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Ride to Mountain
('an Start
AFTER 12 V EARS
Jjquor Cases Before Court.
' in Roanoke. Woman and Chil
dren Have Narrow Escape.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.!
E ROANOKE, VA.. Aug. 1«.—-Ku»
poke's Incline rfatlway has the lion
ise of winning great success. 1' w •»'
formally opened Sunday and nearly
fifteen hundred people rode in the
l cgrt to the top of tne mountain- B'Ki
j fien years ago the summit of Mill
mountain was opened as a park. a to
te! and observatory were bulk mid i
; winding road three miles In I ntel'
constructed. The ente-p 'is-' "e*
• failure. Sim-e then tne hotel h«s
| been occupied by tan negroes. *l\»
rtfiay th* mountain top is reu.be-i it;
four minute* on a modern incline
road, which ascends to the height of
3,1(10 feet.
The passenger train duo here at
3-1:30 A. M. Sunday Jellied two ne
_aroes. Eugene Wade, at Cooper, W.
> ya.. and George Hairston, at Roanoke.
Wads was walking along the east
bound track looking at a trait, pass
ing OB the westbound track. He was
kills*. Instantly Hairston, a section
- Islefsc, warn walking through tile yard
and filled to hear the approach. Jle
WM tsrrtbly crushed and died at Rua
naka Hospital a short while after Uie
: accident.
Two Syrian women and four chil
dren, driving into the city Hunhay eve
gttng. had a narrow escape from
death. After crossing Roanoke river
tiny started to drive over the trucks
of the Roanoke and Southern, failing
to see or hear the approach of the 7
o’clock passenger train. A motorman
ahd passenger of a street car. stand
ing a few yards away, aaw their dan
gar and by* yelling and shouting ut
traated their attention The woman,
who was driving, pulled with all her
Btrsngth on the lines; the horse leap
ad backward and buggy, horse, women
and children went over a twenty-foot
amhankment Into a pile of sand. Not
Hpi or them Was hurt. *
Back After lli Ym.ru.
After being away from Roanoke
twelve years Mrs. B. A. Jones, of At
lanta, Ga,. and her son; Mr. Horace
Jones, of Portsmouth, Vs., are visit
ing relatives here. They say that
fitany remarkable change* ha\e taken
(place lb Roanoke since they were here.
When the case of J. M. Ayers, a
Salem avenue saloon man, was called
in Police Court yesterday he was ad
IVlsed that Jake Myers, the complain
ant, who charged that Ayers had sold
liquor to minors and had allowed
gambling In his place, had withdrawn
the warrant and paid all costs. Myers
Bit first claimed that Ayers had sold
liquor to his ton, but it was shown
that the boy was twenty-one last
- Christmas. The gambling referred to
was a chewing gum slot machine.
George Datndridge and Willi Taylor,
Charged with selling liquor Sunday
will be tried to-day. Datndridge gave
; bond for-his release. Taylor was utv
’ fchVa to do so and Is In jail.
k The Valley Baptist Association wtl
inset In Buchanan this evening Th*
Rev. D. A, Glenn, of Fincastle, wil;
preach the opening sermon.
i The Rev. W. W. Hamilton, of tht
First Baptist church, l.ynchburg, i.«
Visiting In the city*. He Is accompan
ied by his wife.
Th# Rev. T. J. Shipman, of Meridian,
„ Miss., who preached at the First Rap
K flat church here Sunday, left j ester
flay for Buckingham county to visit
tils grandmother, who is very ill.
Driver Fined >50.
| Thomas Divers, a driver for the Vir
gtnta Brewing Company, was fined tic
In police—court yesterday for scllint
liquor without a license. He took hi
; order from Dump M yers for a barrel o
j£ l>e*r and after having it ratified a
the brewery delivered It to Myers
*11 arrested before lie had tlroi
the beer to its destination.—ft
decision Judge Berkeley said tha
I the transaction between Myers ant
f Divers was carried on In a rather un
if fierhand fashion; that he would fin
g; Divers and let the case go to the high*':
| court, and that breweries should maki
| records of all sales, so that the cour
c (night protect licensed saIrwin met
I against blind tigers.
