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MANY KILLED
IN RIOTS IN
MEXICO
Casualties in Fighting at,
Zacaztecas Reported
From 100 to 500 s
OTHER CLASHES
ARE REPORTED
IN THE INTERIOR
Government Moving Troops1
Into All the Territory
Where Uprising is Fear
ed-Startling Reports
of Invasion by Fug
itives.
ET. PASO, TEX.. Nov. *5.—Advice* |
received nerc to-day place the number
of killed In the rioting at Zacar.tccaa .In
the interior of Jlexlco, at nearly 100.
Other report* say the death Hat will ,
reach SOO, but the report* are confus
ing and authentic Information Is im
possible to obtain because of the cen
sorship.
Zaraiteeas is 5Oft miles south of the
border and It Is unlikely that the re
sults of the fighting there will he defi
nitely known for some time to come.
Host of the reports reaching here are
that n force of rioters assembled In
the public square and, after slnglne
revolutionary songs and shouting
threats against the city officials, start
ed to march through the streets, A
force of soldiers was iti waiting and*
on signal fired half a dosen volleys
Into the crowd. The rioters fled lr.
the utmost confusion, leaving minis
d>*ad and wounded behind.
Heports are current here of riots at
Alntez*. Mexico. In which s. number of
persons were killed, and of n fight near
I tel Kin, Texas, ort the Mexican border
In this latter fight the rumors say
Americans and Mexicans participated
The rumor Is not confirmed.
The Mexican government Is moving
troops rapidly into all of the territory
where a revolutionary uprising Is fear
ed. Guerrero, where the revolutionary
leader Madaro planned to establish his
headquarters, 1* now held by govern
ment troops, while patrols are search
ing the country' for the insurgent leader
and his lieutenant*.
The report that General Bernardo ,
Keyes arrived secret I > from Europe,
where he has been In virtual exile by
command of President Dias, and is the
real leader of the uprising. Is worrying .
the officials. The general is Immensely
popular, arid who, if is to take an open ,
part in a movement having for its pur
pose the overthrow ‘of the Bias rule, i
could count on thousands of recruits.
Ambassador Wilson, In a belated i
dispatch received at the state depart- ■
m«nt to-day, confirms the reports of 1
outbreaks In Puebla and Juares. Mex- j
lio City is undisturbed and he re- |
ports that the government seems to j
have the disturbances well in hand. |
It is expected that the liberal paper!
El Pal*. In Mexico City, will be sup- j
pressed for publishing incendiary j
news. Consul Ellsworth in a dis
patch, also received to-day, reports
that there Is unrest along the border
near Porflrio bias, but that the situ
ation on the American side is well un
der control.
Major-General Wood, chief of staff,
to-day- directed Major-Genera! Ralph
W. Hoyt, commander of the depart- j
mem of Texas, to hold his troops in |
readiness along the Mexican border.
The arms und ammunition being
shipped across the border Into Mexico l
from Eagle Pass. Marathon and l>el
Klo, Tex.. ha\ e been paid for In cash. !
tha authorities say. It is said that ,
x,#00 rifles have already bsen smug
gled across, having been purchased.
It Is said, out of a fund controlled
by Bran cisco Madero,
A despatch from Tepio. Mexico, de
clares the students there are prepar- \
lug for a demonstration similar to
those recently at Guadalajara and
Mexico City. The fifth battalion of
federal troop* which had been order- ;
ed from Teple to Ban Bias, was to
day ordered to remain at Teple and
preserve order.
The Tepic trouble Is caused by ill
feeling against Americans. Students
aai merchants congregated In the
etreets to-day and discussed the
Kodeiigues lynching with great heat,
further trouble la expected there at
any moment.
STARTLINC REPORTS
ANVASIONBY FUGITIVES
LAREDO. TEX.. November 21.—
Startling reports of an Invasion of
Mexico from America by fugitive
Mexicans were received here to-day
from the Rio Grande region West to
El Paso. Tex., following the disap
pearance from San Antonio Saturday
of Francisco I. Madero, recognised
revolutionary leader.
