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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
SEAL PoAcHERs CAPTURED.
One Japanese Schooner Seized and
Another Sunk by Russians.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 1S.-Sealers
who arrived here yesterday by the
japanese schooner Seifu Maru tell of
the seizure OF the japanese schooner
Schetose Maru at a village south OF
Vladivostock at which she called for
water. Boats with armed Russians
put off from shore to seize the sealer
and a fight ensued The Japanese
captain first fired a bomb gun, which
had been loaded with buckshot. The
Russians replied with rifles, and the
sealers then used their sealing guns.
Three members Of the schooner's
crew were killed and the schooner
was seized. The other members of
the crew were sent to Vladivostock.
At last adVices the sealers were still
in the Russian prison.
News also was brought that an un-
known Japanese schooner had been
sunk after being seized by the Russian
cruiser Yakutal off the Copper islands.
According to reports which reached
Hakadate the schooner was seized for
being within the limits, The crew was
taken on board the cruiser and the
Yakutal turned her guns on the
schooner and sunk her.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Another Eruption of stromboIl,

London, Nov. lS.-A fresh eruption
of the volcano Stromboli occurred yes
terday evening, accompanied with a
great explosion and a great flow Of
lava. 1t was magnificent spectacle,
visible from all the northern part of
Sicily the flames Illuminating the sur
rounding sea. The situation of the
few inhabitants of the island of
Stromboli is precarious. They are
frightened, especially by the washing
ashore of great quantities OF dead
fish, which have been killed apparent.
ly by submarine disturbance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
PRESIDENT STILL UNLUCKY|
Bears Manage to Elude Roose-
velt's Rife.
M'poueAL ALONE SUCCESSFUL
One eruln Falls, but to Manager Of
Plantation--camp viii Be Broken
This Evening and Presidential Par
ty Leave for Memphis.

Smedes. Miss, Nov. 1S.-The bears
in the swamp country around the
presidents camp on the Little Sun.
flower seem to have effected sue
cessful combination to prevent tho
president from having a single shot at
them. The only one the dogs started
yesterday fed In northeasterly d.
rection at the first cry of alarm and
did not stop running until he reached
the canebrakes, about nine miles from
camp. There he was overtaken by
Mr.. McDougal, one of the managers OF
the Smede plantation, who killed him
at seventy PAGES.
The president. who had started In
the rain with Holt Collier, did not hear
the dogs after they first struck the
trail.
The president takes his Ill luck good
naturedly. He says 1t is simply the
fortune of the chase and that he will
have last try today.
The presidential party will break
camp shortly before dark this evening.
The special train will leave here dur.
ing the night, and will arrive at Mem.
phis about $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
morning
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
GoMPERS-sHAFFER ROW.
Old Steel Strike Quarrel Revived at
Federation Convention.

FCCcTdtiOn SOnVcntlOn.
New Orleans, Nov. 1S.-Either The
odore Shaffer, president of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers, or Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, is destined to pass under a
cloud. 1t is fight to the finish, with
the odds In favor of Gompers. The
trouble which SO suddenly came to q
point in the convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor yesterday is
the United States Steel company,
which was fought and lost last year
by the Amalgamated association under
the leadership of Shaffer. After his
association had been defeated Presi-
dent Shaffer did not hesitate to utter
charges of a serious nature against
President Gompers, as we'll as against
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers, and Frank Sargent of
the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen.
He asserted that the organizations
over which these men presided had,
while listening to the advice of their
leaders, refused to lend helping hand
to the Amalgamated association, and
had even fought against it in the
dark.
The charges were levelled against
Mr.. Gompers in particular Delegate
Sheridan brought the resolutions be.
fore the convention and a committee
was appointed to investigate the
charges.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
HARTMAN STICKS TO PLAN.
Has Not Abandoned Scheme to Build
Road to Los Angeles.

San Francisco, Nov. 1S.-W. II. Ban
croft, president of the Oregon Short
Line road, Is in this city. In an inter.
view he said
"The report that President Harri.
man has sold 800 miles of the track
out from Salt Lake to Senator Clark
is untrue. President Hartman has
not abandoned the plan of building a
road from Salt Lake to Los Angeles
and the work is now being pushed on
this new road. | wish to deny en-
phatically that an agreement between
has been entered into"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
"Beauty Specialist" Arrested.

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. 1S.-Mrs. Rosetta
Etsler, beauty specialist" was ar
rested yesterday, charged with the
death of Mrs. Hattie Hart, at Pekin.
Witnesses testified that Or" Etsler
had called on Mrs. Hart and induced
her to purchase bottle Of beauty
medicine This, it is alleged, is COM
posed largely of arsenic, and taken in
excess Is q virulent poison.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
eIrE OF FLY CAUSES DEATH.
Physicians Believe Insect Was In.
fected with Germs.

