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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
HEAD Is NEARLY AMPuTATED
Body Of Negro Found on Track.
With Head Almost Severes.

OttumWa. The 1nangled body OF
Charles Gilman, colored, was found
lying on the Burlington tracks JUS:
east Of the city. The head was al.
most severed and it is believed that
Gilman either fell off a train or was
struck while walking along the track.
gS A few days ago he was arrested
for being drunk and was given fifteen
days in Jail. He was treated as d
"trustie," however, and was sen,
down town with some money to
make some purchases. He failed to
return and nothing was learned Of
his whereabouts until his body was
found
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

"A beardless man says he provides
himself with the wherewithal to buy
AL his footwear BY dropping TIT
price Of shave In box provided
Tor the purpose o often @ h
sshavss himself Now:if he had whisk
ors would he probably have 70 &
bars6oot Es is3
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
Wholes y pays IN. Fjne.

Sac City.C. u. Station, who had
been maintaining ia liquor nuisance
at Odebolt, pleaded guilty TO q charge
sof selling liquor contrary to the law,
and was fined 5000 and costs, ia the
case, and went to Jail In defaplt Of
payment. Station later paid his sfne
with the help OF q wholesale liquor
dealers Ii Carroll when he was inform
ed that the county sherin was seix.
Ing the liquor and cigars and fxtures
In Stations saloon. worth $500. WI I
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
Mlkkelsen Party Safe.

Chicago. Gable dispatches from
London stated that the Lefingwell
Mikkelsen expedition to the frozen
north was safe. The members Of the
party had crossed the ice to q place Of
safety after their ship the Duchess OF
Bedford. had sunk.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
KENDALL IN THE RACE
Speaker Seeks Congressional Toga !,
# Sixth.

Abba Speaker N. e. Kendall has
been formerly announced as candi-
date for congress in the Sixth dis.
trict in the columns Of the Abba Re
publican. The announcement occa,
sions no surprise for 1t has Deen
generally understood for long time
that Mr.. Kendall would seek the re-
publican nomination and attempt to
win back the toga SO long worn but
lost to the republicans at the last
election by Major Lacey. Major
Lacey 1t is understood will not be a
candidate for the congressional nomi-
nation. Judge M. A. Roberts OF OF.
tumwa and John Offill OF Jasper coun.
ty are other names already in the
field for the nomination. z
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

The last stage coach In New York
Has passed away with the sale Of
the Fifth Avenue Coach company's
horses. omnibuses. stages and har
nesses. Fifth avenue was the last
stronxhold Of the old-fashioned stage
coach. and its passing will doubtless
make many an old-time New Yorker
feel . touch Of melancholia, for there
10 IN element Of conservatism in as
IN which dislikes rude break with
the past. #
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
Never fof. : ParceIa Po,t.

Marblehead, Mass - Postmaster
General George Won L. Meyer, who
was speaker at the annual outing Of
the Essex Republican club held at the
Corinthian Yacht club here Tuesday,
outlined some Of his plans for the CON
duct of the post Office. He said that
one Of his recommendations to con.
gress this fall would be for bill to
establish a parcels post. He spoke en-
Enthusiastically Of hts project for postal
savings banks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
KILLED m A RUNAWAY.
Shoulder, Four Ribs and One lie,
Broken.

Adair.-J w. Lees OF this city
was killed In a runaway accident
sabout five miles southeast of Adair
His team became frightened and wal
running swiftly when he was thrown
from the wagon and in some manne,
got caught and was dragged a con.
siderable distance. The injured mal
was taken at once to a nearby. farm
house and a physician called.
Mr. Lees suffered considerable in
jury about the head. his left shouL
der, four ribs and his right leg were
broken. He lived about an hour and
"a half after the accident and wal
conscious to within a few moments
of his death.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Scotch whisky is not Scotch whisky
unless It il made In Scotland. accord.
ing to . British court, which has never
been In this country and ordered 2
Scotch whisky at an American bar.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
vvatterson Hasl Another Fire.

