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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
ABRAHALL FAMILY.
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John, married ---- Woods.
Christian. married William Hamblin.
Lewis, married Sally Green
Panthea. married Richard Boyd.
Blair, married Elizabeth Hatcher.
second marriage of Blair to Della
Hatcher
spottswood. married Polly Marshall.
Matilda, married Alexander Boyd;
Harriet died In infancy.
1888"
He married secondly, Elizabeth Har-
rison. cousin to General William III.
Harrison. November IL. 1888.
Children.
III. Harrison, married Catherine Blu
ford.
Peyton Randolph. married Jane Sc
well.
Jean Blair. married Colonel William
Eaton, of North Carolina.
Martha. married Grandson Field;
second husband John Fefld.
His wife Elizabeth died November
10. 1924"
Erected by j. S, r.. Burwoll, aided
by relatives"
This ancient burying ground IS sit
uated on commanding eminencs annie
cluster Of trees of different varieties
The Enclosure has long since dsap.
peared. Pines and cedars have takey
possession of tho surroundings and give
a solcmnity to the secluded spot. The
pefiwin1tIe creeps out from amid do
cayed fallen limbs and ,indergrawt tn
The land around is untitled. There i,
no human habitation in view. THE
Winds whistle over and the rains ial
upon a dreary and desolatc place.
The old mansion of twenty rooms
where once hospitality and festivitie.
had their abode, was long since con
sumed by fire. Scarcely a. brick re-
mains Of it's massive chimneys. Al
are leveled to the earth. The ma,
jestic oaks of the avenue have beer
shattered by tho lightning AMI up
rooted by the storms. and
Not n rose of the wilderness caa y,
seem
To tell where the garden has been"
Cypress trees, said to have beer
brought by Colonel Burwell from tide
water and planted over a century ago
grow near the old spring. The land j.
owned by strangers.
In tho male line there arc few by thu
name of Burwell In the county o.
Mecklcnbnrg, and the sword worn b,
Colonel Lewis Burwcll while command
ing a Virginia regiment in the arm,
of Washington Is now in tho posses
sion of the family of resident of Thu
place. a descendant of the old hero.
1t has been calculated that the dc
| scendants of this old patriot of TIN
Revolution now number over 5000
4 and scattered all over the Unite
states.
Colonel Samuel Goode. who Marie
the oldest daughter was a membe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
EIolIaday.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir-The Thomas Holiday
who was living in James City county,
Va, in 1925. and shortly afterward
moved to Chowan county, N. c., where
The died. leaving a will In 1744 was
not the son or grandson of Captain
John Holiday who went to King and
Queen county about 1909, dying in
1742 in that part of King and Queen,
which in 1921 was cut off into Spot
sylvania Oates not exactly known).
AS before stated Thomas Holiday
married in 1882 Mary Hinton, widow OF
Colonel John Hinton. Sr. She had
eleven children, as APPEARS by will of
Colonel Hinton of date 1881, In which
they are named. Thomas Holiday
had been previously married. and at
the time OF his marriage with Mrs.
Hinton had several married children.
He was born not later than 1890. and
possibly between 1870 and 1880. maxi
ing 1t impossible for him to have
been a grandson of Captain John
John Holiday, and is nota named
among his sons. 1t seems there was
a John Holiday living In King Will
liam county, Va, In 1925 who may
have been the ancestor of some who
7 ARE enormously alleged to be descend
ants of Captain John; be good enough
to look for me another John. He APP
pears to be badly needed.
The Captain Thomas G. Holiday
mentioned by Major Charles NJ. Sted-
man, of Greensboro. N. c., In his ad-
dress to the Alumni of the University of
North Carolina on June Sd instant, was
the eldest brother Of Mrs. Mcfarland,
OF Aberdeen, Miss. An effort is being
made to erect a monument to Captain
Holiday upon the university lawn by
the student graduates, to commemo-
rate his heroic death at tho battle Ut
the Wilderness, May s. 1864. Captain
Holiday graduated In the literary de-
partment OF the University OF North
Carolina in 1850. Upon the breaking
out Of the war he left with his COM
pany for Virginia in April, 1861.
In this case the name is spelled with
an 81" instead OF a.. but as was re-
quently done. the 81 or ~" In the
name was the original spelling. who'll,
was dropped for "a"eby many branches
but were really of the same stock.
Yours, 3. Nc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15

epic Stunt Clnercs Nlasnl ct Boni
EIominisn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-15
nPocahontas.v

