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TWO MILLIOI PICE
HOII IIO DEITO
Floods in Japan brown Hundreds
and Kill Many in Wreckage,
Starvation Feared.
TRYING TO SAVE DYKE
Railway and Telegraph Service
Practically Paralysed—Report
ed that Trains are Submerged;
TOJCIO, Aug. 13.—The destruction
of the city of Toklo to threatened,
it la believed, by the condition of the
Gongxndo, the great dyke on the
river Tonewaga. The dyke to In Irn
Inent danger of collapsing and the
government today ordered hordes of
workmen to the scene to save the
structure and prevent the destruction
of the city and Its surburbs.
Many of the suburbs, particularly
Takasaki, are already entirely sub
merged.
The situation throughout the em
pire as the reeult of the floods can
hardly be exaggerated. Yokohama to
already practically entirely sub
'.merged, Nagasaki Is reported In al
most the same condition and many
other cities are rapidly being Inun
dater by the swiftly rising waters.
The wildest rumors of loss of Ilf*
are current and there Is no way of
verifying or disapproving tham, aa
th« entire railroad service of the em
pire has been paralysed. Telegraph
wires are also down everywhere. It Is
persistently reported that a number
of tralna on the Tokatdo and other
railways have been submerged and
that several hundred passengers have
been drowned.
Hundreds of persons have beeh
drownsd, score have been en
tombed, or caught and pinioned un
der the debris of their houses
and two million persons In
Japan are facing starvation as the
result of floods, according to advices
received from many parts of Japan
today. <>ne:third of Toklo proper has
already been submerged, rain Is still
falling and the waters are rising In
this city and elsewhere throughout
the empire with alarming rapidity.
Conditions everywhere are the most
severe In recent Japanese history'.
The embankments protecting the
city are In danger of destruction and
troops are now patrolling them. One
of the three embenkments haa already
given way Should the others follow
at least half of the city will be sub
merged
The gas and electric light plants
have been put out of commission and
the city Is in darkness.
Nearly 100.000 people ere now re
fuged In temples, schoolhousea and
public bulldlnga. There are not enough
such building*, however, to house all
of the refugees, and thouaands are In
the streeta without shelter and food.
A climax In flood situation Is ex
pected to-day. Owing to an Inade
quate number of boats, the work of
rescue and relief la wholly Insufficient
to meet the demands, and unleaa the
situation la relieved from some unex
pected source, a heavy death roll Is
lure to result.
New Charter.
The following charter was grantsd
Saturday by the grata Corporation
Commission:
Grand United Effort of America,
Alexandria, Va. Incorporators: Ed
mund Hill. Jr., president. 8. 8 John
son. vice-president; T M. Watson, sec
retary—all of Alexandria. Va. Capi
tal stock—maximum, none. Objects
and purposes Fraternal benefleiarv
association.
A license to do business in Virginia
was ai»<> Issued to The National Sla
vonic Society of the United Slates of
America, a corporation organised and
existing under the laws of the State of
Pennsylvania, a written power of at
torney having been filed with the Com
mission appointing Joaeph Button, of
Richmond, Va.. statutory agent. Maxi
mum capital authorized by charter,
none, objects and purposes. To con
duct x fraternal beneficiary association
for tjie benefit of the people of the Sla
vonic race.
SIXTEEN RIFLEMEN
FOUND INEFFICIENT
Tail to Come l'p to Standard and
Are Ordered Home From
Camp Perry.
Falling to come up to the required
standard, sixteen members of Vir
ginia's rifle team at Camp Perry, Ohio,
have been sent home by Captain Stan
ley W. Martin, team captain. A tele
gram to this effect tva* received Sat
urday by Adjutant-General 8ale.
Berore leaving camp, the soldiers
•were paid olf. that the difficulties
■which attended the Gettysburg en
campment in this respect may not be
again encountered.
"In the future,” aaid General Sale,
"it will be the policy of thta office to
pay off all troops participating in en
campments and military work before
they leave camp." s
The. money for th Camp Perry team
is now there and the riflemen will
have no difficulty In getting their coin.
Virginia aent thlrty-aeven men to
Ohio and sixteen of them have been
found inefficient. The official team
will consist of fifteen militiamen, so
six other men will have to be re
turned before the actual contest be
gin*
EX-CONVICT NOW
LANDS IN JAIL
-— RWenerd front Penitentiary Two
Weeks Ago Leecost Again
Gets in Trouble.
