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PAPER
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CITY EDITION
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toii. 1.—No. 70.
THE WEATHER—Fair, Warmer
RICHMOND, VA, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910
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NATION MOURNS
Death Marks Passing of!
World’s Most Distin
guished Humorist
MEMORIAL SERVICES
PLANNED AS TRIBUTE’
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End Conies Unaccompanied by
Suffering So Greatly Dreaded,
By Author—Brief Story
of Long Life.
NEW YOKK. April 22.— 1.10 \orld
df latter* mourn? to-day to-.* Murk
Twain. A memorial service. rivaling;
My tribute paid 1>y Kp» York to »ol^
jjier or statesman, 1? planned lor the
dead author.
With the news of hi* death in hi*
Connecticut home, plan* for the •
mortal were l>egun by hi* friends
Hare. They call for a puS'l? service
1 in the largest'hall In New York. There
M*e to bo no formal Invitations, reser
vations being made only for the clos
ed personal friends of Dr. Clemen*
•fid for the speakers r-Fresii-m Taft,
Governor Hughes and William Dean
Howells, dean of American literature,
will be asked to pay tribute o the
man whose whimsical humor ,1ld so
much to give America Its r.-al place
tfi the Held of letters.
-' There Is a cense of relief to the
reading public to-day that d e n came
to the author a Ithout the gr- at sutler
-ing he had always feared It is re
called that he was In a way a fa
talist
In his sermon on his mother, d* -
livered tn the church at Hannibal.
Mo., Mark Twain said.
."Her preaching did not perish when
the passed away, but goes on anl on.
gee that your preaching, when mice,
be of such character that, when you
are dead, others may reap the Iwne
St. Words sometimes perish, mi; con
duct 1* lasting."
He followed that theory in ,l.V The
shock of the sudden death of h.a clos
est frlehd. H. H. ltogt r.i, wa* mlti
gsted by his fatalism. In th • same
manner he a< < epted the sudden death
at his daughter. Jean, who die 1 last
December.
HI* Anal words from Bermuda, ti
bled the day before He was carried
onto the steamer to be brought h o ie
to die. throws a choice light on the
working of his mind when he must
have realised that he was mortal y
stricken
”1 am able to may that, while 1 am
not ruggedly well. 1 am not ill enough
to excite any undertaker.”
On another occasion, after reading
• message idling of the rumor that
he was dead, he ;.iti tied and said:
“Not yet. 1 am officially abie to
state this rumor Is greatly exagger
ated.” .
Take Remain* to New York.
. ‘KE1HUNU, CONN., April 22.—To
morrow morning the body of the iuhs
ter of Stormfield. Samuel 1,. C* miens
(Mark Twain >. will be placed nbourd
an express train at Bedding, whirl)
will make an especial stop, and to
taken to New York, w her •. *:i i"t
memorial service wit! be h>) at the
Presbyterian church. Thlrty-ovent h
and Filth avenue, of whlca the Rev
Dr. Henry tan Dyke, preachet and
Uteraieur. is pastor.
This was the plan of the fanth/
When A. Bigelow Paine. Mr Cl men*’
•acretan. left for New York to com
plete the funeral arrangements. Dame
teonferred during the day with lricndy
at the deceased humorist in New
York who will assist him in arrang
ing for the service. According t* 1
sip Gabrilowitch, the humorist's sim
ifi-law. Dr. Van Dyke, who had tain
one of the family’s closest ,'rlend*.
Will probably officiate. Ga’u-l’ow tell
•aid the services will be \ ery brief,
and not In the nature o' a pu> lie
memorial, although the public would
be Invited to attend.
Funeral at lllniir*.
Arrangements for tho. iuiui.il at
JSlmlra will not be finally complete
until late this afternoon.
The body will probably be taken to
Elmira to morrow aftc rn> >-i, titer
the memorial In New York, and bu
rial will be Sunday In the family plot,
, In which already lie the humorist «
wife, his daughters, Susun nnu Jean,
and his Infant son. Danghorn \
SKETCH OF CAREER
OF DEAD HUMORIST
Murk TW.iln’s death removes from
the International field of letters the
-ereator-of American Hterary humor,
and one of It* most distinguished
litterateurs.
