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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-26
VIRGINIA
BRIEFS

Especial to The Times Dspatch.)
VA, Oct 2s.-The steam
sawrnill OF Mr.. Robert Jennings, at Bell
videre, in the Northwestern part of this
county, partially blew up Saturday eve
ming The messenger, who came to TINS
place for physician, would say nothing
beyond the statement that there was an
explosion at the mill, and that Mr.. Henry
Allen, one Of the hands, was unconscious.
and would probably die.
FAIRFAX COURTHOUSE, VA.-1n a
railroad camp at Fairfax Station Sunday
night John sherford and Ed. Litman col
ored. were shot and killed in general
Thomas, colored charging him with the
shooting. He made his escape and mas
rot been captured as yet. =,
4 FREDERICKSBURG, VA:---Court Clerk
which would make his mark in show.
ring. Mr. Bryan attempted to eaten the
horse a few days ago. while ne was IN
the stable yard. and the1horse jumped 70
the top OF fiat shed ile was nnally
LEsBuRG, vA.-Elwood Nixon. "a
painter, we'll known throughout Loudoun
and adjoining counties; vas f9und d thia
place. on Sunday morning. A coroners
inquest held yesterday evening found
that death resulted from alcoholic para
flysis a wife and three children 8survlye.
D,VVYTHEVILLE. V.A.--The vestry OF 81.
Johns Episcopal Church. at meeting ms
evening called Rev. e. Courtney Jones,
Of Old Orchard. Mo-, to the rectorship
OF the parish.
Lane Sterne, Of Richmond. Inspector
General of the State. made the annual IN
spection Of the Washington Guards, Com IN
pa,ny %, Seventieth Virginia Regiment,
4VIrSinia Volunteers. Of this city, at the
tarmory here last night Several men
we're absent owing to sickness but the
company made a cred!table showing and
wa 8 COMMUNICATED by Colonel Stcrne upon
their training and drilling.
LYNCHBURG, YA,-Rev. 7, G. Skin-
ner OF Baltimore, Is conducting u series
of revival meetings at the College Hin
BAPTIST Church here. There have been
about thirty conversions reported mus
i NEWPORT NEWS. yA.-Mrs: Frank
Couch, wife OF Captain Frank Couch OF
the Peninsula Guards, was dangerously
BY the explosion Of a lamp IN her hands.
She was dangerously burned about the
face and arms. Si
NORTON, VA.-One inch OF snow COW
cred tho mountains In this section sun
w WSI Nc. TEST yA.-some sixty ,Mys-
tic Shriners from Richmond, Baltimore
and Washington, arrived tonight and
Initiated forty IN Winchester. a street
parade took place and a grand banquet
followed,
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Richmond, and the band played Home
Sweet Home"
Splendid Building.

Norfolk has done herself proud In
prepare ton as far as building is concern
ed for no question of money has been
considered. was Informed by the sec
rotary of the show that the expenses OF
the association up to tonight has been
$4,000. These figures he told me were
absolutely true.
The building is some three miles distant
from the heart of the city and on the
an immense steel structure with a seat
ing capacity Of $500. and contains ring
somewhat larger than Madison Square
4 Garden There are excellent parking
spaces for carriages and large cafe has
been fitted ZIP one end OF the hall. 1t
struck mo tht the lights were not as
good as could desired.
In looking over the horses / found
thnt Richmond had seen all that are
here except two good hunters. Eagle and
Forest Queen. belonging to Mr.. Lut-
trell, OF Loudoun county. a big upstand-
ing gray, owned by ". Passano. Of War
renton. and three hunters from the
Portner stables at Manassas.
The Horses.
The Grosvenorl stables are here as are a
portion Of Mr.. CORTLAND Smith's-his
other horses have been shipped to Chi
cago. Mr. HOOP 8 string is not here.
1ior is that Of 81. Sydney Holloway, for
these two horsemen are showing in the
Wtndy City
Miss Holloway is here with Mrs.
1Deitrich's Fleurette and Blizzard. and
Mr.. Blair Johnson has Robin Adair and
Archlight entered at this show.
Mr.. Dunlop, of Petersburg. and Messrs.
Rresee & West have their strings on
hand. and Mr.. Blanchard Forbes has Ell
Captain and hunter entered
Three Governors are an attraction Of
fercd by the show. Governor Montague
OF Virginia, Governor Warfield, OF Mary
land, and Governor Aycock OF North
Carolina, withall by a band as well as
Lieutenant Governor Willard, who is very
popular In this section. The boxes that
have been assigned to these distinguished
guests have been decorated lavishly with
the national colors.
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THE |. L COURT SEES
Scene 81 OF MURDER.
Continues from Second Page)
yet y. within an5inch and q quarter Of two
spots. t5 i55
Search in the Bathroom.

