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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30

In the previous generation, sixteen in Tho
generation before that, and so on ana ~
the other. that as you go back the ponu,.1
ton OF the country decrea ses-at the tina q
OF the conquest 1t was probably not a tenth
OF what 1t is now-you can easily see that
the present inhabitants of these Islands
could not all be supplied with ances,nrs :.
less the same people were used over and
over again. Each ancestor must in fact
do duty for so many descendants that the
probability is that we all Of us have a great
many OF them in common. That Ia whv
the majority of people have royal proeeni
tors somewhere in the dim vista of the
past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
onward orders to the gunboat Marietta

now at San Juan, Porto Rico, to remain at
that point until the 4th of July, and then
proceed to Colon to relieve the Machias,
and this program will be carried out. un-
less there is a development in the Vene-
zuelan situation grave enough to warrant
her immediate dispatch to the threatened
vicinity.
The Navy Department is very DESTROYS
OF relieving the Machias of her arduous du-
ties on the isthmus as soon as possible.
Her crew Is not allowed to go on shore. and
the men have been cooped up aboard ship
for many weary weeks, and, in the not
tropical climate. their confinement has been
most trying upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
Creeds and Trades.
From the London Taller.

FROM the latler.
Certain creeds seem to monopoiize GER
tam industries. Practically all British
manufacturers of cocoa, for example, are
Quakers. Then. in London, at anr rate
very large percentage OF cigar mercha nts
and all the best-known manuiactu., : CT
Christmas cards are Jews. Whenever a
Welshman comes to London TO seek his
fortune 1t is long odds on his making a
pile either in the Diapers or drug store
business. Irishmen, probably owing to the
fact that they lack the money making in
stinct, flock 70 Journalism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
Royal Pedigrees.

From London Truth.
Some years ago had little passage-at-
arms with a gentleman who was prepared
To prove the royal descent of almost any
man in the street for a payment Of flo
down. When limited some doubt of his
bona fides he called upon me and showed,
by fairly plausible argument, that almost
Everybody has royal blood in his veins, II
he only knew 1t. When you remember. on
the one hand. that you had two grandfath-
ers and two grandmothers, eight ancestors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30

embalmed, but the indications are that no
embalming fluid had ever touched it, for
the body has resolved itself into dust.
Jesse James, jr., picked up the skull of his
father and back of the left ear found hole
perhaps an inch long. Through 1t went the
bullet Of Bob" Ford. the treachereus COM
panion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
Chairman Babcock's Protest.

Mr.. Babcock followed Mr.. Cannon in a
general protest. which he said he had been
instructed to make by the unanimous vote
of the District committee against the gen.
eral legislation contained in the bill. He
claimed that by amendment No. 81 Con-
gress had given entire control of the pro-
posed new trafaq bridge to the Washington,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
TO RELIEVE THE MACHIAS.
The Marietta viii Be Sent to Colon
The Venezuelan Situation.

There is no great anxiety felt in official
circles here In regard to the situation in
yenezuela The Navy Department haa SEM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-30
Condition of the District


condition of the District Mr.. Cannon said:
Now, then, one other matter 1t is prop
er for me to state to the House what, In
my Judgment, this bill accomplishes in the
shape of revenues The estimated revenues
under existing law are S3700,00O. That is
safe. The estimated increase on real estate
by revision, 81 100000, assured by
everybody, including the assessor and the
Senate committee and everybody that has
appeared before the committee on this sub
ject, and some of them say 100000 more
But We put 1t a million. The probable
revenue from personal tax and from this
increase S50O0O0. That would make a to-
tai of 50, 2J0, 600
Now the liabilities under the bill that
we report would amount, chargeable in the
District appropriation act, to App 600 in
round numbers, half from the District fund.
Amount appropriated in the sundry civil
and legislative. bills, S164,OOO; the
amount required to reimburse the United
States for advances during the year 1902,
S9SOOO0. One-half of the appropriation
made in the sundry civil bill and for mu-
nicipal building, 100000; one-half of the
cost of highway bridge, $244. 900. making a
total of $5,201 900, that has come from the
treasury in the coming year.
Now, then, If you will take that from
S., $50 900, the usual revenue, 1t leaves S21S,-
600.
Now. them want to say one thing fur
Their The demands on the District for
1904 will in my judgment, exceed those that
will have to be met In the coming fiscal
year. The same or greater amount will
be required to reimburse the United States
for advances, and a larger sum will prob
ably be required on account of the munich
pal building, If that work is to be properly
prosecuted, for this bill provides only for
buying the lot. The sums carried by the
sundry civil bill and the legislative appro-
priation bill connot be reduced. If the rail-
re ad terminal bin is enacted, 1t will entail
an ultimate expense Of several million dol
lars and a large fixed annual charge on the
revenues of the District for years to come.
This revenue bill does not reckon with
that proposition or with that problem, nor
does 1t reckon with a very large expendi-
ture for the municipal building, nor does II
reckon with the reclamation Of the eastern
flats, and great many other things But
1t is sufficient in the judgment Of this com
mittee to carry on the public service with
some reasonable addition thereto for the
next year, and so on
II have no pride in this provision IF is
the best we could do. 1t was not a labor nj
love, but of necessity; and l venture here
the hope that the proper legislative com
mittees of the Senate and the House on
the District Of Columbia will promptly at
the next session of Congress, shoulder This
burden and see whether some better provi-
sions cannot be adopted than are embraced
in this conference report"
Chairman Babcock's Protest,
Mr.. Babcock followed Mr. Cannon in a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Mr.. STAPLET0N D. GO0CH, or
LOUISA DIES, IN RICHMOND

