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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
INTENSE FEELING
AGAINST PRISONER.
Fireman Riffs Slayer IS on
Trial at Coving- Il
ton

Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch)
S4 CONVICTION, VA, April 1.-THE trial
OF Bob Bowles. the negro indicted with
the murder Of Fireman John Ruff. at
Clifton Forge, March 2lst, began here to-
day. Little was done In to-day's pro-
ceedings. Messrs. Hayden and Allen,
counsel for Bowlcs. tried TO get a change
OF venue, but this was overruled by
Judge Anderson. Thir,y-sx men have
been summoned. and from this number
the court hopes; TO get jury.
At least five hundrAl people attended
the trial to-day. The feeling against the
prisoner Is very Intense among railroad
men. The trial will be continued to-
lmoIroH.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
Mass-Meet1ae SUNDAY.

That 1t will be a big meeting ct the
saying. a The Committee on Religious
Work has sent out Invitations, and while
they especially desire the attendance OF
those who have been invited. yet they !, do 9
heen attending these great meetings.;
therefore q few Invitations have been
kept at the building, and may pc h ja1
by such men upon request Mr.. Cha ai1.
viii Give hts telling address, The Trial OF
Tesus From a Lawyers Standpoint.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
WHAT IS LovE7
The Roxbury Literary Society
to Tackle Important Question.
Especial to Tho Times Dlspa tch.) ..

ROXBURY, VA, April 1.-THE Rox-
bury Literary Society will meet next
Friday night at the home Of NJ, N. stod,
dard Mount Gal!and), The subject y Get WiIl
fected BY it? Is it the Head, Heart or
Heels that's Mostly AfdeetedY ,,, Say taKi
mart In the debate, and much interest is
manifested, as all seem to be Intensely
concerned on this one important subject,
tho negative side says that he will prove
by experience that the heels are the e
most sensitive point as he had mad 70
heel It on several occasions, and made
Music will enliven the occasion, at5er
which light refreshments viii DO served 3D.,
The county school board ,r mas fha ist
The people et the r sEsitem a'st1l' Is
P,obmond With as much concern as II
ad ps3 gseass e naesssi e. wants
a,d l'.a aat two to one that Mccarthy will
be- the next Mayor Of Richmond,
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a Faithful Treasurer.
Especial to The 'rimes-plspatIch'..

- fSnccIal to IThe TImes-DIspatC 1l'! ~
wnnn(1DsrOCK, VA April l4.-After
serving ~ Shenandoah county as treas -!
ser Nt fns thirty years. Captain George w:
1 Ieo ut OF Woodstock has made final rs
statement with ME- Is g mgtoheson come %no
n mnn az amounted by the board Of super
visors, Composed Of the best accountants
~ ots ne county, have made a final exam.
nation ma of Captain Koontzs accounts, ana n
Will make their report at .he nex tn e the
ancounts Of tho county and districts are
correct to the cent.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
Suffolk, Va, The funeral will be held 81
West lind Baptist Church Tomorrow
Miss Loula Kirk.

Especial to The Times-D lspatoh)
iTREDER lC1lsBURG VA, April l4.-'
News was received here to-day OF tnes
death last night of Miss Loula klrk.
daughter Of Rev. ], O. Kirk, formerly os
This city, /, her home. near Laurel. after
n brief illness, aged twenty years.
Miss Maria Randall.
Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
FREDERICKSBURG VA, April IT,
Miss Maria Randall wen known tauy
n king Georga county. died to-day, AGED
sixty.scyen years. She Is survived by
one sister, Mrs William Pratt, of WASH
inEt0N.
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WILL BE NO FALTERING IN
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
ecial to The Times-Dlspatch.)

Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
s NORFOLK, VA April 14,-The plans
OF the Jamestown Exposition Company
Will proceed regardless Of the postpone
ment by Congress- OF Its approximation
Of two millions. Inc company mas over
q. million and a half capital on which
"a work now, and is confident that tho
next session of Congress, after the presi-
Dental election is passed. will pass the
anpropriation bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
Revival at East End.

) A revival meeting Of unusQal lnterest
is being conducted at the East End Bap-
st Church The oIns aste1' II Ro Rev !o s.
sn,IH M stor Of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
1 iarge p ccoongregations are attending and
Inasi9 interest 1u has been manifested. Sew
eral have protested cGn con ,s ~ Ihe
meetings continue tonight ana SUNDAY,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-15
Fire Near Franktown.

