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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
MnLopRAMAggo lYsTERY.
Attempt to Murder EInploye of New
 York Magazine.

New York. Dec. 1e.-Mystery surrounds an apparent attempt to murder Otto Gll-; bert. of Irvington an empioye of a mag. azine published in this city. In a buggy. which he hired from livery Gilbert was: found dying. He was bound hand and foot. while in his mouth a large gag had been placed.
 The horse apparently had wandered some distance and finally had found it's way back to town unguided in the dark- ness and was headed for the stable when persons is the street stopped 1t and found Gilbert lying on the door of the vehicle Blood covered his face and the ropes with which he had been tied drew hln head down almost to his feet.
 The doctors 80 far have been unable ta restore consciousness. They believe GlIa bert was given some sort of drug be. fore he was attacked, but hia vaIuablez. except a small sum of money, were uns touched.
 The attack Is thought by the police td have been committed by Jealous rival in love affair.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
FINANCES OF THE VATICAN.
Pope Plus Concerned Over Condition
 of the Holy See.

Pope Plus Concerned Over Condition
 of the Holy See.
 Rome Dec. 19.-At the Vatican today the statement of The Tribune yesterday that Cardinal Gotti. prefect of the propa- ganda, had handed Pope Plus 5000 900 said to have been conf1ded to Cardinal Gotti by the late Pope Leo, was denied On the same authority, the statement of The Tribune that an electrician found a hole in the wall with $1,S5O,000 in gold or any other treasure was also denied
 The Associated Press is authorized that the truth Is that the present Pope inn mediately after his ascension to the throne received SS. .4Oo,0 900. as indicated in a part of the late Pope's will not made public. The delivery of the money was effected by Cardinals Gotti. Rampolla and Cretoni, Pope Leo's executors, who brought the larger part of the bonds from the propaganda where they were kept, . The financial condition of the Holy See Is somewhat unsatisfactory and causes the Pope preoccupation. When the tenn poral power fell, Plus TX, partly because he was generous and partly because he sincerely thought the occupation of Rome would not last long, maintained the salaries of all clerks. officers and soldiers who did not take service under the Italian Government, which represented a great outlay for years.
 Recently salaries and pensions were diminished, but even now the annual ex- penditure of the Vatican amounts to about S1,4O0,OO0.
 It is further denied that Pope Leo left less money than was found when he as- stunned the tiara. At the death of Pope Plus TX, the amount at the disposal of the holy see did not reach $s,00O. 900. Pope Leo might have left much more if several financial enterprises undertaken with the object of permanently placing the pOntiR in a position which he would not be de- pendent on the charity of the faithul had not failed.
 In addition, the contribution known as Peters pence, which has one Of the chief resources of the holy see, has gradually diminished, especially where the Catholics did not approve the political attitude of the papaey, as in France.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
POLICEMEN
 AT FUNERAL |TO Club Off Pickcts Of
 Strikers. PHYSICIAN SHOWS NERVE
 - Threatens to Shoot Any One Who Interfered.
 - Determined That Body Of Hss Wis should Be Carried ts the Grave Without 1ntsrfsrsnes
 From Ru1aans.

Chicago. Dec. 19.-With nearly seventy five funerals to be held in Chicago today there was no eisn of peace between the livery and hearss drivers and inc elu~ ployerE.
 Tn cold. arizxlinx rain the rslasfvea of those who were to be buried sIiDuA1 Mi1N& tho ice and slush covered pagemsnx& &a In many cases tho naournar1 follew41 te tho railroad stations the buHineaa-l,is9 dead" wagons Of the undorfakexa
 The funeral of Anna Week. wfoas hug band fs In Jail. charged with her murder. was held today undar guard o8 police. who were forced to use clubs to dispsYse crowds of strfAing cabmen and svm~ pathizers. The children of the murdefed woman were the only attsndants at the funeral.
 The corpse was taken to the cemetsry in a wagon.
 To 0lrcumvent Tickets.
 The funeral carriage. instead of hearse. as well as the police guard. was utilized by the undertaken. Joseph Blake. to circumvent striking picketa from whom violence was feared at the funeral cf llae cne-year-old daughter of Joseph Keefer. president of a tea company. Tho b6dF of the child was placed in common nisz dertaking wagon instead of a h6nrne. driven to Ihirty-1rst and Wallace Streets and put on q street car hi waiting. The mourners boarded a second car and the trip was made to Oakwood Cemetery The Keefer residence was surrounded ak tha time of the funeral by plekets.
 A more serious phase Of the strike de- veloped today in the threatened spread Of the tie-up to include stablernen ana stock men. Should these men go out the ner- vice of the city would bs seriously crir- pled Pressure is being brought to boar upon the men employed in thess dsparks merts to Induce them ko can a evlnpa- thetic strike.
 Threatened More Funerals. While strike ss1npakhEhefs sufroanaod Inc .neaas af m Q. " leN Nlzas a1fou1f q physlcian. tho darftr kof0 has ffs&E6t A& would drive the hearse that bore Che b61.N of his wife to WAldneifa cemetery T will have loaded shotNah across my knee and win shoot the first man wbo tries to interfere with me" he is said Co have declared to his friends. a Dr. -Lewlxe tried to secure street car to take the body to the cemetery but was not able to do so. Then. after much trouble. he procured hearse after prom ising to drive 1t himself
 2. For the first time in years surplicea choir went from Catholic Church Co take part in funeral services in private residence Owing to the Inability to secure a hearse and carriage, the obsequies of the father Of Assistant State Attorney Grove were held in the family residence instead of in church. Father Gallighan took the entire choir to the house and conducted mass there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Colombians Ready to Fight.

