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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
SUMMER CARS
BUDDING OUT

with the appearance of the really warm
weather. the Passenger and Power Com
pany has commenced to operate open cars
gare In evidence. 1t Will be only n few
laws before all of the winter cars Will
BE- BE- replaced and every, line equipped to
handle the summer traffic
entire force nt the company's shops are
engaged In renovating the summer coach
es and as fast as one Is completed It Is
zion OF the suffering public Some incon-
venience has been experienced and much
delay occasloned by tho determination OF
stars and on this account it will be im-
nossible to get all of the open cars IN
operation as early as is wished.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
TO CANCEL
PROMOTIONS
Three Thousand Mall Clerks
to Be Dispensed With.
PosTMAsTERs TO CHOOSE
None the Present Salaries to Be Re-
duced, but Stated Increases Are
Held Up-Heath is
Notified.
Three Thousand Mail Clerks
.PosTMASTERs TO CHOOSE
None Of the Present Salaries to Be Re-
fBx Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May @.-The cancel
lation Of over 5000 postoffice clerks
throughout the country. recently author
lied by the department., and n formal
notice to former First Assistant Post
master-General Perry Fl. Heath of the
charges made against him by ex-Cashler
S. W. Tulloch, of the Washington city
postoffice. constituted to-day's develops
ments in the postoffice investigation.
First Assistant stmaster-General
Wynne late this evening reported to
Postmaster-General Payne that the tab
ulation Of the clerks in each postoftice of
the first class had been completed. This
work was undertaken In accordance with
the order made by the Postmaster-Gen-
eral to rearrange the salaries Of the
clerks already classified, SO that the
number in the several grades shall not
exceed the number specifically prescribed
4 In the act of Congress, making appropr1-
ations for the postal service.
ut will not be necessary in any csae
to reduce any clerk, but to cancel the
promotion Of 3,040 clerks out of 7,419
promotions heretofore authorized to take
effect July 1st 1908 We will proceed
at once to ascertain exactly the number
OF promotions in each grade 1t will be
necessary to cancel at each postoffice,
and then we will inform the postmasters
and allow them to select the Increases
which must be cancelled.
Tho ostmaster-General to-day sent to
Perry Heath copy of the charge filed
by Mr. Tulloch. together with letter
requesting any information he may caro-
to submit on the subject. This is the
first official communication with Mr.
Heath during tho Investigation.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General
Bristow, who is conducting the invest!-
CATION, has not set any date for his re-
port. for the reason that the sweeping
nature of the Investigation has. made It
Impossible to say when tho whole matter
will be ready to be placed in the hands
Of the Postmaster-General for final dis.
position 1t is probable the report Will
not be submitted before the end of juno
or early IN July
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
GATHERING OF
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch,

LEXINGTON, VA, May 2O.-Incomins
trains to-day have brought commissioners
to the General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian Church and tonight there
are about one hundred and fifty present.
The commissioners We're met mt the train
by local committee in carriages and
taken to the homes to which they were
assigned as guests during, the Assembly.
After supper they met In tho Presbyterian
W, S. Alexander. of Clarksville, Tenn,
the stated clerk. and Rev. DIR. r. P. Far
ris, of st, Louis, Mo-, the permanent
made for the comfort and convenience of
the commissioners and visitors. The
church lectrre-room has been fitted up as
headouarters The Assembly will be OPEN
ed tomorrow morning at II o'clock by
Rev. DR., w. II. Hall. the moderator, of
Columbus. s, c., who has arrived.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
YOUNG GIRL WAS
BURNED TO DEATH
Used Oil in Kitchen Fire and
Died After Most Fear
full Suffering.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch0

CHARLOTTE, N, G., May 2l-Annle
Grass the ten-year-old daughter OF Mr.,
Percy Grass who lives near the Chadwick
Mi, met an awful death this morning
Shortly before noon the child was told to
30 and make fire, Going into the kltch-
en- she poured some oil on the fire, ana
as 1t did not blaze up at once she again
took the can and commenced pouring on
more oil.
Tho blaze from the smoplderlng firs
flashed up. and the stream OF OIL acted
as fuse to the can. There was an tx-
plcsfon, and before any ono could reach
the room the child was envcloped by the
flames.
Edorts We're made to subdue the hames,
but before this was accomplished the
ohjld's clothing had been burned COM
pletely off and her flesh was horribly
ronsted a physician was sent for. but
bcfcre he arrived death had ended tha
Ichild's sufferings,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21

SENATOR DEPEW REPLIES
Takes Issue With North Carolina Sena-
tor and Says He Prefers to Follow
Gen. Armstrong and Booker
Washington.
tBy Associated press.)