Charles Leecost, ex-convict, was ar
rested Friday night by Policeman Pal
mer and to to be charged with steal
ing harnee* Formally his case was
called in Police Court Saturday, but
was continued until next week In or
der to allow the detectives to secure
additional evidence against the man.
A set of harness was found in Sixth
- street, where U hau been sold, and a
chain of circumstance# points to ths
conclusion that Leecost was the man
who stole the homes*
He itat to the penitentiary In It01
* for stealing harness from a livery sta
ble, and was only liberated two weeks
ago. His pardon to n conditional one.
and If he to convicted on this charge
he will have to serve out his unex
pired term along with the extra years
Store* him.
HEN PISTOH till TO
FIMERjOIEDOOD
Her. G. W. Kemper Will Take
Charge of Richmond Pul
pit on October 1.
Hfr. (inr|> W. Kmppr,
who has accepted a call to Marshall
Street Christian Church.
Rev. Georgs W. Kemper, who re
cently resigned the pastorate of the
Christian church at Midway, Ky., to
accept a call to Marshall Street i
church, Richmond, will enter upon
his pulpit duties here October 1.
Mr. Kemper was born February ?2,
1*70, In Louisa county, Va., and la a
aon of the late Charles J. Kemper,
who for many years was a professor
In Bethsny College, W. Va.. and In j
Transylvania University, Lexington, I
Ky. He Is also a close kinsman of
former Governor James L. Kemper, of 1
Virginia. His mother was a daugh
ter of the late Dr. Joseph Pendleton
of Virginia. He la a graduate of
Transylvania University; and the Col
lege of the Bible at Lexington. Ky.
For the past eleven years he has j
been pastor of the First Christian'
Church at Midway, Ky.. where near- j
ly 600 persons have been received Into j
that congregation during hls ministry.
For some years he has been a mem
ber of the State board of Kentucky;
missions and also president of the j
Society of the Alumni of Transylvania
University. He has a wife and five!
children, three girl* and two boyi.
Rev. Mr. Kemper Is a member of t
the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Ml- .
| sons and Odd Fellows snd has been
prominent In fraternal circles for a
number of years.
TAFT MAyIusT
OLD PARTY MAN
(Continued from First Page.)
! Istration there can be no hope for a
republican House of Representatives.
Large Program.
President Taft has a long list of
legislative duties for the next session .
of Congress. With a House of Repre
sentatives of sympathy with hls views,
and with a democratic majority, or i
one made up of democrats and In
surgent republicans, he realises there
, Is scant hope for this legislative pro- ,
' gram being enacted Into law.
First and foremost of all, how -
1 ever, political advisers of the presi
dent have made it clear that an en
dorsement from Col. Roosevelt must
, be secured. By severing relations with i
the old guard in the Senate, by !
I abandoning I'ncle Joe Cannon, by a ;
; recognition of the Insurgent move- i
I ment the administration houpes to
: secure this word from the Colonel,
| Todey comes the additional In
formation that Senator Aldrich's state
- ment -denying the charges -of Senator i
Bristow, of Kansas, come after a
'command" from the summer white I
house, and that the visit here yeater-1
| day of the Rhode Island senator was 1
not one of cheer.
Tried RlutT.
1 Aldrich went over to Bexerly to
! give the impression to the public at,
i large that his statement denying the]
rubber charges had the official O. K. !
i of the president. The executive was
j unable to head off the visit, but hints!
! were made that the adminlatratlon
! was not backing Senator Aldrich j
i agalnat Senator Brlatow.
Aa predicted several months ago,
j Secretary Ballinger will resign from
i the cabinet to take up hia law prac
i Uce at Seattle within a few days af
I ter the official exoneration which he
will receive at the hands of the con
gressional investigating committee.
The committee Is to meet early In
September; they will bring In a ver
dict of not guilty, by a vote of 7 to S.
after which Secretary Ballinger will
gracefully decapitate "himseli.
Postmaster General Hitchcock lost
stsndlng by certain revelations at the
Ballinger-Pinchot Investigation. He
will probably he relegated exclusive
ly' to directing the affairs of th# post
office department, and Senator Crane
will hereafter be relied upon as the
political arbiter of the administra
tion.
Fish Mt|txed.
