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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05

j. d. Springer bought full sister
to his former fast trotting mare So
noma Girl (2:o5 1-4) on his return TO
California, and she is said to have
shown him mile in 2:21 recently. 1t
would be wonderful IL he should get
another one like THE Girl from the
Golden West" K
Alabama (2I5), owned by w. r..
Garth, Huntsville, Ala, is making a
great reputation as a brood mare. She
now has to her credit Bel Esprit
(2:12 1-a). Gloria Quayle (2:4 3-D.
Clansman (2:14 3-40. Galen (2:2O), and
Fair Margaret (2:23 3-4). The latter
is a two-year-old.
The much toutcd far Western PAGER
Sherlock Holmes (2:06), by lolock
s(2:O5 Lad, is wintering at Spokane,
where he is owned by Fred Shaft. At
the Salem (Ore) meeting. with Ben
Walker up. he Won $4,000 purse In
2:O61-2, 2:O7, 2:O7 Ia. II the sizes OF
the purses on the Pacific Goa coast t. n sSI
he raced through the grand circuit.
Il. S. Burke, Jr., the new owner or
EIighball (2:06 La, is one Of the most
prominent members. of the Cley s 40
General Chisholm. he is also the own
er of Morning Star Coca BAD, Dewitt
(2:13 3-4) and q half interest In BlacR-
lock (2:O4 I'D. Several OF these horses
will be raced In his colors on the grand
circuit the coming season.
Al!erton (2:O9 LID is now credlted
with ITO sons and daughters that nave
made standard records 129 or Whlch
are trotters. Only three stations have
sired a greater number Of standard per- pc :.
formers, viz: onward. 1876; Gamhetta
Wilkes, 1872. and Red Wilkes. 176.
The trotting-bred show horse Is
making it very interesting for his
hackney rivals these days. Sir ames
son of Bow Bells (2:19 I'D, ana gu,
OF Red Wilkes mare. was one or tne
stars at the recent New York iiorsc
Show, and was purchased by Aiiree
Vanderbilt for 10000.
Among the youngsters to be racee
| by Mike Bowerman in 1908 Is the Two
year-old filly Lady Rtpples, by The
/, Tramp, and out of the great proo(
mare Paronella. Her sire is credltet
With the two-year-old champion Tramp
fast (2:12 1-4), while her dam includes
among get the fast three-year-old trol'
ter Kentucky Todd (2:OS 3-4). o.,
ney Prince (2:21 1-4), made a rather
remarkable campaign this fall. Witt
Hess than two months training she
started in sixteen races In fifteer
weeks, being shipped $500 miles ant
winning eleven firsts, four seconds ant
/ a third, amounting to $4,000. She start.
1 ed in siXty-seven heats, winning fifty.
two, driven by five different drivers
each OF which won with her. and Wen
into winter quarters with a record o.
l2:l9 IA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
GREAT HORSES FOR
SOUTHERN D 4. |E|
Some Of the speediest Runners
on the Surf Are Now
Entered.
JOE MOTHERS FINE RIDING RID ''
ny RAPIER.i

NEW ORLEANS. La, January A.
The superior quality Of racing at the
New Orleans tracks this year Is owl
ldenced by the entries for the city
Park and Crescent City Derbies, which
are the big races of the Southern
winter tracks. There arc something
like eighty horses entered for each
OF these races Among them are such
good ones as Banridge, Jack spurlock.
loo Nealon. Kings Plate. Chapultepec,
lStaunch and True, Johnnie Blake, Law
renee r. DAILY, Meelicls, George Byrnes,
Uncle I.aJ eunesso and Miss saln.s.
The Crescent City Derby will be run
on March 14ths and tho City Park
Derby. on March 2lst. These races are
really the elimination Of the season
here and always attract a great deal
a IT now locks very much as IL there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
CHAMPION oAnsMAN DIES.
Worlds Greatest Rowing Wonder sues
cumbs to Pneumonia.

TORONTO. ONT, January 4.---Ed-
ward Hanlpn, formerly champion oars
man Of the world, who has been III
with pneumonia for week. died this
morning at his home here. He was
fifty two years old. ana first came into
public notice when he won the singles
.at the Centennlal Regatta ut Philadel-
phia in 1876. From that time until
1854 he was all but inyincible, only
being beaten ina regaunIat Provi-
dtnce In 1880, when he retired from the
race. having wrenclied hlsGside.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
CHASE no STAY ON COAST.
First -Dascnun VIII Play Around San
Jose This Year.

