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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
FLOWER CARNIVAL.
Midway With Novel and
Startling Features.
(spcciaI 10 Tho Times DIspntch,)

Especial 70 Tho TImes- DIspntoh)
ALEXANDRIA,, VA, May 1.-THE
Flower Carnival, given by the Alexandria
Lodge of Ellts. commenced tonight at
the Armory Hail of tho Alexandria Light
infantry, Tho hall was beautifully
draped with tiags, and the various booths,
which were In charge of some of the
most prominent society women OF Alex
andrn, were massed In flowers, Among
the many attractions was the midway,
which contained several novel and start
ling features, The most handsome prizes
which will be raffed off are q 5000 auto
mobile and q $3.50 motor boat. The car
niyal will last ten days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15

ing, was sold here to-day at public auc-
ton, as the result of libel PROCEEDINGS
instituted by the salvors of the vessel,
Merritt and Chapman Wrccltlng Com
pany. The vessel was bid In By Fl, I,
Hayward her former owner. OF Frank
lin, Mass, for $4,000. The cargo OF phos-
plate rock In the schooner was sold Tor
$1,000. ftip4
The schooner was bound from Pnntn-
Gorda, Fla, to Baltimore, and the steam
or. a fruter, from Baltimore to the West
Indies. when tho collision occurred,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
HODGES TRIAL.
SLAYER Of His Wife Will Make
Earnest Defense.
to Tho Timcs-Dispatchp

fspeciaI to The Times Dispatcho
DURHAM. n, c., May 14.-Durha am ; n NJ
nor,or Court convened this morning ana
i t,a famous Hodges murder trial WI come
ofr ut this term. John Hodges iast tep! ~,
ary, after being parted IRON us ~ ~
, nr night at midnight and forced an
entrance. Ia, ~. wife,
n,ho vas sick in bed. lie sarew her ouI
breaking her left arm. and then sho,
her 10 death The affair was Witnessed
1udre Furgerson. who is presiding oyer
,o,irt' called Hodges into court late this
AFTERNOON and made arrangements 'o'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Thrown a Hundred Feet.

Il (speoial to The Times-Dlspatch)
Y. CHARLOTTE, n, c.. May H.-A fast
passenger train on the Southern Railway
struck heavily loaded wagon at the
Highland Park mill crossing this morn
Ing, fatally injured the driver, negro
named Davis killed one mule, and Sc
verely Injured the other, and completely
demolished. the wagon. The negro WAS
thrown a hundred feet against an ems
banlment.
The team belonged to ]. M. Brown, a
contractor. a..4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Ford-Walker.

On Thursday evening, May 10TH at $3.50
O'Clock, In the parlors OF the Rev. r. NJ.
Maxey. pastor Of the Union stati,STM. y,
church. Mr.. Maxey performed the nrar.
riage ceremony Of Miss Carrie II, Ford
and Mr. Robert Diver Walker, both of
this city. Tho young couple were at
tended by their friends, Mr., and Mrs. Sell
don Walker and Mr.. Reginald Walker
brother Of the groom who Is connected
with tho Virginia Passenger and Power
C'On, mn nv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Fire in Louisa

(Snecial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.)
LOUISA. May 1.-THE stable and All
outbulldings belonging to G. D. Flanna-
gan, depot and express agent here, we're
burned last night about o'clock. ana
,onlyg nv the heroic work Of the citizens
was his dwelling saved. bucket line
was formed and tho ladies as we'll as the
men worked hard for two hours, carry
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Borrowed Eight Millions.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
SUFFOLK, VA. May 14.-The Norfolk
Portsmouth Traction Company, a merger
Of the allied interests OF the street car
trolley and power plant concern in East
ern Virginia. to-day. by a mortgage re-
corded In the county clerks office, bor-
rowed eight million dollars from tho Trust
Company OF North America.
The Traction Company stands for q
merger OF all the electric railways IN this
section and is backed by outside capital.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Tones-Iones.
(specinl to The Times.pispatch.)

