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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-05

my friend" answered the palmer,
mo, all the money that is In this coun-
try could pay just price for these
wares OF mine. This nall, he continued.
pulling off his hat and turning up his
slghtless orbs, sis one OF those where
with man's salvation was secured. !
had It, together with this piece OF the
true rood. from the ive-and- twentieth
descendant Of Joseph of Arlmathen, who
still lives in Jerusalem alive and well.
though lauerly much afflicted by bolls,
Aye you may well cross yourselves, and
beg that you will not breathe upon 1t
or touch 1t with your fingers.''
And the wood and stone. holy father?"
asked Alleyne. with batcd breath, MS no
stared awe-struck at his precious relies
This cantle Of wood Is from the true
cross. this other from Noah his ark. and
the third Is from the door-post OF tho
temple of the wise King Solomon This
stone was thrown at the sainted Stephen,
and the other two are from the Tower
of Babel. Here, too, Ii part of Aaron's
l.rod. and lock OF hair from Elisha the
prophet"
but. father" quoth Alleyne. tho holy
Elisha was bald, which brought down
upon him the revilements OF the wicked
| children"
! st is very true that he had not much
| hair said the palmer quickly, ''and It
! Is this which makes this relic SO ex-
/ reed!ngly precious, Take now your choice
4 OF these, my worthy gentlemen. and pay
/ such a price as Your consciences will
suffer You to offer: for am not a
4 Chapman nor huckster and would
| never part with them, did not know
that am very near to my reward"
l. 'Aylward' said Alleyne excitedly. "thi.
Is such q chance as few folk have twice
In one life. The nail must have, and
will give IT to the Abbey Of Beaulieu
so that all the folk In England may &c
. thithes to wonder and to pray"
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by A. CONAN DOYLE.

"And I will have the stone from the
temple, ,.cried Horde John. What would
not my old mother give to have 1t hung
over her bed?'
"And I viii have Aaron's rod" quoth
Aylward. II have but Ave tiorins In the
world. and here are four OF them"
Here are three more" said john
"And here are five more" added AL
lcyne, "Eoly father. ! hanu you twelve
forms. which is all that wo can give.
though we well know how poor n pay 1t
is for the wondrous things which sou
| sell u.s.
Down, pride. down. cried the pill
! not been myself then to take this
! | not ben my self then to take this
sorry sum which Is offered me for that
which has cost mo the labors OF a life.
Give me the dross! Here are tho
precious relics, and, oh. pray you that
you handle them softly and with reycr-
encse, else had rather left my unworthy
bones here by the wayside."
With DOTTED caps and eager hands. the
comrades took their new and precious
| possessions, and pressed EDWARDS upon
their journey, leaving the aged palmer still
seated under the cherry-tree. They rode
! In silence. each with his treasure In his
hand, glancing at 1t from time to time,
and scarce able to believe that chance
| hau maze thcm SOLO owners OF relics
| OF such holiness and worth that every
abbey and church In Chrlstendom would
have bid eagerly for their possession. 50
/ they journey, fun OF his good fortune,
-tuntil opposite tho town OF LIE Mas, where
Johns horse cast shoe, and they were
glad to md ways!de smith who might
set the matter to rights. To him Ayl.
! ward narrated the good hap which had
befailen them; but the smith. when his
eyes III upon the relics, leaned up against
his anvil and laughed, with his nand to
his side until the tears hoped down his
sooty checks.
why master" quoth ne. "thls man
Ia 9 coquillart, Or seller, OF false relies,
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STATEMENT OF EARNINGS.
Norfolk and Western Has Done,
Well-Mr. Ker Resigns.

