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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

winged flowers lying under the reu ma
ple trees when the time comes 1or them
to drop, or the wind may carry thcln - ~
Nv means of the gausy wings 70 d ltt'o
distance from the parent tree. where tney
will get more sunshine and nourlshmen..
Now, when you notice your 1hVorite '''t t'
r,les begin to wear req OF leilo" iu Nc.
you may remember the splenala lea,.s'
= crimson shell-ike cup, holding clus-
lar Of crimson lilies or lily-like petals
with gold stamens arranged around the
c,n,s rim. The flowers OF other naples,
as the sugar maple. the mountain maple
So. have flowers Of different colors' ar
ranged In longer or more uneven clusters
thnn our beautiful red maple, but other-
wise they are alike.
If these familiar tree-flowers we're
surprise | am sure the willow flowers
will be still more so, You know PSI
haps that the sllyery grey 'pussios o.
tho willow tree, turning pinklslls as stl'e ss
~row md at last scattering shower or
yellow dust whenever they are Wot t,';.,
are tho willow flowers, and tnat .. n,,
yellow dust Is the ripe pollen? But s ~.
need a microscope to see the t'hy Pc
clearly These flowers arc very queIt'
indeed, Different trees boar me IVY h &c,
fcrent kinds of flowers, put wv i.ti,r
with stamens and those Win tno =, p t.ins
arc arranged along SPIKES .' ~, v"Nt trnc,
Almoat every part Of the willow go, rad
,enves flowers, and seeds, are coye. ~
Win n soft silky down. but espec'hn Ky III
r,n,vors az The so called pussy willow,
Zoo 'ook through tho microscope ana YOU VIZ
snn raj, scales. turning black as they get
old. covered thickly with fine grey ao".'.
a aonh bread OF which is like feather. AZ
Tho foot OF the catlsin IS Pa!e sFee!'
fnnr-lobed base and thick tract or
large scale stands UP on the outer sloo
| as a projections ..,, .a,,,ars
All along the silky, feathery flowers
,,on nav soc the stamens with their an
thars or caskets, pale green before they
| rinsn. which nre to open and let fall the
ve,low pollen later, There are numerous
little glands here and there. with the
flowers, These flowers are very pref
~. especially with the glistening crystal-
limo looks which the microscope shows
| il the crimson scales, but above all, they
are very odd with their green anthers, and
| the crowding sllyer-grey down all about
the edges of each scale. The flowers or
the mlmora are somewhat like them.
The very next time you go out to Walk,
gather handful Of three blossoms--it
I. matters not whether they be the willow
or the maple s--or the blossoms Of any
other tree. and You will see their true
appearance under a good microscope WI =
wonder and with fascination. This may
be called q secret, and " 1ss Q charms fla9
i Ing one,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

cal in shape, covering 1T soldiers. who
under General Dade. were ambushed ~
Seminole Indians and all killed); thu
Spanish cathedral, with four bells al
the highest point OF It: the Ponce de
Leon Hotel. which covers one and one.
half acres OF ground; and last. and not
the least impressive. the old gate. which
i sail that remains OF the wall around tha
city as n protection from invasion on th M
west. &
Tho accompanying cut shows five we'll
known Richmond people Of the party "ha
were photogra shed by Mr.. George .
Cook. OF this city. The three young IA
is all that remains Of the wall arou',u t tns
Florida automobile, and are going toE
nm exciting drive over sandy roads.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

Members of the Virginia Press Assocla-
tIon who went on the Southern trip at
the Invitation of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway Company recently, enjoyed their
stay greater at no place than at ancient
st. Augustine. the oldest town In the
United States.
This quaint city. with It's narrow
streets; this shell Of transplanted Span
lsh civilization, offers many attractions
to the visitor, and is becoming year by
year more popular with health and pleas
ture-seekers. The city possesses many
points Of historic interest. st. Angus
tines streets alone give 1t place by
itself a1nTg American cities. AS a rule,
they are not more than twelve or fifteen
feet wide. Treasury Street Is the mar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
:WITfUL WON DERBY
AT CRESCENT CITY
Galloped Home Twelve g
Lengths Ahead Of Her Field,
Fl Finishing Strong.
(By Assocln ted press.)