the village. being noted for its charm
ing and unvarying hospitality. No man
stood higher in the esteem OF the COM
munity where he lived than Mr.. Gooch.
AS a citizen, husband. father and
friend he was a model worthy OF imi-
tation.
His body was taken to louisa by the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad yester-
day afternoon. accompanied by his fam
lily, who were with him. and whose ten
der ministrations soothed the closing
DAYS of his life. His funeral services
will take place this afternoon from the
Christian Church at Louisa. the Rev.
Landon a. Cutler. assisted by the Rev.
Richard Bagby and the Rev. Mr.. Rhodes,
officiating his remains will be laid to
rest in the churchyard beside his daugh-
ter, Miss Bessie Gooch, who died 4 little
more than a year ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23

She Was Married at the Jeffer.
son Ho.eI in Richmond
Last July
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The T,mes)
NEW YORK, December 22.-The death
OF Mrs. Edith Wyman Rodman at the
Presbyterian Hospital last night brought
to q strange conclusion the romance of
DR.. II. H. Rodn,an, to whom Edith wy
man, New York hospital nurse, was
married in the jefferson Hotel. Richmond,
Va. last July. when DR.. Rodman was
thought to be dying.
All concerned looked on 1t at the time
as in reality a death-bed marriage, but,
owing to his wife's faithful nursing, Dr.
I:odman was restored to health. while she
was stricken shortly afterwards with the
illness that has ended In her death
DR.. Rodman fell In love with Miss Wy
man when they met four years ago in
the Presbyterian Hospital II, this CITY
lie a physician. she nurse. During ths
South African War. however, DR.. Ro1-
nan served as a physician on the hos
rita! ship Maine, and while In England
became engaged to Miss Eleanor Warren
der. youngest daughter Of the late Sir
George Warrender. and a friend of the
Queen.
DR.. Rodman was brought back to his
country seriously i'll from fever When
he thought he was dying he sent for his
first love. Miss Wyman.
Mrs Rodman was taken to the hospital
on December 11th, suffering from cancer
OF the liver. She never rallied
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Famous Railroad Contractor
Who Built Much of the
Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway, Died at His Sons
Home in This City,
Home in This City.

Mr.. Stapleton Gooch, of Louisa county,
for many years one Of the prominent
raiiorad contractors of the State, died
Sunday morning at the home of his son,
Mr. William S. Gcoch, No. 32o South
Third Street.
Mr.. Gooch came to Richmond three
weeks ago an i'll man TO consult Dr.
George Ben Johnston, and had been in
a most critical condition until his death.
Mr. Stapleton Dabney Gooch was born
April 9Th. 1927. in -Albemarle county. and
died in the home Of his son. Judge
William S. Gooch. of this city, at a.
NJ. December 21st.
Mr.. Gooch was married OCTOBER 18TH,
leyr to MISS Mary Elizabeth Gooch, of
Louisa county. who survives him. Other
members of his family are his son.
Judge William S. Gooch: his daughter.
Mrs. George *. Anderson, of Clifton
Forge, and his brother, Mr.. Garrett G.
Gooch, of Stanton, Va.
Before AIr. Gooch had reached the age
of twenty-one he was engaged IN bust
ness as a contractor. and was early
identified wi4 the firm of Gooch, Mason
and Hoge, which for many years was
one Of the leading contracting firms In
the United States During the Civil
earthworks for The defense of Richmond
and Petersburg. and gave great evidence
of executive ability In trying positions
and under heavy responsibilities.
He began work on the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad soon after it passed west
of Charlottesville and its most import
ant extensions in Virginia, West Vlr-
ginia and Kentucky were in charge or
his firm, who built the lines from hunt
!ngton to Louisvilie and cincinnati.
One of the famous pieces OF railroad
work with which Mr.. Gooch was promi-
nently associated was --cA Run III be-
tween Covington and the "n.4e sulphur.
a remarkable piece of masonry which
challenges comparison with any other OF
its kind In the South. With short IN
tervals Of rest and relaxation. he con-
tinued in business until his Illness some
months ago. since which time he has
been forced to lay aside active occupa-
ton.
Since his marriage in 1854. Mr.. Gooch
always considered Louisa his home his
house, "ngleside," a little way out OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
FLASH WORDS
ACROSS OCEAN
Marconi's Wireless SystemWorks
Successfully Between Amer.
ica and Europe.
,,e,;a, ,,.snatch to The Times.

