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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
BIRD SHOT FIRED At
STUDENT sIE|REhAD I 5
Randolph Macon Academy Boys
Receive a Hot Re-
ception.

ROANOKE. VA, May GA serenading
party of thirteen students from tho Ran
dolph-Macon Academy ut Bedford City
Va, we're fired upon BY persons in the
Jeter Female Institute at hat place early
Sunday morning and five Of the sere-
naders were peppered with shot from
shotguns. Ono Of the boys received q
large, number OF shot In tho face.
1t Is alleged that tho serenadcrs had
been warned to stay away from tho
girls institution. Sunday morning when
they appeared on the campus and start
cd their merriment they were fired upon.
The boys returned the fire, but did no
damage. Both institutions are outside tho
corporate limits and the town authorities
have no jurisdiction. No arrests have
been made.
The names OF the wounded studentu
none Of whom Is seriously hurt, cannot
be obtained and tho letter professors de-
cline to say who fired on the visitors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
The President Stands Pat.

The Washington Post is authority for
the statement that the President. Secre-
tary Taft and the 1sthman Canal Com
mission have not backed down from the
position recently taken with reference
10 the purchase in the open markets OF
the world OF supplies for the Panama Ca
nal. mo little amusement has been
ington and among its friends" says the
Post, ..over the attempt to distort the
fact about the Panama purchase, and es-
pecially in the attempt to show that I'M
der pressure there has been an altera-
ton in policy. There has not been the
slightest change and all statements to
the contrary have no foundation what
ever" The Post declares that this state
ment is made with authority.
Senator Francis L. Warren. of Nyom-
ing, is quoted by the Post as saying that
it is all a tempest in the teapot and does
not affect the tariff question, although
Senator Warren Is classed with the
.'standpa tiers He says that the govern
l|SN'''@~
nent structure and that it should invest
the peoples money economically and wise
ly, exactly as if 1t were an individual
or corporate enterprise.
.'The canal has to be built largely with
foreign labor, and we would not be justi-
fled in paying higher prices for labor or
material than other people have to pay.
The arrangement agreed upon helps the
government TO make reasonable bargains
for what 1t must have. 1t gives our Of
ficials q little leeway. If they can't
get what they want here at fair fg-
ure, they can so abroad"
| The funny part Of tho discussion Is that
every time the standpatters undertake
| to Justify the action of the government
| they make ptiless exposure or the
T, tariff system. Senator Warren admits
| that tho government can buy cheaper in
the open markets than at home, because
In the open markets there Is free COM
petition, whereas In the home market
competition is shut out by the tariff. lie
says that II the government can't get
| what 1t wants at fair figure at home.
1t can go abroad. Exactly. And Ameri-
| can consumers are asking themselves
why they should not have the same privi-
lege. But they cannot go abroad and
purchase in the open market for the
simple reason that when the goods are
4 brought TO port they must pay duty
I 10, tha hat typ aT
the price abroad and the price at home.
If this We're presidential year tariff re-
form would be a very lively issue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
Hatcher, .va.
Regulate the Automobiles.


Editor OF The Times Dispatch: u, i,
Sir,-Automobilng seems to be the vosu e,a W
our city at present, and am glad to see tnat
wo have such n large number Of cars ana nope
that tho number will Increase steaaily. ~.
want to say few words In regard q ~ 70 lhS
limits, I have noticed several on Grace ana
franklin Streets going at terrific rate,
which, in my opinion. should not oe az
lowed ,.[y
mobiles in Rlchmond TO make tho owners Of
same have them registered ana DC numoerea
as is done in other large cities. ~.
noticed in Washington last week that me
bicycle police have cyconetcrs on their Wnees,
nnd when they think person IN an q. auto ~ Is
going over the rate OF speed allowed by law
they ride their wheels along with the i1, e aSe.
ana In n few moments can tell by tneiE
cyciomctcrs II tho speed is too great or not 70
II it is, tho man in tho auto is "puiled ~
unfortunately but we can make an ordinance
Royerning the rate OF speed for autos, anu we
s nakc the owners register their machines
and carry their numbers In conspicuous p.asso
so MS to facilitate the police in knowing VINO
the owners are. u. .,,,an 4,
this matter soon we are going to have some
bad accldents' A PEDESTRIAN. q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
q .,hc n ,,,ry 81 Richmond, and the cham

