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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
FIND NO VERDICT IN
MRS. PEEBLES'S CASE
Jurors, After Three Hours Con
ference, Report Hopeless Di-
vision and Are Discharged.
ACCUSED WIFE is UNMoVED
Shows No Sign Of Emotion.
Even When Jury Is Polled.
-All-Day Argument.

BEDFORD CITY, VA. December 1S.
The trial of Mrs. Edmonia M, PEBBLES
TOR the murder of her. husband. .. G..
PEBBLES. has resulted in hung jury.
The jurors, after comforting for
three hours, reported to Judge Aloffe:t
late tonight that an agreement was
and they We're discharged.
The jury is understood to have stood
seven for murder in the second degree,
four for voluntary manslaughter and
ono for acquittal.
4 Mrs.. PEBBLES showed no sign Of
emotion. Even the polling Of the
jury seemed to be regarded by her as
a matter of trivial concern.
The Argument. .ss
THE whole of to-d day was devoted to
the argument of counsel, which was
very Interesting Mr.. R.iW.s Kline. as.
-sistant to the tCommonwealthss nttor.
ney. opened for the prosecution In a
speech of AN hour, He made a strons
presentation Of the CommonWealth,s y
side of the case, and asked for a ver-
dict of murder In the first degree. !
/. Mr.. r.. w. Withers, who opened Tor
the defense, made q strong argument
If an hours length. He declared that
Mrs. PEBBLES had a right to use force
1,ufcient to repel the attack made upon
her and to follow up With force neces-
sary to accomplish the object IN View
md to ID ecome the enggressor1 until nor
oerson was out OF danger. ss
Mr., O, C. 2Rucker. o #, counsel for the
defense. asked the jurors, as nlsr
IL they did not think Mrs.
Peehies /, did right In defending herself
and killing, If needs be, this Wife
hea ling husband He hoped the jury
would give such a verdict, that all
ne 4 might know that husbands could
not abuse with impun itys their helpless
wives, and hoped all wives would act
similarity when placed In such circum-- cum :
i,tances as was Mrs.. PEBBLES,
hiy, Nelson Sale, chi ief couns for the
defendant, made the closing plea N
behalf OF Mrs. PEBBLES, and his argu-
ment was a. aavery a BILE one.
M. ri, o. Humphreys, Common.
,wealtl's attorney. closed the argu.
imnlent with an appeal for the d ignlty
ofFthe law and against islimy and sem
timentnI verdicts. He attacked the
grounds OF the defense, simpeaching
especially the 9interes tod testimony OF
Mrs, Peehles, # u Si x s55;il
Jury Unable to Agree.
The case was given to- the Jury at
8:52 After they had been out about
q half hour they came in to ask ebout
a clerical error In the draft of the
instrnetions about murder ln4the first
degree. During all this tlnle Mrs.
PEBBLES sat calm and little moved. A
Ihig red apple was given her, She
borrowed q knife from M q spec tator
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
|C|TY AROUSED TO
DANGER OF DISEASE
Hundreds Flock to TIL.
berculosis Exhibit and
Listen to Lectures.
OFFICIALS AND
! DOCTORS SPEAK
Practical Advice Given by Ply
| sicians and Others Interested
in Welfare of Citizens.
Scene at Night Won
derful, Mayor
Declares.

