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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
AFFAIRS AT CHAPEL HILL.
Splendid improvements to the Presby-
terrain Church.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.


CHAPEL HILL, n. c., Dec. ll.-Chapel
Fill is soon to be connected with Durham
and other points by telephone, the work
having already begun. Also a trolley line
from here to Durham is being seriously
considered.
Saturday young negro held up one of
the University students and secured what
cash the young man had. The negro was
found by a body of students and but for
the Intervention Of Prof. w. d. Toy would
have been dealt with by them. He was
brought before Mayor a. S. Barber and
sent on to jail
improvements are continually being
made in the University plant. In addition
to the Carr building, the gift Of General
Julian S. Carr and now being occupied
for the first time, the Alumni building
is in course of erection-both handsome
buildings-and another. large building will
soon be erected by Zachary Zachary,
architects, Raleigh, y. c, Also the Uni
versity water works will soon be IL active
operation
Extensive and helpful Improvements
have lately been made in the presbyterian
Church, costing some $1,000. besloes otner
changes, electric lights have been put IN,
new oak pews, full carpet, furnace and
celebrate services to mark the compile
ton of these improvements were held sat
urday night and Sunday morning, Satuf-
day night Rev. A. r. Shaw, pastor or the
Presbyterian Church at Henderson, n. C.'
delivered most interesting ana lnstruc-
tive address on 1.-The Historical Eelation
Which the Presbyterian Church sustains
to the Work of the UNIVERSITY: Ana oii
Saturday morning Rev ]. D. onearel' -.
D., Ii. D., who was the first pastor OF the
church here, and is now president OF pa
wilson College, delivered a po" n az
dress on THE Divine Right OF Presoy1e.
rianism in It's Historical aspect AZ
night DR.. shearer preached an excellent I,
sermon before the universi; y, IN ms. Ger al;
Hall. The Presbyterians, "..n .ne.' ~,
proved place of worship, are no" very
much encouraged, having very neat and
attractive church-the neatest in the vii
lage. D,,;a, Cur
III anI ha ~ ser,ad the church since May.
81 this . being his first and only charge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
MARRIED A WEEPING GIRL {?
The Rev. V. G. Smith Says Not-Shc
SWears He Did.

On the evidence Of Annie Castka that
she was forced by her father into a mar
riase with Frank Castka, and was, mar
renee adjourned her action for an annul-
ment in the Supreme Court yesterday for
one week so as 10 have Rev Victor e.
Smith, who married them called as Wit
ness. Mrs Ca.stka, who is eighteen years
old. married Castka on November 80, 1899,
at the parsonage of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of the Holy Faith at 166th
Street and Boston Road.
The plaintiff sad that the day before the
marriage her father, Emil +. Corsar,
with whom she lived at No. 1916 Boston
Road. showed her a love letter that had
come for her from James Chamberlain.
She told her father that she was in love
with Chamberlain, but he said she must
marry Castka The morning Of the mar
rage. she testified, her father got a gun
and told her he would shoot her if she did
not Immediately marry Castka. He gave
her $40 to get wedding dress. In view
of the threat she consented, but she did
not get the dress. hoping that her father
would relent. That evening Cnstka called
with Tony Hess and Mamie Nolan as wit
nesses. and they and her father went to
a Catholic priest, who would not marry
the nair because the bride was weeping
They returned home and Castka said they
would try Dr. Smith. They went to him
and were married Asked if she pro-
tested against the marriage before that
clergyman, she said that she did not, but
thai she wept through the ceremony.
The mother Of the plaintiff testified that
she would not go to the ceremony, as she
knew her daughter was in love with
Cha n,berlain und was being forced by the
husband TO marry Castka. 1t appeared
that the plaintiff lived for a short time
With castka after the marriage. In adj
io,rninp the case Justice Lawrence said:
1T viii adjourn this case until next We'd
nasdav in order that you may subpoena
the minister and have him in court, SO
49, may ascertain If her statement Is
tr,,a that clergymen unite in marriage
-,aa,;ne brides who complain thnt they
arc being led unwiilingly to the sacrifice.
Tba troIble in this city is that people
-, ;nto churches and get married with
a,t onv questions being asked, and then
~, az nave to come into court and have
ths ,,,ischief undone.
T,pay. Mr. Smith said last night that
nee,aambered performing the ceremony,
z ne, -. hat the girl was not weeping. In
w. IA, Mr.. Smith srid. a party OF five or
ea.H7..,on,e who accompanied the couple.
sIa.a Der, ,,erv hilarious and he had to rebuki
Meis two or three times to keep them
.nena He said that he saw nothing un-
aui.I IN the wedding, and if called upon
!Es s.astify he would be on hand when
wanted.--NeN : - = : e1.s'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
KILLED BY HIS OWN MISTAKE.
w. S. Joyncr Mashed TO Death by \
Locomotive.
Special Dispatch to The Times.J

