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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
CITY SHOCKED
BY DOUBLE TRAGEDY
CONTINUED FROM First Page.)

out OF the room. with blood squirting
from the wound. her husband followed
and shot her twice In the back. She
painfully crawled to the end OF the hall
and died there.
Tho boy, George, screamed: Papa.
you've killed mamA!'' When he heard
these words. the crazed man fred three
times into his left breast and then snap
ped the empty pistol at his son. standing
himself upon his bed and dropping the
pistol. which the boy picked UP. rolled
bleeding to the floor.
& Tho children all ran screaming next
door to tho home Of their uncle. Mr.. john
HILL who. together with his son-in-law.
Mr.. Watts, rushed quickly to the scene
Of the shooting.
s They found Mrs. Hill dead. Mr.. Hill
was sull alive. and when his brother
asked:
Fred. don't you know me7''
He tried to answer, but death claimed
him before he could utter word.
Cheap, But Deadly Weapon.
Tie pistol used by the mailman was
small, cheap 32-caiibre weapon. rusty
with age, The clock. the immediate
cause OF the tragedy. was ticking mer
srly away on yesterday. On Its side WAS
a large dent that had como from fall
when It dropped from the wounded wo-
mans hands. Its side was covered with
her blood. .
The Coroner's Jury.
DR.. /. Fulner Bright. coroner held the
inquest at II o. clock yesterday morning
The jury brought In the following verdict:
The Jurors sworn to inquire when,
how and by what means Mrs Evelina
Hill came to her DEATH upon their oath
do say that she came to her death on
tho morning OF May 9,-1e06. about 12:45
O'Clock, by three pistol shot wounds In
flicted by her husband. Frederick VIII
liam Hill, while he was temporarily
insane.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.

under Admiral vIllencuve left Touion in March
1905, and sailed 10 the West indies with the
Intention OF drawing of tho English fleet and
returning to support Napoeon's protected In.
vasion OF England. Nelson followed. and
after Napoleon's plan had been thwarted
by the hesitancy OF villencuve fought
tho French Spanish fleet on CApe Ira
falgar, October II, 1905. He hoisted tho
signal, England expects that every man will
do his duty" at the beginning OF this fight.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Lord Nelson.

Editor of Tho Times Dispatch
sr,-Wil you kindly print In your paper tne
h,onra nhy OF Lord Nelson. preferably as given
in the British Naval Biography. 1902 ana
obge. su1pscR IpER
Born at Burnham-Thorpe, Norfolk, England
September 30 1885, died on board the Victory
at trafalgar, October 81, 1905. celebrated
English admiral. He entered the navy in ITO.
and was made post captain at the age Of
,twenty-one, serving In the American war. ~
tho declaration of war, with France IN 1893.
no was made captain of the Agalnennon in
the Mediterranean, serving first under LORD
Hood and afterward under Admiral Iotham,
on February u, 1877, under Admiral Jery's
uater Lord St. VncenD, he fought In tho
battle off Cape st. Vincent. In May, l79s, be
was sent by lord st. Vincent toGinteTcept
Napoleon,s expedition to Egypt. In this he
failed, but destroyed the French fleet at
anchor In tho harbor or Ahuklr, August lst-2d,
This engagement Is called 'the battle OF tho
Nile., He retired to Napes where he became
involved In polltIcal complications and In an
intrigue withtthe wife OF Sir William Hamilton.
British envoy to Naples. In 1900 no returned
to England and was made ylce-admlral, and 8
peer. The battle OF Copenhagen was fought
April Q, 1901, in order to destroy the coalition
OF the northern powers known as the (second)
Armed Neutrality. Nelson was made a WIS.,
count after Copenhagen The French fleet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Constable's Body Found.