‘With hi* passing the people of the
world—the militant and persuasive
doers of thinks alike—have lost a
gentle, sympathizing friend and fear
less champion. For almost 75 years
he lived, and for two-score he num
bered his admirers by figures that rivaI
the census of the enlightened world.
He drew his personal friends from
•very condition of life and held them
steadfastly by his engaging, whole
aomc personality and earnest under
standing.
Snatched from the obscurity of his
fntle birth by fickle fortune and
sred in the university of the world
1 become the master of wholesome
iKior, Mark Twain retained to the
it his delicate distinctions of light
and shade, giving to the world its
‘'dearest smiles and drawing from it Its
fflMM willing, sympathetic teara Fot
Withal his humor the public eye ha;
Mmi no happy life punctuated with
dtfeper sorrows. He had known
•very travail -of the soul, and few
there are whose.splrlt of sound bumm
'Would have survived so many on
‘MfiUghts of a whimsical and cruel fate
"Greatly Exaggerated.”
*- ,>t wa* the same man who gave this
1 tnoaaage to an anxious world; "Rumor,
ifft my death are largely exaggerated”;
Who subsequently described his health
,“not ruggedly woU but not 11
' igh to excite an undertaker," anti
_r retuLnl lipm lJsjrinuda^-Lii:!.
prior to the sudden death of hi;
Ue daughter. Jean, the day befort
Christmas, confirmed the belief ot
newspaper reporter* who met hiir
planlc, with this discourse
nt;
t "Seceiii* Pags-j
CHIEF (jV POLICE WERNER
«'hlef Werner Danes statement explaining attitude of Police Department
toward the prev »>id the public.______
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POLLOCK GETS IN;
[[LETT IS BENTEN
Madisun Ward Member Wins in
Hard Fight While Lee Ward
Veteran is Defeated.
DON LEANT IS WINNER
Captures Seat in Board from Clay
Ward—Many Changes in
Marshall.
The Democratic voters of Richmond
Thursday selected under the rules of
the primary the candidates who will
stand for election to the Hoard of
Aldermen and Common Council In the
June election, taking their scats In
the city assembly jn September, when
the terms of the present incumbents
expire.
Selection in the primary, however.
Is in this city, equal to election, since
,11 no ward are the Democrats In dan
ger of defeat at the hands or the ile
pubtlcan voters. Consequently those
nominated Thursday will compose the
city council during the next two
years.
As forecasted by The Richmond
Virginian there were several very
close fights hi different parts of the
t tty, the results being practically what
The Virginian IndU-trted. in Madison
ward, where a hitter fight was being
waged against Councilman tlllbert
Pollock, that candidate was elected.
In Ree ward, where three candi
dates offered for the board, the con
test narrowing down between Mr.
Marx Gunst and Alderman T. H.
Kllett. the latter w/w defeated by over
one hundred votes.
In Clay ward, the scene of the fight
made by Councilman John F. Don
Heavy for the board. Mr. Don Heavy's
contest was successful, one of the ln
I uniitents. Alderman Cottrell, being
defeated;
Not Here But Klertrd.
In Henry ward, where Mr. A. 1„
;Y»ndrrlehr. being absent in Philadel
, phia. conducted hlfl campaign by
proxy, the campaign was successful
and the Common Council will thus
be called upon to add another chap
ter to Its election history, as the
, campaign waged by Mr. Vonderlehi
was the first "proxy” tight ever made
Madison ward returns show thai
dr Harney Bowman was nominated
tv two votes, while Mr. Oscar Roh
nunn lost by three. There is no sus
>lclon of any Irregularity in, any pre
Inct In that ward, but It is probabh
hat a recount will be requested by
>oth Mr. Bowman and Mr. Rohmann
is an error of two or three vote*
yotfliT change The personnel of tht
ouncil delegation.
