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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
.W|LHEL NINA BARS
PLAN OF THE KAISER
Wilhelm Intended Sending Tor
pcdo Boats Up the Rhine, Bit
Young Queen Prevents.
STANDS ON HER RIGHTS

AZ tss pARiS, July ZGf
+ A curious story Of the Illustration OF a
novel naval display contemplated by the
kaiser is told by the Echo de Paris.
In an eloquent speech delivered at Co
logne the kaiser Is reported to have an
'nounced that tho inhabitants Of the city
would soon have an opportunity of rcaliz-
ing Germany.'s naval power, for lie in
tended to send a feet Of torpedo boats ur
the Rhine and they would anchor Oft
Cologne. n
Soon afterward tho German minister at
The Hague called on the Dutch minister
of foreign affairs and SAID to him: you
know about the splendid words Of my
august master who is going to send five
or six torpedo boats up to Cologne?"
"send up! Howl" asked the Dutch min.
lister In apparent bewilderment.
why up the Rhine, Of course.
"Oh, mo, not up the Rhine said the
Dutch minister. 1.-The mouths Of the Rhine
belong to Holland, and her majesty the
queen does not intend them to be dis.
posed Of without her leave"
There was no further talk about torpedo
boats, adds the Echo de Paris. which
gives the story on the authority Of g
distinguished Dutchman at The Hague
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MAKES HOME A FORT
AND OEF|ES POLICE
Man Who Rcsists Arrest Barri-
cades House Which !. yl,J[nrdee1rIgsose*s
a Regular Siege.
SUICIDE ENDS D r a M A
PARIS, July

fl1...TH Etaf.tgH 4E4l5 4f &. EAflo, July ~. 4
A tragic "Fort Chabrol" drama has oc-
Cured at Toulouse On Wednesday even
Ing a wrestler named Tourner was sem
fenced at the local police court to eight
months imprisonment for desperate as
sault on man naliled Darmcs
Immediately after the sentence was pro-
nouLced Tournier drew a revolver and
fired, first at BARNES, who had given
evidence against him, and then at the
policeman who arrested him. BARNES
was seriously injured but the shot missed
the policeman.
In the confusion which followed Tour
nier escaped from the court and fled to
his house, which he barricadcd against
the police. When they approached the
house for the purpose Of capturing him
he fired at them with his revolver, and
several of tho policemen narrowly escaped
serious injury.
1t was decided to lay siege to the
house, and all night long the building was
carefully watched. Several times the
police attempted to obtain an entrance,
but each time they We're forced to re-
treat from tho shots Of Tournier's re-
volver
| At $50 yesterday afternoon the police
heard a shot inside tho house, and a
moment afterward Tournier's wife APP
peared at the window and screamed out
that her husband was dead.
The police Inspector was suspicious OF
ruse, however, and would not allow his
men 10 enter the house TIL the woman
had brought out her husbands revolver.
| Then the police entered the house, and
| they found the dead body or Tournier on
| the bed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
EMPLOYMENT FOR CRIPPLEs
Company With This Object in View
8 Formed in ENGLAND.

< LONDON, July 27.--A company. with q
capital of $4,000, is being promoted for
the employment Of cripples in the potter
les. district of Staffordshire.
The inaugural meeting was held at
EHanley yesterday.f whenlthe duchess OF
Sutherland, the founder of the scheme
entertained a largo company, which in
'cluded Miss Florence Chaplin, DR. Nam
sen, the Grand Duke Michael Of Russia
and Countess Torby.
1 1t, was decided that the shareholders
dividend should not exceed 81 per cent.
The duke of Sutherland subscribed $500
and announced the gift OF a block of
buildings at Trentham Hall for use as
workshop and recreation grounds.
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BISHOPS AND DEAN
CENSURED by Pope
Their Appeal for Funds to Erect
Monument to Scllell Irritates .
the Vatican.
MUNICH. July II,

