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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
Continued on Seventh Page.)
A WARM CONTEST
IN WILMINGTON
Women and Children arade in
tile Cause Of. Tenn
perance,
.(speclal to The Timey-p -pIapateh,l !.

II IyyII.AlINGTON.N NJ C.,5 July 26., The eve
softhe dispensary election finds wv Inning
ton III a state Of excitement, n AZ grand
parade OF d thousand women and chill
dren was held this afternoon, and several
big rallies and public speaking occur
ring tonight, closing q very heated cam
align, have served to intensity the egsitua-
ttion, ! and the public mind 8ls srestless In
expectancy. Both sides are claiming the
election, \. S'
The dispensary forces sal ley,EwIll win
bys small majority. and hey Will have
ladies' al the polls TO serve refreshments
to the workers. The liquor men are
working desperately, and say they agp
.confident sot carrying the election
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
.C|'O|'P'|E::',l'vlH|:.,,A||.'VE||'.R|l. | \ , {
UNDER rial
The Court at Berryville Crowd
ed With Eager
Listeners. .s
THE. STORY ) OF III G
Dr. Nc Guire T stifsd That Co
penhaver Had Uncomfortable
Desire for Stronk Drink.
~ r. -, siis
Especial to, The Times DIspatch.)

Ss5fSSk Especial 10 lnef1lneS.DlSpalCh.)4 4SfsGs
s5 WINCHESTER, VA. July q. 6..--The
court room was D crowded with farmers
and others at Berryyille this. morning
when the trial OF ] Joseph II d Copenhaver,
"a, rich farmer, under Indictment for shoot
ing to ID cath his wife. was begun before
a jury and Judge Thomas W. Harrison
of Winchester. ~ 3s 4
Several yenires were exhausted before
a. Jury was impaneled. Prosecuting At;
Itorney Lewis made the opening state!
fmeptS before the jury He was followed
by Marshall McCormick. who presented
his clients sideSo the case. Both attor-f
Eneys made strong statemen is. $
5SzSThos!t Jenkins. ~ &. testified that he was
living at the Copenhayer place at the
time Of the murder. He said that on the
morning OF the murder. he went into the
cellar to get potatoes 3 that copenhaVer's S
wife went into the celia 3 and told him
that her. husband was not attending to
his business g copenhayers followed them
Into the cellar and abused and cursed his
wife for not having breakfa st rea d u. Mrs.
Scopenhaver replied, according to witness.
that breakfast 4 had been ready since 6
o'clock and the witness ssaid Copenhaver.
abused his wife for n ot having breakfast
served to him in his room, Witness con-
5tinued to say that he got the potatoes and
came up out OF the cellar and went into
the yard. A. n
',5l THE MURDER
4
sCopenhaver, the prisoners sister. was
trying to keep her$brother In the dining
ROOM Witness testified that Y Copenhaverj
pulled the door open, Is 8 TODD on the plat
form and said I'll show you whether I
don't shoot or not, and quickly drawing,
Ibis revolver, witness continued. Copen
hayers fred Mrs, Copenhaver fell In the
yard. where she was shot with blood rush
Ing from her mouth and the last that the
witness saw of the prisoner was when
The beheld him bending over the PROSTATE
form of his dying wife. ls 75 4
DIR. Wm. II r.. Mcclure. Of Winchester.
MAS the next witness. Hea testified that
he had been called to- the Copenhaver
home OH the morning Of the anurdersand
llaver.} n The bullet killed Mrs Copenhayer.
DIR. M oGuirel said entered the back and
caused death by homorrhag
Il VICTIM OF STRONG DRINK.
sIor. NicGnire said that he had treated
Copenhayer for the last ten years for
the whiskey habit and that he believed
Copenhayer had an. luncmtrollabe desire
for strong drink The crcss exam lnation
EasS conducted with q view to bring. out
the opinion tha I, IA person under tho In
suence Of lcohol mas be rendered insane
and lrrespo ible, 4 al II lsg I+ ;;358s
Miss Gopenhaver, sister at the prison
er. was on the stand when court jadj journ-
ed this evening. 5 &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
CONTINUED on Fifth Page.)
.DR. M'D0W1 DEAD
in NCHARLES1ON
Slayer Of Dawson Expires Sud
denlysand Was Found
Is .5sI " 4. a h Corpse. Y
nv Associni ad Prass. \.

