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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-05
with interest. and the result will be auNi-
ously awaited all over the State.
INJUNCTION SUIT.
Sheriff Restrained from Selling Office
of Georgia Railroad,
fRv Associated Press)

ATLANTA, GA. Jan. 4.-The Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Company
brought suit for injunction in the United
States Court this morning against Comp
troller-General William I. Wright, Sheriff
C'Connor, of Richmond county. and the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
The suit is to prevent the sale OF the
Georgia Railroad Office buildings in MI
gusta, which were levied on by Sheriff
OConnor last week at the order OF
Comptroller Wright The levy was made
because the Georgia Railroad Company
refused TO pay State. county and city
taxes, claimed by the State. on SSSS,s2o
worth of debtentures of the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad, which Comptroller
Wright claims is owned by the Georgia
Railroad Company.
The amount of taxes was SlS,OE'- The
suit against the Georgia company IS 70
erjoin that road from paying the taxes.
as the owners of the Georgia, which is
leased by the Louisville and Nashville,
might ask reimbursement from the Louis
VILE and Nashville Company.
Judge Newman issued temporary re-
stratning order and set the case for jan
uary 2Sth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-05
Grubbs Shot Point Blank at Close
Range at Inspector.
STEWARDS INJURIES SLIGHT.
Chesapeake and Ohio Car Inspec:s z
and Hatchman Have Difficulty
in Which 4 Revolver Fig
uieu-The TroubIc the
Result Of an Old
Quarrel.

A silver timepiece in the pocket Of ]. S.
Stewart probably saved him from being
now a corpse.
AS he was about to wash up, prepara
tory to going home from his work as
car Inspector at the Chesapeake and Ohio
shops yesterday evening shortly after 6
o'clock. near the corner OF Sixteenth and
Washington Streets, A. T. Grubbs, a
watchman at the same point, drew Il pis-
to and shot him twice once through the
middle finger of the right hand, and once
through the wrist Of the right hand.
Neither wound is serious
At the time of the shooting there were
and all of them were in what is known
in railroad parlance as Il shack, or Old
scar used as & place OF temporary habita-
ton for railroad men,
One of them was &. II. Graves, who re-
lieved Stewart at o clock.
The shooting arose from Il conversation
that immediately preceded it. The dis
cussion was upon the fact OF a caboose
having been broken open the night, or
dav. before and several small articles car
ried off.
Stewart made the remark that the
theft must have been committed IN the
DAYTIME. as the night watchman, Grubbs,
did not sleep while on duty, and he would
have been able to have seen the thief and
either captured him or scared him off.
GRUBBS TAKES \ HAND.
Grubbs came up at that moment, and
taking Stewards remark as one OF sar-
casln. replied in a way that ulo not
please Stewart.
III YOU don't mind what you say re-
nlied Stewart. something will happen.
Something is going to happen now,
said Grlbbs. as he drew his revolver -
calibre, and fred twice i'll rapid success
sion.
The first shot went through the right
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SUMMARY OF T0-DAY'S NEWS
Local

Local.
Watch saved Stewards life.
Hon. j. Taylor EIIyson not candi-
date
Stockholders take action
Decision in rreiser case.
DR. Calisch has reached no decision
Mr. w. T. Jones City Treasurer OF
Charlottesville, dropped aead at his home
~ cannon used by Governor Spotswood
at Fort Christiana, in isl3. rescued oS
William and MARY. College.
Oliver sentenced for five wears Tor as
sault on the little Donati giri.
"A bank failure in Berkiey.
Fine. barn burned in Asexan ndrta
county.
Senate spent five hours in debate on
the army bill. but made slight progress.
There was another struggle in tlo.tsa
over Olnstead resolution, which resulted
in minority victory
Powers touching indemnity demanded
New railroad projected 10 run from
louisville, KY, tts Port Royal. S. e.
--1;iarlt combiuatinn of railroad systems
contemplated
Foreign.
E,ar, Roberts or Kandahar and Pre-
tori,, assumed a charge at the War onicc.
Eorei.;n ministers in Pekin meet daily
hut decide nothing
W., fs,,ssi.a may be asked for an explicit
declaration as to her Intentions N Man
ahnria-
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State Department Has Gable Advices
from Venezuela.
(By Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Cable adyices
received at the State Department to-day
from Minister Loomis are of a disquieting
character. The Department declines to
make public the details. but it is sur
missed that there is q possibility of re-
sstance on the part OF one of The asphalt
co,npa mics to the legal processes of the
Venezuelan Government that may result
seriously.
The Scorpion mas arrived at La. Guyara,
Venezuela. where she viii assist Minister
I.oomis in his mission. This mission, ii is
said at the State Department, is limited
TO the procurement OF a legal and definite
settlement Of the issues growing out of
the ASPHALT franchises
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FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION,
Three Workmen Blown to Atoms and
building Hcmo!ished.
(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan. "A

