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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
John w. Donly Arrested.in Lobby
Just After He Had Rifled
Letter.
MINISTER GOES ON HIS BOND
Following Series Of Complaints,
Officials Had Set Watch for
Thieves.

Il Caught red-handed with the strong
est evidence of guilt, John w. Donly,
a young white man, was arrested in
the United States post office here yes
'terday morning on a charge of robbins
the mails. and was later bailed in the
sum of $3.50 for his appearance before
the. Federal grand jury on october 5th.
Donly, who is only twenty years of
age. and who is we'll connected. gave
as his excuse for taking letters from
a post-office box as charged in the
warrant. that he was out of work. but
he pleaded for mercy. and declared
that If let off he would never again
i cpnlmit a similar crime.
Set Watch for Thieves.
Stealing of this character has be-
come so frequent In the post-ofhce re-
Gently that Postmaster Cabell and his
assistants have determined. If posi-.
opinion that they have landed one of
a gang Of organized thieves. who make
3 practice of taking letters from lock-
boxes, often left open carelessly or
Irconsciously by persons who rent
them.
II happens every day that keys are
left in the locks, and they are frequent.
taken into the . pest mas 9ih ane
until called for II seems that some
men on the outside are aware of these
,delinQuencies on the part of boX-hoid-
ers, and that in many cases they have
taken advantage of the opportunity to
rteal.
The postmaster and Superintendent
of Free Delivery Gilmore S. Redwood
having received many complaints re-
Gently concerning the alleged stealing
of mail from boxes. decided to watch
and see II the allegations were we'll
founded. Mr.. Redwood was on the
guard YESTERDAY morning when he saw
z Donly go to box which had been
left unlocked~r He took all the mail
out and looked it4zover. Then he pu-
1T all back, aid closed the box without
locking 1T. Later. he returned and
cards.. placed them in his pocket Co
ing over to desk nearby, he tore one
OF the letters open.
Found Him with Letters.
Meanwhile Mr.. Redwood rushed TO
matter to his chief. Mr.. Cabell came
out and found young Donly looking
over the letters, and took him into his
private Office Donly appeared very
penitent, and declared that II released
he would never again commit an Of
tense against the law. He said that
he had been out of work for some time,
and that he was in great need of funds.
Donly asked that Rev. E. t. Dadmun
Z be called. and later the minister came.
gave the prisoner a good character GER
lease before Commissioner Joseph P.
Brady. The charge against young
Donlv is under section $3.50 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States,
and the penalty upon conviction is from
ION e to five wears in the penitentiary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY Der

Borders Claim Tint Lewis Got Ring
and Pair OF Shoes.
Thomas w. Lewis (colored). who
posed as butler in West Grace
Street boarding house. was arrested
Yesterday by Sergeant Mcmahon on
the charge Of robbery.
One was the theft of ring. the
property of w. c. Martin: the other a
pair of shoes from w. D. Rice. Lewis
also acknowledged that he had taken
money from another boarder who left
some time ago. Sergeant Mcmahon
had warrants issued for the man on the
first two charges. and on account OF
the absence OF the victim OF the third
robbery, dropped that charge.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
CAUGHT BOY STEALING
FROM POST-OFF1CE BOX
s |.LL P.R.O.BING
CITY HOME CASE
Grand Jury Examines Three Wit
nesses, Including Chief Of
Police Werner.

Slowly and without giving out any
of its findings to the public, the grand
jury is probing into the Baby
Vaughan" case at the City Home
Meeting at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
tng. the jury examined three wit
nesscs-Dr. Thevilan. Major Werner
and DR.. Hoskins. Mr. Julius a. Hob
son and DR.. F. NJ Reade, members of
the Committee on Relief of the Poor,
and Mrs. Hermantz, into whose Gus
tody the child was first placed, were
The grand jury adjourned for the day
Iat / O'Clock. to reconvene at 10 o'clock
this morning. So far as any one on
the outside Is able to find out, the
situation is the same as 1T has been
for some time.
City Home Deserted.
| Shortly before the small army of
nurses, doctors and other attaches of
| the City Home trooped Into the City
Hall yesterday morning, Chairman Hob
son suddenly remembered that in their
absence the institution would be looked
after only by the matron and the
steward. He Immediately commune
Gated his fears to Judge Witt, who
said that there was no reason why
such a state of affairs should exist;
that each man and woman. mlght re-
main at the post of duty and be sum
lmoned one at the time by means Of
the telephone.
Frantically Mr.. Hobson grabbed the
telephone, but he was too late. The
delegation was already on It's way to
tell the tale to the grand jury. AS
soon as it arrived those members not
needed by the grand jury were dis
patched to the home. wher. the, ar
rived before anything awful happened
There is pow but little doubt that
the police and other officials who are
at work on the case are we'll ac-
Iquainted with the identity and where
abouts Nof the mysterious man who is
known as Thompson" Just how much
| bearing upon the destroyer of the
baby a statement from him would have
! is not known, but the fact remains
that interest centres around him, and
the police seem as anxious to keep
him hidden as the public is to hear
from him. tt is said by those thought
Ito be possessed of inside information
that scandals and sensations would
result if all that is known was made
public.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31