Interest and attendance on tile first
day OF the tuberculosis Exhibit In
Richmond was more than gratifying,
the big rooms at Sanger Hall being at
times crowded to their full capacity.
In all. LAO people registered, and
from the expressions heard on all sides
they were more than pleased with the
showing made, and with the lectures
delivered
Beginning promptly at 10 O'Clock.
there was all day constant stream
OF visitors examining the charts and
maps and tho model equipment for the
treatment of tuberculosis. Stereopti-
con lectures given by Professor Rout.
zahn every hour were largely attended,
the illustrations showing conditions IN
several great cities and how readily
they have been met. "A series OF nic-
lures of the life of patients on porches
and In the open air was particularly
Instructive
Formal Opening.
The formal opening took place at
z. M, when a number of members
Of the committee were present and the
exhibit was turned over to the neonie
Of the city.
Addresses BY Richmond physicians
and others followed. and lecture peri
DDS were also held at 4 o'clock and at
S:l5 r. NJ. all these lectures being at
tended by audiences that packed every
available space In the hall At the
opening DR.. Levy spoke OF the spirit
of helpfulness exhibited on all sides.
saying that every one approached had
responded willingly. in many instances
regarding 1t as an actual privilege to
be allowed to help s.
DIR. Jacob MichauX presided at the
midday lectures, making brief adj
dress. In which he expressed his appre.
citation Of the great work being done
all over the country In connection with
tuberculosis. especially commencing
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis, under
tho auspices of which tho exhibit is
given. DR.. Michaux recalled that con-
sumption was until recently regarded
as hereditary, but stated that now 1t
has been fully shown to be contagious
and that the entire medical profession
accepted this teaching.
Fundamental Facts.
DR.. NJ. p. Rucker, chairman of the
Board Of Health OF Manchester spoke
on Fundamental Facts in the Preven-
tion and Cure Of tuberculosis" dealing
with the subject from a 5wcll-informed
n <(Snrfipu Il gl.,,, Sao>,,1 n,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
BRYAN WAS: NOT. For DENVER
Did Not Use His Influence
to Defeat Louisville.
I [Fronl cur ReguIar. correspondent.l

L
IFronl Our Regular correspondent.1
WASHINGTON. D. c.. December TO-
The statement that William j.. Bryan
favored the selection of Denver as the
city in which. to hold the Democratic
National Convention, and that it was
his Influence which caused the defeat
of Louisville. Is emphaticai1y denied
by members OF the Kentucky congress
sional delegation, intimate friends Of
Mr.. Bryan. es
Mr.. Bryan told ME a short time be-
fore the committee met here to- select
the. place for the convention that it
did not make the slightest difference
to him where twas held" said Repre-
sentative Ollie James, of Kentucky.
to-day. HE declared hes had no pref
erence whatever. I have no idea he
used his influence. one way or an
other
"I have not the slightest reason to
believe Mr.. Bryan favored Denver or
any city over any other city," said
Representative sherley. Of Kentucky,
who led the fight for Louisville.
The contrary opinion was expressed
by one of the delegation which came
here to urge the selection Of Louis
yille
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17

@ YOLANDE, ALA, December 16.-Not
since the disaster at Virginia mines
eight miles north Of here two years
ago, has there occurred such a. catas
trophe as the explosion which, took
place in mine No. I. OF the Yolands
Coal and Coke Company, at 1912:
o'clock this morning. 1t is Impossible
to tell at this hour, how many are
dead as result OF the explosion. es.
,timates varying all the way from forty
to .sixty-siX. The work Of rescue has
been extremely slow, because of the
debris in the mines and the large
crowds OF. women. children and sight.
seers at the opening.
Tho explosion is now known to have
occurred In either the fifth or sixth
right entrances, All of the bodies have
been recovered from these entries, and
some of them were so horribly mutt
lated that identification is almost I'M
possible.
The list Of dead recovered and iden-
titled at 10 O'Clock was as follows:
'White-Rob Arnold general mine
iforeman:, Will Towe. Tom Newell, A.
b. Guredly, Sam Wright. W. r. Stives,
Neil Rider. engineer; Charley satter.
field, John Tucker, Joe Madison, Ed.
"
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I. {continued on Ninth Page.)
WRIGHT. CASE GOES . OVER
Not 10 BE Tried Until February Un-
less Judge Mullen Fixes Earlier Date.

Especial TO The Time Dispatch
NJ 3T.APFAFI ANNOCK " A.. December l6.
- NJ. B,iEWright, Jr. charged with tht
murder Of his; stepfat her z. g. Mo
Daniel will not be tried Until the next
.beglns the third Nor hday y Ii February,
unless Judge Mullen. OF Petershurg,
who Thas been desig ted to sit In the
'caae, a Xes an ear Ter date. 81.
Fsgs Judge Wright, upon the opening OF
the regular term a the court to-day,
granted the motion of tcoun lei for the
defense to continue the case until the
next term, unless Judge Mullen shall
FIX a spectal term; for ONE time be.
The case promises to be highly serl- =
sational, and attracts widespread In
.terst becau use OF the pro nlinence of the
men Involved. " t4 IL t5 gtt isS 5 4 IS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
GAVE EXCELLENT SERVICE
Manager Veale Handled Fleet News for thu
,al.f l-a.lts Ea NYestern Union. .laNtts

