Will Be Solved If You Ask For
Our Annual
. Tuning Contract
A few dollars will make your
old piano look like new if you will
send it to us.
Call Monroe 728
?abfa'Pifflw ??.
213 East Broad.
EVERYTHING MUSICAL
SUTHERLAND HELD
BY FEDERAL COURT
Judge McDowell Rules That
State Court Has Surrendered
Jurisdiction.
[Special to The Tlmcs-r>lspatch.]
Big- Stone Gap. Vn^ August 2S.?At
noon to-day the case- of W. C. D. Suth?
erland, tho alleged absconding cashier
of. Dtckenson county, was called for
trial, after muoh delay. When court
opened at 3 A, M this morning a peti?
tion was filed by Sutherland * Suth?
erland, on behalf "of .7. K. Dameron.
.Tames Ft- Tiller and P. P. Sutherland,
the suretlos of w, C. D. Sutherland,
on a bond for $5.000, dated .Tune 6.
for liU nppearance at the next
term of tho Circuit Court of Dlcken
son county, which will convene on the
26th day. of September. 1911. The
prayer of the petition was that If the
Federal court retained Its Jurisdiction
and Sutherland was convicted, he
would be removed out of the State, and
that the rights of the petitioners over
the person of Sutherland would he vio?
lated, and that they would be held
liable for tho amount of the bond, on
account of the failure of Sutherland
to appear before said court at said
lorm.
Judge McDowell ruled, however, thnt
the Jurisdiction of the State court ha-l
been surrendered in the petition filed
in the cause on the 11th Instant by the
judge of the Circuit Court of' Dlekon
v.n county and the Commonwealth's
attorney of that countv. and that as
the jurisdiction of the Stale court had
been surrendered, it was an Impossible
matter for Sutherland to appear be?
fore that conri, and therefore all
obligation of h!? sureties on the bond
for hi* appearance was released.
After this ruling Sutherland's attor?
neys plead for a continuance, on the
(?'round that It had developed that
they would need two additional wit?
nesses, who had not been previously
summoned, also that they had not had
sufficient tlin<i to examine and sort
the hooks and records of the bank.
After an argument of some length on
thi-< point by Sutherland's attorneys,
which arguments were met by the dis?
trict attorney, Judge McDowell ruled
that the defense had ha.l ample time
in which to prepare their case for
trial, and ruled that the case should
bo opened.
The jury was then empaneled and
the opening argnmer/.s were made
this afternoon. Much interest Is being
taken in the case. The court room
was crowded, many women being pres?
ent, i
Several witnesses, IncludlnK Fred
A. Hull, a national hank examiner;
Judge A A. Skeen. former president
of the Citizens National Bank; W. W
Pressley, cashier of tho Dtckenson
County Bunk, and others, were exam?
ined.
STATE FIREMEN
Association Elects Officers and
Selects Roanoke as Next
Meeting Place.
Newport News, Va . August :3 ?With up?
wards of l.f'"'.1 nrem'a fr.un almost every city
in the Slate present, the twenty-fifth an?
nual Convention of the Virginia state Flre
men'i Association began here thi? after?
noon. Mayor Msryua .Jones dellevered the
?ddreea of welo.tiie on behlnr of the city,
and S. nor.lon Cummlng, of Hampton, re?
plied tor til* association. J. Winston Reed
welcomed the visitors for tho locul fire
companies.
Following the usual custom officers wero
f leeted and :ill buatness was completed to
iiits)>i The new officers aru: President. La.
K i.ook.ibiii. koan?ke; senior yice.-Presl
dcnt, c O, .lesser. Covlngton; Statistician.
Charles B. Btanglah, l'hothug; Secretary.
.1 B. Olenn, llarrlgonburg; T. ea?urcr, P.
.1 Williams, Charlottesvlllo; chairman of
Legislative Committee, John II. Redwood.
Richmond.
George Cummlngs, of Portsmouth, who
has In en tie- secretory of the association
for the past twenty-five years, derllmd to
nerve longer.
Roanoke war ?olected ever Pfounion aim
Covlngton ?? Ihe next place of meeting.
The Moltots nave been having a great
time slnee their arrival here, and hav,j
literally taken the city by storm.
To-morrow morning tho big itrVet panide.
the feature of tli<i convention, will be held
There will be six divisions, with l.rto flr..
men. In line. This city. Hampton and
Phoebus will have their apparatus, out, and
the running trams will have their reels In
line. The parade will be two miles long.
To-morrow niglir there will be a big clam
bake nml oyster roast at the Ca at no, and
Friday morning the convention ends wlih
the reel race?
McCarthy will Bpenlc.
Farmer Mayor Cnrlton MoCarlhj w ill ad?
dress the "neetlng to be he'd In Chlint.ornzo
Park to-morrow night In the Intercut of
Senator Thoma? s. Martin. Thla annom.
ment was made last nlglil by .lumen W.