The total vote oast in the city tv at
),!««. divided as -fallows:
Ciay 'ward. 1,205; Jefferson ward
(Continued on Sixth Page.l
PIGTT FIRED UPON
WHILE IN MOSQUE
Americans Have Exciting Exper
ience in Jerusalem and Two
Ladies Wounded.
Mr. Joseph a Potts, of Richmond
who has been for some months tourlni
in Europe, Asia and Africa, Ls expect
ed to return to hJs home here In a 1st
d*Mr. Potts has Had a strenuohs irlj
He was a member of the party o
Americans, who were fired on in tn
Mosque of Omar In Jerusalem by .
Moslem fanatic who, returning horn
from Mecca by way of Jerusalem, ha.
stopped In the mosque to perform hi
devotion, and being disturbed in thi
by the visiting Americans, he fired si:
times into the party, wounding tw
young ladles, one In the leg tpd put
jilieg eal mm eye of-.the other
' Aftt - * ' *'
Afew days later Mr. Potts and hi
party met the Roosevelt party lit Celt
and they went on to Naples at abou
the same time, their paths parting a
that point.
Mr. Thomas R. Moore, of the Dunlo:
MUle, who has been travelling in Eu
REFUGEES TELL OF
MONT HORRORS
Declare Chinese Rioters Have De
stroyed Every Foreign Resi
dence at Chang-Sha.
RELIEF FROM GUNBOATS
Mobs Try to Destroy Vessels by
Sending Blazing Junks Down
Stream.
PEKINQ, April 22.—Refutees arriv
ing to-day ut Hankow from Chang
sha say that conditions In the mob
ridden city were most serious when
they fled from there on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Following the destruction of the for
eign missions, the mob began on the
property of ail foreigners, and there
Is not a foreigner's house standing In
Chang-Shu or any of the neighboring
villages.
Advices from Chang-Sha to-day,
however, say that the conditions de
scribed by the refugees have been re
lieved by the arrival of gunboats at
Chang-Sha. Hundreds of loyal Chi
nese roldh rs are also in the city and
, all foreigners are now being given
! every protection.
Many foreigners who took refuge on
the gunboats have returned to the city,
i but are being cared ror at the iegn
! tlons, as their homes have been de
stroyed.
The refugees say the mobs tried to
destroy the gunboats by sending bias
ing junks down the stream.
Situation Held Ominous.
WASHINGTON, D. <\. April 22 —
The situation at Chang-Sha. the scene
• •f anti*foreign riots. Is ominous to
; day, according to reports from M inis
I ter Cnlboun and the American consul
at Hankow to the State Department.
! Minister Calhoun reports that therf
is no Improvement In the province ol
Hu Nan and there is fear that th«
! trouble will spread to other parts
i The consul at Hankow has advisee
Americans in outlying districts to re
turn to the city, and the legation a'
Peking has procured Rear-Admira
Hubbard, commander-ln-chief of thi
Asiatic fleet, to render further assist
ance if necessary. The cruiser Cleve
land is now on Its way to the scen<
, of the disturbances and it Is probabb
! that more warships will be orderec
I north ffom Cavite.
Vice-Consul Baugh, at Hankow, re
; ports that serious disturbances havi
j broken out again, and conflrms the re
port that the foreign missions am
i business houses and a custom-housi
at Chang-Sha have been destroyed.
Students (turned Is Death.
The refugees say the mobs klllei
many Chinese and that a down Chines
1 students were burned to death Til':
training school. No foreigners b'a<
I been killed up to the time the refugee
; fled, though the mobs were threaten
;ing the lives of the foreigners, Th
British consul at Chang-Bha Is amoni
those who fled to Hankow. He say
l the escape of the foreigners was pro
‘ vldentlal. as the killing of a sing!
j foreigner would hare started a mas
I sacre.
