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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23

ing deep impression on the largo con-
greSations that attend Preaching again
tonight. The theme for the sermon to-
night will be Parental Responsibility.
Tomorrow Sunday there will be three
services as follows: II A. NJ, $50 and
P. NJ.
The service at $50 P. M. to-day
will be specially for children and young
people The meetings will continue next
week services daily at 10 A. NJ. and P.
M
Regular services at Ashbury Methodist
Church. Sunday school 9:15 A NJ. Preach
ing at II ~. NJ, and 1880 P. NJ Services
conducted by the pastor. ]. w Lllaston.
Central M. Z. Ch,lrch:: Services con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. r. NJ. Chand-
Ter.
sunday-school at 9:15 A. NJ. Preach
ing at II A. M Subject .trhe Body of
Christ; at P. M. mo Continuing City
Solo by Prof. F. L. Mitchell. THE Holy
City The public cordially invited to all
the services.
Preaching at Fifth-Street Church at II
a. NJ. and 7:45 P NJ. Morning subject:
THE Book Divinely True. evening:
''Jonahs Nlission-Its Result" Sum
dav-school at 9:15 A. NJ.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
Little Cleaners of Oak-Grove Baptist
Church will be held this afternoon
at $3.50 Rev w. w. Sisk. of Clopton-
Street, will address the meeting. A pro-
gramme of singing and rccita tons has
been arranged. The most attractive is
a song by Miss Marie Rudd. of five years.
All are cordially invited to attend.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Officer Smith yesterday summoned
three small boys to appear in court to-
morrow morning on the charge of as
saulting Henry Nunnally. The boys are
Henry EGill, Willie Laffoon and Willie
Crowder.
It was published in an afternoon and
morning paper that Henderson Smith. the
colored man who is alleged to have been
poisoned by Laura Taylor, was dead.
Smith appeared in the court Of Squire
Chea than as told in the Times of yes
terday, and was the Invest dead man the
Squire ever saw.
Mrs. w Il. Smith, who for some time,
has been sick at her home No. ?la Balm
bridge Street. is improving very rapidly.
The Executive Committee of the Bust
ness Mems Association will meet Mon
day night, when the minor committees
will be appointed.
A small negro boy was before the court
Of Mayor Maurice yesterday and given
a good lecture, then whipped by his moth
er in the presence of the court.
Miss Ruth Bethel, of Crewe. is visiting
Miss Estele Bethel on Fourth Street.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Brands. of North
Carolina, are visiting Mr.. a. c. Bran-
dis. OF this city.
MIR. and Mrs Brands. of North Car
DINA, are visiting Mr.. a. c. Brands, OF
this city.
The funeral OF Captain +. S. Thaxton
was from cambridge Street Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon at ; O'Clock
by the Rev. F. V. FaldE. 1nternent
was made in Maurv Cemetery.
James Riley. white man. was picked
up on the street last night by Officer
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IT was revealed yesterday that TIC -'.t e
{ olonel Charles i. Bigger, coinmahaa:!t
ce Camp, Soldiers Homo, Tau oesI
secretly married over two years prlor -
his death to Miss Fannie Blair BIN
rr,,o announcement was made by us
widow who resides at the home OF hef
mctber. No. 2412 West Cary Street 'siis,
IS better known as the mIislhcf coiieC.eo
with the firm of Jacob Levitt ana ooii. -
1885 East Main Street. 'oloi!e' L.sSe
:, nil, he remembered. lille snf1erlns
lily and physically. committed SUI
eide a few Weeks aSo ~ ~
Soldiers Home. 10
,Irs 1:;.rer. as she will hencetofth De
Known stated yesterday that II had pee!i
,ore,d nrior to the Wedding. IN aceoi'.-
,rcc with Colonel Biggers wisf: 'aaL ~
,.,nr as he lived their marriage sioulo -.
mai, a secret, hut since MS ue'.'n Siis
.,,,+ in Justice to herself the pupiic sIoaio
know she was his VIE. ~,
The secret ceremony was perioit iieu -; ~
~, 1.,a Rev. Preston Nash at Mrs. big
,ann The clerk of the County Court
,,,,aro the license was issued, was
,n,,,d Ia secrecy, is was Mr.. Nash; SO
With tbe four the secret renamed uiitli
diynIred hy Mrs Bigger on YESTERDAY.
.r loved the Colonel dearly. said Mrs
rsiccer Yesterday land through ms re-
cent illness and the tragic end OF ms
life though my heart was breaF}ils' !
did not in public shed one tear that could
have betrayed our relation she toio
how she attended his funeral, as qua nun
dreds of his friends. and though the or
deal was trying one indeed, she bore
1t brayely, without faltering.
AIRS. Bigger does not make her mar
rage, known to. lay claim to any estate
Of her late husband. because, first. as She
saws. he left none and. secondly. she
would prcfer it to so to the family by
his first marriage.
To even the nearest friends of Colonel
Bigger the announcement of this mar
rage came as a sunrise. and with DOS
siblv Two executions. these being members
az The Executive Board OF the Soldiers
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wright He spent the night as guest
Of the city.
THE SUSPECTS DISCHARGED.
No Evidence to Connect Th:m With Clayton