to the Injury OF Richmond, and the Chafr1-
Der of Commerce proposes to correct them
in the surest way. II agrees to take a list
Of all such sites. together with the own
ers price, and then to offer them to any
manufacturer who may desire to locate
in Richmond. In their own Interest and
In the Interest of the community 1t Is
to be hoped that owners Of factory sites
In the city or without the borders VIII
comply with this request of the Chamber
Of Commerce. Let the Chamber be your
land agent and help YOU to sell the
property. Name your price and reserve
the right to raise or lower 1t from time
to time, but make 1t reasonable, and
be sure not to raise 1t Just at the time
when the prospector is looking at 1t.
This is most commcndable enterprise
on the part of the Chamber OF Com
1nerce, and If land owners and real estate
owners viii only cooperate they Will help
themselves and help Richmond. ii
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
4. CLAY GRUBB's IS
Shot in THE BACK.
CONTINUED from First Page.)


ambush near Churchland, five miles east
The two men were on their way to
Salisbury In an open buggy, and the
shooting took place but short distance
from the Grub mansion. Both Grul}p
and Thompson received a portion OF sew
eral loads OF buckshot in their bodies.
They lost much blood before physician
could be reached Thompson is seriously
injured by a dozen leaden missiles, which
passed through his lungs and back. He
is In a dangerous condition tonight.
The worst injuries sustained by Grubb
were in the shoulders. arms and head
but it is thought he will soon recover Il Q
was able to be carried to his home ut
Churchland this afternoon.
& Without moments warning the Two
men were fired upon from thlcK
growth, OF underbrush at the edge Of a
dense forest. At first their assailants
were unobserved, but were later seen
hiding behind trees. All the while they
kept up hot fire upon Grubp ana
Thompson, neither of whom were armed
and could not return the fire
t Nat Crump (coored) was seen ana
recognized by Grubb as member OF
the band OF highwaymen. 1t IS also
certain that there were several others
in tho party, including one or. two Wnite
men. 1T IS likewise GcoHceueu .int ~"
efforts Of the highWaymen to XII GruDp
was the result OF deep laid plot 10
end his life.
He has been out OF jail only about
forty eight hours, and had been Informed
that his life was In danger, and this
was his first trip from home since the
noted trial In Salisbury.
1T Is believed that the trouble to-day
eliminated from the Ill feeling in David
son county towards Grubb, and that his
gassallants were hired to do the shooting,
Crump is n VIGOROUSLY bad character,
and on n former occasion had been ems
ployed to shoot Grubb. but failed, he
is reported to have killed ono or two
men.
After being shot Grubb and his COM
painon were driven In q gallop ave
miles TO Salisbury. where medical atten-
ton was promptly rendered. d,
A posse OF officers and citizens, num- !.
5bering about $50, went to the scene OF
the tragedy and spent the day IN scour-
Ing the country for the outlaws. Blooa,
hounds were secured from Rowan ana q
sCabarrus counties, and q trail was fo el
lowed half a mile and then. lost. QUITS
and other bedding were found where me
bandits had been in hiding, ana mere
is evidence that they had been Watchlns
for Grub for one or two days
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
THE BABY 3.| SHE STOLE Q II
Got Idea Of Kidnapping From a
Play-Threw Infant in
Railway Cut.

a Toronto special to tho New York
World says: II n
1t is made known to- day that the play,
Kidnapped from New York.. produced
at the Majestic Theatre here last week,
suggested to little Josephine Carr, of
this city, the idea OF kidnapping, and
on Friday afternoon she decided to try
get a reward, but tho exploit. ended in
murder.
She came down tho street Friday
afternoon. ana knowing that small
lane next door to N Eaton's was
favorite place with mothers to leave
their babies when shopping. sho watched
her opportunity. AS soon as Mrs. MUIR
ray, Of Wellington Avenue, had loft her
.nlne-months'-old baby boy alone in its
go-cart, Josephine stole the child. cart
and all.
Getting on q car she rode almost to
her home, which Is anything but an att
tractlve place. She says she realized as
night came on that she had helpless
infant on her hands, and not Knowing
what to do with 1t, rolled It down a
railway. embankment lightweight feet
high.
Next morning she went to the bottom
dead form OF Its clothing, and. accom-
panied by her fve-year-old brother. hid
the clothing In the cut n milo away.
She then placed tho body in a dry Gull
vert. That forenoon she raised the
alarm that she had found go.cart and
a dead baby In the ravlne.
4 AS the result OF the investigation
which followed sho was arrested. sho
confessed to Detective Forest.
& The baby was the only child Of Scotch
parents. who arrived in Toronto from
the old country two months ago.
sJosephine's mother is dead, and little
attention. It appears, has been given
to her by any one. She has had the
care OF two smaller children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
0nerat;ons on the Insane.

