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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07

z The subscribers sale of tickets for ENJoan of Arc'' opens tomorrow at 9 { a. m. at the Apothecaries' Hall Co.'S store. The concert is to he one of great merit and Waterbury music lovers
 should not miss the chance of hearing
 three of the leading singers of New
 York, backed by chorus of sixty se- [ aected voices.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07
rawht Lives Lost In wrec,<.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Jan. 7.--News has reached here of the wreck of the Norwegian bark Prince Albert of the coast of Washington on Jan. 2. Eight lives were lost and two Gavad
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07
Prominent Chrtstian scfentfst Dend

Prominent Christian Scientist Dead.
 RACINE, Wis, Jan. 7.-Jackson I. Case, who had been i'll at his home for the last four months with a eomplica- ton of diseases, is dead. Yesterday he went to his of1ce to prove that he was not sick. After writing a letter he dropped dead in front of his ofice win dow, where he had been standing. He was considered one of the leading Christian Science Iaymen in the west.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07
ItaIfnn cruiaera oraerea Auax.

LONDON, Jan. TIA dispatch to the Central News from Rome says the Italian cruisers Puglia, Cristoforo Go lombo and Dogali have been ordered to the Caribbean.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07
A BEAUTIFUL

complishment for our twentieth cen tury boys and girls. Like other art studies, competent teacher Is abso- lutely necessary for the new beginner This assertion may be contrary to those of humpty- -dumpty, pick-me-up dance hall class ideas, yet the pupils of the legitimate school show by their graceful movements a marked differ ence Enter new forming Waltz and Two-Step class; 12 lessons $5.
 TO Bank street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-07
HYnE,s COMEDIANS
"JOAN OF ARG"

Vaudeville by Hyde's Comedians Sat urdav afternoon and evening at Polls.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
NEW HOSPITAL
RECEIVED TODAY
Will Be Opened About June /,
Miss Brennan Will Be
Superintendent.

The new Memorial Hospital at Twelfth
and Broad Streets will be formally re-
ceiyed by the Board OF Trustees to-day
from the hands Of the contractor, who
has hpally completed the work OF con-
struction. The exercises will occur at
O'Clock In the afternoon.
On Tuesday, May 18th. the hospital will
be opened for inspection by the public at
large. The installation OF the furniture
and equipment, which Is now being gotten
In with all possible speed, Will consume
some time and the formal opening of the
hospital will not occur until the first Of
June. Special efforts will be made, how
ever. to have everything IN readiness by
that time.
The management of the hospital will be
vested In the Board of Trustees. There
will be staff Of about dozen physi-
clans. The superintendent OF nurses has
just been chosen In the person OF Miss
Agnes s, Brennan, perhaps the best
known hospital nurse In the country. She
ia now In New York, where for twenty
years she has been the superintendent of
nurses in Bellevue Hospital. With her
she will bring the superintendent Of the
School of Nurses which will be conducted
in connection with the hospital
The new hospital will be ono OF the
most modern and perfectly equipped in
the world. There Will be one hundred and
forty-eight beds for patients. including
EfoTty-eight rooms for private patients.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09

OF the new bank at Spencer. Tho wach-
ovia Loan and Trust Company. has let
the contract for a large Office building to
be erected on the corner OF Salisbury
Avenue and Fifth Street. The building
Will be 30 by ITO feet and will be three
stories high, and will perhaps be the
most handsome building of the kind In
Spencer. The Wachovia Loan and Trust
Company will occupy tho corner room.
while the other ground floor rooms will
be used for mercantile purposes. There
arc number OF other substantial build
ings in course OF erection at Spencer,
and the price OF real estate has advanced
100 per cent. within the last month.
{ Rowan Superior Court Is still In session
here and Judge Mcneil Is dispensing
Justice to the offenders Of the law. Yes
terday Joe Patterson, notorious char
acter. was to have been tried for his life,
but through his attorneys submitted to
a verdict OF murder In the second degree.
He has not yet been sentenced.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09

