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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
SPIT T-DEVIL DOES
A LOT OF DAMAGE A
Spoiled a Stock Of Fireworks on
Broad Street Last
Night.

Cannon, crackers roarcd. sky-rocksts
whizzcd, Roman candles l,issed. In one
grand conglomorate mass last night.
when the pyrotechnIc display OF NJ, and
O. Darhanlan and Brothers. No. soi East
Broad Street. literally went up IN smoke.
a spit-devil did It, Somebody manlpu-
lated the devil, and 1t spit spark into
the very middle Of Nj, and C.'s display
of baby-wakers, The aforesaid display
was located in chief on u counter on the
outside Of tho store and In part III the
doorway. The devil started about 1l:ao,
ana at ll:4G the display had vanished,
The sky-rockets were soaring heaven
ward, tho Roman candles were rolling
along the sidewalk, exploding as they
went the pop-crackers, etc.. were burst
Ing with Il fury that suggested Bull Run
or something Of the sort
Y The crowd gathered and whooped ana
yelled while tho unexpected pyrotechnic
exhibition was In progress, ~, and c,'s
window names couldn't stand the jar and
broke. There was danger at first from
the flames hut tho fire department came
I'm from the next square. and put
sql,ietus OH the incipent blaze, nhe
damage In all will amount to about sloo'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
SHOT LOVER /:
OF HIS.
Terrible Christmas Eve Tragedy
il8tl1e Parlors Of Al Georgia
Home.
BEN SKIES KILLS Jim KENNEDY
Had Warned Young Man to
Keep Away, and Finding Him
Y There, Shot Him.
ialto The Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
E l2EEDSVILLE, GA. Dec, 234.-Jlm
Kennedy, aged eighteen. was shot and
killed BY Benjamin Skies. aged sixteen,
at the home Of Skies father, near Glen
villc, to-day
Skies sister Molly, q year older than
thImself, was badly hurt in the face by
the powder from her brothers gun, and
narrowly, missed being killed in her CT
fort to save tho life of Kennedy, TO whom
she was engaged.
Young Skies was Violently opposed to
hts sisters receiving JI<ennedy's attcn-
tinns and had ordered him never to en-
ter his fathers home. Coming home
nnl finding Kennedy with his sister, to
whom he had brought Il Christmas gift,
n quarrel cnsued In which Kennedy drew
his pistol. The girl caught the pistol,
and in her efforts to wrench 1t from Ken
nedy, did not notice her brother, who
had picked up shotgun lying in, the
room. Il Kennedy freed himself from the
girl, but rs no turned on Skies tho
latter cmpted a full charge into his
breast, Miss Skies, In her frantic cf-
fort to stop the row between her brother
and her lover, threw herself almost In
front of Skies Just as he pulled tho trig-
scr. and tho load barely missed her head.
Kennedy died instantly and Miss Skies
on seeing him dead. fell in a sWoon, from
which physicians have been unable to
t,rousc her, Young Skies surrendered
ana Is in jail. He claims self-defense
All rnrties to the affair are prominent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
MOST BRILLIANT AUDIENCE A
IN HISTORY OF OPERA
a Great Triumph for Director
Conreid, and .P2alrrsifal,3 as as
Played qat Baireutf, Dupli-
Gated Perfectly yy5:-- 'Tl.'lh1c The y First i,rst
Act at S o'!C1ock and
Then Recess: :for; Dinner.
nv Asso,c,a ted j : Press u