Editor OF The Times Dlspatch:'
SRI desire to correct an error mace oy
yo,ir report err in to-days issue OF your paper,
regarding the surgical treatment OF the 'nsa y, a
in the hospitals of Virginia One would lhl .s
from his statement that heretofore surgery naa
not been pratced at NIL IN the .treas ~ en-
81 tho Insane in any institution OF TINS STATE:
such ia rot the case. While surgery mas not
been a prci,,lent feature in the treatment OF
the patiertz. II hn- been resorted 70 more Of r
less frequently, with the object, OF course, OF
removing some physical causes OF insnnity, us
wall as relieving diseased conditions N ota.
to make the sufferer more comtortaple eve,
Surgery is as much the part OF the proper e,
treatment. Very few major operations. now,
ever. have been done In our hospitals eHcsp.
IL emergencies, for It is not IN many cases 1s
that such, are. Indicated comparatively ieW
cases OF insanity cured by means OF evr.
gerry. vet whenever there Is promise OF rellet
Nv This means, 1t should be resorted 70. Pro
yided the mental and physical conditions OF me me
paticul Justify It. The surgeon ana t ne
alieniet should consult and cooperate IN olu.f
to oi,.ain9stho best results Tor the pauen ~,
i,u. cn,ltinn is exercised at this hospital ~
thu selection Of cases for surgical treatlnsh..
whether the operations are done by WISHING
surgeons or by physicians OF our stan. q
Very l,rrsrtr.tully.5 p % 81; Z, ,,,,,x,
,''''.E WILLIAM, r. DREWRf,-@
Central state Hospital, May 20, 1900 Pesers-
burg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Editor Of The Times Dispa tch:
Slr,-Its ID reported here that O young man ma
has IRE received an appointment through the Hon:
H. D. Flood In CONGRESS from s;.
nj Annnnol,s las the story is told about
stan aonpo young Kelly had been endeavorng
to set into the navy from his own. the Nes-
ment with the Hon. H. D. Flood he came to
steu tn on and purports to have acquired !! q
legal residence here, and his time It is SAID -.
residence We learn also that young John
Rodgers, of Lexington, a grandson Of General
Asa Rodgers. whose residence Is Lexington
is tho alternate In the Kelly appointment.
We write to make inquiry. as the appoint
ment affects two districts widely separated !;
and hope Mn Flood who is In possession !,s OF
has gained so much currency that It. is only
through the press that Mr.. Flood can set tho
matter straight.
". L. OLIVIER,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
Manufacturing Sites.

/" Richmond Is essentially u manufacture
ing town. and must foster her factories
or retrograde. Time and again prospectors
have come here TO locate an industry and
have gone away because they could not
find a suitable site at satisfactory
price. AZ least such reports have repeat
edly been made to this newspaper. II is
reported, moreover. that in some in
stances. holders of such property have
advanced the price as soon as they ascer-
tanned that some enterprlsng man had
set his eye on It for a factory. and In
this way have driven the prospee.or
away.
We do not know that thcss reports
are true. but they have gained currency
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
LEGAL NOTICE.
3 y VIRTUE OF "a DEED OF TRu ST,


