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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
SEEK TO RESTRAIN
DISTRICT a ATTORNEY
Press,

81. NEW YORK, July 1.-THE defense in
{ the case OF Harry K. Thaw. accused or
the murder OF Stanford White. made an
unusual and y unexpected move o-day,
when writ OF prohibition was secured
s from Justice BlnI chard, In tho Supreme
Court. restraining the district attorney
and the July grand jury from taking fur,
ther evidence under oath against the
prisoner, Application for the writ was
made by John Gleason, OF counsel to
$Thnw, and the order to show cause why
It should not be- continued, was made
8returnahle to- -morroW. AT that time the
district-attorney's Office will request an
j adjournment OF the matter because OF the
absence from the city OF Dlstrict-Attor-f
ney Jerome and his assistant. Mr.. Car
van, ssi X. sg L tii KIP 55i
III Counsel for Thaw allege that through
the illegal use OF grand Jury subpoenas,
tho district-attorney is sumn,oning all
4 Ace. putting them under oath there and
taking dispositions which may be detrt-l
mental to the prisoners interest 1t is
further alleged that as, Thaw is already
under, Indictment. and no new indictment
for the murder OF White IL contemplated, 4
4 The distrlct attorney has no right to use
i tho grand Jury as g cloak Tor his own
InauisItion, Almost every person VINO
can appear as a witness In the case, for-$
4 ty-seven Of them SO far, have been sworn
by tho district attorney. 1t is asserted,
ana dispositions made for use at tho trial
5 Through a this. .couns for The defense
Z has not been allowed to be ipresent t.
Mrs. Harry ThaW visited her husband
I In the Tolnbs to-day and afterWard Wen =
y to- the Office OF Judge Olcott's law firm,
which has been re-e on gagged In the 4 ca So
z by Thaw's d mother. The conference gcor-
8tinued for nearly an hour M a 5{l3
ThaW had a consult ultntlon Wi his scoun-A
Sel, Clifford w. Hnrtridge, and his part
) her. }t s rs
It was reported to-day that ThaW has
been watched constantly since his rresta
by q trusted prisoner. who has been de-
tailed as an extra wutchman on the tier
Where ThaWs cell is located. s One pur-
a pose OF the suryei nee Is said TO be TO
4 satch as much as possible OF what ~
a laid at his talks with his visitors, II Is
n not known who SGT the watch upon him,
As the prison warden refused to dlscusss
a the subject, "A
3 One report concerning the watch set
II spon ThaW was to the effect that the
u &lupposed t'trusty,' who is said to be
u watching the prisoner, Ia an exrert allen
il st, who has been admitted to the prison
4 BY direction OF District Al torney; Jerome
i This report also decl res that the pllrpose
q u. the espio ionage ia d to asceFta ain whether
slr not y EaW Is sane. S58 4. is5 s S. * Nj ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
DOCTOR 0AND TELLER
|AELD!..F|0|.R|'.1Ci0h { J. { ] n ] !
Charged With Having Combined
to Defraud the Union Trust
's,f Company, Philad delphia. .ls...5
nv Associated Press. !.

" ,$ss 4. BY Asso ia ted F'ress,) AZ u 13S z
ss3PHILADELPHIA, July II sl7,--Charge
With conspiracy to defraud the Union
Trust Company, OF Philadelphia. by,
means OF overdra IT'S, , Or. julius 4 q, y
saiinger, Of this city, and Thomas D,
Address paying teller at the institution,,
were arrested to-day nnd held In 81, wv
bail for q further hearing tomorrow, /, p DR..
Salinger is a deposl Tor N the Trust COM
pony, and IT Is alleged that he has over
drawn his account TO the amount of about
$4,000. Tho teller was aware of a the
,cyerlrnft, IT Is charged. but failed to
notify the officers OF 4 the Trust Conn
pany, In the hope that Dr. salinger would
make his account good, He failed to do
II, however, and the officers Of the Trust
Company discovered the. discrepancy In
the paying tellers accounts, Dr.
'Salinger was summoned to tho on1des OF
the institution, and after q conf florence he
and the paying teller We're placed under
arrest. t93 Z 9S n M tS X 4, 954E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
ROOT .| 0 ]'1 R REACHES PARA
G|vEN.AEAR'TY WELCOME [
BRAZILIAN Minister Of Foreign At
fairs Telegraphs His Cordial
Good Wishes.
(nY Assoeia ted Press,

