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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
TORNADO AND STORM

Farm Property and City Buildings
Wrccked-Train Overturned by Sand.
DETROIT, MICH, March 27.-A tor
nado near Jackson, in the southern
part of the State. late to-day and a
blizzard which now prevails in the
upper peninsula are the extremes OF
general storm that struck Michigan
to-day. The tornado did considerable
damage to farm property around
Blackman and Woodville, northwest
and west of Jackson. Barns are split,
windmills destroyed and orchards up
rooted. but no loss of life has been re-
ported. At Menominee, in the upper
peninsula. a wind velocity of forty
miles an hour is reported. driving the
snow into huge drifts. Train and troll
ley service are seriously delayed in
upper Michigan.
Near Battle Creek tonight south
bound Michigan Central passenger
train on the Goshen Branch was
wrecked by the overturning OF the To-
comotive four miles south Of Battle
Creek. when the train struck bed of
sand that had washed over the track
to the depth Of foot. The coaches re-
mainpd on the track. and the engine
crew saved themselves by jumping.
The passengers sustained severe
shaking up. but none We're injured.
Near jackson. Ben Hahnle, night
fireman on the Grand Rapids Division
of the Michigan Central, was rendered
unconscious In his cab, supposedly by
a stroke of lightning. He was taken
to a hospital in Jackson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
Oklahoma Congressman Proposes Erec-
tIon of 100000 Statue to Him.

OhluAOuA SOHSTCSSH1uH proposes EITcC.
tion of 100000 Statue to Him.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March a7.-
A resolution for the erection in this
city of monument to the memory of
General Robert E. Lee, commander-in-
chief of the Confederate Army of the
United States. was introduced to-day
by Representative Ferris. of Oklahoma.
The resolution recites:
That for more than forty years it
has been the entire will and wish of
our united population to erase from
human memory all differences between
the States in the past. and that,
throughout this period the citizenship
of the South has contributed to the
bringing about of that general condi-
tion and to the advancement and up
building of the nation"
The belief is expressed in the reso-
luton that the erection Of statue in
commemoration of General Lee Will
contribute in a marked degree toward
blotting forever from the minds and
thoughts Of the citizens of the nation
the late unfortunate conflict.
The sum of 100000 Is appropriated
in the resolution to carry out Its pro-
visions. The resolution was referred to
the Committee on Library, of which
Representative Mccall. of Massachu-
setts, Is chairman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
TRAINS WREC KED
Express Train Collidcs With Freight.
Two Killed and Five Injured.

HORNELL, N. Y. March 27.-The
westbound Wells Fargo express train,
No. 13, on the Erie Railroad, crashed
into an eastbound freight early to-day
at what is known as 'JX" tower. Two
men were killed and five We're injured.
The dead are:
II. L. Helmer, engineer of the ex-
press train, Hornell.
James Cannon. fireman of the eN-
press, Andover, N. Y.
The injured were Fireman McGee. of
the freight train, John Field, conductor
of the express train, Binshamton. N.
Y, and three express messengers. None
of them will die.
The express was running forty-five
minutes late. The trains had orders
to meet and pass at "JX" tower. 1t
IS claimed the freight train failed to
get out of the way of the express in
time. The wreck occurred near a curve
and the heavy express train running
down a steep grade with seven cars,
hit the freight head-on. Both locomo
tives were wrecked and about fifteen
cars We're piled up. Engineer Hell
mer was burned and mangled under
the wreckase. The wreck took fire
and some of the derailed cars We're
partially consumed. The express car
ried no passengers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
General Assembly Adjourns
Sine Die After Stirring
Scenes on Both Sides.
CONFEDERATE BADGES
FOR VETERANS THERE
Col. Ncwhouse Instructs Judge
Mann in Approved Method of
Draining the Festive Glass.
Members Produce Much
Poetry, but Transact
Little Business.
there were many reso-
lutions thanking officers and
attaches. and number of pres

