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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
CONSIDERATION CAUSED
By Swearing III II Posse of $500 Men
in St. Louis.


in St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, MO, May 31.-Public in
terest in the strike situation centres in
the intention OF the Chief of Police and
Sheriff to swear in LOCO special deputies,
and the order to-day to swear In 1000
additional men. making in all $500. for
the purpose of preserving peace and or
der. To Il certain extent these orders
have created consterna ton among men
in all walks Of lifa. Nearly every man
of any position. the Sheriff says who has
been summoned to serve in the posse is
scurrying about to get a PHYSICIANS GER
titicate that he is suffering from some
chronic disease
No male citizen between the ages or
twenty-one and sixty-five is exempt un-
less engaged in the police or military
service or physically disabled to serve
Sheriff Pophleman reported that the
work of recruiting the first thousand was
progressing rapidly.
The Police Board decided to-day TO arm
the posse with Il short barreiled repeating
shotgun, about three and half feet
long The magazine has. capacity Tor
six shells, which may be loaded with
buckshot or small shot. The purpose of
the arm is to do as much execution as
DOSSible
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
THE SONS.
Report of the Historical Committee
Was Heard


LOUISVILLE. Ky, May S1.-By a vote
OF 1O1 to 6S the Sons of Confederate Vete-
rams this evening refused to lay on the
table Il motion Offered by w. IL. Mcl-stws.
division commander Of Georgia, that only
the Confederate flags be carried III the
Sons OF Veterans division Of the Confede-
rate Reunion parade tomorrow.
The first business session of the Sons
of Veterans was held to-day. Commander
Davis. of Louisville, called the convention
to order Addresses by Briscoe Hindntan
and Commands: Colquitt completed the
opening exercises.
Fraternal greetings were sent to the
Confederate Veterans.
AT the afternoon session the .enort of
the Historical Committee was read by
William f Jones, of Elberton, Ga. The
report expressed regret at what it calls
Indifference on the part of many Southern
people of to-day as TO histories cf the civil
war in use in public schools, which, it is
claimed, are partly untrue and not just to
the Southern side
Tho fact is cited that in twenty-five
counties of Georgia, a history is used
which does not mention the name of
Alexander H. Stephens, the vice-president
of the Confederacy.
James Mann, OF Nottaway, Va, made an
elaborate address, citing points of ante
bellum. and civil war history that in his
opinion should be impressed on pupils of
Southern schools.
Leslie Spence, Jr.. of Richmond, Va,
chairman of the Relief Committee, reiter-
ated in his report the recommendations
made at Charleston last year as to helping
INDECENT veterans ana working for State
pensions for veterans.
Other reports will be heard tomorrow.
J. L. McAllster, secretary of the Stone
wall Jackson Memorial Association.
brought attention of the. Conven-
ton to the movement TO preserve
the Chandler House in Virginia, in which
Stonewall Jackson died.
The Sons expect to end their annual
meeting tomorrow morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
Danyillc Tnbacco Sales

DANvILLE. VA, May .-Special-The
following IS the report Of the tobacco sales
for the past month: Sales for the month
of May, 1860, 2, 2,19a,aa52;; sales for month Of
May. 1899, 5, ,66l, 81: decrease for month CT
May. S71,ie9: sales froz2 October /, 1899, to
June /. 1900. iaa,4443.7 7sI; sales for same
period last year, IS, 2222S 067 gain in eight
months of this year, 5,2l5, ,720
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
Make Wheeler u Maior-f;ener.I

WASHINGTON, May 3t.-Represeutat!ve
Richardson, OF Tennessee. to-day called
on the President and presented a resoiu-
ton recently adopted by the Legislature
of Tennessee. recommending the aopoins-
ment OF General Joseph Wheeler as a
major general in the regular army.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
CORONER TAYLOR TO APPEAR.
Summoned as Il Witness in the Trial
OF Rev. j. f.. x. Riddick.

Coroner W. Fl. Taylor received sum
mons last night from the Sergeant o.
Lawrencevili. to appear there to-day III
the Riddick trial. He will leave this morn.
ing for that place.
Coroner Taylor viii appear as a witnes,
for the Commonwealth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
The FIGHT ON
Freight Delivered ut Store Doors
Without EGxi: a Charge.