# #MASHINGTONj July l7--The Navy De-
Spartment received cablegram from,
Para,S Brazil announcing the arrival of
Secretary Root and party at that city
on the United States cruiser 9 hal rlestor.
Upon his arrival at Para, Mr., Root re-
ceiyed the following dispatch from Baron
Rio nraneo, the Brazilian Mlnister for
Foreign Affairs.s * n
(. "a L the moment of your first landing
on brazilian shore 4 have great pleasure
tc send TO-, your Excel ellency.tIle cordial
greetings ,or the lsra lillian government.
h ana 10. express my deep con Yicrion that
your voyage around South America Will
/ be OF great bcnefi TO the interests OF
our continent.. It Is II q is.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
FAMILY AND COUNSEL
HOLD COM FERENCE
import tant MI citing, After Which
This Declaratio is 4 Made Eff 81.
/ fort to Restrain District At \
torney and M ( Grand ! and Jury
i from = Taking Fur d;
7, ther = stinony. q
(speclal to The Times ! ]. DIap,,a1I tch.) l

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.) Il ISL
4 NEW gs$ oRk. July # 4 go - y AIRY
Il Thaw VIII never be placed on trial N
sor the murder o. stanford WI hIte.
Il An app llca tlon VIII be made for the
Il appointments of a comm lssion TO In
d n qulre Into hls u sanity. Il There Is no sss3
4 doubt but that he will be I declared
i insane and sent to the hosp ia u for 38
II i5 the criminal Insane At Matteaxar.'.sS#
This authoritative statement was made
To- might immcd lately after the conclu-.
I sion Of tho conf ference at the Hotel Lor-s
$raIne by one who had been present. ~
this conference whlcl begar, shortly fter
Is O'Clock, were Mrs. lillian Thaw.
mother or Hurry ;Tl,aw; Lewis 1 Ii Dela-s
Held 8hor personal counsel /; liam u. rs. *.
SOlcott, OF Black. Olcott, Gruber and
4 #Bonynge, II young Thaw's former counsel;
& josiah Thaw3 and George + u Carnegie.
son and son In -lawiof Mrs w Wiliiam sThaW.i
\ Mrs. Fl Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was present,
but took no part In the conference. ii
Mother Sees Olcott.
Mrs. William Thaw met Judg Olcott
v fora tho first time and Insisted upon his
\ reaasur,,ing the defense OF her son. which
she said she could direct In any manner
4 he saw It. hIr. Olcott promised to take
( the matter und err ad Z isernent, but said
\ he could give no final answer until he had
conferred with tie other members OF his
firm The probability Is that the firm
will again take up the direction OF the
scefense Of Harry T ThaW. 4 i Nj Olcott gave
Mrs Thaw information he had collected.
which y convinced her tlint her gon was
mentally irresponsible on the night he
killed White. He said that o numbe OF
Stfs greatest al lienisfss In the country who
\ had been Sreta ined bF the defensess; were
honestly, convl need " That 4 tiie yonnKsnla
was Irrational Judge Ole ott poi dsout
the &futility ot the 1tiwrit ten ln de-
fcnsa which Harry r haW insisted upon.
and Sof d plea OF self defense, ich, ne
/ said. Il even young Thaw b hlnself admitted
was Impossible. Mr.. Olcott made Sa8 frank.
sta tencnt OF the case to Airs. ThaW and
said the possible plea to save her son.
from the electric chair was that Of In
sanity. s }5 :Si5 ISL is
Il J. Hamilton Lewis, corporation counsel
I Of Chicago, was invited by those in terest-
4 ed In the iThaw3 d dcfense to become as
sociated with the counsel in the young
milIonaire's murder trial. Mr.. Lewis In.
formed those who approached him that he
would want s25. coo h to ~ take up " ThaW's 81
case. as his attention to 1t would require:
the balance of the year and would neces-
state his resignation as corporate lon 8coun-,
sel Of Chicago. II Is understood that Mr..
Lewis terms were elected. .S n n ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
f(By5 Assoc Press. 81