Mr. Bid ward Ayers, a policeman, re
: turned yesterday from the Gaps o
1 Smith Mountain or Palestine, In Bed
; ford county, where he attended las
~ Week the annual meettlng of the Bap
UpftMt Strawberry Association. As hi
Was walking from the station on till
, Way home he met an old friend, Mr
W. C. Leftwlch. In the
the course of thei
| fi—versa tlon they discovered tha
1- -thirty-nine y*ears ago they attended i
. 'tasting of the Strawberry Associatloi
' fit Palestine and that the meeting las
i Weak waa the first lield there slno
f that time. Mr. Ayers says that be
-Jtween six and seven thousand person
present at the sessions of th
|| Btanrintl n and that it was the larges
| attendance it has ever known. Man:
.4 person* were there from Halrm, Ruu
, Poke, Bedford City and Lynchburg.
t|' Mrs. R. L. Nichols applied to Com
’ tnonwealth's Attorney Perkins yoster
day to have him take criminal aetloi
against her husband, who. she says
left her August Is. Nichols worked fes
th* Virginia Brlilge and iron Com
jteny. Mrs. Nichols has two smaTl cbll
dren and her house rent and other af
fairs are In bad shape.
Fredericksburg
to Th* Richmond Virginian.
WUCDER1CKBBI-RO, VA.. Aug 1 <
H. R. Gouldman was appointe
,y manager for the J. T. Low
Dry Goods Company, ot this clt.i
position was formerly held by th
Charles E. Tackett, who died Au
4. Mr. Gouldmanu has bee
lie Richmond Virginian Cash Award Contest
THIS BALLOT IS GOOD FOR 5 CREDITS.
Ar it.
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District No.
Ottd f«r 6 Credit) when neatly trimmed and filled out if ton i to the Contest
Piytnmf of The Richmond Virginian, by mail or otherwiie, before expiration
fit gmigfi* August 23rd, 1010
Enables an ordinary cook to make
extraordinarily good ‘‘goodies.’’
Baking Powder has more to d<» with
successful housekeeping than most people
suspect
If you are minus good cooking, add
GOOD LUCK to yo»r grocery list.
At your grocery store.
The Southern
Manufacturing Co.
RICHMOND, VA.
wit hth« firm for nearly thirty years
and is Its every way <ju» lifted for the
merited promotion.
'His machinery for the brick plant
of Mr. George J. Fletohor. situated on
the Rowe property, near the city. was
sold yesterday at public auction, Mr.
G. K. Swift being the purchaser, at
$1,160.
Th* „ity ha* been without street
lights since Saturday night, on ac
count of a break in the canal, which
caused the shutting off water which
supplies the power for the electric
plant. A force is at work on the br<*ak,
but it is said it will take several days
yet before the damage can be repaired.
Adjutant William Wright, of Utica,
X. Y„ 1* visiting the family of M.r.
Henry Kaufman. Mr. Wright is an
| ex-Federal Soldier, and was a member
! of Puryea’s Zouaves. In the battle
of the Wilderness in 1864 he wa»
j wounded and brought to this city, and
hts arrn amputated in the parlor of
Mr. Kaufman's house, which was used
as a hospital during the Civil War.
Rev. Thomas I> I-ewis. rector of St.
! Anne's parish, in Essex county, has ac
I eeptrd a call to Bathesda, Md. He ex
I peets to take up the duties of his new
[charge on November 1.
i The woman's meeting of the Goshen
Baptist Association will be held at
Salem church, near here, on Wednes
[ day. August 18. Mrs. Mary Guinn
j Hicks, of this city. Is superintendent.