COLUMBIA, s. G., May sl.-The Allan
tic Coast Line and the Southern to-day
met the Seaboard's s free delivery of freight
at store doors. The Seaboard inaugurated
this movement on account of the disa-
greement with the Southern as to rates
of transfer within the city
The Seaboard sent its own team to de-
liver Ereights. but the Coast Line has
allowed consignees to employ local drays
and the railway pays the charges.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
A WARRANT FOR TAYLOR.
Charged With Being Accessory to
Murder of GoebeI

FRANKFORT. KY. May a1.-Judse
Cantrili to-day directed Circuit Clerk Ford
70 issue bench warrant for the arrest OF
former Governor Taylor. The warrant is
based on an Indictment secured several
weeks ago. charging Taylor with being an
accessory 10 the assassination OF William
Goebel.
\ warrant was issued and placed in the
hands of Deputy Sheriff John Surer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
BRITISH TROOPS
IN BOER CAPITAL
Though the War Office Has Received
No Report, No One Harbors a
Doubt as TO the Fact,

LONDON, June 1.-3 A. M.-Belated
messages from Pretoria confirm the report
of the departure of President Kruger with
his Cabinet and staff officials Tuesday
night, and the selection at a meeting OF
citizens sf committee to administer the
civ Professionally. Since these kilograms
left on wednesday, nothing apparently
has reached Larenzo. Marques by tale
graph from Pretoria.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
lyin.nte In,es1isation.

ROANOKE, VA, May s1.-Special.-T
investigation of the charges against City
Enginee. Wingate. Of dereliction of duty.
are s,ill hanging FIRE, and it is difficult TO
determine when the case will end.
Mayor Jas. P. Woods Is presiding.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
Uaiustifiabie Expenditure.

HAVANA. May 31.-The Neuya Pals
nrblishes a letter accusing the postoftice
authorities of unjustifable expenditures
for travelling expenses, inspectors ex-
penses, fixing letter boxes and Tor sta
tiOnery.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
RICHMOND VA FRIDAY. JUNE 1000.
a PECULIAR CHILD.

read to them and Mr. Harms related the
circumstances under which the statement
y,-a osde
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RANGE OF THEnMoMErER.

The thermometer ranged as follows al
The Times office yesterday: . A. NJ. so;
aa ~. s.: P. NJ, s5; 6 P. NJ. SO; P. II.
E6: is NJ, Il Average temperature. so.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01
WEATHER. FORECAST.

Forecast for Friday and Saturday:
virginia:-Showers Friday and possioly
Saturday; cooler Frfday IN soasaelH pol-
,;o,s. winds mostly fresh soutl1sriy.
North and south Carolina Showers
Friday and probably SATURDAY,; winds
mostly fresh soGtheriy.
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Continued on Eighth Page.)
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Mrs. Z. z. Nunnally, OF Reams, Va,
was the first witness for the defence to-
day. She had known the Riddicks since
Roane was ten years old, and had seen
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-01

WASHINGTON, May 31.-The following
cablegrarn has been received at the Navy
Department from the Senior squStutoii
Commander, Admiral Kernpff:
..r+one Ku (Taku), May 80
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DANCE ENDS In MURDER
YOUNG NAN KILLED WHO TRIED TO
BE PEACEMAKER.
Farmer Nearly Beaten to Death-kO-
komo Weddings misunderstanding
Main Ordered StOpped-Obituary.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOMO, Ind, Feb. ia country
dance at the home of Jacob Harness. four
miles south of this city, ended in a murder
last night. A ~sleighing party of six couples
drove out to the Harness home from this
city and gave the aged owner Is cents for
the privilege of dancing in a vacant room.
Clay Pickering and Arthur Woolford got
into a dispute as to whose turn it was to
dance with one of the girls, Woolford in
sisting 1t was his go in language unsuited
to a ballroom. AT this point Herman
Shultz tried to quiet Woolford, when the
latter, without a word of warning, pulled
a revolver and shot Shultz twice, both bull
lets entering the abdomen. One severed the
spinal cord, resulting in almost immediate
death. AS Shultz sank to the floor he said:
Goodbye boys; it's all over with me-"
woolford then calmly took a package Of
tobacco from his pocket, rolled a cigar
cite, which he lighted, and left the prem
Uses, no effort being made to arrest him at
the time. At 5 o'clock this morning Sheriff
l.. w. Harness captured him just as he
was leaving town in a buggy. Woolford
confessed to the killing, but says it was
In self-defense; that Shultz had raised his
W oolford was employed at the plate-glass
factory. Shultz was a returned soldier, a
member or Company l., observation-disclosures
ffty-eighth Indiana. The party went to
the farmhouse unlimited. the owner not
being acquainted with any of them. When
arrested Woolford had a revolver, fifty
cartridges and a pint flask containing a
small quantity of whisky.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
THE CASTELLANES DEPART.
Count Boni Thirsts for Satisfaction
and May Challenge De Rodays.

