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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
in
CAROLINE
Committee orders Complete
investigation Of Reports.
USE OF WHlSKEY ALLEGED
Information Received That Whiskey.
Money and Other Agencies We're
Adopted 10 Influence votes-No
Result for Two Weeks.

There Is q contest over the result Of
the primary IN Caroline county for tho
nomination Of q candidate for the House
Of. Delegates last Saturday. As q result
the County Committee has adopted, by
vote OF twenty-four 70 two q resolu-
ton recommending that the Canvassing
Board declare no result until on 1nvesti-
cation can be had OF charges OF alleged
fraudulent voting. use OF whiskey, money
ana other Inducements, etc.
The candidates In the primary were
Hon. D. B. Powers, Jr., present member
Of the House, and Judge E. G. Moncure.
On the face OF the returns Judge Moncure
appears to be nominated by majority OF
gxty-two votes. Even this majority the
friends OF Mr.. Powers attribute to the
over confidence OF his supporters. They
charge the use OF whiskey and money on
a large scale. Judge Moncures friends
do not fear an Investigation. and rather
court It, believing that he will be shown
to be wholly innocent OF participation IN
any improper practices. Il any have been
THE RESOLUTION. .
s Here is the resolution adopted by the
committee and ordering an investigation
before awarding certificate OF nominal
tion: Y
/. Whereas from Information received by
this committee It appears that the pri-
mary election held on Saturday. August
2eth. has not been conducted according
ia the plan laid down by this committee,
or in conformity with the State primary
law, but has been characterized by frat I'd,
abuse intimidation. illegal voting, to-
gether with the use OF whiskey, money,
II etc, therefore, be It
Resolved That we deem It wise and IN
the best interests OF the party that no re-
suit he declared by this canvassing board
until there can be had full and COM
manner OF the conduct Of said primary
and the Affiliations OF the participants
therein.
That w. L. Cobb. DR.. r. g. Holloway.
J. b. washington. ]. G. Chandler. s. g.
Peatross and G. B. Conway are hereby
ar3ointed q subcommittee with the as
sistance OF the committees OF the various
precincts to investigate any and all viola
Y lions that have been committed In said
primary election. and report IN full to
this board at II A. NJ. September l4th.
That said committee Is empowered to
SIT when and where II may deem most
suitable and convenient IN securing such
necessary evidence needed In making
said report
That the secretary OF the County Com
mittee a authorized and directed to fur
nish copies OF the full returns to said SUBJ
committee for their use In the conduct
OF such. investigation, 3 ::
And that all parties having any infor-
ma ton which would be useful to them In
making their report be requested to have
same before them at such times and place
as they may name
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
BIGGEST BEAR
In Yellowstone Park viii Be Trappe

In Yellowstone Park Will Be Trapped
AAsi and Brought to Ohio. III
The city of Columbus. O.. Is in need OF
bear. It procured permission from the
Secretary OF tho Interior to get one out
OF Yellowstone Park-lf II could
Correspondence was opened with Major
Pitcher, and 1t was thought the big one
that has been eating most OF Van Dyck
and Deeve's pigs could be spared A trap
was set for him, and he went into It and
secured the bait, but the trap was too
small and when the automatic doors fell,
the rear one evidently hit tho bear on the
back and failed to shut him of from the
world.
Billy Hofer, OF Gardiner, Mont. who
has caught many bears, has the Job, and
Frank Stevens, is making the new trap
which Is now ready to take out,
Tho trap Ia 4 by 4 by 5, and will be
mono too big, as the bear Is one OF the
largest In the park, lie came into the hay
coral short time ago, and with five or
six men standing within thirty yards went
and picked up a hog and started on with
1t, eating as he went, --Anaconda (Mont3
Standard.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
a POODLE WORTH
MORE THAN "A BOY.

