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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-16
THE VARDAMAN# MATTER.
Postmaster General Payne Issues
Statement. Giving Cows Letter

fBy Associated Press q, IS.
81, wAsH1NGToN August I j. 15.-A ans, sa
sapts sns e ee
added to- da y;$ to the case growing o y
Of the refusal OF the stofiice Depart
Nr1ent to N name y: q MI Hsissipp postso,mce
after Governor ma
scral Payne Of a statement, WHICH gave,
without comment, d letter from Governor
$Vardaman,s published in the Charleston.
News and Courier THIS 4 et iea.
fpartment as confirming the authenticity
of5 Governor Yardarnnn's editorial remarks
about the mather Of President Roosevelt,
ia given in la newspa per publ ati9ns as
follows: ;s55 q assssg3 ].
August Y Z. ~ Special )--seyerals
days ago the editor Of the Anderson DAILY
Misstssippi. ana 4 asked him aboiA HE truth
of the insertion made by Post Gener r.
Payne, that q Governor " ardaman had while
editor OF spaper In Mlskisslppi, som q
$ansion to- ~ Roosevelt lthe \
rnother$of the President: 4,
SS The * following letter has been received IN
veply: e !, g. y,e,,a = e ant
jackson. mississippi. A usust s
my Dear sSir,--Your kind favor Of the SIN
instant has been received II 4 had a COPY
Of the Common ealth you /. desire 4 would " !
the flies of the old paper arc q hundred miles
away. There was { nothing In that ed1tor1ai
offensive to Mrs Roosevelt or that rsileeseaE
upo1 q scientific grounds. an explanation OF
Teddy.s a deEeneracyS$ and general cussednesss
without holding his ancestors responsible 1ors
thought owed 70 q =. ~ II ~.
infanyAo Of that distinguish. ed accident.
sincerely ana cordial I, I, -. I. (,
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jSUCCESSORI TO.
AR|'.R|'|.l ! !
Percy B. Fleming Of Louisburg,
Made Institutional
Clerk.
N DAMAGES COTTON.
Sylvia Hinton, Colored, Dies a, At
the Age Of One Hundred and
. Ter1A Sharp Campaign.
5{specialto Tho Times-Dlspatch.)

(Special5to Tho Tlmes-D lspntch.)
RALEIGH, n. CT, August 15--statol
Treasurer B. n. Lacy announces the ap-l
pointment OF Percy b. Fleming. Of Louis.
burg, who has served as teller or The
>statc treasury, as institutional clerk, 10
succeed the late John 2. Arlington who
died last week. rs IN f IA
a. n. Arlington, son Of the deceased,
becomes teller OF the tellcr's treasury, in
the stead Of Mr.. Fleming, promoted.
Arlington held a position In the division
Offices OF the seaboard Air Line here ard
will retire from the railroad service to
take his new position within the next
few days. Isl
"a charter was issued to-day for the
Holly Springs High School. Of 4 Holly
Springs, this county. The capital au-s;
Sthorized is $4,000. but there is only $3.50
paid In. by about thirty citizens OF that
section. NJ Sfss3S
IA Tho Indications arc that the attendance
Oh the Confederate reunion a T. Ashevillc,
to convene August Goth, viii be the larg-l
st1n several years T.. s. Carr, majo
general commanding, announces that tho
camps IN all parts Of the State 81 dvi l
him that they$will send full d allegations.
S8@4 AGDD a11O YEARS.
III Sylvia Hinton,s colored. died in this city
yesterday at the advanced age OF ono
hundred and ten years, Her age %is
8vouched for by Mr.. Joel u. seawell, n, dep
5uty$clerk to the Supreme Court, to whose
grandfather the negress belong ed before
the war. She has always a we'd in this
county. The woman had a distinct ;recol-
lection 81 the birth Of Ma or Charles
Hinton one OF the earlier state treasurers.
ana he was 81, years old when S he ne
died III 1852
It IS a notable fact that It has &rained
III Raleigh every da for the past twenty.
four ays. excepting last satu rday Farm
Eers report the cot ton crop IN This sec e.
tomas being sdamag ed consi 81
continued rains causing the BIZ oms to
shed. Other crops ARE also Showing tho
damaging feet off the Eratnsl
One OF the sharpest campai gns tel. local
tax for the Improvement OF public schools
was closed In the Chal beat 81 SPRINGS sec 73
ton or this county sat urday, with the
defeat of the proposed local tax. ss =
4 State Superintendent OF Publ 4 lnstruc-
ton took an active, hand In the fight and
induced Governor Aycock to go out there
last Friday and eliyer one of his famous
ID ucattonals addresses. but Il the returns
showed that while the rte ~ 81 was one
ajority for the tax, two were lacked
|Fof a ma ority OF the gistered voters
ISfayorfng the tai.
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HOR Sc And BUGGY |. ! 8 7
FOUND IN RIVER.
(specIal to The Times Dispatch.