He explains the burning of the Brit
I Ish consulate by saying that he em
ployed laborers from outside of the Hu
man province In the construction o
, new buildings.
i AMERICAN WOMAN
t HAS NARROW ESC A FI
WHITINSVILIJE, MASS., April 2S.~
The Rev. John R. Thurston, forty year
pastor of the Congregational churc
here, to-day received a eablegran
from China announcing that Mrs. Mu
tilda Calder Thurston, widow of hi
son, J. Laetrence Thurston, has. wltl
other missionary workers, escaped froi
Chang-Shu and has been carried Aft
miles up river on a British gunboat t
the Urltish garrison at Hankow.
TRAINMEN STILL CONFERRING
WITH C. * O. RAILWAY MANA<<I<1I
General Manager Doyle, of th
Chesapeake and Ohio, spent anothe
busy morning Friday In- conferem
with committees from the Order
[ Rallwsv Conductors and llrotherhun
of Railway Train me nt. who are ask
Ing for shorter hours and* bett*
wage*.
It waa stated at the. office of th
general manager Friday afternoq
that the proposition was still und<
WENDENSURG TO
EXPLMNCONDUCT!
Judge Grinnan Issues Rule for]
Contempt in Tenney Di- j
vorce Case
PERSONAL ENCOUNTER
NARROWLY AVERTED
George Tenney and .Mr. William
Panjiill are Also Summoned
to Appear Tuesday to
Answer Charges.
•Judge Daniel Grlnnan. of the Chan- •
■ eery Court, Friday morning Issu'd a I
rule for contempt against Attorney
.-Louis. u. Weadeaburg,. repraaeatUus
| George O. Tenney in the divorce suit
I brought againat him by his wife. The
: rule calls for the appearance of Mr.
| Wendenburg and Messrs. Tenney and
| i’anidll, also named in the order, Tues
! day morning, when they will be given
opportunity to allow why they should
not be punished for having attempted
; to procure, according to the allega
tion, a false and Incriminating affidavit
! regarding Mr*. Tennev'a conduct.
The granting of the order by the
i judge followed an exciting scene, dur
' ing which Attorney* Koval 1 and Wen
t ilenhiirg were in imminent danger of -
■ a personal encounter, Mr. Wendenburg
declaring that his opponent's action
■ was nothing short of “infamous," and
I Mr. Rovull springing to his feet, shak
I ing his first In Mr. Wendenburg s face
and shouting:
“1 have warned you for the last time.
Another word, sir, and 1 will stand it
no longer. No man shall use such
1 words about me, and if you will not de
sist I propose to stop you, and you
will have to stand the consequences."
Werttienburg Not Disturbed.
Mr, Wendenburg replied that Ife
1 could take care of himself If Mr. Ko.vail
i could.
Mrs. Tenney * attorney In nn excited
i manner declared that he would not.
stand for another word, and squared
himself on his feet a* if ready for Mr. ,
Wendenburg to open his mouth,
j Several of the court officials iramc- ;
dlately came forward, however, while
Judge Grlnnan reminded both attor
neys that they were before the bar,:
anil that such conduct would no Ion- j
ger be tolerated; that they must pro
I ce«d with the rsM, and settle their
i difficulties eleswhsre
Col. Jo Lane btern appeared at the
: opening of the case, stating that ol
i the original *310 allowed Jdrs. Tenney,
as counsel fees. *106 remained. This,
by instruction of the court, waa turn
I ed over to Mr. Royall.
Mr. Royall then offered a number
of letters in evidence Intending to
show that Mr. Tenney had not been
faithful to his marriage contract,
while he filed also an affidavit sworn
to by Mrs. Tenney's daughter. Mrs.
Tillman Bunch, detailing how Mr.
Tenney had threatened to abandon
her mother without support unless
she agreed to his terms of separa
tion.
Three in Contempt Charge*,
j Reaching the formal charges which
the court had instructed him to file
against Mr. Wendenburg In writing.
| Mr. Royall declared that upon further
investigation he regarded the conouct
; of Mr. Tenney's lawyer all the more
i despicable, while he referred to Mr.
I Wendenburg’s defense as "long, ram
i btlng and incoherent."
