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{ No u DEFINITE E RESULT =: y I
State Board Of Arbitration Had Good
I, Moral Effect. q III s5 Is
t- n. lnr Aaknrin ted f,reHa.l 49,

"a Dy Associated t'f"ss.) ... 4, "a
( 10 WE'LL. A MASS April o.---'Whlle the
brief session today OF the State Board
&of Arbitration and Cancellation which
has come here to discover. K possible
common ground upon which the II mil mi
corpora lions and their II 900 Idle opera
tivcs can get together was not 1 prog g uc l :
tiye 3f definite results, the moral Effects.
Eof the investigation are sulrcady felt.
There was d persistent rnmor tonight
that the mills will n be opened Monday
The n1illngents refused to deny Q r con !.
arm a he rumor, but an Unusually well
informed member Is che Textile Council
said tonight that he had definite 1nfor-a
nation to the effect that at q meeting
4of Mill treasurers this afternoon vt was
decided to open the mills Monday and
make an Aeffert to resume operations IN
all departments. b IA s5 "A III s8 If ig5is
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DEATHS.

.coRNICK Died. at the Prot tant EplS,,9
Street, at 10 a. M. Wednesday. April
S, 1905, ANN, FRANCES CORNICIS, in
Ag F e'gaily from h ssas TO-DAY day
10Th Instant, at p. NJ, e. \
.HICKs,--DIed. at her residence, No. 100
Ing. 81 April 5, 1905. Mrs. lCEiARLOTrEs
55 Funeral will be held ut the First Bap,
n NJ. Friends and acquaiR tances are
Invited to attend.
Il sA iG:so a.cloek sP.' NJ. AEis. infant
daughter OF John II. and Ella Gibson
Urban, aged sig months. and one day:
residence at II o'clock A. NJ, u FrisHds
Il aud acauaintances invited 70 attsnd
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REFUSE R. PROPOSAL
10 SETTLE. DISPUTE
Railway Employees In Holland.
Said to Be Begging for ID.
Peace Negotiations.
(By Associated 4 Pres 8. ]

q * 4
rHDs HAGUE, April s.---AcoordIng to-
the Vaderlnnd the railroad en- ployes'
union has asked the State Railroad Conc
pnnles to agree to negotiat Ions for q set tS
Element OF the dispute and the reins sta to. I
ment OF the men. 3l5 s5 3ss3 Il N 354
The officials OF the State railroads. u v
was announced Inter- refused the pros
posal OF the railroad employees union II u
enter into negot intions for q ettlemeni
OF the DISPUTE. (. l S 0
Strike Only Partial. II
* { "a K (Dy Associated Press, \. ,e6
AMsTERDAh, April e.--The strike o. 4
tho municipal employees, like others & y
only partial II: About one-third Of the gal
workers ara Idle. The authorities hays
appealed to tho public to restrict chs
consumption OF gas
s A majority Of the diamond cutters and I
the mon employed IN the building ira deatS
arc idle. It Is now estimated that Sthai
strikers and men locked out nu 1'It1F,!
about %. 0OO III i
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VIOLENT TORNADO
SWEPT OVER KANSAS
5(E, Associa ted Press. )

El3i5 TT Associated Press.)
JOPLIN. No April Sit Is reported
here tonight that a tornado 3passed over
southeastern Kansas at 4 o clock * this
afternoon, By which Altamont. a. small
town fifty miles west OF this city, suf-5
fered much damage. A telephone mes
sage from Oswego, Kansas seven miles.
east OF Altamont. stated that there was
. severe storm in the vicinity OF Alta.
mont. but nothing is known as to Its ex--
tent. No further 8 particulars can be
learned n Il 81 .ss AZ j4s3 Is 4 2
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Cecil. Jr.,g Willard smoot,
Is Organlst and Director, Miss Mary Willie

