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The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
NEXT RUNNING MATE.
Webster Davis Said to Have an Am-
 bition In Thts Direction.


 bifion In This Direction.
 Kansas City, Jan. 26.-Webster Da- wis, as assistant secretary of the in terior and former mayor of Kansas City, has an ambition to become Presi- dent McKinleys running mate next fall, according to the Kansas City Star. The Star says:
 Davis closest friends here do not hesitate to express the belief that he went to South Africa on some mission other than search of health. One of Davis warmest admirers tells of a conversation he had with the assistant secretary of the interior in Washington nearly a year ago. I called on MT. Davis in regard to a pension claim. He introduced me to Cornelius N. Bliss. Bliss talked of the future of Davis in politics. After we talked with MT. Bliss we went over to see the president Mr. Mckinley declared that Davis was des- tined to be great man in the nation. The president questioned me closely about the standing of Davis in the west and said that Missouri would De very proud of him.
 After we left the White house Davis told me he was slated for the nomi- nation for vice president. He declared the president had taken up the sub- ject with him voluntarily. Mckinley believes that Davis can carry Missouri for the republican ticket. He was sent on his stumping tour of Ohio and out west for no other purpose than to let the people see him. The trip to South Africa is nothing more than move on the political checkerboard to bring Da- via into rronniponpa
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RAPID TRANSIT DIRECTORS.
M essrs. OlcOtt, Blower, Hartman, Bel
 mont. Porter md On k kmnm ElectrG.

mont, Porter and Oakmnn Elected. New York, Jan. 26.-A number of new
 and strong interests appeared in the
 Brooklyn Rapid Transit company to- day when as result of the termina-
 tion of the voting trust several new
 directors were elected to places on the
 board. The vote for all was unanimous, ASA, ,5O4 shares out of 450,000 outstanding
 being voted personally or by proxy. The following were elected: E. F. Olcott, A.
 N. Brady, A. R. Flower, E. D. Harrl- man, c. L. Rossiter, August Belmont, H. H. Porter, T. s. Williams W. G. Oakman, Henry Seibert, J. G. Jenkins, D. H. Valentine and H. c. Duval. Of these, the new members are Messrs. Ol- colt. Flower Hartman, Belmont, Por- ter and Oakman.
 The significance of the changes in the directory is that local interests to an extent purely figureheads have been replaced by representatives of impor- tant bankers and banking interests in this city. The most important of the changes is the placing on the board of Messrs. Hartman and Belmont. H. H. Porter was interested in the prop  was active in the management and A. G. Flower also represents the Flower interests. F. P. Olcott, the president of the Central Trust company, has been one of the voting trustees since the re- of the system. The Long Island railroad interest is to be repre- scented by Walter G. Oakman.
 The chief surprise was the placing of August Belmont on the board. The election of the other new directors has been expected for some time. Those who argued that compromise in the rate war between the gas companies had been or would be reached as a step in the union of all the local lighting and traction interests affected seem to find much significance In the election of August Belmont to the Brooklyn Tran sit board. MT. Belmont is also di rector of the New Amsterdam com pany, but most people held that this had no significance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
WORK OF THE GALE.
A Piece of the Roof of St. Mary's Gone
 Big Tree Branch on Green.

During the terrific wind storm yes- terday, shortly after 3 o'clock, por- tion of the roof from the north tower of St. Mary's church was detached and blown away. The enormous piece of cornice, like a gigantic kite, sailed through the air, striking the roof of the church proper, and bounding off into the street. For a moment Freshman Row. and Nesbit's livery stables on Temple street were in immediate dan- ger but the fragment fell short and smashed the fence of the church yard. The piece fell with a tremendous crash, which startled everybody within hear ing The cornice is a mass of crushed tin and splintered wood. The damage done is not immediately serious, and will be soon repaired. During the storm a tree on the green was split, and the branch fell shattered to the ground.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27

A great sensation was caused throughout Italy on December last by the trial of two railroad men on the charge of murder and robbery in a railroad car near Palermo, the victim being Signor Notarbartolo, former di- rector of the Bank of Sicily and one of the most prominent citizens of Paler- mo. The trial was attended with a number of dramatic incidents, the mur- dered mans son accusing Signor Paliz- zolo, a member of the chamber of depu- ties from Palermo, of giving the order for the murder of Signor Notarbartolo. As result of this accusation the cham Der of deputies met in special session and authorized the prosecution of Sig nor Palizzolo, who was arrested in Pal ermo on the evening of December 8.
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GENRMAN OPINION ON THE VAR
Latest News Interpreted as Signal De-
 feat for the British.

