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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
THE HOUSE.

The brief session of the housn Of dele
gates yesterday was one OF the bust
est and most important Of the sessions
up to this time. The governor sent to the
two houses his nominations for the cor
poration commission which We're as fore
east. save that the terms are allotted.
Mr.. Crump. of this city. gets the eleven
months term. but as the governor will
choose his successor. il is understood that
he will be reappointed for a full term.
and therefore will really have the longes,
term. Mr.. Fairfax gets the three year.
and eleven months Term. and Mr. Stuart
he long term.
Speaker Ryan called the house to order
lanes 2. Smith. D. D., of the Presby-
ierian church.
The attendance Of members was large,
despite the rain. and after the PRAYER
several others came in
The reading of the journal was dis
pcnsed with as usual. and a number OF
bills, none of them important. were offer
ed and referred
Mr Gardeners joint resolution naming
Mr.. Archibald Cary to succeed Mr.. ]
stewart bryan as member of the cleo
iorai noard Tor Henrico county was adopt
ed and communicated to the senate.
a message was read from the governor
announcing the nominations for the cor.
poraoon commission. as already outlined.
Another message from the governor
announced vacancy in the judgeship OF
me Chancel'r Court of the city of Rich
mond and the appointment ad Interim
u MIR. Daniel Grinnan to the vacancy.
INTRODUCED AND REFERRED
The following bills were introduced and
~eferred:
BY Mr. Gent. of Russell: An act to
punish malicious setting fire to mines
mat provides penalty Of from two to Ten
years.
BY Mr. Mathews: Amend section 81 of
the statutes imposing tax on merry
go-rornds.
BY Mr.. Blackburn Smith: Authorizing
Clarke county to construct and operate
toll bridge.
by Mr.. Folkes: To pay certain en-
ployees of the penitentiary.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
COL. j. THOMAS GOODIES
NARROW ESCAPE.
Prominent MccklenburS Citizen
Drank Aconitc by Mistake and
Would Have Died Bat for
Timely Help.

BOTDTON. VA. November ls-(Spe-
cial)-Col. ]. Thomas Goode, who lives
six miles from here a member Of the
State Board of Agriculture, had a narrow
escape from death yesterday by poison. A
vial OF aconite. a deadly poison. was
ernptied into glass and left in the glass
to be thrown away, and as aconite is
colorless, the colonel rnistook it for water
and poured more water in and drank free
ly of 1t. AS soon as the mistake was dis
covered strong emetics were used, and the
sufferer was soon relieved. His physician
says the dose would have ended his life
in very short time had not the emetics
been used promptly.
WILLIAM BUTLER'S CONDITION.
Mr.. William Butler, whose arm and
hand were SO badly lacernted last week
by a shredding machine that the arm had
to be amputated. is still suffering very
much. and his physicians fear the arm
will have to be cut of higher up
The. trial of Charles Hayes, the negro
who Is alleged to have murdered Missile
Gregory early this fall. will begin to-day
before the County Court. Ex-Judge
Charles Alexander Is counsel for Hays.
and z: c. Goode. Commnnwealth's at
torney. will represent the State. The evil
dence Is strong against .le prisoner
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
STATE BANK EXAMINER.
Senator Shacl<cIford VIII Offer
R;;l Providing for such Officer.

fEOf1uIES 1OT SucIt viz CcT.
Senator George S. Shackelford. OF
Orange will to-day present q bill looking
to the establishment o: a State bank COM
missioner as provided for under the terms
of the new Constitution Senator Shackel-
ford has given a good deal OF study to
the matter and is preparing the bill with
the greatest care The commissioner will
be under tire control Of the Corporation
Commission. as provided in section 155
of the new Constitution.
The bill Will provide for the ezamina-
ton of all hanks. banking establishments.
insurance companies. building and loan
and trust companies doing business
under the laws of the State.
The bill is along pretty much the same
general lines as the one offered in the
Legislature several years ago, except that
it will come |itilin the scope of the Con-
stitution. which provides for the Gre
ton CT the commission for the protection
Of the people of the State. 1t is pra cticallv
for the State and the people what the
law providing for the national bank ex-
aminer is 20 the national banks.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
NOT DR.. JUD B. WOOD.
Another Dentist of Same Surnam
1t Was Who Disappeared