NEW ORLEANS, La. March IL
Madden and IIildrcth divided the honors
Of to-day's racing. The winner N the
Crescent City Derby Wltful. bred by the
former and owned by tho latter gallop-
ed home twelve lengths In front OF ner
field and Joined Modesty and Hampstead
IN the list OF Files who have figured
as derby winners The stake was worth
81, GAO to the winner Backed from TO
9 to 6 to 8, GWitful was decidede favor
lte The flllys outclassed her field Can
non kept on the extreme outside all the
way. She wore her field down on the
back stretch and at three-Quarters went
to the front without an effort and was
eased up all through the last furlo2g
finishing strong. Summary:
First race-seling. six furlongs-lllu-
inmate a to y first, Tho Bronze Demon
Il to ~ second Farmer Jim Is to y third
Time, 1924.
Second race-sellng, one mlle-Mauser
us to s. first Flora Levy go to y SCI
cond Welcome Light III to 81 third
Time, 1:55.
Third race-handlcap, mile and SIX
teenth-Thane % to 2o) first, Ben Chance
d6 to 81 second, Blue Blaze q to y third
Time, 2:O1 90.
Fourth race-mile and an eighth. Cres-
cent City Derby--Wtful &c to 81 first.
Rosanco Is to y second, Birch Broom q
to y third Time. 2:O7 3-5
Fifth race-seIling, mile and half-Lat-
son q to 10y first, Georgia Gardner 40
to j second, Compass g to p third.
sixthSrace.@ Telling, tnile and seventy
yards }or 4 to s. first. Russell-
ton % to 2) Second, .Dodie S. g to y
third, TIme.I2 90 2-5.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
ITO Confirm ben Davis"
IN. Y. Commercially

Just before adjournment at noon one
day last month the Missouri Senate went
into executive session In order that bar
rel Of the famous Missouri big red apples
might be distributed to the Senator'S,
the press and the Senate employees. Sena-
tor Ruby made the motion, stating that
n report OF great Importance was to be
made to the Senate. He afterwards
stated that the session was for the purpose
of confirming ben Davis
When the apples were being distributed
by Doorkecper Crumbaugh and others
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE BIJOU.

Senator Young OF Texas county made an
appropriate talk representing them on
behalf of the board of managers of the
fruit experiment station at Mountain
Grove. He asserted that his district had
the greatest orchard and more Intelligent,
pretty young women than any district
in the Statc--a declaration that was
quickly challenged BY Senator McNatt OF
Lawrence county.
In the distribution OF the fruit. the pre-
siding officer was overlooked, and Licutcn-
ent-Governor Lee interrupted Senator
Young with the remark that 'tlle Senator
from Texas will not proceed further until
the president has been supplied with an
apple"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
BOTH CHARGES FROM
SHOTGUN DID THE WORK
INV Associnted Preas,l

MoNTEvALLO, ALA, March IA
Early to-day Will Lucas shot and killed
John Payne near this place. Lucas and
Payne had been drinking, so 1t is said,
in the early part of last night and the
two brothers had gone home after a
bitter quarrel with Payne. After this the
Lucas brothers returned and called Payne
out Of his house, 3swhen Will Lucas, IT
is stated, fired both barrels Of shotgun,
Instantly killing Payne. The Lucas boys
have not been captured. rs
:. ALI the parties are related.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
FEARLESS SHERIFF
CAPTURES BURGLARS
Especial to The Tlmes.Dlspatch.)

Especial to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
E CASHMERE, w. VA, March l4.-The
shankin brothers, John and Robert, the
noted burglars who escaped from the
Monroe county jail at Union on the 18th
Of this s,onth. were captured by Sheriff
John Durham. Of Giles county. Virginia,
at midnight last night as they came
down a mountain gorge trying to make
their way to Ripple Meade, Va. Mr.. John
Durham got a reward Of one hundred
dollars cash. He Is the right man for a
sheriff; one who knows no fear.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15

My OF which he finally secured. the little
nnimals would have ended their stage
career then and There.
Through the persevering efforts of the
managers the house pulled through that
first season, at the end Of which. now
ever, neither MIR. Wells nor Mr. Mexico
could see any brown-stone front residences
looming up for them as their future nome
The poorhouse was over to the north OF
them, and IL business didn't improve me
next season, they thought seriously Of
iplttlng In an application to have two Of
the best rooms, with baths, reserved for
them. The second season. however. was
more prosperous than the first. and from
that time to the present the two mana
gers have climbed steadily OH up the lad
der, until they are now SO far from the
ground that It would hurt them II they
fell off.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
Medal Contest.

