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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
CASTRO NOW COOL
TO OUR MINISTER
Seems to Resent the Efforts Of
Mr.. Russell to Effect a Peace
able Settlement.
FRANCE DEMANDS APOLOGY
Treatment Of NJ. Taigny Con-
strued As An Act of War.
Naval Demonstration.
DEMANDS APOLOGY
(Ry Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, d. c.. january 49,
Three French warships arc now off the
Venezuelan coast. prepared to deliver tho
answer OF France to President cassros
treatment of N. Taisny. the French rep-
resentative at Caracas, b,. a naval demons
stration In Venezuelan waters. Two addi-
tIonal warshlps viii Join them as soon as
they can make the trip across the At
iantic
Meantime the deilcacy OF the situation
at Caracas is greatly increased by news
which recently reached here from tho
Venezuelan capital regarding the attitude
President Castro now appears to be as
Stunning TO Mr. Russell, the American min
lister. Unless this attitude is radically
modified 1t may be necessary to dispatch
an American warshlp even nearer the
Venezuelan coast than has already been
planned.
President Castro II Is said. will be given
to understand that any treatment of an
American representative such as that
accorded NJ Tagny, will not be tolerated
by the Washington government. The only
cause which can be assigned here for
President Castro's coolness toward Mr..
Russell Is that the former insists upon
regarding as personal rather than ofrl-
ctai tiie ehoits winch VA. Nuhseii' actinS
Under instructions from Washington, has
made to assist In peaceful settlement
of the Franco-Venezuelan troubles.
The Programme. of France
tr.,c. Zoe ,7,o,,o, ..,,,,,,,o -,
co. Va ,raa,r,a,t ae ,ta vars., a.a,,s
sitne,io, :, rroviaas To-, - i,n,,,a H.,
and Comprehensive apology by President
Castro for his treatment of NJ. Taigny.
which treatment the Paris officials re-
gard as Insulting" ard "intolerable.''
Until his apology is made discussion
of the claims and other grievances which
Franco has against Venezuela will be
withheld. The French government re-
CARDS the action of president Castros
agents in La Guayra in refusing to per-
nit NJ. 1'aigny to return ashore after he
had boarded a French liner as an act OF
war.
In continuance of the policy rigidiy adj
hered to, Ai Jusserand tho French am
bassador, who has kept the Washington
government Informed at every stage OF
the coprse TO be pursued by France in
Venezuela, he had long conference with
Secretary Root this afternoon.
1t now appears that three Important
dispatches containing instructions for NJ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20

pn1 n snort tnlk with her at Murphy's.
She received the man OF news very
cordially and expressed admiration Tor
the full reports Of tho pending trial. she
BHid tho new Developments OF tho Jay
were no surprise to her. sho Is looking
for moro, md soino OF them she thinks
mny nccesstato her presence In Rich-
n,ond for a longer time than she had
EXPECTED TO stay when she came from
pbi,adelpbia. She intends to remain MS
long as necessary.
The Mayors Mail.
Mayor Mccarthy yesterday received q
letter from Philadelphia from Charles A..
l,own, who styles himself the grand
rule, of the Braternal Mystic Circle. Mr..
Brown says that Burton was expelled
from that order on account of his finan-
cal transactions with the circle. Mayor
McCarthy's mail is greatly enlarged by
the many letters he gets concerning the
case.
The Mayor was in fine spirits yester-
day Seid lie, speaking to The TimeszDis-
patch man; Didn't 1 tell you ten days
ago that BEFORE this thing was over
would convince you and everybody else
that was not such rattle-brain fool
SIS some people in this town We're dis
posed to think ! was?'
Detective Gibson yesterday went before
Justice Grutcnfleld and swore out n war
rant against Burton, charging him with
another nrisdemeanor. Just when this
warrant will be served, IL ever, VIII de-
pend upon the future developments.
Thre are four more warrants in the
hands of the officers now, charging tho
accused man with obtaining money UNI
der false pretensos. warrants that We're
sworn out at the same time rs the one
which is now being tried on the appeal |
from Justice Crutchield's decision. 1t Is !
not yet known what will become of these !
documents.
Trial Resumed To-day.
The trial before Judge Witt andthe Hus-
tings Court jury, which was commenced
Thursday. Will be resumed at 10 O'Clock |
this morning.
OF the many witnesses originally sum-
Inoned by the, Commonwealth, only two |
remain to do tAsan1ined When court
adjourned Thursday night Rev. Mr. Wes-
ton. who was the first witness examined
in the case, had been recalled, and will |
resume the witness stand when court
meets this morning. Others of the origi-
nal list may be recalled and new wit
nesses for the Commonwealth may he
summoned but 1t is not likely. The testi-
nnony yet to he introduced by the Com
rnonwealth will be along the same lines
as that already brought out
Nobody except the counsel knows how
probably very few and one thing that is
believed to be certain is that the alleged |
Mrs Burton and Misses Hamersly and
Edwards Will not be on the list.
The case will probably be concluded /
to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
INDICTMENTS ARE READ
IN GhYNOR- GREENE CASE
0By Associated rrIss.)

