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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-13
Notes From Chester.

lSpecIal 70 Tho Times plspatch.J N
CHESTER. VA. December 2.-CheH-
ter ia now supplied with q barber shop,
Mr.. George g. Ennis, of Michigan. hav-
Ing set Up his shlngla here.
Mr. n. 3. Perdue, OF Beach. has sold
the dwelling OF Or. L. a. Hatchett to
Mr.. Tatuln from Manchester.
The "Y's" OF this community had
quite successful entertainment last
week at C;raves's Hall,
MI Craig Cornwall. OF Chapel Hill
Univers'ty. Is with hls relatives and
mother for the Christmas at this place,
Mrs. n. G. kepler, OF Asheville, n,
O., after a stay here with her uncle,
has returned to Richmond, on her
way home.
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LEXINGTON AFFAIRS.
City Appropriations Mnle-valunble
Property SolA-Church Opened.

ernc Al to The Times. D1spstch.l s@77N I-
LI1XINGTON.-VA. December 12.-At
the last meeting Of the Lexington
made for the current year, as follows:
Interest and sinking fund. 5000;
schools. $1,000; streets and roads, sS,-
900; salaries. $4.6S5: water and sewers.
$500; contingent fund. 5000. The total
appropriations amount to more than
$4,000.
The valuable real estate Of the late
DR. Samuel NJ. Iiileman, situated in the
fertile valley Of kerr's Creek, was
sold yesterday bv Commissioners j.
Preston Moore. Greenlee y. Letcher
and Hugh a. White. The home place
OF 250 acres, with comm 'dtous brick
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observation-disclosures.

Speolil 20 The Times DIspatch.J
AMELIA. VA, December 12.--AIr. p.
Julian Berkely and Miss Bette G. Hob
son We're married yesterday in the
Episcopal Churcl, by the rector, the
Rev. Y. Wren.
Mr.. Berkely has been engaged in the
insurance and real estate business
here for many years, and Miss Hobson
has resided at the Amelia Hotel. The
couple left on the afternoon north.
bound train with the congratulations
of many friends.
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IcylM.ton nunl.. Pro.perou,.

n "'NIIN''F'7N " I1FN''NNff'3 Y l---1Nf.l
statements of the htvlrgtnn BANKS Just
nnhl's.lrd nake n fine showing ~ the
af'naNeia condition ~ this section. The
rstent firrries felt lii some. sec'iona NJ
,,.nks Or bnsiness IN this section. The
FIRST National 1nnk has an dsnasit
Ns9Nal; the hank os Rockhrdee,
s.s .o,; the Peoples National Bank,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-13
Sues for rnlse Arrest. .
Especial to The Times Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatcii.I
NORFOLK. VA, December H.
Charging false arrest under warrant
alleging that he was about to skip
the State. leaving debt of $3.50. w. *.
Moore yesterday brought suit in the
Law and Chancery Court against w.
~ Bannett. prominent lawyer of
Newport News, for. $4,000 damages.
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More Tobncco Coming In.
Especial to The Times q tcli.l

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AMELIA, VA, December 12.--Tobac-
co is coming In freely since the season.
able weather set in. The association
method of paying for tobacco on deliv-
cry here has proven very popular.
Farmers are pleased at the method. and
the prices realized have been satisfar-
tory Much larger deliveries arc look
ed for between now and Christmas.
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Fire III Woolea slill.,.

WING H7HsTER VA DecalnhAr l2.--
Fire witch broke out ~ the picking
this city this afternoon. threatened
tho Destruction OF that n,ant. The
blaze was nuieklv eytin~,,ishe bv the
fire flShting forco in the employ OF
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JENKINS ON TRIAL
FOR SMITH MURDER.
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Jury Completed, and Much OF the
Testimony for theCoinmon-
wealth Given.
THE DOGS ARE RULED OUT.
Judge Declines to Allow Witness
to Tell About Their
Work.
THE DOCS ARE RULED OUT
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Special to Tho Times. Dlspatch.l J
CuLPEPER, VA. December 12.--The
trial Of Fred jenkins Tor the murder
OF william Smith, was resumed here
to-day, and the Jury, sis of whom were
procured yesterday. was completed
from tho last venire. The clerk, MI.
w. ]. Gilkerson. read the indictment.
to which the defendant seemed to pay
but little attention The trial has It's
usual sad concon,itants OF the pris-
oners widowed and aged mother ami
almost destitute wife and little baby,
who are ever present In the court
room by the side Of the accused.
Tho first witness was DR.. T.. RI.
Lewis, county coroner, who only testt-
fled, as on tho trial Of William Seal.
as viewing the dead body OF William
smith as to wounds, cause of death ami
some incidents of the inquest. There
was no ross-cxamination OF the corr
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widow nnd Mother.

