IITHE WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY OCTOBER 24

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W Campbell B Piii li L aiwIiMantsBrgie nt Marshal JamesH ia tt r marched in followingcrier Vary Lee Chapter Chlklrenv th nfv i Tacy wider Mayor Rode

hTiti i ah Chapter U D C WoodHri John W Dante Gen Will

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Mr St ph n on historian of Sheniod h h j trr Mls Addle Gale Mileyit carriaKs Cavalry Band Shenandoahi amp ViHHlatock Commander RhodesTurnrr Ashby Camp Winchester Lieutrunnijirlir Stovor Camp Stras

Ci R D Funkhouserllayuire Camp Lebanon Church

CimmanJer Miller Meyers Riddlebergerr-JinL rfj Commander M Funkhouser-

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Croudrd Around the ShnffAt the remHery the crowd assembled

iruni the monument and ChaplaintrphcTitn led In prayer Miss AddleOile Miley of George W Miley-Jrrw v

After ixixdictlon by P Hydecf WInch ft r an old war chaplain thef r formed and returned to townthere Jirntr was for 1200 vetera-ns Thtre were visitors intuwn for the occasion

At h eios of the war the remains ofiJ of this vicinity except those

britd their were reinterred inh hurrh Woodstock Each

pave was marked with head and footiwardc bearing name rank companytn ncimmt of the soldierAUut two years ago the Massanutten

0 n iry donated a section containingight in the prettiest part of the corn

TV the line resting place of theieiid G nfderates The section was decd-i to Siitnariuoah Camp U C V and

Srmanuoah Chapter U D C Sixtysixgraves in the old cemeteries were openedand remains reinterred in a circleanund where the monument now stands

In criiiiuM on the iUouumeutThe monument Is seventeen feet above

the base stone and twentyone feet aboveih ground It is a beautiful shaft ofItalian marble The front is toward theKiuthwest and the inscription is as Lotless

Erected by tbeSb aan4oab Chapter

Cttttd Davghters of the ConfederacyIn aecaory of the

Confederate SoldiersBurled In Woodsteck Va

On the subbase stone is the date 1S99

tad on the southeast sideCut kj n but destrejed 2 Cor lr9

Honor and fame the record keepOn th subbase stone is the date 1SC1

sell on tile northwest side of the shaftItkaown This vftleeiess stone In deathless song

iiil 111 Mary bow yeOn the other two of the subbaseone are the date 1805 and C S A

anJ on the northeast side of the shaftthis inscription

Sons of VirginiaNorth rarollsa Georgia

South Carolina AlabamaMissiMippl Loalriana

M d die list not with honor partThr otlicers of Shenandoah Chapter

V D c who labored earnestly for thearmorial are

Pre Mrs James H Williamsci i r sident Mrs George W Miley

r ary Miss Nettle Kneisley treattiTer Mr J H GrablU historian MrsY b st phenson registrar Miss

Fuiis re in hand to fullyTn ini bt imps of the undertaking andw Uiiies are now to place mar

mrktrs on of the sixtysisvnh n the circle

WW Cuiliall Tried for Ohtnlninc lUoiicy-mi FaUc 1reteiihcw In JS03-

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rlttville Va Oct 17 W Wrut hai a lumber dealer who left thisnriy in ISflC been arrested and

wou t Jack Clmrlottesvllle on a winwrn out by Brown for cbiiMr on It is

Hvl thiu rutshall procured Brownsisrutiir t a negotiable note for a large

f iionty in return for whichcontrtctod to build a house for

i i thirty days cutshall failedi tc comply with the terms oft but negotiated Browns note

which bought Cutshulls noteaur i by Prows out Drowns

which under the deed of trustif SlYest to secure their i 1en plying a rental for Illstr i MSV trial of the case

ciiiuinued until next Monday

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ark Va Oct 21 Information1f inin Washington this afternoon of

h at Garflvld Hospital In thatMrs ixila V Turner daughter of

I and widow of theA Turner former professor

ii it Holllns Mm Turner wasj niin r of the faculty of the Inatl-h r many years She Is survived by

Mrs Leila M Hath wife ofK Hath Instructor of murtcr llj nd Joseph A Tur

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at once as It was contrary to the lawand the evidence McCoy was returnedto the Jail anti will be tried again nextmonth

VIRGINIA OYSTER HEDS

Mule Likelihood of the State SellincThem to Jfew YorkcriS-

fwcltl u Th PutRichmond Ara Oct 17 The statement

that a New York syndicate will submit aproposition to the General Assembly thiswinter to purchase the oyster grounds ofVirginia attracts much attention in outetel and political circles All of Tidewa-ter Va will be arrayed against the pro-ject and there is little likelihood of anythlns coming of It Some of the highestlegal authorities hold that State can-not of her oyster grounJs with-out to the constitutionGov Tyler does not seem to think muchof the Idea He said tonight that wherehe had been everybody was latietted withthe new fisheries law under which theState realized tt000 this year from theoater beds During Cot McKlnneysadministration the representative of