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
4 LIVINGSTON. VA, May 14;--A very
outlet marriage Was cel e IN the par
when to the surprise OF all their rela-
tons, Miss Lucy u. Jones, OF Arlington,
Va, became the bride Of Mr.. William
o. Jones. Rev. II. f. B. Martin performing
the sacred rite. The bride wore a beauti-
full gray suit and the groom a handsome
black suit. f
A few friends Witnessed the ceremony.
The happy couple expect to leave for
New York, where the husband Is engaged
In business, soon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Plow Up Cotton.

fSpecInl to The Times Dspatch0
NORFOLK, VA. May ll,-l.ate reports
from isolated districts In the upper part
OF Norfolk county In the vicinity or
northwest. are that farmers there SUI
fered heavily MS result OF frosts the
latter part OF last week.
All truck crops were damnsed, and so
severely did cotton suffer that farmers
are blowing 1t In and planting 1t anew.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
COTTON FROM AFRICA.
England Begins to Draw Supplies
From Another Quarter.
nv AssocIatcd Press.)

Try Associated Press)
q LIVERPOOL, May 14.-At the Chamner
of Commerce this evening. Sir Alfred
Jones, president Of the chamber. said that
the British Cotton Growers Association
would import this year from west AFRICA
cntton valued at between 100000 and
slsD, 600. He argued that West Africa
would IproduceRshortly more cotton than.
Lancashire required. The speaker added
that African aoor conditions were more
economical than those in America. while
land was to be had virtually for noth'ng'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
FIRE IN ROANOKE.
Storage House Burns and Man
aqer Overcome By Heat.

(specialto The Times Dispatcf.)
ROANOKE, VA. May 1.-THE storage
house of the Roanoke Carriage Company.
a large two story frame building, with
contents, was destroyed by fire to-day.
Origin OF fire unknown Loss on stock
and building, about $4,000. Insurance,
$500.
III. ID. Derrick, manager OF the company,
was overcome BY the heat, and at one
time his condition was very serious; but
he rallied and Is out of danger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Killed His Wife on Sight,

(SpeciaI to ThN Tlmts- IspH tulI'J VI
TALLEYSyILLF, MEM KENT co.,
VA, May l4.-Thad, Buroh, negro, Is
In iail In New Jersey, Ills wife left him
n few weeks ago and said she was going
North, and he thought she had left nm
for good, SO he went where she was and
took policeman with him and killed
her the minute he saw her. II Is reported
ALat he Is crazy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Stave Plant Burns,

Especial to The Times Dispa'ch,)
BURKEVITI.II,, VA, May 1.-THE
Burkeville staye Manufacturing Com
pany's plant, doing a heading business,
and managed by H. Il, Roswell, was
burned at 3 o'clock this morning, with
not u cent of insurance. The loss Is
about six thousand dollars.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Accepts a Call.
,,,a,ra, = ,,n. rj,nes. pjspatch.)

Especial to The Times, plspatch,l
. BEDFORD CITY, Va" May lh-Rev'
rFaward III. Eane, who, for about four,
and half wears has been pastor OF the
Presbyterian Church of Bedford City. has
rendered his resignation of the charge to
accept a call to the Presbyterian Church
at Chrstlanshurg. the resignation to take
effect July lsI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
4 SUNDAY TRAFFIC.
One Hundred and Nine 1ndict
ments Against Railroad.
Especial to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.)
LYNCHBURG, VA, May 14.--The grand
jury of Appomattox county to-dny re-
turned 100 Indictments against the Nor
folk and Western Railway for operating
freight trains on Sunday.
The cases will he tried before a jus
ticc of the peace. and It is expected that
the company will make hard fight to
continue the moving OF .itsth heavy freight
business on Sundays. 40
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Sold for Salvage.

Especial to The Times Dispntch) n
NORTOIK, VA, May 14,-The four
masted schooner Harry II. Hayward
which was In collision with the German
steamship San Miguel. off Virginia
Beach. March 9th. and was later heached
at Lynnhaven Inlet to prevent her sink
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
BOY ROBBERS.
They Get Light Sentences on Ac-
count of Their: Youth.
(SpeclalIto The TImes-Dispatc

& SUFFOLK, VA, May :14-Three boys
accused of robblng three stores got off
with jail sentences to-day IN Nansemond
Circuit Court. Judge Prentis let them OFF
light because OF their youth and by rea-
son of the additional fact that the re-
formatory already is overcrowded
Stephen Fletcher got nine months,
Charles Snowfleet and George Wright
one month each. The boys ages
range from 10 to II years. The
boys broke into three stores be same
night aaa got away with their loot, only
to be run down by bloodhounds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Barn Burned.

fspeclal 10 The Tlmes-Dlspatch)
WOODSTOCK, VA. May lathe barn
OF Robert shlpe, at Carmel. was burned
yesterday, Tie building, feed, harnesN
and huggIes were consumed There was
no Insurance, and loss of $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15

ing water, keeping the blankets with
which the house was covered wet. He
saved valuable horse. but the express
wagon was burned. The fire was caused
by the carelessness OF a negro boy, and
there was no insurance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
Wedding Cards.