~. AAoANASii, -uAASt
The widest attention has been attracted
by the resignation OF Professor Merkle.
of Wuorzburg, dean of tho faculty Of
Catholic theology in that university.
Some weeks ago Professor Merkle Is
sued an appeal TO south German Catholics
for funds to erect a suitable monument
TO the memory of the late Professor
sohell, OF Wuerzburs, whose advanced
theological IDEAS We're condemned by
Rome. Professor Schell afrerward sub
mitted to papal authority. and consented
TO withdraw his publications from circu-
lauon, but until his death he had neye.
been received into full favor. W7
When, therefore, Professor Merltle is
sued his appeal. the pope at once wrote
TO another professor OF WuerzbGrg, DIR,
CONNER. condemning Or. Merkle's action
and accusing, all these who signed his
appeal, among them the bishops of BAN
berg and ltegensburg. OF Ignorance OF
| Catholic nsages and Catholic theology
land ordering this condemnation to ap-
| pear In every German diocesan newspa-
per, 'ttt4 &i fFs. S9t5t8ErspV sd ag5 IfsaF l
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ANTI SNAPSHOT law
. is PASSED / jim GERMANY
Money Damages, Fine or Impris-
onlnent Fate 81 Camera Fiend
in Certain Conditions.
SOME EXCEPTIONS MADE
BERLIN. July

BERLIN, July 81.
Damages to the extent OF $500. with a
fine. OF $3.50 or two months Imprisonment,
may henceforth DO the fate OF anybody
In Germany who snapshots u private per-
son, work OF art or interior of building
and circulates or publishes the picture
without permission. Persons in the pub
lie eye, such US the kaiser. the members
Of the royal family, statesmen and &C
tors and all sorts Of public buildings and
public works OF art may DO snapshotted
and Reproduced without permission.
p Tourists with cameras will not be af-
fected as long as their snapshots are con-
fined tt such subjects. illustrated news
papers are liable to the same restric-
tons. No police regulation IS provided
for, and prosecutions will follow only
upon complaint OF persons involved The
law Is specially designed to protect the
copyright Of photographers, painters
scuptors, architects and industrial art
lists. If the original works OF the mem
bers OF any OF these professions are re-
produced without their permission the
reproducer may be punished as explained
above.
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ANARCHIST ORDERED
TO- KILL DE W|TTE
Instead lie Stays Man Who Gave
Him Bomb to Perpetrate
the Crime.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 27.

After killing DR.. Jollos. the Moscow ed
itor. at the order Of the man Knzantzev.
one of the Black Hand, who said it was
the wish of the revolutionaries. a young
workman named Fedorov was ordered to
kill Count dc Witte.
But In confession just forwarded by
the Social Revolutionary Committee. he
says that he then suspected Iiazantzev,
and at the moment Of receiving from him
the bombs meant for the count, he stab
bed him again and again with his dagger.
almost separating the head from the body.
After the confession. Fedorov told the
committee that he awaited the sentence OF
death. otherwise remorse would force him
to commit suicide
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STARVING CLERGYMAN h
One Arrested on the Streets Of Lon
don for Begging.

I-- UUI VT UbEBlHE, ~
K LONDON, 5uly 27.--A pathetic story OF
Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday, when
Robert Wheeler, a pale. white-haired man
OF 81. in shabby carlcal attire. was charg-
ed with begging,
A constable had seen him accosting peo-
pie in Parkhurst road. Islington, ana
when arrested he said he had earned
nothing since Whitsuntide, and that ho
was literally starving, He ate ravenously
the food given to him at the police sta
ton. His destitution had so affected MIN
Thar he could not giYesan account Of him-
self.
Mr.. Wheeler was discharged and handed
over to the care. Of the court miasionary..
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KILLED By A SHARK
Terrible Deathto Woman at an Aus
TRAN Bathing Place.

VIENNA, July e7.-Yistors TO the bath
Ing establishment at San Giorno, in Lc-
sira Island on the Adriatic, Witnessed a
chastity scene yesterday.
A woman teacher was swimming a little
distance from the coast, when Il big shark
was seen approaching. The unfortunate
woman tried hard to escape, but was
reached by the monster, which caught
hold Of her leg. In moment the shark,
with It's human prey, had disappeared in
the depth of the sea.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
AR1srocRAT a PORK BUTCHER
Resigns From the Austrian Army Be
cause Pay is So Small.

