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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-12
Wanted to Question Banker.
Who Testified.
GREAT INTEREST IN TRIAL
This was First Public Hearing and Parl
SLAMS Crowded to Hear testimony.
determinations We're Not Allow.
ed to Be Made.
Try Associated Pre...l

PARIS, February 1.-THE Humbers
family made their first appearance in
the criminal courts to-day when the case
OF NJ. Cattaul, the banker, was taken UP
In the Ninth Correctional Chamber. There
was great public interest manifested In
the proceedings and tho courtroom was
packed with people. All the previous
examinations OF the Humberts had been
held In secret, and this was the first OPP
portunity the Parisians had to see and
hear the prisoners. Tho Humberts were
brought in like any ordinary prisoners,
and took seats In the prisoners box
Madame Therese Hunoert displayed
her usual bravado and GOODNESS. her sis
ter, Marie D'Aurignac, was apparently
much unnerved. and the latter's brothers.
Roman and Emile D'Aurignac. main.
tained an attitude of calm defiance. The
case does not involve the main question
concerning the Crawford millions, but
NJ Cattauls charge that they lbelled
him in referring to him as a usurer.
which indirectly affects the whole az
fair.
WANTED TO QUESTION BANKER.
The early stages Of the trial to-day
did not produce any sensation. Madame
Humbert gave a long. rambling state
mcnt OF her dealings with M. Cattaui.
and alleged that his demands for excess
ssve interests and her borrowings from
him amounted to about 10000. When
NJ Cattaul was heard and Regulated the
charge OF usury. Madame Humbert
sprang from her seat and asked for the
privilege oflnterrogating the banker. but
the presiding magistrate repressed her.
While Frederick Humbert was testify.
ing, he sought to incriminate number
OF prominent political personages. In
cludingi NJ Yallee, the minister OF JUS
tice, when tho Judge stopped him from
bringing In the names of people who
were not parties to the case. Thereupon
Nine. Humbert exclaimed. "Other inter-
esting facts will be disclosed when the
main case is heard"
The Judge again stopped NJ. FIumbert
when he asserted that persons occupying
high positions We're aware Of tho facts
that the Humbert family was In Madrid
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-12
The VIRCINIANS
in JACKSONVILLE.
Editors Enjoying Themselves
Seeing All the Sights in
Land of Flowers.
Especial to Tho Times. Dlspatch.)

tSpeclal 10 Tho Times Dispatch)
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. February H.
The The Virginia Press Association spent
tbs morning in Jacksonville. At 10
o'clock they Came to this city over tho
Florida East Coast Railway and have
spent tho day here in visiting the many
points of interest In thissquaint old city.
The hotels, the narrow streets, old fort
and sea wall proved most interesting.
The Association Will leave tonight for
Jacksonville, where3fthey will transfer
tosthe train for Tampa,
This morning Mr.. Smith, district pas
senger agent of the seaboard Air Line.
and Mr.. Hart, secretary OF the Assoca-
ton, arranged the prog4amme for the
remainder Of the trip In this they were
greatly assisted BY Mr.. T. J, Appleyard'
secretary of thel Florida Press Asoca-
ton, who very courteously came to Jack
spnville to render such service as he
apuldfin entertaining gthe Virginia Assoc
citation, ,,e hi
Ohio Association will reach Tampa to.
morrow morning. and after day spent
there viii return Thursday night to
Jacksonville. \.
On Frduy they, Will 20 to Tallahassee,
stopplng at Lake City. where they will
he entertained by the Florida Assocl-
alton ~ ,f ~ si,3;, 5, 80 Ks
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EIGHT FIRES RAGE
AT ONCE IN TAMPA
Thy Associated Prcss,)

TAMPA, FLA, Feb. ll.-Eight fires
broke out here and were raging at the
same time to-day In different sections
OF tho city. A block Of Wholesale ware.
houses on whitney Street, including the
Cudahy Packing Company. Tampa Fer
tllzer Company, Carruthers Produce
Company, s. Edwards, W. II, Osborne
j. *, Harris. and Walter Wills Com
Qany. WAS burned, IL The entire loss was
about $4,000.
Labor Hall was Quilted by fire, and the
Tampa Furniture Companys mattress
factory was Destroyed With several
smaller firms.
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1870 -. - - - - =
DIR UNkE NNESS CURED.

