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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-07
THE D.|SP ENSARY
REVENUE ' LARGE
Six Thousand More Than When
Legislature Was in
Session.
Especial to The. Tlmes-Dispatch)

Especial to The. Times -Di spatc CHI
| RALEIGH, N. c., July 6.-The man
ayers of the Raleigh Dlspensary to-day
turned over the city check for $4,000.
representing the net earnings of the insti-
! tuition during the second quarter OF the
present year. 1t shows an increase OF &c.
900 over the first quarter, despite the fact
that the Legislature was in session dur
ing the first quarter. Under the amend
ed law the $4,000 will be divided, $500
to the city. and 1920 each to the public
school fund and the county roads.
+ The hackney Wagon Company, Of Will
son, Is authorized by the Secretary OF
state to increase capital from $4,000 to
@loO, 600. W.aD. Hackney Is the president
OF the concern. *
A charter Is issued for the Bank OF
Richards. capital s25. 900 authorized, and
$4,000 subscribed by c. r. Lawrence and
others, Of Durham. Richards isIin Ons-
low county.
CONVICT ESCAPES.
The penitentiary authorities report the
escape OF will Afford convict. Serving
camp In Iiarnett county, the escape being
due to the gross carelessness OF guard,
who has been dismissed. Ss
The directors of the penitentiary de-
cided last night to increase the charge
| Tor convict labor from 81 to SLIPS per day.
| Several hundred convicts are hired out
| IN various parts OF the State on rail-
| roads and other works, and these con.
| tractors will now have to pay the addi-
tiona 25 cents per day II they retain the
| squads they have The prison authors
! ties have In hand an offer Of $1.25, hence
| the Increase. Present contractors will be
! given the preference II they agree to the
advance.
The penltentlary authorities sold 300
bales of cotton yesterday at 10 1-2 cents,
and 30 bales some days ago at 91.2 cents.
Tho directors announce their desire . to
buy $4,000 North Carolina State bonds,
using profits from tho operations OF the
prison. The principal crops now being
cultivated on the State prison farms are
| 100 acres each OF cotton and corn and
500 acres of ground peas. All are doing
| well.
| EXAMINATIONS.
| Announcement Is made by President
| Winston of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College that the examinations
| for entrance to the college Will be held
in every county in the State Thursday,
July 10, at the courthouse, under the
schools.
The Industrial Club of Raleigh, COM
I posed Of the young men Of the city. was
formed last night, there being thirty
seven charter members. Mr.. Alexander
Webb general manager Of the North
\ Carolina Home Insurance Company. was
| elected president, and Mr.. Staples Fuller
4 secretary. The purpose Is the promotion
4 OF the general interests of Raleigh, and
4 the constitution provides that there shall
4 be an annual banquet.
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Reformed Church.
Especial to The Times-Dlspatch.)

ciAsTON1A. N, c.. July 6,-+At tho
morning session Of the convention OF the
young people OF the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church, the nominating COM
mittee recommended the following off,
GERS. all Of whom were elected;
President. Rev. Al s. Rogers, of Rock
Hill, g. c.; Vlce-President, ], A. Russell.
OF Charlotte; Secretary, Mrs, Willie IS.
Douglass, OF Due West, s. c.; Press Sec
rotary, Julian 8. Miller Of Charlotte;
Railroad Secretary, Major w, W, Royce,
OF Rock IIlll, -. g.; Treasurer, ], i. MIC
Gill, of Gastonia.
There arc now about three hundred
delegates In attendance.
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Is DEAD; 80 HURT
IN BIG TORNADO.
Terrific Storm III Texas Swept
People and Property
Away,
HOUSES BLOWN THROUGH AIR
Crops Destroyed and Hundreds
Of Head Of Cattle
Killed.
HOUSES BLOWN THROUGH AIR
(By Associated Prcss.)

