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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
NOT ALTOGETHER
so HARMONIOUS
Efforts to Adjust Plat and
Odell Far From Sue
cessful,

Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatcll.)
NEW YORK, Nov 2S.-Plans for line
OF defense against tho Odell insurgents
wore arranged to-day In the Office OF Sem
ator Thomas G. Flat, No. 10 Broadway,
With tn, Senator National Committee
man, George r, Sheldon, President OF tho
Republican County Committee NJ, Linn
Bruce, Chairman Of tho Executive Com
mitteo William II. Ten Eyck and ex-
Congressman Icmuel Ely Quigg, who
left sick bed to be present, as con-
ferees,
It is understood that any and every at
tempt OF Governor Odell to adjust con-
ditions In New York city, after tho arbl-
ttrary manner which tho Platt men have
credited him with having In mind, will
be met with tho strongest opposition tho
followers of tho senator can muster, It
is said that the Plat mon In New York
view with alarm the Odell plan OF cam
paign. even what littlo they know Of It..
Il is their intention, they say, to mako a
fight to uphold the principle OF home
rule,
Both Senators Hanna and Plat arc
still, in the city, So is Goyernor-clect
NIyron T. Herrlck, OF Ohio, Governor
. ndell is not expected 10 como down from
falbany tefore Monday, ir.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
CHEMISTRY
IS DEFIED..
Ramdiunl's Change Seems .te' to
Prove That the Elements
N Are Not Constant.
KEY TO HIGHER IL i El'' N, MYSTERY }, 4 ! (
Spectrum's Power Reveals the
Tell-Tale Yellow Line, But
Strange Element Vanishes.

What may prove an epoch making IS
covery In tho field Of chemical research
Is announced by Sir William Ramsay with
regard TO that mysterious substance. ra-
d,lm, which for two years past has been
puzzling men of science, says the Lon
don correspondent of the New York Her
aid. Sir William Ramsay. whose name is
associated with that OF Lord Rayleigh In
tho studygof urgon and heliunl. stated at
a meeting of the London Institution last
night that he had observed and definitely
ascertained that radlum gives off a heavy
gas, which slowly changes into hclium and
then vanlshes.
Tho importance Of this discovery, whlcl,
has been suspected BY scientists for some
months past, lies. according to the Daily
Mail, in tho fact that 1t appears to rev.
outionize all old theories about chemistry.
Hitherto chemistry has beon based on the
theory that elements are constant, and
that one cannot change Into another, ;but
now 1t is seen that radiun1, OF its own ac-
cord, and without external interference.
turns into totally different element.
The Scientists Reward.
In his lecture Sir William Ramsay de-
scribed how, alters IL long search into the
problem Of what becomes Of the minute
particles with which ra dlum Is always
sides it's other manifestations. radiun
constantly gives off an emanation whlcl,
seems to behave In all respects like a
heavy. gas. It can be collected In tiny
flasks, measured and weighed, and used to
display the characteristic properties OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
CARTER !. : IS
FREE. Man. I. A \.
Turned OutEof Gates G ofs q, I'a Federal.
P Prisorn AZ AZ sA ,i',S Clock il y Y
them forming. n n
WOULD MOI. TALK TO PRESS !: 5
Looks Older Than When He
Entered Prison -Four Years
Ago-Leaves for Chicago.
(By Associated Press,)


