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CLEAN PAPER FOR THE HOME II m am CITY EDIT!1 VOL. 1.—No. 72. THE WEATHER—Showers. RICHMOND, VA, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1910. 10 PAGES wmar_ Hat* MWM....I br iwi. om r*a». BEATEN BYONEYOTE HE ASKSREGOUNT ’Oscar Lohman Thinks He May Have Received a Few Votes Not Counted For Him WHAT WAS SPENT FOR NOMINATIONS Expense Accounts Handed in Show That Mr. Willsanly Paid Initiation Fee While Mr. Ellett Paid Out $49.0-5. Mr, Oscar Lohmann. of Madison ward, who was defeated In the prl mrfry Thursday by Mr. Barney Bow man for nomination for the common -council, trmrmrnrrd Monday morning that n« the returns allowed that be lost by only one vote, he would ask for a recount. No irregularity in the original epunt la charged, or even suspected, by Mr. Lohmsnn, but he declares that it is not improbable that some clerical srror vai made. His vote was 4IS. Mr. Ixifamann, who was treasurer of the city democratic committee, uid resigned to run in the primary, was at first inclined to have insisted upon a recount, and Mr. Uohmann will con aequently request the city committee to check over thP Madison ward vote as soon a* practicable. What Primary Coat Them. The expense accounts of the ' an didates who ran for nomination to the board of aldermen and common coun cil Thursday arc being died with the clerk of the Hustings Court and with the chairman of the city democratic ''ommltlee, a copy of the statement being sent to each. Foliowing are the statements thus far received: Kdward F. Fuller, nominated for the common council from Madison ward, 129.17. John Hlrwhberg. nominated for the council from Jefferson ward. 12*. 90. Dr. Frank M. Keade. nominated for the council from Monro ward. 115 (entrance feel. Morgan R. Mills, nominated for the council from Jefferson ward. 115 (entrance fee). H. Kllett, of Dee ward, defeated for the board of aldermen. 149.1)5 James IV. Gentry, of Marshal! ward, defeated for oium-il. 41*5“ Washington Ward Hstnnmls. Oundlmeo X,. R. Itrown and Carter C. Jones, of Washington ward, elected to the council by that body Itself to act until after the general election In June, have also riled statements show ing that thetr campaign coat nothing. Messrs!) Brown and Jones also an nounced their candidacy In the June campaign when the first regular cotin cilmen frong the Southetde will b« elected. The expense account* of alt r *!o participated in the primary art riled acc ording to law. the candidates being given 10 days, at the expiration of which, if the statements are not in, the candidates are liable to u tine of 15.059 each The announcement of candidacy must be made by all who expect to stand for election in June not ie.xn than 20 days before the date of the elec tion. The election will be held June 14. Those who ha*e not therefore filed formal announcement by May 25 will not have their names printed on the regular ticket*, and conaequently will be in danger of defeat at the hands of the Republican votera. PORTO RICAN DELEGATES TO OEMAND CITIZENSHIP Committee of Three En Route for Washington to Fight 01m- ; sted Bill. NEW YORK. April 25.—Prepared to' demand cltlsenthlp for Porto Rican*, j universal suffrage In the island and on •iectlve Senate. Jo** C. Barbose. Edu- j ardo Qlorgcttl, R. H. Todd and Santi ago Xnaleaea*. the latter leader of the Porto Rican labor federation, arrived tire to-dav on the steamer Coamo. and went direct to Washington. While, there they will urge that the reatrlc- I tlve feature* be eliminated from the [ Olmsted bill. Governor George R. Colton, of Porto ; Ittco. who came north for a vacation. ! accompanied the party as far as this City. He reported business conditions on the island excellent. COLORED WORKMAN SEVERELY INJURED James Jones Hurt By Falling Masonry While Working at Old Post-Qffiee. •' James Jones, a colored man em ployed at the post office In the work of demolishing the old building, was se verely Injured Monday morning at 11 •’clock by having a quantity of stone fall on him. His leg was crushed but It is not thought that the Injury will prove serious. The city ambulance was summoned and the Injured workman was removed to his home. 1304 East Rose strset, where he Is said to be resting easily. WESTMIN8TKK TAKER IN TWENTY-NINE NEW MEMBERS Twenty-nine new members were welcomed Into the fellowship of West minster Presbyterian church Sunday and It is said that prospects for con tinued growth are exceptionally Wight. Peaplte b/k' weather, the attendance at the mom.)if service when the new t Members were- admitted was-' uti* Usually large. Rev. Dr. J. Y. Fair, the pastor, preached a strong sermon appropriate to the occasion and especially good mmto was rendered. CANOEING BEGINS ITS ANNUAL DEATH TOLL _ First Victim of Boating Season Drowns When Boat Upsets Near Hackensak, N. J. HACKENSAK, N. J., April *8.