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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
DAVIS HANGING TODAY
EXECUTION TO TAKE PLACE IN
MANCHESTER JAIL YARD.
PRISONER is READY TO TO ..
Spent Yesterday in Singing and
Prayine-A aaiet Night in Jail.
Many Negroes Want TO See the
Condemned Man a. He Passes to
the Galiows.
PRISONER IS READY TO DIE.
Spent Yesterday in Singing and

Between the hours Of Z and 8 O'Clock
this morning Ernest Davis, the murderer
OF John Henry stokes, will be hanged
in the Manchester jail yard. The con-
detnhed man man has protested religion
and has assured both Sergeant y. G.
Saunders and Deputy Sergeant Herbert
Ferguson that he will cause them no
trouble at the execution.
Many negroes from Richmond and Man
chester, who were the condemned mans
friends. will be around the jail early.
hoping to get glimpse Of the hanging.
which will take place on scatfold erected
III the rear OF the jail.
Davis will be hanged with the same
rope which was used IN the execution
Of Jack Brown at the State Farm last
Friday The rope was cut from the
negroes neck, as 1t had been inbedded into
his flesh BY the heavy fail through the
platform.
Davis will fall about six feet. It Is
believed that his neck will be broken,
and that he will die without struggle.
He has displayed rernarkable bravery
during the last hours and seemed to rest
as well as could be expected last night.
The hanging of Davis will be the first
execution that has ever taken place in
Manchester.
Four negroes were hung just gu side Of
the corporate limits Of Manchester about
one hundred years ago. FOR the murder
Of Mrs. Betty Morrisette. Hilary Page
was executed In Chesterfield county about
twenty years ago for setting fire to a
barn
Apropos the hanging IN Manchester to-
day. many Of the prominent citi-
zens are relating stories of the hang1ngs
that have taken place in Chesterfield
county within the last century
Davis has protested religion. and says
that he will die a Christian. He realizes
that the end Is near. and is prepared to
meet it as calmly us possible. He realizes
that this IS his last day on earth. and
that at an early hour he will be
launched into eternity by the strong hand
OF the law.
STORY OF THE CRIME.
II Was about Aug. last that quarrel
over two negro wonen-Kate Hull and
Rosa Eayes-resulted in fight. In which
John Henry Stokes was stabbed to the
ueart by Ernest Davis with knife that
was given him by Sidney Hilton. Stokes
died Instantly. His assailants. Marcellus
Hatcher, Ernest Davis, Wyatt Callias
and Sidney Hilton. left him ID pool Of
his own blood near Seventeenth and Hull
streets. The murder was reported at once
TO police headquarters. and Policeman A.
5. Wright began to search for the men
who were implicated. When the officer
arrived at the home OF Ernest Davis tne
nero was preparing 60 30 to bed
You think killed that negro, but I
aidn't. said Davis. The prisoner IN
tekAa - u sta tton snd lss0ss
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
Will LECTURE! ]. [ HERE.
rAsous sfErHonrsT DIVINE no
srHAk AT UxIos STATION
TONIGHT.
NO TRICKS OF oRAToRY.
He Is Described as a strong Preach
ar and an Ideal rastor-Has Been
. Leader In Many Conference.
ard Prominent in National Meet
1nss.

!. E
treat is in store fer a great many
Richmond people tonight. In the address
OF Rev. r. D. Smart, D. D.. at Union
Station Methodist Episcopal church. Dr.
Smart is pastor of the influential Ep-
worth church. at Norfolk, but came to
Virginia recently from the South Caro-
Ina Conference.
Tho Twentieth Century Sketches" Of
the South Carolina Conference, by Rev.
watson B. Duncan. A. a.. has the FOL.
lowing to say about Dr. Smart:
..Richard Davis Smart was born Sep
ternber IL. 1886 His fathers name was
Henry C. Smart: his mothers was Mar
gnret a. Smart
AFTER the usual training in the CONF
mon schools he entered Cokesbury Con-
terence School, preparatory to entering
Wofford College. After this preparatory
eourse at Cokesbury. he entered Wofford.
where he remained four years. graduat-
,ag In June. 1858.
las al, evidence of his ability as a
,cl1olar and his popularity as a student,
ne was chosen to deliver the valedictory,
rt1ich duty he discharged will, great HON
" to himself and qualification to his
\ rtends. After leaving Wofford, Mr..
s1nart n1atriculated at the Theological
Eerninary. Columbia. S. c.. from which
Institution he graduated IN 1871. With
snch q literary and theological training,
1t is not surprising that DR.. Smart rose
rapidly to the position Of eminence which
he now occupies as preacher OF the
gospel While quite a young man. Mr.
Smart felt distinct call to the minis
try. and upon his entrance at Cokesbury
School he yielded to the impression. lay
Ing himself and all his rar1somed powers
on the altar Of Christ.
A VETERAN MINISTER
Mr. Smart was admitted into the South
Carolina Conference. at Its session in
Charleston, December. 1870, and was ap-
pointed junior preacher on Chester Cir-
cult Rev z. J. Meynardie, D. D.. as
preacher in charge Mr.. Smart. however
did not go to work until he finished his
Theological course at the seminary IN
1871 While in the South Carolina Con-
ference. Dr. Smart served two years on
circuits. sixteen years on stations, ana
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
EPLAGUE|N MEXICO
Request that II Be Prevented
from Entering Arizona
Strict Quarantine.

