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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-05
.LATEST NEWS Is OF
THE IR.AIILR0 ADS
The Heavy Inauguration Travel Sun
day and Yesterday-The Lines
and the Operatives.

Inauguration travel was the feature in
the railroad world on Sunday and yester-=
day. Every north bound train out of Rich
mond was heavily loaded Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac trains could
hardly accommodate the crowds Sunday
night. a very heavy train was taken out
yesterday morning at s. Many of the
Richmond people returned last night. The
travel over the Atlantic Coast Line and
seaboard Air Line Sunday and Sunday
night was very heavy.
When the Richmond Fredericksburg
and Potomac northbound train pulled OUT
of Elba Station last night there were
thirteen coaches attached. Each passen-
ger coach was full of people going TO
the Inauguration. There was not va
cant seat in the train.
"There were at least twenty tramps on
that train" said the gateman, as the
rear end of the train passed him. They
put 'em off once, but they all managed
to hang on somewhere. That trains got
a heavy pull tonight, but she'll get
there on time, I guess.
Mr.. A. ]. Arallet, who has been agent
for the Chesapeake and Ohio in this clty
for several years, has accepted posi-
ton in the Office of the cashier OF the
Newport News ohip-puiiuiiiS eiAA
dock Company.
Col. u. P. Smith. district PASSENGER
agent of the Seaboard Air Line. is dis
tributing some very beautiful calendars
advertising the road.
Mr.. J. J. Register, OF the Southern Rail
wav offices, Washington. came to Rich-
mond to spend yesterday IN order 10
avoid the crowd and confusion IN WASH
ington He is stopping at No. 2bVo East
Franklin Street.
Mr.. Charles Rippin has been appointed
contracting freight agent of the Seaooard
Air Line Railway. with headquarters at
Room No. 4O7 Merchants Exchange. st.
Louis. No. to succeed Mr. K Z. HICKS
promoted Mr.. Rppins will report to the
general western agent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-05

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past several months has been visiting his
uncle III Lunenburg county. has returned
home.
Mrs. Steward remains quite sick at her
residence on State Street
Mr. James Matthews IS confined to his
home on Graham Street with the grip
Mrs. Walter Eayes Is very i'll at her res
idence on Holland Street
Mrs. Charles Wick is improving after her
recent illness.
Miss Bessie Prairie is confined to the
residence of her father on State Street
with an attack of malariai fever
Miss Blanche Leonard, who has been
indisposed at her residence on Louisiana
Street. is able to be out.
Mrs. Kerr. who has visiting Mrs r w.
Batterby. of Nicholson Street. was called
to the bedside Of her mother on Wednes-
day. In Thomasvfl1e, Ga.
Mrs. G. n. Smith Is quite sick at her
residence. No. 701 State Street.
Mrs. Mary Eacho continues quite mex
Of her residence on Denny Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-05

Col. z. P. Smith. district PASSENGER
agent of the seaboard Air Line. is dis
tributing some very beautiful calendars
advertising the road.
The Conservative, 1901-08-29
A QUEER FRONTIER EXPERIENCE.

In narrating the frontier experiences
of "The First White Baby Born in the
Northwest" in The Ladies Home
Journal for August, w. S. Harwood
tells of a queer experience that befell
the family in the first year after settling
on farm far removed from the settle
ments. "The winter had been unus.
ually long and severe, and their store of
provisions ran low. 1t was a long dis
tance to the nearest base of supplies,
and communication with the outside
world had been cut off. Indians in the
neighborhood one night broke into the
granary where the wheat was stored
and stole quantity. In doing this large
amount of broken glass became mixed
with the wheat which the Indians left,
SO for many days, amidst much merry
story telling and many joke and laugh,
in spite of the serious situation, the
family gathered about large table in
their living-room and spent the short
winter days picking over the wheat,
kernel by kernel, in order to free it
from the pieces of glass. For this
wheat stood between them and starva-
ton, and none Of it's precious kernels
must be lost. Their stock of flour had
long since wasted away, as had most of
their food supplies, so they boiled and
ate the wheat without grinding. Relief
reached them just in time to prevent
sad ending to the experience"
The Conservative, 1901-08-29