Brigade Of the Army Of the The Upper J. ,i 20
tomae" commandea by &, Golonei !, c atser-
wards to tho highest
mai rank, but now and to be herea. Ter
eternaIly known as "stonswall JACKSON A.,
TO wat extent the %l55aTyE e eh ana
srcised between its assemblage at Har-
per's Ferry and It's, first baptism of I, IRE r.,
at Manassas. contributed TO me so. .hi rg
enabled the brigade OF 7. ]. JACKSON, 70
SO stand the fiery ordeal and test OF that
day as to make leader ha a sc E gu With
even approximate accuracy.
Lieutenant Colonel Echols commanded
the Twenty-seventh Virginia, Regimen
far from meaning to make an 1nvldious
comparison between any one or anot!nler:
the Ye Regiments T IN Of sate
compact and unbroken mass from cary
dawn until after sunset OF that trying trying
and eXentfT day but the record nn smeMs
f fads t ad sm ahas It's FsE ne Of ked and
wounded wound hH YES 1 81 l5Esssk1i RIFLES,
The spot on which the enemy's dead
and wounded lay thickest was the spot
In front Of the deadly rifles Of the noun
taineers Of the .Twenty-seyenth Regiment.
Colonel Echols was in command Of the
Twenty1seventh Regiment as. It's colonel
at the battle Of Kernstown. where he was
The Twenty-seventh Regiment opened
that battle and retired from the front
line BY order Of the ,brigader !, IN n com
Upon his recovery from his wound ,l Z, he he
general. and was assigned To- brigade I;;n
Of the nrduous campaign in the kanaw"a
Valley in the late c summer and fall Of
ia Inc II Of FL ga army and
Of the "southwest Virginia." In the sum
mer Of 1868 he was appointed by pres 81
Injury hI5Ii to lnvestgaie- the causes Of the
fail Of Vicksburg, He again took the
field and commanded the Confeuefate
in0o tie i fall III OF iSss, Ills, brigade was
then attached to the division Of General
a wnG oe
on ths a a5th Of E May lay G iasi :
His towering flgure was n, Conspicuous o. nt 3
massive ma as column Of seventy thousand men
was broken and shattered IN front OF
Breckenridge's division at Cold Harbor.
signed to the command. OF the department.
of Southern Virginia"
to the rank Of major-general and was
assigned to the command Of the army In
the yasy sHs so pAWfs MsgrSdJnRTT
He was On ths march to rsiaforee Cen
erai Lee at the surrender at Appropriations
After the surrender he marched his COM
ana e North G anrsta essoFtsd Pres
turned to Greensboro. N, O. and with
his staff was paroled with tho army OF
7 General Echols died on the cath day OF
May, 1896. at the age of seyenty-three
years.
He survived the war long enough to do
shattered fortune and to perform n.any
acts of beneficence. charity and mercy,
the memory of which persisted with the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09