York syndicate offered to submit aproportion to assume the State debt Inexchange for the oyster beds but thegovernor did not even lay it before thelegislature

CONTEST FOR SENATE SEAT

Counsel for Scott and McGraw Pre

paring Their Arguments

UlcCraw Will Contend that Nnnieit of TwoMember of Jieiilatnre Were Not

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Special to The PostMorgantown W Va Oct 23 Senator

elect N B who came to this placefor the day celebration Is stillat the home of Dr J P Fitch where hewas stricken with He expects-to be able to go

Senator Scott Is busily engaged now inpreparing his defense to the Boniest of hisseat in the Senate by John T McGrawSenator Scott has retained as his leadingcounsel exSenator Charles James Faulk-ner whom he was elected to succeed Senator Faulkner ranked as one of the Senates ablest lawyers and that he wouldtake the case for under the circumstances Senatorelectsfriends of the soundness of nU defenseFrank L Welles Mr McGraws attorneyIs now In West Virginia to conclude thetaking of depositions in this case

Mr Welles is very confident of thestrength of the case as It now stands andregards the attempt which will ba madeto oust as by no means a hopelessone In of the Republican majority-In the Senate It Is expected that the ev-

Idence will be all ready by the middle ofNovember for submission to the Senatecommittee When asked if he would givethe grounds for the contest Mr Wellesreplied

The most Important contention wemako is that Scott was not elected by amajority of the votes of the legislatureas required by Federal law governing Sen-atorial elections This law declares thatthe presiding officer shall call the namesof all the members present There weretwo members of the joint convention inquestion one senator and one delegatewhoso names were not called and whoif called would have voted for McGrawgiving him 4S votes Scott 48 votes andGoff 1 vote Fortynine members of thelegislature as is well known constitutinga majority of the joint convention joinedIn a protest to the United States Senateagainst the seating of None vtthese members voted and allof them were memters of the legislature-at the time it was organized and drewpay for the entire term Scott therefore failed to receive the majority of allthe votes not the votes cast but the

of all the members elected and sowas legally elected

Another point which we make Is thatthe joint nvention was held not underthe law but under a private agreementratified by seoarate resolutions in the twohouses which was made by the Democrats for the purpose of preventing theillegal expulsion of seven Senators Under the terms of this agreementone senatorial district and one delegatedistrict Were disfranchised agree-ment was void and renders all acts

It void

Forest iu Western MarylandSpecial to The Pest

Cumberland Md Oct 23 At Johnsonsnear the dividing line between Alleganyand Garrett Counties four miles west ofFrostburg fierce forest fires are ragingboth on the Little and Big Savage Moun-tains Much timber has been consumedThe Borden Mining Company has a largeforce out fighting ureawater supply is so low that should fire-break out it is feared nut enough could beobtained to fight the Heavy forestfires are between Romney andGreenspring east of Cumberland andgreat damage Is feared

Entire Kntnte to the WidowSpecial to The Post

Winchester Va Oct 23 The will ofthe late Mayor John J Williams has beenadmitted to probate in the CorporationCourt The estate is worth 30000 nodleft to Mrs Williams absolutely Thewill was written on October 9 1809 theday before Col Williams was

Josephs Hospital Baltimore to undergo an resulted fatallyE Holmes Boyd qualified as executor

Wanted on Clinrce of EmbezzlementRichmond Va Oct 23 John Kelley an

aged white man with embezzlingat the Carnegie Plttsburg

two weeks pay of his crew of helpors was arrested here today and leavestomorrow for in charge ofDetective of that city

Married Without 1ureiitn ConsentSpecial to The Pest

Roanoke Va Oct 23 John Mullercity councilman from the third ward andMiss Florence Carper went to BristolSunday afternoon and were married byParson Burroughs The marriage was op

by the brides parents and the coutown without advising any one of

their intentions

DUnMroun Fire Near IeeavilleSpecial t The

Roanoke Oct 23 The eleganthome lIon J L Arthur of LeesvllleRedford County was burned late Satur-day afternoon The loss la estimated at

with no insurance

c RailwaY to Cape henrySpecUI te Te

Norfolk Va Oct Cape HenryLand and Improvement Company hasbeets incorporated and Is at work im-

proving the bench at Cape Henry wherea new seaside resort Is to be establishedThe survey of a railroad which will