Another Dentist of Same surname
1t Was Who Disappeared
DR.. Jud B. Wood wants it strongly 1T
that he is not the unfortunate dentist
DR.. Wood-who disa appeared from Ric''
mond and who is now in d New Orleans
Hospital.
The disappearance of the right DR..
week and a variety of sensations to DR..
Jud B. Wood. who has had to instruct his
butler that all callers with sympathies
to MIS-. Wood should be instructed that
he was the wrong DR.. Wood, or rather
the DR.. Wood who stayed home and
did not fall into terrible accidents.
Il have been much distressed and
greatly nagged,' said DR.. Jud B. Wood
Yesterday. "by this affair. I was a den
have since retired and have devoted N.Y.
self to the raising of fine dogs and other
pleasant pursuits.
People have been swarming after me
with sympathies and have been wecom-
ing me home after mysterious disap-
pearance in which I did not figure. It is
all a. terrible mistake. Please tell the
rest of my friends that I am not the DR..
Wood. Do l look as if I had been blown
afternoon papers sent hundreds inQuiring
after me.
Il love Richmond too much to diSap-
pear mysteriously from her midst. Please
fix me right in the papers"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

TO finances and taxation was read and a
good deaf of informal discussion was IN
dulged in. the idea being to get at the
beginning of the work.
It was decided TO divide up the work
and to cafer it to subcommittee con-
sisting of three members from each
branch of the General Assembly. the sub
committees to report to the joint COM
nittee and then considered by the commit
tees from each branch.
The WORK was divided into five classes,
rs follows:
Real and personal property and in
ones.
Corporations including banks.
3-License.
4-Other subjects of taxation.
5-General provision of the Code rela-
i've TO the assessment and collection OF
taxes.
The chairman of the two committees
Will name the members of the sub-com>
mittees. This was not done yesterday,
but will likely be done to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
.RHEU MATISM
fortunes, Cripples and Deforms.

Rheumatism does not treat all alike:
Some suffer torture from the very Begin
ming, the attack being SO sudden, sharp
and disastrous that they are made help
less cripples in a few days, while others
feel only occasional tw,tches OF pain III
the knees. ankles, elbows and wrists, OF
the muscles of the legs, arms, back or
neck: but this t1eacherons disease is only
travelling by slower stages. The acid
poisons are all the while acc,,1nula;lnS III
The blood, and muscles and joints are
fill;ng with corrcding, acrid matter, and
wien the disease tishters its grip aud
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
BOY HUNTER PEPPERED.
Eugene Sutton Painfully Injured by
Accidental DISCHARGE


Thirteen-year Eugene. the youngest
of five children of Mr.. Frank T. Sutton,
of Bon Air was shot and painfully hurt
by the accidental discharge of a gun
while returning from hunt last Saturday
10 his home in Bon Air. The accident oc-
Cured about o'clock in the afternoon.
ar some three miles from the boys
hoe.
Eugene. who is quite hunter for a
small fellow. was hunting that day with
two of his paymates- After a pleasant
day they started for home, placing behind
them in the carriage the guns, neglecting
to unload them. The weapon which did
the damage is said to be half hammerless
and the jostling Of the carriage set off
the charge. The shot, which were small
birds. entered the boys limb near his
thigh. and came near proving fatal. DR..
Hazen. of Bon Air dressed the wound.
Mr.. Sutton. the father. said last night
that his young son was getting along
nicely. and soon would be out again
among his friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Southern Can't Handle Business.

NEW YORK. November 1S-fSpecial.-
President Samuel Spencer. of the South
ern Railway. who has just returned te
New York from several weeks spent II
the South. said to-day to an Evening
Post reporter: Business Is so heavy IN
the South that We cannot handle 1t
promptly. unfortunately. And see TO
prospect OF diminution. Industrial coadi-
ions there are improving all the time.
Mr. Spencer said he believed the re7o-
from the Birmingham district was tras
that the mills at Ensley were 10 start 500,
IN turning out from IS to 1ol-p pound s;es
rails.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Will Study Medicine.