FORT NORTH, TEX, July 6.-Twenty-
and fifty injured by the tornado which
swept over portion of Montague county
In the northern, part of this State, ycstcr-
day afternoon The properly loss viii prob
ably total 10000. Following is revised
list of the dead: s
A. P. EARLE.
SADIE EARLE.
BUCK EARLE.
s INFANT of Lawrence Pillow.
MR.. TOMLINSON. his WIFE and
FOUR CHILDREN.
MRS. c. C. SHACKELFORD.
L1NN1E sIIACKELFORD.
MRS. s. L. TUAiLESON.
THREE CHILDREN Of Mrs Tumleson.
MRS. MARY LESTER.
/. FOUR CHILDREN OF Mrs. Lester.
CALEB WHITE.
MRS. c. II. WILLIAMS.
FRANK EAKIN.
TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS at Jacl,s-
boro.
Among the more seriously injured are:
Miss NJ. Potts.
4 @. y. Shackelford.
Jul hoI1hShCIlOIuF4
Severely hurt:
Claiborne White, may die.
Miss Annie Austin.
]. B. Wood.
Frank Wood.
Swept Everything Before It.
The tornado made its appearance near
Norano at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon
from n conc-shaped grecnish cloud. The
thu yyiDH NV htnnr N ITO
path Small houses wore lifted from
their foundations and carried many yards
Other structures were blown down. and
in many Instances their occupants were
caught In the crushing timbers. The
storm traversed an area about three
miles wide and fifteen in length. Crops
were beaten TO the ground and five
stock suffered severely hundreds Of cat
Ito being killed or manned.
The Methodist and Baptist churches
at I3elcher were blown to the ground,
but so far as can be learned no loss OF
life ACQUIRED there. Long Branch school
house, four miles west of Montague, was
destroyed, and tho Dixie school house,
six miles south, was demolished. The
students in both these schools escaped
erious injury
Several of the most valuable farms in
upper Texas were directly In tho path
OF tho storm ano tho death list Is largely
made up Of country people. Nocona was
the only town that suffered materially, tho
tornado claiming several victims there
and In It's immediate vicinity.
Many houses were damaged In Montn-
que, and the loss there will be consider
able. Tho courthouse sustained the loss
Of its roof and three churches were par
TALLY destroyed. q
The tornado travelled in southeasterly
direction and spent It's force In about half
an hour.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
Prisoners Counsel Seeks to Break
Down Mrs. Lurn.