made extra provision to handa tho press
dispatches from Fort Monroe. Incident 10 the
sailing OF the battle fleet yesterday. Mr.. F.
superint tendent Maxwell's division. was in
etatg so of the otl!ce at the Sherwood Hotel
through which 10000 words OF press ware
Nearly all tho New York newspap. o. wsrs
represented, with staff men from Baltimore
en0 other cities While clearing up thell
Associated Press. -Four newspaper men. rep,
Irftent!nG news satherinE synd dlcates. accom-
psi,'ed the fleet. Al disnate,ses. however,
t,ons will be taken to preserve official secret.
during the cruise. NJ tch W III not end unit
| ths sarlY pask nt Max. RI M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
Charged with Embezzlcment.

AORFOLK,'v VA, December 1s-J. n. CAT
night at the Princess Hotel on warrant
sworn out by ]. C. White.5Jr., on a charga
Of embe.zlinS $780, 1t Is claimed TIM he
vas given the money to buy lumber and
,rent a part offit. He resisted, arrest. crcat-
ings considerable excitement In the hotel lob
by Calling Is q salesnan.sx a4s. M u ~ 81 n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
: $1,000 '7T70 = o. = ~ r
Bnby Born With Teeth.

Special to The Times Dlspatch.l
" NORFOLK, VA. December ! l6--Mr.s and
sttkley, has a baby boy two days old With
VIC l-developcd incisor teeth. The baby
vas born with the teeth we'll out, of$e.ts
,lius. In all other respects he is, natural,
wen Developed and healthy. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
George Shcavely Charged With Firing
n In Trnint ut Besaic SIleaYelN. M. !. y.

Special TO The Times Dlspatch.l
STAUN'rON, VA, December s16.--
George Sheavely. alias George ious-
ton, was brought here to-day from
Red Hill. Albemarle county, by a. CEes-
In jail for safe keeping on two war
rants, one for shooting at the Chesa-
peake and Ohio train In Allegheny
county. and one for shooting ut Bessie
Sheavely, who was in the train.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
STEAMER AMI SCHOONER N
CRASH IN BAD C0LLISION

i3 NEW Yc,RIy. pees.nher 1s.~,Tho stean,Sy
Bulgaria, bound In fyo.,, tsenoa and Nap!as
tc-d was In ulislon wi TIL no fiYe-mnsted
5scNooner George =, HI son. from Port ana,
isqhooner's ataghoard quarter well aboYe the
water line, ial I'D ss.kF NJ s u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
Charged With Blgamy.

Special to The Times Dlspatch.l 2.
NORFOLK, VA. December .l6.-Linwood
II Gwen, an iron-worker,aw was arrested to-
Light on n charge of bi gamy.s He is charged
with marrying Miss Clarn Anna Witteg md
3ptei Miss Roxnnna Bell, both o. this city,
X Ii denies the charge. i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
senntor MALLORY "a Rctire

Senator Mallory to Retire.
PENSACOLA, FLA. December 6.-United
tales Senator Stephen II, Mallory to ay yan-
l,cunced that he Will not be a candidate for
e,elaction. FIe Is seriously.Sill at his, hone
s,tre, and reallzestth he must rotire from
fubltc life to regain his health. a. :
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-17
SIXTY LOSE LIVES
| IN ALABAMA mine
b ---------- ---------- T----.
Explosion in Yolande Colliery Is
4. Attributed to Ignition
Of Dust.
USUAL FORCE NOT WORKING
Fourteen Men of the Ninety
Working Crawl Out of the
Shaft.
USUAL FORCE NOT ,WoRKINJ

BIRMINGHAM. ALA. December
ia message from Yolande Mt
midnight Says thirty-avc bodies
have been tnken from the mines,
and that the rcscuers believe be-
tween thirty-hyc and forty nrc still
in the lower entrances.
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The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
EX-GOVERNOR PEABODY ON THE
TRIAL.
Says He Thinks Haywood Jury Com.
posed Of Very Int Iliaent Men.