on record occurred in 1895. The captain
Of the schooner Mary Washington was
charged at Seattle with having scuttled
his ship with the object of obtaining
twenty five hundred dollars, the amount
of insurance upon her cargo worth half
that sum. After the ship had been
taken to sea, number of holes were
bored below the water-line in her hull,
and upon removing board temporarily
fastened over the holes, the vessel
foundered at the will of her captain,
who eventually confessed.
Underwriters are necessarily long
suffering, for competition among them
is so keen that they sometimes prefer to
pay when in doubt as to the honesty of
the insurer, rather than that their action
be misconstrued and business driven
away. The system of ship-insurance is
by no means free from imperfections,
and it occasionally verges upon gam.
bling. A few of the great ship-owners
insure their own ships others do so to
specified percentage Of their value. In
some instances, no doubt, ships are in
sured beyond a liberal valuation, just as
some houses are insured against fire for
more than they are worth. Such cases
are uncommon. Underwriters might
consider the wisdom of combining for
their own protection so as to make it
impossible to insure an undermanned
ship, but when we remember the enor-
nous number of vessels afloat and the
rarity Of loss by scuttling, such plan
seems almost unnecessary.
Buffalo, N. Y, August z, 1901.
The Conservative, 1901-08-29
Che Conservative.

IOuuu UTlIUluS dIOuuu WlUIlOtG duyOuo
aboard, and the fate Of her crew re-
mained, undetermined for some days.
They had sought safety in passing YES
sci and reached home in due course. AS
is usual in such cases, the British gov
ernment ordered an investigation to as
certain the cause Of the abandonment of
such we'll built vessel in the summer
and during fine weather. The court
cancelled the captains certificate be-
cause he had allowed the sluice in the
collision bulkhead to remain open, had
cut a suction-p pipe in the after end of the
ship, and had turned the water into the
hold, in order to scuttle her. AS he was
not proved to be in collusion with any
body to defraud the underwriters, and
as no sane person would have acted as
he did, the court appears to have be-
lieved that he was not responsible for
his actions.
A still more recent case of scuttling
was carried out ON Scotch ship. A
Dundee owner of the name of Hobbs
tried to beat the record in robbing the
underwriters. In the summer of 1891,
small vessel named the Da Capo, of
100 tons, belonging to Hobbs was lost
about twenty-five miles from Montrose.
Three days before Christmas of the
same year, another small craft, the
Greetelina, also owned by Hobbs, met
like fate not far from the place where
the waters rolled over the Da Capo. One
other ship belonging to this same mer-
chant reached his favorite dumping
ground in the vicinity of Montrose, and
also went to the bottom. Then the un-
derwriters became suspicious, and care
full inquiries were made as to the char
acter Of the trade that caused so many
well insured ships and cargoes to be
sacrificed. They found that Mr.. Hobbs
was in the habit of buying worn out
vessels of considerable age, patching
them up temporarily, sending them to
sea, we'll insured and inducing his en-
ployees to scuttle them. No doubt, the
profits were large; but the peculiar
nature of the business involved consid-
cradle risk. Hobbs and confederate
were tried and convicted, and were
sentenced to long term of imprison-
ment.
In September 1894, the master of an
English trawler was charged with hav-
ing "unlawfully and maliciously cast
away his ship" She left port on Aug.
24th, and two days later water was
discovered in her hold. The men went
to the pumps, and one who had been
below testified that he learned that the
cause of the leak was two augur holes,
near which he found an augur, as well
as signs that it had been used not long
| before The vesse1 WAS q naU one the
The Conservative, 1901-08-29


with, strange to say, by a specially fit
ted, salvage steamer, which towed her
to Norfolk, Va. There she was placed
in dry dock, and the reason for her con-
dition was clearly revealed, even to the
most superficial observer. No less than
fifteen augur-holes appeared in her hull
below the water-line, and she would un-
doubtedly have sunk had it not been for
her cargo of lumber.
The salvors were awarded five thous-
and dollars to compensate them for
their labor and expenditure, and to pay
this the L. e. Cann was sold by order of
the United States district court. At an
auction sale only $4,000 was offered for
her, and after the sale this amount was
paid to the owners of the salvage
steamer. Brooks confessed that the
holes found in her hull had been bored
by him, and the shipper of the bogus
cargo, thinking that discretion was the
better part Of valor, did not demand the
insurance money. The vessel herself,
however, was insured for $5, 900, and her
managing owner asked for that sum
upon the ground that she was "a con-
structive loss," which means that it
would cost more to recover her from the
salvors than she was worth before the
scuttling. He could not, of course, get
possession of her without paying the
balance due for salvage, whatever price
the buyers might want for the bark for
which they gave $4,000. His claim,
therefore, against the insurers was that
his property was total loss. They re-
fused to pay for several reasons, but they
did not assert that the owners were in
any way connected with the scuttling,
or were cognizant of their captains
criminal intent. In two actions before the
Nova Scotia courts, the managing owner
secured Judgment in his favor but on
appeal the supreme court reversed the
decisions, one judge, alone, dissenting.
Thereupon, the case was taken to the
judicial committee of the privy coun-
Gil, in England, according to the Canad
ian law, which upset the decisions of
the supreme court of Nova Scotia. AS
a result, the underwriters had to pay
not only the amount of the insurance,
but, in addition, the heavy costs that
had accrued.
Steel Vessels Not Exempt From Scuttling.
While wooden ships are, as a rule,
chosen by those desirous Of defrauding
underwriters by scuttling, yet iron or
steel vessels are not altogether free from
their attentions In 1882, the Falls of
Alton, new British ship, left Scotland
for Calcutta, India, with valuable
cargo of iron, railroad ties and COAL
All went well, till news reached her
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
Oakland Results.