SAVANNAH. oi.A..s jan, 19,--rhe reading
OF Indictments IN the Federal Court to-dlay
consumed the session ~ the Greene anl ny
court Judge s,peer appolted Hope Thomn,a mas
Of Qpiunan. as foreman Of the jury INC
r ,,atig Of the four indictmshts T., upon o1
conspiracy. embezzlernont and receiving
funds of the United States known to
All the indlotnaents are OF great length,
and attorneys conducting the prosecute y
alternate In reading the various counts.
llpon conclusion the court adjourned UNI
III to morrow. gf3s (5, a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
MAILING NOT ARRESTED.
Story Given Out in New York
Denied at St. Petersburg.
(By Assoclated Press.)

NEW YORK, January l9-rhe CORE
spondent of the Associated Press at ST.
Petersburg. having been queried cop
corning the reported arrest of VIM
English Wall ng in that city for revolu-
tIonary activity. telegraphed to-day that
Mr.. Waling has not been arrested and
that the report to that effect is without
foundation
The Associated Press received the
statement that Mr.. Mailing had been ar
rested from Abraham Chahan, editor of
the Jewish Daily Forward, yesterday
and accented il as correct.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Man and Wife.

The snow was falling The day was still
and gray and cold. DR., Parllhurst, shah-
ing the white flakes from his shoulders.
said.
II have just witnessed an instructive
happening--a happening that might
teach us why some marriages do not sue
coed.
"A man and his wife were walking
down back street The man had hie
hands In his pockets. The woman car
ried basket filed with cabbage and
beets
IA group of boys danced like imps on
n corner. They had snowballs in their
Stands, AS soon as the married couple
had passed them they let drive.
"But only the woman was struck She
got two heavy blows about the head and
face Every SNOWFALL, somehow. missed
the man..
He looked at his wife as she brushed
the snow out of her ears and hair. and
then he shook his fist at the boys anu
shouted:
NJ" It'sa good thing for you, YOU young
rascals. that you didn't hit me-
.AGuARANTERp cultB FOR FILES
ME,N,,r fails to cure you In q IA DAYS 300,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Mary G Kerse

Mrs. Mary c. llerse. of 26l2 East Grace
Street. wife of Sergeant James II. Kerse,
died yesterday. She leaves two children
Thomas and Marie.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Matte w. MacLell

Miss Matte w. MacLelland, daughter
OF, the late b. w. and Mary T.. MacLel-
land, formerly Of King and Queen county,
died al 5:i5 r. NJ. yesterday at her home.
sos North Sixth Street.
The funeral notice will be announced
later.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
WOULD NOT YIELD
AND WAS ROAST
Town Topics Uncomplimentary
to Oliver Belmont After He
Refused to Subscribe.
PLEASANT WORDS FOR PERRY
He is Said to Have Given Up"
Col. Mann Shown Not to
Have Good Memory.
PLEASANT WORDS FOR PERRY
lspecial 10 The rImes. p!spatch.)

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, January 19.-oliyer H. p.
Belmont. wearing the highest standing
collar ever seen In public, and with an
air Of determination, went on the wit
ness stand In Justice Fitzgeralds court
to-day and told how Colonel William
d. Mann. editor OF Town Topics. tried 10
get him to subscribe to 5000 OF the stock
Of that corporation and when Mr. Bel
mont declined how Colonel Mann tried
to touch him for 5000 cash. nor would
he subscribe to "Fads and Fancies.
The banker refused to subscribe or TO
be touched. After that Town Topics be-
gan to print paragraphs about AR. Bel
mont. which were uncomplimentary. Per
ry Belmont. brother of Oliver IA. p,
1t appears, gave up The Colonels
sheet printed nothing but kind notices
about the Perry Bclmonts.
Oliver II. p. Belmont was called for the
defense in the trial of Editor Norman
Hapgood. OF Golfers Weekly. who IS
accused OF criminal libel by Judge Joseph
NJ. deuel., who Is also vice president
and one of the directors and stocNhold-
ers OF the Town Topics Publishing Com
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Rad Day for Deuel..