Denver.-Former Governor James II.
Peabody, back from the trial of Will
liam d. Haywood at Boise. was at the
Brown Palace hotel recently.
They did not keep me on the stand
long" declared the man against whose
life Harry Orchard swore he plotted.
II was there of course only to
answer such questions as were asked
me- and was rather surprised both at
the brevity of my examination by the
prosecution and by the defense.
My judgment is that Orchard was
telling the truth when on the stand,
from what know and what gathered
while in Boise, but the outcome of the
trial is something as to which do not
think I care to make any prediction.
My best Judgment is. however, that
theer is a good jury in the case. l
looked the men on this jury over care
fully, and my impression Is that they
are set of men that will do their best
to bring in what they think is proper
decision.
''It is coincidence, at least that
since the fight on the Western Fedora
ton of Miners and the arrest and con-
finement OF the leaders there has been
no cries of crimes of violence in min
ing localities and elsewhere such as
there was while was governor
The governor said he was glad to
have been at the trial, and from what
he had seen OF the rulings OF the judge
in the case he thought that the judge
was doing the best he could to give
both sides free hand and fair trial.
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
Sixty Political Women in Prison.

New York.-Mmme. Maria De Ruiz
Sandoval of Mexico, whose husband,
General Francisco Sandoval, is now
with the army of Guatemala, an
neunces that she has received letter
from her sister, Isobel De Ruiz, resi-
dent of the City OF Mexico. stating that
she, with about sixty other Mexican
women of high degree had all been i'm
prisoned there on the charge of at
tempting to incite revolution.
The sister says the women are all
confined in small dirty cells in Belen
prison and that they are treated as
common felons. The prisoners are not
allowed to see anyone and trial has
so far been denied them. Appeals to
President Diaz, the writer says, have
been of no avail and she hopes that
some of the people in the United
States will call attention to the unjust
treatment meted out to them.
Sonora De Ruiz writes further that
the story of the arrests has been kept
from the newspapers of Mexico and
that through a friend she made IL
prison she was able to smuggle out the
letter to her sister.
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
To Reclaim Utah Lands.

Denver.-Extensive irrigation devel
opment in Utah is contemplated by a
number of Denver citizens, who have
organized a company for the purpose
of retaining large tract Of govern
ment land In Uintah county of that
state This land lies along the Moffat
road in northeastern Utah. and the cen
ter of operations will be near the town
CT Moffat
The company is known as the MoGat
Irrigation and Development Company,
and was Incorporated yesterday with
the secretary of state for 100000.
The board of directors includes
James F. Callbreath, H. E. Sims, E. H.
Locke, A. ]. Fowler. r. ]. Walker,
John T. Nichols and w. r. Donaldson
The directors have not yet organized
but meeting will be held in Denver
for that purpose.
Two large reservoirs are to be built
by the company, one north and the
other a little south of the town of
Moffat. bitches will also be con-
structed, and the whole system will ir-
r!gate 10000 acres of government land
This land is now worth $1.25 an acre,
lut members of the company say 1t is
similar to the land around Grand juno
ton. which is worth $1,000 per acre.
II is well adapted for fruit. Seventy
five hundred acres have already been
filed upon.
The water is to be taken from the
Uintah river The appropriations now
include 300 second-feet and $4,000 acre
feet, the latter to be used for storage
purposes.
The company will absorb the uintan
River Irrigation Company, which has
already constructed ditch ten miles
long almost to Moffat.
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
REHEARSAL IN A CAR.
Professional Entertainer Was Almost
Too Successful.

THE other night, coming home In
The car" said the professional enter
tainer II began to wonder II l could
bring tears to my own eyes as l do
to the eyes of the other people. l
tried. l thought of all the wrongs l
had committed, and felt sorry for peo-
pie l had wronged. thought OF all
the mistakes l had made that other
people had profited by and pretty soon
the tears began to gather In my eyes
and roll down my cheeks
81 forgot there were other people
In the car who might notice me. Soon
a woman got up from across the car
and came to me.
"I see, sir said she, that you are
in some trouble. Can l do anything to
help you?'
Lord bless you. no, madam told
her. hastily wiping away my tears. I
am a professional entertainer and was
practicing on myself. That's ALL"
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
A Rooseveltian Yarn.