Mr. r. T. Ferguson. for the past three
years with the Virginia-Car Chemical
Company. and holding a responsible posi-
ton in the general office, has relinquished
that post and entered the University Col
legc of Medicine, with view of preparing
for the medical profession. Mr.. Ferguson
is & son of Rev. Richard Ferguson, a we'll
known Methodist minister. and was edu-
Gated at Randolph College. He is
well equipped to begin the study of medl-
cine Mr.. Ferguson is succeeded in the
general office by Mr.. A. H. Norfleet, who
is promoted thereby. Other promotions will
follow this
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Mr.. BALDWIN'S LECTURE.
why Business Men ShoId BE Inter
cstcd in Public Educntio,


Mr.. ". II. Baldwin, Jr., president OF
the Long Island railway. and chairman of
the General Education Board, will ad-
dress the Richmond Education Associa-
uon. Saturday. November 22d. at $50
+ NJ, at the Young Mems Christian As
soclauon Hall. The subject will be: "Whv
buslness-Men Should be Interested In
Public Education
The public is cordially invited TO attend
TINS lecture. which will be one of the
most significant of its kind delivered in
this city. Mr.. Baldwin's alliance with
!nc commercial and financial centers of
Ne" York, and his close connection with
me Ogden Movement in the South.
enlnently fit him to discuss the question
OF public education from the standpoint of
the Businessman
The Richmond Education Association is
using its influence to secure the next
meeting of the Southern Education Con-
terence for this city in the spring Of 1873.
ana II Is more than probable that the
important gathering Of educators will be
held here.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Mrs. susan Gossin,. Funeral

BEDFORD CITY, VA, Nov 1s.-tSpe-
ciaL)-The body of Mrs. Susan S. Cog
gin. who died at her home near Bedford
City Sunday evening will be carried to
Lynchburg Wednesday morning for bur
ial. Mrs. Goggin. who was the widow of
John O. l.. Goggn. prominent law
yer of Lynchburg. was a daughter OF
Colonel William Holt, of Bedford. and
was connected with some OF the most
prominent and influential families of Viz
connections.
Mrs. Gogsins is survived by only two
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Mr.. Tucker in the CITY

Hon II. St. George Tucker. of Staun-
ton. was in the city Sunday and Mon
Gay, and met many of his old friends
here. Mr.. Tucker has recently returned
to his old home. in Stanton after seye-
raj years residence in Lexington He is
the interest of the Southern Education
Society movement, having delivered an
excellent address to the teachers of
Hampton on Saturday
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
Firm of Harvey, Blair. 6 Co., Dis
solve by Mutual Consent.


The Blair interests have retired from
the firm of Harvey Blair & Co., whole
sale grocers. at 200 South Tenth street.
1t is understood that there was no fric-
ton, but the reason for the dissolution
Of the partnership is not made public. 1t
is said that it was dissolved simply by
the mutual consent of all parties. Lewis
Fl. Blair and w. Harrison Blair are the
ones retiring.
Frank D. Beveridse. as manager. will
continue the wholesale grocery business
along the lines Of the old concern and
under the name of Harvey. Blair & Co
1t is announced, however, that a partner
ship has been formed between F. D.
Bereridge and S. T. Beveridge. of S T.
Beveridge & Co.
The Blair interests are closely affiliated
with the Stephen Putney Shoe Company,
of Manchester, and it is thought that
since Withdrawing from the grocery bust
ness their interests will centre more in
the shoe business.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
THE RAIN INTERPRETERS.
Fewer People Out to Enjoy the Car
n1val Yesterday