OAKLAND. Dec. 2i.-Results OF today's
races; track fast:
First race-l'or thrce-ycar- olds; sell
ing: Futurity course. Quix II u. Rausch),
to !. won; Rasp fTrainer), 80 to !, sec
ond. Parslfal u. Woods. even. third.
-Ymc. III.
Second race-ITor two-y -year-olds. SELL
ing; six furlongs. Quad-a GBullman), to
]. won; Jacqueminot Co'Connor), even.
second; Flo Culver tTuberville), to 2.
third. Time. i;l4%.
Third race-For three year olds and up-
ward; selling; Futurity course. Pompino
tHoar), to !, won; Floronso q. Woods.
to ! second; Decapo Stuart. 6 TO !,
third. Time. 1:11.
Fourth race-For three wear olds and
upward: seven furlongs. Edgardo Burnsb,
10 2, won: Bagdad ,WinstetD. 100 to l.
second: Kitty Kelly tTuberyilleJ, to l,
third. Time, l:2TL.
Fifth racc-For three year olds and up-
ward; selling; one and onc-sixtconth
miles. Decoy tBurnsj. even, won; Citm-
well u. Woods, 5 10 l. second: Colonel
Ballentine IL. Jacbson), 3 to /, third.
Time, l:A7&.
Sixth race-For four ycar-ulds and up
ward: selling: Futurity course. Danger
Gus Maid CSpencer), even. won: Mat Ho-
gan tBullman). TO l, second; Saul of
Tarsus CBurns), 6 to ], third. Time,
l.IO1L
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
CAPT. LEMLY's GOOD DEED.
Enabled Manly Young Deserving
sailor to Re-EnIi~t ycstcrdny

Arthur Noon, late apprentice. United
States Navy. appeared at the Navy De-
partment about noon yesterday. and went
away little later with the opinion that
this Christmas will be about the happiest
he has ever experienced.
Captain Lemly had fixed" il so that
Noon. although deserteT. could be ad-
mitted to the service again. The blue
jacket who has made his sentiment toward
life in. Uncle Sans navee" turn somer-
saults in the past year was highly elated.
and is a great admirer OF Captain I-emly
ability as a "ixer.
For eight months. until Just recently, he
was in the naval prison at Boston. In
durance vile because of having deserted
the service before his term of enlistment
as an apprentice expired. He had escaped.
and vas roaming free. but being a de-
serter preyld on his mind. and he finally
surrendered himself. and served his pun
ishment Ike a man.
When he appeared before the recruiting
officer yesterday he was clad in hi5 jaunty
uniform. To this he was not entitled as
deserter dishonorably discharged from
the service. but he bad no other clothes.
The recruiting officer liked Moons ap-
pearance, but remarked that dishono-aoly
discharged jackies were not considered
desirable acquisitions to the service.
Then Noon went to Captain Lemly, and
the Judge Advocate General was so i'm
pressed with the honest and handsome
looking fellow that he conferred with the
recruiting officer. aud between them IL
was fixed" so that Noon was given n
Clean bill and told where he could enlist
and went away happy.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
THE RACING CALENDAR.
Nr,r nrIcnns Results.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-Results of
today's races: track fast:
First. race-For two and three year
olds; seven furlongs. siphon tsteele). >
10 !. won: Pirates Queen tCoburnl. to l,
second; Pyrrho iMeade), to o. third
Time, 1:272a.
Second racc-For two-year- olds: sell
ing; one mile. Ben Huilum W Waldo).
to 1. won: Hayward Hunter (B. Rice),
40 TO l. second; Goldaga lyme, 3 to ],
third. Time. :42.
Third race-For thrce-year -olds and up
ward. two miles. Little Elkin tDadeb- i
to 2, won. Warranted tHayden)' b 10 .
second: Deloraine iCochran). to !, third.
Time. 3.5i&.
Fourth race-Handicap; for three-year-
olds and upward; six fIrlonEs. Seyoy
tRobertson), to 5. won; Semicolon
(Dade). Is to l. second; Master Mariner
LyncD. S to l. third Time. i:l2l2.
Fifth race-For three year olds and up
ward, selling; one anG onesixteenth
miles. Death (Coburn), 10 2. won: Arak
tCreamer). 3 to /, second: Farmer Ben
nett tCochrane). S to ]. third. Time, l;4s-
Sixth race-For four -year-olds and up
ward; one mile. Sir Florian tDominickl
| TO g. won; Moron "a. Weber,, 20 10 l.
second; Campus Dade). 20 to !, third
Time l.sl
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
MAY ESCAPE ELECTROGUTION.
John Schmidt. Condemned Murderer,
Apparently becoming n Maniac.