rhe ANIMAL medal contest Of the Rich.
mond School@lof Expression conducted
by Mrs. W. %. Thurston, vii be hold
at the Y. M INA. hail Thursday March
goth, beginning ut 8 r M.
Tho contestants will be the members OF
the practical class for 1903. There VIII
be several other features Of 1.-The pro
grarnme and the occasion promises to be
ono Of much interest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
L, AND N. WRECK
One Person Instantly Killed and Two
Fatally Injured,
(By Associated Press

(By Associated Press)
JELLICo. TENN, March IA subur-
ban train on the Louisville and Nashville
Railway, running between Corbin, kys
and this place, was wrecked In the rails
road yards at corbin this morning, Gauss
ing the death of one passenger and ths
injury of several Others
The dead:
Woodbine, Ky, Instantly killed.
Fatally injured:
Mrs. TON Hudson and her twelye-year,
old daughter, Of Jellico; J. - Douglas,
Conductor of the train
Mail Clerk Adams and Engineer kelly
were seriously hurt, II.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
Fire Board,

A special meeting Of the Fire Board
will be held Tonight at $3.50 o'clock The
vacancy occasloned by the resignation
of W.T.. AGREE will be filled, =
Other routine business will be trans
acted s53s IA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
YOU FEEL SICK

And you wonder what's tho matter.
Your head aches, you feel tired and
nervous, have no appetite and can't
sleep Tho trouble lies in the stomach.
fore, do its work properly Take u dose
of Hostettcr's Stomach Bittcrs before
each meal. 1t will restore the appetite,
insure perfect digestion and sound sleep
and make you feel better No other
Spring medicine is rs good, Try u bottle.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
TWENTY DEAD IN WRECK
Operator's Neglect Causes Head ."
Co/ES0n on Southern Pacific

Tucson Ariz Jan. 2s-The failure of the night
operator at Walls Station to deliver orders TO q
westbound train the Sunset Limited, caused
head on collision early this morning, between Nv"
Messenger trains fourteen miles east of tucson ana
six miles from Walls station
At last accounts twenty bodies had been taken
.f,o-, tho mass of burned ana c:arra1 wreckage,
and II is believed that several more are buried in
tho twisted and tangled mass of iron and steel
Ae soon as the news OF the wreck reached Tucson
raIief train was sent the scene of the disaster
This train has Just returned. bringing seventeen OF
the injured Several of the injured were taken to
Ranson Ariz The first news of the wreck reached
here when a tourist car. which broke away from
the castbound tran ran down grade TO this city.
where 1t stopped.
Among the dead are J. VI. Hilton. of Cambridge
Macs. A. B. Silverton. of NewYork. ard Ben
Bradford OF May Hill. New-York. S. 2 GnddeA.
of Cambridge Mass. seriously injured.
Manager Agler of this division Of the Southern
Pacific. said tonight:
Teleerams we have received say that the colhsion
took Iace before daylight this morning ana that IL
was caused by the negligence OF the telegraph
onrrator at Fsmond station -four teen miles cast
Cf Tucson The westbound train, called The sunset
T7ir,ited was two hours late, and was uaVeInhS on
,ha time Of another train. The easthound tram was
tbe Crescent City Express. which left the Oakland
Mole AT 10 o'clock Monday morning: Iha oPeTat-r
yyestbound train and delivered orders TO tie en-
eineer which would have caused him to take a
sidetrack as designated by the division tral'
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
II NEW MOVE BY QUAY
To attach Statehood Measure to
4ppropridtion Bills.