No Evidence to Connect Them With Clayton
Murder.
That there will never be a satisfactory
murder of Mr.. William Clayton, two
weeks ago to-day, there now seems little
doubt. Yesterday in Police Court the
two negro suspects who had been appre-
hendeI at great trouble and expense, Sam
Miller, alias Petersburg Eddie and
Charles Johnston were discharged, as not
one iota of evidence had been found
against either one of them. At the same
time. the general desire manifested by
the police to capture James Allen, alias
Sand House, the thir of the trio who
left the ely suddenly. Immediately after
the murder. has subsidized. Sand House"
may return to Richmond now with i'm
punity.
There is now every prospect that the
Clayton case will pass out of the public
mind as did the Scott case. without any
solution of the mystery ever having been
found. The police worked hard and
diligently on it. and at several times it
seemed that they could almost close the
net, but finally it was shown to their
satisfaction that they were on the wrong
and Johnson at their request. Now the
trail is cold and while some work is BEING
done on the case, it has become incidental
and deStlltory. Even they do not hope
for a solution of the affair.
Clues in which women have figured
lave been worked and Abandoned; clues
frtm which it was thought that Mr..
Clay ton may have come to his death at
the hands of man with whom he had
lad personal disagreement have been
exhausted, and the mystery, one of the
riost srcwsome the city has ever known,
remains. The disappearance of the note
which Mr.. Clayton had and which was
shown to an erploye of a poker-room
in Broad Street has hampered the police
n this direction. as through this note it
might have been possible to learn the
identity of the woman with whom Mr..
Clayton was on such friendly terms At
tie coroner'S inquest it was stated that
this woman was the bride of q. man who
l.; now in New York State. but it has
!,cen impossible to learn anything def
mite about the matter, as at this point
all information ceased.
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS
WERE ALSO TAMPERED WITH
Signatures Now of Great Value, Cut from Them-The|
Question is as to Whether Any Criminal
Con Re
Steps Can Be Taken.