4
Dear friends; when YOU are speakng
Somewhere In this monumental world.
Don't forget to mention that beautiful
Indian girl.
CHORUS.
Powhatan.
And the guardian angel OF this land
Don't forget about the providential
That directed without harm
Captain Newport and his crew
Into the Powhatan River and country
q grandeur,
Where Poca., the Indian princess. was
As Wildwood flower, hut the sweetest
Don't forget they voted to harbor in
When.they came to peninsula of lux
urious green,
Where the white man,never trod before,
For the shady trees were singing with
the breeze.
Poca. is your guardian angel. don't be
afraid to land.
peace she will demand.
4.
Dent forget the English landed
In sixteen and seven and planted
In the month OF May, on the 1sth day,
In honor to the same crown.
A colony. and called It Jamestown,
CHORUS.
Where Poca., that dear and blessed girl.
Attracted the attention of this world.
Don't forget that history
Records the capture of Smith on the
Chickahominy.
And how his life was saved
BY the beautiful Poca.. so many times
and ways;
For no matter how dark the night or
stormy the land.
Jamestown knew of the willy chiefs
plan.
CHORUS.
For Poca., with tears in her eyes.
Would warn them of danger, like an
angel from the skies.
ROBERT HARVIEs CLARKE,
the Indian Poet,
OF LIoyds. Essex County. Va.
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OF Lucernc." commcmoratIng the. BRAY
lion on the mound OF Waterloo. mark
ing the defeat and fall OF the greatest
of soldiers; the stone lions Of Trafalgar
Square. guarding England's great adj
miral: the sorely- wounded marble llor
In the Piazza CavUur, that tells a pa
trlotc story. These cited instances
suggest to the writer that the fiftittt
anniversary Of Sharpsburg, or Antie-
tam, should witness a noble mound or
the site OF the old Dunkard church
surmounted with a huge lion In bronze
or, stone, attcsting and perpetuating
the tried vaior and heroism OF Ameri-
can soldiery.
Company 3. Fifteenth Virginia In
fantry.
Richmond. September Is. 1907.
Note-The facts and figures givcr
in the above anniversary notice yer,
fully justify the writer, and very
strongly support his suggestion as Il
H. heroic monumental lion In bronze OF
stone. to be placed on an imposing
mound raised on the site OF the OLE
Dunkard Church. all in commcmoratior
of the battle OF Siiarpsburg. or Antie
tam, the game TO be completed In the
next five years, and dedicated on thu
hftieth anniversary OF the great battle
September IL. 1912
The expense should be borne jointly
by North and South. since the rnonu
ment viii not commemorate a victory
but a great and indicative battle tough
by two armies OF American soldfery
T.. a. *.
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QUERIES AND LETTERS.

Mr.. Editor,-Will you please give
the genealogy Of the .Hotte' or
"Kotte" family. My great grandfather
came from France the latter part of
the eighteenth century. during the
Revolutionary war. He married a
Miss Slede, Of Louisa county.
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Roseiand, Va.
This name Hottie" or Kotte' is no.
whore found among our records. 1t
Is of French origin and no doubt was
one OF the Huguenot refugees to this
country. We hope to find something
further of them.
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COL. LEWIS BUlNWELI., or STONE-
LAND, MECKLENBURG co, VA.
A Unique and Lengthy InscriAtion on
,TOmbstOnc.

A Unique and Lengthy InscriAtion ON
Tombstone.
CHASE CITY, VA, September a.
Recently numerous inquiries have hcen
made for the exact inscription on a
tombstone near here, In an old grave
yard of hero OF the American Revo-
luton, where he and his family lived
over century ago. Tho old place is TO
this day called "Stoneland" and about
three miles north of this town.
The old patriot who lies buried there
was the father OF sixteen children, and
the descendants are now to be found
from Massachusetts to Louisiana anu
from Virginia to California.
AT the head OF his grave, against q
large elm tree. rests a slab of white
marble, six feet high. three feet wide
and about four Inches thick, upon
which is carved in letters. now plainly
alegible the following:
"GENERIs"
epic Stunt Clnercs Nlasnl ct Boni
Hominis."
Colonel Lewis Burwell of Stoneland,
son OF Armlstcad Burwcll and Chris
etian Blair. his wife, horn IN Williams
burg. September a6th. t745, and died
July I'd, 1900. Commanded u Regi-
mcnt in. the War of the Revolution,
Fourteen years ~ lnember OF the VIE
GINA Legislatures, Married Ann Spotts-
wood, granddaughter OF Alex snotts-
wood, Governor OF virginia. March
Gath, 1865.
Chlllrcn.
Mary. married Colonel Samuel Gootle,
Armistead. married Lucy Grawley. (
Ann, married John Ravenscrpft, Etsh-
on at North Carolina,
Il Elizabeth II. married EldwaId 'rabb,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
WILL MEET FEBRUARY IS.
First Session of Superintendents of
State Institutions.