New York, Nov. S.--Herrman Kauf.
man, the three.year.old son OF a to.
bacco dealer, living In the Bronx, has
died from the effects OF fly bite In.
flicted last Wednesday.
A few hours later a small spot made
by the bite developed to a swelling
which extended over the entire cheek,
This swelling continued to spread un.
I'll the whole upper portion of the
chllds body was distended. The doc.
tors were powerless to give relief and
finally the victim died.
His playmates say the fly was an or.
dinary blue bottle" The physicians
believe the insect was infected with
erysipelas germs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Birmingham Honors Chamberlain.


London, Nov. 1S.-The farewell re-
ception to Joseph Chamberlain last
night was a memorable affair for Bir-
mingham and the whole of the sur
rounding district turned out to do
honor to him. The city hall, in which
the banquet and reception were held,
was decorated with a wealth of flow
ers. The scene at the close of the
meeting, when, escorted by detach-
ments of yeomanry artillery and Of
the naval brigade, the secretary and
wife and son started on their way
home, was picturesque to the extreme.
AS Mr.. Chamberlain entered his car
riage 1000 torches lining the route
burst into flame, a band struck up
"Auld Lang Syne," and the mighty
crowd cheered vociferously and joined
In singing.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Negro Pleads Not Guilty.

Somerville, Mass, Nov. 1S.-To a
charge of having murdered Agnes Nc
Phee in this city on Oct. George L.
o. Perry, the Cambridge negro already
charged with the murder of Clara A.
Morton at Waverly Nov. /, pleaded
not guilty yesterday in the Somerville
criminal court.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
GRAIN RATES ARE ADVANCED.
Wheat and Corn Shipped for Export
VIII Pay Two Cents More.

WIFI Pay Two Cents WoTo.
Chicago, Nov. 1S.--Western trafilc
officials have agreed to advance on
Dec. Is the export rates on wheat and
corn from points west and southwest
from the Missouri river to the east
and from the Missouri river to the
gulf 2 cents per hundred pounds. The
rate on wheat from the Missouri to
cent hundred pounds, will be 3
cents, and the rate on corn will go up
from cents hundred pounds to 8.
This will make the rate to Chicago on
wheat IA, instead OF Ia, and on corn
13. instead of IL. The new rates will
apply TO export business only.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
poukhobors Back In Their Villages.

Doukhobors Back In Their Villages.
Winnipeg, Man, Nov. 1s-Immigra.
tion Officer Roy, who assisted in driv-
Ing the Doukhobor horde back to their
villages, arrived at Winnipeg yester-
day and says there was great rejoicing
on the return of the Doukhobor men.
The women, since being separated
from the men, appear to have cooled
In their fanatic ardor and are quite
contented to remain at home. The
leaders were still possessed OF their
crazy notions, but have lost their hold
on their followers. Mr.. Roy does not
believe that the leaders, however en-.
thusiastic, can again incite their fol.
lowers to start out ON another crazy
mission!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
AMERICAN CREW WORSIED
Bogota Disabled and Twenty Of
Its Men Killed.
AFRAID TO EXECUTE GEN. uRleE
Colombian RevoIutionlsts Have Gov
ernment Generals on Whom Ven
geance Might .Fall-Battle Report.
cd at Aqua Dulce.


eeance Might .Fall--Battle Report.
cd at Aqua Dulce.
San Jose, Costa Rlca, Nov. 1S.-Ac.
cordlng to news reaching here through
Colombian revolutionary sources, a
battle has taken place between the
Colombian government and the insur-
gent forces at Aqua Dulce. The gov
ernment gunboats Chucuito and Bo-
gotta were on their way hither to take
over and convoy back with them the
war vessel Poas, which formerly be.
longed to Costa Rica and was pur-
chased by the Colombian government
at Its sale by auction early In Septem'
Der. The Bogota. according to these
reports, IL now on her way back to
Panama, In a disabled condition. az a
result OF the engagement, Ave oftlcers
and fifteen Of her crew being said
to have been killed. The whereabouts
of the revolutionary gunboat Padilla
is unknown. The Costa RicaD author
tiles refuse to permit Colombia to arm
the Poas at this port.
1t appears that the sentence Of
death passed on the revolutionary
general, Uribe-Uribe, who recently ca
pitulated to the government forces,
was not carried out, because General
Perdomo observed that General Her
rera OF the revolutionary army has
fourteen government generals as pris-
oners and he might avenge the death
OF Uribe- Uribe on them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Pension for confederates.

port of Comptroller General Derham,
just published, gives the total paid out
this year in confederate pensions as
$2O0,227. The total number of pen
sions is 1850. Eighty-seven veterans
collectively received $7799 in lieu of
artificial limbs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Fifteenth Victim of Accident.

