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The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
OLD DOMINION NOTES.

The ministers of Hampton have peti-
toned the town council OF that place 10
pass a curfeW law.
At Graham yesterday morning John
White, a cOlOred boy aged about seven
teen years, was struck by passenger train
No. II and instantly killed.
Mr.. James Vass, of Danville. has been
appointed 10 clerkship in the first au-
ditOr office, at Richmond, 10 succeed
Mr. Geo -ge V. Moncure, who has re-
signed his position on account of ILL
health.
Three masked men entered the rooms of
Ben Neff, a stockdealer at Powhatan, W
Va, Thursday night bound and gagged
him. and carried of $40 in money and per-
sOnal property worth so. There Is no
clew to their identity.
The witnesses and jury have been sum-
moned by Federal Court officials for the
trial of former Police Captain Michael
Prince, of Norfolk, who shot and killed
his best friend while his army was about
his neck. The trial is set for Monday.
The dwelling of James Green, cOlored.
on Gresset street Petersburg, was de-
stroyed by fire last evening, with its con-
tents. Two infant twins a few weeks old
were burned 10 death. The fire occurred
while the mother of the infants had gone
on to a neighboring well for a bucket of
water, leaving the babies at home alone.
The Society for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities and the Daughters Of
the American Revolution of Fredericks-
burg are arranging for a brilliant enter
talnment during Christmas week, to be
known as the colonial assembly" Among
the dances will be the Virginia reel and
quadrilles, and all the participants will
wear colonial costumes.
Oswald Peartree, the young man ar
rested in Richmond on a warrant from
mil
embezZlement of $780, was in court yester-
day, but was not sent TO Newport News
He demanded a hearing and witnesses
were summoned. The testimony of these
will decide with Justice Crutchfield the
matter of sending the young man down
for trial.
The charter Of the Natural Bridge De-
velopment Company of Richmond has
been recorded at the office OF the secre-
tary of the COmmC nwealth. The presi-
dent of the company for the first year
is r. T. Brooke, and the secretary r s
Storrs, jr. The objects Of the new COM
pany are to buy, lease, and own land, and
especially the Natural Bridge tract. -
in the county of Rockbridge, and 10 erect
hotels. bath houses, swimming pools, &c
The home office OF the company, says the
charter, will be IN Richmond, Va.
The State board of medical examiners will meet
in the hall of the house of delegates, at Richmond
on December IL, and will remain in session four
days.
Asst. Adjt. Gen. ". W. Barrow has gone from
Richmond to Lynchburg to examine Lieut.. Col
F. C. Scruggs Of the Seventieth Regiment, and
Lieut.. Frank Camm, surgeon OF the Third Bat
TALON OF the Seventeth Regiment.
Mrs Annie Cornell, of Richmond, despairing be-
cause her husband drinking man and her
poor tenement home had been burned in the FIRE
Thursday night, took almost ounce of laudanum
Saturday afternoon, in the hope OF ending her
troubles. She will
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
DETECTIVES SHOOT FUGITIVE.
John Bullock. uader sentence Of Death,
Wousded and Recnptured.

Portsmouth. Va. Dec. s-John Bullock.
under sentence OF death for the murder
Of Chief OF Police Walsh. OF Freehold.
y. j.. was captured near here las; night.
The detectives, who have been on Bdl-
locks trail for some time, located him
near Quillen- Bullock came into store
there and was Immediately covered by the
detectives guns and ordered to hold up
HIS hands Bullock darted out OF the
store. Tg5 yOlleys rang out and on the
threshold the negro fell. Two loads took
effect in his hip and legs and when
brought to the jail the prisoner was bleed
ing from many wounds.
Bullock had been twice tried and con-
viefed in Monmouth County. and while
awaiting execution he escaped from jail
on September 6. The prisoner fought TO
keep the officers from examining his teeth.
several Of which are filed with gold. but
to-day he confessed that he is the man
wanted.
Bullock will probably die OF his wounds.
The successful amateur detectives who
effected his capture are sawmill owners
in Hertford and BERTHE counties. y. c.,
and they would not give out their names
for fear the relatives OF Bullock, from
whom they secured their clew, would
burn their property. They are Messrs.
Myers and Garrett
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
wEDDED m THE WReIsIas.