Announcement was made today by
the board of control that the first quar-
terly conference Of superintendent OF
state institutions, provided for under a
section of the board of control act, will
be held at the board, of control rooms
at the state house on February 13 and
ii, 1908.
The programme will be as follows:
FEBRUARY 1872 P. M.
Different Methods of Management
and Control of State Charitable and
Correctional Institutions-H. c. Bow
man, Newton.
Female Nurses on Male Wards-Dr.
T. c.. Biddle, Topeka.
tuberculosis: Nature, Treatment and
Prevention-Dr. J. D. Van Mugs, Osa-
watomie.
The Present and Future of Industrial
School Pupils-Mrs. Julia B. Perry. Be-
lott.
FEBRUARY 1850 A. M.
The Laboratory in State Hospitals
Dr. j. H Cooper, Topeka.
The Value Of Training the Blind
Prof w. B. Hall Kansas City.
= Business FcoHference.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30

When leave station Topeka roundtrp ticket
When IL
amount entered the Re
ora VIII make entry Rebate Book showing the Total
No Identification Explanation Necessary.
trade and will Of Actual Outlay
refunded Of the
fare
advantage trading Tpeka well
of inducing
do
in such
Of the Rebate Association All
in
matter
at small
Just like rent lighting clerk hire In fact
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TAFT TO PREACHERS.
The Secretary Addresses 400 Ministers
i'm Boston.

Boston, Dec. 30.-Progress in the
Philippines politically. educationally
and sanitary, all tending toward ulLf-
mate self government was the basis
of the address of Secretary of War
William H. Taft before 400 Boston
ministers this forenoon. It was Secre-
tary Taft's first public utterance since
the completion of his tour around the
world, as we'll as the first of three ad-
dresses he was to make in Boston to-
day. Secretary Taft spent consider
able time in refuting the arguments
of the socalled anti-imperialists. the
majority of whom he seemed to think
belonged in Boston. He said that with
only per cent of the inha bitants of
the Philippines sufficiently educated
to understand self government. it
over at this time. He placed ultimate
self government not earlier than
generation or perhaps two of them.
He said that great progress had been
made in the last five years, but that
the movement of education was held
back by lack of funds. He hoped that
the islands would not be given up en-
tirely to the sugar or tobacco industry
because both were controlled more or
less by policies of the business world.
He considered that the Hemp industry
was the most lucrative, while he strong
ly advocated the removal of the Amert-
can tariff on sugar and tobacco from
the Philippines. Mr.. Taft was warmly
greeted by the audience and several
leading divfnes who spoke briefly re-
ferred to his political future and ex-
pressed the hope that he might become
president.
The principal object of Mr.. Taft's
visit to Boston was the fulf1llment of
his promise to speak tonight before the
Boston Merchants association.
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PETTIBONE is I'LL.
Trial Is Adjourned Until Tuesday in
Consequence.

Boise, Idaho, Dec. 30.-The illness
of G. A. Pettibone today caused an
adjournment of his trial until tomor-
row morning. Last night Pettibone
became violently i'll and was taken to
a hospital. For time his condition
was extremely critical but today much
improvement in his condition is re-
ported.
Pettibone had been a sick man all
through the trial and has frequently
been taken to the hospital at night
because of his suffering but hereto
fore has been able to appear in court
each day. 1t is thought that his ma
lady is incurab1e and it is regarded
as a question If the trial will ever be
concluded. Judge o. N. Hilton, OF
Denver, was entered as an attorney
for the defense today. He has been
acting as attorney for the Western
Federation of Miners in the Goldf1eld
controversy
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AFTER rs OPERATIONS.
Woman Who Swallowed Gross of
Needles Is Dead.