Henry has been completed andwill be constructed this winter

Moldrr Strike In Still On

S rtUl te The PestNorfolk Va Oct 18 The strike of

molders at S R White Bros plow fac-

tory Is still on with 10 Immediate pros-

pect of settlement The firm declines tomake any statement The men are hold-Ing and none of them have appliedfor reinstatement

Acquitted of MalpracticeS 4al U Tin Pest

Norfolk Va Oct 18 Dr Francis Mof Berkeley was today acquit-

ted in the Corporation Court of the chargeof causing the death of Mrs Emma L

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Elmer B White of NewportNjwi Commits Suicide

PLUNGED OUT OF HIS WINDOW

Stood Before a Friend and Slashed HUThroat with a Knife Hurried to WindowGasping for Breath and Dropped fromSecondstory SHI Said to Hare DecoDrinking heavily Wife Was VisItingItclatircn at Time ofSulclde

Effelil to Tit PostNewport Xews Va Oct 18 Elmer B

White of the plumbing firm of FiferWhite committed suicide at an earlyhour this morning by gashing hiswith a knife Later he felt out ofondstory window and received injurieswhich hastened his death Mr Whitehad been drinking for severaldays and last night said he wason the verge of delirium tremens Afriend sat up with him until midnightand left him resting comfortably At 4

oclock the man in the adjoining roomWhite walking about The friendslipped on some clothes and when

he reached Whites room found it vacantThe trap door to the roof was open andhe quickly ascended finding White walk-ing around on the roof

He assisted his friend back to his roomand tried to quiet him The latter satdown for a short time and then got upand went to a table to see the clockSuddenly he picked up a knife und quickas a flash thrust the blade Into his neckseveral times The blood spurted fromthe wounds White sat down again theblood flowing from his throat over hisclothes to the floor

Summoned n PhysicianHis friend aroused the Inmates of the

house and summoned a physician Whenthe other tenants reached Whites roomthey found the Injured man stilt seated inthe chair He was to say

Now Ive done I suppose I willhave to die

He then got up and went to the window-to get fresh air as those present thought

hite leaned over the sill and fell out ofthe window without any warning to thosenear him There seems to be some doubtas to whether he purposely fell throughtne window cr by accident while attempt-ing to get air

When carried Into the house he was notdead but the physicians could not helphim Between 8 and 9 oclock he diedThe body will probably be sent to Rou-lette Pa where his wife is visiting rela-tives

FIVE SLAYERS CONVICTED

Civen Ten Years Each fur lulling a DcpntMarshal

Special to TieRoanoke Oct 18 William Strouth

Tom Strouth Dick Dye Charles Brownand Charles Newberry charged with themurder of Deputy United States MarshalGeojjie Ratcliffe in Russell County Vir-ginia June SO were tried in the UnitedStates Court at Abingdon Va yester-day and sentenced to ten years each inthe penitentiary at Moundsville W VaThe crime for which these men were con-victed was one of the most atrocious evercommitted in Southwest Virginia Depu-ty Marshal Ratcliffe in company with adeputy collector made a on SwordsCreek Russell County destroyeda moonshine still

Six young men living in that neighbor-hood armed themselves and waylaid Ratcliffe shooting him from the brushTwentyeight shots entered his bodykilling him Instantly The governmentoffered 200 each for their arrest Threedetectives well armed went into RussellCounty and after two weeks hard worklocated and arrested seven men chargedwith this murder Five of them wereconvicted one man acquitted and theseventh was sick and his case has beencontinued Those convicted were giventhe full penalty of the law

Price of JtuilM la Too HighSpecial to Tbe Post

Clarksburg W Va Oct 23 It has beengiven out by prominent representatives ofthe Short Line Railroad that ro rails willbe laid until the price of steel goes downIt is the Intention of the company to usethe rails of the Ohio River Railroadreplace them by heavier rails likeused by the Baltimore and Ohio At somepoints the Short Line Road is ready forrails

Horrible Death of a Sawmill HandSpecial to Tb Pest

Buckhannon W Va Oct 23 A youngman named Lewis who worked in a sawmill on Sand Run this county caught hisfoot in a belt today and Tas thrownagainst the roof breaking three raftersHe fell back on belt which operated acircular saw and was carried theteeth cutting his throat breast bone andopen his bowels

Receiver Asked for Ioxvlmtnu RoadRichmond Va Oct 21 Applications on

the part of the bondholders were inthe Law and Equity Court herefor the appointment of a receiver for theFarmvllle and Powhatan Railroad Theroad Is a line running from

