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CREED OF CHICO
IS ROOT OF till
Whole Trouble in Spain Due
to Grinding Methods
of Priest
POWERFUL TRUST
RECEIVES SANCTION
Bitter War May Result Crisis
-Vow Being Greatiy Fear
ed—Pretender Jaime is
Active.
Bl CHARLES P. STEWART.
(Suit Correspondent of the United '
Press.>
CERBERE, FRANCE, Aug 20.—Juet j
how quickly the pending Church-end- I
State situation In Spain Is going to <
develop real fighting Is pretty hard to
guess. Hostilities may begin almost
any day, or they may be warded oft
for a good many months. Each aids Is
afraid of the other, and their fears
make ftem hesitate. tA the same time,
things can't stand still. There’s a cli
max eomtr.gr, and the only question Is.
how much time Is going to Intervene j
between now and the moment of Its
arrival ?
Whoever get* the Idea that the Span- j
tali anti-clericals' quarrel U with ths 1
Roman Catholic* I* mistaken. Out of |
the eousury* total population of clove ;
to 20.000,000 it i» estimated .hat not ,
more than 10,000 are anything but Bo- j
tnan Catholics. Naturally the people j
are not at outs with the church of j
which they themselves are mem tiers. ;
It Is the State Church they are attack- I
Ing—Spain’s one great, overshadowing j
vested Interest. It I* as a monster
- «. uiiiuici vmi anu
trial organization that the anil-cleri
cals are opposing it.
The papal admlnlslrnttton hue. as
a matter of fact, taken aide* with thl»
organization. which seems to put the
wntl-clericata In a position of hostility j
to Roman Catholicism, hut an over* ’
whelming majority of them are good
Roman Catholic# for all that. Inet- j
dentally, - (here Is the best authority
for the statement that more than one- I
half the members of the college of
cardinals believe the V at Wan la mak
ing a mistake in supporting the Span- j
l#h State church, or that, at any rate, j
H IS making a mistake In supporting
It so unqualified!} as it is doing. So j
that if the Spanish ant I-clerical# are [
Injuring their atanding as Roman
<'at hoi lea bj opposing the papal ad-j
ministration a majority of the cardi
nals are Injuring theirs, too.
Out to Greed.
The whole of the present trouble
is due to the fact that the church, as j
a vested Interest, has been approprl- !
sting to Itself so large a proportion
of the country's wealth that th« masses *
of the people have been and still art
kept upon the verj verge of starvation
As might naturally be expected of so
enormous a vested Interest, the church
la Intensely conservative, not to say j
reactionary, and as It has had until
very recently the tightest kind of grip :
on the government, it has bean able ■
hitherto effectually to suppress every !
attempt in the direction of progress or >
Improvement In the people's condl- ;
tion.
With that portion of the grsat army
of churchmen which concern Itaeif
purely with spiritual matters—that is
to say the parish priesthood—no fault j
la found. This riasa, indeed, is practi
cally as poor and oppressed as the i
masses of laymen. It ts the ao-call- I
ed “religious establishments" against
which (he ant I-clerical campaign la be
ing waged The members of tbs vari
ous "orders' which conduct them are
estimated at upwards of 1M.G0*. They
conduct agricultural operations upon
an enormous scale, run factories laun
dries and mercantile concerns, loan
r r money, manage vast estates, and. in I
fact, engage in every line of business
>pen to the lay community.
It is not so much that they do all j
these things, however, that the anti
clericals complain of, as that they do
then under conditions giving them an
overwhelming advantage over private
enterprise. The enormous capita] at
_their command makes them, to start.
with, exceedingly formidable. Second
ly. they are wholly independent of
the regular labor market, the frank
and (lie of the members of the
“orders" doing all work required In
return merely for the living the.
church allow them. And Anally, they
pay no taxes.
thereto Tram.
Against » monster "trust" so favor
ed and so powerfully entrenched the j
anfl-clerirnla say it Is practically Im-1
possible for any lay enterprise to j
stand. Mors than this, the masses of
•• » vvuipruvu, VUt U1 IWV
meagre ikui of the country's re
sources which the church IHvh to
them, to pay tho antlro expense of
government. „
Laat aummer** widespread disorders
were a revolt against this condition, i
The drafting of troops from the coun
try for service in Africa was, indeed,
the immediate cause of the outbreak,
but the intolerable burden of the j
church was really the fundamental
reason for It. The church, threugh
the government, which tt a solutely i
controlled, put the rebellion down'
with eavage violence. But the outl
clerlcale refused to stay beaten.