Especial 10 l'ne llllles-LisPtltSt.l 1900
WILMINGTON M G., August To- d.
The discovery Of q horse and buggy N
3Nortteast River at Castle Haynes. nlnc
miles from Wilmington, yesterday after
noon would probably disclose a tragedy,
In which r. H. Butler. "a well known
travelling man, who was on the road for
Butler Brothers. obacco manufac turers.
Of Reidsyille. M q, lost his life, 4. b, !.
"A 5valise was found under the seat q !
the buggy, and In at s We're papers ana llf
clothes marked r, II, Butler, It IS prob
able that he drove into the river N the the
night, taking It for q small stream cross
ING the road. He was last seen leaving
iB,lrraw. a small town ten miles distant
from the place the team was found &
a careful search ls being made for the y,
body, Relatives OF the missing man WIN
arrive on the scene tomorrow 70 JOIN
In the search. 'i
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Sponsors, or and Maids

Especial !. to The Tmes- Dl spatch.) l
LYNCHBURG.a VA. August 15.--Colonel w,
w, III Sale, OF q Norfolk, division commander
u: S. sc G. W, has appointed as sponsor for
the Sixth Congressional District OF Virginia.,
Miss Elizabeth Adams daughter OF the late
,throug bout the war on the stan Of General
"a Re sSlg 5s
h Miss Adams Ii beautiful debutante. Of
rich brunette type. having liza 4yiyacious mind
regarded with great favor. q Il, 35iE'.
The local camp Of veterans viii be repre-
.sented In q September by Miss Mamie Gar.
land and Miss Beverley Rodes. descendants
OF the generals for whom the camp Ia named.
4 The Garland j odes Camp elected as it,
sponsor and maid Of honor for the coming
reunion. Miss Rebecca Martin and Miss Nor
Wall
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V'IR GIN
BR ELS

4is1
81 CHATHAM. VA, August rs. Margaret. the
IN tho yard Friday afternoons. was Kicked
In tho face by o horse, nlashins her nose Into
q pulp and bruislng her face badly. The
wound Is very painful, but not considered
serious. 3331i93 ~ 5az 55yl
FORK UNION, VA number 81 students
OF the Fork Union Academy, spending their
vacation na agents for various enterprises In
ths Northern States to procure tho means
for the further prosecution OF their studies,
sof the session ana bring with them reinforce
sments from the Mort Il "A
81 FREDERICKSBURG,v A.--Mr. j. Mcwhirt,
OF Spotsylvanla, who was sent to Marion,
M G.. to view the body Of the negro who
was killed there while resisting arrest, and
who was thought to DO John Lewis, 4 the .sus-
Ipected murderer OF the colored girl In Spot
Esylvanla. has returned, and reports that the
body was not that % q Lewis q. q.
Sunday school convention adjourned &2o on
Thursday after g two days il session In the
Methodist Church Representa- ives from every
Sunday school In the county were present.
and IA large crowd OF visitors. Tho dellbera-
itions were both Interesting and Instructive.
and several fine addresses were made. s asss8
atS NEWPORT NEWS, " Al Mrs. John ". Wal
ford has received a telegram from her bus
band, who @ has 4 been Il nSs England sett ling
up his father estate stating that !. he sailed
for home last Frtday. alfordss father.
Colonel Walford, w died N several a months ago.
leaving an estate valued At several hundred
thousand dollars - the greater part Of which
goes to his y son, who was 4 employed y asI g
Jstevedore 81 BY q the 4 OLD Dominion N steamship
Company here at n the time sof his fathers
death.
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MR.. DAVIS ATT WHITE
Il. READY { FOR MOTIF CATION