s5 s5CEIARLESrON.- $, c., July ?6,--DE
Thomas B. McDow was found dead in his
bed this morning at his residence IN this
city. III 8 had not been seen since he went
to Ills room on Saturday night and la
physician declares that he died from
natural causes heart disease" Nom,
quest VIII he held. N
Il On March l2, 1850. DR. AIcDoW shot, and
killed CAPTAIN Francis Warrington DaW-
son, editor of the News and Courier. His
trial caused intense excitement here and
attracted general attention thfoughou
the country, There We're no Illnesses,
Lr, Mcpow claimed self defense, and was
aGsas,ttt ted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
4 North Carolina.

Prominent young man, swung up s hree
Il times for alleged criminal rs sault, Is dis
4 charged when tho case tried In court. !.
"A bottle found near Raj gh that had
contained chloride OF mercur ryt bore a mes.
could bo found d-C Cotton mill at Raleigh
4 in a tangle and receiver will be asked for:
Mr.. Ros ent hal. the secretary gently
found partly asphy xiat d---F. May Fay
PJr,, OF SCOTS Hill, n dies Of injuries re-
Sceived In u runa way accid On the
eve Of election In w Vilmington women and
children parade In the Interest of tens
fperance--Bree eze closely guest Toned as TO
4 his purchase of diamonds. s 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
TRAGEDY (. 4 8 |; ! ]
IN .MECK.L|:. |. LENBURC ! j \
TWO Il, /, 3 Ten Fight Over 4 q Woman
sSi58S With KNIVES and Both
Are Dead
Especial 10 The Tlne Dlspat tch.)

Especial to The ~ lpptl ss cI''
IsoYDTo ON, ysA,l July q, last night ct q.
Blue Greek, near Clarksville, man
named Sheppard stabbed another man
named La gford The heart, killing him
instantly. The men fought desperately
WITH knives. After XII llng. I4angford shep-
par, para ran Of, leaving q track g g blood
from Wounds, which caused his death
IL, day. ID otl, mon We're white: he d!fl-
Guilty, arose q over a woman. who was pres
ent when the fatal row took placss M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
$HAUL1N BIG GUNS WITH THEM
3 apanese, Figh ghting Despera Ely,
Keep Russians on the 38s
RAG FoR ':.l' ' NORTH 'I'
5kuropatkin Must Sweep Knroki
From Path 81 81 Caug
n u Tjise. i: M
Especial Gable R to The s Times. Dlsp patch

Especial y q able to The ss lines. Dlsp patct,S
copyri aht eo4
July b 226 Experts who are
following n NJ;
position 5pract tical hop less: Tie
latest fro ttI,e 3 from that
tho, svictory at IA 4 che 1Siao II IS more
complete than was a Z first fbel ieved It
lie not though ht now that Kur opatki f viii &
make any serious tempt to hold Hal
8Cheng. and H. he B does, It will Il simply
delay the inevita BILE and make his posi-
5tion: worse. AS rs a high army o fficer.s
sized up the situation to-day s3s
It rnu st now be a race between Kuro-#
#patkin on the one hand and N Nodzu and 4
tOkuN NonN the otler-the former to- got to-
the north and 70 rec his wa beyond Ku--Ss
Sroki abef fore the other j apanese columns
can come aup with him, Il and the Latter
to- hang so close n to u his rear that they
can close In when 4 tlle strikes I<uroki. y
Upon the result OF this race depend s the
fate Of SKuropatk tkin's army. There Is mo-
safety for, him south Of Hardin and may
3be not there. 18th the capture OF New
5Chwang. the Japanese have at ttalned the
object Of their cam pal gn, and after they
have either crushed EUROPA tkin .s com. L
Spletelyz or sent him back crippled to- Har-N
bin, they can we'll al ford to- go on the 4
defensive for the nderl OF a he war
that is.jiwith3 the exception Of pushing the
siege OF Port Arthur to IA conclusion and
taking Vladiyostols. They will then have
all eyS have be nj fighting for 2,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
JAPs ENTER. NEW cHvyANG.,
yellow Men Begin TO Occupy
d the Late Russian Stronghold,
Nearly 400 Killed,
.(BIy,.Associat ted Press. j

