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State Killtloa_1 Cam*
Hr Mali, Oae Tear. HM
PART OF POLITICS
III MLUjjp COSE
Rumored in Washington That
Majority May Not Ex
onerate Him
NOT TO MAKE REPORT
UNTIL CONGRESS MEETS
circling of Committee Planned
for Next Week Called Off.
McCall Discusses Matter
With President.
WASHINGTON, D.Aug. 30.—Sec
retary of the Interior B»:::r.«vr may
not be exonerated by a majority of
the committee which Investigated
charges against him: after all, accord
ing to a report which gained circula
tion here to-day, and v.hlch in some
quarters was looked upon as hearing
great political significance.
It was suggested that Senator Koot.
vfhb is at The Hague arguing the
New Foundiand fish-tie* case, may not
participate In the decision, because he
was forced to leave Washington be
fore all the testimony was heard.
The second feature ,»f the report was
that Representative McCall (Republi
can. of Massachusetts >. who has t»een
-laased as a Ballinger supporter, may
not be found on the aide of the secre
tary In the final line-up
Common report ha* gtvefi credit for
months to the statement that the com
mittee would vote seven to live in
favor of Ballinger. With Root not
voting and with McCall on the other
• id* the result would he reversed and
the verdict would stand six to live
against Ballinger
Won't Meet Just Now.
These report* were heard here to
day following word from Senator Ne
son (Republican, of Minnesota i. . hair
man of the investigating committee,
to the effect that it is not certain that
a meeting of the committee will he
held next week at Minneapolis, as In
tended. Chairman Nelson said that he
had heard from none of the members
of the committee and he (* said to have
expressed the opinion that it was not
at all likely that a decision would he
reached at this time if the meeting
were held. Nelson I* quoted here as
having Indicated that it i- far more
probable that the decision of the c,om
ro>tt«*e will not be announced until
after Congress metis in llscamber.
Mr, McCall recently paid u v;v.* to
President Taft at Beverly, and while
no one Intimates that the president
would in any nay meddle in the work
of the committee, it is sai l here 1hai
Met'all's visit w as for the purpose of
talking over the Ballinger situation,
which has given the summer capital
much worry recently
If McCall should not vote w ith those
who favor exonerating Ballinger, it
isg believed that he unquestionably
would wrtto a separate opinion. In
whleh event It Is thought that there
would be four opinions In all.
It Is understood that the four Demo
crat* on the committee will join in a
report against Ballinger. Representa
tive Madison, insurgent Republican, of
Kansas, is expected to write n separate
opinion unfavorable to the secretary
McCall's report and that of the Bal
linger supporters will make up the
allegations made by l~ R. Glavis and
Gifford Pinehot.
COULD NOT MARRY
“When This Letter Reaches
You, Francis and I Will
be Dead’’
NEWARK. X. J.. Auk. 30.— 'When
this letter reaches you, Frances, I
will be dead" wag the notification re
ceived in a letter by Antreo Jacobs,
of 342 Hunterdon street, front his
brother Amerlcus, twenty years old.
who left home Saturday, taking Fran
ces dlenelone, eighteen years old. of
172 Bruce street, with him. The let
ter. which was postmarked Brooklyn,
and was mailed yesterday, w ent on to
say that, as Frances loved him and her
parents objected to their marriage,
they had decided to go away and die
together. Enclosed In the letter were
two pictures of the pair, and the
epistle ended with the request that
his friends think kindly of Amerious
when he was gone. _
Antreo, with whom Amerleue
hoarded, took the letter and the pic
tures to the police station, and the
Brooklyn police were notified.
At the Cllcncione home a sister of
the girl said the objection to Jacobs
was that he was too young and was
Inclined to be wild.
MOB OPENS FIRE
Many Injuries Result from
Clashes Between Strikers and
Soldiers at Bilbao.
BILBAO, SPAIN, Aug. 30—Mol.* of
strikers to-day tlrsd on the troops sent
here to preserve order. A number of
persona have been Injured In clashes
between the strikers and soldiers.
