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Shooting Match.

(By sAssOc lated FTess . .5 g
Il gsEAGIRT'S8 N. j., Sept. ~ he six IN
tie hg simost snsFsy AZ
Wa fwoi, BY the First Regiment, OF New
j ersey, THE winning team, secured 6?s
iinalshe second, With a tota OF The
third pr!ze WAS captured by the first
team OF the United Isl ties Marine. Cnrps
with store OF 6Qa, 4, az,
continuous conlbetitton on the German
ring target, a 4 200 yard va sG Wp:, BY
sCJWnsmith,. of New Jersey. Ills TOTAL
Has ssla. out Of 2 possible 2es!ss.
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SENTENCE SUSPENDED l]':l !:[,'
E(By Associated Press.)

iyyXsHIKGTON.S Sept. 6.ThrouE ht the
intercessionf OF Judge Pritcha I'd, formerly
OF the District Supreme Court, and wv.
H. Green an a ttorney Of this q tyssAt n ne
Acting Secretary IS OF Var has directed
!. suspension or the sentence In the sse
OF Hampton Abcrnat THY. formerly ~ pri-i
svate IN the Third North Carolina Volu y 4
stcerS Infantry. q sS q. Il u
u During the Spanish war, while his
regiment was encamped at Macon. n.
C.. Abernatly killed another private IN
tho regiment during a. .fracas s. IA He was.
convicted o. ma nsla lighter and sen fenced
"a confin ement for fifteen years In the
5mIiitar ~ prison Il t Fort Leavenworth.55
Kan. He ia 5 served about five years Of
his term, and Is 10 be released on pro-
baton. Clemency In this case was based
on extenuating circumstances.
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:FAUQU1ER SCHOOLS.
J. A. Dereaux, Of Richmond,
Succeeds Professor Gilkeson.

Especial to Tha Times, pispatch,l
8 AIORRISYILLE. VA. $ Sept, 6.,-The
MI. s, a. Derea,ux, OF Richmond, and a
graduate Of Richmond College principal
OF the Worthwhile High School. for the
session. OF 1904-b. He takes the position
for seven years, Professor G ilkeson hay.
irg gone to French Camp Miss. Miss a.
Rixey, OF Culpeper Courthouse. was ap-
pointed first-nssistant. ana Miss JAMIE
q Rev. 4 c, w. Brooks was given Pine
View: Miss zlrkle WAS given Groves Miss
Margaret Jones was given Marsh, and
Mr., David Hickerson was given Mt, Hol-
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and colonel OF the Second Regiment, to-
the effect that the :Bladen county ne.
sgroes. Nell Sci ers and Dave Brown. had
been brought here TO jail Y and conditions
Eforbode trouble that immediate & removal
was Imperative and to wire al once
authority and power for the sheriff TO-
take the prisoners to the peniten tiary a t
Raleighs or ga fe keeping.
sJ The Governor at once wired the author.
5ttyRor the remfova and sinstructlons that
azmilitary1 escort be provided ! { necessary
5peritentiarS authorities. He also ordered
the Wilmington Light Infantry subject!
to- the ord ers Of the sheriff g " Han
over. 8 s'g
A telegram from NVilmti,gt on later to-
night was B to the effect that the sheriff
and escort left a t 7:l0Eo O'Clock for Raleigh,
the train having pulled out while a great
crowd Of several hundred men we re al bout
the train shouting Lynch them and
The special says the prisoners would
most certainly have been lyn ched but
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Golf Tournament.
BY Associated Press.l

~ (E3yI AsSoclated| FFess.1 35if7I
SHORT HILLS, n. il Sept. 6.--TheE re-
suits Of the first days play In the annual
national amateur golf chan lonship. tour
ma ment, which began on the links OF the
Baltimore Golf Club to-day, were some-
what surprising IN that better scores
were looked for from the leading players;
Z II. Chandler Egan. OF Chicago, carrie
In is holes. He was driving ather poorly
or would have made a "a, Next to Egan's
score came those OF Champion Walter ].
Travis, OF Garden. City; A, NJ Reed Of
ST. Andrews, and +, HerreshoH, of EkWa-
.nok, each Of whom made the round In 81.
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AVE
NEGRO|.. CRIMINALS.
y. "a
y

Especial to The Times Dispatch
e W1LMNGTON,s: u G.. Sept. 6.-The
timely intervention Of a local militia; COM
pany at the Atlantic Coast Line Station
tonight was all that prevented the lynch
ing of Neill Sellers and Dave SBrown,&Wllo
are charged with the criminal assault and
murder Of Mrs. George Pa ker,sS a Clark
ton, last Saturday 5. The prisoners were
being carried to Raleigh, to be place in
the penitentiary. and a crowd of five
hundred excited Citizens made g. charge
on the coach, in which the negroes were
held. va 5g..
Just as shouts we're sent &up to pull
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.BD.DA.VlELS
fine SCORE
Son Of Senator Daniel Makes.
Remarkable Record i'll
]. Shoot Here.
BRISTOL TEAM THE WINNER.
Easily Outstrips All the Rest.
i'll This Race.
Scores.