positively and permanently without liz
convenience or loss OF time. "Orrine,
is endorsed by clergymen, physicians
and w G, Y IN 1t Is an excellent tonic,
tnsteless. odorless and colorlsss ana can
DO given In. tea, coffee water or milk
Co., s3i u, Main Street; Polk Miller
Co.. 1874 y. Main Street; Polg Miller
Coleman Co, First and Broad Streets,
Richmond, a TX g 5I 4
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The Night Session

President Gillian called the night SEES
sion to order shortly after s o'clock. The
attendance was excellent CONSIDERING tho
bad weather. The Committee on NomI.
nations made Its report, suggesting tho
officers. Executive Committee and dele
gues to the Atlanta convention. These
We're all elected by acclamatIon ana are
"a folio US.
oHicers--PresAdent, Captain John u.
Roper, Norfolk; Vice Presidents Lieu.
tenant Governor Willard, James II. Har.
rIson. Dany,llei w. p, Hoge, staunton;
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Patriotic Meetings.

a meeting Of the committee of the Flor.
, .. tapie, Confederate Bazaar Associa-
,' IS cailed to assemble In the home of
Mrs. c. W. P. Brock, No. 2O6 East r., 1T,
lin Street, next Saturday at noon.
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The Whist Clubs.

The Milton Work Whist Club met at
the Woman's Club last afternoon. Du-
plicate whist was played. Mrs. c. P.
Brock and Mrs. G. c. Walker making top
score.
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Issue orders; no patronage. no connection
with the political machinery Of the State,
but an entirely independent board, whose
function was criticism and advice. Moth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-12
St. Valentines Eve,

Miss zaida I1nslsh, the daughter of
pr, and Mrs, Thomas r. English, of
Union Theological Seminary, will give a
valentine party this evening in compll-
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ably no other social question has exci- ted so widespread an interest or called forth such diversity of opinion.
 During the past twenty years contin- uous efforts have been made in Jamaica by a small but increasing band of re- formers to secure the compulsory reg istration of the fathers of illegitimate children, but So far without success, the government always maintaining that such a system would be contrary to all established precedent.
 Last year the rate in that colony passed all previous records, the number of illegitimate births being sixty-four per cent. While this state of things does not necessarily imply extensive immortality, it naturally indicates con- dition at variance with English ideas, and at the instance of the reforming party in the legislative council the gov- ernnnent, while recognizing that the true source of improvement must be a higher moral tone among the people and a healthier public opinion, has appoint ed commission to ascertain whether it
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bre of the new administration. For so high-rninded and public-spirited eiti- zen and so reluctant an oficeholder as Robert ". deFOrest, read T. C. T. Grain, a chronic "spell-binder" and of fice-seeker. For Dr. E. R. L. Gould, instructor in Columbia and an authority on questions of government. read Pat rick Keenan, frequenter of race tracks. For Commissioner Hynes we have Lam try, a thick-and-thin ''heeler," brother of one of the worst police captains on the force and president of the Mohican Club, famous for it's disgusting beef steak dinners" For Commissioner Stur- gis we have Hayes. whose sole claim to a s7,5OO office is that he has always worked for the organization. Is there anything in this list which suggests that the tiger has changed his stripes, or that he has allowed George Mcclellan to draw his fangs?
 Of course this was to be expected and was expected. Tammany wants Tam many men on guard, and when it can put them there they are going to be there.
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DETERRENT.

