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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Confederate Veterans Plan IA Ee-union--A
Store Robbed.

HEATHSVILLE. Va. Feb. 23.--spe-
cial-Howard Jctt merchant doinb
business al Lillian. in this county, re-
Gently made an assignment 10 {. !.
Towlcs. trustee. for the benefit or ms
creditors. most OF whom i've IN bai -
more. lie commenced business IN the
summer of 1873.
The Confederate Veterans Of TINS c9un-
" were TO have Il reunion al th's piace
to-day. hut owing TO a heavy rain, when
is stiil falling, II will probably not take
place Or. Hiram Coles is the com
mander of the veterans. There was 10
he n ball tonight 10 close the ceremonies
with. the Fairport brass band 20 furnish
the music. -.
A thief broke into the store OF w. y.
Tignor nj this place a few nights ago
ana stole all the money from the money
drawer. being about SO They old nor
trouble ANYTHING else. 80 far as as
covered. No clue exists a. 10 the party
but it is generally believed 10 be some
one of the negroes who lounge around
around here q good deal. with no visible
means Of support.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

4 Life Insurance hmDezzleinent Cas-"
Sole Pressed.

Sole Pressed.
LAWRENCEVILLE. VA, Feb. &.-Spe-
cial-The fourth Monday of the month
being "a legal holiday Brunswick County
Court adjourned over until to-day. For
more than a month court interest has cen
tered around the case OF one j. J.. y.
Herman. who claimed 10 be an agent for
the Union Central Life Insurance Com
pany. of Cincinnati. O. Mr.. Herman
had done considerable business in Bruins
wick county taking negotiable notes and
promising 10 give therefor policies OF said
Insurance company. Having discounted
the notes while the policies were delayed.
the parties who drew the notes had Mr..
Herman arrested and tried for embezzle-
ment.
The trial at the January term resulted
I'm "a hung jury To-day Mr.. Herman
having deposited in the bank OF Law
renceville an amount sufficient 10 meet
all claims against him. WAS released. d
nolle prose qui being entered ia his case
The continued rains of the past lew
DAYS have gotten the ground thoroughly
saturated. q blessing to farmers. Inc
splendid clay subson Of the brunswick
lands let's tho water through very slow
lv. This fact. while Of great ADVANTAGE
10 arabic land. serves 10 make our ROADS.
which i'm summer are very firm ana Dry
now quite the reverse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

Fresh air and plenty OF pleasurable ex-
ercise are good for woman. But I'M
fortunately all women are not rich. Most
women have work TO do-dutles 10 per-
form; duties that sometimes. wrongly,
seem more important than her health.
Nine women III ten have some trouble
peculiar to their sex because they are
careless. because they have inherited
weakness, because they neglect little
symptoms that grow into health-wreck-
ing disorders.
Over 20 wears ago Or. x. v Pierce, OF
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
of Buffalo. n. V, saw the need OF some
simple, effective and certain cure for so
called female complaint" He was
then, as now, a specialist IN the diseases
OF women, and the result OF his study and
experiments was the niarvelously ettec-
tive remedy known allover the civilized
world as Dr. Pierce's Fsvorite Prescrip-
ton. Ii cures where doctors have failed.
1t cures where medicines have been use
less. II cures in perfectly natural way
by purifying and strengthening the or
gans involved. It's cure Is permanent
II leaves the whole body in better con-
dition than il ever was. II cures without
the local examinations and treatment so
sbhorrent to every modest woman.
when the blood is impure any form Of sickness
may gain a foohod The organs and tissues
supply Of blood soon become clogged with efete
material serious ilness 10 the inevitable result
Impure blood Il caused by constip patton and con.
ssiRasl2R Y Ssrsd y 2E PssIssS Pleasant Pellets.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
THE HELTNf a RACER.
She viii Earn Her builders Forty Thous-
and Dollars Bonus-Foul Play.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Feb. 23.-Spe-
ciaI-On her builders trIal trip to-uay
In the lower bay. between old Point ana
cape Charles. Inc gunboat helena made
the splendid record OF ufteen and one
zenith Knots. M she ~ able 10 do as well
on the four hours stretch required on
the official trial "trip she Will earn her
builders the Newport News Ship Build
ing and Dry-Dock Company a bonus of
forty thousand dollars. Her contract
speed IL thirteen knots.
The dead body o. "a man NOated ashore
AT pier late last evening. To-day when
Coroner Gary started 10 make a prehmi-
nary investigation he found an ugly
wound in the centre OF the mans head
Papers on the body showed the man to
be otto Pedstorm. q SwCde. II H. not
certain that he Is the same man that fell
overheard while trying TO board the
British steamship ltaNly. lying at the
shlp-yard several nights ago.
II seems certain that the man found
had been foully dealt with.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
I,NDsLGDIs MAR LINCHBURG.
m. Yi,,ida.>,scinl Runs Into One-Judge