(By Associated Press.) S
NEW i CyHW.ARGS. July III 4 22e ~ apa nese
scouts have already passed II rough here
and the troops arer expected momen tartly.
The Russian inhahitants OF New chwangt
have left, japanese flags are flying AIN
over the city *
n Sis34 tBy Asxociatcd Pfsss.> S gsE SIS
81 TIF0N TSIN. July 26,--It Nv reported That
the sJapanese lost $50 men IN killed and
wounded In the fighting which has taken I
place OUTSIDE os New chwang d,asane
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
IN, M1DDLEsEx,
Governor and Lieut. Governor
Address Monument Association.

4 (spscial to The Times. Dlspntc tchl
~ ETC CTAiO Mt. Z IA, j ulX 20 The M iddle-S
iuda to-day. it being a regula II court day
h a Judge IGarnett gave away * o the speak
1 ers THE occasion, Governor N tagues
and 4Lleutena Governor w lla rd.. At the
with his party to go fishing In the famous
4 Rose Mill pond. s 55 y II m iY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
.lYICTIM8 on sTRoNG y lpRINI
BU Carl IAN BAN q Il CUT
3 TO PIE EcES B BYSTR00Ps
lBY Assoccla ted Presses

" ssALoNIcA. EUR oPEAN TgJ RlkEY
July 2e,7On Sunday last g. detac chment
Of troops near SumanoYta surprised q
Bulgarian hand of fifty4two men, who
were setting fire TO The gralar les. he
band was destreyets lonlV'9 NO & Of the
men escapln 8, 81.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Richmond

Doctors and coroner describe the wound
J from which Police Inspector Shinbet ger
died; Jury for the trial Of James Goode,
charged with the murder OF Shinbcrger.
IS obtained and considerable evidence .is
given n en- orial Hospital to-day csie; { ! !;
brates Its first anniversary having had
most gratifying year 80 r Remarkable e
case Or destitution In the West 1and Il
son nearly blind; house empty 81 8 FOOD z {,
and no money to get physician or Duy
medicine Corporation Commission has
been great paying institution 70 the state
&C clman Crenshaw announces his
candidacy for the position, Of City =, coliee-
tor IN opposition TO Cap ptain. b. vs. Cun-s
ningham -R Republlcan District Commit,
tee meets to-day when an attempt Will pc.
made to deposc Chairman Will lianls----...-8
Vote on site OF the stuar monument VII
4be taken next Monday night; possibly
1ombardy and FRANKLIN will be chose - -
Colored man employed an g tobacco ware, are
Governors ofi,ce being moved to- / he Pow.
9llatan Hotel. and the house she ltering the
Houdon statue locked until the Capitol
shall have been completed 4fANcHEs-s
-Twenty-eiglit # applicants for
school positIon-E Election coon to- occur!
Falls and breaks her! hlr-----P ersonals
! and BRIEFS zsE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
fffsiLis,sll - ~ II
Virginia. I'M

fA.gi -
~ The Cooperative Educational Associa:'
zion In session In Charl ottcsville proves. OF,
deep interest ;f practical addresses by Vir-
/ ginia's leading atcfs-F Frank Sattle-j
Fthight, the Princess Anne wife murderer
i caca pes into North Carolina ;Frewar rds oil
fered and North Carolina police ordered
to co operate for his apture--hfon taguei
and Willard add rcss the Monument a $50
citation at Saluda a, in MiddleseS county
yYooldr ridge testities In his own defense
and astoundB those who were afraid OF
lIs peculiar c haraeter in conversation
TEN hurt In passenger wreck between
tDanviIe and Norfolk - Portsmouth
merchant Kills a boy for using an Eepittet
to him otnl ebate arranged at Peters
burg between Sonthall and Tyarrell---7A
citizan shot on the st rect q tsS Bluefield
without provoca tiot,--r The Virginia Sale
Deposit Cnrpp tin1 &of fSAlexandriase sestab-
$iisiaes IA branch bahk Tat I,ovingst ION -
4 ai, Beckharn, OF uIpeper. gtyes up chair
s11anshpS Of the pa arty 81 In order to hold his
position 3as superintendentso OF schools
y Joseph H Copenhaver on trial at Berry
Yille for the brutal murder Of his wife.
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(continue,d on Second Page')i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-27
Resolution Adopted.