ALBANY. y. Y. Dec. 24.-John Schmidt.
the Columbia county murderer, who has
been sentenced TO die in the electric chair
at Clinton Prison, Dannemora. during the
week beginning January 30, has apparent
ly become religious maniac and may yet
escape the deGth penalty.
Dead to the world for nearly three
years, and buried in a condemned mans
cell, Schmidt was resurrected recently.
and the date for his execution fixed by the
Court Of Appeals.
Schmidt's case is most extraordinary in
many features. Atrocious in the extreme,
though II was. he was permitted to pass
from riew, and for more than Eve years
remained in hiding, his crime apparently
forgotten.
Then h. returned to the scene Of his
crime, surrendered. was tried. convicted
and sentenced to death. The execution
of the sentence was prevented by an al
legged order of the court served on the
warden on the day fixed for that execu-
ton
The order proved to be forgery. and
the attorney who presented it disappeared.
The death penalty having been stayed un-
til after the date fixed by the court. the
prison officials were without power or
authority to execute the sentence. or re-
lease the man. He was once more ap-
parently forgotten by all except the
guardians of his living tomb.
A short time ago Warden Deyo brought
the case TO the attention Of the authori-
ties. II was again taken to the Court of
Appeals. the judgment of conviction af-
1rmed. and the date of the execution fixed.
Schmidt's long confinement in the dark
cell has apparently affected mis- mind. and
he now jabbers constantly in German on
religious matters, holding a cross before
his eyes.
Schmidt's condition was reported to
Governor Odell. who has appointed COM
mission to examine the man.
The commission is expected to report
soon. II they report Schmidt insane his
life will probably be spared. If feign-
ing insanity the law will take its course.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
KE1sTER FOR WASHINGTON.
Clarke Relieves He VIII Prove An
other kccIer.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 24.-Capt Bill"
Clarke said this morning that wh.le VIII
liam Keister has not yet signed to play
with the Washington club, terms have
practically been agreed upon aud BILLY
will be Senator next year. without
doubt.
Keister viii play in the outheld, where
Captain Clarke always believed he was
naturally intended to 20. With his accu-
rate and strong throwing, his sureness on
hy balls, and hard hitting, Clarke believes
that Keister viii shine as an outielder--
an opinion held by many of the Balti-
moreAn's friends.
II viii be remembered that Keeler
started out as an inhelder and proved a
miserable failure His work in the out
field ranks him as one OF the greatest In
the profession, and Clarke believes Keis-
ter will prove just such another find
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
BELIEVE SUICIDE is DANKs.
Arlington. Mass. Police Engaged Ia
Work of IdentiGcatfon.