Mexicans are reported crossing the
river boundary at points 300 miles
from El Paso, where the Mexican side
Is said to be unprotected by troops
or rurales. It Is declared by border
soouts arriving here thle morning that
the Invading forces are mobilising on
the other side determined to march
upon Chihuahua In their open at
tack against the Dias government.
It Is estimated that 2,000 Mexicans
have already cross the river border,
confirming rumors that the revolu
tionary party is carrying out wan de
fined plane under n skillful lender. The
anti-American outbreaks In Mexico
City first and later the revolutionary
disturbance at Puebla now are regard
ed as forerunners of a menacing revo
lution which shall show Its greatest
force along the Texas border through
the north of Mexico and far from the
Mexican capital.
1.
THOUSANDS OF BIBLE STUDENTS MARCH IN RICHMOND
—- ■ i i i. in I i linin'!' ■' i ii.li ii — - ■ i ■■ 1
Bittriif the Atillorlaai.
NO HOPE-LEFT
FOB DBJRIPPEN
Clemency Refused and He
Must Pay Death Penalty
Wednesday
CHARGES CONVICTION
TO LACK OF FUNDS
Condemned Murderer De
clares That if He Had Had
Money For Defense He
Could Have Proved
Innocence
LONDON, Noa . 21.—Solicitor
Arthur Newton, who itMMlwtwl
the Apfcme of Dr. H. H. Crlppen.
rrfuMil iliia afternoon to roiutrai
or dnr a rumor that tlx* prlwirr
luut conlcaM.
None* of the ncwepaiiera «mrrj
the alleged I’Unltfioii and ail dl*
credit Uic story. Hie Jail
and tin- home muiv refuse to
comment on tlie n-pott.
LONDON. Nov. St. -No pardon or
commutation of sentence will be
frame.1 to Dr. H. H. Crlppen. the
American wite slayer.
Tbls wm the decision to-day of the
home office. After a thorough review
and investigation of the cuae. Home
Secretary Winston Churchill an
nounced that Crlppen must hang, a*
previously sentenced, on November
23, When Cripopn w as Informed
early to-day that hla last hope war
gone he betrayed no emotion.
Crip pan, however, had realised ear
lier that there was no hope of clem
ency from the home office, and. on
Monday ho taaued a lengthy state
ment. reiterating hla innocence and
declaring that if he had hail unlim
ited meana at hla command, as had
The frown,—he would—trot have—been
convicted. Additional expert medical
testimony , he said, would have shown
that the body found under the Hill
drop Crescent home wa* not that of
his wife. Belle Klmorc Crlppen, the
actress. Conscious of hla innocence,
he declared he had Kept up hope un
til the failure of his appeal to a
higher tribunal, which be had been
convinced would reverse the Judg
ment of the trial court. That had
overwhelmed and crushed him, as he
had hoped till the last of still being
able to build up a home with the
woman (Mias Leneve), without whom
life was not wrurth living.
The fact that Crlppen had previ
ously determined there was no hope
from the home office Is believed to
have enabled him to licar up so well
to-day when informed that Churchill
had decided against him.
“I am ready for the end," he said.
"I shall die with the firm conviction
that eventually the proofs of my in
nocence will some day become
known."
Had the home office Interfered.
Crlppen declared, it would have been
an expected mercy, the 'first shown
him since hie trial began.
For the first time since he has
been In custody. Dr. Crlppen broke
completely down later to-day. the
cause being a visit to the Pentonville
jail by Miss Ethel Leneve, the girl
for love of whom Crlppen killed his
wife.
The meeting between the two was
pathetic in the extreme and a dra
matic forerunner of their final meet
ing to-morrow.
Mias Leneve waa the first to weak
en to-day. She began to weep, and
at sight of her tears all attempts at
•eif-control on the condemned man's
part were abandoned and he gave
himself over to the first tears he has
shed since hla arrest.
Crlppen and the girl talked to
gether for nearly half an hour, in
the presence of two wardere. Crlp
pen pleaded In vain to be left alone
with the girl for a few mtnutee. At
the conclualon of their interview Mies
Leneve had to be assisted from the
Jail.
Funeral of Mrs. Stewart
The funeral of Mrs. Stewart
will take place Tuesday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock from
Emmanuel church. Interment will
be In. the church graveyard.
