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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
NEGRO LNV,ADES DEATH CHAMBER AND
IN WILD FIGHT KNOCKS CORPSE DOWN
Mourners Rally After Fierce
Struggle and Drive IntTu-
der From Place. Arrested
While Sleeping it Off.

Filled with redeye corn and few
gin shorts, Steven Peterson, colored.
got reckless late on Saturday night and
determined to cut a swath that would
forever leave him famous among the
East End clans. Sallying forth with
unsteady steps and fierce heart, he
espied house on North Thirtieth
Street. between o and p, wherein lie
knew some of his whilom friends We're
Keeping watch over a departed brother,
He peeped in at the party of mourn
ers. The sight did not appease the
anger in his own heart against the
world, and he put his shoulder TO the
door. A few shoves, and he leaped into
the hall and into the room where the
body lay stretched on its bier.
Knocked Corpse Down.
"Lawdy," calculated some one ana
made for an open window others.
with strident cries of terror turned out
to gaze upon the intruder. but fled
incontinently into the street. Still
others stayed by the deceased. and
Peterson went into them pell-mell.
working his fist like a ramrod. He
fought like tiger and finally reached
the side of the bier. Perhaps he had
once borne some grudge against the
dead man; perhaps7it was only the red
eye working strangely within him. At
any rate, he struck out and knocked
the corpse to the floor. The night
watch was paralyzed for moment,
but to prevent further Dissertation, re-
turned to the fray with redoubled ar
dor.
The Infatuated negro smote his best.
but was outdone, and when the blows
began to rain too heavily and thicl;ly
about his person, he sought refuge
through the door by which he had
entered. He escaped, and was soon out
of sight.
A Case of Blows.
But some timc back in his history
Peterson had digged the pit which was
to lead to his downfall. There was
one among his former friends who dis
covered that Peterson had not been
able to get home, that he had spen.
the night on nearby porch. and that
yesterday morning he was stlll slum-
bering peacefully on. dreaming of 9th
cr victories to come, n
"Now's me chance" thought this
friend to himself, and he sent word
to two officers where the rabid man
could be found. The officers arrived.
and Steven was still asleep. He tried
to resist, but the fight and the red
| oye had gone out of him, and there
was no strength left.
Steve" said the give-away friend,
walking up to the negro as he was
struggling in the arms of the officers,
you blowed on me once, and sent me
to jail. You blowed on me, oil man,
Now done blowed back"
\ Then he walked away.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03

According to schedule. when Presi.
pcnt Peters declares the meeting to-
night adjourned the present Common
Council. as body. dies. with 1t also
goes all the work now In the hand.
or the various committees, which can.
not be disposed of before the end Thug
the new order OF things will start out
OF omission Or commission perpctrated
before the first day or September cans
not be laid at Its doors. Unless. how.
ever the Council does n vast amonns
Of work In much shorter time than
Is It's wont, 1t VIII probably he found
necessary to call several extra meet
Jugs during this month. and therefore
to-nights session cannot be said TO be
absolutely the last appearance"
Important Matters.
OF the several matters to come be-
fore the Council tonight the most inn
portant is the question of allowing an
other appropriation for the extra work
or the settling basin to the amount OF
s6364e1 The expenditure of this
amount is heartily recommended to the
Council b. the Committee ON Water.
Every effort Will be made to get the
MEASURE through and signed by tho
Mayor before the new Council takes
up the reins of municipal government,
1t VIII probably be passed. not. how
ever, without considerable opposition.
The special meeting of tho Board OF
Aldermen, which is called for o'clock
in the evening, will take up the Blues
armory and market house proposition.
which has passed the Common Council
by vote of 25 to g Indication are
that the Board will lose little time In
! adopting the measure by Il larger ma.
jority.
Mayor Still Objects.
According to the Mayors letter. IL
Is almost certain that he will veto tho
ordinance for the second time. In fact,
the majority OF the members of Coun.
Gil are firmly OF opinion that he will
return the paper without giving 1t
any further consideration than was
made known in his veto, in which he
expressed opposition to 1t not only on
measure was passed Illegally, but be-
cause he does not favor the combna-
ton of a market-house and armory. Tho
| Common Council supported him in his
| first veto, as result of the opinion
of the City Attorney. who also held
that there was a legal flaw in the
| passage of the ordinance. This defect
having been remedied, the Council will
In all probability ignore the further
objections of the Mayor. All possible
| effort will be made to get the ordinance
through before September LIST.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
CLASH BETyyEEN NIGHT RIDERS
AND TROOPS HOURLY ENPECTED
rspeciaI to The Times Dispatch.]
D q HIrik Il

