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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05

$500. He now receives $1,e00
Mr.. Hobson offered resolution that
all petitions for increase in salary be re-
ferred to Committee on Charter. Ordt-
nance and Reform. 1t was adopted.
FOR CLEAR WATER.
Be 1t ordained by the Council of tha
City OF Richmond
That IN addition to the taxes now levied
and collected there shall be levied and
collected during the succeeding five fiscal
years on all personal and real property
now or which within that time may be-
come subject to taxation. 81 specific tax OF
ten cents on every hundred dollars or
fraction thereof of the value OF said prop
erty: and the taxes so collected shall be
kept in separate fund to be designated
as the Clear Water Fund and shall be-
used only for the construction OF set
ling basin and filtration plant for the
purpose of clearing the water supply
from James River.
1t was referred to the Finance Commit
tee.
The elevator men of the City Hall sent
in application asking increase from s43
to $50. The application was referred to
Committee on Charter and Ordinance.
Mr.. Pollock objected to allowing Mr..
Mills to be excused vote was taken
and Mr.. Mills was excused.
WANT FREE TICKETS.
Mr.. Elicit offered the following resoiu-
ton:
whereas, certain provisions OF tho
Constitution of Virginia recently pro-
claimed by the Constitutional Conven-
ton prohibits members of the Board OF
Aldermen and Common Council from
using passes upon street railways OF the
city. and whereas these passes were used
largely by these members while In the
discharge of their official duties. there
fore.
BE it resolved. That the Auditor OF the
city of Richmond be. and he is HEREBY
instructed to purchase each month BOOKS
containing 100 tickets each. to be furnish
ed to each member OF the Board OF Al
dermen and Council. This resolution was
referred to Finance Committee.
A petition from Treasurer's office. ask
mig that an adding machine be purchased.
,, was referred to the Finance COMMITTEES.
Mr. Allen offered resolution that all
hotels and apartment houses be COM
PEELED to designate their fire escapes by
red light at night. and that fire alarm
| be placed in each fooor OF such buildings.
| was referred to Finance Committee.
| The Council then on motion OF Mr..
Elicit adjourned.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
CLARKE SHOW WILL
Be A GREAT SUCCESS
Over $50 Horses Entered and
Every Class to Be Well Filled.
Much Interest Shown.

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
BERRYVILLE, VA, August 4.-The
entry books of the Clarke County Horse
and Colt Show Association, which closed
on Saturday night, August I'd, We're seen
to-day by The Times representative and
the list shows that there will be over
three hundred and fifty horses competing
for prizes.
Last year, the first, there We're only
one hundred and fifty entries, and the
remarkable showing that is sure to BIO
made this season will result in the Clarke
county show being universally recog-
nized as one of the best in Virginia. The
association grounds, beautifully situated
just on the western SUBURBS of Berryvtlle.
are said to be among the hneSt In this
section of Virginia. From the grand
stand every event advertised can be seen.
and even those who do not care to take
an elevated seat will have an opportun-
ity of seeing some of the handsouest
horses from all sections of Virginia, West
Virginia. Maryland and the District of
Columbia, There are also several en-
tries from Jersey horsemen- and few
New Workers. Richmond also appears
in the long list. It is. therefore, reason
able to say that there will be some ex-
ceedingly spirited contests among ex-
hibitors
The greatest number Of exhibits are in
the hunter, the jumping and the steeple-
chase classes although every one of the
forty-odd classes is we'll nlled. Mr..
Charles Mullikin. the st. Louis banker,
who recently purchased the historic
"Pagebrook' estate, and Mr. Herm;rl
Gibson will be among the most pron.i-
nent exhibitors In the four-in-hand class.
Mr.. Mullikin has just laid down 5000
for a. complete tandem. He has won prizes
at every show where his horses were ex-
hibited.
The Clarke county show will be held
on wednesday and Thursday, August
18th and 18th. and those days promise to
be the greatest of the year In this coun-
~ which Is celebrated for ita me horses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
REGISTRARS FAIL TO QUALIFY
Six Vacancies to Be Filled in Roanoke
Mr.. Bearings Sudden Death.
Especial Dispatch to The Times,