Gordon, the Richmond manager for Senator
Martin. The Senator himself will not ho
present, as lie will reserve all pulilie ?tatc
monti ior hia appearance at the Academy
on Monday i.ighu
ADVISE FARMERS
TO HOLD COTTON
Southern Congressmen Hope to
Checkmate Bearish Efforts of
Speculators.
Washington, August 38.?After dls
ouuulng whut was roforred to us tho
"throuienlng condition of tho cotton
market," a conference of Southern
Senators and Representatives, through
a committee consisting of Senators
Williams, of Mississippi, und Owen, of
Okluhomu. und Iteprcseutatlvo Burlo
son, of Texas, decided to give formal
advice to fa^uers' organizations to
"hold cotton for IS cents."
A coiumltteo will urge the Slate
'banking associations to co-uporuto
against "the- bearish movemont of tho
speculators.
The committee which will advise
farmers to "hold for 18 cents" Issued
a stutcmcnt, which says In part:
"It seemed to be the opinion of ull
that thoro was a preconcerted effort
being mude principally through the
lnstiutnontailty of the spccuiutivu ele?
ment of tho New York Cotton Ex
chunge, to break down the price of
cotton, it ?an tho opinion of ull that
tho pre* em #tatlt>tlcal oonditlon of
cotton did not Justify tho jowness of
present quotations, and that* the esti?
mate of 1G,000,000 bales was uniustliU-.i
by any facts upon which, u prediction
could bo sanely based, and that more?
over even, oven if a 16,000,uou balo
crop were In sight, the world's sup?
plies still probably would fall short
of the world's demand for cotton to
the extent of more than l.tJoO.000
baits, because of the exhaustion of tho
present visible supply of carried over
spot cotton. In other words, that with
a 15.000,000 American crop tho world's
crop for 1911 would sum tip only 25.
000,000. with U0.000.000 of spindles,
creating an active demand for "6,
OOO.uuo bales. This opinion was based
upon the latest advices from Egypt.
India, China and other cotton-produc?
ing countries.
"Information was given at the In?
formal conference that assurancea
would be given to rrcjident Barrett or
to Southern banks Hat ample funds
from banks oulsidu of the South could
oe hHd through the Instrumentality of
Southern ilnunclal Institutions to" he
lent at the rate of 6 per cent, per an?
num to those who did not wish to
dispose of their cotton at a sacrifice
upon cotton warehouse statistics."
STIMSONTO MAKE
INSPECTION TRIP
Washington. August 23.?In order to
become better acquainted with the
military conditions of the country.
Secretary of War Stlmson, accom?
panied by General I^eonard Wood, chief
of staff of the army, will start on a
trip of inspection of army posts and
fortllicntions September 16- They will
visit tho seacoast defenses tn the
South and tho Texas and Arizona
frcnllcr. the scene of the army's ac?
tivity during the Mexican revolution.
They will go as far West as Eons
Hunehuca and Apache, Arizona, re?
turning to Washington by the way of
Eorts Hlley and I.envenworih. Kan ,
where tho service schools will be In?
spected.
How to "Shed" A
Bad Complexion
It's foolish to attempt to cover up
or hide a sallow complexion, when
you can so easily remove the sallow,
ncss, or the complexion itself. Rouge
and the like on a brownish skin only
emphasize the defect. The better way
is to apply pure mercollxed wax?the
same as you would cold cream?put?
ting It on at nltrht, removing It In the
morning with warm water and soap,
following with a dash of cold water
The effect of a few applications Is
simply marveroui. The half-dead cutU
cle is absorbed by the was ? pain?
lessly, gradually, in tiny impercepti?
ble particles?revealing the beautiful
velvety white new skin beneath!
No woman need have a sallow,
blotchy, pimply or freckled complex -
ion If she'll ju?t go to the druggist's,
get some good ntercollze t wax. and
use as suggested ?Woman's Realm.
Appeals to the bread bakers
in the home.
They, of all others, know
a good bread when they see
it.
It's much easier to have
our bread served on your
table daily than to bake it
yourself or have some one
else bake it for you, with the
result in both cases of an
overheated kitchen.
Besides that, bread baked
at home is NOT ALWAYS
up to your standard of ex?
cellence.
Bromm's Bread Xl'A'RK
fails.
516 East Marshall Street,
501 West Broad Street.
Can Cancer Be Cured?
IT CAN
The record of the Kellain Hospital
without parallel in history, having cured
to stay cured permanently, without ihe
ute of the knife or X-ray, over 00 per
cent, of the many hundreds of sufferers
from cancer which it has treated during:
'he past fifteen years.
We have been endo, sed by th; Senats
and Legislature 61 Virginia. We guaran?
tee our cures.
Physicians treated fiee
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CONTEST CLOSES SEPTEMBER 20th
INSURANCE FRAUD
CALLED SHOCKING
(Continued From First Page.) j
ndelplT'a.
Phoenix Accident Company. Detroit.
Mich.