HoUGH there werc many reso-
lutions thanking officers and
attaches, and a number of pres
Il ents were passed around,
little or no business OF I'M
portance was transacted by the Cen
eral Assembly at It's final session yes
terday, apart from the election iof a
Judge for the Eleventh judicial Cir
cult. Both houses adjourned sine die
shortly after o'clock p. NJ. and many
Of the members left for their homes
OH night trains.
An interesting and touching scene
was witnessed In the lower branch
at an informal session beginning
shortly after II o'clock in the morn
ing. Colonel Cation. OF Alexandria vas
called to the chair. and Delegate
Featherston on behalf of Major J. N.
Stubbs, presented Confederate badges
to all the Civil War veterans In tho
Legislature. THE speech of Mr..
Featherston. the son of a gallant Con-
federate officer. was eloquent and we'll
timed. Recipients OF the gifts re-
sponded in the following order: Mess-s.
Taliaferro, S. II. Love. Read, West and
Powell. Messrs. Page and Montague
spoke as sons of veterans, and com
mended Major stubbs for his gracious
ness. The badges were presented to
the following members who were gall
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
EMBEzzLED OVER MILLION
Additional Charges Against Pittsburs
Bank Officers Now I'm Jail.

Bunk Officers Now I'm Jail.
PITTsBURG. PA. March 27.-Henry
Reiber. paying teller, and John Young.
auditor OF the Farmers Deposit Ma
tional Bank. late to-day were taken to
the office of United States Commission
er w. I. Lindsey for arraignment on
additional charges filed against them
by Bank Examiner William l.. Folds
to-day. The charges filed to-day In
crease the total of the alleged defal-
cations to s1,105,oo0. The accused
waived hearing. and the bond of each
was fixed at s25o,0o0. In default of
which they were returned to jail,
where they have been confined since
their arrest Monday night charged
with the embezzlement of $4,000. Two
days later another charge was filed,
accusing them OF conspiracy to desraud
the bank out of 100000. Harry Sill
verman. Pittsburg representative of
Miller &; Co., New York Stock Exchange
brokers, was also named in the con-
spiracy charge, but was released under
$4,000 bail.
The specific charges against Reiber
and Young are embezzlement. abstract
ing and nlisapplying funds and making
false entries in the tellers' books. Rel
ber, Young and Silverman are accused
of conspir!ng to defraud the bank. The
latter information sets forth that there
are other unknown persons who took
part in the conspiracies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
WOMEN FATALLY BURNED
Sacrifice Themselves In Burning House
to Save Children,

MILFORD, MASS, March 27.--Two
women were fatally burned, another
received serious Injuries and two chill
dren were also seriously hurt in a
fire which destroyed tenement house
Sond the fact that the dead women
were members OF an Armenian family
their identity~is unknown.
Many of the inmates We're taken
down ladders. In room on the third
floor the firemen found the two Ar
rnenian women severely burned and
half suffocated. shielding two small
children from the flames by pressing
them with their bodies into a corner
of the room. The women died in tho
hospital ambulance and the children
are expected to succumb.
1t is supposed that the fire started
from the overturning of a lamp in the
basement. 1T was said that quarrel
arose during card party, and that In
the excitement the lamp was upset.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
FALLS INTO MOLTEN STAG
Roanoke Engineer SO Badly Burned
That He Dies From Injuries.

Especial to Tho Times -Dispatch,l
ROANOKE, VA, March 27.-Engineer
r. Ballard, who ran dummy engine in
the yards of the Crozier furnace. east
of the city. was so terribly burned with
he died at midnight. He was hauling
a carload of slack from the furnace
to the dump. when a flange OF one
of the car wheels broke, causing 1t
to overturn.
The burning mass ran under the en-
gine and the engineer in jumping off,
broke his leg and fell into 1t. A coll
ored boy ran to his assistance and
pulled him out but not before he
was burned from head to feet. He
was taken to the City Hospital. where
he died, He was thirty seven years
of age. and leaves wife and one
child.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
MAKE PLEA FOR GILLETTE
Evidence to show Tint Grace Brown
WnS Victim Of Epilepsy.