rspecial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
LOUISVILLE. Ky, August 2.-With
three permanent camps of soldiers ss-
tablished at three railroad statlonsy-i
Gracey, Cerulean Springs and Otter
Pond--where depots We're recently
burned by night riders, the situation
in West Kentucky is at present at fever
heat. An outbreak between tho militia
and night riders is expected at any
moment,
The night riders are not strictly.
confined to Western Kentucky.
In the Burley district, which is thai
northern part of the State, two barn4;
have been burned, a growing crop lea,
istroyed and a man Severely whipped.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
SMITH MURDER TRIAL GOES
OVER FOR FOURTH TIME

Owing to the Illness of Common
wealths Attorney Julien Gum, the trial
of Silas Smith for the murder Of Will
liam Murphy on March 18th, which was
this morning. will be postponed by
Judge Scott for the fourth time. As
this term of court is almost over IT
is probable that the case will not
come to trial now until some time In
October One of the witnesses for the
defense is also sick and probably would
not be able to testify even were the
case called to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
VIII Tour Virginia.

M: John T. Wilson. with several
members Of his family. will leave Rich
mond N the next day or two In his
automobile FOR charlottesville and
stanton, lie will visit N number Of
mountain resorts, making tho White
SsnlphMr Springs the objective point OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Charged with Theft.

Joe Dawson was arrested on Satur..
day evening on charge of having
stolen pair OF shoes valued at $3.50
from the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company.
p. Landi was arrested on a charge
of having stolen two and a half bush.
els of potatoes from Jesse Gaines.
Joe Scott, colored stable boy, was
arrested on a charge of reckless driv-
lpg,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Visiting In Taylorsylllc.

Miss Frances and Burnice Purdio,
daughters of Squire j, A, Purdie, of
No 40a West Marshall Street. are vts-
ting In Taylorsville, Va. They arc
the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ, Stone.
with whom they WILL spand week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Governor ncturn. To-Dny.

Governor Swanson Will return to-
day from Norfolk. where he has been
one of the proposed sites
for the State rifle range Another
meeting of the committee will prob
ably decide upon the location OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Personals and Briefs.

Miss Imogene Gregory, Mrs. j, NJ,
Gregory and Mr.. Thurlow Gregory re-
turned yesterday from visit of sew
eral days to Buckroe Beach.
Mrs. W. FL. Palmer and daughter.
DorothyssVir are spending the
summer at Alton Farm. Silver Springs,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03

CONDITIONS iYESTERDAY.
Rfchmonds weather was clear and
cooler.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
THE WEAT THEIR.

Forecast; virglnln-Fair and warm
CIR Monday; Tuesday fair, light south
winds. sf
North Cnrnlinn-Localf showers Mon
day and prohn bly, Tuesday, except fair
Monday In central and northeast pOr-
tons; light cast to southeast winds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Lawn Party To-NIorro,v.

a lawn party will be given to-mor-
row night at the home of Mrs, Strader,
Twelfth and McDonough Streets, by
the ladies' of the Presbyterian Sunday
school.
An attractive program has been arr
ranged,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03

Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch
No. 1102 Hull Street
j. r. Bartlam. living at No. lit West
Fourteenth Street. was arrested by
Chief of Police Lipscomb about 4
o'clock OH Saturday afternoon on the
charge of beating and attempting to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-08-03
Police comnissloncr. Tonight.

LIT is thought that the police COM
miss toner's will tonight instruct their
force how to proceed against any at
tempted lnfraction of the dog ordi-
nance.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
UNE FEMME CHRETIENNE
PrOteste COntTe les Habi-
tudes d d'aujourd'hui

Mime Maurice St-Jacques don
ne a Montreal, une conference
don't le courage m6rite d'eue 81
gnal6.
Nine St-Jacques await chols;
CONNIE sujet de sa conference
"Jvune file, jeune femme
Ellie montra d'abord la jeune I'll
le traversant les principsles pha-
ses de ses premieres annees, fal-
SAINT ensuite ses d6buts dams le
monde, en- butte a toutes sortes de-
carts ct de dangers. La ccnferen-
ci6re s'eleva surtout contre le luxe
chez les jeunes lilies de la bour-
geolsie ct declare quill 6tait du
devoir dc la mere de suivre sa il-
le non settlement dams ses relations
mais aussi dams ses lectures
Nine St.Jacques nous montra
eneuite la jeune file occup6e a Sc
rechercher un compagnon qui lui
tiendrait lieu de protecteur dams
Ia vie La conf6renci6re inslste
surtout sur Importance quill y a
pour les jeunes files de ne pas Sc
marier sans avolr 6tudi6 fond le
caractere de leur futur 6poux.
Ellie nous fait ensuite voir la
]eune femme en- m6nage cherchaat
a s'attirer de plus en- plus, ct a ac-
cro1're Pamour de son mari, par
son d6vouement ct son cherme.
Par ce court resume Pon peut
voir que Nine jacques touch6 a
bien des sujets de premiere impor.
tance ct qa'elle some une note
que lon n'entend pas souveut en-
dehors de nos 6glises. II serait a
sonhaiter que d'autres femmes aux
quelles leur position permet de
donner des conseils aient son cou-
rage. F6licitors du moins Nine
jacques qui conuait les dangers de
son temps ct qui ne craint pas de
les signaler.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

