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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Ten-Year.oId Boy in a Serious
Condition.
BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE
Rescued In Charles City by Rev. W. J
l,iaybee-Unabl. to Give Any Name Ex-
cept .Dana"-Parents Both Dead.
alany Presents to Little one.

In the person of a child, possibly ten
years of age, whose body is beaten black
and blue from the crown of his head to
his toes and finger tips, now charity
patient at the Virginia. Hospital, there Is
an instance of human, cruelty which Is
revolving in the extreme. This little lei
low was brought to Richmond from Wal
ker's Store, Charles City county. on We'd
nesday evening by Rev. William j. May
bee, Superintendent Of the Children.s $
Home Society, and taken directly to the
hospital, where the serious nature of his
injuries demanded immediate attention.
DR.. PaullIs A. Irving was called IN, ana
upon a careful examination OF the child
found his condition serious and his body
covered with outs and bruises evidently
inflicted with a stick.
THE INJURIES.
There are four deep cuts on his head,
one indentation of the skull and long
red stripes across his back and shoulders.
Several of his tinger-nails are broken
and coming off, evidently the result OF
catching the stick upon his hands, in the
effort to ward off the blows. From Ok
posure his feet are frost-bitten and sWol-
len, which adds to his pitiable appear
ance He is an intelligent youngster and
talks quite freely with the nurses attend
ing him. tut in spite of their persistent
efforts they have not been able to learn
from him any name save Dana He
says that is his only name. But when
I get settled he always adds, am
to have another
From Mr.. Maybee it was learned that
the boys parents were both dead ana
for some years he had been living with
a family near Walkers store
TALK OF PROSECUTION.
A woman in this family is said to have
beaten the child, and according to Mr.
Naybee there is talk of prosecution. At
the hospital every care and attention is
being given the little fellow. and his
chances for recovery are considered IA
vora BILE.
Several persons who learned of his pres
cree, at the hospital contributed clothing
which he is in need Of. while others re-
membered him with fruits, which he was
allowed to have by his physicians.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
ASSAULT CASE
IN SpOTSYL YANIA
The County Officials Suppress
Notice Of the crime-Far-
mer's Wife Left Alone.
Especial Dispatch to The TImes.)


SPOTSYLVANIA, VA, Feb. z22s.-Mr. Nell
son l.. Burruss, of 1,llornsburg, this coun-
ty, went to mill Monday, leaving his wife
alone. About a half hour after. Mr.. Eur
russ left a man forced an entrance into
the dining-room, and went into the
chamber. where Mrs. Burruss was clean
ing up the room. She saw the man, who
had hare skins on his head, and started
. to run. when he caught her, overpowered
and assaulted her. The man then took a
9hatchet, cut open a bureaau drawer and
stotle3 s63 in cash.
ii After Mrs, Burruss got over the shock,
She tried to run away. He then took
out his pocket knife and made for her,
when she knocked the knife out Of his
hand. lie then struck her a. severe blow
in the stomach which rendered her un-
conscious, i'll which co1dition she was
found by her husband OH returning.
Its not known whether the man was
white or colored.
Mrs Burruss is doing well. except be-
ing sore from the blows inflicted
Several parties are under suspicion and
are being watched. The officials kept
the crime in the dark until now.
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THE SITUATION
in THE WEST END
Unique Position Held by Messrs.
Minor, Blanks and
LFEE55 81
Winston.

The Clay Warda Actives will dis
cuss the division Of that ward and the
construction of Lee Ward at the meeting
tonight at Belvidere Hall, and some ac-
tor will be taken in reference to the
filling of vacancies in the City council
fl ON both the wards.
A resolution may be adonted calling
upon Council at the meeting Monday night
to take action toward giving the ward
full representation.
The measure just mado a law by the
Governor creating Lee Ward places
Messrs. Minor, Blanks and Winston IN
a peculiar position. They arc not le-..
galIy members of the City Council, all
though they were the choice of the voters
from this section.
There is a bill now on the calendar OF
the House of Delegates regulating this
condition of affairs, but it is question
whether the bill can ever be ralroaded
through before the Council meets next
Monday night This bill makes it law
ful for the gentlemen elected to serve IN
Clay Ward, to hold their positions IN
both Clay and Lee wards until their sue
cessors are chosen in the regular way
With the vacancies in Clay Ward, the
Council has the power under the pres
ont charter to- elect to fill them before
the regular election. There is one va
5cancy in the Board and two in the lower
branch. Z,
The same condition of affairs exists In
reference to the City Committee, the Po:
lice Commissioners and the Fire Conmis-
sioner. The division of the ward rows
the Fire Commissioner out OF job and
leaves Clay Ward without a representa-
tive il, that body Such vacancies are
to Ire filed by the City Council. Mr.. l..
C. Jenkins is the present member from
cav Ward. hut the division puts him in
Lee Ward.
THE vacancies in the City Committee
are 10 be filled by the committee. Clay
Ward has only two representatives now,
Messrs. CLYDE w. Saunders and Albert
@. Bosher; Lee Ward has three, Messts.
w. D. Butler, w. y. Kimbrough, and G.
Y. Darlington. These vacancies may be
filed at the next meeting of the COM
nittee which will be held next week.
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MIR. WENDENBURG'S CASE.
II Will Gene Up Before Bar Association This

