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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
BIS SHOP PpTTER SINKING
End Only Il sfntter Of Hours; Family
Buys Up Fourth of July FircwOrks.

Buys Up Fohrtl, OF July Fireworks.
COOPERsToWN, N. Y. July g.
While every ", possible ne measure Is being
shon HenrS e q e
another day in the ecclesiastlcs Illness
at Fern1eigh his wife's summer home
here, left him with reserve of vital
feared. IS but n matter Of hours. AZ
Issued the following bniletin@: -
Bishop Potter. after rallying some.
what during the early forenoon. has
present moment, is weaker than at any
.1tms is1YneG1 dpring his !! llnssNS:v faNvRrry 4
M ~. sBAssETT. NJ. D."
All OF the Bishops family are now
daughters. absent in Europe.
None. even. Of the immediate fam
fly. Is allowed by the physicians free
access to the sickroom. Each Is ad-
While the bishop still retains con-
sciousness hesi Is not allowed to exert
himself In the slightest degree, and
his communications with the me mbers
more m e than the passage Of signs Of rec
ognition by pressure OF the hand.
To-day, in compliance with senti-
ment which has found general express
sion among Cooporstown folk. a res
olution was passed by the village board
OF trustees. asking the public to re-
frain from setting off explosives of any
kind on the Fourth. TO compensate
the local dealers for the loss of trade
which they would naturally suffer
through the observance Of such re-
quest stephen c. Clark, a son OF Mrs.
Potter, has bought up all the stocks
of fireworks. firecrackers and other
scelebratiyc HjunctsS of an explosive
nyturs IN he vi llase shops.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
NEW YORK MAN ROBBED.

Pocket Rined OF $3.50 In Cash. and Lett
ter of Credit for 100000.
ASHEVILLE, NJ c., July 2.-Some
time yesterday or last night Morris
Gross. OF New York. who. with Mrs
Gross. Is spending a few days here, en-
route from New York to the Pacific
to take steamer for the Orient was
relieved Of "a pocket-book containing
nine $50 bills and letter of credit
for 81 @, 900.
Before leaving New York, Mr.. Gross,
in addition to American currency. se-
cured a letter OF, credit for $4,000 for.
use abroad The letter8of credit was
drawn by Brown Brothers.. Of New
York, on Brown, Shipley & CO., of Lon
don, in favor of Morris Gross and his
wife, Carrie L. Cross. Mr. Gross has
wired the New York house to Dave,
jayment stopped and banks will be
notified not to honor the letter Of.
credit.
The case has been placed in the hands
of local officers. In the event that the
robber attempts to dispose Of the let-
ter OF credit his capture will eedtly
5fo1loy1y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
IMuRAT HALsTEAD is DEAD
Had. Held Front Rank in American
Journnlism for Half Century.

Had Held Front Rank in American
JournnIism for Half Century.
CINCINNATI. OHIO. July 2.--Murat
Halstead, one Of the leaders In Amerl-
can journalism for over half century
and widely known as vigorous edi-
toriaI and magazine writer. died at his
home in this city this afternoon IN
( his seventy-ninth year. At his bed-
side were his wife. his son. Robert.
and one daughter. Mrs. Arthur Steen.
strength for several months, and yes
terday suffered from cerebral hemor-
Sir. and Mrs. Halstead celebrated
their. golden wedding anniversary a
little moreIthan a year ago. The sud
months ago was severe shock to MI.
Halstead. Albert Halstead. another
son. Ii. American consul at Birming-
ham. England.
Mr.. Halstead was one of the great
editors of the last half of the nine
ess wst,sr eriessss 9ss 70 ssefsss Whsn his nomi s
nation BY President Harrison to be
American minister to Germany was
because OF articles he had published:
charging corruption on the part of
some member of that body.
He was a native OF Butler county,
Ohio. anc after short service on a
literary weekly. he in 1853, became
connected With the Cincinntai Com.
mercial, inv which he became chief
owner in 1866. Nearly twenty years
later his paper was consolidated with
the Gazette, and he was editor-in-chief
OF the combined newspaper until years
afterwards. For time he was editor
of the Brooklyn Standard Union. and
during the last ten years he has fig
ured largely as magazine and special
writer. besides Issuing number of
books on current matters OF historical
interest. In the Civil War Mr.. Hal
stead personally reported many bat
ties. being rated as a war correspond
ent of the first calfbre. and later in
the Franco German war, and also in
the Spanlsh-American War he added
to his reputation in that line.
For nifty years he attended and re-
ported all Republican National Con-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
There Should Be More ,1 Thor.
ough Study Of Shopand Ma
clinery, Speakers Say.
STATE SHOULD TRAIN
BOY FOR HIS WORK
This Advocated to Stop Drifting
from One Trade to Another.
Scientific Study Of Agricul-
turc Strongly Urged.
For Fireproof
Buildings.