Va special to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from indianapolis says:
a. IT. Knots. the Hammond Mayor.
whose notions OF civil government have
attracted wide attention. while here to-.
night seemed inclined to hedge trife on
h,1 ,ate proposnl that the bachelors and
youn ger unmarried mon of this city move
on" or get married. He has a notion that
the Industrial problem of Hammond and
other cities might be solved II all the
unmarried men would marry, but he said
his proclamation to the manufacturers
was not directed solely to bachelors. He
socks to remove the floating element OF
Hammond, and investigation conyinces
him that a majority Of the floaters are
single mon, He says: y
Men who have homes In the city would
meet their employers In n spirit OF con-
Citation. Tho noaters lead the agitatlons
tions and strikes. They do not care
whether the factories run or not. When
they have accumulated enough bills they.
leave the city anyway. They are not tho
Find of men we want. and I would rather
that they leave.
Knots says the manufacturers OF Ham
mond seem unwilling to take the Initial
tive in relieving the conditions SO he
issued the proclamation that created O
stir among the unmarried,
1T man has his faculties and health
and Is past twenty-five years old and un-g
married, there Is something wrong. ana
I'd Just as leave he would move on" con-
jt!nued the Mayor. 1.-THE chances are that
no lis addicted to drink. gambling or some
other vice, The question has been asked
ma since writing the letter against bach-
elors whether I Was moved In making
my appeal by any idea of race suicide
I believe the portion OF the race which
is worth preserving Is not IN danger os
committing suicide, Tho law OF the earth
is the survival OF the fttest. and the At
test people are the common people, the
ones who stick closest to the earth The
SO. called best families often have only
one or two children and poodle dog.
And the poodle Is often worth more than
thu hny." fa,.3. t
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Was Glad to See Him.

The brothers had G mere or r. less trouble
With hs BOY out nsfs ssa se Chicago
Host ' In fact, the, boy next door was SO
much bigger that he seemed to have the
pes1 q twvasn't an unusual thing when
on az ~ tho brothers came into the house
With n badly bruised eye, Moreover, he
Vas Vas crying when his aunt stopped him In
ne fsI1 naii wlllie",, she said you mustn't
maa Efha any WHAT'S hats the ma-matter?" he
as'kt You disturb disturb your new brother" said
his aunt !s so S,l eyes in minute,
lh III Vel got new brotheF?" he asked.
X tE1ls aI Besides Jim?"
she nodded again a1din,e 81
ys%fSs st E|Pfh he Of lilly 81 sSo atssd
and M me and and the new 10, one can't lick that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
LOST THEIR LIVES j
ON BURNING SHIP
Fire Reached the Petroleum Nc UNI.
Tanks and a Fearful
Explosion Followed.
nv Associated Press.)

LONDON. September s.-The captain
and 4 potion OF the crew Of the Dams n
steamer Klampenborg. from Blyth' Tor
cronstandt. have been landed At e f'n
Shields. They report that the e.. klam 'Ia
borg was abandoned on fire. Inc tnlro
engineer was killed and six OF me Gre. GREY
nrc missing. The SURVIVORS mao g; - W.
ken! Out on board reached the petroleum
tanks on Sunday and caused a, terrlI, ,s,
explosion, killing the engineer. The crew
took to the boats during a violent slolIn.
ono boat with six occupa nts drifted away
and was not seen afterwards.
1t Is supposed that the was s"a a .,,c
The survivors took refuge asa'n Z. ~ ~ !,
I<lamnenborg on Monday. On Tuesday
they had to take to the. boats again ana
we're on the point Of exhaustion ~he en-
rescued, F5S {ti, %
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'R / ! |; IN II ].
MANCHESTER
His Candidacy Has Received
an Impetus. Ja5.
The COMMITTEES MEET
Reorganization Of the Street Commit.
tee Last NIght-Another Candidate
Possible for the Mayoralty-Es-
Il capped Convict Sent Back.
Manchester Bureau Times. Dispatch
! No. 1102 Hull Street,