—The first boating accident of the season on the Hackensak river occurred late yesterday when Alexander Sinclair, IS years old. of Toronto, Canada, was drowned near Bogota, while out canoeing. The young man lost con trol of the canoe In a heavy gust of wind and It upset. Sinclair was Within fifty feet of shore, but he made an effort to re cover 'the canoe. He was seised with cramps and disappeared. He *»• employed In Capes grocery at Bogota, having come there ten days ego. The body was recovered. Herndon—Frstwril ! (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) HARRISONBURG, VA.. April 28.— Announcement la made of the mar-! rtage of Harry Houston Herndon, of Cliff Top. Ve.. and Miss Hasel Lee Fretwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John. F. Fretwell. of Sjgunton. MIL' PARTY METHODS Declares Recent Election of Foss Not True Democratic Victory. CALLS FOR A RETURNj Ridicules Suggestion That Roose velt Be Made Democratic Presidential Candidate. WASHINGTON, D. C., April *8.— | IVmocrats were surprised to-day by j the clarion call ef Senator Bailey, of : Texas, for a return to the "old mein- j ods” of party politics. In which he decried the election of Represontsuv e : Foss In Massachusetts, Intimating that he did not consider It a "true tiemo- ! cratic victory." "If. rejecting all the isms and fads," 1 said the Texan, "we set our faces reso lutely In favor of our ancient prlvl-, leges w ithout stopping to t>>unt who-, j ther It spells victory of defeat, we 1 will make our future sure. "Among the many strange things that have come to pass In the political : affairs of the country, the strangest of all Is the suggestion of Theodore j Roosevelt as the democratic nominee for prealdency. it was ss If tho whig* had tw-ea asked to nominate Andrew i Jackson, or the democrats to noml- j nate Henry Clay. It is absurd as If the followers of Thomas Jeffersou had been asked to support Alexander Hamilton In the early days of the re public. and exemplifies how complete- j ly many of our people have been won to the idea of the man and In 1 the way of the idea of great prtnii- j pies. Concluding the Interv iew, he sold "Undoubtedly the former President I has supported certain democratic poll- j lies, and to that extent deserves dem ocratic approval, but all well Inform- ; ed men know that the former Presi dent has at one time or another de nounced every fundamental principle of this government which democrats have been taught to cherish.” MILL DANIEL HOME UNHARMED BY TRIP Passes Comfortable Night, • Bat Condition While Better is Far frym Satisfactory. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) | LYNCHBURG. VA., April 26.—A ; bulletin issued thie morning at **; o'clock stated that Senator Daniel has passed a (airly comfortable night and that twenty-four hours after hie ar rival home after hl« long trip from Daytona. Fla., no change for the worse has occurred. I Dr. Waugh, the senator's physician. 1 to-day stated that the distinguished patient Is decidedly better than a month ago. fie does not hesitate to I say. however, that the condition Is1 far from satisfactory. Senator Daniel'* left side continues absolutely paralysed and only at In-; tervals doea he talk rationally. Only 1 once since cgmlng home has he been 1 able to recognize his son. K. M. Daniel. Wedding Invitations Out. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) NEWPORT NEWS, VA., April 26— Invitations have been Issued for the marriage of Miss Ruth Schmetz, the attractive daughter of George A. Schmelz, the well known Newport News and Hampton banker, to Mr. Henry F. Elam, of West Virginia. The ceremony will take place on Mon day afternoon. May 2. at the home of Mr. Schmets on East Queen street. Hampton. The groom Is manager of the Norfolk. West Virginia, branch of the Armour meat packing house, and Is the son of Mr. Thomas G. Elam, formerly of Hampton, but now of Roanoke. Va. THREE INSURGENTS PROMISE TO BE GOOD Messrs Hayes, Fish and Woods Will Support Administration Measures. WASHINGTON, D. O., April 15.