New York, Nov. 18.--FTank O'Con.
nor died yesterday from injuries re.
ceived at the fireworks explosion in
Madison Square election night. He
is the fifteenth person to die as a re-
suit of that accident. Physicians at
Bellevue hospital said that the death
of James Fenton, colored, another VIC
tim of the explosion, is only a matter
of a few days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
TO DEMAND SHORTER HOURS
Thirty-fve Thousand Textile Workers
Will Ask for Reduction,

Philadelphia, Nov. 1S.-Thirty- five
thousand textile operators in 800
mills in this city will make demand
upon their employers for a reduction
Of labor from sixty to fifty-fve hours
a week.
This was decided upon at meeting
of delegates representing twenty
unions, which embraces the entire To-
cal textile trades. After a long dis
cussion they arrived at an unanimous
decision. 1t was said that the demand
will be submitted to the manufacturers
not later than Jan. /.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Your Tongue

II It's coated, your stomach
is bad, your liver is out of
order. Ayers Pills will clean
your tongue, cure your dys-
pepsia, make your liver right.
Easy to take, easy to operate.
25c. All druggists
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Miles Visits Camp Wears.

Manila, Nov. 17.-Gsneral Miles
visited Camp Wears, in Mindanao,
yesterday and the town OF Zamboanga
today. He will 60 to Ilagan, Cebu,
Leyte, Samar and southern Luzon be.
fore returning to Manila.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
MlssourIane to Select Sites.

Vicksburg, Miss, Nov. 1S.-The
Missouri Vicksburg military park com
missioners, headed by Senator Cock,
rell, arrived yesterday to select sites
for monuments to the soldiers from
Missouri, federal and confederate,
that participated in the siege of Vicks-
burg.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
CIarkson for Pension Auent.

Des Moines, Nov. 1S.-Congressman
Hull announced he would recommend
Richard p. Clarkson of this city as
pension agent at Des Moines for the
Iowa-Nebraska district, to succeed e.
F. Sperry. Clarkson was editor of the
Register until 1t was sold recently.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Lady Allen Wins ceursinu Derby

ST. Louis, Nov, 1.-THE American
derby, a classic stake for greyhound
puppies, was won by Lady Allen.
owned by c. L. Root of New Riohlandt
MINI, beating Lawe's Quicksaud.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21
Going Her One Better.

Cora-The idea! Jack couldn't get me
If he wanted me.
Lena-He couldn't get me even if he
didn't want me.-Smart Set
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1902-11-21

The nonunion mine WORKERS,
through their attorneys, John r. Len
ahan and Joseph O'Brien, filed the
statement of their case with the an
thracite coal strike commission. They
demand an increase of 20 per cent.
Continuing, the statement says that
instead of desiring reduction in the
hours of employment, we insist upon
a right to work as many hours as we
choose and as opportunity affords, so
as to better our conditions and ID
crease our earning capacity"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
MANY DEAD. BODIES
IN COLD | STORAGE :.
Kept in Small Building in Rear
Of Ice Cream Factory-Be-
|onged to Medical Colleges.
(By Associa ted Press.)

s. =
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. s.-Thirty
dead bodies were found tonight in a
cold storage plant in the rear of an Ice
cream factory on Eighth Street.
The same pipes which were used IN
conEealing the cream for table use were
connected with a small plant in shed
in the rear where they kept the bodies
cool. The heads Of the several colleges lti-
terested in the establishment asserted
tonight that the bodies were obtained
iesltimately from the penitentiaries. IN
sane asylums and other institutions OF
the State of kentucky
Tne building is small one and is pro-
vlded with numerous thermometers for
maintaining the proper temperature Inc
bodies were found in boxes and most OF
them were In good state OF preserva-
ton. The establishment is maintained
sbv several Louisville medical colleges.
The heads Of the institutions say they are
given the bodies by the State with the
understanding that they are to be held
thirty days for identified ton. In order
TO assist in the Identification the cold
storage plant was established ana an ar
rangement made with the Ice cream
plant to furnish the cooling air.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
PRICE TWO CENTS.
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP
BOYS ARE MARCHING
WORRY OVER STRIKE
CAUSES. HIS DEATH