LEvELAND. o, July 2.-Dcnyer,
~ Col. was recommended BY the
board OF directors OF the Ma
~ tional Board OF Education as
the place for the next annual
convention OF the association. Final
action will not be taken until the next
session of the board in December.
Denver won out over Atlantic City.
Chicago and Seattle.
With, ,noa general session OF the as
ssociationson the program, the delegates
spent tho day in several departmental
meetings. excursions and sightseeing
The educational department. OF the
national organization OF women. at
their meetings to-day. decided not to
change the name of their body. The
purpose OF this organization Is to In
terest the schools In community work
and endeavor to have all Of the chill
dren Of the school neiEhhorhood In
school or accounted for. a,
study Shop and MACHINERY
The first session of the rural and
agricultural department. also a new
department was held to-day. The OBJ
ject of this session II Ia extend the
study Of agricultural in the rural dis
tricts placing farming upon a scienti-
fic business basis. A thorough study OF
shop and machinery. and not so much
or the sciences as now taught In the
elementary and high schools. and a more
scientific study OF agriculture In
schools were the main points brought
out IN the discussion of the report OF
the committee on rural schools at the
council meeting. The report was sub
initted by tho newly elected president.
Lorenzo Dow Harvey. OF Mennonite.
Wis: Elmer ellsworth Brown- United
States Commissioners of Education.
president OF Winthrob normal and In.
dustria1 College. Rock Hill. s. c.. were
the leading speakers during the dis
cussion OF the report
state should Trnin Boy.
II WAS urged by August S Linde-
mann. president or the school board,
5 Niiiwankee, Wis. In his address before
Etion, that the State should assume tho
burden OF training the hoy for the in
dnstrial field in order TO stop drifting
from one trade to another.
Teach children to churn and to
use the cream separator" said B. 81
Davis. of Miami University oxford, o.
Z ina address before the department OF
Z science.
That very large per cent q pupils
reading as result OF the methods
nov In vogue In the public schools
was the charge made before the library
tenddent OF city schools. San Antonio,
Tex, in an address on the means by
which the library can become OF more
benefit to the schools.
Endorse Modern Methods.
The modern system OF sanitary
equipment or school buildings and the
esta blishment OF hospital rooms in
conjunction with them was highly
commended in an, address before the
depa rtment OF schools administration
by William T. Mills, school architect
Columbus. O. He advised that all
future be flrcproof throughout
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
@(continued on Second Page.)
STATUE IN PLACE
President Fallieres Formally NotiAed d
by Memorial AssOctntiOn. a5