Especial to The Dlspatch.)
EAsTVILLE. VA. April 1.-THE resi-
dence Of Mr.. Emerson Dennis, near
terday. The loss was about s., 200, partly
covered by insurance. and part OF the
household effects Were saved.
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The Machinery Men.

Especial to Tho Times Dlspatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. April n
Tho Southern Supply and Machinery
Dealers Association, which has been, IN
third annual session In Hotel Chamberiln.
Savannah, Ga, as tho convention city OF
1905,
This afternoon the visitors were. given
an excursion over Hampton Roads and
to the Virginia capes,
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Newton-Fines.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, April l4-
Mr.. James Newton and Miss Olive zines,
both Of Stafford county. were married
here to-day at the Methodist parsonage
Rev. r, S. Hutchinson ofIlcated. and Mr..
William Marshall was best man,
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Chance Of Bank Presidents,

fsrecio to The Times ispatch)
ROANOKE. VA, April 14.--Dr. 6, H,
n Coles to-day resigned the. presidency
Of the Peoples National Bank, and Will
establish a saylng q s naen 1 bim =
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TfsiissII h3x 4 oTTo 1 WFHsS%y 8Es
S As E sHaa EAST TORONTO oAsADA
e e5nla # DniSs SSd1 Aysr is 1851
AssETs. ~ s$
s, recorded liens te sms upon $1,000 u
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and New York. Mr., Duschere was ~
one time an engraver In this Bureau OF
engraving and Printing at NasAlhstoh.4
.4 Robert Linmerick.
Especial to Tho Times ispatch)
ERIcKSBURG. VA, April ID.
Mr. Robert Limmerlck aged eighty
seven years. probably tho Oldest citizen
OF Falmouth, received severe stroke
of paralysis yesterday, from which IT IS
thought he cannot recover,
Mrs, M, ]. Tyler.
Especial to The Times Dispatch)
FREDERICKS RURG. VA. April III
Mrs. M, j. Tyler, a we'll known lady OF
this city, died suddenly at her home mere
to- day, aged sixty-one years. She was
a member OF the Baptist Church. ana IS
five daughters.
Mr.. George w. Andrews,
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch')
PETERSBURG. VA April 1.-THE
body Of George w, Andrews, who died
Yesterday at the home OF his son. Mr.,
n. w. Andrews, In Crewe, Va, arrived
In Petersburg this afternoon and was
buried In Rlandford Cemetery. Mr. An
drew y was in his seyenty-eighth Year.
Mrs. Sarah F. Marshall.
(Speclal to The Times Dispateh,)
pETERsBURG, VA, April 14,--Mrs,
Sarah +. Marshall, widow Of tho late
Mr., William Marshall, died yesterday at
her homo In Old Street, mt the age or
sixty-seven. She was the mother OF Mt
%, Fl Marshall and Mrs. j, II, Curry,
of this city The funeral was held thus
afternoon from Grace Episcopal Church.
Mrs. C. S. Challender.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatcho
PF'rERSBuRG, VAp April lt,-MTs.
Challender. wife OF MI Y, = Gnallehuer'
nnrpenter OF Petersburg, died yesler-
day afternoon st her residence, In West
Street, at the yye OF thirty-eight. She
was q sister Of Mrs. w. q. Lunsford, OF
Peterspurg. and Mr. Charles Tucker o.
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and New York. Mr., Duschere was al
one time an engraver In this bureau o.
engraving and Printing at washington
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e,,.,,aY t,Snh. r,,ra.-p ,.n.. :,

NEWPORT NEWS. VA, April H.
Councilman Edward Duschere, one OF
tho members of the original Phoebus
Town Council, died at his home in PEoe-
bus this morning from pneumonia, with
which disease ts was stricken three days
age, Mr.. Duschere was forty-n!ne years
old, and leaves wife. IIe had q nuns
Der OF relative. llying In Washington
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
Y. M. C. A. STILL GROWING.