Although the general strike was de
clared qff the situation Is worse tu-duy
than at any time since the strike of
miners precipitated the trouble. A
large body of strikers attempted to
stop all railroad work. They were fi
nally dispersed and the train service
was renewed.
Shipping has been seriously inter
fered with, owing to a large- number
•t seamen. Joining the strike, f
BIG VOTE POLLED
IN MD. PRIMARY
Governor Crothers’ Candidate
Leading in Race With Three
Democrats?.
j HAI.TIMOKi:. Ml'.. Aug. 30.—Ue
! porta from all over the city anil Slat*,
'this afternoon indicate that a heavy
; vote Is being polled In the Maryland
! congressional primary election, the
1 first to be held under the new law.
To-day's contests are being partici
pated in only by affiliated voters ot
' the Democratic and Republican par
• ties. There are numerous contests on
I both sides. While Interest is keen tn
! the outcome, and many personalities
have been indulged in by opposing
i factions, no trouble has been reported.
I-ate this afternoon It was reported
| that ritale Senator Charles Rlnthloum,
; who has the backing of Governor Cro
thers. was leading his three Demo
cratic opponents In the Fourth dis
trict. The name of Congressman
George A. i’earre (Republican), who
i has represented the Kiith district for
! twelve years, did not go before the
voters to-day, but Mr. Poarre In a
, statement denies that he was forced
.mt of the tight by President Taft, «»
[ had been generally Intimated.
TO GET REVENGE
1 Discharged Watchman L’ses lie-,
volver and Hurles Mtru—Gly
<■> rim ai hornier Employer.
ST. l'Al l, MINN . August 30.—
I'hurTs VWl»-h, discharged traveling
wait liman for the Great Northern
railroad, tried to murder Al. G. Ku\.
chn-i .special agent of the Great Nortii
•*rn railroad. In the Great Northern
j office building here to-day, and was
killed b\ I la,'
Welch tired live shots at Ray. none
■ f them taking effect At the second
shot Ray, who was sitting at hi*
: desk, drew a revolver and returned
Welch's rtre. ''lie ,.,f his bullets struck
Welch in the head.
Just before Ka < shot struck him
Welch dashed a new shaper w rapped
iiackage to the office floor. This later
proved to he a pint bottle of nltro
i glycerine, hot the wrapping kept it
from exploding.
The police say there was enough of
the explosive to have wrecked the
ten-story offli e building
i Neither J. ,T Hill, chairman of the
j board of directors of the Great North
ern. nor I.ouis W. Hill, his son. presi
dent of the road, were af the offices at
ihe hour of the shooting
Hay is in custody. The police s»v
their investigation corroborates his
1 defense plea.
YOUNG MAN JUMPS
FROM THIRD STORK
Sijsjxri* d of Attempting Suicide
Bur ia Uninjured—Placed
Under Bond.
Kddie Schwerdlth, a young white
man, appeared In Juatice Crutch
t field** court Tuesday and Officer \V.
| U Bradley, w ho made the arrest.
Mated that he had captured the man
j Just after he had Jumped from a third
story window on Mayo street.
Schwerdlth could give the Justice
j no explanation of his act in jumping
i fro mthe window and he was put
j under a bond of J100 for ninety days,
t the Justice saying that he would take
i time to look into tha matter. The man
! went to Jail in default of his bond.
Following the trial Schwerdlth stat
ed that he did not know why he
Jumped from the window and that he
had no cause for doing so. He said
he had been drinking but was not
drunk. He did not remember much
about his act. He confessed, however,
that he had once before attempted to
Commit suicide by tRktng a dose of
j carbolic acid, but that he was drunk
j at the time.
Justice Crutchfield got wind of the
i former attempt and gave this as his
i reason for holding the man for ninety
[-days.
37 YEARS OF DISCORD
TERMINATED WITH BULLETS
| -
Gustavo Merkt Doubts Thar Hades
is Worse Than Was His
Life.
TORONTO, ONT., Aug. 30.—“Hell
can't be worse than this,” wrote Qus
tave Merkt. sixty years old, then he
shot his wife dead and took his own
'life to-day.
