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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
BROWN PAPERS in
TINES MORROW
Most Interesting of the Newly Found
Documents viii be Printed
in Full.
in Full.

'i'o-r1lor7..w molrinS Tic Times Will
rublisn the 1acst important and inter-
cstin-. of tho mich talked of John Brown
IL tiers which were brought to the light
cf publicity thr"nsil fc. enterprise OF
The Times. Not ono of these letters has
ever appeared in print before, and. indeed.
until tis,y wcrc found by State Librarian
Scott tfleir existence was questioned.
There WAS published as far back as.
1855 some of the personal papers OF Jonn
Brown. hut these did not to any degree
cover the ground OF these recently dis
covered documents.
Ipon am order signed by Chairman
Glass. of the ioint COMMITTEES of tthe%Leg-
isla.lIrr, delineredt to a representative OF
The Times YESTERDAY Librarian Scott sig
niied his Willingness to make the papers
public. There are aboutEninety-six of the
letters. none from Brown himself, how
ever, and many i'll cipher, the contents
being unknown. Some OF these letters
lave hiocrlstai on them. and are threat
eni1lsy in tlpe extreme. AL were inter-
ceptoi by the authorities at the time
John Brown was in prison.
-.iior-s,. an Scott said yesterday that so
rat rs III had been a bic to sec. the ler
tacs do i,c; possess tilc great historical
i:.nrGst We: IN vas at first attached to
'Grcwi:s;s light cn this great even. Of
history Further, they are interesting
as sllr.:n- tlsr stale Of the public lninti.
Efforts Will be made TO decipler those
letters WHICH are iii cipher, because
naturally IN these 1t is expected that
there lies the raost Interesting of all the
information IL be gathered.
Nj. Scott looks upon the John Brown
oapers Which We're supposed to have been
hidden III the roof of the Capitol as
mythical He thinks the letters now il,
lli& possession are the only papers relat-
ing to tho case which have never been
published. He bcievcs that the story
of z. iourna! kept by John Brown, and
wllicla. is supposed to DE in the carpet bag
papers' is Exaggerated. possibly. and
thinks the matters referred to Ey Rev.
William Munford are those whci, are
covered in Governor Wise-s printed re-
c,.t Of $50 Efforts will be 1nade.
lowerer, TO find the papers in the root;
indeed, DIR. Munford himself made q
casual examination OF the roof OF the
Capitcl while here a few days ago with,
out result At various times other
searches were made, but all were fruit
less.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
COLD WEATHER in SOUTH,
Below. Zero in sNashvlne and Chattanooga
Boats Tied Up.
IBr Associutcd Frcssl

ltiy tIASSOclitcC EIcSS.)
e ATLANTA, GA. Dec. 20-The cold
wave, which. TOR the last week, mas COW
cred the South. to-day eunalIed all, pre-
v;uus records Cor the first twe,:ly days
os the month ofs December since tie
Year 1851, aud lowering in some local.
ties all former minimum temperature
lcadings. AS. Ear South a the Louisiana
and Gulf border Intense cold prevails.
though no serious damage to negotiations
has been reported Some snow fell il,
Nashville, early, this morning, the me, :
cury f1roI ping to two degrees beloH zero.
the itherlon,ete: registering the. game IN
Cnslttanooga. = o serious interruption
has occurred TO t-iific further than boais
plying from Memphis are tied up by
heavy floating river ice. The center Of
the high area will move eastward from
Texas. tonight. causing colder weather
IN the Southeastern Atlantic Coast
States. followed by rising temperature
to-ni orrow.z s#5-
Tic foll9Elns minimum temperatures
were reported tonight at 9 o'clock: Mo-
bile, Ala, 26: Montgomery. 90; New Or
leans, 81 Memphis, 16: Knoxville. TO-.
Chattanooga, u: Charlotte. n. c.. "a; Ra--
leigh, N. c., %; Jacksonville, Fla, 81;
Tampa, Fla, AZ; Atlanta, Ga, Is.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
GOOD SIZED SUN
SAVED THE STATE
Postal Concessions Just Made De.
partment ofAgriculture Amount
ing 10 $L628 Annually.