Hundred to it hasfinancial difficulties for some

Buttery 0 on Practice IIarchSpecial to The PMt

Annapolis Md Oct 23 Battery 0 Sev-enth Artillery U S A under command-of Capt Williams arrived in Annapolisthis evening and camped on the NavalAcademy grounds They are from Washington Barracks District of Columbiaand their destination is Fort Foote onthe Potomac which they will reach aftera roundabout march in thirty days

Death of 3Irs TimberlakeSpecial to The Post

Fredericksburg Va 17 Mrs WW Timberlake died at her homenear ChancellorsvHle in this county ofconsumption aged thirtytwo years Shewas well known and had many friendA husband and three surviveher

Widow of Virginias Wnr Governor DeadLexington Va Oct 17 Mrs M S

Letcher widow of John Letcher Virgiclas governor from ISOO to 1S54 died todayaged seventyseven years She is

by seven children themJudge S Houston Col John DLetcher and Hon D

Died of InjuriesSpecial to The Post

Cumberland Oct 23 Needham Will-iams who was shot while on a train onthe Atlantic Coast Line at EmporiaGreenville County a few days an-other traiii hand Oscar Saunders diedlast was arrested at thetime committed to thecounty Jail at

Successful Petroleum TeatSfteltl la The

Norfolk 21 The torpedo boatTalbot burning petroleum fuel was givenanother spin over the fourmile measuredcourse off Fort Monroe at noon todayShe developed the greatest speed ob-tained with the fuel although onlyone boiler was usc1

Flour Mill Destroyedto Tfc Poet

Cumberland Md Oct 23 Fire this aft-ernoon destroyed the large roller mill ofthe Noland Kidweil Milling Companyat Great Capon Morgan Countyon the Baltimore and Railroad Bethe mill valued at 3000 a largequantity of wheat was consumed

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Goardinc Merchant Shot While DIscusslug Business Differences

S C Oct 1SN T PittS C was shot and

killed at the Hotel Calhoun today by hisbrother A J of SummervllleThere had between thetwo men for some time on account ofbusiness differences but efforts hadmade to reconcile them Both ofbrothers ere past mlodle age and theyare wellknown In this section of theState They met at the hotel by appoint

and went Into a reading room to

A few minutes later A J beganfiring at his brother He timesthree bullets taking effect death beingalmost instantaneous H claims to haveacted in selfdefense but upon what

are not known The murdererwaa arrested The prisoner was perfect-ly cool but declined to discuss the tragedy

TAILOR ATTEMPTS

Resented Efforts to Take the Knife Awayfrom Him

Special to Tbf PestGrafton W Va 23 Frank Help

ley of Newark tailor who camehere the latter part of last week to workattempted suicide In the Central Hoteloffice this morning He used a dull pock-et knife Night Clerk R J Maloney triedto take the knife from him and findinghe could not called the police Meanwhile Heipley was vigorouslywith the weapon

When the policemen finally got the knifeaway he had a gash five Inches long andone and onehalf Inche3 deep His recovery is doubtful No cause can be as-signed but that he had drinkingheavily He had plenty with

KILLED A WIFEBEATER

Sheriff Stops Ills Murderous

Attacks with a Bullet

ACQUITTED BY CORONERS JURY

Brutal Husband Sharpened n Knife andPromised to UNC It if Wife Complained of

AttHanltsDcficd Officer with a Gunand After Short Scrliiiinaec Was ShotIn the IlcadIinllct Caused Instant Death

Outcome Matrimonial Advertisement

Special to The PostPetersburg Va Oct 20 Lewis Weaver

In Chesterfield County a fewwas shot and In

btantly killed yesterday afternoon bySheriff W C Gill of that county

Weaver had assaulted his wife andthreatened to cut her throat if she told ofIt He went so far as to sharpen a largeknife In anticipation of carrying out histhreat Mrs Weaver left home yester-day morning in company with a friendand without the knowledge of her husband She went to Chesterfield CourtHouse and obtained a warrant for herhusband from Magistrate Cheathem Thewarrant was given Sheriff Gill for execution Gill accompanied by Cheathem andGeorge Burton a brotherinlaw of WeaV-er went to Weavers home

He was found standing in his front doorwith a gun in one hand and a large knifeIn the other When told by Gill that hehad come to arrest him for assaulting hiswife Weaver declared that he would diebefore he would be taken

Struck the UlKcerWhen Gill attempted to take him Into

custody Weaver struck the officer withhis gun on the head and also MagistrateCheathem who endeavored to ward offthe blow Sheriff Gill received a painfulcut on the head

Weaver became In hisupon Gill who shot him In theWeaver fell dead

A coroners inquest was held and theverdict of the jury was to the effect thatin killing Weaver Sheriff Gill acted Inselfdefense Weaver was a native ofGermany He removed from Michigan toChesterfield several years ago and marned a daughter of Mr John Rudy awellknown resident of the county It issaid that he habitually treated his wifebadly and had several times since theirmarriage beat her Their marriage is saidto have been the outcome of an advertisement in a matrimonial newspaper