Thursday wasn't q bright day for JUS
tice deuel.. In one breath he said -he
never gave instructions to be notified at
once by the solicitors when person on
the subscription list of Fads and Fancies
failed 10 subscribe. In the next he had
to admit In a faint voice, when shown
letters written by himself. that he gave
such instructions. And the reason he
gave such instructions, he said. was that
the prospective subscribers might be
"approached" In another way.
Right on top OF all this. evidence in the
shape of copies OF Town Topics was
handed to the jury to prove that when
men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Rich
ard T. Wilson turned down a solicitor
unpleasant" paragraphs were printed
about them.
Colonel Mann went on the stand soon
after 8 O'Clock. He said Justice Deuel.
had never been an editor. Mr.. jerome
asked him: "In plain terms. was the oc-
cupation of Town Topics the levying of
blackmail. either for printing Or with
holding certain stories2"
ut was not" said the colonel, through
his whskers.
That was about all of Mr.. Jerome's eX-
animation. Then James w. Osborne
tackled the colonel
It was Justice Duel's custom. he said,
to visit Town Topics on Tuesday night
and look over the proofs. Sometimes he
made suggestions which the colonel dis
regarded.
Be Nice to Them.
Did you ever give Wayne instructions
to say that certain people We're present
al the best affairs, or that certain per-
sons were to be free from attack"
Certainly not said the colonel Mr..
Osborne handed him a letter. Colonel,
please read that
The colonel said 1t was in his hand
writing. Osborne read this to the jury:
Dear Wayne,-Use enclosed notes. /
have especial reasons to be nice to Mr..
Mccormick and Mrs. McC., and also
wish to show that Perry and. Mrs. Bel
mont go to the best affairs here:
Colonel Mann was abroad when the LETT
ter was written.
Here" In the letter was underscored;
80 1t was presumed that Mr.. and Mrs,
Belmont We're In Europe at the same
time. Then the colonel identified an!
other slip OF paper as in his handwriting.
1t said:
7. 7. Clown Topics Will be very care
full :of anything said about Mrs, InmaT,
of Atlanta. Nothing unpleasant.
LET up on Henry L. Sloane.
Then came this letter. written to Moses
Ellis Wooster, who solicited subscribers
for 'sFads and Fancies.' on January 81,
1904:
My Dear Mr.. Wooster. Count Reginald
Ward informs me that you have 5000
shares more of the Rico syndicate for me.
I will he glad Il you drop In and bring
the stock or send 1t by registered letter.
Justice Deuel. was on the stand all
morning, He admitted that the return3
from the "F'ads aud Fancies" protest
amounted to s1Io0N
II After Webb and Jerry.
Some letters were produce, notably one
written to Wooster, solicitor, referring
to his efforts to get DR. w. Seward
Webb to subscribe, and another with re-
ference to an attempt to get Elbridge
IT, Gerry into line. The letter referring
to Seward Webb was, In part, as fol-
lows. IA
Dear Nh, Wooster, wish you would
keep me informed as to every one who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Statehood Bill.

fFS'- AsFoci''e' FfesS.l
WASHINGTON, January 19,-As tho
result of II conference in the Speakers
room after the House met to-day, 1t was
decided to bring up the Statehood bill
in the House "Wednesday OF next week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
Colonel's Memory Poor.