ALBANY, N. T.. March 27.--Evidences
to show that Grace Brown while at
Otselic. Chenango county. suffered
from epilepsy to support new theory
that the girl had an epileptic fit when
she was drowned in Big Moose Lake,
Adirondaacks, 1t was learned tonight,
would be presented to Governor
Hughes tomorrow morning In an ef-
fort to have the Governor grant re-
spite for Chester Gillette, condemned
to die In Auburn prison next week for
the murder OF the girl.
Three witnesses, said to be two wo-
men and man, none OF whom appear
ed as witnesses at Gillette's trial. are
to give testimony before Governor
Hughes In the executive chamber In
support OF the application for the
granting Of respite. 1t was learned
that counsel for the Gillette family
will endeavor to snow that Grace
Brown met her death accidentally:
that while In the boat with Gillette
she was seized with an epileptic fit and
drowned, and that the discoloratlons on
her face when the body was found
were due to her head coming in con-
tact with the boat
Preparing Statement.
When not engaged with his spiritual
advisers, Rev. McIlvary, of Little
Falls. and Rev. Cordello Herrick, chap
lain OF Auburn prison, Chester Gillette
has busied himself, since informed that
Governor Hughes would not interfere
In his case, in preparing statement
which Is to be issued to the public he
fore he Is electrocuted. 1t Is an
nounced that this statement Is not a
confession, but Is Gillette's version OF
the occurrence.
Csi11nfte d{rl pot $50 H..
cepting the clergymen. He Is restless
at times. but otherwise he does not
give any indication OF worry at Ills
approaching end.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
VISITED BY EARTHQUAKE
Cbiinpn, a Mexican Town of $4,000 In
habItnnts, suffers Severely.

MEXICO CITY, March 27.--Govern-
or Danian Flores, the chief executive
OF the State OF Guerrero. who is here.
has just received the first official ad-
vices from the town OF Chilapa, with
$1,000 Inhabitants, said to have been
destroyed in the heavy earthquake
which occurred last night. The mess
age says that while a number OF the
buildings OF the town were leveled to
the ground no lives were lost The
police quarters and the mayors Office
were destroyed. and the jail badly dam
aged. Great fissures were made In
the streets and open fields. In the
neighboring town OF Omettpec the jail
was destroyed. and thirty prisoners
made their escape. Troops are guard :
ing the public buildings that are
standing In Chilapa, but perfect order
prevails.
Later returns from Chilapa show.
however. that the dispatch received
by Governor Flores was ultra-conser-
vative. The town was largely destroy
ed. though no lives were lost. Most
of the buildings that were levelcd
were residences.
Thirty-four shocks have been record
ed during the past twenty-four fours
by the seismograpi at the national OBJ
servatory ut Tabuyaca. Most of these
except to the delicate needle OF the
instrument.
Mrs. Emma jeanette Dorville, an
American. dropped dead OF heart dis :
ease last night in the Tiburcio Thea
tire in Vera Cruz, during panic which
followed the earthquake. News OF tho
panic reached Mexico City tonight
When the quake was felt. the audience
rushed for the exits. and many persons
were severely bruised, but none wns
seriously injured. During the crush,
Mrs Dorville dropped dead
A gendarme was killed and fifteen
persons were slightly hurt, one fatally
injured, in Mexico City last night by
falling Leans and walls. All OF these
were workmen.
Chilapa has population of some 49,
600 persons and is the largest town in
the State Of Guerrero. To reach the
place from Mexico City, 1t is necessary
to travel one day by train and then
four days over rough mountain trail
en- horseback.
Reports coming In from various points
In the republic show that the quake
was felt over wide area. but that in
no place, with the possible exception
of Chilapa. was there any considerable
loss OF life or property.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28

Doorkeepers: j. NJ Johnston, S. NJ.
Newhouse and P. E. Lipscombe.
Major stubbs Speaks.
Delegate Richardson, the Independ-
ent member for Issnr,- who fought
throughout the war, made an old
fashioned Confederate reunion speech.
When Major Stubs was called upon
he was evidently deeply touched.
There are moments in life" he said
slowly, when one would rather be
silent than to speak.
II am proud that 1 have been a
member Of the Legislature of 1865.
Thirty-eight years ago I was directed
by my people to come here and rep
resent them. 1t may ~ my last ses-
sion. A few more days at best and the
end Will come. The shadows OF life
are lengthening rapidly toward the
east. No man can describe the ties
that bind the Confederate soldiers to-
gether am not ashamed to shake my
old comrades by the hand, and want
ed to leave them some little token OF
rene mbrance of the session just abtut
to end
Here Major stubbs called his "oid
comrades" Captain Lipsconlb and COL
onel johnson, doorkeeper and sergeant
alarms, respectively, of the House, and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
TORNADO SWEEPS THROUGH
Towns In Iowa and Illinois Repor,
Serious Damnce