A special car wilt leave Broad and
Laurel streets for the convenience of
those who wish to be present at the
ceremony, at 3 o’clock, stopping at
Brook Hill.
WASHINGTON, Nor. *1.—The cen
sus ofOce announced the 1*10 popu
lation of Knnms to-day an 1,«»0,M»,
Increase 111,114, or 11 per cent. Thh
PTMMriM —tin ■» >WMI» tfwrt.
TEACHERS COMING
FOR ANNUAL MEET
Educators Arrive to Attend
Conferences in Interest
of Schools
JOURNEY TO HAMPTON
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Krorythmg Is practically—m-order
and read)new tor the annual con
ference of the Virginia State Teacher#
Association, which meet* in Rich
mond this week Superintendents,
teachers and other educational work
ers are already arriving In the city
and there Is every Indication that a
full quota will be on hand when they
get down to business In earnest.
A number of the educators left
Monday afternoon for Hampton to in
spect the Institute In that city as
guests of Dr. H. B. FTisaell. Us presi
dent. They return to Richmond
Tuesday.
The first actual business session of
the conference wlH be held Tuesday
night in the High school auditorium
when Superintendent J. A. C. * ’hand
ler. of the Richmond schools, will de
— iContinued on Fourth Page.)
GOING toll;
SEES LITTLE ONES
JOHN SMYTH, SOON TO BE ELKC
TROCITKD, HAS EAST HOUR
WITH HIS CHILDREN.
I
NORFOLK, VA . November II.—
Guards arrived from Richmond to
day to take to the penitentiary John
J. Smyth, the bartender who killed his
wife and little girl some time ago, the
latter being shot while endeavoring
to save her mother. Unless the gov
ernor extends the clemency that has
been asked Smyth will be electrocuted
December I.
He was given opportunity yester
day to see for the last time his three
surviving children. The meeting' oc
curred in the private odlce of Sheriff
Lawler, with the tatter present. The
father fondled his children the entire
time he was with them. The chil
dren, too, sobbed pitifully though, so
far f» la known, ignorant of the fate
that awaited the father. Smyth told
the children to always remember their
mother and to I tvs for one another.
He again told the elght-year-Old boy
to always write to hla sisters and to
aid them and care for them when he
grew to be a big boy. Up to this
time Smyth, who la a Catholic In re
ligious faith, has not gone to con
fession though ha has been visited by
a priest. Smyth's two daughters will
be cared for at St. Mary's orphan
asylum, where they have been since
their mother and elder statsr were
killed. Little WOlto Mnyth will he
BAPTISTS TO MEET
1 NORFOLK NEXT.
COMMJTTKK RECOMMENDS THAT
CITY. WITH REV. J. E. HICKS
AS PREACHER—REPORTS
OF HOARDS.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
■ROANOKE, VA.t Nov. 21.—The
i committees on time. place and
! preacher reported to (he Raptiit Gen
i oral Aaeoclation to-day, recommend
i !ng that the next meeting be held
with FVeemason Street church. Nor
folk, Thursday. November 28, with
Rev. J. E. Hick* as preacher of the
annual sermon. The report on the
seminary campaign showed that this,
causa had mat with -great eucceee
during the year. Dr. Carter dlecuse
ed the report in a flue and expres
sive speech. The report'on home mil
lions was presented by Rev. O. E.
Sams, and Rev. N. I. Master*, of At
lanta. made the chief address, ahd
Rev. J. M. Shelburne, of Bristol, also
spoke.
Secretary J. T. Waits read the re
port of the B. Y. P: U. work, and
admirable epee embfw cmf cmf mfw
admirable addresses were delivered
by Revs. A. R. 1 x>vs and O. F. Greg
ory.
Special attention was given to the
Baptist encampment Which is to meet
Monday, evening. July' 10, and to con
tinue till July 18.
Virginia Beach is, to be the place
of meeting. _ _ '
(Continued on fourth Page)"
PINK EYE' CAUSES
CMETSJ FLEE
V. JL t CLOSED INTIL JAM'ARV
BECAt’KE OF "OPTICAL PIS
Prevalence or "plnlt eye," an opti
cal disease causing the eyelid* to
become Inflamed and red, has neces
sitated the closing.* of the Virginia
Military Inatitute- at Lexington until
January 4. The order disbanding
the: cadet rorpa and Bending the stu
dents back to their HdRiee on fur
lough • until after New - York was la
[ sued by Colonel E. W. Xlchols. aup
i erlntendent of the V.M. I.. Monday,
to take effect Immediately.