President Fnllieres Formally Notified
by Memorial Association.
@ PARIS, July 2.--Alexander H. Revell
and Robert J. Thompson, respectively,
the acting. president and the treasurer,
of the Lafayette Memoirs al Association,
called at the Elysee Palace and
formally notified President Falleres
that the bronze statute of Lafayette.
the gift of American school children
1 to France, had been. placed upon Its
pedestal In the Place 8Du Louvre.
President Fallieres recalled the fact
that as president of the senate he was
present at tile elaborate dedica tion OF
a plaster cast OF the statue. In 1900. He;
especially'tcharged Nlessrs. Revell, and
Thorn pson on their return to the United
States to express Francess thanks to
the school children who had particl-
pated in the Memorial. Vi II
@ The final payment, over which there
has been some controversy, Will be
made to Sculptor Bartlett Tomorrow.
On July 4th, Mr.. Revell will place a
wreath OF flowers at the base OF the
statue in the name Of the American
school children, 4A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
FOUND +: HIS cLoTHIN.Gs G Ne.
Home of DR.. Bridges Robbed in Hi.
Absencc-Clue From Alexandria.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Rev GbkL3TTh 81 r sa{y 2he the
Presbyterian College. who has been
spending some time with his family in
the mountains, returned home this
morning to lind that In his absence
his home on East Ninth Street had
been rsnsacked by burglars and many
articles OF value taken. OF his own
wearing apparel Dr.. Bridges found that
the TTrbbers had left only ansovercoat
assee exsss e ,gf new s shirts II / u
Vaha.eo a 10 If eet8 that an efghteen-year- r.
old s-ss >ns.sf s.ssflsftud been found dead on the
railroad track near that ty who wore
a pair OF trousers marked G. r. Bridges.
Charlotte, N. c.. gave the first clue to
the robbers, and led TO the belief that
the dead boy was one OF the burglars
OF the Bridges home. The d cad youth
is supposed to be Frank Hargett, for
some time a Western Union messenger
boy here. So far as Is known, there
has beenino positive Identification Of
the dead boy. Il "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
BELMONT sNUBBED in PARIS
Attitude of American Ambassador
White the Subject of Comment.

~
White the Subject Of Comment.
PARIS, July added interest Is
given to the waning social season by
the, open declaration of hostilities be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont on
the one side and the American Ans
oassador and Mrs. Henry White on the
other. - s;as. lssset,s
Embers OF the conflict have been
smoulderinE ever since Mr.. and Mrs.
Belmont ca me to Paris. month agcs
The Belmonts left cards with Ambassa-
dor White. but their visit was unre-
turned.
Meantime the Belmonts did much
entertaining, their weekly dinners at
the Ritz being prominent feature Of
the season. The relations between the
Belmonts and the Whites. however,
became so notoriously frigid as to be
the subject ofgconlment throughout the
8uppev circles Of the American colony.
The situation was rendered more In
3teresting by the fact that Mr.. and Mrs.
Rutherford Stuyvesant, who also are
passing the summer In Paris as guests
OF the embassy, are receiving, as the
result of Mrs. Whites influence, un-
usual social attention. The matter has
now come to a head, for, according
to Information from an excellent
source, Mr.. Belmont wrote Ambassador
White scathing' letter. the purport Of
which was the writer's observation
bassador in booming the Stuyvesants
able. to say the least.
According to latest reports. Ambas-
sador White has not yet sent re-
L +
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
FOR GIVING THEM POISON
Woman Charged With Attempting Lives
@ Of Husband and Stepsons.
Especial to The Times-D -Dlspatc