Merkt. a chef, explained In the
note that the deed was done to end
thirty-seven years of unhappy mar
ried life. He asked that hts body be
cremated.
STRANGER IN TOWN
ENDS HIS LIFE
j Foreigner Whose Name is Not
Known Commits .Suicide in
Bristol.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
BRISTOL. VA., Aug. 20.—Consider
able excitement waa caused at an Eaat
State atreet lodging houae this morn
ing when a plBtol ahot tvaa heard and
a young foreigner, well dreaaed and
about thirty years old. was found dead
with a bullet hole In hla forehead, lie
j left bnly a'aerap of paper with wrtt
I Ing on It In a foreign language, which
la auppoeed to explain the caaae ot
Ills get. "
COLONEL TALKS
ON CONSTITUTIONS
Depricates Ulterior Motives of
Framers of State Laws
in Arizona
|JOLTS HITCHCOCK
MACHINE CHAUFFEUR
Hunter Cheered by Thousands as i
He Leaves Pueblo—‘‘Tala
Corporations Out
Polities'-.
PLSBI-O. COL.. Aug. 30.—Constitu
. tion makers of Arizona ami New Mex
j ieo and inferentially Frank Hitchcock, j
; the chauffeur of the Tail political ma
: chine, were given a Jolt by Colonel ;
j Koosevelt to-day. The colonel declar- !
; ed against what has become known
i as “the Hitchcock plan" of constltu- i
j lion building, which proposes iron
! bound and practically unamendable
I constitutions for the two States
The colonel spent an hour in Pueb
f lo. and made hi? speech at the de-dick- i
! tion of the new V. M. C. A. building.
He was taken for an automobile ride
"I wish I could go down to New ,
Mexico and Arizona." he said. “Many 1
friend* there have asked ine to advise
them about their cimatitution*. There
; is one point on which I would like to
adtise them, and that Is To leave the
(institutions easy of amendment.
I'lterior Motives.
"Experience has shown that not on!)
i doctrinaires, but also designing cor
; poratiou attorneys, often put Into con -
i stltutlons matters w hich are not then
; understood by the people at the time,
and n:\ plea is that the people of the
States should be left with their hands
free, so that if at any time the) feel
j that something that has been put into
their constitutions which they did not
know was there, or if they find some
thing is working badly which they be
lieved should work well, they shall
hate an opportunity easily lo make
any change necessary.
“1 want to call attention to the ad
mirable work done, by the forest ser
vice in lor.nectlon with these great
for* st fire*. Not only has the forest
bureau done everything humanly pos
sible with the preparation given them,
but In fighting the fires they have
shown the same endurance and entire
Indifference to their own lit <*< that is
i shown by the best (ire departments in
tu»ur bl* elites.”
Thousands Chcter.
As the Roosevelt train rolled under
! the long shadow of Pike’s Peak at
j Colorado Springs the chwers of a thou
sand people drew the colonel to tin
rear platform. After a few remarks
j on local conditions, the colonel rr
. sumed his attack on “crookedness,
■and promised his aid iti “the work
that lies before."
i “I heliete that, fundamentally, we
arc sounder than any other nation."
he said, “but there are \ >t* of things
! to be corrected. I believe in doing
] ful ljustice to every corporation. It
Is entitled t olts rights; but It 1* not
entitled to vote, and it Is not t ntltlfWl
i to ow n public servants. Ho far as 1
i am able 1 will protect corporations
against crooks who would blackmail
them, and against visionary dema
gogues w ho would wrong the people
by attacking them improperly,
j “Also, I would do everything in my
j (ties. We want to break up the con
j (Continued on Seventh Page.}
DROWNS HERSELF
Supposed Insane Woman Ties
Stones to Her Waist and Leaps
Tuto River—Body Found.
PHILADELPHIA, PA . Auk. 30.—
1 The body of the woman found in the
j Delaware river off Fisher's WHhrf. at
TV>rresdale, a fashionably suburb, with
, a heavy stone tied about her waist,
was identified by relatives this after
noon as Mary Pearson, 32 years old.