The hoard of visitors of the Inati
tutlon will meet next Friday to con
sider the question Of* water supply
at the institute and to Investigate «"
to the cause of a near-epidemic of
typhoid fever, which swept the stu
dent body recently.
“Pink eye” Is a contagious disease,
and when one student appeared in
the Study hell suffering from Inflamed
eyes, the mslsdy was transmitted to
a number of others, with the result
that almost one-half of ths youths
were afflicted and unable to read or
otherwise prepare thsUr stud lea Col.
Xtchola said In a circular which he
EASE EPIDEMIC.
ON C. & 0.«
Prosperous Physician, Forme;
Richmonder Succumbs to
Attack of Heart Failure
jDEATH DISCOVERED
BY THE CONDUCTOR
i
j—Or- -Joto -\V. I'-rlngnn. aprosperou
i physician once of Richmond, but mor
! recently of Arrington. Vo., died of hear
failure on a Chesapeake .and Ohio trail
curly Monday morning while on hi
way to Richmond to visit a slater U»
I lug at No. 1 North Third street.
Dr. Crlngan had been dead severs
| minutes before the fact was known ti
! his fellow passengers on the train. H
j boarded a train, due to arrive in Rich
i mond at 7:35 o’clock, at Gordonsvllh
i He took a seat, leaned back and closei
1 hie eyes. Conductor J. H. Mlckl
I aroused him to take his ticket, afte
' which Dr. Crlngan leaned back ngal
and appeared to go to sleep.
When Ashrake station was reached
^Conductor Mickle, passing through th
car, noticed that Dr. Crlngan's lips wer
! blue. He attempted to arouse hlrr
! but failed. Then he felt his pulse an
; found that his passenger was dead.
| The body was brought to Richmond
! where Coroner Taylor was notified
Dr. Taylor made an examination an
said that death was due to heart fall
ure. He also said that Dr. Cringni
j had been In poor health for some tlm<
j Identification of the body was mad
| through a card case on which the nam
j "John W. Crlngan” was stamped i
gold letters. The-body was sent t
Billups’ undertaking establishment an
Coroner Taylor asked the police t
locate friends or relatives of the dea
I nian.
j .The local telephone book showed tha
■ John Vf. Crlngan lived at N'o. 1 N’ort
; Third street. Communication with thl
i residence developed the fact that th
i dead man ones lived at that place, bu
i that he -had moved to Arrington an
i that the .house was now occupied b
his two sisters, Miss Mary and Mia
Harriet Crlngan.
One of the sisters said that Dr. Crln
gan had been expected at their hom
Monday morning.
; Funeral' arrangements have not y«
been completed, and It has not bee
decided whether tbs burial will be hel
from tills city or whether the body wl
be shipped to Arrington.
Two IsmIh named to Death.
PITTSBURG, PA.. November 21.
i Howard Blckerataff and Wittier Allerj
.each sixteen years old, were burns
, to death In nn oil shed of tha Bidtl
more and Ohio railroad at Glenwood
near here to-day
TAW TO ARRIVB
TltlOAV MOHNIXG.
WASHINOTON, Ns*. 31.—A
DUMA HONORS
LED TOLSTOI
JFTER ROW
Russian Parliament Adjourns
Out of Respect to Nation’s
Dead Author
MOTION IS OPPOSED
BY THE LEADERS
AS CHURCH INSULT
Disorder Follows Discussion.
All Russia Mourns Death
of Great Writer—Have
No Church Rites
ST. PETKRSBrRG, Nov. 21.
—In Hk' r»o« of viol nut oppo
sition frvnn Hit- leaders of the
| ertiniii rig-lit. the Duma ntl
! Juorniil to-day In im|itvl to Uip
| memory or Count Tolstoi. Those
| who (fpposed thi' adjournment
argued iiu»t It would be a dirret
<lia*eiige to the church, hum
much in Tolstoi Imd been 11
i iNiunuiitcuted. A mn'ne or groat
dint inter followed. When the vote
waa finally (tut however, llm mo- '
Hon carried by a large majority.