Especial to The Tmes-Dlspatch.)
LAHORE, ORANGE COUNTY, VA.
May l4.-Cards are out announcing the
marriage Of DR.. John Frazer, an alumnus
OF Richmond College and OF tbs, Mcclure
June 9th. These popular young people
are social leaders of Orange and spotsyl-
n n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
rns Abode .. the Mode.
Who Wants
to K, Dress

rubber stamp fasl,iot,--wcar
Clothes Just like the other
fellow--l,c as bare Of individ-
uality as a billiard ball Is Of
hair.
a. ]. & r. Suit is as pick
ed III pattern as it Is cx-
prcssive III style. Not a BIT
OF danger that your Suit will
bump into a double on the
highway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15
SIS, $50, $25
Jacobs g Levy,
7O5 East Broad.

All the correct things III
Outing Shirts arc here.
Flannel, Chcviots and Ma
,lras, attached and detached
collars, $3.50 to $500.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

It is understood the Newfoundland cabinet has decided to resist the enforcement of the
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
General Markets.

New York, Oct. 16. FLOUR-Steady. but quiet; Minnesota patents. s4.l5a44o: winter straights. s3.b0s 3G0; winter extras, $2s5a3.25; winter pat ents. s3.75a4I0.
 wHEAT-There was an easier ruling ir wheat this morning. due to poor cables fairly liberal receipts and absence of bull support: December. Si 1s-16as2c.; May s4 7-16aS4ssc.
 BUTTER-creamery. extras. per pound 26l.az7c.; firsts. 24na5tfc.; seconds, 2ia23c. held, extras. 26c.; firsts, 2tai6c.
 CHEESE-State. full cream. large and small. colored and white. fancy. l@Ac. fair to good, small, l2%n1Sc.: half skins best. small. 10Aa11c. large. i0Ac.: part skins. prime. sEa1oc.; fair to good, sa9c. full skins. 3a4c.
 EGGS-Fresh gathered, extra. per dog en, 8c: nearby. fresh gathered, firsts tc extra firsts. f5a27c.
 TALLow-steady; city, 5Ac.; country 59sa5Mc.
 HAY-steady; shipping. sa7Oc.: good tc choice. e0a95c.
 sTRAw-Quiet: long rye. csc.
 HoPS-Quiet; state. common to choice 1906. 2Ia24c.; 1905. +10a16e.: Pacific coast 1906, 15a1sc.: 1e05 12a14c.
 BEANS-Steady; marrow, s2.3oa2.25: me dium, s1.60; pea, s1.65; red kidney, PAS. POTATOES-Firmer: New York and western, choice, per bushel, 5Sa5oc.; New York and western. fair to good, per bush el. 53a55c.; Pennsylvania, choice, per bush el, 50a62c.
 LIVE PoULTRY-steady: fowls. los 12c.: old roosters, 9c.: spring chickens. 10s 12c.; ducks, 11a12c.
 DRESSED POULTRY - Firm: fowls choice. 141ha15c.; do. fair to good. lie. old roosters, 91za10c.; chickens, nearby, Il a1Sc.: do.. western I2aiso
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
WILL CASE MYSTERY
Production of Strange Paper In Court HaIts Suit Involving
 s6o,OOo,00O.
CONTENTS NOT DIVULGED.

"l Would Rather Have My Tongu. Cut Out Than TeIl," Says Nephew of Mrs. Walker, Who Is Defending Fathers Testament-EmpIoyee Tell, of $1oo,ooo Gift.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
FOREIGN NOTES
OF INTER EST

