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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
CITY OF PETERSBURG.
THE APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF
MISS PEARLE LEONARD TUCKER.
RAYMOND HARRIsON's ARREST
He Escaped from the Laurel Rector.
MISREPRESENTATION for
tion-Tobacco Receipts-.The stree.
Cleaning Eepartmpue

| PETERSBURG, VA. November l.
| (special)- Mr. and Mrs. w D Tucker
have issued Invitations = the marriage
of their daughter. Pearle Leonard, to MIR.
! Charles Roper Leath, to take place at
the family residence on Halifax street
/ November 18th. at $50 o'clock a NJ
Miss Mollie Jackson. we!l-knowu and
connected in this city, died yesterday in
FarmviIe. The remains wilt be Inferred
in Blandford Cemetery.
a BAD BOY ARRESTED
Raymond Harrison whsta youth, wa:
arrested here BY Police Officer Wingfield
He recently made his third escape from
the Reformatory. to which ne was sent
about year ago. from Pete. Sburg. anc
will be returned to that institution.
During the month of October sixteen
marriage licenses were issued from tha
clerks Office in this city. ten 10 whites.
and six to coiOred coUp.es.
There Will be rally Of the congreSl.
ton Of the Second Baptist church to-uor.
row for the purpose of raising money &c
assist in paying eff the deot OF he church
The total church debt is about s2,-50. and II
is hoped TO reduce considerably this
amount
PREPARING FOR THE ELECTION,
The election tickets to be used a the
Congressional election in this cifs on
Tuesday next were counted and ST t;peG
to-day by the members OF the Electoral
Board in the presence OF the judge %
the Corporation Court. The number
stamped was about $50 or double the
number OF registered voters.
David Palmer. colored. sentenced TO five
years in the penitentiary on conviction
of felony, at the August term OF the Din
u ia 7 vim nEsa~ nj
cd a new trial by Judge Hancock. will De
retired tbs month
TOBACCO RECEIPTS.
It Is expected that the tobacco marke .
will show largely increased receipts The
coming week and grades of better quality
than have hitherto been offered this SEA
son. There is an active demand for the
better grades OF tobacco
Rev. James Cock. Of Richmond will be
the speaker at the meh's meeting al the
Young Mems Christian Association Sun
day afternoon.
At the meeting of the Common Council
Monday afternoon the ordinance creating
street cleaning departme and the cleo
ton OF a superintendent thereof viii come
up for consideration. and will proba bly, De
passed. Both the street and health de
n@-;rerts favor the creation of the uew
department.
PEANUTS RUSHING IN
fnere has beer big rush of new
crop peanuts 10 market during the past
several DAYS and deaIers have been busy
handling them. Spanish peauuts are duot-
ed to-day at 20 cents per hushel
In this city is is believed that many
negroes. as rebuke TO the white Re
puhttcans. WI cost their urres next
Tuesday for Mr. Southall. the Democrat
c candidate for Congress.
The report OF the Chiaf-of- police shows
l.b arrests made by the corps during tire
month of October So for violations OF city
ordinances and e fo- intractioas of the
State law. OF the latte - wee fer fell
onE II for larceny. 20 fer assault and 9
Tor r,isdemeancrs OF various kinds
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
KILLED HER own SON,
Mrs. w. S. McLaine's Fearful
Mistake at Covington,
Friday Night.

COVlNGTON. VA. Nov. 1.-(Special.)-
Mrs. ". S. McLaine, Of this town. las,
night shot to death her son. William
thirteen Years OF age whom she mistook
for thief trying to get in her house
The awful tragedy has completely pros.
trated the unfortunate mother. and this
entire section joins with her In her grief
and horror.
Late last night Mrs. McIaine heard
some one moving around the outside o.:
her house. She called repeatedly to who
ever II was TO answer but the noises onl,
continued with no word from the man sh,
thought a robber
Mrs McLaine. fearing that she was
ABOUT to be attacked by the thief. secured
shotgun and fired into the darkness
from window
There was the sound of body falling
al the front door. She opened the doc,
and was greeted the stare of the ewes
OF her Son-dead
Ni!!lam was in Halloween d. guise
ana had Just returned from frolic with
some OF his young friends. He was evil
IDENTITY playing joke on his mother BY
refusing TO answer her calls
The entire load of shot had entered the
ooys BODY Just above the heart. Death
must nave been instantaneous. He ut
tered no cry, and was stark in death
When his mother threw herself in srea,
anguish on his body.
The cries of the poor mother soon
brought assistance from the houses of
ncishbors, pfad attempts were made to
comfort h4f. She is in serious condition
to-day.
The boy vas standing Just outside the
hall when the fatal shot was fred, the
muzzle OF the gun being held by the
mother against the thin door which sepa-
rated the two.
The scene OF the fr.ghtful occurrence
vas on Piedmont Hill. on the northern
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02
TAKE TO THE FIELDS,
RICHMOND sPoRTSMEN GO AFTER
QUAIL AND RABBITS.
GAME IN PLENTY NEAR TOWN
Fauntcrs Return at Night with Heavy
Advantage of the First Day Of the
Open Season