Commissioner Of A Agriculturc koiner
has just succeeded in getting the postal
authorities to allow the department. bulie-
tins and reports to pass through the mails
as second class matter This is an actual
saving to the State of $1,62S7a year.
The department. gets out quarterly bull
1erlns.: The circulation OF each issue is
cO,0OO,s or So 900 for the four issues. The
department sends out also an annual re-
port. which numbers 1000.
Last year and all the time, prcvlous
and a part of this year. to- send out the
bulletins has cost in postage lor each
quarter $500, scr $500 for ,iie year. IT
costs five cents a copy to send out the
annual report by mail. Under the con-
cession which Mr.. koiner has gotten from
the postal authorities it will cost but half
q cent d, copy. Under the old arrange
ment. it cost Just $1,000 to send out the
annual reports of the department Now
it will cost but one-tenth as much. or
500. THE cost of mailing the Bulletins
will be SIS a quarter. or So for the year,
against $500. the former cost.
Somei of the bulletins of this year were
sent. ut+under the aold order of things
whilesthe annual reports is soon to
be issued, will be mailed at the much
smaller. cost. Every-ten years the State
will save in this; way nearly $1,000.
But still Mr.. koiner is not satisfied. He
is endeayoring to- get for his department
the very same privilege that the United
States Agricultural department at Wash
iington has, that of sending out all its
reports free of charge. The State will
save still more II he succeeds in this.
Some the agricultural colleges of the
country have this concession already.
and Mr.. koiner wants his department put
on a level with tltem--
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
THREW GIRLS IN
DITCH ICE WATER
Women Try toHoId a British Ruffiain
Pursued by.an Excited Crowd.
But Escapes.
But Escapes.
fspecl,, pispatch 10 rhn rlm,le:s.3. q

SUFFOLK, Va. Dec. 2o.-MarY and
Frances Schneider, sisters, aged 5 and
Il years, were met on a. dark road just
cast Of Suffolk about 5 O'Clock tonight
by q big unknown negro man. who, With
out provocation, hurled them into ditch
of ice water Having just left their
surburhan home, the girls cries were
heard, and brought Mrs. Schneider and
her sister, Miss Katherine Cope. OF Phil
-adeIphia, to thesrescue.
The ladies tried to hold the negro till
help came, but he handled them roughly.
threw. them off and escaped
9 The news spread fast. and soon a crowd
of men were hurrying to the scene. one
of them with rope. 1t was said. a
band of Gypsies camping nearby offered
all their horses. and intimated willing
ness to- Join a lynching party. The
negro.s trail was lost some distance In
the country. He was accompanied ty a
negro woman.
Had he been caught and identified Il.
would have been difficult to save him
from the crowd. Mr.. Schneider. who
runs a dye plant. recently moved his
family here from Philadelphia The girls
were badly frightened and bruised, but
not seriously nurt
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
The Execution OF Harrik
Especial Dispatch to The s,Ti1rie.

dispatch
BRISTOL, TENN. Decesnbers 20
Cicero Harris, the negro WIS, murdered
Sam Ware. a 1naIlatto on thss gsiti Sda of
last September. was hanged Iii All en-
closure adjoining the city ifsil IN Bristol
Va, this forenoon, The drop SfelIsat 1o:i7
o'clock and DR.. Williams. he city ply
sician.H pronounced Harris5 dead sin four
teen minutes. Harris fell fve feet. His
neck was broken and heAa died without a
struggle. The execution. was witnessed
by about fifty people. a
5 Harris displayed grsa. Snervc3sand met
death calmly lie nlaaeksa 4 ak: on the
.scaffold. in which lie a,id slls had; no fear
that tlleLord had m5 him ready for
was a native of, Alabama. by sorle:. of
the State A;iatonic7&1 Board. his body
will be shipped to Gl1arlot tesville ITO be,
come the property Nfs the University OF
Virginia. 80 +, e 5i Z
Harris was sentenced TO October,
18th. The Supreme Court sustained the
lower court and sentenced 'shim to die
November o2eas Governor slers rcspited
Harris to December 20tli.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
BODY HAS MADE I,
MUCH PROGRESS
What the Convention Has Yet
1 TO Accomplish in Making.a
New Constitution.