FEWER Pcople Out to Enjoy the Car
nival Yesterday.
owing to the threatening weather there
were not so many people on the Carnival
grounds at the corner of Vine and Main
streets as there usually is There was n
soodlY, crowd. however. despite the driz-
zling fain :
All OF the shows were IN full blast and
seemed TO be doing business although
Manager Berger says the people are not
patronfzing the shows as they ought to.
new features will be added to the
carnival to-day and also several new free
attractions
The shows are all good and ought to be
wen patronized There Is Boho. WIN :. :.
EN- alive. Hanna the Australian wild
- - Asatssa kaxntnx "a Hta. ara TIA
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

in 1880, and came to America. with HE
parents. when a child. He was admitted
to the Episcopal ministry when q years
of age, and filled several prominent pull
pits in Chicago New York. and else
where. He was elected Bishop of the
Diocese of Mississippi. in 1896.
Bishop Thompson was a profound
scholar. and one of the ablest ministers
in the South.
The funeral will be held Thursday. in
order that all clergymen OF the Miss1s
sippi Diocese may be present. A number
of southern bishops will attend. and
Bishop Gailor. of Tennessee will conduct
the services.
The body will be inferred under the
chancel of ST. Columbia chapel. a small
stone edif1ce in corner of the yard OF
the Bishops home.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
BISHOP THOMPSON.
OF MISSISSIPPI, DEAD.
He Was Profound Scholar, anil
One of the AbIest Ministers In
the South.

JACKSON, MISS. November 1s-Bishop
Hugh Miller Thompson died at a. NJ,
to-day, of cancer Of the throat. Since
his arrival here from New York, a week
ago, he has been sinking rapidly, and
had made all preparations for the end.
which came pea cefuly. and while he was
surrounded by his family and friends.
He was horn in Londonderry, Ireland,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Iron Mines Sold.

CONVICTION, VA. Nov. ts-(SpeciaIl-
For sum not made public. the Potts
Valley Mining Company, owners of the
Huddlestun iron mines. situated near
Ccvington, have transferred their prop
erty to the Allegheny Ore and Iron Com
pany whose head Office is located In
Clifton Forge
The conveyance includes the railroad
and washer equipments used in the min
ing business. Mr. Porter y Clarke. o,
Covington, has been in charged OF the
mines.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
FINANCE AND TAXATION.
senate Committee Divides It, Wa :,

Among subcommittee.
The Senate and House Committee on
rasance held session yesterday after
noon in the Senate chamber. The ree+
ing was for the purpose of taking NJ, tba
portion OF the new Constitution referred
TO II by the action of the General As
scnbly in assigning the work of ra-
Nisirg the statutes to the standing com
mlttees Of the body. Senator Wickbarn
was chosen president.
The article of the Constitution re,atinr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

pected from now onward at the ware
houses. The planters are realizing fine
prices for all grades.
The Committee on Public Property has
given out a contract for painting the
courthouse and steeple and renewing the
letters on the town clock.
In the Mayors Court to-day Clinton
Crawley, colored, and married, was sent
on to the Corporation Court to be tried
on the charge of betraying a 16-year-oId
colored girl.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Van Allen Say. us Absurd.

LONDON. November Is = tSpecial.f-
James Van Allen, of Newport said this
evening: The suggestion of murder in
the Remington case is absurd Murders
are not committed in Newport clubs. The
young man who states that murder was
committed r1ust be out of his mind. Ths
case was undoubtedly one OF suicide.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
snu1i-Pox Near Luray.

LURAT. VA. Nov. 1S.-The board OF
health of Page county, in consequence OF
the prevalence of smallpox in the several
adjoining counties. has ISSUED orders 10
all persons living in the settlement Q:
Salem four miles from Lurdy. VINO have
had the disease or had it in their families
to remain at their homes at least Two
weeks. The disease has been prevalent
IN the Salem section TOR seven or eight
weeks
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

4
striI cs with full
force, no constltu-
ton is strong enough
TO withstand its feac-
| iulblows, andits VIC
Tins are crippled and
leforned, or1iteraliy
worn out by constsnt
pain. Rheumatism IS
caused by Uric Acid
OK some other irri-
tatinp poison In the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.
A Pleasant Hour Mt ST. Mnry,x School
Hall TO-NiEht