(ByI Associated Press. ) -
+ WHITE SULPHJR sPRIN Gs,S w. VA.
August 49,, Democratic vice. sidental
Cand ate Henry g, Davis, ACCOM-
panied by a party Of friends from Eli
kins. arrived here tonight on his prl-
yate car &c eland, {" preparatory to the
notificat Ion ceremonies VIII oh are to oc-
cur on; w ednesday Several a8 thousand
people Yirginlans and West virginians
sum Inering at this celebrated resort,
were at the statlop to N meet Senator
Davis. and he was given q magniflcent
welcome, x VI b Il
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AUCTION SALES. Future Day.
By Sutton and Company. N
Real Estate Auctioneers. n
16 N. Ninth Street


SALE OF As PRETTY LIT
TIE ME.5yyITH THREE ACRES
OF6GOOD, 8R1CHBLAND,HO NsTHE SEW
EN- PINES ROAD ABOUT NE-HALF
MILE EAST OFs#4TIIE CITY LIMITS.
Eat the request OF the own er, we shall
OFFER for sale, at Il pub lic aucti Ion. upon
III TfH II IE.sf AUGUST 18TH. 100,
at $3.50 So'c clock P.aa n. the opertyz above
D The improvements sconslst sSof a nice,
scompa ratfvely new. Ing. with seven
ght3 rooms. SYyi II detached I. kitchen.
building all OF which are In nrst-class
order s ri
This is indeed j a frst-clnss piece & OF
property. and will make g nice home for
city Limits. being near the city. and right
on the car line 81
Tie Owner is anzl ous 2toI sell. ana 4 q
Terms q, 4beral and ann ounceda at
sE SUTTON 8 COMPANY.
Auctoneer
81
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THE SOUTHERNERS.
The Virginians, Carolinians and
Others Shown Special Honors.
3 j 38 Especial to The Times Dispatch.)

ID sToN, MASS. !, E Aug. is. There Is a
distinguished party OF southerners here.
including Mr.. Benjam min G.. Wherry, Of;
SWilliamston, N. c. 4; Colonel William 2.
Cameron. of Petersburg. Val Colonel
John " atk!nson, OF " ilming ton. C.;;s
number OF others at Faneull TALL. a All the
6outherners were call ed upon for speeches.
4 Virginia and North Carolina are maxi
/ School, fremont Street. . and are housed
infprlyateS families. wit h a few scattering
at the hotels. Virginia will turn out a.
$50 900 veterans will parade. The Southern;
Eers will be guests Of Comma der-ln-C Chief!
i ] ohn G. Black on his reviewing stand to-
be guests OF the National Committee. a
majority OF q the l5$ Virgi MANS and other.
4 Southerners spent to- ay@ In "a visit to the
y fleet of United Sta es Warslips anchored
III the haTbor In honor Of the eacam pment,
though q few part cipated In the parade
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DIED FROM BURNS u + !. n! J.
Found Himself in Flames and
Could N st Tell How it Happened.

# Especial TO The Times-D Dispatch
4wILMINGTON.8 II c.. s Aug. 15.-.--lO.4r.
5A.sE s. Kemp la prominen young business s.
man Of Elizabeth own, WHO wa terribly
burned In his. ON at the Bonitz House.
this city, early inss ] tune. died yesterday
al the hospita here as the result Of his
injuries. A Though his burns had almost
healed they prod uced ex tianstion. which Ife
was the direct ca use! Of his death.
and stopped at the Bonitz House. During
the night q he walked 80 up envelo ped 81 in
flames He never could exp ain just how
The Sremaf11s were taken to Elizabeth
town and buried to-day u He was thirty
two years Of age fnd from q a excellent q
70 w., =
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THE ARREST /. {, J OF A
RAILROAD MAN