K CHICAGO, January According to
a letter from Hal Chase. the New York
first baseman, to Frank Smith, the
White Sox pitcher, who is a very close
friend OF HAS Jake Stahl Will be on
frst-base for the Highlanders next
season.
Chase states that he will not return
to the East this year to take up his
duties With the Highlanders. He pre-
fers to stay in the far West With his
wife, ana will play baseball around
SAN Jose, where he has profitable
business on the side.
The people around San Jose are will
ing to pay the money to keep the great
hull- player in. their midst, and it Is
more profitable for him TO play on the
coast.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05

The breeding establishment to be
headed by Todd (2:14 3-4), and Guy
AXWorthy .(2:OS La, is to be known as
Ardmere Farm, being located at .Rarl-
tan. y. J. Todds service fee has been
liam Q. Bradley, the wealthy New York
contractor, who purchased these two
stations at the recent big auction, may
engage w. j. Andrews rs trainer for
. y loo Delmar 1859 3-4). and George
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05

than 2:l0 performer that day.
Henry T. Oxnard. the sugar king,
who owns the Blue Ridge Stud. which
ranks with Ellerslie as the largest and
best known breeding establishment
for thoroughbreds in Virginia, is at
Lexington, KY preparing to bring suit
against the Southern Express Company
for damages sustained by his horses
that were shipped from Rectortown
to Lexington in November, to be sold
at the Fasig-Tipton Company's sale.
The consignment was mostly made OF
valuable brood mares, one of them
being Mary c., by imp. Billet, out of
Vega, by War Dance. Mary c., who was
winner herself and the dam of some
half dozen good race-horses. died soon
after arrival at Lexington, while others
were so badly injured that they were
not offered.
The Ellerslie-bred Keator, chest
nut gelding, g, by imp. CharaXus. dam
Generine, by Eolus, is now being raced
at the New Orleans winter meeting,
where he won a handicap at six fur
longs quite recently, doing the distance
in 1:21 1-5, over muddy track. The
-Eolus cross has produced a
number of good race-horses that have
trained and raced with success, when
many others We're done for, and Keator
seems likely to prove one of the endur-
ing sort, as evidenced by his winning
at all seasons over smooth tracks and
in muddy going as well.
The worldfamed English sire, Stock
well, who was known as the emperor
OF stations" met an untimely death,
due to an accident, when he was TWEEN
ty-one years old and seemingly vigo-
rous, with quite period of usefulness
ahead OF him 1t is related that the
old horse fell backward on his tall,
which was broken clean off, and part
OF 1t pressed into his stomach. pro-
ducing great pain. and after several
days of intense suffering the ever
famous son of The Baron was de-
stroyed, his case being found hopeless
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
January 5th in the Annals Of Sport.

Memphis Tenn
Johnnie" St Joseph Mich
in l01s
4
-Engi Jockey club
horsesa at Ne
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-05
will be two pretty evenly balanced
races, and the winners will be hard to
Race Meet Mt Tampa.

1taCC meet Ut '1unpUs
New Orleans and the California
winter racing for Very long. The
Tampa meet is an assured fact, and !
understand that plans have been pref
:ty we'll perfected for great race
meeting at the City Of Mexico Ameri-
can and Mexican capitalists and morse
wh9 have yscSame 0a asa the the
purses to be held up. II the stories
which float around the tracks here
are true, will be moro on parity
with those offered on the metropolis
tan tracks than on the usual winter
track.
The plans. SO understand. eontem m
plate starting the first meet about the
sist OF January, 1909. The promoters
are enthusiastic and anticipate no diff
flcyllty in securing the attendance or
,iirst-class lot Of horses q
+, Tho judges have begun to wake va up up
rather queer looking races run here r
recently and are beginning 70 take
act Ion, Jockey Delaby recently was
suspended for q very Pecu W. !oOkfl n,s
ride on Okenite, and other riders whose
work has not been up to the mark
have been warned, 1t ia not imnossl-
bio that If Investigations now under
living around the track. there will he
some more ruling Off before very long,
Tom MCDOWELL has two fine colts
with. which lie expects Ito sweep the
/ i Is by Aian-a-Dale, out Of Peg Wof-
|!hngton, and the others il by imported
ItStar1 Ruby, out Of the same mare,
They are entered In "a y Of tbs ngincl-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
MRS. WH|TMORE
IS The DEAD WOMAN
Her Identity Is Established Be-
yond All Doubt and Her
Husband Is in Cell.
BODY TO BE BURIED,
ANONYMOUS LETTER MAY GIVE
SOME LIGHT UPON THE MUIR
DER-cHANCE REMARKS LEADS
TO AN ARREST IN THE CASE.