lMPoRIA. VA. De- 1i-Mr. W. S.
Joyner, a brakeman in .he employ OF the
Southern Railway. was killed in the yard
of that company to-day. IT seems that
Joyner opened the switch for a train to
take The siding. and intended TO lock it
after the train came out, but faded to
do so. AS the train came out OF the 8 d
ing, Joyner got on the tender. The train
then began backing on the main line. but
when it came TO the switch it again took
the siding and before JOINER could realize
his mistake he was caught between the
tender and a car of lumber thtlt was on
the siding and instantly killed.
Mr.. Joyner WAS a :,onng man or pen
haps twenty-five or three years of age.
He hailed from Southampton county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
CRAZY MAN AT HOFFMAN HOUSE
He Demanded 10 See Croker or the
Prince.

NEW YORK, Dec. n.-Without over
coat, shirt, collar or scarf an otherwise
well dressed young man hurried up to the
clerk in the Hoffman House at o'clock
yesterday afternoon and asked to have a
card sent to Richard Croker. Told that
the Tammany chieftan was not in this
country, the man grew indignant and
said:
II am his private secretary, and l know
that he is now in his ROOM
AS it was apparent that something was
wrong with the visitor. the clerk pro-
ceeded to humor him. MIR. Croker just
stepped out. now that l think of it, he
said.
well then just send word to the Prince
that James J. Mcdonald of the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel, and private secretary to
Mr. Croker, is here, and desires to see
him. was the response You see the
Prince and l are firm friends, and We
diued together last night. l made an APP
pointment to meet him here to-day at
o'clock.
The clerk attempted to argue with Nc
Donald. and explained that the Prince was
in England. Thereupon the man flew into
a rage, and. assuming a theatrical pose,
cried dramatically:
You are all trying to deceive me, and
I shall see MIR. Croker and have you dis
charged" He then became excited and
declared that he was a friend of Tod
Sloane, and was visiting this country to
purchase horses for him and Mr. Croker.
He talked wildly about his rights, and
said he wanted to see the Prince TO nave
Sloane reinstated On the English race
tracks. He also said he had lost 100000
on Sunday night, and had only one cent
left In support of the statement he re-
versed all his pockets and produced the
coin.
When the clerk ordered the man out he
refused to go, so two porters were sun
1noned. When they tried to eject the man
ne fell to the floor in a spasm. BY this
time the connection was heard In various
parts of the hotel, and patrons hocked
into the main corridor.
While Mcdonald w,,thed and shouted
on the floor u bucket of cold water was
thrown on him, with calming effect.
Policeman Riordan. of the Broadway
squad. was then called. and arrested Nc
Donald BY that time excitement had
spread to the sidewalk and a crowd gath
cred in front of the hotel. The policeman
got the man to Broadway and Twenty
sixth Street. where Mcdonald fell in
another fit More water was thrown on
him. and by the time he reached the Ten
derlo;n Police Station he was thoroughly
drenched There ne repeated the story he
had told the hotel clerk. He gave his age
as 1855 years.
AS ne was apparently mentally deranGed
he was taken into the back room and an
ambulance was summoned from the New
York Hospital. Before it arrived Nc
Donald had another fit. DR.. Poole, who
arrived with the ambulance, said the man
was not responsible for his acts, and took
him to Bellevue Hospital. Mcdonald gave
his address as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
He was formerly stenographer there.
1t was learned in Bellevue Hospital that
Mcdonald !abored under a del,ision that
he was the Duke OF Manchester.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Praise for tho Moderate Man.

Miss Alice French OCTAVE ThaneD, at
"a recent meeting of club women at Lin
coin, Neb., sounded the praises OF the
moderate man. claiming that he is gen
era,lv unaDpreciated The moderate
man is doing his unobtrusive best in every
walk of life she said. The moderate
woman is doing hers. She is a good wife,
a good mother. a good friend and neigh
Dor. The moderate man is under fire from
his own familiar friends; tie Is attacked
by extremists on both sides, and yet. har-
assed, weared, goaded, he dcggedly tights
on with Jest instead of a groan, and
never suspects that he is either hero
or a martyr
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Three Times Three.