SmOOI sp II sf2 33 K }gdS
Third Presbyte
The choir OF this church is n medium
sized chorus of a dozen voices Diligent
IRA ctice has been put on the Easter mu-
sic. the programme for which Is as fol- 'l3
lows: III al IL 3Si a
L Morning: ;$!3s 4st b 81 Il 5lS5 Il III
# Organ Prelude. n.
& Doxology and 4 In CO ton. Ell
n Lords Prayer-Chnnt.
Is Hymn and Prayer. l5 d.
\, Anthem, '."rhe Lord IS My Strength
(A.G #, NJ Custance) .9
al Hymn. .t 5 5T IA 81
offertory. Holy. Holy tTaylor).
4 +, Evening: 81 H.
43E Organ INF 5rFiS ME- 5l5s
VI DoxologyS and Invocation.
Al, Lord = Prnyer-Chant.
Hymn and Prayer, &. y
Anthem ,'Show Yourselves Joyful. (1l'
4 r. Danks). " M .3h
Hymn,
%@ Oftertory. Solo, Miss Julia Emmett. le
@ Personnel :Sa a s 5#55 !,
Emmett and Carlottn AlcCluer; Mesdames3
&Thomas Taylor and Thomas g. Cum
' Altos: Mrs, clark. Mrs Charles F. Me-
5Cluer, Mrs, George MoMlnn. Miss Min
Mo Clark, s35 &.
Tenors; Thomas Taylor. Ro, a. Jordon.
Bassos; Charles P, Afccluer. w. r. Fiji,
and Stanley Reed,
Organist and Observation-Disclosures l.. wis
lis. 3 f ss5 e n .as e Z e. 3fy
Marshall-Street Christian.
Morning Service, II "A, NJ; ISL
voluntary, oh, Praise Him (by McGran-
A otfertory, crown Him (Anthem, by
Murray, @ Az & s E3 9i I M Us q si AZ. s5,
Hymn, Angels Roll tho Rock Away otby
Mason). { d
: Night Service. 10 p. M;
Voluntary, Am the Way tbys Meg ram
iahan), .
1offertory, Hymn. The Lord is Risen thy
Filmore).
b Choir: !.
Sopranos: Mesdames Bradley. Smlthers
and Jennings. Misses Smith Gilman,
Ora per. Harris and Waggoner, .4s
Altos Mesdames Melton. Bowles ana
Carson. # j. III
e. Tenors, ID. clemultt and w, Roy.
Bassos; Rlchwine, White Tyler and
Bowles,
Organist-- Miss lillian Eubank,
Dlrector--W. Fl. Rowles.
Third Christian,
Voluntary, Angels Roll the Rock Away
offertory, Victory over Death fIIer-
hertz,
n voluntary. Christ Is Risen tHerbarp
offertory, Break Eorthtn Singing (lter-
sberD,
u c, Day choir master,
BLOOMING PLANTS. #$
Call and f. see our Blooming Plants.
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Roo sevelt,s Negro Policy

gs my Associated Press }l4 "a ~
e sCHENECTADY,.55N N. W April .O.-At q
mass meeting held here last light. reso-S
buttons were adopted with much ems
thusasm, endorsing the action OF Presl-.
dent Roosevelt in appointing negroes to-
office "and upholdlng the rights OF tho
colored people to partake OF the fruits OF
citizenship" n III 81
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! DR.. FLOWER HEARD
On Charge Of Attempting 70 Hrhs5 I
Captain Titus. sii
lBY Assoclated Press.l

NEW YORK. April 9.--There was
hearing inSthe Jefferson NJ arkasE Court to,.SS
was charged by AssIstant-pi District Attor.s
ney Caravan with attempting to bride CAPS
tain Titus by payment OF $500 when thu
latter was chief OF the detective bureau,
Tho allegation was based upon attidayits
made ny Or. Flower and others accusing
Andrew y. Meloy with the larceny Of
$4,000, alleged to have been given % Meoyi
to bride Captain Titus, li
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~ e A-----'-- = ; .
TO SELL BANK OUT
seventh Natonalto Go Into Voluntary

Seventh TVatIUHd1 70
Liquidation.
INF #AssocIn ted Press.)
III NEW YORK. S&s April S9.-AssistantS
Cashier Adams OF the Seventh National
Bank. said to-day that a special meet
ing Of the stockholders OF the bank had
been called for to-day to vote ont the
proposition to place the bank in voluntary
liquidation and sell the assets to the
mercantile Bank. Of this & city, for 81
700, coo. l4l Y 3 * i;a
b The Mercantile stockholders met today
and increased the pital OF the bank
and authorized the purchase.
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Trinity Methodist.
MORNING SERVICE,