; erf Westmoreland street. She had
been missing from home since Satur
, day.
j Following the identification it was
announced at the coroner's, office that
j the woman probably had caused her
J own death.
Separated from her husband for a
* number of years past, according to the
I relatives, the woman's mind became
affected, and on three different occa
; sions she was confined in an insane
i asylum. Periodically she became more
| effected, and had been in the throes
j of one of these attacks, her relatives
{ state, when she disappeared.
MRS. GRAMM DIES
PELLAGRA VICTIM
Warren ton Woman First Person
to Die in Washington of
Dread Disease.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30 —After a
year’s sickness of a disease at first
supposed to be eczema, Mrs. A. Sallle
Graham, of Warrantor Vs., is dead
here to-day, the first victim of the
dread malady, pellagra, in this city.
Despite the efforts of the most emi
nent physicians, both of the United
States Publio Health and Marine Hos
pital Service, and of Georgetown Uni
versity. who applied every known re
storative, the battle was futile. it
Is said In medical circles here to-day
that Mrs. Graham Is the third person
to have succumbed to the disease this
far North. It has previously been
supposed by medical experts that the
disease could not penetrate a colder
.climate than that of the Carolines,
where it has been moet fatal.
SENDS II BULLET
INTOJHER BREAST
Beautiful Girl Unable to ('.ope
With Force of Fate and
Seeks Death
DRIVEN TO DESPERATION
BY N. Y. DON JUANS
Lnidentilied Would-Be Suicide
Writes Pathetic and Interest
ing Letter to Mother—
Probably Will Bccover.
\EH YORK, Aiiac. 30—I>er
uuMtlontnjf by (hr doc*
(ora (bin afternoon rraullrd In
(he Human itbu allrupbd (u
rommll aulrldr, Mtiylog (hat
her name rran Afire Cole* She
refused. however, to ear where
ehe lived or to name any of
her relative*,
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—Toes mg on
a cot in Flower Hospital, with a
policeman sitting near prepared to
arrest her as soon as she la abla to
he moved. U » young girl whose at
tempted si:h ide late last night in the
fashionable Hotel Astor has resulted
In one of the deepest mysteries of the
metropolis.
Her identity is unknown Her cloth
ing « as of moat fashionable cut »nd
excellent texture, while her features
bear every evidence of refinement.
Ever} mark that might have served
to identify her had been carefully
removed from her clothing, and since
she "as taken Into the hospital she
has steadfastly refused to speak one
word about herself, although she has
piteouaiy pleaded with doctors and
nurses lo let her die.
Unless there are some unforeseen
development*, she will get well. The
bullet she fired into her breast, evi
dently hoping It would lodge In her
heart, struck a rib and was deflected.
It will be removed later.
"I Want to Ilk."
The girl, who Is a blonde apparently
not more than twenty-five years of
age. walked into the Astor about mid
rnght. parsed straight through the
crowded corridors and Into the !a
ditts' "retiring" room. \ white-apron
ed maid stepped forward to relieve
her of the long blue silk opera wrap
that was suspended from her shoul
ders. but was Ignored Passing across
the room, the visitor drew a revolver
from the folds "f her skirt, pressed
it to her bosom and fired. Sh« stag
gored back and fell to the floor. As
the maid raised her head she whis
pered :
"I did It mjsolf. now I want to
die."
There na< a panic in the dining
room and corridors when the shot
wa« heard, but hotel employe* formed
(Uontlr.uod on Seventh l’age.i
People Thrown Into Worst Panic
--iiiuKV 13Q& by Rumb-1 mgs —
in Hills.
REOOIO. ITALY. Aug. 30.—A severe
earthquake shook Kegcrio this morning,
u did little damage but threw the peo
ple into the worst panic they have ex
perienced since the terrible quake of
December, lyDs.
The quake was Keneral throughout
Southern Italy and Sicily.
H. C. STUART’S SPEECH
AROUSES ENTHUSIASM
Addn >s Delivered at, Coeburn is
Heard by More Than 500
1 Vrsons.
(Special tn The Richmond Virginian.)