The next witness was Mrs. CornelIa
Smith. widow Of the dead man. who
swore she heard voice from out ths
night calling on William Smith to
come out. She told Of his going out
and being killed, and said she thought
at one time she did recognize the
voice Of Fred jenkins.
Next came the aged mother Of Smith
whose testimony was about The same
as on the trial of Seal. The old lady
again told OF hearing the voice calling
from the darkness for her son to come
QUITO his house, he going out In re-
spouse; her hearing the shot and beg
ging those In the house to go out to
the barn. some fifty feet away. and see
about her son. who. she said. she knew
In her mind had been killed, and she
could get no one to go In search Of
her son. The testimony OF this aged
witness, though given In quiet, subdued
voice. was dramatic In Its intensity
and thrilled the courtroom audience
when she said she waded In her sons
own blood and wiped 1t from his face;
but at no time did she even remotely
connect, the man on trial with the
murder of Smith.
Then came John Mason. whose testi-
mony was as to hearing some one call
Smith from his house, but he did not
recognize the voice.
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BORROWED I1ls Gum.

Claude Norris told OF Fred Jenkins
borrowing his gun on the evening Of
the murder. Mrs. Long next came
on the stand and was examined by the
prosecution as to threats from Fred
jenkins to kill Smith. but she signally
failed to establish this.
The next witness was j. ". Wood.
deputy sheriff of Page county.
The jury was withdrawn from the
courtroom and Mr.. Wood examined be.
fore the court to see whether his tes-
tirnony should go to the jury, it re-
lating to the bloodhound feature II
the trial. these animals having been
used in running down the Smith MIR
derer. Mr.. c.. NJ. Waite ably commended
for It's admission to the jury. and
both T. E. Grimsley and Burnett Miller.
Of counsel for the defense. made nrgl-
ments against such testimony going
to the jury at ell. After the lawyers
had consumed three hours In the argu-
ment of the admissibility of this char
acter OF testimony the court promptly
excluded 1t from the Jury and adjourned
until Tomorrow at 10 o'clock. The evil
dence was excluded because the dogs
were not shown to be bloodhounds.
The trial jury IS composed of the
following men: Bernard Inskeep. w. Q.
Stout. Jr.. John ". Dempsey. T. &.
Embrey, F. W. Hoffman. j. z. Harri-
son, George B. Burton. w. r. Pennoyer,
John c. Rivercomb T. j. Hoffman, j.
E. Inskeep and ]. r. Nelson.
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morning Judge Martin refused II dis
solve the Injunction recently nbtaired
by the Mont clio realtv Corporation
against Charles t! C,nsolvo TO prevent
auction sales in the lobby Of the
Monticello Hotel the plaintiffs decla--
ing tina. the hotel vas not rented for
such PURPOSES and that the reontatinn
of the house would be damaged by
their cont 'n"rnce. The Injunction was
Ilada ncrron ent
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
MORSE LINES INTACT
Denial That New England Nav igation Company Has Op-
 tion on Two of Them.

New York, Oct. 21.-A rumor current to-day that the New England Naviga- tion company, one of the subsidiary lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company! had se- cured an option on two of the steam ship lines in which Charles W. Morse is heavily interested was denied by Presi- dent Calvin Austin, of the Consolidat- ed Steamship company, of which the Morse lines are a part.
 When seen tonight MT Austin said that so far as he knew, the runor was baseless, and he felt sure that MT. Morse would not dispose of any of his steamship line property.
 "The Morse steamship lines and pro- perty,'" said MT. Austin, "are in bet ter financial shape to-day than they have ever been before, and I am satis- fled that he has no intention of part ing with any of them"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
IMPORTANT VICTORY
Moorish Pretender Captures Commander in Chief of
 Imperial Forces.