The hunting season for quail. hares. anC
/ nearly all game opened yesterday II
! Hcnrico. Chesterfield. and other counties
and many took advantage OF the first ot-
/ portunity to so into the fields and try
q few shots at their favorte game. AS
a result there was 4 lively fusilladc in
! the vicinities where hunting is permitted
anc: game was supposed 10 be abundant
and not q few partridses were i,asged
| Richmond sent out some OF its weil-knowll
| sportsmen into the surrounding country
and adjacent counties. and some Of them
/! returned well pleased WIN the day /:
/ sport
| Generally the gunners report partridges
and rabbits more abundant than for sew
cra1 seasons. and some attribute this TO
the shorter open season inausurated a
year or two ago. thus saving the birds
and hares from complete eXtermina ton
Or defamation. The good effect of the
short season is already apparent, and in
a few years its opera ton will insure much
I! finer sport
SOME WHO WENT OUT.
Among those who went ont yesterday to
take crack at partridses was Mr.. Ed
ward Southwark, deputy IN the Internal
Revenue Service. Re vent to Hcnrico.
about siz; miles below the city. and sue
ceeded in bagsing twenty birds. He re
ports them plentiful in the vicinity he
visited.
Mr. c. D. Larus, q weII-lnown to-
hacco manufacturer. hunted his farm,
near Clear Spring. in Varina District.
four miles below the city. He did not
hUnt long, but with his son shot seven
birds in three hours. They had 10 dogs.
Messrs, Wilson Jones and n ". Lyme,
well-known Fulton sp0rtsmen. hunted
near Fort Harrison cemetery. the two
men getting dozen birds and six rabbits.
They report birds plentiful, but rather
Shy. allowing not more than one shot at
a Convey generally. About twenty coveys
were flushed. They anticipate that in
week or SO the birds Will not be SO shy.
Mr.. George Patranl. OF the lower gas
works, and Louis Fussell. and others. also
went out yesterday, hunting at Ches-
Evicl<s farm. on the Chickahominy. They
report very good days shooting.
Mr.. c. L. Denoon and party OF others
went out in Narina District. and killed
number OF birds and a number of rab-
bits.
DIR. J. P. Williams, Of Fulton who Wis
tied the Drinker farm, got ten birds and
five rabbits. He reports the outlook pro
missing for fine hunting season.
FOUND LOTS OF HARES
Harry Coehill. Horace Robinson. and
William Throckrnorton did some shooting
near Taylor's tavern. going after rabbits
They came back with lhirty-five rabbits
which are said to be unusually abundant
Mr. T. ". Tignor was among those who
hunted birds in Henrico yesterday. He is
y fine marksman and rarely misses kill
ing what he shoots at
Mr. Claude Deitrick also killed large
nun Der of cartridges at his home near
Short Pump.
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SHUT IN BY FLAMES
KINs AND FAMILY.
ESCAPE FROM SAWMILL FIRE.
Breaking Down Partition. When
Other EEress Was Impossible, the
Family Got to the AIR and Soon
Afterwards Set Out for Richmond.