Harrison, n. j., January 6.-Theo-
dore Whitmore, the New York motor
man in his cell ito await the action of
the coroner" is the central figure in
the Passaic river swamp murder mys-
terry. The identity established be-
yond dispute, the body of murdered
Lena Whitmore is TO be accorded pri-
vate burial by relatives. 1t will be
sent to Schenectady. the home of her
youth. Whitmore today expressed a
desire to rescue the body from the
morgue. Whitmore. who gave away
TO occasional bursts of weeping Satur-
day, had himself well in hand today
police some days ago, in which the
writer said that he had accompanied
the woman to the flats and there
stunned her with blows on the head
may prove important evidence. The
writer denied that he had killed the
woman, but suggested that she had
probably drowned herself because of
her chagrin when she regained con-
sciousness and found her clothing had
been stripped from her 1t now ap-
'ears, according to the police. that the
handwriting in this letter bears a
striking resemblance to the writing
in the letters received by Mrs. Whit
more's sister, which pUrported to have
come from Mrs. Whitmore. but must
have been written after her death. All
OF the letters will be examined and
compared by experts. The inquest has
been set for next Thursday evening
A chance remark led to the arrest
today of Caleb Evans. a time clerk en-
ployed by tie Third Avenue elevated.
The remark quoted Whitmore as hav-
ing said that he would steal home
some morning and surprise his wife.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
GIRLS OFFER BONUS
TO THE YOUNG MEN
viii Pay Them so Cents an
Hour to Dance.

Walla Walla, Wash. Jan. 6.-Be
cause they could not get young men 10
attend their dances in sufficient num-
,bers to take care of the young ladies,
even when they reversed the usual
method and charged the girls instead
of the boys at the door, members of
the Modern Brotherhood of America
have announced that they will pay 30
cents an hour for twenty-five young
men to attend the dance they will give
next week.
About 125 applications have already
been received. which the brotherhood
take as an indication that the financial
stringency rather than high morals, is
the cause of the lack of attendance
during the last few months.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
MURDERED MANS
SUIT CASE FOUND
Was About Two Miles From
Scene of Tragedy.

Winamac, Ind. Jan. 6.-The suit
case of George Widesmith, who was
murdered and robbed near Crown
Point was found about two miles from
the scene. The contents had been re
moved 1t has been discovered that
one of the vestibule doors on the train
had been opened, and the theory of the
detectives is that he was sandbagged
and thrown from the train No clew
to the perpetrators of the crome has
been found.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
AN UNCONQUERED PEAK.
Lizard Head on Mount Wilson Has De
fed the Climbers.

fed the Climbers.
The mountains and peaks OF the San
Juan in northwestern Colorado pre-
sent a different appearance from any
of the northern Rockies.
They are grander. more precipitous.
with sharper pinnacles and more jag
ged in outline. In height Mounts Mass
i've, Ebert and Blanca slightly out
rank those of the San Juan, but no
where else can be found whole groups
of mountains rearing their heads to
and above 1900 feet
Mount Wilson-14.2 $50 feet-the DOM
inant peak, is one of the most massive
in the entire Rocky mountain range
Just east of this mountain is the re-
markable trachyte obelisk called Liz
ard head. The vivid imagination Of
an early pioneer who had been seeing
things" is said TO be responsible for
the name.
The summit is 14.1G0 feet hove the
sea. From a ponderous base the PIN
nacle rises 800 feet. with a diameter ct
the foot Of only about sixty feet. grad
ually tapering to less than half that at
the top.
Lizard head has defed all attempts
of mountain climbers to reach its sum
NIT. The foot Of the pinnacle is easily
accomplished, but thus far the steep
sides Of the go foot shaft have proved
bic. No doubt the time
will come when the venturesome
mountain climber will find a way, but
many a failure Is the record Of the
past.
Trains circle this mountain for miles
on the way from Telluride to Rico
New York Post
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06

From house to house a young couple
passed, looking at fats.
ITS funny they can't find anything
in this whole block that suits them"
said an Interested observer of their
progress. What is the natter"
There are plenty of vacant fats"
said an agent, but they wouldn't suit
those people. They are not on the first
floor. That couple is just from the
country. Like all other people who
never have lived In an apartment,
they are afraid Of fire and on that ac-
count can't be persuaded to go above
the ground floor. 4 year from now
they will cheerfully climb to the fourth
or maybe the fifth story, but until they
get broken in nothing but the first
floor will do."-New York Press.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
LOVER BLITHE IN
SECOND CHILDHOOD
Senator H. G. Davis Will Soon
Wed Pretty Young Wom-
an of Washington.
RUMOR CANNOT BE KILLED.
MISS ASHFORD WAS A CHARMING
SOCIETY EDtTRESS ON A WASH.
iNGToN pAPER-THE OLD MAN
is MUCH IN LOVE.

