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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
HORSE SHOW
HERE TO STAY
FIRST PRIZE FOR
A RICHMOND MAN
Mr.. Jefferson Wallace Writes
a Story With a Local
Coloring.

A short story entitled .'The Violin
Player" and written by Mr.. Jefferson
Wallace OF this city. has taken the first
prize Of sl20 in a short story contest.
inaugurated the 18th Of last june by the
Sunny South" weekly publication OF
Atlanta. Ca, devoted to literature and
romance.
There were eight hundred contestants
and six winners. with Mr.. Wallace head
Ing the list. The editorial in tho an
nounccment issue of the Sunny South"
Gays:
"rhe first prize story is of SURPRISING
power being unusual In every respect.
4 full account Of Its interesting birth
and dress, with portrait OF the author
will be published In the issuc Of October
3lst, when the public will be given d
chance to pass Judgment on his effort.
he same course will be followed with
the other prize stories"
The editor makes tho following most
favorable comment: THE first prize story
the editor considers nothing short Of a
masterpiece, and he believes this verdict
will be sustained by the readers"
In the three prize list prepared by the
critics who made the final decision, all
three were a unit In regard to the first
prize, ."The Violin Player coming first
each time.
Mr. Wallace has long had an established
reputation as fine writer. He has been
prominent In Richmond politics, and Is
associated In business with the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company. He intro
duces a number Of Richmond people into
his story, among them the late DR.. Min
negerode, of st. Paul's Church; Professor
Jake Renhardt. and q. young Richmond
lady, whose Identification will be mat
ter Of interest to Richmond people.
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SHIP TOWED BY
A LARGE WHALE
Steamer Humber in Dry Dock
After an Exciting Expe-
rience Off Cape Spear
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.,

tSpeCldl 10 lHe j llIHeS-blspdlCll.)
OTTAWA, Oct. 1.-THE whaling steam
er Humber arrived at st. Johns this
afternoon to dry dock for repairs, after
a royal battle off Cape Spear. N. T.,
with a monster whale. during which the
steamer was badly strained and dam.
aged.
The whale. which was 10 feet long,
was captured off Cape Spear Monday
morning. 1t was fnback. and tho
crew say 1t was the most gamcy of tho
two hundred whales that the steamer
has taken this season. twenty-nine hours
being taken up in the fight with It.
When the whale was hit 1t started
towing the vessel at the rate of seven
miles an hour. though the engines were
reversed full speed, which, under ordl-
nary conditions. would mean retro
grade movement of about eight miles.
This continued for hours. the ship, as
the whale flew off in zig-zag courses,
being almost towed under the water
the sea washing the decks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
SECURE HIDING PLACE
FOR STOLEN VALUABLES

Especial Gable to The Times-Dispatcl%)
LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE police officers
who had charge of Pagter. the expert
Russian burglar suspected of having
valuable jewels In his possession are
much disgusted TO learn his method or
secreting them.
While In custody Pagter succeeded in
concealng this jewelry for many weeks,
despite the fact that he was several times
searched by the police and wardens. A
co-prisoner betrayed him.
After Pagter had been removed from
the dock one day he was requested to
open his mouth, Under his tongue was
discovered a gold ring,
He then made the remarkable con-
fession that he had kept others IN the
same place and that when his wife yis-
tied him at Holloway prison and he was
kissing her goodbye he contriVed 10
transfer the rings into her mouth.
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Murders His Three Children
With a ClaW-Hammer.
a WELL. KNOWN PHYSICIAN
Crazed by Liquor, He Drives His Vito
from Home, Murders His Little
Ones and Attempts to Set
Fire to Home.
Special TO The Times. .plsputch. !

lopcclnl 10 lue 1ltueSDlsputcu)
ASHEvII.LE, N. c.. October 17.-One Of
the most terrible crimes ever committed
in North Carolina occurred this morning.
when DR.. j. V. Jay, a well known physt-s
clan of Buncombe county, living at Bar
rardsvlle, twenty miles north of Ashe-
vile, killed with claw hammer his
three children, aged two, four and six
years.
The news of the tragedy was received
here by telephone this morning. 1t is said
that Jay had been drinking heavily for
nearly two weeks. and last night ran his
wife away from home. Mrs. Jay returned
this morning and was in the act of pre-
pairing breakfast, when her husband at
tackled her again and ran her out Of the
house She started for Il neighbor's to get
help, and left her children crying on the
porch
While the mother was gone Jay killed
al! three Of the Children with claw
hammer. Mrs. Jay soon returned with
several men, but the man had done his
work, and the llfeless bodies were found
lSlng on the porch
After committing the deed Jay went
into the house and attempted to set 1T
on fire. but the men who returned with
Mrs. Jay rushed in and overpowered him
and extingushed the flames. Jay was
then bound hand and foot and Sheriff
Reed notified
The sheriff. with Deputy Wells, went to
the scene of the tragedy, and after a
drive of forty miles returned late this
evening with Jay sitting between two off,
GERS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
THE ENGLISH. CRISIS
MAKES SOCIETY GLOOMY
Especial Gable to The Times.D!spatch.)