4 1 hen,MMSAwake Ye Saints and sing:
adams. Il @S 5syssi5 ia
~ Lord s Prayer.
Anthem-"Now is Christ Risen For
teri. 58 N "a 55s}it =, y
Was Crowned With Thorn n = !, y 81.
g} Hymn No. 1T Come Ye Saint LOOK
TN HYMN M No "a. sos-;'we Shall Sleep, But
Not r Forever, ~ :. :. I.
# The following programme will be sung
at the evening service: !.
838 Anthem-.Awa1ke, Glad Souls, 53;3 3}}
A'1 Hymn NJ. le7."christ the Lord is Risen
Hymn No, our Lord Is Risen From on
the Dead. !. E ., 5
ings.' &; !, y. I, q, Z.
diligently rehearsed. ND are " GO t1lpose.'
OF the following: IS S4-.. Z. " =
so on, Misses Elvia Davis. Matte
warIng, Fannie Schef, Lena Ogtlyie,
Mercy Lane and Mrs. r. Ii Ia lley
Altos: Miss Adele Ogilvle and Mrs. M Or
It Tenor; Mr.. Robert Smith. .5s .5.85i
Bassos: N1essrs g.. Gray. Bossi Gu <,
WHY DaVlS, "
John II Frlschkorn. organist
Fulton Baptist.
Hail. Glorious Morn! In D .(by a ams)
GA on. Come Let Us Sing! In B flat (by Mc-
PhaiD. ia Y 7,
on Give Thanks / B flat (by$ straub).s
sjS The choir is composed OF the foil owing:J
III Sopranos Misses Emma Porr. Nilaymei
1nrdan :. ID Mrs W. S. Leake, Mrs. w =
0loyd Rcams. Mrs. Ida Elac ho.55t . 4.
Altos: Mrs. Thaddeus Talley. Miss Lii LII.
{lian Duke. u. I, Il :, =. -
al Baysos: Samuel Gathrlght. Charles g
Reams, Charles samuels. g. Muck OILS.
& organist-- Lucy Brown 'V'1' 4, X
West View Baptist. "
cornot slo. Holy city," Adams dams,
Doxology. e III FL b. I, Il ii I'd j5
s Selection" :1 Will Bless the Lord" Hall
hymn. .My God. MY King Wade ',altl'
Scripture Reading,
Anthem, ''sond out Thy Iight," Gounod'
Chant t' "Tbe Lords Prayer" M
Ofrertory, .Te Deum IN G. e & IA
Hymn, Christ tho Lord is Risen To-day
s'arkwes t llssg
H Fl; "Ho Lives. MY Great Reasemer#
- ~ Il Lives"
The choir is composed ?, tho tol lle'ys-.
IS soprani, Mrs, ], II. Branch Misses
Maud Schultz, Nettle Ford, Daisy Jones
Mary Palmer, Mary Dunkleson and
Monte Netherland.
Att, Mrs. Frank Woodal and Miss En-
ma Ford,
son and Bert Smith.
Bass,, j. II. Branch, George G. wilkin-
son and Houston Page, Bs.3 a
q. Burton Mountcastle, director; A.. 7,
Thomas organlst, ~
Second Presbyterian.
MORNING SERVICE.
Prelude, organ...,.,. .,,,.,,., Relnecke
christ, the Lord la risen to-day, chorus
Stone
Hail. Glorious Morn, soprano solo, Gelbel
/ Am the Resurrection and the Life,
chorus'.,u,., $50. encouragement, ,1.,
posf'uas A,P sTESs,;o;N spRvion.
Unfold Ye Portals, chorus.r.,. dounod
Golden Harps Are Sounding, chorus
Shepard
Postlude, organ. .,.., ..i.., 9,,,.t,,,liaydn
soprano soloist,. Miss Katherine 3. Powell
Tenor sololst. Il, .,....Mr Roe O. Tupman
Baritone sololst i, $50, Mr.. W. s. Dunbar
CHORUS. a III n FIJI
soprant, Misses Katharine Belle Powell,
Miriam Pitcher, Elizabeth Mostly, Mrs.
w. +. Gilman r.
Alti, Mrs. Harry ellis. Misses Hope
Morgan, Belle johnson.
Tenori Messrs r.. g. Tupnan, Samuel
Phillips, w. u. Dudley.
J1asst Aiaaxpn ". *. Dunbar RusSau
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ALLEGES + a Q sE ARE EST
Chief Of Polics ard Detective Fi'e Ar ~.
81 Ill swersto Dar,age SUIT