an example OF how changes may come
in politics.
At the recent session of the Legis-
lature a bill was offered to create the
position Of prison Inspector. 1t was
freely stated that It's main object was
had lost out as sheriff of Henrico
county. Perhaps this side OF the ques-
ton was too freely stated, and when
the bill was finally passed 1t. provided
for the creation OF department OF
charities. without reference to pris-
ons. Still Mr.. Solomon was in the
field, and his friends claimed that he
had been SO loyal to the administra-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
HIT HIM WITH BRICK
Lnnded on Side of officers. Head. In
Little Domestic Row.

Little Domestic Row..
q Polly. alias Fields Finney. who got
into domestic troubles at his home on
"Wednesday night and assaulted Officer
Krengle with brick when that ON
Ger attempted to interfere, appeared
in Police Court yesterday morning, and
at the conclusion of a short period
before the throne of the One John,
retired to the ''cage,' from which
place he was later taken to the
hosiery conducted by Citizen Smith
where he will remain until about this
time next year. 1t seems that Officer
Krengle arrived on the scene Just
about the time when the argument was
at its height, and Finney used brick
upon his head. He had picked it ur
to clinch his side of the question In
the debate with his wife.
Officer Krengle was not badly hurt
by the blow, and took Finney to the
First Station
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
BOARD TO MEET

Upper Branch VIII Concur In New Or
dinnnce for ArmOry.
A special meeting OF the Board OF
Aldermen was called yesterday by
President Mark Gunst for Monday
evening al o'clock.
The object of the meeting is to take
up the resolution providing for the
combined market house and armory for
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues
which passed the Common
Council Monday night. two thirds
vote of the upper branch Is necessary
for the passage of the measure.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Dr. Frank n. Dcnld III.

DR.. Frank b. Denld Ill.
DR.. C. II. Ryland. Of Richmond. was
called yesterday to King and Queen
county on account of illness Of Rev.
DIR. Frank B. Reald. DR.. Beald is this
son of General r. e. L. Beald, OF
iWestmoreland county. Va. distinguish
ed as a colonel of the Ninth Regiment,
Virginia C'aya Try.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Fraternlty Men Entertained.

Richmoind members Of the Delta Tau Delta
fraternity at supper at the Hermita ge Golf
Club last night. Among the Richmond
Cooke. Stewart Leake. Darlington Moseley,
Hamilton Chamberlayne. James H. Drake.
Jr., James NJ Ball. Jr., and George NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Former Governor Budd Dead. n

& STOCKTON, CAL. july so;-Jam, 7, IS i, y;
lonr prominent in Democratic politics, died
mt his home In this city to-day after IN :.
nest OF q fortnight Of lraem ala, age1l my my;
Wis, IN 1851, and came to Cal ifornla1 In ms
{bcyhood. Elected to- Con gress he SCI \, Se 9,
from 1883 to 1855, but lined rennmlMa, !,
,tion He was the Governor Of Cav llornAA
FROM 1871 to 31ssa, lslS ii IN III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
FAILED 10 APPEAR