Premier Maura was forced out of of
fice and Premier Moret tried to con
tinue the aame old eye tern. Ne, too,
failed and waa succeeded by Premier
Canalejas.
Senor Manaiejae made up hie mind!
some months ago that another revolt
was coming and felt certainty of the
tovernment’a ability to crush it as
•nor Maura succeeded, with much
difficulty, in doing last year. Me
represented to King Alfonso that the
time had come when there must be 1
a courtailment of the ehureh'e power 1
and a lightening of the burden It was
forcing tha country to boar op the
government war going to be over
thrown, Alfonso acquiesced *
Probably netthsr Premier Panale
las nor King Alfonso is entitlsd to
much credit for the decision. T|io
Premier is a so-oallad Liberal, but a
Spanish Liberal is really a conserva
tive. while a conservative Is s bitter
reactionary The premier decided aaj
he djd to save tbs throne AB’onpo
has always been completely under the
clericals' aoatroL He would undoubt
edly have vetoed the premier's pro
posals if the latter had not con
vinced him that it would coot him his I
crown if ho did. <
King's Approval.
With tho king's approval, tha pre
mier accordingly took-' preliminary
steps hi the cortes towards a reduc
tion in the number of "religious es
tablishments" ta Spain, towards tho
taxation of tho Others which engage
in Industrial and eemmarciai undor
ts kings and towards a slightly wider
toleration of Protestant soeta
The Spanish arch-bishops bad
bishops promptly protected against
any legislation along these fines, as
serting that the religious orders"
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HUM »♦ jUfrm Ihftwfr Jg
1 subjectonly to
man try an
pities,
slaatlcai law. TIm Vatican banked tip
the arch-btshope and bishops and de
manded the withdrawal of all the
measure* Premier Canale jaa wai
pushing. The Madrid government re
fused i and recalled Its ambassador
from thm Vittfili
There, at the moment, the matter
stands. The esrtH is la recess and «
win be Octeber before, the anti-cleri
cal meaeuree proposed by the premM r
can be penned. Unless he withdrawn
them, which will not happen, the;
will paae then.
King Alfonso and Premier Canale
Jaa would unquestionably Uke to back
out of their program tr they could.
Falling that, they would Uke to de
lay aa long aa possible. Thsy cannot
back out because they believe they
would precipitate a revolution by do
ing so. They cannot delay too long
or the anti-clericals will become
suspicious of them and the ever-lm
mlnent revolution will etart. There
in that much reason for thinking that
the cUmax will come soon. Mil, It
la certain that the King and Premier
win move ea elowly as they dare.
The church does not want to fight
at all If It can avoid It. It knows
that fighting wtll Involve it In heavy
risks It hopes against hope that the
State will yield. If the State should
show a disposition to do so. tht
church weutd do anything In Ite pow
sr to make surrender easy—-to save
the State's fsce.
wm right.
But when It actually comes to the
point of making up Its mind whether
to light or to surrender any part of
Us power and privilege the churdh
will fight. It la already preparing to
tight, its wealth. Ite influence and its
Intelligence ere enormous and Its pre
parations are ominously thorough.
On the state’# side will be the King,
the cabinet, the whole of the liberal
and official forces, the powerful Re
publican organisations and the Soclal
Ista; oil th^ church's the episcopate
end clergy, the entire Conservative
classes and practically ail the women
In the country
Tha church's aim. of the worat
comes, will be to depose Alcona and
to enthrone the Carllet pretender. Don
Jaime. So lone aa he remained faith
ful to the clericals, the clericals re
mained faithful to Alfonso, and Jaime
stood no chance. If the elerleala de
clare for him. hdwever. he will In
stantly become forirUdalbe, The ciert
cala have not done ho yet. for they
are not even yet quite dure that Al
fonso will not return to them. But
they will do it the moment they be
come positively convinced they have
lost him Carliat agents are already
busy in the country In anticipation of
thsir chief. Jaime has stated that
he will abt Interfere In Spain unless
It becomes necessary for him to main
tain or restore order. The clerical#
will see. In due season, that he is
furnished with the excuse he say* he
wants.