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan. A
frishtful explosion of dynamite occurred
in the powder machine house of the
Repauno Chemical Company. at Thomp-
sons Point N j., twelve miles below this
city. The building WAS annihilated and
three worlsmen We're blown to atoms.
Several other workmen received injuries.
The dead men had been punching the
dynamite into S-:nch paper shells for use
TN Blasting. Pieces of the mems flesh
were picked up over hundred feet
away from the wrecked building. Tha
loss probably will not be over 5000
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Russia May be Asked for Explicit
Declaration in Regard TO Her
Intentions in Manchuria.
(By Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The State De-
partment is making 4 strong, effort TO Sc
cure an understanding among the Powers
to serve as basis for the adjustment of
the question of indemnity to be paid By
the Chinese Government. 1t appears from
AIR. Congers reports that it is hopeless to
expect the foreign ministers at Pe1in to
reach an agreement this important
subject, and if the problem is to be solved
at all ii must be removed from the Pekin
council and dealt with by direct diplo
matte exchange.
Therefore, the State Department is in
correspondence with other Foreign Of
tives, but the negotiations have not
reached q point where u successful ter
mination is in sight.
ENORMOUS INDEAlNITIES.
The principal difficulty is believed to
be the enormous indemnities demanded
by some of the Powers The Chinese
efforts TO secure better terms, which tend
10 protract the negotiations, probably
will add considerably to the sum total.
This is because the expense of maintaining
the foreign military establishments in
China probably will be assessed against
the Chinese Government, ana the cost of
keeping foreign troops in Pekin at this
season OF the year, and i'll a country
imported from a distance. will make the
bin very heavy.
1t is believed that the bin Of Germany
will be by far the largest, and il is d sig
uicant fact that the German Govern
ment has allowed its officers on service
in China tive-fold their regular salaries
an unprecedented rate, which the Chinese
are expected to pay for.
\ series of regulations have been pro-
muiSated by the Russian Government for
the administration of affairs in Man.
churia. which would seem to the officials
here TO warrant an apprehension that Il
permanent occupation of that territory
with its population of 20.0o0,0o0 is contem-
plated. 1t is believed that some repre-
sentations either have been or will be
made on the subject by the Powers.
ENPLlCIT DECLARATION WANTED.
When the Russian Government ln-
nounced its intention to withdraw it's
troops from Pekp it also solemnly de-
clared that ''as soon as law and order
should be established in Manchura and
Indispensable measures taken for the pro-
lection Of railway. contraction, which,
according TO formal agreement, China is
assured Russia will not fail to withdraw
her troops from the territories of the
neighboring Empire, provided the action
of the Powers does not place any obstacle
In the way of such a measure.
Russian representatives here contend
that the conditions laid down in this
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NEW ROAD PROJECTED.
To l;un from, louisville, Ky, to Port
Royal. s. C..
iBy Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-,The Record to-
morrow will say:
"A company Of Tennessee and Chicago
capitalists is preparing to construct 4
railroad from Louisville. Ky, To Port
Royal, S. c. Those interested in the pro-
ject have organized themselves into the
Louisville and Port Royal Railroad
Company. which has been chartered with
q capital of slV0.G Surveys will be made
within the next two or three weeks and
next spring the promoters expect TO have
the work under way
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-05
GIGANTIC DEAL
NEARLY COMPLETE
Three Great Railroad Systems Re-
ported to be in Process of
Consolidation.