St'aEt Al special 70 Observation-Disclosures 5
XIV CHATHAM, VA July. 82.--Nfrs. Alex!
andersT. Clark, Of near gram, Halifax
county. was Wednesday morning res
.manded to the grand jury. charged
With thrice attempting to poison h er
husband and two stepsons, both y.
whom are grown. l5 s{B8 5i3s
Mrs, Clark was given preliminary
hearing before Justice Nv. ID. Cal lloway.
Tuesday and the evidence developed
that the first attempt at poisoning was
made on June 11th by putting Paris
green In the Office of her husband and
one stepson. who lives with his father.
"A short time after drinking the coffee
both We're taken very sick, and the
other stepson was sent for, and soon
after reaching the house drank some Of
the same co flee and wa mad 9 eHlck !; but al
recovered without serious results Not
long after another a tempt was made.
and the third and last was We ryt3i n =
Gently. Dr. Kent wa S summoned and
upon oniinvestigating found the 4 deadly
poison in the coffee. 3sssS
The only reason assigned for three
times attemptlng to take the ives OF
members OF "a h err fami ~ n s Sun p leasant
relations with her .llus band. 5s3.Js N rs.
Clark II Ia N oW In Gu toe " 8of Il hes sheriff,
awaiting rel Ia tives to bal her In the
sum nfs so O. to .Whi ioha Common nWealth's
.lAlIognsX.p pnlag hAs aKree a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
200 MINE ] VICTIMS
ItussiRn Mile Disuster Catiscd by Gus
ExploNipn-Tr0ops Called Out.

YusovO, EUROPEAN RuSsIA, July
IA terrible explosion of gas occur
red In the Rikovsky mine last evening,
IN WiIicli very larg e number Of mir
ers were at work, One hundred and
sfttyseven bodies lave been recovered,
all OF which ara badly burned but II
Is believed that the death roll will
reach at least 200. seventy-three or
the men were rescued alive to-day. but
many Of them are in a serious condi-
tion. Ten of the rescued died soon az
ter being taken out OF the shaft. There
Is great excitement here and troops
have been called into se.viGs to pre-
vent disorders Z; ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
LEAVES l..:: TO-DAY FOR HOT
Mr.. Taft Holds ainny Conferences WITH
lenders OF NepublIcDn Party

aHSSSuNSIp
conferences. Of Importance were held
TO day by Judge William II. Taft, tie
first being with Speaker Cannon. and
the second with Secretary OF the Treas
neither conference was much disclosed.
Speaker Cannon said later9that he had
called OF, the Republican standard bear
er merely Ito pay his respects and TO
depended upon to furnish any assist
ance in his power to insure the election
of Judge Taft.
In the afternoon Judge Tart went to
hours talk with Secretary Cortelyou:
The Interview coYered a Wide range OF
political topics. Primarily. It was
Committee. OF which Mr.. Cortelyou was
chairman In the last presidential cam
paign. Secretary Cortelyou gayeaJudge
Taft much valuable information con
committee. 1ncidsntally, although the
subject OF the national Craftsmanship
was not considered at great length.
Secretary Cortelyou took occasion to
s5Ss s5sf. the selection q Frank = Hitch
has been decided that. the commit
tee appointed at the Oh icago convention
to notify Jndg. Taft of his nomination Il n
Cincinnati on TUESDAY, july 2sth. Judge
Taft Will go to Cincinnati from Hot
Springs for the purpose OF receiving
return directly to Hot Springs.
Late this afternoon Mr.. Taft received
"a cablegram m conveying to him sad news.
1T was the announcement OF the deatn
In London to-day OF william T. Bilbert.
OF Brooklyn, n. e., a nenberlof Judge
Tafts class OF rs at Yale.
About 8 o'clock this evening Judge
and Mrs. Taft wentin an automobile to
the residence OF General and Mrs. J.
fFranklin Bell. at Fort Myer, Va. Where
an Informal dinner was given to Judge
TAFT tonight. After the dinner a re-
ception was rendered to the army OH :
GERS stationed in Washington and Vi
cinity and their wives at the residence
fof General Bell. III,
Judge raft and Mrs. Taft and their
son. Charlie. accompanied by clerical j
force and servants. will leave Washing :
ton tomorrow afternoon at O'clock
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
for Hot SprfngE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
Hundred Masked Men Rid
die Building With Bullets
and Drive Italians Out.
SAY THEY MUST LEAVE
OR ALL BE KILLED
This the Ultimatum Given a
Officer Of Lumber Company
Employing the Men-Judgc
Hutton Directs Immedi-
ate and Vigorous
Prosecution. 5.
Prosecution.
/ specialto The Times Dispatcn.1