The Wilkins family continue to score
| mother and the two small children re-
NAMED all of yesterday In room at No.
I north Eighteenth street. So little clothes
have they that it was thought better not
to venture out
Mr.. Lilburn T. Myers through the kind
ness OF his heart. went to the humble
lodgings yesterday and arranged TO paw
for their board and lodging until Monday.
But after Monday comes the rub The
small silver pieces given them by tie
saloon men late Friday night are nearly
all gone and the father has no work
reporter called last night and
knocked. Mrs. L. a. bucket, the kind
woman who. with her husband. made
them comfortable in their humble abode.
answered the knock. but said that the
whole family had retired to the one bed
just after dark. So weary were they from
the terrible tramp from Orange. that they
had abandoned themselves to rest and
sleep How the children stood the Jour
ney no one knows.
Mrs. bucket told how the man. still
hopeful. believed they would resume the
Journey Monday. Norfolk county is their
old home, and 1t is to the city BY the
sea that they aim to so. Mrs. bucket,
however believes some one will come to
the rescue and see that they do not have
to walk to Norfolk. as they did frsm
Orange Courthouse to Ashland.
A THRILLING ESCAPE
The fire in the saw-mill in Orange oc-
CURED at a. NJ. At this place they
were In the habit. according to the story
OF burning the refuse every night when
work was over. Somehow that night the
smouldering fire. when they retired. was
not extinct. In the dead OF night the
danes fed on nearby chips until they
reached the mill proper. The sleepers were
not awakaned The falling OF burning
tiElbers first aroused them just in the
nick of time. but the front door facing
the mill was seeth:rg MASS Of FIRE.
Their escape in this direction was cut
off, and it was then found necessary to
break down partition and escape by
the rear. This was effected. but the Iare.
and penateS went up in smoke. 4 baby
carriage on the outside was rescued, aud
this played an important part in the six
days tramp. This little vehicle now
stands in the depot at Eliza Station. it is
said.
SHE is POOR HERSELF
Mrs. Ducke. said she would do every
thing in her power to help out these un-
fortunate people but she really could not
afford to house and feed them without
some remuneration. Mr.. bucket. said
she. occasionally gets some work. but
he is old and cannot do much. For this
reason lodgings are rented out
To-day the unfortunates will be cared
for but they are almost destitute of
clo>hes. According to Mrs. bucket. really
the good people of this town should do
something; if not for parents. then for
the tiny children.
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outskirts of tho town. and II

outskirts Of the town. and 1t was some
time before it was known down town.
AT the time the father was with friends
on the streets, and when told of his pets
death ne was completely Frustrated
Kind friends remained with the stricken
family whose grief was indescr;ba bic.
That of the mother was ptiahle in the
extreme, the lady heaping reproaciies'
upon herself for her darlings death
The lady was an unusually bright fell
low the idol of his parents. and a favorite
with many others.
The family have been living here several
months having moved here from Mon
treal. Nelson county. Mr.. McLaine holds
a position in the paper mills The burial
will take place here upon the arrival Of
expected relatives,
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LEFT RELATIVES OUT.

NEW YORK. November 1.-Franc:s
Asbury Palmer. founder of the National
Broadway Bank died to-day at the age Of
80 years. He spent the last days of his
life in arranging for the distribution Of q
fortune Of S., 200, coo among various educa-
tional institutions. What these institu-
tons are IS not known The Herald will
say tomorrow that from an authoritative
source 1t was learned that little or no pro-
vision had been made for the rela tlves,
although faithful servants are to ,recetvs
substantial gazacte&
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SIMPLE TALE OF LOVE
CONTINUED FROM FRS PAGE>

and happy. 1t was as though the case
was already won. and it all happened IN
III teen minutes-in ten minutes-in five
.nlnutes-While Molineux was telling the
story OF the ring.
better witness never took the stand
Unguarded. without a single interrupt.o on
nom his counsel he fouled the great
Apache Of the prosecution at every turn.
II he did not win his case it is because
The case is past winning. He won, at all
events, the sympathy of the swarming
spectators. He Impressed. in any case,
me weird jurors, 1t was rapier first, and
pludSeOn second.
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New Man ut an ola Tr,ck

James Brooks. negro man. was AR
rested yesterday by Officers Toler and
Bradley. He is charged with break.
into q freight car and stealing eleven
baskets Of grapes. The case will come t,p
In the Police Court tomorrow,
Brooks is a new man to the police. and.
has evidently just started out On his wild
career. Efforts were mada to bau hfn,
LAST niaht without succasa
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Telephone Men Transferred.

Messrs R. E. Richards and Crenshaw
Chamberlayne connected with the traf-
hc department of the, Bel Telephone
of this city. have been trans
ferred to Mobile Ala. where they VIII
nave charge of the same work. Both gem
tlerren are well known In Richmond ana
are popular with the company. Their
loss is regretted at the Offices here
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STILL ON THE MARCH.
Donkhoh"r> Arc Throwing
SWAY Their Clothes.