# Manchester Bureau Times. Dispatch,)
n No. 1102 Hull Street, I J.
The first committee to meet for reor-
/! ganization After the reorganization OF
i Council was the Street Committee. ono
OF tho most important OF tho entire body.
The committee elected the same chairman,
Nr. Patram. and went into routine work.
Tonight tho Finance Committee w1l
,1nsot for the same purpose, and II IS
probable that that committee will stand
a. before. WIS Il
LEG1sLATIvE CANVASS.
Ths campaign of Mr.. Robert Rives
tor tho Legislature, has received an I'M
petus that Is liable to land tile cnndi-
date In tho desired niche.
Some OF the leading citizens OF Man.
chester arc out for him., and the pride
that goes with a citizen, has taken pos
session OF them, and they arc now work
ting hard for his success. ,s
N MAYORAL1TY, GRANDFATHER.
IN addition to tho candidates already
mentioned It is hkely that Mr.. D. l..
rulltam may be In the field for tho
mayoralty next spring Mr.. Pulliam is
we'll qualified for the position, and would
undoubtedly prove an excellent official,
but It is not certain that he will allow
his name to DO used. i
TAKEN BACK.
Tho young man John Meanley. who was
arrested as an escaped convict from
North Carolina. was taken back to that
place yesterday afternoon. Guard K B.
Ewing came after him.
Meanley was serving a three-years' term
for stealing a COW, and had served half
his time when he escaped. Il
Z He said to q Times-Dispatch man be-
fore he was taken back that he had
Joined church and intended to lead
better life. !.
II was drunk when took that cow"
he said Somebody in the crowd told m
70 take the COW and sell 1t, and did so.
I would not have done so had not been cen
He made no kick about going back. and
uary than to the camp, as the treatment
At tho latter place was bad.
ts4a DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. Alice o. Turner, sister OF Mr.
Bcera Brown, OF Manchester, died IN
Norfolk yesterday. She was well-known
In Manchester and Richmond
n The funeral OF Mrs. Kate Boyer TOOK
place from Providence Church. chester
field. yesterday morning e. y /, O'CLOCK.
. 55g,5f3 PERSONAL NOTES.
Councilman Wakefield Will leave lor
for few weeks.
4. Mrs. Ruth Bailey and her daug hter,
Miss Annie Bailey, are visiting IN Spring
0eld, Mass, and New Haven. Conn:
5 Mr.. and Mrs. s. J. Jones ana .5Inf'1
children have returned from Meherrip;,,
IA dance will be given at Forest III
Park next Tuesday night, 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
{ SWALLOWED UP IN COAL
Fell Through a Pile of75o Tons With
out Injury

Fell Through a Pile of.75o Tons With
outlnjury. 5
Sailors on the American Hawaiian
ifrelghter Alaskan are OF the opinion that
lose Abeledo. coal passer. leads a
charmed life y,
Jose has habit OF falling Into the
hold OF the steamer. He recently fell
into the main coal bunker, which con-
tanned $50 tons OF black diamonds, and
was swallowed up In the pile. Ten min
utes after he had disappeared from SIGHT
he shot through the bunker door INTO
this fre-room, smiling and unscathed.
with the sliding coal he had passed
down through the center Of the pile, a
distance OF thirty feet. How the man es-
&c ped suftocation Is problem.
Jose Abeledo is a native OF the West
indies, and shipped on the Alaskan at
New York. His fall into the Coz: bunker
occurred when the steamer was four days
out from CoroneL
The bunker had Just been allied with
the pulvcrized Coronel coal. and in some
manner the trap leading into the fire.
room became choked. Jose was sent to
see II he could start the run Of coal.
He jumped on the pile and was sur
! prised to find himself sinking into It.
Gradually he disappeared from view.
and his comrades gave him up for lost.
The crew in the flre-rooms started to
work and shoveed twenty-five tons Of
coal from the bunkers to the engine.
Their labors were finally rewarded when
the legs OF their comrade appeared
through the opening.
3 When they dragged Jose forth the men
expected to find a corpse. but the black
ened form soon showed signs OF life and
an hour later the coalpasser was at work
in the flre-room.
In telling OF the affair Chief Engineer
Samuel Bennett Of the Alaskan. said:
"The coal swallowed the coalpasses up
like qucksand, saw his head above
the pile and sent two mon down the ladder
to pull him out. He sank lower ana lower,
until the tips OF his fingers alone ap.
peared above the black pile, ! thought
he was certainly killed, but ! gave the or
der to shovel the GOAL from the bunkers,
Tho men worked hard and the man final
ly came through with the COAL
"Who knowsT Thus answers Jose when
questioned in regard to his experience
San Francisco Examiner. ~,
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IMPORTANT DECISION IN
FIGHT AGAINST MANN LAW
Ifspecla1 to The T1u1es-Dispatoln,)