VIENNA, July 27.-Aladar stolincki, an
arlstocratic lieutenant of Hungarian
hussar regiment, has resigned his COM
mission to become an apprentice to a
pork butcher in Budapest
He declares it Is impossible to live on
his pay of $500 a year, and that he has
decided to become butcher, as ne con-
Eiders the trade offers q good opening to
O man OF education. After serving a
nine months apprenticeship he will start
business on his own account in the Hun
garian capital.
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Cecil Rhodes Old Schoo

LONDON, July 27.-The trustees of the
late Cecil Rhodes requests for educa-
tional purposes have decided to endow
two Rhodes scholarships, worth 500 n
year each, at the Bishops Stortford High
School, at which Rhodes was educated,
and which was revived and rebuilt by
his father while he was vicar of Bishops
Stortford. &ha
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
ROYALTY in london Slums

LONDON, July 81 The Archduchess
Marie Annunziata and Marie Therese,
with Princess Henry de Bourbon, left
London yesterday. They visited London
incognlto In order to spend a long day
In the East End Of London.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
sIcILIAN WHITE SLAVES
Agency Run by the Mafla Society is

Raided by Police.
ROME, July 27.-A big sicilian secret
agency for the white slave traffic. man
aged by the Malta. and having Its head,
quarters in the city Of Catanla, has Just
been exposed by the police. Sixty arrests
have been made.
The agency has been in full working
order for several years. Shiploads OF
young italian girls from the southern
provinces have been transported to Cairo
and other towns of the Orient under cover
of false passports. It appears that the
traffic was greatly facilitated through the
unlimited demand for Neapolitan debu-
tantes for Egyptian music halls, .5fs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
TYRoL MYSTERY SOLVED
Body of Man Missing for Nearly a
g@4S Year is Found.

GENEVA, July 27.-The body of Al
phonse Braunschweig. a wealthy swi.,s
denuty Of Chaux de Fonds, was found
today at the bottom Of a preclp'ce in the
Tyrol. 35s ,8
The deputy mysterlously disappeared in
august of last year. His son. who be-
lleVes he was the victim of foul play, Of
fered large reward for the discovery Of
the crime, and employed famous French
detective without success.
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ZHQa a6zAaIzva2zZ 10 p-s-1az- ;5lo1e,,

RUSSIAN ART WORK REVIVED
Tho Princess ,Tenichef wife of an imperial
Russian commissioner, has revived the beau
tifui Russian art work in precious stones and
embroidery, aud her collection has recently
Decorative Arts. Tho princess transferred her
treasures to Paris because she feared that they
might by injured In a political disturbance. 4a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

Gensral Meads were confronting each
othor at Mine Run, Va, In November.
1863, General Leo with his staff was riding
along his baltic line inspecting his own
troops ana accommodating the opposing
lines. In tho rear or A. p. ffIll's corts
no suddenly came upon large number
OF men engaged in one OF those prayer
meetings which we frequently had on
tho eve Of battle. The General nj once
halted. dismounted and Joined in the sim
pie service; and when those humble priv
ate soldiers arose from their knees they
found that they had been leading the do
votions OF their honorcd and beloved
chief
When Leo VAS i1trryins HIS troops &C.
ross tho James In June. 1864. to meet the
advance upon Petersburg. his turned aside
from the line OF march and knelt In the
dust while minister present led IN
fervent prayer. When tho lines had been
broken below Petersburg In April 1865,
he went with General Gordon and others
into chapel ana Joined heartily In
service OF earnest prayer.
After he went to the college he was
not only regular In his attendance upon
the services Of his own church. but never
missed service at the college. He was
opposed to enforced religion and never
required the students to attend morning
prayers. But he always attended him
self, used evcsY influence to induce the
students to attend. and was rewarded
for HIS efforts by seeing perhaps. the
largest proportionate attendance OF any
college in the country
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Robert E. Lee.

Cvirginia's Ideal Ntan)
On Times great moving canvas navy
A noble form, as though prince OF
Had stopped across my humble path OF
TO show tho pattern OF kingly face,
With earnest, steadfast eyes and brow
serene.
In battles din triumphant. high he trod;
With head erect ana race 70 front the
Defeated, turned 10 meet his counsry's
And SOW the seeds OF love that peace
might grow;
Then Went, in smiling calmness back 70
Go. stand upon some lofty mountain
height,
And consregslte the world around its
base:
Then 1T them cry aloud and. thundsrins.
speak
The deeds of heroes, who, for stft os
Have carved their names in Honors tens
ple bright,
Above the roaring OF that human sea.
Aveice shall cut the air wiki cadence
And by the thrilling magic OF It's words,
Shall still the nations. Willis they stand
Virginia name her noblest- Robert Ies.
JULIA II. HENN1E0.
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Personal Memories of Lee
Is POWER SMITH, D. d., Stonewan Jackson's Chaplain.

