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Detectives Not Satisfied.

DOVER, DEL, March 11.-The prl-s
waite detectives who have taken charge
of the investigation into the disap-
ipearance OF four-year-o old Horace from
his home at kits Hammock, last Mon
day. are not entirely satisfied that the
boy was kidnapped, and will make a
thorough search OF DR.. Marvin's farm
and the surrounding territory to-mor-
row. They were tol have made search
to-day, but the deep ssnesw made it
Impossible for them to do so.
DR.. Marvin. the child's father. is in
clined to the opinion that the child
may be secreted In some OF the vacant
summer cottages near Kits Hammock,
and to-day requested Sheriff hartnett
of Kent county. to issue orders for a
sweeping search Of the houses near
the farm. This the sheriff refused to
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APPEAL rs DENIED IN
NORTH CAROLINA CASE

a WASHINGTON, D. G.. March 1l.-The
Supreme Court Of the United States to-
day denied the petition of -. y, F.,
Sprinkle and others, of North Carolina,
for Il writ of review In the proceedings
against them on the charge Of carrying
on the business of rectitytng distilled
spirits with the intention Of defraudlng
the government. The case was decided
against them by tho Circuit Court Of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Court, ana
the result OF to-day's ruling will be to
permit that decision to stand.
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WAR CLOUD ON
HORIZON AGAIN.
President Telegraphs Governor
Of California Urging Him to
Restrain, T.epislat11re

SACRAMENTO, CAL, March IL
President Roosevelt to-day stopped all
Japanese legislation in the California
Legislature for this session, by the
following telegram to Governor Gill
lette. who sent 1t to the Assembly:
faction Of Legislature reported
IN tn.> ;ornAnE n..pcrs itiOst unfOr-
tunntc In. effect upon my efforts to n
secure exclusion of Japnnese labor
ern by friendly agree ment, ana II
continued will render recent lcEis-
latiOn by Congress- for thnt purpose
ineffective. PLEASE secure suspen-
sion of further action until re-
ceipt Of letter from me.
'"FHlGODORE ROOSEVELT."
The Assembly intended to act to-
day on two bills and a resolution
adopted by the Senate on Saturday.
comply with the Presidents request.
The Assembly. by u viva voce vote de-
cided to take no action on the bills on
file.
The message created momentary ex-
citement in the lower House. Then
ion Of the Governor and the President,
and said the question should be left
to them, and moved that the Assembly
take no action on the japanese ques-
ried without debate.
TOXIC, March 11.-A question ha7
arisen regarding the last clause nf
article second Of the treaty between
Japan and the United States which
has been cited by the government at
Washington as authority for the state
ment that the Japanese hitherto have
been issuing passports limiting tho
destination Of Immigrants.
The passports simply refer to tho ma
tionality of the holders, and the plac-
ing of a restriction on them by ar
administrative measure Is declared
here to be authorized by law and al
infringement Of the personal right tt
travel. guaranteed by the Constitution
In view. however, of the attitude o
the American government, In not call
| ing for the enforcement of the claus,
| mentioned it is thought that tho limi
1 tation SO placed will be left unques
| toned.
| Administration action and litigation
since the San Francisco school troubl
have brought the clause into spromi
| hence, and Japan has begun to smar
under the alleged humiliation. 1t viii
be no surprise should pressure b
brought on the government to hay
1t abstain from issuing passport
limiting the destination OF their bear
| ers, N
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EIGHTEENTH MONTH.
Printers Strike in Richmond
Long Drawn Out.

/ Yesterday marked the BEGINNING Of N
eighteenth month OF tho printers strike IN
l,ichmond for tho eight-hour day. and every
man entitled to benefits was paid at head
quarters N}st
~ Most Of the men here have secured good
positions In other cities The employers In
these places have signed the eight-hour
law.
Si,ae the strike in 1905 tho International
Union has spent moro than sa,0oo,0o0 In
benefits,
"Richmond to-day" said a prominent
member OF the local union, Ms as prosper
Gus as ever, and will eventually see the
victory Of the elght-hour day prlnelple." --
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Postal Affairs.