BURLINGTON. Ia, March 27.-A
report from New Boston. Ia ten miles
west of Fort Madison. says that a tor
nado struck that place tonight, blow
Ing twelve freight cars from the
tracks. demoishng church and in
jurins number of persons. No one
is reported killed. A balloon -sha pei
cloud was seen to pass from west to
east along the Santa Fe Railroad. Con-
siderable damage to farm houses is
reported
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
CALLED OUT FROM HOME,
BEATEN AND FATALLY SHOT

Especial to The Times Dispatch
IYNCHBuRG. VA, March 21.-Called
out of bed under preteXt by an un-
known man. George Twitty, hard
working negro farmer. who livad in
the lower end of Campbell county, was
taken to the woods nearby by three
men and nearly beaten to death. He
managed to escape, but while he was
running two shots struck him in the
back. he died Wednesday, after max
ing a statement, the import of which
is withheld pending an investigation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
Damage In II1inoi.

PEORIA, ILL. March 27.-A wind
storm did considerable damage in a
wide path through Fulton, Tazewell
and Mason counties tonight. The
wires are down, and the extent of the
damage cannot be learned. In Pekin
saloon was blown down. and the coal
chute OF the Chicago. Peoria and ST.
Louis Railroad was blown across the
tracks. At Naples Mill a house was
blown down and woman was severely
injured
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. March 81.
"A severe earthquake, lasting nearly
forty minutes. was recorded by the
seismograph at the University of Utah
some time between midnight and the
opening of school to-day For about
twenty minutes the shock was so Sc
we're that the instrument made no de-
finite record. For the remaind> of
the time the shock varied in intensity.
The distance of the quake has not been
established
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
LIVE SNAKE CoILED AROUND
WINDPIPE OF DEAD HORSE|
Lsae clal 10 .rhe rLmes. pl,pateh.l =

TSDecIHI 70 INe IIlneN-UlApatch,J
ROANOKE. VA, March 2S,--A valua-
Bile horse OF the Virginia Brewing Com-
pany died to-day. The horse had been
sick for some time, and rs the symp-
toms seemed peculiar, the veterinary
surgeons cut the animal open and
found that the cause of death was
that live snake eighteen inches in
length was coled around tho wind
pipe OF the horse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
HALL MILTON is NAMED
Successful Banker and Busincss Man
Drynn's SuccessOr In Senate.

TALLAH HASSEE, FILA, March 81
Governor Broward to-day appointed
Hall Milton. of Marietta, to succeed the
late Senator Bryan, of Florida, I'm the
United States Senate,
Mr.. Milton is a grandson Of former
Governor John Milton, of Florida, and
is forty-two years old. He was born
In Mariana, and Is successful banker
polntment is for the uneXpired term of
the late Senator Mallory, which had
been filled by the appointment Of SEN
ator Bryan Just three months ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
DYING FROM HNDROPHOnIA,
RESULT OF \ DOG BITE
Especial to The Times Dispatch

ROANOKE, VA, March Eft V.
and Western Railroad. Is said to he
dying from hydrophobia tonight, snap
was bitten by a dog several weeks ago,
and lately has been Very violent at
times, The attending physician says
he has every symptom OF hydrophobla.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
TO WED THE PRINCE
snld the Family. Settlement VIII b.

Said the Family Settlement Will be
Two ard Half Millions.
NEW YORK, March 27.-F'rom an
eminently authoritative source 1t Is
learned that Nine. Anna Gould and
Prince de Sagan will wed soon. They
only await Papal dispensation permit
Two conferences of the Gould family
have been held on the question of
marriage settlement, and 100000
1t is said will be the dot given the
Prince with yearly maintenance Of
half a million.
Nine. Gould was asked bluntly:
Are you going to marry Prince de
Sagan?"
Nine. Gould arcAed her head on one
side, and with n smile, which BETRAYED
high spirits and happiness, replied
We'll, I cannot say no to that ques-
ton"
BEING pressed for direct answer,
Nine. Gould smiled and laughed softly.
1T was evident she wanted to say much
more than she dared
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
nonl Not Botherlnr.