Mr.. Asbury Shelton and Miss Alfrida
Kurz daughter OF Mr.. John ]. Kurz Of
Stafford County. were married in Freder-
icksburg Wednesday night at the resi-
aence Of the officiating minister. Rev. De-
catur Edwards
Miss Cora Lena Dodd. daughter Of Nr.
and Mrs J. H DOdd, was married today
TO Mr. G. NJ Perkins. Of Columbia. Flu
wanna County, By Rev. T. r. Brown The
marriage took place az the h0rle OF the
bride. near Casanova
Mss Mary Mann. daughter OF ]. lie
Grand Mann. and Mr. Thornton Baske-
vile were married yesterday al the Pres
byterian church in Clifton Forge. Rev. E.
W. MacCorkle officiating Miss Maude
Mann was maid Of honor and Mr.. William
Harte best man.
At the home Of the brides father, Mr.
John Sprint. al Boyce, Va. last evening
Miss Blanche Sprint Was married TO Mr..
John 9. CTiSman. a Weil-known young
business man cf Winchester. There were
no attendants Rev. W. II. II. Joyce, pas
tor Of the Braddock Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. Winchester, offieiated.
Mr. Leon Hundier. Of Newport News.
and Miss Ella Griffin. Of Richmond, were
married last evening at the home OF the
bride : parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Griffin
Rev. w W. Lear, cousin of the bride
performed the ceremony. After a recep-
morning, and adopted suitable resolutions
OF reSTect 10 the memory OF the deceas-
ed. Judge Keith presided and Judge Well
lord prepared the resolutions.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
PARIS GREEN IN COFFEE.
Cesh IL Accused of Having Attempted TO
Poison aH Entire Family.

Special 10 T1s Washington Post
Pulaski. Va. Dec. S-An attempt was
made yesterday TO poison the family OF
B. F. Baldwin, head bookkeeper OF the
National Eank OF this place, with paris
green. discharged cook is supposed to
be the guilty party. and a warrant mas
been sworn out for her arrest The cook,
who Is a white woman. named Susie Mills,
yesterday whipped a child Of a sister OF
Mrs. Bdiqwin. who was visiting her. and
the cook was discharged and told TO leave.
She cleaned up the kitchen after dinHRr,
and did not leave until late in the evening,
Before she left, she put some cold coffee
in the pot and put IL on the stove. and
when Mrs. Baldwin went in 10 get supper
she did not make fresh coffee. serving
that which had been left on the stove.
Only Mr.. Baldwin and three of the chill
dren drank coffee for their supper, and
all OF them were taken violently i'll at the
stomach and were sick all night.
This morning the coffee pot was exam
ined. anc il was found that a large
amount OF paris green had been pat in It.
The cook was seen to go in the cellar,
where there was package of paris green.
just before she left, and this morning
the package was gone. The woman claims
to be widow and halls from Wytheville.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
SOUTH WANTS A BROAD POLICY.
Gen. Gordon Sounds the Keynote of seufh-
ern Industrial Convention.

New Orleans. Dec. 4-The Southern in
dustrial convention opened here Last week
with a fine attendance. President II. II.
Hargrove called the convention to order
and Bishop ravid sessumes opened the
proceedings with prayer. Gov. W. w
Heard delivered the address OF welcome
in behalf Of the State.
The roll call OF States was called, and
among others who responded were Gen.
John p. Gordon. OF Georgia. His address
was pronounced the most eloquent ever
heard here. lie said IN regard 10 poll
tics. adverting 10 the subject through in
direct reference to the motto OF the con-
vention, NO politics, no sectionallsm,
but business" that he wanted 10 say that
whatever the people OF the South had
been IN favor of In the past, they we're
no longer in favor Of a narrow or con-
tracted national policy.
Al the conclusion OF Gen. Gordon's ad-
dress President Alderman. Of Tulane Uni.
yersity. then read his paper
The report OF the committee on organi-
zatlon was taken up II named the OBJ
jects % the association 20 promote the
Industrial development Of the South: to
become an agency for gathering and dis
seminating data regarding the resources
Of the South; to aid in organizing and
maintaining commercial organizations or
BUSINESS clubs throughout the South, and
IN general 10 become the medium for
stimulating the people OF the Southern
states into greater efforts for manufac-
turing their raw materials on their own
soil and also seek 10 interest capital 10
invest in the South and encourage settlers
to come among US
In addition 10 providing for officers,
committees, and meetings, the report en-
powered the establishment OF a bureau
or lyceum as a separate department The
matter was laid over until Thursday.
NJ. V Richards land and industrial
agent Of the Southern Railway, read
paper on the duty OF the citizen
Nj story as chairman Of the Commit
ten on Nicaragua Canal presented a
memorial TO the Senate Of the United
States urging the early building OF the
canal.
The following telegram was ordered
sent % Senator Morgan;
The Southern Industrial convention. now in ses-
sion in this city. directs 10 send you the warm
est greetings Of the body the greatest Of its Kind
ever assembled on this continent, on the prospect
of the early crowning with OF the years Of
labor you have given 10 the Nicaragua canal. en-
terprise that has Just received the unanimous in
d0rsement Of this assembly.
~ T. THOMPSON, Secretary.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
FUNERAL or NELLIE PUTNAM.
Services VIII Be Held at Home Of Young
Girls Father.