ST. PAUL. MINI. November IA
pecial 10 The Dispatc from Salt Coah
pnt.. SAWS the porkhobors are still on the
march toward winnipeg. They left Sal:
;oab quietly. and camped nine miles east
{ here last night. They are throwing
WAY some clothing as they march. The
olsre are following them up and few
tragRlers are returning. They refuse
verifying but bread and water. The MI
fimage will not last much longer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-02

NEW YORK Nover1bey. f-staior "a
hir;; keltog Pnr~sorn is dead ne home
OF his sister, Hflburn. Rocslara county.
TINS State At the age OF 10 He was born
III Vermont. ard became principal OF an
academy ut Johnston. VT having George
Dewey, since admiral, as ore or his
pupils.
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Congress Did Nothing.

BOSTON. MASS. November I-(Spe,
.iaI.)-Andrew Jackson Montague, Cover
nor OF Virginia, made his first speech ii
The Massachusetts Democratic campaign
n Dudley-Street Opera House tonight In
.tesd of at Grays Hall in South Boston
Il having been arranged to have Bourke
Cochran, who is also here, speak in South
Boston.
The opera-house was damned to the
doors and knots of men hung to the stair
ways.
Governor Montague devoted himself &c
!, bitter arraignment OF the Republican
party on the score of the tariff. and made
The keynote OF his speech the declaration
That the United States is under plutocratic
rule and that that rule was caused by 1he
Republicans and is being sustained by
Republican protective tariff policy
Our Grcnt Peril.
THE great peril to the American peo-
pie said the Governor. lis the reign OF
plutocracy that is upon US. 1t is the
cernicious outgrowth Of the absurd and
tyrannical policy inaugurated by the Re
publican party through its long continued
low-citlzens that the Danger we are suf-
fering from today is not SO much in our
State legislatures being controlled anG
domineered by the money power. as in the
Fact that our national legislature is com,
pletely under the sway Of the plutocrats.
Where are our statesmen Of the days Of
Webster. and Clay, ard Calhoun, and men
{ that type?
e'Ah. we have instead, the Quays and
the Hannas. and the Platts.''
After the Octopus.
Abiding 70 the tariff and to 'protec-
ton the speaker added:
Here's the $1-oG0. oN1. 900 steel trust.
What do you think OF the protection that
enables the product of that octopus to be
sold cheaper by 40 or 80 per cent. ir
Europe than in America?
I'VE need an era of the sound. ol6
Democratic rule. That's what we need.
We. as party. believe in getting az
this preposterous high tariff outrage and
cutting things to where they belong. We
believe it is about time this thing Of
special privilege We're given a setback.
Think of this talk of Substituting ships.
Why vou had as well subsidze the sugar
PLANTER of the South.
Plutocracy is Rampant
What has the President said or done
with regard 10 the trusts?'' scornfullr
asked Governor Montague: What is his
recent talk about curbing the trusts uu,
an outright admission that the last Con
gress has done nothing
What ground have we for believing
that the next Congress if it is politically
The same kind of Congress will do
any better?
There is the Pennsylvania coal strike.
It is against the expressed laws OF that
State for q railroad TO be engaged in min
ing operations. We're the laws enforced@
No, They sent troops to guard The min
ers. Did they send troops TO make the
railways obey the laws? Not at all.
Yes. plutecracy is rampant. And late
IS, we have added militarisnl. We fine
u constitutional government running an
>Ser government contrary TO even the
principles OF the first government. My
friends. the thing We need to-day is the
exercise of a little common sense Demo
ratio principles"
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.eTHE CITY OF GEORGETo1yN.''
cr. Built Tor

