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New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
CALIFORNIA MIGHT ANNEX HAWAII
SCHEME OF PRESIDENT JORDAN AND
OTHERS.

Honolulu. June Is (SpeciaD.-According TO The
Volcano" a weekly newspaper here, President
David Starr Jordan OF Stamford University has
suggested novel plan for solving the political
difficulties Of the islands. Mr. Jordan favors the
annexation OF Hawaii 10 California as a Congress
sIonal district The Volcano" says:
DR.. Jcrdans IDEA is TO have Hawaii constituted
FIVE counties and Congressional district OF Cali
tornia- All the legislation necessary would be the
passing OF act by Congress and an act by the
California Legislature. The hulk OF the Hawaiian
trade is with California. and the territory properly
belongs &c that State California would get
revenue from Hawaii than the expenses of the
government. and in return Hawaii would get the
benefit of CALIFORNIA; two Senators and eight Con-
Rressmen IN becoming part OF California We
should the end of tho expensive terri
torial government known in America. q gov
eminent whose expenditures far exceed its income
and the end of petty political quarrels.
Judge Humphreys is also a strong advocate of
the annexation OF Hawaii to California and many
Of the prominent of the island favor the
scheme. II is understood that Judge Humphreys
VIII go 20 Washington and lay the project before
the President.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
STyPENNY NAIL IN HIS THROAT.

Michael McHugh forty-three years old. en-
gineer. of No. 320 West Forty -seventh-st., will
have an X-ray turned on him Bellevue
Hospital to-day to find sxpenny nail that
is lodged in his throat. MeHugh was do
ing some carpentering work at his home yester-
day. He placed a number Of nails about two
inches in length in his mouth. One of them he
swallowed and il stuck fast in his throat.
At Bellevue Hospital efforts were made TO find
the position of the nau but this could not be
ascertained McHugh is suffering great pain
and is In serious condition.
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24
/ valued him as friend have been proud OF
BOER 'BARBARITY" REFUTED.
AN ANEcDOTE OF MR.. HAY WHILE CONSUL
AT PRETORIA.

When Richard Harding Davis returned from the
Transvaal in August. 1900. he told the Following
story about young Mr.. Hay:
There was a funny story running through me
British lines one day about Boer barbarism. ana
our young consul Adelbert s. Hay. PLAYED a pct
uresque as well a diplomatic role IN T. NOW
the T2oers were wont TO the ends or their bull
let's with kind of grease TO prevent them splttlng
fn barrel; after certain time tillS grease
took on an emerald color 1t appears tnat some
British soldiers chanced 10 find few bullets from
the Boer rifles without using a surgeons instru-
ments and on sight Of the green grease t5ey
Thought that the bullets poisoned. With re-
marIabIe rapiditv N was noised about that the
Beers were such barbarians as to use poisoned
bullets.
Mr. Hay our lew consul at Pretoria, happened to
come into one of the British tents when such
bullet was on exhibition. Having looked al the
projectile a long time and smelled 1t carefully ne
said:
why. these T II by mistake into pudding. They
1e only Favored with wintergreen and, so say
ing he licked off the green with apparent rellsh.
That disposed of the story of Boer baroarism
New-York tribune., 1901-06-24

From all over the county tonight come fuller re-
ports of damage done by wind and water. but no
additional fatalities recorded
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
Frank Williams, Colored, Displays
Undue Curiosity at Windows,
APPOMATT0X RIVER Wei ~ cow.
Extensive improvements to the Petersburg
Gas Works colorsd Boarding House
Keeper Charged With Stealing
from Her Guest.
isnecia, pIspatch to The Times. )