NEW YORK. May 20-The North
Carolina Society held its third annual
banquet tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria.
President B. NJ Duke presiding. Two
hundred sons OF the State, with their
guests, attended at the guests table
were United States Senator Simmons, of
North Carolina, who Responded to the
toast. THE Race Problem In the South; /;
Senator Chauncey M. Depew, Dr.. j. D.
Steele. president Maryland Society; Rob-
ert G. Ogden. president Pennsylvania
Society; w. p. Graybill, president of the
Georgia Society, and John NJ. Harring-
ton, president of the Southern Society Of
New York City.
Senator Simmons was introduced by
President Duke.
Senator Simmons address was devoted
almost entirely to a discussion Of the
negro race problem.
The present conditions OF the negro
present three problems-social, political
and Industrial. The social problem has
been settled by the South so far as It
is concerned. trrevocably. One and all.
now and at all times, they refuse to
even so much as consider the suggestion
of social equality or social intercourse
with the negro. This Is condition
which Is inexorable and absolutely Moth
ing can change It,
AS to the political question. the South
has attempted to settle that in a way
reasonably satisfactory to itself and in
way 1t believes will prove reasonably
satisfactory for the North.
'In one way or another we have taken
the ballots from the illiterate negro. not
alone for political benefit. but, as we be-
lleve. for his good and for our own sal
walton.
s'The question OF reduction OF South
ern representation in Congress as re-
suit Of these disfranchising acts Is one
for discussion. We hold that these nom
voters are as mucl, subject to the law as
the voters. But If we must choose be-
tween reduction Of representation and
unrestricted negro suffrage, the South
will not hesitate in making Its choice.
Men do not hesitate in making choice be-
tween life and death. even though life
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
TO ELECTROCUTE
IDIOT CHILDREN
Michigan Legislator Proposes
to Thus Dispose of Fee
Bile Minded. i
Especial to The Times-plspatch.

LANSING. MICH, May 2o.-As sub
stltute fer an appropriation bill for a
home for tho feeblelninded.. Representa-
tive Rodgers. of Muskegon. introduced
to-day skeleton measure. providing
for the electrooution of all children who
are regarded as hopelessly insane.
Rodgers backed UP his measure with
the plea that humanitarLan interests de-
manded the removal OF children whose
minds were such as to render them a
burden to society and incapable OF hap
p!ness for themselves.
The bill was based on the report Of
lum, to the effect that many Of the in
mates did not possess, nor ever would
have, mind enough to know that they
arc alive. The bill has been handed to
a committee. where 1t will probably be
,buried. n.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
OIL TANK STEAMER
PROBABLY LOST
(By Associated Press. !

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May D.-A dis.
match received at the Maritime Exchange
announces that>the British f3srsY Scoba.
has arrived at Kinston, Jamaica, and re-
ports that on April Goth, 600 miles of
Cape Charles, she passed through water
for miles covered with oil. This probably
acounts Tor the loss of the tanker Q. v.
Lukenbach. which left Sabine Pass, on
March l9tli. for Marcus Hook. Pa. loaded
with oil. Since the date Of sailing the
Iukenbach has not been heard from. and
has been given UP for lost. She carried
z, ataw OF thirtyTtwo mon q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
GENERAL,

