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Mi™ POOR
TO 1UIIKEJISKETS
Committee Refuses to Appropriate
$10 for Materials for Cijy
Home. .
HIRCHBERG FIGHTS PLAN
Says Inmates Who Can Work
Have Enough to t>o Clean
ing Rooms.
Holding to the viewpoint that those
Inmates of the City Home able to
work have all they can <lo keeping the
place clean, members of the commlt
' lee on relief of the poor have refused
by a vote of five to three to appro
priate *10 for the purchase of ma
terials in which the Inmates referred
to might learn the trade of basket
making.
The question came up at the final
meeting of the committee lor the
present session Monday night. Dr.
Moses Hoge. Jr., urged that the ap
propriation be made, promising that
if such action were taken, the State
Board of Charities, of which he Is a
member, would provide a teacher, and
would also undertake the marketing
of all baskets made. The proceeds
from such sales, he said, would be
turned over to officers of the City
Home, thus enabling the inmates to
help support themselves.
Councilman Hlrschberg opposed the
plan. He* declared that only a few
of the Inmates of the Home are able
to work, and these have as much. If
not more than they can attend to In
cleaning their quarters. He also de
clared that any inmate* able to work
snd suppoft themselves by basket
making deserve no place tn the home.
Superintendent Cabell, of the Home,
concurred In the objections of Mr.
Hlrschberg. and when a recorded vote
* was called for, the proposition was
defeated by a majority of two.
Several other matters were gone
Into at the meeting. among them
being the acceptance of the resigna
tion of Mrs. Florence Maedougal, as
matron of the home. Mrs. Maedougal
has acted In the capacity from which
she is resigning for many years, and
has an enviable record of efficiency.
Her resignation, which takes efTect
September 1, is deeply regretted.
Payment of $50 each to the real
estate firms of T. M. Wortham and
Company and Richeson and Crutch
field, for services rendered in the re
cent sale of City Home property to
the Hebrew Cemetery Association, was
decided on. This amount will be
paid by the association.
Bids for the erection of an operating
- pavilion were opened, but rejected
owing to the fact that the matter
cannot be taken up before the con
vening of the new council. The certi
fied cheeks accompanying the bids
• ere accordingly returned to the bid
dare.
Only two contractors contested for
the a«ard. These were Cl. J. Huntt.
who offered to do the work for 8 X0.*5S 1
and E. C. Woodward figures were $8.
tI2. Both bids were excessive, the
limit placed by council on the cost of
the work being $5,000.
The meeting lasted hut little more
than an hour and following the dis
cussion of business the minutes were
rea. and. a vote of thanks was ten
dered to Chairman H. Hobson and
Clerk McDowell. The memhe.rs then
adjourned.
H. (i. PROCTOR GOES WITH
THE COM MOV WEALTH BAVK
Mr. Henry Q. Proctor has accepted
the position of general auditor of the
Commonwealth bank. He was Iden
tified with the National Bank of Vir
ginia for a number of years and more
-recently held the position of assistant
cashier of the Capitol Ravings bank.
A. e. A. 10 CONSIDER
NEW PROCEED!!
Lawyers from All Ports of Coun
try to Give Thoupbt to
‘‘Law's Delay”.
CHATTANOOGA. TEN'S'., Aug 30.
Radical reform In Judicial pro. . lure
win bo considered by the American
Bar Association. whose thirty-third
annual convention opens hero to-day.
At the laat convention a committee
was named to inventigato and suggest
methods «hereby litigation could be
expedited, ami the much comp'alned
of ''laws delays” obviated, and It Is
expected that plans will be perfected
for securing the needed 'egislat.on.
The committee recommends that the
Judgments of appellate courts shall be
rendered upon the merits without re
gard to legal technicalities such as
immaterial judicial rulings, etc. It is
also recommended that Issues of tact
shall be passed on by trial juries re
serving the questions of law to be de
cided by the trial Judge, or the appel
late court. This Is In line with the
present revised form of court proce
dure in Kansas and Wisconsin.