PETERSBURG, VA, Nov. 12.-Maay.
complaints have recently been made to
the police that during the night win
dow Stats arc turned by a negro man,
but with what intention cannot be said.
1t is believed the negro intended rob-
berry. Frank Williams, a bright mulatto.
is under arrest and was identified by sew
eral ladies this morning as the man
who trespassed on their premises at
night
George Carter, q negro woman, Who
Keeps a boarding house in this city. was
sent to Jail for four months this morn
ing ON the charge of stealing $24 from
Austin Andrews, of Emporia. Andrews
left the money in the room he occupied
and finding it out after he had game but
a short distance, returned and the money
was missing. No trace has been found
Of it and the woman denies the charge.
Guy Jones and Charles Bland, two he.
gro boys, were tried this morning. for
stealing from the store of A RosenstoclS
and Company. This was Jones first Of
tense and he was given two months in
Jail. Bland has been. convicted twelve
times for larceny and was sent to Jail
for twelve months. His age alone pre-
vents his being sent to the peniten-
tiary
Hall thieves have gotten in some sue
cessful work on High Street and have
not yet been foun out.
Grant Gocde. q negro, was arrested to-
day for stealing COW belonging 10
Henry Beck, Of Prince George. Goode
sold the COW to negro butcher in Pc
tersburg and received fifty cents in parc
payment.
Mr.. NJ. B. Cogbill and Miss jamie Cousins
were married at half-past ten clock this
at the home Of the brides pa
rents, on East Washington Street, the
Rev. 3. f. Lipscomb performing the cere-.
mony. Mr. Richard Cogbill, brother OF
the groom, was best man, and Miss Laura
Harris, of Dinwiddie county, was maid of
honor. Mr.. and Mrs. Cogbill Will be at
home in Petersburg after November GOTH.
The water in the Appomattox river is
lower than it has been for many years,
even in the summer season.
The Methodist Ministers in Petersburg
left to-day for Newport News to attend
the Conference. Mr.. r. B. Davis, lay Gel
egate from the Petersburg District, and
Messrs. ]. w. Bradbury and l.. L. Marks,
who are members of the Conference
Boards. vii! also attend the session.
The Petersburg Gas Company is making
extensive improvements to its plant in Pc
tersburg. The total cost Will be about
$4,000.
success in the conduct of his meetings in
Petersburg in the interest of the anti-sa-'
loon movement in Petersburg. Tonight
his subject will be Influence of Young
Manhood and Womahood on Our City,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
SURG GEO
HERE
Southern Association Meets at Lee
Camp Hall.
MANY PAPERS BY ABLE MEN
TIA! by Dr.. Price One OF the Features OF the
Meeting-Dr.F euner 10 Read Paper
To-Day-The Social
Features.

The Southern Surgical and Gyneco!ogi-
cal Association commenced yesterday
morning in Lee Camp Hall for the first
days session Of the fourteenth annual
meeting. The body was called TO order at
1880 by DR.. Manning Simons of Charles
ton, S. c., president Of the association.
DR.. George Ben Johnston introduced
HON SEppa Hunton, of the Constitutional
Convention, who delivered a brief address
of welcome, after which DR.. Johnston ex-s
pressed the appreciation of the local COM
mittee of the efforts on the part OF thosa,
who have arranged for the entertainment
of the visitors, and announced that the
Commonwealth and Westmoreland Clubs
.opelr their doors to the members OF the
association during their stay in the city.
PAPERS READ AND DISCUSSED.
Following his announcements the read
ing and discussion upon various papers
was promptly takeE4 up. "A paper, READ
by DR.. Joseph Price. of Philadelphia,
claimed the greater part of the morning
discussion, taken part in by DR.. Watkins.
of Montgomery; DR.. Reamy, of Cincfn-
natl; DIR. McMurtrey, of louisville; DR..
Noble of Atlanta; DIR. Hall. of Cincinnati;
DR. Hagga I'd, of Nashville, and DR.. Rick
cts, of Cincinnati. Att o clock the meet
ing adjourned for luncheon at No. sos
East Grace Street.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
During the afternoon papers were read by
DR.. 7. #. Wilson of Sherman, Texas: DR..
Henry D. Fry, Of Washington; DR.. J. 3.
Murphy, of Chicago; DR., C. Jeif Miller.
Of New Orleans; DR.. James n. Files. Of
Atlanta; DR.. 4 NJ. CARTRIDGE. of Louis
Vile; and DR.. Robert Il. Morris of New
York, which We're discussed at length
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
To-day's programme will include the
delivery Of President Simonse address.
which was postponed from yesterday.
More than twenty papers are to be
read. some of them upon the most impor-
tant questions to be discussed
The medical profession OF the city is
invited to attend the MEETINGS of the asso-
citation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
JENNINGS RACES.
All FaYorltes Beaten Yesterday-Jockey sus-
perded.
(Hy Assn..iated P-ess. )