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
NEW YORK, October s-E.xcieenene
aud worry resulting from the coal strike
caused the sudden death OF former AZ
SCISSOR and Tax Commissioner Thomas
j. Patterson. OF Brooklyn, at his home.
No. 157 Rodney Street, Williamsburg.
Mr. Patterson was the head OF the
Lehigh and Scranton Coal Company,
whose extensive plant at the foot ok
North Ninth Street is one of the largest
in the East.
Mr.. Patterson had nearly all the Dis
contracts for furnishing the public schools.
churches and factories OF Williamsburg
with coal. Some Of these contracts were
made prior to the strike. Usually at
this time OF the year he had ON hand
about 100000 tons Of coal Lately he had
no hard coal and but little soft coal
Only yesterday he told friends that It
had been "up to" Governor Stone right
along to end the strike He was taken
suddenly i'll last night. His death was
attributed to heart failure
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
BLOT TED OUT
IN TWO BAD WRECKS
.Rear.End Collision on the Penn.
syIyania and a Sideswipe on
Pan Handle.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Oct. s.-Courtney Sill
patn an express messenger, was killed
ana twelve persons injured in a rear-end
collision Of passenger trains on the Penn
sy1yania Railroad near Menlopary, N. j.,
to-day. The western experss, known as
No. &. eastbound, a heavy train made up
OF four Pullman, three coaches and
postal and baggage car, was run lnto
$by q. local passenger train from Phi}a !.
delph1a. Train No. was about thS5o
and a halt hours late and was standing
al the Menlopark station Tor the pur-
nose of cooling hot box.
knowing that No. 1o local form
pn1Iadelpnia, was due, the passengers on
the express weretold to leave the train
and a fagman was rushed back. There
51s = yery sharp curve just at this point
and the fagman had hardly reached 1t
when the philadelphia train came
.round the curve at a high rate OF speed
I,he engineer declares that his brakes
failed to work. ~,
The mail car was on the end OF the the
EXPRESS and received the full force OF
the collision The engine ploughed half
way through it and the front OF the
mail car was forced on top OF the coach
ahead. A panic ensued, but those Of the
passengers who had alighted. imme-
diately began the work OF resculn6 the
injured
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
nR HOWARD FLETCHER and
MRS. M. l. POWELL MARRIED
Ceremony Took Place Yesterday at IoWson Nd. ana
News Of 1t Comes as Surprise to Friends OF
Both in This City.

and it was while at that institution that
he met Mrs. Poweil. 1t was reported
last night that he boarded with Captain
Henry, where Mrs. Powell lived AT
any rate the Henrys lived then just
across the street from the college. and
it would have been easy and natural
for him to meet her. He has practiced
in Captain Henry's family also since his
graduation.
Mrs. Powell was in the mountains Of
Virginia with Miss Marie Henry, when
the latter met Dr.. Foster. Of Baltimore,
and the romance, with the sensational
results. began Mrs. Fletcher is quite
pretty.
After the notoriety given the Foster
Henry nuptials Captain Henry. who is
an estimable gentleman, sold his place
in the city and went to live in the coun-
ty. Mrs. Fletcher has continued to make
her home with them. She is a relative
of Mrs. Henry.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
RICHMOND VA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1902.
F. q. LEIGH TO BUY
OLD MARSHALL MIL Is
kENsIT's DEATH FOLLOWS
BLOW WITH A cHISEL
iBE Associated Pres.

: LIVERPOOL, Oct. S-John Kensit. the
arti-ritualistic crusader. who was sort-.
ously injured September 18th at Birken-.
head, near Liverpool, by being struck
with chisel thrown at him after he
had addressed meeting, died to-day
OF pneumonia, supervening from the
wound His son. who is pacticipa ting IN
the anti-ritualistic campaign and who
was recently imprisoned for refusing to
ind bail to keep the peace by abandon
ing holding meetings. was permitted by.
the Home Secretary to visit his father
yesterday. After an affecting meeting the
son returned to prison.
The elder Kensit's protests against
the confirmation Of ritualistic bishops
on several occasions caused sensational
scenes. Among the most prominent in
cidents Of the deceased's career was the
disturbance which he created at ST.
Cuthbert's Church, Kensington, on Good
Friday. 1898, by his protest against ..the
alteration Of the cross according to
the Roman Catholic missal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
.Enterprising / Business 'llI;'' Man. u an
Offers SIS, 900 for It.
A PAPER-MAKlNG PLANT
This Believed to Be Object Of
Purchase; Nobody Talking.
SALE MUST Be CONFIRMED \
Law and Equity Court Will Have 10 Ap-
prove ofer-creditors ofTwo Cot
ton Manufacturing Companies
the Owners OF Manchester
Property-Baking Pow-
der Co. Chartered.

