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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
BURIAL OF LATANE
FORCIBLY RECALLED
Two Richmond County Girls Evince
Some Heroism that Was Shown by
Virginia Women During the War.
Bravee Death from SMALL
pcx TO Extend Help to
the Helpless.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch

sNSpcclul 10 1nc llmcs'DiSpatch.)
WARSAW, VA. FEB. 16.-Tho Same
heroism that inspired the women OF the
Confederacy to dare and lose all has
been recently shown by the two
daughters OF DR.. Fisher, Of Rich
mond county, who risked death from
the loathsome disease of smallpox and
blistered their fair. hands with spades
and shovels In order that a little child
might have tender nursing and a Chris
tial burial. The incident recalls the
burial of Latane. the gallant young Of
flcer who lost his life IN Stuart's fa-
nous ride around AfcClellan's army. and
strange to relate that burial, at which
the service was read by a woman, took
place just across the Rappahannock Riv-
er from the spot where the Misses Fish
er assisted their father in the burial Of
the little child who had fallen a victim
to smallpox last week
1t was in the family Of Mr.. Decker, a
Northerner.. who has only recently To-
Gated near N,elfords Wharf, in Rich.
mond county, that the smallpox made its
appearance in the Northern Neck DR..
Fisher took charge of the cases. but af.
ter Mr.. Decker died from the disease he
had great difficulty In getting some one
to nurse the patients. The wife who
had nurscd her husband was stricken
and Mrs. Elliott, who was nursing her.
broke out with the disease. The physi-
clans two daughters heard of the plight
OF the stricken family and volunteered
to 90 and nurse them. They did this,
with the full knowledge that they were
riskins their lives and exposing them
selves to one of the most dangerous and
.loathsome diseases that afTlict the eau
casian race in the twentieth century.
HELPED DIG GRAVE.
Under their careful nursing all of the
patients have done we'll, save the little
child of Mrs. Decker Even their ten
der nursing was unable to save its life.
When it died there was a still greater
predicament. No one could be found
who would bury. the child or even come
to dig the grave. Dr. Fisher undertook
the task, and his two noble daughters
assisted him. With spades and shov-
els they did the work OF men. After
digging the little grave, one Of them
read the burial service and then with
loving hands the little mound was heaped
up over the child. whom their tender
care had been unable to save from tho
hand of death.
The young ladies have raised a. tent
in the yard Of the Decker residence and
In that they sleep and rest during tho
time that Is not spent in administering
to the sick. .
Their herolsm and Christian fortitude
Is the talk Of the people Of tho whole
Northerfn Neck. Many Inquiries are
made of their welfare, and many pray
ers have arisen that they may be
spared from the ravages Of the dread
disease.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
SERIOUS FIRE
AT BLACKS STONE
a Whole Block in the Center
of the Town Destroyed
Early Last Night
Special to The Times-DIspatch.>

Especial to The Times Dispatch
| BLACKSTONE, VA, February 1s.LThe
most serious fire that has ever v,s;+ea
TINS place ragged furiously here from s.so
until II o'clock tonight, resulting In
nearly ose entire block in the main
business portion OF the town being do
stroyed. Had it not been for the wet
condition Of everything and the steady
doWnpoYr of rain. coupled with the he
role work OF the entire male population
OF the town. there Is no telling what
tno result would have been. AS It is
eleVeh business firms have been burned
out and a great damage done to tho
town.
The sufferers are as follows: II, L.
Chaplin. general merchandise: Tom
Lockett. barber shop; W. +. Hurt. insur-
ance; NJ. j. Robertson, general merchan-
disc; a. c. Gilmore, general merchan-
disc: ]. s. Robertson, general merchan-
disc; Enterprise Bakery and Candy Com
pany, a. segal, clothing: w. I. Jones'
clothing; c. w. Waters, paint shop. and
Barnes & Cole. butchers and groceries,
1t Is impossible to learn from the suf-
ferers the amount Of their losses. or the
insurance carried by them tonight, since
some OF them do not Know tie amount
of their policies. It is estimated, however,
that the loss will amount to thirty-five
or forty thousand dollars. with perhaps
one-third insurance. Many Of the goods
and other things were removed from some
of the buildings only to be thrown around
In the muddy streets
The origin of the fire is unknown. It
was first discovered at the time men
toned above in the rear Of Chapins
store, on the corner OF Main and Broad
Streets. but it had already gained such
headway that 1t was seen the building
and contents We're doomed. and grave ap-
prehensions were at once felt for tho
entire block.
The result proved the fears well founded
Not since the great fire of 1Sty has there
been anything approaching it in severity.
Petersburg was wired for relief but be-
fore they could arrange to come a mes
sage was sent that the worst was over
This fire has been predicted for years,
and 1t does seem hard for 1t to come
Just as the water works wero being COM
.pleted, as up to the present time there
has been no method for fighting
fire. All the buildings consumed were
frame structures, except one. that of A.
C. Elnore.
1t was only by great effort that the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