WASHINGTON, Nov. 1o.-.All the favor
ties were beaten at to-day's races at
Bennings.
Jockey Martin. who rode O'Hagen in
the fourth event, was suspended for a
week for having four pounds over
weight. but his horse. the winner of the
race, was not disqualified under a recent
ruling Of the Jockey Club. Lux Casa.
who ran second in the Futurity at Sheers-
head Bay, was heavily played on the
score of that performance. but was beaten
II: a hard drive by a half length by Ba-
rouche. who also vas well backed. Sum
maries:
First race--flvez and one-1alf furlongs-
Aratona Q5 to y first. Corded co to u
second, Tour g to y third. Time. 100 80.
Second race-six furIongs-Barouche e
to u first, Lux Casta e to 1O second,
Tenagra &c to u third. Time, 1:16 so.
Third race-one mile and forty yards
Ben Battle q to . first A1ard I'll to 81
second, Kingsteele a to, y third. Time,
1:47
Fourth race-six furlongs-oH Hagen Go to
. first, Playlike 6 to y second, Arrah
Gowan Is to y third. Time, Eli.
Fifth race-one mile and sixty yards
Wunderlich q to u first, Flaccus &c to -
second. Moroton e to y third Time,
$50 %.
Sixth race-one mile and one hundred
yards-Fatalist q to y first, Guesswork e
to j. second, Annie Thompson e toll
third. Time, 1:51 2-5.,rs tssy set .sfFiro1i,k
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
SHIP BUILDING
ON MOBILE BAY
Gulf Coast Company VIII Also Es-
tabIish Repairing Plant at
New Orleans;
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Times will
say tomorrow that the New York and
Southern capitalists who incorporated
the Gulf Coast Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, in the State of Alabama,
have formulated plans for the establish
ment Of a large shipbuilding plant, on
the shores of Mobile Bay. and a dry
dock and ship repairing plant at NV
Orleans.
In addition to the construction and
maintenance of the Mobile. and New Or
leans plants, the Gulf Coast Company has
the power, under it's charter, to estab-
lish and operate wharves for commercial
purposes, and to construct and operate
furnaces. mills ana manufacturers: to
charter, buy and sell and operate ships;
to establish, equip and operate coal de-
pots and coaling stations. and tc buy and
sell coal and other minerals, In the Sc
curing of a large portion Of the ship re-
pairing and docking business at New Or
leans, it is pointed out that the constr,c-
ton OF an Isthmian Canal is reckonsd
upon as a probability.
1.-THE present time the nearest ship.
building or docking plant to the Gulf is
at Newport News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
BUCKINGHAM COURTS.
The County eeur! Gives Way 10 the Circuit
Court-The Crops.
Special Dispatch to The Times

3 GKEYBURN. VA, Nov. 12.-There was
a. good attendance at Buckingham Court
Monday. There were no sessions of the
County Court, Judge Moss. the county
judge. giving way to Judge Hundley, who
commenced holding his fall term here.
The docket was called and cases set for
hearing. during the week. AS there is not
much business in the Circuit Court ready
for hearing. Judge Hundley expects to
finish up this week and leave to hold
his court in Lunenburg next week
The Democrats of the county were con-
gratula ting each other on the success OF
the State ticket and the large Demo-
cratic majority that was given by the
county Of Buckingham.
The fall has been very dry since the
equinoxial period was passed. This has
been unfnvorable for the seeded grain,
much of which has not come>up, ana that
which is up is making Slow progress in
growth for the want of moisture The
tobacco is all cured land stripping will.
commence as soon as season$is obtained.
for bulldng, The crop in the county is
a fair one. and can pc marketed earlier,
than is common.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
THE INJURED AND. SICK.
Miss Emily crurp Doing Week.-Mrs.. Nc
0iIyra 0peruted On. -