He said that he had decided to ln
I elude Mr. Tenney, and his supposed
employe. Mr. William Pannlll. in Nor
folk. In the contempt charges, as they
had been primarily responsible, or
equally so, he believed, for the eon
jspiracy to ruin Mrs. Tenney's charac.
i ter. •
Mr. Wendenburg took the floor, ant,
in explanation of his connection with
I Goodenow Tyler, u hose affidavit was
filed several days ago, and. which pro
voked the contempt and conspiracy
1 charges, said that Mr. Royall's con
duct had been ' outrageous. Infamous
and unprofessional ''
Here, however, he was Interrupted
by Mr. Royall. and for the next ten
1 minutes everyone present in the court
room expected a personal difficulty.
Rule Is Issued.
After order had been restored.
Judge Grlnnan ordered the rule " rlt
' ten and filed. The rule as prepared
by Mr. Royall and submitted was as
1 follows:
' "This day Mrs. Emma S. Ten
ney presented her petition to the
l court, praying for a rui> upon
. George O. Tenney, L. O. Wenden
i burg and William Tannin 16 show
1 cause why they should not be
' punished for contempt for mat
; ters and things set out and dated
, tn said petition, upon reacting
1 j which it Is ordered that said
■ j vGeorge O. Tenney, L. U. Wen
t denburg and William Pannlll
j show cause before this »ourt
I Tuesday. April 2G, 1916, at 11
“ o'clock A. M., w hy they should not
be punished for contempt for ihe
f matters and things set out in said
petition.
"And it is further ordered that
a copy of this order he forthwith
1 served upon each of ihe above
named parties."

Rig Four Passenger Carrier
Strikes Open Switch and
10 ME KILLED
TEKREHAUTK, IND.. April 22.—Two
persons were killed^ and nine Injured
(Its fatally. wfcw Btf Paor pa»»>
trntn, west bound, rm through an open
■witch and crashed into a construction
train naar Sanford, Indiana, 'to ■*—
The dead
*^>&a5=8BMws* k.
I aw I i ft h m art-*
I tcrlocktn* switchman.
Alt the injured
Seat
this
DOCTORS FUMED
IT UNUSUAL CI9E
Young Woman Dies at Hospi
tal From Hemorrhage
of Brain
ATTACK BROUGHTON BY
GREAT MENTAL TENSION
Mrs. Loin B. Eppling Known
Hrr<- as Miss Morriss Believed
to Have Left West Virginia
on Account of Husband.
One of the saddest and at the same
time must unusual cases that has been
come to the attention 01 tire- uuthorl
tles of Memorial Hospital la that of
Mrs Lola U. Eppllng. twenty years
old, a "Up of a glri, who died at
this Institution last Monday after
noon from hemorrhage ul the brain.
The patient was known In Richmond,
and entered tne Hospital under the
name of Mlsa Morris.
More than a score of physicians
evinced an interest in the case and
were unanimous in the opinion that
It was l'ar above the ordinary In Its
special'features, the.re being every In
dication that the cerebral attack was
due to a high state of mental ten
don.
The >uung lady. It has been learn
ed, came to Richmond last November
from her home In West Virginia and
soon after her arrival procured em
ployment In.a Broad Btreet depart
ment store. About the same tune she
obtained board and lodging at tne
home of Mrs. Bailie Peace; 2135 East
Venable street, where she gate the
name of Miss Holo Morris. Mrs. Peace
and her daughter. Miss Hods Peace,
became much attached to her on ac
count of her affectionate nature and
amiable trails of character, and i.
v. as not until after she was suddenly
stricken In their home last BaiurJay
morning that they learned that she
was married, and, from lerter.i in
her possession from her mother, had
u husband In West Virginia, who "(u
; using every endeavor to locate her.
Seeks Ugh ter Work.
A few weeks ago the young lady,
evidently laboring under some great
stress of mind and being somewhat
frail by nature, was compelled to give
! up her position at the department
store and to seek lighter employment
: She then procured a position in s
dress-making establishment on Wes!
Main street, near Monro* Park, bin
on last Saturday she remained ana}
from work.