until $50 E n. Judge ciop!en wait'ns
TOR TOR Mt Pages witnesses Mrs Smith,
and Mrs. Ashburner. Dr. Townsend, her
brother followed with Mr.. Henry Lee
Mr. Page offered as evidence the indict-
ment against Sheppard Knapp Smith as
accessory to the murder Of Ralph Smith.
read the Indictment and admitted it as
M Nj. 1T i; NJ; NJ, Smith n, noted d, m exception;
rebutial was a Dr. Henson, Who had al al
ready been on the stand. q
At t55 Be-, Medieai College q Virginia; We're
being rebuttal.
The Jury was sent out and the question
was argued by counsel.
Mr.. Page contended that the defense
had engaged pr. EnnIon Williams to ex.
anime the body. and that after he had
mi made the examination, he was not called
the Jury to know that Dr.. Williams had
not been put upon the stand.
Mr.. Smith In warm speech stated
Williams was their expert. He stated
that the question was one that should
pc argued by counsel and not brought
| lions should DO asked. 'sl
Mr.. Page then began to question wit.
ness. ,s''F.
State II DR.. Ennlon WILLIAMS took
home me- ti s1 %, Of the chid's body?"
Witness here went Into description
Of the case Of the evil habit alleged. )
ME- Smith objected Vigorously to the
questions OF Mr.. Page. Judge Clopton
ruled with Mr.. Page and defense noted
| Cross-examlned by Mr., Smith:
| 'liaVe you ever had any experience? 2.
mo, never have had"
Sou nave never had caso?"
,"Dr, Hodges was for many years pres,
ident oil your colege2''
/ Yes, SIR"
"Da ! understand you to say YOU
would recommend tying tho hands2"
Would not n mother think OF this?'
Yes, suppose so"
Weuld you recommend whipplng?'
YES. sir as would for anything
Pr, RI Ingram. the Jail physician, wa.
4 When did you sec Es,elle SMITH"
After she was In TAI"
Was She IN bad health?n
She said she was too healthy and dc
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ID" ID, "; You ever detect tho chlldEln ANY
Mrs. Turner then stood aside
|a Girl on Stand.
,l Rosa sa,,, W Y, was then called BY tho
she lives on carrinston Street, III L Rich.
%%P Psia, v you ever live n. II fa'r air,
did YOU live near Mrs, .smith2'
Yes Just across tho street." LIZ i#
"Do YOU know how she treated ,Ralph7"
(Mr. Smith objected 10 question. Judge
Wns rotGd) .
H" "Pns y q, h hear him scream q
"Yesi saw MI. Smith Il, pour water yav, over
i Kapn ~, ,on me bnck porch and heard
| II think L counted nine buckets"
j., Judge Gloptoo,n, asked: 5'Who. was strlk-
ing Il the don,i li1 Rnow.
",yas MI: Smith striking tho llcks7'
Gross.examina,on by Mr.. Smith:
",When was this7n
In June, / think"
You were on tho pavement?''
And they lived In ono OF a row Of
Yes, SIR
There was narrow alley botweeng''
.vhe1' J, !, was front yard, was thcre?''
sey ffc% Gq ba r e9k dow @
porch7"
Was this The only time you saw
them do it?''
Yes, sir.
Mrs. Woolard wns then called.
=. "a. No. 1911 Darlington street. Rich
.Xes you the mother Of Rosa9"
oh IBID you know Mrs. Smith and her
. "How al. ala Mrs. Smith treat Rapha'
she treated him cruel" IN
and an exception was noted.)
did she ever strike him r.
~ ~. don't know; heard cries.
"Y Yea i s,,.9 some distance Off"
"Then the cries must have been oud?"
!. DID you ever see any marks on the
Yes, | saw bruises
you say there was marked difference
(" YES its 't tSera was Of me, children? "
Mrs. Woolard stood aside.
me court hen took a recess until 10
o CLOCK to- m orrow morning.
Mr.. Page Will probably finish by III
sci for defense viii Introduce witnesses
to The !, I'nstruetIens we're talked about In
discussion last night. %
more Witnesses he would put on n
Counsel for defense will probably put
on two witnesses In sur rebuttal.
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not need q doctor. She said she had been
YER sSsey ne nesat hdHyI In other words she said
treated a. trivial via ire al
What is her mental condition." ,,sS.
sbe s seemed seen, to be quiet and dignlfied.
How many times have you seen Mrs
Smith Snnl J., during IIn 5, the two months she has
Maybe twenty tines
L ARE You prepared to say that this
,ady y. was not suffering from female trou-
III cannot deny that,
DR.. Ingram then stood aside
Mrs. Crostic was again put upon the
1.-The night you examined the chlld's
Dc !Yss a!d you find anything wrons?"
What did Mrs Smith tell you?"
She said the child was born that
What kind Of child was Ralph?',
He was ight,'intelligent little fell
WAS he fond of play?'
\ kept close" mo
Mrs. Crosic then stood aside.
MrS sra aye eeed sister Of Mrs crotc
1.-THE night YOU examined the body
DID :1vyys ou y! notice anything wrong?"
was Mrs. Smith asked about it?'
since his birth : - - 4'u Doe" 50
4 What kihd Of boy was hep
ners." GLE
Mrs, Haynes then stood aside.
4 bertha Turner was then again called
r., mhoW :, man, many times have you played
~ lot. don't know how many times"
| ~" "Dai you ,u play with him long times?''.S
%As s5s y ya4d i SsS play ns s sou a
him?' -
II don't know; played with him right
/ did you ever see him do anything
wrong?'' '''"e
mo, sir.'
Cross.examination by Mr.. Smith:
" "Rnl you s'u play with hm?"
" ..P.a he 10 play with any other child2'
Mrs. Lum Recalled.
Mrs. Lum was then recalled.
M Ma VT, k'nd Of child Nv was Ralph7"
WAS he fond of play?'
yes. he was" I'D le,4a.
"pid Mrs. smith ever tell You that the
ch ,Mo had q secret vice'''' N ''.'
.,yns n. nIrs' Smith intimate with your
"Was the child left alono often?"g
7 yea. Ills mother would often 60 away
and leave him In tho yard or In the
MIR. Smiths ross-cxaminatlon:
Ibid you ever live in Richmond"
Yes, SIR
I 2sy were you then?"
Where were You marred7"
that's my business"
married to him? -
- rcfuse TO answer" ...3 III
Did .y you ever get a divorce from, Mr.
"Where?"
~ refuse to answer" as8 I
Don't you know you never got d.
Arnold?'
u refuse TO answer !.
when did you marry Mr., Lump"
~ refusc to answer"
"Dld you not 1.-Two with Mr. Lum before
: you married him2"
y refuse to answer"
, Mrs Lum then left tho witness stand
glarlng at Mr.. Smith, while the GROVE
smiled. ~ q {i555.S
stand. ~
"lioW often was Ralph alone?"
'Night often"
"Did she ever go to Richmond?"
Sometimes"
' .W,as, the child often at your ho,seg'
IBID she ever tell you Of any vice HI
u b
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where we're YOU living?'