j f. Z r u :. .1
NEW YORK, December 5c4.-1n spite
Of successive legal complIc lIcatlofis q small
storm of pulpit protest and some ,enor-
nous practical difficulties, Richard NYag-
ners sacred music drama, or dedicatorial
festival play, Parsifal," was produced
at the Metropolitan Opera House this
evening before an imlncnsc audience.
The production takes rank not only as
the most sensational event in American
operate history; but It has q worldwide 'tItt
Importance as tho first public form
ancc Of the much discussed drama out
.of Bareutt,g and as a serious blow aimed
fat. tile so-caled .Bareutll monopoly
which "Parsfal,,' by It's restriction to
that stage, has ALREADY y created and main
3tained for tho Wagner heirs. 5ss
i3 STAGE REBUILT.
no give the. work has meant the COM
fplete rebuilding Of tie metropolitan
stage, tho purchase S%most elaborate
mechanical appliances aid lighting appa--
lrratus, and a ransaclinE of@thc musical
centers Of Europe to- secure q h corps gof
exnerts for every depar trhent, competent
TO direct tho details of the drama; aas 2git
is given in, .Baireutl til. st w ssts ~
The results, as sim MED itup.in .to nights
performance a n 6lint y Il signal tri-
unlph for Director Conricd. In the opin-
sioni OF every .ss one ! who has nude the
s"Parsifal pigrimag gen to Baireutl,s New
York was trea ted sto the most sumptuous
mounting the work has ever received. n
Never has "Parsifal" beent given so
superb a scenic dress. never q more tn O.
roughly adequate musical Interpretation.
That It should have failed somewhat to
produce In. full measure the profound I'M
preston which. accompanies Its perform
ance abroad may be accounted for by the
conspicuous lack on busy Broadway OF
that ..atmospherc''.6 which belongs pecl-
alfarly to.Stho quiet little town IN the
5Bavarian hills.
THE GREATESrt o ALL AUDIENCES.
This was toabe expected, although every
care was taken to realize Bafreuth con-
4ditions in the theatre itself 1t Is safe
to say that no such huge audience has
ever been compressed within tho four
walls ofbthe Metropolitan Opera House,
nor can even an ''old-timcr" recollect
one OF such brillance and representa-
tive character. n
Boston. Philedalphia, Washington, Bal
Itimore Chicago and other cities sent
parties of enthusiasts, anG almost every
one well known in art, literature or
music throughout tn, country could be
met in the jostle of the lobbies and COR
ridors. .
For weeks every seat. from the foot
lights to the roof, had been sold, and
could have been l,esold Il score OF times.
Tho performance was begun punctually
at 5 O'Clock, the opening Of the drama,
and that Of each Of It's acts being her.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
THOUSANDS
IN CHECKS T
The Old G. G. WilliamssFirrn v Re e
members It's Employees
Substantially.
TOTAL WAS ALM0sT / $4,000
No Sum Less Than Fifty Dollars
and tic Largest. TWcn-
ty-fvc Hundred.

BY way OF indicating in some tangible
form Its appreciation OF the long and
faithful services of It's former employees.
tho old firm OF II. C. Williams Company,
which, somc eight months ago sold out
to the trust, has lust distributed among
the eighteen Or twenty white attaches Of
the concern q sum or money. aggrcgating
from eighteen to twenty thousand dol
lars.
No display was made Of the unusual
presentation, which occurred several days
ago. The old firm, then made up largely
or Mi. II. G. Williams, Jr.,5and Mr. Rob-
crt S. Bosher, sold out to3the British
American Tobacco Company IN April last.
Previously to that tlme 1t had existed
since lSy3, when the business was orgarl-
lied by tho late James Thomas. Many
Of its employees had been IN tho factory
for long yc;irs--sone as many as twenty
five or thirty. All of them retained their
positions under the Britlsh-Americnn,
but tile retiring firm wished to extend TO
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
.VEVE:'R SUCH. {. |.
BUSINESS \
Merchants Declare That All.
Their Records for Selling
Have Been Smashed.
.PosToFFlC j WAS DELI GED.
Employees Of All It's Branches
Night and zDay--R2cst
Abundantly Earned.