By Ass Ocia ted SPress) if5
8 N s.YOI r Ik,s July II. .-Barto W. Gib-
son, formerly counsel forsif3iE NJ RS. Ice
linan, who was nlysterlo ously Il murdered
on the might OF n j une 4 Sth,s III the n old
homestead IN the II Bronx. goccuple ed by her
mother, NJ RS. II. M. Stenton. and herself.
was tonight colnml tied to- the Toni bs by
order Of Coroner Nc Donald, j: In de ault of
Sos 900 ball. This nc ton a oil lowed gg3 the
close OF the coroner's Il inquest tonight.
SwhenSth the jury broug i II In 3n We erdict that
Mrs. n X KlnanaiWas murdered by q person
kor persons unknown, and y sreco commended
that Gibson be held for examination by
the grand jury M
@ Gibson hmsel lf goccupied Il the stand dur
ing the greater part Of to- days 8 SO ssl lon.
+ He said thnt Mrs. stenton engaged him
I'd defend squatter proceedings which had
sLeen Instituted against her property. and
establish her right to Se title. fter pro-
ilcngel igation the property 5Wa as sold
In ptember. 1905. q for sG5. 900, ostenslbly
ITO Archibald 4 Nc rland, bu x In reality
u to Gibson and nlne months later was
Sresold for 500, ,0O0. @ e t he profit Gibson
admitted $50 700 was to go to himself land5
the emnindera to his father. Nc Tarlantl,
and u ohm Ilel ~, Il Who were "a associated III
the deal. It appeared that the Ionlysm
treceiyed by Mrs. stenton was 81, 900 given
to her by 70. y lawyer, shton, who acted
with Gibson In the legal proc coeding, ,l.s5
@ Gibson admitted that fter the murder
4lltE had visited the Stenton house and had
removed certain documents and articles
or value This he claimed he had a
srightsto do. lie declared that he had
notified the police that time 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
GENERAL 4 \ G CRF!O,|ZlER1 +
GUEST ]! ! ! n! I; 4 HONOR D \ or
Chief Of ORD dnance epartnent of
the y nited States Army One
of5thes Primo cipalf eak;e..r,s. /, 5
,ls33 BIZ Major W eelerS and
s5s.,: Others Exp ess @
ss, od Will. sts

81 Il, Igs thed n TO II a ppo matt vas
the battle cry last nj ght III the celebra-55
stion Of the n Richmond Howitzers. and ~
there were aught aof d any thing Of that
long campaign that did not receive mem
;tlon, Il. passed BY and was soon forgot
ten. The very ntnosp plere was redolen
with the smell ;sof distant bat ties. var
3remin scences wore the theme iof the hour
and HISTORIC assool { tons long had
lain orrnant were rscnlled 4 and roy
until the very flags TIL lined tlie3 walls
seemed 1t move WI ofss the the
battle song 81 Il s,Ssi assss5 S
It vast d great occasion for 4he HFdoWit-S
tzers. not " merely on q count y OF their
having received the new armament hich&
Ing, but also, i and perhaps more, because
tho younger members OF u to-day I. heard
;frecounted a to them the deeds Of Il their
sires. glorious and worthy Of en- lula ton.
Who having fought their Il lght,i now rest
In the bivouac OF theF dead Y. s. hSSsuch
a memory behind 5thernfan such q pros
5pect before, there was tle wonder that
the present ~ member A OF the hist orlo9
Howitzer oTganlzati Ion thrill led ID .at every
.ment ton OF their name and. that the speak k-3
ers Of the evening we're g Bile " s I; speak
with such fiery eloauence Of the days
Ia which the great cause was lost and
OF the days thdt are In Which VI eM y ma "a
stion stands as ono against q comm on foe,5
should occasion arise. N
9l3 All tho eloquenceS and Wit and WISDOM W
|of Richmond s q foremost vs. q itizens were
there ana there Swas no ok OF remiinii:s7
cence to urge the IIoWitz on to greater
deeds ~. 8of tories of sheroism and en-
Bdnrn n 81 Is remind ~, ,tliem Of tile pa Sc
which 4 they are. In honor bound II sto keep
gnliye8 for tho associati ton sake and for.
the sake Of the esinspiratIong OF the future.
Three Hundred There.
There we're at least three hundred #peoiT3 PEE 4
Die present and to- all OF them was vas ex-l
tended cordial gree tin g by the pres'e'nr5 SCI
members Of the Iowitzers. M ny of the
present were Of the old corps, and \ tflo;
occasion n was OF pecu uliar IN terest 20 them
beca use most OF their ssoela tlon SSa anu
memories we're connected With ne ileia3
81 battle, where he tiers,
tary organ lzatlon, Won th cir 4 reputa tioa
and fame. SG 81 M 81, M
The first part OF the evening was l1II dp- {! -l
voted to showing the Wis ors over the
armament rooms, where are stored II t'le
now guns, seventy sets OF harness less tor
drnugtt horses, and va rious OF her !: i:1s-g8
tplements OF war connected wit h the nrr- AZ
5tillegy branch OF the service There were
many prominent men present, alnons
them being Governor Swanson, Iayoyi
mccarthy, General William Crozicr. ChiNfi
of q Ordnance OF y the War Department.
Major C,.S b. Nv Yheeler,s also OF the Ord
nance Department.; Robert southall, Judge
= -7-a'T 'Tc,ontinlIe1 on Second Page.) WI SH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
PHARMACISTS TO
APPEAR in . /! COURT J. ! 81
Three Are SUNNI noned to Answer
"A Charges Of Failure to Comply 4.
u With City Ordinance.