all there came ehhighest testimonials
to the valor and worth to Gen. Echols
AZ citizen and soldier. Among those who
spoke were Commander James F. Smith.
Colonel Opie, Senator Gould and Captain
Reed. of Mecklenburg.
1t was the purpose of General Eppa
Hunton to be present. but the critical III
ness at Warrenton OF his brother kept
him away. To the camp however, he
addressed letter which was greeted
with instant applause. He told much that
was interesting about General Ecllols, and
then said:
IT rejoice that the walls of our camp
to patriotic devotion to duty by the
coming generation of Virginia youths. He
never forgot his love for the dear lost
cause He never entertained or expressed
pleasure In the failure Of cause for
which he SO freely risked his life. and for
its success would SO chserfully have laid
1t down, All honor to the memory OF
this Confederate hero. May, his memory
ever be an inspiration to his descend
ants to yirtuous and patriotic deeds'
DELEGATES APPOINTED.
AT the conclusion Of the presentation
exercises the camp transacted certain
matters OF business and then adjourned,
Among other things the camp announced
the appointment OF the following dele
gates and alternates to the New Orleans
reunion:
egates-James Vass. ]. Taylor STRAIT
ton, D. A. Brown Jr,. George l.. Chris
tan. j. Taylor Ellyson, John r. Laugh
tor, Jr.. John Lamb, Charles Y. Turner.
Gervas Storrs, Joseph Bryan. James II
Gary Frank H. Rahm. @. d. Morgan. G.
w. p, Brock. James w. Pegram and Chas,
j. Anderson.
Alternatas-John w. Jones, George W.
Jarvis. ]. 8. Won JFTeon, w. w. Caldwell.
T.. s., Cardoza a, Jennings, Thomas p.
Campbell, B, Il, Howard. Julien Binford.
James Harmon. j. Henry Kracke. A N.
Gill, w. r. Terry, Polk Miller, George
w. New. w. II, Armistead. w. e. Moore.
w. B, Lghtfoot. Charles A. Spence, Geo,
Wlnfree. George II. Dean. George w.
Kent and II, 3. Ellerson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
A PRAcTiCAL PLAN FOR PENSION
lNGlEMPLOYES.

q NBW YORK. May s,-The Gorham
Manufacturing Company. the prominent
Of New York. and Proyi-
denoe, r, T., has recently put into opera
ton pre- ctlcal plan for pensloning their
1880 employees In factory and stores.
which has been most fayorably com
mented upon by leading sociologiss
This plan provides that. any employs
whose record is satisfactory TO the COM
'pany may be placed upon a permanent
pension roll, provided he has served the
company for at least twenty-five years.
and receive thereafter as long az he
lives a pension equal to per cent. Of
his wage at the time Of retirement for
each year Of service. Thus a man who
has been with the Gorham Company
forty years will receive an annual pen
sion payable in monthly instalments, Of
forty per cent. Of the amount he was be-
ing paid at the time he retired.
Ample provision has been made by the
company to create a permanent pension
fund without taxing the employees for
the purpose. This Is one of the most gem
erous. and at the same time practical,
plans yet devised for profit sharing on
an acceptable basis,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
BIO LUMBER SUIT
Lady from Rale'gh Selected as Com
missioner to Take Evidence,
1an.cl,l % The Times, piypatch,)

Especial to The T!mes-pispatch)
WELDON, N. C.. May 8.-Important
evidence was taken here to-day In the
biz lumber suit OF Tunchard & West
colt vs.. u. Kell before Mrs. NJ. s. Cal
vert. Of Raleigh. who was appointed by
Judge Purnell to take the evidence. This
putt grew out Of the sale Of the Genn n'
.tora-house, stock OF goods and standing
Timber, for which Tunchard & Westcott
paid Mr.. 1cell so,Oo. The plaintiffs
claim that Kell's manager pointed out to
them timber which defendant had no
right to convey This 18th the aefs1aans de-
tnn sunerior Court for $4,000. On mo-
ton to-, Of counsel for Kell the case was
moved to the Federal Court. The at
torneys engaged In the case are, for the
nlaintirs. Judge j., ID. Shepherd, Day &
Bell PEBBLES & Harris. : Gay Y, g. q Midget L e
Busbeo, Hughes s. Llttle and s, ], CAL
vert. ~,
defendants forty In which to give In evi-
dence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
his generous and
laost pulsation Of
do not suppose that
or the eillO-