WAYLAID AXD KILLED

Negro Struck Private Kciine Down iii theDark Left Senseless In Roadway

Special to The PostNewport News Va Oct 21 Private

Benne of the Hospital Corps at FortMonroe Is dead from the effects of awound which he received Wednesdaynight while on his way to Old Point fromPhoebus and from the facts It Is likelyhe was murdered Wednesday night Bennovisited Phoebus and missed the lastcar going to Old Point Knowing that hispass would be Invalid after 5 oclockThursday morning he to walkto the fort He was homewhen by his own statement he was waylaid and robbed by an unknown coloredman

The made just before hisdeath that has beencommitted and It has considerable feeling among his comrades Hesaid just as he was crossing Mill CreekBridge he was knocked senseless by aman who stepped up behind him

For nearly an hour he lay there uncon-scious and when he regained his senseswalked to the tort a distance of aboutonfc mile When he reached headquartershe was almost exhausted and soon became unconscious

He was taken to the hospital where helingered until lat night The cause of hisdeath was spinal meningitis brought onbv the severe blow which he received on-

I tli head The wound was bleeding profuse-ly when he reached the fort

Private Benne was about thirtyold His friends say that he was not adrinking man His money was gone whenhe reached the fort The remains wereshipped to his home in Johnstown Pawhere his relatives live

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Nawport News Va Oct IS The ironsafe In the office of Harwood Curtis

dealers was cracked by burglarstime last night but as far as can

be learned the intruders got no bootyThere was no money in the safe Themen who did the work evidently kcewwhat they were about It Is bellevedthat they are the same ones who crackedthe safe of Frank Beanie thebroker but were frightened oft beforethey could open the Inner safe door be-

hind which was 3000 worth of Jewelryand 950 in cash

New Church at Newport Newsto The

Newport Oct 20 The corner-stone of the new First PresbyterianChurch was Hid this afternoon with Masonic ceremonies

Richmond Jibes Mustered InThis Pot

Va Oct 20 The two com-panies of the historic Richmond Light In-fantry Blues were mustered into the

of the State tonight and theBlues Battalion was reorganized as anindependent battalion Maj

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Attorney General Montague

on the Stump

DEMOCRATS HAVE CLEAN RECORD

a Large 3Ieetlnc at lionstoo State OJllcial Declares Present Ad-

ministration line Given More for SchoolsAsylums scud ren Ions Than Republicans

Ever DidFarora Bimetallism and De

nounces Trusts and the War

Special to Tie PostRichmond Va Oct 23Attorney Gent

eral A J Montague made the onlyhe has delivered during theHouston Halifax County today Therewas a large crowd to hear him The

was looked forward to with specialbecause of the leading part Mr

took In the May conferenceand In the tight for popular selection ofUuited States Senators It was thought-at one time that Mr Montague would

the stump in behalf of Gov Tyler as-

a candidate for the Senatorship but hefelt that it was best that he as attorneygeneral should not take that rathercate position Mr Montague took

today however to pay a high com-pliment to Gov Tyler The speaker saidhe thought the State government hadbeen satisfactorily administered since thereturn of the Democrats to power Hemade direct application of this to the ju-dicial executive and administrative de-partments He said

Our governors have had clean adminis-trations and from close personal observa-tion I would say that Virginia has had noexecutive since the war more tohis duty more watchful ofof the people and more desirous to saveto the Commonwealth any expendituresthan Gov Tyler

The attorney general submitted figuresto show that the State Is growing moreprosperous and pointed to the large appropriations to schools colleges asylumsand to pensions as one of the most

signs of the time He entereda plea for better roads and coming tonational issues he believed it to be necessary to place our finances upon a bime

basis and declared that unless thisdone we might expect frequent re-

currences of panics and monetary troubleControl of Monopolies

Montague urged the necessity oflegislation to control trusts and bringthem clearly within the common law Inhibitions against monopolies He devotedconsiderable attention to the Imperialisticpolicy of the administration He wouldnot say that In the present wretched condition of affairs in the Philippine Islandswhich he firmly believed had been broughtabout by the most inefficient administra-tion of Mr McKinley our army shouldbe withdrawn He maintained howeverthat any man could read Mr McKlnleyspurpose and that of the Republican party

to annex these islands as coloniesthat there was no purpose of the domlnant party to give these people free

Mr Montague stronglythe idea that the Democratic party

had ever been a party of expansion Hesaid

When Louisiana was acquired by MrJefferson he plainly admitted that he hadacted beyond the Constitution and

his friends to procure an amendment of to ratify the actand it is well known that Mr Madisondrafted such a resolution though it wasnever submitted to the people