the coast Is to the effect that Santandre, Antioquia and other departments in Co., lombia continue their offers to raise men and enlist new battalions to defend the national integrity. At a large meeting held by Cartagena liberals on November 90. resolutions were passed offering their services in defence of the republic. and in the maintenance of public order. A board of control, consisting of five mem bers was appointed to raise the public subscriptions throughout the department of Bolivar.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
PRIZE TIGHTER KILLED.
Opponent and Seconds Placed Undes Arrarf

Sacramento. Cal, Dec. 1s.--Thomas Pen- dergast. a prize fighter. died today from injuries received in a twenty-round con test with Kid Williams of Los Angeles. Williams and the seconds are under ar- rest.
 At the end of the fight Pendergast was apparently uninjured. When he reached home he complained that his stomach hurt him and became unconscious. Medical aid was summoned, but Pendergast never regained consciousness
 Concussion of the brain Is assigned aa the cause of death. One of Pendergastss seconds. states that in the last two rounds Williams landed a shower of blows on the side of Pendergast's head
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
The Prasident Perplexed.

The administrations local organs, Washington's two afternoon papers, which vie with each other in taking good care of Mir. Roosevelt, are very much exercised lest the Democrats should mako a. mistake on the canal question. Today they quote with out Identification talks with several Republican Senators just as they left the White House, reporting them as saying that Senator German is mak- ing a grave mistake for his party in his efforts to line Democratic Senators up against the Panama treaty.
 The solicitude of the enemy for the well fare of the Democracy is generally re- marked with a smile. The evidence is unmistakable that the administration is profoundly worried by the attitude of the Senate Democrats as well as the ap- parent coldness and lack of enthusiasm on the part of Republican Senators who have been wont to rally to the support of the administration.
 So far, three Democrats, German, Daniel and Pettus, and one Republican, TIoar, have assailed the administration in the most serious way possible. Yet only one Republican, Foraker, has stood forth to defend the President against in- tinations that what he has done in the Panama performance lays him liable to impeachment.
 Senator Hanna, the most powerful party man on the Republican side, is absent, and it Is recalled that since the Panama affair began a month and a half ago, he has not opened his mouth a single time in. justification of the administration. Democrats of the Senate appear to be unitedly determined to keep up the fight and the debate will be resumed imme- diately after the holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
SIX OTHERS MESSING.
One of Victims of Negro School Fire
 is From Greensboro.

One of Victims of Negro School Fire
 is From Greensboro.
 Nashville. Tenn. Dec. 19.-It developed today that six of the negro girl students who occupied Rust dormitory of Walden University. which was burned last night. are missing. They are; Maggie Shroufe. Dover. Ky; Mabel Stewart, Quito Tenn; Bessie M. Oliver, Tuscaloosa, Ala; Eva Jamison, Winchester. Tenn; Cora Bryant, Cleveland, Mss; Adele Christian, Greensboro. Ala.
 Search of the ruins today resulted in the recovery of two charred and unrec- ognizable bodies which increases the num- Der of known dead to seven.
 Those who escaped from the burning building were clad only in their night robes and saved nothing. and. though contributions have been liberal, wearing apparel is still badly needed by the un- fortunates. President Hamilton of the University stated tonight that sixty girls had lost everything and that coptribu- tions would be gratefully received.
 Among the many 'telegrams of condo Ience Is one from Booker Washington
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
won bv the Campania.