When the cerebral attack overcanx
her several hours after breakfast. Pr
I Ben A. Hord was summoned, and h«
quickly realized the hopelessness ot
her condition, the attack rendering
her unconscious and also producing
paralysis of the left side of the body
Soon after the young woman was
j stricken a letter arrived from hei
mother, and this was opened, accord
ing to Mias Peace, so that the narn*
I and address of the latter might bt
! ascertained.
In the course of the letter, accord
Mng to Miss Peace, the mother wrot<
that the husband of her daughter
whom she called leave, wa» adver
tislng In the newspapers for her an<
the mother advised her daughter t<
take no noth e of the advertisement:
J if she should happen to see any o:
j them.
Then it became clear to the youni
! woman's friends why she had chosei
jto be known by her maiden name It
Richmond and had shunned al
i reference to her past as much as pos
sible. They also understood why sh>
j frequently made remarks to this ef
feet to them: "If any of you *vei
marry. Is- sure and get the man yoi
love.”
Saturday afternoon, telegraph mes
sages were sent to the girl’s mother
i but .he was too 111, It was learned, t,
come on to Richmond. A young lad;
friend living in Thurmond. W. Ya.
was likewise notified and ahe responu
. ed to the message, arriving here earl:
Monday morning, with her came i
step-brother of the stricken womai
, who gave his name as William Epp
ling to the Board of Health authori
ties, according to the death record
In thut oftVe.
Body Shipped Home.
Meanwhile, the young woman hai
been removed to the Memorial hos
pltal, where tsho continued uncoil
stious until death came at 2 o’clocl
Monday afternoon.
The body was shipped Mon da
night to Thayer. W. Va.. burial t
take place at Montgomery, a smal
town near Thayer. It was accom
! panted by the step-brotlier of th
young woman and her friend froi
Thurmond.
Mrs. Eppllng, according to th
"Hoard of Health records, was bor
ill Mtllboro, Va. It was reported tha
her husband came to Richmond, o
i learning of her illness, but this wo
! not only denied, hut her closet
friends declared that she was no
. married.
COURT SUSPENDS
FRANKLIN’S SENTENC1
I George H. Franklin, formerly post
master In Gloucester county, ws
brought before Judge Kdmund Wad
(HU, Jr., In the I’nlted States DU
trict Court Friday morning an
pleaded guilty to the charge of mb
appropriation of government fund
Sentence was suspended by the corn
until the October term.
Franklin Is said to have converte
to hln use about $1S0 while acting t
j a government official. He was tndlc
ed on three counts by a grand Jur:
and a capitis was issued for his ai
rest. He war. not captured until abot
• two w^is after the Jury had returi
J ed the true bill.
He was brought to Richmond an
j lodged In the Henrico county Jail.
TWENTY SIX BODIES
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Apttfi- *2.
Twenty-slx bodtes have been recover*
thus far from the Hulsa mine, wfcet
an ntplesitloB of- lire damp oactare
Dies in Hospital
Mr*. Lola II. Kppllng.
CHILL ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
| Jury Trying Rocky Mount Den
tist Returns Verdict lifter
Ten Minutes.
IN WRITTEN LAW VICTORY
i Brother of Victim Assaults Sheriff
Nicholson Following Out
come of Trial.
'iBlfeclai to The Richmond Vlrglrdw >
ROANOKE. VA„ April 22.—It took
the jury trying Dr. .1. S. Cahill, the
-wealthy Rocky Mount dentist, for the
murder of Robert Smlthers at that
i place, but ten minutes to return a
verdict of “Not guilty'1 to-day. Im
mediately following the verdict Cahill
I disappeared and could not be located.
I Uls lawyers declared ho hud gone
i away on their advice to prevent arrest
on a warrant charging him with being
Insane.
Policeman Tom Smlthers. brother of
Cahill's victim, ussaulted Sheriff Nlch
i olson on the street after adjournment
; ot court and several blows were passed
before friends Interfered and prevented
i serious Injury to either man. Tom
BiOtthers abused Sheriff Nicholson,
; charring that he had not handled the
1 jury properly.