Especial Cable to The Times -D!spatch)
LONDON. Oct. 1.-THE political crisis
has cast. a gloom over English house
parties. and heated arguments between
men who should be giving the ladies a
good time Instead of wIanGling over
the very wide-awa4ie corps" of Mr.. Jo-
seph Chamberlain have not conduced
to the general enjoyment.
Even golf players have taken to dis
cussing the fiscal problem on the links,
and the imported American golf ball has
figured prominently on several occasions
in the argument.
TIL, makers of Bristol golf balls and
American golf balls, which are being i'm
ported in ever-increasing numbers. Some
ofithese patent balls cannot be remade In
tiis country and as they must be shipped
ba OK to NewSYork the British maker sees
hts profits dwindIing before his very
cyes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
NEEDN'T HURRY ABOUT
DELIVERING AUTOS

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.)
PARIS, Oct lit is well for Americans
to know that the most recent decision of
tho courts declares damages cannot be OBJ
tained for failure to deliver an automobile
upon the date contra cted. Even delay OF
three months will not insure damages.
Furthermore, the courts decide that the
unfortunate purchaser must accept the
automobile, Notwithstanding the long lapse
OF time. and mayhap the total spelling OF
q summer holiday.
This strange decision Is defended by the
magistrates on the plea that the manu-
facture of automobiles is yet an infant IN
dustry, and sometimes 1t may be necessary
to unmount machine three or four times
before delivering It.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
PARIS is INTERESTED
IN TWO BOXING HORSES

Especial Cable to The Times-Dispatch.>
PARIS. October 1.-THE cake walk.
which dominated Paris for the past
twelve months, is supplanted by two beau
tful boxing horses. They stand on their
hind legs and fight round after round like
Corbett and Jefries
They are so we'll gloved that they rare
ly hurt each other. They are beautiful
pair of Arabs.
The other night one of them made tho
other bleed from the nose, and 1t must be
said. however regretfully, that the ladies
were loudest in their applause when they
saw the "claret" flowing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
RECTOR REJECTED
BY GOOD BISHOP
Had Welded a Divorced Wo-
man and Bishop Scarbo-
rough Said Him Nay.
Especial to The Times-1oispatcb

NJ
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.--An affair
that may become a celebrated case In
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
America became public to-day when an
nouncement was made that Bishop Scar
borough. of the Diocese of New Jer-
sey. had refused to approve the call to a
a church within his jurisdiction of a
clergyman who was married to woman
to whom divorce had been granted from
her first husband, also an Episcopalian
clergyman.
The case is that Of the Rev. George
F. Kettell, formerly assistant rector Of
Christ Church. Baltimore. His wife was
originally Miss Bessie Broughton of Po-
comoke City Nd. She was married to the
Rev. Clarence Frankel In February, 1900,
and six months later they moved to Me-
braska, where her husband was mis-
sionary. Later she secured a divorce In
South Dakota on the grounds of non
support, unfaithfulness and cruelty, She
then came back to Pocomoke City, be-
came acquainted with Mr. Kettell, and
the couple were married on July Goth last,
by the Rev. Charles A. Hensel, vicar OF
Grace Church Chapel, Baltimore. Soon
after this Mr., Kettell resigned from Christ
Church.
Christ Church, at Palmyra, N. j.. about
ten miles from Philadelphia, offered the
rectorship of that church to the young
rector on the recommendation OF Bishop
Scarborough, before the former was mar
rled He accepted after informing the
vestry Of the church that he had married
a divorced woman, but when he went to
Trenton, to get the approval of the
bishop, which Ia necessary when clergy
man of the church goes from one diocese
to another. 1t was refused, The disap-
pointed rector informed the vestrymen at
Palmyra, vacated the pulpit and accepted
a position a sinstructor IN the Episcopal
Academy In this city, pending the settle-
ment of the controversy.
The parishoners of Christ Church
took up the case. and appealed TO
the bishop to reconsider his decision, but
this he would not do. Meetings We're held
at the church, and the parishoners final
ly became divided majority of them, It
Is said. deciding to take the view of
Bishop Scarborough. Some of the more
ardent supporters Of Mr.. Kettell wal'~ e
take tn cease to the civil courts. and II
is said this win probably be done
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
CALLED GROVER
A FRESH GUY
The Pittsburg NeWsboy Said
Hully Gee When Told Who
the Gentleman Was.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch,)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch)
PITsBURG, Oct. 17-"That's a fresh
guy in the second berth in the third
car" said newsboy to the conductor
of the Pennsylvania Limited this morn
ing. The lad had offered to sell paper
to the passenger, who had stuck his
head out of the window as the train came
to a stop. The big man inquired: What
city is this. son?"
''This is Pittsburg, sir. Have paper?'
answered the boy, as he stuck a paper
under the mans nose.
"Why. this can't he Pittsburg'' said
the man. "The sun shines too brightly
and there does not seem to be any sign
Of smoke" and he closed the window.
Don't you know whom You were talk
ing tor" quered the conductor.
'Nope, and / don't want to know
him." replied the boy.
"That's Grover Cleveland, once Presi-
dent Of the United States" the conduc-
tor said, and the newsie muttered.
"Iiully gee!"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
FRENCH GENERAL
is THIN SKINNED