II Will Come Up Before Bar Association This
afternoon
N The case of Mr.. Louis o. Wendenburg.
charged with conduct unbecoming an att
torney, will probably be finally disposed
of by the Richmond Bar Association this
afternoon.
The organization al its last meeting
passed a resolution censuring Mr. Vell-
5denburg. but voted down a motion To
suspend him. When the body! meets this
afternoon the first question to come up
will be the motion that was pending at
the last adjournment ! to suspend Mr.
Wendenburg for six months
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
(By Associated Press.)

: i ~
ANNAPOLIS, MD, Feb. 2s.--Prince
Henry of Prussia to-day visited the school
where the nation trains it's sea defenders
md met the young men under instruc-
ton there He saw them at work and at
ssplay. and at the close of his visit adj
dressed them in a. complimentary speech,
in which he expressed his confidence that
they would do their duty.
a driving rainstorm poured out tor
Z. ents Of water, but the Prince declined
E to take shelter and went through every
( formal feature Of the programme. Be
sides Secretary Long, the Americans in
+ athe escort Of the Prince were Senator
Hale. Representative Foss,S AdmiralS
Bradford, aBowles, O'Neill, Endicott, Ter
ry and Kenny, Captains Sigsbee and
I:emly Commanders Sutherland and
ccwles, Assistant Secretary Of State
Pierce, and Assistant Secretary of War
Sanger.
Commander wainwright, superintendent
IF the Academy, received the Prince. and
the entire party was driven through the
rloops lined in the; streets to. the Academy.
Regardless OF the deluging rain there
were crowds in the sodden streets through
which the@partys drove. "A national salute
was fred as esparty entered the grounds
of the naval college, and the Prince at
cnceE reviewed the cadet corps
The parade ground was a bog and the
rain ssplashed through the reviewing stand,
sbutsthe middies marched in perfect order
and the officers stood at attention un-
mind full Of the storm. When the parade
left the field they hurried to quarters,
changed dtosWorkingF clothes and hastened
ito the severa working departments.
While the students were preparing for
|irspection#the Prince was taken to the
physical laboratory and shown the plans
OF the improvements projected at the
|sAcademy
He was then taken to- the steam build
ing, where the machinery had been set
In otionS and tho cadets had taken
places at the 1athes and other ma chimes.
saHeSWaa next shown to the armory, where
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Railroads Were Particularly.
Heavy Sufferers.
ATHENS I'm TOTAL DARKNESS
Water Works Plant Inundated and Machinery
Rulned-Few Trains Into Atlanta, and
None Has Reached New Orleans
for 1wcnty.Four Hours
Persons Killed and Several
Injured 80 far Reported
(By Associated Press.l