— Three insur*entz In the House today oalled on President Taft and promised their support for the administration measures. They were Hayes, of Cali fornia; Fish, of New York, and Woods, or low*, and It is understood that they represented a targe proportion of the non-regular republicans in the House The Insurgent pledge greatly improves the present outlook for ths Presidential program. GERMAN DIRIGIBLE WRECKER II GALE Zeppelin, Pride of Fatherland Breaks Anchor Ropes in Storm SOLDIER ON BOARD IS FATALLY INJURED Craft Sails Through Air Without Pilot, Then Crashes to Earth. Damage $125,000—is Sec ond Accident. BERLIN’, April 26.—The big diri gible Zeppelin II., pride of the Ger man nation, for whoee construction a large popular fund was subscribed following the disaster to Zeppelin T.. la almost a total wreck- to-day following an involuntary ascent with one sol dier aboard. It will coat more than $126,000 to repair the "air ship." or one-half Its total cost, but ofl^glal Germany la so overjoyed that It did not drift Into hostile hands and that Its secret* are still safe that the seriousness of the accident has been discounted. Zeppelin II. was en route from Hamburg to Cologne, and was forced to take to the earth at Welfburg be cause of a sudden storm. While the craft was anchored and presumably secure, the wind Increased In violence and a fierce gust smashed the ropes. Before the guardsmen could get to the scene the Zeppelin was drifting before the gale and soon passed out of stght. After being In the air twenty min utes It came down with a crash, smashing the steel ratlings and the car and tearing the gas bags. The soldier who had been aboard on guard duty was probably fatally Injured. The wrecked dirigible will be shipped at onoe to Cologne for re pairs. Second Mim-li I'p. Tills Is the second smash It hn* figured In. The first was on May 29 last, when Count Zeppelin tried to take the car from Manzel, near Frledrlchshafen. to Berlin. It reach ed Bltterfeld, 8 6 miles short of Ber lin, and later went to Berlin, where the emperor Inspects,! It Being short of fuel it turned back and descended near Goeppingen to replenish its tanks. It ran Into a tree and was damaged, but repairs were made in 23 hours and the return trip was ac complished In safety. The Zeppelin II.. with the Gross T, and the Parsefal II. sailed from Cologne to Hamburg last Friday. The three ships engaged In a series of manoouvers before the kaiser. The pilots Intended sailing the dirigibles back to Cologne Saturday, but a heavy wind prevented. Owtng to slight Injuries the Gross was deflated and sent back by train. The Parsefal sailed at 7 P M. Sat urday and reached Cologne In safety. The Zeppelin waited until 8 o'cloclt Spnday morning, but after a hard struggle with the wind It was forced to land at Wellburg. The Zeppelin Is of the rigid type. The Zeppelin I «:ui wrecked last year In a wind storm. At that time the public contributed about $500,000 to enable the aged count to build an other vessel. He had enough money, however, to build both the Zeppelin II and Zeppelin III. NEW ARMY BA LOON WRECKED JN BRITAIN KAHNBOHOrOH. ENGLAND. April 25.— England'* newest army dirigible balloon was wrecked here to-day Just as It was being piypared for Its Initial flight. V slight wind overturned the big craft, splitting all the gas bag* and smashing the frame work. The ease with which the ship was overturned was due to Its lack of ballast. DEATH RESULT OF DRINKING BOUT Wytheville Man Shot and Killed. Sole Witness Claims Wound Self Inflietod. <Special to The Richmond Virginian.) WYTHEVILLE, VA„ April i».— Will Gilman, an employe of the tinn ed States fish hatchery near Wythe viUe, while drinking with hla father and a man named Clark at the lat ter's house early Sunday morning, waa ■hot in the breast with a pitful and Instantly killed. Clark was the only witness. He says Gilman shot him self. Oilman's father was asleep at the time. SCHOOL OFFICIAL MJfcSIXU. Warrant Out for W. A. lee, Super intendent In McDowell. ROANOKE. VA.. April 25.—Super intendent of Schools Lee. of McDowell county, has been missing since Satur day, having - left a large crowd of teachers who were undergoing exami nation. for the reason that warrants had been sworn out for him by the State superintendent of sducatlun, who ifter an Investigation, concluded that he was guilty of embezzlement of school funds and other violations of the law. I-RACE OF INDIAN VILLAGE FOUND. IN WEST VIRGINIA KEY8ER. W. VA.. April 25.