(From Our Regular correspondent) III
E WASHINGTON, D. a.. March liz
Postmasters appointed:
Virginia-Pedlar Mills, Amherst coun-
5ty NJ, p. Schubert, vice I. w, Watts,
removed.
North Carolina ~ Moody Watauga
county, Virginia Matilda, vice ]. H,
Wlnkler, resigned, x.
Rural carriers appointed FOR North
Carolina routes: Aurora. route l. George
A. Griffin carrleri Bonner Dixon sub
stitute; Glaver, route I, Albert r. Finch,
carrier; Festus p, Glover, substitute;
supply, route ], Rufus p Holden, car
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POPE'S STRIKE SETTLED.
Agreement Reached Under Which
Men Will Return "a Work

WASHINGTON, OHIO, March III
The strike Mt the Pope Motor Works
was ended shortly after midnight last
night. The settlement was effected in
such way that there can be no mis-
Understanding, and In a way eminently
satisfactory to all parties concerned.
The men will be reinstated Tuesday
morning, Between 1000 and 1900 men
have been involved since. Monday last
when the strike was declared.
Tho question Of hours and wages
was not involved, but tho strikers
claimed the company had broken SOL
emn promises made when they re-
turned to work a few weeks ago after
being out all winter.
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Will Play Rubber.

THE rubber" checker game between
Mr.. S. H. Mays and Mr.. II, Rice will
DO played Tonight at the Nlks'. Home
for tho medal offered by the Checker
These two players tied In the recent
and this game will settle
the question who Ia entitled to the
championship OF Richmond.
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KILLS WIFE, FIVE CHILDREN
AND FINALLY ENDS OWN LIFE

DRESDEN. March 11..---A crime Of
particular horror has occurred here.
Hermann iate, mann wilsdorf. retired forester,
shot and killed fve OF his children
and wounded the sixth child. He then
killed his wife, after which he COM
The police found evidence Of the
elder members OF the family having
decided to end their lives owing to
scarcity Of food. #
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Services at Emmanuel,

The special services at Emmanuel
Baptist Church entered upon their seo-
nna week last nigh, There IN Waa 9
preached one of the best sermons he
has delivered here, The services con-
tinVs ell the week.
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THE BOAT CAPSbZEs AND
TWENTY-FIVE DROWNED

REDDING, CAL March 11.-Twenty-
four Greek laborers started to cross
the Sacramento River In boat at Pitt
this afternoon. The boat capsized and
twenty two OF the men were drowned
Four bodies have been recovered. The
men wore employed by the new
aDelmar-PItt Railroad
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Officer Injured bv Bomb.
Nav Form Unions.

PARIS, March little minister OF
Justice. NJ. Guyot-D essaigne introduced al
bill. in the Chamber of Deputies to-day
authorizing state officials. with the exc
ception of the police. military and legal
officers, to form, unions and providing
that severe penalties and d lsmssa shall
such unions or to members of these un.a
| ions who tncite persons to strike, II 5s5
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Virginia Girl 70 Wed,

WAsHINGToN. ID, c.. March liz
John ID. Hitnffer, Prince George county,
Md, and Lille b. Soaper Fauquisr, Va,
were granted q marriage license here to-
day. X f
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PREMIER KILLED
BY AN assassin
Shot by Unknown Man While
strolling in Boris Gardens
With Other Ministers.

e . q 4 )
& SOFIA. BULGARIA.. March I'm. Pet
koff. the premier and minister Of the 2in-sa
terror, was assassinated here to-day. N. 4
Petkoff, with other ministers. was walk
ing In the Boris Garden, when he was az
tackled by an unknown man. who fired ut
them with revolver. The premier was
wounded by three bullets and died in-sAs
stantly M. Guemadieff. the minister Of \
commerce and agriculture, who was oneg
of the ministers ACCOMMODATING Nj. PETE
koff. was wounded in the arm. S3
Officer Injured by Bomb.
YALTA. CR1MEA. March 11.--Colonels
Dumbadze, commandment of the garrison
here. was slightly wounded. and his ad-8
1utant and his coachman We're seriously
injured to-day by a bomb thrown at the,
in a house on II street through which
he was driving. The man who threw the
bomb committed suicide to avoid caps
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.V|RG|N|A'S SUIT
IN SUPREME COURT.
Continued from First Page,
Of the State OF Virginia after the Civil