war taxes paid after certain date fixed
In the bill passed last summer In the
closing days OF tho last session. IT
was stated Mt tho Internal Revenue
Bureau to-day that nearly the cntiro
amount duo Virginia manufacturers had
been paid. 1t is said at the bureau thnt
tho money Will DO paid promptly to all
entitled 10 It, though there may be an
occasional delay. owing to computations
not having been made. Some Virginia
dealers have not applied for The money
due them.
Congressman Cannon. OF Illinois, has
accepted an invitation to go to Green's
town next spring. Mr. Cannon. Uncle
Joe, as. he Is called, is a native OF North
Carolina. He was horn near Greensboro
rpwards OF sixty years ago. When a
boy he went to Illinois in search OF his
fortune. Report says, he has found It,
lie is chairman Of the House Committee
on Appropriations, and has been selected
to become Speaker Of the next House to
succeed Mr.. Henderson, who declined to
Ike a New England farmer than North
western Congressman. lie generally nf-
fects red carnation on his Laps. The
morning he sat in his seat munchng m
apple.
TERcENTENARY
The bill to appropriate funds for tho
jamestown Tercentenary Exposition
will have a rocky time. Chair
man Cannon, of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. said Satur-
day that while he would vote for the bill
to appropriate an additional sl750O0 to the
st. Louis Exposition. he would not vote
to help any other exposition for fifteen
years to come. III Is not at all probable that
ncle joe will be doing business in
Washington fifty years hence, but he will
be Speaker of the next House, and II he
Is against the appropriation 1t will be
hard for the Virgnians to get one. This
Is not to discourage anybody, but to let
1t be A known that fight ana az bard
one. will be necessary.
Congressman Rixey said today that he
had succeeded in having the War De-
pnrtmcnt agree to have good military
display at Alexandria Monday at the
Washington celebration The Secretary
OF War has consented to order a battalion
Of cavalry. two companies Of artillery
and detachment Of marines to take
part In the celebration. Mr.. Rixey will
tako over with him a number of public
men who are Interested In Washing
ton day celebration in Washingtons s
town.
A marriage license was granted here
to-day to Preston Coleman and Lettia
Lewis, both of Orange county, Va.
E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
MONUMENT
TO STUART
CaVdlrymen wish to Place it
in the Capitol Square.
ASK FOR TEN THOUSAND
Soon to Be Asked to Do
Half as Well as South Carolina Has
Done in Honor Of General
Wade Hampton.

General "Jeb"i Stuarts cavalry veter-
ans held their usual Monday night meet
ing in Lee Camp Hall last night, and In
the course of spirited meeting deter
mined to petition the Legislature for a
site in Capitol Square upon which to
erect $4,000 monument to the cavalry
hero Of the armies OF the Confederacy
In Virginia. In addition to this re-
quest, the Legislature will be asked to
exercise It's patriotism to the extent Of
passing an appropriation for at least
$4,000 to go towards building the pro-
posed equestrian statue,
Major A. r. yenable was the moving
spirit in these proceedings, heartily Sec
onded by Mr.. Joseph Bryan. Major Ven
able saw in Sundays paper that South
Carolina had appropriated $4,000 for a
monument to General Wade Hampton.
and he came down from Farmville to
Virginia do something, at least half
way as distinctive. for the honor Of his
beloved chieftain.
y number of the leaders of the Leg
islature have already been approached
In regard to this matter, and not one
but has expressed keen interest and
promised his support OF the necessary
measure.
Another action of Importance was
resolution to convert all the funds in
the hands of the treasurer into Virginia
century bonds.
Those present were Judge f. c.. Minor,
in the chair; Captain w. Ben Palmer,
secretary; Mr.. Jeffry Montague, assistant
secretary: Mr.. T. a. Catlin. treasurer;
Captain Frank T. Sutton. Mr.. Joseph
Bryan and Major a. r. Venable.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
WOMAN WAS DEAD AND
MAN FATALLY WOUNDED
fBy Associated Press,