Comptroller Joseph W. Coke OF the
Norfolk aud Western Railway, has Just
issued his statement Of earnings and ex.
penses OF that system for the month OF
sss aaf he nri
The statement shows the total earnings
OF the road for Septem Der to pc - W.
o an INCREASE Of Or trerht
earnings passenger earnings showing
small decrease. Operating expenses our
ing the month we're ME, as5.a3; an IN IN
The chief items In the increase; are those
for maintenance Of equipment and con.
Quoting transportation: Net earnings for
SGT, 814.26 over September last year. The
surplus for the month Increased sSl'4'o.e'.
Mr.. J. c. cassell. assistant to President
ern Railway, and prior. to that superin-
tendcnt OF the system, has resigned that
position to go into q business enterprise rise
sells rise in the railway world has been
steady and sure.
change Just announced ls the appointment
OF F. II. I.eBaume to be industrial and
agricultural agent to succeed Mr.. Paui
Scherer, resigned. Mr.. Scherer has held
this position for some years
Chief Clerk M. T. spicer, in the on ce OF
President George W. Stevens, OF the Ches.
-apeake and Ohio Railway, has returned
from St. Louis, where he attended the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. James Ker, Jr.. for many years on
agent OF the G chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way at Staunton. and later at Clifton
Forge has resigned that position to ac-
ccpt that OF city passenger agent OF the
fSeaboard Air Line at Charlotte N. c.,
succeeding III. L. Herman, resigned.
t5I . u . y
Mr. ]. E. Hobson, chief clerk in the
Railway. has been made stationer. sue
ceeding Mr.. Nv. NJ. Lockwood, transferred
to Washington.
"a steady business to St. Louis and the
Exposition is still moving" said District
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Street. The members Of the club were
entertained with an interesting address
by Miss Maria Blair, of Richmond, who
for the past year has been travelling with
Miss Mary Johnston, the celebrated Yir-
ginia novelist. Miss Blair spoke on THE
Development Of Shakespeare's Genius"
Those present We're: Dr. and Mrs. R.. M.
Wiley, Professor and Mrs. w. A. Smith,,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Allemong, Mr..
and Mrs. M. 6. McClung, Mr.. and
Mrs. Q. L. Stearnes. Professor and Mrs.
w. r. Morehead, Dr. T. v. N. Painter,
Mrs. r. c. Stearnes. Mis-. Townsend Of
Cleveland O.. Mrs. Nlargie Evans. Misses
Lucy Burwcll, Hannah ana Agnes Arm
strong Kate Evans. Emma and Frances
Armstrong. Bessie Stcarnes, Eugenia
Griffin, Sadie Bowlcs, Miss Claiborne, Of
Richmond; Professor T. B. Kegley and
Professor c. B. Cannnday.
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(. 4 q.
and was here in this smithy not two
hours ago. This ailsthat he hath sold
you was taken from my nail-box. and
as to the wood and the stones, you VIII
see q. heap Of both outside from which
he hath filled his scrip
Nay, nay cried Alleyne, this was a
holy man who had journeyed to Jerusa-.
lem. and acquired a dropsy by running
from the house of Plate to the Mount
of Olives
II know not about that" said the smith;
but know that nan with gray
palmer's hat and gown was here no very
long time ago, and that he sat on yondcr
stump and ate q cold pullet and drank
flask OF wine. Then he begged from
me one OF my nails, and filing his scrip
with stone lie went upon his way. Look
at these nails, and see It they are not
the Same as that which he has SOLD
you
Now may God save us! cried Alleyne.
| all aghast rs there no end then TO the
wickedness OF human kind? lie SO
| humble. SO aged, 80 10th to take our
money-and yet villain and cheat.
| II will after him. said Aylward, fling
Ing himself into the saddle. Come,
Aleyne. we may catch him ere johns
horse be shod.'
Away they galloped together. ana ere
long they SAW the old grey palmer Walk-
Ing slowly along In front OF them. lie
turned, however. at tho sound OF their
hoofs. and at was clear that his blind
ness was cheat like the rest Of
him. for no ran swiftly through field
and SO into a wood where none could fol-
| low him. They hurled their rellcs aller
him, and so rode back to the blacksmllh's
the poorer both in pocket and IN fa''h
CHATTER XVII.
HOW ROGER CLUB-FOOT WAS PASS
ED INTO PARADISE,
1t was evening before the three com
rades came into Aiguillon There they
found Sir Nigel l,oring and Ford safely
lodged at tho signsof the l3aton Rouge
whore they suppcd on good fare, ana
slept between luyender-sccnted7s sheets, ~
i CHANGED, however, that knight Of Po!tou
Sir CASTOR d'l1stelle, was staying there
on his way back from Iithuanla, where
no had seryed term With the Ieu.
tonic knights under tho land-master 9,
the presbytery OF Marlenberg re ana
Sir Nigel sat late In high converse as
to bushmcnts. outfalls. and the in'aN'nH
of cities. with many tales OF warllke men y
and valiant deeds. Then their lalh
turned TO mnstrelsy. and the stranger
knight drew forth y ctttern,% upon Wt4V4'
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Series of Services,

s Rev. DR., A. c. Barron, the distinguished
pas tor and preacher OF Charlotte. N. G..
will be in the city next week to assist
fist Church, In series Of meetings. DR..
Barron has had u long and very success
ful career IN evnngelistic work: The pubs
lic will enjoy his mi nistry. These ser-
vices will begin on "Wednesday evening"
N0ve1ntcr 1th.g# iFa8E3sfl3s tat3gl 3snIf -
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ono OF THIS seasons most attractive debu.
iantes. Miss Royster has many friends