The contest for the other Officers Great 4
ed only a slight diversion and differences
frerardine them. which have been some-s
wat spirited for a few da VS. pa st. We're
easily adjusted. The most important Ntflll
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23
GREAT COMMERCIAL OPENING.

Within a few years, provided the
far eastern war is not prolonged in
definitely, expansion of the foreign
trade of the United States, of more inn
portance than has been witnessed in
decade, may reasonably be looked
for. A vast country, now the scene
of military operations on a large scale.
Will one day be in the lead in new de-
velopment. The rehabilitation of Man.
churia will call for the expenditure of
many millions of dollars, the con-
struction of vast quantities of mate
rial, the employment of thousands of
men. New railroads will be built. new
cities will arise, and old enterprises
will be revived and restored to their
former footing A general upbuilding.
on scale much larger than that wit
messed in South Africa after the close
country now in a state of demoraliza-
ton as to financial and commercial
affairs. There is an important differ
ence in that England and other Euro
pean countries were in more direct
line for the advantages arising from
the work of South Africa restoration,
while in the case of Manchuria and the
surrounding country it is the United
States that is in position to reap the
benefits.
Mr.. M. Sergey Friede, formerly for
eign agent for Russias far eastern
railroads, now in the United States.
gives very promising report of con-
ditions favoring Americans. The i'm
portance of this is in the fact that Mr..
Friede has a pro-Russ an view of the
situation. That our country stood to
profit immensely in the event of jap
anese success has long been admitted,
but Mr. F'riede, who is inclined to the
view that Russia will finally win, sees
only good things in store for us in that
case. America has made a reputa ton
for celebrity in handling big contracts
that has not been lost. Mr. Friede
cites the instance of the laying down
of American made locomotives at Port
Arthur, some four years ago. by an
American firm, before the German
firms, asked to bid for the same con-
tracts, had yet made their replies.
Soon the largest freight carriers in
the world will be in commission on
the Pacific, and with freight rates
lower by almost half than in former
years American merchants will be in
better position than ever before, to 90
after the rich plums across the west
ern ocean.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23
LU M B F. R
BE WISE.

Big difference in the kinds of lum-
Der on the market. In buying it
there is always a choice. Ours is
the choice of the most careful buy
ers. We guarantee to please. Let's
have your order today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23
UNFAIR FREIGHT RATES.

The fact that wheat can be shipped
from the Palouse county to ST.
Paul for six cents less a
bushel than the rate charged
from Walla Walla has provoked pro-
test from the Commercial Club against
such discrimination at the expense of
question affecting interstate' commerce
and of course a state railway commits
sion would be powerless to provide a
remedy. However, a state commission
could present the case of the Walla
Walla shippers before the federal in
terstate commission, which still has
some power to prevent unjust dis
examinations in favor of one COM
munity against another by transport
tation companies. But the interstate
commission has been stripped of much
of the power that it formerly possessed
Last Monday Governor Cummins Of
Iowa, Ex-Governor Van SAINT of Min
nesota and other distinguished advo-
Gates of regulative railroad legislation
called upon President Roosevelt for
the purpose of urging him to recon-
mend to congress the passage of laws
restoring to the interstate commerce
commission it's original powers and
prerogatives. 1t was pointed out that
prior to 1897 the Interstate commerce
commission had exercised the power to
adjust railroad freight rates in order
to prevent discrimination, but since
that time by reason of a decision of
the supreme court of the United
States that power. has been denied the
commission. 1t was urged by the del
egation that called upon the president
that law be passed by congress con-
ferring upon the commission power to
| adjust rates when they were found to
be discriminatory or in violation of
the interstate commerce act The
president was requested to discuss the
subject in his forthcoming message
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Copy Of change of advertisement
must be delivered to the business Of
fee by the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. to
insure insertion in the issue of even
date.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23