CONDITION OK POOR IS
IMPROVED, SAYS WILLARD
That the condition of the poorer
classes in Germany, Belgium, Italy
and other parta of Europe, which he
visited show* marked improvement ia
the Impression which Colonel Joseph
E. Willard, former lieutenant-gover
nor of Virginia, brings back with him
from a trip acroas the Atlantic. Col
onel Willard ia a close student of so
ciology and paid considerable atten
tion to this subject during hla trip
While In France, Colonel Willard
went up In an aeroplane with Henry
Farman and enjoyed his experience
Immensely, he nays.
Colonel Willard arrived In Rich
mond Monday to spend a day or two.
He was greeted warmly by a number
of his friends hare.
Lieutenant Matt Stricken.
"Lieutenant A. B. Matt, of Engine
Company No. •. of the Are department,
was stricken with acute indigestion
Monday night fears for hla recovery
were entertained for some time. A
physician remained with him at hla
home. 212 South Cherry street, practi
cally all night. Tuesday morning
Lieutenant Matt was reported Improv
ing.
wants graduate cook
FOR HIS COMPANY
Without saying anything against the
cook his company had at the encamp
ment at Fortress Monroe. Captain A.
D. Clements, commanding the Third
Combpahy. Virginia Coast Artillery,
recommends In his report to Adjutant
General Sala Tuesday that “a graduate
rdok be furnished* this command —
tng future
per cent, or Hie men attended the en
campment, and expreaaed gratitude
for the many courtesies and able In
struction of Captain C. G. Burner, of
Fortress Monroe.
Property Transfers.
Property transfers Vrcre listed in
the Chancery Court Tuesday as fol
lows:
John B. Gayle and wtfe to L,oulsa
Mayo, property Improved with resi
dence No. 1810 Jay street, $l,2f>0.
El F. Poindexter and Agnes E. Poin
dexter to Samuel G. and Susie V.
Meredith, property fronting 26 4-12 feet
on east line of Twenty-seventh street
between Broad and Marrhal) streets,
$10 and other valuable considerations.
Samuel G. Meredith and wtfe to E. F.
Poindexter, property at northwest cor
ner of Main and West streets, fronting
162 7-12 feet on Main street, with a
depth of 134 feet on West street. $10
und other valuable considerations.
At the Theatres
Academy—'Tshmael," 8:15 o'clock
Bijou—“The Adventures of Polly,”
8:15 o’clock.
Colonial—Continuous vaudeville.
Lubin—Continuous vaudeville.
‘Tshmael,'’ one of Mrs E. D. IS. N.
Southworth's most popular and fa
mous books, will bo played by a com
petent company at the Academy Tues
day evening. The company comes to
Richmond after long runs in a num
ber of metropolitan cities. The bright,
wholesome comedy will appeal to
Southern audlerfces. Manager Wise be
lieves.
On Friday evening Manager Wise
will offer “The Soul Kiss.” and on
Saturday “Polly of the Circus," with
the same company which plavtd here
last spring.
“The Adventures of Polly.”
I An audience which taxed the capaci
ty of the Bijou and made the welkin
1 ring with its applause for good acting,
laughter for bright lines, and hisses
for true to life villainy, witness the
| performance of “The Adventures of
I Polly," the initial offering of the sea
i son at the popular playhouse Monday
night.
"The Adventures of Polly” sparkles
with witty lines and bristles with ac
tion. It Is a. heart-interest pluy. In
which is told the struggles of n pure
girl to make her way lu the business
world, with a delicate love story run
ning ihrough It. The scenes shift from
a low caliber boarding house in New
York to Arizona, the play breathing
the baseness of Gotham and the
breeslness of a mining tow n.
The play must be shortened, and Mr.
Blaney might do well to relieve Miss
Eelsha, the boarding house proprie
tress, of about three-fourths of her
lines in the first act, as there is little
! necessity to call a spade a spade more
) than once.
Mr. Blaney niuV Miss Cecil Spooner,
co-authors of the sday, w ere compelled
to make ent-faln speeches, in which
they expressed thetr pleasure at being
: back In Richmond, and promised the
i audience a number of new and good
plays.
As the heroine. Miss Hadley was
exceptionally good Richard Purdon.
Robert Vaughn and Frank Christie
I were satisfactory in thetr roles.
i _
Good Bill.
Sparkling: with wit, merry with song
and rythmic with artistic dances, the
bill at the Colonial this week seems to
| be above the high standard maintained
1 by the management. Five large audi
ences heard, saw and applauded the
performers Monday and In each case
i the capacity of the house was tested.