' Mrs. W. S. Peake and other prom I
’ nent Baptist ladles of Richmond are
expected to attend.
Miss Grace Virginia McGhee, daugh
‘ ter of Mr. Thomas J. McGhee, of
this city, arid Mr. N'. Beale Jones were
married yesterday at the home of the
bride's parents. Rev. J. R. Jacobs of
ficiating. Mr. Jones Is connected with
the Fredericksburg Buggy Company
: here, and after a bridal tour South
; the young couple will make their home
! in this city.
Mr. Edgar Green and Miss Ellsa
' beth Rodgers, both of this city, were
married last night at the Methodlsl
parsonage. Rev. J. R, Jacobs perform
ing the ceremony.
Keysville
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
KEYSVIU-EK, VA , Aug 16—Mr
O. R. Hubbard, buyer for the Amor
(can Tobacco Company, on this mar
ket, haa been transferred to Rlre. Mr
i Hubbard will be succeeded on thli
1 market by Colonel Wlikeraon, of En
field, N. C.
The revival services conducted li
1 ! the Methodist church by Dr. E. T
Patlmun, of Farmville, ramo to n elo»<
; last night A number professed fnttl
and were added to the church.
Mrs. McMurray. who has been vis
Ring her daughter, Mrs. W. K. Halley
1 . left for her home in Pittsburg. Pa
’ to-day.
I
; OXFORD NOW HAS
I! PIIILATHEA CLAS!
j (Special t«> The Richmond Virginian
I OXFORD, N. C„ August 18.—J
. , number of the member* of (he Metho
' I (list church mot at tha home of Mis
> Hattie Lyon on North Ooliego stree
' ! Monday afternoon when Min
, ! Aramlnta Heeler, ex-president of th
| First Phllathea class of West Marke
Street church, (treengboro, organize
! | a Phllathea class. The meeting wa
L ; opened with prayer by Mrs. Mattl
| Parham, after which Mten Lilliai
( Minor read selected verses fron
. Cohesions. After a thorough and In
| terestlng explanation of Phliathe
work the following officers were ( lect
( ed: Miss Lillian Minor, president
Miss Myrtle Penn, vice-president; Mis
[ Virginia Pendleton, secretary; Mis
) Kdna White, treasurer; Miss Willi
i Thomas, press' reporter After mur
’ j encouragement from this good begin
( uing the meeting adjourned to moe
: again Sunday morning. when
teacher will be elected. The youn
i ladles who Vere anxious to organtz
: l became Interested In the work b
attending the < lass at the West Mar
j ket Street church In Oreensborc
| while pupils at the state normal. Sine
the first meeting the membership ha
I been Increased from ten to ove
thirty.
HAVANA Alf^r FltiHT
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIi
1 HAVANA, Aug. 16.—Disclosure
> made since the arrest of Beast
. Schultz, who waa "Imported" her
i from New Orleans, have convinced th
- immigration authorities that they wl
have to keep a sharp lookout to pre
i vent the development, here of a “whit
- j slave” problem such as has vexed th
i American authorities for years
CONVICT IS SHUT
TRYING TO ESCAPE
Waa Serving Six-Months Sent
ence—Postpone Investigation of
Seaboard Wreck.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
RA1.EIUR N. C. August 1#.—Yes
terday afternoon about 1 o'clock. Ed -
win Nicholson, colored, a convict on
the Wake county road*, at work on the
Hillsboro road In West Raleigh, at
tempted to eeeape and warn «hot and
lnstantlv killed by a guard. R. M. San
ders. The road between the city limits
and the Fair grounds la being widened
and a force of twenty-four convicts 1*
at work on It. Just after finishing din
ner Nicholson made a dash for liberty,
heading up Hillsboro street towards
the Capitol. Guard Sanders railed to
him to halt, but he only ran faster.