q" Especial to The Tlmes-D1Hpatc h.J
COM OIlN, VA. May 9.-The body OF
Mr., Monroe Kelley. Of Stafford. Tho-was
the lower part OF King George. ten or
twelve days ago. has been recovered and
taken to Stafford for burial. Young Kel-.
ley was a constable Of Stafford, but went
work at q saw mill. The body remained
In the water q week before 1t was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
ADJoURNs THIS MONTH.
Committee on Interstate Cons
merce Will Expedite Hearings.
t(By Associated Pres

II WASHINGTON, D. G.. May s.-Ths
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce decided to expedite tho hearings
so as to adjourn. Il possible. BY May 40.
terested in cotton manufacturles In sew
erai States appeared before the cons
mittea and opposed any change from ths
present conditions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

The championship belt which heavy
weight James Jeffries says he now
turns ovsr to Mr.. Fitzslmmons will re-
qure several tucks hefor, it will stay
there on Lanky Bob's slim waist-line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

a Chicago brick trust has just been
denounced in court. It is said that trust
has pushed prices SO high that the strik-
ing teamsters find it impossible to buy
the bricks so indispensable to the success
of the strike.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

The naval experts, weary of forecasting
the battle which refuses to come of,
have turned their attention to flGur.ng
.he number of times Rojcstyensky has
violated French neutrality.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

President Baer, In making vigorous
demand for "a new lot OF Americans"
fails to intimate what he proposes to
do with the old lot. Maybe he has rot
consulted them yet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is
a man Of ideas. He now says the war
in the Far East knocked the value off
cotton and that the big crop mad nothing
TO do with the slump.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
General Grants Slaves.

0CIICI al VI dIIV . 01dV(o 0IE1|'9
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Please say whether or not General y.
s, Grant owned slaves during the Civil War,
and oblige.
"A SUBSCRIBER.
General Grant had slaves, but they came
into tho family through Mrs. Grant, who held
them as a part Of her inheritance when she
was married.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

With Bowen at home, Castros teie-
graph and cable bill will be immense. Tor
these two fast friends must keep In con-
slant touch in some way
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Some men who are experts are OF the
opinion that If Togo had not been afraid
Of Russians big ships he would never
have let Rojesvensky and Nebergatoff
get together.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

A young gentleman named George
Rogers has just stolen a. 1lo-pound clock
from the Fifth Avenue Hotel. AS thief
Of time, George has procrastination beat
off the block.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
The Coroner's Jury
(Signed)
J. FULNER BRIGHT (Coroner),
RI D.. F. AsHLY. (Foreman),
s.. NJ. SANDRIpGE,
J. c. WILLIAMS,
G. w. CLIFFORD.
F. P. LAMBERT.
G.. M. WRIGHT.

The jurors sworn to inquire when.
how and by what means the said Freder-
lex William Hill came to his death,
upon their oath do say that no came to
his death on the morning OF May 8. 1905,
about 12:45 o'clock, by three pistol shot
wounds inflicted upon himself while tenn
porarily insane.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

A New York lady dropped $3.50 in a
solid lump somewhere on Broadway a
day or two ago. Style Of game not
mentioned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Fishburn,s Condition.

Editor OF Tho Times Dlspatch
Sir,--How Is tho health Of CO. r. tFlshbLrn
since le has been on the farm Z
.'SuBSCRlBER.
The surgeon on the state farm reports that
TTishburn's condition remains about the same
MS when he was received at tho penitentiary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

The President Of tho United Colonies
of COLORADO Bears has issued thanks
giving proclamation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

bill was presented to tho Board Of ~
pervisors for payment, and was returned
to be approved By the proper officer:
there was never any question raised MS
to the Justice of the bill, the. only cues
ton being whether tho county wns la
BILE for the claim or whether the debt
was against the party who was quar-
antined, upon whose order the goods
We're furnished. The bill was first pre-
sented to the Board Of Supervisors be-
ney had entered upon the duties Of his
office; It was never approved by any
officer. of this county, and for that rea-
son the Board of Supervisors, under
the advice of the present Common
wealth's attorney, declined to pay the
bill out of the county funds.
W. w. RTCHARDSON.}
Hampton, Va, May 8, 1905.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Revered Saddle.

Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Slr.-Why, was tho saddle on General Lees
horse put on backwards in the funeral pro.
cession?
SUBSCRIBER.
It Is an old custom In The army, tho origin
OF which we do not know. 1t has much the
sat11e Significance as reversed arrns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Seventeen Locusts.
Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sr.-Pleaee tell me how long It has been
since locust year and when the locusts Will
come again.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Our recollection is that there was vista
ton of iocusts In this section either in 1894 or
'o5. We do not recall whether or not they
appeared seven years later. Who knows7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

That sleepy. want-to- go-fishiDg feeling
Is In the very air we now breathe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Things seem to be getting no better
very fast in Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Have Their Uniforms.

The men In the Street Cleaning Depart
gmei1t have received their uniforms, and
appeared In them for the fret TIM yes,
fterday. - ~ Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

case In a new light. The latter part Of
the article was then rewritten and the
writer was sure until now that he had
erased the expression Eve hope that the
ruling OF the Lower court will be sus-2
tained."
we had intended simply to emphasize
the fact that the Fourteenth Amendment
created the citizen Of the United States
and clothed him with certain rights, one
OF which is that mo State shall deprive
him of life. liberty Of property without
due process of law" The Federal gov
eminent Is bound under the Constitution
to protect him in that right. That Is
all we Intended to say.
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DR.. Osler's attention Is called to the
statement printed in yesterdays paper
that Mr. washington Duke the North
Carolina millionaire, did not begin the
work which made him rich until he had
passed his fftieth year. DR.. Osler may
say that this is the exception which
proves the rule. But there Is encourage
ment In this. that men have done their
best work after they have passed the
age of fifty, and what man has done man
may do again. You cannot make q rule
of this character for all mankind. After
all, 1t depends upon tho man. And there
Is this to be considered, that men VINO
are active and energetic and successful
before they are fifty are apt to be useful
after that time, provided they preserve
their health. Indeed, such man is
often more useful In his maturity than
he was In his youth, for he has the
experience and the sober Judgment.
====----=----====
Ladies' and gentlemen who attended the
concert at the Woman's Club on Monday
night were proud of their city. They were
proud to know that "home talent" could
givo such an entertainment, and we'll
they might te. 1t was a high tribute to
the culture of Richmond. Our congratu-
latons to Mrs. Hoen, tho members of the
club and the artists.
#44 I ====@-====-= 5asatE
Connecticut Is trying to borrow good
clause from our new Constitution. 1t is
proposed In that State to submit to the
people a constitutional amendment for
bidding tho election Of members OF the
Legislature to offices filled by that body.
The proposition is said to be very dis
tasteful to large number Of the MEM
bers OF the Legislature, and the prota-
bllity is that they will defeat It unless
the people get right straight after them.
============
The Hartford Times sums up the situa-s
ton to date at the seat OF the Equitable
war as follows:
president Alexander insists on stick
ing to his job, and Vice-President Hyde
won't bulge. Meanwhile, the verbose
open-lettering goes on, the lawyers slyly
wink to one another and the policy
holders mop the perspiration from their
brows and vocabulary"
+
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
QUERIES AND
ANSWERS
Wesse,x.

Wessex.
Editor OF The Times. Dispatch:
a Sir, What Is the significance Of the word
''Wessex"?
wes,seaxe. west saxons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Bounding a State.

Editor OF The Timts-Dispatch
Sir.-Please let mo know II, when bounding
state, the bodies OF water n.xt to that
State should be mentioned. whether the
state beyond the body OF water should be
mentioned. For tnstance. Is New Hampshire
bounded on the west by Il tho Connecticut
River or the State OF Vermont
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Close Public Offices.
The stats and city offices will all be
closed after y O'Clock to-day, on account
OF memorial exercises at lakewood this
afternoon,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Confederate Warehouses.