sOf course I do," acknowledged the Cheerful Idiot. "One keeps bagging at the knees and the other keeps nagging at the bees. Baltimore American.
 Mrs. Parvenu-My husband has SO much taste. don't you think?
 Mrs. Cutting-Yes; it's great pity there isn't little of it that might be called good.-Philadelphia Press.
 Didn't you think I made some rather cutting remarks in my speech at the club banquet last night?''
 You did, old fellow. I noticed them. You split infinitives right along. ."-Chi- cago Tribune.
 Friend-What are you going to do with all those presents? You have no family? .~>. fs
 Smart-Going to send lem to my friends in St. Louis. I'm going to the exposition next year.-Chicago Daily News.
 What is the difference" asked the Cheerful Idiot, between an old, neg lected pair of trousers and bad boy who persists in throwing stones at a bee hive?"
 Goodness knows,' responded the Weary Listener. Church. notice none of the weather bureau men ever carry umbrellas when they have predicted rain. Gotham-No, after having predicted it, suppose they feel as if they should do everything they could to encourage lit.-Yonkers Statesman. Little Girl--Don't it hurt you to stut- ter2
 Little Boy.-N-n-nope. Just t-t-tick- les my t-t-tongue. Little Girl-Do you have to stutter all the time? Little Boy.-N-n-nope. Only when I t-t-alk.-New York Tribune. ''It seems to me," said Mrs. Oldcas- | tie, that the proletariat is becoming more and more difficult to manage" Yes" replied her hostess, Josiah thinks so, too, but his idea is that if people wouldn't eat hearty just before going to bed, very few of them would ever have it."-Chicago Record Her ald.
 What has two eyes and can't see, two ears and can't hear, four legs and can't walk or run, and yet can jump as high as Bunker Hill Monument? A dead cat. But how can dead cat jump as high as Bunker Hill Monument? How high can Bunker Hill Monument ljump?-New York Tribune.
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The Anima,s, thris,mas.

Said Santa Clans: Iris Christmas Eve
 (The animals looked pleasant). And each of you will now receive
 His yearly Christmas present. Bnt I'd be glad If every guest Would mention what he'd like the best" The Tanir said: That pleases me,
 I'll state succinetly, therefore, If I may be so bold and free
 The only thing l care for Would be those matches on the shelf, With which I'd like to light myself.' His wish was granted. Then up spake
 4 timid little Adder: ''Sir, but a trifie 1t will take
 To make my Christmas giadder; A slate and pencil, if you please, Would let me do my sums with ease" The Reindeer said. ttYau may believe
 I'd be q happy fellow, If were sure would receive
 4 good sized umberrell0w; And also I'd like four golosh- Es and rubber macintosh" The Pig a fountain pen desired;
 The Cow, tin horns requested; The Horse, for new hat acquired,
 His gratitude attested. The Caterpillar said: T am Proud of my caterpillarsham." So all of them were gay and glad, And they were happy, very; They liked the presents that they had And waXed exceeding merry. Dear Humans, at your Christmas feaSCS Pray take lesson from the beasts --carolyn Wells, in The Reader.
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VALUABLE TESTIMONY.

That is valuable testimony to the worth of good roads which has just been given before the Massachusetts State Highway commission, which has been giving hearings in all the counties of the State. Scores Of men have testt- fled that they are to-day doing with one horse the work on the roads for which formerly two horses were neces- sary, and with two horses what former ly required three or four, and that they are hauling from fifty to one hundred per cent. more load. Consequently, for the farmers and all drawers of freight over the State highways there is large actual saving of teams. Then there is material saving of time, because the loads are drawn at a pefceptibly faster rate over the easy grades and smooth surface of the State roads than over the steep grades and uneven surfaces of the old style of dirt roads. In exceptional instances the saving is great. In the cost of hauling freight and farm pro- duee, the chairman of the commission estimates that there is a saving of twenty-five per cent. of the former cost for every farmer and freight teamster who uses the roads habitually. This does not include the saving on harnesses, which is also material item.
 Such testimony would be given in any stafe where the good roads movement has got hold.
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NOT BANNING.