London, Dec. 19.-The Cunard line steamer Campania, which sailed from New York December 2nd and arrived at Queenstown yesterday, easily won this weeks mail race. Her letters were dis tributed by the first delivery this morn inr while the mails of the American line etean,er St. Louis, which left New York December 12th, two hours before the Campania, were only delivered at 1:SO this afferuOon.'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
DIETRICH IN COURT
The Senator VIII Refuse to Plead to
 One Indictment.

One Indictment.
 Omaha. Neb.. Dec. i9.--United States Senator Charles H. Dietrich accompanied by General John c. Cowin. his attorney, appeared before Judge Munger in the United States Circuit Court. Charged with leasing postoftlce building to the gov ernment, Senator Dietrich plead not guilty and to that indictment charging him with conspiracy and bribery ho re- fused to plead.
 with Postmaster Jacob Fisher of Hastings with conspiracy and bribery in connection with Fishers appointment. General Cowin informed the court that the dsfen- dant would attack the suflciency of the indictment. Trial on the conspiracy and bribery indictments was set for January {
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

those who are interested in what it costs to run the Senate of the United States. The expenses of the Senate during the year reported. amounted to about $1,500s- : O00, or in exact figures. q .41e ss3.3S. The contingent expenses" embrace a remark able variety of items. from the salary and mileage of senators to the pay of policemen and the fesd of horses that pull the mall wagons of the Senate: from fountain pens to baled hay. from cologne to axle-grease.
 About third of the million and a half pays the salaries and mileage of senators. another third goes for the various officers and employees of the Senate. and the rest is swallowed up in miscellaneous items for contingent expenses.
 These are some curiosities of bookkeep- ing chronicles in. Secretary Bennett's re- port with its voluminous statements. 4 very frequently recurring item is auinine. the books chewing that about Ao00 pills of two and three-grain doses are purchas- ed every month. II appears that the ven- erable gentlemen of the Senate are forti- flying themselves against possible chilis and levers of the Potomac marshes. It also is in evidence that they are vora- cious consumers of soda mint, liberal as to pepsin and other pellets and tablets reputed as possessing indigestion-promot- ing attributes.
 The suggestion of human-interest expe- riences in high living and high-roller cir cumstances is too obvious for argument: the generous expenditure for anti-head- ache powders furnish tall tonnes of ser- mons. Hoarhound, gumdrops and lemon sweets indicate somewhat the character of the fictitious aids to oratory employed by the senators. Along about the time .a rFaT .A nn4 Beveridge scraps. the sergeant-at-arms bought. as the books show. doxen pack ages of eourt-plaster. Gallons and buck cts full of witch hazel and perfumes, to say nothing of many quarts of bay rum. and the ike.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Hay Receives Reyes.

tafy Hay Is still confined to his home on account of illness he to-day received General Reyes and Dr. Herran who call cd to advise him that the presentation of the statement which is preparing by them with the. assistance of Wayne Mac Veagh. would be deferred until after the holidays It Is explained that the docu- ment was intended for Mir. Hays per- senal consideration. All thought of sub hitting it te the State Department in the absence of Mir. Hay has been aban- doned, since MT. Loomis. the acting sec retary, delivered his address in New York, on the Panama question.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
win Contribute Only, S1oo,0oo.

Washington, Dec. 19-It is understood that the railroad and steamship officers who conferred with the Jamestown (Va.) Exposition officials have voted to con- tribute $1O0.0O0. The Exposition Company, # is stated asked for S3OaoO0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
min Manaea the 1Eiddies.

Annapolis Md. Dec. 1s.-Midshipman William M. Lightle of searcy. Ark, a member of the second class has been elected manager of the navy foot ball team for next season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Chang Vi Degraded.

Tannstin, Dec. I9.--Chang Yi. Director ok tae Northern Railway, has been degraAga and stripped of all ranks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
pspsw,s areat Yanity.

The eminent seif-satifaction of Senator Chauncey Depew has long been appar- ent to those who could not help notic- ing the junior senator from New York. Some evidence of that senator's approba- ton of himself is furnished at the mali ing room of ~the Senate which by his instructions. sends out to the world more of his speeches than those of any other senator.
 When the present session began and he made his speech on reciprocity. he immediately furnished a list of names which called for the sending out of 5O.00o copies of his speech. besides an enormous number of Congressional Records contain ing the same speech. The latter are to go to the editors of the country to let them know that the speech was delivered in the Senate in due form. Last year the senator had 10000 copies of his now ai- most forgotten speech on statehood sent out.
 s At a bookstore on the avenue, at which books are daily sold at auction. a very handsome volume of "Chauncey De- pew's After Dinner Speeches" Is sold at an average price of ten cents copy. The book must have cost at least g. MT. De- pew Is determined to leave no stone un- turned to be memorable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Tha csraat tyhriatmas Edition.

