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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
QUESTION OF
PREFERENCE.
Some Interesting Legal Points
in Blackstone and Southern
Railway Case.
TO SELL RAILWAY ASSETS s
Matter Of Precedence and Pref
crenceSofS Claims Yet to
be Decided.

Another step in the litiga lion growing
out 1.-THE construction Of the Black cli'
stone and Southern RAILWAY an inco M
plete branch line extending from Black
stone. on the Norfolk and Western Kali.
way, a few lies southwark. and which
Is now in the hands OF the receivers.
Judge Edmund yvaddill j. Jr.. OF the United
States District Court. has Just entered al cred
an order directing. tho receivers to sell
the property, franchises, and ap-
Ypurtenances OF said railway at public
auction for the benefit OF creditors.
Some time ago the trustee secured from
the courts M order directing the sale Of
the road under a decd Of trust IS This
4proposition was not satisfactory. e the
other creditors of the bankrupt road, ms
under a deed OF trust sale only the
holder Of the deed would have secured
satisfaction Of his claim. The other
creditors or some Of them therenpon p,
piled to Judge Waddill for an injun ctton5
restraining the sale under deed of trust.
and asking for the appointment of a re-
Eceivcr to take charge Of and dispose OF
the assets for the benefit OF the crcdi-i
tors. fi X "a Il. KICK }e sgg
4 A. B. Dickinson. OF this city, and BEN
y
as the receivers. A N S
Taking Dispositions.
Fl Judge Wade Ill recently designated IA II
storney D. e. o Flaherty a s. H q n special
commissioner to hear evidence and take
dispositions IN the case of T.; j.. n Watson
VS.. Benham Morriss, trustee, and ascertain
the debts Of the company, the nature md
ipriorltyBof claims and the ssets Of the
corporation. Acting Under this authority
Commissioned o. Flaherty has been for.
several days and is still taking deposit
lions in the case, in the presence of .at-
ftorneys Representing the various credi>$
tors. Oneaof the tons involved, and
perhaps the most important, " is perhaps
the most i'm portant, Is whether or not q
stock conlpanyso Of this character, char
tered by the General Assembly can give
preferences are forbidden. In case Of a
cages, or whether under a. recent statute
preferncs Il ar biddn. IN case Of q
company chartered BY the courts, prefer.
encei OF holders .of a deed OF trust over
other creditors Is forbidden. but the point
was made that this being a company
chartered by the General Assem- bly,, the
statute forbidding preferences did not
apply. In any event this and other ques.5
Stions are before the commissioner$fo for
consideration and he is taking dispositions
in the case daily at his Office In the
Chamber OF Commerce.
"a There are many interests represented
at the sitting. among them being the
Norfolk And Western Railway, represent
( ed by Hon. w. II. Mann; Attorney Edgar
Allan and Judge w | p. Homes OF Boyd
ton. representing the receivers, and
Henry r. Miller, of this city, representing
the Lunenburg Lumber Company, and
Attorney g. A. Hanson, of this city,
representing trust company, which In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
{ PURNELL' IS = RT'U q
,Penny-in-slo chine M de =
True Prediction in His Case

I Just before leaving the city yest erdayS
SFederal Judge T'urnell OF Mort y u Caro-
lila, related a most rema rka Bile incident.
During the attsr. III May th e. =!
Wei, were I tie Main Street Station wa ting
fora train, when his ttention was I. called
Which tells Yoilr fortune, indicates your g!
Weight and plays sou une, az foF ona
cent. AZ s 81 4, sas. !, U. N =, 4, u,
f,,ss?N Which az he did and the stereotypsd
sentence Witch CAME n. return for the I;
lspread over this and other lands. ! I.
dttls thinking z M
p paper SG in his rocket and had forget,
couple soi, t 81 Week Weeks later. when he awoke
10 find himself the most IA lkedA ofsofflr
EeIat IN The South, by rea son OF me DAM
#ieIs~ contempt proceedings, S A gs5f =
The ticket Is now held as ame AZ d 4ol
III not very superst ltiaus. BIZ II is safe g
prediet that fs G nI4 fosf sl me-
telling procllYl les, n /,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
THERE IS
NO PEACE
Negotiations for Settlement Of 81.
Strike Practi cally at
Standstill.
CANNOT REAC 4 Al RE & { A E! {
Hope Has Not Been Given r.,
5I1 owievver, and Conferences
Will Continue.
ny L.. L \ I,rcss.>