LEAvENWORTH, KAN, Nov. 2s.-A
Few minutes before o'clock this morn
ing Oberlin NJ. Carter. ex-captan OF en-
gineers, walked out Of the portals Of the
Federal, prison at Fort Leavenworth a
free man. At the gates he was met by
his uncle, L. D.. Carter. and immedla tely
driven In hack to tho Union Depot In
this city. This last movement was a
srusc to throw the ncwspapo rmen. whom
he wished above all things to avoid. off
tho track. AT the Union Station he was
mot by a representatives, Of tho Associated
Press,. and Carter still staunchly refused
to be interviewed as to his plans for the
future.aHc said: II will catch the Mis-
souri, Pacific train out of here ut 5:l4
o'clock TO Kansas City. and there. after
breakfast, will take the FAST Santa t'e
direct to Chicago wish to spend Sunday
with my mother who is ovcr-anxious to
see mo-
While awaiting his train, tho ex-army
officer conversed freely on large NUM-.
ber aof subjects. but always skilfully
avoided the introduction OF anything In
regard to. his conviction or his plans for
the future He spoke at length about the
prison, but even then. turned the talk
from himself to gencraltties
In regard to himself he merely said: "
am feeling as we'll as could be expected
under the circumstances deprived to N
extent, as was of exercise, could not
hope to be better situated"
The captain looked much older than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
.TRIPLETS BLESS
PREACHERS WIFE
Two Girls and a Boy Born to
the Rev, and Mrs. Houston,
OF the Bronx.
fspeclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch,)

\Sp6Cbdl W - w N~'sP~NSt>|
NEW YORK, Nov. ?s,-Mrs. Iiough
Houston, w,ro Of the pastor Of the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal Church, One
Hundred and slxty-slxth Street nd
Washington Avenue, has become the
happy mother of triplets-two girls and
hoy.
as result of the threefod Visitation,
and sincc last Saturday, when tho hap
nv cyont took place, members OF the con-
rregation have been flocklng to tho par
sonnge, each bearing message OF con-
GRADUATION. Mother and babies, arc re-
nortcd 10 bo doing handsomely''
Tho Centenary Church Is ono OF the
largest and most flourlshng congregh-
tions In tho Bronx, Tho Rey' Mr.. ilous-
ton has been pastor Of lAe church tor
four years. IIe has been married seven
years, but until Saturdays event he ana
Ills wife had never known the smtlo OF an
infant beneath their roof. Mrs, Houston
IS fond Of children. and Of lato years she
has prayed often that she, might be Nbless.
ed with them. Her .oy was great
on learning that she was tho mother o.
three ~ Il. ~ iefk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
A WOMAN DANCED
HERSELF TO DEATH
Friends Pleaded With Her tc
M Rest, But sgt; She She Was Out
for a Good Time.
Especial to The times. pispatch.).

Especial to The Times Dtspatch).
4 j PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Nov. 2s.-Alrs.
Alma Sloan, aged thirty-nlne years re.
siding Mt house No, s, In a thoroughfare
In the rear OF No. 7os North Front Street,
celebrated hor first Thanksgiving Day
In tho United States by dancing herself
to death. She camo to this city from
Poland four weeks ago,
Nearly all OF tho residents OF tho court
'ara Poles. and they met at the home Of
Mrs, Pauline Avltz, at No. 4. Thursday
evening", to Z make the great American
holiday a festive one. There was dane
Ing galore. from early In the evening,
Mrs Sloan, who was regarded as the
best dancer Of her native village, Joined
in them all. Beginning early In tho
evening she started with a mazourkai
then trlpped through many waltzes, and
kept constantly on her feet for hours,
Friends pleaded With her to rest for
a while, but she told them that she
was there for good time. and declared
in her native tongue, IT could just die
dancing,'' Only minute later shc
started across the room In waltz with
her husband. she trlpped twice about
the room and then fell to the floor. Her
husband leaned over and friends rushed
to her side. but she died almost In
stantly. Her heart, It Is believed, had
given way under the pressure OF her over
exertion,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
THE TOPICS OF. THE DAY PUT in PICTORIAL. FORM
.radium. but Is not permanent. In about
a month It entirely disappears. What be-

