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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
STRIKERS QUIET
At ship YARDS
Are Under Arms Await
ing Call-Strike- Breakers Are
Rapidly Coming In.

LoRAlN. O.. April with the
members of Company B, of this city,
Ohio National Guard, under orders and
sleeping in the armory close to the
seat OF trouble, and three companies
of Cleveland troops under orders and
ready to respond to a call here at any
moment, quiet prevails tonight at the
yards of the American ShipbuildinS
Company, the scene OF the rioing for
two days past. The troops are under
orders to respond at the call of the
Mayor, who has also sworn In a large
force Of special deputies, who are CO.
operating with the police and company
detectives.
Another trainload of strike breakers.
numbering from Is OTTO zoo, arrived
at $50 o'clock this evening, and the
men We're escorted into the yards un-
der cover of the guns OF detectives
and special deputies. The strikers
were congregnted aboutyin squads. and
| witnessed the march of the latest re-
| crllits into the shipyards without any
offer Of violence.
Hundreds Of cotton mattresses and IN,
| other articles Of bedding paraphernaiia
| We're successfully removed from the
| freight depots into the shipyards late
4 to-day. Superintendent LeMarche de:
| clared tonight that over four hundred
| strike breakers are now inside the
! shipyards and that fully. one thousanc
] more will be brought In Within the
! payt. few DAYS,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
ARREST YOUNG MAN.
Good-Looking Youth Is Charged
With Burglary.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.]

Special to The Times Dispatch.1
CHARLOTTE, N. c., April 5.-A
youth of eighteen, giving the name OF
G. Livingston and claiming San Fran
cisco as his home, was arrested in his
room at the Sclwyn Hotel charged
with burglary.
It Is alleged that Livingston enter
ed the room of w. Q. Mcdonald, an
other guest Of the hosiery, last night
and secured $50 in cash. Later guests
Of the Central Buford and Leland
Hotels, local hotels. called at the police
station and partially identified the
young man as one who entered rooms
In these hotels in the dead Of night and
secured money or Valuablcs. a con-
siderable sum Of money and two gold
watches were found on the prisoners
person. Livingston Is good looking and
well dressed, and was not suspected
until he was caught prowling around
the corridors of the Selwyn. He denies
all knowledge Of the crimes, and puts
up pretty yarn to explain his sus-
picious actions. The police believe they
have professional hotel thief. Bur-
glary in this State is a capital crime
and Livingston is being held without
bail.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
WILL SPEAK ON
WORTH bAGL[Y
Richmond Pearson 1Iobson Ac-
eepts Invitation Of Governor
to Deliver Address.
MET DEATH IN MlDocEAN
Body Of John L. Birdsaul Reaches
Raleigh, Where 1t Will BE
Buried.
[rrom our nes,,lnr corrcspondent.l

[1rrom Our Regular Correspondence
LEIGH, n. u. April b-ISichniond I
Pearson l1obson has accepted tho In
vltation to deliver the address for the !
sunYeilng OF tho monument to Ensign I
Worth Bnglcy in tho Capitol Square.
the latter part Of May. Tlc exact !
date for the unwilling has not yet been |
determined.
The Capital Club. OF Raleigh, will
give Its annual Easter german We'd |
Ncsday night. April 10TH 8&
The service uniform OF lieutenant
Colonel John r. Jones, of the famous
Twenty sixth North Carolina Regi-
ment, is to be presented to tho State
Hall of History by Mr.. Edmond Jones.
General Julian S. Carr, of Durham,
is to deliver an address before the
Barrnca class of Edenton Street Meth
odist Sunday School. April 18th, on the
subject, when In Rome Must We Do
AS Rome Does?"
Governor Glenn returned this morn-
ing from Reidsville, where he delivered
an address before the State Sunday
School Association in session there the
past three days. He Expressed himself
as delighted with his trip. and says
! the Sunday School Association Is doing
splendid work. Hc will be in the
executive office for the next several
days.
The State prison authorities report
/ the escape Of Charles Donnell, a negro,
| serving twelve years for burglary In
| Guilford county. He escaped from the
convict camp at Four Oaks. He Is five
feet ten and half inches high and
| weighs $50 pounds, with scars at the
corner OF the left eye. and in the left
side Of nose.
A. big shipment of hams and hog
| jowls arrived to-day lor the j. B. Green
Grocery Company, and was condemned
by Inspector McI2ary, OF the city
market, as unfit for food. There We're
Twenty-Five hams and thirty-onc jowls
This afternoon the remains of John
< L. Birdsaul. private in Company *
Twenty-fourth Infantry, United States
Army. arrived here for interment In
a the National Cemetery. He died on the
steamship Sherman, en- route from the
philippines. and the remains were
shipped to Raleigh from San francisco
Birdsaurs parents live here.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
.CLAREMONT BANK
CLOSES ITS Doors.
Ca,tsc of Embarrassment Given
Out as Bad Loans on Milling
Property.
SMALL RUN YESTERDAY
This Is Reported as Due to Fail
urc Of Wavcrly Bank to
Buy Stock.
tspocial 10 rho Tlmes- p.spatch.l