SCHIcAGG, IS uly IN ego cations g. for
peace in the stock yards, sstrik are prac-
tically at stnndstill tonight, and tho
strike will continue until one side or, the
other abates somet hing OF the demendsi
made up 10 the present time.
Both sides arc anxious for a pea ceable
settlement, hut tho stumbling block to n
final I'D justment is that neithcr Is will
Ing to allow the other to dictate the basis
of arbitration. 1ls IL Il ~
Reply Unsatis factory.
a fternoon Tn Il packers considered
Mr.. Donnelly'sS reply to their PROPOSE ton
I or last night, but It proved unsatis fnc-l
tory. and the r.lion officials were notified
that it would b;a impossible to reach q II
agreement along the lines suggested by
Mr.. Donnelly. In their answer 70 n r;
4 Donnelly the packers declared themselves
willing to arbitrate. but stipulated that
the arbitration should include the entire.
scope OF tho strike and not be subject
to restrictions or Limitation OF any kind
This communication of the pa cRers was
Identical 81 with the one sent yesterday
by them TO Mr.. Donnelly, to which his
counter proposition OF to-day was q Il re-
ply. With The reply Of the packer was g
sent a note Ito Mr.. Donnell y5 notif ylnE
him that they would he ready for his
anEWeE&LO.U lunkA SstS W
another conference wit them they would
be pleased to meet him In nothers effort
to reach a. basis OF arbitration. No ar,
rangements have as yet been made for.
another. conference, but tn reply OF tho
unions to the last note OF the packers
will be sent Tomorrow morning. after
which Mr.. Donnelly will leave for s..
Louis, where he will adj resa a mass
meeting OF strikers on Sunday after
noon. Mr.. Donnelly's last PROPOSE ton TO
the packers was as follows:
All grievances to be submitted TO II
ii arbitration; an strikers to be rein-58s!
stated in body; men mployed BY
the packers since the strike may be 5
retained II use can be found for them;
the temper wage scale to be that
q in effect previous to May 2sth. This III
means that uiiskilled labor is to be 3
paid pending the decision Of the q r g5
bitrators. SIP cents. instead OF IS
to II IL cents, tho price paid since 4
y May 25th.''' 55
Proposition of the Packers.
The following is the n. reply OF the.
packers to tho propo POSITION q Mr.. Don
nelly: IN s8 q
s5'All grievances to be submitted to
arbitration: the strikers TO be ZEN :
ployed as rapidly as places can be
found for them, pre- ference to be given zen S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
FIRE !; ! | I: in |. \ CHICAGO;
1. LOSS S350,O0O.
Explosion Of Dust Starts Blaze.
Which Destroys Grain
Elevator
By Associated Press, ) (

4 CHI CAG O.. Z II J ii y Il Is. The Balti-
more and Ohio grain elevator, Eighty
seventh Street and Ontario Avenue, South
Chicago. was burned today. a quantity
Of grain was In the building. and tho;
loss is put at $3.50 600. II. ss3s ri a aj
u The occupants OF a. mum Der OF Il frame
buildings and Gotta es, ad Joining the ele-.
vator. were forced to flee from their
homes In scanty attire. Fifty freight
cars were burned. sftsS
q he fire is believed to have ben caused
by an 5exp losion5 OF d st In the elevator.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
Funeral Services.

At noon Yesterday the remainsgof Mrs
DR.. a. g Brown, Who died Wednesday
IN Ashland, were laid beside her hus-
band In Hollywood. ,33 Il " ,3 /, . \,
Yesterday morning. being conducted by
Bishop John G.. CRANBERRY. OF 4 he Metho-
dist Church, assisted by Rev y. l; Y, Dad;
man, pastor OF DuncanrM emorla Challel
at Ashland. The same ministers, IA q g.
sisted by Rev, Bernard r. u pscomb of
iflrlated at the grave. 81 VI az 81
NJ The pall-bearrrs we're Presi dent. sf2 u.
13lackwell, Of Randolph Macon Col lege;
Prof r.. p, smithey, Rev. DR.. |. siI.
Wilson, Rev. Dr,EI !. w. Cant err Dr, p: 8,
Ellis, Mr. Leslie Ellis and y MI waiter
SydnOr IRA q 5g 4. 4, t 3 AN
Il State Treasurer A, ~, Ilarmar, Jr,, has
gone 70 his home at texington, q spend q few.
days st3 y rs ssii M III n si8 A NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
Splendid Time Promised.

A specia L excursion under The charge
OF Mrs. Gill, Of The Orphan Asylum. will
be run to Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Thursday, July 2sth, via the Norfolk and
Western Railway. ~
There viii be special features In tho
line Of pleasure and plenty Of nicely
served refreshments,
Tho train leaves Richmond at $50 a,
NJ, and will return at .0;4S r. NJ,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
SANDER Is Alleged.