Washington, D. c., Jan. e.-The re-
BORT that former Senator Henry Gass-
away Davis of West Virginia is to
marry Miss Maude Ashford has been
revived in the last few days by the
stateme Mt of her intimate friends that
the engagement is indeed true and
that the marriage will take place in
the near future. In fact, it Is said the
wedding Of the former senator and
Miss Ashford will take place the com
ing week.
Senator Davis plans, it is under
stood. to take his bride to Palm Beach
for a honeymoon. and it is further
said he will settle upon her. at the
time of their marriage, the sum of ST.
600 900, in consideration for which she
Will waive all her dover rights. This
probably Is in consideration for the
feelings Of his family.
Marriage to be Quiet.
One of the senator's daughters. Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, wife of the sena-
tor from West Virginia, still denies
Ashford, in consequence of which
some OF her friends think the senator
is keeping his family in ignorance of
his Intended plans, and that the we'd
ding will therefore be extremely quiet.
Bride-EIect Once Reporter.
Miss Ashford, whose name has been
linked so persistently with that of the
last democratic candidate for the vice
presidency, was for time society re-
porter on one of the local papers.
She is, of course, much younger
than the former senator, who was
born at Baltimore as far back as 1923
and is now in his eighty-fifrh year.
As a youthful old man he has dis
tanced even Speaker Cannon, and.
while his bride to be is more than two
score years his junior, no one seems
inclined to criticise the marriage. ex.
cept, possibly, some of his own imme-
date family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
SHIP WAS AFIRE.

Washington, Jan. 6.-The command
ing officer of the Arethusa, now at
Para, Brazil, has reported to the navy
department that a fire broke out in
the engineers store room yesterday
Slight damage was done, which will
delay the departure of the vessel for
three days. The Arethusia is a hospi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
BURIED IN CEMENT.
The Story of an Arab Boy Who Re-
nounced MohammeGanism.


According to history. there was born
about the year 1920 an Arab boy
named Geronimo. He was captured In
infancy by the Spanish garrison at
Oran, and when about eight years old
he escaped from his captors and went
back to his family. living as NOLAN
medan until the age Of twenty-five.
He then voluntarily returned to Oran
and resumed the Christian life which
he had adopted previously when III
the hands of the Spanish authorities.
A few years later he went on a coast
ing raid with party Of Spaniards.
but the raiders We're themselves cap
tured by Moorish corsair and
brought to Algiers. Here the attempt
was made to convert him to NOLAN
mechanism. but he persistently refused
to embrace that faith. SO that he was
tried and condemned TO die. His hands
were tied behind his back, and be was
cast alive face downward. into block
of concrete then being prepared for
the Fort des ViCgt Quatre Heures,
then building. Careful note was taken
of the spot By Haido. Spanish Bene-
dictine missionary to Algiers. who
prayed the time might come when the
Lord would pave the way for his ex-
humatfon and Christian burial. In
1858 the French found II necessary to
destroy tile Te.t and the data left by
Haillo ,gaTe fc,-.csl 10 he correct. for the
designated h,o-5 % concrete on being
cut open f!.5c.ozed the bones Of Geron-
Eno and the cavity left by his body.
The bones were removed Dec -. 1853,
and given Christian burial. and they
now rest IA massive stone sarcopha-
gus in the cathedral 4 plaster cast
was made Of the cavity and afterward
phctogra phed, Cement Age.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
The NunrfEa OfLffN.

infants end children constantly needing
.SAtfxs. IL IS i'm portsnt TO know what to give
them. Their stomach snd bowels are not strong
enough tor salts purgstive waters or csthartic
pills. powders or t.Siets. Give them mild
peasant, gentle. laxative tozic like DR.. Cai5-
we1ts Syrup Pcpsin- which sells at the small
sun Of ~ cents or 81 a. orig stores It is tbs
oSe great remedy fos yc1 10 Esvs ia the house to
UHe EASlo1eM wher she- usAdas-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06
tai ship accompanying the torpedo
boat destroyer flotilla.