Especial to The Times-Dspatoh.)
NORFOLK, VA, September. Tho su-
preme Courts decision that Claude Caps
Is not entitled to new trial here decides
most Important point In the hot fight
on the Mann law. The point upor, which
Claude Capps case was carried to the
Supreme Court was that saloon keeper
could not be convicted Of violating the
law against the sale Of liquor to minors
when he simply sold to q minor who had
been sent by an adult relative to purchase
liquor in q bottle. "a r. IL Es
Counsel for CApps commended that II his
client was liable under the law no drug
gist could 90 much as deliver whisksy,
wine or any other sloh liquid TO q person
under twenty one years Of age even when
tho Same was prescribed BY q physician.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
DREAM or WEALTH. IN CLAY
indians Hlll l. Believed TO b Richer
i iran a Gold Mine.

indiana Hiil 10 Believed to b Richer
@ than a Gold Mine.
Richer thai, any Colorado sold mine ID
tho lind that several capitalists believe
they have made. Covered with top soil
ten feet thick Is q hill IN Fdy6tte county,
Ind, composed Of clay that tho investors
believe viii make them rioh.
Tho existence OF the clay deposit has
been known for three years. II was
brought TO ileht by farmer, who found
vein thirty feet thick while digging a
welt.
A Cincinnati chemist obtained sample
and discovered its valuable qualities. Tons
OF II were obtained Immediately for ex-
pertinent some being Used as modelling
clay in tho Cincinnati art schools. some
by Chicago physicians as an antlphlogs.
tine, some by paint firms In the manufac-
ture Of black pigment and some by rose
growers AZ forcer. l@
An indianapolis man-Virgll Smlth-re-
Gently had extensive analyses made nj
II by the city chemist. The tests 1t Is
said. substantiate all OF the claims made
for the clay n 35 \.
"Borings have shown that The clay de-
post Is sixty acres in extent" said
Mr.. Smith, Yesterday. This would make
the deposit amolxpt to about 5.000000 tons.
The present price Of the various products
that the clay Will be used for are: Fer
tllizer 81 a ton; fuller's earth. 3l4 to $40;
paint pigment. before burning s@o; model
ink clay. SIS; as black for paints. IL
cents q pound, or SIS a ton.
According to the city chemists tests
and others. the c1ay contains among many
other substances two per cent, OF phos-
phoric acid and ona-half5 Of one per cent.
OF albumoids
Before being burned the clay has been
used in paints OF the most delicate sha des,
and all. It is said have held their colors
for three years In Exposure. When burned
the clay becomes intensely black. Mr..
Smith declares that forty parts Of whito
mixed with sixty parts Of the black clay
makes a black OF the Same Intensity as
commercial bone black'.-New York
Herald.
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GREAT ANXIETY
Conditions at Monastir Are Regarded
as Very Serious.
! fBy nAssociated Press. )