New York, Dec. 30-Mrs. Mollie Des-
mond, who attempted to commit sui
eide IL months ago, by swallowing a
package OF IA needles, died today af-
ter physicians had made 25 surgical OPP
erations upon her and had removed all
but a dozen of the needles. Domestic
troubles induced Mrs. Desmond to try
this extraordinary method of suicide in
June, 1905, when she swallowed a set
OF needles varying in size from a darn
Ing needle to the smallest used in fine
sewing.
She has been an inmate of a hospi-
tai ever since and the physicians have
made an unceasing search for the nee
dies as they moved about in her body
threatening the vital organs. In all 1872
or them were removed and the doctors
were beginning to believe there was
none remaining when pain in the re-
g1on of the heart warned them that
there was still danger An operation
tailed to disclose the location of the
needle and while they were trying 9TH
er means to find it death interviewed
An autopsy will be made to determine
whether one of the needles penetrated
Mrs. Desmond's heart or whether death
was caused by peritonitis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
ACTION AGAINST JUDGE SMART
Application to Force Him to Grant
Change OF Venue.

An application for a writ of man.
damus to compel Judge C. A. Smart
of the Fourth judicial district to grant
change of venue was filed this
morning in the supreme court by
Mary Alice Hamilton.
The case Is decidedly unique, for if
the court decides to allow the writ.
it means that henceforth no judge
will be qualified to try a damage case
in case he is a resident and taxpayer
in the county or city against which
the case may be filed.
Mary Alice Hamilton sued the city
of Ottawa for damages for personal
injuries. Then she asked Judge
Smart for q change of venue on the
ground that he was q property owner
in Ottawa, and therefore interested in
seeing that the Judgment was not rem
dered against himself. as a taxpayer.
Judge Smart refused to grant
change of venue on these grounds.
The supreme court is now asked to
compel Judge Smart to grant the
change. The attorneys for the plain
tiff are Gamble & Taylor and w. }.
Costigan
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DENOUNCED AS A SCANDAL.
Continued Use of Iroquois Site for 6
Playhouse.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Continued use OF
the site of the Iroquois theater dis
aster for a playhouse was denounced
as a public scandal by speakers at the
anniversary meeting of the IroQuois
Memorial association yesterday.
IT was announced that the per-
manent aim of the association will be
the requirement of the theater and it's
site for the purpose of dedicating the
premises to some other use, preferably
that Of an emergency hospital.
Another announcement was the
forthcoming erection of monument
on the grave in Montrose cemetery Of
the woman who was the sole uniden-
tilted victim of the catastrophe.
The gathering which was attended
by $50 persons. was tre fourth an
nual observance of the day of the
Iroquois tragedy, which occurred four
years ago this afternoon
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MADE CRIMINALS BY SOCIETY
Prof. Scarborough Says Few Negroes
Are Such by Instinct.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-'There are few
negro criminals by instinct. but the
overwhelming number are made
criminals by society," said Prof. w. s.
Scarborough of Wilberforce univer-
sity, imam address last night in Bethel
A. M E. church on '-Cr1me and the
Negro"
.'Our race Is Disseminated against
and our people are forced out of the
best industrial ffelds,' he went on.
1--WE are burned at the stake, lynched,
and hunted, and the negro would be
more than an angel to Withstand
such treatment as that Some of our
enemies are in the pulpits and in high
social and political life. They should
be put in Jail until they learn to keep
the peace"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
LETS FIFTY GO.
Federal Court Quashes All Indict-
ments i'm Coal Land Cases.

Denver, Col, Dec. 30.-Judge r. E.
Lewis of the federal court today
Quashed all indictments and sustained
all the demurrers in coaleland fraud
cases thereby releasing about so
prominent defendants from prosecu-
ton. Recently he quashed the indict-
ments for alleged timber frauds and
today'S action brings to naught the
work of the special grand jury called
last May.
Among the defendants who escape
prosecution are s. w. Keitel and four
teen others of st. Louis comprising
the Yama Coay company: Charles e.
Hurr of Durango; Robert Forester
Salt Lake; BENJAMIN F. Freeman Of
Durango; George Coe Franklin of Du-
range.
The government attorneys gave no
tice that they will take the case to the
United States court of appeals.
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KILLED HIS PATIENT.
Doctor Said to Have Performed Oper.
alton While Insane.