— Vause W. Marshall, a well known roung newspaper writer, of Williams port, Grant county. W. Va., "who has neen making reports on the stone Im plements found In the vicinity of Wll (amsport. has been notified by Pro 'essor MfGulre. of the Untied States National ' Mbseuni, ah authority on Indian stone Implements and eth nology for the government, that all ndtcatlons points to a large Indian tillage In that vicinity In tfee early lays of America. jr, *5y.t-^foAfrvl-v».;;.y«vY mA'.i 'drives out negroes FROM TEXAS TOWN Entire Colored Population Forced liy Mob Leave Coleman. Many Fights. COLEMAN, TKX., April 26.—For the first time since the Santa, e e Rallraod began using negro labor In the section gangs not a negro was to-day to be ssan following the riot* : yesterday, when a mob of over a i thousand men aid boys drove the en I tire colored population from the town, i Twelve negroes "Were JSadly beaten anu : one white man was seriously Injured That no one was killed Is due to the 1 fact that the mob used only clubs and stones. About ISO men, women and children were driven from the town. The negroes showed little fight. An old negro minister It still being hunt ed In the hills. He Is said to have '' angered the mob. FLEET PRACTICES UNDER SEARCHLIGHT Battleships Make Extraordinary Marksmanship Records De spite Rough Weather. the face of rough weather and high aeas^the Atlantic fleet spent last night ! In target practice by searchlight, , making scores surpassing expectation, seventy milea off the Virginia capes, i The men brave>d the storm yesterday, ; boarding the small targets which were being hurled about by the waves and repaired them successfully. The naval ! tug Apache, which put out from ' Hampton Roads with target material. } was forced to return, having been i nearly swamped. NEW ENCUNO FARMERS ORGANIZE MILK TRUST Combine to Fight trimmer Reduc tion in Price Raid by Bostonese. HOSTON. MASS.. April 25—JJew England farmers have organised to prevent the usual "summer reduction," in the price of milk supplied to the j Boston Milk Exchange, from ten to 'eight cents a quart. W. A. Hunter, secretary of the Farmers' Union, declared to-day every big dairyman In New England whq ships his product to Boston, has signed an agreement refusing to fur ! nlsh milk at less than present figures, i He gave as the reason the high cost ■ of feed. WORKMAN CAUGHT BY FALLING BRICKS James Jones Buried Under Heavy Covering and ConsiderabTy Bruised. | With a ton it more of bricks upon ' his head and body. Janies Jones, a negro, was taken m>m the fourth floor ' of the old postofTh e building on Main street by an ambulance physician : Monday afternoon, and with bruises i that may yet result seriously, carried to his home, 1304 Kon street. Jones was pecking into the celling ! on the fourth floor of ths1 old Shafer | building when the walls caved In, ' hundreds of brick falling upon him. . Fellow workmen went to his assist ance and with some difficulty removed | him from the debris. Mr. J. H. Elgin, who is in charge ; of the work of tearing down the building, telephoned for the ambulance and Dr. Davis responded promptly and administered temporary treatment. MAY FORM ALLIANCE TO CRUSH CHINESE RIOTS United States Probably Will Ac cept Proposal Made Unof ficially by Great Britain. WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 25.— Although there Is some apprehension i at the State department over the situation in Hu Nan, where antl i foreign disturbances by the Chinese have broken out af resh, it is not likely , that the X.’nited States will accept a proposal of dreat Britlan, unofficially ; reported tc-day to have been made to join in a /.merted movement to re store order. The United States will use all the means at its disposal to protect Ameri can interests. At present It is not re garded advisable to interfere in China’s Interna! affairs. In view of Great Britain’s recent Par Eastern policy it is reasonably certain that Secretary Knox will prefer to "go It alone” unless the situation develops into another Boxer uprising. The State department is without ; dispatches tc-day regarding the re i newai of outbreaks. SAVED FROM ASSAILANT BY HER TWO BROTHERS (Special to The Richmond Virgin*vn.) WYTHEVIIXE. VA.. April SS.