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 2S.-Not in many
years has the Southeastern Gulf States
experienced damage so widespread by a
storm as that which on yesterday
spread over a section Of country embrac-
ing Georgia. Alabama, Tennessee. Vir-
sinn. North and South Carolina and
Florida.
as far as known seven lives were lost
and several persons injured. he damage
IS enormous. the railroads being Iurticu-
larly heavy sufferers. -Four lives were
lost in 81 wreck near Griffin. Ca, which
was caused by a washout- The other
dead were negroes whose cabins We're
blown away by the Storm The rains
raised the water. TO flood height in the
Ci1attahoocllee, Alabama, Ochmulgee,
Oconees. but late tonight the stage in
all of them was stationary except at
Columbus, Ga, where the Chattahoo-
chez was rising slowly. Columbus suf-
fered severely. One bridge was washed
away and another is expected to so at
any moment.
IN DARKNESS
The city Of Athens, Ga, is in total
darkness tonight, with two rivers send
ing volumes of water through some
parts of the town The North and Mid
die Ocjonee Rivers passed the high water
mark there early this morning, but to-
night We're stationary. The power plant
of the Athens Electric Street Railway
Company was submerged to a depth Of
six feet. At the Princeton factory the
river rushed through the building, doing
great damage to the machinery.
The water works plant was inundated
and the machinery ruined.
The water supply of the city was shut
eff. Both gas and electric light plants
were compelled to close down. AL The
bridges-city. county and railroad-are il!
danger. but none has t,een carried away.
No train has passed there on the Sea-
board from the North for Atlanta in tWen-
ty-four hours.
Washouts are reported on railroads
coming into Atlanta. excepting two. The
loss to the railroads is enormous and
they are handling their passenger traffic
only with the greatest difficulty. No
train on The Seaboard Air Line reached
this city since Thursday morning unit
5:l5 this afternoon. All trains on this
road are turned back at Athens, Ga.
using the Southern.s tracks into Atlanta.
NEW ORLEANS CUT OFF.
The first train over the Southern since
i6 o'clock last night pulled into Atlanta
oat 6 o'clock tonight. This branch Of the
Southern is handicapped ty a. washou
near 1'occoa. ninety miles from Atlanta.
In order to reach Atlanta, this train was
sent from Toccoa to Elberton, Ga, over
its own line, thence TO Athens over The
SeaEoard. A foreign road was used fol-
seventy-iive miles and Lulu, Ga. was
reached. Here the train again took Its
usual route into Atlanta. covering a
trackage Of $50 miles.
No train has arrived from Sew Orleans
for twenty-four hours. A waShout on
the Atlanta and West Point near Cab
bettsviile, Ala, has caused all trains tc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
Il his words were 50 considered he would

& II his words were 50 considered he would
Withdraw them.
The Chair lsIr. Frye) said that by
unanimous consent they might be with
drawn. but Mr.. DieTich, Of ssN Nebraska.
objected.
When the Senate was called to order
to-day a notably large attendance 1t Sena-
tors was on the floor, and the galleries
were thronged. Great interest was mani
tested by Senators on the floor and by
spectators in the galleries in the read
ing OF the journal, which contained the
protest Of Mr.. Ttllnan against not being
permitted to vote while under the ban of
the Senate's order Of contempt.
IL Mr.. Burrows, Of NJ Alichigan, chairman OF
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
items, presented the following resolution.
- which had been formulated by that Corr
mittee.
THE RESOLUTION.
sFs That 1T is the Judgment of the Senate
that the Senators from South Carolina,
BENJAMIN H aTillman and John L. Nc
Laurin, for disorderly pen;sstor and
sfc grant violation Of the rules of the
Senate on the ed day Of February In
stsnt,8 deserve the censure of the Senate,
and they are hereby so censured for5thelr
breach Of the privileges and dignity OF
this body; and from and after the adop
tion Of this resolution the order. adjudg-
ing them in contempt OF the Senate shall
be no longer in effect. .
& Mr.4Burrows presented the report OF the
majority of the committee, which, was
read The report recited the history Of
tho a1tercation in the Senate and quoted
the language then used by the offenders.
ALI agreed to this statement.
4. The report says:
.'The offenses committed by the two
Senator's were not in the opinion Of a
majority Of the committee, Of equal gra-
vity. The charge made by Mr.. Tillman
had once before In the Senate been spe-
cifcally denied in parliamentary language
by Mr.. Nctaurin- The offense charged
against Mr.. McLaurin was among the
most reprehensible a Senator could COM
nit. He could not ignore it or fail to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
COUNTY
CASE TO COME UP
State Executive Committee Meets
Monday TO Determine
Regularity.

Slowly but surely the Democrats Of
Tidewater are untangling their factional
differences and it begins to look as if at
somo early date oil will cover the entire
bosom Of the troubled deep.
The Norfolk city contest for regularity
between tho opposing Democratic COM
lnittees has been settled: the contest for
seats in the House from there seems now
practically out of the way, and Chairman
1Illyson has issued a call for the State
Executive Committee to meet here on
Monday night next at s S%o'clock to take
UP the ma tier ofFregularlty between&the
county committees of the warning fac
tions in Norfolk county. 1t will be re-
called that this has been a. long and bitter
controve ersy. One party is designated as
the .sFusionists,'n' and is headed by Cap
I tain r.. C. Marshall and Senator E. Fin
ley Cromwell, and the other is termed the
"Straightouts,," and is led by State Com
mitteeman George w. Jones and sNIr C.
w Coleman.
OF the former committee. Major e. w.
Ovens is chairman, while Mr.. George w.
Jones Is chairman Of the latter.
The question to be determined Is which
committee is regular and which should be
recognized as the duly constituted party
organization of the county. has been
pending since last summer. and when
brought to the attention of the State Cen
tral Committee that body referred it to
the Executive Committee for settlement.
Large crowds of Norfolk county Dem
ocrats representing both sides. are ex-
pected here to testify and to take part
in the Investigation, and another pro-
4tracted session seems Imminent The
matter Of regularity in Norfolk. county is
one of. great interest. and it is not un-
likely that there will be some sensa-
stional develo lopments before the committee.
4 The Executive Committee is constituted
as follows: First District, w. A. Jones;
Second District, DR.. homas II. Barnes;
Third District. ST. Kelley: Fourth Dis
/ trict, Walter a. Watson; Fifth District.
Z r. III. Spencer; Sixth District. vacant;
Seventh District, Jan1es Hay; eighth Dis
trict. Joseph q. Willard !; 81 Ninth District,
III c. Stuart; Tenth ID district, Edward
& E.chols.
The case will probabl q besin charge of
Captain Marshall. Tor The sionists,'' =
E and An. ". Jones, for the s traight-
+ out -
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WENT THROUGH TREsTLE.
-Four Tralnmen Killed and Several Passengers
Injured.
.(By Associated Press