Memorial services In honor Of the dead
the feature Of the reunion Mt New Orleans
yesterday; history report drawn BY Judge
Christian adopted; Virsinians are being
treated with grertest hospitality and are
having a great tIIne--W Woodlake won the
Jatonia Derby from Bad News in n hot
finish-AIr. Hartman undergoes opera
tion for nppendic'tisState Department
Of this country can make no representa-
t,ons to the Russian government In re-
gard to the massacre Of the Jews,
Three thousand promotions OF postal
clerks are .c be cancelled--Techula, the
fayorite. won the Meadowbrook Hunters
Eteeplechase at Morris Park---Another
wild and exciting day on the cotton mar
ket--Bill introduced in Michigan Legis.
iaturc to electrocute children born with
weak minds-Two negroes and white
man lynched IN Florlda---Oil tank
steamers loss Indicated by vessels run
ming through oily water In niid-ocean-.-
French are as aggressive In South China
Is the Russians In Nanchursa--Curtid
iett's plans for getting off are again frus-
Erated--Senator Simmons, OF North car
SlIna. discusses negro question In New
fork Alabama sheriff shoots down a
sesneraEo-- PHOTOGRAPHIC shoots man IN
Alabama for slander--New York has q
newy heat record for Alay--Favprites all
won on the Chicago track--Wabash Rail.
way TO enter National Capital by the trst
~ Jan,iary--Figh for State senatoTshlp
IN Alexsndria district promises to be a
hot one--PolitIcal talk in Washington.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
RICHMOND.

Three stables burned this morning: about
forty horses perish and all the city mall
wagons troyed-.--Goyernor and other
tIlks leave for Bedford city--,.-Portrait OF
The Governor Just nnished-Delepnte
Kelley discusses Govornor's veto of Nor
folk primary bll~-Dr S. q. Steel says
striking things on negro problcm.--Politi-
ral ehlll!tions In 1tcnrico---Iinnt club
planning enjoyable entertainment for Sat:
timber being picked
put--Randolph- Macon alumnus dies no.
bly, lighting feycr---Corporadon Commits.
flon bill becomes law ut noon day
Angel bill fixing detention charges on
freight exciting terest---.Passes1sc and
Power Company TO buy large cars for
next winter---,rrlgg case argued All day
Honor Confederate dead In Hebrew
Cemetery--E'ilton Conclaye Of American
Guild to d!sband---Captain Webster TO
discuss japanese art--Stork files into the
ambulance on the street--Dr. a. l.. Phil
lips slated to succeed DIR. Hazen---gom-
1nencement of Hartshorn College---Baby
OF unknown parents found IN Chesterfield
county-Manchester Counc!lmanic candi..
fatess are nnounced-Former resident OF
EishneH, Russia, tells of conditions there
from personal knowledge
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
VIRGINIA.

A great Brunswick stew for the Elks
IN Charlottnsvillc-The two divisions of
the Daughters of the Confederacy unite
Under one organization at Lynchburg-.---
THE Episcopal Council in session at Win
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy
coming from Norfolk to Richmond
MILLION dollar company chartered in Pc
veto OF the primary bill--Deep interest
In the Stuart meetings In Petersburg
A pretty May marriage in Manassas-----
Business men Of Newport News are made
,neasy by the threatened sympathy strik1
democratic primary held in HAMPTON
jamestown District. IN James CITY
county, Goes dry---Negro forges letter
u jn jail at Rnydton to aid In shortening
hIs terr-lrireman in wreck near Lex
lngton Jumps from engine against mile.
ttone-Mr. Tucker TO speak at Radford
Memorial Day celebrated In DanVllle
and salute fred over graves
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
SUMMARY OF DAYS NEWS.
TIE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, May so.--Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
Virginia,-Fair and continued warm
Thursday and Friday; light variable
winds.
North Carolna-Fair Thursday and Fri
day except showers Friday in wyjt por.
lions; light variable Winds.
Weather In Richmond yesterday was
cloudlcss until night and very warm. At
midnight the skies were overcast.
. BTATE or TIE THERMOMETER.
q a. Nl. .......................... ~
- NJ. 90
D =, NJ. ....t..,................ "
} p. M. Observation-Disclosures. 50
Il midnieht 10
-
Average ,... 81 go
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
MIR. HARTMAN UNDER
THE SURGEONS KNIFE
INV Associated Press. J

NEW YORK, May 2o.-E. 8. Hartman
was operated on to-day for appendicitis.
At the conclusion of the operation the
physicians announced that 1t had teen
successful. The operation propet,s-- was
performed by DIR. William II, Bull. Mr..
Hartman was in excellent condition. ;.
The operation was made at the request
of Hartman, who said he did not want
to run the risk of recurrence of the
attack. which might come at an inop-
perfume time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
hnRIH CAROLINA.