NEW YORK, Aug 1».—The pro
posed "ihakt up" In the republican
party and the repudlcatton by Presl
dent Taft of Ballinger. Aldrich and
Canon, delighted Congressman Hamil
ton n«h. Discussing the newe from
Beverly thla afternoon, the New York
Insurgent aald:
“Thla will be a great thing for the
fall campaign. It will have Ita effect
all over the country. I feel now that
the party will present a united front.
The beat thing about It aeema to be
the decision to drop Secretary Bal
linger and Speaker Cannon. Thle
measure was necessary.
‘T think Senator Aldrich meant
what he sayaaad- that he plans to re
tire."
NEGRO FALLS FROM TRAIN
AND BREAKS HIS NECK
(Special to The Rlohmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE. VA.. Aug. 11.—Sunny
Day. a Roanpke negro, was thrown
from an excursion train last night
near Shawsvtlle and Instantly killed.
While trying to pass from one coach
to another he tost hta balance and
plunged over a forty-foot embank
ment breaking his neck The excur
sion was from Lynchburg.
Repairing Columbia.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA., Aug. 11.—
The celebrated cup defender, the Co
lumbia. arrived at Hampton thle morn- i
Ing for overhauling. The craft now i
belongs to Charles EL Tucker, a New I
York yachtsman. Five thousand dol
lar swill be spent In repairs.
,..r
CHIEF SUSPENDS
MEII 111 REFUSE
But Four Agree to Perform
Duty—Two Women Are
Shot.
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 1$.—Chief of
Pollee Carter to-day suspended thirty
three of the thtrty-eeven policemen
♦who last night refueed to ride on the
street care In pursuance of Mayor
Marshall's strike order. Four of the j
mutineers agreed to obey orders and ;
ride on the cars to-day.
John F. Brady, strikebreaker, Is to
day being sought as the man who shot j
being sought as the man who shot
and seriously wounded two women
and one ohtld during the rioting last
night, following the revolt of almost
two score of policemen who refused
to protect street care from strike
leaders and sympathisers.
The report of the police revolt
spread llko wild Are and In every
quarter of the city was ths signal for
rsnewed outbreaks. To-day It Is prs
dlcted that troops will be ordered
hack to the capital at once.
The wounded are Mrs. Catherine
Kelley, shot In the left knee; her
daughter. Helen, aged 10, shot In the
left shoulder, and Mrs. Charles Hart,
shot In the left thigh.
The women were standing on a cor
ner when Brady and a chauffeur
drove up In an automobile. Brady
ordered the women to move on and
they started but not until after they
had taunted the men as "scabs."
Brady Bred se -aral shots and then
covered the chauffeur with a revolver
ordering him to drive fast. The chauf
feur was taken into custody to-day
but Brady escaped.
Three cars were badly damaged by
explosives and a number were stoned.
Chief of Police Carter announced
to-day that the thirty-two policemen
who last night refused to obey Mayor
Marshall s order to guard street cars
manned by strikebreakers would be
suspended Immediately and their
places fllled from the civil service
commission list*.
When the mayor's order reached
headquarters yesterday evening there
was a strong undercurrent of oppo
sition. and when the mayor and Safety
Director McCune appeared at Central
station several policemen told Mayor
Marshall that they would quit If or
dered to ride the cars
In the squad room Mayor Marshal!
urged the policemen to comply with
their orders and 100 men stepped out
j of line ready for duty. These were
assigned to the car barns. Thirty-six
patrolmen remained at headquarters,
but four later reported for duty.
MIRY JOSEPH IS
ILL IN CITY JAIL
Attachment Served on Her While
in Hospital Ward of
Prison.
Suffering from nervous prostration
superinduced by conviction in pollee
court upon two charges, one of main
taining a disorderly house and the
other for selling Intoxicating bever
ages in the place, and further dis
tressed because of an additional war
rant charging another sale of whis
key. Mary Joseph, a young Syrian
woman. Is In a precarious condition In
the hospital ward of the city jell.
But whlls she lay 111. her mind al
most gone, sn attachment was served
; upon her Saturday morning and If
she be well enough Justice Crutch
field will hear testimony against her
August 1# on the latter charge.
The woman, considered among for
eigner# to be the belle of the Syrian
colony here, waa convicted in police
! court early In the week and was fined
$100 upon one charge, a like amount
upon another charge with the addi
tional sentence of thirty days In jail
. and was ordered to furnish bond In
the sum of $600 for her good be
r hsvtor for twelve months.