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Count and Coun-
tess de Castellane sailed to-day On the
French line steamer La Gascogne for
France. Both appeared to be in the best Of
humor as they babe good-by to the friends
who were at the steamship pier to see
them off.
'Our trip over here" said the count,
'has been most pleasant. My wife and I
intend to visit the United States every
year, and we will, probably be over again
in the autumn"
The count said he and the countess were
satisfied with the status of the ~latter's es-
tate. At first he said he would have moth
ing to say about his fight with De Rodays,
the editor of the Figaro, but later said: II
shall attend to the papers which have
slandered me when l arrive in Paris. After
my suit against the Figaro mas been set
tied / shall challenge De Rodays to fight.
i don't think he will, but If he does not L
will break his bones. If he apologies for
the miserable way in which he slandered
me I will be stisfed."
George Gould, Edwin Gould and his wife,
Frank Gould and Miss Helen Gould were
among those at the pier to see the count
and countess off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
TO v O CRITICISM.
Federal Office Holders should Not BE
Delegates to National Convention.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Is. Secretary
Charles Dick. of the national Republican
committee. to-day sent the following letter
to Chairman Z. III. Green, of the Texas
state committee, in reply TO an inquiry
from the latter in regard to the accredit-
ing of federal oficeholders as delegates to
the national Republican convention:
while the national committee does not
assume to interfere in the selection OF dele
gates. yet. in order to avoid adverse criti-
cism, it is deemed advisable that, so far
as practicable, delegations to the coming
national convention should be composed OF
those not holding federal appointments.
There are, of course. justifiable exceptions
to this rule, but public sentiment dictates
that federal officials shall not be too prom
inently identified with the management OF
political conventions. In view of this con-
sideration IL is hoped that the coming con-
vention may be free from the criticism
which has sometimes obtained where a
large percentage of the delegates were
office holders under the government"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
AMATEURS PUT OUT.


PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.-The National
Assembly of the League of American
Wheelmen to-day ~relinquished control Of
racing and abolished the amateur class Of
membership. All other references to anna
teur wheelmen were stricken from the con-
stitution. The amendments bringing about
this sweeping change in the conduct Of the
league were offered by 1. B. Potter. and
were adopted amid the cheers Of the dele
gates. These q~ustions and that of the es-
Establishment of good roads occupied the at
tention of the delegates until a late hour
this afternoon. There were but four votes
against the abolition Of the racing and
amateur clauses.
At the afternoon session the following
officers were elected: President, Conway
w. Sans. Maryland; first vice president,
Robert T. Kingsbury, New Hampshire;
second vice president, A. b. Choate, Min
nesota: treasurer. James G. Tattersall. New
Jersey; auditing committee, Clarence w.
Small, Maine. Aaron Wolfsen, Massachu-
sets; T. NJ. Skiles, Maryland.
A resolution was offered by III. NJ. HOll-
berton, Of New York, that the matter Of
future publications of the L. A. w. Bull
tee with instructions to report at the pres
ent meeting If possible. The good roads
question was brought forward by a lengthy
resolution which aroused considerable dis
cussion relative to its constftutionality.
The following substitute was adopted:
THAT the movement to secure action by
Congress relative to national road improve
ment be heartily approved and that a com
mittee consisting of /. b. Potter, "A. Will
son, A. B. Choate and F. P. Van Valken-
burg be appointed to consider the proposed
LEGISLATION
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OBITUARY.
John l.. Pennington, Sometime Editor
of Several Southern Papers.

o ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 15.-John L.
Pennington died to-day at the Sisters Hos
pital. in this city, of cerebral meningitis.
He was a well-known newspaper nan and
a member of one of the most prominent
families in the South. Mr.. Pennington's
father served for two terms as Governor
of Dakota Territory, under General Grant.
and was at one time a member of the Ala
bama Legislature.
j.. l.. Pennington was born in Opelika,
Ala. July s, 1867. He was educated in
Faribault, Mimi. He began his newspaper
career in St. Paul and Minneapolis and
then went to Omaha to accept a position on
the Omaha Bee. While there he married
Miss Anna Bradbury. daughter of DIR. c..
c. Bradbury, of ST. Louis. in 1889. Going
South, Mr.. Pennington was, for a time,
editor of the Atlanta Herald and of the
Atlanta Journal. city editor Of the Atlanta
Telegraph and managing editor of the Ma
con News. He went TO New York and after
a two years stay there he went West and
became managing editor of the Denver
Republican. He went TO Los Angeles six
weeks ago for his health.
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WRECKS ON FRENCH COAST.
Several Vessels Lost and a Number OF
Sailors Drowned.