An aged citizen Killed in a well near
winston solem-- Young girl burned 70
the colored normal schools-Brilliant
marriage IN Wilmingto ton--G Greensboro
College confers diplomas on sixteen grad
suates--Arliversary OF Mccklenburg De,
rlar: ,ion iebrated--Greensboro retail
,Erocers organize--Miss Eckles becomes
bride Of Mr.. Robert Page Burwell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-21
MEMORIAL
TO DEAD
SOLDIERS
Virginian Preached the
Annual Sermon.
TAPS BLOWN FOR
THOSE GONE BEFORE
The History Report Drawn by
Judge Christian Adopted.
VIRGINIANS HAPPY
UNDER HOT SUN
Richmond Boys Arc to Be Given Prom
nent Place In Great Parade Which
May Be Held To-Day Instead
Of on Friday-The Bal
ance Are on
Hand.
The History Report Drawn by
Judge Christian Adopted.
.VIRGINIANS HAPPY
UNDER HOT SUN

Especial From staff Correspondent)
NEW ORLEANS. La, May 20.-Swel-
tcring under the fierce rays OF an almost
tropical sun, New Orleans to-day resen-
bled a great oven.
The mighty Mississippi lay agleam like
a river OF fire. rejecting from its tawny
bosom the white, hot rays But not one
lot did the gaYetY Of the Yisiting thous-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
INDIANS BRING SUIT
TO RECOVER 100000
Ii May Lead to Charges Against
Dawes Commission.

Charges against the Dawes commits
sion may be filed with the Interior De-
partment as result of the suit which
the Delaware Indians have Instituted in
the Court of Claims to recover from
the United States 81 600 900 as expenses
and damages incurred by the Delawares
in defending their titles to lands which
they bought from the Cherokees in the
Indian Territory.
In the allegations made in the bill be-
fore the Court of Claims the Delawares
charge the members of the commission
with purposely allotting lands which
the Delawares claim TO persons not Del
awares in order that those persons
might later transfer their holdings to
companies in which the members of he
commission are interested. The at
torneys for the Indians are said to be
wroth over the manner in which the
commission has acted, and while ct
present the charges are only items of a
claim in the courts there is a strong
probability that they will later be put
in proper form and laid before the Sec
rotary of the Interior with the request
that a full inquiry be made
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
BANKRUPTCY ACTION
AGAINST WATSON

petition was filed in the District
Supreme Court today. in which it is
asked that James NJ A. Watson, VIII
liam r. Lapham. and John F. McCor-
mick, trading as the News Publishing
Company, be declared bankrupts.
The petitioners are James z. McKahan,
Harry J. Lowe, William S. King, John
A. Miller. Willard F. Peake. the E. Nor
rison Paper Company. and the Julius
Lansburgh Furniture Company. who
state they are creditors of Watson, lap
ham. and Mccormick. in sums aggre-
eating over 500.
The amounts due the petitioners are
set out as follows. To James f. Nc
Kahan, 1858: Harry J. Lowe. $50; william
s. King. s45; John A. Miller 1855
Willard F. Peake. S43.75; f. Morrison
Paper Company, 1871. and the Julius
Lasburgh Furniture Company. $3.50.
It Is stated that Watson. Lapham &
Mccormick committed an act OF bank
ruptey within the past ten months. while
insolvent. by transferring a part of theil
property TO a creditor. The property
referred 10 Is certain machinery of thu
News plant, which was appraised a
ssO0 Lucas p Loving Is named as coun
sci for the petitioners.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
CALIFORNIA FARMERS
WOULD KILL SQUIRRELS
Hope to Exterminate by Inocu a
ton With Plague.