Ct.AREMoNr. VA. April o.--The IN
Bank OF Claremont, Va, s,'s-
pended payment and closed It's doors
ut 1880 a. NJ. to-day. Tho officials
Of the Institution were a. 6. winter
president; also president OF the Amer
lean Milling Company, of Philndelphit'
II. A. Stewart, vice-president. and Il. Is
Ayers, cashier
The cause is given out rs bud loans
on milling property In this vicinity
The largest stochholder Is p. q
Buckner. president OF the Dupont Pow
der Company, Wilmington. Del. The
details OF tho closing cannot be lcarl-
ed in full, owing to the non-appcar-
ance ut the bank to-day Of J.. s. Ayers,
cashier, who Is reported III at his resi-
dence,
Deposits Thirty Thousand.
Figures obtained from reliable
source place the resources at $4,000,
and deposits at $4,000, but the OIL
GERS refuse to make any statement
as to assets. p. Fleetwood president
OF tho Bank Of Naverly, Va, and other
parties, Nlnve been negotiating for
some time for controlling interest
in the institution.
The deal, however. fell through, and
this failure to turn over the stock as
contemplated, is said to have called out
! the insignificant run on the bank this
morning. and the subsequent closing
of the doors Of the institution by tho
| directors.
No Idea can be obtained from any
] of the directors rs to what will be
the paying basis, but It is thought
that they will pay dollar for dollar.
H. II. Chesbro, of Claremont, has
been asked to accept the receivership
and If he decides to accept he will
! in all probability be appointed by
Judge j. Il. West Of Waverly.
The failure of this bank will not
A in any way affect or work HARDSHIP
TO this merchants of the village, as
4 they are reported to have had hui
small balances with the institution
consequently the credit OF the loca
merchants is not in any way impaired
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
WORK OF NEGROES.
Building Will Be Complete When
Exposition Opens.

plrector-G General Giles B. Jackson, Of
the Negro Development and lsNposi-
non COMPANY, arrived in the city yes
terday from Norfolk and reported that
satisfactory progress is being made
in the construction Of the negro build
ing, ana that 1t will be complete when
the exposition opens.
The work of negro artists and sculp-
tors will be shown; an emergency
hospital manned by negro physicians
ana nurses will he maintnined; the
architect and builder of tho eSposi-
ton structure arc negroes, and indeed,
the exhibits will he strictly Of the
progress of the negro in the various
fields in which he has applied MN.
self A great display Of tho work OF
negro pupils In the industrial me
and, In various branches VIII pe y
feature Of the exhibition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
MAY BE THURMAN.
Man Under Arrest in Vancouver
Believed to Be Murderer.