— William Keith, whose people live here, was arrested at Clarks Summit, on Norfolk and Wester® road, near the Pulaskl-Wythe line, late yesterday and jailed here last night, charged with having attempted a criminal as sault upon a 13-year-old girl named Jackson hear Max Meadows yesterdav afternoon. Two little brothers, t and 19 years, rocked the accused. Th* girl was roughly handled. Ketth was Identi fied by the girl and her brothers. AMERICAN GIRL SLAIN III NAPLES Miss Estelle Reid Victim of Attack by Italian Des peradoes MET DEATH WHILE WALKING IN WOODS Half Dressed Body, Terribly Bruised, Washed Ashore in Bay. • Letters Throw Little Light on History. NAPLES, April 25.—Naples police are convinced that Miss Estelle Held. J an American girl, whose half-dressed j body was washed ashore yesterduy In [ the bay erf Naples. was the vtrtlTn of , desperadoes who- attacked aar uwk j she was taking one of her frequent i rambles In the country, i Marik; on the body, the condition of the clothing and the fact that a gold chain was still about her neck lead to the belief that the girls as sailants had a more sinister motive than robbery. Mtss Held was a guest at the Hotel Gastello, but the proprietor could throw little light on her history. Bhe was about twenty years old and \ary attractive. Letters found In her room Indicate that she had a lover in Gon necrtlcut. There were also letters from New York and St. Louis. Weltered to be Frost Canada. NEW YORK, April 25.—The r nly Estelle Reid, of New York, who Is known to have been *n Italy was an unmarried woman, who lived with her mother at 121 Madison avenue. She went to Italy a year ago She was i thirty-three years old, much older 'than the Naples dispatches say the dead woman was. The New York Miss Reid was a sister of Jlrf John Blair, wife of an actor appearing In the "Melting Pot” In Chic Ago. After a thorough oxamlnatlon of the dead woman's letters, the police believe she was a resident of Canada. They do not believe she i mild have been thirty-three years old, the age of the Miss Reid of New York tvho Is reported to have come t-> Paly a year age. GIVEN HIS FREEDOM DM PIE* OP WIFE Appeal of Wife With Her Little Children Touches Gover nor’s Heart. | Because Frederick Jensen is the sole support of a wife and three children and they were having a hard time of It during hta stay In jail, and because Justice Crutchfield recommended clemency, Governor Mann Monday granted a conditional pardon to the young man, who had been "sent up” for thirty days on a larceny charge. Gn last Friday Jensen was convict ed In the police court on a charge of having obtained 110 from David Childs by means of misrepresentation and Justice Crutchfield sentenced him to thirty days In Jail. Monday morn ing Mrs. Jensen, accompanied by two bright, cherry-faced children, one about seven and the other four, ap peared at the governor’s office and appealed to him to pardon her hus band, because It was his first of fense, and that she saw little hope ahead for the next thirty days if he remained in Jail. ller plea was re-enforced with a let ter from the police court justice in which Justice Crutchfield said he had never before had the young man In court, and he believed the ends of Justice would be conserved by grant ing a conditional pardon to Jensen The governor granted the pardon and Jensen was released Monday after noon. WESTERN STORM MEANS' WORK FOR POLITICIANS Devasted Crops Resultant Will Send Prices Skyward—Spell ind Woe For Republicans. WASHINGTON, JJ. C„ April 26.— j More work fop the Republican cam- j palgn Is a result of the storm that devastated the West a few days ago, according to Western leaders. Heavy damage to crop means high prices and high prices mean extra labor, In the fall campaign. Nature, as well as economic questions. Is figuring In the calculations of candtdtes In close dis tricts this year. A Republican congressman from a district with a strong insurgent vote said to-day he was figuring on good crops and lower prices all summer. The largest supply of cattle goes Into market In August and September. Fair food prices and good Industrial conditions would work In republican favor, he said, and suggested Speaker Cannon had this in mind when he j warned the Democrats "he laughs best l who laughs last.” MINER CRUCIFIED DECLARES SHERIFF WHEEUNO, W. VA.. April 26.