George Abraham, a Syrian country
1 man and friend, became her bonds
, man, telling the court he waa worth
the amount in real estate. It devel
• oped afterwards that Abraham owned
the real estate under a Syrian law
but his father was the owner of H
i In Richmond, no trsnefer ever hav
1 ing been legally recorded. Abraham
' was arrested for perjury' but was ac
| quitted Following his arrest, how
ever, the woman was re-arrested and
Justice Crutchfield Refused to ac
j cept Abraham as a bondsman.
When the woman waa surrendered
! end re-arreeted she went Into hys
; terlcs and was taken from the ‘First
Police 8tstlon to the City Hospital
! -where she was treated until Friday
night when she was removed to the
hospital ward of the Jail. He condi
tion is said to be very serious.
CIO OF DAIRYMAN
IN 6RIP OF LOCKJAW
j
Disease Contracted as "Result of
Rusty Iron Falling on
it* Toe,
-
Annie Maud Axsell. twenty-menths
old child of Mr. and Mra William Ax
sell. residing In Henrico county near
Hlahtand Park, la suffering from lock
jaw at the Retreat for the Sick, where
she la receiving treatment under di
rection of Dr. E. J. Moeeley, of Rich
mond.
Three weeke ago a piece of ruaty
Iron fell on one of the child's toes.
Two weeka later the first symptoms
of tttanus appeared. The child's Jawa
became firmly locked last Sunday and
the if It was the doctor knew that he
had a serious case of tetanus on hls
hands.
- Wtthtjj the last day or two the ehna
has shown eigne of Improvement, al
though still unable to take any solid
nourishment. The attendants how
ever. find no difficulty In feeding It
on liquids pouring them down its
mouth through the teeth.
The father of the child Is a promi
nent Henrico county dairyman.
TELEPHONE RATES
WILL BE ADJUSTED
President W. T. Oentry, or the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, Friday
held a conference with the State Cor
poration Commission concerning the
toll charged between Newport News
and Charlottesville. It was shown that
to talk to the shipbuilding etty from
Richmond coats IS cents for a three
minute conversation and from this city
to Charlottesville 7* cents, making SO
cents, whereas the use of the wire dl
rect from, Newport New* to Char
lotteevllle Is 9LSI for three minutes.
The company will immediately take
stepa to adjust the situation, which
arose. It la believed, when Issuing tar
iff sheets.
mss AffNin rates goks
I'NDBIt KNITO AT SAItATORtt'M.
Miss Annie Price, of Brunswick
county, Is at the Johnston-Willis san
atorium where she underwent a serious
operation several days ago. Miss
Price Is a sister of Dr. William K.
Price, of Brunswick and Is prominent
In social circles of that county.
Mere Delegates.
Governor Mann has added the fol
lowing names to the delegation which
will go to Providence the latter part
of this month to attend the annual ,
meeting of the Atlantic Deeper Water
wave’ Association: Messrs. J. 8. Moore,
Joseph Wallersteln, Hamuel W. Meek
and Edward 8. Evans. Other delegates
will likely be appointed during the
next few days.
STRIKE BREAKERS
MAY CAUSE CLASH
Government Troops and Iron’
Miners Likely to Come to
Arms at Bilbao.
MADRID. August 13.—A clash be- ,
tween government troops and the ;
striking Iron miners at Bilbao Is ex- •
pected on next Tuesday, when at at
tempt will be made to resume work In
the mines with strike-breakers. The
strikers are arming and are being sup
ported by many of the people who are
aggrieved at the government for its
anti-clerical campaign.
The government has posted artillery :
on the Baracaldo, outside of Bilbao. {
and will surround the mines with •
troop#, preparatory to Tuesday's re- j
opening. In the belief that rigorous j
measures in Bilbao will have a deter- i
ring effect upon contemplated strikes
elsewhere, the authorities propose to i
deal with thg situation with a strong
hand.
ARE
FIGHTING FIRE
IN GLACIER PARA
Conference at Bureau of Indus- <
try Results in Sending More
Troops to Scene.
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff,
held a conference to-day with offi
cials of the Bureaus of Forestry and j
Indian Affairs with a view of con- j
cent rating the efforts of the three i
i branches of the fovernment on the
forest fires which are raging In Gla
i cler Park, the Flathead Indian reser
i vation, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
The array is sending pack trains
north from Cheyenne. Wyo., and more ;
troops probably will be ordered to co- j
: operate with the men who have been j
gathered by the forestry service and
Indian agent* to check the flames.
