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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
HEAVY STORM
ON THE COAST.
Wind Reaches a Velocity Of Fifty
Miles An Hour at the
Capes.
ALL SHIPPING in DANGER
The Battleships Ride Out the
Blow Safely in Hampton
Roads.
ALL SHIPPING in DANGER
tBy Associated Press.

NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 13.-Another ter
rife January Storm this time coming
directly from the north, swept the Mary
land. Virginia and North Carolina consta
last night and to-day. tho wind at tho
Virginia Capes reaching maximum
velocity during the early morning Of fifty
miles an hour.
The storm centre seemed to be directly
at Cape Henry, as the wind only reached
maximum velocity Of 90 miles an hour at
Cape Hatteras. while 1t blew rs miles an
hour In Norfolk. The storm continued
to-day almost as severe as during the
night, with a wind velocity at Cape Henry
of 4s miles an hour. All shipping at sea
Is In great danger. but no reports of new
disasters along the coast have reached
here as yet.
station, whore The nve-masted Boston
schooner Fannie Palmer Is ashore. says
that the storm has driven eight feet OF
water into the hold OF the Palmer, which
Is pounding In her bed of sand and now
has bad broadsido list seward. Wreck
ers who have been working on her have
reported no progress, The Palmer's fate
In the present storm cannot be told,
Nothing has vet been heard from the
missing crew OF six from the schooner
Samuel l., Russell. which turned turtle
in lover Chesapeake bay during the
heavy snowstorm OF several nights ago
and which Is now floating derelict. The
belief Is to-day expressed In the Norfolk
marine district that the Russell was run
into by some vessel during the snow
storm and either capsized immediately
or turned over after filling with water.
All of her crew are believed to have
been lost, The wreoking steamer Rescue
Is to leave Norfolk to search for, the
derelict as soon as the fog lifts.
The storm made It a fierce night for the
tattleship and cruiser sauadrons now at
anchor in Hampton Roads, and the deck
lookouts and watches; on tho cruisers
and battleshps suffered much discomfort,
No accidents Of any kind to the warships
az a result of the storm have been report
CD. however,
The battleshIp Alabama. flagship OF the
second division OF battleships of the
North Atlantic fleet. having completed
repairs at the Norfolk maynard follow
ing the collision accident with the bat
II 81 ~ 81 York bARhae.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Stock Brokers Go to Wall.
(By Assoeiated Press.,,

CLEVELAND. q. Jan. ls.-Parson.s
with offices in the Hollenden hotel, made
an assignment this morning to j. IA.
Smith. an attorney. Parsons, Snyder 81
Co. are members OF the Cleveland stock
exchange and Of the consolidated ext
change in New York. It Is stated thaO
they did much business for Leland w,
day afternoon. f
It Is understood that Denison, Prior &
Co. held as collateral about $4,000 WORTH
of securities belonging to Parsons, Sny4
der & Co.. and the suspension Of the
former firm precipitated the failure OF
the latter to-day. The total liabilities %
Parsons. Snyder & Co. it Ia believed
will not exceed s150.000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

.tura and agricultural Implements and
appliances, tho farmers OF tho state
would be encouraged to pursue diver
slfled system OF agriculture, and we
should have built UP throughout the State
rich agricultural community supply
Ing all the wants OF the people OF the
cities and State In the way of staple
agricultural products and the money paid
out and received for these would be
kept In the state and result In wonder
fnl advancement in the material pros
perity OF nil classes of our people.
Land of Smiling Fields.
Instead of practically barren waste
OF thousands OF ncres around this Guy,
we should SEQ smiling fields and waving
crops, great lords of dairy COWS and
crcnmeries, and the James Valley, both
cast and west OF tho city would rival
tho Valley Of the Nile in productiyeness.
our farmers IRE becoming weary OF
making tobacco and corn, and selling
the Same ut prices but little, II any. in
advance of the cost of production they
are beginning to realize that money in
farming az In all other businesses is
made by converting the raw staple into
the finished product. Give them the op-
portunity OF seeing the finest bred horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs, capable Of con-
vcrting their corn. wheat, oats and fodder
crops profitably into beef mutton, pork,
butter, cream and milk, and they will
avail themselves OF the opportunity OF
bringing and Keeping this better stock.
rather than the scrubs which they have
bred and kept in the past, and which
barely pay the cost Of their help, and
when once they have reached this point,
then the time Is close at hand when bet
ter titled lands, finer houses and con-
tented and prosperous community will
surround each OF our cities and will sell
their products and purchase their sup
plies at home. The merchants and
dwellers in the cities are evermore
vitality interested in the success of a
Fair Association than the farmers
themselves.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Earnings of Railroads.