All of the territory acquired by theUnited States however has been obtainedupon the same principles actuating thepurchase of Louisiana namely that ofthe preservation of our republic MrMontague asserted there wasno consttutional right to acquire or conquer thePhilippine Islands

Expuution Voted DownHe maintained that the section of the

Constitution respecting the admission ofnew States into the Union never con-templated for an instant the acquisitionof any such territory as this He spedally called attention to the fact thata provision was voted down by a voteof eight States to three In the Constitu-tional convention declaring that thelegislature of the United States shall havepower to erect new States within as wellas without the territory claimed by theseveral States o either of them and admit the same into the Union

Let the promulgation be made that wewill withdraw our armies as soon as theFilipinos lay down their arms and establish a free and stable governmentthat pending this end we will simply re-tain our army for the purpose of thepreservation of peace and order and thatour plighted faith will be not to use thisarmy for oppression and wrong MrMontague inveighed with vehemenceagainst the militarism that must followin the wake of our present policy Heearnestly entreated a return to the oldand simple faith of the fathers contentedto develop our own country for the benefit of our own that we had todaya substantial taste of Imperialismout the South and our civilization andthe civilization of the black man hadbeen set back generations by theenfranchisement of the negro

DEMOCRATS HEAR SWAXSOV

Virginia Concressman Wins Cheers forBryan at Stauntou

Special to Tie PostStaunton Va Oct 23 A big Democratic

meeting was addressed here today byClaude Swanson of the Fifth VirCongressional District He tod lion

the Virginia Democracy since wrestingthe State from the Republicans In 1SS1 hadincreased the appropriations for schoolscolleges asylums and disable1 Coifedcrate veterans and had at the samereduced the tax rate 2 per cent Increas-ing the States Income by taxing the oys-ter interest and corporations vhichtheretofore had been exempted He declaimed aghinst expansionspoke in favor of retaining a coftlirj statlon In the Philippines and denounceda large standing army AS needless anaInimical to the liberty and lasting properity of a people

Touching the oats of maintaining astanding army he quoted figures to showthat the worlds nations were prosperousIn an inverse ratio to the tax rate im-posed The United States took ie a fromthe pockets of Its people for governmental

than any other firstclass powthis the Americans to

undersell all Tra l doesnt follow the it follows price listshouted the speaker

mention of Bryanj Jiame waswith cheers

PARTY TROUIJLE ENDED

Downing Convention ItcnMteinblci andA ealn NomInates Welford

Special to The PuttWarsaw Va Oct 23 In accordant

with thi suggestion of the Democraticcommittee of this county the Downingconvention at that place to-day for the a candidate for the house of delegates for thisand Lancaster Counties This county was

delegations from Lltwalton and Currltoman districts In Lancaster County MrJohn Curletl of Lancaster wits madetemporary chairman and W T Morgantemporary secretary The convention re-affirmed and Indorsed the principles of theDemocratic party as set forth in the Chicago platform and recommended such achange in the Federal Constitution aswould bring about the election of Senatorsby direct vote of the people and Indorsed

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S Bowles of Lancaster Innomination Hon R Ccounty Mr Welford received 767 12 votesand was declared the nominee by accla-mation The meeting was largely attend-ed and was very enthusiastic As therewas a majority of regularly elected dele-gates present from the two counties therecan be no question the legality andregularity of Mr nominationThe recent decision of the special com-mittee of the State COmmittee being ad-verse to the contention of thefaction practically gave the Welfordpie of the convention for whichreason the Pinkard following abstainedfrom participating The result today isjust would have been at the firstmeeting had Mr Pinkards friends notinsisted then upon casting the of Litwalton and precincts al-though the former was unanimouslyagainst him and the latter represented bytwo contesting delegations

A STRANGERS LONG DRIVE

Hired horse anti IIugffrTwo Weeks ABOand I Still MissIng

Special o Tie PostWinchester Va Oct 23 After waiting

two weeks for the return of a strangerwho hired a horse and buggy from himH C Shenk of Stephen City came

conclusion that he had beenJiunkoed He notified the district attorney of

the horse and with or withthe stranger

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CHILD ATTEMPTS SUICIDE I

Eightyearold His ParentsBadly

Deliberately Soaked Ills Clothing with OH

and Applied n Intch Tells Iliyxlclan He I Sorry that Ills At

tempt Was Unsuccessful

Special to The PestWinchester Va Oct 23 An unusual

and very remarkable case illustrating thesensitiveness of an eishty earold childwas disclosed today by the confession ofCharles Slaughter who admits that hedeliberately planned suicide because hethought his parents treated him unkindlyThe child is very Intelligent