Special TO The Washington Post.
Falls Church, Va. Dec 9.-Funeral SER
vices over the remains of Miss Nellie
Putnam, the fifteen-year-ol school girl
who Saturday evening committed suicide
by sending a pistol ball through her
brain, will be held at the residence of her
father at 2:3O o'clock this afternoon. Rev.
2. Z. S. Aball, pastor Of the NJ. K. Church.
viii conduct the service. The interment
will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
Mr.. S. w. Putnam, father OF the dead
girl, said yesterday that he could assign
no reason for his daughters act other
than that the nOtoriety resulting from
the alleged assault upon her by Thomas
II. Howe, together with the dread OF
again appearing in court as a witness in
the case, had worried her into a state OF
unaccOuntability. Mr.. Putnam said the
revolver used was one he kept locked in
his desk, and he was unable to under
stand how his daughter secured possess
sion OF II. Hon. j, NJ. ThOrne, superinten-
dent OF the NJ +. Sunday-school. of which
the deceased was a member, made touch
ing reference a the service to-day TO the
untimeiy death of the young girl
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
RECEIVER APPLIED FOR.
fowhaian Improvement Company of Nary
B. land Cited 90 shaw Eause

Baltimore, Nd. Dec. 10.-Judge Wickes.
IN the Circuit Court, to-day signed an
order requiring the POwhatan Improve
mrHt Company to show cause on or before
December - why a receiver for the prop
eTiy @hould not be appointed. The petit
Toners. Frank II. Galloway and William
=. Snarringer, state that they own certain
sAaies n stock, and claim that the COM
ldny has not sufficient funds TO return to
lAsm the money invested
The company was Incorporated in 1891.
ana purchased S97 acres OF land near the
N-aee Of PoWhatan. On the tract were
l"o large mills, one equipped as a cotton
ana wooler mill, while the other was not
equipped. There were also sixty dwelling
houses for the employees of the mills. De-
cember ?. 1885, the mill, which was i'm on
GRAFTON, was burned, with its machinery.
involving ID loss Of $4,000. From the date
ol the iIe 10 the present time, II is con-
tuued, there has been no effort on the
Tart ~ tie company 70 rebuild, ana Il has
ceased TO conduct the general store
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
NET AND MARRIED IN ADAY.
Romance Which Began When the Bride
Wrote Poem.

Special 10 The Washington Post.
Danville. Va. Dec. ia very romantic
wedding occurred near Chatham. Va, to-
day, the contracting parties being Mr..
w. y. Young, jr., of San Francisco and
Miss Lucy Motley, daughter of Rev. Will
liam Motley. of the Disciples Church.
The bridegroom, a wealthy Californian.
reported TO own property valued at $780,
600, met his bride to-day for the first time,
and they were married as soon as ar
Fangements could be made.
Their acquaintance owed its origin to
some verses written by Miss Motley,
which fell under the eyes of Mr.. Young
He thereupon wrote TO the author, and
the correspondence that ensued culmi-
mated in to-day's wedding. The couple
left for a Southern tour.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
SAFE RESISTED EXPLOSION.
Burglars Secure Only small sum from a
Railroad Ticket Office.

Special 70 The Washington Post.
Keyser, W. Va, Dec. 5.-Three burglars
entered the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
and United States Express Office here
shortly before o'clock this morning, and
missed securing a rich haul by being
frightened away. On gaining entrance the
change drawer and ticket cases were rified
and about IS secured. A nltro-glycerine
shot was then placed in the large safe.
blowing a part of the door facing off AMI
breaking the combination lock, but not
opening the safe.
Another heavy charge was put in. but
before ii was fred an employe of the Of
ice. who was in the telegraph office up.
stairs, made his appearance on the scene.
having heard the first explosion. The
three men escaped on a freight train. and
have not yet been apprehended. A large
amount of money and other valuables
we're in the safe, which is yet locked and
loaded with a heavy charge of the nitro
glycerine. These are believed to be the
same burglars who have been operating
in towns west of here.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Injured by Wreck Of Hand Car.