!. r., Lambert sues Duncan livingston for
5000 for alleged donation of character In
The Law and Equity Court; Lambert claims
he lost his position ~ paper carrier
dsfsaasn wso Y i aiIssea sad bs IN
stead OF delivering his papers. The carrier!
Fer.td butcher In market on saturday
mornings f,4e II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
sChances Are Small.

tho Re 'Republicans have small chances 81
making any 5inroads on tho Democr in.
the south Indeed sis as likely that TIE
ana tic Tenth nj issouri, two OF the three 4
,Repubican districts OF the South, as that
they will capture any which are \ oW 4
Dam ocrat 10. j5 :. t{ "A
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
DR.. A. R DAVIS DIES AT WYOMING.
Former Dover Physician Expires Suddenly at
RawIins, Wyoming, Wednesday Morning.

DIR. w. F. Davis received telegram
Wednesday afternoon informing him
OF the death of his son, DIR. Alvah
Ross Davis. The message was from
George Wrenn, of Rawlins, Wyoming.
and simply stated that he had died
Wednesday morning. Frank H.
Davis, brother of the deceased, left
on the early train Thursday morning
for Wyoming to learn of the particu-
lars of the death and he will bring the
remains to Dover for interment.
DIR. A. r. Davis was in his 32nd
year of age aud was born at Marydel
Md. He graduated at the Dover Pub
lie Schools and Conference Academy.
and the Jefferson Medical College.
Philadelphia, March 10, 1895, ranking
sixth in class of 24O. He passed an
excellent examination before the State
Examiners and was admitted to prac-
tlce at Dover, being associated with
his father. On his own inclination
and thinking it better for his success.
he decided to locate in the west. He
left Dover November % last and To-
Gated at Rawlins, Wyoming. His par
ents received the most encouraging
information of his success in his new
field of labor, and as he was naturally
kind and respectful to his patients
they were much pleased. They had
no intimation of any illness and the
news of his sudden death was quite a
shock to his relatives and friends. The
father thinks that the high altitude
and the severe cold weather and high
winds caused death by heart failure.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24

finally the cause of his death, which
was so sudden there were no 'last"
words. We do not need them; we saw
the life.
The 9th aud 10th, he held quarterly
meeting at Preston, Neb. Sunday
night he preached with unusual earn
estness and liberty from Isaiah 30: s.
10. Spent the night with a friend;
arose Monday morning, ate hearty
breakfast, went to the depot, found
that he could get an early freight train
for Falls City, Neb. thought his ticket,
walked few yards and climbed aboard
the caboOse, sat down, reclined his
head in his hand. Immediately after
ward travelling man got aboard. He
spoke. Brother Downs simply bowed.
A moment later the conductor in from
the rear and called for tickets. Brother
Downs was dead. So ended the life
and labors of one of Gods noblemen.
His widow and daughter, one sister,
other relatives and hundreds of friends
mourn his death, but, thank God!
mot as those who have no hope"
His brethren of the conference, act
ing as pail bearers, his body was taken
to the church in Kansas City, Kan,
where the writer, assisted by Bishop
Hendrix and brethren of the confer
ence, conducted the funeral services,
after which we laid him away beside
the Rev. Charles Boles, his father-in-
law, in the beautiful cemetery at
Olathe, Kan, to await the coming of
his Lord.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
SLEEPY WASHINGTON.
Hhe Home bound After Theater
Crowd In the Capital.

Ehe Home bound After Theater
Crowd In the Capital.
There is one popularity of Wash
ingtOn have noticed" said travelling
man at an uptown hotel, land that is
the absence of after theater crowds on
the streets and in the cafes. In many
big cities the hours from II to 1870
O'Clock are among the gayest of the
day, the streets are thronged with peo-
pie hurrying to the cafes for a bite and
a sup and emerging afterward to stroll
slowly home or to the cars.
These midnight cafe crowds are ioI-
ly folks They seem to be less restrain
ed than at other hours of the day, when
bent upon the same mission of eating.
Perhaps it is the music and the lights
and the Bohemian atmosphere suggest
cd by the midnight hour. l will not
deny that it is in measure demoraliz-
ing. | am sure | would not want nv
two sisters of eighteen and twenty
years to be-in the crowd.
Il notice in Washington that as soon
as the thcaters let out the people make
a break for home They are anxious
to get the first car that comes along
and won't wait moment. but would
rather hang to a strap.
Washington is a frightfully dull
place at night. l hate to get hung up
here overnight. But l suppose it's a
good thing for the young folks that the
town is a little slow" = Washington
Star
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
A QUESTION OF COLOR.
The Matter of Height Didn't Seem to
Figure In the Scheme.