Cahill killed Tom Smlthers' brother
in a pistol duel at Rocky Mount in
NeVsmbsr. 1*08, alleging that Smlthers
had broken up his home. Cahill was
arrested and Jailed, but later was re
leased on 120,000 ball. Counsel for the
defense uced the plea of insanity and
the unwritten law.
The superintendent of the State asy
lum for Insane at Staunton swore Ca
hill was a dangerous lunatic at the
present time; that he was liable to kill
; himself or somebody else, and should
: be locked up.
A year ago Cahill and his wife were
; reconciled, but some time ago divorce
proceedings were instituted by Mrs
i Cahill. These proceedings were stop
i peat however, and Mrs. Cahill is now
in a hospital at Charlottesville, where
It Is said she became the mother of a
i baby live days ago.
TUFT II VETO
ii n on mils
' J “resident Known to Be Greatly
Opposed to Many Items
of Measure.
WASHINGTON ,D. C\, April 22.—
With the river und harbor bill In the
’• hands of a conference committee to
day mem tiers Interested In doubtlui
1 it*ms in the measure are anxious over
‘.the possibility of the President veto
ting it. and the anxiety on Capitol
’ hill will be great until the matter U
settled.
The bill Is very ‘’liberal.” It pro
I poses to spread $52,000,000 of the
. government revenue over the country
like a golden balm and all clalmi
s with any sort of ground for recogni
tion are Included. There wilt be ar
early agreement, and then the mattei
> i wlll’be up to President Taft. It Is nc
i i secret that the grand total of the ap
proprlatlons does not meet with hli
■ approval, and that he has particulari:
15 strong objections to a number ol
items In the bill. They are projects
’ such as Senator Burton (Republican
’ Ohio) pointed out In his criticism ol
' the bill, where large sums are to be
' expended to accommodate a ima.
s amount of truffle, and case* In whlcti
J Improvements that have not been ap
1 proved by the army engineers art
given appropriations.
“Ye Deewrlck Skule.”
, The Violet Club of the Young Wo
Semen's Christian Association will givt
a play, entitled “Ye Deestrlck Skule.
| in the Masonic Temple pvidav
lng for the benefit of the Country
* Club.
itmlilEB
*! OF FRATRICIDE
[ John I). Richmond, of Caswell
d{ Co., X. C., Given Eighteen
Years for Crime.
a asocial to Thai Richmond VlntltLian.
OAMVIUUK. VA.. April 22.—A repor
front Caswell county. N. C.. is that Johi
D. Richmond, a young farmer of tha
county has just been convtoted at Yan
csyvllle of murder of his brother, WH
Richmond, and given eighteen years
Imprisonment. The crime occurred ■
FAY AND HARRIS
TAKEN IQ ATLANTA
Self Confessed Postoffice
Thieves Carried to Fed
eral Prison
SEEN IN TRUE LIGHT
BEFORE LEAVING CELLS
Appearance and Conduct Very;
Different from That in Court.
Little to JSay Except to j
Condemn the Press. ..
Handcuffed und accompanied
hy Marshal sin I liters. Font-Office
lH-pert«r Harrison and lxtrcltvo
king. Kddle Fay and Klcfturd
Harris, WHfrfiWil to Wie tBfiT
yearn in the Atlanta Federal pris
on and to pay tinea of $8,000 each
lor robbing tbs lUrlunood post
office safe, left the city at 1:18
o'clock Friday arnimoun over the
Seaboard Air I.lne.
They «U1 reach Atlanta Satur
day afternoon and Immediately
begin their amirore. Tha prison
ers Mere accompanied to Peters
burg by Attorney Harry M. Smith.
m ho represented them In court.
In tlae baggage car ahead of
them were three of the trunks
In which they shipped their post
office loot to New York. The
trunks were tilled with Hne salts,
many pairs of shoe* and count*
less “loud” shirts. Both men had
money In their pockets. Fay har
ing about $150 and Harris ahostt
$«.
Abont one hundred persons
M ere a* the station when the prls
oners departed.
Harboring the utmost animosity in
their tender young hearts against the
press of Richmond, their delicate sen
sibilities wounded to the quick, Mr.