The following compilations are from
official reports made directly to the New
York News Bureau:
For the fourth week of December the
gross earnings of thirty-nine railroads ag-
gregated S1S213,6S6, against sl2, ASS, 495 in the
corresponding period last year, an In
crease of S7S5.19l, or 6.29 per cent.
For the month of December the gross
earnings OF forty-one railroads aggregat-
ed s59,941,69s. against>S55.oSi,54o in the cor
responding period last year, an increase
of 81, 657, 152, or $50 per cent.
For the first week OF January the gross
earnings of eleven railroads aggregated
S3,S276s2. against s3,t65.031 in the CORE
spending period last year, an increase OF
$2272.65l, or 500 per cent.
The gross and net returns of eighty
three railroads for the month of ,lNovenl-
Der were as follows:
Gross earnings-1905, SIPS, 457, 2O5; 1904,
$ll7, 5000; changes, increase, S12,06l, 205
Operating expenses-l9o5, $50, $40 120: 1904.
$76,0 09,224; changes. Increase. Ss,s3O,el6.
Net earnlngs-1so5. s46,51T, 076; 1904, ST.
$50, 776; increase, S5,13O,300.
The gross earnings increased 1927 per
cent; operating expenses Increased 9.l2
per cent, and net earnings Increased,
1890 per cent.
From July LIST to November Both:
49, Ms il.
sos, 379,5o6; changes, Increase, 46,o33, 917.
Operating eXpenses--l9O6, $3.50, 81 /, 5O6; 1901,
746; changes, increase, $24,54s, 100.
Net earnlngs-19G5, SOS, l95, 9Sf 1901, $685.
1l0.IS0; changes, increase, S21, 4S5,l57.
The gross earnings Increased S.19 per
cent; operating expenses Increased 81.
per cent, and net earnings increased 1854
per cent,
The various general ana division SUI
nnrIOtan6nnt nj
east Of Plttsburg and Erie have made IN
their estimates of their requirements for
1906 In the way of improvements and
equipment, technically known as the con-
struction and equipment list account, and
submitted them to headquarters at Broad
Street station While the aggregate Of
the combined estimates has not been
made public, it is known that they will
approximate fully S30,OO0COO. These estI-
mates will be gone over and carefully
pruned by the chief engineering officers
of the company, and the higher officials,
after which they Will be submitted to
President Cassatt for further and final
revision.
Plans for Terminal.
Within a few weeks tho Rapid Transit
Commission, Of New York. will be asked
TO pass OIL the plans for the terminal
aof, the Hudson Compnny's tunnel from
Cortland and Church Streets to Jersey
City Excavation preliminary to-, the
building of the terminal is being rushed
gat present, many OF the old structures
along Church Street having been de-
sn,olished
Tho buildings are 70 occupy tho two
blocks between Fulton ana 'Dey Streets,
and pey and Cortlpndt Streets
AZ, - !.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
THE NICHOLAS MURDER
RESULT |! OF BAD TEMPER
Much Feeling Against Brother
Who Committed the
Crime.
The Dispatch.)

Especial to The Times-Dispatch)
luRAH, VA, January 13.-Late reports
from tho scene OF the Nichols murder in
Madison county, about eight miles east
OF Luray, Indicate that the murder was
deliberate ono and that there is a
strong feeling against Elsey Nichols, the
man who committed the deed.
It appears that the murdered man.
Isaac Nichols. and his brother. Jerry had
been out in tho mountain at work and
had returned home late In the evening
on the fatal day and were seated by the
hreside when Elsey came in the house.
The latter attempted to take a chair
which broke when he was In the act OF
sitting down. This enfurlated him and
he threw the chair into an adjoining
room.
For this exhibition of bad temper, Isaac
demonstrated with him, when 1t Is alleged
Elsey became indignant and very abu-
sive. The quarrel grew moro bitter and
when Isaac was In the act of rebuilding
the fire Elsey used his knife on him with
deadly effect, the blade penetrating tho
Heart, causing instant death.
When tho Madison county officials ar
rived at stHe NicHoiS nome the next DAY
they found Nschola In II qiarrelsome
mood and said he would not accompany
the officials, He was finally taken TO
Madison Courthouse and lodged in jail.
The Nichols boys are sons OF Mrs. Susan
Nichols, a widow, The dead man was
about 30 years OF age, while his brother,
who committed the crime, is about 20.
The burial took place in the Nichols
garden.
g. "a S. r % rR IL "a.
asasstAe >'lAs Kind YOU Have Always Bought
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Little Doing in House.
(By AssocIated Press.