Ainsl, malgr6 l'accro1ssement de
population de 100000 individus
par an la natalit6 diminue en- Alle-
magne, beaucoup moins qu'en
France, il est vrai.
Cette diminution de la natalit6,
que nous consid6rons CONNIE un
NAL francais, est done presque un1-
verse]le. C'est un phenomena So
cial general qui correspond a un
certain 6tat de civilis Lion auquel
sont arriv6es a peu pres toutes les
nations, qu1 est settlement plus
marqu6 chez celles qui y sont par
venues plus tot. Nous avons q fai-
re ic1 q ure restriction volontaire
de la natalit6, d un suicide sociale
que les statistiques r6velent par
tout.
II men reste pas moins vrai, du
reste, qua un point de vue pratt
que, c'est l'accroissement brut de
de Ia population qui compte pen
dant de tongues ann6es encore; ct
les Francals en- particulier feront
bien de mediter Get 1mposant chif-
fire de 100000 ind1vidus don't la
nation allemande s'augmente cha
que aimee.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
Un Lac de Mercure

On a d6couvert un lac de mercu-
re dams les montagDes volsines de
Ve1a-Cruz, au Mezique. Sa super
fcie est d'environ 125 acres, sa
profondeur de 5 metres. LIE mer-
cure quill content vaut plusieurs
millions de francs. Ce lac 6tait a
vra1 dire. connu depuis des gene
rations dams la localite, mais les in
dlgenes en- d6claraient l'acces i'm
possible, d'sutant plus quill est re-
convert en- partie de pierres infran-
chlssables. On croft que Faction
volcanique, qui fue toujours inter-
rompue dams les montagnes mex1-
Gaines, a determine la separation
du metal du mineral ct quill s'est
ensu1te d6vers6 dams la depression.
La d6couverte etc faite par M.
Bungl. Celui ci en- explorant la re-
gion, cut beaucoup a souffrir des
influences toxiques du lac, ct les
ph6nomenes quill 6prouva lui f.
rent pressentjr la presence du mer-
cure. Ii en- a Gu la conviction lors-
qua rh0pita] de Santa Rosalia.
dams P6tat de Chihuahua, Oh il al
la Sc faire so1gner, on lui parla
d'empoisonnement mercuriel. Aus
sitot gu6ri, il s'entendit avec des
capitalistes avec lesquels il retour-
ma vers Vera Cruz, Oh lis consta-
terent pexistence du fameux lac,
don't lis Won't commencer Pexp]oi-
tation.
Un tunnel sera creus6 dams la
montague pour arriver jusqu'au
mercure.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
Affiche Eloquente

Voici le texte dune afiche pla-
card6e ces jcurs-ci sur les murs
d;Ivry, bourg de France:
divorce! Union libre
"C'est un 'reve de libertln" qui
va Sc r6aliser dams nos lois.
"C'est l6cras du plus fai'
bic par le plus fort.
"C'est surtout l'abandon, la 'tra,
hison de lenfant .
Pour permettre q un homme de
Sc refaire un bonhenr quill ma pas
su 6tabl1r ou conseryer une psemie-
re fois,
"Vous d6tru1sez le bonheur des
enfants que vous faites ainsi les
victimes de parents coupables.
"Vous vous attaquez des petits
etres sans Defense. vous eli
faites DIES maIheureux sans foyer,
des orphellns don't les parents vi
vent encore.
Mon, le marriage nest pas "un
cont1at de louege," CONNIE le pre-.
tendent quelques mauvais sujets.
"C'est un engagement saere, in
dissoluble. Avant de Ie rompre,
pensez aux enfants!'
Cette atfche ma 6vjdemment pas
la meme tenue litteraire que la
belle piece de M. Paul Bourget SUI
le meme sujet....
Mais ellie men est pas MONS 6lo.
quente.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
Rien ny Manquait