,,....at>.s Su,scru N "'H'i'
IYNCHBU hO, VA, REQ. -5.-S!ecidi-
The nea,y I-l.I III Inns sect'vH laS' "'s"1
~. tn,. cause OF cYnsloe.aOle ,rOuD-, 10
Tue ranrOacs. Ga caV S,--.herh i"4-I0"-'
=, laua,Iae occurau II a urcP cut about
TWO mIles norm OF Inc cisy, ana came Ne'!
near wrecAing the fioriu.. special when
10 due mere about ni0uign1 inc tram
WAS about an hour lac ana WAS running
AT a rapid rate. The slue, fortunately,
WAS not IL very large one. ana the engine
on striking IL plunged rignt through.
The plot was smashed aud the trucks
OF the engine were torn IIOm Their pace.
The driving wnee.s chung TO the track
and the engine, plunging forwOrd, tore
the ties and scattered diIT for distance
of several yards. When the train came 10
"A standst.ll IL had run out OF the cut ana
was on a dump many feet in height. The
baggage car and the first Pullman were
damaged TO same extent. The train was
well filled with passengers but none OF
them were huTt
A wrecking crew soon arrived and sue
ceeded In clearing the track and 10 some
extent repairing the damages. new
engine was attached at this place. and at
about o'clock the train left the city on
its Journey south. When about "a mile
south OF the city another narrow escape
from wreck was made by the train. \
cave-in had occurred in a deep cut and
but for the prompt action of tramp In
waving the train down the engine would
undoubtedly have collided with the
obstruction
The train returned 20 the city and re-
manned here until the track had been
cleared.
1t Is reported In this city that Judge
Stafford G.. white will be elected pro-
lessor Of Constitutional law at Washing
ton and Lee University. TO succeed the
late John Randolph Tucker.
Judge white was offered professor
shin Of law at Washington and Lee last
year. hut declined.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

A 10y Shot while Struggling with HIS
Sister Tor 4, Pi-tot.

HAMPTON. VA. Feb. 23.-special;,-
About ~ O'Clock this morning Charhe
Davis 'coloreo), ago thirteen years Vas
accidentally shot ~ his sister. Juila "a,
vis, aged eighteen years. The ch'luren
reside with their parents George anu
Kate Davis. on Lincoln street 1u''a
Davis mad the revolver and ner Dio,"sl
was trying 10 take d. from her' ahu ="
the scuiiie Tho revolver exploded lh'i'o.-
Ing painful but not serious wound !"
tho lett breast OK her brother A.,
General Secretary \. q. irons, ol 'ne
Young Mons Christian Association ., 0i
this city. accompanied by Messrs. Il.
a. Jordan, W. Il. Johnson. ana Wesley
Hall, will leave ~ $50 tomorrow after =
noon TO attend tho State convention Oh
the !. NJ. q. A.. which meets IN Ielers-
burg tomorrow
Mr. Edward T. Elliott, under the aus
pieces OF the Y. W. g.. A.. gave an excel
lent entertainment at Armory Han this
evening. Music was furnished 10y the J.
NJ. q. \. orchestra.
The Daughters OF the ConfederNcy VIII
give an oyster supper and entertainment
at Association Hall Friday evening OF
this week
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
m , or PEE JaWFS TERY men.
The Pureatory Mines to Re Work ed Again
Farm Operations

SPRINGWOOD. VA. Feb. Especial.
James river at this point two hum
drcd miles west OF Richmond. is higher
than It has been for wears and is stiil
rising. from the terrible rains % last
ni-hf. The lightning and thunder dur
Inc the storm were alarming
Henry Nelson tho murderer or tho
white hoy at Houston. reported IN TO-
days Times. vas taken from this point
to Fincas'le this evening.
Hotetourt county nbounds in iron ores.
and It IS rumored that the veins IA pur-
gatory Mountain. near this point, WIN
soon be worked. This property was
once owned bv Richmcnd psrtios-tre
late Coles Darlington and w. w. Cor
don.
valuable quarry ~ stone. very Ike
onyx. has been opened IN BY Ny. Par
ke-. OF Indianapolis. on the same Prep
eriy.
"'he farmers tav" done little prerara T.
tor work for spring, and wheat looks
badly.
The low prices OF canned goods win
prevent many Betetourt farmers frou,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