This interesting little incident over the
Cross-questlonlng began. DR.. Ven able was
asked to give an account OF the search
made In the bath room on the night OF
the murder. Witness said he Gid not get.
down on his knees DIR. McCue and Dr.
Early were with him. They were hunting:
for bloodstains, and they used In addition
to the gas matches and q candle. Person.
ally he did not look under the bath tub,
but some of the others might have donas
So. He did not see q piece OF shirt on
the floor. but In spite Of the efforts Of
Mr.. Lee would not say that he would
have had to see the scrap If 1t had been
there. :, &, RES .i55S 32f
3 Taking up the record In the coroner,s
inquest, Mr.. Lee read statement from
DR.. Yenable to the effect that Mrs. Nc
Cue, after being injured, might have
stepped over into the bath tub. The
witness said he could not remember sny-$
ing this. She might have fallen over into
the tub. but could not have stepped over
Mr.. Leo called attention to the fact THAI
OF his testimony at the Inquest 'lss;
g The last Important statement made by
Dr.. 5VenAble was, his description Of the
Cues left hand. Tho tip had been broken
off and torn back # n
arrangements Of House
Explained to the Jury
Tho third witness OF tho day was Mr.
+ c. l.. Demott. IL civil engineer, who with
elaborate detail made the Jury familiar
with tho plan Of the McCue house. The
witness said 1t was between ten and
eleven feet from the window in the SER
wants room and the window in the bath
room on tho same side Flo gave the dis
tance from the front door OF McCua's
house to the, front door Of over twenty
residences near by. Some Of these We're
4 as follows: TO Marshall's SGT feet: to-
Sinclair's, 637 feet; to Dukes, 400 feet:to
fIkeller's, S0S feet: TO A1assle's, 2lS feet:
to Moran's. 2S9 feet; to Southall's, SA
feet: to j. Is. Wood s, i72 feet: to Irying's.
4G2 feet: to Howard's. 6O2 feet; to +. Q.
McCue's. 7S2 feet: to Randolph..s. 78 feet;
to Early's. sos feet: to Gwynn's 963 feet.
The distance from the front door Of the
house Of the accused to that OF the front
door OF his brother DR.. n. G, McCue. to-
whom he telephoned for assistance, Is
1909 feet. \, +.
by Mr., Demott, the court adjourned 70
the residence OF the prisoner, When II
returned tho hour for adjournment had
arrived, and recess was taken until
Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
tl FL Il &-l l3 5pj 49, 4 ,stf.
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GEN. KUROPATKIN is
MADE HIGH OFFICER
tBy Associated Press. J

ST. PETERSBURG. October 25.-A
Hardin dispatch states that Vlceroy Aln"--
Jeff, Oh Monday published an impe ial
decree appointing General Kun opnt.-.iS
commander n-chief OF all the land forccs
in the East and retaining Alexieff in the
post Of viceroy. The Emperor also con-
graduates Vicroy Alcxicff on the effl-
cheney he has displayed in the formation.
concentration and supreme direction u
troops in the theatre Of operations. Alex.
Jeff. In his proclamation. thanks tho land
and sea forces for the self-sacrificc they
have shown. and says he is proud of the
mark Of confidence bestowed upon him
by the Emperor in entrusting him with
the supreme command OF gallant troops
He hopes. In conclusion. that with Gods
help. their strong adversary Will be do
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THE 4 NORFOLK |:|.
HORSE SHOW
(continll ed from First Pase.)

shirley Cartd,rs Rnppahannock's blue.
Syellow went Ito Portner Brothers Jolly
SI,oy and white to Mr.. Luttrcll's Eagle.
@ Roadsters bLought on field OF twelve.
t,rhis class excited the greatest enthusl-
b SIN. as the roadster is the popular horse
lin this locali1 ~. a lady drove q henvy
harness horsef before StanJlope In this
tclass and rcjcevcd most flattering APP
Eplausc.
\ The eternalI fitness OF Things was nov
considered In / tho class and the lame, Inc
il,alt and the fblind took a shy at the RID
lions.
NJ Blue and al handsome silver cup went
Go ..clarence I b." owned by smythe
if,rothors. Thkese brothers look and dress
SO much all e That no one coulo tel
g he which onf drove the winners
.rs Mr.. Popes "Jpo'' took RED. YelloW
went 10 Mr.. Tentrcss's Hickory Wood,
and white to Mr.. Perry's Harry"
Ovation to Montague.
Governor Montague arrived at this
stage OF the lProgramme ana received IN
ovation. s@, 5
park fours Scalled out three teams, two
OF which wer.b entered by Mrs. Grosye-
nors and this other by Mr.. Dunlop. Of
Petersburg, Oonnelly drove the bay
four and ro,Inmy Ryan was on the box
behind tho rdf ans, Mr.. Courtlana smlth
drove for MI Dunlop, A'thougn MT
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EMPEROR EXPRESSES: / (: ). I J
HIS REGRET
CONTINUED from First Page.)
usual enthusiasm on account of the de-
cided tone Of his telegram to The Mayor
Of Hull. on Monday. XXI
Affair Denounced.
Affair Denounced.