Sulphur, Ok, Dec. 30.-Dr. Henry,
who is charged with the murder OF
Dan Origin, at Crusher, Christmas
day while operating on him. was
brought to Sulphur this morning by
Sheriff Maxwell. It is not believed
the doctor was sane at time OF the
operation. He is apparently in pre-
carious condition. He is in the care
of doctors and guards keep watch
over him. 1t is not known whether
whisky or dope, or from brooding
over some trouble in his past. Letters
found on his person which he had re-
ceived a month ago but had never
brooding over something that had en-
tered his life. The letters also indi-
cate that his former home was in
Pennsylvania and that his father was
federal judge in that state.
1t was developed at the inquest that
while the doctor was lancing rising
on laborer's arm, Dan Origin stag
gered into the doctors office drunk and
fell across a bed. The doctor, after fin
ish1ng the lancing, examined Origin
and concluded that he had been struck
on the head and that an operation was
necessary to save him. Calling in two
men to help in the operation, the doc
tor cut open Origins scalp from the
head, and tore away the scalp from the
skull with his hands. He then took
his probe and hammered it about over
the skull with whetrock trying to find
the imagined fracture. Becoming tired
he sat down and smoked cigarette.
His two helpers at this juncture sus
pected the doctors insanity and were
not able longer to endure the spec
tacle. Leaving the room they raised
an alarm and another doctor was sent
for, but he arrived too late to save
Origins life. He had bled to death.
Origin was in the employ Of the crusher
company as water carrier for the camp.
company owed him $3.50. A coffin was
sent down from Davis at the expense Of
the county and the deceased was bur-
led at Crutcher by his friends. He was
one armed. He formerly lived in
MARYLAND.
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HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF.
Body of 2 Gary. Indiano Man Found
Between the Tracks.

Chicago. Dec 30.-Mystery surrounds
the death of George Widermuth. a hay
and grain dealer at Gary. Ind, whose
body was found between the tracks of
the Pennsylvania railroad near Crown
Point. The head was completely sew
cred from the body, and the police be-
lieve that murder and robbery were
committed on a train. Widermuth had
been visiting relatives in Logansport
Ind.
When he boarded the train for Chi
cago he had $500 in his pocket, a gold
or jewelry were found on the body
when 1t was discovered a few minutes
after the train passed Crown Point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30

country. And we deem it most mop
perfume at this very critical time to
unnecessarily agitate the business
men and the people in general, with
extremely drastic measures.
Therefore we resnectf,1Ilv ash tho
city administration to enact sane and
sound measures and to pursue a sane
and sound policy throughout
Committee: w. II. Kerle, Carpen-
ter,s union; Frank Curry, Cigar Max
ers union; r. p. woodruff, Painters
union; Jas. Crawford, Printers union;
III. Smith, Electricians' union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
COUGHLiN BUYS LAND.
Pays $46,15O for Tract i'm Missouri
River Bottom.

T. ]. Coughlin, the Topeka hard
ware merchant. has purchased TO
acres of land in Holt county, Missouri,
thirty-five miles north of St. Joseph,
The land is in the bottom along the
Missouri river and is valued principal
" as hay land. Mr.. Coughlin paid
$46,150 for the land, which is sos per
acre. The land was purchased purely
as an Investment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
Priest Turns Baptist.

Ell Paso, Texas, Dec. 30.-Father F.
J. O'Callaghan, for many years priest
of St. Mary's parish, San Antonio
Texas renowned the Roman Catholic
church and was baptised into MEM
bership in the First Baptist church in
this city last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
New York Money Market.

New York Dec. 30.-MONEY-Money on
call firm. 500 per cent; ruling rate Is per
cent. closing offered at % per GENT Time
80 days. per cent; 6 months. eos per cent.
CLOSES: Prime mercantile paper SQ1O
per cent sterling exchange weak with ac-
tuaI business in bankers bills at 81. s410G
4s415 for demand and at s4.79 for so day
bills; commercial bills, SAT-.
sILVER-Bar silver, 5eaxc; Mexican dol
lars, 4oslc.
BONDS Government bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
LA TOILETTE STILL HOPES.
Thinks That He Stands Chance of
Carrying Kansas and Nebraska.

Washington, Dec. se.-La Follette's
friends in Washington say they have
an excellent chance to carry kansas
and Nebraska for their man. Taft
people generally are jubilant over the
action of the Kansas committee
Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-30
Was Riding With His Bookkeepel

Chicago Dec. 30.-In a collision be-
tween an automobile and a street car
last night, William N. Sharp, president
of the firm of Sharp & Smith, and his
bookkeeper, Miss Rose O'Connor, were
severely injured. Four other persons
were slightly hurt.
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ROLLED INTO RIVER.
Passenger Train Tumbles Into the
Truckee-Several Killed.

Sacramento, Cal, Dec. 3o.-Shortly
after IL o'clock today westbound pas
senger train No. 8. left the track at
Floriston and rolled itno the Truckee
river. Several people were killed, but
the number is not known. A call was
sent to Sacramento for physicians.