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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
SAILORS ADR|FT
ON AN ICY SEA
Experience Of Crew OF Mary Man
ming is Record for Horrors
and Hardships.
RESCUED BY THE cAsILDA
eBy Associated Press.)

BOSTON. MASS. March 6.-The wreck
Of tho four-masted schooner Mary Man
ming. the details Of which were learned
to-day, when her crew arrived on the
British steamer Casilda, has been e1
ceeded in horror and hardship by no
tragedy OF the sea In which Boston has
been concerned for many years. With
their vessel stripped OF her masts and
sails, her hull filled ard soaked with
water, and with the ruined hulk driven
by wind and current. a mere water-logged
raft and derelict, the captain. one pas
senger and crew OF eigh. men were for
four days huddled upon the after-house.
barely subsisting on a little canned corn
and water. clinging for their lives to the
icy woodwork, and exposed to the seas
which constantly broke over them. F-
nally, when the deck-housA was washed
away, the men were forced to take ref
pge on the spanker boom, from, which
some Of them dropped from sheer exhans-
ton when the boats OF the Casilda ar
rived alongside, the others jumping into
the boats to save their lives. Before that
the mate had leaped overheard In dell
rum, hut a Norwegian sailor. In spite OF
the fact that he had been injured by
the shifting deckload of lumber. sprang
after him and effected his rescue. All
of the ten individuals were In a state Of
collapse from suffering. hunger and ex-
posure when taken Oft by the Casilda.
Tho rescue was made $50 miles south by
east OF the Nantucket South Shoals light
ship. and when last seen the schooner
was barely afloat. She was bound from
Fernandina, Fla, for New York with a
cargo Of railroad ties. She was a victim
OF a storm Of unusual severity, which de-
yeloped six days after she had left the
Southen port. She was valued at s35G0o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
NOTED HORSES IN
SARATOGA STAKES.
Ort Wells ann Mohawk II. En-
tered in the Great Republic
and Other Races.
JENNINGS SEASON WELCOME
Many Entries for Belmont Stakes.
Metropolitan and Fortieth Bel
mont Chief Attractions.
fRy Associated pressl

(By <ASsOclated preSS.)
NEW YORK, March 6.-Entries to the
Saratoga, Aaueduct and Jamaica stakes
closed at midnight last night. Up to 4
turfmcn had sent in subscriptions to the
Saratoga Special, which Is always a fea-
turc of the meeting: John Sanford. r. T..
Wilson. Jr.. r. r. Hitchcock, Sydney
Paget, August Belmont. II. b Duryea. w.
Harry Brown Cbrother OF the late Captain
S. 8. Brown. Frank Farrell and l.. a..
Celia.
JC-.n A. Drake has entered Ort Wells
In the Great Republic and Saratoga
Handicap. John Sanford's Mohawk H..
lis In the Great Republic. and the samo
owner has entered four in the Saratoga.
Handicap including the veteran Caugh-
nawaga, who won !. last year.
Bennings's opening day is just three
weeks away. and IL there are no radical
changes In weather conditions there
should be large fields from the very first
day. The weatherwise see almost infalli-
ble evidences of winter having surren-
dered its grip on this part OF the country.
All indications from the training quarters
show that the healthy. lusty racers are
eager to participate in the sport, II;
II. c. Criekmore. In his office I'M the
Windsor Arcade building. is kept busy
receiving envelopes which contain entries
coming daily to hand from all parts of
the country. The chief stake at Belmont
Park. entries to which will close to-
morrow. will be the Metropolitan Handi-
cap. with $1,000 added, and this will be
run on the opening day of the first spring
meeting. Attractions for Decoration Day
will include the Amateur Cup, for gentle Z.
men riders; the Crotona Handicap; the
Whitney Memorial Steeplechase. and the
fortie,h contest for the Belmont Stake.
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Results at Hot Springs.