Frank P. Glass. editor of The Adver- tiser, spent few hours here today. Mr. Glass has been to Princeton to visit his son. Frank, Jr., who Is at college there and who has been Ill of typhoid fever for several weelsss &
 Had MT. Glass gone to the Capitol and met the Alabama Congressmen and oth- CTS who read The Advertiser, he would have been the object of congratulation for the excellence of last Sundays great edition of that paper. To say that it has surpassed any newspaper enterprise ever attempted in Alabama conservatively ex- presses the invariable sentiment which The Advertisers correspondent has heard in Washington among persons who know Alabama. The members of the delegation have been showing the edition around with confident pride, and 1t has been conn mended warmly by all who have seen t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20
Lc--,~ l. Go to Congress.

Another Tammany Congressman is to resign and make way for another Demo- crat of national reputation. This time. following Representative George B. Mo Clellan, who is to be succeeded by Bourke Cochran, Representative I. D. Rider, of the Fourteenth New York District, which is heavily Democratic is to be succeeded by Charles A. frowne.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-20

Representative BurIeson today intro duced bill authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to gather statistics relative to the production of cotton and wheat and earning revenue to defray the expenses thereof. Each bale ginned is to be taxed one mill represented by stamp and the ginner to report the number of bales gin- ned to the Department.
 R. H. Watkins.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Emily Brashear. Misses Atlanta Bradfiel
and Grace Lewis.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY
A Round Of Gayety Opens the Summer
Season in King William.
Especial to The Times Dispatch,

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
ETNA MILLS, VA, May 16.-The gay
cites OF the season were begun Friday
evening. when the Hon. ]. O. Hutchin-
son and wife threw open the doors OF
their picturesque home and charmingly
entertained a few friends from to IL
o'clock in honor of their daughter Miss
Inez. Miss Hutchinson, attircd In pink
organdy, was assisted In receiving by her
sister, Miss Bessie Overton, in white
null.
On Monday evening the same party
were entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. G.. p.
Snead, whose home is pretty in all its
appointments. The Misses Snead received,
and were attired in white swiss, with
lilies of the valley. The rooms were
beautiful in decorations of narcissus and
overgreens. And last, but not least Air
we,' the beautiful and historical old
homestead of the fIutchinsons was
scene of a most charming and elegant
reception given by Mr.. l.. NJ. Hutchin-
son and his sister, Miss Eta Twyman
Miss Hutchinson, handsomely gowned in
bite organdy over white tatfeta. with
pearl ornaments, was assisted in receiv-
ing by Miss Ada Virgil sncad. The
rooms wcro cxquisitely decorated In Gu,
flowers, the color scheme being carried
out In green and white, amid the soft
glow Of the candelabra. At early hour
the young people assembled. and after u
merry greeting and the usual chit
the same amusements. interspersed by
music. were enjoyed, as at the soclals
prior to this. At each place refresh
nents were served III every style. con-
sistlnE Of all the dainty creams ices,
ETC., to tempt the inner person.. All left
expressing themselves as having spent a
most delightful evening, and feeling much
indebted to the host and hostess for their
untlring efforts in contributing to their
pleasure, not only for that evening. but
also for the hospitality shown in the
past for many mot only of this State, but
of adjoining States) will ever remember
with pleasure the many happy gatherings
at "Airwel."
The participants in these gayetles were.
Misses Inez. Eta Bessie Hutchinson, Ada
and Lena snead, Blanche, Peachy and
Bessie Powell, Lillian Mckenzie, Matte
Cooke, Susie and Jennie Dabney; Messrs.
L, NJ. and Courtney Hutchinson, Snow
den Mckenzie, +. c. Snead, George A.,
Cerbert and L. q. Powell George and
Tonic Tudor, Hampstead Leftwich. Ber-
nard and Dowerman Clements, Bonnie
Atkinson, Sidney Sweet, Harry Shelley,
Harold Parks, Tom. Julian and Beverly
Stevens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
WINNERS I'M THE
SUNDAY TIMEs-DIspATcH WANT coLUr1Ns
PROVERB CONTEST