tatives of the Housesniths' and Bridge
smiths Union will demand an advance
of wages from the present scale to that
OF forty cents an hour Unless their de-
r,ands are met with they are determined
to stop work through the entire country.
II they SO decide, work Will not only be
stopped on the new custom building and
structures in the course of erection for
several large department stores in Man
haitian. but also on the other two con-
tcmplated bridges. AS a matter OF fact,
work will be tied up in all directions
where steel and iron-workers are con-
cerned
sd. f. Mcintyre, of .Pittsburg, the ma
t;cna1 secretary, has received the vote
from at least thirty lodges. each in ia
vor of demanding the forty cents per
hour for eight hours a days work
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,.ck. stock and barrel. in 1904, and throw
for Hanna!'
MY luncheon has just been announced,
al. Wise. Good morning" said Presl-
dent Roosevelt as he walked away.
JINJUTSU.
When Roosevelt is not INDUCING IN
political acrobatics he is, it is said, roll
ir;, on the mat with Professor J. j.
C'Brien, learning the mysterious Jlu-
1,:tsu the Japanese system OF defence,
Whereby a man of merely ordinary phy-
s,tal strength can break the bones OF
Giant.
There arc many stories af1oat i'll regard
to this marvellous science, OF the pledSc
of secrecy imposed upon all who are
taught its grips and holds, of the society
III Japan by which it is practiced, and the
wonderful power of self-defencc even
far knowledge of it gives a man. La1-
cadio Hearn. in his book, "Out OF the
East" gives q. beautiful description OIL
it This wonderful writer states that the
word Jinjutsu is derived from a japanese
word which means Ito yield. Hence the
whole system of JinJutsu is 1o'lideo on
welding to the force of an adVersarSs
attacks and making him do himself harm
AS TO the secrecy. Hearn says that there
ere some grips which only a few OF the
society know. by which a man may De
ir.tantly killed and no mark ieit. ~
thorough knowledge of anatomy IS nc
c.ssarv TO a complete mastery OF the alt.
Tt is wondered in Washington IL ROUSE
yeit will ever advance very lar ~ a,is
science The Keynote of which is Sleiu'
and while he is known to be a Soou
h,xar and wrestler and TO be possesseo
If s-,.eat physical strength. odds OF ten "
ono are laid that he will give up 1lll1utsu
in despair if he must yield TO learn.
ONE ON "FITZ'' LEE.
Tbcrc is a. good story floating about
..Sewspaper Row this week on Geher Ii
r-i,zn,,sh Lee. 1t was told ny d "e'-
known Virsinian to 2 crowd OF newspaper
men a few nights ago. and 1i,laliS i.Id;i'-
ed the floor Of the House OF kepreser-
ta.i,-ae where Major Otey was seen
donhled up with laughter over 1T yester-
day. ,,,r+
Tt seems that out in TIC western pa.
of Virginia there lives an old Confederate
veteran who was in General tltz Lee
command during the VAL lie ana INC
General have always been inc creates.
personal friends. and when ever lneS ilcl
a long talk on ''old times was SUR ~
follow. full of remaninicenses OF the Gays
when they fought together Tor the LOST
C,a,,sc,, A short time ago General Lee
Vas ont in his old friends nelGhhorhood
ard as usual hunted him up. inns was
tbe first time the two had seen each
other since the Spanish war
Much to General Lees surprise the Old
man was very stiff in his greeting to
him. ..Nhy. what's the matter With
vou?" asked the General
..Nothin the matter with me- was
the reply.
.,Why. YOU don't seem as cordial and
friendly as you used to be. Out with 1t:
tor me what is wrong" urged General
Lee, nothing that there was something
-,-ronc and being anxious to find the
reason for it.
Well" said the old man. there amt
notbn' wrong with me and I amt chang
ed. neither but scnce I've seen Sou TINS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
col BIGGER SECRETLY MARRIED
MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO
His Wife, Who Kept the Secret as Long as He LIVED
Now Tells About the Marriage, Which
Creates Much Interest.

Eomc. none seem to have had an init
nation that it had ever taken place. Col
onel Bigger was known to have spent
much time at the home of this lady, but
it was never thought that they were
married.
From an examination of the records
of Henrico County Court, it was shown
that the license was issued ON Decem-
Ter 26. 1892 by the clerk to Charles +
Bigger. aged sixty Years, and Fannie Is.
Binford. aged thirty-four years. native OF
Gloucester county, resident of Richmond,
and daughter of y. s. and Lucy A. Bin
ford. The license certificate was not re-
turned by Mr.. Nash. but after his death
was found among his papers, and re-
turned only a short while ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
STREET RAILWAY SOLD.
One Line in Norfolk Purchased by Atkins and
Widecer
(By Associated Pre,s.)