Quite number of the west-end residents
of Winchester were frightened this morn
ing after the arrival of the $40 a. N. pas
senger train on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad. 1t was caused by ,Mr. w. o.
Hollar, the well known supervisor of this
section, who had his men at work In the
vicinity of Lenore. Mr.. Hollar had work
for the men to do, and as they were five
miles away ne went to the locomotive and
blew the whistle nine times.
The men at Lenore heard it, and thought
a wreck was on hand, but when they ar
rived in Winchester they discovered that
ward work was to be performed.-Win-
chester News Item.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
SKELETON UNDER THE HEARTH.
Probably the Remuins of a Missing
SiIyersmith.

The Grayson Gazette publishes the fol-
lowing interesting story of an occurrence
in an adjoining county. IN Nof'h Safo-
lima:
A few days ago while they were remot-
ing an old building on the premises OF
Willard kirby, in Ashe county. the ske!e-
ton of a dead man was found under 'le
hearth. The bones were nearly all found
and the hair is said to be as though in a
live state. Dr. Pennington has the skeie-
ton in his possession.
Some of the citizens OF near that place
inform us that the remains are thouSht
TO Zoe that of a silversrnth by the name OF
James EaIey, who travelled through this
country before the war and was said TO
have had lots df money. This smith dis
appeared a short while before the war,
at this place, and has never been heard OF
since. although dilssent search was made
by his people. The people OF that place
are anxiousiy hoping that more light or
this mystery will be revealed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
I BOY SHOOTS HIS FATHER
While Dcfcndin. His Mother Against
His Fathers Cruelty.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

RALEIGH, N. c.. Dec, ia fearful
tragedy occurred a few miles from this
cty this morning, in which Jubial Gooch
was fatally wounded by his son, George
Gooch. According to the statement OF
George Gooch and his mother, the killing
was justlnable. They say that Jub.al
Gooch, who was drinking, vas whipping
Yrs. Gooch unmercifuily when their son,
George, came UP ana interferei. The
father then ran for the gun. but The SON
rea ched the weapon first and fired a load
Of shot into his fathers head at close
range.
The load entered in and about the left
eve. The man was brought to the hospital
mere, but the physicians say there is no
hope for his recovery. The young man has
surrendered himself to the sheriff and
will have a hearing tomorrow
Mrs Gooch says her husband has fire.
ouently whipped her of late. They have
eleven children, George being the eldest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
TEACHERS ON CHlNCOIEAGUE.

Tho opcn-Door Policy ia no Danger
There.
The Teachers League of Accomac met
IN annual session on Chincoteague last
week, says the Farmer and Fisherman
Serenty-fvc teachers attended.
DR. Barringer. chairman Of the faculty
OF the University OF Virginia, added richly
TO the programme each day by. lectures
and demonstrations from scientific views
OF, education.
The reception rendered them by the citi-
sens was grand, and even luxurious. Com
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12

German. Austrian and French DELEGATES.
Who have been considering the question.
In favor Of aboiishfns sugar bounties-
Consul General Lay. OF Barcelona. re-
ports that with the exception OF glove
skins the entire supply OF Spanish kid and
govt skns Is shipped to this country to
be tanned into fine; shoe leather. and us
this trade fsstn the hands of Fyench COM
mission merchants. American importers
should endeayor to buy direct
points out an excellent market there for
electrical appliances.
Consul Hossfeid reports thEt the harbor
Of Trieste IS 10 be enlarged at cost OF
81. Geo. DoO. and that there Is good open
ing for American machinery In connection
with the work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Paramount Issues.

The impression prevails in many sec
tons of the country that the only bust
ness of the Constitutional Convention will
be the Acknowledgement Of the negroes.
The suffrage is certainly an Important
part of the business Of the coming con-
vention-but only a part. There are other
and equally pressing matters to be consiu-
cred. The question of more and better nc
commodations at the pen.tentiary seems
to be among the paramount issues, and
will. no doubt. engage much of attention
of this extra session.-Clinch Valley
News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Paris Has n New Flower.