ST PAU4-, MINI. Jan. 4-While no
confirmation of the reported combination
of the Northern Pacific. Great Northern,
and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul.
could be obtained 1t is the general be-
liee in well Informed railroad circles that
the deal If not already an accomplished
fact, is in process oE consummat!on,
President James j. Hll, of tie Great
Northern, said:
Il have made no loan in Montreal.
Does ii not stand to reason tlIu il
needed money | can get it without going
10 Canada? No deal by which we get con-
troll of any western line tlas yet been
conSurnmated- I Will say, however. t,lae
some Of the big lines hope, by getting to-
Setner, TO reduce working expenses. Any
movement now on foot by the railroads is
simply for the purpose OF econ0m!zinS
1t vii! be noticed tnat Mr.. Hill does not
state that there is no deal under way by
whiCh d western line (which is taken 20
mean the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
PauD is TO be brought under the control
of the Two Northern trans-continentaI
lines.
sEAII-OF'FICIAI-
The announcement was made sem-ofi-
cialIy to-day. and the information did not
come from 1t New York source. that the
big deal, by which the Eil.-Morsau- Rocke-
feiIer interests were to secure control OF
the Northern Pacific and ST. Paul Roads,
is practically consummated, and that inside
OF Il month the system will be, in effect,
one
About three weeks nso, 50 the story goes.
President Hill obtained a loan from Ca
madam capitalists OF 81, $4,000. and, it is
added. much of this money Wen, for the
purchase of Northern Pacific and st. Paul
shares. In the vaults of the Great North
ern treasury. it is stated, today repoSe
the deposit slips showing that this i'm
mense sum was placed to the credit OF
President Hill. IN the Chemical National
Bank of New York city The dep6Sitors
We're. it is asserted. Sir William Van
Horne president of the Canadian Pacific;
r. 3. Angus, multimi!Eionaire and director
of the Bank OF Montreal, and Lord Mount
Stephen, OF Montreal
President Hill will leave for New York
next week. and it is stated that the sole
object OF his visit is to put the finishing
touches upon the most gigantic railroad
deal in recent years
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Bryan i.ect,,rcd.

Iecturesi here tonight to a large audience.
An informal reception was held during
the afternoon. He left tonight for Paris,
where he will lecture tomorrow night.
1t was erroneous!y reported last night
that aIr Bryan had passed through PEN
sacola, Fla
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RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Two Negroes Taken from Florida Jail
and iynChc1
{By Associated Press

MADISON, FLA. Jan. 1.-Two negroes.
Jim benson and a half-brother were
taken last night about o'clock from the
county jail here, by persons unknown.
carried into the woods about half a mile
from town and hung. The bodies were
r.Gd.ad with bullets
They are the persons who a few weeks
ago We're charged with the killing OF
Frederick Reddiug a farmer. residing
in the northern part of this county.
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\ WARM SPEECH.