DETROIT. MICH, February 16-Ed-
ward Knaplan. Of Chicago, was found to-
day fatally wounded at No. lO2 Gratiot
Avenue and on the floor In the same room
lay the dead body of Edith Martin, or
Agnes Mooney, MS her correct name was.
with bullet through the head Knaplan
was lying on the bed with a wound in his
breast, just over the heart, Miss Martin
lay on the floor dead,
knaplan. who the physicians say has
no possibility of recovering, says that af-
ter quarrel Miss Martin shot him and
then committed suicide. The police thinl,
I<naplan did the shooting. None OF tho
other persons in the house heard the
shots fred
Knaplan had been coming to the house
for the past week to see Miss Martin, and
her intmates say that she had several
times expressed great fear of him. IT
was also said that he had been heard
threatening TO kill her.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
REFER QUESTION
TO A COMMISSION.
Talk Of a New Plan for Re
vising the Code Laws
of the State.

There Is a possibility. probability
even. that within the next few dnys there
will be movement looking to having a
commission, to be composed Of members
of the Senate and the House, to revise
the Code to conform to the new Constitu,
ton.
In other words, this movement has for
Its object the adjournment of tho Legisla .
turc and to leave tho whole matter
to be dealt with by commission,
. THE Legislature has been In session
for over three months and has really not
touched the big questions 1t has to deal
with, = said one of the leading member 5
yesterday. TN my Judgment and In the
of some others. It might be best
stitution to a commission But this Is
a matter thnt must be carefully consld-
cred before any action Is tnkcn,'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
VIRGINIA.

Southern Railway train wreck near
Alexandria Saturday night probably the
work OF would.be robbers-Quick action
of the authorities near Front Royal In
making an arrest IN a shooting affair
prevents a lynching-yessels in collision
on the Rappahannock-Two daughters
of DR.. Fisl9sr. at wellfords Wharf assist
IN digging the grave for smallpox pa
tent they had been nursing in quarantine
Rockbrtdge county teachers meet In Lex
ington---Body OF an unknown white man
found on the beach near Cape Henry
Eiks' bazaar at Charlottesville great
n candidate for the Legislature-Intcr-
esting society events at Ashland Cape
Charles and Mckenney-yVest Point,
cd Renovation Of the sIe,hodist Church
the FREDERICKSBURG Masonic Lodge--Jo.
sseph W Seward will build new, hotel
TO leave Petersburg to go to Greensboro
Young Prince Edward farmer commits
snicide--Big government wireless sta
Forty thousand dollar fre last night de-
stroys a business block In the center of
the town of Blackstone--Bath attend
nd nn5 the HG sprnss a n s5e
tain Howard Davidson and Miss Clyde
Cobb. both OF Danyille, after. an elope--
ment 10 North and South Carolina: Afelzi
Franklin and Miss Mary Young at Fred
Leila Winn at Drapersville. Deaths:
Gideon PrIntz in Page: Colonel ]. r.
Mathews; Mrs George Fleming at os-
born's Gap; LAFAYETTE Splnlan near Var,
renton; James NJ. Saunders at Windsor;
Jeremiah Enrlght In LuraX: Newell =
Davis at charlottesville; Mrs. Margaret
W. Pryor at Charlottesville: James p.
Jackson at Petersburg; Alexander over
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
PRESIDENT
WILL STICK
TO CRUM.
Big Fight Probable on
Floor of the Senate.
REPUBLICANS MAY
ASSIST DEMOCRATS
A1Q IN D6I6dLlIlg negro SNOIlll-
nation Expected from Them
NO CURRENCY BILL
WILL BE ENACTED
AIdrich Measure May Get Through
Senate, but THERE'S Little Likeli-
hood Of Its Passage in the
House Other News
from the National
Capital
NO CURRENCY BILL
WILL BE ENACTED
BY WALTER EDWARD HARRIS.