Paris has gone into ecstacies over a, new
flower recently. produced at the horticul-
tural section of the Exposition. The
flower is called La Genereuse, and is
a species of Chinese aster or RENE Mar
guerite, resembling a small chrysan-
thenum, but shaped like an ostrich
feather It has great variety of color,
some of the flowers being white others
rich purple. delicate mauve. old rose, pale
blue or golden yellow. 1t yields no scent.
but has become the fashionable cad OF
the hour.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
A STRANGE STORY.
a sanctitlcat,on,st Orda,"s q country
Doctor, Who starts New Creed.
fsnee,al Dispa.cp 90 rne Iiueso

GREENSBORO, n. Co.. Dec. Ia
grange ss.ry comes from panbury, Stokes
c,untv. 1t appears that Rev ". H.
Do, Methodist minister, who be-
!. eve, s In and breaches the doctrine Of
so. 90 ,,e.tt fi,satton. recently took DR.. B. w.
Bitfins. a, country physician. to a secluded
spot on the bank OF the Dan River where
he went Through the IM hi1,,s q me
Z When the crude ceremony had been per-
formed the doctor was told that he was
endowed with ali the prerogatives 81 a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
HARD EARNED DOLLARS GO.
4 Fire in Bristo, and No Insurance on

4 Fire in Bristol and No Insurance on
The Property.
Fire destroyed the City Founa1s ana
Machine Works, on Shelby Street, near
Ninth, at O. clock Friday morning.
The loss is estimated at about ss,'Vo'
The property was uninsured.
The pruprietors had been carrying IN
s,lrance on the property, but the policy
,xpired recently and had not been re-
newed.
The loss falls quite heavily upon the
rroprietors, and especially upon Hubert
Hobbs. who had put into the plant the
lard-earned dollars Of years of toll
Courier
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
NO MORE NAL DE MER.
Inventor Holland Tells Of the Advan-
eaees Of Submarine Navigation.
,Yo,,,,5 in North American

Review, says:
There will be no seas!ckness. because
in a submerged boat there is absolutely
no preceptabe motion. There vii! be no
smells to create nausea. for the boats Will
be propelled by electric power taken from
storage batteries, which will be chaEs@
at either end. The offensive odor that
causes so much discomfort in surface
boats is due to the heated oil on the bear
tpgs and to the escaping steam There
vii be no steam on these submerged chan
mel boats, and the little machinery neces-
sary to drive them Will be confined W-tafn
an alright chamber There Will be no
collisions, because the boats coming ana
the boats going will traVe! at different
donthS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Strictly Business.

The sRey. Mr. Lancaster, who recently
bought the Price farm in Cumberland, IS
already improving the old Homestead.
and says he is going to make 1t one OF
the most attractive places in the COM
munity. He has seen much OF our coun-
try and is investing in Southside Virginia
real estate. Nor is he governed in this
by sentiment, but by business.-Farm-
Vile Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
C.,rnet Soln.{

we are having splendid school at this
Mace. under the management OF Miss
'Wr and MIS-. S. NJ Gornett. Jr.. came
I'm from Fallyiile Friday and returned
Monday. ..;n
to Spring Valley Monday.
M ". 81. cornett passed BIZ Fairy
Thnrsday. on his way to crocketts Depot
Mrs p. Fl. Cornett has been quite
infiisposed for few days.-Correspond-
ence Ia Grayson Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Victory for Water.
Especial Dispatch to The Times

Especial Uispntch 70 Inc IlnesJ
WOODSTOCK. VA. Dec. 1.-THE sup
porters OF the projected water-works fer
this p1ace are in high spirits over the re-
fusal of Judge Harrison, at Winchester,
to-day. To grant a temporary iniuns-ton
to restrain the town from issuing us
bonds to erect the system.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
4 Natural Error.

Begyar-couid youse spare poor Teller
only ten dollars fer meal:
CinizerrTen dollars?
Begyar-.scuse me. boss; \ meant ten
cents I'VE Jest escaped from Nome City,
an. hain't got used ter New York ways
=yet,-LssIIe'S Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Danger. Of Marriage.