/, al dizzy. dazzle Of wind lliv-r du-t,s
which cut like fine shotsliUni az. tr,yis'-l
Ile gun, will, the targe.s cli.r,,i':.:s mtg
Il tie clouds like scared teal and then tliy.}s'
,ng for The grass like q ,r,sseo s,,'i,c.i
the big shoot tournament npehsa yestcr-3
day morning at $3.50 o'clock.
= The unfinished events were loon s!ittt
through; when tho regular Programme
was entered upon and aoout i've -ych;.
\ shot. 54 II s " III y. .E
For tho first days high amotcu, ev.s
tiage, II. L. Fierce. Of WythIs'lc. VIII
with -. This was very Interesting
race. and narrowed down to s.lr. r. ys,l-
f.ee, Mr.. F. 81 stearns sand II. I,ierss.5
Owing to The sudden Death OF Mr.. VIM
trees mother, he did not remain 70 5:,sot7
and lost. Mr.. stearnss and Mr.. HaI tied
g1or second with 17e: "a. NJ. datch:.s-. cNt5i
bristol third, l722. 3
ta In the team race OF five men. fifty tar.
gets each man. Bristol won :,ufds Town,
with 2es out Oh 80 Hatcher broke -.
Epgllst 49, Dr. Rhca IS. Berry Il, "4a''
broke IS. S'{ .3s
rho Lynchburs team broke ?6. while
Last End. broke 1876 West aEnd AM:
4 Chickahon,iny Clubs Withdrew u.
ssS. at abot, noon the, wind lu!'cd and d,r-z
1rg tho remainder ofsthe day. good ssorcs#
were plentiful ~
The Experts Did Well.
4 sfS The; experts showed up to better ILL
vantage, Tanning. OF ATTN sund RAM
i Powder Company. probs bly, firs (ssa ne
programme is not completely; J. @ A.
B r. Elliott ofSthc Winchester .>in,s 80 NJ
I.any. second. nd E. 81. :,to,-,.s ( Le5
Peters Cartridge Company tli,ii. GSs
Z the Individual championship " ikii'st
AZ 100 targets for $50. and q Ia i:1ss,se
loving cup. donated 4 by tho II i.st r:nsi
I Company. ma kers o or the Smith guns.
4 This event had fifty entries, nl,mter
shooting only for targets. f... n.1i,G....5
\ son 0f Senator J I. Ddnte. Of i,Si cl;-5
!. burg !. who won the same honor 4 /; the
ftatc shoot two yea RS n 80, "a ga ~ denior-S
&ftrated that he can asInasi, Gay targets
Z = ,himonotonous regularity. lis aSL:eS
/ was truly8a phenomenal one. IS out nfz
s 100 his previous record two Acais age
being IS out OF 100. 53
4 When he broke his last ,rElt here
was, "a rush Of the large crowd who had
/ gathered at the set OF trap. Is lit RI The.
3 IA &c would be finished 80 10 N ara p hi n
hand. He was ssborne from the grounds
q, the should erss 80 { 81 his many -ie,.hs3
who heartily conEra tulatcd iltD8 RI Ills
great skill. DR. Daniel was the runner
ur with 81. 5s
55sS The ladies of Clay Street MethoGis:
Church served an excellent iIn:i. = Itch
tickled the pala ties Of the different slInnt-5
ers. sf Is IS 5,s2
s. 4 between and s o'clock. the
Interstate championship between y irE,n,1
were seventS.fve entries yes .taay i. s. .ss.$
gterdax's programme will be cfn,7lctcd
first this morning.
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'TAZEWELL FAIR.
Good Attendance and a Base
Ball Game the Feature d
"a. I9.E (spe,tcial to The Time.- ptspa tcll.l

# Especial to The Times Dispa tch.)
ssrTAzEWI5LL, Va Sept. 6. THE first
annual exhibition of the Tazewell Fair
here to-day. For the nrrt day tho at
tendance was large, aboL : 600 people be-
Ing present. The main fea tire OF the
fair was the ball game this q fternoon,
standing 822 TO 8 In Bluetlcld s favor. IF
"a The. first race Of the day was a rum
ming race, composed OF local horses. IL
premium was won by Wa tier McNeil
Following the running race was a trol-
ting race for the best roadster. This
race was also composed OF local horses,
and was won by Dr. ~. II. Crockett.
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Miss Forbes III.