WASHINGTON, D. G., January s-A
dispatch has been received at the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service of1l-
ces here from Tuscon. Ariz., calling at
tention to the existence Of hakantc
plague in Mexican cities. and requesting
that the necessary steps be taken to
prevent its spread into Arizona s
The president Of the Superior Board
the authorities in Was hington that the
plague exists at Ensinada and MaSatlan
Mexico. and has requested the Pubic
Heath and Marine Hospital Service TO
notify the Bureau Of American Republics
that the South American countries may
be Informed. 5.sz $s9A -
OF the Public Health and Marine Hos
has been investigating the situation at
Ensinada, and Dr.. Alexander. the medi-
cal ca! representative a t Ensinada, have
peer directed by the SURGEONS General to
Mexican sGuarantiRe.
TUscoN. ARIz., January SIM orma-
ton to the Star from the office OF the
Secretary OF State Of HermosiIlo. con
corning the plague situation, Is as fol-
lo .ss;; 81.
at Guayamas4 against Mazatlan. "A cor
don ofzsoldiers has been established from
the t1deWa ter. on the boundary line. be-
tSs ths stasss q Sonora ana sinaloa
of each other along the entire dirtan.a
with instructions to shoot any one en-
=deavoring to pass the line. Tns strict.s1
King l,S. OF patrol is.kep along the coast
clear from Qua amas, and no ships are
allowed to enter from any point
The most thorough system 81 fumiga.
:tion. and J, sanitary reg lation has been
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

REV. RICHARD d. STUART. D. D..
two Oh districts. At the close or a very
successful quadrenfium at Bethel,
Charleston, DR.. Smart was transferred to
the First church, Little Rock, Ark. in
December, 1891, where he remained three
years, and from there was transferred
to the First church. Memphis. where he
remained four years: eight hundred MEM
beers being received into the church during
his pastorate alone. In the fall Of 1895
he was transferred to Cook-Avenue
church, ST. Louis.
HIS MANY HONORS.
while in the South Carolina Conference
DR.. Smart was held In high esteem by all
his brethren, being often elected or APP
pointed to positions Of honor and respon-
sbility. He was sent as a delegate to the
General Conference. which met In st.
Louis in 1880. and by the st. Louis Con-
ference to the Eeumenical Conference OF
missions, in New York, in the spring Of
1900. With great pleasure, therefore, we
note that he is honored abroad.
DE- Smart is q strong preacher. His
sernions give every evidence Of thorough
preparation. While there are no tricks OF
student oratory about him. he yet preach
es with eloqueI1ce and force. The hearer
is not only entertained while he listens,
but permanently helped. AS pastor he
excels. He knows his people, visits them
and sympathizes with them In their trou-
bles. The ministry Of such man could
not blu. be prosperous In every particu>
lar"
DR.. Smart was also member OF the
last General Conference, held last May
"a DallaN, Tex. 5f'af
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
daylight all the others who had anything

daylight all the others who had anything
to do with the fracas were in the GUS
tody Of the police.
Marcellus Hatcher and Wyatt Callias.
who were charged with being accessories
to the crime. We're acquitted. Hilton was
sentenced to eighteen years in the peni-
tertiary, and Davis was sentenced to be
hanged.
The Rev. Asa Driscoll called to see
Davis in the city jail yesterday after
noon, where he prayed and sang with
the condemned man for nearly an hour.
The negro prisoners In the Jail and some
Of the friends of the condemned man
joined In the singing. Nearer My God
to Thee and other hymns were sung.
When the singing ceased Davis was in
tears. 1t was the most pathetic scene
that has ever been Witnessed in. the Mah-
chester jail. go &gsft5s
Deputy-serg eant Herbert. Ferguson said
thai everything is in readiness for the
execution. He slept in the prison
throughout the night. Messrs. Wilkin-
son and F,orsee will keep the death watch
over the prisoner until the hour for the
hanging arrives
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
DEVELOP COAL MINES
Virginia May Become an
Anthracite Field-Mitchell
Libel Suit.