In Doubt
How a tight between Alfonso and
Jaime would result—admitting the
latter to be supported by the clerical*
—nobody knows. It rather look* a*
If Alfonso would win but the fieri cals
are tremendously strong.
Assuming that Jaime and the Cleri
cals lose ft is still no foregone con
clusion that Alfonso. Individually, will
win. The Vatiean believes the pre
sent agitation in 9patn and Portugal
Is not only enttolerlcal but antl-mon
srchical and that th« agitators pro
pose a union of two countries under
a President. Whether this Is true or
not. there is no doubt that the Span
ish radicals question the possibility of
permanently satisfactory conditions
under a monarchy. Alfonso happens,
for the moment, to he on side but they
distrust him and would arsuredlj take
advantage of any good opportunity
they might see to throw him over
board In the confusion of a civil war
Alfonso's change from the clericals
to the anti-clericals has changed the
iltnation somewhat since last sum
mer. The Issue w*g clear cat then
between Alfonso and the clericals and
one side and the anti-clericals and
republicans upon the other Alfonso
has allied himself now with the group
which apparently ought to win In the
sml. But whether victory for his
group will make for greater secur
ity of his own tenure Is mc-ra doubt
ful. Alfonso Is In a dangerous |>lace.
INCIENT Kins i
Tfi MEET HEBE TOESMY,
Mate Convention and Ladies
Auxiliary Both to Assemble
in Biennial Session.
On Tuesday, August *»rd, at 11 A.
M the Biennial Bute Convention of
the ancient order cf Hibernians will
convene at Murphys Hotel Annex, i
Lgrge attendants Is expected.
The following are Bute officers:
Bev. Charles K- Donohue. State
rhaplala, Portsmouth. Va. Maurice
K. power*. State President, Rich
mond. Va.; W. H. Sweeney. State
Wee-President, Alexandria. Va,: John
P. Pleod, State Secretary, Portsmouth,
ire.; William McDermott State Treas
urer, Roanoke, Va.
At the same time the Ladies Auxil
ary will hold their Blennlel Convert
:len In the parlors of Murphys Hotel.
Phe State officers are: Miss A sues T.
Ferrlter. President, Richmond. Va-:
Mrs. 3. McDonald. Vice-President.
Rpattoke. Va-; Mrs. Sarah Fenlmond,
rreasurer. Newport News, Va.; Mrs
tnnio Lyons, State Secretary. Norfolk.
Pa.
The following committee: Mrs. D.
P. Robinsop. Mrs. M. P. Marrln, Chas.
r. Taylor. H. K. Ortfflp and County
^resident T. A. Redin have been un
iting In making arrangemeata
The Convention wjll open with
High Maes et St. Peters Church,
fueeday. at »:*• a. M.. after whleh
he Convention will be celled to order,
ind the delegatee welromed to the
:lty by Mayor D. C. Richardson. Tuea
lay from S P. M to 10 P. M.. dete
jatee and members will be entertain
'd by the members of this city at
-akssids Park, with a dans# and re
Toshments. Car* win ir«ve Flrit
»d Bread streets, far IgltMldt, every
Ifteen minutes.
Delegates and all members are Ip
'llvf tp attend the regular meeting '
Adles’ Auxiliary. Division No.
liberty Hell, ttth and Broad streets.
Monday evening. August 22nd. at i P.
*•. and at Lakeside on Tuaaday.
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Virginian. J
NBWPORT NEWS. VA., Aug. *0.—
i telegram received from Now York
is las that B. C. Brown, colored real
stats mgn and owner of the con t rol
l'd Interest of the Crown Savings
lank of Newport News and the Brown
avtuge Ban* Of Norfolk, was last
ight sleeted president of the Colored
tankarf Association of the United
tatss %t a meting in New Teak.
ROANOICbMT, A^ust 20—While
roealng a atraet yesterday morning,
laughter L. Spencer, a well; known
lUMR. fall dead He was uivlig &
•aob his s«n*i»«iaw, r. a. rlggstt, a
rammsat OlWNiwetor. The cause el
aath was paralysis.
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Richmond Virginian’s Commercial Weather Map Aug. 19
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urlng preceding 14
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Minimum, 70.
RICHMOND, VA.# Auk- 79.
for Richmond and vicinity:
night and Sunday
-Forecast
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WASHJNGTOJ4. D. C.. Aug 110.—Fore
cast for Virginia: Generally fair to
night and Sunday, rising temperature
Sunday in West and North portions.