COEHl’R. VA, Auk 30,—Great
enthusiasm has been aroused l»y the
speech of the Hon. Henry C. Stuart
delivered at this place Monday in ad
vocacy of his candidacy for election
to Congress from the Ninth district.
Mr. Stuart's audience, numbering mare
than 500, seemed in thorough sympa
thy with him throughout his address,
which deal; at length with the issues
Involved in the campaign.
Prevailing opinion here is that the
popular Democratic candidate is gain
ing ground, rapidly on ills opponent.
Hon. C. Beseem Slernp, incumbent Re
publican' congressman, who is seeking
re-election®
In the course of his address Mr. Stu
art took a heavy fall out of the Payne
Aldrleh tariff bill, showing clearly Ha
effect in raising the price of every
commodity of life.
Would Be Postal Depository.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—The Peo
ple’s Bank of Bedford City, Va., ap
plied to-day to the trustees, of the
postal savings banks system for desig
nation as a depository of postal sav
ings funds.__£____
NEGRO FIRST STUBBED
THEN KICKED BY MULE
Jim Flake, of Hanover County,
Reported to Be in Serious
Condition.
After being seriously out by Jultnn
Martin (luring a quarrel over money
matters, Jim Flake, a negro living In
Hanover county fell from a wagon un
der the heels of a mule and wtl kicked
Into insensibility.
The injured man «u taken to his
home by friends. He is amid to be in
a serious condition. *
DECLARES WRITING
TAMPERED Will
Physician Says Letter on Fatal
Prescription Has Been
Altered
MADE WORD LAXAL
SEEM LIKE LYSOL
Druggist Warriner Emphatically
States He Did Not Jam per
With Memorandum—In
quest is Postponed.
The charge that some one _ had
changed the writing on his prescrip
tion, making the tail of an “x” so
long that it resembled a “y,” was made
by Dr. John F. Wtnn at a coroner’s
inquest held Tuesday morning in order
to Jix the responsibility for the death
of little John Odeneal Wllbon, whc
died Sunday afternoon ms a result ol
being given a dose of lysol, i poison
made up by Druggist William F. War
I riner. who misread the prescription for
luxol.
Dr. Winn -would not even mtlmatt
who had tampered with hs prescrp
ton. He gave it to Mrs. Wllbon, h<
said, written out so plainly that onb
! carelessness could have resulted ir
! its being misread After the fata
i accident, he said, he went to see Drug
gist Warrlner. and looked at the pro
scription. The tail of the letter ”x'
| had been materially lengthened, gtv
| ing it the appearance of a "y". H
i called the attention of Druggist War
riner to the fact, he said, and tb*
latter wife’s Mrs. Warrlner. asked hin
i If he meant to insinuate that th<
| prescription had been tampered with
! by her or her husband. Dr. Winn re
i plied that he means to insinuate noth
lng as to who had done it. but that thf
fact remained that It had been chang
ed.
At Dr. Winn s suggestion the pre
| soription was turned over to a news
paper man for safe keeping until call
ied for at the Inquest The newspapei
man. Dr. Winn said, had since lef
| the city and will not he back untl
j Thursday.
As a result it is highlv probabh
that the coroner's Jury will not sr
: rive at any decision until Thursday
after they ha'e examined fhe pre
. script inn in question.
Warrlner Assumes Blame.
| Previous to the charge of Dr. Winn
all the testimony given at the Srtques
i seemed to indicate that the death e
I the Hftle hoy was the result of a ram
! unfortunate accident, for which onl:
an unkind fate ahould he held respon
jsihle Indignation was expressed b
Mr. Field Wllbon, undo of the dca*
baby, however, at the course pursues
j by Mr. Warrlner In giving out a state
ment b> the newspapers, in which at
attempt was made to plai e the blanu
! on the mother of the dead child
j “Mr. Warrlner told a reporter tha
| Mrs. Wllbon came into his store, heh
1 the prescription in her hand for hlir
to read, and that then, when he askei
' her if she wanted two ounces of lysol
j she replied In the affirmative.” salt
! Mr. Wilson. “Mrs. Wllbon denies this
i She says she gave him tho prescrlp
j tlon, and that he went and filled 1
j without asking her any question
: whatsoever She did not say she want
Election of Deputies Brings FortJ
Rioting in Portugal—Four
Men Shot.