(By Associated Press.)
HOT SPRINGS, ARK, March 6.--Oak-
lawn summarizes:
First race--flve and one-half furlongs--
Duchess Ollie Ga to 81 first Dresden 70
to ~ second. Young Safer GO to y third.
Time. 1:092-5.
Second race--six furlongs convolo al
tn 2o) first, II, L. Frank t12 to y second,
Black Pat az to y third. Time. 1916
Third race--one mle---Telegrnpher (6
To u first, Kittie Plat Go tod second,
King Ellsworth g to - third. Time,
l:A1 SIS.
Fourth race-seven furlongs-Bitter
Hand e to ~ first. Tomochichi 6 to ~
second. vagabond Is to 81 third. Time,
1929 2-5.
Fifth race--hve and half turlonEe-
W. g. Williams ditto 81 first, Dusky Is
to ~ second, Scalp Lock (s to 81 third.
Time, 1:094-S
sixth race--rnile and an eghth-Do-
linda q to % first. George Vivian Is to
~ second, Aggiee Lewis q to y third.
Time 1855.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING items.
Deals Are Being Made Here
There and Everywhere
Throughout City.

The real estate men were busy enough
yesterday. and the outlook is for much
work all the remainder OF tie week.
The agents have disposition to run
into the ground the old saw that 1t Is
the part Of wisdom to keep the left hand
In total Ignorance OF what the right
hand Is driving at. Hence 1t Is very
often hard to ascertain from them what
is going on. Nevertheless. a blind man
can tell that there Is a good deal going
on in the way Of trading and traflckinE
in Richmond and suburban realty.
Between the lines the following notes
may be read:
Chaplin 6 Hume have sold tho store
property. corner of Third and Main
Street. for the Whitlock estate for $14,-
held. Among other sales made by the
same firm arc the following: Highland
Park residence to w. r. Todd for $4,000:
the dwelling, No s014 East Marshall
Street. for s2.1o0; the dwelling. No. s22
Twenty sixth Street, for s1,45O.
The real estate firm of Pollard & Baghy
has closed the sale OF 142 feet of property
fronting on Broad Street. near Meadow
Street, to G, f, sauer for $1O.0s2. It liz
will be made on the property In a short
time,
N. W. Bowe & Son have closed the
sale of So feet on West Grace. between
Meadow Street and Allison Avenue to
w. H. Richardson for s5,9s5.
Nv. s. Murray has recently sold his
property fronting s41-12 feet on Main
Street, between Fourth and Fifth Streets
and also a lot fronting 1912; feet on
Fourth Street, boil, being bought by
Julian Tyler, $4,000 being received in
con side rntinny ttst Si5st .N l.4Nags
Fl, s. Wallerstein paid L. w. Wise
s12.os2 for e0l iaet Of Broad Street dirt
near the corner Of Allison Avenue.
Mr., Wallerstien has also hought from
Major otway s, Allen I'll feet OF Grace
Street property, near Meadow, for which
he. paid s$ll, ll5. The property fronting
II feet on Grace Street. at the corner OF
Harrison, belonging to Lemuel r. Barnes,
has heen sold. to q, Schwartz for $500.
James carneal has closed the purchase
of 242-a feet OF property fronting m
First Street, between Main md Cary
Streets, belonging TO Thomas. r.. Floyd.
for the sum OF $4,000. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
BERTHE CLAICHE
|5F0UND GUILTY !!
Unfortunate Woman Was Carried
to Tombs While She strug-
gled Historically.
FIRST DEGREE MANsLAuGHTER
Sensational Close of Trial Of New
York, Woman Doesn't End
Case, Says Judge.
FIRST DEGREE MANsLAUGHTEF
fBy Associated Press