NEW YORK, Arg. l0.-The year
hook OF the Young Mems Christian
A AssociatIyn, which was ISSUED today
shows an increase in most of its fis
ures The number of associations nas
grown from 1,736 TO 1873, and the
membership from 350,455 to 1913 BOZ
This is an increase in four years OF
1lS,030 members and of 374 associa
tions. The active membership of the
associations remains about the same
The chief growth has been, through
employed boys and men not affiliated
with churches A notable increase has
been made in the amount of property
owned, so that now AIS associations
own buildings and other property
worth nearly 10000 900, an increase
of about s2.000,o00 in the year.
The railroad associations. number
ing 1877, have 1926 members. havint
more than doubled in membership II
five years. The religious meetings re
port total attendance of over 1000,
600 men and boys last year
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11

can retailers charge and that is on
reason why the Chinamhn is 80 IN
popular. He Is satisfied with smal
profits he pays small wages 10 his en-
ployes. and very little rent
| American dealers think that tn
| government should patronize them eN
clusively and should rule out Chimes.
competition in contracts. They de
| clare that the officials award contract
TO Chinese when their bids are only
triiie lower than American bids, an,
| they say that the Chinese boast tha
II Is impossible for Americans TO com
pete with them because the latter pay
more taxes, higher rents and higher
salaries and employ American clerks
who live like white people. There is q
good deal in this. The Chinese have
every advantage In business affairs
and no European or American can
compete with them Governor Taft
used to argue that American mer,
chants In the Philippines depend too
much upon government business, but
there is comparatively little else for
them al present When we have sev.
anty thousand troops In the island
ana before the quartermaster and com.
missaries got their supply system
in operation, the American merchants
had plenty to do and made big profits
nut their business with the army has
gradually grown less and less until
now II amounts to comparatively lit.
le and they think that the govern.
ment should give them all contracts
ma use nothing but American goods
they say that Chinese merchant
buys wherever he can get the best
prices; German, English and French
merchants invariably buy at home.
and have certain advantages over ali
Americans. who suffer from double
tariff on American made goods. They
explain tnat our prices at home on all
merchandise are dependent upon tariff
rates and are therefore high. and often
higher than Is imposed in our Gus
ioms houses at home Hence for that
reason. If for no other, they insist tina,
government contracts should be
awarded to Americans only and that
used. The officials assert that this
rule is generally observed. and that
80 per cent of all the supplies used
by the army. navy and civil govern.
ment come from the United States.
The average duty imposed upon the
American made goods is about q per
cent, as anyone can discover by
simple mathematical calculation.
In 1902 the imports OF merchandise
from the United States into Manila
were valued at $3.7s7 .499 and duties
TO the amount of 1851 .235 were col
lected. which is 22,S per cent
States were s3.732.944. and s744.654
was collected in duties. which is EOS
per cent.
Supplies imported by the govern
ment for the use of the army are not
included in this calculation.
WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
PRICES HIGH IN THE
Philippine ISLANDS
BY William E. Curtis.


Special Correspondent of the Chicago
Record.Herald.
MANILA, May 26-The tariff is not
responsible for the high prices of ev-
ery-day articles In Manila and other
parts of the archipelago The com
plants of merchants about high du-
lies are not justified. They charge al
most twice as much as we are in the
habit of paying for the same articles
At home, and make four times the
profits that our retailers are satisfied
with. Why Because they say that
even merchants should be well paid
Tor living In the Philippines that ex-
lie requires compensatons, and some
of the retail dealers will tell you frank
ly that they did not come entirely for
their health. The tariff duties under
Spanish rule were much higher than
now but every form of merchandise
was considerably cheaper The pres
ent prices for everything were un-
known until the American army came
| and the soldiers blew In" ther pay
| with the recklessness OF mllionaires.
The retail merchants discovered that
| the Americans would pay whatever
was asked without question, and i'm
mediately marked up all their goods,
nor have they marked them down
| since the army retired When their
customers complain they get behind
the tariff. which serves as a cloak for
| extortion.
The duties upon imported merchan
disc today average less than 20 per
cent. while in Spanish times they were
more than so per cent. Freight rates
from London. New York and Sar
Francisco are about the same, aver
aging 30 shllllngs a ton. STEAMSHIP
people carry by weight or by size. ac
cording 10 the article. II II Is SINAI
and heavy they charge by weight i
| 1t Is large and bulky they charge By
cubic measure, but even then ocear
rates are reasonable. compared witt
those charged by the railways OF Ell
rope and the United States and ar
no more than have always been pai'
at Hongkong, Shanghai and other Al
latic ports.
We hear the most complaint abou
high prices from Americans who pre-
fer goods from their own countr
and usually bny them from America
merchants. Several people have tol
, me that native and Chinese merchant
charge much less than the America
J merchants for the same articles. a
t though they do not keep such lars
= stocks nor have as great variet!
= Chinese dealers are much more rea
enable than are the natives The
| say that II you can nnd what yo
a want in Chinese shop you can bu
liz ~ q price much less than the A0e
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
JUSTiFiABlE.
o