Miss Emily Crunp was reported last.
night as having spent the most comfor-
table day since being at the hospital.
Il Mrs. AicG ilvra, of Atlanta, was opera ted
upon yesterday afternoon al the yic-
sinia Hospital for appendicitis by DR..
Price, OF philadelphia. Mrs. McGi1vra
has been visiting her nother,s at No. 2O1
EastHFranklin Street. for several months,
and was taken suddenly i'll on Sunday
8 Kent Conway. the son OF Mr. John Con-
sway. 81. Madison, is at the Old Dominion
Hospital, where he may undergo an OPP
Grafton for paralysis. sttsss
Mr.. And rev .. Pizzini is convalescing at
the Virginia Hospital from a long siege,
OF typhoid fever. 3.s.3
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
RESCUED FROM FLAMES.
Three Women Jump fran fifth Story.
Into q Net
CIV Associatod Press.)

(By Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. PA fire that
started in the shoe store Of N. o. Stone
&, Co.. on Euclid Avenue, late this eve
hing, caused a loss of $4,000 to that firm,
OF which 5000 is on stock and $4,000
or the building: insurance about so per
cent ofithat sum.
The jewelry firm Of -Arnstein Brothers &
Nlier. on the second floor of the Stone
Block, lost $4,000; insurance notstated.
The upper stories were occupied by ply
sicians, photographers and other tenants.
4 corset factory owned by Mrs. Graham.
employing about twenty girls, was on the
fifth floor. When the fire broke out all
the girls made a rush for the fire-escapes
and ladders The fire spread SO rapidly,
however, that they could not use the fire
escapes and q number of the girls were
rescued by firemen on ladders, while three
of the women, including Mrs. Graham,
jumped from the fifth story into a net held
b. the firemen below, When taken to the
hosuital Mrs. Graham was found to have
been fatally hurt, her side having been
crushed in, spine fractured and an arm
broken. She died at the hospital tonight
DR.. Dowd, dentist, and Chestnut
Brothers, photographers, We're other ten
ants, and their loss is total, the entire
building being a mass Of wreckage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
MI InIlD
I'm ORIl'T NEWS
Conference viii Have Practical De-
monstration q Progress.
CONFERENCE MEMBERS ARRIVE.
Compromise eta Damage Suit ID Eiizabeth
. City County Circuit Court Monroe Lewis,
Slayer q Albert Button, to
Hang December lz:a.
/. 81 81 =.
Especial Dispatch to The rjmes.)