Qerman Commercial Accident Com?
pany. Philadelphia.
The report says ot one company:
"it Is Impossible In language titled
to an ofllclal document aptly to char?
acterize what seem to have been the
practices of the Industrial department
of this corporation In settling with
its pollcyhoklers.
It appears to have resorted to every
"It gppoars to have resorted to every 1
possible means, not merely to protect
itself against imposition?for which
It could not bo criticised?but to cut |
and shavo down claims, apparently
without conscience and certainly with?
out right.
Conditions Air Shocking,
The report further says that only
two or three of tlie companies exam?
ined have been found to be substan?
tially undeserving of any criticism.
About half the companies examined
show serious conditions |n their claim
departments, particularly In the ad?
justment oi specific claims of consider*-1
able amounts, while In at ]<-.ist two
of such companies th.-tte conditions ere '
bo shocking as lo call for Immediate'
and emphatic reforms."
The report ? oncludes with twenty
four recommendations, the most Im?
portant of which arc:
That a standard Industrial, health
anil accident policy provision law be
enacted, that prorating for change of
occupation sliould be permitted only
when thu Insured has actually changed
his occupation, that the policy fee be
abolished; that nil Industrial agents
and collectors be licensed by tho State;
that frequent examinations covering
not only financial condition, hut also
treatment of policyhbldors he con?
ducted either by the individual States
or by n committee of the convention,
und that publicity be given to the re
.?nits of all such examinations.
MAN HELD IN JAIL
SLASHES THROAT
Buford Miles, of Chesterfield,
While Awaiting Requisition
Papers, Tries to End Life.
[Special to Tro Tim et-Dispatch.]
GoldiborO, N, C, Ausust 13.?While con
ftned in the Wayne county Jail hers await?
ing requisition papers iruni Virginia; llu
ford .Mi!<?. thirty >oar? of age. oi Cites
I terrield county, cut hi* throat with suicidal
i Inter.!. He usi-d a fourlnch pocktl knife,
which escaped the search of his person
when he was committed to the prison. He
I misled the arterl-t und large \eins. hut had
I completely stirred his wlniplpr. rendering
him speechlrsi. and he was weak and nur
lv suffocated before the Jail physician ut
I rived.
Later Miles was removed to a local hos?
pital, am! the statement is mad* there that
he It In u desperate condition, and little
hops is h.-ld out for his recovery.
Mill's, accompanied bji a young woman,
later Identtlied as Mi|l Sarah Howies, nine?
teen years old; u'.sn of Chesterfield county.
I arrlied Ir. Goldsboro yeitird?y morninf..
? and later In the day they were arrested
on a telegraphic description from Virginia.
On the afternoon train, David Bowles,
father of tin young woman, arrived in the <
city und Identified the nnuijle. who he de?
cimal! eloped on Auaust 11. lie left to.
night lor his home, accompanied by his
daughter.
Miles has a wife and throe children ht
SUMMER" HOTEL i
PREY Of FLAMES
Clayton. N. Y., August 23.?The
i'runtenac Hotel at tlio Thousand isi
rnds, one of the linear summer hotels'
In the country, caught lire at 10
o'clock to-night, and at midnight
there appeared little chance of sav- j
ing the big six-story structure. |
The lire started in the servants"
quarters ami spread quickly.
In the hotel at the time wero 160
guests from many sections of the
country, the majority from New York
City. The guests had ample time to
escape aiicr the Ural alarm, and It Is
I stated there was no loss of life.
The hotel was located on Round Isl?
and. In the St. Lawrence nicer. The
property Is principally owned by C. O.
Emory, of New York, and la valued!
at $500,000.
TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Struck hj- 1'nnlne While Delivering
Order nnil I? Itrutlrrod
rnrnnirlnua,
[Special to The Times - Pispa trh 1
rape Charles. Va . August 23.?R. R.
Ilnss. a telegraph operator, at' New.
Church block station. New York. Phil?
adelphia and Norfolk Railway, was ser?
iously Injured early this morning b?
reirik' struck by the side of the en?
gine of a fast freight train, while de?
livering an order while the train wai
proceeding at a rapid speed It U
thought Itoss appron^ned too close ti
the enplne. and waa struck by sonn
projecting part. He wae thrown vio?
lently to the station platform, and
rendered unconscious lie receive.;
seVt ral bail ruts and bruises about th>t
face and head It Is believed he als l
sustained internal Injuries. Ho wai
carried to his home nearby nnd hud
not fully regained consciousness eurl
thin, evening.
?Kriie? In KlRht Over frnp Game.
Cape Charles, Vs., August 13.?In u
dispute over H game of crap in "Jer?
sey" lugt night. William Haywopd
shot and seriously wounded William
Herd, the ball entering his abdomen
Ho also ?bot and fatally wounded Roa
c.e Dansmore, the ball passing through
his shoulders I'.oth the wounded men
were taken to a Norfolk hospital All
are colored.
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