= Z. 2 f + i
,,antes. Miss Royster has many friends
Admiral W. q. wise, Of the tinted
States navy WHO viii be retired next
family. h "a 4. B,
Judge and Mrs. NJ. Il. Eure have sent
out cnrds to tho marriage OF their daugh-
ter, Don. to Mr. William Jennings At.
wood. The wedding Will take place Wed.
n!s,aay afternoon November 18th at
Church. Norfolk. Va. j !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood will be at homo
after December list at the Monticello
q lis sFeiRess i 8st'a3 w. Va s's''
Mr.. and Mrs. william Thomas Carson
Of their daughter, Mary Estcle. to Mr..
Lcmuel Branch. Tho wedding will occur
vennber, ati7:So clock. iii baltimore.
The bride and groom will he Mt home
after December zen s' 1st IN Newport News.
Mrs. Lyon q. Tyler. wife Of the presi.
dent Of William and Mary College who
Is sitting relatives In Charlottesville Va.
will spend some time in Richmond before
returning l1ome a t II n & sy
Miss Lena kellogg and Miss virgic Az
new. OF this city, are the guests Of friends
in Newport News Va
Governor "A. ]. Montague will speak at
Lcesburg, W., November 10th. before tho
Loudoun County Roadside Tree Asso.
cation. This Is composed altogether Of
women, and was founded by Mrs. ": c:
Eustis, daughter OF former Governor Levi
P. Morton, Of New York. The object Of
the association Is to bcnutify the road.
side and every member Is pledged to
plant at least one tree each year.
The Rev. Thomas G. Faulkner and Mrs
Faulkner will go from Clifton Forge Va.
to Silver Springs parish. near washington
where Mr.: Faulkner has accepted
charge. They are now visiting Mrs
Faulkner's relatives at Boydton, Va
Louie Hudg''ns II Portsmouth, VI.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Snyder. who
we're married in CLARKE county. Va. n 1
Of their wedding on Wednesday night last
at their home in Jefferson county, near
Summit Point. Their five children, three
grandchildren were present, and the COM
Ing Of three Of the bridesmaids and one
groon,sman. who took part in the wedding
festivities OLA half cen fury ago. rendered
last Wednesdays celebration most In
tcresting.
The Rev. Dr. James P. Smith will offl.
clate at the wedding of Miss Resale Cow.
herd 70 Dr.. Edgar r; Wllliams, OF West
ed, at s o'clock p. M. DIR. Williams Is a
era duate In the class Of 1904 Of the Uni
versty College of Medicine
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Warde and Kidder.
Whv He Divorced Her.

If one desire to know what were the
reasons for wrlulng the play now
Her. Just two opportunities are offered
this afternoon and tonight. The play
appeals oapeople who can and do appIe-
ciatc tho sensational In stage work A.a
That Boy Detective.
'"The Child Slaves or New York" a
detective story. played by Charles Isl ~ =.
Monday night. The play was seen here
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& II {. 4
Buckingham branch and intermediate
points: from williamsburg and interven,
ing points on the peninsula division, and
from Orange and Gordonsylllo and inter-
mediate points on the western main line line
Among, the visiting railwssy traffic m men ;, !
travelling freight agent OF the Northern
Pacific. and Mr. +. Is. Gross, travelling
Nathan Well, travelling passenger agene
OF the Southeastern District. Pennsylvia--I
nln Railroad
President George w. Stevens and Gems.
eral Manager c. H. Doyle, OF the Chesa.
peake ana Ohio Railway. are both absent sem.
from the city in Cincinnati and other
Western points. They will probably be
absent from this city the rest Of the week. 'H
On THANKSGIVING Day. November 9Th;
Southern Railway VII n Operate spec'n
Richmond. bringing the University OF
North Carolina football team and their
day between tho University OF North Car,
ollna and University OF Virginia foot-ball
4 q "a Y +. 4 .tf
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Runaway Bow Found Here.

r. on request from Norfolk, the Detective
Department yesterday found and detain-
named John l.. Fruushaw. Tho boy ran
away from his home to come here TO
work. His father wired the chief %
police he would he here to-day FOR ms
son.
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last season and Is remembered as one OF
the most entertaining OF the melodrnmas3.
The company has been playing In Norfolk
phenomenal. all the papers Of that city
concurring in tho opinion that It IS the
{record-breaker.
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@T THE SH
3 :; IflEA1 KESJ