The Constitutional Convention takes its
fourth, and, probably last, recess with
s progress on its record.
While but three committee 4reports
have been submitted slrcc its reassenl-
hing i'll NOVEMBER. and not d single one
has been taken Up i'll the convention
all :4of tllusc heretofore formulated, ex-
:copt suffrage, have beer carefully con-
sidered in the Committee of tho Whole,
and have been praC tically settled.
The Committees on Taxation and E'i-
nance, Corporations, Cities and Towns
and "A griculture are the only ones eN-
cept suffrage to be taken up new after
ileeholidays, i'll Committee of. the Whole.
Tho exhaustive consideration given all
reports in Committee Of the Whole, in
eures their speedy adoption in the con-
S.nton, with but few amendments. Each
committee report viii furnish about one
big fight each in the convention.
The Bill OF Rights has: the liquor Ii
cense question; Legislative Department,
the q,ladrennial Legislature problem; !;
Executive Department. power OF Cover
nor to veto separate items of appropria-
sion bills; County Government, the COM
missioner of the revenue tanSle; Public
Institutions, penitentiary appropriation;
Education, composition OF the State Board
Of Educauon; JUDICIARY, saiatics OF Su-
pregne Court judges.
There viii, of course, be otl:er cor
tess in the convention, but the above
LIST includes nearly all subjects, SO far
considered in Committee oS the Whole
that; will provoke vigorous contests. and
that because there is some probability
Of a reversal! of committee action in each
case.
Other matters have been practically
settled.
+ ~ HE y, = &
When the convention reassembles Jan
nary 1st, it, will have no committee re-
port 10 consider in Committees of the
Whole, except the section passed by in
the education report relatiuS to tie ap:
propriation TO the University. Unless the
Committee on Cities and ToTIis puts in
a report by Thursday, the convention
will probably take up for final action
all those reports, beginning with the
legislative, that have been dlsuosed OF
in Committee of the Whole. The desire
mas been to leave this final considera-
ton, at least until the suffrage plan was
agreed upon; but latterly tho general con-
clusion4 has been, that it the Suffrage
matter is settled, everything else will be
stampeded through and the proper con-
sideration will not be given. It is for
this reason that the suffrage question IS
allowed to drag Its slow length along,
and ''carping critics" had as well think
twice before they resume operations
With the advent of February 1st 1T
can be safely predicted that every re-
port. so far submitted to- the convertion.i
will have been firmly shaped into organic
10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
.SE:AB0ARD MAY
BE BACK OF IT.
Suggested That it Wants to Reach
the Coal Fields and is
Seeking a Line.
Seeking a Line

This Seaboard Air Line Road is thought
by some 10 be backing the char,er of tho
Mi. kostrS aid Eastern Railroad.
This Company purposes constructing a
road froIa some point III the mountains
OF Virginia. or West Virginia along ana
through the counties bordering on North
Carolina. TO the seaboal'd
Ii is thought TIE Seaboard Company
may wish to compete with the Chesa-
peaile and Ohio and the Norfolk anu
Western in the hauling of coal for ex-
port. Some counties and cities have
voted subscriptions to the capital stock
OF the company. Mr.. y A. Campbell,t
prominent lawyer of Wytheville. has
been here looking after the various bills
anecting the interests of this company,
but has gone home.
It is generally thought by the legisla-
sire to sell their charter to this road are
behind the scheme.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21

dence developed before The court shows
that the squadron was at the time well
equipped with coal and that coal had
been, and could Eo readily taken from
tho collier There was nothing for the
court but TO find as il did that Comnfo-.
dorc Schley's official reports regarding
the coal supply and the coaiing facilities
OF the Flying Squadron We're inacurat.s
and misleading An attempt to justify
by inaccurate and misleading official res
ports the turning homeward of a power
fui squadron at a critical period Of war
ii disobediencc OF orders is; q very seri-
ous matter. I,
NIGHT HAVE DESTROYED THEM.
Under he seventh clause of the pre-
cert: The evidence adduced before tho
cagrt shows that 6uii ing the whole Of
t'e 29th and G0til of May the Cristobal
Colon and other vessels Of the Spanish
squadron lay in the entrance To Sai1ti-
ago harbor. the Colon n1oored in plain
s:sht. boadside to the entrance; that
t!3ls harbor WAS defended by weak bat
hhc Flying Squadron from destroying
the Colon and perhaps others of the
eneiny's vessels they lay at anchor;
that no effort whatever was made to
do 50 on the 18th or OH the S0th OF
May; and that the attempt made OH the
3lst was brief and abortive- It is COM
rlained i'll paragraph 16 OF the paper
above mentioned that certain cautionary
orders issued by the department. wcfc
rot IN the slightest degree referred to
by the colTt. These cautionaIy orders
were introduced in evidence and fully
disguised i'll argument. We contended
that. quite obviously. they had no appli-
cation TO the conditions existing at San
tiago Oh the 29tl1. 5otl, and 31st OF May,
and the finding Of the court. that Com
n1odore Sclrlcy Should have endeavored
to capture or destrCS the Spanish vesi-
sells at anchor near the entrance OF san
tiago Ifarbor on 71ay "ath and Goth, and
that he did not do his utmost with the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
MR.. BARRETT TAKES LEAVE.
Ia arewelI Address He Points Out Difficulties
Living in the Way.
.fBy Associated Press.)