Editor Of The Times Dspatch:
Sir,--Will you please inform me through
your query column the month and the
Vicinity were guarded by the department
clerks In the local defence from incen-
diaries <, a 5s sis$3 e. B. Vs.
We cannot say yes or no. Probably
an ex-clerk. II still alive, may be able
to answer positively. A department or
der Of October Is, 1864, called into ser
vice all detailed men. Tho clerks formed
battalion, but no one whom! We nave
interviewed remembers seeing them on
guard at the tobacco warehouses. a
gentleman we'll acquainted with them re-
marked that It was more likely they
we're to be found OF nights on guard at
sWorshnm's.
There were no Confederate warehouses.
though 1t is highly probable that tobac-
co for expectation through the DOCK
ade was stored in them on account Of
the Confederate States. IT Is certain
that casks Of inAammable material
were so placed near them as to be read
ilyignited in an emergency.
IL All our tobacco warehouses were
privately owned. excepting the Public.
which belonged to the State, ana sea-
brooks, still owned by the city.
"A Point Of Law.
Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir-Please oblige number Of re tn,sai, ~
answering the following questions lnvoy,ns
a point OF law on which II Is SAID autho'i l'#
az II" Is a widow, having two children and
owning property in fee simple amounting ,a, ~ 70
$40 600 She marrics and dies IN Ten yeAIs,
leaving child nine years old atla pr eps
consisting OF q home valued ut sa.g 1.,: ah 70
Il sunnosod, to have only life estate IN a
property; the children herring In equal part paris.
+, maries and has children born ~ the n0me
ii which he has only NE estate. ~ .h twp
share in their mothers properly. y" ~. ~ ''.T IS
have to wait until the, child seven yfars otu
at AIS death comes Of age2 Has y 'esall
right to live on the property IN which ne mas
nnIv a life estate, exhausting and depreciating
It for the benefit Of his second we anu ' "ef
chlldren?
On the death OF A interstate, B becomes the
sole owner OF her personality after payment
~ ali debts and also came Into q DE es-
tate in her realty. The children VIII get
nothing until the death Of 3, when the
three OF them will receive the real
estate. ID can live on tho property and
depreciate 1t or exhaust It, that is he cannot
commit waste.
IL this is a matter to BIO settled tho parties
should consult d lawyer The facts may De
very different from what the writer sets Out
in her letter. a married womans estate,
owing to the numerous changes IN our law,
NAV give use to very complicated quea-
lions. and 1t Is really impossible with the
Information given 70 bs sure the answer Is
correct
& *. G b. d " 4 s4a r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

war as follows:
president Alexander insists on stick
Ing to his job, and vice-President Hyde
won't bulge. Meanwhile, the verbose
open-lettcring goes on, the lawyers slyly
wink to one another, and the policy
holders mop the perspiration from their
brows and vocabulary"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
Seventeen Locusts.

Both the State and tho river should +
named,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

Is t; (SlRNeQJ 80 y
]. FULNER BRIGHT (Coroner),
D.. F. ASHLY (Foreman).
8. M. SANDRDGE,
]. C.. WILLIAMS,
G. w, CLIFFORD.
+. F. LAMBERT,
G, M. WRIGHT.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10
The Underwater Road.

Richmond. Va, May 9th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

The Hartford Times sums up the situa-
ton to date at the seat OF the Equitable
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-10