Plaintiff In Damage Suit Loses, Case
BEING Thrown Out of Court.
Melvin It. Lumpkin. suing the Rich
Company for $1,000 damages, was not
present yesterday when his case was
called in the henrico Circuit Court,
Judge Scott non-suited the case. which
was Of so little interest to the plain
titf.
Lumpkin was travelling on the Rich
mond and Chesapeake Bay line on jan
nary lhth last and, according to the
paid his fare to Greenwood Station.
But in the face of his having carried
out all the requirements OF passengers.
The conductor put him off at Henrico
street, thus damaging him in the
amount of $1,000.
AS the plaintiff did not appear yes
tefday, his damage suit Jared badly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Funeral OF Mr.. Sands.

y PARIs. July aO.-The body OF G. Win
throp Sands. the stepson OF w. X. Wander
bit. who was killed In an automobile acct
dent at Poissy yesterday. was brought into
Paris. The funeral service will be held
Saturday in the American church. after
which the body will be placed in a vault
pending removal to America
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
COMMISSIONS ISSUED
Go, vernon Swanson Gives Approval to Various
Military Officers.

Military Officers.
Governor Swanson yesterday issued the
following commissions to military officers:
Ronjamin r. Bunting. captain and COM
n,issary for the Seventy-frst Regiment.
Thomas B. Mcdowell, first lieutenant.
Company A, Light Infantry Blues.
Moses C. Ferebee, lieutenant Battery B..
First Artillery. retired.
r. Beverley Poague. adjunct professor OF
descriptive geometry and engineering, Vir-
g!nia Military Institute. with the rank Of
major.
Charles w. Watts. associate professor of
mathematics. Virginia Military Institute.
with the rank of lieutenant-colonel of en-
George A. Brooks lieutenant, Company L.
Seventy-fourth Regiment retired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
HORNETS SHOW LEAD
Great Interest in Y. W. c. a. Membcrshin
Campaign,

Great Interest in y. ". c. a. Membership
Campaign.
Judging from the present heat OF tho
Young Mems Christian Association member
ship campaign there will be no difficulty
IN adding the 800 new members to the list.
The two teams. which are doing the work,
each spnrred on with the ambition OF Lead
log in the race have made fine showing
50 far with enthusiasm still on the Increase.
Last Monday night the committee in
charge planned the campaign, two soliciting
teams being appointed. each to consist nf
fifty young men. They are designated as
the, "spIders.' and the Hornets" tho .Spid-
ers,' fIyirs; under red campaign colors. and
the Hornets under blue. Tho young men
have gone at 1t with VIM SO fas they
have been very successful. and ore greatly
enceura ged to carry on this competitive race
with lively spirit.
Several OF the business firms OF the city
have shown much interest in the campaign.
and have offered to pay half the Initiation
fee of their employees who Join the assoc
citation.
Al present the status of the race for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Judge Balm 10 Sit.
desfrnatn6

Governor Swanson yesterday designated
Judge kenneth A. Balm, of Portsmouth, to
hold a part OF tho July term OF the Circuit
Court OF Princess Anne county fer Judge b.
D. White. who is incapactated from sitting
In certain causes pending before said court
The terms begins to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
FATHER AND SON IN COURT
DilIard. Air Domestic Troubles and Go
In

with Warning.
G. w. billiard. sr.. &c W., Jr.. and his
wife aired their domestic troubles In
the Police Court yesterday morning,
and 1t ended with the father being
officer. The elder billiard accused the
younger man OF stealing s22 from him..
but as he could not prove that he ever
had that much monev at one time. JUS
Slards come from Tunstalls. Va. They
were dismissed, but G. w, ST., Will
have to keep sober while in Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
Going To- Chatham,

Governor ana Mrs Swanson vii leave the
city 10 morrow for. thelr home In Cha ham,
wiisre they will spend several days. They
EXPECT ia return to the city about The mid
die OF the Weeks y 8 ll53 So, ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
GOES TO GRAND JURY
John Z, Rowe Valves Examination In tho
tsaA Police Court yl lTi az

Police Court.
B John f. Rowe, charged With the embez-
2lpnoni Of funds from his employers, j. q.
Mespy q Co., waived examination In the
Police Court yesterday morning and was sent
on 10 the October term OF the grand Jury.
Several other charges of misdemeanor We're
felony case. These charges viii be dropped
y Rews !s convicted gaoa the felony bargs,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31
One Mnrrinre IIcrn.e.