him and report conditions In 'front.' Of tina
town, and ask for support on our raghts
while Early and Rodes wished to take
the Cemetery Heights
In Prin.rs William. chen brought in
from sccI. four hor-as and eight men
captured. rs thoughtfuEJ asked whether
needed horse. and sid me- 70 select
one from ms capture for my own tae.
On Christmas Eve. the last OF tho war.
time, I met him at Dunlop's. near Peters-
burg. where a train was waiting for him.
He asked why came to the station
in a pouring rain. When told hin,
was looking for my Christmas box from
Richmond, he replied. smiling. that he
was going to do better than that-he was
going to spend his Christmas at home
with his wife.
Many such "reminiscences remain with
me-memories OF his hospitality, of his
Eentleness. Of his kindness to young
men. of his fondness for pleasantly at
their expense. A trait that surprised
and impressed me was his remarkable
memory of men and their names. When
in Lexington for the last time saw
our great commander. ! would have ex-
pected that II I were introduced, or in
troduced myself and told him where I
had been in the army. he might haye
recalled me. But instead. he came d.
rectly to me, called me by name. ana
reminded me of the Christmas Eve at
Dunlop's and the heavy rain.
1t is a great inheritance to us. and to
those that will come after us. the char
acter OF the great captain. noble, pure.
generous, in which there was no selfish
thought, but patriotism and devotion
to duty that will be an example and an
inspiration through all generations to
come. "The righteous shall be in everlast-
ing remembrance!"
JAMES POWER SMITH.
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Lee at Lexington

Calm eyed, serene.
The swordless general stood.
Inspiring youth to noble thoughts ana
deeds;
Planting the pregnant seeds,
Which In the fruitful time to coma SOS,
Would burst into the fragrant bloon
OF a new nation. bound in brotherhooda
Remembering all the brave ERE
Who climbed the heights OF name 5'si4
Or plunged the depths OF hell s,i
AT his command: s5sgsl
Surveying all the hopes and fears
That crowded the disturbing years
The star-crossed flag
That, wreathed in glory, fell
The valorous armies, torn by shot and,
An empires embers. smoking in ia,
Proud of tho very ashes OF 1t. past
lie knew his cause WAS dead
BUT buried in million loyal hearts:
DUTY had led him through lies tortu-.
Gus ways;
His great soul did not know defeat.
Nor mourn the unreturning days.
Tho Valley OF the Shadow
Unfaltering, he trod, x
AS ono who faces heaven unAfrAld
And does not fear the Judgment OF hts
John aS wilber jenkins. in Baltimore
sun. l,1lV.
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tory Of that period. How strangely It sounds to
those OF us who are the shady side Of life to
hear the editor Of paper published In Boston
proclaim publicly:
"The first free government upon this continent
was set up In an Episcopal Church. The place
jamestown, Va The time was 1919 year
before the Pilgrims landed Mt Plymouth, Mass
Long before the Pilgrims left Europe free. rep
resentative, American government was In full
operation in Virginia. It was the meeting OF the
representatives Of 1000 coonists. It was the first
congress American SOIL The date 1919 Is
worth remembering. But there Is another date
worth remembering, too. That is the date Of the
settlement Of Jamestown. jamestown was settled
by English colonists twelve years before this con-
gress met. The settlement was made In the year
1907 And 1t made in Virginia. not in Massa-
chusetts. Our early historians were New England
men, and wrote from the New England point OF
view, and, like Zachariah Chandler In politics, 1t
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NO NAME ABOVE LEES.
Of
OF and Campaigns

Forty years and moro have
rolled around since the cessation
OF hostilities In the war between
the States Of the Union. Another
generation has been born, and to-
day directs the destinies Of this
people, free from the enmity and
bitterness that naturally possessed
those who took part in that strug-
gle; and time. the great healer.
has greatly softened the hearts
and removed the asperities Of
even such Of these latter as now
survive, SO that much OF the Mis-
understanding and Of the differ
ence OF opinion between the sec
lions Of the Republic that once
prevailed has been removed. The
student of history, the seeker
after the Truth, demands the
facts, without regard to the pre-
judlces of the past involving the
locality of birth, the Individual
environment and the political
creed of those who made the his,
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was their practice to "clalm every.