Special Telephone to the Herald.
TELLURIDE. Aug 10-The coron-
er's jury, after listening to the EVIL
dence In the killing OF Umstead by
Leaning returned a verdict this morn
ing that deceased came to his death
by gnnshot wounds inflicted by Learn
ing. and that the said Leaning was
justified in what he did Leaning IL
still In jail, but Will he released prob
ably this afternoon. The general!
opinion prevails that Umstead got
what he was looking for. Umstead re-
gained consciousness Just before dy-
Ing and talked to his parents. giving
directions where he wanted to be
buried. He simply remarked that he
got what he was looking for.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11

Al 4:25 this morning occurred the
death of Mrs. Ada L Meyer, mother
OF Mrs. George Dalton. The trouble
was dropsy, Mrs. Meyer came to Du-
range three months ago from Chey-
enne. Wyo. Her husband Is now In
Engle, Lincoln county. Neb,. and no
reply has been had from his up to date
In response to the news OF his wife's
death. Mrs Meyer was the mother of
seven eluren,.nree eaSSu st Su,Hes, Hss, Boy. f1t,
Charles H.. Is in Clyde Park, Mont.
The girls here are Mrs, George Dalton
and Misses Grace and Laura. One
married daughter is in Fort Collins
and one In Ohio Mrs Meyer was 46
years old. She was member Of tho
Baptist church. The funeral will be
at the residence of Mr. Dalton. 558
Fourth avenue. at 2 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
MINISTER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DROWNING

BLOOMFIELD. N. NJ. Aug. 10
Special TO The Herald.-Rev. II. M
Bandy, a Christian minister OF Albu-
querque, in haste to fill an appoint
ment to preach at Pennington the next
day, drove into the raging San Juan
at the Bloomfield ford Saturday with
disastrous results
He had taken the precautlon TO send
his wife, little granddaughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Van Cleve and their two
sons. who had accompanied Mr.. Bandy
on his overland trip from Albnqner'
que. across in heavy farm wagon.
or otherwise the loss of human life
would have been inevitable.
The stream, swollen by recent rains
up Largo canon, was heavily laden
with sand. Driving In with his coy
cred hack. one OF the horses got into
a hole and while houndering around
the rig was upset and carried down
stream. Mr.. Bandy and the team. af
| ter great effort succeeded in reaching
| the bank. The rig lodged against
| some trash and was recovered. Inc
| top. much broken, and a trunk were
also fshed ont.
The loss will doubtless amount u
$50. and consists OF provisions. tent
| clothing, bedding. Navajo blankets,
| fine shotgun and numerous other ar
| ticles.
The company found quarters In
nearby house and spent the Sabbatl
in reDairing the damages as best the.
could.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
A NOVEL POSTAL CARD.

Charley Stilwell has received a very
extraordinary postal card from st.
Louis. 1t is Worlds Fair souvenir
1t is of light colored wood. the size
Of the ordinary postal card and nearly
twice as thick as the wood OF cigar
box.
On the side for the address, In tho
upper left hand corner IL the picture
OF Thomas jefferson, and around the
edge of the circle surrounding the
picture are the words. Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Company" In ths
right hand corner Is the place for the
stamp. In the midie at the top are
the words, Post Card" The address
was written with pencil On the
other side appears the following;
All-aboard for the Worlds Fair. Ar.
rived safe. Exposition is more than
oak-a. II is ash-tonishlng; you cedar
sights of your life The pike Is fir
straight, more than n pear OF peaches
and the spielers don't bark like tree.
| Board and (s)lumber at poplar prices.
no need to pine for what you plank
down.
Brch-nnce the last great show for
many years More fun than the beech.
| | wood spruce up and come. You
walnut regret IT, Butternut delay.
| Sincerely,
| HICKORY HEMLOCK.
Per J. F. Kirkendall.
A one cent stamp brought the card
which weighs about as much as doz.
en- paper cards.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11

I Inch. four 92-inch. ten 6-inch tonnage,
1880; speed. Is i-2 knots.
The Lord Nelsou--Guns. four 12.
inch. ten 9-2-inch, tonnage. lG,50O,
speed. Is 1-2 knots
The advantage lies in the great num-
ber of 9,2-inch guns This weapon Ia
one of the most powerful In existence.
Firing a 3S0-pound shell twice or
thrice minute and driving II through
uhirty'iive inches of iron il is moro
powerful than any gun of similar type
mounted in foreign battleships
The four i2-inch guns fire an $50
pound shell through somc four feet
Of iron. In exchange for their over
whelming superiority in heavy gun
fire the 6-inch gun carried In the King
Edward disappears.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
NEW YORK NEWS LETTER.