The fir as are reported to-day to be
spreading. They have broken out
anew at various places. There are
j now several thousand men at work on
i the fire lines.
ST. LOUIS SCORES
IN PACKERS' FIGHT
—
Interstate Commerce Commission
Suspends Proposed Advance in
V otes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—St. Louis
packers won a preliminary victory to
day In the rate war with the packers
jof Chicago, when the Interstate Com.
j mere Commission suspended a pro
| posed advance of railroad rates on live
! stock from Missouri river points to
Mississippi river points
j The railroads, with the backing of
the Chicago packers, proposed to tn
[ crease the rates from 14 3-4 to 17
■ cents The Mississippi river packers
I immediately filed a complaint. The
i Chicago packers opposed the oom
j plaint, alleging that the present rates
j are sunfalr to Chicago, which does not
j receive the benefit of them.
A hearing will be held by the com
I mission, and It la expected that the
i rival packers will engage in a hot
! legal combat.
! -.—- .
j MAYOR CAN’T SUSPEND
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, Aug. II.—After all Mayor
l Rlddtolc hag no authority to suspend
i or remove any member of the city
i council.
‘ The mayor ha» been Intimating late
ly that he could auapend the council
for action In voting to aell the county
water company city water. While
thla action might have been tllewal.
and wae ao declared by a recent de
cision of Judge Hanckel, the mayor haa
; nothing whatever to do with It ao
: cording to the opinion of prominent
j lawyer*.
The council, or Individual member*
| of the council, ean be removed by the
. court, but the mayor haa not the au
i thorlty to suspend them a* he has in
I the ease of the board of control.
BREAKS SEVERAL RIBS
IN FALL FROM ROOF
<8E,i!5'iA0Jrh* Richmond Virginian !
NORFOLK. Aug. 1».—Ernest Wil
liam* a white boy. fell from the roof
of the high school building Thursday
evening and sustaining serious injuries
Several of his ribs were broken and It
was reported that hie spine was In
jured. At the Protestant hospital it
was stated that hta spine was not In
jured but that the boy was very badly
hurL
CASES OF GLANDERS
FOUND IN NORFOLK
(Special to Tha _ Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, VA, Aug. 1*.—Three
of glanders discovered among
horse# In Norfolk haa caused some ex
citement. An expert from the depart
ment of agriculture, bureau of animal
industry arrived here yesterday from
Washington ta maka an Investigation
Sle and the Cltf Veterinarian Bald
win and Mr. Favllle, a prominent vet
erinarian. Impacted the three horses,
and It was agreed that they were suf
fering from genuine onses of glanders.
Th* horses wars ordered shot and their
carcasses will be cremated.
Slanders la said to be a fatal dts
easa for both man and beast and is
easily oootractad tar hussaa beings. A
.woman In New Torn not long ago died
from the glanders because she patted
a horse on the head. The horse bit
her on tho neek and she was Infested I
ta this way.
*-,y ''x -jk.'—•
mm DEATH
BLOCKS PROGRAM
Fatal Mishap to Benjamin Prinx
Causes Postponement of
Other Ascensions.
A8BURY PARK. N. J-, August 18.—
Because of yesterday'* fatality, when
Benjamin Prlns, a balloonist of New
ark. was dashed to death from a height
of 4,000 feet, there will be no ascen
siona made by the dead man's com
rades at the aviation meet here to-day.
This was decided by the directors of
the Aero Club, and It may be likely
that the balloon ascension will be
eliminated from the program for the
rest of the meet. Fearing another
mishap, the club will not permit any
trial flights by amateurs on next Sat
urday, amateurs' day.
It Is not thought by the directors
of the club that the tragic, denth of !
Prinx. who was 8# years old, following
closely the accident Wednesday, when
twelve persons were Injured, will put
a damper on aviation here. Possibly
one hundred people saw the man tum
ble to his death from a parachute at
the close of yesterday's performance. !
The news of the fatality spread like ]
wlld-flre along the coast. It was the
most thrilling, shocking spectacle Im
aginable to see the helpless victim
fall to the earth, struggling In hls fran
tic effort* to avoid the terrible end
that he knew was soon to come as
he descended at a terrific rate of speed
to the ground.
The victim's body will probably be
sent to the home of hls mother In
Newark to-day.
SOOTHING SYRUPS
CONTI POISON
Remedies for Babies Said to Con
tain Morphine, Cocaine and
Chloroform.