Especial Dispatch to The TmeS.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Nov. 1s.-Mem-
bers of the Virginia Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
which convenes In this city to-morroW.
are arriving on every train and boat and
are being distributed among the homes
provided for them. All denominations
are co-ouerating with the Methodist con-
gregations in entertaining the distin-
gutshed body
An interesting feature in connections
with the conference will be the practical
Illustration of the progressiveness and
vitality of Methodism. as shown in tho
growth OF the denomination in Newpors
News.
In 1851 the Methodist church property
In Newport News was, valued at $50 and
the membership numbered thirty-four,
only $3.50 was paid the pastor and the eon-
ference collections amounted to but IS.
At this time the little congregation wor-
shipped in the Union Chapel, used by all
the other denominations In the town
GOOD SHOWING
At the present time there are three
Methodist churches in the city. Trinity
Church property Is valued at $4,000 and
1t has a membership OF 80. The pastor
receives s1,SG0 a year.
The Elizabeth City county Circuit Court
convened this morning at Hampton, with
SSeS1oS hAAoSnSSohS VIZ TIC ASlENlE. llS SdS0s
Of Nellie Phoebus, who is suing her hus-t
band, Frank Bhoebus, for divorce. was
set for final bearing Thursday. The att.
terneys for Mrs, Ellenc1Downey. who waJ
awarded s5,GC0 DANA ges- for Injuries re-
gceived in a wreck on the line OF the New
port News and Old Point Railway ana
Electric Company, conferred with the at
torneys for the company. with the result
that a compromise was agreed on where
by the plaintiff gets s35OO ard further
proceedings are stopped. Mrs. powneyl
died a month or so after the verdict was
rendered.
MONROE LEWIS WILL HANG.
It seems probable that Monroe Lewis
the murderer of Albert Pretlow, will d3ol
on December 18th. according to sentences.
Governor Tyler. to whom application for
clemency was made, is quoted with having
said that he had granted his last pardon.
and Governor-elect 0Iontag que does not go
into office until january 1st-4 Sheriff Cur-
tbs has given Lewis his choice of tha
time OF day for. his hanging, but In case
the condemned man has no choice in tho
matter. the drop will fall at noon.
Lewis will doubtless desire that the
fatal moment be postponed as long az
possible. especially as his attorney, Mr..
Fay Collier. mas not lost hope OF saving
his neck. The Governor Is not asked to
pardon Lewis, but to commute his SEM
tence.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
]. B. DOHER'IY
is ENDORSED
Central Trades and Labor Council
Want Him for Commis-
sioner Again,
siOner Again.

The Central Trades and Labor Council
by an Overwhelming vote last night en-
dorsed Labor Commissioner James 3.
Doherty for reappointment to his present
position over Mr.. w. Fl. Mullen. who is
also a. candidate. The fight was a spirited
one, and the vote is understood to have
been about five to one. The only otner
business of Importance transacted was the
election of Mr.. w. E. Seal as delegate to
the American Federation of Labor, which
meets in Scranton, Pa, in December
next.
The endorsement of Mr.. Doherty by the
Labor Council is expected to have great
weight with other labor unions, as it is
the central organization or the city. Mr..
Mullen is an officer of the council.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
FIERCE STORM
ON BRITISH COAST
Much Damage Done 10 Shipping,
Interior Visited Also by
Rough Weather..
.(Br Associated Press.l

LONDON, November 12.-Violent winds,
rain and snow-storms are reported from
all the coast of the United Kingdom. a
fierce gale is blowing in the channel and
mountainous seas are running. NO less
than half a dozen small vessels within
sight of Dover are flying signals OF dis
tress and the lifeibostts are vainly at
tempting to so to their rescue.
A rocket apparatus has been sent to
the South Foreland, where an admiralty
vessel is on the rocks, with the crew
clirginG to the rigging. Several vessels
have been disriasted and tugs are :es-
cuing craft which were driven ashore. At
other channel ports there We're similar
exciting scenes Ships. everywhere ire
running for shelter.
The mail boat Nord, which started srora
Dover for Calais at 1876 last night ran
down the lightships of the works OF the
new Dover pier. The crew of the lightshtp
were drowned.
1t is reported in Dover that sixteen per-
sons went down with. the ightship. The
Nord has gone ashore at the Foreland,
but l1erqpassengers are said to be safe. :
A tremendous storm, with torrents of
rain. is sweeping the north of Britain and
Ireland. There have been serious floods
in Yorkshire. Several. OF the suburbs of
Dublin are flooded and elswhere in Ire
land great damage has been done by.
llOUuS.4 oeSeIdl nave ~
Cured and railroad communication is de-
layed In some parts Of the country rain
has continued for thirty-six hours.
In the Manchester district, although
there has been considerable damage, the
floods have been rather welcome than
otherwise, as the mills had long suf-
fcred from the unusual drought
The gale is still raging undated to-
night along the coast. Reports continual
~ arrive of shipping casualties, and espec-
tally on the Northumberland coast,
where the storm is extremely violent
Three vessels were driven ashore tonight
at the entrance to the Tyne. Four small
vessels have been wrecked in the vicinity
CT Sunderland. and another has been
wrecked off Hartlepool. Altogether nine
persons were drowned, in these disasters
The lighthouse on the Sunderland pier
has been washed away.
The gale in the Irish Channel is the
severest known Tor many years. Five
vessels have been wrecked in Kingstown
harbor, which is strewn with wreckage.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
Dcatl, Of Mr.. Charles H. Page.