tSFeciaI Dlspatch
ROANOKE, VA. AUG. six OF the
registrars appointed for this city. by the
qualify, and the vacancies will be filled
by the judge of the Hastings Court.
Justice Bryan has sent Con O'Leary,
charged with embezzlement, on to the
grand jury
George s. bearing died suddenly near
Stewartviile. Bedford county, yesterday
from heart failure, aged ffty-seven years.
j. j. Aldermen, OF Carroll county. who
was brought to the hospital in this city
several weeks ago. suffering from a gun
shot wound. died yesterday. He was TWEEN
ty-eight years OF age.
A heavy wind and rain-storm this af-
ternoon did considerable damage. There
was a heavy fall of hail in Franklin
county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05

from Judge Smith an order recurring
Magistrate Joseph Diestil to appear before
the court to show why he should not be
removed from office for gross negligence
and incompetence. The specific charge
is his failure to try the cases of j. "
Bickford, Herbert Jones. B. F. Hudgins
and H. w. Booker prominent Hampton
society men. indicted by tn egrand jury
for maintaining nuisance, the cases be-
ing referred by the jury to the magis-
trate.
An unusually severe electric storm struck
this section at 5:45 o'clock. A bolt struck
one of the masts of the steamer S. ".
Luckenbaugh. at the ship-yard for re-
pairs, and shattered the tip. but did no
other damage,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
COWHIDED BY A MOB
Kentucky Farmer Taken from His
Home-Cause Not Known.
Try Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press)
OwENSBORO, KY, August 4.-Wil-
liam Dodwell, farmer living near Vel
vington, in this county, was taken from
his home at midnight last night, bound
to a tree. and beaten with a blacksnake
whip until he was almost unconscious
from loss of blood. Over seventy-five
lashes were administered, and there are
more than fifty wounds from two inches
to a. foot long on his face and body.
The lark was worn from the tree where
the ropes, which bound the unfortunate
man touched it. and the whip left marks
on the tree as if it had been cut with a
knife.
Dodwelrs wife and daughter attempt
ed to 20 to his rescue. but were prevented
t.y the mem bers of the mob. The cause
for the whipping is not known.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
STABLE STRUCK BYLIGHTNING
Difficulty Experienced In Getting the
Aorses Out-Bovs Shocked.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

CREWE. VA, Aug 4.-Durng a severe
electrical storm which passed over the
town this evening at o'clock Pr. E. T.
and burned to the ground. His little son.
Gordon. and colored boy were sitting
on the back porch and were thrown vio-
lently from their chairs and partially
The Doctor happened to be at home
and rushed out to save his horses. One
of them came out a soon as the door
and MaI b opEeo he could get him out the IRE
was falling fast over him: The bolt
struck in the hay loft. consuming in few
minutes time several tons of hay that
had only been placed there Saturday. A
new wagon, all of his agricultural. imple-
ments (he owns and works a farm a
If new harness etc. were burned. The
loss is partially covered by insurance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM
MIR. Woodson, a Fincastle Insurance
Man, Dies Suddenly in Lynchburg.
Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
LYNCHBURG, VA, Aug. 4.-N1r W.
W. Wood.on, who came here from Fin
castle, was found dead in his bed at the
Arlington Hotel yesterday morning. The
coroner decided that death had been
caused by Bright's disease;
Mr.. Woodson was a brother of Rev. C..
]. Woodson, Of Shelby. N. c. He was an
agent for the Richmond branch of the
Mutual Life Insurance Compa-H. of New
York. The remains we're shipped to
Judge w. r. Barksdals at Houston for
interment.
John Leftwich (colored), who came here
from Campbell county, has been arrested
by the police on the charge of eatening
to shoot young man named Tucker at
Lynch's Station Leftwich is also charged
with stealing a watch from resident
of Evington.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
The Sisters Were Cheered.
(By Associated Press.)