If Senator German is after popularity
 in the South, and they say he is, he isn't gaining it very fast by his at- tempts to array the Democrats in the senate against the ratification of the Panama canal treaty. The Atlanta Constitution says that an opposition vote by a Democrat of the South would be betrayal of the interests of that region; that the subject is not a proper one for partisan division, but a great and worldwide commercial issue. Its defeat, it says, would be fatuous and fatal to the popularity of the party producing it." It rebukes Senator Cor man sternly. So does the New Orleans Times-Democrat in the following lan- guage: Should the Democratic party go before the people on any such plat form as that proposed by Senator Cor man it will meet with nerited defeat, and the most disastrous defeat that has ever come upon it. The building of the isthmian canal is not a party question, and should not be made one. Nothing would suit the Republicans better than to have this great international work opposed by the Democracy, for, while such opposition could not defeat the plans already made for the building of the canal it would defeat the party in the next half dozen campaigns. Much was claimed by Senator Germans friends when it was decided that he should be the Democratic leader in the senate, but these claims have been dis sipated in day by his substitution of offensive partisanship for patriotism in a matter which is in all it's aspects a national question and in no respect a political question.
 Senator German is evidently not on the right track.
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is possible to devise any legislative

remedy.
 The commission is of a widely repre- sentative character and will consider and report whether the existing laws relating to marriage and regislations of births should be amended with the ob- ject CD of simplifying the formalities necessary to be observed for marriages; @ of giving to children of parents who may marry after the birth of such chill dren the position and rights of offspring lawfully begotten; (S) of increasing the facilities for the registration of the pa- ternity of children not lawfully begot- ten: or (4 of making such registration compulsory.
 Owing to the absence of data on the subject two circulars have been pre- pared and issued, containing a long se- ries of questions relating to every phase of the problem; one of these has been addressed to foreign governments, and the other to local individuals, and the result is awaited with good deal of interest and curiosity. Times.
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NIAGARA BRIDGE.

It is said that not more than third of a piece of ice will float above the sur face, but the Niagara ice bridge is of such wonderful construction that the
 data applicable to other rivers cannot
 be applied to it. Admitting that only
 half the thickness of the structure is re- .vealed by the fifty-foot crevasses, that would make the bridge one hundred
 feet thick. Soundings taken of the riv- Ter at the point where the bridges form show that the depth of water there is about one hundded and ninety feet. a depth ample enough to allow of the
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UNCHANGED STRIPES.

After MT. Mcclellan was elected mayor of New York there was the usual talk about his goodness and public spirit, and it was predicted that he wouldn't let Tamnlany do anything wrong through him. But he has just announced four of his appointments, and thus the New York Evening Post walls: It is only necessary to contrast the names of the new appointees with those of the outgoing commissioners to mark the difference in the tone and cali-
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bridge being one hundred feet thick, but Q

bridge being one hundred feet thick, but hardly leaving channel enough to carry off the down-poru of water over the falls. Thus 1t is probable that the thickness of the Niagara ice bridge va ries. It is said that two-inch ice will sustain man, or a regiment of proper ly spaced infantry; four-inch ice will carry a man on horseback, a squadron
 of cavalry, or light guns; six-inch ice,
 heavy field guns, such as eighty pound- CTS; eight-inch ice, battery of artillery,
 with carriages and horses, but not over
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one thousand pounds square foot on sledges; ten-inch ice will sustain an army, while on fifteen-inch ice rail- way can be built and operated. Of course, it is possible that the Niagara ice bridge would not have the strength that solid ice possesses and yet accord ing to these calculations, the bright might easily, while it lasted, support a twenty story sky scraper.--orrin K. Dunlap in the Booklovers' Magazine.
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QUEER SITUATION.

Women who want to take part ill school election in Somerville, MassG- chusetts, seem to be in a queer situa- ton. At the recent eaucuses in Somer- vile, women who had a legal right to vote for members of the school eom- mittee were not permitted to vote in the caucuses that nominated the can didates. They appealed to Governor Bates and at his request the attorney general has given an opinion. He holds that women have no legal right to par ticipate in eaucuses. The Springfield Union thus comments: MT. Parker is a most able lawyer and we doubt not the courts will sustain his opinion, but the injustice of such a law must be appar- ent. Perhaps under the former cau- GUS system there would have been complications in permitting women to take part, but under the Luce law it is a very simple matter. Separate bal lots for women are provided at the elections and could also be at the cau- cuses. Tn municipal affairs, the cau- cuses are usually more important than the elections. Where, as in most cities, one party predorninates, almost anyone who has the party nomination wins in the election. The all important work is to select the candidates and if it is right for women to have a voice in the election of the men and women who govern the schools (and we believe it is) that right should extend as we'll to the nomination of candidates.
 It does seem queer that women should not be allowed to help nominate if they are allowed to help elect. But 1t will be some time before all the queer things connected with women are obliterated.
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WEST INDIAN ILLEGITIMATEs.