The guard then asked the foreman
whether to shoot or not and the fore
man said "shoot,” whereupon he leveled
his rifle and flred. the bull entering the
back or the head, causing instant
death. The convict was serving a six
months' sentence for attempting to
break Into the cash drawer >f a local
grocery store, and had only been on
the road force for three days.
The Investigation of the wreck at
Cnlon etat ion last Friday night, in
which two lost their lives and a score
of negro excursionists were more or
less IniureJ, which was started by the
Corporation tcmmlislon Inst Satur
day. has been continued until August
24 In order to allow Commissioner Rog
ers to take a vacation anil to gt\e time
to get too necessary witnesses Ho far,
It sr-enis that the wreck was due to the
Seaboard engtr.eer running his train
Into the station at a speed too fast
to contsol In time to prevent the col
lision.
POTOMAC ASSOCIATION
WILL MELT WEDNESDAY
! Fifty-Two Baptist Churches An
Included—Open Switch
Causes Wreck.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.
REE8BVRG, VA, Aug. 16.—Th.
Potomac Baptist Association, whirl
I embraces the counties In the Elghtl
i Congressional District,, with a total o
fifty-two churches, will convene ii
1 Hamilton Wednesday. The sessioi
| will last three days, and a large at
tendance is expected.
The commission appointed by tlr
board of supervisors of Loudoun coun
I ty to confer with the authorities o
Frederick county, Md., in regard t<
the purchase of the bridge over th
i Potomac river at Point of Rocks, fail
: ed to interest the Marcland author!
ties In the movement. This bridge i
at present owned by a stock eompanj
and the toll rates are regarded as ex
; ceaslve.
The date for the reunion of Mogby’
i$nen at Herndon has been chang e
from September 3 to September 1C
Slight Wreck.
An open switch at Bluemont Sat
! urday evening caused a head-on col
: lision, which resulted iu the wreck
| ing of two engines, a slight Injury t
j a fireman and a considerable shakin
; up of the passengers on the incomin
j train. The Bluemont express ha
taken a siding after reaching the tei
! mtnal. and the fact that the local ha
slowed up for the station prevented
disastrous wreck.
Recent land sales reported in Rot
doun county are: 263 acres nea
Mountsville. known as the Cox farn
to William P. Rynn, of Leesburg; th
farm belonging to W. J, Carter, nen
Runette, containing 450 acres, to ’
, J Linton, of West Virginia, for $12
000; W. A. Rector has sold 107 arr<
near Rectortown to James R Rak
t for $41 an acre; 180 acres near Phi
omont has been sold by John Cral
, to Mr. Klnes for $60 an acre.
! The continued dry spell has dan
aged the corn crop of Loudoun cour
ty to the extent of thousands of do
lars. Pasture fields are laid hare, an
streams are lower than for mar
" yd&ri. _ ‘ — — "
OFFERS ONE THOUSAND
FOR NEW “CUSS” WOR
, ROANOKE, VA, Aug. 16.—With
k \ wad of long greens a* big as a bet
. ! keg, Walter George Newman, a nt
„ i live of Virginia, former newsboy, co
t | puncher, ranchman, protege of .k Piei
i ' pent Morgan, anil Wall .Street plunge
3 i North Carolina gold mine owner, phi
t arithroplst and everybody's frtem
1 whose Income la said to be i350,000
< , month, and whose fortune is estimate
« 'at 125,000,000, “honked*' into Roanok
i i yesterday evening in the biggest -torn
i lng ear ever seen !n this section. J
■ i ho entered a garage two springs c
i | the machine snapped, and N’evvma
- j who outdoes "Scotty,*' the mysterloi
; miner of “Iiealh Valley.’’ and Job
i i W. Gates, of spending fame, offered
s 51,000 note for a new “cues” word,
5 j Tie say* if he can't get his machli
t i^lxert he will charter a special tra
- in the morning and proceed to Bali
1 bury, N. C.. his objective point. clain
* i lng that regular schedule trains ai
f i too slow for him.