Berlin, Jan. 26.-The latest news from South Africa is interpreted as signal defeat for the British. The Deutsche Tages Zeitung calls the British position there another step into the mouse trap" The last direct German mails to the Transvaal are now being returned from Cape Town without any explana- tion on the part of the British authori- ties. The German press comments up- on the fact with considerable heat. An incident illustrating the bitterness of popular feeling in Germany against England is the appearance of a pam phlet to-day entitled the Final Reck- oning With England" This pretends to describe events in 1913 and sets forth descriptions of naval battles in which Germany defeats England, and gen. eral break up of the British empire en- sues with Australia declaring her inde- pendence and the other British colonies being divided among various powers.
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INSIDE IA CTS ABOUT THE WAR.
Whites Charges of Trenchery-LOss of
 British Guns nt Colenso,


 British Guns nt Colcnso.
 London. Jan. 26-The Official Gazette to-day publishes a number of dispatch es from General Butler to the war of- flee, enclosing reports from Generals White, Hilyard, Methuen and other generals regarding their various opera tions but containing nothing later than the record of occurrences to the mid- dle of December A dispatch from Gen. eral White, dated November ?, say:
 T was so greatly impressed with the exposed position of the garrison of Glencoe that I determined, October Il, to withdraw from there and concen-i trate all the troops at Ladysmith. But the governor represented that this step would involve such grave political re- suits that I determined to accept the military risk of holding Dundee, as the lesser of two evils" General White then proceeds to describe the suDSe- ouent attack of 4,000 Boers, of which about 800 were killed and wounded, three of their guns being left dismount- ed at Talana hill, but he adds, there was no opportunity of bringing them off He also. describes how the Boers were seen streaming away in bodies of from 50 to 100 on which the British ar tillery could have inflicted great loss. But the Boers displayed a white flag, and the British refrained from firing.
 After describing the desperate fight ing at ,Elandslaagte, eliminating in the bitter, protracted fighting before the capture of the Boers' final position, the general continues: At length the guns reached Us and the captured end
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General Mercicr Attacked

Paris, Jan. 27--The Figaro to-day publishes bitter article against Gen. eral Mercier on his arrival at Nantes In support of his candidacy for the senate in next Sundays election. It says There is something terrifying and lu- dicrous in the idea that the representa- lives of the French aristocracy can put forth such a candidate"
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TYyn stIlI ALnrnnA.

No S's engine company had still alarm last evening for chimney fire at No. 5S0 East street, a house occupied by Mrs. Sirringhaus. The blaze was ex- tinguished before any damage resulted. At o'clock a still alarm was sent to chemical engine company No 10 for a fire at the corner of Poplar and Clay streets, the house of J. Hart. The chim- ney was burning out, and there was no damage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
BubOnic Plague in Arcentfne,

Buenos Ayres, Jan. 26.-Official noti- fication has been. received of the ap- pearance of the Bubonic plague at Rosario, on the west bank of the Par ana, about 230 miles by water north west of Buenos Ayres. The government has issued a decree of absolute isola- tion.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
Kate CiaxyOn Asstu,,s

New York, Jan. 26.-Kate Claxton. the actress, filed a petition in bank ruptcy to-day under the name of Kate B. Stevenson. She gives the liabilities as S10739. Her assets consists of S1O0 worth of clothing and an accident in- Surance policy
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BOER PRISONERS TDURBAN. LOO Arrive-Pres. Steyn Removing to
 Pretoria.

Durban, Wednesday, Jan. 24.-One hundred and sixty Boers captured dur ing General Buffers recent operations have arrived here. A Free Slater, who is among the recent arrivals, says that President Steyn has been removing his furniture to Pretoria where several of his officials have taken houses It is also reported that no big guns are now left in the Pretoria forts and that the Boers have exhausted their stock of good Mauser cartridges and are now issuing cartridges formerly condemned by General Joubert. They are said to be manufacturing 12,0OO cartridges and 200 shells daily at the dynamite factory
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B0ER LINES STILL INTACT
NOT SHAKEN BY BULLER'S SEVEN
 DAYS or FIGHTING.