CHAanBREY. FRANCE Aug. A.
There were demonstrations in two neigh
boring towns to-day against coulmissaries
Of police who were closing up shops
belonging TO nuns. The tocsin was rung.
and the sisters who refused to open their
doors to the commissaries were chssrst
by the people. The police were eventually
obliged to make breaches in the walls
OF the buildings. whereupon the sisters.
amidst the cheers OF their sympathizers,
left by the front doors.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
adopted. and the proceedings OF the meet

adopted. and the proceedings OF the meet
ing were pleasant and harmonious.
The registrars are men OF character and
standing, who will try to carry cut the
law as they understand It. No delegate
in the convention was more faithful In
the selection OF registrars than Delegate
George P. larry, and If any mistake was
made It was not a mistake Of the heart.
The Misses vandenbury, daughters of
Mr.. z. vandenbury. of Baltimore, for
nerIy vfcs-president Of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad. are on visit to the
handsome home of Colonel William
TONNES. on Roanoke These young ladies
are enjoying the country life. visiting,
driving, se-enadIng and visiting the neigh
horc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
NEARLY a CENTENARIAN
Mr.. Hook Dies at the Age of 97-Child
Dies from Her Injuries.
(Speclal Dispatch to The Tine

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
WINCHESTER, VA, August 4.-Robert
Hook, a widely known resident of Hooks
Mill near here, died Saturday at the age
of ninety-seven years. He was born in
the ueighborhood where he died, and
spent most of his life there.
Grand Commander Thomas W. Smith,
of Suffolk. and Lieutenant Comma nder
n M. Henry, of Norfolk. officially visited
Turner Ashby Camp. Confederate Vet
Grams, tonight
Virginia, the seven-months-cld child of
DR.. Lawrence Whitlock. who was knocked
down and run over by Robert Bars team
late Saturday evening, died within an
hour after sustaining the injury. Mr..
Barr has been exonerated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
Virginia Man Won Out in the Best
Match Of the Day.
nv Associated Press.)

FL
ATLANTA, GA, Aug. 4-The tennis
tournament for the South Atlantic States
championship began here this evening.
Following are the results:
Thornton. of Atlanta, won from Smith.
of Atlanta, 10: 81.
Graves. OF Montgomery. was defeated
by GUIDE, of Atlanta. formerly OF Yale) !
Sc: H3; SIS
Byrd. of Atlanta, defeated Ashe. OF At
lanta. 81: 6-4-
Howell, of Atlanta was defeated by c.
A Thornton. OF Atlanta. 63: 6-S.
NJ. A. Glasgow. OF Norfolk. defeated
Angler. OF Atlanta, in the best match
OF the day. 6-4: o..
Grant, of Atlanta. defeated Warren. Of
Montgomery. st: 6-2.
seibes, OF montgomery. and Alfriend. OF
Atlanta. played an unfinished match.
Of which the deciding set will be pIayei
tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
Mr.. Rueger to Build.

Mr.. William Rueger. it is understood,
will soon begin to make extensive i'm
provements on his fine plat of ground
near Blandon Park.
Mr. Rueger has four or five acres near
this park, half of which is a grove OF
fine trees. Mr.. Rueger purposes to build
a handsome residence there. it is under
stood.
The speedway being constructed by the
city runs just by the Rueger property.
which is the same that Mr.. William
Snellings has leased for a number of
years for picnic grounds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
Showed How Fields Were Won.

Pickett Camp. Confederate Veterans,
met at their hall as usual last night.
Commander Winston was in the chair.
The attendance was not large. DR.. Il.
Stratton. who has been sick so long, was
able to be present Colonel Northern was
at his post as adjutant.
The evening was spent in talking over
battles won and lost, and literally the
Soldier shouldered his crutch and showed
how fields were won"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs Sam Pearlberg. of Brooklyn. ".
z; Mrs. Frank NJ. Caldwell and two
daughters, Ruth and 1rma. Mrs. 7. IL
Foss and little daughter. Selma, and Mrs
s. N. Michael leave this week for vir-
einia Beach to spend the remainder OF
the summer.
Dr.. j. Allison Hodges has returned to
the city.
the city.
CLINTON. MASS--Jultan Foster (coE
ored) was arrested here to-day on thu
charge OF numbering negro detecttva
at Greenwood, s. c.. last October. Foster
admits that he shot the detective. but
stated chat he acted In self dsfsnaA.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
BOY FALLS FOUR STORIES
Nose Mashed and Tongue Bitten-After
Magis,rate-Severe Storm.
special Dispatch to The Tines