NEW YORK, March 6.-The trial OF
Berthe Claiche for the murder OF Emil
Gerdron. came to sudden termination
to-day when the young French woman
pleaded guilty on advice of her counsel,
to granddaughter In the first degree.
That this, however, is not the end of
the case and that an attempt will be
made to continue It as an investigation
OF certain class OF policemen with
Berthe Claiche as states witness, was
made plain by statements both OF tina
judge before whom the trial was con-
Quoted and by the defendants own coun-
sci.
Supreme Court Justice Davis, In re-
manding the young woman for sentence
until March %, and in discharEing the
jury. said:
There are many features OF the case
which induced the court to accept anil
the defendant to offer the plea of man
slaughter in the sfirst degree: and I
think when final results shall have
been reached. and sentence imposed. the
court will see that the interests Of JUS
tice will be served
Sensational Situation.
AT is close the defendant was carried
to the TorrEos prison struggling hysteri-
cally with the police officers and screams
1nS. tiidt Ahd pAcSSo4So w w ShS
point where 1t was expected that Berthe
Claiche would go on the witness stand
herself within the next few minutes.
when during a recess her counsel went
into conference with District Attorney
Jerome. At the end OF this conference
Judge Rosalsky, one of the DEFENDANTS
lawyers, talked to his client for three
minutes. At the close OF this talk she
burst into into tears and was so near
collapse that she had to be assisted
to walk to the railing where she was to
plead. A clerk asked her IL sho would
plead guilty to manslaughter In the first
degree. The young woman replied: Yes
and tainted falling to the floor OF the
courtroom When revived she became
hysterical crying out: 81 shall never see
my mother on this earth again." At the
Tombs physician was summoned to att
tend her.
Possible charges against policemen
growing out of this case have been fore
shadowed from the beginning OF the
trial. The prosecution at the beginning
declared that Gerdron was lured to his
death on July eighth, last. by plot n
which a policeman assisted the defend
ant.
Abraham Levy, Berthe Claiche's coun-
sci. said that he has pledged that she
will tell "A all she knows about the re-
lations Of the police with the women
Of the tenderloin.
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Gitt,nan's Evidence.

ceptain Glttman's evidence before the
Mayor was reported In the papers OF
December 5, 1905, as follows: The reve-
tlations to-day were worse than had been
previously told or believed The Pull
man car conductor, who runs between
Richmond and Greensboro and Raleigh.
Captain James T. Gilman, OF Richmond,
was the first witness. telling OF having
called at the Matthews residence at $40
on Friday morning, being intimate with
the family. DR.. Matthews. In a stagger-
Ing condition, met him at the door, and
asked him in the parlor He first began
to talk about his wife's not being liked
by his people or her people, whom she
felt hated her He then began to talk
about not having slept any In three
nights, and was very excited.
HE wanted to talk about family trou-
bles until I told him to stop. and not
to do so now or at any time with me.
Then he said his wife was upstairs and
was very sick, having taken so 30-lo0
grains strychnine tho night before, and
thought he had gotten her ovSr it,
Was Mortified.
II was Mortified. and suggested that
She have another physician. but he said
not she was doing very we'll then. Then
he excused himself. and said he would
go upstairs and give her some medicine.
/ asked to he allowed to go and see II
could be Of any assistance, but he said
she was not in a condition to. see COM
Epany. a7a
.'He left. and while he was ont the
door bell runE. went to the door, and
In the passage I heard his wife breath-
ing so loudly upstairs went MP there.
The door was half open, and saw Or,
Matthews before tho dresser preparing
hypodermic. 1t appearing to me that he
was using It on himself went to the
door: he waved me hack. saying his wife
was In no condition to see company. He
came to the door, hut I pushed on In,
went to the he'd. saw that tho woman was
apparently dead except for her hoarse
stairs, sent the little boy for Mrs, Hay.
Steiephoncd for physicians, and as soon
as Mrs. Hay came. went and looked for
physicians myself tho little boy gong
also.
Helpless From Drugs.
Hfafthaws uas almOst helnless finn,
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Results at Fair Grounds.
fBy Associated Press.)