PARIS. March 27.--Count Boni de
Castellane, the divorced husband Of
Madame Gould and cousin Of Prince
Helie de sagan, is at present in Paris,
and, as far ss can be ascertalned, he is
not going to the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
PUT LEE IN WASHINGTON

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
After Amendments Are Of.
fered the Republicans
Garry Measure.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
OF RESERVE FUND
La Toilette Amendment Makes Il
Penitentiary Offcnse for Bank
Officers to Purchase Stock
OF Corporations or Other
Companies in Which
They Are Officers.

~ yAsHINGToN. D. c., March 81.
NV The Aldrich currency bill
A was passed by the Senate
Wv to-day by vote of AZ to 16,
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-28
Shooting at Negro, Congress
man Wounds Him and
Hits White Man.
TRIES TO STOP NEGRO
FROM DRINKING ON CAR
Black Man, Already Under the In
fluencc Of Liquor, Resents the
Interference, Bringing on a
Scuffle and the Sensa-
tional Double
Tragedy.

wv yAsHINGToN, d. c.. March -.
X IN s.n,.y1ysn,s agses5ste ASsn,,s ss1fsy .sp on
Wv tonight negro and a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29

voiced the opinion of those at DEM
ocratic headquarters in this respect
In an interview tonight he said:
The story published this morning,
which is printed in full in the New
York World. is of the most startling
exposure of the campaign and II Mr..
James s. Sherman had any sense Of
propriety he would certainly withdraw
himself from the public gaze. 1t has
been suspected by the country for
several years and has been charged
by the New York Sun and other Re-
publican newspapers that James
Schoolcraft Sherman was holding Of
fice for selfish purposes only. This
charge is now made absolutely GER
tain by record evidence. Is a man,
who, as one of the three men who are
now debating and controlling the
legislation of the house of repfesen-
tatives and willing to prostitute his
public Office for private gain, a fit
man to preside as president of the
United States senate and would not
he use that position If given the op-
portunity to do what he has already
done as the ranking member of the
committee on rules in the house OF
representatives?
"The prosecution and determination
OF the men who have been engaged
in the larcenies or the public lands
in the east has been one of the hob
bies of the Roosevelt administration,
which the people have endorsed and
they all irrespective of party have
their eyes turned toward Washing
ton to see whether the big stick will
be drawn today to drive from the
Republican national ticket the man
who is convicted by public records
OF having engaged in a conspiracy to
plunder.
''Presidene Roosevelt has now
assumed entire command OF the
Republican forces in this political
and the public is anxious
to know whether he is willing that
Mr.. Sherman. with this record beside
him, shall be elected vice president of
the United States with but one man
below him and the highest Office in
the gift of the people,"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-29
CAN 7 VOTE
After Exercising Fran
chise For Thirty-three
Years
MUST GET PAPERS

After having voted continuously for
the past thirty-three years and helped
to elect severl presidents of the
United States, Earnest Dean, well
known resident Of Massillon, finds
that he Is disfranchised and that he
will not be able to cast his vote at the
coming election or any other national
state, county, municipal or even q To-
cal option election in less than two
years. This Is the predicament that
he is in at the present time, having
been fully informed of this when he
came to Canton and visited the court
house Monday morning. Dean is of for
eign birth and the snag was encounter
ed Monday, when he made application
for his naturalization papers. He
was but 20 months old when he landed
in the United States with his parents.
who intended to make the land of the
free their future abiding place. Soon
after their arrival here the elder Dean
enlisted in the army for the great civil
war and at that time it was not neces-
sary for foreigners to have their pa
pers in order to vote, as all soldiers
doing duty in the army had the rights
Of suffrage without them. After the
war was at an end the elder Deans
right was never questioned and no
papers were ever Sc
cured by him. Since Massillon has
grown out of it's swaddling clothes and
become big enough to have registra-
ton of its own, things have changed,
and it was necessary for Dean to
register. He presented himself at his
usual voting place for the purpose of
being enrolled, but the registrars re-
fused to accept his name, because he
was forsign-born resident and had
no proof of HIS fathers citizenship, as
no papers had ever been issued to
him showing that he was naturalized
citizen of the United States. When
Earnest Dean came to Canton Monday
he interested a number of county of.
icials In his case. but the new laws
IN regard to naturalization are per-
iectly plain and the man who has vot-
I'd more times than the average man
IS permitted to do must sit idly by and
see the others cast their ballots on
election day, and this too probably at
the most important one aver held In
his country and state.