WASHINGTON, Jan. ls.-Less than
twenty members were present when the
Ecuse met at eleven o'clock to-day to
continue the Philippine tariff debate. Nj.
Gaines (Tenn), spoke first. favoring ths
lii as q step towards free strade With
the Philippines. sggss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Much Tobacco Burns, s.

Especial to The Times Dlspatchs
Ho9DTON, VA, January 1a.-AIr. j,
Jordon Mason, who lives some ten or
twelve miles west OF here, had his pack
mouse, containing six barns OF fine to-
naeco. destroyed by an accidental fire
Thursday. when the hands were at the
house for dinner, Mr.. Morgan, who re-
sided on this farm before Nj. Mason
came, had pack-house burned on this
same spot q few years ago,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
BOARD ACTION
now EFFECTIVE
President Leake, of R, F. & P,
Issues Orders Carrying Recent
Decision Into Force.
ORDER TEN THOUSAND CARS
Southern Railway Company Add
ing Vastly to Its Equip
ment.
ORDER TEN THOUSAND CARS

Mr. FL w. Fuller, general Passenger
agent OF the Chesapeake and Ohio, was
in town on yesterday in consultation
with the other officials as to the. scope
Of the new general rule Of mo pass
Mr.. F. NJ. Thompson. travelling pas
senger agent of the Atlanta and West
Point, with headquarters at Atlanta, was
a visitor on yesterday at the Offices OF
the seaboard Air Line.
The following circular letter has been
issued by the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac and Washington-southe
Railway:
AT a meeting Of the board of d!rec-
tors of the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company, held
on the ninth day of January. 1906, Mr..
W. ID. Duke was appointed secretary
and treasurer, in place of Mr.. It. j..
Duke, deceased, and Mr.. D. X. Kellogg
was appointed assistant secretary and
assistant treasurer.
Effective this date.
(Signed0 VIM. j. I4EAIlE,
i-t4 st.55ts $780, prpsdent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
sails to-day to join the fleet in Hamptoa
Roads.
KANSAS COLoRED MAN
SUCCEEDS LYONS
.iBy AssocIate1 PROSE-, {

WASHINGTON, Jan. l3,-Presidens
Roosevelt to-day announced the appoint.
n.ent of w. Il. Vernon. principal of the
to be register of the treasury in success.
sion to Judson w. Lyons. Charges were
preferred against Vernon, but they were
not sustained by the investigation made
by direction Of the president.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
fiat cars. 1t is reported that the Barber

fiat cars. 1t is reported that the Barber
Asphalt Company is about to construct
q number of extra heavy steel cars.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway Company has ordered twenty
four Atlantic locomotives, twenty Santa
Fe locomotives. eleven compound SWITCH
Ing locomotives, and twenty-five six-wheel
single expansion locomotives. The Chi
cago and Alton Railway Company has
ordered ten simple consolidation locomo-
tives. five simple Atlantic locomotives
and ten simplex six-wheel switching loco
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

The following compilations are from
official reports made directly to the New
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
No General Manager.

- - - N'e s>~~S>ko -
A companion announcement follows:
The offices Of general manager, assist
ant general manager and superintendent
are abolished.
w. ID. Duke is hereby appointed assist
ant to president, and c. w. Culp general
superintendent.
IN effect, January is, 1906.
(SignedD ''WAI. j. Ll1AllE,
"President."
The Southern Railway Company has Or
dered 1929 cars. or the total, the Amer
lean Car and Foundry Company will con-
struct ,157 hopper cars and 1850 box
cars. The following other companies have
ordered cars from the American company:
The Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad
Company, 1900 gondosa cars; the Harri-
man lines. GOO refrigerator cars the WASH
ington, Idaho.nnd Montana Railroad Com
pary, $50 logging cars; the Mexican Gem
trail Railway Company. fifty additional
tank cars; the Great Northern Railway
Company, ten combination mail md bag
gage cars, ten baggage cars and eight mall
cars; the Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway Company, one prt-
|Ivate car; the Tidewater Railway Com
tpany has ordered 900 stock scars and 40 o
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
WAS BUILT LONG AGO|
NEW ENGLAND HOUSE NEARLY
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
Erected by Son Of Gov. Winthrop and
Is an Excellent Example Of the
Early Massachusetts Farm
house.