YASKA YA POI.VANA, RUSSIA,
| November 21.—Amlti pomp and cere
i monr which he loathed In life, en
cased In a rare casket which he would
| have shunned as an evil thing, the
| body of Leo Nlcholaevk-h, Count Tol
stoi. writer, reader ami Idealist, will
be brought hack to-day to Vila home
here, to be laid to rest, as he had
wished, at the foot of Poverty Oak.
where the peasants he loved arc wont
| to congregate. No church ceremony
j will mark the final obse-quesles of. the
, greatt man, great In death as in life.
1 The church—the ijreek Catholic
j church—which ex-communicated Tol
! stoi In 1901, after the word had read
' hia Resurrection, held out the hand
of forgiveness to him to the last; and
: he refused it.
The funeral v. Ill take place to
morrow.
Fear of Outbreak*.
Fearing outbreaks the police ol
many neighboring districts are gath
ering here to-day. Troops will b«
ssnt, ostensibly as a mark of the gov
.srnmimt's respect, but really to pre
vent violent scenes.
Already trouble of legal complica
tion* between members of Tolstoi's
family and M. TehertkofE, Tolstoi'*
English representative, regarding pos
session of the count’s manuserips, ol
hi unpubllhed novel. These manu
crlpa are held by Tchertkoff, who is
bound by Tolstoi to give them to the
world. *
In 1895 Tolstoi, in furtherance of
his idealistic principles, renounced
■ property rights in copyrights, land and
money. He wanted his books given
to the world without protit to him
self. His family objected, declartng
such act would enrich the publishing
house and pauperise Tolstoi. It was
a quarrel over this which Is said to
have induced Tolstoi to leave hts
home on his fatal pilgrimage.
, i Dies In Log Cabin.
Tolstoi died in the little log cabin
j of the station master at Astapova,
whither he had gone with his phy
1! slclan when taken ill on a train. Death
i came Juat as the dawn broke Sunday
t morning. All day long the body, clad
tn peasant garb, lay In state. Peaa
1 ants flocked through the little room
i and gased with reverence on hts face.
. The aged Countess Tolstoi sat by the
coffin and repeatedly kissed the dead
brow. "The light of the world has
1 gone,” she walled.
> Outside, the Abbott arsofonius wait
. ed. Until death lteelf Intervened he
hoped to bring Tolstoi back Into the
’ church. It is said that anti-church
• man prevented Tolstoi from asking
| forgiveness.
The church has, therefore, denuded
! to leave things as they are. Countess
, I Tolstoi fainted when she was told nc
j requiem could lie sung. Tolstoi re
icelved the mlklest form of church pun
J | ishment—excommunication. He was
.not anathematized, and a priest may,
' of his own conscience, officiate at s
j requiem mass. Radical priests in sev
eral parts of the empire have sung
the mass for the death.
' Messages from nobles, high officials
j and peasants poured tn to-day, show
ing the esteem In which the venerabl*
j author was held.
I j FOUND NOT GUILTY
; BUT ADMITS GUIL1
»!_
, MAX AC griTTED OF MfllDEH
t EIGHT YEARS ACiO CON
’ FESSE8 Ills CHIME.
ji WINSTON-SALEM, X. C., Novem
I bar 21.—One of the most curious
r canes that have ever come to light lr
, local police circles occurred yester
day when n middle-aged .white mar
. giving his name a* Dock I-anler volun
„ tarity surrendered himself to Police
man Cofer stating that ha killed a
t man by the name of John Bolan ai
, Yorke, 8. about sight years ago
1 He said that he was tried and ac
1 quitted but that he was guilty and
wanted to go back and let justice
take Its course. The officers hen
i think the man is crney.
ATTACKED IV OFFICE.