(specialto The Times Dispatch,)
A. Sept. 6.--yNiiss jamie
Forbes sister OF Charlie Fol bes. who has
been so dangerously Ill with typhoid fever
in the Bucking cham jail, has :, since last I, T
Fisher, Hotel, where she llns been board
Ing since her bro others illness. liss Forbes
has been9 attended by Dr.. Morris, the
county physician.and pr h Nowl ~ 7, /,
severe case OF typhoid fever, similar to
that OF her brother. hut the physicians
now are hopeful of warding of such an
lcolitis, which is stubborn and resists treat
rnent. ssE i4 !, 81 q! .hls5. d.
Charlie Forbes has gotten considerably
better. Ea Is
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POLLOCK Tlll
BE {, LEADER |. /: J. Al ]: /
Madison Ward Councilman Will
Head the Street Com
t1littee.
i1l'O To- SHOWS L, HIS HAND mo,
Makes Ma; Strong Appointments Oh
Board Committees o1fle
Of the Changes.

ID President William Turpin, Of the Board
o. Aldermen. last night announced the
standing committees Of that body. and
work was at once vigorously commenced
in the Interest OF candidates for the va
rious important chairmanships.
Mr.. Gunst was not reappointcd on the
Finance Committee. Neither was Mr..
Rennolds This was because their ward,
Monroe, has three men on that cons
sinittee from the lower branch. 4
Messrs. zimmerman and Rennolds get
Streets In the places Of Messrs. Allen
and Boslqn. who were defeated for re-,
election nfessrs. Blair, Dabney and
GrundN are the new men on Finance.
Messrs. Bennett. Blair and Grundy. new
members. all get good committees. and
are satisfied. Il Is. &
Committees to Organize.
The following committees will meet
for organization to-day: streets, 5 p. Nj;
Finance, s; Light. q Electricity, s.
n s'ro-morrow' ; schedule Is as follows:f
Water. 4 SIP NJ; Poor, S; Health, q;
Grounds ssid Buildings s.
ghe nest interesting development in
connection with the ciairmansl1ips Is
the fac that Alderman yvllittet has re-
tired from the race for the head OF the!
Street Committee, and Mr.. G. x. Pollock
has been brought intofthe fight by his
friends. gas NJ 81 III II ss5, !.
v olunfary Pledges. s8
Mr.. Pollock received enough voluntary
plcdgcs last night ito elect him.. and will
almost certainly be chosen this aftcr-s
noon. II Mr.. N-hittct. could have had the
place. but said his business engagements,
would not permit. q NJ I,
AS soon as the Board commit ees were
announced 4 last night Alderman S1ann's
friends started to work TO- re-elcct him
chairman OF the " ter Committee. 9 nd
ne said he was sure he was out OF the
woods, Captain Morgan r. nj Ills is
running against Mr.. Mann and both
seem confident Of victory s ASH
Board Committees.
President Turpin's committees are as
follows II NJ NJ az sgs III
5FiNAhc {. 3s-5 V VS.
gs5 Wood, 285 III
b cottr.ll, aun.t Minor, R q and md
satterfIeId. y3S y &
SIRE ETs. IL.
Adams, Burton. Mann, Minor, Hen
holds, zImmermansa and Whlttet. .gs
LocAL%AsSE sMEhTS.
Blair, Burton, cottreiI, Gilman and q:
Rennolds ). 5g5 81 VI !ss.
Ls1
Wood. III VII " 4 5 S@3:
Cemeteries. s. I'll 3}- III:
Donahoe, Grundy, seay and Wood.
ENATER 5aif 5g
Al seek,S sennet., Mann, RennoIds and
zlmmerma r. ~ "a. q ss
GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS.
Adams, Burton. Glln1a an, Washer and
S q WhIttet. 5..5 # ss 3ss sl.
POOR. n lj35 ts8 S.
seay. Is ss8 .Ss 3t # N, 4.
ORDINANCE s Al " ss5s !.
II BECK, sIalr. oabney, Minor and seay &
. Bennett, 6 cottrell, Donahoe, Grumpy
and satterfleld
MARK ETs. 81. 81 .1a ~
PRINTING AND g LAlMs.
Adams, Donahoe, y asher and vyt,ttet,5
sennett, Washer, whlttet and zlm y;
ST. 81 10 JOHNS s SURFING GROUND
JAMES RIVER .IMPRovEMENT.s
4 Beck, seay and Gilman. If y
BUILDING, PU eLlc II I'M PRovEME N rs.
sa Beck and Mann. = Y ls5{ q
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tracks. but 10 enter the reservation r.., az