Merchants of the city have every rea-
son for. "a merry Christmas" to-day for
they closed last night tho most prosper
Gus period of business Ia their lives.
Many say they never saw anything like
tho buying the people have been doing
du,jng tho two weeks preceding to-day,
All classes OF merchants are jublant.
Never, probably, in the history Of city
have dining tables been SO heavily laden
as to-day. The grocers have rushed
themselves half to death to meet the de-
,nands Of imperlous customers. The
Broad Street merchants have rcaped q
harvest, which SO far exceeded all prcvl-
Gus years that several declared last
might that they were confident they had
sold twenty-five per cent. more goods
than ut any Christmas OF their expert
cnre
Man, were inclined to believe that much
less money would be put into circulatlon
tlis Christmas than last, when tho
amount was abnormally large. This
supposition was based upon tho fact. OIL
the shrlrkagc in stock values, causing
many Richmonders to losc heavily, Or
coulsc, every one knew that presents ~
great number would be given TINS year,
hut they would be mainly tr!tlcs, just
little romembranccs
COSTLY PRESENTS.
So far Is this not the case thut one
5jcWelcr said last night he had never IN
his long career known such eAcel1c'lt
business, Many Of the recent losers pc-
.lorgcd to the wcalther class Of the city
-reople who have ready money to put ~
stocks, and the slppositlon %ns mat
,hoy would c,lrtuil expenses to some en-
tcnt,, In tho character of presents bought,
mt the statement comes that not only
have tic presents been more numerous,
buL far handsomer than usual.
Thc. business or the express Office nna
tic postoffirc, with Its various sun-stn-
lions, has. broken all records, &c pcRiil =
considerably earlier TINS year 'lnu !, co',, =,
tmlca with increasing volume lrlll az
,.,.inf, rccords were sn,asllCl out OF rec
cgnition
DID HEAVY WORK. I
Muny OF the employees of both ofganl-
cations for tho transportation OK pack ,
ages have worked from 8 a. NJ. 'lhli ~ y
II Al. They are brokcn down, ana. WIN
tho clerks in the stores, are thc ilappl-
est lcople one earth that INC tlaal WaNt,
mitch cumc so near submrIsllls 'nul''
and sweepinE them from lhel'~ iceI' ll'ls
at last subsidized. Truly thfS anu .',' M, MIC
nnvo nearly broken their neclss Tying
10 snpply tho needs Of other people huNc
mirncd5thc rest they gain to-dny.
(Thc delightful custom of giving renleh-
lrnnces& has been indulged In more ge,l-
prully and moro extensively nan prop''-
liz ryors before, and thousands or haPpy
hearts will beat with Joy almost nl,-
bounced ana unalloyed upon the lnilrvel'
aus revelations OF pApar pachhhos t''"a''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
JOLLY CHRISTMAS
ON The EXCHANGES
Approach of the Day, Celebrated
III Uproarious I7ashion-Lu-
dicrous Presentations.
fSpcciu! to Tho Times -Dlspatch)

Especial! to Tho Times Dspatch,)
NEW YORl1. Doc. 2i.-Clristmas was
celebrated In formal but upronrlous FASH
ion on tho four big exchanges to-day.
bands were hired ana brought. on tho
floors and Christmas trees set up ana
decorated With presents for tho unost
prominent brokers'
On tho Consolidated EXCHANGE, u cake
wulll was indulgcd IN for u cake, weigh
ing forty pounds, which WAS auctioned
OF ana the proceeds turned over to tho
succcssful walker, At the Produce llN-
change, there were song larodes. but tho
excitement In the wheat pit kept many OF
tic brokers away from the fun At tho
Cotton Exchange, too, tho brokers were
.agged out by tho Wild market OF tho
past week, aud the celebration was very
mild.
The Stock Exchange lived up 10 It's
lity, and many laughablc presents were
siyen to popular members, formal
spenahcs bcns made in many eases,
which added to the general hilarIty, The
Nornlscrs received little buckets Of coal
and small street cars, MS they pose ms
specialists In Reading and Nlanhattal,.
Fred $, Flower. the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit expert, did not care much for
his Lrcsent, MS 1t suggested anything bur
| RAPID Transit. 1T WAS u small toy
| hcnrso.
| g. E. Knobaucb, the sugar specialist,
Iiwhu arranged for the presents of tlnloth~}
cr men, received n small bon OF loaf SUI
gur, from white sand.
N, Content, who gives Hrept part OF
Ills ;lltentionto To tho steel issues, received
I q snlall pivp ot pls iron.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
.BARKSDALE LAW
ELECTION CASES
romincnt Men Indicted for
Violations in Lee
County.
fspeclal 70 The Times.DIspatcn.>