NOt Much FnOrt In London 10 Place T
 Happy Construction on the News o
 Warren's Retirement from spion KoI
 More Troops to Break the Enemy,
 Resistance the Only Suggestion Heard
 in London-Ens lands Nerve AI-
 though Severely Tried Is Absolutely
 Unshaken.
 London, Jan. 26, 11:30 p. m.-The war office announced at this hour that no further news from the scene of hostili- ties would be issued during the night:
 London, Jan. 27, 4 a. m.-Seven days of fighting have left the main Boer po- sitions intact and General Buffers army FOG men weaker, according to the official casualty lists, which seemingly do not include the Spion Kop losses, as those last forwarded do not mention General Woodgate's wounding. England is pos sessed by a depressing sense of failure, although not word in criticism of her generals and soldiers is uttered. Not much effort is made to place a happy construction upon General Buffers bare eighteen words telling of the retirement from Spion Kop and there is an un- easy impression abroad that worse news is yet to come.
 At one of the military clubs tonight the statement was issued from one member to another that the war office had received an unpleasant supplement tary despatch from General Butler which was being withheld and would not be made public for twelve hours.
 Spencer Wilkinson in the Morning Post writes as follows of the Spion Kop loss: This is a serious matter and an attempt will not here be made to mini mize it, for no greater wrong can be done to our people at home than to mislead them about the significance of the events of the war. The right way is to tell the truth as far as we know it."
 But facts from the neighborhood of the Tugela are scantier than ever. The censorship now is simply prohibitive and something is wrong with the ca- bles. The break on the east coast lines has been repaired, but the cable be- tween San Thome and Loanda on the west coast is now interrupted.
 More troops is the only suggestion here as to the way to break the Boer resistance. MT. Wilkinson regrets that General Butler has not 10000 more men, declaring that if they would not make victory certain his enterprise without them is hopeless.
 The Spectator dealing with the neces- sity of large additional military prepa- rations, says: "It may be that we have yet another cycle of disasters in front of us. The transport Asseya arrived at Cape Town last Friday with 2,127 officers and men. The first portion of the Seventh division is afioat Hence with 10000 men of this division now at sea Lord Roberts force will be greatly aided in his work. Although England's nerves are severely tried her nerve is absolute ly unshaken and probably nothing that can happen in South Africa will change in the slightest degree her intentions. She will continue to receive bad news if it comes with dignity and will main- tain her determination to win at last.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
Expedition rO Find Andre

Berlin, Jan 26.-Herr Wage, the polar explorer, announces that he will lead an expedition next summer into the Arctic region in the hope of finding Andre, the missing explorer, or his re- snains,
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BLOW AT THE MAFIA.

ermo Municipal Council Dissolved
 Paris, Jan. 26.-The Temps Rome cor respondent says: "The government has struck the Mafia another blow. A royal decree dissolves the Palermo mu- nicipal council which was composed mostly of friends of Signor Palizzoo. The council almost caused riot recent ly by increasing the Octroi."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27
Nnla DetenIs CnrnrlI

Newburgh. N. T., Jan. 26.-The Yale basketball team defeated the Cornell university five at the state armory here tonight by a score of 30 to 3.
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REY. ASHER ANDERSON TIL, Forced to Take Trip Purse of $15O
 Presented to Him.

Meriden, Jan. 26.-Rev. Asher Ander- son. who has been pastor of the First Congregational church here for eleven years, has been forced to take a trip of travel owing to i'll health, and to- night members of the church presented him with a purse of $150.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-27

London, Jan 26, 11:30 p. m.--The war office announced at this hour that no further news from the scene of hostili- ties would be issued during the night.
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the Common Council.

(Continued on Seventh -Page.)
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
SIllith-Jrtcr.