(special.to The Times Dispatch.)
SAL1sBURY,N NJ c.. August l5.--Cap-
tain ] u. Phillips. OF Spencer, who had
for a number OF years been a freight
condut tor running out OF that place on
the Southern Railway, was arrested at
his home to- day on the charge OF rob.:
Ling fielght cars in transit, the article
taken being principally merchandise Tho
arrest which has caused quite q sensa-E
ton, was effected BY Chief Detective
,Connally, Detective Hanie and Deputy
.Sheriffs Dave Julian and ] !. "a. Siceloff.3
who nave been wo rking on the case for
ninumbtr OF weeks.
II Among the articles found at the home
OF condu ctor Phillips were two new
typewriters which had been taken from
a box 4 car IN December 1909, tog ether
With al lot Of bolt goods and clothing.
III efanlt OF q Il, 900 bond. he was com. Y
smitted to jail to await g preliminary
hearing, ii NJ HIGH i has been set for satur-3
day morning. hen seen at the jail this
n Mr.. Phillips declined to talk
further Il than TO II protest his innocence
OF the serious crime which he is charged
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II viii sell for account OF Mrs. Marianssli
Az M at nc III E. BF'ranklin Street.
4 Geo. w. Mayo, Auctionetr. Il

Is IG LOT HOUSEHOLD ANDaKI
d ENEFURNITuREa CONSISTING8OHt
EXTRA FINE OAKLAND IA CHERRY
sIDEBoAR L; & /; EDS
sHOLSTERED#8PARL SUITS. CAR
PETS lAiATTINGS. LACE
CURTAINS. DRuGGETs. RUGS. An
FTIQUE s MIRO Rs, 90 N ENyI@sz OILY
OAK 81 ROLLER TOP
OFFICE DESK. PI cTU Es, III CIR ocK.,.$
AND GLASSYV ME- SsS
N will sell for nccount Of! Mr.. p.
Cook, who lis leaving the city, e 10 10
O'Clock a.. M. at No. 20aE Governor Street,
ssi TUESDAY,s.AuGU T. SD ].
all the Household and Xxi chen Furniture
at above a ress. VI consis ting of Oak Beds
room Suits, Il Upholstered Parlor Suits, Oak
Oliver Typewriter, Oak Rol ler- top Desk
Oak Elk tension Ia bles, Side board, Dinlngsz
room Chairs. Carpet Seat II ockers. ~ }p-s
3holstered Rockers, Glassware. GrockeFy.s
Re awn Mowers Couch HAL
and Stair Carpet. arga and Small RuKs.s
All 8ofs t1ess above nnentl led II ticlesS are
.nearlyias good as neW,s havin 81 been USED
for only d Isl hort time. q
AS G e DIV. MAYO, Aucti oneer.SBse
rs b, q. Buford. danag ger and Sale snlari
Aug 16tS2l N,
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for whom It was prepared, marked tn
formal opening of this ORGANIZATIONS
biennial conciave OF 1901. The exercises
occurred ati4 o'clock III the presence OF
about 1900 people, Marion 3. Taylor.
chairman OF the Executive COMMITTEES
on Arrangements, formally presented the
tented city which bears HIS name to
Tracy r. Bangs, snpreme chancellor OF
the Knights, who turned the camp over
to General James r, carnahan. OF In
dlanapolis, commanding the uniform rank
the general speaking briefly in aekl,o'N-
q q III ll gi Il
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FUN|.E {
MANCHESTER
Death Of Mr.. ]. w. Bailey on
SundayFunerals Of ,Bwo
Infants.
| BOARD MEETS THIS EVENING
,Two Old Members Retire.
Z Shooting on Hull Street.
Court Notes. s33