8 ''Whcrc were you living
ron 14th Street"
where did your wife live @then?"
1863 w. 9bth Street.
How did you happen 10 marry away
from your home in South BROOKLYN"
Because I only knew one Alderman.
John Bridgers who was here
"Where did you get your license"
There is no license necessary"
did you take. a paper showing that you
were married by the magistrate"
mo sir fytf
.Who we're present at the marriage?"
S"Son,e friends Of Mn Brldgers?"
do you know who they wcre?"
NO"
"Then If you wanted to prove your mar
rage. you could not?"
Yes, / suppose the vital statistics Of
New York will show"
did you ever consult a doctor to see
II the habits could be cured? 2"
mo sir, tried to conceal II"
Did you ever tell any one in Man
chcster?n
""No. sir"
WAS the child extremely dull and
stupid?"
yes. when be ( nrncticed THE vice;
when he, did not he would sbo brighter
ale died when he was five and one
half years old?''
Yes sir"
"You say he could count up to 100 and
print his name?"
Eyes. SIR"
"You never consulted physician?"
mo. sir"
Ibid your wife consult onc"
mo, sir: she did not"
| .And still you say you loved the boy?"
~ es. SIR
Juror Taken Ill.
The court then took a recess Of thirty
minutes on account OF the illness OF
Juror j. NJ Wilkinson. of Chesterfield
| county. Shepherd X. Smith remained on
the witness stand during the recess
| Mr. Page continued the cross examna-
| ton:
did You and your wife punish the
child as severely In Paramount as in Man
| chester?
|. Yes. sir"
"Then for eighteen months you whipped
that child; how often?'
Twice or more week.
"Did you not realize that the beating
could. not continue?"
II realized that IL he was not cured
he would end in q lunatic asylum"
| Had not your wife beaten that child
long enough to know that it did nc
Good?''
mo"
You continued 1t for eighteen
months?" ~
yes" II was the only way knew o,
correcting It,"
why did you not send for doctor?'
1 because ! never send for doctor. ]
attend to the cases myself am no doc
/ l;,H n
''You say the boy fell and hurt hi
head?"
II do, IIe fell out of the door and hur
his head, on the left side, ] think
washed the place"
Ibid you whip him that mornlng%
"So. SIR"
did your wife whip him them"
mo, SIR
Did you know that your boy wa
SCARED up like this? Showing wltnes
the charts made by DR.. BroadnaS.)
"Ytx.'
"You never attempted TO stop YOU
wife,"
Il Never"
, In examination ly Mr.. Wells:
What did you state about Ralph ben
stupid What did you meant"
r II mean he was weak and duh an
stupid after his vice"
MIR. Page asked you about his beln
bright, Did you mean to say that he wa
brighter when he had not been practicln
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Live Wire Blocks Cars.