tracks, but to enter the reservation at
ALL # Il 85s II
Company. ,wi,ict, q was, q represen ted "a ~
counsel also opposed the ppltcation on
the ground thai the construction OF ans
other trolley line crossing the steam
road would add greatly to the danger Of
travel atsstha point. Senator Daniel was
All Interested listener to the arguments
of counsel. Acting Secretary Oliver. at
the conclusion of the hearing requested
the counsel TO submit written briefs and
promised to give then, early attention.
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A Faint Reminder.

,,What's the matter. Mr.. Cra bbe ~ ASK
cd Mrs, starpen,. ,yrbe way you sip yolnri
soup aud stare IN 40 the. ceiling " ltla.s
lfar.away mannerlt would seem y fs-8
minds sou Of something,
& Yes replied the sarcastic boaraer,5
3,lit 9reminds me OF soup. falns'yts ny
sds!phia Press, s5s
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them OUT thes ellington Light Infantry
was rushed under the,ahed and the exclt-
ed and surging mass made to fall back
before the charged bayonets OF the sol-
.d!ers, The troops were placed on both
platforms Of the car The train was held
twenty minutes blythe mob, which clans
bored wildly for the prisoners. 4 he sol-
dlers accompanied the officers eighty
rniles, Tor fear the negroes would be Sta-
ken from the train and lynched for olae
sol the blacklist crimes ever committed
III the State. ~ 5 lNsal. .9a8fs
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NEW SWIMMING REC cords
HAVE BEEN ESTAB LlSHEDI

rs IE3y ASSOCIATE E'rass,1 , u
ST. louis. MO Sept. 6-rhe 4. Am ,his;un
e one ssSc snd heid bs David daul. Of the
Pennsylyanla swimming CUB; vas nss ,nr g
ken BY zoltan Holomay, Of Buaa pesSs, y, W y
L Lei a. San francisco. They tied. coy
erlng the distance in twenty,eight a ~
three-Afths seconds, II swimming Ky enrd
sstiin further to twenty ght SECONDS u,
q. Nj Daniels, Of the New Ne f9,rk I, All 4,
Sletic Club. WI Won tho w yarus /, Shnn.-
5pionshlp swim in ga Up pfehe ~ n
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HEARING BEFORE OLIVER.
Senator Daniel an Interested
Listener to the Arguments,
ll(BY Assoclated Pross!,

WASHINGTON. Sept s--Acting secre-3
5tar.s Oliver to-day gave Al hearing to a
number OF attorneys representing various
sinterests involved m the ppllcation Of
the Hampton Roads Railway and Elec-
5trir Company for permission ITO enter
the Fort Monroe military reservation
oyer the tracks of the existing trolley
line there. tho Newnort' News and Old
Point Railway. The Ia tier company is
vigorously reslating the appli eatlon 81
the new CONG /. pot .oply " use Us
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For the School Board,

Is Mn Mo I'loyd I{eaMs, Of FUlton, Is u
candidate to succeed the late RI Edgar
Shine on the City School Boar n
Mr. j Z. Allen aspires TO the seat hi
the same body left vacant by the resig-
nation o DIR, +. w sun;
The correspondent who said that
Ecuador has Matched more ballot de-,
fraudlns schemes than any other place
lin the world, is probably not familiar
.ot Virginia. Norfol!. Ledger. sa5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-07
ACTS PROMPTLY X,
Prisoners Delivered at the Peni-
tertiary in Raleigh. IL

Especial to The I1hlNsT " SPA tS1E1 - 7 3
$#IRALEIGH. NJ c.. Sept, s. Governor
Aycock Il eceived telegram his eyening
SIGNED Maye9T q WlmlmEtton ths
t,iisi Of the County commis sionerct
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sDunford Jacobs.