Louisville. KY. Fire which broke
out late Wednesday afternoon. for 3
second time, endangered the plants Of
the Courier-Journal and Times and
threatened to destroy that portion Of
the Courier-Journal ONCE building left
intact after the disastrous fire Of ten
days ago. The flames were brought
under control with q loss Of SIS. 900.
The Times was forced to abandon its
last edition. The ori.in Of the fire
which broke out on the top floor OF
the building, Is unknown.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Who cares how soon the coal sup.
ply 10 exhausted, II the water courses
or the earth are capable OF furnish.
ing heat, light and power for the In
habitants thereof?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
WILL MAKE MOROCCO Paw.
French Cabinet Decides 70 Demand
Indemnity.

Paris special meeting Of the
cabinet was held Monday to consider
the Moroccan situation. The follow
ing conclusions were reached:
l. The Moroccan government should
be held responsible for the massacre
Of July 80 at Casablanca, as we'll as
for the loss suffered as a result Of the
pillage and in the repression OF dis
orders. 3%.s 5s5
2. Indemnities should be fixed by an
international commission.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

= southern prsachsT ~ n Bib ~
mon the other day that Chicago and
hell srs n ! class w Themselves
W. must, rs1iasks ~ Chicago Jour.
'aal, thank him m M courtesy n
(, o,entionln9 Chicago Agf.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

An Indiana widow accepted the un.
dertaker at her husbands funeral and
married him the next day. We are
certainly leading the strenuous life
these days.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Rameses II. overlooked q point BY
not setting up monument at the
mouth Of the River Nile, with an In
scripuon to the effect that he dus
the stream.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Forty cocktails" remarks . New
York contemporary, cannot put .
good man down" But . good man
can put 40 cocktails down.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

After his coast has been shellsd the
sultan Of Morocco viii begin to shell
out from the royal treasury. This
target practice costs money.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Tho new rag.pickers' union will BE-
4 public benefactor II It will take
steps to prevent unauthorized per
sons from chewing the rag.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

when Peary reaches the chilly slab
known o. the north pole VIII he hnd
the business card Of Walter Wellman
tackled on It in conspicuous place?
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

There 10 ! shortage Of the pruns
crop. but people who are full Of them
will be % full OF them ~ ever.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Mars may think that our great and
friendly telescopes are 4S-inch guns
pointed IT. way and that we are try
ing 70 hold II up,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

Always build fire In the shade,
for It will not burn 20 well II the
sun plays upon It." What have the
scientific sharps to say to this!
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

A dispatch says that English golf
ers walk 250.000,00O miles year.
81 Louis shoe manufacturers should
giye Great Britain the sole kiss.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

A Pittsburg man has bought . Mis-
souri mule eight feet high and weigh
Ing 1850 pounds. Make your own
Joke.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13
WAae might y master. sisht = -

d. Osler says soup 10 bad % sat
bat hesiccts 70 suggest ! soup-eriof
article of diet. {, 4. s.,sss Is. ss
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-09-13

= Texas girl killed herself because
~ oouldn't 80 TO school. She was
just dying for IN education
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
The A!mshouse Matter.

Richmond. needs an emergency hospi-
tai, but a new almshouse for the colored
poor is imperative. The present aims
house is disgrace to civilization, and
prominent official has recently said that
the city had better have no almshousc
at all for destitute negroes than such
q ramshackle affair as that which now
goes by the name. The old almshouse
is not only uninhabitablc, but II fire
should ever get Roadway In the crude
wooden structures, nothing short of a
miracle could save the helpless inmates
from being roasted alive. The plans for
| q new building have been made, the site
has been agreed upon, and The Times
| Dispatch can see no sufficient reason
| why the work should not proceed We
cannot think that the new almshouse
| plan should be abandoned in favor Of an
! emergency hospital. II there Is urgent
need for an emergency hospital. let us
| have 1t, but those poor wrctches, some
| of them slowly dying from tuberculosis,
must, in the name OF humanity. be pro-
! pded for,
But why should II be necessary at
this time for the city to build new
hospital when there are already so many
hospitals here? Would II not be prac-
ucabe for some hospital already in exist
ence to give the city, in consideration
Of an appropriation, a few of ats wards
for emergency cases? Would not such
an arrangement answer all temporary
demands?
: These are the questions of layman
but It seems to us that they arc worth
considering
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
STRICKEN WHILE
WALKING IN YARD.
Major Claiborne johnson Hill,
Prominent Citizen Of West
Point, Dies Suddenly.
Especial to The mcs-Dispatch /