DUBLIN. Feb. Elm a speech de'iv-
ereD in tnis city tonight Mr.. Time tny
Harrington. member OF Parliament for
tae Harbor division OF Dublin. deciarca
that 10 was absurd to say mat the Iar-
ncaf.c cause was prospering when me
uttnfr II Charles Stuart PArnou was
D. absolute want la the house iu whiC B.
tie dead irish leader WAS born.
Mr. Harrington is himself memhtr
OF the Parnellte section OF the irish par
liamentary party. but hts speech TO-
night is held TO foreshadow his separa-
ton from Mr. John Redmond, The Lead
or Il that section.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

The report from Louisville. Ky. that
August Belmont d CO.. had agreed 10
finance the proposed consolidation OF the
kentucky dstillers placing 5l5.)W,W0 at
their disposal, is officially denied
In the Pennsylvania House the bin
prohibiting the wearing OF high has IN
theatres was defeated Yesterday on maj
passage. The vote was Yeas. -, nays,
Il. IL being less than constitutional
majority.
The Connecticut House Yesterday. by a
vote OF So 10 81. passed % resolution in
vlting W. ]. Bryan 10 visit the capitol
during his stay In this city February
luton was rejected by an emphatic yea
and-nay vote.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

Gilbert Walden gave an attractive rec
cital at the W. C.. r.. l.. Hall last
night.
Mr. Walden will give another recital
here Wednesday night.
Miss Fannie Hall of Brunswick. IS
visiting Mrs. ]. !. Taylor.
Mr.. Archie Robertson who occupies a
very prominent position at the Ports
mouth navy-yard will be the guest OF his
brother Mr. w. W Robertson. TINS
week
Mr. James G.. Robinson. of Peters
burg. T. IN town to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

CUDPTPER. VA. Feb. 25.-sDocial-
Startle by Alarm. ont of Irene, by Lean
ingion- died to-day. 10 the Versailles
stud, owned by Hon. $. J.. Cooper at
the age Of tWcuty-Ouc. Slarte was a
good. consistent racc-h0rse. ana his track
record was extremely successful. ue
was retired 10 the stud in -. after being
injured, and there also proved sue
cess. being the sire OF such horses as
Iceberg Freezer. The holder Of The mile
record at the Island tracks; Diamond
Spinnette. and a host OF other good per-
formers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

log while I'm the employ OF the company
caused by wrccking car failing on nun.
The amount OF suit u SlVVvO, ana ~
is ,cnresentcd bv General Edgar Allan
and Judge Waddlll. II Is Thought tha'
tho case will come up before Ju"t.
Hughes tomorrow. ana as the accia'ht
happened while the passenger traih WIS
near Nottoway Courthouse there are +"
number OF witnesses summoned.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
A Suit for Ten thousand.

BURKEvILLE, VA, Feb, 2s.-Special.-
Ar. ". J. Flippin. OF Nottoway county.
accompanied by his brother. w. w, Flip.
pin. r. w. Price. l.. l. Dunnovsnt and
K A. Fsrrar. left to-day for Norfolk. to
bs present at the United States Court
Mr.. ppm has a suit against the Nor
koIk n 4 EfsisxR read Tor the l0Ss ~ .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

PHILADELPHIA. PA. Feb. 23.-Thls
morning In the United States District
Court, tho jury in the case Of the Gov
eminent against John ID. Hart OF this
city. charged with aiding Cuban nlibus-
tering expeditions on the steamer Laura
da. in August last. rendered q verdict OF
guilty. Judge Butler suspended the sem
fence.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VA, Feb. g.
-Special-James b. Burton. weil-known
citizen. and magistrate for Aqua dis
riot. died to-day at his home. near STAFF
ford Courthouse. Of typhoid pneumonia.
Joseph y. Pritchett died AZ his home.
near MassaponaI church. SpOtsylvania
county last night Of pneumonia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

CREWE. VA. Feb % special-The
T. y =. T. Of Crewe gave an entertain
ment last night AZ the High School build
ing known as The Belated Picnic.
which delighted the young people, and
was financially q success
Thomas Sewers ward conductor at
Crewe. broke his collar bone yesterday
by falling from his car
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

CHARLOTTE y. c.. Feb. 2'.-Mrs.
Mayes. OF Union county met an awful
fate Yesterday She carried her hus-
band his dinner az Helms saw rlill Her
dress caught ion the shaftins and she was
wound round time and again. When
the snw was stopped she was found %
DO dead Tho bones or her limbs and
body were broken IN twenty places.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