Harry guek. an old negro man. on Tues
day afternoon In attempting to drive
across the swollen waters CT Big Waaksrs
crsa4 near Whine Gate. lost two horses,
hfs wagon and a new organ. destined as
a household ornament in view OF his e1-
pected marriage.-.Puiaski News-Revies
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Burst Her Boiler.

z,rha steamer Iacca ster. on her "Trip Tues
aav migrating to Baltimore, burst hef
boiler when nearing Welttords. running
into the wharf and damaging the same 70
a great extent. The damage to ene ooae,
was repaired, and. after a delay OIL several yer.
hours, the steamer resumed ner mp
Northern Neck News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
minister and comma eol. nded to go and preach

minister and comma nded to go and preach
the iioatra,e Of Ssanct fication.
Afterwards DR.. Biting tisd.ded to form
5ula & n nstw creed and establish the In
espacaily among the i Congregation Of
idepsndent Church of Christ. Learning
of .his ...s Rev Mr.. Perry circulated let
Tara in the community denounclng the
physician as ilypoerlte and an impostor
Tie affair has. caused much excitement,
s,;cs Rev. Mr.. Perry is pastor, The mat
te- has been reported to the presiding
elan of the. district, and the erriny cir
cppI.rider will be disciplined according to
lsw Of the Methodist Church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Ei,cd forthe Wintcr.

Mr.. W. F. J. Camper has been cutting
I'D wood in Orange during the past week
with his big saw. run By q traction en-
CINE. He sawed up six cords for The OBJ
Server. consequently we have wood 10
burn.,-Orange Observer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Belgian Hares.
fSnecIa. Dispetch 10 The Times }

FREDERICKSBURG. VA Dec H.
Several enterps.sscg citizens of Sorhum-
bertrand county have introduced nt1n-
Der of Belgian RABBITS FOR n.eeoins pur-
rasex and t;,ey are said to be thriving.
They are ot !, lighter color than tfse Of
tanary hare, ard nearly double as large.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Joue-Alien.

Special Dispatch to The Timesl
KING GEORGE. VA. Dee linz,
charles n. Jones and Miss Lilly Allen. OF
This county, were married here to-day by
Rev. E. T. Turner
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Un.own Men up to paie.

I'm afraid you don't love me mvca.
Io,n or you'd leave your club sooner.
.sWhy, my dearsh, left the fhte> club
over two hours aSo-a-Harien Life
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
Brick Company Charter.

NORFOLK, VA, Dec. 1.-THE Hamp-
ton Roads Brick Company was chartered
here to-day. Maximum capital, 5000
Henry L. Turner, Of Falls Church. 'r-
GINA, is president.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
ahead OF I,icl, ,,,ond.

YESTERDAY the curteY bell was removed
from the besfry on Morgan Street and
placed on the ney- tow hill SSl.e-aI:sHah
Valley.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-05-21
= Lewiston, Idaho

sist on declaring for free coinage, at a
fixed legal ratio of I6 to 1, while the
market value ratio between the two
metals is to-day as "a to L, and at the
same time hear you call this Jeffersonian
democracy. The principle which you
here SO stubbornly contend for is diamet-
rically opposed to what Thomas Jefferson
taught. If you will turn to Vol. 3, page
Asa, of the Writings of Thomas Jeffer-
son." where he is discussing the subject
of the ration of coinage, you will find the
following statements:
THE proportion between the values of
gold and silver is a mercantile problem
altogether"
"Just principles will lead us to disre-
gard legal proportions (ratios) altogether;
to inquire into the market price of gold,
i'll the several countries with which we
| shall principally be connected i'll COM
merce, and to take an average from
them"
"The Financier states it al present
(April, I7S4) as at I4H for 1. Perhaps
we might, with safety lean to a proper
ton somewhat above par for gold, con-
sidering our neighborhood and COM
merce. 1t is not impossible that IS to I
may be found an eligible proportion.
state it, however, as conjecture only"
From the above, Col. Bryan, you will
see that you must cease talking about
Jefersonian principles while you are con-
tending for fixed legal ratio of coinage
at IS to I, because Jefferson taught that
Just principles will lead us to disregard
legal proportions altogether and inquire
into market price" AS the market price
is now Geoo) at about "a for I, you
should contend only for what the father
of our party calls lust principles. .
Certainly coinage at I6 to 1 while the
market or true ratio is "a to 1 would mo-
be to regard just principles. Why in the
name of justice should a man be com
PEELED by law to accept I6 ounces of sill
versin payment for one ounce of gol,
which he my have previously and il
good faith loaned out when the Who'll,
in the open market stands ready to Civ,
him thirty-four ounces for it?
AS democrat, and as a disciple an,
believer in the principles laid down b.