NORFOLK. VA, March 23.-1t is re-
ported that the Old Dominion Street
Railway has been sold for $4,000. VIII
liam Atkins and 2. Widner, owners of
the Philadelphia Traction Company and
OF street railway interests i'll New York
and ST. Louis. arc mentioned as the
purchasers. Mr. II. G. Williams. pres
dcrt of the Old Dominion Company. ar
rived yesterday morning from Philadel-
p!lia. When seen at the Monroe he re-
fused either to confirm or deny the re.
port as to the sale of the Old Dominion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
THE TRAIN LEAVES.
Work of Good Roads Crew Finished Here

Work OF Good Roads crew Finished here
festerfay.
Tne crew of the Southern Railway good
roads train completed its work of road
building here yesterday afternoon.
The machinery was reloaded last night
ard this morning the train will leave for
Charlottesville. All the work mapped out
for the force was not accomplished mere
Int thai that was finished stands a SPLEEN
did example OF road building
The private car occupied by the officials
accompanying the good roads train was
handled last night over the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway to charlottesville,
where it will remain until after the JEFF
terson- Memorial and Interstate Good.
Roads Convention, to be held April Cd,
Cd and 4tll.
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Legislators Invited to Charleston.

Z, The Virginia. Legislature will be- invited
to attend the Charleston Exposition i'm.
mediately after its adjournment. Special
rates for a ten-days' Easter trip from
March eth to April 9Th are being ar
ranged. It's hoped that a large number
of the members and their friends will
avail themselves OF this opportunity to;
visit the Exposition.
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of glass. Apparently the great building
will have no beginning or ending, but
this is not only on account of its size,
but because also that it begins against
one shop of another kind and ends against
one Of still a. different kind. So it is the
side elevation that is presented by the
accompanying cut.
But the inside will be as wonderful as
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23

The new erecting shop Of the Richmond
Locomotive Works will be immense. 1t
will be no less than 500 feet long, So feet
wide and So feet high.
It is difficult to conceive Of the vast
ness of this structure from the bare
statement Of the dimensions. 1t viii be
longer than any square in Richmond.
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BIG STRIKE. THREATENED.
Steel and Iron Workers Want Increased
.(By Associated Press. J

tBy Associated Prcss.)
NEW DIRK. March 22.-There is a
possibility that bridge work on the great
structure known as the Eastern District
Bridge, and all other iron work on bulld-3
gs in the course of cons ruction in New:
York city, will come to a sud- stop on
May list next. The Brooklyn Eagle will
.sav morrow & 5ss
On or before that date the represen-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
DEATHS OF A DAY.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
BURLINGTON. VA. March o22-Juds:
Russell Smith Taft, chief judge of the
Supreme Court OF this State, died to-day,
aged 81 years. Judge Taft was a leading
figure in Vermont legal circles. and he
also had served his State as Lieutenant
Governor.
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nalf Of square in width and equal to
i've stories high.
Not a particle of wood will be use1 IN
its construction. Brick, glass and steei
are the materials used.
In outward aspect the building Will be
remarkable 1t is a, great workshop, and
fo1 this light is absolutely necessary.
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It Will Not be Sung.

The announcement in yesterdays Times
that 1.-The Crystal Sea- would be sung at
tie Second Baptist Church this morning.
it appears, was erroneous. It will not be
sUTG.
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the exterior It will be the business home
by day and by night OF hundreds Of men.
This cavernous room will have many dis.
tinctive features that viii! interest and
serve a purpose. -Am)ng them will be
two travelling cranes that, for lifting
capacity, will look down on ANYTHING
ever seen in this part of the country.
One will be able to swing around in TIE
air with an ease suggestive Of comfort
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KEPT IN BACKGROUND.