As "eccentric continues" Hawley and
Bachen have been appropriately styl
ed "The laxugh Factory." They amus
ed and entertained with the antica and
jokes and the audiences were loath to
. have them leave. Young Brothers
: and Veronica offer an entirely new
line of singing and dancing. Their
i voices are good and their feet have
j been trained to dance some steps new
j to Richmond.
In “A Box of Perfectos' Mr. and
i Mrs. Frank Wallace scored u distinct
j hit, their humorous situations and dia
logue compelling peals of laughter and
rounds of applause.
Miss Gertrude Keill and Master Den
nis O'Neil!. Jr., were in good voice, as
usual, and their illustrated songs were
received with warm approval. The
pictures are exceptionally distinct and
-the themes #-—4. — -
“DOWN WITH CONEY"
SHOUTS THESE FAIRIES
! Concert Women 1’arade on "Hot
Dog” iStauds By Light ot
Waning Luna.
NEW YORK. Aug. :!0. - Forty con
i cert hall women, attlretl In varl-col
i ored attire, paraded the streets* of
j Coney Island early to-day—that it*.
until the sun came out upon the "hot
i dog" stands and gaudy painted "show
j fronts"—shouting. "Down with Coney
| —we got our"' Unaccustomed to the
j sun's rays, they broke up and hur
; riedly donning proper clothes, de
i parted for grounds ijss censured.
The parade, which was a startler
even for Coney Island, followed the
action of Acting Mayor Mitchei In
closing several dancing resorts.
Hack and forth through the narrow
streets and back alleys, along the
"Bowery" they marched, screaming
and shouting, undisturbed by the po
lice, and Joined by "barkers" and
hangers-on
As a result, Coney Island is now
practically free of the element which
caused the acting mayor to take the
action he did.
NEGRO GETS SHOT
FOR FOURTH TIME
Robert Lewis Has Seeming Pen
cliunt for Reception of Bul
let Wounds.
For the fourth time within a few
years, Robert Lewis, a negro, was shot
Tuesday night. This time the bullet
■wound TO rsootved at the hands of
Wiliam Dawson, another negro, follow
ing a quarrel over a woman.
Dawson was shot through the left
leg. the wound being painful but
scarcely eerlous. He received treat
ment from Dr. Hagan, of the City Am
bulance Corps, after which he was tak
en to his home. His assailant has thus
far eluded capture.
CHESTERFIELD VETERAN'S TO
HOLD THEIR ANNUAD REUNION
Members of W. B. Wooldridge
Camp. Confederate Veterans, and of
Chesterfield Chapter of United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, will hold
their annual reunion FRriday at
Chesterfield Courthouse. Polk Miller
With his quartet will be on hand to
furnish music for the occasion Rev.
D. F. Ralston, of Petersburg, ^hdi
liver the address.
MOVING DAY OCCUPIES
“ CENTER OF THE STAGE
All is activity with the Housewife Transferring Effects to New
Quarters for Ensuing Year—-Agents Say Few Homes Will
Be Left Vacant as a Result.
If you happen to have an engage- |
mont during the next two or three!
days with a gentleman friend of the 1
"hubby” class, and he fails to keep ’
I it. don’t be too hasty in calling him i
| to afcouftt before an explanation Is
forthcoming.
For it may be that "hubby,” press- j
ed Into service by his better half, j
has been assigned the duty of put- ,
ting dow n a carpet or two In connec- ,
tion with moving day. not to mention
other chores of a like nature.
Moving day in Richmond falls offi
cially on September 1, but it In reali
ty includes several days around that
date It is indeed a busy time for
j the housewife who has determined
to ply her daily chores under a dlf
icreni root the ensuing year.
Practically every available wagon
i and conveyance in Richmond has
I been pressed into service to aid in the
j moving day task.
Ail over the city at all times of
| the day, and even after night de
I scends. wagons laden w ith furniture
! and other household effects can !*e
j seen transferring family effects from
' one section to another.