& MEXICO CITY, Dec.J 20.-I1on. John
Barrett, of the United States delegation
to- the hessPan-American Conference, who
is leaving for Washington to-uay, made
a farewell speech att this morning. ses-=
sion: He begged his South American col
leagues tosremember; tie special con1i-
stions, under which the United -.a1es
Sdelegation he q 3s to work. i he decision
of the difference, SO far as the United
States was concerned. was dependent for
approval of the action of ss1the United
States Senate. and that body. had TO
consider the varying interests and feel.
ing Of Iorty-flve independent states.
whereas It must be remembered. all the
sLatin n-Americanst delegates to- the confer
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
MORGAN YIELD FOR JURY.
President Of Befuuct Security Company
Charged With Embezzlement.
<,J J.J1rr1
(B5. Associated Press .:3

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, S. D ID II. he
preliminary trial of George Morgan,
president of Tho defunct ConaInental Sc.
curity Company, charged switH en- bezzlc,-:
ment OF $4,000 and ;Lachee for the
same amount, was brought Efsudden
termination late this aftarnosn by jus
tice l3enneH's refusing to hea r:any. further
testimony and holding the defendant to
await the action before thc.grand jury.
His bond is fixed at s., coo:
!. After 11e adjournment of court Morgan
was arrested by the Federal sautherities
chargcdi with using the United, Estates
mails :f,or$ f,audll lllent purpGses sss.ff53
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
Two Burned TO Death.
fRx Associated Press J

ROME, GA, Dec. 2o.-In q. tire "hich
destroyed their fathers home to-day near
Alfalfa, .Alaban1a:. Sam and John Evans
were burned to death. The men were III
bed WREN the fro broke out, and futi1e
efforts were made to save them by other
members of the family. who narrowly
escaped death themselves.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
RETREATS IMPROVEMENT.
New Operating Room at the Hospital Abort
Complete.

The new onerating-roonl at the he
treat for the Sick will be complete and
ready for use within the next few weeks.
The most modern apparatus and fixtures
have been ADDED and will be installed at
once. The addition OF the operating
room, with enlargement of the old room.
will give the hospital an additional ward,
which win be given the numerous Chill
dren. taken as the charity cases Of the
hospital.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
FOUR YEARS OF WORK.
The Winston Brothers Have Big Contract
Near Boston 81 SIS

Mr.. William Winston, of the firm Of
Winston Brothers tie well -known con-
tractors who recently had charge of the
work of erecting the electrical plant; on
James River, is in the city -
MIR Winston's firm is n.ws executing q
contract near Boston that involves mil
slioiIs of donars. It will require four
years to complete this Work.
Mr., Winston is on his waysto his home,
il, Louisa eeunta- 10 sHend Christmas
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
A Nor ok Assignment.
afatS' - sesaasShss

Especial Dispatch to The Tlnes.l
NORFOLK. Dec ee0.-Henry c. Wall,
mems furnishing goods dealer at No. ,..6i
Main Street. Norfolk assigned to-day.
His liabilities or assets are not Stated.
but arc prohn bly, little in excess OF s...ee!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
Shooting Ia Lyrchburg.
(Snecial Dispatch to The Tlmes.1

--------- tSrtC1dI D1sp1tcu -
s LYNCHBURG, VA, Dec. eh-As the
result OF a quarrel over chicken, Joh;s
Hurt tonight shot and dangerously
wounded Charles Steptoe, another negro
Steptoe was shot twice. one bal. TAX
ing effect in the head and the other III
the left side
He is still living and has z chance to
recover Hurt has made his escape.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
KILLED *THE. SECRETARY
Negro With q Deadly Gun Captured aud !.
B355Js Ro3e Secured. fs8s 59s
lsnecial Disnatch to rhe M

1-I 1-Tl lSpeCllI HDtspNtcn Tlnes y. 12-
V TOMS CREEK. a., Dec. c0-Davton
ii. Miller, the secretary ana treasurer Of
the Cranes Nest Coal and Coke Company
was shot. and killed BY a negro TO-DAY
Charles II. Williams, store clerk, in pre-.
venting the negro from escaping was
shot: he is dangerously wounded They
have the Negro also the rope, and a
lyme ching IS lnpkeR for.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21
RANGE oETnERaoMETER.

