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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
Light on the sIysteryy.

ST. PAUL. MINI, septemer "a.
J. 3. Covington. of this city. whose
firms letter paper was found in the
trunk said:
Edith CoyIngtpn. aged twenty five.
and Frank Covington. aged twenty
two, were brother and sister. and were
raised by their grandparents in Cat
stlettsburg, KY.
After they had grownAup they paid
me visit, and the boy left here for
San Francisco. While he was there his
sister, who was still here. received a
letter saying he was going to the
Klondike. That was the last we heard
from the young man. Later Edith
married. and is now living in Ruther
Glen, Va. We have not heard from
her directly. but few days ago a
letter came to her here from Seattle.
and we forwarded it to her. ! pre-
sumo that while Edith was here She
wrote to her brother on ethe FIRMS
paper, and that may explain how the
letter got into the trunk. Our theory
is that Frank left his trunk behind
him when he went to the Kfondike,
and it may have. fallen into other
hands. The boy always bore an eS-
cellent reputation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
TROY CAPITALISTS. HERE.
they VIII BE Dldders

Reported That They Will BE bidders
~ On Street halfway Preperty.F
Mr.. Edward Alurry, OF Troy. IN! ~ eW
York, president. OF the Murry Trust
COMPANY, and Mr.. Frank p. HOWE,
tpresident of the Manufacturers ma
ifional Bank Of Troy. were in thu. city
Yesterday, and stopped at the Jeffer-
son until last night when they ieIt e
for the North. Both were in consulta-
ton last might with their local coun-
sell sell Hon. d. q o'Flaherty, with refer
ence to the affairs Of the Virginia
passenger and Power Company, IN
which 1t is understood they are Alarse
stockholders. They We're present at
a. hearing yesterday before Judge a;
IT. Holladay, special master, appointed
Nv Judge a. Edmund Waddill, In the re-"
|csiyership matter, and paid due at
tention to what was going on. It was Wtl
reported last night that the Troy cap
italists would probably be bidders on
the property when 1t Is put up tor Et,
Isale, for
Mt least month. Judge rs olladay
said last night he would make an el.
fort to file his, report to the court ,uI
within thirty days. but he Is not al lto,
Eether certain about this. AS special
master. he has ,,ay great dea! 9 e eva
dence to take, and much o fit IS Vol VOL
luminous. y 4.
l.T5irhe various attorneys appeared be,
t1fore him mlSyesterday in this case put
lthe chief testimony was given by the
Rowling Green Trust Company. which
la one Of the leading platntiffs IN
y 20 re G ~ u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
PICKETT's NIECE WEEDS
Romantic Marriage on the Historic
Gettysburg Battlefield.

WASHINGTON, September 2S.--So
carefully concealed were the facts that
came publicly known that Miss Mary
S. Toddhunter, niece OF General
Pickett, of Confederate Army fame,
was recently married on the summit
OF Little Round Top, Gettysburg, Pa,
to Captain Hiram Johnson. OF the
United States Weather Bureau.
The principals in the wedding had
for some years been occupants Of res
Sidences at No. 1921 and 1871 Sixteenth
Street, Northwest. !,
1T was in5no sense an elopement,"
said Captain Johnson. Il was dele-
gate to the convention of the Union
Veteran Legion, and Miss Toddhunter
was at the time visiting relatives In
Gettysburg. We simply decided to be
married. and agreed upon'th field @ OF
gettysburg as most appropriate for the
ceremony In view Of the fact that It
was on that battlefield that the uncle
of Miss Toddhunter, nav Mrs. john
son, made the most famous. charge in
the history Of the Civil War.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
sTABs SELF WITH KNIFE
Prominent Charlotte Merchant Thus
SooI-s 10 INn.l Life

Prominent Charlotte Merchant Thus
Seeks to End Life.
CHARLOTTE, n. c., September pa
w. N. Mullen. well-knoWn merchant
and manufacturer of proprietary
reemdy. attempted suicide at his home
early this morning by stabbing him
self over the heart with a butcher
knife. Missing him from their room
Mrs. Mullen began search and found
her husband lying on thesdining-room
floor unconscious and with blood flow
ing from a wound near the heart. He
was removed to the Presbyterian Hos
pital, where physicians hold out slight
hopes. Acute melancholia, superin-
duced by close confinement and the
illness of his wife. is given as the
cause OF the rash deed. The Mullens
are prominent in church work and
socially.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
LOCK CLERK RIFLES DRAWER
DnnyilIe Hotel BcliI,oy Locks Clerk In
9sai and Gets the Cash. 59s Z