NEW ORLEANS LA, March s-Fair
Grounds summarizes
First race--half mile-Judge Oavcy a to
b first, Dorothy NJ. az to 81 second. Gold
Circle a to y third. Time. 40 20.
Second srace-six furiongs-Electric
Spark @ to 81 first. Arabo q to y second.
yerandah. Us to 81 third. Time. 1914 3-5.
Third race-six furlongs-Tom Mankins
10 to y first. Invinclble g to q second.
Rou us to 81 third. Time, 1:14 as.
Fourth race-six furlongs; handicap
Guiding Star n to oo) first. Disobedient
q to u second. Cousin Kate e to y third.
Time. 1:14.
Fifth race-mile and a sixteenth-Uncle
Henry e to 81 fret. Lemon Girl Us to ~
second. Lena. ]. % to 10y third. Time.
1919 As.
Sixth race-mle-Rolla (s to y first.
Request go to u second. Hamilcar (s to y
third. Time, 1:43.
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ailyCourt r ecord
Law and Equity.

A|0vvs S$~A>@ S~>l
Judgments. entered yestsrday: Jos: F;
for $500. Motion to set the verdict aside;
Ci.cult Court.
ei Huus " VS.. Richmond Passenger and Pow
err Co., and others. Verdict for defend-
= Gases sct for to-day: whitlock-H Hanson
Pump Dredga Co. vs.. Geo: g. Guvernator.
Misoellaneous: Suit OF Ella Y, Bottom,
RIchmond Passenger and Power Co. Dis
missed.
Attachment OF Preston Belvin VS.. su-
perior Manufacturing Co. Dismissed.
In case Of United States OF America.
Thich sues f9s the ,o ssG and benefit Of
Trust CO.. defendants. aled additional
grounds OF defense.
chancery Court.
sntsrea ed Ty sstsraay @ 20;
Hastings Court
Cases tried yesterday: Court IN ses-
to cali the criminal docket and set dates
for trials OF the most OF them.
Cases set for to-day: VIM. Dtvon, felo-
ny: Ida Evans. felony; Lester Johnson.
,MiseallaGeqps: among 2sa {; the cases set for
and also that OF Mayor Mccarthy, con-
tempt. for Marcel, 9th. Both are appeals
from Justice Crutchfeld's court No date
has yet been fixed for a.. G. Rurton's two
appeal cases.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
BASKETBALL,
William and Mary to Try to
Wrest Championship.

tsnecial to The Times plspntch.)
asket hall teams of the University of
Virginia and William and Mary College
VIII contend for the championship of the
State, In the gymnasium here Friday
The Varsity team holds the Champion
ship, hut! the William and Mary hoys con-
sfldently expect to take from them,
as they are In excellent condition. and
have been undergoing thorough training
for some time, The William and Mary
team, so far, has played only two games
with Hampton Athletic Association. the
latter OF which she won hv n good score.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
Execution.

"'what goes up must come down."
quoted the man with the proverb habit.
"Oh. don't know" re5oined the skep-
teal person. Il once invested some coin
in a get-rich-quick enterprise that went
up and stayed up.''-Fun-W While YOU
Wait
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
In the Opera Box.

"Aren't the acoustic properties Of the
opera house magnificent?''
every word that's said by the Blanks
party four boxes away. Brooklyn Life.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
NEW PANTS, WAGON, FURNITURE,
PICTURES, &C., At AUCTION.
BY the valentine Auction Co.
SIS East Broad street.
G How-CAsEs. ROE HERRING, COM.
y PUTTING MEAT SCALES. HANGING
SCALES, FINE FURNITURE. ETC.
THIS "WEDNESDAY MORNING.,