Mis-. Sadie Jacobs. OF No. 23ie M Street:
and Mfr william NJ Dun ford. also8Eof
Richmond. were married III ~ ashin gton
Septcm Dor s. "a & $40 o clock p. n.
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for protection afforded by the military,
company. The sheriff arrived here with
HIS prisoners at ;45 o. clock. aud they
were committed Il othe penllen tiary w!th-
out special incident 9ss4i
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-13
CASE OF
SMALLPOX
FOUND HERE

The health department has located a
case OF small pox in the city. the suffer
er being Horato n. Peterson OF 224 Belle
vue avenue on Saturday he was taken
i'll at his home, whore he had come for a
vacation from North Adams and the first
symptoms were noted then.
Today the eruption came and the mat
ter was brought to the attention or DR..
Chaplin. Promptly the physician exam
ined the man and sent vaccine To the
house to make the other members inn
mune IL possible. while Peterson was re-
moved TO the hospital at Fields point.
Mr.. Peterson says he was exposed to
the disease in North Adams about four
weeks ago and that 1t is possible he may
have contracted 1t there, since that town
has been troubled all the summer with
the disease.
He was employed there I'm the mills and
came home for rest. never dreaming he
was infected. on Saturday he felt ill and
grew rapidly worse. A physician was
called yesterday who sand that there
were symptoms OF the disease. but could
not tell exactly till today when the erup-
tions appeared.
IL was then that the health department
was notified and the regular precautions
taken.
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Whereas, His excellency has not I'm his
proclamation converting this body set
forth any matters for its considerable
other than those upon which IL has al
ready taken action satisfactory TO itself
which action is not the subject OF review
or interference by him:
Now. therefore. this general assembly
hereby places upon record its opinion that
the action OF his eNcellency In construct
ing disagreement between this body and
himself concerning the wisdom OF the
enactment al this time OF certain meas
ures before II. as an extraordinary 0c-
casion contemplated by the constitution,
II an unwarranted use OF the powers con-
ferred upon him by article Z. section
OF the constitution. for the furtherance
OF his personal political Wow. and FOR the
purpose OF coerclng this body into a
course OF action contrary TO the iuda-
meht OF its members at the dlctation of
pe executive, that the conveninE OF thie
oooy ana w effect ordering n TO take ac-
uoh upon matters which were I'm its pos
eow1sioh w ~ the time OF ordering a recess.
ana IN relation 90 which II has taken such
action as IN the exercise OF its consti.
tntional functions ~ deems proper a an
attempted usurpatlou OF the constitution-
al right ot this body 10 decide ali auch
questions free from the dlctatlon OF the
governor or OF any other Official. which
verses closely upon revolution. that the
charges In his proclamation spread broad.
cast 10 the people OF this state and other
states, OF neglect OF duty and Ina
proper use OF powsrs on the part
Of this and previous general az
sembiies. are unjust and untrue. and that
his directions to the commission on thi
revision Of the judicial system are AZ
unprecedented Interference on the par
OF tho executive branch of the govern
rfent OF this state with the constitutions
powers and duties Of the legislative
branch thereof made and done - thi
. time. Immediately preceding a nationa
ard state sl~ation. for political purposes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-09-13
SWEEPING
VICTORY
IN maine

Waterville. Maine, Sept 13.-Dr. f. c.
Jones, the chairman of the Democra &c
state committee, refused today to make
any comments upon the returns OF the
vote yesterday for governor EXCEPT 10
say that he did not believe the actual
plurality throughout the state would be
found TO be as high as 10000 when all the
towns had been heard from.
DIR. Jones declared before election that
II the Republican plurality this year was
less than four years ago the difference
indicated the real loss the Republicans
have sustained
Augusta, Me, Sept 13-Gongressman, f.
c. Burleigh early today sent the follow
Ing telegram to President Roosevelt:
ITO the President oyster. Bay New
York:
Returns received up to this hour In
dlcate a republican plurality OF 5000. WB
have carried fourteen and possibly Of
have elected an overwhelming majority
or the Legislature. Gus victory is COM
plete and sweeping. ! congratulate you
most heartily upon this splendid omen
+. c. Burleigh."
The congressman also telegraphed to
the same effect TO George II. Cortelyou,
chairman OF the Republican national
committee and TO J. w. Babcock the
chairman OF the Republican congress
sional committee at New York.
To the latter he added: "Our victory
far exceeds our most sangulne expecta-
tions."
MIR. CoBB'S DISPATCH.
Rockland. Me. Sept. 1S-william T.
Cobb the successful Republican candi-
ate for governor OF Maine today made
the following statement TO the Associated
Press:
II look upon tho plurality by which
the Republicans have carried Maine as
Unexpectedly larger and as a strong en-
dorsement OF President Roosevelt's adj
mlnistration The plurality may not
prove TO be 10000. but Il IL stil hand
some and far in excess Of what the cam
paign managers expected. IL Is evident
that Maine wished TO send out 10 express
her hearty support OF the present ma
tonal administration "