Dnnyillc Hotel Belihoy Locks Clerk In
and Gets the Cash.
DANVILLE. VA, September o3,-The
cash drawer Of the Morgan Hotel was
rlfled about o'clock this morning
nv Matthias: .yans. n negro bellboy,
who locked Ernest Adams, the night
clerk, In n room. Adams left the me-
gro sitting in q chair In the office,
and presumed he was asleep. Step
ping in q room, no sooner had he
closed the door behind him than he
heard a click, After much trouble tha
finally succeeded I'm getting out by
breaking i open a rear window, When
he returned he found that the bell-
hoy had broken up the cash drawer
The thief secured about sl3aibut In
his haste to get away, left snearl that
y amount untouched, si II SaSS s3sssG
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
GIVE BOND FOR SIX MILLION.
Two officers of Standard Oil Give Sc
s curity for ATpenl.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 2s--Wil-
Liam Rockefeller and John p. Arch
bold, Vice presidents OF the Standard
oil Company OF New Jersey, have been
accepted by the United States Circuit
Court as slreties on the two bonds OF
the Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
given fer the supersedeas. pending the
appeal OF the company from the recent
Bine imposed by Judge Lands, The
two bonds aggregate $4,000, 900, and one
for S$4,oo0.00O, covering the property Of
the standard Oil Company of Indiana
lat Whiting, and tho other for $4,000
COO covering the company holdings
toutsideNof Whiting, @ s III n gf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
Letter From Woman at
Ruther Glen is Found
With the Body
LETTERS. MAY BE
CL UE TO MYSTERY
One Signed Edith and Written
on Stationery Of Minneapolis
Firm, Head Of Which
Tells Her. Name
and That Of
Brother.

SEATTLE, WASH, September %
The body OF an unknown girl. about
eighteen years old. was found in a
trunk yesterday on the beach about
two miles south of Elliott Bay. In
the. trunk were two letters. one of
which was written on a letter head
of J. B. Covington Fuel Feed and Haul
ing Company, ST. Paul, Mimi. and was
signed Edith.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
WILL HAVE NO STRIKE
Two Southern Operators Arc Rein
stated and No Trouble Expected.
[speelal 10 -The Tlmes, ,pIspatch.l

Specialize The Times Dispatch
: ATLANTA, GA. September 23,-
There was no walk-out Of the Order
Of the Railway Telegraphers on the
Southern Railway to-day, owing TO,
the fact that some agreement has
been reached by which the two opera
tors who had been let out by the
Southern. have been reinstated. Oper-
ator Flint, at Lula, returned to the
KEY Sunday. and tomorrow Operator
Benton, at Cornelia, will return. Some
agreement has been reached with the
men. by which they are thoroughly
satisfied to resume work in their old
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-24
CRUSHED BY FALLING BOX.
Young Railroad Man Loses Life While
Handling Express.

Especial to The e5rimes-Dispatch.l
DANVILI4E, VA. 3Sentember 23.---Wal-
ter Gibson, Il white man about twenty
two years of age, who has been ems
ployed as brakeman for the Danville
and Western Railway, Was Instantly
killed MT Spray, N. G.. While assisting
in unloading the. train of some EN-
press, A heavy box IN some manner
fell ON his chest, crushing him to DEATH
Gibson resided at lxaksville. n, Gu
and leaves a young wlfN. "A q.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
ALL HARMONY In
TRI-STATE LEAGUE
Manager Look After Players;
Carpenter Will Be Re-
elected