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SCATHBR COVDinOVS.
The Atlantic Coast area of unsettled weather now extends over only the tidewater district between Nor
folk and Jacksonville, fair weather having developed over the other Eastern eeetlons as well a* over almost
, all the remaining portions of the country This mornings may also shows, in the west an extensive area of ris
ing temperature which hes caused reelings of from M to 9* degrees througnout the Northern Plateau Region, 'he
Rocky Mountain Region and the Northern Plains States The temperature yesterday also exceeded »0 degrees
generally In the Gulf and South Atlantic States. _
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mr to keep
Fredericksburg Compsu^ Fleets
Officers—Mill Owners Will
Settle All Claims.
'Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., Auguat
20.—The Anti-Saloon league ha*
opened headquarter* here in the Wtl
llis building with Dr. E. J. Richard
son, of Richmond, field secretary of
the State league, in charge. The tem- j
peranee force* are making a deter
mined fight to keep the saloon from
the town
The election win take place Sep- :
teml/er #. There are no eaJoon* in
the city at present, the town voting
them out two year* ago.
Officer* Elected.
At a meeting of the Washington
Guards, Compear U First regiment, i
Virginia Infantry, Thursday night •
called by Captain Larkin to elect two !
company officers. Ur Charles j
Delaran Montague was elected first
lieutenant and Mr. Oeorge Davis Rowe j
was elected recond lieutenant The:
election of these two young gentle
men has added a new Interest In mili
tary affaire here and Captain T. ¥•
latrkin expects soon to have his com
pany equal to any in the State.
Mr. St. George R. Fltshugh left yee- j
terday {pr a month's sojourn at Buf- >
falo l.tthia Spring*.
Rev. W. 8. Dedot and wife, who
have been guests of Mr. J. F. Rowe
during the week, left for Richmond
to-day.
Par AU Claims.
Mr William H. Duvall, of New
York, partner of Mr. John C. Melville j
in the ownership of the woollen mills \
which were destroyed by lira hers .
Wednesday night, arrived here_ yes- .,
ierday Notwithstanding tKe heavy lose
the owners state that every dollar of ;
indebtedness of the woollen mills will ,
be paid out of the dSC.bbO insurance.
The pants factory, which was an !
annex of the * oollen 1 mills, was got i
burned and the owners are arranging j
to double the capacity at once. Thia
branch ef the industry eras started
three year* ago and the demand (or
the goods are greater than the out
put.
Bank Fmn Vienna.
Mr. A. Dowenson. who was a jeweler
her# (or a number of yearn, but for
trU, his native home, returned here
yesterday. Mr. Lowenron hopes again
to locate in this city.
Mr. W. E. Bradley, president of the i
city eeunetl, is vtelttng relatives in I
Baltina Me.
The city council at a meetlnsr held I
Thursday nt*ht. appropriated tt<0 to
purchase a laboratory for the high
school, an appropriation of till was
also made to odd to an equal sum
collected by the teachers to purchase
a library for the benefit of the pub
lic school system of the town.
COENCILMAN’S D.U’GHTER
IS A VERY GOOD SWIMMER.,
..Miss Isabsil W. Puller, daughter
of Councilman T. II. Puller, of 81*
Bast Marshall street, ftgursd In a aaa
sattonal rescue in lathe Maalnkuckxe,
lnd . Friday afternoon. She saved
from drowning Mr. r. Thompson, of
Atlanta, Go., with whom aha had sons
out for a swim.
Miss Fuller la only about fourteen
years old but Is an expert swimmer.
Mr. Thompson la also a rood swimmer
and with the young atrl he started
for a race of three hundred yards
seroas ths labs. When about half
way be waa taken with cramps and
but far the care of the young lady
would have drowned.
Placing one hand under has head
and admonishing him to not cling to
her the little girl swam to g row
boat fifty yards gway where she was
taken out of the water almost drown-1
ed lienssif.
Councilman Fuller left Saturday af
ternoon. for Atlanta where ha wl)| Jela
his wife and family, they having loft
indfeita for Atlanta shortly after the
addent to Mr. Thomas.