Especial to The Times D!spatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, April 5.-Chief OF
Police Boush. of Norfolk, is strongly
inclined 20 think that the man arrested
ir Vancouver, B. c., for Leo. G. Thur
man, wanted here for one of the most
sensational murders ever committed in
Norfolk, is the right man.
Thurman is charged with having
murdered w. p. Dolsen by crushing
his head with an axe as he slept in
bed, in air East..Alain Street boarding.
house. IN February, 1906, and with af-
forwards robloing the body of several
4 hundred dollars. The body was
crammed into a trunk after the murder
i and left in the room which was oc
cupied by Dolsen and Thurman.
Thurman Immediately afterwards
disappeared. A constant lookout has
been kept for him by the police all
over the country. Many suspects have
been arrested but in no case hereto
fore, has it seemed so certain that the
right man has been taken into custody.
A special dispatch from Vancouver
to-day says:
The young man arrested here last
Saturday. giving the name of +. G.
Gould, and who confessed to the forgery
of four checks here, is undoubtedly
Leo c. Thurman, wanted at Norfolk
for the brutal murder of his room
mate, w. p. I3olsen. His Identification
IS positive and complete, through tho
record in the Detective, n police jour
nal published at Chicago. The photo
graph Is identical, as is also the dc
scrlption supplied by the Navy Depart
ment, after Thurman WAS dismissed
from the marine corps. Just as In tn
description of Thurman, the suspect
small toe of the right foot overlap
next toe. and both great toes arc dis
iascd. There is a scar on the knee.
Samples of Thurman's handwritn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
YOUNG MAN IN TROUBLE.
Edward Lane Arrested on the
Charge of Forgery.
1snaniai III rhe r1mas-Dispntcll. ]

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.l
GATE CITY, VA, April 5.--Edward
Lane. a young man OF fine appearance.
was placed in Jail here yesterday on
a charge Of forgery. He went to
Clinchport this week, 1t is charged,
procured a. blank check of the Firs,
National Bank, of Gate City, and, max
Ing 1t payable to a name that was
perhaps fictitious, signed it f. s. Box
ley The check was for SIS. and was
cashed by a Clnchport merchant. h.
S. lSoxley is a member Of the firm
of EoxlcT & Carpenter. railroad con-
tractors on the South and Western a..
Fort Blackmore. Lane has a wife and
small child at Clinchport and they are
said to be entirely without money.
IIo is said to be from West Virginia
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
in the Detective correspond exactly
With the handwriting on forged
schecks here.
SHOOTS FINGER OFF.
Man, Looking for Hawk, Shot
H;nself-Officers of the Elks.
1snerial Ia rho 1fmes.Dispatch.l

.
FRED ERICKSBURG, VA, April o.
Ashhy Also. of Spotsylvania county,
while watching for hawks, which haa
been catching chickens, shot one OF n ms
fingers of, the gun accidentally as
The Order Of Elks OF this city has
elected officers as follows: Exalted f-,
Ruler. j. s Strasburgers Esteemed
Leading knight. c. Z. Layton; Esteem
Cd Loyai Knight Aug. Dannehl; rs
;eerned Lecturing Knight, r. e. Smith;
Secretary, Vim. Sullinger; Treasurer, l.
II. Middleton: Tiler. ]. II. Patterson;
Trustees. George Freeman, Jr-, " L"
Harris. Captain T. McCracken: Chap
lain. DR.. j. Z. Thompson.
Mrs. NJ L. Terrell, OF this city,
was notified by telegram last evenins
OF the death IN Washington OF her
father, Mr. j. P. Warner, of pneumonia
aged sixty three years. and she left
at once for Washington TO be with
the family and attend the funeral.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
POSITION TO
SEVERAL SALOONS.
Reported That Number OF Appl-
cants Will Have Hard Road
to Travel.