- ] When ho left Buchanan, a stns
i' j town twenty-five miles north of Rot
‘ , noke, he threw *100 in small ohanf
'• j from the rear of his car, and laugh*
“ ! at the hoys and men as they scram bit
* for the shower of silver.
r j Newman has a colored valet wit
him, dressed as a minstrel man, wit
| a Cleveland beaver hat and long coa
This darkey has u sinecure, his dui
, 1 being to use s whisk broom at inte
' Ivals upon the clothes of his employe
i PRESIDENT WHITE
. BUCK FROM HBROAI
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President W. H. White, of the f
j P and F. railroad and the WashingU
; and Southern railroad, returned Mor
‘ day from a six weeks’ tour of Europ
| While away President White uttendt
I the International Railway Congress i
I JBerne, Switxerland.
| President White speaks in glnwln
term* of the old country and said tin
every moment of hla time abroad wi
I well spent and enjoyed. At the aatr
| time he declares that he is glad to t
back at home and that the famllh
I sights axe welcome to his eyes.
Mr. White aays that In the rallwa
congress the American railroad me
were looked upon as the leaders an
were conceded to have the advaivtat
of ths foreign countries In inlleag
equipment and other particulars.
The traveler looks to hr In goo
health and says that he was great!
benefited by hia trip abroad.
mom MERGER
PLEISES DFRGEBS
Consummation of Deai at Cin
cinnati Extends Mileage of
C. and O.
IIMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
1 __
Officials Intend to Build Addi
tions and New Bridges for
New Line.
Local officials of the Chesapeake
anti Ohio Railroad Company are more
than *ratltleu over the reports from
Cincinnati to the effect that the Chesa
peake anil Ohio Company of Indiana
has been absorbed by that corpora
tion.
The absorption murks the culmina
tion of months of planning, and is a
notable step forward In the policy of
enlargment and Improvement Inaugu
rated by the officials of the road.
The merger, according to report,
was consummated at a meeting in
Cincinnati Monday night attended by
President George W. Stevens and De
catur Axtell, president and vice-pres
ident. respectively, of the Chesapeake
and Ohio road; K. M. Whitaker, presi
dent of the Chesapeake and Ohio of
I Indiana since its incorporation; H.
j C Starr, vice-president of the Jn
i diana addition, and Edwin Hawley,
j controller of 1,600 miles of railroad
. in the Eust and West.
After a lengthy discussion, during
, which statistics and details were gone
into rnosnt carefully, the Indiana ad
| dltion was transferred to the owner
ship of the Chesapeake and Ohio
j Company. The officials of the former
I resigned to be succeeded by officials
j ot the latter company. The new offi
j < era will be formally placed in con
trol in the near future,
j According to Mr. Mead Spicer, of
i the local Chesapeake and Ohio offices,
this absorption has been considered
by President Stevens and his subordi
nate officers for several months. Here
tofore. however, some slight hitch has
always interfered with the ultimate
carrying out of the plan Along with
the plans for the merging, too, nu
merous Improvements and additions,
all calculated to save time, and better
railroad conditions have been consid
ered. As yet these latter are all said
to he tentative, but It la reasonably
certain now that the Indiana addi
tion has actually been secured, thal
noteworthy steps of progress will soot
.be taken.
New Rrklgte Proposed.
Of primary importance among thes«
I contemplated improvements 1r the
erection of a bridge at Ironton, O.
thereby allowing the Chesapeake ant!
1 Ohio and the C„ H. and L>. roads tc
Join their lines and be enabled to gei
coal from the Virginia and West Vtr
ginia mines In three days' less tirnt
than is now required,
j With this and other projects ii
view. President Stevens, It is reportet
here, will spend the remainder of tht
week Inspecting the Indiana addition
In ordr that he may see and decldi
Just what may best be done, it Is re
ported from Cincinnati that the engl
ncoring department of the C. & O. 1
-j already busily engaged in maklm
> plans for the reconstruction of line
in and about that city, but this repor
tould not be verified In Richmond
Mr. Spicer declared that, while he ha.
received no definite Information, 1
seemed hardly probable that such ,
step would he taken so soon.