I7our-an.ted Schooner. Built tor
Georgetown. S. c., Launched.
BATH. ME- November 1.-The City Of
Georgetown a foUr-rllaste ed schooner built
for GEORGETOWN IS. CD parties, was
launched here to-day. The vessel regis
tiers $50 tons gross.
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raignment against George III, was that
he endeavored to do just what the North
has been endeavoring to do, to stir up
instruction among our slaves. Had the
Declaration announced that the negroes
were free and equal, how was the Prince
to be arraigned for raising up insure
ton among them? and how was this to
DE enumerated among the high crimes
which caused the colonies to sever their
connection with the mother country?
When our Constitution was formed, the
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to rule: that no man inherited the right
to govern: that there were no classes by
which power and place descended to fam
lilies; but that all stations were equally
within the grasp of each member Of the
body polite There were the great prin-
ciples they announced; these were the
purposes for which they made their dec
laration: these were the ends to which
their enunciation was directed. They
have no reference TO the slave; else how
happen 1t, that, among the items or ar
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same idea was rendered more palpable;
for there we find provision made for that
very class OF persons as property; they
were not put upon the footing of equal
ity with white men-not even upon that
of pauPer and convicts; but. so far as
representation was concerned. were dis
eliminated against as a lower caste. only
to be represented in the numerical por-
ton of three-fifths. Then Senators, we
recur to che compact which binds us to-
gether; we recur to the principles upor
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the position OF the equality of the races.
The Declaration of Independence is to be
construed by the circumstances and pur-
poses for which it was made. The com
munities were declaring their independ-
ence; the people of those communities
were asserting that no man was born
to use the language OF Mr.. Jefferson,
booted and spurred. to ride over the rest
of mankind that men were created equal
meaning the men of the political com
munity; that there was no divine right
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which our Government was founded; and
when you deny them and when you deny
to us the right to withdraw from a Cow
eminent. which. thus perverted. threat
ems to be destructive of our rights, we
but tread in the paths of our fathers
when we proclaim onr Independence. and
take the ha gard This is done, not In hos
tility to othahs--not to injure any section
of the country-not even for our pecunl-
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-01
GALE OF VALUABLE LAND.


In obedience to order of the Superior
Court in The Special Proceeding of
Martha j. Hall aud others VS.. Mary V.
Freeland. l will 1t the court house door
in H'llstoro Oh Monday, May 9Th,
1907. offer for sale Il tract OF land known
as p"rt Of Lot No. 6 in Division of
Lands OF Loitin K. Pratt, beginning at
Il large rock. a corner OF Nos. 2 aud 8,
running west Is chains 20 links to
pointers, then north 81 chains IS links
to corner on Scarlett line. then east Is
chains 20 links to white oak. then south
Il chains Is links to beginning, con-
talnlg AZ acres. more or less, to be sold
in fee.
Also remainder in a tract adjoining
and north ut same. beginning at a rock
on south side OF Durham road. The cor
ner OF johnson Borland tract, then
south IL chains 20 iiks to johnson
borland corner. then west IS chains 20
links to h Scarlest line. then with tn.
same north Is G: airs SIS links to the
center of the Durham road, then
southeast with said road as it mean
ders to f1rst station. containing p acres,
more or less. subject to the Dover OF
Mrs. Mary V. Freeland, which has been
allotted to her.
Terms OF sale One-third cash and
balance at 6 and u months, with inter
! est from Gay of sale on deferred pay
| ments.
This 18th dav OF March. 1902.
JOHN W. Ora HAM,
Commissioner.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-01
Items,

Mr.. +. M. Faucette. who returned
home from the A.. g. NJ. College
some tine ago 0 account Of Ill
health, is able to be out again.
The Spring Communion at Fair
field will be on the second Sunday
in May preceded by preparatory
sermons on Friday aud Saturday
nights.
The public school at Fairfield
closes next Thureday. May l. Coun
" Superintendent Maddry is ex
pected to make an address a. 2:5(
o'clock p. 10. Public cordially 10
vitei to bear him.
Mr.. Eugene Brown. one of Fair
fields most promising young men. i
expected home from Davidson mex
Saturday. He has been holding
position at Davidson for some time
His many friends will be glad Il
welcome him back.
ZWEN.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-01
No Loss OF TIME.

I have sold Cbamberla,p's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
years, and would rather be out OF
coffee and sugar than it. I sold five
bottles of it yesterday to thresbers
that could go no farther, and they
are a, work again this morning.-H,
K. Phelps, Plymouth, OkIahoms.
As will be seen by the above the
'hresners were able to keep on with
their work without losing a single
days time. You should Keep a bot.
tie OF this Remedy in your home
For sale by w. A. Hayes, Druggist
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-05-01
WHOOpING COUGH,

A woman who has had experience
with this disease, tells how to pie
vent any dangerous consequences
from it. She says: Our three chill
dren took whooping cough last sum.
mer, our baby boy being only three
months old, aud owing to our giving
them Chamberla'n's Cough Rem
edy, they lost none of their plump.
ness and came out in much better
health than other children whose
parents did not use this remedy
Our oldest little girl would call lust
liz for cough syrup between whoops
Jessie Pinkey Hall, Springville
Ala. This Remedy is for sale by
w. A Hayes. Druggist.