Friday night he poured a quantity ofkerosene over his clothes and when theywere thoroughly saturated he applied a-

lighted match The flames wrapped abouthis body burning the garments from hislimbs and before the fire was extinguish-ed the lad had suffered serious end verypainful wounds

When taken to the hospital the boyendured his sufferings with little murmur-Ing and from the circumstances It wasbelieved that he had soaked his clothingwith the oil and lighted it purely in child-ish ignorance and for the purpose orwatching the blaze Yesterday when ask-ed by the attending physician Dr P WBoyd why he had burned himself thelad said he had thought for some time ofcommitting suicide and had intentionallyset fire to hlmsglf ylth the hope ofHe said he was tired of living andto die because he had not been treatedkindly

The boy expressed regret that his at-tempt at selfdestruction had failed Heplanned the deed early Friday and wait-ed until evening when his parents were

from home The upper portion ofhis body was horribly burned and he in-

haled the flames Dr Boyd says his con-dition is serious and there Is only theslightest chance for his Thephysician places every confidence in thelads story and declares he was In goodmental condition when he made his con-fession

VIRGINIA

Outstanding BondsLiterary and Schdol Funds

Special to The FoalRichmond Va Oct 23 Second Auditor

Rylands annual report for the fiscalyear ended September 30 whichthe condition of the public debterary fund and the report of the sinkingfund commissioners Is just out The report shows that the amount of bonds is-sued under of February 20 1832 knownas centuries has Increased during thepast year 3091124 making the amount ofbonds outstanding of that Issue J1800208367 of which 1226300 are held by the lit-erary lund and IIUWO by the commis-sioners of the sinking fund leaving In thohands public J1766178367

The bonds with tax receivable couponswhich have given the State so muchtrouble In past years have nearly allbeen surrendered only 49800 of consolsand 27400 of 1040s being now outstand-ing with the probability that a numberof these are lost or destroyed and willnever be converted

The literary fund has Its holdincs of century bonds by thepurchase during the year of 33500 out ofthe literary fund fines making the present holdings of State bonds by this fund

143032728 Riddlebergers and 220300 ofcenturies the annual interest on whichamounting to 1742352 goes to the publicschools

Of the 200030 cash appropriation to thepublic schools 19310085 was appropriatedto the counties and cities of the State2500 to State normal institutes the rest

being used for general expensesThe disbursement account shows that

70757528 was paid on account of Intereston the public debt during the past yearThis includes 126250 on judgmentsfor taxes with tax receivable coupons

The report of the commissioners of thesinking fund shows that they receivedduring the past year 32J4950 as dividendsfrom the States interest In the Rich-mond Fredericksburg and Potomacroad and that there Is now In theury to the credit of this fund 4378250-

3lUethodUts Oppose RobertsEptilal to The

Norfolk Va Oct 23 At the Methodistpreachers meeting today Mrs JonesState president of the Womans ChristianTemperance Union presented twotions one to the legislature ot Virginiaasking the enactment of a Jaw requiringthe public schools to effect ofalcohol on the system and to Congross asking that body not to admitCongressmanelect Roberts the j

mist from Utah Neither petition wasacted upon by the meeting as a bodybut they were by the ministersIndividually I

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Norfolk Va Oct 23 The police arethe reported disappearance of

Edward Butler who has recentlycanvassing the the sale

and EvangelistJ P Kendall who employed

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Shot Man Instead of RabbitSjteltl to Feet

Cumberland Md 0pt 23 Albert J3rantwas accidentally shot in the face andbreast by Thomas Males colored thismorning while rabbit stunting Males wa

and when the dogsa rabbit in the bushes tired not know-

Ing that Brant was In the range of hIgun One shot penetrated left eyeand the sight may be destroyed j

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STRONG APPEAL FOR NEGRO VOTE

Decltrcs Hellns Always Ileen a Friend ofthe Colored Man anti PrainNi ThemEqual Uielitn with the Wliite iUeprec-ntntlve Hayrwr AmlSny-

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Special to Th PestUpper Marlboro Oct 23 Gov Lloyd

Lowndes was the star attraction at anImmense Republican mass meeting heldin the court house today

The meeting was called to order at noonby W T S Rolling chairman of thoState central committee Prince QepxSPCounty Hon Sidney and Mr

R Schirm of Baltimore one ofthe leading Republican campaign oratorsof the Stali accompanied the goyernorl-

A reception committee consisting ofGeorge W Curley J S Sasscer F

M S Plummer and George Bmet the visitors Mr J Selwyan-

Sasscer was made permanent chairmanThe governor was introduced by the

chairman and received tremendous ap-plause He said his father was born InPrince George County arul lie felt asthough it were his home