Z =
SYDNEY, N. s., Dec. 22--Marconl
has succeeded in sending by hts wire
less telegraphy congratulatory telegrams
across the Atlantic Ocean One was sent
to King Edward. another to the King OF
Italy and third to the London Tines
When asked concerning the messages
transmitted Marconi replied: Il sent 8
message to the King OF Italy this morn
ing and received an answer Of congratu-
iat!ons in return. Commander Martini,
OF the cruiser Carlo Alberto, sent a
message to the Italian government and
received a reply. O1-er messages were
sent to the London Times, All the mes
.sages were Of congratulatory nature.
The message from Commander Martini
.toSthe Italian nEgovernmentwa was IN Italian
Yes, L. sent all these messages myself
and ey were received by Mr.. Wood
ward. d.schef sssof the receiving stan at
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23

The Shifting of the Wind Saved
Several Large Buildings
from Destruc ion.
(By Associated Press.)

KNOXVILLE, TENN. December e.
The scene of this mornings half million
dollar fire is tonight but mass OF
structures remain standing and groups of
fireman are playing streams Of water on
the smoking ruins The burned district is
triangler in form, the width OF FIVE stores
on Gay Street and three On Commerce
Avenue, leaving the corner building
standing.
A lucky shifting OF the wind was all
that saved the six.story McTeer block,
and the collapse OF the Brown Hardware
Company building gave the -flremen their
chance to stop the progress OF the flames
westward First estimates of the loss
placing 1t in The neighborhood Of 5000. 600.
were made when the stores of McTeer.
Hood and Company. wholesale clothiers;
Haynes and Henson wholesale boots and
shoes. and Gillespie. Shields & Company.
wholesale hats, seemed doomed These
structures. however were saved.
Three hundred people are thrown out of
employment temporarily
the fire broke out in a four-story build
ing on Commerce Avenue. directly OPP
posite the Central Fire Station. and oc-
Cupled 0yrl the #hnOXV:lle %edntSz Company {.
in two hours time buildings adjoining 1t
on Commerce Avenue. occupied by
Broyles. Mcclellan and Lackey. agricul-
tural implement dealers. the David Com
mission Company. the large es ablish-
ment Of the George Brown Hardware
Company. on Gay Street. the Shanklins
Grain Company. and r. Cattee and Com
panys building on the same street had
been completely destroyed. The SIX
story bulluing OF McTeer, Hood and
Company, wholesale clothiers and the
three-story building of the Davies F'urnt-
ture Company, which were reported
burned. w--.lstood the storm of flying
embers and were but little damaged.
Brandau and Kennedy, retail clothiers;
". T. Newton. jewelers.; the White
Spence Trunk Company. and other re-
tail stores on Gay Street, opposite the
burning structures. were considerably
damaged.
The loss officially estimated to-day
aggregates $4,000. with s25l.0tO insurance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23

they Are Described as Being
"SweI'ed'' Up Until They
Look [ ke Barrels
fspecia, Disratch to The Times


NEW ORLEANS. La. December e
rhe troubles of the Illinois Central Rail
road are beginning to multiply at seuy-
yesant docks. where about l,soo strike
brsakers from Tennessee and Mississippi
are housed.
The men were brought here recently 70
take the places of half as many freight
handlers who struck for twenty cents an
hour. ten-hour day and recognition: the
newcomers were fed and housed at tne
docks and guarded by detachment OF
regular and special police to prevent at
tack from union quarters. On account OF
unsanltary surroundings and the necessity
of drinking Mississippi River water. SICK
ness broke out In the ranks. and to-n1sht
100 men are In serious condition.
Pending an investigation now being con-
Quoted by the City Health Board. the ex-
&C, cause OF the epidemic will not bo
known. The condition Of the sick men.
as described by the police Is appalling.
The men are swelied and bloated. and
look more like strange animals than hui
man beings. They are like SO many
barrels. said policeman. Ssss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23

This Sum About Represents the
Aggregate Of The Christ
mas Gifts.
Especial Dispatch to TIE Times.)