Especial to The -Dlspatch.>
JONESYlIlLE, VA, Doc. 2L--rho spc-
cial grand jury impanncled Monday by
Judge bennington to investigate the
charge Of corrupt practices IN the last
election, returned Ia court to-day inlict-
9mcntS against C.. y. lNulkerson for at
tempting to bribeiu voter and fur giving
AWAY whlskcy on tho election day; an
against " G. Bales, one of
the Judges OF election at Bales MIL
voting precinct for clecti0neering with
a voter IN the booth, ana agnlnst 4 few
other persons for giving away whiskey
on he election day
G, II, lrulkerson WAS former citizen
of Lee county, but now resident In ltcn-
lucky who came TO the election, At Is
said, To work for his relative, Colonel ~.
CT RiGhulcnd, who MAS 4 candidate
for supervisor Of the Rose llill District
Mr.. T3ules Is a man who stands hlGh
ii, the esteem Of his nelghbors. and tho
Indictment comes as u great surprise tc
tull who know him. 1t was stated by
Captain Juslyn, foreman OF hn grand
jury. lat tho witness VINO made Tho in
Gictncnt, stated before The grand jury
sthl, he went into thc booth with MI.
Bale. and told Mr., Bales when he came
II Tho supervisors that nc wanted TO vole
Tor Mr., Kincaid; that the witness stated
that Mir. Bales asked him and persuaded
him to vola for Mr. Richmond, and stated
that tho reason lie voted for Mr.. Ricls-
mond was because Mr.. Bales begged him
so hard to do so
Tile race between Mr.. l<incaid nnu Col.
Richmond VAS n very warm one, perhaps
tile warmest In the county. Colonel
Richmond has been on the Board of SUI
pvlyIsors for more than twenty years.
ana has a great many friends In his end
Of the county. MIR. kincaid Is a Snunser
man, and perhaps the wcalthlest man IN
tho county being worth perhaps ono
half million dollars, Both candidates arc
q 2y,smocratH. 8ij.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
THE MOST SENSATIONAL EVENT
In AMERICAN OPERATlC HISTORY
STORY OF THE sAVIOUR'S BIRTH.
Luke 2 :s.21.l

Luke 1881.
And there in the country shepherds abiding in
the field, keeping watch their flock by night 5#
angel Of the Lord upon them and the glory
the Lord sone round about em and they afraid
And the angel said them, Fear not for behold bring
you good dngs Of great joy which shall be to all people
you born this day the city Of David Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord
And this shall be sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swadding clothes, lying in manger.
And suddenly with the angel multitude Of the
heavenly host praising Cod and saying,
Glory God in the highest and earth peace, goodwill
toward men,
pass the angels gone away from them
heaven the shepherds said another Let go
Bethlehem, and this thing which is
/ which the Lord hath made known unto
they with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and
the babe lying in manger. ra
And when they had seen it. they made known abroad the
I saying which was told them concerning this child.
And all they that heard wondered at those things which
told them by the shepherds
But Mary kept all these things and pondered them her
heart a@65$g# sat s&
And the shepherds returned glorfyng paising God for
all the things that they had heard and and told
! unto them sfSss .&sss.ss ssSs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
new rial.
FOR DREYFUS
After Degradation, Dismissal and
NJ P,niisl,.ncnt + Has Chance
i,s{s5{ for Vindicatioil. Az
,E TRIED BY CIVIL COURT
Criminal Branch Of the Court Of
-s Cessation to Review the
Case Next Month.

(By Gable to The Times Dispatch.)
PARIS Dec 24.-Captain Drcyfus, ac-
.ctsed OF treason to his country, degraded.
dismissed from the French army and most
bitterly punished, will have another trial.
this time by 8 civilian tribunal
As the result Of the examination Of all
the evidence submitted to the two courts
martial. which have passed on the ques-
5tion OF Dreyfus's guilt, as we'll as upon
petition OF Dreyfus for new trial and
the additional facts brought to light by
General Andre. Minister OF War, the COM
mission In revision. representing the Court
OF Cessation. reached a decision to-day
IN favor OF the revision of tho case by
the criminal branch OF the Court OF Cas-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
BY DISCHARGED NEGRO
1pu Associnind press.l