GAVE GIRIt KNOCKOIT
MtOFtS AT T9UE BEACH
(Special to Tha Richmond Virginian-)
NORFOLK. VA.. Aug. *0.3-Whet
yet develop into a eensatlea to
. report that a, young woman was
v#n knockout drops at Virginia
h Thursday Sight. Two young i
men from Ohio are suspected, anil
while ae warranto have bean issued,
detectives ware working on tho oase
reetarday
The girl to said to ba tha daughter
af a preacher- ,
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NEGRO DROWNED
III MS RIVER
Strength Gives Out While Swim
ing Across Deep Hole—
Boys Find Body.
Sinking in mid-channel while at
tempting with three compantone to
*w|m acroaa a hole in James river at
a point Juet below the Twelfth street
power house of the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company, a negro employ
ed as a porter, hut whose name was
not known, was drowned shortly after
U o'clock noon Saturday.
Whether or not the negro was
stricken with cramp while in the wa
ter has not yet been definitely deter
mined. it la the general belief of the
authorities, however, that he merely
exhausted hts strength and sank be
cause he wap unable to swim further.
Mta three companions, also negroes,
made an effort to save him. but were
unable to do eo. One of them was
seised by the drowning man and him
self pulled under the surface and al
most strangled.
The body was found about half in
hour after th« fatality had occurred,
by Raymond Dawes apd Charles Pair
cloth, two white beys, aged ten years
aach These two boys dived repeat
edly, until finally, both found the body
at almost the same Instant. They at
tempted to ralee It to the surface but
their childish strength was unequal to
the task. Acordlngly one of them
■warn back to shore while the other
treaded water thus marking the spot
where the body was lying
Joseph MeheMtein end Edward
Vaughan-Uoyd, two hoys aged about
sixteen years offend their services, end
plunged Into the water. After a few
moments of effort they raised the body
and V°t it ashore!
Coroner Taylor viewed the body and
gave a certificate of accidental death.
MISTSHEWEY
Captain of Company K, Staunton.
Not Reinstated—Offense
Not Grave as Reported.
The case of Captain Charles Shewey
of Company K, First Virginia In
fantry, of Staunton, who was re
cently removed from commend by
Colonel Perry. peadtna alleged
charges which It was said would be
preferred, remains unchanged. Ad
jutent-Oenerel Sal* baa received a
letter from Colon#! Ferry in this con
nection, but no chargee have reached
headquarters. It to understood that
charges will not be made, and It la
further gathered that the offense of
Captain Shewey was not nearly so
grave as wee at first intimated. The
report published In a Staunton paper
ih«‘ be had resigned to said to bo
unfounded. No advices relative to
this have been received by the Ad
jutant-General,
The strange part of the case is that
Captain Shewey was relieved of the
command of his company without any
formal chargee being made, consider
ed »n unusual military proceeding.
Ha has not been reinstated, nor have
any charges been lodged against him.
in hto letter to General gale Colonel
Perry deplores the public ity given the,
affair by the Richmond press.
yocxfi WHITE MAW
CHARRED WITH THEFT
.Haher Stewart, a young white man
It years old wag arrested Saturday
afternoon shortly after i o’clock and
locked up at the Second Police Station
upon the eharge ed burglariously en
tering the house of Q. £>. Davis. filO
West Main street, and stealing a Jot
of tools used by carpenters.
Mr. Davis tg a contractor and re
ported the theft of the tools to the
polios « few days ago. Policemen
riournhy and Allen made the arrest
leturdey. ftewart denies the charge.
Re ««UI4 not furnish hall in the af
“* "saa ■»
tat
ITF.PBK M aMFIWitD. o. l-.lm. r.
Flu
fttehmon 1
died at
lilt, at
1. In his
Hollywood
STEPHEN SHEPPERD
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Prominent Citizen of Flu van a
Takf-n Off aa Result of
Parslytie St rake.
Hon. Stephen M. Shepherd, of Pal
myra, Fluvanna eounty, died at the
Virginia Hospital Saturday at noon.
Mr. Shepherd rat stricken with pa
ralysis at his home In Palmyra May
8# last. aLter complications arose and
he was brought to this city and an
operation performed in an effort to
•are his life. Disease had made too
rapid progreaa, however, and he lin
gered until II o'clock to-day. when he
passed peacefully away. His family
were at his bedside.
Mr. Shepherd was born in Fluvsnna
county, Va., on November SO. 1876,
and was the oldest eon of Shandy h.
and 3d- Addle Shepherd. He received
hia early education in the district
schools of his native county. Enter
ing upon his business career, he was
associated with the late firm of G.