| Un monsieur sans pr6juges epou.
Sc une femme prodigieusement
)aide, mais pourvue dune dot re.
marquable.
| Qaelques temps apres, il rencon.
tre un ami d'enfance, perdu de vue
depuls longtemps, lui apprend son
enlargement d'6tat ct lui dit:
-Viens done demain prendre le
the, 1e to presenteral a ma femme
L'ami arrive le Iendemain et
reste frappe d'horreur.
Apres les presentations, pendant
| que la femme e'e5t un moment
6loign6e, le mari SO penche vers
lami,
Comment la trouves-tu?
Dame! est.ce qu'elle ma pas
un cell de verre?
-Si.
-Et puts, je crols qu'elle be.
gaye?
-Oui,
Me Susie tromp6? II ma
semble qu'elle bo1tait.
cParfaitement.
-J'ai remarque aussi. -.
Mais q ce moment la dame sc
rapproche ct lami baisse la voix.
Alors lie mari, plein de d6sinvol-
ture.
All! tn peux parler haut: ellie
est sourde.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
CANADA

Montreal, Qu6.,-Le projet d'a
voir a Montreal en- 1911 une expo
sition internationale recoit de pal
tout le Canada ct meme des Etats
Unis une chaleureuse appreciation
Montreal, Qu6,-On evalue &
cinq mile le nombre des immi
grants parts dies cores de pAtlan.
tiaue, a destination de POntario et
de POuest du Canada.
Montreal, Que, lie parti socia,
liste, 81 ION peut dire quill en- exis-
te un Montreal, a decide de faire
une grande demonstration, an pre-
mier de mai, ct lon fait des pr6pa-
ratifs en- consequence.
Ellie consistera en- une grande
parade. a laquelle prendront part
les organisations socialistes de la
vile.
On inviterait aussi une couple
d'orateurs sociaijstes des Etets-
Cnis.
Ottawa, Ont, lie s6nateur Clo-
ran a present6 un projet de loi in
titul6: "Acte aux fns de restrein-
Dire les maux du divorce
La lol stipule que la partie in
crlmin6e q un contrat de marriage
ma pas le droit de SO remarier en-
Canada, apres avoir ob:enu le di-
vorce du parlem meat canadien, ct
que, de plus, 81 ellie SO remarle en-
cehore du Canada, la marriage est
consid6re invalide ct illegal ct la
partie remari6e est considerse
CONNIE b1game, sur le territoire Ca
maiden.
Qu6bec,-Ie Prince de GALES
sera a Quebec le 20 juliet ct sera
recu par Son Excellence le gouver-
neur general.
Durant son s6jour lei il aura un
grand bal, E u Palais L6gislatif, Sc
Ion le bon plais1r de Son Altesse.
II y aura aussi un certain nom
bre de bsnquets d'Etat la Cita-
dele.
On decide de consacrer une
Journ6e sp6ciale pour les enfants.
La fete des enfants aura lieu sur
les PLANES d'Abraham ct sesa ac-
compagn6e de feux d'artifce.
II Y aura dams le cours des f6tes
simulacre de combat naval sur Ie
feuve, un assault simul6 de la Ci-
tadeIle, un bombardement de la
vile.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

I'll ne sufft pas au catholique'
de trava1]ler a son salut individueI
personne NEST catholique pour lui
seul. II ne lui suffit pas d'etre ca
tholique dams sa vie intime: ext6-
rieurement meme: le catholique SO
doit la g!oire de Dieu, a la de-
fense de la sainte Eglise ct au bien
de ses semblables."
Mgr Gouraud,
Ev6que de Vannes.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

Avis est dome aux membres du
Cercle Ste Anne, q. S. G. F., que
l'adresse du Secr6taire F1nancier,
Mile Albina Marchessault, est 3ll8
Russell Ave. N. Les membres qui
le desireront pourront lui parler
par le telephone n. W., Hyland
1922.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
La DepoDuIation