UT LIN pose of presenting an address of sympathy to Professor Mou- romtscff, who was president of the douma, was proposed and was aban- doned after many protests had been received.
 The balloon corps of the German army held race between balloons and automobiles. Four balloons ascended. Seventeen automobiles chased them The rules of the race required each bal. loon to descend within two hours. If the baIloonists escaped within twenty minutes after landing they won. Three of the balloonists succeeded, the fourth being caught.
 By the death of Mrs. Sam Lewis-Hill widow of Sam Lewis, the we'll knowr London money lender, about $15,000,' 900 will be distributed In charitable bequests in accordance with the will oI Lewis. About $7,000,000 goes to es. tablishing dwellings for the poor Lewis was the most famous man ir England in his profession.
 The libel suit which Richard Croker brought against London magazine has been settled by m apology and re traction rendered to the former Tam. many chief. The magazine in n series of articles on "Tammany Tn England charged Mir. Croker with using his DO sition for personal profit.
 Emperor William is greatly incenseo at the publication by Prince Alexander von Hohenlohe, son of the late Ger man chancellor, of his fathers "Recol lections" of the controversy between the emperor and the late Prince Bis marck. The 'Recollections'' have ere ated sensation in Germany.
 Court Witte, when questioned ir Paris concerning reports of a move
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
DEATHS OF NOT ED PEOPLE

dead of heart failure In a sleeping car on q train of the Rock Island railroad. Sam Jones was known for the quaint and original manner in which he went about saving the souls ot men. He was noted for the quaintness of bis sayings. He was himself reformed drunkard and was fifty-nine years old.
 The death of Captain Stephen D. Franklin at his home in Philadelphia witnessed the passing of a famous de. tective and scout. He was the leader of a detachment of secret service men and cavalry that ran down and shot J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Presl. dent Lincoln.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

HE 4NL W Ds | II V IlAO. Sox, is the champion of the world. By winning four games from the Chicago team of the National league (the Cubs) the Americans won the title. The Nationals won two games.
 The federal supreme court heard ar guments in the cases of c. H. Mover, ". D. Haywood and c. A. Pettlbone of the Western Federation of Miners, who are i'll prison in Idaho on charge of murdering former Governor Steu- nenberg of that state.
 State Attorney John J. Healey has turned over to Cook county. H.. all the fees of his office for the last two years, amounting to $51,213. Healey's act was in accordance with ante-elec- tion promises. He accepts only the statutory salary.
 After his parents had suffered nearly three weeks of anguish Willie Labar- bara, four years old. kidnapped son of MT. and Mrs. Francisco Labarbaru of New York, was discovered safe and sound in the Brooklyn Childreu's soei ety rooms.
 A great subway and elevated system, about fifty miles long. to cost $57.O0o GOO, extending from Pelham Bay park, in the Bronx, New York city, to Coney Island, was authorized by. the rapid transit commissioners.
 Senator Depew of New York attend ed a meeting of the executive com mittce of the New York Central. At the conclusion of the meeting he told a reporter he was slowly but surely recovering his heath.
 Thirteen buckshot have been remov- ed from the yermssorm appendix of Louis Ashley. an Iowa farmer and hunter. He often cooks his game him. self, and it is supposed the shot tell into the food.
 At the opening of the winter session of St. Andrews university, Scotland, the principal, pr. James Donaldson, showed himself to be an ardent sup porter of President Roosevelt in spell ing reform.
 William Ellis Corey, president of the
  Miss Mabelle Gilman, former actress and singer, will, it is said, be married next month in Paris.
 Coeducation at the University of Chi cago has been abolished. The aim of the faculty is to build up two affiliated universities, one for women, the other for men,
 Because of the scarcity of children the building of a proposed new school in Back Bay, the fashionable section of Boston, may be abandoned.
 H. G. Welch of Laramie. Wyo., in de- clining nomination for coroner said he could not be a politician and Chris tian at the same time.
 Hazing has disappeared at West Point, according to the report of the superintendent, General A. l.. Mills.
 Miss Harriet S. Curtis of Boston won the woman's national golf champion ship at West Newton, Mass.
 Joaquin de Casasus, Mexican ambas- sador to the United States, has resign ed. He Is In poor health.
 The Southern California Veterinary association has declared war on be- whiskered dairymen.
 Anne Jane Mitchell. colored. aged IT. years, died at Frankfort. Ky, of burns.
 The Troy division of the Boston and Maine railroad is to be double tracked.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
GRIM ES
 AND CASUALTIES