Boston.-One may read in the early
history of New England that Capt.
William Pierce was one of the most
esteemed and accomplished naviga-
tors Of his day." He commanded
three of the ships which brought the
Pilgrims across the raging main,
and he was master of the Mayfower
when she went from England to Sa.
lem in the year 1920. He had the full
confidence of Gov. Winthrop, and re-
ceived important commissions from
him, and always proved worthy of the
trust. Miles Standish, John Eliot,
Roger Williams, Sir Richard Salton-
stall and Gov. Winthrops wife crossed
the Atlantic with Capt. Pierce, and he
had the distinction of being something
of literary light" for he prepared q
copy of the first book published in the
colonies. This was AN Almanack for
the year 1883, calculated for New Eng
land by William Pierce, Mariner" He
was one of the first selectmen of Bos-
ton, and in 1854 he lived in a little
house of his own on what is now
State street, in Boston. He was one
of 10 men TO whom Pulling Point"
now the town of Winthrop, a suburb
Of Boston, was allotted in 1857, and
here he made his home for the rest
of his sojourn on earth. which was
not long. for he was killed by the
SDaniards in the West Indies in 1647
His widow and son sold his Pulling
Point holdings to Dea1e Winthrop,
who was the sixth son of Gov. Win
throp, and that is why the house that
Capt. Pierce built is called the Win
throp house, and it is believed to be
the oldest dwelling house now stand
ing in Massachusetts.
Deane Winthrop was left in England
to finish his education when his father
came to the wild New England
shore and he did not arrive until the
year 1885, when he and his brother
John came over in the Abigail. Deane
Winthrop was the founder of the
town of Groton, in Massachusetts. He
married a stepdauGhter of President
Dunster, of Harvard college, and imi-
tated the other New Englanders by
having a large family, nine children
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
SIiERIEF'.s SALE.

By virtue Of certain writ of execution issued
out of the clerks office OF the district court of
tillpin county and State OF Colorado, and to me
directed. whereby am commanded to make the
sum of Fifteen hundred. Sixty and 6l-iOcth Dol
lars. and costs of suit, lhe amonnt OF certain
Judgment recently obtained against The Stewart
Gold Mining Company in favor of james 4. Gill
nlour. out Of the lands, tsuements. goods and
chattels OF tie said The Stewart told Mining
Company, have levied on the following descrb
ed real and personal property, situate in Hawk
eye mining district in the Colnty of Gilpin and
State of Colorado, to-vit:
The Stewart lode mining claim, survey lot No.
i7g: ore certun two story frame boarding house
containing fourteen rooms. situate on the Bowen
lode mining claim. the location certificate of
which Is corded in book Ill. at page Isl, rec
ords OF said county; six iron hedsteads. -four
mattres ses one dining room table, two heating
kitchen chairs. six bed springs. one stable and
Two out-houses; ; one shaft house .Ox.0 feet, sit
uate on said Stewart lode: one Vulcan hoist,
double cylinder 1xlO, one 30 h. p. boiler manu-
factured by The Mine & Smelter Supply Co,
Denver: 900 feet of wire bile. two iron ore buck
cts one water bucket. one No.2 Snow feed pump,
one heating stove, one water tank, one bellows,
one anvil. one sharpening hammer. one mach
inis:s hammer. two t5ng- and forge tools. one
set pipe cutting taps and dies, four wrenches and
onc pipe vice. .
Therefore, according TO said command. | shall
expose for sale, at public auction. all the right.
title and interest of the above named The Stew
art Cole Mining Company in and to the above
described property. on Saturday. the 18th uay OF
January A. ID. igU1, at 10 O'Clock n. M. at tho
comfy. Colombo.
Dated at Central City this 18th day of Decem-
THOMAS CODY.
Sheriff of Gilpin County.
First rub Dec 20, 'o6-last pub Jan 10, or
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

being born to him. and he outlived
all of them. dying in 1704, at the age
of 81.
The old Winthrop house is one of
The six oldest houses now standing in
New England, and the Winthrop as
sociation has been formed for the pur-
pose of purchasing and preserving
this ancient landmark. which has been
but little changed since it was built,
well on to 800 years ago. Judge Sew
all records in his famous and delight
ful diary that he attended the we'd
ding of Mercy Winthrop in the west
room of the old house in the year
1900. When the house and land
passed from the hands of the Win
throps it was owned and occupied by
such notables as Gov. James Bowdoln,
Lady Temple and by her daughter,
who became the wife of Gov Thomas
Lirdall Winthrop.
One will not find in all New Eng.
land better example of the early
New England farmhouse, and 1t is a
landmark well worthy of preservation
1t is the intention of the Winthrop as
soclation to put into the house a col
lection of Winthrop relics and add an
other to the already considerable
number of Pilgrim and Puritan col.
lections in New England. =.
-GssSErs -zt-.g.--
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