Rev. Hampden H Smith, of Berlin.
Nd, was married yesterday to Miss Car
RE Lee Jeter, at Kenwood Methodist
Church. onear Ashlandi7 Rev. Harry sW.
Burruss officiating. ,tazi9on 3neu. &c art
A professional of-matdens sang 10
hengrin's Wedding Chorus" The follow
ing young ladies composed the chorus:
Misses Nellie Wright. Rosa Gauthorn, An
ma Gipperich. Mary Hargrove, Ivy Tignor
and Rena Codd. Immediately after the
chorus Mrs. Adde S. Crawford, who pre-
sided at the organ, played 'Mendelssohns
Wedding March," The groom entered
TIL. church with his best man,
Mr. John Patteson. The bride, attired in
a blue cloth tailor-made suit, carried a
bouquet of white roses. Miss Agnes kel-
ty, the maid of honor, was Eowned in
pink organdie. The bridesmaids We're
Misses Elenor and BERTHE Patteson, sis
tiers of the bride. The ushers were A1essrs.
Almond Fox and Edward Brock.
A reception was held at the home OF the.
brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will leave to-mor-
row for Berlin. Nd, the home of the
Grooms parents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
HANGED IN EFFIGY.
Councilman Williams Does Not Think
He Was Reflected Upon.

The finding of dummy, which dan
sled from one of the trolley-wires OF the
Richmond Passenger and Power Company
at Twenty-first and Franklin streets
Thursday morning, is regarded as a joke
by residents in the eastern part or the
city 1t was thought by some persons to
have had some relation to the hsnt that Is
being waged in the City Council by the
two local street-car companies. The man
in effgy was hanged just opposite the
drug store of Councilman T. B. Williams,
and that gentleman said last night that
he had requested the police department OF
the city to make an inquiry into the mat
ter with a view OF learning if any retiec-
ton was intended for him. On the figure
was a placard bearing an inscription to
the effect that $50 votes had been cast
aside for few dollars.
Mr. Williams said he had no idea that
the dummy or inscription referred to
him. but felt that there should be an in
veshgation.
IN the first place" added the Marshall
Ward Councilman. II have not had a vote
on any of the street-car questions, either
in the Council or in committee"
The figure was promptly pulled down
and removed to the car sheds at Twenty
ninth and Streets.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
THE VALUE OF
HOME EXERCISE
1t is the Only Way to Avoid Getting
Stout, Says the Most Famous
Swordswoman in America.

II there is a woman in this city who
wants to reduce the size of her whist,
let her take fencing lessons. That's what
Nile Perou, the best swordswoman In
America, says. and she is the ideal up-to-
date new woman. Five feat seven inches
in height, she does not look to weigh over
40 but she tips the scales at 195 pounds.
She does not know what it is to be
tired. She never had Il headache in her
life Her flesh is as smooth and firm as
ma ole and her face Is as rosy and as
clear as the skin. of a healthy chtld. In
more than twenty mounted hroudsword
contests she has given a splendid account
of herself, and has never been DEBATED
although her opponents were crack
swordsmen. not only OF this but other
countres-men hardened by years of mill
tary training and service in the saddle.
'.Fencing is the most magnificent exer-
else for women in the world she says.
There are no such things as hollow
chests. weak backs, or round shoulders
among women who fence. Fencing teach
es a firm. erect, graceful pose and good
walk. Fencing teacilFs a woman to
breathe properly and keep the ugly wrink-
les away from her mouth and nose. An
other thing, a woman who fences and
practices IS sh@ should never need spend
any money for rouge or powder. 1 once
visited boarding school Of three hundred
girls, nearly every one OF whom was
good swordsWonan. There WIS not
SRI with dull Eyes and pale cheeks among
them.
CONSUMPTION THREATENED.
"Ah, yes; I'm a bit OF a crank about
sword exercise. But then, listen. When
I was young girl I was threatened with
consumption. i was thin and pale, weDk
and languid. Send her South for th9
winter, said the doctors. Take good care
of her and she may last year or two.
:. Not at ALL snid my mother. I'm
going to teach her to fence Like all
wsll-trained Spanish women, the hand
ling of the sword was made a part OF my
mothers education aal she started in.
In few months 1 WAS an altered crea-
ture. Sounds like a patent-medcne tract.
doesn't it? But it's true. and 1 have seen
it prove true in so many cases that be-
lieve the sword is ,nighter than the pill
box. ,'a
ii "see. here's the first thing to learn"
Sha-sprang to her feet. stood firmly alert,
and threw back her. chest.
"Weight on the bull of the foot. should
ers back. and, see ME breathe. No half
open mouth, if you want to fence. There,
look at this" Swish, over went the 1.-THE
body, plant and as bending as a willow
wand
That's for the waist" she said. "and
stomach. It strengthens the muscles.
,siv:l me your hand a moment
The 1.-the waist was as hard as iron.
"You couldn't p.ncfl me if YOU tried a
week" she said. To the touch, the mus
cles OF her shoulders, arms and limbs are
like any ordinary woman's, but when
she contracts the muscles, hers IS
physique of iron, She has jumped rope
5S3 times. with the muscles Of her lower
limbs contracted, without a break. How
is that for lung power?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
REV. DR.. H. M. WHARTON.
He Tells The Times of His Gratitude
and II is Plans.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Time