e 5s3 a. tpy Associated rressO +. /, III
@ m l1NTO N April -t
Murphy chief OF police Of Y Jersey Ci Fly
and Robert Pearson. O. detective o. tnal
city, today flcd y, tho United states
the suit for $4,000 damages Instituted
against thom by ~ w. Bucklln Tor false 'ls.s
arrest. # 5e III = H 4: Sit I'll 4, IN
f%,rhe Plea OF IA Murphy and Pearson re- 4 !,
charges that f,,ickiin$ was y manager 9 Z
Richard Canneld's gambling e 81 b isf s
tmcnt IN New York. and thai Theodore +
Hostetter, young millionaire was m, Z
drunk I'm that place and that VINE q N
Tho use of trick wheels and false faro
llayouts, etc. In h settlement of E these
losses, the answer states. Hostett.er was
Induced 10 give a note for 800 .iDo, and that
Bucktn had this note In his possession 81 O =
when he went to Jersey City s is5
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5to leave our interests and ouf citizens
there unprotected during the long and
lee bound sensons lie said Me was pleased
III know this for the Russians mad all "
believed that tteE coming Of the Algerit1es
and vicksbtlrg WINS a sort Of combined
naval detnonstr ton against tue RUS
slabs. Il III s3la II N NJ e VI 5g ll ss
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3 HILLARY BELL DEAD
Dropped of Suddenly il Large Office
in New York City.
sY Associated Press

: NEW YORK, April 9.-I Hillary Bell, the
dramatic and musical critic Of the New
York Press. dropped dead In 9the barge
office to-lday Heart failure Is believed
to have been the cause OF death
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[ Mrs Lucille Baxter,
,specIal to The T1mes-Dispaloh.

III aoLDsBoRo. N. G., April e.-The death
ter, occurred at their home early this
morning. She was twenty-seYen years
old. and besides her husband leaves one
child. Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter came to
Gioldsboro5 FIVE months ago from Rich
mond, Va, a.s a & ~
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And jugs. OH freightman touch them
lightly az 4 5 " 5gs
d And never tote them ir, a bag:
Tote them In your inside pocket -
4 Morning jugs make evening jags.
Il This sentiment . 8 beautiful. s
@ The Honorary Member says he sat up
all night to hear the result in the Camp
bell case. # 3gs N
And now he is sad. q
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William r. HammersIy.
snec,al 10 Tho Times. Dispatch

ROANo KE. VA, April S9rrWillam IT,
Hammersly died this morning at his resi-
denoe In this city from Bright's disease.
aged tS4 years, The deceased was a na-
tive Of Charlotte county but had spent
most OF his life In Bedford, where he was
a prosperous farmer, coming to Roanoke
three years ago, He Is survived by his
wife and six children. "A ~ n t
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Mrs. Eliza Mcdaniel.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatol

b ROANOKE, VA, April s,-Mrs, Eliza
MCDANIEL died yesterday at the residence
Of her daughter. Mrs. R.sW. Bayrd, from
grippe. aged sixty-eight years, She is
Survived by her husband and four chill
dren. Her remains will be taken to Mont
gomery for lntorment. 3tf e..
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Al William M. Moran,
Especial to The Illness Dlspatch.) {

TT.1T-1 VoPuCFtf7
!. LEEsBURG, VA, April 9,-William
Melwood Moran, OF Asuburn, son Of Mr.,
J. p. Moran and Margaret n. Moran. died
on Tuesday evening April 18th, at his
fathers home after an Illness. OF sixteen
days OF spinal meningitis, aged twenty
two years.
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unhealthy Kidneys responsible for Sickness
and suffering therefore, when
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results to follow
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THE SONGS
EASTER
Additional Programmes That
HdVesBoen Arranged
or ESPE GAL EXCELLENCE
The Music Sunday Selected With Gre d
Care, and To Be Rendered By
Choirs That Have Been a IL N
~ Specially Trained.

The Easter music to be rendered next
Sunday has been carefully selected and
the progra mines will be the most excel
lent ever rendered In Richmond In adj
idition to those given In last Sundays
Times-Dispatch. the following have been
prepared: # ~. # Aisi $
Il 3 Emmanuel Episcopal.
Hymn. No. 1oe Nv elcomc Happy Morn
s Ing. - 45 III
Christ Our Passover. Crotch. in nat
Gloria Patrl. ....... Russell Elvey, ina
Te Deum.t.... Van Boskerl 'EF
5Jubilate Deo..................A ldrich, IN =
Hymn. No. 1le, ANGELS Roll the Rock
Y II Away" VI af 5 ~ 3.s,
Gloria Tibi Z. ....... Garrett. In p
Hymn, No. 8121, "The strife Is Ger
sorertory rs Lift Your Glad Voices.
4 "A 81 5ssf B banks, In B nat
Hymn No 225. Bread Of the tvorld.'"i..i8t
Gloria In Excelsis. Old Chant
The choir Is composed Of the following
members: 5s
oprano-A1isses Bertha and Mary RAN n
sdolph. s8i5 "a
E.. King. ~, W 4
y Basso-J ohm Mordecai and B. Randolph
Organist, Miss Ellen Guy Lindsay.
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St.Andrew's Episcopal.