The instructions for the Jury In tina
NeIson-Mitcheil $4,000 libel suit have
been completed. and when the court reas-
sembles this morning at II O'Clock they
will be read and the attorneys will begin
their argument. It is expected that this
may be given to the jury late this after
noon, but it is not expected that verdict
will BE- given until tomorrow, IL the jury
Is ever able to agree.
The Virginia Anthracite Coal Company
was chartered by Judge Wexford. OF tht
City Circuit Court yesterday. Tnt
company is formed for the purpose OF de-
velcping mining and timber lands viii
the right to purchase. lease or acqlItr
otherwise. as much as fifty thousand
acres OF land at any ono time In tbs
State.
The capital stock is to be not less than
$50 600. nor more than 100000 to be d.
vidsd into shares OF the par value Of sn
each. The principal Office OF the cons
pany is tokbe maintained in Richmond.
The officers who are to manage ths
concern for the first year are: Prest
dent, L. S. Randolph. OF Blacksburg
vics-presideut, W J. Payne. OF Rich
rnond. and secretary and treasurer. D
c. Zollickofter. OF Richmond. C. e
fStngo ara ~. d. SANDS, In addition 10 tGa
officers indicated. will constitute IA
board OF directors for the first year
Watt Adams Joseph Racket and Js-
seph Hickman. white youths. about
eighteen years OF age. wers turned ovsf
to the Prison Association by Judge 5, B.
Witt. OF the Hastings Court. yasteriay
The boys were IN court on the charss
OF breaking into c. & o. box car. Dec.
Is. They pleaded guilty TO the irdict.
rnent. and Judge Witt sentenced them u
three months IN the city Jail. and after.
wards turned them over to the Prisos
Association.
In the chaneery Court YESTERDAY
+ Mrs Eliza j. Bethel was appointed ard
Qualified as administratrix OF the ea'
!. tate. OF Mrs. F. B. Gay. deceased.
The deceased lost her life In the Franz
lin house about a month ago by asphyxia.
ton and 1t is understood that the q.
dnctary IS created for tha cypress pa..
pose OF instituting damage suit asainsa
the city for the death OF Mrs. Bethel
Il will be recalled that the gas wa
found TO have antered the house through
an abandoned sewer In Franklin street
ss.tsaa5
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
Necessary TO Life.
viEoI Makes If.
. PoOR BLOOD CAUSES ERUP.
TONS AND WEAKNESS.
vinol Flakes Puro, Rlch.
Red Blood.
BECAUSE WE KNOWN THIS
WE GUARANTEE ITS AcTI0H.


Impoverished blood IS sure sign Of
internal disorders. We see every day
too many people whose faces plainly
show that there is something radically
wrong.
We want all OF our fe1.ow-citizens to
know Of our splendid blood purifier
ard blood maker.
We refer to Vinol.
Vinol, as we have before stated, is
purely scientific preparation.
Vinol owes its virtue to the fact that
It contains in q highly concentrated
state the active curative principles,
taken from the ivers OF live cods-ths
same elements that formerly vera
found in cod-liver oil, and which maids
it famous.
Vinol does not contain the grease or
fat that characterized cod-lIver oil and
made it IN many cases worthless.
Vino1 acts upon every one OF this
great vital organs, and by invigorat-
ing and giving them strength. enables
them to properly perform their func.
tioas.
Vinol's effect on the stomach is mar
yelous. It tones up this, the greatest
of The. organs Of the body. and enables
it to obtain from the food which is
taken into it the necessary elements to
create flesh and muscle tissue. bono
structure and pure, rich, red blood.
We are in receipt OF o letter from
Savation Army woman which reads az
follows:
81 took vino1 after q bad attack ct
grippe, and so much good did It do me
that persuaded my sister to take it.
She was all tired out. Had no appe-
tite and her blood was very poor. It
did her as much good as it did me. -
BETSY HABEEsHAw, tbs River ST., Fall
River, Mass.
Won't you please come In and
see us? We are always glad TO
extoI the merits Of yinol.
We will give you back your
money if you don't find vinol
will do all we claim it will. Could
any one do more for your
The Tragic Drug Company.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
c. POWELL CONCLUDES.
Chairman McGovcrn Takes staad i.
81 Freight Rate Mafter