Miles has been kept in the background
sycr since the outbreak of the Spanish
war by the administration while AdJu-
tant General. Corbin has been allowed fuli
swing and he has for a long nme heen
boiling with rage and aHXions Tor an OPP
rortllnity to have revenge. IT was sdld
that Mckinley kept Miles out of the war
Tor fear he would distinguish himself anu
tome back a formidable candidate for the
PRESIDENCY. II is said now by his friends
Mat he is kept out OF the Philippines b.
Roosevelt for the same reasons,
Mics has a tremendous following in The
n,,pv and is very highly thought OF IN
The West. and it is thought that Roose-
vrlt' S advisors Will not allow the strenuous
Executive 10 lock horns with the lannon's
indian fighter fer fear of offending Ger
Tain WesteTu Senators OF power hoosc-
ycn. to do him justice, Is for gong
straight ahead and unfolding Root by re-
.;rin,- Miles The effect of such retire
.,ent anon Miles would be to reduce ms
salary .one-fourth and to put him under
cloud for the rest of his lie
Tho salary of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is
twelve thousand dollars a year, plus about
:, thousand dollars allowance Tor cer,aih
,x,ras. This special allowance is not
;r., retired officers. so Miles would be
.of,uced 10 a salary of Line thousand dol
lars
INC closing of the Schley case On FIT
br ina House Committee on NaNa!
Affairs should warn Miles 10 be care1Hi
OF fishting The administration. Inc lact
nat Speaker Henderson and the 'eane.s
OF tl,e House are against SchleE. anu tiiat
Roosevelt has made personal Iia1tei
~ the affair .precludcs all possibility OF
.,e doing of anything in behalf of the
distinguished admiral by Congress. TIE
e,c,,are might pass a resolution of thanks
In Sch,ey for services rendered his cou,i-
.,,. hut the House would take no action,
.n, hence the matter would end so FAR
rs congress is concerned. What the peo-
Ill, will do remains to be seen.
Tho Virginia machine" men, now
,4ox,,,, arrogant at their success in land
ING Treat and Allen for reappaintment,
80. telling with great glee of an inter
stcw alleged TO have taken place between
Johnny Wise and Roosevelt the other
A,r. Wise was in the city TO represent
Nilsson in the JsaSsitcr contest. case, and
,.1lile here called on the President His
apimosity 10 the organization is Well
known, and scnc weeks ago he vas here
,i.ntinE it tooth and nail. After taking
on other matters for wiliie. III th.s rc-
rent Interview with the President. WISE
according TO the machine men. said:
Look here. Mr.. President. thought You
raid YOU were not going to recognize that
Si:ginia machine?"
.oh." said Teddy. 81 only appointed
Two of them. and referred them to the
Aitnrney-Gcnerai and acted upon his re-
commentator.
..1,he Attorney General" cried Wise.
..;nd who is lie but u Mark llama aD-
nnintec? Why. Mr.. President. Mark
J,anna, has appointed those men. and lie
1. undermining you all the time. The
>>A.s- crowd of them nil sell you out.
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as much as 120 tons. It will have a span
of 70 feet. 1t will think noSa.ngs of p:ck-
ing up an engine bodily and uncererao-
nio,,s.y and setting it down anywhere
in reach The other will '.e comparative
w a. juvenile. It's capacity for picking up
weights will be 80 tons.
Mr.. John r. Wilson, Of this city. is the
contractor. He is pushing the work as
rapidly as possible.
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BAIL is ALLOWED
TO DUNNAYANT
Judge ingram Released Him on
Bond of $1,000.
GREAT ACTIVITY in POLITICS
City Committee to Meet Tomorrow Night to
Perfect Plans for Prmary-Llst of
Caudldates-Othcr South
side Items.
GREAT ACTIVITY in POLITICS

Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times l.
11O5 Hull Strect.J
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ROOSEVELT furious
WITH General Miles
Only Roots Advice SavedHis
Prompt Retirement.
BREACH LONG STANDING
Commanding General of the Army
is Usually in Opposition.
NEW SCIENCE OF DEFENSE
sre.ident Putting In Spare Time Studying
Jlniutsu, Which is Marvellous Japanese
AT o, Defending Ones Self Against
a Stronger Opponent = Good
Stories on John Wise aud
Fitzhugh Lee.
Commanding General of the Army
is Usually in Opposition.
NEW SCIENCE OF DEFENSE
(special Dispatch to The rimcs.)