n Y VIRTUE OF "A DEED OF.TRuST,$
ed on the 1st day Of September. IN tho
year 1909, by Henry Macnamara, and duly
recorded In the clerks office of Chester
field county, Va, In D. B. 104. page 2SS
and securing certain debt therein men.
toned. default having been made In a por-
ton OF said debt and being required SO to-
do by the beneficiary OF said deed, the
undersigned will sell ut public auction,
to the highest bidder. on the premises, on
at al 8 i q clock ~ NJ. that certain tract 81
land, lying and being In the county OF
Chesterfield. Va. n short distance below
the city OF Manchester, on the westerly
side OF James River, containing ninety-
seven and seventy-tWo one hundredths
acres, more or less. together--With all I'M
provements thereon and appurtenances
thereto belonging, including complete
plant for the manufacture and shipment
OF crushed stone. The above mentioned
land being the same tract described In
reference Is made for a more particular
description thereof.
TERMS-Cash sufficient to pay the costs
Of the execution Of this trust and the
sum of thirty-elght hundred dollars
Is, 500, the balance of the purchase money
to be paid In three equal instruments, pay
able at six, twelve and eighteen months
from the day of sale. the credit tnstal-
sments to bear Interest and be secured by
evidenced by notes OF the purchaser, or
r. RANDOLPH HICKS,
Sole Acting Trustee, Il
R, b. ChafinH& Co., Auctioneers.
May %, rs 27.30&,June
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
FORTY MONUMENTS
DEDICATED in SOUTH 9TH
CBy Associated Press.)l

yIcKsBuRG, MISS, May 22,-Forty
monuments erected By the State OF Ohio
20 lis soldiers who fell In the sieGe Of
Vicksb,irg were dedicated In the national
military park here to-day, The services
We're largely attended, Governor Herrlck
and staff, Of Ohio, with q party OF one
hundred veterans from Ohio, and the
First Regiment of the Ohio NATIONAL
Guard, we're cordially received Gov
ernor Herrick and Governor Vardaman.t
of mississippi, reviewed procession q
the Ohio and Mississippi National Guard.
Later, at tho park, the dedlcatory pro-
gramme was carried our. An address
BY Governor IIerrlck was listened to With
marked attention, and his reference to the
family quarrel Of those who wore the
blue and the gray was loudly cheered,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
Major John w. Johnston.

Another one Of those Virgtninns who
have done credit to their State has fallen.
We may hope, but VIC can hardly believe,
that the places of such men can well
be filled The writer has known John W.
Johnston for more than twenty-five years.
and the most of that time intimately, and
q truer, Drawer and conscientious man he
never knew. Faithful to every trust, were
for the instant considering other than
Row he could best perform his duty; he
sacrificed himself unsparingly wherever
sacrifice could possibly avail Having met
the stcrnest aspects Of war in the siege
of Vicksburg and the succeeding cam
paigns in which lie was major Of artil-l
lery in the Confederate army, he brought,
to civil life that capacity to endure hard-
ships as a good soldier, which made him
interchangeable and indomitable. His first
notable act III public life was as president
OF the James River and llanawha Canal
when he repaired the destruction. Of that
waterway by the great freshets Of 7O-'77
and kept it going against the combined
opposition of nature and man until 1t was
sold to the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad Company. Soon after he was
chosen to construct the Georgin Pacific
Railway from Atlanta to Birmingham,
and SO out 10 the Mississippi River. lie
had hardly gotten this enterprise well
under way, which WAS conducted as an
extension Of the Richmond and Danville.
when the collapse Of the Richmond and
Danvlle Railroad securities in 1852 seem
ed to deprive him of all adequate finan-
cial resources, but nothing daunted, he
continued that work and never gave 1t
up until it was finally in operating con-
dition through to the Mississippi River
about 500 miles. He secured for that
railway, by wise and aggressive fore
sight, terminate in tlsa city Of Brmng-
ham, which are invaluable to the South
ern Railway and could not be duplicated.
AS nearly as any man ever was the
embodiment of any great railway, John
w. Johnston was the Georgia Pacific Rail-
way Company, and was SO regarded
throughout the South. 1t was Major
Johnston who secured the first properties
from Colonel Soss and the Coalburg Coal
and Coke Company, and arranged the
financial scheme which created the Sloss
Iron and Steel Company; he was the
father of that company.
Many other enterprises. all organized
for the development Of tho land and In
dustrial resources of Alabama, especially
around Birmingham, were the creations
OF his ability and energy. During the
years of his full vigor. no man held the
same exalted position In the city of Biz
minghaln as did Major Johnston. but no
human nature could stand the strain
which he put upon himself. and more
than ten years ago his health began 10
fail he sought respite and recuperation by
travel, but his splendid constitution had
Z been undermined and he was never again
able 10 do the work he had done He
was the personifRation OF industry and
fidelity, and though for some years he
had Withdrawn from active business, The
announcement OF his death causes sense
OF loss wherever he was known, and thai
was in nearly every State. from New Or
leans TO New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