TRENTON. Feb. AT the meeting
Of tho Tri-S State League yesterday
every club owner was looking for q
deal by which he could strengthen his
team. All the managers Of the league
We're present except Weigand. Of York
John j. Carney, who win manage the
Trenton team, was on hand early look
ing for players from other Tri-State
teams that might be in the market.
Pete Cassidy, who has played with Jer-
sey City for the past seven years, and
who win act as manager for the VIII
minston Club. was also inquiring about
players. Manager Wolverton, of Will
Transport is very we'll satisfied with
the men he has under contract hut he
and Arthur Irwin, manager of the AL
toona Club, tried to make a deal where
by an exchange Of players might be Of
mutual benefit Clarence Foster, who
has recently been selected TO manage
the Lancaster Club, was looking for a
catcher and two or three pitchers.
Otherwise Foster thinks he has a
strong team to represent the Red
Roses this year.
The league will get down to business
to-day. There is a volume of old busi-
ness to transact before the new mem-
bers, Trenton and Wilmington, are ad-
mitted. This gathering is really the
annual meeting OF the Tri-State, and
among other things President Carpen-
ter will present his yearly report. After
ell Of the business of the last baseball
year has been transacted. Trenton and
Wilmington will be admitted, and then
wlil follow the election of officers for
the ensuing year. Charles Carpenter,
the present executive, will bee lected
unanimously SO impartially correct
and businesslil1e has President Car
penter directed the affairs of the Trl-
state League igor the past two years
that he has no opposition for re-elec-
tion.
A schedule will most likely be con-
sidered at this meeting, although no
definite information will be given out.
The championship season will probably
begin the last week in April. President
Carpenter may announce his umpire
staff before the meeting adjourns. Il
can safely be said that no league in
the country will have better staff
than the Tri-State. From present in
dications President Carpenter win have
George Bauswine, August Moran ana
Tom Connors as umpires, with still am
other t~-be decided on later.
A feature Of the meeting viii be a
dinner to the Tri-State magnates to-
night at the Trenton House by Colonel
Lewis Perrine. the owner Of the Tren-
ton franchise.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
GAVE HER BABY TO A BEAR

ALTON, Va, Feb. 2.-During the IN.
tense cold of the last few days wild ami
mails from the mountains were forced
down 10 the settlements for food.
Mrs. James Ingram late on Thursday
afternoon started for the home OF a
neighbor, carrying her baby. It was
agreed that her husband should meet her
at a fence near n small body Of woods
take the child and go with her the rest
Of the way. The woman started later than
she intended, and it was dark and cold
when she reached the fence. where she
saw, dimly, a figure on the other side
She called her husband by name and
handed over the infant To her astonish-
ment the figure disappeared without a
word taking the baby with it.
Next morning the tracks OF an immense
bear were found leading on through the
woods and upward toward the mountain.
No sign was ever seen of the infant.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
d nlavers were moi to hlame.

The players were not TO blame.
Both DUPONT and Rink won O.
"Are the polo teams playing accord
ing to rulesg" Yes, MOI
Tumbles and knockdowns were nu-
merous.
cramer did some hard. but fair check
ing.
Weldon got the bah out Of q scrim-
mage and sneaked IL by Henry
Lenderman can certainly get the ball
away from his opponents.
Stevens once carried the ball clear
up to the cage. but a pretty stop by
Henry prevented "a score
watch Me Ladies' Bradley" says no
one will boost him. "Will some one
.nlcase send him an Evening Journal.
Several OF the players noticeably
Simpson. lacked dash and spirit
Roy Kaiser's work last night showed
some Improvement.
Demerest is ono Of the hardest work
ing half backs IN the league.
Bobby Reed has left the city and Or
ange has lost a good player
Mahafy is the most aggressive player
In tho league.
Frank Traynor is a capable referee.
It's an very fine to be "a ''worshipped
hero" but worship won't get you three
meals a day or pay Doctors bills, either
II at the end Of two l5-minute halves
the score IS a tie, five minutes extra
should be enough to satisfy both play
ers and spectators.
The managers OF baseball clubs on
the owners OF the grounds have nc
jurisdiction over the umpire. The same
rule applies TO polo and all other
games.
There Is no truth in the report circu-
lated the other day that the fremont
team has disbanded. fremont viii be
in line 10 the finish.
The officials OF the Polo League had
better get together and live up to the
rules adopted several weeks ago.
How does this team look? Landel
goal: Roberts, half back; Tomlinson
centre. Mahaffy and prentiss. rushes
II looks good from here.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
SLAB VETERANS
FAST DISAPPEARING

There is quite a chance for some pitch
-ers to receive a thorough trying out In the
American League the coming season.
In the first place. when the American
League became the power that It is in
baseball, II grabbed a number Of the star
twiriers OF the National League. These
veterans are now beginning to near the
end Of their days in fast company, In
fact. quite q few Of them have already
started to think OF other pursuits than
baseball.
Henley and Conklcy are through at
Philadelphia, Frank Donahue has QUIT De-
troit, Johnny Townsend has been sent to
the minors. Frank Kitson and Tom
Hughes are about all IN, while others
showed last season that they lacked their
former aclivcness. Pitchers will certainly
be I'm demand.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
BOXING.