A Washington correspondent told the
other night story that he claimed to
have heard from President Roosevelt
at a Gridiron Club dinner.
1.-TWO women" he said, "were dis
cussing some new neighbors who had
moved into one of the most sumptuous
houses in their city.
"'They seem to be very rich.' said
the first.
"Oh, they are. said the second.
"-'Shall you call?'
Decidedly
"'You are quite sure, are you. tina,
they are-er-quite correct. quite-el
good form?'
"'Oh, my dear. I'm positive" said
the second woman. They have thirty
servants, eighteen horses, twelve dogs
eleven automobiles, and one child"
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
MADE A NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played In Old Days on
Would-Be Fashionable.

Old Camden. in his Remains" tells
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker. Sir Philip Calthrop
purged John brakes, the shoemaker
of Norwich in the time of King Henry
VIII, of the proud humor which our
people have to be OF the gentlemen's
cut. This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him gown, and sent 1t to the tailor's
to be made. John brakes, shoe
maker. coming to this tailor's and see-
ing the knights gown cloth lying
there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the
same price and pattern and make 1t
of the same fashion as the knights.
Not long after the knight, coming In
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whose 1t was.
John brakes, the shoemaker, who
will have it made of the self-same
fashion that yours is made Of" Then
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it," John brakes
had no time to go for his gown till
Christmas day, when he meant to
wear it. Perceiving the same to be
full of cuts. he began to swear at the
tailor. 81 have done naught but what
you bid me-" quoth the tailor. 80,
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment Is
even so have made yours by my
latchet!" quoth John brakes. Il will
never wear gentlemen's fashions
again!"-London T. P,s Weekly.
The Springfield herald., 1907-07-19
FORECAST OF HAYWOOD TRIAL.
Present Week VIII Bring but Little
New Evidence.

Boise, Idaho.-The better part Of
this week will be taken up with the
evidence of the defense Afidayits
bearing on Orchards alleged attempt
to blow up Fred Bradley in San Fran.
cisco, will be read. They will. OF
course contradict the multi-murderer.
An expert will then be put on the
stand to swear that ten pounds of dy-
Mantle, the amount Orchard claims to
have used on the Bradley lob" would
have blown his intended victim to
atoms and would have wrecked the
house. Attorney j. C. Robertson of
Spokane, will testify concerning the
mysterious telegram signed "M.," sup
posed to have been sent by Robert
sons law partner, Fred Miller, to Or
chard. He will contradict the states
theory. Incidentally he will swear that
Jack Simpkins warned him of Or
chards plan to kidnap the Paulson
children. Robertson was Paulson's at
torney.
Then the defense will produce an ex.
act duplicate Of the box said to have
been unearthed at the gate leading to
the house of Judge Goddard in Den
yer, and the prosecution will be asked
to squeeze forty sticks of dynamite
into the receptacle. The defense Sc
cured its information concerning the
box from the states witnesses, and Is
prepared to demonstrate that Judge
Goddard and the other witnesses were
very much in error when they testified
about the amount of powder they re-
moved from it.
Senator Borah has secured strong
evidence for rebuttal. number of
prominent citizens of Colorado are
here to testify for the prosecution con-
cerning conditions In Telluride. Trfni-
dad and Cripple Creek prior to and
during the Peabody wars" Sheriff
Rutan of San Miguel county and r. NJ.
Wright, a prominent mining man of
Telluride, arrived tonight and Joined
the Colorado colony of anti-federation-
lists. It is evident that Senator Borah
will undertake to defend the actions of
the militia and members Of the Citi-
zens' Alliance during the Colorado
trouble, and like Lord Give. will
wonder at their moderation"
In case the jury fails to reach an
agreement, six months will elapse be-
fore another federation leader is ar
raigned. Then Pettibone will be put
in the prisoners dock.
Judge WOOD is already dreaming OF
long vacation in the cool mountain
hooks where the trout jumps to the fly
and Senator Borah is planning cam
paign against his enemies. 1t Is given
out here that the indictments returned
by the recent federal grand jury will
be made public the day the Haywood
case goes to the jury. Then Senator
Borah will be taken into custody, and
will be given an opportunity to give
bond He will not be tried until Sep
tember. but he will require at leastt a
month to prepare his defense.