Mr. Charles II. Page. one of the oldest
Z coal and wood dealers in Richmond. died
yesterday afternoon at the home of his
son-in-law, MI. ROBERT L. Smith in Bar.
ton Heights. He had been ill for several
weeks, having suffered a stroke Of paraIy-
sis during the recent Carnival.
& Mr.. Page was a tive of Amherst com
tS and YVES in his sixty-fifthiSea having
been born April 18th. 1897. He spent much
of his early life in Lynchburg. and served
during the war as member of the Lynch
burg Home Guard under General Jack
son. He was brave soldier and had a
good record. Mr.. Page came to Ric,l-s
smond some thirty three years ago and
engaged in, be coal business, which sEe.
had Conducted success fully up to the time
of his death. He. ssnrvived by his wif-
and eight children. These are: Mrs. An.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
FROM
CAPTAIN KIDD.
Document Written While EPirate
Was in Captivity.
CSy Associated Treas

& PROVIDENCE, r. I. Nov. PA let
ter one hundred years old. from Captain
Kidd, the notorious pirate chief, to John
Bailey, Esq, or New York, which, from
evidence contained in it, is believed to
be genuine by those to whom it has be-
come an heirloom, has been deposited
for safe-keeping, with other papers, in the
Office of the Record Commissioner OF this
city.
The letter is tho property of Edward
Field, clerk of the Municipal Court of
Providence and historian. a descendant
of tile; Warner family, Which was among
the first to settle in what is now the town
of Warwick. It was found among family
papers.
.si55 WRITTEN IN CAPTIVITY.
Tho communication is dated Boston.
17o0-.1, and it sin part:
fear we are in bad situation. We
are taken for pirates, and YOU must come
to Boston as soon as you get this; there
is nosone can depend upon. I II do not
see you will tell you where my money is
tits ss > buried on y island, in Bos-.
ton farbor, on the = = island In two
chests containing from s15,C00 to $50, GOO
sterling in money, Jewels and diamonds.
They are buried about four feet deep.
with a Hat stone on them and a pile Of
stones near by. There is no one that
knows where 1t is but me now living.
MONEY POWERFUL.,
tits about = : !. - 9 up the hiIl.4
DON'T fail 70 come to me as so on. as YOU
get this. fsIf am gone tolfEngland, be
there assF soon as possible.ii Secure
the money before YOU come, as money
will do a great deal for us. =
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-13
ARCH CHAPTER in SESSION.
Annual Session Convened Ia III. Masonic
Temple Last Night.

The Grand Royal Arch Chapter OF v,r-
cinia convened in the Masonic Temple
last night in annual session
The Chapter was called to order at :
O'Clock by Most Excellent Grand High
Priest Alexander, of Alexandra. -Ae-
dresses We're deli.ered by High .r est
Alexander and Grand Lecturer W its,
HUBBARD, of Lynchburg. Ihere a feJe;shetit
ooo hnnfred delegates from aiiIpan5 oI
the state in. attendance. The c spt
w,il adjourn tonight, as theresi's very VERY
little business beyond routnett matters
to De transacted
The Grand Commandery of virginia
vii, he held AT the Masonic Temple 20
morrow at 10 o'clock A. N. a large al
tendance is expected. as officers Tor Tue
year will be chosen.
AT noon tomorrow the Board or GOV
erno-s of the Masonic Home viii meet
in judge wel.tord's Office in the Eity
laail for the transaction OF regular
business.