Young Earne of Philadelphia, is out
with a def TO meet Joe Cans.
Nevada boxing promoters are anxious
to bring Joe Cans and Battling Nelson
together again.
The Gans-B Britt fight is likely to be
called off.
Unk Russell and ATnby McGarry will
clash at the National A. c., OF Phila-
delphia, tonight.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
LVCEURa THEATRE
COMEDY THEATRE
4O2 MARKET sTREET-

4o2 MARKET STREET.
W. o. Hyrap. General Manager
Commencing Thursday January 81:
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.
Sportsmen and the Lion.
And the Villain Still Pursued Her.
illustrated Songs, sung by Hugh Brain
ard.
Adults. 10 cents: children. 5 cents
Matinees, 1.30 p. IN. sc to all
Evenings. $50 p. m.
This building is thoroughly heated.
Come in and walt for your car.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
Ms. AdaIIne PaImatory pead.

While visiting at the home OF nef
daughter at Lansdowne, on Wednesday
Mrs. Adaline Palmatory, an old resident
of this city, died after brief Illness. She
is survived by four children, Mrs. Emma
Aydon and j. E. Palmatory. OF Winning
ton, and Mrs. ANNE Hendrickson and
Sarah Meredith, of smyrna at which
place the interment VIII take place.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
GOLDEN EAGLES
ON The ALLEYS
Last Nights Games We're Very
Interesting on Account Of
ClOSeneSS

Clubs Of Crusaders Castle. Knights
OF the Golden Eagle spent a very pleas
ant evening on the alleys last night.
The knights, Chevallers and Esquires
won three games each from the Her
mits, Pilgrims and Crusaders respect
lively. The games were mostly close.
and therefore very interesting. Tho
scores rolled follow.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
BASEBALL.

Coakley has not been engaged to
coach Penn's ball candidates.
Hans Wagner holds the record for
long distance throwing. and was made
IN Louisville, in 1898. He put the bail
1876 yards feet.
The Wilmington High School Will
have a fast team this season.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02

n nOCKsTADER's GARRICK THEATRE
- Always the Best Show in Town.
Week Commencing Monday, January 2S:
Laskey. Rolfe & Co. s Big Novelty
T II i NJ NJ Il n A p II o N e,
THE MANHATTAN FOUR,
WILL II. FOX, THE FOUR MASONS,
THE DARROWs. THE HURLEYS,
MISS MONA EMERALD.
DALE & ROSSI,
AND THE KINETOGRAPH.
Afternoons at 2.15; Evenings at Sic.
Prices 25c. 35c and SOC. Box Seats 75c.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
PILGRIMS.
CHEVALIERs.
SOCCER FOOTBALL.

Weather permitting. the Wilmington
and Wilmington United Association
football teams win play at Front and
Union streets grounds this afternoon.
The game Is down TO begin at o'clock.
Admission, Is cents; ladies free.
Evening journal., 1907-02-02
DUPONT AND RINK
PLAY TIE GAME
Players and Spectators Dis
pleased on Account Of No
Extra Time Being Allowed

The polo contest at the Rink last
night between the DUPONT and Rink
nves ended in very unsatisfactory
manner, both to spectators and play
ers ithe score being I TO 7.
on last Tuesday night when az the
cnd Of two 15-minute halves fremont
and Orange were tie al one goal an
official OF the rink sanctioned the
umers whom they allowed the contest
10 run twenty-threc minutes overtime
an order TO declare a winner AZ the
END the members Of both teams were
conapletoly exhausted. and one or two
players have not yet recovered from
tho effects.
The rink official. when asked why ne
rnrfnittcd the contest to run so long,
said the spectators wished H. Last
nicht. when at the end Of the Two
halves. DUPONT and Rink were tie, ana
despite the wishes Of the players TO
t,ontnue. this same rink official or
riered the game stopped and gave as ms
reason for doing so that the spectators
didn't want IT, Polo is a very strenu-
nus game. and those who play q have
had about enough at the end of thirty
minutes. but II two teams are compelled
10 play overtime. certainly two other
rlabs should be allowed TO. Spectators
want TO see fair play and win not toll
crate for one instance seeing fish made
b fsone clubs and flesh OF the other.
The game itself was "a little on the
hing-bang order. and when compares
with recent contests was rather tame
eevefai l,nockdowns and tumbles being
Hho only exciting feature.
dupont displayed the best team
rouk. and played fairly good game
keeping the Rink FIVE on the defensive
throughout Goal tender Bradley was
hhere with the goods. duPonts rushes
honibarded the cage with fusilage OK
shots but he stood up well under the
koileys and only one got by Demeres1
rupported him An grand style. stevens
iplaved remarkably well. doing most al
the floor work for his team. Mahaily
as usual did the brunt Of the work iof
,dupont but his shots at the cage wefe
NOT as accurate as heretofore. Lender
man and Kaiser followed the bali in
rood style. while Cramer at haf
played the game OF his life. The teams
lined Up as follows:
dupont hhN'
Henry. .... ........ goal. .Bradle,
kramer 49,. D.. ..halfbacl .Domafes
Aiahaffy ... o.. centre. ,.....W Weldoi
Lcnderman O.. ....frst rush.. Simpson
ICaiser.. second rush .....- stevens
Goals. Lendorman. Weldon; referee
Traynor
NOTES OF THE GAME.
A very unsatisfactory contest
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-20
THE ANTI-GAMBLING BILL
WHICH FOSTERS GAMBLING