PARIS, Feb. 15.-Advices from all French
ports record wrecks and injuries 10 vessels.
During yesterdays gale an unknown sail
ing vessel stranded OF the reefs outside
Brest. and four bodies have come ashore
and a number of fish boats were lost or
seriously damaged along the north coast.
The French battleship Admiral Duperre
broke from her m~oorings in the Brest roads
and drifted shorewards, but was held up
in the nick Of time by her own anchors
The French steamer Ernestine, of All tons.
from Nantes. has been wrecked at Pal
myra. Part of her crew were saved. but
thirteen others lost their lives. The French
schooner Notre Dame des de Dunnes. of IA
tons, is ashore at Lacoubre. -Four OF her
crew have been lost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
Indiana Notes.

The divorce suit of Helene Studebaker
Ulrich against Russell Ulrich was dis
missed in the Circuit Court at South Bend
yesterday afternoon.
Zacharias Benfeldt. a Richmond con-
tractor, has been awarded the contract TO
build a Lutheran church at East German
town. to cost about 5000.
The tramp who shot Deputy Marshal
Coppock, of Wabash. last October, was ar
rested by his victim yesterday at Garrett
and lodged in Jail at Wabash. He admits
the shooting. but refuses to give his name.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the p. f.
diocese of Indiana held fits ~semi-annual
meeting at ST. Pauls Church., Richmond,
with a good attendance. The Rev. II. F.
Cook, general missionary Of the auxiliary,
made an interesting address.
Frank p. Stewart, who hit Charles Girard
with a poker in a literary argument at
Flora, has returned to his school at tina
point, as Girard is recovering. Stewart
was fined for assault and battery, the
more serious charge against him being dis
missed.
Wabash merchants nave organized a
trading stamp company, with the intent to
run out a similar concern from the East.
The two companies are making a neck and
neck race to see which can give the most
for the smallest return. and the consumers
are taking advantage of the bear market
with great enthusiasm.
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Mrs. Yoder, although never legally adopt
ed. He was active I'm Mennonite circles
and had many acquaintance.

Mrs. Yoder, although never legally adopt
ed. He was active I'm Mennonite circles
and had many acquaintance
ROCKVILLE. Ind. Feb. 15.-Henry Har-
grave, one of the Oldest business men Of
Rockville, died yesterday. He was born in
England Feb IL. 1929. He came to Bridge
port, Conn.,, when a youth, and came to
Rockville I'm 1862. He has been g ged in
the boot and shoe business here ever since.
He was high in the councils of the knights
of Pythias. His widow and two daughters,
mrs. Elwood Hunt, of Rockville. and Mrs.
Henry Russell, of Terre Haute. survive.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. B.-Prof. Elmer
Griffith died here tonight of consumption,
at the home of the Hon. NJ. r. Sulzer.
where he stopped en- route TO his home in
Vevay. He was Democratic candidate for
superintendent of public instruction In 1888.
had been superintendent of the Indiana In
stitute for the Blind and a member of the
faculty Of the State University at Bloom
ington.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Mary
Bond. the widow of Moses Bond, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Cox. in this city. to-day. She had been a
resident of Washington township. in this
county, for sixty-six years. She was nine
~ years of age. She leaves two sons,
Joseph and Benjamin Bond. and the one
daughter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
Polo Series Opened.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
Ind, Feb. 15.-In the first of a
series of seven roller skate polo games
for the championship of the United States
tonight the Royals, of Muncie, defeated
by the score of 2 to O. Captain
Beeson made the first goal after twenty
eight minutes desperate playing, and
Smith, late of Racine. Wis, made the
other. 1t was Smiths debut, as he is re-
placing First Rush Buchanan, and his fine
work set the crowd wild with delight.
Three games will be played in Muncie,
three In Richmond, and the team with the
greatest number of goals will have choice
of the last game, the number Of goals de-
Gliding the contest. A wager. of $500 was
posted by Managers Wachtell and Henley
to-day. Muncie plays in Richmond to-
morrow night.
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Suit for