Mineral Va.-Aiiss Gertrude Coyner.
Keysvile. Vac. A. Hunt,
Cartersyille. Va.-Mrs. w. E. RoDlnson-
Mrs. r. A.
Dunnville. Vac. w. Bray.
Ogbun, VAIN. L. Crowder.
Blackstone. yn.-Mrs. ]. II. Tunstall.
Toano, va-Mlss Vivian L. Meanley.
Dongola, Vac. A. Brooking.
Crew, va.-Miss Mary Tucker, Miss jess,
sic Morgan. ]. r. Morgan
Perknsville. Ya.-James Lewis.
Othma, Va.-Nfrs. c. A. Harris, c. d.,
Kirk, ]. s. Michaux.
son.
New Berne. N. C.-Robert S. Carraway.l
Mary l.. Carraway.
Trevilian. Va.-Miss Gertrude Elan,
Welchs, Va.-hliss M. w. Drew.
Waldrop. ya--Lanetta Goodwin, Annis1
w. Irby, Julia =. Irby.
ADHESION, VAR. v. Jackson. It, b.
Booth, p. H. Booth. j. w. Adams, Mrs.
j. w. Adams,
Knoxville, ya.-Mrs. Josie Coleman.j
Lillian Coleman. Elmer Coleman, King
Coleman, Connie Coleman. Blanche Cole.
man, Mrs. Pattle Coleman, Charles ColeS
man. 1fs1T
Peers, Ya.-Mrs, Duncan Pace.
Mlllsboro. Val. Winston Sharp, A. "
Tullah.
There is another proverb contest In toA
davis want pages The proverb Is CONS
posed OF twenty-five letters, which will
be found scattered throughout the little
want ads, See want pages, find the caplS
tai letters and form the proverb What
lit? Seven prizes will be awarded the
winners. Every reader has an equa
chance to win prize,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
TO DEDICATE
NEW ELKS' HOME
Gov. Montague, Senator Dam
lei and Frederick Ward
Among the Speakers.
fspec,al to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.,

(Special to Tho -Dispatch)
BEDFORD, CITY, VA. May 1o.-The
T5lks' Homo at Bedford City will be dedi-
Gated on Thursday OF next week. Fred
crck Ward, formerly with Al. @. Fields
Ministries, will DO among the speakers
The following is the programme for the
occasion, which will begin at 1880 a. NJ;
M,sic-Reverie, .Wayside Chhpel';
Band.
Invocation, Rev. Dallas Tucker, Ports
mouth, o., Mo- 1854.
Address Of Welcome, j. Lawrence
Campbell Mayor of Bedford City, va;
Music. Polpana, Sweet Old Songs
Address. Hon. A. j. Montague, Cover
nor of Virginia. Richmond No IS.
Address, Hon. John w. Daniel United
States Senator, Lynchburg, No. 32l
Transfer OF building to p. b. o. Elks.
Joseph II. Tanning, chairman Board OF
Grand Trustees, indianapolis, No. ID.
Acceptance of Building. Geo. p. Cronk.
Grand Exalted Ruler, Omaha, No. 80. !.
Music, Concert, "Mazurka Dolore
Foelker.
Grafton, Meade D. Detweller, chairman
Home Committee, San Francisco NO; ..
Benedlction, Rev. John d. Boland, Bal
Music. Aud Lang Syne."
Social reunion.
The Roanoke Machine Works Band VIII
furnish music for the occasion.
The Elks' special will leave Norfolk at
go p. NJ, May 10Th, and pick up their
friends at Suffolk, Petersburg, Richmond,
Tarmville and at Lynchburg will be join
cd not only By their local delegation, but
by quite q goodly number from Danviile,
Charlottesville and Alexandria, in Nir-
GINA, as we'll as those from Washington,
Baltimore and, in fact from all sections
Of the East
The committee representing the Vir-
gInia lodges. consisting of District Dep
uty Phil. G.. Kelly Louis Lazarus. of
Lynchburg, and John A. Pack, Of Roam
oke, have made arrangements for mon
ster old Virginia barbecue for tho enter
tainment of the visitors.
Phil. G. Kelly. of Richmond. district
deputy Of Virginia, will be master of
ceremonies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-17
Runaway Horse.

There was runaway in the Capitol
Square yesterday afternoon. which eX-
cited the widest interest and which
made the nurses and children scatter
from one place to another Dr. Edward
Mcclure was having a aide with his
friend, DR.. Hugh NJ. Taylor. In the latters
buggy and had turned over his f1no black
saddle horse to his butler. The negro
was not an up-to-date rider and IN
sharply turning a corner near New
Tords, the horse fell and threw the
rider high intoSthe air.
The horse jumped up and dashed Into
the Capitol Square and made wild run,
covering most of the ground therein: He
was finally caught unhurt. after having
thoroughly frightened every nurse and
child In the Square.