OF the State Of Virginia after the Civil
+ War.
He said that tile reason that West
Virginia never settled was because
Virginia would not permit It's com
inissioners to trent With the State Of
West Virginia except on a basis Of
her assuming third Of the indebt7
udn ess mo- +.
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For Founding Hospital.

Arena, on Monday night Will be for the benz
~ OF the Pounding Hospital On Church
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AID POLICE PENSION FUND.
sum Missing Through Kemp's EN-
bezxIement to lie Made Good.

In order TO replace as far as possible
the money missing from the police pen
sion fund since the disappearance OF J.
Arthur Kemp, chief and property clerk Of
the police department a committee of cap
tains OF the Metropolitan police have
formulated a plan. Capt. Boyle. of the
Third precinct. chairman Of the commit
tee. announces a schedule Of field day
events 20 be held az the American League
Park, Friday. July Is, beginning at 2
o'clock
Ten thousand tickets have been dis
tributed among the various precincts. and
the Commissioners have granted permits
sion 10 the policemen to dispose Of them.
The shortage in the pension fund ex-
ceeds S4,0O0, and if ali the tickets are dis
posed Of this amount viii be fully COW
cred
The programme, while in a formative
state. calls for wheel-barrow races,
sprintins matches, three-legged races, a
wrestling bout between Joe Grant and an
unknown. and a baseball game between
the Metropolitan police team and
picked nine representing the Inter-Dis-
tvict League.
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three feet deep. The bottom of the wire
mesh is folded down to form an extern
sion for two feet on the bottom of the
trench. inside the Enclosure. This trench
IS filed with dirt and packed down
When the skunk attempts to gain his
freedom, as he Is sure 10 do. he will dig
down close 10 the fence. When he finds
the horizontal wire below he concludes
that there is a woven wire bottom to the
whole pasture. and gives up the pursuit
of liberty. On the earlier farms the
trench was filed with rocks, but this did
not always keep the animals in Foxes
confined IN the Indian Territory farm
proved their intellectual superiority over
the skunk by digging down to the woven
Wire. and then burowing away from the
fence until the edge OF the wire was
reached. making their escape.
How to kill the skunks without giving
them time TO become angry and so make
the neighborhood unpopular, has been a
difficult problem to solve. Old trappers
lure them gently to the water and drown
them, meanwhile keeping carefully to
windward. One HoOsier skunk farmer
made a pen with a metal bottom, which
was connected with a live electric wire
The skunks were decOyed into this pen,
the current turned on, and they were
dead in an instant their pelts being
OdOrlcss. The odor sacks may be removed
from the young skunks when they are
about ten days old but the animal never
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thriFes as well. and its fur is not so fine.
Such animals are also more liable 10 in
fict poisonous bites.
Because Of the growing scarcity OF
beavers, attempts have been made to rear
them in captivity but so far without much
success. The beavers in the Washington
Zoo, have to be fed by throwing small
trees and limbs TO them, as we'll as bread
and vegetables. The beaver colony there
consists Of less than adozen individuals,
but they will not tolerate the intrusion of
any other family. Other beavers placed
in the Enclosure are Immediately set upon
and killed or seriously injured
It has taken a long time to reduce the
number of fur-bearing animals In the
North to such an extent that their rails
ing Is necessity. The hunter has been
in constant pursuit OF his quarry since
the agents OF the Hudson Bay Company
first started their trade on this continent
This ancient corporation was organized in
1919 under n royal charter, granted when
Charles II was king. 1t was dubbed the
Honorable Company of Merchant Ad-
venturers Of England" The first sale Of
5000 beaver skins took place IN q London
coffee-house, and Dryden. the poet. was
there TO write a verse about it. The first
Hudson Bay traders went so far from
home that it took seven years Tor those
at the most remote stations to get re-
turns from their shipments. These pio-
neers in North American commerce en-
dured great hardships and reaped rich
rewards. An account Of one expedition
states that after all their stock in trade
was disposed of. they added $4,000 worth
of furS 10 their cargo by trading cid
clothes. bits OF iron and such trihes, that
otherwise would have been thrown away
The stockholders began drawing dlvi-
dends in 161. and the venerable organiza-
ton still yields its annual profits.
TO-mOrrOw-SOme Facts About Golf,
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VIRGINIA LOSES RATE CASE
Judge Pritchard Decides Against
State Corporation Commission.
Injunction Prohibiting Enforcement of
TwO-cent Fare Order IL Continued
Pending Decision.
srecIal to The washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald
Richmond. Va, July 10.-Judge Pritch-
ard. in the United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals. this morning. handed down his
opinion in the Virginia 2-cent passenger
rate cases against the State corporation
commission.
Judge PritChard practically rules that
the commission has no power TO exercise
the functions Of a lawmaking body. and
that in fixing uniform passenger rGte
TO govern all railroads, it overstepped IT'S
authority. The opinion was in accordance
with the arguments OF the attorneys rep
resenuug the six Virginia roads, which
appealed from the action OF the commits
sion, the argument having been heard at
the recent session OF the court in Ashe-
vile
Judge Pritchard continued the restrain
ing order against the corporation COM
mission, which prevents the 2-cent rate
from going into effect until the case is
finally decided by the United States Su-
pTeme Court
All Of the roads were requested TO give
bond for the protection Of passengers
who viii be forced TO pay the regular
rate during the tendency Of the suit
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CONDEMN VICE PRESIDENT.
PrOhfbitiOniSts VIII Seek 10 Pre-
vent His Selection as Delegate.