y tSpPclal ltsPdset W iHo AlneS)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, August a.
percy Sutton. ten-year-old son OF Mr..
hand Mrs. c. v. Sutton. felr forty feet
from the fourth story Of their residence
to-day. stiking on his nose. BaYond mash
ding that member and biting his tongue
talmost in two. he sustained little injury
fEo bones were broken. and the skull was
Enot even scratched.
4 Commonwealth Attorney Hughes. of
Elizabeth City county. today obtained
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
ONE FORGOT TO QUALIFY
But the Other Registrars OF Mecklen.
burg Enter Upon Their Work.

ispecial Dispatch to The Times,)
RoYDTON, VA. August 4.-The new
registrars appointed by the Constitutional
Convention for Mecklenburg nave all sent
In their acceptance except one a Mr.. Ma
tl,ews. from South Hill District. and it is
stated that he forgot to send his in be-
fore the LIST of August, after which time
the appointment Nas void. The registrars
met here Saturday to consult and deter
mine upon some concert Of action in ref
erence to5registrat On. Out of the twenty
three who had accepted appointment
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05

The roll of honor OF Miss 9egram'sz
school is as follows: Roy Allen. Emmett
sot.rell. Ashton Drake; Mary Murray.
Page. Ross Ford Willie jackson, John
Houston. The school will have an outing
at Forest Hill this evening.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
Council Rejected Proposition to
Raise His Salary.
LIGHT MATTER REcoMMITTED
Peters Resolution Adopted Without De-
bate-Councilmen Want Their Car
Fare Paid-clear Water
Proposition offered.

The Common Council met last night at
the City Hall in regular monthly session.
Few matters of interest or importance
wero taken up, nearly the entire time be-
ing consumed in attending to routine
work. Probably the greatest feature Of
the meeting was the number Of applica-
lions for increase in salary considered
and referred to different committees.
The resolution which was reported ia
vorably upon by the Finance Committee.
increasing the salary of City Attorney
Pollard from S2,400 to $500 year. was
defeated. but not until after a lengthy de-
bate, in which many of the members par
ticipated. Councilmen Pollock and Glenn
led the fight against the increase. and al
though a majority Of the members pres
ent favored granting the City Attorney
more money for his work, tho necessary
two-thirds vote was not forthcoming.
Hence the measure was defeated.
The report Of the Committee on Lights
was rejected, and the matter of purchas-
ing incandescent burners for the gas
lamps of the city will again como before
the COMMITTED It is now probable that
the committee win advertise for bids for
the sale Of lamps to the city outright
This committee, at rece:lt meeting.
passed a resolution recommending that
the 200 lights in the city belonging to the
Newly Light Company be purchased at
a rate Of $3.50. In Council last night lit
tie debate was INDUCED in on this ques-
ton.
c. A. Bradley was awarded the con-
tract for two years for the sale of the
gas tar which Is accumulated at the gas
plant An effort to give this gentleman
the contract for a longer time was de-
feated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05

Mr. Mills offered resolution fixing the
salary of the inHaector OF plnrnbin0 Il
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-28