4 The. city, authorize are getting after
the alleged iolators' OF the drugstore
ordinances In Richmond, q three supposed
Offenders having been reported to- tho
SFirs "a POI Ice B Station vest terday by Cap
tain Whitlock. !. gE Y sS siB5 s{ss i 4 81
Tho first man reported was George
ArheaTt. on the charge Of selling MEDICAL
compounds and filling prescripti ions o &
lphyssicinns without being q registered
pharmacist. 56 si..S; 3SSaS
The second report was Of W. w, Rich
5ardson. Who employs at his store at
Seventeenth and Venable Streets Frank
Gilmore, allowing him to compound and
dispense Z prescriptions without being. It
Ia asserted, n egistered pharn1acls or
q registered assistant pharmnc cist, !,
The third report wa 81 Of w r, Partin,
who employs in his store on Broad, be-.
tween TWenty-fifth I ,and ia f TweIlt tn
streets, Q. w, Y. Carr, who also la acks, a ii
icording 40 the charge, the +. u llec essa ~
Certificates OF qlal lea tton for the duties
Imposed upon him. ssa 5 ssg; q
Any other alleged offend derss Ia this SttY
viii be prosecuted, 1T Is SAID, 4 4 until all
druggists have compiled Wit the State
laws, III NJ WI ls!i III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
tMancl1este Man Struck bIy
lightning While { Talkings Dur
MOI VET FU ! CONS CIoUs!
III Alexandria Hosp $sina Dazedi
Conditi En1pl Dyed byssEsss
Richmond Firm. 81


Mr.. John Henry atham, tWent ty7four
years of age, the son Of Mr.: and Mrs
70 M Lat ham, d Manchester. Was
/ ger4ousiys injured t,ys "a htning stroke
Il hlleS using D. telep hone d ear Alexandria
yesterday afternoor.s s 5s n
ne now 5iies III ,sthe hospital IN Alex. Y
Snnti rta In semi -consci ious sconditi on Ills
EFT oar was severely y torn and his neck
badly burned. His wound 8, y togethe her with
tile shock, rendered him unconsc scious. jslsss'
53s His wife, WHO was Miss Lu ula Jones. Of
West Seventh Street. Manchester. j is by
his side, having been with him In Alex
nEdrFa for some time. II 81 81
sS alr. Lee Lat ham, "a ther. OF! {! the young
man, left last night TO be wit him. 5f3
Ss "A telegrat m received late last night from
1rs. 81 al ham, wife OF the injured young
man, was to the effect that he was rest
ing conf fortably. 81 4S rs s!. 5s
The Times Dispatch correspondent In
Alexa a d rin telegraphed the following res
port OF the accident: f$ AZ " II
ALEXANDRIA. VA. July Il. IL ohm
y II. ia than, an electrical engineer, who ia
dives at No. 1O01 y Hull Street, Man
s chester. was struck by II ightning dur
ing the severe thunder storm which
visited this section this afternoon, and
WuS izSGptTGlys La
Us employed Ly the Western Vi ion Elec-
trlc q Construction Company, and was s8
& in& charge Of gang Of men at the Y s%
freight yards, north OF a Alexandri
During the y height Of the storm he S5S
had occasion to use the telephone, and
Just us he put the receiver to his &
ear; IA bolt 5of lighting came down the 5#
and gave him q severe sh oclt.ss He &
. was rendered unconscious by the shoe k
and was brought to Alexand ria on HS
Hospital, where his injuries were III
treated ty Dr. William y. Smith
It was found that his left ear wa N
geverely torn and 5his neck burned. 3tt
~ It was stated at the hospital tonight n
that he was resting as we'll as could "a
be expected, and that it was hought
y that he would recover, al Though he was
,l.f7, n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
;TWO'BURh|10IDEATH.|N. IN
P|TTsBUR|.G. HOTEL EI|RE|:
Damage Not So Great, but Two
Lives Sacrificed and Several
Persons Overcome.
llBy Assocla ted l'ress,) J