Cars wero blotked at Eighteenth and
Broad Streets for hall. an hour yesterday
afternoon by the breaking Of 9 live wlggee;
was passlng the crossing., when It's troll,
the cross-wires With sufficient force to
ana sliced. and a curious crowd. every
one of whom was In danger OF being
Shocked, gathered near, Sixteen cars
nj rad. 44s4 fIGtgfg9r
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-13
SID Ei.leHTs.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The JOYS Of Meanderinq,

Here is piece clipped from Kan
sas paper. You will notice that the
young lady has her views Of the mat
ter under discussion and the editor
tells what he thinks about it. This is
simply difference Of opinion brought
about by different view points.
The clipping Is as follows:
A city girl writes: ut is fond
dream of mine to become a farmers
wife and meander with him down
life's pathway All, yes" says the
Osborne (Kan.) News that is a nice
thing, but when your husband mean
ders off and leaves you without wood,
and you have to meander IN and down
the lane pulling splinters off the fence
to cook dinner and when you meander
along in the wet grass in search of the
cows till your shoes are the color of
rawhide and your stockings soaked,
and when you meander out across
twenty acres of plowed ground with a
club TO drive the hogs out Of the corn
field and tear your dress on the barb
wire fence. when yon meander back
home to the house, find that the billy
goat he's butted the stuffin' out of
your child. and you find the old hen
! with forty chickens in the parlor, you'll
, put YOUR hands on your hips and real
ize that meandering is not what it is
cracked up to be-"
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a LlrrLE REMlNlscENcE.

1t may not be exactly in good taste
in these days when the entente cor
dale between the United States and
the government of Great Britain and
between the people of this country
and those of England is so vehement
ly entente" and so lovingly "cordiale"
to indulge in "reminiscences, but as
Americans we may be INDUCED to a
limited extent. Not many years ago,
no Fourth of July orator would have
let the occasion slip without turning
his face toward the Atlantic Ocean,
and shaking his fist defiantly in the
face of the British lion, but all this is
changed.
This is more than the ordinary
Fourth of July, for it marks the first
step toward the formal transfer of the
remains of Americas first great ad.
miral from the foreign soil where
it has rested for a century to the land
he served SO loyalty and SO we'll Eng
land has had three great scars in its
history. The first was when the "In
vincible Armada" set sail from the
coast of Spain; the second when John
| Paul Jones, carrying new and I'M
known flag, wrought such great de
struction to British commerce in the
Channel and in the North Sea. and
there humbled the pride of the Brit
ish navy, in one of the most desperate
sea fights on record, and the THIRD
was when Napoleon gathered his
mighty armament at Boulagne. Per
haps the greatest of all three was thai
occasioned by Paul Jones' Now the
United States is so big that all coun
tries will join where practicable II
honoring the remains of him who frs
made this country's name feared OF
the ocean. So it should be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-07-13
ALBA.