was their practice to "claim every.
thing"
Such a sentiment uttered IN
New England forty years ago
would have been declared rank
heresy, and the statement would
have been received with indigna-
ton and disgust. Let us welcome
every such incident that testifies
to the earnestness and sincerity
Of the efforts OF the student OF
history in his researches after the
Truth. We of Virginia have
everything to gain by the mos.
thorough-golng examination into
the action OF our Commonwealth
and the achievement OF her sons
since the establishment Of repre-
sentative government on this con-
tinent In 1907, and especially
during the trying period from
1861 to 1865. Already we hear
most gratifying utterances Of lead
ing men OF culture In the North
concerning tho characfAr Of that
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calm, conservative. there was no
nervousness at Richmond. The
average citizen, as we'll az Jeffer-
son Davis, felt that their best man
was in command. The entire
South was behind Lee. He had
the confidence OF the Confederate
Government, and, what was more
to the point, his whole army be-
lieved IN him. He was a model
man, and had been a model cadet
at West Point, and his thoughtful
care OF his men endeared him to
them.
My own Impression OF General
Lee, OF course. has been obtained
largely from what have heard
my father say OF him. At Apo
mattox my father met Lee, not as
an enemy, but as a noble, high
minded man, who had simply
taken a different view on a very
vital political subject His win
ming personality, which had
charmed the whole South, APP
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have never known n man more fully
realized that he was "a sinner saved by
grace sinner cieansed in the atonins
blood OF Christ, sinner whose only hope
Ages
The Bible His Companion.
The Bible was his daily companion, his
guide. his comfort and his trust. The
day after his death I was watching alone
beside his body when 1 saw on his table
q well-used pocket Bible in the fy-leaf Of
which was written in his well-known. and
characteristic chiroSraphy, "R. E. Lee,
Lieutenant Colonel. u. S. A."
In the army he daily read his Bible in
his headquarters, on the march, or in the
bvouac. and he did everything in his
power TO circulate tho word OF God among
his soldiers. The humble colporter was
always assured OF n warm welcome at
headquarters and An active helper in the
Commander in Chief
When he went to Washington College
at Lexington, Va, IN October. 1865. he
was elected president Of the Rockbridge
Bible Society. and continued to serve in
that capacity to the day of his death. In
his letter OF acceptance of this position he
assigned as his chief motive that he was
"desirous of cooperating in any way in
his power in extending the inestimable
knowledge OF the priceless truths OF the
Bible
In letter written to Rev. DR.. Geo. ~.
Woodbridge. president Of the Nirgni5
Bible Society, expressing his regret that
Ill health would prevent his attending
their annual meeting he said
If the manager could suggest any plan.
in addition to the abundant distribution
of the Holy Scriptures. to cause the mass
OF the people to mediate on their simple
truths and in the language Of Wiberforce,
to read the Bible--read the Bible so as
to become acquainted with the experience
and realities of religion, the greatest good
would be accomplished
Hon. A. j. Beresford Hope. Of England
and few OF his friends. sent him in
April. 1866. beautiful Bible and in reply.
General Lee said: IT must ask you to
thank my friends most heartily for their
kindness in providing me with book in
comparison with which all others are, in
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1t my fathers Judgment that General Lee
was great defensive soldier, and, considering that
the problem of the South was to meet and beat
back the invading troops from the North no better
man than General Lee could have been found to
direct the Confederate forces. He showed real
genius In his disposition of his forces as for in
stance. when he was put in command Of the Army
OF Northern Virginia. He made them safe,
trenched them and secured HIS line OF communities
ton, turning the task OF accommodating the
Union position to "Jeb' Stuart
Among General Lees greatest assets MILL
tary leader was his personality. Every who
met him was charmed and impressed by his force.
The South had perfect confidence in him--the
same sort OF enthusiasm that his friends felt.
With Lee at the front, thoughtful, experienced,
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noble of Virginia whose birth we this day
Observation-Disclosures e. Lee.
The world now knows how great he was in his
goodness, and how good he in his greatness;
and the legacy Of beautiful life and the glory
of his mastery achievements are no longer claimed
exclusively by the people Of his own State and
section, but the good people Of the North and the
East and the West Of this great Republic Of Btatas
all claim interest In the story the best Illus
tration Of the excellence Of American manhood
recorded IN the nineteenth century.
In the true Temple of Fame, for that period.
no name will be written higher, given greater
prominence than that Of our beloved Lee, the
study of whose life Is an inspiration and whose
end was benedction to race.
<c1Ge@ Slas0s~
Norfolk Va, January 49, 1907.