— An Investigation Is being made to day by the newspapers of this city of j the story wired Saturday night from Washlngtcn. Pa., concerning the al leged crucifixion at Avella. Pa„ of a Slav miner by a band of his coun trymen, w-ho had accused him of be ing i J The officials of the mining com pany deny that any such outrage took plane. Sheriff Murptyr. of Washing ton county, was quoted as authority for the story. BOY MEETS DEATH WORKING IN MINE Pocahontas Youth Horribly Crush-j ed When Cara Separate and Rush Together. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) IT.CAHONTAB, VA.. April 25.— I Hluxton Hamlet, aged 15. was killed In the mines of the Pocahontas Con solidated Cutleries Company here Sun day He was a hrukeman behind a motor, when the trip of cars became! repainted and ran together. The boy j was caught between thorn and crush- j |cd to death. HEARS ARGUMENT IN BANKRUPTCY CASE. Judge Edmund VVaddili. Jr., In the United States District Court for East- j ern Virginia, Monday heard argument j In the involuntary bankruptcy proceed- ; lngs against Crawley Jones, a merchant of Millville, Va., whose creditors wish to have him adjudicated insolvent. At- j torney George A. Hanson appeared for ' Crawley, while his creditors were re- j presentey by Attorney Hurtlet Roper. 1 of Petersburg. GIN SIX YEARS — Case of English Youtli Causes Row Which May Overturn Magistracy System. IS BEFORE PARLIAMENT Value of Pilfered Article Only Ten Cents—Culprit Severely Flogged. LONDON, April 26.—Beginning:' ■with the theft of 10 cents’ wortt^of coal by the 12-year-old son of a Hay-' ward's Heath blacksmith, what Is now known as the "Uulbeek case” has broken Into parliament, shaken the British Home Office, taken up co' umns of space In newspapers and promises to end In an overturning of the country’s system of magistracy Charles Bulbeck, who Is the central figure, U the son of Alfred Bulbeck, a skilled workman of good reputat'on. ! Ten days ago Charles picked up a! lump of coal In the yard of a Hey ward's Heath Coal Compuny and was arrested for theft. The local magistrates admitted that he was a "good lad.” and that it was .hie first offense. To "keep him in ! the straight path" they sentenced himI to receive six lashes from the v'Hage constable and to serve six yean in a reformatory. His father was a so fined 16.60 and fifty cents weekly to ward his son's maintenance while In prison. Owing to the father's standing In the community a tremendous outci y was raised, though the case was not at all unusual. Home Secretary Churchill was questioned concerning It in the House of Commons, and Is now taking steps to have the sentence either modified or a full pardon grant ed. In the meantime young Bulbeck, already flogged. Is in prison. One result has been the starting o. a movement toward the abolition of tho benches of laymen for the trial of minor offenses, and the substitu tion of regular lawyers for such po sitions. At present these benches are made up almost exclusively of large land-owners whose regard for the rights of property Is a mania WITHDRAWS RESOLUTION UNENT COST OF EIVIN6 Ixidge .Measure Asking Appropri- i at ion of $65,000 for Probe j Taken From Senate. WASHINGTON. April 26.— Senator Dodge to-day withdrew his resolu tion appropriating 166,000 for ex penses In Investigating the "high cost of living.” declaring: “It is obvious that a vote cannot be reached and 1 do not wish to delay the railroad bill.” Senator Stone, who hail been speaking against the resolution s—i; "If the senator wants to run up the white (lag. he may do so, but he should not utrlbute Rls surrender to demo cratic obstruction." Senator Perry tDemocrat, Mlsslsutpr*), also spoke against the resolution to-day. The Republicans charge the Democrats had arranged to filibuster Indefinitely. EXPECTS TO STAY WOLTER’S EXECUTION Attorney Will File Appeal Jm . mediately Following Passage of Death Sentence Wednesday. NEW YORK. April 25.—Wallace D. Scott, attorney for Aybert W. Wolter, who will be sentenced to death Wed nesday for the murder of Ruth Wheel er, said to-day that he had already outlined the contentions he will raise before the court of appeals In the effort to get a new trial for his client. When sentence is passed he will die notice of appeal, which will automati cally act as a stay of execution. Mr. Scott's main point is that Judge Poster erred in failing to charge the Jury relative to the strength of Wel ter's alibi causing reasonable doubt that he committed the crime. , Wolter remains the coolest prison er in the tombs and spend most of his time reading the newspapers and smoking. Wolter's father and mother called at the city prison to-day. but he re fused to see them. When his father sent In a note to him, word came back that there was no answer. • When asked by the guards whether ha did not deslra to talk with his Ba rents, Wolter said: *'I am not saying anything to any body, and I won’t have anything to «*y gay morn. I am not guiltr.” i '••■VileSlW >•«*»>** U X***»4» Blizzard Causes $50,000,000 Damages to Crops in Middle West COLD CONTINUES AND LOSS IS INCREASING Fruit Crops Suffered Most and Those Surviving Saturday Prob ably Will Be Killed by More Recent Frosts. Hamate- Caused bjr Avail Hi llllaoia .