Injured.
fBy Associated Prers.)
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 2s.---A south
bound passenger train on the Columbus
branch of the Southern Railway went
through a trestle into a creek at mid
night near Zetella, Ga. The following
were killed:
"A. B. MATTHEWS, engineer, Columbus,
Ga.
J. L HILL, bagga ge-master. Columbus,
Ca =
LEO 6. MURRAY, mail clerk, Atlanta,
ISAAC MCDOWELL, fireman, colun-
bus, Ga
The injured:
Hon. O.. B. Stevens, Commissioner OF
Agriculture of Georgia, back badly
wrenched; right knee bruised and suffer
ing greatly form the shock and exposure.
Clifton Jones. official of the Southern
E,ailway, was badly bruised.
Conductor ]. H Kendall, wound on
head and cheek; not serious.
Unknown travelling salesman, New
York city.
81 Unknown man and child, Neal, Ga.
The structure had been weakened by
the heavy rains and three bents Of the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01

be held up there. President Wickersham, ls'
of the West Point route, has been az n tns 2
swasho,1t With q. crew Of men since !
o'clock this morning. and expects to get
a train through to-nigh It he water Is
falling very slowly.
The Southern system to ChattanrooEga E
and Birmingham is maintaining its .us1lal li
schedules, and all trains on the M ash- 81;
vile, Chattanooga, and st. Louis, IN the e
Georgia Railroad and the Central OF
Georgia are on time. Tho Southern 1s
using the track of the last-named road Tor
its AtIanta-Macon business.
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lBy Associated Press. !,

(By Associated Press0
TELLURIDE, COL, Feb. 2s-The
most terrible snow-storm ever known in
Colorado caused the deaths of from
thirty TO seyentY-tive men at the Lib
erty Bell mine, on Smuggler Mountain,
to-day. Although the scene of the dis
aster is scarcely two miles from this
town, information is difficult to obtain
on account Of the precipitous character
OF the roads and the vast amount of
snow. Nearly all the buildings of the
Liberty Bell mine were carried down by
tie slide, all the books, which show the
number and names of the men en-
pioyed being lost. SO that the death list
can hardly be known for many hours,
possibly not until the rescuerss shall nave
removed the immense qrtantity OF snow,
rocks and logs from the canyon sWherc
The victims lie buried.
II seems that two slides occurred prac-
sticallv In the same place, the second
f,,ryinp those who Were trying to rescue
siha victims of the first. The first slide
occurred at 80 o'clock this morning,
While the men of the day. shift We're pre-
,.aring for their day Work. ABOUT Two wv"
hundred men are employed in the MINES
.ad mills of the Liberty Bell Company,
ard less than half of these We're at work work
Il: tile time of the accident The others
were in the clearinghouse or bunk
house near by. Both these buildings We're
carried down the mountain side q DIS
lance of two thousand feet and crushed
tY tons of snow.
1t was 10 o'clock before news of the
disaster reached Telluride. At once a
number of men started for the scene.
Meantime the surviving employees of the
Liberty Bell began tho work of rescuing
the victims of the slide. Several were
taken out alive and q dozen or moro bod
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
lSTHMIAN CANAL.
Panama Company VIII Postpone Making Any
Agreement.
(By Associated Prcss.)