~ w MIN t.f-Si1
Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama, made a
warm speech in opposition TO the resolu-
ton He had hoped he SAID, that such
resolution would not appear in the
House. The real purpose of the 1itn
amendment had been to anfranCi1ise the
negro II had failed. The 18th amendment
had been successful for a time, but in the
end it had proved a lamentable failure
Both amendments had been mistakes not
only TO the Democratic bat to the Re
publican parties. The time had come now,
after the bitterness Of the war was over,
when the people of the South, III fairness
and justice to themselves and the negro
race, We're trying not to cypress the negro
race, but only to protect themselves and
their property against NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
But wien gentlemen on the otler SIDE
brought in this frebrand they did more to
injurc the black race than anything since
the adoption of the 18th and 18th amend
mentS.
EXCEEDINGLY IRONICAL.
llr. Williams, Of Mississippi was en-
ceed!nely irCnical He said that Of re-
cent years some of the people Of the
South had listened to the syIen voice Of
the North that sectionalism was dead.
1rey had been warned that as socn as the
Republican party grew strong enough 1t
would snow the cioven foot. It was doing
SO now. said N1r. Williams.
1t WAS the party of the black man IN the
South. and the enemy OF the white mans
civilization. This resolution would pluck
tie veil from the eyes of those VINO mad
been partially deceived.
He made a brilliant defense of the
course OF Mississippi and other Southern
States.
Mr.. KIutz, of North Carolina, also de-
Tended the action Of the Southern States.
MI Olmstead then made the motion to
refer the measure TO the Census Com
nlittee. and it was carried without di-
vision.
Mr.. Hopkins Immediately called up the
reapportionment bill. He sought to make
an arrangement to vote upon the bill on
Monday 4 long wrangle followed. Just
as it appeared probable that an agree
nent would be reached to .ote on Tues
day, Mr.. Mann. of Illinois, smashed all
prospects by a final objection. According
ly AIR. Hopkins opened the debate in
favor of his measure. II made q careful
explanation of all its features.
Mr. Hopkins was ,esieged with ques-
tions.
Mr. Hopkins said the States which
We're opposing this bill We're those which
lost representatives under its operation.
He claimed that the bill of the minority
showed faVortiSm to Nebraska and
Maine. each of which would lose one rep
prepared by the Director of the census
for a House of 3S6 members. That bill he
stamped as highly unfair
Mr.. Shafroth cited the popular assem-
blage of European parliaments TO show
that a larger House would not be cumber
some
At o'clock the House adjourned.
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posed Mr.. Pear

in North Carolina, interposed Mr.. Pear
son
The object of this resolution is to in
qn!re into that subject said Mr. Ohm
stead
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RANGE OF THERMOMETER

The thermometer ranged as follows at
The Times Office yesterday: 3 y. NJ, 30:
u N. IS: 5 p NJ. 45: z. NJ, 40 p. NJ,
s5: Il midnight, 80. Average temperature.
ss 1-S-
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday:
yirginia-Fais, continued cold Saturday.
winds generaIss westerly. brisk on the
coast; Sunday fir.
North Carolina-Fair Saturday. west to
NORTH winds. fresh TO brisk on the coast:
Sunday fair.
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OF DISQUETlNG CHARACTER.

Vt ) o'clock the House adjourned.
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be radical departure from the present
type-in fact, that the twentieth centu-
ry ocean express will be in a class by
herself, unique in every respect
They also agree that the possible linn
1t has been nearly reached in length
and tonnage in the new Oceanic-17. O40
tons, 7o4 feet long, The Deutschland is
1920 tons and CSC feet in length, and
the rival German line owning the Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse has announced
another ship to surpass her in every re-
specifies feet in length, tonnage Is, OoO
speed "a knots. She will be launched
two years hence
So long as the beam is not greatly
increased, length am speed are in a
measure correlated. and it has been
calculated that the 80 knot express
steamer must necessarily be over 900
feet long, about 80 feet beam and over
80 feet draft. Her displacement should
be about 100000 tons, as against the
Deutschland's $4,000 and the new In
vernia's $1,000. She cannot be used for
cargo to any extent since her enormous
proportions must be utilized to the ut
most for engines. boilers coal and fur
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'HeDeutSIHland.