Soothing syrups and various medi
cines. many of which have been on
the market for years and sold at every
drug store for all infantile complaints,
are now attracting the attention of the
Richmond health department and a
sweeping investigation is being con
ducted here, because, it is alleged, that
these preparations contain morphine
and other derivatives of opium, co
caine and chloroform.
The Investigation by Health Officer
Levy has been brought about through
the numerous reports of infantile pa
ralysis in Richmond, and in seeking
a cause of this strange malady the idea
of the alleged deadly ''remedies'’ has
given birth to grave suspicions.
In fact, there is a crusade through
out the East against the many syrups,
nearly all of which are well known to
every mother. A Philadelphia paper
this week reproduced photographs of
the medicines, giving names of and ex
act reproductions of the packages al
leged to contain the "baby dope.'
In Washington, D. C.. District Health
Officer Kebler is conducting an in
quiry into the objectionable sleeping
syrups, and from all appearances the
crusade against the preparations will
shortly become nation-wide.
It is maintained that even hasheesh,
the deadly poison of India, is intro
duced into many of the medicines
placed on the open market for trtou
bles of Infancy.
Physicians are familiar with cases
where nurses have given children these
dangerous drugs in order to make them
sleep. Mothers daily administer this
"dope” to their tiny boys and girls,
entirely ignorant of its dire effect.
WILL ARREST MEN
WIIO MOVED STAKES
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, August 13.
Wholesale arrests will follow the ar
rival of the oyster police boat Com
modore Maury at Pagan creek this
evening. She left Irvington for Hamp
ton this morning and will take aboard
State Oyster Inspector Lawson. There
were ftfty men in the party that Thurs
day removed the stakes from rented
bottoms adjacent to the natural rock.
These men will be arrested and are
subject to heavy fine or imprisonment.
FALLS TWENTY-FIVE FEET
BET SO BONES ARE BROKEN.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
..NORFOLK, Aug. IS.—L. C. Stubblns.
of Richmond, a lineman employed by
the Southern Bell Telephone Company,
fell from the top of a pole at D. and
Poindexter streets in South Norfolk
yesterday and sustained serious inju
ry.No bones were broken but the in
jured man is now In a hospital and
will probably be there fdr some days.
Stebblns fell a distance of twenty
five ffcet and the fact that he sustained
no broken bones is regarded as re
markable.
WHITTET WIELDS PEN
ON MANY ORDINANCES
Acting Mayor and President of
Common Council Busy
Affixing Signatures.
Acting Mayor Robert Whlttet and
president of Common Council, R. L.
Peters, were kept busy signing their
names Saturday morning, when slxxty
ordinances and resolutions passed by
the municipal legislative bodies were
sent to them by City Clerk Ben Au
gust.
Mr. Peters signed his nine sixty
seven times. Mr. Whlttet had to sign
his name Just twice that number of
times. Mr. 'Whlttet first signed as
president of the Board of Aldermen.
Having done this, he wrote hia name
again, in the capacity of acting mayor.
The ordinances and resolutions, all
of which havs previously been pub
lished In the Richmond Virginian were
returned to the city clerk shortly be
before noon Saturday. This practically
concludes the work of the present
council, and Mayor Richardson, when
he returns to the city from Chicago
Monday, will find that hla docket has
been almost entirely cleared for him.
All the ordinances signed by the
acting mayor became Immediately ef
fective. ,
Married and to Marry.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
HARRI80NBURQ, VA.. Aug. II.—
The engagement Is announced of Ju
lius Wise, a prominent Harrisonburg
merchant, member of the firm of
Herman Wise % Sons, and Miss Helen
Goldsmith, daughter of Sebastian
Goldsmith, an extract manufacturer of
Washington. P, O, (
Prof. John M. Coffman, of Bridge
water College, Bridgewater, and Mrs.
Mary Kagey, daughter of Benjamin
Coffman, ware married to-day at the
bride's horns Mar Blkton.
t«Wi
JUNIORS TO PURCHASE
SECTION IN CEMETERY
All the Councils in the City Have
Decided Upon This Plan, and ;
Monument Will Be Built. J
Member* of the Junior Order, j j
United American Mechanic*, are to r
purchase a section In Maury Ceme- I
tery, all of the councils In the city
having decided upon this plan. New 1
South Council took official action Frl- j
day night. Committee* have been i
appointed from all the councils, and | .
it has been finally decided to buy the j |
section. I .