H. Kent & Co., of Kents Store. When
title firm failed he waa appointed re
ceiver for the business, and wound up
the affairs successfully. He then en
tered upon the study of law at Rich
mond College, oompleting his course at
the University of Virginia. He loeated
nt Palmyra, the county seat of Flu
vanna, wher she has since practiced
his chosen profession with phenome
nal success.
In I90S he was chosen to represent
tha counties of Fluvanna and Gooch
land in the House of Delegates of the
Virginia Legislature and waa there
fore a member of that body, serving
during the recent session.
r. Shepherd was a young man of
sterling Quality and Integrity devoted
to his duty and TSyal'To numbers of
friends an dassociates who will sadly
hum him.
He is survived by his parents, two
brothers, Mr. A. T. Shepherd of this
city and W. B. Shepherd of Baltimore,
and a sister, Mrs. W. Wirt Kent, of
Fluvanna county, Va. His funeral
will be held from the Movtuarv
Chapel at Hollywood, Monday morn
ing. August 23nd at U o’clock. Ths
services will be conducted by Rev.
A, M. Padgett his pastor and the In
terment w-m he made ip the family
lot in Hollywood.
NT CITIES MTIIt
ron Esnan cons
New Orleans and iSan Francisco
After Xext Session Inter
national Meeting.
WASHINGTON. V. C-. Aug. 10.—
Before delegate* at the International
Esperanto Congress. representing
twenty-three nation*, the relative mer
it* of San Rraneisco and New Or
iean* a* sites for the exposition eel#
brsting the opening of the Panina Ca
nal were argued to-day amid closing
•cone*. Each city wants the congress
in m«, the exposition year.
Sinclair Lewi* made an eloquent ep»
peal for San Francisco, saying that
city is the meeting place of the Orient
and the Occident, and the natural
gathering place for a congress repre
senting the world. Grosvsnor Dawes
set forth the claims of New Orleans
No decision was reached.
In a farewell address Dr. U L. Seam
hoff, of Warsaw, Poland, author of
Esperanto, declared that the congress
here has beep one of th# meet suc
cessful In the history of th* organisa
tion, and expressed high hope* for an
increasing use i>I the international lan
guage In this country.
S6JU to Pittfiir
SALISBURY, N. C^August 10.
For the purpose of taking treatmon
In the Paateur Institute at Haielgfa
•. R. Witherspoon, of near Popiat
Rowan county, left Salisbury las
night. He carried with hljj» the hea<
of a cat by which he was severe);
bitten this week. Th# cat w#a drlvsi
from the hous*.
A»g. I#—A
happy reunion of the entire family of
W. C. Winn la tn progress at hi*
hospitable home, situated at Pleasant
Grove, near hors, in Lunenburg
county, and as a result th* commo
dious old mansion, which has for quite
# auaabsr of yean been eacxeedingly
quiet, is gay with its forms*- oo
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GOVERItOH PLEDGES
HIS CO-OPERIIIIOH
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’W ill Shortly Appoint Delegate* to
Attend Southern Commercial
Congress.
EXCURSION POSTPONED
Railway Officials Visit Peters
burg to Inspect Work—
Personals.
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; (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
PETERSBURG VA, Aug. 20—Sec-i
' retary Edwin E. Quarles, of the South- |
ern Commercial Congress, was in con- j
ference with Governor Mann Friday
relative to the appointment of ten
delegates from Virginia to the meet- j
Ing In Atlanta, On., October 7., pre- j
llmlnary to the general convention In i
that city next spring. Governor Mann
promlaed Secretary Quarles that these
delegates should be promptly appoint
ed. The October gathering will be
composed of delegates chosen by gov
ernors of the Southern States, ten from
each State, and they are to formulate
the plans, details and scope of the
great commercial convention to beheld
in Atlanta next spring.
The agricultural fair to be held in
Petersburg this fall Is well under way.
1 A large premium book is now in the
hands of the printer and fi.fXKI are
to be distributed among the farmers in
the counties adjacent to Petersburg.
This fair is open to competitors from
the counties adjacent to this city, and
; promises to be one of great Interest
and importance to agriculturists arid '
merchants.
The agricultural exhibits are to tie
shown In two large warehouses, one
being the largest tobacco warehouse in
the State, It was contemplated to
to the fact that largo buildings would
have to be built anti the length of time
necessary for this work, it nne deem
ed advisable to hold the exhibition ill
the warehouses On Vi lend Street
Excursion Postponed.