~ u rs .VHe tUHTFWEe ,IicenHG.8 lII45
a marriage license was issued by the
clerk OF the Hastings Court yesterday
morning TO John r. Martin and Miss
FRANCES rl.i. Archer Jackson. both OF this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-31

AT present the status Iof the race for
member.hip shows about tn; same work for
beth teams, the Hornets. having slight
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY GEORGE C. L. SNYDER

Entered November 2o, 1902. at the [. s. Postohice in Wrangell, Alaska, as nal matter of the second clasz. accord- Ing 10 the act of congress, March ,. 1879
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30

secure an appropriation from the public treasury, for the aid of moth- CTS too poor to properly care for their children. Mrs. Burns also suggests committees to inquire into the morals of those about to be mar ried. measure that seems more likely to discourage than to encour- age matrimony. What seems to be a fatal defect of the plan is that she offers no suggestion as to q means by which the ordinary New York flat can be stretched to a size to ac- comodate even moderate number of children.-Ex.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30

It cost over nine dollars to have Jersey bull shipped from Peters burg to Wrangell. last week. Now, a Jersey bull is very small affair, and such price is beyond all req son. And in this connection, let us suggest that these excessive rates are doing more to retard the population and development of the territory than any other thing Ii rates were placed at a reasonable figure many more people would
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30

An anti-race suicide club is the thing that New York needs most, according to Mrs, Clarence Burns who is the head of ftha Little Mothers Aid Society. She proposes as 8 practical means of encouraging larger families an organization that would undertake to find suitable husbands for unmarried women- apparently she holds that there is no trouble now on the part of the bachelors in finding suitable wives and would offer prizes for the best examples of anti-race suicide and that would establish fund, or else
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30

In our editorial of last week on the subject of school equipment, it was not intended to cast any re- factions upon the schoo. board. On the contrary, if the school fund were adequate our school board could have no legitimate reason for failure to provide the necessary equipment. If we are to have a public school, lets have it properly equipped, even if the taxes have to go a trifle higher.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30

settle in this country, whereas they now come from the east with the intention of coming here, but when they get to the Sound and run up against these Seattle Spirit freight rates," they come no further. The average homeseeker is loath to pay the price of a steamship for getting his household effects hauled few hundred miles. If these transpor- tation lines would reduce their rates until they get this country well filled with settlers and then apply the Seattle Spirit. the would have them Ion the hip"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30
GREED THAI DEvoURs CHILDREN

GREED THAI DEvoURs CHILDREN
 Under the heading "Let Us Weep With Pity and Bow with Shame" the Appeal to Reason displays, across two columns of a recent number, this extract from a press report of the Monongah mine ex- plosion;
 "They took a small boy, eleven years old from Mine No. 6 today. He bore on his grimed little face look of peace and happiness that doubtless never marked it in life. There are other little trapped boys, they say. in the hideous catacomb back under the hills. 'boys that never have known the delight of tops and marbles, and whose best comrades are the slow and patient mules that haul the black cars down the drifts. The little boy ta. ken out was a weakling, a mere child, who in life did not possess enough strength to lift bushel of coal. But his small hands were gnarled and his shoes were those of q man laborer, rough and tough and hobnailed."
 The heading seemed ~hysterical and bit ridiculous at first glance. But no honest man with a spark of that heavenly compassion in his heart which Charles Dickens in- voked for Little Joe" can read fhis bit of news without admitting that the heading is excused.
 Christian linen and women sho'd weep with pity and bow with shame. For this puny little eleven year-old miner, with gnarled hands and hob-nailed shoes: this child robbed 9f his childhood; taken from the sunlight and the fields and streams and forests while vet q baby and plunged into this coal mine there to suffer and die; this little miner was their slave. In their service he lived and died, and all he has to show for what our Christian civilization has given him in return for what he gave, is his stunted soul and starved body and his grimy little face upturned 10 the sky.
 Dickens Little Joe" the Eng fish waif whose forlorn condition 50 touched the great heart of the novelist, was a prince, a pampered and favored child of fortune, com pared with this dead little American miner of half-century later. A half-century of progress, and this is what we have to show for it Is it strange socialism grows?; socialism, which hurls its challenge in the face q Inc system that has given ua this sorry product? Is ii etrange that, despite its fundamen- tal fallacies, t appeals to the fath- frs and mothers of the poor wren t cac launch. with justice lhe ter rife indictment against a capital istic civilization" that ''the march pits conquest is stained with the Ploai ef iniaRts and paved with the puny bones of children?" ] People were poor enough. God knows, in the dark ages oi medic Fal ignorance and in the still ear tier days Of organism; but never, III modern industrialism joined hands with Christian civilization, did they have to send their chill iren to Work-and, working, mur- dered-as children are sent and murdered today. Ancient greed beld its hand in pity or shame, and spared the child
 pi The greed of,today knows neither 0ity nor shame and in children it
Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30
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Alaska sentinel., 1908-01-30
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-15