Tangier Oct. 21.-The first conflict between the forces of the rival sul- tans, Abd-el-iAziz and Mulai Hafid, took place Oct. r near Hettat, be- tween shawia and Meqyinez, according to reliable reports received here from Mazagan, with the result that the troops of the sultan of the north, con testing against eight regiments of the soldiers of the sultan of the south, known as the first division and com handed by Mulai Razchid Bagddani, commander-in-c of all the imperial forces hl the field, who had with him eight pieces of modern field artillery. The favorable effect of this victory to the cause of Mulai Hafid is incalcul- able.
 During the night of Oct + some of Mulai Hafd's men made, a third raid on the custom house at Mazagan and seized 100000 cartridges, and on the fol- lowing night they made fourth raid on the same place and captured 100000 more cartridges.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
RAGING IN THE SKY
Varying Reports Last Night as to Whereabouts of the
 Nine Balloons.

St. Louis, Oct 21.---varying and un- verified reports as to the whereabouts of the nine balloons which started in the second international aeronautic cup race this evening were received tonight.
 From Efingham, Pana and Taylor ville, H., three towns about ninety miles east of St. Louis, dispatches came to the Associated Press stating that three balloons passed there be- tween and o'clock tonight,
 At the headquarters of the Aero club of America a telegram was re- ceived stating that balloons were pass ing over Montgomery City Mo, at 3 p. m. Montgomery City Is seventy five miles northeast of St. Louis. These reports are easily reeoncilable, be- cause of different air strata.
 The three German balloons rose to the higher attitudes, where they might have encountered a current which might easily carry them tc Pana, III, while the lower craft went west
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
MORAN A DIRECTOR Attorney Fills the Vacancy Caused by the Death of
 Gen. s. E. Merwin.
 
 ON TELEPHONE BOARD Associated With Pres. Tyler and Company Continuous ly Since 1884.
ON TELEPHONE BOARD

At a special meeting of the board of directors of the Southern New Eng land Telephone company held in the general offices in this city yesterday afternoon, James T. Moran was elect ed director of the company, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General Samuel D. Merwin. There was no other business transacted at the meeting.
 MT. Moran is director in the Mer- chants National bank; the Acme Wire company, the Folding Paper Box com pany and trustee of the Connecticut Savings bank, and president of the New Haven Union company
 He has been associated with Presi- dent Tyler and the Southern New England Telephone company contin- uously since 1884, and is familiar with the work and policy of the company.
 He has been connected with 1t as at torney for a number of years, and will continue to fill thSs position. MT. Moran is native of New Ha- ven and has been continually in the service of the city since 1887, holding many positions of honor, He has been a member of the school board for fifteen years. and is chairman of the committee on schools. For three years he was member of the com mon council and was president in l18SS. He has served the same length of time as police commissioner, being president of the board for one year and for three years was a director ot the public library.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
SECOND HOLLAND
 OF MISSISSIPPI President Speaks of Colossal Undertaking to Reclaim Lowlands of the
 Valley.
WILL URGE MATTER
 IN NEXT MESSAGE
Says Alluvial Bottoms Can Be Made Richest Agri- cultural Land in
 the World.

Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. 21.-After a fortnight spent in the canebrakes Pres ident Roosevelt, bronzed and vigorous, paid a flying visit to Vicksburg, where he made a speech this afternoon.
 The streets were packed with people, who cheered the visitor enthusiastical- ly.
 At Cherry and Clay streets the pro- cession was halted, and the president cordially shook hands with several hundred union and conferedate veter- ans.
 The party then drove slowly through the national cemetery, the president evincing a lively interest in the historic place. From the cemetery the visitors drove to the court house square, where an immense crowd had gathered. Pres ident Roosevelt was introduced by Congressman John Sharp Williams who elicited tremendous applause when he said:
 "You cannot in the history of any country, ancient or modern. find sue. cession of twenty-five kings, emperors or even prime ministers, the equals in intelligence, culture, courage or char acter of the twenty-five presidents oi this great republic from Washington tt Roosevelt, inclusive.
 "of these, l, southern Bourbon-dem. -ocrat, have an American pride ant pleasure in saying that the last is bS | no means least
 He is our chief magistrate, Amer ica's chief magistrate of the reunited Dixieland and Yankeeland, never SC firmly cemented in blood, opinion and sentiment as they are to-day"
 Immediately after closing his addres: President Roosevelt and party wer, rapidly driven to the Yazoo and Mis- sissippi Valley railroad station, where at 5.S0 o'clock @ special train pulled out for Memphis, where the presiden is scheduled to arrive shortly afte midnight The train will be imme diately transferred to the Louisvlll' |
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
TOOK AUTO VALVE
Former Watchman, Just Out of Prison, Again in
 the Tolls.

Another theft which the detective department has traced to the point of an arrest is that for which George H. Hull of Olive street was arrested last evening by Detective Daley. The Uni versity Garage on Olive street report ed the theft of a valve which Is valued at S6 and which belongs to one of the Continental automobiles which are manufactured by the Continental com pany at this place. Hull had been em- played by the company short time ago as a night watchman and it ap- pears that during his term of office the valve disappeared. He was ar- rested on description. It is said that Hull has only been out of states pris- on short time, where he was sent to serve 8 term for burglary. He is fifty years of age.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
MAY CALL PLUMBERS Striking Timers Would Summon Them Out
 In Sympathy. MOVE IS CONSIDERED Employers Considerably En- couraged by Progress
 Against Strike.
MOVE IS CONSIDERED

A movement is under consideration which the journeymen timers and metal workers believe will bring a quick end to the strike now in prog ress. This plan is that the plumbers union shall call out all It's men en- gagged with firms where "scabs" are employed.
 The timers union declares that there are but four men in the master plumb CTS association who have such strike breakers at work.
 Should this action fail to bring. mat ters to a head it is said on good au- thority that the plumbers union Is prepared to call out it's entire strength to support the timers This, the men claim, would tie up things SD com pletely that the strike would end at once. Just how far such action will be carried cannot be said and no defi- nite action has as yet been taken.
 It was thought at first that the mas ters could call to their assistance the services of the plumbers in such work as furnace repairs, etc, but this the men say is against the rules of the union and carries fine Of $25 upon the journeyman plumber for each of fense.
 On their side the employers are con. siderably encouraged by the number of men secured from outside, as wei as with the progress of their work A few more men are coming in daily and everything possible is being done to add to this force in order to pre- vent unnecessary delay of their GUS toners work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
GROWN ST. LEFT TO DAGGETT NOW Aldermanic Committee After a Stormy Session Agree to Give Him the
 Power.
CAN COMPROMISE OR
 FIGHT AS PLEASES
Permission to Withdraw on Jewell Street Sidewalk Visited by Committee
 Thursday.

After stormy executive session that lasted for two hours last evening the aldermanie committee on streets came to an agreement on a report which the entire committee will support on the question of the Crown street ex- tension compromise. The report which will be made to the board at the meet ing Monday night will recommend that the entife matter be left to the dis cretion of the corporation counsel with power to compromise for any sum which he shall consider adequate or if he does not favor compromise to take such legal steps as may seem best to him in the matter.
 At the committee session some of the members wanted to have the price for which the corporation counsel might make the compromise definitely set while others at first held out against giving the matter to that official at all, It was a hard fight getting from the divergent and tenaciously main- tained viewe of each of the members to d final agreement and there were COiUprOHliS6S on all SlueS when tii6 final agl cement was reached which gave the corporation counsel the mat ter without naming any price at all If the board accepts the report the vexatious matter will be taken out of the board of aldermen which 1t has been Seealng In trouble for a consid- erable time.
 l Several other matters were taken up, all of which are pending before th8 committee to make reports on, Only one of these was decided last evening, that being the request for the laying
 of a sidewalk, on Jewel street, in which l the report will be that the petitioner
 be given leave to withdraw On the extension of Farnhanl avenue and l Fitch street in WestVille, the closing I of one block on Sheffield avenue and 1 the cutting of streets through the Ken-
 dall property in the annex, the com mittee decided to make visits to all
 these places on Thursday afternoon.
 All the members of the committee
 were present last evening,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
HAVERIDING SCHOOL
Several Local People Reviving the Sport at Troop A
 Armory.