PITrsBURG, PA, July l7,,--In q fire
at the Hotel Park. Second Avenue and
Grant Streets. early to-day, two persons
we're burned to death and several were
overcome ty smoke. The fire was caused
by burning gus Jet
James Conway, q city employs, who
lllyed IN the hotel. was burned TO- death
and Neal Corners, the bartender, was
fatally injured ny Jumping from q win.
dow. M lS " y
coniiers died after his removal to the
hospital, Tho flames were cxtingulshed
With q loss Of SIS, 900. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
SOUTH CAROL INA DlT0Rs .s
@ IN THEIR ANNUAL SESSION
5lBy A.ssoc ciatetl press, s,

# cEIARLEsTON,. s. e., July The
annual meeting OF the South
Carolina State Press Association WIS
5cnled to ordersat the Hotel seashore, sic
o! Pines, by, y,i'Fresldent IE5 II. "a I4anll,sof
the NeWberry News and Observer, Ad-
dresses of welcome were made by Mayor
.Rhett, President Gadsden.$ Of the Consol-
idntel. and Editor Warlng, OF tho & Eye
ming Post ,s The roadng OF npers and
reports occupied tho eEreater part OF to-
.dny's session. n To- morrow the party Will
go for n trip on the sharbor, From Thar
lesion the associntion goes North for a
week In New York, Boston and Other
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
Defender 81 Mrs. Surratt Dead.

7I M (I3Y Assoclated Fress,)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -, July l7,-7John
Nv, Clanpitt, who, with ReYerdy Johns
SON. defended Mrs. Surrntt, following the
assassination ot President Abrahamy3L Lin
coin, died to. day; at the Indianapolis City
Hospital He was born In the Dlstrlc
of Columbia in 1888, and for many years
was nm employe Of the Postotiice Depart
.ment. In the West. iss5 S, 81 .l y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
Mr.. R gers's !, e tier

zSS when troubles came to the company
II felt 1t my dut ty{s ns q trustee to stand
1 by and do anything II could OF seryice
10 my fellow members and polio tho lders.S
II +; believe $I have rendered some nss!st-f
sance. The statement has been frequ 4
made that I caused your cleo ton to the
presidency OF the Mutual Company. No
ono knows better than you how false this
Sis.@ You know that Il had but the slightest!
acquaintance with you before your cleo
4 @tion; that I never expected a word with
you respecting your andldacy, nj ~ 8
SISingany sense the inspiring cause OF your;
E. Apparently the people who are;
most q active In their hostilty to the pres \
5ent ndnlfnistratio tion are using the factspfs
my connection with the Standard Oh Com
spanysas a ground for criticism. Nv hile5 this
IS IA ;sufflcient8 treason for myfrefusal to be
a Ecand idate for& &trust tee, since no one Shas s.
ia right 10 put such largo IL nteres ts in
leopard dJs for the sake OF achieving per-,
Rsonal svindica ton, Il yet true that side
from the relations OF Mr.. illiam Ro cks-
feller5 and myself as policyhoders and
trustees, {, neither the Standard OIL Com
5panys nor any ono occupying an oHlclnl
position in that col orporatl Ion & has ever In
the Isl test degree had any business
or other relation with the Mutual Lifei
Insurance Company and In the case Of
ntsS
policy matured some months ago ar d we
paid, and he therefore IS no q longer Il
policyholder.? He also wishes to be relieved
from any further 81 service as q trustee.
Gave Mutual Business. 81
Il Neither Mr., Rockefelle nor myself
have been identified with any sund erwrit-
4 ing scheme, / nor have we been engaged in
any business affairs with the N Mutual
Company by which we have been the
gamers. On the contrary q we have
given business to tho Mutual annd its
allied companies fro m which they have
largely benefit ed. y y.
From source Of information nat
should be autllor ative, 1t was learned 1
that President Peabody would not be Sa
candidate for reelection In the sense that
he would make any effort to SUI ucceed Inn
self. The list OF directors is Us fol FLOWS:
John w. 4Auchinclaus, George II. = 13a-S
ker,g Hugo Barring, Charles s. Brown, Du-
mont larke, Ere ederiGk Cromweil. Cyrus
Curtis Julien Z. Davies, Charles ID 1.
Dickey, lillian r 4. i. ri lxon, NJ H /. Rlenan&
lDuval, George Gray, Charles 3R ;. Hender-E
son., Harlow N. FIJI gin BOTH James ri "A
Jarvis. Augustus D. JUL lard, !, William II n
Lambert, Charles Lancey, Sir ~ Hiram
Stevens Ma kim, Emory 8AicC Clintocls, VIII
liam G ,}B AIcNl lllan, Isl George Miller, Theo-5
,dore Mo rford T homa s NJ. Murray, Charles.
5A, body. Emile Oscar Fhillippi, & Henry
Phipps, Alfred M. Shook, Leroy Springs
George e.. Rand, Il Louis s tern, Henry W.
Taft, Benjam min 4 r s. Tracey, w llinns Fl ~
5Truesdnle, M. NICK. z ombly and Corne-6
Illus Vanderbilt. ss ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
Washington Not Advised, !.