You nesdn't sutier with slew noadache. fndi-
ostion. consttpat;oU or any o>ler troubles aris-
4. frona q diSorfETsd stomach. Dr.. Ca'dwslis
4-.uc Pepsn W.T. cure YOU ana keep you well.
~ it-keer u ii t-~s' +t'~ a~orDld.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06

Have you t-orhie sf any knad arising fro-
q disordered stomach Co to your drrtxgis
and get a Soc or s. bottle of DR.. Cat6ver
Syrup PeDsin. which 10 positively guaranteed ta
-rre you and keep yea well
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-01-06

In parts of Switzerland stone throw
ing contests are held, handsome prizes
being given to those who throw a fair
sized rock farthest.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
STRIKERS SEIZE DYNAMITE.
Governor of Alaska Calls for Troops
and Taft Complies,

Washington, March 29.-Eight hun,
dred striking miners, most of them
foreigners, possessed of ten cases of
dynamite and desire to destroy
property and perhaps life at the
Treadwell mines in Alaska, was the
situation presented to Secretary Taft
yesterday by telegraph from the act
ing governor of that territory, who re-
quested the aid of federal troops. The
secretary acceded to the request with
out delay.
The order which went forward, di-
rected Gen. Bush, commanding the
department of the Columbia, at Van
couver Barracks, to place a sufficient
force at the disposal of the United
States marshal at Treadwell to as
sist him in the enforcement of the
law and to enforce and execute the
orders of the United States courts.
Gen. Bush responded that he had dis
patched one company of infantry to
Treadwell. The distance is about 100
miles and the troops should reach
their destination in day or two.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
General News Items.

In February, Portland, Or, export
ed greater quantity of wheat than
any other port in the United States,
taking the lead from New York.
The total production of lumber in
the state of Michigan in 1907 was
1,743,5S4 900 feet, a reduction of 10
per cent from the output of 1906.
The dry goods store of John F.
Gruenheck at Fond du Lac, Wis, was
destroyed by fire, causing loss Of
100000. Miss McEasy; a clerk, jump
ed from second-story window, break
ing her ankle.
A bill to regulate commerce in adul-
terated and misbranded seed and to
prevent the sale or transportation
thereof was reported favorably to the
house by the committee ON interstate
and foreign commerce.
The fight between the school board
of Muskegon, Mich, and the members
Of the school fraternities was ended
when all the remaining members of
the organizations resigned rather
tlan De expelled from SCHOOL.
Judge Walker of Chicago has decid-
ed that, contrary to the expressed
opinion of the election commissioners,
the question of whether or not the sa-
looms shall be closed on Sunday shall
be submitted to the voters at the COM
ing municipal election.
Difficulty is being encountered by
the navy in obtaining bids for silk
handkerchiefs. a contract for 10000
of which is to be awarded. Bids re-
Gently received were rejected. The
amounted expected to be expended ap.
proximates $4,000.
Seven month ago Mrs. Alaxandar
Packard of Boston was visiting Hl1nd1
in Chicago. With her was q prize.
Winning cat. One day they went auto
riding and the cat was lost. Mrs
Packard returned home and later the
cat appeared, none the worse for It's
Understandable trip afoot.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-03
DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE.
chiIapa, Mex. Is Shaken ane confIa.

ChiIapa, Mex, Is Shaken ane confIa-
grafton Completes Destruction.
City of Mexico, March 29.-.Chilapa,
e town of $4,000 inhabitants, $50
miles north of here, in the State of
Guerrero, has been shaken by an
earthquake and burned.
The shocks, two in number, occur
red early last evening and were fol-
lowed by fires which, originating a
dozen places among the tumbling
buildings, joined in couf1agration
that swept the town.
Only meager facts of :Se disaster
are known here, and what has been
learned has dribbled in from half
dozen sources more or less authentic
Loss Of Life Not Known.
The loss of life, if any. as we'll as
the extent of property damage, is
problematical. Telegraphic commu-
nication was severed by the shocks
and the town is two days by horse.
back from the nearest railway sta
ton.
The reports that have reached here
the shocks and fire, arG that the peo-
pie fed from the place terror-strick-
en-. Hundreds are praying in the
open places about the ruins.
Reports coming in from various
points in the republic show that the
quake was felt over a very wide area,
but that in no place, with the excep-
ton of Chilapa. was there a consid-
cradle Loss of life CT property.
Town Is Destroyed.
Gov. Damian Flores, the chief ex-
ecutive of the State of Guerrero, who
is at present in this city, received
the first official advices from Chilapa.
They minimized the disaster, but
later returns show that the dispatch
received by the governor was ultra.
conservative. The town was practi.
cally destroyed, though no lives were
lost. Most of the buildings that were
| leveled were residences.