NEW YORK, December pa million
dollars! That's what Wall Street VIII
give in Christmas presents this year. 1t
is mora than double the largest amount
OF any previous year.
Bank clerks and brokers' clerks are
dazed with expectations of increased sal
aries, for most of this Christmas money
has taken the shape of higher wages.
Christmas gifts and increase of salary
to begin with the new year amount to at
least s601,O0O for the brokers alone.
The exchanges have raised funds for
those employees who are hired by all the
brokers in. common. The New York Stock
Exchange will distribute $4,000 on We'd
nesday. ThetConsolidated will give $1,000.
Very large sums are to be distributed also
bv the Produce, Cotton. Coffee. Metal.
Maritime. Coal, Diamond and Wool Ex-
changes.
Banks are also prominent in the larger
wage movement The Chase National an
nounced yesterday an increase for every
empIoye. The exact figures are not given.
but it is understood to- be at least ten
per, cent. The British Bank Of North
America was also mentioned as having
increased salaries.
]. p. Morgan was understood to have
given a bonus to eachs Of his clerks. The
Standard Oil Company was bountiful
s1ver. Clerks in the local railroad Offices
received no increase Of salary. but got
money. gifts: ss
Clerks at II the issue desk OF 81 the sub
treasury were oVerworked yesterday
handing out tanews money: M exchange 1or
iolds to persons wha wanted to use the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
TRIED TO LYNCH
NEGRO IN BOSTON
A Mob OF 1000 People Gathered
and the Black Man Had a
Narrow Escape.
Especial Dispatch to The Times. )


BOSTON. MASS, Dec. 22.-An angry
mob of several thousand people attempt
ed to-day to lynch a negro who was
said to have drawn knife on white
man in Bowdoin Square. Only the hard
est kind of work bya dozen patrolTnen
from Station No. prevented serious
trouble, The negro. luckily for himself,
escaped in the melee between the police
and the mob.
Just as the theatres and bar-rooms were
emptying their early crowds into the
street white man and negro became
Revere House. Hot words. passed and
the cry was raised that the negro had
tried to stab his opponent. In an instant
hundreds Of men surged about the pai1
in the street.
Lynch him, kill him if he draws
knife" they shouted and some one start
ed for rope.
The shouts attracted 1000 more people
who hurried up from side streets, and
off the passing cars until the huge
square was packed with humanity. Wo:
men and children were tranpled upon in
the mad rush to get near the offending
negro.
A riot call was sounded at the police
station and dozen came on the run with
drawn clubs. They formed ring about
the terrified black Then they began to
beat back the crowd, but, pressed on
from behind. the mob stubbornly refused
to slip away by the police in their ef-
his revolver when they scattered. Tic
negro who caused the riot was allowed
t os,:p away by the police in their ef-
forts to scatter the mob.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Eleven Members Of Two
Crews Perished at Sea.
ONE BECAAa INSANE
He Jumped Overheard During the
Stern III Massachusetts Bay.
WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER
Clothes Were Frozen in Solid Masses
Were Being Driven Before Bitter
Gale Into the Atlantic Ocean
When Rescued--A Graphic
Story OF the Wreck of
Two schooners.
(By Associated Press.)