The recently merged branch of th
C. & O. will not lose Its Identity as
result of the absorption. It will l>
governed entirely by C. & O. official!
but it will still continue to be know
tts the Chesapeake and Ohio of In
diana. The affairs of the road wl!
be conducted us a distinct corpora
lion, this step being decided on t
avoid the possibility of conflict wit
the Indiana courts.
Offldals lleturnipg.
President Stevens and Vice-Presl
dent Axtell are expected to return t
Richmond during the early part r
next week. Accompanying them wi
he Mr. Edwin Hawley, who Is no’
with- ~
of inspection of the Indiana divisioi
These three and other prominent t
At < >. officials will hold several Impoi
tant conferences In this city, at whic
U is probable that all jthe improve
meats and additions now tentative wi
die gone over, and accepted or r«
jeoted.
Steps will then he taken to pt
those that are deemed worthy int
working effect.
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BRIDGEPORT, CONN.. August 16.
.Tail life seemed to please David Plane
Kan, a prisoner in the Fairfield count
prison, ho well that the officials mad
an investigation. They discovered thn
David, who hud been arrested for beat
ing l«i» wife, spent only the daytlm
behind tthe bars He had dlscovere
a coal hole that communicated with th
cell corridor and was accustomed to fit
out that way after the jail had bee
locked for the night. He would the
go home, have dinner with his famllj
supply himself with things denied b
the jail regulations and return befor
dawn.
The coal hole was plugged from th
outside to-day and David will serv
the remainder of hi* term Inside th
jail.
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IS STRUCK OX HEAD
WITH AXE AND DIE!
WILSON, N C Aug. 1*.—In Ol
Fields township Dempsey Grlffl
knocked Calvin Thorne In the hea
with an axe Sunday. Mr. Thorne dyln
from the blows yesterday mornlnl
Mi. Thome's son was in Wilson to
1 day. and stated that Griffin's wife ws
quarreling with hts father, but hi
j father was not mad but was laughing
| whet. Griffin ran up behind him wltl
an axe, felling him with a hlow on th
! side of the head and afterwards strlk
tng him a Second blow with th
! weapon. The trouble occurred In th
afternoon about f> o'clock. Grlffii
made his escape and has not beei
Vi
EDICAL COLLEGE
OF VlRCI Nl A
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Wash Suits Reduced.
All our $3.00 and $4.00 Wash Suits have been
grouped together upon one rack and the knife cut deep
Into the price for quick clearing. Linen and Lincne
Wash Suits in solid white or colors in the plain tail
ored or braided effects; in colors of pink,
ight blue, lavender, tan, grey and white, J j Qg
any suit for.
Another rack of High-grade Wash Suits—contains ]
suits that were worth almost double the $5.00 we were i
selling them for. The sizes are broken in this lot and .
we hare cut the price again for final clearing. These ]
suits have been marked for quick clearing (Q no
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Dressing Sacques at Half Price.
Several lots of our regular $1.00 short. Dressing Sacques, made of fine j
quality light, figured lawns, made in high or square neck style with ■< <% ,
three-quarter sleeves, have been cut for quick clearing to.Dl/C j
Another lot of fine quality Dressing Sacques of fine Peris*n Lawns, j
made Peplin effect with V neck and kimono sleeves and finished with I
fancy border, the kind we have been selling regularly at $1.26, have __ ,
been cut for clearing to. . I uC j
Hand-Embroidered
Corset Covers and Drawers.
l-ot No. 1 consists of French Hand-Made Corset Covers, with designs
of embroidery- across the front and scalloped edge. These have been qo
’ reduced from $2.60 to. »rOC
1! Ix,t No. 2 consists of French Hand-Made Drawers, made of fine nainsook
v ! with deep flounce and designs of hand embroidery andseal- y V 4Q
i0ped edge. These have been reduced for clearing from 13.00 to M.49
or P1TIHG POLE
Sub-Committee of Councilmeu to
See That Job is Properly
Done.