ldDSL W. ttAS oSN'SNSN~
L am here the biographer or the e'ilo-
Ing friends IN asking r, p. Lee Camp.
Mo e acsepr and e g p1ce o.
In In life ie he was the comrade. the suba!-
tern or superor od Gtee tbe 90 walS
That his conduct was approved by
HnaSE T TSa lis
s atea and Iui'g approved BY robert D. Lee is
established by authentic documents and
be well founded. that it will be accepted
as worthy to place asssm e eo NJ ahs
great, the good. the patriotic, the brave
and the truo. i offer on behalf OF his
surviving family and friends to r =. Lee
Camp, No /, this portrait Of Major
plaeed IN 1o this porfrat sailsry. where
the llyiDg and future generation, may
ship With the men Of wh Whos he was t his
name Is associated In history, and with
whose spirits his spirit as his life Of
consistent devotion to every earthly, and
eternaiiy be associated, in the ''azure
fields" where many redeemed spirits
tk, Tsln
~ BCEiVl1D BY MIR. ELI.YSON.
When the applause which followed tho
conclusion of the eloquent presentation
had subsidized, commander Smith called up
on Comrade James Taylor Ellyson, who in
a few we'll chosen words accepted the
portrait and expressed to the donors the
gratitude of the camp.
The two chief objects of the organiza-
ton for which he spoke, Mr. Ellyson
said, We're 10 prepare for the aged and
infirm survivors OF the war home and
to collect for the benefit of future gener-
atoms gallery OF portraits Of those who
against invasion and tyranny had defend
cd the South. In the performance of this
last task the camp was now engaged. The
present day, said the speaker. hears much
TO the effect that the Confederacy Is dead.
But what Virginia has accomplished since
1866 and 1t has been much, Is due to the
self-denyng, sef-sacrtlcing efforts Of tho
men who wore the gray, General Echols
was one of these men, and 1t was emf
nently proper. said Mr.. Ellyson, that his
portrait be placed along with the others.
DIFFERS SPEAK
The brief remarks of Mr., Fllyson We're
greeted with applause. When no had con-
cluded, several others had few words
to say, but In no instance was the speech
extended beyond few moments. FROM
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
STOMACH TROUBLES.

That serious stomach troubles can be
cured, no one who is acquainted with
modern methods of treatment can doubt.
A striking illustration of what can be
done is afforded in the case of Mr.. Joseph
Pominy,lle, one Of tho most prominent
business men In saltwater, MINI. After
having spent 5000 with the best doctors
iov a stomach trouble without relief, he
was advised to try a box of Chamberiain's
stomach and Liver Tablets, which he did,
Ray trouble with your stomach, give these
INhlsts a trial, and you are certain to
And them to be inst what you need. Price.
IS cents. FOR sale by all druggists,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
Sugar Price Reduced.

Hsql IEy A55OcIaleU T1tsS.J I39l
NEW YORK. May 8.-A11 grades OF
refined sugar have been reduced S cents
per hundred pounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
SLANDERER SKIPPED
While Jury Was Out He Ma de for III
Virginia Line.
fsnecial to The I1mes-Dispatch,

WINSTON SALEM. N. c., May s.--1n
Stokes county to-day w, y, Martin, an
excellent citizen. was conv'otea Q! s s. - !.
indy. While the jury were out Martin
skipped. going to Virginia, It Is thought,
Tefore court adjourned Martins friends
erected compromise, by which ne pays
Mrs, Young $500 and the county schoo'i
fund $50 and costs In the case,
The county commissioners, VINO were
nrovide the county with d decent court
house and Jail. met to-day and agreed
to have court building erected at q COS t
OF $4,000 and a Jail to cost $1,000, II
they fail to do this. the suit against the
commissioners will be tried N tMs
bounty,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
OFFICE ABOLISHED
No One Willing to Become Postmaster
at Zeb.
fspaoial to TINE Tjmes-D lspatch.

Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch,) q
SALISBURY, n. O., May s.-A singular
fact exists with reference to the post
pftioe at zeb. four. miles from this place.
office on May 18th, because no one Is will,
ing to beoolne postmaster. It Is learned
that since the establishment Of the rural
free delivery in this part of the country
the office has failed to pay, hence the
dlffioutly In securing postmaster
Illness the aldermen of Salisbury will be
petit!onei by citizens, praying for an
ordinance to prohibit splitting on the side
walks The movement seems to be meet
ing with general approval
"a II. Stewart. one OF the promoters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
Wedding Cards

Especial to The .Times-Dlspatch.)
NOTTOWAY c. H, VA. May s.-Cards
are out for the marriage OF Miss Mary
Hobson Robertson. daughter OF William
A. Robertaon. Esq. OF this place, to Mr..
Charles Herbert Hardy, young farmer
near Blackstone, Va. Wednesday, May
10th,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
VlrginIans Here.

Murphy's; Mrs, j. A.. Gleason. Clifton
Forge; Mrs. East and Miss Swats. Cliff
ton Forge; James v. Trehy, Norfolk;
Henry u. Lee, Crewe; George G, Cabell.
DanVille; MaoWoolwine Pearlshurg; A.,
r. l3ibb Charlottesville; James Raum,
gardner. Jr. Edward Eehols. j., A. Baum
gardner. Stanton; p, G, Poek and Wife,
Eorfolk w. r. Harris. Virginia.
New Fords: .. w, Heckle and wifa.
Virginla
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09

If you have any taste for reading there are some books
among those here that will want to 1t may
be the be the Of society itmay
be the romance Of the adventure that
s your nterest-al here Youknow tastes look
list and see something here to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
BOILER Exploded
One Killed, Three injured and the Tug
Partially Wrecked.
tBy Associated press.)

tBy Associated press.)
WILMINGTON. N. c.. May s.-As the
result Of boiler explosion on the gov
,ernment tug Cynthia, engaged In ten
dering dredge on the shoals at Cape
Fear, ten miles below Wilmington. this
afternoon, Engineer Augustus Dickey
was scalded to death and three others
OF the crew were seriously but not fa-
tally burned. The captain OF private
tug passing saw the accident and brought
the dead and wounded to Wilmington,
where the injured men are being treated
at the United States Marine Hospital.
The tug was only partially wrecked and
has been lowed TO the government yards
here for repairs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-09
Sold to American Company.
(speclal to The Times-Dispatch.)

DURHAM. NJ c.. May s.-The R. f..
Morris Manufacturing Company has sold
out to the American Tobacco Company.
Tho price paid for the business and ma
chinery was $4,000. The plant Is now
closed Whether It will be areopened is
not known.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Sanitary king.

Every workman in the employ of a
well known company of bread manufac-
turers is obliged to submit to a physical
examination and to procure a doctors
certificate showing him to be in perfect
health. Upon entering the building he
Is required to disrobe and deposit his
clothes in locker provided for the pur-
pose. He then passes through shower
bath, and on to farther room, where
each day clean underwear, shoes and
white canvas uniforms are provided by
the company. The bread is practically
not handled during it's manufacture.
The water is sterilized and flows directly
through automatic valves into the bread
mixers troughs. The milk, butter and
other ingredients are as pure as it is
possible to secure them, and the bread
when it comes from the oven is wrapped
In paraffin paper, so that it may not be
contaminated by future handling.-N. Y
Tribune.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
TALES OF ROYALTY.

The emperor of Germany has set a
new fashion among his male subjects
by appearing in public smoking a
French briar pipe.
King Edwards first visit to Ireland
was made when he was yet small boy
He and his brother, Prince Alfred, ac-
companied their mother on one of her
occasional trips to that part Of the king
dom.
According to latest accounts Menelek,
the Abyssinian ruler, is aging rapidly,
being in very bad health. AS it is in his
hands to nominate successor, Euro
pean chancelleries are much interested
in the future of Abyssinia. 1t is be-
lieyed to be certain that Menelek's s
death will result in trouble. This will
doubtless prompt European interven-
ton end the disappearance of Abys-
siania from the map.
Modern European royalties are long
lived. A few days ago the sister of the
duke Of Cambridge. the grand duchess
of Meclllenburg-S -Strelitz, reached her
eighty-first year. Now there are II
Octogenarian members of the reigning
families of Europe. The latest to join
the list is the duchess of Modena a Ba-
varian princess who was 80 in March,
A few years ago there was but one octo-
genarian sovereign. Now there are
four.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