g <By ASSOCIATED EPressC
q LONDON, Sept. 3.-The Daily Mails
,correepo IN q dispatch from MenastlF
attempt he made to penetrate the AZ Al
bantam Gordon and reach Armensko @. He
was threatened with death and compelled
to return under q guard. s4 85 N Il
iT He gives numerous instances Of Turk
ish brutality and treachery. The VIII
layers Of we're r's1aa d,a be-
The Inhabitants of the village Of Neyol-
kas, near Florina. were butchered while
on their way to Florlna under guard. az
ter having surrendered on g guarantee mt Of
resnondent, the Christians are in state
q abect fsar and are handcs By
them to stay in the village and not to
fee, with the result that the savag e sol
diery murder them by scores. Y. .S,3#s
The European residents OF Monastir. In
o q nxiety Many, including the italian
have eesn nssted ~
Thursday on an organized scale against;
the insurgents and bodies OF troops arc
operating in all directions. but no details
have yet arrived. l4s S t5s
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Ordered to Proceed.
fsnec,al to The Times. Dispatch,

.. .
+, BOYDTON, VA, September s.-sheriff
cogbill received this afternoon orders by
wire from the Governor to proceed with
the execution Of Doc. Bacon tomorrow.
and that he would grant no further re-
spite.
shepiff cogbll has wired his deputy In
Petersburg to bring Bacon back to-mor-
row, and he will be hung between 3 and
o'clock In the afternoon. Isl
Commemorative Attorney Goode left
here to-day for Richmond to confer with
the Governor about Bacon's case.
Anderson Finch made no statement on
the galows whatever about Doc 3acon's
Innocence or guilt He had few mo-
ments before his execution made a full
statement to Sheriff Cogbil. which was
taken down by the sherlff's stenographer
and sent to the Governor Mt his (tha
Governor's) special request. He declared
both his and Doc Bacon's innocence In
this statement. Much of what he did say
was In n rambling way and in giving
vent to his spleen against certain parties
In Chase City,
trial began has been ncomprehensible,
The night following his trial and convic-
ton he told Doc Bacon, In he presence
ot several soldiers who were guarding
Rim that he had lied upon him and
expressed sorrow for It, The next day
Finch was put on the stand at the re-
quest of Bacons counsel to make state
ment, and to the surprise Of the court and
the crowd in the court room Finch.
when asked by Judge Homes what he
Ind to saw said he had nothing to say,
ehut what he had told the day before.
Judge Homes asked II he stood by the
evidence he gave at the trial, and he said
he did, The next he tells the jailer In
petersburg that Bacon Is Innocent. and he
is r,ltv and just before he Is hung, and
as 1 a dying statement he says neither he
nor Bacon are gullly. .tta&55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-04
DOC BACON TO
TO HANG TODAY
Continued From First Page,)

that Doc Bacon was the sole pcrpetrator..
In the past few days Finch has made
a statement In the city jail of Peters-
burg to the effect that he himself was
wholly guilty Of the crime and that
Bacon had nothing whntever 10 do with
1t. And In the presence OF death on the
scaftold on yesterday ne assevcrated that
he knew nothing of the crime at all; that
he was 'just as innocent OF 1t as God
In Heaven and that he knew nothing
OF Bacon's connection with It one way
or another. So it appears that each state
ment Is contradictory OF tho other. and
that they afford no ground for executive
interference with the verdict and judg-
,ment OF the court. lif u
CIRCUMSTANCES SHOWED GUILT. q
ut may be stated that circumstantial
evidence connected Bacon with this crime
in point OF time. place and of con-
duct incompatible with innocence: At the
trial Bacon contradicted himself In va
r!ous instances, and failed to establish
his defense Of an allbl.
TT appears that the unfortunate lady
had meal thrown into her eyes by the man
attempting the assault; and that shorty
thereafter, upon the Arrest Of Bacon. mea
was found upon his clothes. on the knife
in his pocket and in his hair. He test!-
fled that the meal was thrown upon him
in play by one Dudley, who. however.
fatty contradicted the statement. and
further showed that he had been absent
some days from the community.
1.-THE evidence affords other proof why
the Executive should not interfere with
the sentence Of the court, reached in con-
formity with the requirements OF law. !
am. therefore, unable to grant further
respite."' .4
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NEWS in LONDON
Hope Expressed that Another Challen.
ger viii Be Sent Across
\ iRy Aeaoolated Press. ) !