lSpecfal TO Ihe Iimes -Dispdtch.1
RIsTOL.s VA, July "A spe-
cial from Abingdon tonight
states that tho lumber town
D OF Damascus Is in the throes
~ OF excitement as the result OF
cial from Abingdon tonight states that
the lumber town Of Damascus Is In the
throes OF excitement as the result Of
a raid by a band OF about 100 masked
vacant building occupied by 1tal.
fans, who had been brought there to do
work, was riddled with
bullets. fully thousand shots being
fired. The Italians fled from the build
Ing In confusion and left the kom-
The night-riders then proceeded to
other. parts of the town. smashed In
the door to the Mayors Office, demol-
ished the furniture broke down the
door to the town prison and liberated
three men. and committed other de-
5predations.
At daybreak five men appeared at
/. the home OF an official OF the lumber
company which expected to employ
the Italians. and told him that II the
Italians did not leave imme ediately the
band would return and kill every one
iof hem.
4 The case was brought to the atten-
tion of Judge Hutton, OF the Circuit
Court. and to-day he provided for a
special grand jury and Instructed Com
monwealth's Attorney Summers TO
probe to the bottom OF the affair. The
authorities claim to know few OF the
are said to have come from Eastern
Tennessee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
BET is NO CRIME
Dccision In Test Case Made by Jockey
---- Club EMYOra lRonkulake FL.

i
Club FslvOrs Bookinal1e III.
NEW YORK. July 2.-Horse-racing
in this State. which has been adj
versely affected by the police appll-
cation of the new anti-gambling laws
at the ace-tracks, was greatly en-
scouraged by a decision OF Justice Gis-
.choff to-day. thatan individual verbal
bet does not constitute IA chine.
This decision was handed down In
the case OF Melville Collins, who was
arrested at the instance OF the Jockey
Club. charged with having violated
Ellorse-race and receiving s. which he
won by 1t. This case was intended by
the Jockey Club as test to obtain
IA judicial Interpretation of the laws
urgent request Of Governor Hughes,
The racing interests regard the de-
.cision as q distinct victory and certain
to lessen the rigors OF the police ap-
plication of the law. But District-At-
torncy Elder, OF Kings county. de-
He will proceed along the same lines
las before the decision was given The
instructions previously given to the
police were to arrest everybody seen
making a bet. Justice Bischotf says
/. III Collins was gailty of a crime.
event, ifftfollowed by the receipt by
the winner Of something, would place
the latter In reach of criminal law.
The consequences OF criminality would
descend alike on the successful particl-
pant In 6 rattle conducted for religious
or charitable purposes. upon the girl
whose partisanship for college has
been rewarded by the winning OF
gloves or candy through its athletic
fulfllment; upon the messenger who
carries from loser to winner the thing
won, and upon all who bet upon any
thing. except possibly upon a certainty,
where the bet Is paid"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
Hi. Name Spell. aFlrebrnnd.v


"standing about the open. grave Of
Mr.. Cleveland. those Of us who knew
him, but did not always approve. him,
or agree with him. were not only will
Ing that bygones should be bygones.
but that the good alone should live
after him.. He is dead. He sleeps
with those that went before from JEFF
sferson to Tilden, and history can be
trusted to do him no injustice. Res
directed at Princeton and proclaimed
at Denver, his name spells tirebrand,
and only frebrand, and firebrand Is
the sole Initiative and purpose of the
body snatchers who propose to use It
to o&conjure dissenston, whilst they try
to corrupt delegates.
I'm Mr.. Bryan and a reunited party.
Democrats saw hope Of victory. On
none other was there the smallest
hope Of union. That they reason truly
has been shown by the fact that. with
the Ryan-Belmont BARREL on tap.and
its agents flying about IN every di-
rectlon, State after State, refusing to
be tampered with or tainted, has de-
clared for the Nebraskan. Seeing this,
Judge Parker'lis put forw ard to deliver
the final stroke of the bravo and. IN
der the pretense of honoring the mem.
Dry OF Cleveland to plunge blade,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
Henry Watterson Denoulces
Plan for Parker to0ffer
Cleveland Resolutions.
SPIRIT AS MERCENARY
AS THAT OF GEIOULS
Sole Aim and End Of the Murphy.
Conners Crowd, Says Editor.
Is the Pcrpetuation Of the
Ascendency Of the Bel
lnont-Ryan Combi7
nation.
= Ou1svILLE. KY, July Com
menting to-day on the report
from New York last night that