Especial Cable to The Times-Dispatch)
PARIS. Oct 17.-General Andre, Minis
ter Of War, has deeply offended the So
cialists. He will not listen to their favorite
song. "L'Intcrnatlonale.''
Jean Jaures. vice-president of the Cham
ber of Deputies. and Camille Pelletan.
Minister of the Navy, being strong So
cialists, like to hear this stirring song.
Even Premier Combes does not object TO
1t.
But there is one line which could scarce
ly be expected to give pleasure to Gen.
eral Andre It is that which reads: "The
bullets are for the generals"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
FIRE AND FLOOD
DIDN'T MOVE HER
This Hen Stuck to Her Nest
Until the Eggs We're
HdtChed.
Especial to The imes-plspatch.)

WINSTED, CONN, Oct. IA hon
owned by John j. o'Brien, a liveryman
in Norfolk, passed through fire, smoke
and water to hatch brood of chickens,
O'Bren's stable was on fire few nights
ago, with the hen setting In bar
rel inside the building
The upper part Of the structure was
soon mass of flames, but 'Biddy' re-
fused to move. The top of the barrel next
took fire and burned half way down, but
the faithful hen stuck to the nest. a
stream of water accidentally hit the
blazing barrel, extnsulshed the flames
In ii and deluged the hen, but she held
her post Yesterday eight peeps came
forth. and then She left the barre
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
RAILROAD Y. M, c. A.
Attractive Programme at Main Street
Station This Afternoon.

The meeting mt the Railroad y. NJ G.
A Hall, Main-Street station, this after
noon, will be opened to both ladies and
gentlemen and the occasion VIII be onf
of great interest The services Will be un'
der the auspices of East End Union, of
the White Ribboners' organization, Of
which Mrs, w. NJ Biekers Is the pFesi-
dent, and the programme VIII embrace
vocal ouartette Where Is My Wander
cross. I" by Messrs Adams Boies. Mile
ton and oupres; the snul-stirring solo by
the c'vystal Sea, by Mrs. >, Bailer6
a pretty and pathetic solo Only Moth
err BY little Master Thomas Btckers; an
address on Hearts and Homes ! by Mrs,
C. NJ. Jobson, county president OF tha
White Rihboners; recitations OF the poe
tic gem "rhe starless Crown and ',fha
Creede of the Bells by Miss julia Clare
Bickers and special orchestral music un.
der the direction OF atr. Percy TaliafsFra,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
MANY MEETINGS FOR
THE COMING WEEK

Owing to the failure OF committees to
secure the attendance of members last
week. there will be an unusually large
number of meetings during the coming
week.
The Board Of Aldermen will hold
called session on Tuesday night. and fol-
lowing is the full schedule for tomorrow
and Tuesday:
Board of Aldermen, P. M. Tuesday.
Finance and Sinking Fund. P. NJ.
Monday. ,f
Poor. 8 p. NJ. Monday.
Light, 5 P. NJ Monday.
Streets, P. NJ. Tuesday.
Finance. p. NJ. Tuesday.
Ordinances. p. NJ. Tuesday.
Police, 1880 P. M. Tuesday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
ing tho exposition success, and says
the whole country is behind the move
SOUTHERN RAILWAYS
HANDSOME BOOKLET