I.ISBON, Aug SO.—The milit.tr.
day assume^. command in Coviiha
whore serious rioting continues. i" •!
! low ing Sunday's election for nieuioar
.if the Chamber of tJeputles. The :e
1 suit of the election will never !>.
know n, as the ballot boxes v er.
smashed and th evoting lists torn up
Count Coviiha. the government pur
j t> "boss" at Coviiha. and throe lrlend
were shot by a mob as they were rid
' ing in an automobile. They tvouli
probably have been killed but for th
police.
The Republicans continue to «!im
gains, but the ministerial majvri y i:
the chamber w ill be safe.
; FALLS TO OEATH
WHILE DELIRIOUS
Mrs. John W. Gibbons Mistakes
Window for Door and Plunges
to Ground
I
NEWPORT NEWS, VA„ Aug. 30.
Followlng u fall from a se#ond-stor:
window of her home. 220 Thirty-rira
street, early Sunday morning, lira
John W. Gibbon* died Monday. Mrs
Gibbons had been ill several weeks an<
was delirious Saturday night. It li
supposed that she walked out of tht
window, mistaking it for a door.
With nothing on her body save i
shirtwaist, Mrs. Gibbons was found it
the street in front of her home by Po
lice Sergeant Henrv Bridgers and ta
ken into the house, l.ater a docto
was summoned, and he found that Mrs
Gibbons had sustained internal inju
rlee from the fall and her death fol
lowed.
TOWN WRECKED BY
FIERC E TORN'A DC
I JAMESTOWN. N. D„ August SO -
The town of Heaton. N. 1).. on th
] Northern Paciflo railroad. Is a wrecl
I to-day. A tornado which struck th
village last night almost demoltshei
It. according to dispatches reochinj
: her/;-. Three are known to have been !
i hilled and four injured. It Is known !
| that there is not a building in theI
town that is not damaged. Doctors!
from Carrington and How-din were j
rushed to the scene to attend the 1t»- j
Jured.
FOURTEEN INJURED
WHEN SCAFFOLD FALLS
Painters on High Platform !
Around Station Narrowly Es
cape Death in Tumble.
NBW YORK. August 30.—In the
' collapse of a scaffold which was being
used by painters decorating the In
terior of the new Pennsylvania sta
1 tion on Seventh -avenue, fourteen men
were injured to-day. Seven were
■ taken to Bellevue and the New York
; hospital. The others were able to j
j go home after ambulance surgeons j
had attended to their injuries.
CONTEST NEARING!
IIS LUST PERI
| But One Day More Before (.'lose ■
of Second Stage in Vir
ginian Baev.
Only one more day remains before
) the second votfng period in the Rlch
i mond Virginian's J2.000 contest closes.
Are you in the contest? If not, that
I is a sign that you either do not need
j the money or are not willing to make
the slightest effort for the biggest re
I compense.
The Virginian offers cash awards
aggregating 1700, JSoO and $200. All
that is asked of you to gel one of these
gifts, each of which witi start you to
college, pay your way to Europe or
gratify; some long-felt wish you have
i had many y ears. Is to get subscrip
tions to the Virginian.
An Easy Task.
■ Several score men. women, hoys and
: girls are still in the contest. They tell
i tho contest manager they find getting
new subscribers and renewals of old
subscriptions as easy as rolling off
j a log.” Would you roll off a log for
$700'
If you have not entered the contest
I up to this time, do so before the sec
ond voting period closes, so a* to get
the largest credit allowance. Persons
■ who enter during the last voting pe
* rind wIH be gi'en a lesser credit al
low* me than you. If you only “do
E it now
Producers are what the world
wants Producers are what the Vir
ginian wants Are you a-producer?
1 If so. produce subscriptions for the
Richmond Virginian and thereby pro
due- money with which to attain your
1 ambitions and desires. A number of
non-producers were in the contest at
the start, but they have been weeded
; j out. The list of contestants you will
1 j tind elsewhere in the Virginian are
all workers, and they will work as
' hard as they have been right up to
- j tho very last.