+. n r. { I . + 4 II
That large majority Of the theatre
tainment which furnishes them with q
succession Of good hearty laughs to the
plays Of the sombre kind, where they are
called upon to sit for hours and see de-
picted the troubles Of people IN whom they
had no previous interest, is being conclu-
NEST OF refined farclcal comedies, Alice.
Where Art Thou?" The company Is q
large and carefully selected one, and in.
cludes among its principals such well
known players as Misses Grace Merritt,
Langtry Ashton, Nellie NJ. Grant, Eliza
beth Bruce. Elizabeth Hunter. Bertha
Graham; Messrs.o. NJ, Paul. Fred H IaI1hs
!, Damery, T. Willis Evans, Charles Hill
! man and others .Alice. Where Art
Thou?" will be presented at the Academy
on Monday evening
Wardc and Kidder.
drama Of colossal proportions may be
in which Frederick Warde and Kathryn
Kidder will appear here on TUESDAY,
matinee and evening. The production,
which is the most sumptuous that has
yet been exploited by managers Wagon
halls and Kemper, is a series of ponderous
the pomp and glory that belonged to an
Client Carthage, and revivifying people
but little known, even to the historian.
Forceful use Is made OF the religious su.
perstitions and the strenuous passions OF
this old time republic which at the period
in which tho play Is laid dictated + terms n TO
supporting company are Wadsworth Har-
ris Thomas Cooke, Dudley kelard and
Ina Brooks. '
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tan, Jr., Mrs. James ". Allison ana

tan, Jr. Mrs. James ". Allison ana
Mrs. Alexander.
Assisting these ladies will be the FOL
lowing bevy of charming young girls:
Miss Nellie Davenport, Miss Mamie Day
export, Miss Lulie Whitlock, Miss Mary
McD. Berne and Miss Sophie White.
Other November meets are scheduled
for the 18th, at the Reservoir; for the
18th, ut Chantilly. and for the 26th, az
the Kennels, the hour Of meeting IN
each instance being 4 P. M. Special ar
rangements are In view for Thanksgiv-
ing, which Is always a gala occasion at
the club The master, and the hunt COM
mittee make an earnest appeal to mem-
bers 10 meet promptly and another for
them to turn out in pink on regular hunt
DAYS. Pink coated huntsmen are quite
as Irresistible in the drawing room as
the proverbial military man, so the last
favor asked will be more easily granted
than many another which involves less
by way Of compensation
Miss Blair's Address.
The Times Register- Sentinel of Salem,
Va, makes the following mention Of an
address given before the Thursday Club
of that city by Miss Maria Blair who
spent some weeks there and has since
returned to Richmond. This is tho men
ton:
The Thursday Club held its regular
meeting last week at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. D. G. Armstrong on Broad
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Personal Mention.

Mr.. Robert Il. NJ Scott. formerly a
member of the editorial staff or the
s7i;,es .Dispatch. Who has bee,, cornrrtn
with the Southern Bell Telephone COM
pany, at Atlanta. Ca. fer some months,
has been transferred from Atlanta to
Norfolk, Va, as his many Richmond and
Virginia friends will be glad to know.
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Passenger Agent W. o. Warthen, Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. YESTERDAY.
III IL not IN to the September record, but
4 ia % Good , and is expected 10 continue until
the latter part OF the month.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sheppard Register,
of Norfolk. Va have issued Invitations
to reception to be given on Thursday
evening, the 10th Of November. at half
a fter $ o'clock. at their res dence, No, 100
Colonial Avenue. This will be, given in
honor Of Miss Mary Royster, who is
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Tho Chesapeake and Ohio Railway IS
preparing to move heavy excursion pus.
tness to this city Monday on account OF
the Forcpaugh Sell Brothers shows: s apo
cial trains will DO run from Gladstone,
on tho james River disvislon; from me
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Deep Run Hunt Club Meet.

The meet OF the. Deep Run Hunt Club
at Bloomingdsle 4 p. NJ. this afternoon
will be followed by a reception nj the
club house. the beginning o. n series,
making a delightful feature In the social
life Of Richmond and during the au-
trmn, winter and spring.
The club parlors will be decorated with
palms. roses and chrysanthcmums The
ladies invited 10 act on the reception COM
mttee for the afternoon arc: Mrs. c. c..
PinckneE Mrs. Joseph L, Willard, Mrs.
Thomas n. Carter, Mrs. Andrew Chris
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This series began The r1mcsDpa.cb
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
WALL STREET VENTURES
ENRIC A .CROEREI
Man Held in Insane Asylum Spccu-
lates in Stocks With Remark
able Success