The general trend of the mo\ ing is
westward, but the homes In the cen
tral and eastern sections of the city
are being occupied and filled in pro
portionate numbers by other tenants
desirous of a change from their pres
ent place of abode. Some of these
“SOUTHERN” IS MAGIC
NAME AT EXPOSITION
Railway Enjoying that Appelation Gets Most of the, Credit for Ex
hibit.-* Being Displayed by Line- Throughout Dixie
Land—At Ohio Valiev Industrial Show.
That there Is magic in a name is
, abundantly proved by an incident in
I connection with the Ohio Valley Ex
position, which opened in Cincinnati
Monday to continue for several weeks.
The Incident is nothing less titan a
bit of decorating in which the term
' Southern Railroad's Exhibit” figures,
it appears that in view of the fact
that the Southern Railway is a large
exhibitor at the exposition many per
sona in attendance will undoubtedly
be Impressed with the idea that the
I Southern is the whole show, so to
speak.
it so happened that the decorating
1 feature of the exposition fell to the
i lot of the industrial department of
; ahis road, and the decorator did not
full to give considerable prominence
to the word 'Southern" in setting
forth the fact that The exhibits are
NEWS OF SOUTH RICHMOND
WulUagtoa Ward firm* aid AdTertlaneieate iTrd ait vlrg!ala Bnreaot
J. W. Craie'a Stare, 1300 Hall street
ARE ANXIOUS 10 MOVE
THE SOUTHS! OFFICES
But There Has Been No Appro
prat iou to Take Them to
Old Postofiice.
Though the city council has thus
far taken no action in the matter
every effort will be made to have
ttie new council, which will be or
ganised Thursday, to make an appro
priation to rent the old quarters of the
*.Manchester_ pustufli.ee. tor -the city ut
, tices which are lc>cated in the South
side. There is no question but that
this will eventually be done, as the
building now occupied, which also
houses the tire department. Is In a
dilapidated condition and will be
raised as soon as the new engine
house at Tenth und Bainbridge streets
; is completed.
Those w ho occupy these offices have
to contend with unsightly surround
ings. practically no sanitary- arrange
ments besides being In the rear of the
stable of the horses of the fire de
partment.
BITTEN BY DOG
CHILD AT PASTEUR
No Danger Feared in Ca^e of
Thirteen Year Old Daughter of
Thomas L. Nicholas.
Louise Nicholas, thirty-year-old
1 daughter of Thomas 1.. Nicholas. of
No. 1104 McDonough street, was se
verely bitten by a vicious dog, owned
j by a neighbor, last Tuesday night.
■ Fearing rabies, the child was rushed
to the Pasteur Institute, where she
i is now receiving treatment. The dog
was killed.
The girl was severely bitten on the
I ankle, the fangs of the brute leaving
: an ugly wound. Whether the animal
| was mad la a question, but to prevent
1 any serious results the pasteur treat
i ment w as deemed necessary, and the
j patient Is now reported to be show
ing no 111 effects from the attack.
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Funeral Property Books.
Mr. S. R. Owens commlsaioner of
i revenue for Washington ward. Tues
day had Clerk Walter H. DuVal. of
husttngs court, part 2. certify to the
i accuracy of the personal property
1 hooks of the Southside for the pres
ent year, and then delivered them at
! the office of the city auditor.
WILL CONFER DEGREES
VPOJf FOVR CASUTDATES
The degree team of Henderion
Lodge. I. O. O. F\, Tuesday night will
confer the first degree upon four can
didates at a meeting which will be
held In the hall of Stuart Lodge,
Eighth and Hull streets.
Realty Transfer.
The following deed was recorded
Tuesday In the office of the clerk of
hustings court, part two:
Joseph M. Fourqurean to the
Equitable Real Estate Company, Inc.,
property in Perry street. between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth, for $300.
SHORT DOCKET IN
THE POLICE COURT
—1
Only two oases were called Tuesday
morning a police oourt No. I, Optics
• ;/
homes are occupied by newcomers
who will make Richmond their per
manent place of abode.*
Realty and rental agents say that
comparatively few- houses will be
found vacant when moving day is over
and matters once more assume the
even tenor of their way.
"It Is largely a case of swap.” said
one agent Tuesday, "and a house that
fails to suit the vacating tenant proves
acceptable as a general rule to an
other tenant in search of just such a
home.