The governor attacked the claim of ColSmith that he should be given the creditfor the passage of the free schodlbotfkbill anti said 1SO000 had been appropriated yearly by the Republican legislature ingiving the children of State freebooks In 1S92 the control of the schoolswas taken away from tile judges aridgiven to the executive When he cameinto power every school examiner in theState was a Democrat Now about onehalf of these are Democrats thus elitist

the schools The gov-ernor said he was In favor of minorityrepresentation on school boards lint Re-publican party has reduced the State debtby 450000 A continuation of this partyIn power would mean an absolute cxterr-mlnatlon of the debt Between 580000000and 590000000 has been added to the prop-erty assessment under the new assess-ment law The Republicans gave 3000per year more to colored schools in theState than the Democrats But 104000was due the State under Democratic rulewhen the Republicans took hold

IMcndcd for Colored VoteGov Lowndes declared he did not ap-

peal for himself personally but tor theprinciples of his party which were atstake The Republicans had made prom-ises In the past and had keptfthem Haspoke particularly of the action taken Inthe cases of colored men accused of crimewho had been given just trials and saidthat he had always tried to be the po-

litical friend of the colored people ofMaryland The race he thought hail ad-vanced materially antI morally to a great-er extent than In any other State Howould always help the colored people anddo for them as he would for the whites

The governor made a strong plea forthe colored vote and seemed to Impressthe large number of colored men In thegathering Speaking directly to citizensof Prince George County he said theywere better off and happier than eves be-fore In their lives There was greaterprosperity in the county he insisted thanever before The debts had been paidoff and they had money In the banksrand more people had employment at bet-ter wages under the guiding hand of thematchless leader William McKInley thanver before In history The Republican

party was harmonious he said and theDemocrats had announced their In

tenUonsjof supporting the ticketSeveral times tile governor Wits Inter-

rupted by bursts of applause and cheersMndd AiiNwerit Hiiyner

Mr Schirm spoke giving an out-line of vhat the Republican party haddone since It came In power He spoke ofthe Baltimore and Ohio reorganizationbill and the Johns Hopkins Universitybill both of which had been unpopularbut which now found great favor with thepublic The mechanics lien law and thecharity bill were also brought before hisauditors and the purposes extolled MrSchlrms remarks were Interspersed witheffective stories and created a favorableimpression

The chairman Introduced Mr Muddwho was well received He said the nom-inations in Charles County were theequivalent to an election anti he beneveathe Republicans of prince tieorge Comityshould emulate the example of his CharlesCcunty friends Mr Mudds speech wasshort and to the point He scored Raynerfor him and said tHftt noword came from the mouth ofcept vituperation He said that with tinsDemocrats the campaign had gotten dowji-to two issues blackguarding Mudd andthe evils o negro domination

An effort was made to patch up the dirferences existing in Republican ranks inPrince George County Coy Lowndes helda conference with several ofof the independent movement but no sat-isfactory conclusion wax reached Someof the Independents absolutely refused tosee the governor or to consider any prop-osition looking to an adustment of thedifferences R H Vincent the unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for sheriff and R W Hunter defeated for thenomination for treasurer were clogotediwith Gov Lowndes for several hours butfailed to fix matters up

SMITH WILL CITY

Democratic Candidate Thistle It UaneeeHrto iti Into the Countlen

Special to Jl PostBaltimore Oct 23 Col John

Walter Smith the Democratic candidatefor governor will devote himself exclu-sively to the campaign In the city of Baltimore The Democratic xnapagfira berlievo that the counties can now be gatolyrleft and that their best lactfeg arfr totmake every effort to swell their votethe city This week anti next win wltnasa warm time in Maryland polities aridthe campaign will end Saturday nightNovember 4 Coy Roosevelt wW bK u-hI Aeries of speeches tomorrow Bothaides are bringing the independent U m9-cratff Into th public throughpublished In the newspapers but theof that ilk are sWing with the

although many of them say thatthey will support the Democratic citytIcket President John KlsuK Cow n ofthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Is billedto make a speech at Salisbury In Wlcom

Connty on October 31 TWa to thecounty in which WIMIarn JL Jackson aWilliam F Jackson who ran for Con

against Col Smith In the Firsttrict 14 the Republican

for the State senate

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Frederick Mrt Qct 23 Report frontall the olUters of reidftt ration tar JPredtrIck County have been flied with the boardof election KU nUor and an Increase of 307 wet Iflfcl y arH regtoirailonund a gain i f 700 orer l J7 Th r aroi1600 negro voters laty The total vot 4tthccounr-ly U13MO

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