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deNs and Buford contcnded that the proper
way TO proceed was to examine the reni"e-
men and ascertain whether or not a jury
could be secured. Messrs Davis, PoaSe
and Goode took the other view OF the
matter, and held that this was the proper
time 10 introduce evidence showing that
the people are biased against the prisoner.
CAN GET FAIR TRIAL.
Mr. Buford said Mr.. GO0de, vino is the
Commonwealth Attorney of AIeeklenbuEg.
came at d rather inonportune time to
contend that the people OF BRUNSWICK
could not give the prisoner a fair trial, II
what Mr.. Buford had heard was trne. MI
Goode last week prosecuted a prisoner
when a company OF soldiers had TO guard
the Court-Eeuse.
Objection was finally Withdrawn to the
hearing OF evidence, and Dr. Il. s. Powell
was called TO the stand. He said he lived
about one mile from Dr. Temples late
home. DR.. Temple was a man, he stated,
very highly honored and respected. The
witness had heard some talk of lynching,
and he discouraged the idea; he did not
think there was ever really any danger
of iyncnins When asked what was the
general sentiment Of the people of DR.
Temples old neishborhood. DIR. Powell
said they generally thought Mr.. Riddick
deranged They looked upon the murder
as a very cold-blooded one.
WHAT DR. TEMPLE SAID.
DR. Powell said DR.. Temple talked very
freely with him about the shooting. He
said il was hard 10 have been SHOT for
nothing; that he had done air. Riddick
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES.
All Instructed. far Eaay-aIr. John Bal
low Mccts Witt, Z. Fatal Fall

CFTAREOTTESFf LILLE, Va, May %
Specialize following delegates ware Sc
Iected BY ward meetings last night 20 at
tend the HarrEsonburg convention 10 NOM
inGts a candidate for Congress in the
Seventh district: First Ward. George W.
Morris, George L, Walker. William III,
Wood and and T. Stuart Hanckel: Second
ward, y D. Payne, II, 2. SDan@ler and
b. Hansforgt Wills: Third Ward Charles
n Walker. james T. Gleason and G. w.
F0!ndexter Fourth Ward. j. NJ. Murphy.
John 5. Patton p. p. peyton, 81 NJ
Lewis. j. \. AEabroSeili and J. A Aiexzan-
der. The delegates were all Instructed to
vote for the Hon. James a, HAY. the
present incumbent
The annual concert of the Albeuaris
College took place at the Levy Opera
House this morning at 10 o'clock, ard WA
largely attended
Mr. John BaIlsw. an old and highly re-
spectcd citizen OF 4kbern2rie, near Me-
churn's River. fell down the stairs at his
hdr1s on the evening OF the 9th and frac-
,tured his skull. which resulted IN as death
Il few hours afterwards.
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Thornton insisted that the prisoner did
not seem to be excited.
Mr.. j. J. Lynch, who lives not far from
DR.. Temples, was the next witness He
stayed with the Doctor after he was
wounded. He gave the jury description
of the four wounds. The bloody shirts
taken from DR.. Temples back at the time
of the shooting were offered in evidence,
so as TO give the jury better idea OF the
location of the wounds. There was
burnt place on one of the arms. showing
that the pistol must have been almost
touching the Doctor when it was fired
Or. S. H. Moseley, who attended Or.
Rddick, was then called. He reached
him about two hours after the shooting
occurred. He gave a description OF the
wounds Death, he said, resulted from
peritonitis, caused by wound, the pistol
ball having penetrated the intestines. DR..
Temple knew from the time he received
his wounds that his chances Of recovery
were very slim. He made his Will soon
after being shot. DR.. Moseley said he
asked DR. Temple several times il he
knew of any reason why Mr. Riddick
should have shot him. The Doctor always
replied that there was no reason for 1t
that he knew Of He once heard DR..
Temple say that Mr.. Riddick must have
been insane, for he could not see how
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In answer to a question OF prosecuting
attorneys. House said he considered KID
dick q smart man. and by no means
crazy. He would be glad 10 eXchahge
intellects with him if it were posSiplc u
eliminate the temper. When MIS-. Ni"-
dick was lying in her room VITA d le"-
h0urs-old child Mr.. Riddick went IN ana
me colored nurse went out. Then the
two talked together, and on account OF
Mr.. Riddick's deafness, House heard heF
saw to him that he had made mistake.
What else she said to him witness did not
know.
On cross-examinatio ton House was asked
if Mr.. Riddick had not proposed at Dr.
Temples and at the trial that he would
leave the question of his Justlhcatlon 20
three prominent men in that section
namely: Dr. L. S. Powell, Dr.. Moseley
and Colonel Tillinan.
House said he did not hear II.
Prosecution objected.
House saw Rev. Riddick on one occasion
throw his horse down and jump on MS
head because the animal would not work
MUST KILL TEMPLE.
Prisoner had told him on the day Of the
murder that he did not feel he could
preach that day until he had killed Or.
Temple Attorney Poage asked witness II
that was the act of q sane man.
Objection was made by prosecution
Mr.. Poage argued that the witness could
give his opinion since he had previously
stated that he had known Mr. R1ddick 10
do peculiar things Mr. Saunders main
tanned that such opinion could be given
only by experts, and that it was a conclu-
sion TO be drawn only by the jury. The
point raised was also ably argued by Mr.
Davis and Mr. Poage-
Judge Turubuu ruled that the general
question of sanity OF the man must be
left TO the jury. but that the witness could
give his opinion, not based on any one act.
~ 6 O'Clock a recess was taken to 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. and Mr.. House
will be further cross-examined
- p z
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PERDUE'S BODY
WAS NOT FOUND
His Disappearance is Still Shrouded
in Mystery.
FOUR MEN UNDER ARREST.
SIR. Charles KnecsIe Comes After the
Body of His Daughter, Who Killed
Herself i'll Norfoik-Lumber
Company Fails.
FOUR MEN UNDER ARREST.