BOSTON, MASS, December 22-Almost
crazed with suffering. frost bitten and
helpless, ter men III q boat were picked
up by the schooner Man1aassett yester-
day, forty-ive miles off Highland Light
Then, for the first time, it was learnd
that the schooners Frank A. Palmer and
Louise B. Cra had been in colli-loa
and that they : had both sunk of
III tchar Is and on .Veofe idaN even l4s.
The survivors were landed here to-day.
OF the lwenty-one men tnat made the
two crews, six We're carried down when
the two vessels sank; four died during the
terrible three days d lift in Massachuset S
Bay, and another became insane and
jumped overheard.
With no food or water, thsir clothes
frozen in solid masses, and their boat
being steadily driven before bitter sale
out into the Atlantic, it seems remark
able that so many survived The roster
of dead and living follows:
JAMES E. SMITH. Portland, Me.
w. E. ROWLAND, engineer.
HANS -, German SEAMAN.
AVID SAHANAN, New Foundland.
AUGUST JOHNSON, Swede.
AUGULOFF BERG, Norwegian.
Unknown seaman.
Crew of the Palmer:
FRANK bANTA. Finland
EDWARD JORGENSON, Norway.
ALBERT SPEARLING. Philadelphia
Survivors of the Crary:
Captain William H Potter, Orient, L. I.
Louis Stein, engineer.
Survivors of the Palmer:
Captain J. Rawlings. South Boston.
Svend Reinhart. P,-ovidJnce. R I.
Alex. Lundstrun, F'inlaas.
Edward Somervil}e. Providence, r. T.
Daniel CarIsen. Norway
c.. F. F'lorensen. Sweden
T. Vinton mate.
Hjalular Schoyer, New York.
HOW IT OCCURRED.
The two schooners, both heavily laden
with coal doubled Cape Cod in COM
pany and ran into a strong northwestern
on Wednesday night Both captains ou;
their vessels over towards the Cape Ann
Shore. When off Thatcher Island they
split tacks and finally both came about
at the same time, and unknown to them
selves headed toward each other. the
Crary holding north ~ ~" ~
the Palmer south on the starboard tack.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Has Not Acc p ed.

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. c., December 22.-
President Roosevelt has not a. cepted the
position of arbitrator OF the controversy
in which the Republic Of Venezuela is
involved with Great Britain Germany
and Italy. In fact, when the official day
closed. he had not received. formally OF
officially, request f.om the European
Powers that he act as arbitrator OF the
dispute These statements are made on
the highest authority.
In an Informal manner the Pesident has
been notified that the European Powers
Intimately concerned in the present South
american difficulty. desire, that he should
CONTINUED on Second Page.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
HEARTY WELCOME ACCORDEDl
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
(By Associated Press.)

CHARLESTON, S. c.. December c2.-
Charles Francis Adams responded to the
toast 'F'orefathers" at the New England
Society banquet tonight Re spoke on the
great constitutional questions which di-
vidcd the questions up to 1865, and his re-
marks were received with enthusiasm in
the cradle of secession. whether or not
hearers.
The welcome accorded Mr.. Adams was
as hearty as that acco ded Senator Hoar
several years ago. John Marshall the
81 eat-grandson of the Chief Justice, re-
sponded to 'The Press" and John James
Armstrong gave witty southerner's
views of Yankee Notions"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
To Aid Minister Bowen.
(By Associated Press)

CAl.---.S, Dec. 22.-Lieutenant Mar
bury Johnston, attached to the United
States cruiser Montgomery. has reported
to Minister Bowen as naval attache here.
having been lanGcd at La Guayra Satur-
day by the United States cruiser Albany,
which is under instructions to proceed for
Mayaguez. Lieutenant Johnston will ad-
wise Mr.. Bowen with respect to naval
questions. particularly with reference to
the blockade His arrival has aroused
keen interest.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Declaration Of War,
(By Associated Press

(By Associated Press.)
PORT OF IN,.TRINIDAD. Dec.
22.-Oficial announcement is made hero
that Sir Courtnay I<nollys. the acting
governor, will issue to-day a special
Royal gazette, containing a declaration
of war against Venezuela. This act is
one of formality, taken with the inten-
ton to legalize the proclamation of the
blockade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
TIE PRESIDENT
IS UNDECIDED
Not Determined Whether He Will
Act as Arbitrator
NO FORMAL REQUEST MADE
Roosevelt Has Been Simply SOUNDED"
as to Whether or Not He Would
Serve-Venezuelan Situa>
ton Unchanged.
NO FORMAL REQUEST MADE
(By Associated Pres-.y

BERLIN, Dec. 3.-The notes of Ger
many and Great Britain formally invit-
ing President Roosevelt to act as ar
bitrator In the Venezuelan dispute were
handed to the. United States Ambassa-
dor here and to the United States charge
daffairs in London to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
HE WAS A DESERTER
AND WEDDING POSTPONED
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 21.-The we'd
ding John Dveney viii have to be post
poned- He was to have married atte. the
holidays. but the discovery was made by
the police that he was deserter from.
the United States Navy and ne was
taken to the Philadelphia Navy Yard
yesterday, together with Thomas F. La
Rose and Harry Kerns. two other al
legged deserters.