PARIS, Feb. 2s.-At an extraordinary
meeting Of the shareholders of the new
Panama Canal Company to-day. Pres1-
dent Bo read a message from the Con-
suf-G General OF Colombia. at Paris. set
ting forth that the company could not
transfer its concession to another ma
ton without first, with the assent OF
Colombia, modifying the stipulations of
articles u and % of the agreement.
After a discussion, during which 1t
was urged that efforts should be made
to keep the concession for France, the
meeting adopted a resolution expressing
approval of the attitude of the Board of
Directors and deciding in view of the
message of the Colombian Consul General
to POSTPONE entering into any engage
ment.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
NEW TELEPHONE LINE.
The WayerIy Telephone and Telegraph Com
pauy Elect Officers.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Qsgs- 77N Il : :
s. WAVERLY, VA, Feb. 2s.-The incor-
roraters of the Waverly Telephone and
Telegraph Company. which was chartered
by the Legislature of Virginia two years
ago, met in Waverly on yesterday and ac-
scepted the charter.
The minimum capital stock of $500
was at once subscribed, and the company
wasSorganized the election of the fol-
lowing officers for the first year: p.
Fleetwood. Waverly. Va, president !; Judge
j. f. West, Waverly. Va, vice-preside
Philip Rogers. Westhope. y a., secretary
and General manager These gentlemen,
together with Charles Hall Davis, of Pc
tersburg, and r. D.. Owen. of Sussex
county, were named as the Board OF Dr.
srectors. The company began . work IN
Waverlys to-day. and 1t is the intention OF
the management to give the town of
!SyVaverly at once a frst-elass local tele-
phone system The charter granted this
company is very liberal and quite broad,
and Its stockholders expect to operate a
telephone system through q & large Dor
itton OF this State s1,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-01
THE PRINCEnOF PRUSSIA
SEES THE MIDDIES PARADE
Despite and Mud the Sailor Lads Kept Perfect Step
and Received Royal Congratulations Of
Royal Spectator.

a number Of the cadets were in fencing
suits, and after that to the gymnasium,
where the. boys gave an exhibition OF
their physical training that Interested
him as much as anything else he saw
during the day.
After the exhibition in the gymnasium
the visitors went to the house of the
superintendent for fllnch. At the conclu-
sion of the luncheon the cadet corps was
drawn up in front of the house Of the
superintendent for the preparation of the
departure of the Prince The Prince adj
dressed them briefly
Commander Wainwright stepped for
ward and raising his hat, said:
Let us give three hearty cheers for
Prince Henry Of Prussia" The middies
roaredl out three cheers.
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MR.. EGGLESTON NAMED.
tle is 10 Be Chief Clerk TO the Attorney Gen

eral.
) Mr.. Frank Lyon yesterday. rendered his
resignation as chief clerk to Attorney
General Anderson, and the latter ap-
pointed Ma. John S. ESgleston, Of Rich
lEond, as his successor.
Mr.. Eggleston has for a number Of
years been a clerk and stenographer in
the law Office of Messrs. Pollard & Pol
lard
Mr. Lyon resigned the position to ac-
zcept a. fattering offer to resume the
spra ctiGe of law in Alexandria, and At
torneg- G eneral Anderson said he accept
ed his resignation with regret.
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POTOMAC OUT ITS BANKS.
The Water Higher Titan at Any Time Since
The Jobus,ow1 Flood.
,n,c,al nisna,cb TO The Times.) !

jspecial Dispatch TO The Tirneso
EEsRuRt;. VA, Feb. 3S.-All day yes
,.s,das, in spite of the almost impassalae
81, sd,tion of the roads, crowds of People
Nc,.s going and coming to view the 20
..,,,,ac river about two miles north OF
t.wn. This river has orerflowed its bank $
considerably: both Mason's and Harr1-
sons islands are entirely submerged, and
4 he water is higher than it has been since
The Jonnstown Hood All day inc sweep
ss,,, current carried debris. in some in
5..,ancs,s cattle and horses, live and dead.
sn1 barrels OF whiskeS, brought all the
w.v from Harper's Ferry and Point Of
pocks. both of which places have been
Visited by a food
a5he damage to farming land and crops
,yinr along the fertile river bottom is
very great.
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Pen and Spercil. Club.

The Pen and Pencil Club held its reg11-5
lar meetine, last night at their hall N D.
So. North Fifth Street. Messrs James
SE1adley. P j sR yam and ]. krausse, who
are running for the Council, addressed.
the club Messrs. a. Otto ~ and AfcCar-s
thy. who are out for Justice of the peace
made addresses. Mr. Nlr.ssD 0 De A. " elnbrunn,s
#I.olice sConlmis al so made a speech.
M. r. Moss was elected presto lent
Mr.. g,. Nv. Terry having resigned. The
sncxt regular meeting viii be held on FRI
saay. March 1t