1 l ittle Handicap.
' | They have little or nothing on you.
' ; however, for if you nominate yourself,
1 j enter the contest and plug hard and
* j earnestly, you can overtake them with
' in a few days and put yourself at the
head of the list and make the biggest
Crystallize that "half notion" or
‘half’ a mind to enter that contest"
into a definite purpose, enter the con
test before the contest manager closes
the nomination books and urges his
[ workers on to further endeavor
"Opportunity comes but once." the
I sages say. Who can say that this is
I not your opportunity to get a hand
some sum of money 7
1 HENDRICK WILL SOON
LEAVE INSTITUTION
—
. Man Shot Through Abdomen i
Rapidly Recovering at Vir
ginia Hospital.
I'nless the unforeseen happens, it is
! likely that John t.. Hendrick, the
' Mecklenburg farmer who was shot
through the lower region of the ab
domen ten da>s ago by William A.
, Pace when the two engaged in a pis
tol duel near South Hill, will be able
i to leave Virginia Hospital within the
1 next week or two.
The revolver ball entered Hendrick
! on the right side, and taking a down
ward course. is believed to have
lodged in his left hip, after piercing
his bladder. Although past sixty.
I l Hendrick has displayed wonderful vi
. tality and fortitude, the doctors say.
and they regard hia ability to recover
as little' short of remarkable.
Hendrick has had other experiences
with bullets, however, and some of
l those familiar with his record are in
clined to believe that ne possesses a
charmed life.
When told Monday that his assail
ant had been pla' ed under $6,000 bond
pending trial. Hendrick remarked:
•‘He ought to have been hung."
oct.n auer Hendrick was brought to
the hdfepltai the statement was made
in the Virginian that he went for
thirty-rJx hours without proper surgl
1 cal attention before his removal to
1 Richmond. This statement was in
1 tended to convey the impression that
he iailed to receive such attention
1 as afforded by an up-to-date hospital
1 and was In no wise Intended to re
flect upon his attending physicians in
Mecklenburg.
GOVERNOR ARRIVES
IX MILWAUKEE
* Governor Mann arrived in Milwau
kee Monday night and communicated
I with Second Secretary Hardy Tuca
| day morning that he is registered at
* the Hotel Pfeleter there. In his tele
- gram the governor said he and alt the
* I members of the Virginia tax oommls
1 slon arrived safely and enjoyed the
i trip, .. , .. ...... .
SAWDERS MINOT i
eg to council <
—
Candidate of President Peters |
Does Not Live in Henry
Ward
- 1
SAYS HE’LL MOVE
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT
-_ ' J|
Also Sava Ho Has Voted in
Henry for Several Years Al
though Home 13 in
Lee.
I hat the best laid plans o' mlcA <£
and men gang aft aglee" has again j|
been liluHtrated. this time by the fact *
that Mr. Wallace C. Saunders, to whorn ' •
the council seat to bo vacated by
George K. Wise, of Henry ward, hag
recently been generally conceeded, is
not eligible for the position. Mr,
Saunders does not live in Henry ward,
Mr. Saunders lives at No. 507 West
Grace street, which la between Henry :
and Belvidere streets. Henry streat I
is the dtvldlng line betw een Henry M
and Lee wards. consequently ttKOr
chosen candidate of President K. „
Peters, who has recently routed the >
other councllinanlc aspirants in rank ‘
disorder. Is a bona fide resident of He*
ward, by a space of four residence*.
As a result of all this, It Is safe to i
predict that the field will again
swarm with candidates all eager to
make political hay before the sun
sets Thursday on th$ meeting of the b
new council, when the successor to i|
Mr. Wise will be chosen.
*hjh He Will Move.
Mr. Saunders while admitting thak
he is a resident of Lee ward, never
theless has no Intention of relingulsh
ing what he considers his firm pre~ lf*|f
ltminary grasp on the Henry ward
vacancy. He says he intends to move.
He Is a sick man. he says, having
iteen confined to his home since Frl- ?
day with chills and fever.