Somebdy says that Newport Is get
ting fearfully common. People with
only $5,000,000 are moving in.
In Philadelphia the dealers who have
sold toy pistols have been summoned
to appear in court. An act of the as
sembly makes it misdmeanor to sell
toy pistols to children under fourteen.
Seven well-known New York ply
sicians, headed by DR.. Albert W. Ferris,
have formed company for the pub
lication Of a daily medical journal,
which will appear October l., and which
will report the medical happenings of
the world.
The city of st. Paul will reach it's
semicentennial next year and several
dates have been suggested for COM
memorative exercises. 1t appears that
on March 4, 1854, the bill incorporating
the city was signed by Governor Cor
man; on April II the city government
was put in operation and on April 1S
the first mayor, David Olmsted, was
inauGurated.
Captain Miles O'Reilly, a New York
police officer, who has distinguished
himself more than once in his chosen
professor, has laid down new rule of
conduct for his men. He SAYS that they
can have a big outing they have
planned provided they reach into their
own pockets and pay the expense. But
he says they must not sell tickets to
saloon-keepers, merchants and others,
who might expect returns that the Of
ficers could not properly give. The
men do not see it in that light and the
picnic has been called off.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

The warm nights have brought out
the hatless automobile parties in New
York.
The great shoe manufacturing towns
are Lynn, Haverhill ana Brockton
Mass. and the great hat-producing
towns are Bethel and Danbury, Conn.,,
and Orange, N. J.
There was much excitement in To-
pelSa the other day because smoke was
seen pouring from the dome of the
state capitol. People rushed about
wildly and finally one man climbed the
dome to sec where the trouble was,
He found that the smoke was a great
cloud of black gnats which was cir
cling around the dome.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
THE WORLD OF WOMEN.

Miss Jessie Gibson, of Indianapolis
who was recently graduated from the
Massachusetts institute OF technology,
has just en- tered into partnership with
her father and is the first woman archi-
tect in Indianapolis.
Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter says the
best way to Anslicize South Africa is
to provide every British subject there
with a good, honest British Wife. The
women's emigration movement is doins
its best to assist in the carrying out of
Sir Archibalds view.
Although in her seventyfifth year,
Rev. DR.. Phoebe A. Hanaford contem-
plates an active winter. DR.. Hanaford
is of slight figure, and her face reflects
the gentle spirit within. She hugs old
styles in dress but when this old wom-
an enters one of her numerous clubs
the younger and more dashing members
always rise and pay homage
Since her marriage some two months
ago Grand Duchess Carolina OF Sake
Weimar has carried on quiet but de-
termined struggle against the trammels
Of court etiquette and bureaucracy.
Like wives in less exalted social station,
she wishes to be mistress in her own
household, but high personalities who
have been accustomed to rule doingS of
the Weimar court have resented this
attitude and have brought powerful in
tluence to bear in the hope Of inducing
the grand duchess to comply with their
views. Serious dissonance has resulted
and in order to secure some measure Of
peace the duchess has gone to Switzer-
land.
The Western news., 1903-10-21
Lucid ExDlanation

EFF you please. suh," said the colored
citizen, Il come fer my freedom papers" !"
"Your freedom papers?'"
Eyes, sub. Amt you de man what
married me?"
I'm the man-but what do you want
me to do now?"
We'll. sub, amt got eddication nun
ter say it lax de law say it, butt wants
you ter onmarry me-onjine me-put me
asunder-make me one again, en- not
two, en- SEN me on my freedom honey
moon!"-Cleveland Leader.