NORFOLK. VA, May 29.-special-A cir
cumstantially-ds story. is in circu-
lation here to tae efefct that the mutt
lated body of John w. Perdue was found
this afternoon in the creek in Norfolk
county between Norfolk and Sewells
Point.
The report cannot be verified, and there
is reason 10 doubt its accuracy.
Mr.. Perdue, considerable merchant. left
his way to his store at SeweIrSs Point.
His buggy was found in the road the
next day, and in it mis- hat and eyeglasses
and the stains CT blood. Men have since
been searching for his body, as it IS be-
lieved that he was murdered
BLOODHQUNDS FAILED
Bloodhounds failed today to follow any
trail from the spot where the buggy was
found, and Constable Branch gave UP
the. search.
Four negroes. who knew Mr.. Pertlue had
SO on MS person the day ne disappeared,
were arrested upon suspicion to-day, and
are in Jail.
The West-Norfolk Lumber Company.
whose plant mere burned recently, has
been placed in the hands of a receiver
and Brunswick lumber companies. credi-
tors The assets are pdaced at $4,000. La
biiities, $1,000.
a GIRL SUICIDE
Mr. Charles kneckle, wao arrived here
to-day, took bach. with him to Bali-
more the body of his beautiful hayward
daughter, Helen, who took her life here
by swallowing b;ctloride of mercury just
before the eclipse yesterday.
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U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
The Now Celebrated Marshall Counter
feitin. Case on tho Docket.