AKRON, o., Feb. 15-Charles Rowland,
in behalf of himself and other stockholders
Of the Vermillion Mining Company Of On
tario, to-day sued The Canadian Copper
Company. the Angio-American Iron Com
pany, Stevenson Burke. G. w. Bingham,
Mcintosh, Charles Baird and ]. e. Wright,
executors OF the Cornell estate. and ali
stockholders OF the Canadian Copper Com
pany. for $l.350.e0 damages. He alleges
that Burke and others. fearing that the
Vermiilion Company would become a
strong rival OF the Canadian Copper Com
pany. conspired TO secure possession of the
stock of the Vermillion Company, and did
illegally secure possession. and by con-
trolling the same have kept the Vermillion
mines idle. while reaping rich Fronts from
the mines of the copper company.
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Indiana Obituary.

JEFFERSONvILLE, Ind, Feb. 15.-Mrs.
Mary L. Ingram, wife of Col. John N.
Ingram, died this morning at her home on
Spring hill, in this city. Mrs. Ingram was
born in Pennsylvania in 1898. In 1850 she
married Colonel Ingram. Three children
are living-John Ingram, general manager
of the Ohio Falls Car Company, Mrs. j. 5.
Fry and Mrs. Frank Wiley. The deceased,
with her husband, came to this city many
years ago. The funeral will take place
Friday afternoon, at z O'Clock, from the
residence. The Rev. j. T. ONeal, pastor
of the Wall-street Methodist Church, of
which the deceased was a member, Will
officiate.
Frank Maxwell, thirty years old, died
this morning of He was
married and a member OF the Odd Fellows,
knights of Pythias and Golden Cross
lodges.
RICHMOND, Ind, Feb. 15.-The Rev.
John Fall, a ~well-known minister, is dead
at his home in Fountain City, this county.
His age was eighty-two years. The de-
ceased had served many years In the min
istry. his last pastorate being at Kenton,
o. He was licensed to preach by the
Methodist Protestant Church in 1874, and
three years later was ordained a minister
by the Wesleyan Methodist Church. His
widow and five children survive.
Mrs. Rachel Turpin, widow Of the late
John a. Turpin. died last night as the re-
suit of a p~aralytic stroke sustained a few
days ago. The deceased was born in Lon
don, O., in 1892. Two children survive
Thomas E. Turpin and Mrs. b. ~. Moor
man.
WINCHESTER, Ind, Feb. 15.-Samuel b.
Strahan died at his home, five miles north
west of this city, this morning of the in
firmities incident TO old age. He was a ma
tive of Fleming county. Kentucky, but had
lived in this county since 1851. He was
past e~ighty-five years OF age.
Amos Hall. superintendent of the county
infirmary, is dead. He was nearly sixty
years of age and had been In charge OF the
infirmary for many years He was an ac-
tive and prominent business man in the
county and one of its leading Republicans.
ELKHART. Ind. Feb. 15.-Herman Yo-
der, a retired farmer. who moved TO this
city from three miles east OF Goshen In
1894. died of hemorrhage of the lungs at 9:15
this morning at his home In this city. He
was sixty-one years ole. He leaves a
widow. but no children of his own, though
Ira Miller. aged eight. and Miss Lavona
Berkey. had been given a home by Mr.. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-16
ORPHANS HOME CASE SETTLED.
Court Sustains Right of Commission
ers to A~brOgate Contract.

Court Sustains Right of Commission
ers to A~brOgate Contract.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. I.-Judge Fran
els T.. Hord, in the Circuit Court, this
morning rendered a decision which practi-
cally settles the long controversy over the
control and management of the Frances
Comfort Thomas Orphans Home and re-
stores to the county property worth per-
haps s25. 5000. A little over a year ago a
Democratic Board of County Commission
ers turned over the complete con-
troll of this institution to an or
eanized corporation known as the
Frances Comfort Thomas Orphans
Home Society. This corporation also Sc
cured possession of $4,000 cash which had
accumulated in the treasury under the
county management. When the Board of
Commissioners became Republican, last
December, it annulled the contract made
by its predecessor and instructed County
Attorney Morgan TO look after the matter
in the case now pending in court. A cross
complaint was filed at the February term
of court alleging that the new board had a
right to terminate at pleasure a contract
made by the old board, where no specific
time was mentioned in the contract for the
duration of the same. and it was on this
proposition that Judge Hord rendered his
decision.