tlSpcClul 10 Inc 'Ilmc8- Dispatch
4 WEST POINT, VA, March 19.--Major,
Claiborne johnson Hill fell in his yard
this morning about 8 O'Clock, and before
he could be gotten In the house, he
breathed his last For a number OF years
he had been very feeble, but had not
been specially sick lately. Major Hill
telligent, courteous, and sweet-spiritcd;
he was generally beloved and respected
by all who knew him. He was born
August 22d of William Hill and Eliza
betl, johnson, and lived most of his life
In King William county For the past
twenty years ne has lived at West
Point.
On April 25, 1857, ne married Susan
Ammo De Farges, who survives him. He
was a major OF the militia before the
war, but was not in the army during
tho Civil War.
His election as legislator, county clerk,
and appointment as commissioner OF the
court; and deputy circuit court clerk ut
test the esteem In which he was hcld
BY his countymen.
Major Hill descended from the Hills
Of Averton, county Of Gloucester, Eng
lnnd, whose ancestry Is recorded in
tBurke's Landed Gentry''l for several
hundred years before their arrival In
America.
The family name was very conspicu-
GUS in the early records OF this Colony.
The funeral from tho Christian Church,
OF which III. was member at the time
or his death, on Thursday, at II o'clock.
ana Immediately after his remains will
be buried In tho West Point Cemetery.
rho fune,e. service VII DO conducted by
Rev. G. v. Waugh.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Rhymes for To-Day
Good Radiance.

Wa glirnpsed tho journal
That brings my inatutinnl
news,
I Observed: "By Mahoncts eternal!"
And chortled three merry "Hooroos!"
Away went my erst breakfast-fury,
On seeing right under my beak:
THE THAW CASE WILL GO TO
THE JURY
THE END OF THE WEEK"
Ear back as my memory reaches,
My papers been damned with such
lines
AS "11vvy's Complexion Like Peaches"
Or Can ,rl,aw Escape With Mere
Fines?"
Or LAWYERS Engage in a Pummel"
Ten Alicnists Probe Harty's Mind"
IA flidavits from Abraham Hunmel,"
And rot Of that kind.
At first this looked rather allurey,
But soon twas noxious bore:
It's to go to the jury
Hooroo! We won't hear 1t no r1lore!
Aren't yotissick of the business in toto {?
Wouldst, grieve If the Thaw- Nesbit
packs,
Instead Of the Jury. should go to
Far, far Halifax? II. s. Fl.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
sir,--I fear methodist" does not
creeds we do not oppose all state
ments Of doctrine which may be made
for the information OF the public.
whether those statements be drawn UP
by one or number OF persons
An Interpretation of q text as cited
by "Methodist" is not creed in any
true sense of the word.
The creed is not whnt I believe. It
Is what shy you must believe, or
s Sss viii e o for n ,fss0wsnph human MAN
statement or opinion and compel ad-
herence to 1t before one can have COM
munion with the church. So long as
do not force j. i. p ,o You, 50 long long
of communion between uk 1T Is not
creed, but only conviction, 1t is
when I seek to fasten this statement
of my own upon you as part OF the
TO show a methodist" that am not
peculiar in this view, let me quote
him the words of Philip ,schnff. He
has written In favor OF them: Hear
of words setting forth with authority
(mark the words, with authority SD
certain articles of belief, which arc re-
garded by the trainers. as necessary
for salvation, or, at least for the wei
fare of the church"
Now, in ahis sense the Christian
Church has no creed 1t has none
| formulated It takes tho Word of God
at first hand.
| In regard to immersion. that is not
| a matter OF Interpretation at all. j
| Is matter of translation, The wore
| baptize is a transferred word. 1t wa:
transferred from the Greek as 1t stand!
| with the exception of the ending let
Tier. In all standard Greek leXicons tn,
meaning Is dip. or immense, or thei
| equivalents.
A "Methodist" can get from tn,
."clharistan STANDARD chelnnati. @.
4 In any respectable college In Americ'
| that gives the meaning of "baptlzo" I,
| sprinkle or pour,
| John Wesley, the founder of tn
Methodist Church, commenting on Ro
mans vi. 4, said in his Notes, refer
| ing by immersion.'
4 With good wishes for all Christian
workers, ] am yours for the old path
to walk In,
JAMES SMALL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20