DANNEMoRA. Sept. 1s.-Alphonse
j. Ste phani. civilly dead. but finan-
cially very much alive. was informed
to-day that the appraisement of his
mothers estate means an addition to
his fortune of about 100000 making
this murderer patient the possessor of
at least $250.00O. He is serving a life
sentence for the killing of Clinton G.
Reynolds, New York attorney, in
1890, and was transferred from Sing
Sing to the Dannemora Insane
Asylum.
Adjudged by alienists to be a para
noiac of a clearly established type,
Stephan has, by shrewdness. luck and
an almost uncanny intuition. made a
success in Wall-street investments.
building up from comfortable
nucleus a bank account that overtops
that of many manipulators.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
DEATH ARRIVES
BEFORE BRIDE
Colorado Woman Who Came
to Los Angeles to Be Mar
ried Finds Lover a Corpse
Special Dispatch to The Call.


LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18.-Traveling
alone all the way from Fort Collins,
Colorado, to Los Angeles, expecting
soon to become a bride, Miss Charlotte
Burton, a graduate in medicine from
an Eastern university, reached this
city only in time to attend the funeral
Of her betrothed. Instead of making
E bridal wreath of the ever blooming
flowers of this cline she set herself
to work yesterday to weave a funeral
pail of smilax and roses and the shroud
Of flowers which she made was used
to-day to cover the comm Of her be-
trothed. She would permit no one to
assist her and she herself placed it
on the casket and then, while taking
a last look at the face she loved, she
tainted. She is now under the care
OF physician.
Her lover was Roy S. Lumry, super
intendent of linemen of the Los An
geles Electric Company. He and Miss
Burton had been schoolmates in the
East and less than ten days ago he
sent for her. They were to have been
married under the trees in the yard of
a home which he had prepared for his
bride. She telegraphed that she had
started and he went to work. That
morning, before he had been at work
an hour, he was killed by contact with
live wire.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
STANCHFIELD
Is IN THE LEAD
Has the Most Pledged
Delegates in the Democrat
ic Convention in New York

SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept. 1s.-Al-
though there are many well known
Democrats here tonight the absence
Of some of the foremost leaders, who
will be most influential in the seIec-
ton of the ticket to be nominated at
the Democratic State Convention which
will begin here at noon on Tuesday.
prevents the situation taking any def
mite form.
Everybody, regardless of political af-
flliation. agrees tonight that no def
mite settlement has been reached as
10 the nomination for Governor. 1t
is conceded that, so far as actual
pledged delegates are concerned, john
3. Stanchfield of Elmira has the lead.
The name of Edward NJ. Shepard of
Brooklyn is prominently named by
many of those here tonight. Assembly
man George M. Palmer of Schoharie
is mentioned for Lieutenant Governor.
The Tammany men name four men,
any one of whom would be acceptable
to Tammany Hall. They are Shepard,
Palmer, Judge d. Cady Herrick of AL
bany and Judge William ]. Gaynor of
Brooklyn. They express themselves as
opposed TO Stanchfield and equally so
to Comptroller Edward II. Grout, who
is likely to be favored by Senator Nc
Carren and the Kings County Organi-
zation and certain upstatMleaders.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
WORK OF GHOULS REVEALS
A CASE OF SUBSTITUTION

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The discov-
cry of vandalism at the tombs of the
Harrison family, on Cemetery Island
and at Echo Bay, near New Rochelle.
developed to-day a remarkable mys-
terry. The ghouls who tore open the
catacomb containing or supposed to
contain the body of old David Harrison
found not the bones of the eccentric
old millionaire, but those of a woman
So states DR.. ]. H. Brennan, who ex-
amined the skeleton and who shows as
ocular proof portions of a skull from
which long red tresses hang. One thick
strand two feet long was exhibited to-
night.
Who made the substitution is mys-
terry. Valuable jeweiry was supposed
to have been buried with Harrison in
1878.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
COMING TO CALIFORNIA
IN SEARCH OF CHILD
Couple Stranded in Florida Believe
Kidnapped Daughter VIII be
Found I'm LakcpOrt

NEW YORK, Sept. sc. e. Gard
Jacksonville, Fla, and owner of a line
of steamships between Jacksonville and
Tampa, went to the police station to-
night to look into the case of Mr. and
Mrs. William BertFam, who are on
their way to Lakeport. Cal. in search
of their kidnapped daughter. The cou-
pie, who haven't cent except what
Captain Cotrell gave them, asserted on
Saturday night that they would go to
California if they had to walk. Cap
tain Cotrell sent them to a lodging
house on Saturday night, but neither
he ror Gardner could find them last
night. Gardner said that he would pay
their fare West il he could find them