comes OF It? . IS @
Sir william Ra msay. has caught this
emanation III the act Of vanishing. He
found that after 1t had been collected for
couple OF days. its spectrum, " 1iclr
previously was entirely unlike any yet
studied began to display the typical vel.
low line OF helium gas first known and
chrtstened bySits constant presence IN the
sun. In four or five days the helium
lines grew brighter, and lin another week
the spectrum ;pf helium was 8 positively
blazing In the dramatically sealed tubes
that had been filled I, with the pure ema-
nations or gaseous output OF radlum.
In other Words. one element had. been lit
orally seen to change into, another Of a
quite different nature under the eyes OF
the experimenter.
Alchemist's Dream a Fact.
what Is this?" asked Sir william
Ramsay, shut an. ac tual tcase :fof that
'transmutaton of+one alerient Into ,anoth-
or In which the ancient alchen1istsa' be-
.lieved when /. they b nfullya sought to
change lead into gold, and incidentally
founded the modern. science. OF chemis-'
trS?,'' I. ...S- ~, ..,
Ramsay's great discovery, the Daily
"It is as though gold were to change
into iron OF It's own accord and /, COM
pletely upset the laws Of the. old chemis-
try. No wonder that with this amazing
fact before them scientists are hopeful OF
reading the riddle Of tho universe. They
are now .inclining more and more to the
belief that all things are electricity In
different form and In varying combina-
tiolfs, and that in this mysterious force,
which we use every day. but which we
cannot satisfactorily explain, Is the So
luton OF the great problem which has
tasked mankind for centuries"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
BUSTOF DIR. CURRY;
SPANISH ARMOR
These Are Recent Gifts to Rich
nlond College Art Collec-
ton and Museum.

Richmond College has received from
Mrs. John X. Connelley. executrlx OF
the estate Of Mrs, ]. L. M. Curry, a hand
some bust OF Dr., Curry and a full suit
o: Spanish armor, which DR.. Curry came
into possession Of when minister to
Spain,
AS work OF art, the bust Is unques'
striking and familiar features of@Dr,
Curry, It Is remarkably poort
1t Is easy to appreciate that 1t was a
difficult undertaking to reduce the fire
and enthusiasm Of DR., Curry's express
sion To- tho level Of cold marble. To
put into ''slghtless orbs that splendid,
searching gaze of his fine eyes was the
noxt thing to impossiblity. But the
sculptor who bears the name or Dante
soldlni, Florence, Italy, has done but
poorly With what was In his reach, unless
after he loft American shores and came
back to himself equally as magically
upon his return. 1t is the unanimous
verdict Of all who have seen the bust
that 1t does not compare with Valen-
tines Leo or other works Of the Rich
nond sculptor, as n likeness Of the per-
son sought to be represented.
Tho college has given It place OF
honor IN the nrt hall of the institution,
No man was n better friend Of Richmond
College than Dir. Curry, and tlse instl-
tuition was very proud Of him. He was
at ono time professor there, and for
many years before his death was presi-
dent OF tho board Of trustees.
Tho Spanish nrmor Is n real curiosity
and n valuable addition to the museum
OF the college, It Is mounted and the
lance stands beside the man In iron
1t Is finely preserved specimen oi
t..> brave old days, when knlghthood
Vas In fioXar.tL .... .sa ~ ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
REYES. in.
WA'.SH..IN|GT'0N!
Has Prop osition to Submit Re-
garding Canal Across
Isthnus.
NOT 10 COST SINGLE CENT
Wishes United States to Build
the Canal and will Grant
All Concessions.