Abba, July lib. P. Cashier was
an Ottumwa visitor yesterday
Mrs. D. Crisswell and two daughters.
who have been guests. at the S. A.
Newell home the past two weeks, re-
turned to their home in Burlington
yesterday
Henry Jones went to Cedar Rapids
yesterday to attend the state meeting
Of the colored Masonic lodge.
Harry Moore, Instructor in music
in the Abba schools, left yesterday for
Chicago, where he will take a course
III music in the summer school.
Maurice Hartnett, an aged man, died
at the county farm yesterday. He was
hurt some years ago by passing dray
and never fully recovered from the
| injury.
| E. I. Ramsay and daughter in law
Mrs. w. c. Ramsay were called to Chi
account Of the illness Of relatives.
| G. B. Davis is able to resume his
work at w. K. HarIenbrook's, after q
six weeks absence on account of sick
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Spencer went
| to Des MONIES this morning for brie1
| visit.
County Attorney A. G. Parry left to.
day for Des Moines to attend the
county attorneys association and the
meeting OF the state bar.
| Morris Loeb went to Oelwein thi!
morning for short visit
j. S. Moon and John Alegglin starte,
for Canada this morning to look ate
land.
i Miss Marie Shockley left for Oska
i loosa this morning to visit her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Wing
J. field.
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JOURNALISM AND NEWSPAPER
WORK..

They are not much alike-journal-
ism and newspaper work. We who
have had fling at newspaper work
know this, though we know little of
journalism But we know the two are
not alike for there is nothing that is
like newspaper work, nothing in the
world. Kansas City has just been en-
PERTAINING :. most unique convention, a
meeting Of the United Amateur Press
association This is an organization
without known purpose, but to dis
tinguish themselves from the pro-
fessional newspaper men its members
call themselves journalists. According
to reports of the Kansas City meeting
the program Of the convention con.
sisted largely of automobile rides
trolley parties, dinners, base ball
game and a final banquet. The dele
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gates were not bothering around the
Kansas City newspaper offices much
for they were far too busy, and yet
about the only business they seem to
have tran. acted is the election Of
officers.
The amateur journalists have proba-
bly, had more real fun while IN their
convention than they will have at any
future time Il they enter the pro-
fessional ranks. For real newspaper
and women who are now Journalist"
about grammatical construction, lit
erary style and kindred topics, but
they would find that they need more
than that If they ever broke down the
barriers of the editorial rooms in
real newspaper They would feel
deeply offended, perhaps, to see man
with blue pencil and a savage glare,
marking, cutting, slashing cubs
copy" but if they ever outgrew the
Journalist" stage and got to b. news
paper people they would forget that
they ever possessed feelings" But
before the change had been brought
about they would SEQ many bright
trolley ride Illusions fail and melt
away, they would experience many a
rebuke and many rebuff of which
they cannot dream in these their auto
excursion and banquet days, and they
would find that neither papa's money
nor mammals social prestige amounted
/ to row of pins in the battle OF adj
vancement through the valleys and up
ard down hills of newspaper work.
But, with Kansas Cityan who has
been moved to comment by the antics
of the journalistic body, we can say:
i "Lor' bless the amateur journalists
for they contribute something to the
Joy of living. To be sure, they might
4 Just as we'll be amateur doctors, OF
lawyers, or bankers; but we are glae
to have them in our midst and we
hope they will have good time
While it Is true that newspaper EN-
, ployment isn't one long, grand, swee
song, it has its, compensations and one
is the happy contemplation Of these
, splendid young enthusiasts who shoult
linger in the primrose path of amateur
; journalism as long as possible. 1t will
be time enough for the heartaches
the burning brains, the exhausted
nerves. for the treadmill of uncom
promising duty when they drop thei
amateur journalism and become plain
hardworking newspaper people -
they ever do
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THE TURNING OF THE WHEEL

Henry Clews, in his weekly review
of trade, sums up in an interesting
manner the Russo-Japanese situation
as complicated by the revolt in the
Russian navy and the threatened gen.
eral revolution throughout Russia. He
says:
"The revolt in the Russian navy, in
connection with the internal disorders,
is an unsettling influence in the gen
eral international situation. 1t CON-
plicates, to a measurable degree, the
formal settlement of the war, and
should it spread to such an extent as
to seriously threaten the present Rus.
sian dynasty, the possibility-remo
it is true-of international compiled
lions cannot safely be ignored. japan