IN a few days after the nomination was ar, an
dates had received ei help and votes from, the
opposite party, not only that; but th tn ,ne
his infiienra 10 nominate his opponent for
oiilce and there is reason e believe that With;
out this, another man would have been selected
Nov te, ~" whose candidate Is this7 Has
he a CLAIM, on primary? The primary was
Democratic, but Is the candidate nominated
Democrat or Republican; A., ~, r,,1Npnp
Hatcher va .I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
RAILROAD CONTRACTORS. TAKE.
NOTICE!
SEALED PROPOSALS.

We have one hundred miles OF good
work to let on the Tidewater Railway
grading. masonry pIle-driving and steam
shovel work. Apply tots aia5or u Thomas
b. Lee. General Superintendent for
Sands and Oliver. Suffolk. Va. or t.
Sands and Oliver, Roanoke. Va
GENERAL DEPOT oFsTIE QUARTER.
MASTERS DE T: Al' tn Washing
ais, in tripiicate Will be received at this
office until o'clock r NJ F didas May lay
making repairs to roadway to the Rich.
mond, Virginia, National Cemetery Road , d
States to reject any or all proposals,
Specifications and drawings viii be fur-5
lnished upon application to this Office or
% the Superintendent Of the cemetery At
posals should be marked " Proposals for
repairing road to the Richm9nd. . va y
CaptainSA. W. BUTT, Quart ermaster, y.
s. Army, Washington. D. g.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
When the Car Works,

The Gear gets up at Z fo'clpck and
breakfasts on tea and toast After
III his park. In the afternoon he takes
unptnnr wnlh. and tren works hard till
il O'Clock at night. except for the time
eSidren Ia Usually conyerses in French
or f;nslIsk to prevent the attendants
from understanding them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Tho Kaiser is the only man In the
world audacous enough to pull off n
yacht race without either Sir Thomas
Upton or Sir Thomas Lawson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Mrs. Carrie Nation is evidently bidding
for Job In Chicago. She announces that
she is prepared to convert whole COM
munlties at one fell swoop.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Oyama seems to have reached the con-
clusion that If there is to be any more
fighting in the far East, he will have
to do It., and on the ground.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

When some Of the laws now on the
books against the trusts are enforced. It
will DO time enough to talk about having
Congress to pass more antitrust bills.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

II is said that Uncle Joe Cannon was
the worst sufferer from the jolt Sec
rotary Taft and the President gave the
Dlngley tariff with that Panama deci-
.Sion t.4s-t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

At the rear of Linevitch's army dissl-
patton has broken loose with howl, and
azzy-water is selling briskly at $40 per
bottle At Hardin high living is high
indeed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Oyama is now preparing for an often
sive movement, very offensive one.
Messrs. Linevltch and Kuropatkin are
tho gentlemen likely to be most Of
Tended.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

The teachers, instead OF the scholars
in the Chicago public schools. ought to
have done the striking, and that with a
hickory or shlngle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

Willy advertising managers OF Euro
pean newspapers have taken advantage
OF Mr.. Lawsons desire to see his name
in print to build up q neat cash business
on Tom.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23
About Primaries.
LADIES -

A word to the wise Is sufficient. II YOU
are weak and delicate or In need OF u
tonic for your various organs try Hos
tetter's Stomach Rltters. Thousands Of
women all over the world acknowledge
II 10 be the best woman's medicine be-
fore the public and that 1t positively
cures Backache. Sick or Nervous Head,
ache. Cramps. Dizziness. Painting Spells,
sleepIessress, costivsness, Indigestion,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-23

President Roosevelt may not be a
Democrat. as some people. think, but he
occasionally gives the Democrats pretty
big stick with which to whack the OPP
position-that Panama BUYING proposition,
for instance.