"In some cases tenants who served
notice on June 1 that they would
seek another house on September 1
changed their minds in the meantime
and renewed their lease. In other In
stances of the same sort, tenants
changed their minds, but found that
the house had been rented to some
one else when they came back for a
renewal of the lease.
"Once notice Is served on the agent
that the tenant does not desire the
house for another year. It Is a free
and open field, and it is then a case
of first come, first served.”
"Rents, as a rule, are about the
same for the coming 'ear as they
were the past year. In the West End.
where many new home" have gone
up. the rents are higher than In other
sections of the city, but no higher in
proportion to the advantages and
comforts afforded.
i being displayed under auspices of rall
! roads In the South.
"I wouldn't like to describe the feel
ings of officials of some of the roads
who are exhibiting." said M". K. T.
Crawley, of the land and industrial
department of the Chesapeake end
Ohio, speaking Tuesday of the inci
dent.
Mr. Crawley returned from a trip »o
Cincinnati Sunday in connection with
exposition matters, and leaves for that
city again Tuesday night on a similar
! mssion. The Chesapeake and Ohio,
he says, is making an excellent dis
play of mineral and agricultural prod
ucts along Us lines south of the Ohio
river, and he believes great results
will accrue.
The exposition Is de\oted entirely
to the exploitation and display of
Southern products. It will last until
■ September 24.
| H. A. Maurice fined Percy Dillard,
• George Derrick and Paul Moore 12 50
and costs each, for engaging in a street
tight.
George Drew ry and George Finney,
both colored, were fined $» and costs
i for disorderly conduct.
—
Personals
Mr. J. P. Robinson. city tax col
lector of Washington "Ward, returned
Monday night from a trip to Ocean
View and Norfolk. Mrs. Robinson,
who accompanied him, remained in
the Tidewater City, where she la vis
iting friends.
Police Justice H. A. Maurice, of
court No. 2, returned Tuesday from
a brief visit to relatives in Chester
i field county.
Mrs. D. J.. Pulliam, of Forest HIM,
: Is visiting Mr. A. T. Pulliam in War
! wick county.
Deputy City Sergeant M. F. Martin,
i who was seised w ith an attack of acute
i indigestion Sunday night, Is reported
to be rapidly recovering and will lie
: out shortly.
j Mrs. H A. Maurice, her futher-in
law, Mr. C. S. Maurice, and family
are at Diliwyn. Buckingham county,
: w here they w ill spend some time,
j . Mr. A. C. Pulliam, of New port New s.
is the guest of his son, Mr. D. L. Pul
1 liam, of Forest Hill.
Mr. Albert Schopp, recently of Zu
rich, Switserland, is visiting his cousin,
| John Schopp. at 1301 Decatur street.
BASTING II ROUST
FOR SENOB DIAZ
I Deposed Consul to Norfolk Charg
es Mexican President
With Oppression.
WASHINGTON, D C\. Aug. 30.—
Declaring that he la writing a book,
i "which will overthrow the Dias gov
i eminent In Mexico," 8enor Juan Pe
dro Dldapp. until recently Mexican
! consul at Norfolk, Va., to-day an
I nounced that he Is the manager of a
; campaign to make General Hernando
Keyes president of Mexico. Dldapp
Is In seclusion here, but talked freely.
“Dlax has throttled my beloved
Mexico for thirty-live years." he said,
"and now X will show him to the civil
ised world for what he Is—how & man
who came Into power through oppre
slon and cruetly, has held his power
through excess and of the same bar
barism.”
Dldapp said he once owned a news
paper In Mexico and criticised Dias,
whereupon he was given the privilege
of going to Spain as a consul or going
to jail. I-ater he was transferred to
Norfolk, Va.. and recently was recall
ed "for the convenience of the gov
ernment.”
“Dias would kill me If I went back
to Mexico,” he said, "but we will show
: him yet that he cannot destroy our
country."
DOKIKS Wild. CONDUCT
EXCURSION TO BEACH
Beni-11 ora Temple, No. X33, D. O.
K. K., trill conduct a special excursion
to West Point Friday. September 2.
The park has been doted for some
time, and will be reopened on this
night with all amusements and danc
ing. A splendid sea-food supper wilt
be served at the Terminal Hotel foi
i this excursion, f
Alt the Pokles of Richmond and
I their friends are invitad to go on thlr
I HI*
Ill GO BEFORE
DISTRICT BOOT
.Maynard to Make Protest to Dem
ocratic Committee ot Five and
Lose, According to Report.