Edward Fay—evidently he Is not
proud of his Hibernian ancestry, for
his loyal forbears from the “ould sod"
were content with Fahey—and Mr.
Richard Harris, those much-malign
ed and unjustly-treated gentlemen
who have made a business of steal
ing. pillaging, plundering and armtng
themselves to murder anyone wh
sought to thwart them in Their nets
! rioue purposes, were seen at the Hen
; r!co county Jail Friday noon by four
, newspaper men while preparing t*
leave Richmond for the " *
[ on at .Atlanta
After some adroit and
1 maneuvering with, around ua auwuv
Marshal Sihithers. and succeeding tg.
having a Judicial ukase promulgotsd.
the quartet of scribes, high of hoy*
j and buoyant of heart, betook them
i selves to the little brick building
i which has sheltered the notorious
! cracksmen for fourteen days, expect
I lr.g to find two humble and contrtt*
1 desperadoes who had gotten oft lighf
j !y because of the leniency of the Unit
ed States statutes.
Instead they found a duo of ex
j tremely sore, vindictive and spleeny
i criminals, who. Instead of thanking
i their stars they were not sent up lor
j life for robbing the Richmond post
j office of |S#,l»5.64, cursed the fate*
and glowered at the newspaper men
In a fashion that left no doubt os to
what they would do with the Fifth
Commandment were not the strong
arm of the law laid heavily upon
them.
Only Grunt at Greeting.
"Oood morning,” saluted the . ..k
sentative of one of the papers, a
had on two previous occasions gh
them the same high sign.
Two low grunts from the criminal*
I was the refreshing reply. It was fol
i lowed with dagger thrusts
| criminal eyes.
■ Fay and Harris stood In - -»
i flooded corner of the main corridor
| or the first floor of the Jolt They
were outside their cells and wet* In
i company with Attorney Harry M*
i Smith and Edward Evans, supertax
I t(indent of the Evans Detective Agency,
of Chicago and former superintendent
of the bureau-of criminal Identification
in Washington.
Both Fay and Harris looked to b*
typical criminals. It was at ono*
apparent that the polished-looking,
handsome young man Fay, who had
stood In the United States Court on
several occasions commanding admi
ration, was. when unmasked and seen
in his true light, an East Side tough,
a consummate actor as well as artistic
! cracksman, and that Instead of being
a gentleel. somewhat efTemlnate indi
viduals. as represented, was a man
who looked ns though nothing could
stand between him and what he wished
i to accomplish In the line of the sneaky
| lawless. .... . „—- -ii*
No Friends of the Pres*.
j "When do you start for Atlanta?"
. they were asked. -«!
-VVe don't know,” replied Fay.- he ■oC-^gU
! the hypersensitive soul and magnolia
j SI ”We’d be very glad to print *HF* ^
i thing you have to say/* hiOTlto^"^
| vouchsafed one timid graphite pro
! peller, who looked not unlike Fnjf.
The semblance counted tor naught.
"Why the - don't you fellow*
go and get a Job?" commanded F*jr«.s
“You've got a lot to do to roast J‘“
the way you did. We got an *9..
I raw deal In court, but a much rawer.
one from the press. I have no
to say to you.”
The friendly representative works
the high sign and the open
to the tender hearts of the crlmli
| but it was no go. The wire*
i crossed somewhere.
Mr. Harris—poor little Dick
probably die before his sentence
. ten years expiree, for he didn't **
' t o pert Friday morning, said he
■ think the press would do it,= *«t-J
| did.
Didn't Have a Chance.
I "We didn't have a chance with
newspaper men." said Mr. Fay,
! mgly unmindful of ths fact. Ill
1 he kept his diligent and Itchl
gers off the post-ofhce safe ha ‘
ably would have been enjoying
t.v and. cooking up new
schema* win.- v~
*‘X thought your sentence
trifle heayy,” continued tha “
reporter, atrlving valiantly ti
the heavy pall of silane* MW
about the corridor. *
"It was bear*, bull
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