The Southern Railway has just issued
a most attractively gotten UP booklet
entitled Hunting and Fishing in the
South
The work. which is embellished with
splendid half-tone cuts of field and food,
describes tho best localities in the South
for different kins of fish and game. and
gives the laws governing hunting and
fishing in nivirginia. North Carolina. South
Carolina, Kentucky. Georgia. Florida,
Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
LEFT The STAGE
TO GO WITH D0WIE
Pretty Singers Deserted Their
Company Despite Raise
of Salary.
fsnecIol To- The Times-Dlsp;fch,

s1JNBURY, PA, October 17,-During
lengthy wait here Thursday of the win
some Winnie" Opera Company. en- route
Ia Scranton, 1t became known that two
OF the members of the company had that
morning deserted the organization at
Harrisburg to accompany the DoWie
,Restoration Host" to New York, They
were Misses Mary Doan and Ella Con-
ners, who are among the prettiest sing
ers of the company,
While the company was changing trains
at the capital the Dowie special train
pulled into the depot. Several Dowieites
met the pair of singers and induced them
Ia give up theatrical life and go back TO
New York, Tho girls decided to do SO,
despite an offer of u raise in salary from
the manager,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
BRUTAL CRIME
OF A FATHER
INSANE WOODMAN
ARMED WITH AXE
Drove All Other Employees
Away from a Lumber
Camp.
Especial to me Times-Dispatch.)

NOVCSIht % ]'t11eS '1's1eS'''I
RALSTON, Pa. October F-Frank
Henderson. r woodsman. went insane In
tho Mcdonald lumber camp. near here,
Thursday night. ~
Procuring an axe, he dashed on the
seventy other woodsmen, who fled IN a
panic into the woods.
Many OF them were in their night
clothes, and some of them had to spend
the night in trees.
Henderson was finally overpowered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
GEN. LEE WILL NOT
SPEAK IN NEW YORK

1t was rumored yesterday that General
F'itzhugh Lee would go to New York to
speak for the Tammany ticket.
When seen last night the General
laughed at the idea, and said he had no
dream of SO doing.
General Lee is here looking after mat
ters In relation to the jamestown EXPO
sition, and does not anticipate undertake
Ing anything else for the present.
He is happy over the prospects of maxi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
Ths Paris Salo

Especial Gable to The Times-Dispatch)
PARIS. Oct, 1.-THE date of the first
autumn salon is fixed for October 3oth. 1t
will remain open until December 10th,
Besnard and Carrlere are honorary pres
idents
The only well-known American painter
who has thus far given in his adhesion
" n-.pn W, ArIaaapaer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
Coming Wedding,

Especial to The Times-D -Dispatch.)
MANTEO, VA, Oct 17.-At Travellers
Rest buckingham county, October 49,
1908. Miss Jeanette Neaye Horsley will
become the bride Of Mr., Henry Chapman
Glover.
on account OF recen. bereavement, only
the immediate families will be present,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-18
UNIVERSITY
The WINNER
Beat Kentucky by a Score of
Six to Nothing.
A HARD-FoUGHT- CONTEST
Council Scored After Four Minutes
Play by a Dashing End Run--The
Tackling Of Spates
Feature.
A HARD-FoUGHT CONTEST
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Oct IT,
Virginia met Kentucky University this
afternoon in a hard fought game and
scored only six points.
The contest was winged on a sossy
field. and in dvizzling rain. Kentucky
played very aggressive game. and sew
eral times held Virginia 70; downs. Off,
side plays and fumbles at critical mo-
ments characterized the contest. Soon
after the kickoff in the first half. Vir-
ginia secured the ball on tumble. and
run by Council, succeeded in scoring af-
ter four minutes Of play. Near the close
Of the half Virginia advanced the ball
fifty yards, only to lose 1t, on a tumble
The Kentuckians showed great improve.
ment on the defense on the second half.
After Virginia had carried the ball over
half the length OF the field on successive
line plunges, the Kentucky line held like
a stone wall. and Crawford, who tried in
drop kick. failed in his effort. On the
offensive the visitors could make but
little headway. Spates' tacking was the
feature Of the game. The lineup was as
fallows:
Virginia. Position Kentucky.
Cook. ...... ..R. H. Thompson
Council. il............R Ware
Spates .......R. G............... Nickel
Conner.... Observation-Disclosures. ..Daingerfield
Elmer.......... ....L. G.............W Wallace
Johnson. ............L. T......... Woodward
Hull..............L. E........... knight
Pollard. B.. Muir
(Walker)
Randolph. H. B.....H. Yancey
(Crawford)
Heald. ..............L II. B......... .Cantrill
Watkins. .........F. B...........W. Yancey
Score: Virginia. 6; Kentucky, 0. Touch
down, Council Goal from touchdown.
Council. Referee. Daniel )CVirgnial.
Umpire, Graham. Glentucky). Time Of
halves, 20 minutes.
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<Continued on Seventh Pase.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-01
Libel cY American Wonen.