RALEIGH. N G.. May 29-speeial-
The United states District Court is in ses-
sion here, and many moonshiners and wit
nesses are present. The Marshall coun-
terfeitins case, which was given nav
trial. is also on the docket Mr.. Mar
shall is a prominent Wilmington lawyer.
who attended 20 some business for for
eiener, who was afterwards found to be
a counterfeiter. Mr.. Marshall was ar
rested as an accomolice and has been
ably contested. a motion TO remove tina
case to Wilmington was made by tho
defendant.
Mr.. Thomas Piscud assigned yesterday.
Mr.. Piscud for some years has been one
OF the leading fancy srocers in this
city. Mr.. II. e. Iltchsord is the assignee
Liabilities and asses s6,do0 and 5000. rs-
spectiYeIy.
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men. At the inquest Tonight it appeared
that rownsentl's plea OF self-defence was
well founded. \ petition was circulated
at Berkeley. it oppears- by which IL was
sought to have Mr. Wooda daughter, who
is alleged TO have been assoctasins with a
saloou-keeper, compelled TO remove from
her present residence. Wood met Town
send and asked him if he had signed this
petition Townsend admitted thai he had;
wnereupon Wood is alleged to have struck
him with brass knucales,
Townsend then drew a pistol and shot
four times at wood. at range not ax-
ceedins TWO feet. killing him.
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any sane man could have done as he
did He heard DR.. Temple say that if
Mr. Riddick was crazy, he wanted him
confined in a lunatfc asylum, for he did
not desire an insane man hung At the
same time he asked that in event that
justice was not done by law, he wanted
his friends to see that justice was done.
THE VISIT TO MRS. RIDDIGk.
Dr. Moseley said on Sunday, the day
Dr. Temple was wounded, he stated that
ne had visited Mrs. Riddiek professionally
the Wednesday before. This was Only
the third time he had been called TO see
her. and he would hardly know her We're
he to meet her in The road
J. w House, a constable Tor Bruns-
wick county, followed. In his testimony
ne stated that he was summoned TO DR..
Temples house and that the Doctor said:
'.Our preacher has pretty nearly Killed
me-, Mr. House said that he arrested
Riddic2s near his house, anu thai the
latter said he would give his life fer Dr..
Temples, and possibly had been A little
nasty. He took the prisoner to visit his
wife, at the parsonage. For a few min
.utes he left the preacher and his wife
alone, however. standing at the door. He
could near Mrs. Riddick talk, and she
said: mo, sir; I did not tell you that
But House said he knew nothing OF what
thew were talking about at the time.
Later, as they. drove together. Mr.. Rid
dick said to him he might have been
mistaken. He said he wished the
privilege of asking his wife few
& Questions, and when she answered, House
saws ne heard her say: .You niisuader-
stood me- When he got back in the
{ hugry with me, continued the witness, he
said. ..Joe, 1 asked my wifi hose auas-
sT;onsl but she says misunderstood her..
RIDDlGkS TEMPER.
Riddick had told witness of his tenn
ner and said it Was hard to control.
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Charles s. Barrow and w. *. Harris,
who thought the prisoner could get
fair trial in Brunswick.
Judge Turnbull said he saw no reason
why there could not be a fair trial had
in this county, and he overruled the
motion to send away for a jury. Mr..
Davis excepted to this ruling.
CHANGE OF VENUE OvERRULED.
Mr.. Davis next moved the court to
grant change of venue to another
county. This was promptly overruled,
and Mr. Davis noted an exception.
The prisoner was then aTraigned. He
being very deaf, the clerk stood very
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FATALLY INJURED.
James aIedder;. Painfully Hnrt by an
iron Wheel.

PETERSBURG, VA, May 2-speeiaI--
Samuel c. Chauncey, of Bridgeport, Conn,
who was employed by the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, was run over on the COM
pany's line near Cooks quarry today and
fatally injured. He was brought to Pc
tersburs for treatment
James Madeira was painfully hurt at
the Petersburg Iron Works to-day by n
large iron wheel falling on him. a blood
asessel was ruptured- His injuries are not
believed 10 be serious.
While Mrs w L. Venahie and Mrs r.
C. Scott were driving Up Washington
Street this afternoon in a buggy near
Anderson School building. the vehicle was
run into by an electric car The occupants.
however. were not injured, and tho only
damage done was the breaking of the
spokes OF one Of the wheels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-30
RICHMOND B0OksIN HONG KONG
Meeting OF the Stockholders of b. F.
Johnson Publishing Company.

There was a meeting OF the stockholders
of the 3. T. Johnson publishing Company
yesterday afternoon for the purpose OF
confirming the action OF q former meet
ing looking TO the organization or the
CONCERN. Bylaws ard plans were fully
discussed and approved. Mr.. 3. e John
son was elc;sd president, and Mr. James
D. Crunp treasurer.
The company IS rushed with orders from
all over the country, as well as Europe.
Rev. r. E. Chambers. a missionary at
HONG. Kong. China. has recently ordered
a lot OF books 20 oe used in sha English
schools IN HAng Kong.
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him. DR.. Powell though Mr.. Riddick
could obtain as fair trial in Brunswick as
ii any other county.
DR.. S. II. Mosely, who lived about four
miles from DR.. Temple, and attended him,
had heard no threats of lynchinS.
The Commonwealth introduced Messrs.
c.. 4. Blick, n. NJ. Neblett, T. 7. Gilmore,
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Primary in Nelson.

LIVINGSTON, VA, May Especial
The Democratic County Executive Com
enittee met yesterday and ordered a pri-5
mary election on the 50th day of June.
next, to select candidate for Congress
The candidate receiving the largest vote ia
to name the delegates to the Buena Vista
sf.onys.utin
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SHOT IN SELF-DEFENCE.