The thermometer ranged as follows aa at
TIE Times oilice sestcrds Ssa a. M..si9:: 12
S.. 49, J.. ~. IS; p. M., "a; 9 z. NJ, p
L. nitd;sisht, is. Average, = i.s.5
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-21

CONTINUED on Second Page.s
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-10
DISTRICT COURT ITEMS.

At the completion of the Patton case
that of the state against Daniel Bryan
was called. Bryan is the man who
burglarized John Boe's saloon, last
December, and was shot by Officer
Eakright while he was attempting to
escape. Bryan pleaded guilty
and was remanded until Friday at IL
o'clock a. m. for sentence.
w G. Nichols was charged with
having burglarized F. H. Greenmans
barn, from which he stole twelve hens.
Nichols indicated willingness 20
plead guilty to petit larceny and the
case was remanded to the justice
court.
The case against Carl August Leh-
man was then called. The defend
ant is charged with the rape of his
young daughter. AS in the Patton
case, most of the jurors were asked if
they had read about the case in the
Bee, and most of them replied in the
affirmative. The defendant is repre-
sented by Attorney Noffsinger. At
the time of going to press the effort to
secure jury was still in progress.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-10
BULL FIGHTING At BUFFALO.
Mexicans Will Give an Exhibition With
out Cruelty.

out Cruelty.
II. H. McGarvie, president of the
Pan-American Concessionaires' asso.
citation, has just returned from Mex
ico.. He said last night at the Hu-
tel Bartholdi that President Diaz is in
first rate health and that there will
be bull fighting at the Pan-American
exposition, with the blood and cruelty
left out. He said:
The Mexican government is sending
up a fine exhibit to the streets of
Mexico, one of the features of tn =
exposition. There will be represen-
tatives of all the military organize
tions of the republic, including the
mountain police, who will have brand
new uniforms. There will be the
most expert bull fighters and fight
ing bulls in Mexico. At the p.,int
of the contest when the animal is u.s.
ually killed the fighter will place IL
rosette on his hide on the spot where
he would naturally strike the bull.
There will be band from Yucatan.
Linen weavers and leather workers
will mako their wares on the grounds
every day. The Mexicans will leave
their country for Buffalo on April rs.
reaching there on April o."
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-10
ON ClARk'S TRAIL YET.

Charles Lannin and F. j. Pelletier
members of the Silver Bow delegation
of the Seventh legislative assembly,
returned to their homes in Butte last
evening after several days spent in
Missoula and the Occur d. Alene dis.
trict. Both gentlemen are accredited
as Heinze followers in political af
fairs, and it is learned of good author.
ity that a large element in the 1r
rand that brought them to Western
Montana was an attempt to secure
evidence of fraud in the elections OF
Missoula county at last falls election
that might be used in the effort tc
have vacated the election of Senator
Clark.
Whatever conclusions were arrived
at or information gathered while IN
the city has, of course, not been given
out, but both were known to nave
given out an intimation of their errand
to this section. Muscular.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-10
BIG FORK ITEMS.

ii. r. Conklin's house was COM
pieteiy destroyed Sunday morning by
ire. Mr.. Conklin left home early,
ana as usual left a fire in the stove,
which is an air-tight heater, and it is
supposed II exploded, setting the house
ON ire. Several of the neighbors
saw the hre, but nothing could be
uone to save anything in the house.
Ola Colby, has returned from Chi
cago, where he went some time ago
accompanied by his son Wendell to
see a specialist with the expectation
Oh having an operation performed up
ON the little boys eyes, but owing 70
the child taking sick the operation
viii have to be delayed for some time
to come. Mrs. Colby will leave in (.
few days for Chicago and expects to
stay until the boy is able to come
home.
The Stanley Bros, who had the
contract of building the power house
for the big Fork Electric Light and
Power company, have completed the
building. The power company s
fiume at the upper end, which is
about 1000 feet long is complete and
carpenters are working on the short
piece of flume at the lower end, which
they expect to finish in about two
weeks. If no trouble is experienced
in hauling the machinery down from
kalispell the plant will soon be in
operation.
Mr.. Iceland, who has been living
for some time near Creston, anu work
ing at Big Fork, is moving his family
to the Sells place near Echo lake.
William Martin. brother of Jack
Martin, arrived few days ago from
Michigan and as soon as he can gel
located will send for his family.
Big Fork, April z.