Colonel Mann had been questioned
earlier in the day about having solicited
Mr.. Belmont for loan. The Coloneis
memory was not very good on that sub
ject. But lie was positive nothing un-
pleasant had appeared in Town Topics
about o. H. p. Belmont just because Mr.
Belmont refused to take an Interest in
Town Topics.
Paragraphs were cited from two NUM-
beers OF Town Topics showing how Col
onel Mann had roasted Oliver III. p Bel
mont while he had kept his promise 10
.'be nice" TO Perry Belmont who had
given up
It was shown that Coun, Reginald
Ward was lauded in Town Topics after
he had bought stock from Colonel Mann.
Letters written by the Colonel TO Woos-
ter, a solicitor for Fads and Fancies,
were read. In which he urged his suhor-
dinate 10 pin Governor Murphy" of
New Jersey; catch John A Mccall J"
get after" ex-Mayor Van Wyck and j..
Edward Addlcks. to whose vanity Colonel
Mann thought successful appeal might
he made
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20

The friends Of Mr. and NIrs.,I, N.
Wharton win he. grleyed to learn. of the
son, Irvine Wharton, Jr.; while play
Ing with several boys In a. new bulld-
ing. The elevator fell on him breaking
intilctlng several bruises about the body,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20
REFORM is URGED IN
USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
House Devotes Long Session to
Discussion Of Deficiency
Appropriations.
lRx Associated Press1

By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, January l9,-Refarm
In the matter Of making deficiency ap-
preparations agttated the House to- day,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20

al GUARANTEED cul,E FOR FILES
ME,NvT falls to cure you IN q toll days, 600.
Your druggist will refund money if PAIo ONT.
Itching, Blind. B!eeIing or ProtrudinS Piles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-20

10 CURE "a COLD IN ONE DAY
rake laxative BRCMO ,oulpne Tahleta,
~. GROVES signature Is on ennh box. ESQ.
q druggists refund money, II II falls to cure, u.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
As to Sleep and Study.

Many youth in school is con
demned as a sleepy head because his
parents neglect to see to it that he
gets the proper amount of sleep
Mothers know that the newborn in
fant should sleep about % hours each
day and that this need of sleep Is
lessened so slowly that the child de
mands ~ hours when 1t is about IL
years old. 1t is decided by experts
that the normal amount of sleep is
not reduced to ten hours until between
the ages of is and 81 years. and that
many persons require nine hours
sleep during most of life thereafter.
Despite these facts that should be
well known, how many boys of IL to
IA years form the habit of sitting up
until ten O'Clock at night and are
as regularly routed out by their pa
rents at six O'Clock in the morning?
This is crime, the evil of which is
in no degree lessened because it is
long-established custom. Experience
and observation have proved that
those who retire in time to
sleep at least nine hours get far more
of permanent good out of their course
of study than those who double their
hours of work by robblng themselves
of sleep, gays the Chicago Sun. The
child especially should be in bed reg
ularly in time that it will awaken
naturally at an early enough hour to
be ready for school II allowed to
sit up late to be literally dragged from
bed in the morning. the parent should
expect the child to be in the sleepy
head class.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
STRANGE story-sut True.

F. l.. Vandegrift has a new story.
1t is illustrative of the marvellous fe-
cundity of the English sparrow.
Il was pending Sunday with the
Dumont Smiths, at Kinsley,' said
Van. in recounting his experience.
I'VE had been up late the night be-
fore and | was trife drowsy. / sat
out on the front porch listening to the
church bells and gazing off into the
illimitable space that lies between
a shortgrass town and the horizon
beyond.
Presently l dropped my hat into
bed of virginia creeper and doZed
off to sleep. / could not have slept
more than an hour. for the children
were passing the house on the way
from Sunday school when l awoke.
rubbed my eyes and glanced over
az my hat. In it sat an English spar
row brooding a setting of eggs. While
l slept the sparows had built a nest
in my hat. the mother bird had laid
a full complement of eggs and had be
gun the work of Matching them. -
Kansas City journal.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
THE REGISTER
LAMAR, COLORADO.
A Sermon in Precious Stones.

In. all ages of the world the meas.
ure of a nations prosperity has been
gauged by the luxuries with which
the people surrounded themselves.
This is as true now as 1t was in the
days of Roman conquest, and 1T is
shown particularly in recent Off
cial statement concerning the impor-
tation into this country of South AT
rican diamonds. Last year 5000,
600 of these precious stones found
their way into the United States
When Speaker Cannon uttered his
emphatic and unique declaration CON
cerning this country's success he only
declared fact, says the Philadei'
phia Press. The past ten years,
Judged by the Importation of diamonds
alone, has been the most prosperous
and successful this country has ever
known. In 1897 the imports of dia-
monds in round numbers exceeded
81 ,90O,0 600, although the price per
carat was not nearly as high as it has
been since. This wonderful increase
shows that there is a demand for
them, and the demand is an indica-
tion that the people have the money
wherewith to purchase them. Dia-
monds are an unfailing INDICATION of
prosperity. The first thing the aver
age man does when he gets little
ahead in the world is to bay a dia,
mond shirtstud or diamond earrings
for his wife. The more money he
makes the more diamonds he buys,
and that men have been making
money and that the country is un-
usually prosperous is indicated by
these figures on diamonds.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
KANSAS CITY FLOOD.
An Unprecedented Rainfall Causes
Much Damage.