I g1.T u n
Already applications for LIQUOR Licenses Sa,s..
are being received BY the Hastings. aou,,t
which, before the end OF the p 1n, se,,.
month, will pass upon these npplch l l'.Il,i
and detremne whether or not license shall
issue to the various applicants 70 Icona mt,s
business at the places PROPOSED e, tr nv
time TO time. as they come in. and =. o p.
portunity will be afforded any VINO ae inrt
to testify to appear either for aaguitn so
the applicant. Thus far only these wv
applications have beer received:
Is. j. O'Neil to conduct business tt
No. 6 North Fifteenth Street.
Mrs. L. a. Myrtle. to conduct business
at No. 154S East Main Street. 4, +,
The other applications will be N N, h i1.i.i
within two weeks. and the court VII men
begin consideration Of them. u mas bee u
.rumored that opposition Is developing g
the granting of Licenses to some ,r GD1e1c e.,
tionable places. but just which which \, VII G e
nracticnlly assured that some applicants
viii have hard road to travel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
FULLY EXPECTS TO GO.
Has Accepted Georgia Position in
Good Faith.
Especial TO The Timesplspatch.J

Especial to The Times Dispatch
BLACliSBURG, VA, April 5.-In an
Interview this evening Professor A. VI.
Soule authorizes the following state
lnent concerning the reported move
mcnt to retain him as director OF
Virginia Experiment station:
II am not aware of any such
movement, though 1 have heard
rumors of it within the last two
days. Il one really does exist, my
friends throughout the State arc
wholly responsible for 1t. ] have
handed in my resignation and ac-
cepted the Georgia position in good
faith. after very careful consldera-
ton, and there is no prospect what
ever of my staying in Virginia
under present conditions"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
ANOTHER COCAINE
PEDDLER Arrested.
Police Believe They Have Made
Important Capture in Negro
CAUGHT YESTERDAY.
Caught Yesterday.

Policeman Bradley last night arrested
David jackson, a negro man. who. ne ~
certain, is one Of the cocaine peddlers tne
police have been after for q long inns T.,
the act OF disposng of u parcel Of the
drug TO a woman in disreputablo paiI.
of the city. The case will be heard III
the Police Court this morning. ~,
man will be principal witness IN the ies,
case Of the negro Pete Lacey, VINO - ~
thought to be tho wholesale. deae ~, " y.
the drug here. The Lacey 'a .I,at VIA
J ia case viii be continued to that.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
PLEAD GUILTY
Yeggmen Take Their Medicine
and Ask Mercy for Sick Comrade.

vile TO-DAY A. N. Rogers. Walter Wood
and ". r. Wilson. who were, being tr leo
in the Superior Court for hown NJ % opf, en-
the vault Of the bank at that pace nerd ,t,t
Of o'" guilty JUDI Judge Fred Moore pronnptnlGG
ya.s each u the nm sm'tSSn'aTlSy e
inttcr is IN III health Rogers and WOOD
pleaded plead i With y the court 10 have mercy on
him All Of tho prisoners stoud1,y Z p nnd
tested innocelco until moor, ,oa or unity
was a surprise,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
RALEIGH DEBATERs WIN.
Have Debate on Municipal Own
ership.

RALEIGH. N. C.. April 5.-Dcbatcrs
for tho Raleigh High School won to-
night in a debate with representatives
OF the Durham High School on tho
query: "Rcsolved, That private owner
shop Of electric light, gas plants and
street railways Is more conducive to
the best interests Of American cities
than municipal ownership,
Raleigh took the affirmative 1T was
an especially crcditable debate IN
which William Joynor and George
Bagwell represented Raleigh, and
Chester Hutchins nnd Leonard Cheek,
Durham.
The Judges were Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark and Associate Justice ~. U
Conner, ofi5thc Supreme Court ana
Professor j. 3D. Carlyle. OF wake
Forest College. 4is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
RESIDENCE ON FIRE.
Burly Negro Found Secreted in
Kitchen-To Be Tried.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SPENCER, N. c., April 5.--The home
OF NJ c. Quinn. in this city, was dis
covered to be on fire at about midnight
last night, and parties who broke the
door down to get in found Charles
Mccormick, a burly negro secreted in
the kitchen. lie was arrested for set
ting fire to the building, and 1T Is on
nected will be tried for arson. lie Is
held without bail for the preliminary
hearing. The house was saved BY
heroic work. Mccormick halls from
South Carolina. and 1t Is claimed bore
ill-will to the Quinn family on account
Of the discharge OF a cook,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
TWENTY OUT.
Cigarette Packers Given More
Work and Same Pay.