place had been filled. He then ac-
cepted an Invitation from the Widow
Greene to make his home at Mulberry
Grove, where she resided, while he
studied law In Savannah. His inven-
tive genius manifested itself In va
rious little articles which he devised
for Mrs. Greene's convenience. y
farmer friend dropped in one day and
expressed regret that there could be
no profit in the production of green.
sced-cotton, which was considered the
best variety, on account of the great
difficulty of separating the lint from
the seed. Mrs. Greene advised her
caller to invoke the aid of Whitney,
who could make anything" Taking
the cue, Whitney procured a pound OF
his machine. Strange to say, he was
not able to find coil of wire in tho
city of Savannah. and was compelled
to draw the wire which he used Near
pleted, but only Mrs. Greene and
Phineas Miller were allowed to see 1T
work. Rumors Of the invention SOON
spread about the neighborhood, how
ever, and one night the machine was
stolen and Carried off. Before he could
complete his model and obtain patent
number of machines, based on the
Whitney plan, were made ai,d surrep-
titiously put in operation. In May,
1893, he formed partnership with
Mr., Miller. and they went to Connec-
ticut to make the machines but were
much annoyed by infringements. The
South Carolina Legislature finally
granted him $4,000, and North Caro-.
lima allowed him percentage for the
use of each saw for i've years; but
his money was consumed in lighting
heterogeneous, and finally In disgust
Whitney turned his attention to the
manufacture of firearms in New Haven
and made fortune.
That is brief sketch OF Whitney's
career, as given in Appletons Ency-
clopedia Of Biography, and it is well
In line with other sketches that We
have seen We should like to know
what authority Mr.. Finley has for
saying that the inventor Of the gin
made his first machine in Augusta
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Norfolk's Harbor.
,he wall Street Journal says:

The Wall Street Journal says:
"While the coming naval display at
the Jamestown Exposition will afford
tionally fine opportunity to exhibit
those OF other countries. and Incl
dentally increase our pride In the
American navy it Will be a chance for
this country to show to the world a
harbor Of which 1T Is justly proud. With
the possible exception of New York,
Halifax and San Francisco, the har
Dor of Norfolk and the, adjacent waters
OF Hampton Roads and James River
is probably the finest on the North
American continent"
Very true, and the L James, which
unites with the Elizabeth and the
Nansemond in. forming Hampton Roads,
is one of the noblcst streamsg.,in the
world tits navigable for large ships
many milesiup, ana withta little dredg
ing here and there twould be naviga-
Bile for large ships all the way to Rich
mond. The James has a peculiar claim
upon the affections of this nation ana
upon it's bounty. We hope that tho
exposition will have the effect to create
n strong popular sentiment in its be-
half, and that the government will de-
termine to give it ship channel from
the falls at Richmond to It's mouth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
ASK For NEW HEARING
FOR JAMES WRIGHT
{ltroln our negular Commencement,

WASHINGTON, b. C.. March 10
James e. Clements, counsel for James
Thomas, alias Wright, OF Alexandria
county. convicted of q criminal assault
upon Miss Mabel Rlsley, OH September
9TH, at Luna Park, announced tonight
that The would present to the Supreme
Court OF Appeals next Saturday a petit
ton to rehear the application OF
Court, with four judges present, re-
fused the application II few days ago.
Judge Harrison Will be present on Sat-
urday, Mr.. Clements thinks, and he
trial
Judges Whittlo and Cardwell were
for another trial when the former PEE
tltiOh was presented. Mr.. Clements
Ing the negro, but he says he vii
spare no personal expense to exhaust
every method to save him, III he be-
lievcs he lis Innocent OF the crime.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Whitney and His Gin.

In recent ap.seh delivered in Au
Eusta, President Finley, of the south.
aern Railway Company, said thai 1T
was here that Ell Whitney invented
the cotton-gin and first put 1t nto
use."
II that statement is correct, all our
reference books are at fault They ali
agree that Whitney made his invention
at the home Of the widow or General
Nathaniel Green's, near Savannah,
Whitney WAS a native of Massaeha
Setts. but in 1902 went to Georgia
under an engagement AZ privatt
tvtar: but on arrival found that th'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
MERELY JOKING.