On la dit cent tolls dams les jour
naux des deux mondes: lies nais
eances augmentent sans cesse par
tout, elles diminuent en- France.
La France sc d6peuple; la natalit,
s'accroit dams toutes les autres ma
| tions."
Eth bien! ce lieu c,mmun 81 ra
batu, Get aphorism~ universelle
ment admis est une ,rreur compile
te, absolue. Et, apre bien d'autres
le professeur Werner Sombart le
montre dams une revue nouvelle
les documents du sorogres."
II examine les chltfres de la ma
talit6 en- Europe; ct lei il s'egit de
s'entendre sur IL sens de ce mot
Pour mesurer la fecondit6 dun
peuple, sa lltalit6, pour savoir sill
est dams une p6r1ode de croissance
ct de vjgaeur, on 81, au contraire,
IL est sur la pente de5cendante aui
meme a la disparition, IL ne suAit
pas de lire dams les s5atistiques les
chiffres dormant augmentation
brute de la populations. Ceux-ci sont
Influences par la oltalit6, par l'6-
migration, Immigration etc.
II faut avoir recou:s aux stat1s-
tlques dites tle natalit6:ss :ssc'est- dire
aux chiffres exprimhnt le nombr
de nalssances l6gitiioes pour 1000
par exemple. Et encore des statis-
tiaues, plus precises donnent le
nombre de naissarees l6gltimes
pour 1000 femmes mari6es, de Is
a As ans; VOLTA qui mesure vrai-
ment la f6condit6 dun peuple.
Jetons un coup d'nil rapide sur
les statistiques de Ia natalit6, de
1881 a 1908, nous constatons un
mouvem ent general de decroisan-
ce. L'Autriche, il est vrai, reste a
peu pres statiopnaire, avec un chif-
fre de 1884 naissan ces; la Norve-
ge passe settlement do 37.58 a 1862
mails toutes les autres nations su-
dissent une d6croisance, aui est de
Up pour pltalie ct la Sue 1e; de
10 p. c. pour l'EcosssIe ct la Bavie-
re; de II p. c. pour fs uanemark ct
la France; de II pc. pour lAngle-
terre; de Is p, c. pour la NouveIle-
Z6lande; de "a p. c. pour la SAKE
ct la Belgique; de 25 p. c. pour la
colonie de Victoria, ct de 33 p. c.
pour celle de la NouveIle- GALES
du Sud.
La diminu:ion du nombre des
naissances n est done pas un fait
special a la France CONNIE on le
dit trop volont1ers. Les autres peu-
pies, ct meme des pays nouveaux
CONNIE la Nouvelle- Z6lande, la CO.
Ionic de Victoria, la Nouvelle. Gal
les du Sud, subissent, eux aussi,
une d6croissence qui est, pour GER
tains d'entre eux, beaucoup plus
forte que celle qu'on constate en-
France.
La partie qui para1tra la plus
surprenante de Particle du krofes-
seur Sombart est celle qui est re-
lative q lAllemagne: il importe
den com mprendre lie sens ct la por-
tee,
On salt que le chiffre total de Ia
population de l'Allemagne sac
croft annuellement de 100000 in
dividus: formidable appoint! Mais
a quol est dd Get accroissement?
Non pas a une augment tation de ma
tallt6, mails a une diminrt1on de la
mortelit6.
Avant 1870, le taux de la morta-
lite est de 30 o. c. en- 1875, il nest
plus que de 1913 p. c. ct, ces der
nlers temps, il est descendu a 20 p
c. abaissement contlnu d1 aux pro-
gr6s de l'hygiene, etc.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

Dumanet Sc fait tirer les cartes,
-Vers le milieu de votre vie,
declare la d6v1neresse, vous aurez
une grave maladie.
-Est-ce que j'en mourrai, ques-
tonne le client effraye.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03
Isl i'avais eu plus de temps,

Isl j'avais eu plus de temps,
je vous aurais 6crit une lettre
MONS Tongue" ecrivait Nine de
S6vigny. Quelle leeon pour les
6crlvains ct les orateurs flandreux
surtout pour ces derniers. On a
une resource quand un 6crit est
assommant: on ma qua ne pas lie
lire. Contre les parleurs qui men
fnissent plus, il est diMcile de sc
CARER.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

Joseph, 81 quelqu'un Went, vous
direz que je suis q la campagne.
Rien, monsieur.
Un ami arrive un instant apres.
J'en suis fach6, repond Joseph
au visiteur, mais monsieur est allie
q la campagne'
Avec madame?
Non, monsieur, avec mol
M. Winston Churchill, l'auteur
AMERICAN, pretend quill n'ecrit ja-
mais a mons den avoir pimpul-
sion. ST M. Churchill 6tait r6dac-
teur dun journal, il lui faudrait
recevoir une impulsion quotldien-
ne heure fxe GU bien il ne rece.
vrait pas d'enveloppe le jour de la
pale.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-04-03

Quand on ne fait une injure, je
tache d'elever mon anne 81 haut
que poffense ne puisse parvenir
jusqu'a moi oi-Descartes.