_ j Jn order to malt** certain that the
- 1 tVRter tower at Stonewall and Belle
’ , Isle street*,*" Southside, Is treated to
\ the hest quality of paint. In a right
. ; and proper fashion, a subcommittee
* ! from the Commute* on Streets will
* ! watch the work done.
t ! This rather unsual action was de
i termined upon at a meeting of the
1 committee Monday night, shortly after
, the contract for the painting had been
t awarded to J. H. Morris for *157.
b Councilman Huber made a short
speech, in which he differentiated be
b tween paint and paint, and his re
t marks so Impressed his fellow com
a mttteemen that they determined to
take no chances.
The subcommittee of paint experts,
who are to assume the role of official
watchers, comprises Messrs. Huber,
Fuller and Cutchln*. It Is not im
.$ probable that these three wlll%et to
gether and arrange It so that only
one of the mneed remain on sentinel
i dutv at a time.
l Various other matters. Including
i several claims, wer considered at the
i meeting. A claim submitted by J.
•. IH Phillips for *176 as a result of
- Injuries to hi* horse whOH the latter
s stepped on a water tap and twisted
■ lt» foot was refused. Mr. Phillips, who
, had also entered an additional claim
i for $25 for loat time, claimed that hla
» horse had been Incapacitated for work
- by the aceldent The committee mem
s bera, however, were of the opinion that
s the animal would soon racover, and
i offered to compromise for $60, pro
i vlded that the city, be allowed to retain
it* legal rights in the matter.
* A reaolutlon was passed, according
to the term* of which employe* of
the pumping station in South Rich*
mond will hereafter receive $2.26 per
diem in payment for their aervlce*.
Thhi amount le the same aa that rc
► celved by the * mploye* of other purttp
ing stations of the city.
It was also decided to extend the
water main in Crenshaw avenue ai
requested by H. I* Reese- The work
Will cost about $400.
CUPID TAKES FALL
OUT OF WRESTLER
Downs Chris Jordan. Who is Sus
pected of Eloping With Seven
teen-Year-Old Girl.
PITTSBURG. August 16—Polio# of
this city. Monaca and Youngstown,
Ohio, are seeking Chris. Jordan, of Bos
ton. Mass . a Greek wrestler, and V-ou
Isa Winch, a pretty society girl of Mon.
aoa, who, her mother says, eloped with
the wrestler to-day, her sevenieeth
birthday anniversary.
For weeks Jordan had been about
Monaca, In the district where the girl
! lived, and they were seen together sev
eral times. Last Tuesday Jordan wres
tled with Paul Bowser In the Monaca
! Opera House.
i Mrs. Winch had left home to attend
' the birthday anniversary of her father,
j whlo occurred on the same day aa the
| daughter's, and when Louisa did not
i appear, the mother made an tnvestiga
| tlon and learned her daughter had not
\ been seen for several hours. Jordan
1 was also missing. He announced he
would soon be In Youngstown. Ohio,
where he expected to take on several
wrestlers.
Mrs. Winch opposed the friendship of
her daughter with the wrestler, and be.
lleved her instructions to stop the
friendly relations with Jordan had been
obeyed.
Said That King Alfonso Will
Stays There Indefinitely—Pope
Preparing Fresh Message.
LONDON, August 1«.—According
to the Centra] Nsws to-day. King
Alfonso of Spain has ordered apart
ments put in readiness for him and
Queen Victoria at the Spanish em
bassy in London In anticipation of an
indefinite stay in England as a result
of the deadlock in the negotiations for
a settlement of the dispute between
the Spanish government and the
Vatican.