(ByS Associated Press.>

s@v#rt (Bys Associated Press 9'Gs
&f fWASHlNGTON- oV. ..S.-Ehat the RE-
public Of Colombia grant 10 the United
States all tho concessions provided for
insthe sHay-Herran treaty, but a bsolutey
!. fres OF cost,is tho proposition which Gem
crnl Rafael Reyes envoy Of Colombia to
the United States on a special mission,
brings for the discussion of the officials
of NNashington. General Reyes arrived
here shortly after 0 o'clock this morn
Ing.
General, Reyes talked with .reprcsen-
tatlye Of the Associated Press about his
mission to Washington. y IIoisaId: 33H
s''You will readily admit the proprlety
OF my refrolning from discussing my
mission, which Is Of a confidential char
acter, but Of tho offers which Colombia
Is ready to make l desire to say that
my energies and those8of my followers
will be devoted to tho granting Of tho
canal concessions to tho United States
without the payment ofa cent. Even at
this Colombia will be the gamer" p.
3.s"Aro you authorized BY President Mar
roquIn to make this offer to tho Wash.
3Inrton governments" General Reyes was
asked. FsA
.'"That would bo divulging my instruc.
tions before ! have executed them. T cam
not say more about this now" he re-
Piled %
You can further say" contlnu the
genaral "that all Colombia is afire with
zeal for the building Of the canal blythe
unitcd States, and that tho unfavorable
political troubles. whicl, were the solo
cause of delay about tho treaty before
the Colombian Congress. have entirely
Disappeared, We waEt tho canal. and I
have como to ,Washingto!l to SEQ what
tho people OF tho unIetd States are pre-
pared to accept. como with instruc-
tions from the President Of Colombia
direct" gq4 l5t.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
B, P. 0. ELKS'
MEMORIAL DAY
The Richmond and Manchester
Lodges to Observe the
DAY Jointly,

Annual memorial services will be held
by Richmond Lodge OF Elks at the Acad-
emy OF Music next Sunday.
These services arc held on tho first
Sunday In December of each year by all
tho lodges OF Elks In the country. They
are held In the memory OF the departed
brothers OF each lodge, and are most
solemn and Impressive.
This year a fine musical programme Is
ben arranged by Past Exalted Rule
Frank w. Cunningham. This feature OF
tho exercises Is always made most at
tractye, The Grafton will be made by
Mr.. w. II. Venable, of Norfolk. an ora,
tor Of marked note and ability,
There Is always n large demand for.
tickets, aud they will be distributed this
year, as upon former occasions,
Manchester Lodge will join with Rich
mond IN the exercises. This lodge. or,
ganized scarcely n year ago, Is one OF
the most robust IN the country. There
have been no deaths IN Manchester Lodge
since Its organlzutlon. Several death
have; occurred In Rlchmond's ranks dur
inn the past year
The exercises will begin at o'clock.
The lodge will leave the home IN hody
at $50 O'clock next Sunday afternoon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
ELS T.lFIGHT DECIDED
.. &. - A LABOR TROUBLE.
The r,,mes-Dtspatcl,.)

(specialsto The Times -Dispatch.)
u sAI'KEEsPORT. PA, Nov. 2s.-At. .
meeting OF the employees OF the McKees-
port Tin Plate Company to vote on a
proposition to accept a reduction In wages.
q man named Redding spoke in favor Of
accepting the reduction.
at1Ie, was opposed by a fellow worker
named Cleary.s They decided to fight It
out with fists. u stis.
+ The men voted to abide BY the result Of
the battle. a ring was formed and all the
prellmlnaries OF prize mill gone through
with. ,s.S ,5t \.
After five rounds Redding was worsted.
and the men decided they would not re-
turn to work for the reduction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
L0CAL.OPTI0N WILL
BE HELD SHORTLY
Especial to The Times Dispatch.) I.

Especial to The Times Dspatch.)
a WILLIAMSBURG. VA. November os-
Judge Smith has ordered q local option
election, IN Williamsburg for the Goth Of
4 December.
Through the offices OF tho Peninsula
Land Company Mr.. r. 2. Rcttig has
secured n lease. on the brick storehouse
owned by Dr.yJ.Si Nv. Rawlins. on Duke
OF Gloucester Street. and will open q
general feed and produce store.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
OYSTER LEAGUE, DECLARES
FOR ,BAYL0 SURVEY

Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspn{ch.)
CHINCOTAEGuE, VA, November 2s--
The first annual convention Of the Oys-
ter Leagues of Virginia was held Mt Chin
colleague Thursday, Delegates from tho
various leagues were present ana met In
secret session, morning and afternoon,
there was mass meeting OF oystermcn
addressed by prominent speakers, It was
the sense, of this convention that tho
lines Of the Baylor survey must be held
as they are. 81
Money was raised to dcfray3 any legal
expense necessary, n ~. .t ..% ,,3ft3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
DIES OF WOUND
OF A PARLOR RIFLE

(special to The Times Dispatch)
p ROANOKE, VA, November 2S.-Sam-
tuel q. Grlgss, the twelye-year-old son OF
Mr.. r. b. tirlggs. who accidentally shot
himself With a small rifle about two
weekS aTo, died yesterday,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
,whenahe entered the prison nearly fot1
years ago, but showed no trace Of III

\ It was thought last night that an officer
! OF the de par trnent Of justice might be. at
the Prison gates TO grearrest Carter. on; an
old indictment, butsit was not the case.
When he decided TO leave the gates We're
thrown open to him, and he passed out OF
the prison walls for the first time since
/ ho was brought into court hero during
ghts attempt to obtain 9 release by writ
tofs habeas corpus. {ls was attired Just
asSste was ont his arrival "a t the place OF
HI rcera tfon A5es
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
Alleged Deserters.

Officer Wyatt yesterday arrested La
mont Benn and Harry Jennings, charg-
Ing them with being deserters from the
navy. They will be heard In tho Police
Court Tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
Girls Who Are Bait catchers.

Every day when the mail stage starts
from Bedlngton, Me-, TOR Bangor and Els
worth 1t carries on the rack behind a
large fat tank filled with live bait caught
and put on its way to market by Miss
Evelyn Carr and Miss Ann Carr two
sisters, Who are trying to get a living
by an employment new. to women.
All attempts to grow minnows, red fins.
and mummy clubs artidcally having fail
ed, the fishermen Of AIassa chuSetts rely
upon Maine for the bait they use, and the
increased call for small fish suitable for
catching pickerel through the ice has
raised the price until there is profit in
making shipments of clubs and stickle-
backs to distant points.
Late in the fall, before the ponds freeze
over for winter, these small fish seek the
shoal coVeS along the shores and CeDosit
their eggs in the sand to be Matched dur
ing the winter in spots so near the ice
that larger fish cannot reach them. AT
such times the small fishes are wholly
careless of The approach of man, and may
| be dipped by thousands in Inc Land
nets.
Believing there was money to be made
in selling bait. the Carr girls began their
work year ago, and last winter clear ed
more than $500 above, expenses. This
year they have built large tank near a
running stream and stocked it with mere
than million fish, all of which they ex-
pect to sell before spring.
They are sending out from 500 TO l. 900
day now to supply customers in Mas
Sachusetts, and will not increase tkeir
business to any extent until February
when open time on Maine trout begins.
| The rates viii consequently hold low for
more than two months, and those who
want at the rate of 20 cents a hundred;
wish for live bait now can buy all thew
want at the rate of 20 cents a hundred:
but in February, when the fish which
furnish live bait have sought the warm
depths of the ponds and the fishermen
are trying their luck on the ice, evefy
! club in the lot will bring bright new
cent.
The total investment made by the Carr
| girls up to date does not exceed $3.50 for
water pipes, tank and nets, and they
| expect to realize fully $1,000 from sales
| CT their fish
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02