The moonlight excursion which was
to have been held Friday night down
! the Appomattox and James rivers by
the Petersburg Motor-boat Club has
1 been postponed until Friday.
The Lyric Theater, under the man
agement of Mr, Charles O. Moss, will
resume Monday evening. This theater
has been conducted in Petersburg for
three years
Dr. Fred TV. Moore, pastor of Second
Baptist church, and Messrs. G V. I
Fitzgerald and D. VV. Branch have
gone to New fork.
Dr. D. H. Kolstun. pastor of Second
Proebyterian church, is spending ten
day# in the mountains of Virginia.
Miss Ophelia Pereival is seriously ill
in her home on Washington street.
Mr. Robert W. Price, president of
Travelers' Protective Association of
Virginia, has returned to Petersburg
from Green Bay. where his muther is
III.
1 islt Town.
Mr L. E. Johnson, president of the
Norfolk; and Western railway: Mr. N.
D. Maher, general superintendent; Mr.
V. A. Rlton, division superintendent,
and officials of ths company were In
Petersburg Friday Inspecting the work
of the diversion belt line from Addison
in Dinwiddle county to Poe in Prince
! George county. This diversion will
cost approximately JlO.hOO. It was
made in order to divert through
freight around the city, thus saving
I time and the necessity of pulling
j freight up a grade east of the city.
! Mr. Carter R. Bishop, acting mayor
and president of the Board of Alder
men, will issue a ball for a joint meet- |
1 ing of counelimen and aldermen next i
Tuesday evening. Request for this
call has been made to Mr. Bishop. No
) further candidates have announced
themselves, and the contest between
E. H. Patterson. George Cameron, Jr.,
and Paul Petit. Friends of Mr Pat
I terson are claiming that their candi
date will be elected on the first bal
lot, stating a sufficient number of the
j membership have pledged themselves
for hi* election. On the other hanu,
Mr. Cameron's supporters are claiming
he will be successfully sleeted. Mean
iilrp^JllL. Paul Petit is losing no time
In pressing his candidacy.
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C. 4 0. APPOINTS
AEIJMIS
Announcement has been made at
the general offices of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway that a number of
appointments are made for the Chesa
peake and Ohio of Indiana and that
the Jurisdiction of several of the of
ficials have been extended over the j
new line.
M. 3. McDonald has been named as
| the division superintendent of the In- '
dlana line with headquarters at Peru.
Indiana, ft. P. Dalton has been ap
pointed superintendent of terminals
at Chicago.
BLOWS OFF HIS HEAD
WHEN SUED BY WIFE
NORFOLK, VA„ August 20.—Be
cause he was sued for divorce by his
wife and all six children were report
ed to be on the side of their mother.
Hunter James, nged 68 years, proml- 1
nentljr connected In Princess Anne
county, committed suicide yesterday
by putting a shotgun to his face, pull
in# the trigger, and blowing ofT the
top of his bead- i
The couple were married in 1S7S
and had reunited at different times
during the past nine years. Recently
James had been living separately In
: the same house with his wife, who had
’given him lodgings and quarters while
' he worked a portion of the farm
which she set apart for him.
When she heard the report of a
; shotgun. Mrs. James was at a neigh
bor's house and hurried home to find
her husband dead. The man had
killed himself while sitting on the side
of hts bed.
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MAKER TWO ARRESTS
IN NEWPORT NEWS!
I (Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA.. Au*. 20.—
' Deputy Sheriff Traylor, of Henrico,
this morning arrested William and
Benjamin Bolton, of Chelsea Hill, the
first named charged with threatening
hts vrifs and b*hy with a revolvsr two
weeks ago. They will he taken to
Richmond this evening.
REMARKABLE INCREASE
SHOWN BY ATLANTA. GA.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. •<>._
The Census Bureau announced that
the present population of Atlanta. Oa..
Is IlMIt. showing an increase of *«,
•*T, or TL* per cent..over th*-l»00,
when It m tIJU Vj,,
t ' • V
Has Strong Support in
Parts of Maynard’s
District.
INCUMBENT LOSES V<
Is Forced to Take Sttunp '
He Had at, First
to Speak.
NORFOLK. Aug. >0-With
Congressional primary only tfiwi
off. the fight is nip and tuck__
Harry L. Maynard, Incumbent,
William A. Young, who wag
elected to the National house _
presentatlves and unseated both •
by a republican congress.