The vested choir OF ST. Andrews.
Church numbering fifty voices. will rem
der a high order Of music at the morning
and evening services on Easter day. The n!
selections include: Christ. the LORD, rs
Risen To-day for the professional !, by
q. Nv. Warren; Christ Our Pass over
BY T. schilling: TIE Deum, In = BY y.
Kotzschmar; off tory anthem ms j IS
the 7Day,,, .. W. Hall. At the evening.
service tho rite OF confirmation Will be,
administered BY Bishop Gibson
The organist is G. Glover Winter, and y
the music will be under the direction
of Miss X atharine H. Stuart. 49, stESsff
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I Mrs. Ann Frances Cornlck.I

Miss Ann Frances Cornick, aged eighty
two years, died "Wednesday night at the
/ Protestant Episcopal Home, on Fourth
Street. She had been In feeble health for
an extended period. The funeral will
take place from the Home this afternoon
at o'clock, and the interment will DO
madeEin Hollywood. Deceased had rela-
itives and friends In Norfolk.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-18
Actitu I'd digna

Ell acuerdo tornado por el Comite
Directive del partido federal, en- cuanto
q la reception acordada q Mr.. Hunt de-
be ser acogida por ell verdadero pueblo
puertorriquefio con beneplacito.
En- las actuales CIRCUMSTANCES, ba-
10 la tremenda crisis que nos agobia, es
ridfculo que Sc hagan demostraciones de
j6bllo, que vendrfan desmentir ell des-
contento que obstensiblemente Sc mani
fiesta por do quera ante la miseria es-
pantOsa que nos rodea.
No es possible que ell espfritu p1bli-
co Sc manifesto regocijado y satisfecho-
cuando estainos preseDciando escenas
que conmueven ell alma y laceran ell CO.
raz6n.
Esas manifestaciones pueden reali,
zarlas, los que NO sufren las torturas in
finitas del hambre nj Sc conmueven de
los ayes desgarradores de las vfctimas,
porque viven muy satisfechos chupando
Ia pobre savia de- un pals que Sc hunde
en- los abismo de la desgracia, bajo una
administration sin parecido en- nuestra
patria.
Esos puertorriquefos que Sc prestan
coadyuvar la obra de desquiciamento
moral material de nuestro pals, no tie
men coraz6n; no sienten las infinitas
amarguras que sufren sus hermanos,
mo debieran llevar ell nombre de puerto
rriquefios, porque son los verdugoS de
su propio suelo.
Mas. no importa; ell dia de vues-
ira caida, modernos Esa6s, esta pr6ximo:
va hsbeis muerto para Ia patria, no
sois mas que cadaveres putrefactos, ante
la verdadera opinion p1blica
Estais sancionando con vuestros ac-
tos Ia mentira Official, queriendo sobre-
poneria la realidad de los hechos encar-
nados en- la conciencia p1blica, que no
c0mulgG con ruedds de noLsaa0
Nosotros nos identific4mos con el
acuerdo del Comit6 Directive que ha-
cemos referencia: hay que desenmasca-
rar los hip6critas; hay que luchar en-
La prensa Y en- los meetings p1blicos IN |
dia otro dia para destruir Is mentira, |
& fin de que la verdAd repercuta por to-
dos los &mbitos del mundo, y Sc conozca
Ia triste condici6n & que Sc nos somete
sin causas que 10 lustlhquen.
Como 81 no fueren bastante los he
,hos ocurridos. ahi esta ID emigration &
MEXICO. que no pue1e ser mas elocuente
DruebA de nuestra nlisoria, apesar de 10
lecantada prosperidad.
CuAndO los hRbitantes de un pals CO.
10 Puerto Rico tienen quo enaigrar, es
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-09-18
C0RTADILLO.

porque exlsten causas iustifcables para
clio.
Ell hecho de abandonar ell pedazo de
TERRA donde sc ha visto la primera luz.
aquellos que jamas, en- ning1n tempo Sc
vieron precisados & ausentarse de 81, JUS
tifica evidentemente que en- nuestro pals
Sc ha perdido la esperanza de conseguir,
por la mala fe de los bur6cratas, 10 que
es precise buscar en- otra parte: trabsjo
para ganar ell pan de cada dia.
iQue Sc solacen, pues, en- recibimien-
tos extern poraneos, los que p0r qtae plato
de Lentega8 renuncian los verdaderos de-
rechos de su pueblo!
JUSTO.
Morovis, Stbre. de 1903.