STATE COMMITTEE NEXT
Believed Highest Authority Will
Sustain Primary in W hich
Young Won by 45 Votes.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
' NORFOLK. VA-, Auk. 30.—Con
gressman Harry L. Maynard will to
morrow carry before the Democratic
district committee his contest and pro
test against the awarding of a certifi
cate of nomination to William a.
Young, of Norfolk, who on the face
1 of the returns from the district pri
mary of August 23 was the choice of
the voters of Second Virginia district
as their candidate for the Sixty-second
| Congress by a majority of forty-five
votes.
On the ground of no proof of his
| allegations of fraud in any of the pre
I cincts of the district where Mi. May
I nard charges there was irregularity
i and fraud in the conduct of primary.
' the district committee is expected by
' a vote of three to two to award the
i certificate of nomination to Mr. Young
I on the face of the returns and ad
| Jouru.
Three for Young.
Those who are expected to vote
j for the awarding of the certificate to
j Mr. Young are District Chairman C.
I Kenton Day. of Smtthfleld; Adjutant
, General W. W. Sale, of Norfolk city,
' and Sheriff A. C. Cromwell, of Norfolk
i county. Those who are expected to
j c ote against the awarding of a cer
tificate until there has been an inves
‘ ligation of the poll books and vote
1 generally in the precincts of Norfolk
j city, Norfolk county and Portsmouth
city, wfi.-re Mr. Maynard charges ir
I regularity and fraud, are Colonel J.
I E. West, of Nansemond, and Dr.
frank S. Hope, of Portsmouth city.
With such action as has been fore
, casted on the part of the district com
; tnittee, Congressman Maynard will
have a right to appeal to the State
central committee, but the congress
man s friends claim that with an ap
peal to this tribunal it would only bo
the binding of the congressman to
. stand by the decision of the State com
mittee, which, against him in the be
ginning. would simply endorse the
, action of the district committee, and
then leave him with no further ap
peal.
CHICKEN THIEVES
Deputy Sheriff Svdnor Captures
Almost Entire Gang—Leader
flakes Full Confession.
| Deputy Sheriff S yd nor, of the coun
i ty, has been busy for several days
rounding up a gang of chicken thieves
who have been committing depreda
tions among various chlck»n coops in
the county for a month or more. The
i ring-leader of the -ung, George Wil
1 Hams, colored, has made a full eon
| fesslon, and it now remains only to
j capture one or two who have so far
; escaped arrest and the w hole gang
trill be in the toils.
Those already under arrest are
| George Williams and his wife, Nora;
j his brother, Monroe Williams, and Tom
Parks and Lacy Henderson, two white
boys. Others who are to t>e arrested
Tuesday are Chile* Chenault and Ja
cob Wampler.
The case comes up for trial before
Magistrate T. J. Puryear late Tuesday
afternoon and those who have been
j. Q-ught will haye a hearing._
The warrants were sworn out by
Mr. George P. Finnegan, of Wilton
farm, in the county. He haa missed a
j large number of chickens and found
many of them in Williams’ possession.
; According to the confession of the ne
I gro, he stole the fowls and the white
men were his guests In a series of de
lightful chicken feasts, both at his
home and in the woods. The fowls
were cooked in every possible way. and
numbers of stolen eggs were served as
entrees.
Deputy Sheriff Sydnor found twenty
two of the stolen chicken* that had not
been devoured by the man and his
friends. The officer spent nearly alt
of Monday night in the swamps of the
county In an endeavor to round up
those of the gang who were still at
liberty.
'DETECTIVES INCREASE
J
j Recount of Affinities Gives Don
.lima in Gotham an Even
Hundred.
i NEW YORK. Aur. 30.—"If women
i are such fools as to write letters to
me such as my wife found. I can't
help It.’"
That Is the philosophy of Roscoe
H. Sanborn, whose wife discovered In
his desk letters breath in* love and
devotion from 100 women. She says
she will name moat of them as co
respondents In her suit for divorce
j and will make their letters exhibits,
i Sanborn soys his wife may do as
she pleases; that the letters are in
| nocent when the circumstances under
wjiich they were penned are consid
ered, and he says his wife Is bringing
suit to get advertising pending her
return to the stage.