miles north of Kingston, N. |. Clar- ence Sherman of Melrose. x. r., an oiler on the Saratoga, was killed. and George Horton of New York city, clerk on the Adirondack, Is missing.
 With the blood of five persons-an entire family-fresh upon him after a dispute with the head of the family about crops, Joda Hamilton, q farmer of Houston, Mo-, sat In church with his sweetheart and heard seemingly un- moved that the crime had been discov- cred. The murderer was not known to the preacher, but wben Hamilton tried to escape he was caught. He is in- sane.
 The yacht Frolic, for which the im- migration officials of the United States have been searching for over two weeks, was captured at Providence, R. l.. but not until twenty-seyen Chi- namen had been smuggled ashore, Fifteen of the Chinnmen were captur- ed. as were some of the crew. The yacht was confiScated.
 Joseph R. Burton. formerly senator from Kansas, will have to serve six months in the Iron county (Mo) jail and pay a fine of S2.5Oo for acting while senator as attorney Ill case be- fore the postoffice department. The su- preme court denied his petition for a rehearing.
 Chalburn Mintooth, a farmer of Cooke county, Tenn. murdered his wife and four children and fatally ln- jured two other children. He bralnei them all with an ax and then commit ted suicide by cutting his throat It Is believed Mlntooth became suddenly in- sane
 Three men were killed and two seri- ously injured In the boiler room of the steam yacht Colonia, owned by Fred- erick G. Bourne, In the cove at Oyster Bay, N. Y.
 In Lemars, Ia., Tom Davis, n negro, was sentenced to life Imprisonment for assaulting a white girl.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
NEWS OF
 OUR N EIGH BORS

modus vivendi regarding American rights in the fisheries arrived at by the British and American governments.
 The Santo Dosaingo revolutionary leaders at the last moment refused to stand by the articles of agreement for surrender, and hostilities have been renewed.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

The visit of a British deputation to St. Pc.
 tersburg for the pur. f nnHtin nu
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

ment in Russia to induce him to re- slme the direction of Russian finances said: Never! Never will I return to power
 Premier Campbell Zimmerman and his associates are considering n scheme of government ownership of Irish rail- roads In order to advance the welfare of Ireland.
 More than a thousand Chinese pas sengers perished when the British steamer Hankow was burned to the waters edge beside her pier in Hong kong
 The report that Sultan Abdul Humld of Turkey Is suffering from n pistol wound inflicted by n member of bis harem Is without foundation.
 Twenty-Five miners were killed and 200 temporarily entombed in n coal mine explosion near Durham, England. Japanese officials, have been expelled from the Russian sphere In Manchuria, but merchants are admitted.
 It is understood the
 Newfoundland cabinet
 oon has decided to resist
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Iu Ill Gdluphlkn houT
 which started from the
 borders of Greater foIiiies. New York and ended at Sag Harbor, far to the eastward of Long Island, Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, set new mark in the state campaign. He delivered no less than fifteen speeches in one day.
 William K. Hearst. Democratic and Independence league candidate for governor of New York, Is charged by his political opponents with employing Chinese labor In California despite his we'll kno~n antngonism to the employ. ment of the coolies in Panama and in America. The charge Is denied by Mir. Hearst. who has offered to the Elmira Advertiser S1,000 for local charity If the charge can be substantiated.
 District Attorney John R. Moran of Boston announced his acceptance of the nomination for governor rendered him by the Massachusetts Democrats.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

The Rev. Sam F. Jones, the well known evangelist of Carters-
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

The night Hudson riv- CT passenger steamers
 Adirondack and Sara toga collided twelve
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-06
F God For The
Growing Child

ssThe growing child especially needs
those elements that are found in whole
grain preparations, says the writer OF
a recent magazine article on 1.-The
Best Foods for Growing Children q
Malta-Vita is the perfect whole
wheat food, rich in every nutrltlVe eie-
ment demanded by the. body. OF the
child and just as healthful and
strengthening for the child's parents
and older sisters and brothers; Beng
a pare grain product--simply the Whole
of the best white wheat and little
salt. mixed with pure barley, malt ex-
tract-Malta-V Vita supplies the boay
with all those food elements which make
bone, blood. muscle and brain and bring
perfect health. -
The malt extract is added after the
wheat has been thoroughly cooked ana
steamed and converts the starch OF the
wheat into maltese, or malt sugar,
which is highly nutritious and easily
assimilated even by very weak stom-
achs. Physicians recommend maltese
/ for it's strengthening qualities and
Malta Vita is rich in it. After being
treated with the malt extract, the
wheat, rolled into little wafer fakes,
goes to the ovens, where it is baked ss
crisp and brown, delicious beyond de-
scription. All grocers, now 10 cents.