Figure In the scheme.
The young man considers himself a
man of resources, although he is not as
sure about it now as he was a few
days ago. He mas been very attentive
to a certain young lady, and he was
calling on her at the time that lie par
TALLY lost confidence in his resourceful
mind
1t is unnecessary to narrate what
passed between them upon the occa-
sion in question, but at the time the
young lady's sister entered the room
he was in the act of folding the young
lady to his manly bosom.
OF course he desisted at once. as
young men generally do under such
circumstances, but lie was not EN-
barraSsed-not bit.
The young lady's sister said, Excuse
me-" and started to leave the room.
when his resOurceful mind began to
work. He felt that he ought to say
something and say it right away.
Don't 60" he said; we've Just been
measuring to see which one is the
taller"
She paused in the doorway and look
ed at them intently.
You're both about the same height"
she said quietly but sister is much
the redder"
Then she went out. and he was en-
barrassed-just little.-New York
Times.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
WRESTLING JUGS.
Curious Relics of Very Ancient
Drinking Custom

CURIOUS Relics of Very Ancient
Drinking Custom.
Whlstling jugs are curious relics of
a very ancient drinking custom. All
the northern nations set great stress
upon a mans power to take off his
liquor without putting down the glass
or beaker, and in Saxon graves old ale
buckets have been found made without
foot or stand, so that the drinker could
not rest them upon the board until
they were emptied.
But even after that was ACCOMPLISH
ed the hardy drinker was expected
stlll to have breath to spare, and the
whlstling jugs, a comparatively mod
ern invention, were intended to indi-
cate this. Many of them were made
by German silversmiths-though they
are also to be seen in earthenware-
during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and their form was such
that when the contents of the Jug had
been imbibed a whistle was uncov-
cred through which the drinker might
blow if he were able.
The most advanced type of all had
little windmill besides the whistle
which worked dial showing the DOW
er of the blow. Sometimes an ordinary
whistle was laid on the table and won
by the last tosspOt who could get
sound from it-Pearson's.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE AT OPERA HOUSE.
diVen Last Tuesday Evening at Which Quite
Number of Dancers Participated.

The Subscription Dance which was
given in the Smyrna Opera House on
Tuesday evening, February o, by a
number of young men, was we'll at
tended. Among those being present
were: Misses Sue Jackson, Ella Har-
ris, Katie Watkins, Carrie FAIRIES.
Elizabeth Mattiford, Nellie Anderson
Dora Seimes, Mamie Carey, Mary
Leinberger, Flossie Seimes, Katie
Conner, Messrs. Harry Lee Van
Wrinkle, Germantown, Pa, Burton
Leinberger, W. G. Jones, w. A.
Stokesbury, Jr., Ernest Slaughter.
Harry Slaughter, William Garner.
Frank Mattiford, William Morris
George Sisco, George R. Price, Clifton
Turner, Thomas Harris, Homer
Lewis, Smyrna; Clement E. Sapp.
Spruance City.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
Rejected With Scnrn

A certain social organization called
the Young Woman's club found itself
In difficulties after the lapse of some
twenty years. The young women
were no longer rightly named. Mr..
William H. Crane, the actor, was once
consulted by some charming girls in
regard to the name of their prospective
club. Their object, they wrote, was the
building of character. They wished
that to be suggested in the title and
also the fact that they were unmar-
ried. Mr.. Crane replied that he had a
name for the club, the Building and
Lone association"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
When You Have a Cold.

The first action when you have cold
should be to relive the lungs. This is
pest accomplished by the free use of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This
remedy liquefes the tough mucus and
causes It's expulsion from the air cells
OF the lungs, produces a free expec-
toratlon, and opens the secretions.
a complete cure soon follows. This
remedy Will cure severe cold in less
slme IMAM any other treatment aud it
ieaVes the system in q natural and
neaItny condition. 1t couuteracts anv
tendency toward pneumonia. For sale
by all druggists. ''o
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
Catarrh and fiaY Fever

Liquid Cream Balm is becoming
quite as popular in many localities as
Ely's Cream Balm solid. 1t is pre.
pared for use in atomizers, and is HIGH
~ priced by those who have been acc.
nstomed to call upon physicians for
such treatment Many physicians
are using and prescribing it. All the
medicinal properties of the celebrated
cream Balm are contained In the Iii
quld form, which is 75cts. including n
spraying, tube. All druggists, or bv
NAIL Ely Brothers, So Warren St.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
AN EASY WAY TO MAKE 500.