Circun'stsntisi Evid.nce Point. TO the
kObher of ., store.

h"Dh"r Of - ~l"i"-
EASTVILLE VA, Feb. 23.-Special. -
Last Wednesday evening very pretty
and quiet wedding took place at the
Charlottesville. Accomac county. The
contracting parties were Miss Essle ia
cob. daughter OF Mr.. Jacob, ana MI.
william Glddson. young merchant ot
UAilOck, Northampton county.
Strong circumstanual evidence points 20
John ii. Lewis alias James &. Clark as
the party who entered Alr. Leatherbury $
stone. at MarionWlle. and stole about
SIS worth or goods on Monday night
the Sth instant. Lewis disappeared
shortly afterwards. and has not been
heard from since.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

WASHINGTON. d. G.. Fob. 23-The
Alaskan boundary treaty which was
signed by Secretary Olnoy and Sir Juii1n
Pauncefote January 50th last. was laid
before the Senate this afternoon IN cNecu-
tive session Without being read 10 was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Re-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

NEW YORK. Feb. o The Southern
Railway earned gross for January. 81 So. o.
s63. decrease OF s1S.lo5. and net si79.79..
increase S2s.2a5 and gross from July /.
S2039l6.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

LONDON. Feb. % The Morning Post
will tomorrow publish a new=-agency
dispatch from Moscow denying the Zoe
port from Paris of the death OF William
SfeinitZ the noted chcss-playcr. VINO
vas recently placed in an insane asylum
in Moscow.
The dispatch adds that steinitz remains
I'm the aaylum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
Fire ~ Brandon.

PETERSBURG. VA. Feb. 25.-Special
Tho barn of Mrs Julia Harrison. at Bran
don. on the James river was destroyed
ry fire SUNDAY night with four hundred
barrels OF corn. The Joss was abcut
$1,000. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Feb. &.-Ihe
Nichols MIL in Burrilviile is 20 be- put
in operation as soon AS possible IL VIII
ompoy about one hundred hands. This
factory has been idle Tor several years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

Terrific storms in Henry County and
washing Rains.

MARTINSvILLE. VA. Feb 23.-.Spe-
cial--Depositions were taken 10y J. II.
Brown in me contested election case be-
tween Brown and Swanson at this place
to-day.
There were terrific storms in this section
lest night and the Norfolk and Western
railroad was 90 washed that trains were
delayed for many hours. and the Danville
and Western trains were also delayed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

BOMBAY, Feb. 23.-The official plague
returns for tho past week show dis
tinct abatement in the ravagcs OF the
nIsl..e
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

raising the usual tomato crop. m
rates inc Gamers offer are tweNo anu
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
sILvnRIrnS 10 ORGANIzr.
Republican Congressman Issue a Call for
Convention.

WASHINGTON D. C.. Feb. 23-An adj
dress was issued to-day by the silver
Republicans in Congress 10 the silver Re
p1blicans Of the United States looking 10
the calling Of a National Convention I'm
the near future an enccting a national
OrrauiZafiOu
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24

LONDON Foo. L5.-BlOnGin, no .
NOUS gymnast and ropewalker died ye =
terday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-24
'DsHNCERS DELUGED.

ATLANTA. GA. Fed. - 7VI0I1''
from Athens. Ga. says that q cyclone
struck that city to-day about noon anu
whipped off roofs and did much H'Inas,e
in a small way. The Lucy Cobb lnsu-
80 v,as damaged and the roof was taken
of a han in which cotillon was IN pro
rress. The dancers were deluged, but no
nnrsnns wore serlously hurt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-20
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parts.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Proceedings of tho Second Session.