BERKELEY. Cal. Sept. 29.-The far
mers of Contra Costa county have hit
upon new plan 10 get rid of the squirrel
pest. and through their representatives
I'm the board of supervisors have appeal
ed TO the University OF California to aid
them. Supervisors STOW and TOrmey
called at the college of agriculture today
in their capacity as committeeman rep
resenting the farmers, and presented the
new scheme, which will receive the
backing of the university.
II consists in the spreading of a plague
that already exists among the squirrels
by artificial incubation. The farmers OF
Contra Costa county have lately discov-
cred that the squirrels have been dying
off from some new disease that has at
tackled them. But these pests have not
been dying fast enough to please the
farmers, who think they have found a
way to assist the disease.
Some bright mind among them sug
gested that the malady might be spread
by capturing few OF the diseased ones.
extracting the plague germs and then in
oeulating hundreds of other animals,
which would then infect those among
which they are turned loose. The plan
seems TO be a perfectly feasible one and
It may solve the problem OF the squir-
rel pest, which has annoyed farmers fol-
I a long time in California.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
fl0Dhanf Walked Mule,
Driver Kicked on Head
And 1t All Happened in Full View OF the White
House.

speed was limited only to his own capa-
bility OF covering ground.
AT a corner the cart was upset and
Saunders was forthwith buried in the
ash heap. He managed to dig himself
out and grasped at the dangling reins.
missed them and caught hold Of the
shaft As he chung 10 the shaft. at
Fifteenth Street and Pennsylvania Ave
nue.. the mule made decided pause and.
settling himself well on his fore feet.
began a fusillade of kicks at the rear of
the cart with his hind legs Saunders.
who was making a game fight and held
on to the last, was in the path OF the
mules hind legs and was treated at the
Emergency Hospital for sundry bruises
about the face. body, legs. and arms.
His muleship. having remained awake
long enough. went 20 sleep again about
a square away from the place where
he put Saunders hors du combat, and
while In somnambulistic ramble he was
captured by a pedestrian
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
ONE GUARANTEE COMPANY
SUED BY ANOTHER

The Title Guaranty and Trust Com
pany. of Scranton. Pa, today filed suit
in the District Supreme Court against
the Union Surety and Guaranty Com
pany. of Philadelphia. Pa, TO recover
$3.50 as damages for breach Of con-
tract.
In the declaration. which is filed by
Attorney Edwin B. Hay. it is set forth
the plaintiff and defendant, in May last
became surety for the Vandergrift
Construction Company, of Philadelphia
for $10O, GOO.
The bond was to guarantee the con-
struction of an electric railway in the
city OF Porto Rico. 1t is stated that the
plaintiff was TO receive one-half the
premium, which. the defendant con-
tends. was 50 900. The plaintiff, however
contends that the premium paid the
Union Surety and Guaranty Company
was "a 500. The plaintiff now sues tC
recover one-half the difference.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29

John Saunders. a negro, eighteen years
old. was the victim Of peculiar accl-
dent Yesterday afternoon, and was a pa
tient at the Emergency Hospital as the
result. He was driving sleepy long
cared. raw boned mule attached 10
rickety. dilapidated. loaded ash cart
down the street between the White
House and the Treasury Building and ne
himself was well nigh asleep, when an
OF sudden one of the large elephants
used in a wild animal show at local
theater came strolling down the street
The mule was Immediately awakened
from his slumbers, and kicked yiciously
at the cart 10 awaken the driver whom
he evidently knew to be asleep then
reared up on his hind legs, SHE'D 10 the
right. then the left. and made dash Tor
yard. Saunders. while asleep. mad al
lowed the reins to fall from his hand
and the mule was not restrained His
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
MISS WONG REACHES
CHINESE LEGATION
TO Become Member of the Minis
ter's Family.

Miss LANG. daughter OF Sir Chentung
LANG Cheng, Chinese minister. now has
a companion in Miss Wong, who arrived
this morning to become member OF the
minister's family. The new arrival is
eighteen years old. about the same age
as the minister's daughter They are
already making plans to enjoy them
selves i'm true Oriental fashion
firing of life in Washington, where
there we're no gardens and summer
houses in which to while away the long
days. Miss LANG begged her father TO
bring TO Washington the playmate OF
her infancy and the companion of her
early life in China. Miss Wong went
TO Manila. where she Joined the family
of LANG Hsun. consul general there
and who is also a brother of the min
lister to the United states. Lians
Hsun brought the young woman to the
United States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-29
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