Dan Griffin and wife visited Friday at
j. O. Gamers.
Miss Fannie Cannon spent Saturday
night and. Sunday with home folks.
Jasper Record and family and John
Frost and family spent Sunday at
Dwight Freeman's.
Mrs. j. 0. Garner and two daughters
were Leon callers Wednesday.
Several from this vicinity attended
church at New Salem Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Claude spent few days
with her neice, Mrs. Bertha Freeman
and family.
Misses Bertha Cannon and Minnie
Miller spent Wednesday evening at J.
0. Gamers.
Gene fuller who has been very sick
is some better at this writing.
Mrs. Eugene Cannon was a Leon
caller Monday.
Sunday with her uncle, Will Ray.
Misses Grace and Glata Garner called
at Frank Gammills Friday.
Dan Griffin and wife visited relatives
in Leon Wednesday.
Mrs. M. G.. Mullin and two brothers
spent few days last week with her
uduSnCer, MIS-. hatle Hickman.
Mrs. j. O. Garner and daughters
Grace and Glata spent one afternoon
last week at Dwight Freeman's.
Eugene Cannon and Bud Simms help
ed J. 0. Garner with his work Monday
and Tuesday.
George Evans and sisters, Miss Julia
and Mrs. Mary Hall and daughters,
were Leon callers Saturday.
Mrs. Frost, of Leon, is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John Evans.
Misses Bertha Cannon and Grace
Garner visited with Mrs. w. A. Alex
ander and Miss Fannie Cannon in Leon
Saturday.
Guy Garner spent Saturday night and
Sunday at home.
Several from this vicinity we're Leon
callers Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-15
BloCkley.

George Stephens, Aaron Goodman, Joe
Robson and son Bert returned Friday
from Mountain Grove, Mo.
Those that had business at Leon from
Blockley Saturday were Geo. Stephen
and son Macy, Fred Jones, Bert and
Charley Dobson and the Barlean boys.
Miss Gertie McNelly visited Wednes-
day night with her uncle, Charles Hat
field, and family.
Fred Jones called at Stephens Friday
evening.
Mrs. Joe Dobson and Miss Estella
fuller had business at Leon Saturday.
John McNelly and family visited at
Charles Batfelds Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weidner and Miss
Gertie McNelly attended meeting at
New Salem Friday night.
Fred Smith, Charley Dingman and
Frank Davenport had business at Leon
Saturday.
Pat Leahy was passenger from the
junction to Leon Saturday.
Maggie Taylor is helping Mrs. Louis
Blackman with her homework this
week.
Steve Axes and Miss Gertie McNelly
attended meeting at Davis City Sunday
evening.
Bert Dobson and best girl we're out
trying the good roads Sunday.
Grover Huston and sister Marian, of
near Pleasanton, passed through here
Saturday on their way to Leon.
There were some land buyers here
looking over the Blockley 80, and think
Of buying.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-15
Wesley Items.

Mrs. Ike Moon who has been yery
low is better at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Merrick spent
Wednesday night with their daughter,
Mrs. Blanche Duncan and family.
Misses Lucille Adair and Angie Cozad
visited the Center school Friday.
E. M. Lourance and brother Will were
trading in Mercer Saturday.
Joen Nickel and son Oral took two
loads of wood to town Saturday.
Bufford Hollinger and family spent
Sunday with his father Jason Hollinger
and family.
Peter Bright and wife called on John
Nickel and family Sunday afternoon.
r. M. Torrance and family took
dinner with Oscar Peck and wife Sun
day.
Miss Maggie Perkins and Olive
Lourance visited Grace Bright Sunday.
Morris Bright and Charley Finkbone
visited Oral Nickel Sunday.
Mr.. Tommy Gammill filed his regular
appointment Sunday evening.