Increased interest in the sport of horseback riding is very apparent this fall, and a riding school has been es- tablished at the Troop A armory where a number of the associate members of the troop ride every Tuesday afternoon with their wives and friends. A riding teacher. las been engaged and several of the members of the little club are becoming quite proficient
 Among those who are riding are: MT. and Mrs. Henry Fresenius, Mir and Mrs. W. A. Bein, MT and Mrs. George T. White, Mir and Mrs Fred Won Beren, Miss Emma Leary, Dr. George Fahy, R. Kannageisser.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
WILL DETER MINE NEEDS OF HARBOR Chamber of Commerce to Take Up and Push Work of Improv-
 ing It.
 ' ANNUAL BANQUET
 SET FOR NOV. Il Delegates Selected to Rep resent Local at State Session in Stam-
 ford.

Looking toward the further develop ment of the New Haven harbor the chamber of commerce at its meeting last evening appointed a committee of nine of it's members to look into the needs of the harbor and to ascertain what improvements have been made and what the city requires for the pur- pose of giying the chamber something to act upon in an attempt to bring about it's improvement which is to be taken up by the chamber F. F. Avery in introducing the resolution for this action stated that Major Taylor of New London, the United States engl- neer has stated that when New Haven finds out what it wants in the harbor matter and Is prepared to push it, he will aid by doing whatever lies in his power for the accomplishment of the desired end.
 The resolution in full follows:
 Whereas, The chamber of commerce has always taken a deep interest in the improvements to and developments of the harbor of the city of New Ha- ven and it's Tributaries, and 1t being desirous of ascertaining just what im- provements have been made, and what | future Improvements may be desirable for the benefit of New Haven, it is, therefore, voted that a special commit tee of nine be appointed by the presi- dent to take the matter under consid- eration and ascertain all the facts in relation thereto, and report back tc this chamber at as early a date as possible, so that the chamber may have an intelligent basis for united l and harmonious effort In behalf of the improvement of our navigable waters
 The following committee was named on this matter. General George H Ford, Governor Rcllin s. Woodruff General E. E. Bradley, Max Adler Frank C. Bushnell, F, P. Avery, Colo nel Isaac M. Ullman, John c. Gallag. her and F. P. Root
 The delegates who will represent tn,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-22
WALLINGS FREE,
 RUSSIA SORRY Nothing In Papers of Amer jeans to Warrant De- tention in St. Peters
 burg. ARREST DUE TO
 OVER-ZEALOUS SPY Women Prisoners in Prison Crowded With Young Female Revolu-
 tionists.


 ! St. Petersburg, ots 91,-william English Walling, of Indianapolis, his wife and his wife's sister. Rose Strun- sky, who were arrested and taken to jail last night because of their fasso- ciation with members of the Finnish progressive party, were released to- night. The police found nothing among the papers of the trio to war rant detaliling them. No conditions are eattached to the release, but Mir. and Mrs Walling and Miss Strunsky intend to leave St. Petersburg the day after tomorrow. They say they have practically finished their work in Rus sla. All their papers and manuscripts have been restored to them.
 The officials this evening expressed regret at the arrest, which they say was ordered upon the report of an over zealous spy who had been shadowing the Finnish revolutionists with whom the Americans had been associated.
 The two women prisoners were con- fined for the twenty-four hours in a pEISOH OVSI-ChOWuSu WitH yOuLB WOHl' en revolutionists. They were conduct ed to a small cell eight by ten feet but they said this evening they had suffered no especial discomft during their arrest. They told amusing tales of the Iaxness of Russian prison disci. l pline.
 As soon as it was rumored in the in. stitution the two American women had been brought in, they began to receive visits from the other prisoners. They held a regular reception in their cell and related the latest history of the outside world to the curious and eager women who crowded to see them. They were questioned about conditions in America, and talked of liberty and so. cial progress.