Many members of thl* popular or- i
der arc unmarried and have no rela
tives. It I* the purpose of the Jun
iors that adl of these sleep the last
sleep near each other In a section in ]
Maury Cemetery. In the center of \
the section a huge monument will be
erected and the emblems of the or
der. "ViKue, Liberty and Patriotism." !
will be engraved on this. An Amerl- 1
can flag will always float over the;
monument.
PAID HEAVY FINE
FOR BITING AN EAR
—
Mr. Hunt of Bon Air Pleaded |
Guilfv to the Charge When
Brought Before Magistrate.
Mr. Joseph Hunt appeared in Squire
Cheatham’s court Friday as defen
dant upon a warrant charging him
with biting the ear off fifteen-year- ;
old Justin McCJrannigan, of Bon Air.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and
was fined $25.
Magistrate Cheatham ha* issued
warrants for the arrest of several peo
ple In the county and his court next
week will almost equal the proceed-1
lngs In Justice Crutchfield’s court In
Richmond. One man Is to answer
the charge of selling whiskey to a
minor and others are said to have i
violated the law by working on the
Sabbath.
ABSENCE
MRS. SMITH RE
AFTER BAY'S
She Was Not Aware, She Said,!
That Any- Uneasiness Was Felt j
Because of Her Leaving.
Mrs. Malvina Smith, who left her
home early Thursday morning. re
turned Friday and explained to her
anxious husband that she had been
visiting a sister in Richmond. Mrs
Smith lives at Sixth and Maury streets
and has been in ill health for some
time. When she left her home her
husband. Mr. Bernard Smith, reported
the matter to the police and sought■
their aid In locating her. Policeman
Xunnally saw Mrs. Smith as she was
returning across the Free bridge and
acquainted her of the fact that her j
disappearance had been given to the j
public. She said she did not know |
her husband was anxious about her |
and that she did not intend to remain j
i away for more than a day at the j
! least.
—
FERRALL PULLEY
IS AT HIS HOME
I Injured in Wreck Xear Pittsburg
He Comes to City for
Vacation.
Mr. Ferrnll Pulley, son of Mrs. M.
E, Pulley, of West Fourteenth street.
South Richmond, wai brought to hi*
home here Friday night and will be
treated In his old home for injurie*
he received In a train wreck near
Pittsburg a few days ago.
He was accompanied to the city by
his wife and his brother. Mr. Pointer j
Pulley, who left here immediately upon
being notified by telegraph of the acci
dent.
Several years ago F'errall Pulley,
then employed by a railroad Jn Rich
mond, fell from a car and both ankles
were broken. He was a cripple for a
number of months, but recovered and
went to Pittsbuig to live. He was on
hts way to spend his vacation with
relatives here when injured in the
wreck, both ankles being again bro
ken.
VAGRANTS TO LEAVE
SOUTH RICHMONDj
Washington ward policemen are af
i ter vagrants too. and those who do
not work will hereafter be taken In
charge.
Charles Robertson, a young white
man, was arrested Friday night and
was In police court Saturday. Justice
Maurice Imposed the same sentence
upon him that Justice Crutchdetd im
posed upon the many who came before
him this week. He was ordered to
Jail for thirty days and is now ons of
the great army of unemployed who are
eating two meals a day in Richmond
and living In Idleness.
In Clopton Street Baptist.
Cloyton Street Baptist church—
i Morning subject, "Are People Who
Die In Infancy Saved?" The pastor will
preach to young paopla on "Choosing
a Profession" at evening service.
l*Ts soiisis and Briefs.
A. lawn party was given at the
home or Mr. A. B. Marrisetfe in
Swansboro Friday evening. Many at
tended and the occasion was one of
much enjoyment.
Mrs. Mary I* Owen* and children
are visiting her sister, Mrs. DorsetL
in the country.
Mrs. W. H. Garnett has returned
from Kenbrldge. Lunenburg county,
where she visited friends for a few
weeks.
Rev. F. W. Moore, pastor of the
Second Baptist church in Petersburg,
wilt All the pulpit in Bainbrldge
Street Baptist church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Smlther have
returned after a pleasant vacation
spent at Pine View, Va.
Mr*. M. B. Woodbury, of Scranton,
Pa.. I* the gueet of Mrs. Antone, SOT
Porter street.
Mlesee Virginia and Buleime DuVai
have returned to the city after a de
lightful ti;ip to VlrglpU Beacn.