BOSTON, Dec. 2f-Chief OF Policss Har-
riman. OF Arlington. telegraphed to the
New York police this morning asking
them to enquire as to the whereabouts OF
Henry P. Danks musician aud COM
poser, who lived at II Clinton Place. New
York. The Arlington police believe banks
and man who committed suicide by
hanging himself in the woods OF Forest
Street. Arlington. week yesterday are
the same.
Yesterday two men named MouIton. Iiv-
Ing in Cambridge. called on Chief Harri-
man. and after looking at a photograph
OF the dead man. said II answered the
description OF Darks as given them by
their brother. who was personally ac-
quainted with the man
banks. they said. came to Boston by the
ran River boat a week ago Saturday. and
Moulton and his wife both conversed with
MN. The body is that OF man forty or
forty-hye years old. FIVE feet nine inches
tail. and weighing about 160 pounds, with
dark hair and side whiskers, streaked
with grey
A gold watch. two pocket knives and
key were found in the pockets, but there
was nothing else by which the man could
be Identified.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
WHIPPED MAN WHO
CALLED HER LIAR.
WOMAN COULD USE HER FISTS.
Conductor in St Louis Car Who
Tried To Bully Actress Rctires
With Closed Eye and
bleeding Face.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 24.-The troubles Of the
transit company accumulate. Citizens
have been killed or MANNED by the cars
on an average OF dozen every thirty
days for the last twelve months. while
passengers have been repeatedly beaten
by conductors and motorrlen. the latter
using his controller as a weapon. 1t re-
mained for a woman to meet force with
force and demonstrate that the travelling
public had some rights whfch the COM
pany vas bound to respect. sr
a Determined Woman.
Madomoiselle Riaita. an actress, was
the woman. She boarded an Olive Street
car at Eighteenth. bound for Broadway.
She was carrying couple OF grips.
Scarcely had she got on the platform be-
fore the conductor collected her fare and
gave her transfer. Proceeding through
his car. the conductor soon returned and
attempted to collect a second fare from
the woman When she told him she had
paid he did not believe her, and threat T.
ened to put her off.
Called Her u Iiur.
M1Itlnolbellc lNldild SuONtu the trans
fer he gave her but this evidence did nc:
evidence dh not convince the
conductor Of his error. and he
loudly called her lar Dropping her
grips Mademoiselle Rialta swung out her
right. landing ON the conductors left eye.
Again she struck him. this time in the
mouth knocking him back against the
passengers and drawing blood Blow after
blow was rained on the conductors head
and face.
He attempted TO strike bsck. but was
prevented by passengers. The conductor
then summoned the motorman to his as
sistance. but the latter did not respond
as man whipped out his knife and
threatened ''to carve him" II he did.
Dared Him to Try Again.
The car proceeded east till it reached
Eighth Street. when the conductor again
demanded another fare, and threatened
TO put the woman off unless she paid. and
she dared him to attempt the feat. The
conductors eye was closed his mouth
bleeding. and number of bruises on his
face testified TO the steam in Mademoi-
sello Rialta's ann. At Broadway she
alighted and transferred to another line.
Prof Hooper says he never wit
messed a finer exhibition Of short arm
fighting than Madempiselle Rialta sut UP.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
SAYS DOCTOR BROKE WORD.
Miss McGuire Asks 10000 for Al
legged Breach of Promise.

CASfDEN. n. J., Dec. 24.-Dr. Jacob II.
Davis, young physician, is being sued
for breach Of promise by Mabel e. Ma
gure Davis. until recently. practiced in
Camden. He now has an Office in Bur
lington, n ]. He was married last
Thanksgiving Day to Miss Bessie Eng
land. of Haddonfeld. Both parties to the
litigation have been leaders in Camden
society
Or. Davis and Miss Mcguire were school
children together ana have been engaged.
so the latter aserts. since September.
1895. In her petition the plaintiff asserts
that Davis caused her to give up her
position. He did not desire his fancee to
be in the working class.
She alleges that during the entire time
of their engagement she paid all the ex-
peuses Of their pleasure trips.
Miss Mcguire demands $40 COO damages.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
NEW NOSE FOR XMAS GIFT.
Buffalo Surgeons Perform Remnrka-
BILE Operation on Victim of Horse.

BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. 24.-By an opera
tie= -=sihiiefi is rare. Andrew Stspheki, of 81
Rother Avenue, received new nose from
the surgeons OF the Emergency Hospital
last night for Christmas R'esent
Stepheh owns a vicious horse. end when
he went into the animals stall last night.
the horse bit off the left wing OF his
nose.
Stephek had neglected to take the
missing part to the hospital with him.
so the surgeons were obliged to substitute
something else.
They cut a strip of skin from the right
side of the mans nose and then turned
over the ridge Of the organ aud grated
1t to the injured surface of the left side.
The new wound on the right side then
was covered with a small strip OF flesh
from Stepheki's arm.
His nose will look almost as well as
eve, when the wounds heal.
The Washington times., 1901-12-25
KILLED BY HIS RIVAL.
JeaIuos Vans Deed Hidden From
Victims Family.

RICHMOND, Va, Dee. 2i.-The body OF
John E. Seay. who was murdered in No
blesville. Ind, Sunday morning. arrived
here today in charge of committees Of
Masons and Pythians Seay was shot down
in cold blood with shotgun by William
Fodreau on account of Jealousy.
Seay. who was a well-knovn miller of
this city. went to Noblesville several
years ago and was in charge OF a large
Touring mill there. He Nas the suitor for
the hand of Miss Carrie Phillips. belle
Of Noblesville. as was William Fodreau.
in fit of Jealousy Fodreau crcpt upon
him in the mill and shot him down. The
fact that he was murdered was kept from
his mother and sisters here. who bell we'd
he was killed by the machinery OF the
mill