The Santa Fe correspondent OF the
Albuquerque Journal has the follow
ing to say of one of the fake bills pro-
The bill which it is proposed to
pass, as now drawn, introduced yes
terday) provides that licensed gam
bling shall be abolished. Sc far so
good. The licensed privilege is with
drawn and gambling is placed out
talked of revenue for the school fund
is cut out. Then the bill provides that
gambling shall be prohibited.
And here comes in the Alladin's
lamp, with which the gamblers will
open the way to continued and great
er liberty n prosperity for them
selves and for the politicians who
propose to protect them and gather
from them campaign contributions
with which to continue the protection.
THE bill as now drawn will pro-
vide that for violation of the law pro-
hibiting gambling there shall be a
fine of not less than $50 nor more
than $4OO, and that such fine shall be
levied only after Indictment and tri-
al and conviction in the district court;
provided sutherland here is the
wonderful feature of the proposed law
to prohibit gambling-that no more
than one indictment shall be return
ed against any gambler at any given
term of court. 1t is an interesting
prospect.
There are in the several counties
of New Mexico two terms of district
court in each year. Under this pro-
posed law a gambler Or the owner
of a gambling house could be fined
at the maximum but $500 a year. Hav-
ing paid these two fines of $500 each
providing always the maximum fine
were assessed, he could run not n
gambling house, but a dozen, not one
table for roulette and faro and dice,
but twenty tables; and he would be
absolutely free to do so. Having his
share in the election of district at
torneys under the proposed district
attorney bill, he would throw in his
reNeHueS WITH InoSe POLITICIANS WHO
would accept them, for the election
of a district attorney who would not
prosecute. if he became weary of pay
ing the $500 maximum fine-less than
the license now paid by most of the
better class of gambling houses in
this Territory.
This is the plan, as nearly as can
be learned. by which it is proposed
to suppress gambling in New MeXi-
CO."
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-20
USE FOR THE OLD PALACE.

AS stated in these columns when
the matter was first proposed, the
Morning Journal is cordially in favor
of deciding the "old palace" to the
United States government to be used
as a national archaeological museum.
The old building has a history with
which is intertwined many of the
most important events in the settle
ment and civilization of the south
west; to permit the venerable pile
to fall into decay, or to be given over
to the base uses of ordinary business
would be little shor of sacrilege. and
would reflect unfavorably upon the
people of New Mexico.
The city of Santa Fe, itself, is n
of the most conspicuous historical
landmarks on the North American
continent. 1t has many features which
deserve a good deal more attention
than they receive at the hands of our
modern utilitatian legislatures. and
the body now in session could not
do anything hat would reflect more
credit upon its membership than TO
give a little proper attention to the
matter of guarding and protecting
these historic relics, in accordance
with the better and finer sentiment
of the age.
If our legislatures. during the last
eight sessions, had taken the money
given to various grafters, or used for
c~orrupting ignorant people under
guise of giving them work as extra
employees and had devoted the same
to improving and identifying the
many naturally attractive features of
our territorial capital, they would
ave made an investment that would
not only have benefited our posterity
a thousand fold. but would have add
ed a bright pas instead of a plot to
our history.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-20
AFRAID OF THE LIGHT.

Since the action OF the New Mexico
house of representatives in excluding
the correspondent of the Albuquerque
Journal was no doubt suggested by
the action of the Kansas senate in
excluding reporters of the Kansas
City Times aid Star, the following
editorial from the Times will in ma
ny respects apply to the New Mexico
situation:
THE plain Identification of the
bright notion of s~uppressing free
speech i'll the Kansas senate with
the members who are juggling with
bills designed to make the railroads
behave, makes the senate an especially
interesting object of observation.
And. also. the proposition to exclude
from that body reporters who are able
to give to it's proceedings a wider
publicity in Kansas and elsewhere
than could be given them through any