Lade.nn n. Wood t1iIIeti-at Berkeley
by Iiohert Townsend.
NORFOLK, Va, May saeetsI-ita-
deraa N Mood a utaehnast srsnsoSsd By
the Norfolk Southern. VAS shot 10 DEAN
Tonight al Berkeley by Rohsrt Townsend.
foreman of w. 81. Tllley & Co, lumber
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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

went out of the bill.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Mr.. Wolcott of Colorado, made a
vigorous ana humorous attack upon the
Geological Survey. He declared that It's
work of Investigating streams, for which
1855, 00G had been expended, was not worth
$50 cents He denounced the whole
scheme as d gold brick game.
Mr.. Butler made an appeal for the
adoption of the section, offering an amend
nent 10 increase the amount appropriated
to s2Io,0o0
After other speeches, defending the sur
vey. Mr. Buffers amendment WAS agreed
to. SO to 81
The amendment as amended was then
agreed 10.
Mr. Allison announced that an adjourn
ment over TO tomorrow would postpone
final adjournment at least one day. On
motion OF Mr.. Sewel, however, the Senate
decided to adjourn over until Thursday
on account of Decoration Day
A committee amendment, authorizing
the President TO appoint an architect and
a landscape architect to be associated
with the Chief OF Engineers, to report
plans for the enlargement OF The White
House, was agreed to.
At 6 o'clock the Senate adjourned until
Thursday.
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ssarrie,i in Washington. -

Miss Sue r. Vaughan. OF Middiesex
county, and Mr. Samuel C. Wallace. OF
Fredericksburg. were married Ia Wash
inston yesterday. Miss v. L. Lacy and
Mr. John z. Henry. Of Lynchbarg. wers
also married.
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peal, dealing particularly with the claim
OF the safe of Virginia.
Subsequently he Withdrew the appeal,
ard on the point of order the amendment
went orr of the bill.
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Miss Louise smith. OF Farasvilie. who
has pssrn visiting her aunt. Mrs. ". s.
bryant, returned hon,s yesterday.
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THE SHOOTING.

The counsel for the defense struck from
the list the names of Messrs. Sam Ford,
Mason, Kirk and Barrow, and the jury
was then sworn. The prisoner stood with
bowed head, while the clerk read the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-22
JUDGE POWERS THINKS TWICE