WEBB CITY, Mo. Nov. 2S.-The courts
have dismissed the charges against me. l
desire to thank my friends and the pub
lie for their confidence in me and the sus-
pension of judgment until the cases were
decided. The prosecution was without
cause. and the disagreenble things said
by a few private individuals for publica-
ton were unfair and did me great injus-
tice. 1T IS needless NOW to mention these
by name. / propose to publish a full re-
hearsal of the facts and VIII show that
parties behind the scenes have sought to
1olacllrnail and ruin me. The benevolent
work in my case has been injured. and
but for the fact that I have kept con-
starltls at work, the children at the
orphanage would have suffered untold in
Jury. but God has overruled all for good.
He hrs delivered me, and have nothing
hut praise for Him and friendship for
those VIII, sought my ruin. Though the
very existence of the orphaaage and
school was inperilled, God has enabled
me to continue them am happy to say
the good work viii go right on.
II. M. WHARTON.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-24
ALL NE TnODIST
MINISTER'S BACK
Bishop Saw No Cause for Change
in Manchester.
CHURCH WILL NOT BE SOLD.
Marriage Of Mr.. Walter L. Nunnally
and Miss nleIton-Pistol Shots ut
a Residence = News. Per-
sonai and Brief.
CHURCH WILL NOT BE SOLD,

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times,
No. llV2 Hull Street.
To the great satisfaction OF all the
Methodists of Manchester, there were no
damages made in the pastors OF the 1our
churches of this city by the Conference
Just adjourned at Norfolk. The minister's
return. and are warmly welcomed by
their congregations.
NUNlNALLY-rELTO
Mr. Walter L. Nunnally and Miss Mary
Melton were married Thursday night at
the home of Rev Z. V. Badly, on Porter
Street.
Mr. md Mrs. Nunnally will make their
future home on Eighth and Bainbridse
Streets.
The deal which has been pending be-
tween the stewards of Central Methodist
Church and the colored Methodist Church
for the purchase OF the building on Ninth
Street. is said to De off, the colored people
property.
SHOT AT y HOUSE.
The home OF Mrs. s. NJ. Garnett.
between Sixth and Seventh on Decatur
Street. was fired upon Thursday night
II o'clock 10y unknown parties. Three
shots were fired. two of which took effect
in the front door. Mrs. Garrett was not
ut home at the time. there being IN the
house only her servants. The shooting
persons passing.
VALUABLE HORSE.
CA valuable horse was stolen THURSDAY
r:;ghl from the barn OF Mr.. j. s. Finn, IN
Chesterfield county, short distance from
Swansboro The animal was a chestnut
sorrel, good size, one shoa on, two white
spots on shoulder. collar marks, and a
good roadster Any information should
be communicated to Officer y. A. Avis,
of SwanSbofo.
William Harris (colored) confronted the
NIayor yesterday morning on the charge of
trespassing. His case being an aggraFa-
ted one he was fined $40.
inc. A. Thorp, for being drunk and dlsor-
Derby, paid fine of $3.50.
PERSONAL AND BRIEF.
The Hastings Court was in session
Yesterday for the transaction of chancery
business.
The Circuit Court OF Chesterfield will
convene at the courthouse to-day.
A meeting Of the Board Of Directors OF
the Manchester Light, Heat and Power
Company was held yesterday morning
in The office of Augustine Royal Co.
The Virginia Democratic Club OF Man
chester met Thursday night in the store OIL
Mr.. D. L. Toney. on Eleventh and Hull
Streets The attendance was fair. There
were no speakers and only important mat
tiers in connection with the CLUBS orSaniza-
ton were discussed