Mrs. Magnolia Stela and Mr. RJ
entlne Stela have sold ot Louis Has
Ins for |M< a lot of
tenth and Stockton strw
The Wlsarrt* and ttas A
■all Saturday afternoon on
nount diamond.
JRtS.
GARY DIES
AT RIPE
Mrs. Mary Elisabeth Gary, t
fr. Henry R. Oary, of
treat. South Richmond, died at
omc Saturday afternoon at i o'olt
'elgraphlc communications hm
er relatives to her side early In
lornlng. and she told all of tin!
oodby before death claimed her.j
She is survived by her husband 4$
son and daughter. She was • 1 yst
Id.
SHORT HOLY WORD
IN BRIBERY PfflH
(Continued from First Pane.)
isked whether he wanted to
iseoclate dwlth him In the sals of ]
llan lands. Lyon said he accepjj
he proposition.
"I took the matter up with
’resident about January 1, 1901, *j
n* him to look into the matter, id
fhe saw fit, to confirm the McMurf
ontracts," said Lyon. "He raferjj
ne to Commissioner of Indian
-uke, and the ltoter sunested|
theme of forming a stock comp^
ach allottee to be a stockholder,
’resident and l.uke favored this
"he contracts had been filed with
resident, and 1 told him that If J
lock company was his plan that 1
he end of the McMurray contra!
0 far as 1 was concerned. But tj
lid not end it
"In January, 1908," Lyon conttBlf
1 received a letter from Cloven
lohnaon asking me to write to IncM
it McAlester. and 1 felt it my tlat3|
jo so.
"1 then notified the Secretary' of 1
Interior that 1 was going .-ut, so tlf
■ ould be no misunderstanding,
tier offering to appear betortii
Indians 1 did not have anything
in with the contractu I told Oat!
1 wanted everything to be a be!
atard." •
Daagrrous Ground.
“Why was mat?" asked Chain|
L'lirke
■ Well." said Lyon. "I have rt
vithin ten miles of this bolder i»l«1
ife, and I never knew a man to
ils foot into Indian territory aai
iway with a clean record.”
“I knew' that McMurray,
ind Cornish had been Indicted,
friends came to me and said bu
men in Oklahoma had been
indicted. They said If the matter *
[airly presented the indictments ’
be dismissed, Soon after McMur
md possibly other members t f
Irm, came to see me at Sherman f
told me of the manner In whi Ji. 1
indictments had been returned.’*
Lyon here said that he finally i
to take the matter up and
Washington, where President Re
vett granted a hearing on the
Murray, Mansfield and Cornish It
ments. Judge Russell prei'ded
the hearing, Lyon said, and
mended that the indictments bo i
ed.
“There was a big row
torneys, the matter hanging firs
some time.” said Lyon. "Toe la “
ments were not dismissed at ones, t
I think an assistant attorney_„
left the department as a result.** ■
Lyon Intimated that he was
a sales agent disposing of the ll
McMurray and his law firm.
"I understood it would' cost
quarter to a half million dollarfl
drill the coal and asphalt lands to f
out what they were worth,** _
“My opinion is that the surfaoaVj
coal lands should be sold together^
that more money could be
the sale was made to an Indlv
a corporation. 1 also realise i
would mean; the buyer could
the people of the country
fcnmisT**-~r
"What would that do to tho 1.
Oklahoma and Texas1** asked '
eresamun Stevens.
"The movement occupies exact!
same position toward the
does a guardian toward hie <
Lyon. “I think it ie the _____
government to get every dollar
out of this land for the_
whether the land is sold to Tom,"
or Harry." ®
’T LIKE SITE
FOR NEW II
A ware of protest has
Radford over the selection
for the Normal and Industrial
for Women, and in a
recently held, resolutions were
asking the council of that city
fuse to pay for the site agn
The property deemed to he
suitable for the purpose, la
the “Adams Site.’*
At the mass meeting a
was appointed and have fti
press of Virginia with a lei
ment regarding the selection '
"Heth 8ite” for the new
'The statement declares that
In charge of the matter has
existence; that an expressed,
and understood contract
when another than the
was chosen.’* The council a
Is urged to make no pro'
paying for the site decided
It appears that the Ada
other site of equal value
be available to the city __
and acceptable to the boar*
tees, was to be given free
of the new school. Or in
the city would make an
of yto.ooo in order to i
stitution.
But because the!
finally
become Indignant and are
quantities of space in the
of the south wester apart at
In expressing their views
THIEVES GET POOR
BOOTY FOR