Salt Lake City. Utah- Sept "a special dis
patch 70 The Tribune from ogden says. GOV
ern0r Wells when asked for an expression as %
the action OF Acting Governor AqUiIa Neoeker IN
appointing Judge o. " Powers United States Sen
a-0r said -tl-L is a great l0Ie-. and so = Judge
Powers suppose The only thing can 40 IS 70 walk
nv opportunity % gel 5000 joke on r1ec1- II any
takes the action seriously and E-e-zCCS T1ar y
viii avail Judge Powers anything IN the way u r1r-
uishing creGeu-lal FOR the United states Senate
an appointment myself the Senate would 1Cr seat
The appointee- That was settled -He quay caSe-
You ask what VIII 90 IN the matter sup
nose when I see the President OF the Senate VII
laugh I think Quill expects that
The following signed statement mas been gwen
20 The Associated Press By Judge Powers
While there can be TO question but whar Sen
zror Neheker was Governor IN -1e absence OF Gov
=ru0r Wells and Secretary Hammond from the
state. and that he had power 70 appoint a United
States Senator The precedent n the Quay case
makes r. clear that his appoLnrse VIII lot %
seated Our Ds-oC-a--c state Chairman. VI
Burton IS If the opinion that oe OF more
service 70 the party The electoral ticket than
% draw The salary pending a contest when ] an
row convinced in advance that the seat would %
refused Hence unless che National Committee
shall desire % take action. I shall not accept
The appointment Al -rs- 70 appeared 20 NE that !
should make the rEhr. and thus draw attention
once more a urged by the Democratic party for
constitutional amendment providing FOR the slec-
zion OF Senator's by the people but ny sober 1uog-
melr Is the Coltrdry- appreciate Governor
Nebeker's confidence. ard shall always cherish ina
compliment o. w FoN ks
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has been that apathy resulting from overcon1-
deuce might prevail. Such apprehension, however,
mas been dIspeued by the meetings I have al
tended. eliminating II this enthusiastic gathering
OF the Republicans Of Cortland
L has been said that the lack Of interest thus
manifested was due 70 the fact that the people
busy 70 give their attention 70 poLIi2a-
affairs Four years ago II was ol1=reHt We Wee
then suffering from protractec and unparalleled
depression fl all lines o. business under Demo
cratic Administration and most Of the people
had nothing more u 60 than attend 70 poAtics 10
the lGsr National campaign TIE contest was
fought almost solely OF -Ge question OF soCtC
money In this campaign the Dscoc-auc cano--
date -zs undertaken % subordinate mat issue oy
making paramount the issue % what he has Deen
pleased 10 term Imperialism
M Woodruff touched upon the sound money
question and discussed some length the subject
OF trusts. which he said. the subject outside
OF so-caued imperialism. which The party found 70
discuss in rhis campaign He referred 70 Mr.
S-arch6eIE'z attitude toward trusts and 10 what
he had said II reference 10 the great coal strike
ROW n progress
Judge Hedges followed and II q brief speech al
tackled The Democrats policy.
The closing address was made by George E
Green. candidate for Senator from this district
who talked for Afteen minutes upon the trust
question and the relations OF capital and labor.
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IS q grave mistake. No doubt there never has
been Sc there never will be, perfect government
OF men by men; but I believe that there might De
better city government now and mere than any
which the world has known IN this country OF
any other The true lesson Is that the question
OF good government IN American cities Is eSsentaI
" a moral and only incidentally a political one /
mean by this that what the friends OF good gov
eminent in American cities have 70 90 Is much
less devise methods for the efficient and eco
noricaI administration OF public an airs than 70
clearly and frequently set forth, and cons antIy
and forcibly impress the attention Of their Tel
low citizens, the true and admitted ends and prin-
ciules Of government, and the daily manifest ana
grievous derelictons OF duty on the part or pun
lie officers and OF the voters
The secretary read interesting paper BY Dr.
Milo r Maltbie Of NeW-York City, the Editor OF
Municipal Affairs" on Municipal Political
Parties" Dr. Maltbie's paper dealt principally
with the formation OF independent municipal
parties; that Is parties having nothing 70 DO with
State or National elections DR. MaIthie does not
believe except IN extreme nstancea in the forrna-
ton OF such parties. He said in part
TIA formation Of exclusively municipal parties IS
discounteuauced by the fact LhsI such 2aruss DO
not exist. except in a few exceptional lnstanees'
and that thev have been always subject 10 an eA,,
ceedingly high death rate. Independent MUNICIPAL
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tend % bring about any such calanirous result
as tle one indicated IN your letter -ve1 y -e4r
----- -- S---- ~ ---7 $500 -
iscl- features IN our Governments 7 would hssirats
70 avail q The remedy rEa- your letter oy lIpllc-
l-1l seems 20 -@cI--r-,e-- j n menace Ia -
presented by the possible election o. Mr. Bryan
is % ny mind ta- more serious -ha1 anything
that could 1e reasonably expected 20 attend The
reelection Of President Mckinley even were your
most serious 1ore5ucl-SS justified The dtsn01or
and ruin -1zr would accompany the eS-s osrrreilr
---l----IS - u any ll----- --- c3-4-- e-1ll1
the continued maintenance o- the policy OF our
Government II -le East The sxlse1c!es with
Wlle1 president A.---.l-ey was confronted II ny
humble opinion fully justified wha- has been done
and tS being done III -la Philippines and me acop-
ton o. ne indefinite and -=s-IlaI-ze sIlgsss
this country u relations 10 V1Ose remote Islands
more tnperial-s-ic than anything that the present
A1lllI-S--a---l stands -I--
L seems 70 ne that this is a time when every
true American citizen Sl7-l- pC- aside cdprioUs
-rl-iclsII- even ---l-=l ----e may . Features =
the al-1lTls-r-rlol Of 1-r eastern a-z-rs mat %
rOr Ee=- with 1u- e-L-~e approval ms IS not the
TINE % SLY l1 1----oS---es and weaken he hand
t1ar should BE- s-re1s--=1e1 and vel sustained
7 cannot help feeling. NJ Ea--rldge. that in
ner-zIISU and c-.l.-z-.sr1 c-lT good enough
NOrsaus'F until after election. and r1s1 zcrsr the
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for the student o. the political history o. this
As was once said by a wise salesman we are
The situation mus 5sznass1s11 reck9zsd with a.
it stands The election o. NJ. Bryan and the e.
adjustment OF all rLs- he advocates would bring
GRAFTON fully % recover from and would involve
II is colSeGue1-eS TIE entire civilized world
proposed by your association % overcome So-caled
imperialism must -ssp5cLE--y decline your polite
invitation deliver 5ddFessas on the subjects pro-
CHARLES BULKLEY HCBBELL-