Some ha,rid HHsijabmaa vfo has
doubtless been aou;cd In his efforts
to acquire d rich American wife says:
Tho modern woman has turned her
body into clothes horac on which
hangs out proof that she has more
money to waste than her nciehbors.
In this respect the American woman
is the chief OF sinners. Her insane cX.
travagance has lnUCIiatcd English
women, who vainly try To outstrip the
peripatetic oil queen who trails her
skirts over Europe every autumn. The
American woman regards her husband
as a money making machine. He ex>
lists simply to supply her with the
means o. making other women sick
with envy. She f1aunts in European
hotels while her husband is shaving at
home. She has successfully eradicat-
ed all the old-fashioned womanly vir-
tues of self-sacrifice, tenderness, COM
radeshir and motherhood. She is hard.
cold, cynical and selfish The Ameri-
can husband is the most patient and
most generous in the world. That is
why Home, Sweet Home is not a pop.
ular air. Chicago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-01
BROUGHT THEM TO TIME.
Why Criticism Of New York's Finest
Hotels Suddenly Sfonned

Why Criticism Of New York's Finest
Hotels Suddenly Stopped.
Some years ago l was dining with
a party of wealthy Westerners in New
YORK City, said Mr.. Benjamin T.
Leslie, of Montana, to a Washington
Post reporter. Among them were
Marcus DAILY, Charlie Broadwater, ex-
Gov. Rauser Hon. Tom Carter, Sena.
or W. A. Clark, John W. Mackay
Lucky" Baldwin and E. r, Bonner.
''lt seems that no two of them were
topping at the same hotel, and each
ad grievance against the hostelry
here he put up. One said he meant
O quit the Fifth Avenue; another in
}eighed against the Waldorf; third
nought that Delmonico's was terribly
overrated and SO on. Not one had a
good word to say of any Of the taverns
or eating houses of Gotham, and
here was special criticism of the
food.
Finally, after there was little lull
IN the choruses of adverse criticism,
old man Bonner burst into a loud
laugh. When asked the cause of his
merriment, Bonner said: I've been
listening to you fellows talk, and l
tell you frankly, you give me a pain.
TO hear such as you run down these
swell establishments in New York Is
enough to make the angels weep. Why,
it hasn't been SO many years since
I've seen every one of you squatted on
the grass of the prairie, eating beans
out of a frying pan with your fingers"
1T was the everlasting truth, and
the knocking of the hotels ceased
right there"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-01
rUH SUITS FOR BOYS.
Countess &c Gasteilane Sets Fashion
for New Workers..


for New Workers.
A1thcUe -~4st Countess de Castel-
lane. has received no social recogni-
tion to sT,cotE o.. her presence in Amer
ica is fely by the Youngest generation.
The fashion Of dressing her two young
boys has interested scores Of mothers
The two little Caatoi!anes spend much
Of their time paraGin2 the avenue, be-
tween Forty seventh and Thirty third
streets. They wea! entire suits of fur,
from their peakei' hoods to their fur
leggings. George. the elder, wears
lynx, and his brother Boni. wears Rus
sian squirrel. Their Jackets, their
trousers and their attached hoods are
all of fur, and in this garb the boys
look like baby Esllimos. 1t is rather
a pretty fashion, for the children's
faces are framed in fur, and, in the
instance of the Castellanes, this style
suits their interesting, dark counte-
nances. Rarely have such lively, pranc-
ing children amused the avenue. Boni
dragged sled the other morning
across the clear pavements. but in his
aunt's miss Helen Could private
yard he was permitted to tumble in
real snow to his hearts delight These
fur clothes for children are practical
for shedding. as the boy may simply
wallop in heaps of snow without
catching cold, but an obstacle to che
popularity is the cost of the furs. Tho
cheapest fur suits fetch $20O.-New
York Press.