indianapolis. July IA motion con-
demning Vice President Charles W. Fair
banks for serving cocktails and wines at
his table was unanimously carried at the
meeting Of the State executive committee
of the Prohibition party. at the Ciaypool
Hotel.
The motion was presented by the Rev.
C. N. Kroft, pastor Of tn Whiteland
Methodist Church. and a well-known
member of the Indiana Conference, be-
fore which Mr.. Fairbanks Is a candidate
for election as a delegate to the quadren-
NAL conference Of the Methodist Church,
10 be held at Baltimore next spring.
According TO reports from various parts
of the State, several Methodist churches
are arranging to send delegates to the In
diana conference at Columbus next Sep
tember with instructions TO oppose the
selection of Mr.. Fairbanks as one of
the lay delegates to the quadrennial con-
ference
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EMPLOYERS HOLD MEETING.
Declare No Request for BrickIRyers'
Conference Is Received,

z. c. Graham, Of the Employers AssO-
citation of the Building Trades, said last
night that the meeting, held late in the
afternoon. was the regular one Of the
association, and that nothing Of interest
or .hat would be given out. was done
He stated emphatically that no official
request for a conference, either written
or verbal. had been received from the
bricklayers' union; that such request
was expected. but was not received.
Despite this fact. it was persistently
rumored around labor headquarters that
the Employers Association had refused
a conference with the bricklayers. This
action on their part. 1t was claimed,
would mean the going out a third time
Of the bricklayers
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New Hotel islesworth.

In the Heart Of Atlantic City.
Overlooking the Boardwalk and Steel Pier. 400
Newly Furnished Rooms. en- suite and single. Baths
with sea water connections. Our patrons refer
erce We please you. Booklets and rates for the
asking WI. LYMAN, Propr. W. +. GREEN,
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MACHEN WOULD ENFORCE IT.
Says He VIII Garry the Rate Case
Into Legislature.