Mr.. Egbert Leigh and several other
prominent business men of the city have
offered SIS, 900 for the Marshall mills prop
erty In Manchester.
The Offer to purchase this property
was made on Tuesday, SO it Is under
stood 1t Will be deal" rVovided the
Law and Equity Court confirms the slae.
MIR. N. w. Bowe is the real estate
agent who has been conducting the
negotiations. He was seen yesterday. but
would not say anything one way or the
other. Mr.. Leigh was out When Inc
Times writer called.
The Marshall mills are just opposite
the Dunlop Flour Mills. For many
years the plant was in operation and
thousands of yards of cotton goods
sent out annually. The latest efforts
made to operate these mills with profit
came from the United Cotton Mills Com.
pany. It was found then that what
with tho old machinery In the building
and what with the great distance from
the cotton plantations the plant could
not compete with the more nooern
Southern mills.
SALE Likely TO GO THROUGH.
The bondholders of the United Cotton
Mills Company and the Marshall Mills
Manufacturing Company are the owners
OF the mills and the court has ordered
the sale Of the property for their bene-
fit. II the price $4,000, is satisfactory
to the court the matter will at once be
closed Considering that the sum named
does not include the machinery put the
building and lot only, the price is de-
.cIared by good judges to be a tar one.
IT is learned that the Messrs. Noting,
as we'll as Others, are associated Win
Mr.. Leigh in the effort to acquire tne
mills. but this could not be Conhrmeo.S
When the z..deal'' first became known yes.
.ternay and Alr4Leigtl's connection Win
II. It was supposed that the plant OF
.the Southern Manufacturing Company
would be moved to Manchester, as this
concern, owing to its immense shipments
has long wanted to be located on a rail-!
road. s.. Spurs Of the Atlantic Coast Line
and eaboard Air Line pass by the &ooor.-
PAPER-A1AkING PLANT.
INQUIRY ELECTED the information that
the gentlemen interested wanted to have
a great paper manufacturing plant over
there.
Just a. little while ago a stock company
was organized and went into the paper
nan,,fa cturing business in one OF the
buildings formerly used as cotton mil
and q fine business is being done.
If the sale is completed the cloth-mak-
ing machinery will have to be sold or
stored elsewhere. :,
Whatever the new plant may be, II VIII
give employment and Will 90 It's part
to increase the manufacturing prestige
of the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-09
labor Leader Re,icent and Sen
ators Keep to Themselves.
ENTIRE NATIONAL GUARD OUT
Encamped in Mining Region and All is
Quiet-The Miners Adopt lResoIu-
tions Not to Return to Work.
Letter Sent to President
Which, it is Believed.
Contains Refusal.
1sneci,, p,snntcb to The Times. /,

Ii Special HiispRtcn 4 Ne lines
NEW YORK, October S.-John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers.
ars.s the three district presidents, ar
rived In New York this evening at late
hDu4. alIia .Ipef several unsuccessful et-
forts to keep their presence here secret
and their mission mystery, they went
TO the Fifth Avenue Hotel for confer
ence with Senators Quay and Penrose,
Of Pennsylvanta.
In the most indifferent way MI. Mitch
ell sauntered into the Fifth Avenue Hotel
tonight and without sending his card,
went directly to the rooms assigned to
Senators Quay and Penrose. The con-
ference LASTED for an hour and three
qua arters. At its conclusion Mr.. Mitchell
returned 10 the Ashland House. he de-
clines 10 say a word as to his talk with
the Senators. and the latter left word
with the clerk at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel that they would not see any one
anstructing the clerk to refuse the cards
~ anx nersons who might wish to inter-
view them.
ACTION OF THE MINERS.
When Mr. Mitchell arrived III Jersey
CITY Tonight he had the appearance OF
having been under severe mehtAi anu
physical strain, but assured Quesuo!leis
that he was In good health. Atsie 0 cioch
Mir Mitchell called UP Wllkesbarre by
phone Shortly after TINS ne iuii1o W
the newspaper men and SAID.
.Info1ma:ion has been conveyed 10 1ns
hy .nhone that a total Of two hundred
and si.ty local unions have reported unan-
imous voting against resuming work me
men are not deferred from going to work
through any fear Of bodily harm. but are
resolved to remain out until the dii-
ferences between them and the operators
are art,itrated or until they are ordered
to return by their leaders
This leaves not more than forty or
efty local unions to hear from yet. The
unanimous action includes the votes OF
strikers not members Of the unions, but
who we're present at the meeting and
voted with the union men,"