The speeches of members Of the Cabi-
net and OF the House OF Commons to-
day in different parts OF the country
voice the sentiment OF Great Britain, ana
the spirit In which tho utterances Wccc
met shows that for the moment party
differences have been laid aside, and that
the country is solidly behind the govern
ment. Lord selborne, h at the Pilgrims
banquet tonight, denounced the Dog9c-
Bank affair in the most outspoken terms
yet heard from member OF the Cabi-
net as an "inexcusable outrag &C." and "a
terrible blunder, which would be impna-
sble In either the British or the Amer
lean navy
Colonial Secretary Lyttleton, too. In
another place spoke In plain terms. say
ing that it was impossible to view the
affair as other than the result Of muir
dcro,ls intention or wicked negligence.
The post mortem examination OF the
bodies Of the victims OF the Dogger Bank
affair was held too day at Hull. line pro-
ceedings were purely formal, nn,l no of
ficial announcement was made; but 1t is
stated positively that both Of the denu
men bore wounds inflicted both by ma
chine guns and a larger shell
Graphic Account.
The report Of Thomas Carr admiral OF
the fishing fleet, dated from The North
Sea- Is a picturesque touch, a plain
sailors yarn OF the occurrence, which
was handed to Foreign Minister Lans-
downe tonight, Cars report says !
I'VE were fishing In latitude 55.1S
north and longitude five east the night
of October 21st. At 1880 P. NJ. a large
fleet Of men-of-war sprang UP on our
lee bow, the wind being about sout.
southeast.
zone squadron passed by, ourtee side,
The remainder. consisting OF four batt;e-
ships, steamed Just acr.ss our neaa,
throwing senrchights over our fleet. AS
soon as they got to windward they began
firing on us, their projectiles flying hll
around stld across our decks for u tull
quarter of an hour. some OF the shots
pn ssinE under our mainsail so unp!eas-
antly near the men who were cutting
fish In the pound that they cleared out.
down below, one shot passing right no,
tween them. I very much regret TO say
that others In the fleet were not 80 FOL
5tunnte as us in escaping hurt
Must Have Been Mistake.
"The Crane was sunk, her skipper and
third hand were killed and all he rest
OF the crew were wounded with tive en-
ccptlon Of the cook. The SKIPPER OF the
Gull. 1t was, who. baing hailed by tho
Crane saying, we are sinking, hove
up his gear, got out n boat and went to
tho rescue of the unfortunate survivors.
"The Moulmein, Mno and SHIRE nj:
had shots pass through them, the two
former vessels. being obliged to make
sail homeward, think two or three YES
sells did not board us In the morning. bat
that may be owing to thick weather,
causing them to miss the fleet.
IT don't know whether they took Us
for Japanese OF whether they were pl1lc-
ticlng to get their hands In. There must
be a mistake somewhere, They ought to
have known we were only inoffensiye
flshermen.' .st
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RICHMOND SEEDS IN PARKWAY:
COUNTRIES.

II. ". Wood & Sons, seedsmen, of this
city. are in receipt In this morning S
mail of orders from the Argentine Ro-
public. the Philippines, the West Indies
and Uncle SANS smallest island posses
sion, Guam, In the Ladrone Islands. With
the latter order comes the following:
"a gentleman named Collins. whose
ranch adjoins mine, has been using see,.
from your house. and has been having
fine luck. So. If you will kindly send me
your spring catalogue, I Will send you
a larger order next time"
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Horsy Trade Mark.

The horsy trade mark at the show
runs to head gear, Mr.. Courtland smith,
Virginia colored dlcer. was easily the
most popular, but a dog stealers cap
that adorned another rider seemed emil
nelly proper when one considered tho
horse he rode.
4 Gentlemen who are perfectly at home
on yachts seemed very much ut sea upon
horses heardy n seafaring gentleman
in riding clothes cry out to friend N
tho ring "ovcr haul him on the wind
ward side" and tho friend did It and
came quietly to the anchor near the
judges stand.
Horses in harness. over fifteen and not
exceeding sixteen hands. brought ten en-
tries into the ring, all OF them OF consld-
cradle merit, Blue went to Little Jack
IIorncr, red to Sultan. both Grosvenor
entries, yellow went to Mr., Dunlop's
Chester. and white to Extra News.
The last class of the evening called for
Thoroughbred hunters. Seven answered
tho bugle. Tip Top Knocked down tho
plank and raped the rails. The Herald,
ridden by Mr., Merchant. gave the crowd
some amusement, The horse showed bad
manners and could not be persuaded to
go near the jumps, Garrett Ripplaslnade
a perfect performance. Allanthus. ridden
by Mr.. r. Perry Smith, knocked down
everything that came his way Mr.. Smith
had ride all over the horse, Mr.. Per-
cival Deponsonby Evans put ap rare
good ride on Colonel Hawkins. The ladies
applauded heartily, Fleurette went badly.
ridden by Mr. Smith. Mr., Sidney Hollo-
way, who owns the mare, is in Chicago.
Lucy Sutherland went clean in brilliant
manner. One, two. three and four went
to Mr. Courtland Smiths Garnett Ripple,
Lucy Sutherland, Colonel Hawkins and
Tip Top.
Troop c, OF the Seventh Cavalry, gave
the same performance that It gave IN
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! HEAVY CASUALTIES.
Interesting Reports as to the
Dead Rus Il
slams.
(Rv Asgocinted Press,)