In explanation of her action. In
boosting-the number of her husband's
‘•affinities" from 63 to 100, Mrs. Ban
born to-day said her detective had
brought her additional letters. "And
I am not sure there won't be two hun
dred,’’ she said, "before we get
through.”,
Small Fire In Botei.
Fire In tha rear of the Hotel Law
rence attracted an enormous crowd
at Twelfth and Mala streets Tuesday
night Several engine companies
raced to the aoane In response to an
alarm. The firemen - found only a
small blase which was soon extinguish
ed.
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1 SPICER. HOME FROM TRIP,
GETS IX HARNESS AGAIN
Mr Meade. Thompson Spicer, as
sistant secretary of the Cheaapeais*
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Railroads,
and accept the
to negotiate. because Self-identifying. Not available to flndcr
tluef, la caac of lost or theft. Convenient denomination*
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American National
Richmond, Va.
The Capitol Savings Bank
THE BANK THAT PAYS
4%
Invites Commercial and Savings Accounts, large and small.
Any amount from $1.00 up. Assets over $700,000.00.
907 East Main St., Mutual Bldg.,
Richmond, Va.
OFFICERS_John Otrtud PoUtni. Prw>H«n«: Joolthin Bry»». Vio»-Prs*>l»a»: Ra. If.
Kent. Jr., Cashier: H. G. Procter. Amstaafc Cashier.
DIRECTORS—Jno. Bacby. A. R. Hotladay. Jonathan Bryan. Rob*. Lastf, frM CL j
Fair bank. John Garland Pollard, C. C. Plnekney.
and Ohio, has returned home from a
very enjoyable vacation trip through
the middle West. Mr. Spicer got back
into harness on Monday.
President Stevens, of the same road,
is spending several days at his rural
retreat in Rockbridge county, where
hig family is summering.
NEGRO KILLS TWO;
CAUGHT IN WATER
Fires Upon Officer, Jumps Into
Canal and Keeps Weapon Above
Surface For Use.
SYRACUSE, X. T. Aug. 30.—
Charged with the murder of Corporal
Jones and Private Turner, of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry. U. 9. A.
i tnegro), Trooper McGee, of the Tenth
Cavalry, also a negro, was arrested
to-day near Boonville by the sheriff
and a. detail of soldiers.
McGee was in the ballroom of the
Freeman House at Great Rend iate
last night with a party of his com- ;
rades, when the infantrymen came in. i
There was a free-for-all fight. In
which it Is alleged that McGee shot
both Jones and Turner. He claims j
he acted in self-defense.
The capture of McGee was dra- !
matic. Constable Studor and Deputy
Sheriff Wetmora saw him alight from
a freight train and ordered him to :
halt. In reply, McGee opened Are. I
The officers sent four bullets into the
negro's back. McGee jumped into
the canal, holding his gun above the
water. The officers covered him. drew
him out of the water and rushed him
to the Boonville Jail, where it was said
he would die.
JEWELRY STOLEN
ON BOARD SHIP
I Society Woman of Chicago Rob
bed of $4,000 Worth of Trink
ets on Wilhelm II.
1 NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—When the
Kaiser Wilhelm II. in to-day from
Bremen, reached her dock her officers
and a squad of detectives who boarded 1
her at quarantine were busily investl- i
gating a mysterious robbery that took j
place early Friday morning. The vic
tim was Miss Ethel May Davis, a Chi- j
cago woman, who lost jewelry valued
at 14,000. A11 efforts to locate the
thieves failed.
Miss Davis and a friend, Mrs. James
S. Rodgers, occupied a state-room to- i
gather. Friday morning a wireless
telegram was delivered to Mias Davis.
, Eater on. while Miss Davis was asleep.
Mrs. Rodgers left the room. It is j
thought the thief may have secreted
himself in the state-room while Miss
; Davis was out getting the message and
have secured the Jewels and made his
| "get away" after Mrs. Rodgers left.
James C. Condon, president of the
Iroquois Club of Chicago, who was
a passenger, sent a wireless for pri
vate detectives to meet the steamer :
and they will try to recover the Jew- j
elry.