Especial to The Times -Dlspatch.)
WASHINGTON, .. c.. February 1s.-It
Is announced autfloritatively tonight that
President Roosevelt Is determined to
stand by DR.. Crnm to the uttermost. He
has said that II tho Senate falls to con-
firm the nomina tion of the negro to be
collector OF the port Of Charleston. he
Will reappont him as soon as Congress
adjourns. and let the next So,.4Sss fight
out the question. This declaration OF the
Presidents policy will have the effect OF
making the Democrats OF the Senate
more determined in their opposition 10
the confirmation OF the darky 1t Is said
that several Senators from the North
and West. where the negro problem Is
beginning to be n real one. will help the
Democrats defeat the confirmation OF the
appointment
Should the Senate reject the nori n tIon.
1t is said the President would appoint
somebody else. But simple inac,on will
be met with recess appointment of the
negro. But Mr.. Roosevelt has backed
down in the case OF Wick. the negro.
whom he said he would appoint post
master OF Wilson. n. c.. 1t was proved.
even to the satisfaction OF Mr.. Roose-
welt. that white man recommended by
Senator Pritchard was as good as the
negro. The white Republican will be
nominated.
LOST THIS FIGHT.
But Senator Pritchard seems to have
lost In the fight he was making to have
Or. D. IL Abbott. former railroad COM
missioner Of North Carolina. made head
OF the Bureau OF Corporations in tbe
new Department OF Commerce and labor
me Senate today adopted the PhIlin-
pine currency bill, reported by the
Rouse COMMITTEES on Insular Affairs,
esn.. ou. winch nc, was defeated by the Demo
Gratis and twenty-eight Republicans. This
marked victory was won chiefly by Rep
resentative Jones. the ranking Democra liz
member of the 1nsular Committee. When
the bill passed by the Senate to-day
comes back to tho House there are more
chances OF Its being concurred In, or
Of the House failing to take any action
than OF its being defeated
1t is regarded as highly improbable
that there will be any currency lcgisla.
tion at this session. AT any rate, there
is little likelihood of the passage of the
Fowler bill. The House this morning
adopted the report Of the Committee
on hHles making the Dill continuing
order, but 1t is preceded by the fortifi--
cations bill, the naval appropriation bill
and probably the omnibus public build
ing bill.
It is thought probable that the Sem
ate will pass the Aldrich currency bill
in which case the Fowler bill will be
and the Senate measure sub
sttuted But, as stated, no currency leg
islation is proba bic.
TORACcO RERATE
1t seems there are still some Virginia
of tobacco who have not
received the rebate allowed them on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
.SLEET AND SNOWSTORM
DELAYS ALL TRAINS
(By Associated Press.

MEMPHIS, TENN February 16-one of
the worst sleet and snow storms that
have visited this section for years pre-
vailed to-day. causing serious delay to
railroad and street car traffic and
interfering to some extent with teegrapllic
and telephone communication In all
directions. Trains arc arriving from
three to eight hours late. a steady rain
all day Sunday turned into sleet last
night This was followed by snow
storm, which during the day assumed the
proportion of n blizzard. At 6 O'Clock
there was n decided drop In tho ten,pera-
ture and tho snow ceased falling,
Reports from Arkansas, Mississlppl. and
Northern Texas. tell Of similar conditions.
In...4I,.,.a, ~,.-- .I,...ai ~ Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
CHATTANOOGA FEELS
WINTER'SWORSEWEATHER
(By Assoctu ted Press.)

'-I----1 - Nby assUctu FcH fEenS'1 NJ " -
CHATTANOOGA. TENN. February
G-To-night Chattanooga is experiencing
the worst weather OF the winter. 1t be-
gan blowing a gale shortly after
dark, and rain soon turned into
snow which Is freezing as fast
as 1t falls, making 1t difficult for
comveyances to get along tn. streets. 1t
is feared the recent warm weather fol-
lowed by the cold wave will damage
fruit. In some of the contiguous fruit or
chards trees are in bloom and those Of
course will be killed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
DECLARES BIG DIVIDEND
(lly Associated rress.)

NEW YORK, February l6-rhe Stan
dard Oh Company has declared divi-
dend OF $50 per share, payable March 16,
This Is so more than tho last dividend
declared but Is the same as the one de-
clared at this time last year,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
VENEZUELAN VESSELS
ARE SURRENDERED
INV Associated Prcss.)

PORTO cABAI.Lo, VENEZUELA,
February 16,-Afer the blockade had been
rsised here, the captured Yenezuela sail
Ing vessels wero turned over to United
States Vice, Consul Yolkma,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
NORTH CAROLINA.

Arthur l.. Bishop. OF Petersburg, is on
the stand in his own defense at Charlotte.
The case will not be given to the jury be-
fore Wednesday night or Thursday
Watts offers important amendments to
MS liquor bill, which will come up for
discussion to-day---State Council Junior
2rder 1I,e American Mechanics in session at
Llish Point--Destructive storm reported
iinJured-Ovatlon rendered Fuller at Dur
Ii;tin !;ti on account of passage of union depot
ph,liNmprof ,ha !r kimballs experiments with
tatn, tnS ,LsrHn,sinometer n,i in the Black noun
a,a .anls,i-1 ~ ne ne Southern wins and Durham
and 9 the Seaboard lose In the Peabody
street right of way. case,-Several i'm.
P1r.an1 I9n,la oiils Introduced in the Senate and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
GEN ERAL.