WILSON, N. c., April 5,-Twenty
OF the thirty cigarette packers Of
the Wells Whitehead Tobacco Com
pany. who went on strike yesterday be-
cause OF alleged additional labor with
out extra compensation are still out,
ten having returned to work.
The manager of the company is OK
pected here tomorrow, when the diff
Guilty vii be adjusted. A representa-
tive of the Cigarette Packers Union Is
also expected to-nignt.
AS nearly a hundred packers are en-
ployed, the company Is not seriously
inconyenienced.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
Claremont Bank Closes.
[Spccial 10 Thc VImeS- pIspntch,l

Specla1 10 Tho T1mes-DIspntch.1
Of claremont, OF clarelnont, va. closed
Its doors at II o'clock this morning
upon a bin filed by stockholders own
Ing large majority of the stock,
Judge ], +. West, OF this place, this
OF Clarcmont receiver, to take charge
OF the assets Of the bank.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
Free Fight at Church Fair.
Special 10 The Times -Dispatch,l

ISptCIHI 20 TIC IlMGS-DlapntCh,I
1cTNA MILLS. VA. April 5.-Thcrc
was big magistrates court at Globc
yesterday. Thirty-two warrants were
Issued for the arrests on Easter Mon
day There was q festival near Globe
for the benefit OF st, Pants colored
church. The young negroes got to
fighting. One young negro cleaned IN
FIVE, and would have whipped more.
but one of his enemies came up behind
him. and it was n mere accident that
he didn't get his head cut off. They
wero all fined,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
BOY ARRESTED.
Unable Is Tell Officer Straight
Tale

.ma1l5boy named Thomas Brown WAS
orres s',,h'l late , Yesterday evening BY First
as,s aa s ns@ss e. ssu sead
not o t tel he e' got o them said hs bought
t Il l'e cards from a coored newsboy, but Mt
lis story was in such ,d, diseon and Sa
s SIM nave We 10 give JHstip, John n better
cmxnlanation this morning, The boy was
up not long ago and at n that l 4mst he
Vas charged with incorrigipiliay, 1 ,lesase
MN In again lio would send him to tho
,.aforrnatOrV, I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
ROOP GOES TO JURY.
Man Charged With Betraying
Niece
Special to The Times Dispatch.l

ROANOKE, VA. April "a. ].
Roop. of Pulaski, had q hearing here
to-day on the charge Of betraying his
niece, Kate Whit, the nnetecn-year-
old daughter Of Samuel Whit. of the
same place. The girl testified that
her uncle persuaded her to leave home
by telling her what good time she
would have at Jamestown She said
he talked SO much about it that she
had "brainstor and not knowing
what she was doing. she left with
him, stopped in Roanoke for night
as man and wife, and also in Lynch
burg. whore Roop was arrested He
escaped, but was later arrested in Pu-
laski. Judge Longlcy. who represent
ed Roop. did not offer any evidence,
and he was sent on to the grand
jury.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
DIR. POOLE PRESIDENT.
Other Officers of North Carolina
Sunday-School Convention.

Especial to The TIMes- DIspNtcH.I
SPENCER, N. c., April 5.--At the
close OF tho State Sunday School Cons
yentlon at Rcidsville last night DR.. 9.
M Poole, prominent physician q
Rowan county was elected president
az the state organization, Rev. ]. !.
Long, of Concord, was chosen general
secretary, and Miss Maud Reid Of.
Rnlcigh, treasurer. The convention,
Which has an unprecodent attendance.
closed with stirring address by Gov
ernor II, b. Glenn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
rs ,fs1s3l - III 'Ea--as
MUST OPERATE TRAINS.
Commission Orders Companies to
Extend Lines to Strasburg.