and white wands tied with holly and
red ribbons, dolls and necklaces for
the girls. The hall was decorated with
Southern smilax, holly and Christmas
greens.s The chaperons were:
Mrs. NJ. l.. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. w. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ Weyerhaeuser, of
The guests included Mr. and Mrs.
O'Shaughnessy, Mr. and Mrs. L. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard James, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Holbert, Capt. and Mrs. T. w.
DarTah, Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. 2. Bend, Mr..
and Mrs. William Dalrymple, Of Duluth;
hth; Miss Anna GriggS, of Tacoma,
Wash: Miss O'Shaughnessy, of New
York; Miss Briggs, of jamestown, N. Y;
Miss Stevenson, of Boston; Miss Field,
of Elizabeth, N. j.; Miss Katherine
Noyes, of Milwaukee, Wis., Miss Walker,
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Misses Laura
Rnd Anita Furness; Miss RoXana Smith,
Misses Lolita and Florence Finch; Miss
Anne Sloane. Misses Alice and Elsie PoDe,
Misses Caroline and Mary Saunders, Miss
Burns, Miss Adele Lanpher, Misses Helen
som, Miss Stickney. Miss De Coster. Miss
Louise Judson, Miss Helen Davis. Miss
Holman Miss Julia Rogers, Miss Marion
Sahborn, Mrs c. Q. KaIman: Miss Ger
f. n. Saunders Jr., William Van Slyke
Frank Lightner. E. B. Holbert. R. P.
Warner, J. S. DaIrymple. c. D. Mathe-
son; Drew Musser of Little Falls. MINI.
Messrs. Charles and Blair Flandrau, Ho-
mer Clark. Jack and William Doran, Paul
Mailman, W. Oakley Stout, Bobbett, c.
NJ. Bend, Sydney B. Dean. r C. Greer
Cathcart MaXfield Lieut.. Wilson, of Fort
Smelling; Grant Van SAINT, Dean Gribben
Newport; r. M. Robbins, Ramsey Fur
ness, Cyrus De CoSter.
The club will give its next german Fri
day evening, JAM %.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
MRS. DockERY is DEAD.
Wife of the Missouri Governor Expires
After Long and Painful Illness. Vi


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. L.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Dockery, wife Of
Gov. Dockery, who for several weeks
had been suffering from an affection of
the heart, died at 5: AS a. m. She pass
ed away quietly after days Of suffering.
The patient rested fairly well yester-
day. and last night and frequently
showed amusement at the treatment
used to restore her, although she was
conscious that the end was near. To
enable the patient to breathe more
fully and easier oxygen was adminis-
tered frequently. Mrs. Dockery told
the governor and her physician when
she suffered the relapse Tuesday night
that she could not get well and that it
was useless to give her medicine, but
she was submissive to any treatment
they chose to use.
Mrs. Dockery was born in 1850 She
was a native of Missouri and lineal
descendant of Commodore Perry.
Eight children Of Gov. and Mrs. Dock
cry died in infancy and none survive.
Mrs. Dockery was Miss Mary Bird
before her marriage.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted at the mansion at s o'clock to-
night by Rev. DR.. Pateilo, of the Meth
OdiSt church, of Jefferson city. He will
be assisted by the other pastors of the
city. The remains will then be taken
on a special train to Chillicothe, Mo-,
Mrs. Dockery's birthplace, for inter-
ment. The services at Chillicothe have
not been decided on yet, but will prob
ably be very brief.
The mansion and executive offices
are draped in mourning and there is a
general feeling of gloom. New Years
festivities of an unusual character ar
ranged for some weeks previous to
Mrc
when it became evident she could not
get we'll
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-02
GERMAN CLUB DANCES
HANDSOME AFFAIR is GIVEN IN
RAMALEY'S HALL
Christmas Tree Favors Are Distributed
by Boys-Fitzhugh Burns Leads Co.
tillon and Many Pretty and Novel
Figures Are Danced by Well Dress
ed Crowd

The German club gave its second CO.
tillon of the season last night in Ra-
maley's hall. The party might have
been called a Christmas party, for
there was a Santa Claus, who came
from out of the fireplace and distrib-
uted favors from a tree, and a pie man
who also assisted in distributing the
favors. These two characters were de-
picted by two boys, Master Roy Burns
and Master Cameron Squires. Fitz-
hugh Burns led the dance, introducing
a number of very pretty figures. The
favors were especially attractive. There
We're candlesticks for both men and
girls tin soldiers, tiny automobiles,
musical tops and stars for the men,