cHARLoTTE. c.. January s-..s
today session OF the Interstate Conn
msrce Commission In the matter az
freight rates Tor Charlotte 4. G. Powsn
freight traffic nanag ger OF the Southern
railway. concluded his testimony. after
e cross-examtnatto by q, G Guthrie. for
the Gharlotte Shippers. Assoeis ton. He
vas examined at length on alleged in-
mes 81 rate sdiacrininat lon against
sChsrIotte 90 % specially pr.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
The Tragic Drug Company.

Southern and Seaboart' lines made up
the rates for the Carolina territory, eharg-
ing full local rates from the gateways,
thus treating Charlotte as a purely local
station.
e. J. MCGOWAN, chairman OF the South
ern classihca ton Committee. was on the
stand, when a recess was taken until
tomorrow.
It is doubtful Il the case will be con-
Guided before Saturday evening.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
MICHAEL M0RIARITY KILLED.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. January 80
Special Michael Mortarity. working oa
'has oil s.eeush!p at the ship-yards. tea
to-day while reaching for plank WIZ
his nngeriess .N--s, 7. 50 ~vas killed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

viii Discuss Important Business.
The regular meeting of Lee Cook Y,
Woma11's Christian Temperance Union,
dent. 1912 east Main street. Tuesday. jan
uary 18th. A full attendance IS desired,
as business OF Importance will come be-
fore the union.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

In the Law and Equity Court ysstss.
day Allen e. collins. attorney for c. =.
Roth. instituted suit against the c. and
%. Railway company for $500 damassa
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House to-day passed the Philippine
constabulary bill! as it was reported from
the committee. except for an amendment
limiting the number OF assistant chiefs
to four. The bill provides that the chief
of the constabuary. and the assistant
chiefs. who are United States army off,
GERS, shall have the rank, pay and al
lowances Of brigadier-general and colonel
respectively, the difference between such
pay and their pay In the regular grades
to be paid out of the Philippine treasury.
The bill also provides that when the Phil
lippine scouts are ordered to assist the
consta bulary, they shall be under the
command of the chief or assistant chiefs.
Mr.. Maddox, of Georgia. opposed the
bill, and said that in the face of the re-
quest of the Secretary OF War yesterday
for So. 600 900 for the relief OF the people
Of the Philippines, It was wrong to in-
crease the pay OF army officers at this
expense OF the F'ilipinos. He thought
there must be plenty Of generals in the
army who could be detailed for this duty,
IL higher rank were necessary.
FUNSTON FOR CHIEF CONSTABLE.
There is General Funston said he.
HE would make an elegant chief OF po-
lice. (Laughter.) II colonies are needed,
the woods are full of them.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Jones.
Of Virginia, to limit the number Of as
slstant chiefs under the bill to four, was
adopted.
The resignation of Mr.. Lanhan, OF
Texas. who has been elected Governor
OF Texas, was laid before the House. The
resignation IS to take effect January 18th.
! at 4:a5 the House adjourned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

The Vest resolution went over. to come
! up on the next legislative day.
| Mr.. Nelson resumed. but did not con-
| clude, his remarks against the omnibus
bull. The Senate adjourned until Mon
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09

aary.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-09
REDMOND FAVORS LAND BILL
IN SPITE OF ITS DEFECTS.
Ireland Should BE willing, He De-
clnres, to Give Governments
Measure n Fair Trial.

Dublin. April s.-John Redmond. the Irish
night. in which he welcomed the Irish land
bill. in spite of its great defects. as the
first measure proposed by an English Min
lister having the avowed object OF carrying
into effect the policy of ParnelI and the
Land League.
He said he did not wish TO forestall the
decision OF the coming national convention
at Dublin.
The latter's acceptance Of this bill would
mean fits amendment and its certain
passage into law. The rejection Of the bill
by the convention would mean that both
Chief Secretary wyndham and his bill
would disappear.
He knew what he was saying. he de-
clared. when he said that at this moment
Wyndham and OF the land bill are all weak.
He deprecated any mixing up OF the
questions OF land and home rule He said:
II believe that the settlement OF the land
question will remove the most formidable
obstacle on the road to home rule, but the
suggestion made by some Liberals that the
Irish land bill should be accompanied by
a measure OF home rule Is dangerous. and
ireland ought TO be prepared TO give Mr..
Wyndham's attempt TO deal with the Ques-
tion a fair trial"
After outlining the desirable amendments
10 the land bill. Mr.. Redmond expressed
surprise that there should be any uncer-
tainty regarding the reception that IRELAND
would give to King Edward on his com
ing visit He said he Is convinced that the
King Is friendly to ireland. and. except that
the NationalistS. by their attitude toward
the Crown. are absolutely debarred from
VIII be welcomed with every courtesy and
hospitality.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-09
GENERAL DOMESTIC