states says that, on account of the
drift of negro labor to the cities and
towns, and its growing inefficiency on
cotton and sugar plantations, and the
losses entailed by deficiency of hands
in the cotton picking season, the
planters are looking to Italian immi-
grafton to supply their needs, and it is
estimated that there are now over 10O,-
900 Itolian agricultural laborers in the
southern states of the Mississippi val
ley, while one steamship company has
arranged to locate forty or fifty thous-
and families of Italian laborers in
Texas.
The planters are said to be heartily
in favor of substituting Italian for
negro labor, upon which they have de-
pended for SO long a time, as the new
corners work better than the negro,
keep crops in better cultivation, and
the livestock is in better condition.
They live much more economically
than the negro and buy small farms of
their own as soon as they get the
funds. Southern state authorities have
taken a hand in the movement and are
endeavoring to divert Italian immi-
grafton from the northern states 1t is
expected that southern Italy will sup
and sugar plantations, and it will not
be difficult to start the people of that
section of the peninsula westward. as
they are the poorest class in Italy,
subsist largely on corn and beans, and
many of them are familiar with the
cultivation of sugar-cane, rice and cot
ton and with viticulture and the MAX
ing Of wine.
What will be the result Of crowding
the negro out of the agricultural la
Dor market by the Introduction of a
white laboring class? So far, it is said
that the Italians on the plantations
get along peaceably beside the negro
and have little to do with them; but
if the displacement develops into what
the planters expect it will, and the ne
groes crowd excessively into the cities,
theer is no doubt that the negro ques-
ton will aff1ict the southern people in
still more acute form. There is
danger, indeed, that a new racial con-
fiict will ultimately develop between
the Latin and negro roces. In getting
rid of negro labor on the plantations,
the south will have another race to
deal with, which has a tendency to
combination and a tendency to acquire
land, and which may prove more in
tractable than the long suffering ne
gro.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23

There will be no issue of the States
man on Thanksgiving Day. AS Christ
mas and New Years Day fall on Sun
day, the management of the States
man feels that the readers of the
paper can do without it on the only
holiday of the near future that comes
on a week day, thus allowing the en-
ployes a little time for recreation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23

the householders will have a right to
demand better service and lower rates.
and other patrons of the electric light
company will be justified in calling
upon the Commercial Club and the
city council to take steps to relieve the
people from the necessity of submits
sion to extortion by licensed mon
opOly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23

philanthropy of the late Joseph Stub
blefield an elegant and commodio1s
home for INDECENT widows and orphans
has just been opened.
Walla Walla now has asphalt pave
ment in the business district instead
of mud and her residence streets are
soon to be undetermined. An electric
street railway system connecting all
parts OF the city is almost a certainty
for the next year, and it will then be a
question of only a short time when
trolley lines will connect this city with
all nearby towns and with sylvan re-
treats along Mill creek to the foothills
of the Blue mountains.
Altogether the Walla Walla valley is
an ideal dwelling place and it is get
ting better all the time. We all feel
that it is good to be here, and the only
regret of the average Walla Walla
citizen is, that he can not trade his
remote chance of winning title to a
mansion in the skies for the priceless
privilege of living here always
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-23
THE NOTE IN ITS OWN EYE.

President Isaac Anderson of the
Northwestern Gas & Electric Company
has written letter to the Commercial
Club complaining of the "disreputable,
rotten service" given Walla Walla by
the telegraph companies. He COM
plains especially of the poor Sunday
service. The telegraph companies, if
they chose to give tit for tat, might
come back with complaints against
given the telegraph offices and other
patrons in Walla Walla by Mr.. Ander-
sons company 1t might declare in
the words of President Anderson that
lit is entirely safe to say that no city
of it's size in America has as generally
disreputable, rotten service as Walla
Walla.'
The Northwestern Gas & Electric
Company is collecting money from
this city and from the people without
giving value received. 1t charges for
power that it does not and cannot sup
ply. For instance the arc lights in
the streets for which the city pays
nearly $4,000 a year are supposed to be
of 1900 candle power each. In fact
they are hardly half that and on many
occasions some of them fail to burn
at all. Yet the city gets no rebates for
poor service or inadequate power. 1t
is the same with householders Dim,
Pickering, spasmodic intermittent
lights cost just as much as would
good. strong steady lights. At Wal
lace Idaho, recently the electric light
company was forced to give rebates
for poor service. ,1r a. "a. %.
1t is probably out of the question to
expect better service from the electric
light company with it's present weak
plant. But within few: weeks the
new power on the Walla Walla river
will be available and the municipality
of Walla Walla, the business men and