and the grand total of expenses for
single passage will probably be from
$4,000 to 100000.
This is enough to stagger any but
the great Neptunes of commerce: but
against this there should be set off the
vast receipts from passengers and
mails, possibly amounting to over $780,
O0O and it will be seen that something
should be left for interest on the cost
OF the ship (not less than $6,000000) and
to pay running expenses
Ship owners and builders are not now
disposed to make large ventures in the
direction of speed, at the sacrifice of
space which this entails. They are
waiting for some new development that
shall give the requisite results with
greater economy than at present is pos
sible, In view of what has been accom-
plished by the inventor of those Won
defful boats. the Turbinia and the Viz
per, which attained the unprecedented
speed of 40 and 43 miles per hour on
trial trips, it would seem that the en-
CINE of the future is to be like theirs
of the rotary turbine system-though it
has not yet been tried in vessels of
large capacity. The great objection to
them is their voracity, as they are per-
i feet gluttons for coal, and no ship has
yet been constructed sufficiently large
to carry all the fuel she would need
even in a four day trip and prove prof
liable at the same time
The inventor of the rotary turbine
has promised to attempt to. curb the
appetite of his engines and to adapt
them for great liners so there is every
reason to believe that the hundred hour
voyage will become an eventuality in
the first decade of this century.
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British admiralty, would be equivalent
to nearly IS statute miles-S4O miles for
every "a hours This would be sufficient
to cover in four days the distance
I 4 anssssSts the Atlantic between any ..all
the year" British port and New York,
with few miles to spare for detentions
by the way.
The highest ambition of the Atlantic
liners for the past ten years or so has
been to reduce the average time be-
tween New York and the nearest Brit
ish or European port to less than 12O
hours, To accomplish this steamer aft
er steamer has been built, with the re-
suit that records have been steadily
lowered, and still the end of the century
finds the five day record unattained.
The best time up to date is that of the
Wonderful Deutschland, which in Sep
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b
l6Ea days to cross,-in 1888. 1t is just 60
years since the Britannia, of 1,150 tons,
with engines of TAO horsepower, made
It's initial transatlantic trip in IA days
and hours. Ten years later the voy-
age had been reduced to days % hours,
and rapid transit came to stay in 1867
when the City of Paris of the old Inman
line crossed from New York to Queens
town in q days % hours and 4 minutes.
This record was lowered by the Britain
mic two years later to days IL hours
and 81 minutes.
To cross in less than a week was now
the aim of shipowners and navigators,
the first to start this record being the
America, which in 1877 sped between
Sandy Hook and Queenstown in days
1S hours and A minutes. Eight years
later the Etruria reduced this time by
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
In ONE HUNDRED HOURS.

T. is not improbable. the maritime
experts say that within the limits
= of that somewhat vague period, the
near future the passage across the
4 4 Atlantic ferry" will be made in about
four days. or at the most not to exceed
100 hours.
Peering into the new century and
having in mind the grand achievements
of it's immediate predecessor, the nine
teenth, this forecast should not be con-
sidered unreasonable. To do this, how
ever, will necessitate an absolutely new
class of ocean steamships, capable of
maintaining an average speed of at
least 30 knots an hour Thirty knots, or
official nautical miles, as calculated by
the United States coast survey and the
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naces. The Indicated horsepower of the
Oceanic is $4,000, of the Campania $4,000
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse 100000
Deutschland $4,000. Kaiser Wilhelm III
(building) $4,000; but that of the hun
dred hour express must be not less
than 100000. This will necessitate
immense triple expansion engines of
the highest class and perhaps one
hundred boilers and furnaces The
consumption of coal will probably ag-
gregate 1890 to 1000 tons per diem, or
over 1000 tons for each trip. There will
be a bill for fuel alone of at least s35, 900,
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Mr.
rat contracts OF which the colonial
the most recent attack him in the house
put made no explanations satisfactory his
come he
turtles of unstaned commercial integrity"
brother Neville
stepmother
o war
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TENDER last broke her own record by
the trip from New York to Plymouth in
3 days hours and So minutes at an
average speed of 1886 knots, or nearly
q miles per hour. She was then in
close competition with the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, whose highest average
speed was 22.79 knots per hour.
The best time by any other ship up to
that date was made by the Lucania-
5 days 20 hours and 45 minutes--in 1895,
though the Paris held the Atlantic rec
ord as far back as 1889 of days %
hours and minutes. Great advance in
ocean navigation has been made since
the first steamer Can American vessel,
by the. way) crossed the Atlantic in
1918, and the first iner"--which took
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with the very common people and Hikes
them better than he does the aristocra-
cy. He dotes on Paris and the pretty
girls attracted thither from all parts Of
the world, and many of the hard earned
Belgian dollars are said to have gone
to enrich some favorite of his fancy. 1t
was not long ago that policeman
hauled him up for furiously driving an
automobile through the streets of Paris.
At another time, Dame Rumor Mas it,
he was wandering through his own
royal gardens as guide to a party of
American girls who had mistaken him
for the gardener. When his lord cham
berlain met him thus employed, he
nearly fell in faint when the old king
said sweetly, II have taken the liberty
of showing these ladies about" They
gave him 10 franc piece. which he at
tached to his watch chain ~ souve-
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