Sixty-four Per Cent. of the Births in
 Jamaica Last Year Irregular.
 from Kingston, Jamaica: The high rate of illegitimacy which prevails in the West Indies has often been the sub- ject of discussion in the various legis- lative assemblies and the press. Proh-
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An order has been issued to the Si- berian railroad agents to discharge all the students employed in the capacity of machinists and assistant machinists on the locomotives of the railroad. This order affects the employment of nearly one hundred persons, and is brought about by the wrecking of butter train near Cheliabinsk. The machinist on the wrecked train was a student of the Tomsk Technological Institute. Rough on students.
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It is said that the Austin Corbin es- tate has shrunk in seven years from about s5,OOO,OO to less than $3OO,0O0, and that constant litigation is responsible for the shrinkage.
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The Artists Association and Arts Exhibition Club of New Orleans have combined to form the Art Association of New Orleans, with list of three hundred artists and art lovers. An ef- fort will be made to enlarge the mem bership and begin agitation for a nlu- scum of art to be open to the public.
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A turkey special from St. Louis brought thirty-two thousand Christmas turkeys to New York. There were nine- teen cars on the train.
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1aE KEEKLF J0URHAL, tssssd Thursdays, One Dollar a Yea
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each in- sertion; Five Cents Word for full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one n. sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 4O cents; one week, SS. 20; one month, S10; one
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diamond-back rattler strike up an ae- compartment as she went singing about her household tasks.
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The Anglo-Japanese Gazette pub- 1ished in London, says: Taking the fig- ures of exports from the United States to Japan for last year, as compared with those of 1901, an increase of B per cent is shown, while on the other hand, Japanese imports from Europe show falling off. In 1881 the United States furnished 5.72 per cent, and last year 17.9 per cent. of the total in- ports, as compared with Great Britain's share of 52.57 per cent. in 1881, and 1853 in 1902. Japan imports large quantities Of machinery of every description railroad plant, vehicles, labor-saving tools from the United States.
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Furs, Scarfs and
 MuHs
Rain-Coats

100 Genuine Cravenette Rain-C Coats, exclusive designs and styles, including the new Military Coat. A much-favor- ed gift for Christmas to men and women. rf
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Church White was once attending a, Republican convention in company with a fellow Democrat, says the Atch- ison Globe. The name Benedict Ar nold'' was frequently used by the speakers, and the Democrat finally in- quired: Church, who was this Bene- dict Arnold I hear so much about?" Church was very indignant. They are always accusing us Democrats of ig- norance,' he said, land here you are being worthy of it. Benedict Arnold was George Washington's stepson. Now see if you can remember that!''
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Figures for the year ending August 30 show that automobiles killed as many persons in England in a week as rail- road trains did in a year. The entire number of accidents enumerated in England and Wales during the period mentioned was 3,994, the persons injur- ed being 2,ss1 and the deaths Ali. The figures show an average of 7e.T5 aeci- dents a week, with 67,52 persons injured and 7.9 killed every week, During the last twelve months the total number Of passengers and railroad officials killed by accidents on passenger trains on British railroads was eight, the injured being 224.
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Commissioner Kerr, a British magis- trate famous for his blunt speech, was hearing case one day in which plain tiff was seeking to recover $65 for milk supplied The commissioner said to a milkman: T thought every one paid for his pennyworth of milk each day 1t was delivered" Plaintiff: "Oh, no, they don't, your honor. I serve your honor's house with milk, and they have not paid me for two months" The commissioner: "Ah, well,. you'll not supply me any more; you will be wa tering my milk to make up for this money you are going to lose."