NEW YORK-Republican circle
IN JUST al present who will be tn
andidate ior governor of this sta
IN the Republican ticket. There IS
10 lack of candidates, possible al
impossible, but it is not easy 10 fore.
zee upon whom The selection OF the
convention will fall 1t was under
ltood for some months that President
Roosevelt favored the nomination
If ex-secretary OF war Root, because
he latter is general favorite In
his state and wonld draw not onll
full Republican vote, but, possibly
luite number of Democratic vote
rom the very beginning Governot
Jdel opposed the selection OF Mr.
loot. 1t must not be imagined tha
iov. Odell has any personal objec b
ons TO Mr. Root or does not cor
rider him a strong candidate: his OF
ecClon to Mr.. boots candidacy wa
We 10 he fact. that he feared IT,
ormer secretary of war would b.
ONE too great n political power IN
the state and would endanger the
leadership and political power which
Governor Odell Is now enjoying aud
which he is guarding with great jeal-
lusy. The governor felt quite con.
ident that even a much weaker can
lidate than Mr. Root would be reason
,bly sure of election and that II would
therefore,, not jeopardize the success
If the Republican party ticket next
all, should he sacrifice Mr.. Root to
MS political ambition
More recent events have changeC
he political situation and prospects
considerable extent. The nomin
alton of Judge Parker and the fac
| hat he has taken such a decided
itand in favor of the gold standard
have weakened the chances of the Re
| pnblicanNational ticket in this stat
and make II imperative to do every
| hing possible to strengthen the Re
publican ranks. The Republican
leaders have come to the conclusion
hat the success of the National ticke
demands the strongest possible SUI
port from the state ticket and thai
for that reason, the nomination OF tn
strongest possible candidate is nece,
sary That strongest candidate,
is generally admitted, Is ex-secretar
Root.
The eyigencies of the situation b,
come more apparent after the famou
Parker telegram. that Gov. Odell d.
cided to submit to the inevitable an
support the candidacy of Mr. Roo
Everything would have been plal
sailing after that, were 1t not for u
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
NEW wARsHIps TO BE DEADLY

LONDON, Aug. 10.-Details given In
the house OF commons this week as to
The shipbuilding program OF the Brit
ish government for the present year
show that the two new battleships Of
the Lord Nelson class will be worthy
Of their great names. Their battery
IL such as never before has been put
into any fighting ship.
On a displacement OF 16.50o tons
or 100 tons larger than the previous
largest. the King Edward. they will
carry fourteen big armor piercing
guns A comparison Of the two types
gives the following results.
The King Etward-0uns, four ~
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
WOMAN AGED 1874 YEARS DIES.

MEADVlLLE, Pa, Aug. 10.-Mrs.
Nary Murphy, the oldest person in
Irawiord county, II not In the state
: daab OF sy---S nrr age as nearly
"a years. In a recent interview she
aid: Il was born in Dublin, ireland,
IN Christmas day, 100. and came to
america in 1870 when was in my
0Oth year. | was % years old when
he first Irish rebellion took place
1888, and my first husband was sol
der was 33 years old when Robert
1mmet was executed for treason in
SOB"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
D. & r. c. PASSES.

II the agitator ON the Democrat has
any regard for deconcy he viii ask for
payment Of labor bills in passes. In
situations are dirty. and talk of dead
beats easy The Herald IL willing to
have every printer employed on this
paper put on the stand-covering as
many years back as desired And we
especially court the ID. & X. G. to In
teryiew Frank Hartman
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
RAPE FiEND ATTEMPTS
TO BREAK JAIL

HUTCHINSON, Kan. Aug. TO-
Sarl Hamln and VIII Otler, prison
RS in the Reno county jail tried 10 dig
heir way through the wall last night
calling in this they bound and gagged
he other prisoners and lay for Jailel
3ailenser this morning, knocking him
lown when he opened the door.
Ballenser shot Hamlin through the
'reast seriously injuring him. Otler
surrendered. Hanilin is charged with
ape, and Otler with horse stealing.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
SKIPPED OUT.

Special Telephone to the Herald.
OURAY, Aug 10-John Dougherty.
conducting a stationery store in the
postoffice building. skipped out about
ten days ago. At first his disappear
ance created no interest II now de-
velops that he owes a lot OF money.
being $l.400 in arrears on his small
stock of goods. The sheriff Is in
charge Of the stock.