Washington, Jan. 2S-A few minutes before
Senator Lodge suspended his speech in opposl-
tion to the Omnibus Statehood bill to-day, Sen
ator Quay, in charge Of that bill, introduced the
Statehood measure amendment to each OF
two appropriation bills, the Agricultural and
the Sundry Civil bills. The document was hand
ed in very quietly, and the occurrence attracted
no attention at the time. The amendments con-
tain in each case all the provisions of the bill
as it came from the House. and provide for the
admission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Ari-
zona as States of the Union. Senator Quay
would not discuss the purpose Of this step but
his friends practically admit that it is the inten-
tion so to join the measure with the bills pro-
viding money for the conduct of the business
of the government to render it necessary to
accept Statehood in order to secure the passage
of the appropriation bills.
That this is the purpose is made more evident
by the fact that Mr. Quay requested that the
amendments be referred. TO the Committee on
Organization and Conduct of the Executive De
partments of which he is chairman A rule OF
the Senate requires that in order TO avoid Delng
thrown out on point OF order an alileoel. ~ ~
an appropriation bill must nave been reported
by some committee Of the Senate Senator
Quay's committee is composed OF nine members
a large majority nf whom are frlendly 10 the az
mission of all the Territories as states ana al
though 1t is committee which has not had a
meeting for years it is contended that IL is per
fectly competent TO pass on any measure that
NAV be referred TO it for consideration
In the usual order of business the amendment
to the Sundry Civil bill would nave peell Ie
ferred 10 the Committee Appropriations. and
the amendment TO the Agricultural bill to the
Committee on Agriculture. but this was not
dore because those committees are not so GER
taipl, favorable to the Statehood propositions
~ bic at all to ii. Hence Mr.. quay de-
cijed 10 have the measures go to MS own com
1,,tttee in which he feels sure Of securing the
artfon he seeks The intention is to have the
committee called together at an early date 10
consider the amendments a.
~ - ,,darstood that the decision to take this
stan accounts for Mr. Quay's motion TO adjourn
at an unusually early hour to-day in the face
of the notice given by him Yesterday tnat ne
-o,,Id aeL the Senate to-day to sit in contlnu-
ons session until the Statehood bill should be
disr osed OF.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
CONNECTION ASSURED.
Nezc- York Central and .Sub1Oay
WI 4g7-ee to Terms.
FORMER WILLING TO LOSE LOCAL TRADE

FORMER WILLING TO LOSE LOCAL TRADE
It is now an assured fact that there will be
a track connection at Forty -second-st. between
the. New-York Central and the subway. Trains
will be run directly from the New-York Cen
trails tracks to the tracks Of the subway and
downtown. There have been a number Of con-
ferences recently between representatives of the
New-York Central and the Interborough Com
pany controlling the subway. These confer
ences have been Of an informal character. but
general understanding has been reached.
The New-York Central will start in soon to
make the changes in its Fortysecond-st. ternli
nal which have already been outlined. This
provides for a depression of tracks, loop
under the Grand Central Station and the sub
stitution Of electricity for steam Its local
trains. Permission for these changes will be
secured from the legislature and work will be
undertaken at once. The change to electricity
on the suburban lines will make the Central
equipment uniform with that OF the subway,
and make change to the subway tracks feasi
BILE
The questions at issue have been those of cost
and traffic schedule. Whether the Central shall
pay for the entire change. whether the city shall
share part OF the cost, whether the subway
company shall share or take all the cost, what
percentage shall be allotted to the subway COM
pany anu OlneT questions NATURALLY dIlsInSs nave
been the ones discussed
1t may be asserted that the Central people and
the subway management are on the most cor
dial terms, and that there will be little or
friction in coming to agreement. A decision
as to the allotment of cost to each concerned
will be reached in due time. 1t may be that the
city will be asked to extend certain rights and
bear proportionate cost Of the improvement.
This is to be determined later. The affair will
undoubtedly soon be formulated and submitted
to the Board of Estimate for approval.
prominent official Of the NewYork Cen
trail said last night:
II would like to turn over ali our suburban
traffic to the subway company. There is no
money in suburban traffic. That is, the cost of
the train service exceeds the revenue from COM
mutation tickets. OF course, we get an indirect
benefit from the development along the line
with the freight that it brings We would have
this anyhow with the subway, really a short
haul road. handling the traffic. We will meet
them on the most liberal terms. If they can
handle the traffic they welcome. We will
give it to them gladly, and help all we can. 1t
will relieve the congestion and we will lose
nothing
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
EXPLAINS THE PANTHER EPISODE.
Count Quadt Says the Warship Was Not
Trying to Enter Maracaibo Harbor.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The following state
ment was made at the German Embassy to-
night by Count Quadt, relative to the Panther
episode at Fort San Carlos:
We had thought until now that the Panther
was irving to get into Maracaibo Harbor. which
it had q perfect right to do, to make the block
ade more effective and to stop the supposed i'm
portation Of supplies from across the Colombian
border Heretofore this opinion prevailed In
Berlin and only has report come showing
absolutely clearly that the Panther had not the
remotest intention of going into the harbor, ana
could not have done SO. because she was draw
ing too much water to cross the bar. Her In
tention was to get better shelter near the bar,
and when she was approaching the par she was
fired on by the San Carlos forts.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
CONFER WITH BOWEN.
l4N AGREEMENT NEAR.
Only Details Of Venezuelan Settle
ment Remain To Be adjusted.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The British and Italian
Ambassadors and Count Quadt. the German
Charge d'Afaires called on Mr. Bowen, Vene-
zuela's representative in the negotiations look
ing to the raising of the blockade and the set
tIement of the claims against Venezuela, about
1880 o'clock tonight, and still in confer
ence with him at 11:30 o'clock. The conference
representatives of the allies.
The conference broke up at 1870 o'clock, and
the representatives of the allies proceeded at
once to their homes 1t was made known that
ing the blockade and that further word must
be awaited from Europe before this stage Of
the negotiations is passed. Details respect
ing payments still remain to be adjusted to the
common satisfaction Of all concerned. and as,
under the instructions Of their governments.
each diplomatic representative Of the allies must
report to his own country, these reports in turn
being the subject Of cable dispatches between
the allies in order that the concert between
them may be preserved, 1t will be at least
twenty-four hours longer peloIe the piocheue
can be removed
By common consent the duty of giving to the
press statement Of the conference SO far as
it was deemed polite to make any announce
ment was devolved on Mr. Bowen. His state
ment follows:
We have been discussing tonight certain
points which needed to be clearly understood.
They have been referred to for considera-
ton, and our views are now to be communl-
Gated at once to Rome, London and Berlin.
conference that there was absolutely no founda-
ton for charges that Germany was delaying
the signing of the preliminary protocol The
representations considered tonight emanated
from the London Foreign Office.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
HORSES EAT MOL4SS ES
SAID To Be Fed to about 1000 IN
Brooklyn.