THIS "WEDNESDAY MORNING,
MARCH 7TH,
We will sell at our salesrooms, No. SIS
East Broad street. commencing at 1880
o'clock. Silent Salesman Show Cases, 1
Upright Showcase. 2 Counter Show
Cases, six barrels North Carolina Roe
Herring, fine Paror Suits. Quartered-Onk
Dining Chairs. Oak Dressers and WASH
stands, Oak Wardrobes. Enamel Iron Bed.
Leather Chairs and Rockers Oak Side
boards, Oak China Cases. Oak Hat Racks.
Baby Carriages. Cane-Seat Chairs.
Tables. Lace Curtains. Dining Tables.
Kitchen Safes Kitchen Tables, Sewing
Machines. Toilet Sets. Rugs, Druggets,
Mating, Mirrors. Pictures. Umbrella
Stands. three Hanging Meat Scales,
Hanging Computing Scales, etc.
Ladies' especially invited to attend.
THE VALENTINE AUCTION co.
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Abraham Levy, Berthe Claiche's coun-
sci. said that he has pledged that she
will tell all she knows g. about the re-
lations Of the police with the women
Of the tenderloin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07
mysterious Absence.

1t will be noted that in the testimony
of Conductor Gilman. neither on The
direct nor REORGANIZATION was any
question asked him remotely suggestive
OF an improper life led by Mrs Matthews.
although at that time the prosecution
must have been In possession of the same
evidence from the policeman that 1t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-07

Judgments entered yesterday: Jos. F.
Parker Va. the News-Leader Co. Verdict
for $500. Motion to set the verdict aside;
continued.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
R WILD FOWL DOOMED? THE GOVERNMENT SOUNDS WARNING

now nest and rear their young in that
district of Canada just east of the Rocky
Mountains. The eastern edge Of the reg
ular summer home Of this fowl Is now
more than a thousand miles west Of the
Chesapeake Bay, once it's fayorite win
ter resort North Of Long Island the
canvasback is rare.
Canvnsbaeks Driven TO Mexico.
It's favorIte winter range now-that is,
for the survivors of the once mighty
host-seems to be from the Canadian
summer home downward TO Mexico.
The redhead. next to the canvasback in
gastronomie popularity, according to
many eplcures, has its summer home in
the Northwest. also; but in its winter
range it has clung to the Atlantic coast
more persistently than the canvasback.
This range is from Texas. along the
Gulf and ocean coasts, to the Chesapeake
Bay.
A fresh-water duck is the mallaFd. and
it winters as far north as open fresh wa
ter is found. The greater number spend
the winter in the southern half Of the
Mississippi Valley, and the numbers killed
there each year are enormous.
Twelve years ago a single gunner at
Big Lake. Ark. sold 5000 maHards; while
the total number sent from that one place
to market amounted to 12o,OO0
The fall slaughter OF canvasbacks, red
heads and other fine varieties Of ducks.
as well as of geese and swan, along the
Atlantic coast and along the streams
of the Middle West has been terrific dur
ing recent years. Then, when the birds
are leisurely journeying north again in
the spring to set up their summer house
keeping. the same murderous onslaughts
have been made.
No wonder that the discouraged fowls,
sadly reduced in numbers and fearful Of
every appearance of man, are now steer
Ing clear Of their former haunts and are
seeking the few remote wildernesses that
are left to them.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
WhiteIaw Reid Cutting Wide
swnth I'm English Royal Society.

WhiteIaw Reid Cutting wide
swnth I'm English Royal Society.
From the Milwaukee sentinel
Ambassador WhiteIaw Reid easily the
most opulent and sumptuous parsonage
in that line ever exhibited by this repub-
lie, Is setting hot and doubtless wildly
impossible pace socially for his future
successors at the-court Of St. James.
Mr.. Reid has a string of palatiaI
abodes, the rental alone Of one Of which.
Dorchester house. is equal to his Am
bassadorial salary. His latest addition
70 his personal retinue is a controller Of
the household" functionary hitherto
regarded as pertaining only to royalty" "
But Mr.. Reid has the price. and IL roy
atty thinks it can Outclass or outshine
nim in anything that cash can buy or
lire why. royalty is going TO get left We
expect that his controller Of the house
hold is a strictly bang-up article, we'll
bred, well-groomed, we'll born, weIl-tail-
ored. at all purchaseabIe points equal to
King Edwards; and, indeed, the dispatch
gratifyingly describes him as a former
officer in the crack Grenadier Guards. a
member of the Marlborough Club. and
persona grata at court
The prodigious swath cut socially nv
Mr.. Reid may compensate in part for the
fact that the swath he cuts otherwise is
less impressive than that of some of his
predecessors. OF course, il comes high
for MT Reid, who pays the freight; but,
fortunately for his successors, It is main
" a matter Of personal taste and prefer
ence with him, and we don't have to
have Il.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