LONDON, Sept. 5.--The final defeat Of
Sir Thomas Upton . cup cha llenger,
Shamrock III. was received IN Lond q !
afternoon papers published a special edi-
ton announcing the result Of the cup race.
but the announcement had already been
discounted by the dispatches giving the
progress Of the race n n ri MI I, .
The ooncensus Of opinion s that Sir
Thomas Upton has done everything that
time and money could accomplish, and
widespread sympathy for him is shown.
Is that Canada will enter the lists next
year and possibly succeed where the
mother country has failed. It seems i'm.
probable that, in view Of tho failure Of
| Shamrock III, another challenger will
soon be dispatched from England.
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FAILED in ATTEMPT TON
HOLD UP HIS TIhllN
lBY Associated Press.>

4 GREAT FALLS. MONT, septefRer ..
what Is believed to have been IF at
tempt TO hold up express No. 151 9n the
Great Northern Railroad. almosS "!tn'n
the ci,y5lmits OF Great Falls. II ! lo',ea :,
last night BY the engineer wig ran ms
train by the spot where It wal 70 nave
been halted so fast that the rotfers cou!u
not get at him. L :, .,
( Just east OF the city the eIfheer "a ga !"
figures by the side OF the Il fcA ~ .ne
darkness. Some ono shoueAssometthT inE.
butTthe engineer paid no attetlon. Ihere
vas n shot and the ball pafed Withln
foot of his head and sHashf q glass ~
The cab. Detectives were ffrrlcd 20 INC
scene, but no one was four3 there.
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Wanted a Furlough,

& A good story. says the Glasgow Herald.
la told OF one OF the Cape Town yolun-
teers. He had been at the front for q
month Or two and VA was pretty ssty y vel! tired
etc. So that he considered he was lucl1y;
when one day. he came across the !. general,
lie shouted; NHullo, mister You, ! want
The general, turning. found he was
the1"Nilster'' SO politely hailed,
>i'Well, my man" he said, what do you
want with me?"
s'"I want to get furlough, mister, that's
what / want was the reply.
q sWhy do you want lurlough my
man inquired the general
.HWiell, I want to 80 home and see my
wife. 80 80, 80, ,,a,,
sever since enlisted nearly three
'''"is moeths" exclaimed ena ,ef't the COM
nana aesn ny WH Wyi,e for three ss Years. nave
THE Ss bold hero looked lncredulous, and
'n Hoh. but yoH see. me and my wife
amt that sort!"
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TURPENTINE MEN TO
I. MEET5IN CONVENTION.
(By Associated Press.1

JACKsONv1LLn FLA. Sept. s.-The
,turpentine operators convention will be
held in ia cksonville next Thursday and
friday The Official programme IN oludes
addresses from Mayor Nolan. Of Jack.
sohvlle: former Governor Fleming, Of
Florida: p. l.. southerland. Of ia ckson-
,vannah Ca. and DR.. 9. H Herty. Of
j. ndcationa are that the convention will
Of importance to the industry in Georgia.
Florida Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana
and North and South Carolina will be
nuidarad
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astronomer trained his INSTRUMENT on
the. moon, -. ..,ar "A the rnoon3n IN
sald. NsSs.a ; il he ? Did YOU Know
the teicsscsbeet, Investigating the man
Il ~ we inoo1, Iateiy--nhdlng out what
myths iris fgure, has given g. rise 70 among
a. fIfterens ps,Gpi,n ,arts Of Asia o,lr man In
~, ,,,e cer'I Il q hare. 1io L. nm Old wo.
i sna, psondaE rice II 1no ort r. IT. China.
south r1is a In 4m sSe h sndiaa a.
ne eea y e y eu spinning. Among The peas.
assfrv ~ - ~ Fraf,ce re 10 the traitor Judas
Ia ,1inS II, the eallows tree"