OUlSV1LLE, KY, July 2.--Com-
menting to-day on the report
from New York last night that
- Judge Alton B. Parker had
been selected to present
resolutions at the Denver convention.
death, Colonel Henry Watterson said:
The attempt to drag the dead body
of Grover Cleveland from Its new
made grave into the tumult of ma
tional convention will deceive. no one.
An invasion Of the grief OF the noble
the solitude of the granite hills, blow
a.: party concord, is an act OF shame-
less hypocrisy. Nor was ever pro-
fessional ghoul inspired by more
mercenary spirit, because the sole aim
and end OF the Murphy .Conners crowd,
aided bx5Judge Parker, is the perpetu-
alton OF the ascendancy Of the Bef-
mont-Ryan combination. to which
Democracy owes its last lgnominious
and we'll deserved defeat. 1t Bel
mont Ryan money that financed Judge
Parker's campaign for the nomination
In 1904. 1t was Betmont-Ryan money
that nominated him: and 1t was the
Belmont-Ryan tag that made an anti7
trust government under such brand
absurd and impossible.
ut seemed fitting that, having made.
sacrifices for predatory wealth Judge
Parker should have his recompense In
rich law practice in the city OF
New York. He has had 1t, and with
1t and its enrichment, he should rest
we'll content. That he should emerge
from this highly paid obscurity to
make trouble through sheer nalevo-
lence We're pitiable indeed; but that
he should appear. backed by money
OF the trust magnates. and traction
thieves. appealing to Jefferson and TIL
den, the dead body Of Cleveland
stretched upon the dissecting table. is
disgraceful.
ut is not only disgraceful. but Its
motive Is grotesquely and transparent
~ obvious. The wing OF the Demo-
cratic party in the State OF New York
to which Iud ge Parker and the group
With which he Is now acting belonged
was the David Bennett wing.
Those were the sinyeterate, the fmpla-
cable enemies OF Grover Cleveland.
They hated him and he hated them.
Although amid the gloom OF defeat q.
Kind of truce was reached. there was
never real amnesty or oblivion on
either side so that the scheme to re-
call the shade OF Cleveland. and to
set this us as death's-head. In the
comedy Of mock funeral. would be
too dastardly and too ghastly for be-
lief IL It were not the last desperate
play of a clique of discredited poll
ticians. seeking to rule or ruin at any
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
FURNACES AT IRON GATE 4
GO INTO lRl4.AS'r AGAIN

CLIFToN FORGE. VA July 2.-The
iron furnace at Iron Gate near this
place. went into blast to-day. after
being idle for several months, This Is
another Indication OF better times in
this section. The furnace employs a
Of men at. the furnace and
MIN - 49,. WIN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-03
PROMINENT: MAN 8REsISTS ARREST
AND OFFICER KILLS HIM

= I1ANCEVILLE. ALA. July 2.-H.g D..
Putnam, a prominent citizen. was In
,stantly killed by Marshal johns 4
land to-day. Holland had a wa a,4fi-snt'
for Putnams arrest.
4 Putnam. 1t is said, resisted arrest
and was endeavoring to draw a knife
when the officer shot him. Holland has
been lodged in jail.