WASHINGTON, D.. c., March o.
Henry Watterson. the far-famed editor OF
the Louisville Couricr-Journa wrote q
long letter to his paper the other day IRON
Washington in which he described the po-
jitical conditions as they exist in the Cap
jtal to-day. To sum up. the matters are,
according to Mr.. Watterson, envclopcd in
} dense, impenctra,blc fog. There is every
sort OF sche1ning and trading gong on at
the Capital and heaven only knows What
Is going on at the White House. II one
iinds his head swimming from an attcmpt
20 keep up with the three-ring circus per-
icrmance on Capitol Hill. where the Re
publican factions are at war with each
other over the Cuban sugar question, the
rrumpacker resolution and the ship sub
sidy bill, and where army officers arc
giving startling testimony before Senate
committees and turns toward the White
House in the hope tina: by fixing his gaze
upon the one-,ing continuous perform
lnce show that is going Oh there, he Will
lind some relief, he is doomed to bitter dis
appointment. for the political antics Of the
Gagged curiosity on exhibition at the west
rrn end of Pennsylvania Avenue are even
more bewildering than those OF the large
mcnagerie at the eastern end. Now the
light is on between Roosevelt and Miles
md it will undoubtedly be to a finish.
Had it not been for the sober counsel Of
Secretary Root Miles would have been
placed upon the retired list ON Friday, for
nj the Cabinet meeting on that day the
President announced his intention to end
the army scandal. which has been going
or ever since the Spanish war. by putting
the quiet,frs on Miles: But Root adTised
him 10 go slowly and even went to the
White House Friday night to discuss the
subject Roosevelt claims that Miles was
guilty OF characterization in speaking as
he did of Secretary Root and his bill. and
that he should be disciplined accordingly
There arc those. however. who say that
Ecneral Miles is only TOO eager to be
..,nartyred'' and that he will welcome
euv drastic measures Roosevelt may sec
III TO adopt.
This tro,.hle between Roosevelt and
Miles dates back to the rerrimand Eive1
the Northumberland by the President
IN account of the opinion Miles expressed
in regard to the finding of the Schlcy
rourt of inquiry. and Miles is now Tor
ANYTHING, that will hurt Roosevelt. The
Commander in Chief Of the army has al
VANS been at odds with the President and
,he Secretary of War, and both Sheridan
and sherman were continually in hot
water as was. also. Schofield. While The
commander in Chief holds. nomi1ally. the
highest position in the army. he is. III
reality. only hig1l-saiaried clerk. who
n,tst take his orders from the secretary
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,-ck. stock and barrel. in 1904, and throw
for Hanna."
MY luncheon has just been announced,
All. Wise. Good morning., said Presl-
dent Roosevelt as he walked away.
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ing deep impression on the largo con-
greSations that attend. Preaching again
tonight. The theme for the sermon to-
night will be Parental Responsibility.
Tomorrow Sunday there will be three
services as follows: II A. NJ, $3.50 and
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lcon.inued % Fouzseensh zlsgel
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She is {. large 'woman with inteili-
gent refined features, and no mora air
fectinc, scene was eysr witnessed than her
weeping at the cold dead form of the
woman whom tho world knew as her
husband. Green always associated with
men and engaged in pursuits and diver
sions common to them. She smoked. ot's
seldom o1lewed, and was not addicted 10
I,;,, -