"Hut by Wednesday evening I will
be Uvnig In Henry ward," said he. "In
spite of my illness I shall get out of
this ward and into the other.”
Attention of Mr. Saunders was cell
ed to the fact that the law require*
a man to reside in a ward ninety day*
before allowing hj*n to vote therein.
Consequently It would seem that even
If he does move Mr. Saunders will not
be eligible for any office. Thi* fact
seemed triv ial to Mr. Saunders.
“Makes no difference,” said he. "Al- 3
, though my home 1» in Lee Ward, I
, have Iteen voting In Henry Ward for
j soverRt years. I sometime* sleep ov*r
: my drug store, you know, and th*
| store Is In Henry Ward. No trouble
i about the voting. I am already a -
voter. To-morrow I will be a resident,
and then everything will be alt right.’*
"Several of my friend* discovered
only last night. said Mr. Saunders,
"that my homo was at 6U7 West Grace ;
street, and asked me about it. I, of
couse. admitted that my regular resi
dence was in T-.ee Ward, but I also
told them about Bleeping over my
store sometimes, and about my voting
! in Henry Ward. Then X told them
i 1 intended to move, and they said
there would be no trouble." I'sg
Following close upon the heels of
the announcement ot Mr. Saunders*
unadmitted plight comes the an
nouncement that the vacant seat wilt \5
be contested for by Mr. Frank a. ‘
namaker, wholesale grocers. Mr.
Spence says his name will be pre«
sented on the door of Council when
that body convenes, and that he Witt
show strength which may prove a sur
prise.
Un the other hands, friends of
Herman Stein, I,. W. Glaaebrook and
Major O. Ham Keid, all of whom had
practically unit the race, are again
campaigning fur their favorites. Mr.
Sant Steiner, who once claimed t«*
have the promise of the support of
three of the Henry ward delegation* ,
has withdrawn finally, with the xtate
rn I-nt that he "feels sorry for th«
w ard."
Mr. Peters l udoeided.
President Peters, of common coun
cil. who has been chief sponsor fog
Sir. Saunders during the latter's cam
paign. said that he had not decided
what course of action he would pur-,'
sue in the light of the recent dis
closures.
Mr. Saunders called me up to tell ;
me that there was nothing to any
talk 1 might hear, because he had
been voting in Henry ward right
along." said he. a . «H
"Did Mr. Saunders have a leg*!
right to vote in Henry when he lived
in I.ee ward?" was asked.
"1 don't know. I ll have to look U
'J=
up,” replied Mr. Peters.
If >lr. Saunders moves, as ho ssyg
he intends doing, will you present or
have his name presented to councilV*
■] don’t know. X can’t say,” MnC
iterated the leailer of the Henry warft
delegation. ’’I shall have to CWWIM
the matter and look into it thorough"1
ly. At present I am not in & positing
to answer any questions.’'
SIX AVIATORS PARADE
FROM HAVRE TO DEAU
PARIS, Aug. oO.—Six aviators i
afternoon Hew in a procession tl
Ha.re to Deauville and return;
miles, the trip taking them acroag
mouth of the river Seine. Those m
ing the trip were Hubert Latham,
fred Le Ktanc, Leon Morane. Aubi
La Dougne and Vlenciieres.
CRIPPEN IX HOSPITAL WARD,
THREATENED WITH X'ROSTRA!
LONDON, August 30.—Threats
with nervous prostration. Dr. H.
Crippen was to-day removed to
hospital ward of Rrlxton Jail,
collapse developed shortly after
was remanded to jail yesterday *
charge of murdering his wife/ B
Elmore. In court Crippen appM
unperturbed but he weakened th* I
ment the preliminary hearing
over.
Killed nt Bottom at W«B.
K H K DE KICKBBURU. VA,, .
; 30.—Mitchell Luckett. whits dt
a deep well at Wood bridge, WSS
. ig the well when an MMUkt I
top let a board fall, which ktrgM
t Lockett and killed him tnm*ntt|
body was taken t« his keg*,
widow and several, tftUdrMvagBl