the 'or1ckS so indispensable 70 the SUCCESS
OF the strike.
=-=@=======
The championship belt which heavy
weight James Jeffries says he now
turns ovsr to Mr.. Fitzslmmons will re-
aure several tucks heforo It will stay
there on Lanky Bob's slim wnist-llne.
-====--@===
The naval experts, weary of forecastlng
the battle which refuses to come of,
have turned their attention to figuring
the number of times Rojcstvensky has
violated French neutrality.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is
a man of ideas. He now says the war
in the Far East knocked the value off
cotton and that the big crop mad nothing
to do with the slump
===---==-=-=
Some men who are experts are OF the
opinion that If Togo had not been afraid
Of Russlu's big ships he would never
have let Rojesvensky and Nebergatoff
get together.
===-=-=-====9
With Bowen at home, Castro's teie-
graph and cable bill will BIO immense. Tor
these two fast friends must keep In con-
slant touch in some way.
=-------==-- t -
President Baer, In making a vigorous
demand for "a new lot OF Americans"
fails to intimate what he proposes to
do with the old lot. Maybe he has rot
consulted thom yet.
H. =-=-=-====E=
A young gentleman named George
Rogers has just stolen a. 1l0-pound clock
from the Fifth Avenue Hotel. AS a thiof
OF time, George has procrastination beat
or the block.
A New York lady dropped $3.50 in a
solid lump somewhere on Broadway a
day or two ago. Style Of game not
mentioned.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The President Of the United Colonies
of Colorado Bears has Issued 2 thanks
giving proclamation.
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That sleepy. want-to-g fishing feeling
Is in the very air we now breathe.
==E=-=E==-==
Things seem to be getting no better
very fast in Chicago.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-05
INSISTS ON PENAL LTY
School Inspectors Cut Down
Contractors Bill

The board of school inspectors last
evening deducted $3.50 from the bill Of
the contractors who failed to finish the
new Douglas school on time.
Brown & DOwling, the contractors,
will be given hearing before the
committee on new buildings, they con-
tending that they should not be penal
lied for the full amount of $25 a day
for twenty-six days delay. The board
was last evening disposed, however, to
take a firm stand, as firm has delay
ed completing heating plants in a cou-
pie of the schools for such length of
time that the penalty is now about
$4,000, as compared with the contract
price of $4,000.
The contractors last night submitted
to the board their final estimate for
S4,54S, and pleaded many reasons for
the delay. Besides the rainy season that
held them back they also encountered
difficulty in securing the stone ordered.
In addition a fire destroyed much of
their material.
On motion of Inspector Rogers, the
claim of the firm that it should not be
penalized was referred to the commit
tee on new buildings for more thor
ough investigation, particularly in view
of the fact that other contractors will
likely in the near future be claiming
like exemptions.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-05

A case wherein the state had granted
to an individual and to railway com
pany the title to the same land was
decided yesterday by Judge Brill, of
the district court, in favor of the indi-
viduaRS assignees.
The land involved is so-called swamp
land said to be worth $4,000. 1t was
claimed by the White & Street Town
site company and the Northern Pacific
Railway company, against whom the
townsite company brought suit to quiet
title.
Two titles to the land were advanced
by the defendant. The first came
through the Little Falls 2- Dakota
Railway company, which, in June, 1900,
transferred all its assets. including the
land, to the Northern Pacific. In Jan
uary, 1895, the Little Falls company
had selected the tract in dispute as part
OF the swamp lands which the COM
pany was empowered to take by leg
lSlat1ve enactment.s
This transfer, the court declares, is
invalid, because it was never fully ap-
proved by the state.
The second title was secured when
the state land commissioner, in No
vember, 1901, included the tract, "by
inadvertence or mistake" in a large
amount of land decided to the Northern
Pacific company pursuant to an agree
ment with the state.
The second transfer was also in
valid because, at that time the land no
longer belonged to the state. In No
vember, 1898 the state land commits
sioner had legally selected the describ-
ed swamp lands to be held or sold for
the benefit Of state institutions; and in
August, 1901, the tract was sold by the
state at auction to one M. D. Stoner
for s5 an acre. Stoner transferred the
tract to A. A. White, and White con-
yeyed 1t to the plaintiff.
Although the rights of the Northern
Pacific were specially discussed at the
trial, evidence was presented that that
company had sold the. land to one
Brooks, who thus became party to
the case.
Neither Brooks nor the Northern Pa
cific, as the court. finds, has any title
to the land. 1t belongs to the townsite
company as the owner in fee.