Valuable oil and asphaltum discoveries
have been made in Vernon and Barton
counties. Missouri.
Former Lieutenant Governor Tillman OF
South Carolina who killed Editor Gonzales.
obtains continuance OF his case untS
July. asserting that important witnesses are
absent.
The charge IS made that New York law
yer interested In the appeal Of Albert T.
Patrick ofreses s Prihe Of 800 to a de-
The steamer Allegheny, Just arrived from
Costa Rica .1s badly damaged by q oeili-
sion with another vessel in New York Ifar-
Dor. dense fog being the cause OF the &C
cident.
Henry Van Brunt, who designed the Elec-
tricfty building at the Chicago Worlds
Fair, is dead.
It is reported that Colonel F c. Church
Eli of Connecticut will be appointed In
spector for the Indian Territory with a
rowing commission.
In a special message TO the Legislature,
Governor Yates asked for an appropriation.
of $4,000 for monuments TO mark the po-
sition Of Illinois troops at the siega Of
Vicksburg.
Beef Packer Swift left an estate valued at
81 10000. He bequeathed $2jo.Ooo TO charity
and the balance to his immediate family.
President Roosevelt enters Yellowstone
Park, where he will remain until April "a,
closely studying the nature Of the various
wild animals that inhabit the park while
the trails leading into the park are care
fully guarded, go that his meditations shall
not be disturbed.
Eleven persons perish in q tornado near
Hanceviile, Ala
The inquest into the death Of Arthur p.
PenneI and Mrs. Pennell is to begin at
Buffalo tomorrow.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-09
HARRISON AND JOHNSON
FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Cleveiand's Chief Executive Stands
Practically With Mayor Har-
rison of Chicago on the
City Ownership OF
Street Railway
Franchises.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Cleveland. O.. Auril s.-A few days before
the recent city Seciion it was announced
by parties close 10 the managers Of the two
I local trolley lines that the two concerns
We're TO be consolidated and that the people
would soon enjoy the privilege Of universal
transfers.
IT was said by some at the time that TIE
move was announced 10 head on johnson
| sentiment In favor OF Scent fares and TO
! save the day for the Republican ticket.
Now that johnson has been reelected all
plans for the consolidation have been tenn
porarIly abandoned. In q word. the two
roads will lay low and wait for a move
from Johnson. Trolley extensions formerly
talked OF and possible reduction OF fares
have been dropped.
II IS believed that II Mayor johnson at
tempts TO have built scent fare line to
compete with the two existing lines public
sentiment will not endure a policy of active
opposition on the part OF the old compa-
MES. which was so effective in blocking the
scheme last year.
Senator Hanna controls the little consou-
dated and the big consolidated was former
ly the property Of the Everett Moore syndi-
cate.
Mayor Johnson, soon TO be practical die
tator OF the city. said to-day:
expires. on May 4, We propose AT once 10
push forward the plan of asking for new
DlOS Tor a 5-Cent rare street
We intend TO do everything possible TO
secure the payment OF whatever back taxes
are owed by the street railroads and other
public-service corporations.
We shall try to find a plan 10 carry on
an investigation of other inequalities in
taxation.
Next fall We expect TO agitate all over
the State the right OF home rule and We
shall endeavor to free the hands OF each
community SO that equal taxation may be
achieved 1t will be necessary TO awaken
the people to the necessity Of choosing a
Legislature which will act for the people.
The Mayor stands practically with Mayor
Harrison of Chicago on the matter OF the
ownership Of street railways. and Il may
be safely said that no trolley line. existing
or TO come. will receive a franchise or fran
chise extension under his administration
without the insertion of clause allowing
the city 20 buy the line
The city now owns It's water department,
and the Mayor hopes TO see the municipal
ity furnishing gas and electric lights, and
possible heat. before he retires from the
CITY Hall