(By7 Assoc1nted 8Press.) a ~ 1I..
Is GENERAL OIlU'S HEADQUARTERS,
Sunday, October 23-4 2. M.-Via Fusar,
October 25.-Lt is reported unofficially
that the right army buried $500 Russian
dead. the central army 1900 and the left
army about 5000. The armies average
GOO yards apart and at places only fifty
yards separate them. Tho men are con-
stantly In the trenches and by placing
their caps on their bayonets draw scores
Of bullets from their opponents.
VA THE Russian artillery is searching the
japanese lines and skirmishes are almost
continuous.
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.KUR0P ATKlN
IN COMMAND.
IS Made CONFERENCE.-The Chief
of All Land Forces
E in East.

No fighting OF any consequence by the
Russian and Japanese armies In the Vi
cinity Of Shnkhe !s reported Emperor
Nicholas has designated General Kuro-
patkin to command oil the Russian land
forces In the far East. Alcxieff has been
continued In the office Of viceroy.
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Smith was showing a park four. his
groom Insisted upon blowing q road
coach horn. The crowd liked It and few
were wise.
Blue and red went to Mrs Grosyenor,
with yellow to Mr.. Dunlop. Mr.. Smith
drove out OF the ring before the yellow
could be placed upon his off-leader.
The open-to-all jumping class brought
out the best leapers at the show. The
ring looked very sporty with two jumps
on side. brush and rail on one side,
and brush and plank on the other. All
four feet and performance only to count
horses went once around Up-to-Date
made one light rap. Lady Belle. the
light jumper, had one rap. Luttrells
Eagle went clear. Nancy Lee refused
and then went clear. Garrett Ripple
went clear Cygnet went clear. Grey
Rock refused the first jump and then
raped. st. Nicholas. gray gclding,
something like Elevator. had two raps.
Chappie Lee made a perfect performances,
Forest Queen raped behind. Mrs. Blair
johnson, on Archlight. raped twice. The
crowd applauded Mrs. Johnson to the
echo. Lucy sutherland made clear re-
cord. Red Raven went without touch.
Blizzard went badly. Garrett Ripple won
with Lucy Sutherland. second. Red
Raven, third, and Cygnet. fourth.
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William McCauley.

noon at his home. No. l13 Denny Street.
Fulton, after q long Illness, aged fifty
one years, Three brothers-James W.,
ali nee Of this city~-snrvive him.
The funeral services will take place at
2 p. M. to-day from the Gospel Hall, Or
leans Street, Fulton
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II used to be considered that only urinary and
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but modern science proves that nearly all dis-
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Deliberation Charged.
(By Associated Press. )

LONDON. October 26--A dispatch from
Hull to the Times says that the core
{spondent. as the result OF his investiga-
ton, Is of the opinion that the attack
on the British trawlers by the Russian
Second Pacific squadron was a deliberate
ract. perpetrated with knowledge OF lts
character
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Struck by Street Car.

II. T. Cooper, coored, while driving
a carriage early yesterday afternoon. was
run into by a Broad Street car and
hurled from his seat The CITY ambulance
to his home.. His Injuries are not re-
garded as serious.
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Judge Barksdale Here.

y Judge William r. Barksdale. OF Hall.
fax, one ,of the best known, OF Virginia
jurists, IL IN the city, stopping at Muir,
thFoush the ety 81 Ar route hons from sy one
OF the Eastern counties of his circuit
where he has been holdiqS court
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Colored Man in Trouble.

Atkins Jeffries colored. Is charged with,
breaking into Elijah Browns, colored,
house. OH Lincoln Avenue, Yesterday,
and stealing a trunk containing some
wearing apparel ind jewelry,
He was arrested Yesterday evening and
will appear in court this morning,
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Ida Rebecca Arnold.

home of tho Female Humane Associa-
tion yesterday. aged fourteen Years. The
funeral services will take place from the
A. NJ. to-day, Friends are invited to at
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rs the child becomes hoarse,# or even
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