Alexandria. Va. July 1O-Commenting
upon the decision Of United States Judge
Pritchard to-day. that the Virginia cor
poration commission had no constitution
al right to declare and enforce a 2-cent
railroad rate. State Senator Mschen said
this evening that he proposes 10 introduce
bill al the next session Of the legisla-
ture 10 make the ruling Of the commits
sion effective by law.
Senator Machen expressed the convic-
ton that the conclusion Of the commits
sion. reached after an exhaustive exami-
nation into railroad conditions in Virginia.
should become operative. The legislature
he said. should take the matter Up. and
supply what is lacking IN the powers OF
the commission, in order 10 make the rate
effective.
Senator Machen said he considered the
present a good time to express his de-
termination in the matter, in view Of the
approaching primary for the nomination
Of a candidate for the senate. He Is in
the field 10 succeed himself and It has
been limited that he will be opposed.
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MISS A. P. C. MASON A BRIDE.
:. c. Brent, of Lexington, Ky,
Special % The Washington Herald

Charlestown W. Va. July 1O-NIIss
Anne Penn Chew Mason, daughter of
Hon. James NJ Mason. Of CharlestOwn,
and Charles Scott Brent, Of Lexington,
KY, We're married in Zion Episcopal
Church this evening. The matron OF
honor was Mrs. Philip Speed, of New
York. sister of the bride. and the best
man was Alfred o Brent, Of Lexington,
Ky. brother Of the groom.
The bridesmaids were Miss Maud How
ell. Of ChaTlestown: Miss Elizabeth Her
bert Of Alexandra, Va. and Miss Eliza
beth Brent, of Lexington, Ky, a sister of
the groom. Miss Ellie Wood Page, Of
Charlottesville, Va, a niece OF the bride,
was flower girl, and James Mason, fourth
nephew of the bride was ring bearer.
Miss Rose Nelson Mason and Miss Mary
Watts Mason were ribbon girls
The bride was given away by her father,
and the ceremony was performed by Rev.
John 5. Alfriend. assisted by Bishop w.
L. Gravatt. Mrs. Thomas NJ Baker
played the wedding marches.
After the ceremony a reception was
held at the home Of the brides brother
James NJ. Mason, il.
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POLICE HOLD SUSPECT.
Negro May Be HighwGyman Who
shot Charles SOuder.

Garfield Jet was arrested yesterday by
sergt. T. W Brown. Of the Third pre-
ciuct. on suspicion Of being the negro
highwayman who shot Charles L. Souder
while driving with his grandmother. Mrs
Katherine Souder, and his little cousin,
Eleanor Brake, near Redland, Nd
Jett gave his address as 1886 Eleventh
street northwest. II was found that he
did NOT live there OF anywhere in the
neighborho0d When arrested, he said
that he had been working for the Bren-
nan Construction Company as a laborer
on the Improvement Of Pennsylvania ave
nue. The Brennan Construction Company
was called up. and they denied that such
man ever worked for them.
The sheriff. and very probably Souder's
grandmother, who witnessed the shoot
ing as well as DR.. George Z. Cook and
his two friends who saw the negro while
running up the road after the shooting,
are expected here to-day IN an effort to
identify the suspect.
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ROAD CHANGES HANDS.
oil Trust and Rogers said to Have
Turned IL Over to a Syndicate.

oIFNiAl 10 lIe washington hefaAu
Richmond Va. July 1O.-It was stated
In financial circles to-day that the Vir-
ginia Railway. formerly the Tidewater
has passed from the control Of the Stand
ard OIL Company and II. II. Rogers. and
is now owned and controlled by Phila-
delphia syndicate.
This syndicate, it is said. is not the
United Gas Improvement Company. of
Philadelphia. which is a branch Of the
Standard Oil Company, but is an indie
pendent syndicate Of capitalists, organ
lied TO take over the Virginia Railway
and let the Standard OH out.
1t seems to be pretty well established
that the Virginia is to have a termin Il
in Richmond. the Tidewater and West
ern. formerly the Farmville and Pow
hatan, having been acquired for that
purpose. This narrow gauge line viii be
broadened and the cid road will be put
into condition for the purposes intended.