Et.45 @ (3y ASSOcialed l'fcSS.l ZIG
B.AIlTOW, FLA, Dec. 24,--ColOne John
Beatty, general manager of the Grcenbay
phosphate Company, while driving to his
mines this morning, was shot from am !
bush by IL negro, whom he had discharged
yesterday. Mrs. Bcaty was With him and
was seriously hurt, several shots striking
her about the face and breast Colonel
Beatty was not hurt YER Jndly Colonel
Beaty's horse came near running away
and tho negro escaped In the WOODS,
Posses have been securing the woods all
tho day and lato this afternoon u negro
%as captured who is supposed TO hea tho
right man. lIo was PLACED In jail here
ana will be taken to Colonel Bcaty IN
the morning for identification,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
BULL POOL WILL
FORCE PRICES UP
lRx Associutcd l'reSs,

4 NEW (KLtANS, Dec. 9Lr-Thc COTTON
mr,n',kct MAS very active to-day. and IN
ssnito OF IN enormous volume of holiday
louidation. prices advanced, Lending
bulls supported the market and ne nlly,
ing forced prices up point by poinl unt'l
May was 10 points higher man YES
lcrday's close, u,
il was rllmorcd to,,lay that another,bull
mol had been formed on The same llhrs
as lie famous bull pool Of last year, lt
is claimed that tia pool has ten times az
much money at its command ns " mad
last year, and That " will force cotton
10 extreme prlccs.3S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
MUST RATIFY TREATY
TO PRESERVE HONOR
nv A..r,,,,otod press i

MARIETTA, GA. Dec 24.--ln an inter
Wow to-day regarding tho Panama treaty,
United States Senator. NJ, S. Clay Is
upoted, as saying that tho honor Of the
United States must be preserved In the
rntifylng of any treaty with Panama.
Speaking OF the balloting on the Panama
treaty now before Congress. Mr.. Clay
stated that hc WAS opposed to making It
party question and first Of Ill desired
that all facts concerning tho Panama Sc
ccssion be made public
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
PROMINENT LAWYER KILLED
by RAILROAD TRAIN
(By Assocla ted Press

I PLANT CITY. EIA,. Dec, 4'-colonel
j, N. Taylor, prominent lawyer Of
K,ssi,nie, was killed lrere Yesterday
attempting to board q train The train
was In motion, and ho was caught be-
tween d wheel aud some of the shaftlng
AMI, dragged two hundred yards, The
body was horribly lnu tllatsa. N
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
.MARLOW'S LIFE SENTENCE
FOR BRAND MURDER

|0-I ~ @"I lBy ASsoGIhtPH FrFSs'J Il I77 h
t,GAI.A. FLA. Dec, A,-After being out
all night the Jury this morning returnod
a Verdict OF murder In the second degree
fugulnst a. ID, MARROW. Ghasged with the
murder OF Jesse Brand, NARROW was
sentsnced To tile penltentlary fog II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
O'BRIEN BEATS JEFF0RDS
IN SIX-ROUND BOUT
nv A ssnnluted Press

"H@ (By Assocuted FresS)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. u. n Jack
0'Brlen, of this city. had the better Of the
six round bout with ~ I'm" Jeffords to-
night at the Broadway Athletic Club. IN
the third round Jeffords had o'Rrlen 2
little groggy, but he soon recovered and
held the advantage TO the end of The
fight
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
MAYOR MCCLELLAN
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
(nv a Associated Press

T7g1 --I| 7By Assoclated ITess.I
NEW YORK; Dec G-Mayor,Elecss
lotfice to-day, lie also announced two
more appointments, John II, Oakley, as
of the department of water
Fpply, gas and electricity. and George =.
Ut commissioner of bridges. Mr.. Oak.
Sand Mr. Best are active members Of
M many Hail. gYsS&s ~ 4H4fi 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
3nBritain Recognizes Panama,

a, 7',(I3y Associated Fress.) 7-7
: be RIA, Dec. 24.-C, Mallet, the Britt
pastol, has officially informed the
wtll ~ baBritish foreign office to tho.
NJ poireat Britain formally recog-i
SPECS o,public of Panama. G8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
A11NrAT1rRE ALMANAC.
Richmond.