Between four thousand and five thousand
horses in Brooklyn are being fed on molasses
because 1t is cheaper and better than oats. This
interesting and surprising statement was mace
by Dr. George H. Berns. Of the Berns Veterinary
Hospital, in Adams-st, Brooklyn, at his home
in Seventy-eighth-st near Second-ave-, Bay
Ridge last evening to Tribune reporter:
I'VE are using molasses as a food for horses
very extensively" said DR.. Berns. mot only in
NV own hospital but in a number of stables
under cur care professionally. l find it most
nutritious and digestible food for hardworking
draught animals.
Horses in harness from twelve to fourteen
hours day do not take time to masttcate and
properly prepare dry oats and other dry fodoer
and the result is that the most of it is expelled
from the body without having been dgested or
assmilated; therefore, they receive but little
nutritive value from their food. Oats must be
converted into starch, and starch must De con-
verted into glucose and sugar before they can
possibly be digested and assimfated. AS our
animals. by reason of fatigue from overwork
and excessive hunger, do not take time proper
Iv to asticate and salivate their food. it enters
their stomachs in an indigestible condition and
causes fermentation, gastric disturbances and
COLES very frequently
.Molasses if properly diluted and mixed with
cut hay bran and meal in proper proportlons'
is In a digestible condition and ready for assm-
lation the moment it enters the mouth. Its nu-
tritive value is therefore, quite apparent IL IS
not only better and more nutritious 1000
than oats. but is much cheaper in the END
''I have been feeding molasses about one
hundred horses of Arbuckie's sugar refinery 1or
nearly two years past, and have been feedlng
horses in my hospital on molasses and have peen
continually recommending its use i'll many
stables in Brooklyn during that period, Ine
cost is about 33 per cent less than the old sys-
tenn of feeding"
Dr. Berns added that the proportions for an
ordinary express wagon horse, weighing l,IVV
mounds were one quart of molasses and three
quarts of water mixed with two quarts OF corn
meal four quarts of bran and five pounds Oh
cut hay of good quality. The cornmeal, the
bran and the hay were mixed, the molasses and
water were mixed, and then the solids ana the
rouids were mixed together. This mixture
shou1d be fed to the horse three times day.
if indoors. but if he is out Of doors during the
dav he should be fed cats in the middle OF the
day.
The doctor maintained that not only was
nolasses SO per cent cheaper than oats, but that
it caused no digestive disturbances. and that
horses fed on molasses would lay on flesh faster
than when fed on oats
New-York tribune., 1903-01-29
CONVERSION OF AUSTRIAN RENTEs.
Greatest Financial Scheme in History Of the
Empire

Vienna Jan. 2S.-In the Austrian House a bill
was distributed to-day TO empower the FINANCE
Minister TO convert the Austrian rentes, when
he considers it necessary, into stock bearing Il
lower rate of int crest. The Finance Minister
asked the House to deal with the bill expedi-
tiousIv in order to prevent market fluctuations.
This measure is the greatest financial operation
that Austria has ever made, comprising some
S7oO 100000 The bill stipulates that the new
scrip shall bear interest of 4 per cent or less.
II ie understood that a syndicate including the
Rothschilds and some Vienna banks. VIII under
take the conversion