$50 rapidly are some species diminish
ing in numbers in certain States" as
serts the Agricultural Department bulle-
tin. that The market supply is already
Threatened, and Minnesota has found it
necessary to pass laws prohibiting not
only the export of ducks. but even their
sale within the State limits.
such radical legislation in a State
where only a few years ago water fowl
reveals how imminent is the danger and
how pressing the value and Importance
Of prohibitive laws"
Department experts are of opinion that
the enforcement of moderately stringent
protective laws and the establishment of
preserves in the State, where water fowl
can be sure of shelter and safety. viii
not only avert the threatened extinction
of certain species. but in the increase of
all water fowl to a point somewhere
near the recent abundance.
Protective laws are needed to shorten
the open season. to prohibit spring shoot
ing, when the birds are mating and pre-
pairing to nest, and to eliminate the de-
structive methods OF hunting.
Some recent experiments in protection
have furnished striking evidences of its
value In the San Luis Valley. Colo. pro-
lection afforded ducks about an artificial
pond, fed by an artesian well, has caused
the birds to resort to the pond in in
creasing numbers each winter
No hunting is allowed within mile Of
the town of Palm Beach, Fla. In conse-
quence, ducks there are so tame that
they viii approach within a few feet of
a person for food. although outside the
mile limit they are so wild that it is dif-
fcult to get within gunshot of them.
a local law prohibits spring shooting in
Jefferson County, New York. As a re-
suit, several varieties Of ducks remain
there to nest that formerly went much
farther north 70 lay their eggs.
OF sixty-four species and subspecies of
ducks, geese, and swan, which abide in
North America north of Mexico, twenty
four breed In the United States. The
most important Of these are the wood
duck. mallard, black duck, teal canvas
back, redhead, and the Canada goose.
Others that breed regularly and com
monty in this country are the American
and the hooded merganser, gadweI, bald
The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

ment of the country and more deter
mined onslaughts on the birds have driy-
en- them away
Time was. within the memory of even
comparatively young hunters. when the
various indentations along the Atlantic
coast were crowded with ducks. geese
and swan In season. The Chesapeake
Bay. in particular. was a hunters para
disc, and royal sport could always be
expected there each fall and winter.
THE Atlantic coast, from the Ches-
apeake Bay to South Carolina, is es-
pecially favorable as winter home fol
ducks" states Mr. Cookies bulletin, and
until recent years, countless fiocks
swarmed this district
Northeastern North America. east OF
Hudson Bay, harbors only a small mum
Der of ducks in summer. They prefer
the marshes. lakes. and streams of the
districts west of Hudson Bay. and the
great bulk of North American duck.
breed there.
Thus there are two great districts
one suitable for summer home and the
other for winter. and the migration route
between them is nearly northwest and
and southeast, between Chesapeake Bay
and Great Slave Lake
There have been many illustrations tc
prove that. If protected, a number OF
/ species that formerly reared their young
in the United States, but were driven
away by persecution, would return and
reoccupy old breeding grounds.
The constant harassing and attacking
Of the migratory birds, however, is no
worse than organized raids that are made
on their nests in the far North for the
/ capture Of eggs.
There is no nObler game bird than the
/ canvasback duck. Once it was common
! " seen on the dinner tables of dwellers
along Chesapeake Bay, and other inlets
along the Atlantic coast; now it is some
thing reserved for the wealthy. and is
almost IN the class of the diamondbacb
/ terrapin.
Discouraged, perhaps, by the terrific
warfare upon them, nnost of these birds