While the fight la very close,
dlcationa point to the nemis
Young. Maynard losing
in places where he was
strong. He will carry Po._„
his home eity of course, but by
lng like thp majorities he rat,,,
two, four and six years ago. It#
of his supporters in Portsmouth
liev* be will lose three ward*,
that If he comes out of his home !‘
with a majority of 500 he will
lng better than they expect.
Maynard wilt carry the com
NajiMcmond. Southampton atw
of Wight, by good majorltlea.
will net get many votes in
Young s supporters say Mays_
not carry a precinct in the city,
claim Young will receive, the
majority irlv<»n a i
i andtdate, in Norfolk. Young
carry .Norfolk county, and P
Anne county. His supporter*
will run strong in Portsmouth
will receive a majority of from
to 2.200 In Norfulfl.
If Young goes out of .Norfolk
1.500 and receive ’£00 in if
i ounty which is the minimum ti
receive. Maynard must ovare
with his majorities from
Wight. h'ansemond and South
counties and the city of Po
He will not get more than 1.590
jority in the three counties and
receives 50 Omajority in Pur
he will only be within reach of Y
Strong Support.
Young has every potitfral If*
X'orfolk and Norfolk county sup
Ing him. He is an extremely
man. while Maynard i» said to
forgotten some of hi* former t
and they In turn are not think
great deal about him In the
fight.
Over in Portsmouth Maynard
lost some of his strongest w
Sam Montague, chairman of the
mouth Democratic city com
heretofore a strong Majnard
out for Young. There are s
others equally as strong who are
porting the candidacy of Young.
The campaign from a speech
ing standpoint has been aa quiet
church. Maynard, who announc
the beginning that he would not
any speeches, has been forced
the stump within the last week,
cause he began to recognise that
losing ground in hia former
holds. He has made two spee
Portsmouth and several in
ties. Y’oung has made no
and probably will make none.
Maynard in his speeches dec
should be returned to Congress,
cause he has more experience i
new man would
The fight r.o far indicates
majority of either man wilt not
jarge one. But there may be a
slide if a very large vote is polled
Norfolk. There appears to be
interest irt the campaign
and the.
likely be small.
A change will be made in the
line-up for the double header
day afternoon. This has been
sitated by the absence of
Busch, tjhe Crew's shortstop, wt
called home to Norfolk
morning to the bedside
who is ill.
The Tars will not
handicapped by the absence
a* they have plenty of m
up the gap. Bonner, who
playing right field, will prouamy f
hack to his old position at
base and Beggy will go to
Skipper Clarke or one of his
will fill the place in right fl«
tin wood Robert ton.
Linwood Robertson, after a tin#
illness, died Friday night at hi* ]
in West Cary street. He leave* a
three children, mother suit) **
brothers and sisters. It i* likely
the funeral wilt take place Bund*:
ternaon at 5 o’clock, though arn
ments were not complete Saturd*
ternoon.
Funeral of Mr*. Tyler.
The funeral of Mr*. Alice Berry,,
ler, who died Friday In Salerti, VaH
take place Saturday afternoon •
o’clock from the realdenoe ha**£\:
li)2 South First street. InternWMfj
be In Hollywood cemetery,
was the widow of Mr. R. H. T)
She was 72 years old and lea vat*
son, Mr. Stanley B. Tyler, metoM
the board of tire i.ommUaloner*. ||
Tyler had been visiting hsrtr *4*1
daughter, Mrs. G. S. Per*lng*tk ff£
lem. The body "-as brought' h*jjfjjj|j
urday morning. ’>
Eleoted Fhw U*
Second Lieutenant Kol
of Company M, Ftrat
PanvlUe, Va., ha* beer
lieutenant .
(todtner data BMh
The rinding* of the e«t|
which recently tried Serges
U Atkinson, of the HiettNti
User*, on a charge of fa|t|u
tlcipat* in th« Gettysburg t
with iiu command, ware
turned over to Governor Mw
Jutant •Id-'iMtal Sale.
The G«v i rr or wilt not ml
the verd 't until ho hM goo
the pace's in tst case.
tocepu Ho
Governor Mona 1
resignation of Mr. I
Commonwealth’* ati
buy*, from the bom
the E**t«rn State 1
iamatmr* Frofemh