PRESIDENT determined to insist on con
flrmation Of the negro Crum MS collector
for the port of charleston-No currency
bill Will be enacted at this session of
Congress--Cortelyo named rs heod Of stho
new Department OF Commerce. ana tha,
nomination. confirmed by the Senate
James r. GARFIELD to be commissioners AZ
ccorpotEa ions tn ~, Under the new department--
nan Man Ia Ia tiii.H wounded and woman found
dead n house m Detroit, Mich,--PoIice
three cities---New battleshin Niainn ~
for Hampton Roads--House nasses s"''a
number Of bills under suspension of the
rules~--Sennte steering committee meets
TO devise means to get pending legisiat III,
through the Upper n body Of the National
the statehood bill in tho ato-~Sene.
tor Morgan discusses leaks from execI-
tive sessions of the Senate and saws Ia
no longer regards them as secret-E-One
hundred and thirty-flye Thousand dollars
allowed owners of the llygiea Hotel as
compensation, for Its, removal under gov
ton OF tho cathedral IN this city is let
.Indnstrials active on the New York IIX-
change yesterday, while tho railroads
were dull though firm; money continues
easy though time loan rate was inclined
to ncrease---An ovation given President
Mitchell on his appearance In Chicago
Democratic Club in, Brooklyn-- Venezue,
Ian vessel captured during blockade of
the ports is sllrrendered to the govern
ment and leaves on n secret mission
Worst weather of the winter Visits Ten
nessee; wind blew a gale and snow and
Ileet made the streets almost impossible
lor vehicles and street cars. A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17
SUMMARY OF To-DAY'S NEWS
THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, Feb 1G.-Torccast for
TUESDAY and Wednesday,:
Virginla-Snow In north, rain or enow
IN south portion Tuesday morning. fol-
lowed by clearing much colder weather
With q cold wave; brisk to high north
winds; Wednesday fair, continued cold.
North Carolinn-Rain or snow Tuesday
morning. followed by clearing. much
colder weather with a cold wavei high
shifting winds coming northwcstly;
Wednesday fair, continued cold.
Yesterday was one of tho most disagree
able days of the season after early morn
ing hours. A penetrating rain, blown In
every direction by sharp wind. rendered
the lot of pedestrians q hard one. Much
colder weather, with snow in certain Sec
lions is predicted to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-17

Continued on Second Page.)
The news-herald., 1903-07-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Inman Box Company.

First-We, Samuel Inman, Sr., Sam
uel Inman, Jr., Frederick S. Inman and
Thorne Inman agree to form a corpor-
alton under the laws of the Territory of
Arizona, under the name of the Inman
Box Company, with its principalssplace
of transacting business at Phoenix, Ari-
zona, with branch Office in Kansas
City, Missouri.
Two-The business of said corpora
ton shall be to buy, sell, lease, bond or
otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell
or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mort
gage, hypothecate and deal in lumber,
lumber land and the products thereof !;
to own or acquire any real estate or fac
tories, railroads or anything necessary
to carry on the above objects or pur-
poses; and for the purpose OF conduct
ing and carrying on said business and
the manufacturing of boxes, crates and
forms of lumber and material; to do a
general real estate, manufacturing and
mercantile business and in general to do
all things necessary to the proper con-
duct of the business of the corporation
in the Territory and elsewhere, not in
consistent with the laws of the United
States and the Territory of Arizona.
Three-The capital stock of the cor
poration shall be Thirty Thousand Dol
lars $3.50, 0,000), to be divided into thirty
(30) shares of the par value of One Thou
sand Dollars Isl ,000) each, divided as
follows: Samuel Inman, Sr., twenty
four (24) shares; Samuel Inman, Jr..
The news-herald., 1903-07-04

Kean St. Charles, editor of Our
Mineral Wealth, last week repub-
lished the greater part of his paper
of the week before under the filnsy
excuse that he had great demand
for extra copies. Now, come off.
Kean, you know that no one
would want extra copies on account
of any such article. You ought to
be ashamed of yourself to treat
your readers in any such a fashion.
Why don't you hire printer SO
that you will not be under the
necessity OF repeating such per-
formance?