Special to The Washington Post
PhiliDpi, Va. Dec. 9.-Five men were
severely injured and two Of them may die
as the result Of an accident on the Berrys-
burg Railroad, short line connecting the
Baltimore and Ohio with the Berrysburg
mines, yesterday morning. Eleven men
started on a hand car for their work. &C.
ing down steep grade al high speed the
car struck a rock, which had rolled upon
the track. and the car and its passengers
were thrown into a deep rayine. John
O'Iiara had his skull fractured and both
legs broken. There Is little hope for his
recovery. John Doherty's head is terri
bly, cut and bruised. His condition Is crit
icsL r. j. Oliver Is injured internally
AID will die. John HoWard's head Is
mss OF cuts and his right arm is broken.
Join Mason, bruised over entire body,
legs. arms. and head. Several Others SUI
fered slight injuries.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
VIRGINIANS MARRIED HERE.
elimination OF Romance Through Good
Offices OF Swedish Minister.

SptcIaI 20 Inc washington Post
Richmond Va, Dec. 7.-Dr. Valdemar
Torstor Carl Ulrich, of this city, and
Miss Anna G. G. Peterson, of Hot
Springs, Va, were married yesterday in
Washington. They will arrive in Rich
mond Sunday. Two years ago Dr. Ulrich
came to America from Sweden. He soon
settled IN Richmond and learned English
here. A year before his arrival the
Peterson family arrived from Sweden,
and with their daughter, Miss Anna, set
tied at Hot Springs. The physician went
TO the resort for pleasure and met Miss
Peterson. Since that time she has visited
here several times. They could not be
married here. neither having taken out
naturalization papers, so a visit to the
diplomatic representative of Sweden in
Washington removed the barriers from
the way of obtaining license
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
WILL SLEEP ON BLANKETS,
o20 Members Of the Seventeen virginia
Coming 10 Washington Centennial.

Speclai 10 me washington Post.
Richmond. Va. Dec. 5-About 5o5 men
will go to Washington with the Seventieth
Regiment. They will leave here on spe-
cial train the afternoon of the 11th of De-
cember. All the companies will go. with
the possible exception of the one at Fred
ericksburg.
The various companies have reported to
Col. Anderson that they will carry the fol-
lowing number of men: A. 90: B, 40; @,
~; ID. 30; f. 40; F. 40; G, Sc; II, so; l. 4G;
X, 49, and NJ, 45
The field and staff officers will number
twelve, the non-commssioned staff Off.
GERS eight, the band twenty-five. and the
governor and staff twelve.
The soldiers will have to sleep upon their
blankets. for the trustees of the armory
at Washington in which the regiment will
be quartered object to the use of sack
beds filled with straw.
The Seventieth will leave Washington
cember u
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-.---- vr-.aeioa Past.

----.rrr. rsa WE1..lsioh Faat
--r.r-.o-s Va. Dee I0-A FIRE in the
y'rgr.a Hospital this morning caused
gr.9t excitement among the patients, and
go eH.a 90 looked as though the spien-
.s buildings just romodeled and com
,r.... m.gat be- destroyed. The boiling
'..r poi OF oils and turpeuune clrs-
.. 40 explosion that converted the room
into mass % fam s. and the house ~
s..r a.Isd with smoke.
Patients screamed and nurses ran IA
Z. directions Most Of the pa ents were
removed from their rooms % the front
hall and others insisted on being taken
f-.M the bui.-.up. The dense sM -e ara
darkness lu the basement made u impos-
s.u.. for some time % see what was really
-s. matter. The IRE was eXunsuished
r.rfllt serious damage. The cook and
..urea orderly were slightly burned
aH4l tholr faces from the OIL but nOae
.F me patients suffered other than from
fright
Refused 10 Work with Negroes.
A number Of men in the employ Of the
American Bridge Company on the Chesa-
rr.ka and Ohio bridge and viaduct re-
fused 20 go to- work this morning because,
Oh. men claim, the superintendent, Mr..
Hunp.c insisted on putting two negroes
a1 the force. The strikers claim that
fifty or them refused 10 work Several Of
the men were seen to-day, saying there
was no question OF pay, but that they
were opposed 10 working with negroes,
and would not do so. The men are nearly
a.! from the North and West, there being
only about five Richmond men on the
force.
The managers tell quite a different
story. Mr.. Wells, one OF the superintend-
enJs. said only about a dozen men quit
work, and that their places were filed
before 10 O'clock. He said there was no
question Of wages in dispute, the men
suddenly declining 10 work with negroes
on the bridge to-day, though they had
been al work together for several months.
The negroes being employed as laborers.
il Us believed the men quit because they
can get higher wages up North.
Rev. II. A. Bagby Resigns,
Rev. Harry a. Bagby yesterday morn
Ing tend sred his resignation as pas-
tor Of Calvary Baptist Church. to take
effect the latter part OF next January. He
leaves to take charge OF the First Baptist
Church, Of West Point Miss, a call TO
which he has just accepted.
MIR, Bagby has been very successful in
his work at Calvary. He came here about
eight years ago from Suffolk and took
charge of what was then the CLAW Street
HdFtist Church. numbering about two
hundred members. About a year after his
arrival here he built a new and far better
church on Grace street and changed its
name 10 Calvary. The church numbers
now about five hundred, and Is in a most
iiOurishing condition
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
THREW PEPPER IN HIS EYES.
Dr. Hopper blinded and Then Horse.
whipped by Mrs. Ross Hill