An experienced auctioneer will tell Won
that public sale properly advertised viii
realize very much more than if few post
ers are depended Oh to bring it before the
public. SGT.
We have had many years experience
IN advertising public sales, and think Ne
know how it should be done. THE Tr,rFs
has one of the largest rural Calculations IN
hent county and an advertisement pub
ilshed In full has the special advantage of
being read at leisure by the very peopIe
you are trying to interest.
Our plan is systematic, and arranged 10
gam the widest publicity at a nominal
cost 1t includes advertising by posters
circulars and The TIMES. The circnIars
can be mailed direct to anyone Won are
anxious to see at the sale One extra hid
der at your sale may pay the cost of vonr
advertising many times over. The wav
20 get the bidders is by systematic adver-
Ityou contemplate having a sale. II will
pay you to see us. We have such absolute
confidence in our plan that if Won ars NOT
satisfied when the sale is over. Won can
set your own price on the work we do
Free notice given with every order for
Pale Bills. Leave your order early at
the Office.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
Level For Irrigation bitches.

The little level shown in the accom-
panying illustration 1 use in surveying
irrigation bitches on my ranch, says an
Orange Judd Farmer correspondent. 1t
is very simple and accurate, and first
class work can be done with it. 1t is
made of long piece of l by 4 inch
board, 16 feet long, with a straight
edge. On one end nail a leg 1 by 4 by
a inches long flush with the top. On
the other end nail similar piece three
eighths of an inch longer than the 9th
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
INTERESTING FARM NEWS
CLEANED HERE AND THERE
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN RE
APPLIED WITH SPLENDID SUCCESS.
The Care of Live Stock, the Cultivation of
Crops and the Latest Methods Usd in
Raising and Caring for Poultry.

There are still extensive regions in
the United States where barn manure
Is considered a farm nuisance. In a
county in Oregon the neighbor is well
come to haul away this manure and
that neighbOr is likely to he a thrifty
German with large garden. In other
Oregon counties the manure is burned
In a California county the manure is
dumped into the ravines. 1t goes TO
the creek in Oklahoma. 1t is hauled to
a hole i'll the ground or put on one
side of the field in Kansas. South Da-
kOta farmers burn it to be rid of if and
sometimes burn it for fuel. In North
Dakota farmers haul barn manure to
piles and leave it there until it disap-
pears. Farmers in Missouri deposit it
by the roadside, and in Idaho scrapers
are used, and it is 'often seen piled I'D
as high as barn."
In many counties between the Missis-
sippi river and the Pacific ocean farm
ers not only find barn manure a nui-
sance, but they have a grievance
against it, claiming in South Dakota
that it produces dog fennel, elsewhere
that 1t produces other weeds and in
various counties that it has such an
effect of poisoning" the soil that farm
ers are afraid of it. The owner of a
large California wheat ranch required
a tenant last year to spread the barn
manure of the ranch upon the wheat
land, but the tenant, after doing so.
set fire to the stubble and burned the
manure.
In semiarid regions barn manure
needs to be used cautiously on unirri-
gated land. In the wheat lands of Cali
fornia it is more or less visible for four
or five years after it's application to
the land. The practice of 200 years
ago survives in some parts of the
south; cattle are penned upon the land
to increase its fertility, and the pen is
shifted as the owner desires.
In a large portion of the north CEN
trail states barn manure is removed to
prevent accumulation and deposited up
on the fields throughout the winter to
be plowed under in the spring. In the
east it is allowed to accumulate until
spring, when it is deposited upon the
land just before blowing. The use of
this fertilizer for top dressing grass
land is very common throughout the
principal portion of the United States
wherever it is used in considerable
quantities.
Barn manure is more generally ap-
piled to corn than to any other crop,
although a liberal application of it is
made to tobacco, potatoes and vegeta-
bles. Commercial fertilizer is literally
used in cotton production, in the more
intensive agriculture of fruit and vege-
table raising and in growing small
grains, to which it is applied with a
seeder at time Of seeding.
The use of barn manure is greatest in
the east, while commercial fertilizers
have the greatest use in the cotton belt.
The use Of any kind of barn or COM
mercial fertilizer is more and more
sporadic westward from Indiana. and |
fertilizer is hardly any |
where seen west of the Mississippi riv-
er except on vegetable and fruit farms.
C. X. Holmes.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-02-24
The Matinee Girl

The matinee girl existed as early as
the eighteenth century. In Japan girls
in those days used to throw their fans
and purses at the feet of the leading
man" as he minced along 1.-THE flower
walk to the stage. Pictures of these
heroes" were an early product of Jan
anese wood engraving. and these Dor
traits were secret treasures of many
maidens.