WANTS TO IMPROVE
/ KANSAS MILITIA
With a view of getting an eclectic
militia organisation In Kansas by cull
ing the best from all the other State
citizen-soldieries, A. B. Canfield, ot
Topeka, has written to Adjutant Gen
eral Sale asking him to answer a num
ber of questions about the conduct of
State military affairs. Mr. Canfield
i says he believes thjs to be the most ef
i fective way of Improving the militia;
> of Kansas and putting It on the high- i
! eset possible plane. Tie wishes to |
I know the strength of the commands
, In the Virginia militia, number ot
) commands, pay and equipment of men,
| how Interest is stimulated and many
[ other things concerning the soldiery.
RICHMOND ACTOR DYING
IN N. Y. SANITARIUM
James Donatello, or Gentry, as he
was known on the stage, the Rich
mond actor, mho killed Madge Yorke
In Philadelphia fifteen years egg and
.was liberated from Cherry Hill prison,
'where he was serving a life sentence
a year ago. is reported to be dying
*n a Dong Island sanitarium. His
health was completely broken by four
teen years of close confinement, and
his end is believed to be near.
1 Gentry, who was saved from the
hangman's noose only because of the
intercession aad earn eat work of'
National State
and City Bank
Capital, - $1,000,000.00
Surplus, - $600,000.00
3 PER CENT. INTEREST ON
SAVING DEPOSITS
Interest Compounded Twice a
Year.
Make This Bank Your Bank
Wm. H. Palmer, President.
J. S. EUett. Vice-President.
J. W. Sinton, Vice-President.
Wm. M. Hill. Vice-President.
Julien H. Hill, Cashier.
City Coal Company.
PENNSYLVANIA
ANTHRACITE.
$6.50
VIRGINIA ANTHRACITE,
$6.00
SPLINT.
$4.50
Steam Contract Solicited.
City Coal Company.
Lombardy and Broad Streets.
29th and Dock Streets.
George M. Cohan. 'Hap" "Ward and
several other actors, was well known |
a respectable and popular Italian
family here..
Daughter-in-Law of Governo® j
Places Wreath of Laurel and
His Card on Vault. "t§
Accompanied by a descendant ot ■
General I.aiay»tte, the members ot
the Houdon statue commission ot Vlr» |
ginla, Colonel Janies Mann and Sena* .
tors King and Halsey, anti Mrs. Maas
visited the tomb of the dUttnguishe*- Ji
French soldier ten days ago. Judge J
Prentls, chairman of the corporation ^
comm sslon. was also in the party.
This Information was received »t iS
Governor Mann’s office Tuesday, «b»kx|l
% postal card, bearing a photograph! ’*
of the patriot’s tomb In France, wlttk |
an American flag waving over it, w*g |
delivered for the chief executive, j
was mailed by Colonel Mann, wtioi
wrote on It. "Accompanied by Conrtn^-i
D. Chambrun, great grandson of hm»<M
fayette, and the first secretary of tHo ?'|
American embassy, we went to. th* *
tomb of Lafayette to-day, the aanl«»;l
versary of the day on which he joins# 3!]
the American army.
“Mrs. Mann placed upon the totuM-S
a very handsome laurel wreath
with the Virginia colors .and bwpl
ing your card. *
"Judge Prentis also &'CompaBte#£
PR. S. W. PORTER TO TALK
OX "MISSION'S IX IT;
Dr. 8. W. Porter, who has recen
returned from a trip to Italy add ot]
countries, will speak on mission*
Italy at the Tabernacle Baptist chta
Wednesday night at 8:16 o'eloek. . 1
Porter is one of the ablest speak
of the Baptist denomtnatton; sad" IP
will be no doubt a large crowd «
to hear him.
Rente Improves.
NEWPORT, R. I„ Aug. SO.
physicians attending Reginald
derhllt. 111 with typhoid fever,
nounce his condition to-day as 4
what Improved.
Virginia’s total military
tlon for the coming year
National government Is Md
cording to a report reoefvet
division of mlUtla affairs nf
Department by the adjutant;
office Tuesday, of this *1
>10.14 I# available for camp
^n« purchase at armand
mainlng II1.7I4.T1 tar' |M |
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