The Proceedings of tho Second Session.
The senate laid aside the arbitration
treaty temporarily and devoted the time
on the 10th, after the completion OF the
electoral count. to the discussion of the
Nicaragua canal and the agricultural ap-
preparation measure. In the house, prior
to the assembling of the Joint convention,
the fortifications and the post office appro-
priation bills were reported and placed on
the calendar. The latter carries S95, 611.7l1,
| or s., ,O40, ,1G0 more than for the current year.
and 81, 1903, 697 less than the estimate of the
| postmaster general The senate bill re-
lating to the carrying of obscene matter by
| express companies was passed.
The senate spent the greater part of the
day on the 11th in executive session debat-
| ing the Anglo-American arbitration treaty.
| The diplomatic and consular appropriation
| bill was passed and Wednesday, February
| II, at four p. m. was fixed as the time for
| final vote on the immigration conference
| report . The house passed the fortified
| tions appropriation bill and made some
| headway with the post office appropriation
| hill, but the major portion of the day was
| consumed in political debate on the fnan-
| cial question.
| In the senate on the 18th the Anglo-Amer
| lean arbitration treaty was further dis
| cussed, and resolution was adopted re-
| Questing Secretary Olney to use every eff
| fort toward lettering the condition of Syl-
vester Scovel, the newspaper correspondent
| imprisoned in Cuba. The reappointment
of Carroll d. Wright as United States
| labor commissioner was confirmed. In
the house the post office appropriation
| bill (s96. .4S5,71D was passed and the sundry
| civil appropriation bill was taken up and
| its first reading begun.
| The time was occupied in the senate on
| the 18th in discussing the arbitration treaty
| in executive session. In the house reso-
| lutions were introduced for information
concerning insults to American ladies by
Spaniards on board the United States mail
steamer Olivette in the harbor of Havana,
| and concerning the electoral vote in South
| Carolina. Mr. De Almond (Mo) spoke In
| favor of Cuba. and the sundry civil appro-
priaticn bill was further discussed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-20
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

There are 3Sex-governors of states in
the present house at Washington.
Fraulein Elsa Eschelsen is the first
woman in Sweden to take the degree of
doctor of laws.
a st. Paul judge has awarded citi-
zen five dollars damages because mo-
torman refused to stop cur for him.
Fort Sill troops have driven out of the
Wichita mountains miners who have
been working the gold lodges for
months in defiance to the Indian police.
Several were captured.
Appomattox battlefield has been
traded, by syndicate which has owned
it for several years, for piece of prop
erty in Washington city, and the new
owner announces that he will convert
the historic battlefield into "a sheep
farm.
Florida will this year plant large
acreage in tobacco. A northern firm
has bought 5000 acres near Quincy, in
Gadsden county, and will put it all in
tobacco. The same firm has been maxi
ing a successful test upon a 1o0-acre
tract.
The Missouri state board of health rec
ommends that all pupils of the public
schools throughout the state be given
course of instructions in at least the
elements of the disease commonly
known as consumption, its causes and
the means by which it may be prevented.
Commissioner of Pensions Murphy
has issued an order directing that all
cases of helpless minors for continuance
of pensions under the act of June 2, 1890.
will be made extra special and chiefs of
divisions have been directed to take up
such cases at once and push them to an
early adjudication.
j. G. Lee, Louisiana's commissioner
of agriculture, says that from the 2,50O,-
600 acres in that state under cultivation
there is raised annually about SIS 5,o00,-
900 worth of different products, and he
claims that no other state in the union
can show equal results. The state con-
tains 2S,000000 acres of land.
Alexander Ross. of Hoboken, N. Y,
has had Il needle removed from his ell
bow which he swallowed when child,
SO years ago. A year ago he felt sharp
pains in his left shoulder.The pain grew
| worse and he went to Bellevue hospital,
where surgeon examined the arm with
the aid of the Y rays, and the result
showed that needle about two inches
long was imbedded in the tissues and
bone.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-02-20

fell in the battle and nre buried in For
est Hill. 1t was the generals desire
that he might be buried beside his dead
comrades.
[Gen. 40" Shelby was one of the pictur-
esQue characters of the great rebellion. He
went from Lexington, KY. the place of his
birth, to Missouri, and was employed in a
rope walk at Waverly. In time he became
the owner of the factory. He acquired a
plantation, became a slave owner, and
naturally sided with the south. He organ
lied company of cavalry in Missouri and
marched to join Price. Price, recognizing
in him an able leader, sent him back to
Missouri to recruit regiment and be made
colonel Ho fulfilled the mission, and
uniting his regiment with three others, he
took command of "Shelby's brigade" The
brigade did good work in Missouri. Arkan-
sas, Louisiana and Texas. After the war
Gen. Shelby induced his men to go with him
to Mexico and join the forces OF Maximil-
Ian. On the arrival OF Shelby and his troops
in Mexico, he offered himself to the en-
peror, and suggested that an army of 4O
200 men be raised. Maximilian did not like
the suggestion, and. being suspicious of
Shelby and his motives rejected his tender,
Many of the Americans settled in Mexico.
others migrated to California. and the re-
mainder returned to their homes. Gen.
Shelby returned to Missouri in 1867. and
lived on his farm until 1898. when he was
made United States marshal by President
Cleveland. He was &C years old.l