The Central News declares that all
hope of the Vatican conciliating Spain
Y*
t 'She Deep Cut in the Price Telia the Story
f in Its Simplest Form.
$2.50, $3.50 and $3.98
Wash Dresses Reduced to
$|j5
128 Dresses in this lot and all this season's
styles. None of these dresses sold for less
than $2.50 and many were as high as $3.98.
Some of them are made with all-over em
broidery yokes and vest effects; others are
trimmed with buttons, self bands and tucked
vestees, while some are shown with deep
sailor collars.
These dresses are made of French Ginghams
Linenes, Chambrays, Lawns and Percales in
solid colors, checks, stripes and polka dots.
Not every size in each style, but all sizes
from 14 to 44 in the lot. Clearing price,
each $1.25.
Special Purchase of Wash Dresses.
Nearly 300 Wash Dresses were picked up in one of
the big manufacturing places of New York last week
by our Suit buyer at a great reduction, end these
are on sale at little price* this week.
Injthis lot were dresses of Swiss Applique, Lawn and
Mercerized Foulard, all made in the newest and moat
popular styles, mostly in the overskirt effect*. They
are nicely' trimmed, fresh and dainty and lomt are
the same style* as we have been selling at SI.08 to
$8.98. The price* on this special purchase range from
VRc to $2.50.
Get some of these bargain* to freshsn your wardrobe
for the remainder of the rea*on.
Shoes That Are Right
Not just ordinary Show, but
Shoos possessing elegance, ease and
art of workmanship that combine
to make these shoes "different’’
in fact, superior and unusually
attractive,
material, durabil
conaidered, tha
tins at tbs price
Quality
ity and t'
shoes are
*3.50 pair
_JEe. ,
Patent Co
Gun. Metal at.
ha* been abandoned and that th*
archbishop of Sevilla, the Spanish
primate, has bean summoned to the
Vatican to assist in prepartns a fresh
meesage to Alfonso.
It Is expeated, also, that the pop*
win shortly Issue an encyclical to
the people. calling on them to etand
by the church in the preeent oriels.
SHRUNKEN* HUMAN ARM
IS FOUND IN SWAMP
(Special to The Richmond Virginian!
F ARM VILLE, VA., Aufuet II —
Coming from his home one mile north
of FarmviUe, Mr. John Lancaster yes
terday morning came across a human
arm. It was tying in a swamp place
of land In the field to the rear of the
Farm villa llthla springs. The flesh had
shrunken, leaving only the akin cleav
ing to (he bones. The arm was appar
ently that of a girl about stxtaan years
of age, but there la no telling whether
It was black or white.
No one lives near tna place where
the arm was found, and the people ef
FarmviUe are wondering how R got
there. The location la in Cumberland
county, and Commonwealth's Attorney
Smith has been notified and will coma
to FarmviUe to-night for the purpose
of an investigation.
WOODMEN TO ORGANIZE
CAMP IN SPOTSYLVANIA
(Special to The Richmond Vlrgldlan.)
SPOTSYLVANIA. VA.. August 11.—
A camp of soma twenty-five members
of the Modern Woodmen of America
will be organised at Maaaaponaa in
this, county Thursday, night- fay. C, M. —
Gallagher, district deguty. and As
sistant Deputy R. 8. Lovelace, of
Lynchburg. Much interest is mani
fested by the young men lit this order
and an effort will be made by thdee
officers to organise several other
camps of this order in the county.
This order is quite strong la the
United States, constating of 11,117
lodges and one million two hundred
and forty-four thousand members.
Marriage licensee ware torn** by
Clerk Christian, of th* Huettngp Court.
Monday to the following:
Septus! P. Parker and Mlaa Mary
P. Coleman.
Emmett C. Clarke and Mlaa Vide
M. Chalkier.
The first named couple will be mam
ried Tuaaday. and the latter on Wgi*
neaday. x