Merchants declare business this Christ.
mas better than ever bel efr1 c--Gay scenes
on Broad street-.rTo5acco flrm :, Sitysss Ky.
mas presentss Striking ante Chrlstm,as n! q,
entertainment at the Westmorcland club
- Prisoners set FREQ by the Governor
ena sd,nd an pqPI'ee Phe ran Miehaei Kes
Junk shop he is arrested and released on
bail--Y Dung woman reaches. the city, |, on IIa
foot after spending nght "a alone i III y ,,e u
at 1t The I Day Nursery ChestSof silver, pre-.
sentcd 10 Il popular pastor An accident.
t;rand efn.HeIo's chapter Ia 81 tho M PM Kappa
Sigma Fraternity to meet. here January
.jst---Nlss Ellie Bosher III OF Typhoid
fever u New YorkLarEe sum sl,nn seG's ~ 70
\ scenes on tho streets Inca andescont
lights fall, leaving the city In rlsn,ess
One prisoner attempts 20 - T. ,ann,ner
!. Marriage OF Miss Murray and Mr..Wili--
< mo,ith---A wedding In Nashin n gton.--.
Funeral e. rs moppIssett i ehosss
chorister-Visltors to the city during
4 Christmas. @
Virginia. ,la
Clarksvllle burglar got more than a, a.
!, frat thought. ldge Mann speak, under g +
auspices Of the Anti-Sal loon 11eaEue q al
/ Roanoke- Farmers on AppomattoIe =, .fear ca
blg dam Will makeit unheaithyIsn 'neg
in si sNorfoeMGood roads meeting q he'd
for Saturday iii King William -Eatn I.ill
county off,cers are sWorngin for newe .s tErm tyl
weighing eighteen pounds. 4. t.,t tSasleEl
shore people are rejoicing oyerIth az ~
nre Of the - ordan bill Ammherst. m Coanly
hov 4 cnuitted OF Forgery Gems line
stcamors on Kappa hammock change sched- !
Sule to advantage OF fgFrederickshurg-I,
Brothers-in-law exchange ten snots ~ q
I wounded men inolcted for
violat tions OF the Barksdale pure clectlons
law in Leo county. Sc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
8 Allen Injured,

,,sb7,5I' TN p,,llen, a contractor ut work
~ sn.,ond Hotel, WAS pa!nfullyI
The chriil Of plastering. He was
the oecasle ambulance surGeot, Il ssi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
North Carolina.

{ Desperate cutting affray In "a railway
coach. near Greensboro between two men c,a
over tho turning OF a seat: man Win
.knlfc locked himself in toilet room and
door broken In to capture him--vtrslnla
couples go into North ca1 olina IN y num, !, NJ
'i,f,Inder by the Legislature over the Il
rense law---Dr. II. w. Battle called from
prayer meeting to marry. COUPLE
Negro who assaulted conductor at sails
bury has to be taken TO another county
for sa fe-keepinE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-25
General.

i / q. u 4
Parsifal, the great dedicatorial music
drama, presented at The METROPOLITAN
Opera House In the same manner az At
Ebiereutlr; Il grand triumph and the most
sensational presentation ever attempted;
the audience the greatest In history--,A
deccy letter results in the ca apture OF the
ma N who made demands on leading nNan-
cicrs OF New York and Chica 60, acc lm-
nanhd By dire th.cuts----.Frlghtful CHRIST
mas Eve tragedy In Georgia home, where
young man kills his sisters loyer---i9ls-
ferrous Christmas celebrations on view
York eXcha nges and many ludicrots pre-
aentations made---Deatht list In the Con
nsllsvile wreck reaches slxty-eig ht-.-ln-
timation reaches Japanese legation az
Berlin that Russia will concede ia pan 8
requests; American warHhps sent 70
Il ICorca-G Great Britain formally rccos-
nlzes tho republic Of Japan---Colonel j 2nn
Beatty shot from ambush by a. discharged
negro, and Mrs.y ,P-sAy seriously Wounded q
--Senatorsstsr,s5 = s.-ruys Panama treaty
must be r...nied to preserve our honor
= Accountant, Rose testilles about the NJ
fairs OF the Bethlehem Complny-.-A. y.
NInrlow sentenced to life imprisontncnt
\ for murder Of Jesse Brand----.Promlnent
Plant City lawyer killed by rai ilroad ltnln
i----Ietter from General Wood denylnx
having opposed the civil government IN
Cuba--Jack O'Brlen Gcts best OF ,Jlnl
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and very irregular.