[SGecialto Tho Times-Dispatch.1 HiI \
WINCHESTER VA, April 5.-The
State Corporation Commission, as
Court Of Appeals against the Winches-
ter and Strasburg and the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroads, has promulgated
an order requiring these roads to OPP.
crate their trains into the town Of
Strasburg.
August 1st next is tho time allowed
by the commission for the roads to
complete the work, viii CHI includes tho
erection of depot within the corr
porate limits Of tho town. Heretofore
the trains have run only to Strasburg
Junction. and passengers were COM
PEELED to get Into Strasburg, a mile
distant, as best they could.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
Judge Farrar Clerk.
Tspecial 10 Tho Times DIspatch.

IbVNVIhI TO Tho T1mes'D1sDntcH.I "
#, AMELIA. VA, April G.-Judge Walter
A, Watson today appointed Judge Ste
phon !" Farrar as clerk Of this county
to al the vacancy caused by the death
aed and n w DcKr naFe w nFar aan
deputy clerk, and also qualified.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
Butts Defeats Parkinson.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
PETERSBURG, VA. April 5.--W. L.
Butts, Of this city, easily defeated Her
bert Parkinson, Of Richmond, In a one-
mile race at the Washington Street
roller-skating rink Tonight Time.
three minutes and thirty-elght seconds.
Butts was more than a lap ahead at
the finish.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
TO WE'D MISS SIMMONS.
Daughter Of Carolina Senator
Rride of Mr., Andrews.

& RALEIGH. N. G., April 6-Announce-
5ment is made Of the engagement OF
Miss Eliza simmons, daughter of United
States Senator IT. M, simmons, to Mr..
Graham Andrews, youngest son OF
JNirst Vice President a. p, Andrews, OF
tho Southern Railroad Company, The
wedding is to he In November. Mr..
Andrews As teller Off the Citizens Ma
{tional Bank, Ralciglt le5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
sprlnn Medicine

Is made a yearly necessity by a, yearly
eertainty-the return in the sprlng. N =
some degree or other. of such troubles stS
pimples. blotches and other crnptluls'
bliousness, headache, loss OF appeute'
and that tired feeling. $3.50 an,
The Perfect Spring Medicine ., cures ,,,,,a a.,
system. /, Is Hoods Sarsaparllla ana
pills--the best possible medicinal COM
blna ton. -
Mrs. Foiste, 1904 oakdale sto Phllaael-
phia. Pa. says;Y''Nve have all been LIS =
Ing Hoods sarsapmrilla and Pllis auti .a1
The spring for impure blooa, tnai Liae ~
feeling and loss Of appetite, ana nave
derived great benefit. =, -. .,,,a {
Accent no substitute FOR iionu 'ut y,
parilla and pills, for NC sup " - Y ~
| like them. h 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
Valuable Wood Destroyed.
lspeelol 70 The Times, pispa,eh.l

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. VA, Apil g..
Fire In the woods OF Captain M. y.
Rowe. near this city. last night burned
UP 32b cords Of wood belongings to ]. y.
Colbert OF this city, and ninety cords Of
Mr., Colbert's loss WAS about $500. Origin
Of the IRE is not known, but the matter
Viii be Investigated.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
ATTACKS MArL-CARRIER.
Postman Draws Pistol and Runs
Negro Off.
Special to Tho Times Dispatch

7 HVetTH 10 ] TIC 'TT1Hts-DIHDutch.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, April s.
James Grinagc. mall carrier between
Stafford Courthouse and Stafford Store.
late this evening. while returning from
Stafford Store, was attacked on his route
by Tom Baker. colored. Grinage drew his
pistol and fired at the negro. who ran.
Grinage delivered his mall at Stafford
Courthouse and reported the case to
United States Commissioner w. ". Butz-
ner. a warrant has been Issued for
Bakers arrest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-06
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Penniless Pittsburgher Drinks
Carbolic Acid.
Ndl UO1lC aCAu.

Especial to The Times Dispntchl
ROANOKE, VA, April 5.-Fred
Black, of Pittsburg, committed suicide
at the Randolph Hotel last night by
taking carbolc acid. After writing u
letter to his wife yesterday afternoon,
he went to his room, and that was
the last seen of him alive. Coroner
Lewis, who made an examination,
found that tho man was penniless,
which is supposed to have been the
cause for hisSact.