Pleasant Hour mt ST. Mnry's School
Hall Tonight.
The dramatic entertainment to be given
by st. Mary's Dramatic Club, tonight.
at st. Mary's School Hall, promises to
meet with the usual success. The cluD
will present three comedies, each OF
which is calculated to bring down tn.
house.
Lonnie Wilson and Gus Strothmeyer, as
the Irish and Dutch comedians. are too
Well known to need further introduction.
All who have witnessed the entertain
ments given by this club will not miss the
opportunity TO see them at their best
Football In Cracl<eropolis.
ATLANTA, GA. November 1S-Sewa-
nee II: University of Georgia, 0.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

of her children, John O. L, Goggin, Of
Roanoke. and Miss Alittie Goggin. Sha
was 81 years old
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
SUIT VS., VA, P,&P.CO
FIRST TO BE INSTITUTED IN THE
RICHMOND COURTS.
BE WATCHED BY LAWYERS.
Company Not Recognized by the
City,. j. Vaughan Asks $4,000
to Marry.

| A suit was instituted yesterday after
noon in the City Circuit Court by J. j.
Vaughan against the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company for $4,000 DAM
| ages
+, This is the first litigation in the Rich
| nond courts against the Virginia Passen-
| ger and Power Company. and the meth
! DDS adopted by the company when 1t
| comes to plead the declaration will De
watched with considerable interest by the
! legal profession of the city.
| 1t will be recalled that the Virginia
| Passenger and Power Company is not
! recognized by the city of Richmond, and
the question whether it can be sued is
an interesting one. There is no doubt
but the company can be sued. but If a
| judgment be secured the question has
been asked can it be collected?
Several suits for damage have heen
instituted against the consolidated COM
pany in Manchester and Henrico county.
but in these places the Virginia Passen-
ger and Power Company is recognized as
the legitimate successor to the Richmond
Passenger and Power Company.
Deputy Clerk Crutchfield issued the fol-
lowing marriage licenses in the Hastings
Court clerks office yesterday: Anderson
E. Lamkin and Bernie Ford; Frank s.
Burlington and Nellie Lee Wise; Samuel
NJ. Irwin and Anne D. Probst: Joseph r
Gentry and Eva G. Kent: Robert Henry
Glass. Jr.. and Beatrice Hines Daughtrey,
George P. Barnes and Gertrude Ra!ston,
and James f. Disney and Madeline Nc
Cabe Murphy.
Coiored-Wilie Peyton and Maria Bow
man.
Judgment was rendered in the City Cir
cult Court yesterday in favor of Re
hecca Cottrell against Joseph A. Nelson
for s116.67.
Church Hill Wilson was given twelve
years in the penitentiary yesterday for rob-
bling c. w. Sherrer, on Seventeenth street.
some weeks ago.
Walter Jenkins was given twelve
months for robbing the place OF John
Onesty.
Wray r. Knight qualified in the Chan
Gerry Court yesterday as admnistra-
tor of the estate of Pattie w. keesee.
deceased
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

Wray r. knight qualified in the Chan
Gerry Court yesterday as adm:nistra-
tor of the estate of Pattie w. keesee.
deceased
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19
Deputy Clerk Crutchf1e1d issued the

Judgment was rendered in the City Cir
cult Court yesterday in favor of Re
hecca CottrelI against Joseph A. Nelson
for sl16.67
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-19

A suit was instituted yesterday alter
noon in the City Circuit Court by j. J.
Vaughan against the Virginia Passenger
and Power Company for $4,000 dam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-03
Attack of Naval Enemy.

New London, Conn, Sept. 3.-Early
this morning the naval enemy made
a third attack on the forts of the
New London district. 1t is said to
have been the most effective as well
as spectacular move that has taken
The firing began at 4:50 and contin-
ued almost necessarily for two hours,
being directed at Fort Wright, ON
Fishers island. The attacking squad
ron was composed of the battleships
kearsarge, Alabama, Massachusetts
and Indiana
The result of the mornings conflict