5WAsHINGToN.sD i. " CT July a Q 0 H.
,cial5 dispatches regarding tho collision be-
tween the battleshp Rhode Island and
the Norwegian steamer Guernsey at New
port News. Va, reached the nav ofll-i
9clals here to-night. N 585 Il Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
PEA J WILL ' I! j J, NOT NJ } I
BE q AN DID ., ATE TlE:
That is, He i Y villR lll' y D Make NJ Nc
y .:'i Effort e Succeed! = Hinself
|: Not Vet ;1|'!:' Assisted 'tt in
Securing His Present
Position by Mr.. 5y35.
I S.Is ;5Il8 \: Rogers. s ;5

.(Byf Assol lI.f,.,,l ca Press.)

NEW YORK, July u. The committee
sof trust tees OF the Ritual X Life Insurance
Company. appointed 70 nominat teS$ Il q q 4 i new; MW ~
board " trustees to be voted for 4 tli;:. /:
annual meeting Of the company ina$ De- De.
cember made its final report to-day and and
III doing $50 disclosed the fact that IIenrs q Ir:s
II. Rog ers and Nilliann Rock efe ler l,tld lJ
withdrawn from further connection with i! !
the body. f3 In seek King from President
Peabody the cause of this ac ton on the The
part of the standard Oh interests, Mir. i;r..
Peabody gave out ersona let ter from ',i \
Mr.. Rogers, upon which he said he would .ll
make no comment IN this letter 4 J. Mr..
Rogers said ssa5tSs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18
RHODE / STAND j / | |!
COLLISION. J.
Tuurr11et ru711 Steamcr Gl lernslc slcy 9massl1le.sY5 l.sY
Into Battle 5in3 Severe Y, Iss8
Storn.. ~ a, q
Her + DAM n AGE NJ, !, GREAT
Slight 1nj \ 81 iall 1s While
tie B Br;tishts Ship Has las ;ll5 Plat tesE 5: !.
OnSS Stern stove in. 81
(speclaI i to The Tines:

& Especial to The Tines y lspatch
Il NEWPORT NEWS; u Dur, n
ing d u 6lent nd stosm wt,tc f,.ssWep. pa3
over this harbor to-night, the British lisEH
sturret steatiner Guernsey dragged Ian anchof '
and smashed sinto the starboasrrd quarter
81 the United States sattlesnlp Rhode l''i
Island with terrific force 5 s5Ss m
when the Guernsey struck he R'arslllp
the latter got ttunder wayand l,t moved down
the stream The Guernssy finally got g: up
Is steam and dro pped anchor g mile from q
stheS Sbattleship.t 5!S
50 Rhode Island sllgnt idu'l',
TO her hull while te guernsey llaa
,several lsplatesS ont her st{rnS stove in.R The
Giierlis se 2 arrived liera Sunday from
Iartsnou til ana Is awaiting orders. It isl
probable that she Will repair re-
~ Several schooners barges and steamers +:
anchored In the 2harbor here dragged an
.cl,or, but mono Of them we're n nlured.aI g
storm did considerable damage isln p the
city. ten ring down and Shreakln 9
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