S the coronation of Edward VII
~ is definitely fixed for August
N sth to 18th. the attention of the
world will be so directed TO
Westminster Abbey that an account OF
visit TO that wonderful structure cannot
be devoid of interest.
First take an outside view as 1t APP
pears from the street. There Ii stands
lifting its huge Gothic proportions to the
sky, weather beaten and covered with
the moss OF many centuries. but grand
and beautiful still The total length OF
the church is 513 feet; length of the tran
sept from north to south, 200 feet,
breadth Of nave and aisles, 70 feet; height
of church, I02 feet; of towers, 225 feet.
/ always wondered why this building
was called Westminster Abbey" used as
Il has been for the construction of burial
vaults of kings, and celebrated ones. It
was for the following reasons: A church
was erected on this spot in honor Of st.
Peter by the Anglo-Saxon king Sebert in
GIG With the church was connected
Benedictine monastery, or minister" (ac-
cording to the short, quick way OF pro-
nouncing 10, which in reference to its
position to another monastery, was call
ed Westminster Abbey.
The old church was destroyed by the
Danes and the regular establishment of
the abbey is attributed to Edward the
Confessor, who built a church here in
1919, almost as large as the present one,
which also being destroyed the abbey was
rebuilt in the latter part OF the thirteenth
century by Henry III, and his son Ed
ward I, who left IL substantially as 1t
now stands; the towers, regarded by
many as untasteful, having been placed
there by Sir Christopher Wren.
At the Reformation the abbey, which
had been richly endowed by former
kings, shared the fate OF other religious
houses, the property was confiscated and
the church converted into a bishops
cathedral; services are held there every
Sunday and also during the week, under
the charge Of a dean and prependanis. II
was here that heard Archdeacon Canon
Farrar deliver his memorial address on
Dean Stanley.
But the two things that Westminster is
chiefly used for is as a burial place for
great men; and as the browning place of
kings, the first OF these being its most
general use; and the one that claims most
attention.
Without OBTAINING the reader we enter
by the door Of the north transcept.
As we gaze upon the magnificent inte-
rior OF this superb structure, and see the
long line of gorgeous tombs on either
side, thinking who these STORED urns,
and animated busts" are designed to
commemorate, we find ourselves spell
bound. Washington Irving says: THE
space and gloom of this vast edifce pro-
duce profound and mysterious awe; We
step cautiously and safety about as If
fearful OF disturbing the, hallowed 81
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND
ITS ILLUSTROUS DEAD

lence of the tomb, while every football
whispers along the walls and chatters
among the sepulehres making us more
sensible of the quiet we have interrupted.
1t seems as If the awful nature of the
place presses down upon the SOUL and
bushes the beholder into noiselss rever-
ence We feel that we are surrounded by
the congregated bones of the great men
of past times, who have filed history with
their deeds and the earth with their re-
nown."
1t would be impossible for me in a brief
article to speak OF tenth part of the IL
lustrious ones Inferred here, and many
have monuments here who were buried
elsewhere - Wax.
The first name read fills me with awe.
1t Is William Pitt Lord Chatham, the
statesman, who died in 1T7S, whose elo-
quent voice was raised In depreciation OF
England's conduct toward American colo
MES, just as some OF our statesmen are
now raising their. voices against American
treatment OF the Filipinos; Lord Mans
fields tomb is nearby. The Judge, in pur-
est marble, is seated on the bench on his
judicial robes. Passing a dozen others
looking like the finest groups In our city
cemeteries we come to the tomb Of War
rem Hastings, governor general or India
in 1918. Now we stand over the tomb
of Richard Golden, founder Of the Cob1
which every Briton, even the king, be-
longs. Passing two dozen more we come
to the tomb Of Sir Isaac Newton. Think
of being so near the dust of such a great
man! Passing still others we come to
the grave. Of Charles James Fox, which
is near that of the Younger Pitt, and re-
call the words Of Scott:
"Shed upon Fox's grave a tear,
Twill trickle to his rivals bier
Near this spot we find the tombs Of DR..
Isaac Watts the hymn writer, and John
Wesley, the reformer; Spurgeon has been
added to the list of divines. To the right
we turn and reach the poets corner dn
south transept), where sleeping as In
common bed we find Grote. the historian;
Garrck, the actor; Barrow, the theolo-
gian; Addison, the author; Macaulay, the
historian: Thackeray, the novelist; Han
del the composer; Campbell, the general,
and Goldsmith, Thompson, Southey,
Campbell Gray Butler, Johnson, Milton,
Shakespeare, and other poets, Longfellow
has been added to the number, the only
American know of sleeping in that quiet
bed. There, too, was the grave of Dickens
At the east OF the building numerous
chapels have been added as the burial
places Of the kings and their families. In
the chapel OF st. Edward we find the
tombs of Lady Jane Seymour, Lord John
Russell and Edward Bulwar Lytton. A
flight OF twelve blank marble steps brings
us to the chapel OF Henry 7th. a superb
structure erected in, 1870. The roses on the
gates refer to. the marriage of Henry 1th
with the daughter Of Edward 4th, which