their ideas even in the sign language.
1t often happens. in fact, that in the
Interpretation the very opposite of
their wishes is expressed. This Mr..
Abrams purposes to correct by getting
thoroughly in touch with the mental
understanding OF the clients and giving
proper expression to their ideas. Law
yers with practice among deaf mutes
find it comparatively easy 10 conduct
cases for those who are educated, but
almost a hopeless task to arrive at
any understanding with the illiterate
except through one who is himself ac-
quainted with the workings of the
mind of the deaf mute.
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
Christmas dainties at Hawley's.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue Of a certain writ of execution issued
out OF the clerks Office of the county conrt of
Gilpin county and State of Colorado. and to me
directed, whereby am commanded to make the
amount Of certain Judgment recently obtained
Hundred, Fiity-seven and 25.IO1th Dollars,
damages. and the further sum of Nine and
23-10Ofh Dollars costs, in favor of Albert Rog-
ers ont of the lands, tenements. goods and chat
tells of the said Michael Carey, have levied on
the following property, to,wit:
Lots numbered ten, eleven and twelve, in
block numbered forty-two, in the CITY of Black
Hawk, in said county and state, with all i'm
provements thereon. One certain lot or parcel
the City of Black Hawk, Colorado, and known
lot three in block thirty-one, according to a
survey of the City of Black Hawk, made in 1866
by Albert johnson, then city surveyor, with all
Improvements thereon. a certain lot parcel
Of ground lying On the west side of Cooper street
in the City of Black Hawk. Gilpin county, Colo
RADIO, and commencing on the west side of Coop
street at n point twelve feet southerly of that
poiut where the southerly line of Nora Cobert's
house. upon its easterly extension, intersects the
westerly side line of Cooper street thence in a
westerly direction one hundred feet: thence in
southery direction parallel with the westerly
side line of Cooper street one hundred and fifty IT,
more or less; thence easterly one hundred and
fifty feet 10 the westerly side line of Cooper
street. thence along the westerly side line of
Cooper street, one hundred and nifty feet more or
less, to the point Of beginning. with all improve
'mcnts thereon. And certain parcel of ground
in the said City Of Black Hawk, described as fol
lows; Com,aercing at point where the quartz
-oad from No. Gregory crosses the eulch which
thence easterly sixty-three feet to the west side
of old Bobtai road: thence southerly one hun
dred and twenty feet along the west side of said
Bobtail road: thence westerly sixty-thTee feet ;
thence nortleTly one hundred and twenty ffet TO
the place OF beginning, with all Improvements
thereon.
Therefore. according to said command. / shall
expose for sale. at public auction, all the right
title and interest of the above named Michael
Carey in and to the above described property. on
Friday. the 1lth day of January, a ID. 1901. at
eleven O'Clock a. M, at the front door OF the Gill
pin county court house in Central City, Colo
ra,;o.
Dated at Central City this 18th day of Decem-
ber A. d. 1905.
THOMAS CODY.
Sheriff of Gilpin County.
First pub Dec 20, 'C6-last pub Jan 10, 'OI
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
ELOQUENCE OF CHILD.
It Moved a Convention of Journalists
at Denver.

Denver.-To the eloquence of an
eight-year-old girl Birmingham, Ala.
owes the fact that the International
League of Press Clubs will hold its
next annual convention there. She is
little Miss Selene Rountree, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Rountree, of
Birmingham.
1t was near the close of the conven-
tion of press clubs in Denver that the
little girl made herself famous, at
least among the newspaper fraternity
of the country. Birmingham and
Omaha were pitted against each 9TH
er for the convention. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rountree and their two children. Sc
lene and boy IL years old, We're the
sole representatives of their city
When time for the vote came Mr..
Rountree was not in the convention
hall and could not be found.
is there no one here who can speak
for Mr. Rountree?" inquired the pres
ident.
There was no answer. Some one
suggested that Mr. Rountree's son
take his fathers place, but the boy
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
A DEAF MUTE LAWYER.
William s. Abrams Will Look After
Legal Rights Of FeIlowman.

New York.-This city is soon to
have deaf and dumb lawyer. This
seemingly incongruous person is Will
liam s. Abrams, who is studying law
in the office of George B. Hayes, at
No. 81 Nassau street, and expects to
be admitted to the bar in the fall. His
practice will be confined mainly to
cases in which deaf and dumb people
are concerned. and his work will nee
essarily be almost entirely in the Of
flee, the pleadings and motions being
turned over to his coadjutors.
When he does appear in court 1t
will be in the capacity Of interpreter,
or, more properly speaking, thought
reader. There are many deaf mutes
whose knowledge of business is limit
ed owing to their inflrmity and who
lack the power to properly express