Wheeling. w. Va. Dec. 7.-At Bridge
port this afternoon Mrs. Ross Hill. re-
spectacle woman. wife Of a local machin-
ist. met DR.. p. F. doppler on TIE street.
She was accompanied by her husband
Mrs. Hill. without warning, dashed a
handful of cayenne pepper into DR.. Hopp-
ler's face, and while he was blinded and
In agony, lashed him about the head,
face, and back with heavy whip. Mrs
Hill continued her assault till DR.. H0pp-
Ter staggered into doorway nearby and
escaped. He is covered with great swoll-
en- welts, and IS severely injured. Mr
Hill followed his wife. urging her TO lay
the lashes on well. The Hills claim that
DR. Hoppler insulted Mrs. Hill, when she
was in his Office TO secure professional
services. DR.. Hoppler says the trouble
arose from his dunning the Hills for
money due him.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
TENANT KILLS LANDLORD.
Robert Bailey, Wealthy Farmer, Shot
Through the Heart by Charles smith.

SpeCIaI 70 v WasIlhKtOh Posi-.
Huntington, w. Va, Dec. 1-Robert
Bailey, a wealthy farmer and extensive
timber merchant along the Twelve Pole
River, was shot and instantly killed by
Charles Smith. The shooting occurred on
Carrots Creek, twenty miles south. at
the home of Smith. Smith was a tenant
of Bailey, and no one was present at the
shooting except the formers immediate
family. The supposition is that they quar-
relied over a de3t which Smith owed
Bailey. Smith alleges that Bailey was
attempting to strike him with a club
when he ran into the house, seized his
rifle. and fred a bullet through BaiIey's
heart. Smith is in Jail. Bailey was forty
years old. and was prominent in Demo-
cratic county politics.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Escaped smallpox rarieut Returns.


Lugay Va, Dec. lO--One of the small
p7A patients near Newport, ten miles from
LlTay, while delirious a few days ago
,.cp'1 from his attendant, and, passing
Ae quarantine line, guarded by armed
mru. ealucd his freedom. After wander
!ls a.m.essly through the mountains for
l"' -aFs, be voluntarily returned 10 his
L.Is. The county health board has Sc.
,.irt l.l the ferry y-boats and skiifs ou the
.-r.."1uah River and no one is allowed
g cross The stream in that section. So
I-g La deaths have been reported.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
$50, 900 oil Land suit Decided.
Special 10 The Wssbingtou Posi-

Special TO The Washington Post.
Morgantown. ". Va, Dec. 10.-A teie-
gram received here to-day by attorneys
interested announces a decision by the
Supreme Court Of Appeals In the import
ant oil suit OF Charles A. Weaver and a
score OF cOtenants against Jerome 3.
Aiken and others, In which property TO
the value OF $4,000 IS involved. The court
aitrms the decision OF Judge Hagans in
this court and decides the point OF law
that one partner or joint owner in an oil
lease cannot take a subsequent contract
10 himself and hold IL adversely against
his cotenants and partners. but that such
subsequent contract inures TO the benefit
OF the cotenants and partners.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
CONSIDERATION or ST. MARY,S.
All Indebtedness on Beautiful Catholic
Church at Last Paid on.

Special to The Washington Post.
Norfolk, Va, Dec. 9.-The conservation
OF the Roman Catholic Church OF ST.
Mary's of the Immaculate Conception, in
this city, to-day, was one of the most
notable of such Occurrances in the South
in years. Scores of priests were in the
altar, and several bishops conducted the
solemn pontifical high mass.
81. Mary's is the successor TO old St
Patricks. which was burned in 1856, just
after the great yellow fever scourge here.
in which Father O'Keefe proved himself
a hero. He rebuilt on the old site. ami
for forty years, st. Marys. one of the
most beautiful churches in the South, has
stood unconsecrated. Finally, however. a
devout Catholic donated the sum neces-
sary 10 pay off the Indebtedness, and the
church was to-day cOnsecreated by the
Right Rev. A. Vandevyver, Bishop of
Virginia.