Kansas City-A terrific rainstorm
prevailed in Kansas City and in this
vicinity early Thursday morning,
causing more or less serious damage
In Kansas City 5.93 inches of water
fell, a record for the time, three hours
and half.
At Elmwood cemetery. five miles
east of the business district, serious
damage was done. Practically the en-
tire cemetery grounds were flooded,
and in the lower ground a strong cur.
rent was formed. This resulted in the
washing out of scores of graves. At
least 200 bodies We're exposed. Monu-
ments were wrecked and other damage
done.
Low-lying lands were flooded and the
police and fire departments were called
upon to rescue persons from base
ments in Little Italy, in the north end
OF town. and in the east and west bot
toms, where the water entered many
small houses. Several downtown base
ments were flooded and goods dam
aged. Trees were stripped of their
foliage and hundreds of sparrows
were killed.
The brick buildings in the outskirts
of the city were undermined and col
lapsed. They were unoccupied and no
oht was AT
ana lumber yard containing several
thousand feet of finished lumber was
washed away.
At Kansas City, Kansas. and at Ar
mourdale and Argentine, Kansas,
across the line from here, much dam
age was suffered by railroads, whole
sale houses and packing houses. and
several families had to be taken from
their homes by firemen.
AT Kansas City. Kansas. lightning
wrecked the front of the Slavonic Cath
olic church. small structure, and a
small commission house at the City
market was undermined and collapsed.
In Northrup avenue, seven blocks from
the business center, three houses on
low ground were surrounded by water.
The freight houses of the Rock Island
and Union Pacific in the west bottoms
were flooded and traffic temporarily
stepped. The shops of these roads slso
were flooded and work stopped for an
hour or so. Water entered the base
ments of the packing plants of Armour
&; Co., Swift & Co., and SChwarZchild
& Sulzberser. and it was necessary to
put men at work pumping it out The
water drained off quickly and the dam
age was comparatively light.
AT Argentine forty families were
forced from their homes in the bottoms.
but returned to them soon. Suburban
street car traffic on the Kansas side
was tied up for several hours.
The Lamar register., 1906-08-29
GIRL ASSASSIN
SHOOTS RUSSIAN GENERAL IN
HIS WIFE'S PRESENCE.
is HELD BY GENERALS WIFE

Third Attempt on Life of the Murdered
Man-Sentenced to Death by So
cial volutionists-Assassin Glor-
les in Her Deed.
St. Petersburg.-Sa Saturdays unsuc-
cessful attempt on the life of Premier
Stolypin. with its sickening, useless
slaughter of thirty-two persons, was
followed Sunday night by another rev
olutionary outrage, in which Geherai
Min, commander of the Seminovsky
Guard regiment, and who, since MS
promotion to be a general has been az
tached as personal adjutant to the
suite of the Emperor, was killed on the
station platform at Peterhof by
young woman who fired five shots INTO
his body from an automatic revolver
and then without resistance submit
ted to arrest.
The capture of the girl was effected
by General Minis wife, who held her
until the arrival of an officer. This
was the third successive attempt on
the life of General Min, who was con
demned to death by the terrorists i'm
mediately after the Moscow revolt last
Oh account VI sltIh II I'i'No
sion practiced by battalion under
his command, and especially for the
wholesale execution of persons con
demned by drum-head court martial
for being caught with arms in their
hands.
General Min was returning from his
summer residence at Peterhof and had
just greeted his wife and daughter on
the platform when young woman
almost a agirl-approached from behind
and fired two shots into his back and
then three more into his body as it
sank to the ground. Further shots
were prevented by Madame Min, who
threw herself upon the murderess and
seized the hand which held the pistol.
The woman did not attempt to escape,
but she cautioned Madame Min not to
touch a handbag which she had placed
on the platform before shooting the
general. explaining that it contained
a bomb.
To the police the girl acknowl-
edged that she had done the deed, say
ing she had executed the sentence of
the fighting organization of the social
revolutionists, but she refused to give
her name.