~
Manchester Bureau. Times ispatch
i3g s @ - No. 1102 Hull Street. j
4 The funeral OF MIR. j. w. Bailey took \
place at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon =. =
from Central Methodist Church Mr..
BAILEY died sunday, aged forty five years.
He leaves his wife and iovr5 children.
There was q large attendance OF friends lends
of tile al ceased, who was popular with With
O large class OF friends.
Tile remains Of the infant son OF Mr.
and Mrs. s. L. Carter. OF No. s1b Porter
street. were buried from the home, No. NO
els Porter Street, at 1880 o'clock this
morning. The child died at noon on
Sunday. Ss5 Il s5 81 /. ..yfg
The infant child of Captain and Mrs.
,G. w. Smart, died Sunday aftcrnoon, at
the residence Of Mr.. J. Q. G t,e,'1, on n
Eas. Tenth Street. The body swas SEM
Is the home In Jetersvilie for burial jy67
Shooting Affair.
4 !, Squire Jordan Will have q tangled knot
to unrnrci this morning. HI Il
the 81. ptipals. Burrows Is a barkeeper.
Hc Claims that Gray threw a beer bot
tile at hin and ran. The latter says he
was shot at twice. and struck on &c. DE-
Rucker examined !; the man. but could
not find e bullet hole. T he arrest was
made BY or ficers Moore, and the case will
come up to-day p fs3 81
8 Artists Are Wanted
I; Gorge 1Ioxie, of 3Hartf ford, was dis
cha rged BY Squire Jordan yesterday. He
was ar1 ested as a suspi cions character
But he proved that he was an itinerantl
pcddler. NJ NJ # 3sSs 81
Warrants are out for the arrest ofEtwo
men WHO claim they are fists, ss and
n no serve orders for enlarging pictures.
Squire Cheatham will probably have I,
them on + riday. 81
Board of Aldermen.
I .'he Board OF Aldermen will meet toe
night.
rt1is viii be the last meeting OF the
.Donrd Under the present or ganization.
IS Two new mem bers WI II Il go in at the
next meeting hGssrs. ] ohn Mo- ore and
irnei, Barrett and Huband, both II OF the
Fourth Ward s#
81 There Will be a lot OF routine business
at the meeting to-nig ht, but IT is not like
1y that any new business will be intro.
5duced. 5 355
Personals and Briefs. q.
The s pper-t the benefit OF the sa9t
cred Heart bazaar at the school on Fri
day night promises to Il be g great sue
cess. M
n Alderman elect John s. n oore. who has
been Ill Tor some time. IS improving slow
sly. IL IKE 9gs55 q
BE- The condition of little Charles Redford..
y q. who fell from a porch. is serious. ai'
Miss Rudd. da liter OF Alderman ].
II. IS Rudd; 4 has returned from yirgtniaS
beach. 5ss n
Mrs ltIth Pillow has gone to- Green's
boro to attend her sister. who n Ill.
Misses Alma Andrews and Nellie But
Ter, Of Peters nrg, are sitting Miss Gay,
on Porter Street .s3 M y 58R
Ia y; DR.. F.. 4. Rucker has returned from
Blue Ridge Springs j.
Ohm onesty, of r richmond. has opened
a cafe le$ N q. 1909 Hull Street. He will
have an /: 30 pening tonight from Z to
70 O'Clock. Omission to be BY invitation
card s53 E5sS 81 s
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3@ EN- II BY II. a. M, Curdy, jys sssgg
Real Estate Auction eer. I'll v sssS
TRUSTEES SALE
I OF II s va
WE'LL BUILT DETACHED FRAME
DIV ELI N g
NO. s sos n NORTH 4aTWENrY. EIGHTH
III ~ STREET, BETWEENfN IN AND A s sssS
ST r EE3TS sa Ss

In execttionsof cert ain deed OF trust.
OF 26th J 1s97, recorde ed in deed .hooks
|181 B, page "a. Richmond Chancerys Court
and at the requ est Of II pa ties u tr-s,
5terest, the gned will offer for 49,
upon the premises, on a Sss
TUESDAY, Angus 10, 100.
at $50 p. M, the real; estat e conveyed byss
said deed, 3 and therein descri bed as .as lot
with impr oyenents.s commel,ei 90 :. feet
north Of the intersection OF n NJ Street
fronting q feet on the eastern line Sofs
ITwenty-elghth Street, Is nd running 8backss
5132 feet % Fan alley.
$ts The buildings were erected by the late;
3, " Harman.8 q sprac zeal build er,S for
his own USE and were &occ Piled by him
70 the time OF his death, and are well and 1
SUBSTANTIAL Sconstructed !. lrd ia re IN per-
feet order. No better nvestra ent8 can be-
made than IN real tySs Of this Character
either for al home or Of horwise.
as II to- cost Of and ex-8
iperses OF sale, & any delinqu ant axes and
suf1slst n, note e fST ss sia
balance Eat one and two Years. interests
added and secured Thy trust deed u or all
cash, at the option OF the purchaser sSS
r.. 81 B. d,CURDY. Trustee
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BOILER EXPLOSION
COSTS FOUR ! ] lives
j. +. Arnold, Wealthy Owner Of
Plant, Among Thu Who
Are Killed.
i(By Associated Press.)