Whewl
~. ",wel,s y. ssia he. anxious . make UP
rious to know whats IN this parcel 2"
Not Very replied his wife, indifferent
,est well 81 ~ is something for the ono love
"Ah! 1 suppose It's those now collars
you said YOU ded."---r,t-Bits.
Not Marked Down.
carr J '''e
You'd have to.''--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In Days Of Old.
The baronet strobe up to tho hostelry In
What wisl,est thou of us this dayY" they
asked him.
What do / wish this daye" he repeated.
why, a knights ng.'--Baltimore
American. f
A Stepping stone.
Couldn't tho President give you a Job ~
well, he offered TO make me chief en-
get something Observation-Disclosures ton Her
Not Bad, EiS,er,
80 are you Beneath mine. and I'm piling
on moro every Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
Not to Keep.
II notice, major" said the lnqusitive
man. that you always take your whiskey
straight Don't you Ke1ruckians ever put
water in your liquor?"
Some kentucklans do, suh,' replied
Major Bluegrass.
Indeed ~ 3fs G ue
yes, sub; but ley sell it"-Philadel-
. u IE 5t ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20

tim, past had been in very sa,ioua
COZ dt,on. The nature OF the oScratioa
was not made public.
Thomas Bailey Aldricn was boa nj
Portsmouth, N. H., November Il, 1886,
ana was graduate Of Harvard Col.
5legc He held editorial positinrs on
the New York Evening Mirror, the
Home Journal and the illustrated News
unit 1865, and from that year unit
1874 conducted Every Saturday. pub
lishea, in Boston. He edited tne At
lnntic Monthly, of Boston. from 1881
to 1890. He was the author OF many
bncks Of fiction and poetry. MI. .A'di
SON. 81 VA saE ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Mrs. r. D. Lewis.
speclaI to The Tines- pispatch 4

~ [spcCTUI 10 IHe IITlus-DTHpntCH.1 - ~
WINCHESTER, VA, March 19.-Mrs
Rebecca d. Lewis. one Of tho oldest
residents OF Winchester. died to-day
at her home. after protractcd sick
ness, aged eighty-seven years. She
had been member OF Grace Lutheran
Church over sixty years. She was tho
widow OF John Lewis. and leaves three
sons and four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Charles, of Wtnchestcr, Frederick, OF
Harrisonburg. Va; Mrs. Florence Snapp
and Mrs. John Singer, OF Stanton. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Give Piano Recital.

FORK UNION. VA. March 1s--4k
large and cultured audience attended
last night the pupils piano recital OF
the Fork Union Academy. a. very en-
joynb)c program was rendered, tho fol-
lowing young ladies taking part.
Misses Marie Payne. Vera Snead,
Ruth snead, Mary snead, Amanda
Pitts, Rosn.ie Sncnd. Gay Vaughan,
Mariana Ruckcr, Elizabeth Thomas.
Willie Bryant and Marian Norvcll.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
General John Moore.

WASHINGTON, March 1a-Briga-
dier-Gencral John Moore. United States
Army (rctired), former Surgeon Cen
cral OF the army, died in Washington
yesterday, aged eighty-one years.
General Moore was a native of In
diana. and served at the head of tho
medical department OF the army from
1856 to 1890
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-20
Robert p. Meadows.
Especial to The Times. Dispatch j


PAMPL1N CITY, VA, March TO-
Mr.. Robert p. Meadows, aged seventy
six years, died here at his residence
yesterday morning, after few days.
Illness, from that insidious disease.
known as la grippe. Mr.. Meadows was In
the War between the States from tho
beginning to its close in Company II,
Eighteenth Virginia Regiment. He
was a good soldier and was one OF
"the bravest OF tho brave"
This cout,ty-Appomatto which
he spent his life. is'the place OF his
nativity, and for many years he has
resided in this town, whcro in 1856 he
became sectlonmnster for the Norfolk
and Western Railroad, which position
he held to the time OF his death. He
was q worthy Master Mason, n member
OF Southside Lodge. holding tho same
office for many years. that OF junior
deacon, because his modesty would not
allow him to crafty the wishes OF
his brethren in exaltlng him to any
higher Office He never missed attend
ing his lodge meetings. eXcep. for good
reason.
He was also good member OF the
Methodist Church here, upon the SER
vices OF which he always attended
when not provldentially prevented. He
was buried In the family cemetery to-
day At 2 =. NJ, funeral services being
conducted by Rev. A. L. Carson, his
pastor.
He leaves four children--Mrs. Lacy
w. Thornton. William and Edgar OF
this city. and Mrs. j. d. Peasants, OF
Lynchburg--to mourn their loss.