. U.UMiKD AM) KODBBD
NORFOLK. V.V.. Nov. *1.—Dr. L. U
• pirey, a well-known Norfolk physician
was attached in his office on Mali
Street to-day by two young white men
They bound and gagged, him. tying bln
to a chair and then took h.it poetce
book from which they secured fit i>
'dollar- bills, overlooking some larg<
Mils in another compartment of th<
book. Dr. Firey after they depart**
succeeded in getting his knife out o
kl* pocket. He opened It With hi
teeth and cut hie bonds. He gave Uk
FULL P0W1
IN HANDS
BIBLE Ml
Virginia’s Chief E)
Says State is Safe, if
They Control
THOUSANDS OF MEN
THRONG AUDITOR]
AFTER STREET PA1
Annual Procession and
Meeting Prove to be Notable
Event—McFarland Points,
Out Uniqueness of gg
Good Book
"I know that Richmond Is safe
Virginia In Bale when I look Into
faces of all these men who are
Ing the Bible,’’ said Governor
beginning his address Sunday
noon at the City Auditorium
audience of Plble class students
b-rlng nearly 5.000, who had
in annual mass meeting In tils
building following an Impress!*
inspiring street parade.
"Power is in your hands
can control affairs, if you
governor told them, and thi
was greeted with applause.
"You have got to answer If
of moment comes tip. The
bilily is with you, and 1 know
rely upon you. It is my highest
tlon that the people of Virginia
have God’s law as tlielr law.”
Similar sentiments were v
Mr Henry B. F. MacFarland, of
Ington. the other speaker, who
In the course of his address to
that John Marshall, the flr
tice of the United Stal
Court, once marched at the l™,
Bible study procession In Rt
thus attesting his belief In tbo
tures and their power for the
ment and salvation of mankind.
Governor in Lino.
Practically every Protestant
Richmond was represented tn
rade In full numbers,
ness tpen were in evident
line that marched In two
abreast. There were prof
the mechanic was there, and w
men in all walks of life. At ttMt
of the first of the six divisions
Mayor Richardson In a carriage
Mr. MacFarland. Immediately in
rear, marching In the forefront
nrst <livisioti|| walked Governor
There was no music, but the
tread of the Bible students tm
procession evsn more Inspiring .
marched up Franklin street to
en route to the auditorium.
The air was crisp, and with
sunny skies overhead the
Providence itself seemed to „
a part in this annual demo
of Richmond's Federation
Classes.
After , the formation
division at Ninth and _
the line of march was up
Grace, where the second dlvtatail
formed. The march was c
tinued up Grace to Fifth.
Franklin, thence to Laurel,
Cary', the other divisions falling
points along the line. Not the
est hitch or confusion
parade, so perfect Whs the
meat, under Chief Marshal MlUgg
his able corps of lieutenants.
Scene Is Iiuiromlve.
As the great 1)n# o[ man
the auditorium In orderly
took their seats, to the
strains of "Onward. Christian j
the scene was indeed lmpr
Dr. 8. C. Hatcher, pastor
Street Methodist church,
the invocation, and then til
choir, composed of 200
voices, under direction of
Walter O. Mercer, sans "The
Business."
This was followed by the
ginning "Jesus shall reign
the sun." In which the ell
die nee joined, standing.
Rev. H. D. C, '
of Seventh-Street Ct
gate a Scriptural
eleventh chapter of He
in turn was followed
'in Stewart, pastor of tho
the Covenanter, who taro
blessing on HU assembled
asking that the occlusion
them to greater things.
Governor Speak*.
"God will take care of
rendered with great
choir. following which
Mann delivered his ad
pointed out the prophetle
the Bible, declaring that
of God runs through It.
"There is no law
legislature," he lisid, ‘‘wh|0l|J;
based on the Ten Com*
Bible contains the best laws i
the best laws of succe
laws of self-denial.
"No man,” he continued,
oeeds unless he maps out a
of self-denial and sticks to it 1
life."
At the conclusion of tho
address, the immense
and saa* "Stand up for .
In a voiee full of
strength. Mr; Charles W,j
sang "Help somebody
Mayor Richardson.
Mr. MacFsrlaad, referred
on* who had been stnea
a "patient delvor Inf
the gospel treasuries.”
"Bible la
With 'The Unleuel
theme. Mr. MeVhrlwMl
show that the Bible Is'
erature. la* sad Hfe.
"The Bible." Wh ‘
very backbone of
•It Js the very,
every really
"Abe
the Bible.
Script