Ay$ (Byi Associated + Press)
sENOIA. GA. August y. IT he boiler
at the saw-nill OF Il J. r. Arnold, five
miles from this city, exploded this af-3i
sternoon.. killing four persons and injur-s
ing several others, how many Is !. not
known. The dead n s.
q j j., sAHNo lid, owner OF the mill.
BLTTORD$ARNOLD. a fs H. 4
+ WILL ARNOLD, negro.
fls AN UNKNOWN NEGRO.
The injured included two negro en-
ployes, one OF whom may die, Il, NJ
II The cause OF the explosion Is not
known, but Is reported to have been 1DWl
water IN the boiler, v; e rs
J. & It. Arnold was one OF the veal hiest3
and most popular men In the county,
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Both Had Big DAYS.

e The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway car-
lried down to Newport News, Old Point
an the seashoreI on ITS two outing trains
Sunday Just $786 people. T hese hguresare
"a bout up to those for the two preceding
Sundays. and are among the best crowds
of the season. An excursion OF over four
hundred people was brought to tits city
by the Chesa peak and Ohio from Nor
foil, III Newport N eWs and Hampton Sum
day The party re turned In the evening. @
The crowd carried d own by Captain
r. Adams on the Norfolk and Yves tern
sTrilby excursion was The largest Of the
season. numbering over six hundred.
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BY r ichmond Auction Co,
120555 East MAR.
large and Attractive AuctionI
Sale OF New Harness. General
Merchandise Clothing Furni-
rs ture; SC, &c. Day. 23EsS

We Will sell TODAY Tuesday August
18TH commencing at 10 :3o. s1at e our ware
rooms. 1905 p. Main Street, is New Sets OF
Buggy Harness, 3 cases OF General Mer-
chandise Shoes II Hats. Gloves, Clothing;
80 Ca ses Of Aiason's Fruit Jars; 4 an extra
large line Of furniture, q q. !Ha ndsome
Oak Chamber Suit (cost t$140) N several Me-
Wardrobe Handsome Brass Bed Hall
Racks. Desks, 5 Elk tension r bles. Book
Cases Side boards, II ypeWrite ter. Tables. Bed
Lounges. Couch. Refrigerators Odd 4Bu-
tress, SPRINGS stc.; also s Hand some S.
foot Dis play Show Cases Cost 1885, .5s$ III
Sale positive. and all goods must go.
RICHMOND AUCTION CO.
\ Geo. H. Valentine, Auctloneer. Il.
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NOT LEAV 5 LAC K SEA;
SINK IN 10 MORE NEUTRAlS

IA {By Associatetl Press) f5 sl 81
LONDON.f August 5l5.- ". 70 an
inquiry 4 By Sir Albert Kaye Rollitt.
Premier Balfours;in letter. dated Au-
gust 18th. says v hat the British govern
ment has reason to bel ievea that no more
ships to be used as cruisers Will Issue
from the Black Sea, and that no mere
neuf ral ships will be sunk.
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Sbec ial IL louisville.

AS knights Of Pythias special train,
consisting Of one combined or md four
board S is meabeTs 81 the he order beund
for the supreme lodge, at louisville, KY,
and thence to st. Louis. passed through
the city Sunday at 4 r. NJ, u. The party
Will go by he Chesapea Ike and Ohio Rail-
way continuing the journey from LOUIS
Vile to the expo ltion cit y.
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Mr.. JEFFERSON ILL.
n, = F--''--r-
Condition Of the Veteran Actor
Such as to Cause Alarm.

Especial to The Times-D ta6a tch.)
BtIHZAADS BAY, NfAss.t August E.--
IL is feared that Joe Jefferson, the ven-
cradle actor Is near his end. While.
Grover Cleveland was his guest last
month he became I'll. and his condition
since then has continually grown~e worse.
Heis suffering from q complication Of
diseases. and his advanced age prevents
him ral1yIlig.,
&s$ To-day DR.. Kinney was called from
Hostor In consultation. The patients
condition Is very, low to-day, and the
igrnvest fears are entertained. ss