*1,000, ladtnna .0,000, Minnesota and \orth vi-at . »ltronaln . Michigan .: > -hraakft . Kaaaaa . Missouri, Kentucky, and Arkansaa . CHICAGO, ILL,., April 36.—'Th* cold weather which came on the wined |j| of a blUxu.nl last Saturday continued . to-day. and every hour la adding Ml ysl the damage wrought by fruits and '1 grains throughout the middle West. fig Dispatches from all over tho Him y sisslppl Valley to-day indicate that Saturday night's reports of a total “i damage of $60,000,000 were not exags if gerated. The reports show the fruit crop apd gj parently suffered the most, and »4 many sections It will be a total iosas J| Farmers and nursery men stated to- :l day that whatever fruit survived th( '*3 snow and Ivy winds of Saturday an<4 i'|| yesterday will probably he killed tow -;A day. In striking contrast to the chllljl weather in the Mississippi Valley M ? the weaunr in the extreme 'North* ) Cairo, III., and Memphis, Tenn., shiv* f -red In thirty degrees temperature* : 1 while Edmonton, Calgsuy and Media gf elne Hat. “where the weather OOMM '~f from," were enjoying t-mperatursg ranging from 82 to 8«. The govume ,, ment weather bureau predicts the ool4 | weather will continue for another dag -:l at least, and then moderate nra*« ually. V J The passenger steamer lows. WTrtiil "‘u was besched Saturday In Uak« MMMjflLji gan off Racine. Wls . is still agn>q(pPi8[ Effontw to pull her off were stisinlojfcf J when a fierce northwester Blew ug*:s|9 Several tugs are standing by to cue the crew should the boat sh»4| '^ signs of breaking up. Estrada Forces Being Placed - i Position to Repel Expected % Attack. COLON, via wireless fro fields, April It.—The CMrM are being placed In position the stuck of the Madrts arm Is reported to bo closing in eg About >.000 men are advandi columns, and the adranoe within twenty or thing KJM Town. Commander Gilmer, boat Paducah, and Cpgm held a consultation In |»g <* Mao«r la Atlanta. WASHINGTON, D. C.. April li^t With snow half an inch deep In Ate / tanta. (la, the weather bureau j»e ports the cold wave still drifting southward to-day. Snow fell as fa# South as Montgomery. Ala., and is re* ported generally In the Mtssieeigpl Valley. In the far West the weathap Is still faith, with high temperatures west of the mountains. There will be rain to-night in the Atlantic Stated^ with some snow in the mountain dia» trlets. and rain or snow In Che lower . Lake region, continued Tuesday, i cept In the South Atlantic 8lates. i Snow in Alabama. ANNISTON; ALA.. April *8.—Sag fell here to-day. following freestng weather since last Friday. Report*. from all parts of Ala&ama indicate that crops are ruined. Snow in Florida. PENSACOLA. FLA.. April 25.—AJ light snow- fell In Florida today whil« the temperature dropped to forty da* grees. Early vegetables and fruit argi badly damaged. Heavy rrost lu Wythm-llle. (Special to The Richmond Virginian.? WTTHEVIIJ.E. VA.. April heavy frost fell here Monday mo lng. The damage was slight. STORM WILL TOUCH US. Little 8now ow Already Experienced I* Southwest Virginia. Bring out the blankets, start the stove and cast your eyes coal-bine for Jack Frost Is preparing to upon Richmond with a final visit fore ho win turn the choldren of MotteP Earth over to the gentle cars i ““ Spring. A big drop In the mercury looked for Monday night and thia be accompanied by a chilly drh rain, a<-cording to more or less i prognostications from the Un States Weather Bureau at Chimb Park. Southwest Virginia Sunday gripped In a snow storm, while n wave embraces a large portion of Mississippi Valley. Snow is algo ported as far South as Georgia Atlanta. Sunday was a typical April frequent showers Interspersed sunshine. From Saturday night R o'clock Monday morning 1.01 InctMg of rain fell. BLUEFIELD SURROUNDED BY ARMY OF BEN. w*^rv4y.»..iVV a.«t«u<am**