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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-20
OBITUARY.
of Mr.. Hess.

The funeral of Mr. Otto Theodore
Hess. who died in New York last SAT-.
Enrday, took place from ST. James Epis-
copal Church yesterday at noon. the
Rev. W. Meade Clark holding the SER
vice. The interment was made In
Hollywood.
Mr.. Hess married Miss birmingham
Spillman. of this city, about four years
ago. When on visit to Richmond not
long since ne expressed desire TO
be buried in Hollywood. He was thir-
.ty- three years old. and leaves his wife
and one son. o. T. Hess, .Jr.
The body was accompanied to Rich
mond yesterday by Mr. Churchill, OF
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Canned Goods Case.

The Corporation Commission yester-
day heard testimony and argument
upon the application of certain ship
pers who seek to compel the South
ern Railway to change it's classified
ton with reference to canned goods,
and the case was taken under advise
ment to be decided at some future
date.
There is an impression that the
shippers will very probably not win
this case, as it is contended that the
general rate sheets Of the Southern
show lower rates than those ofScertain
other roads which have the particular
item of canned goods in lower CLASH
fication, but, of course, no one con-
nected with the commission is discuss
ing the matter.
The commission will to-day hear the
Baltimore and Ohio and Southern eX-
plain why they have not inaugurated
the through daily passenger service be-
tween Alexandria and Lexington.
which was ordered by the commission
last January. . ssi y &
This proceeding will8probablySh be con-
Quoted by the commission on the part
of the State, though Gem
eral may be present and take a hand.
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Will Report to Commission, and
Repairs Will BE Ordered if
Necessary.
Necessary

In order to determine once for all
whether the Capitol building Is In an
unsafe condition the commission APP
pointed to construct the new annex to
the State Library will go over the
situation carefully with City Building
Inspector Henry P. Beck at its meeting
on Monday, and Will direct him to make
a complete report concerning the mat
tef.
The probable dangerous condition of
the building, the rehabilitation of which
cost the State 100000, has given the
officials much concern, especially since
a recent publication on the subject in
The Times dispatch. and a thorough
examination by Mr. Beck and the
committee will have a wholesome eff
feet in any event. If 1t is found that
the conditions are really dangerous.
the Governor will discover some speedy
means of remedying the trouble, and
IL Mr. Beck reports that there Is no
danger, this will have the effect of
removing the apprehension which is
now apparent In all the offices. espe-
cially those on the upper floors.
In addition to the precautions taken
in the garrett rooms on the north side
OF the building. 1t may be stated as a
mater Oh interest," tHdt tne cure
spending rooms on the south side over
the officers of the Governor and Sec
Rotary of the Commonwealth, are abb
solutely empty and unused. and the
Governor has directed in amost posi-
tive manner that nothing whatever
shall be stored in them. The report
of Inspector Beck will be awaited with
much interest by the public and espe-
cially by the officers and clerks at the
Capitol
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Goyerno. Returns.

Governor Swanson spent yesterday
at Mount Vernon, attending meet
ing of the board OF visitors from Vir-
glnia and the regents from the vart-
Gus States of the Union. The Gov
ornor was accompanied by his secre-
tary. Mr.. Ben p Owen, Jr. They re-
turned to the city last night, and Will
DO in the executive office this morn
Ing.
"A requisition has been issued on the
Governor Of MARYLAND for John 20
Stokes, the Lunenburg negro who is
wanted in that county for murder.
held at Sparrow's Point, Md, and the
Lunenburg authorities are certain he
is the man who recently robbed the
store of young man named Wood at
Nutbush and then destroyed the house.
burning the merchant to death. Sheriff
Shackleton has gone TO Annapolis with
the papers, and will bring Stokes back
at once for trial.
A movement is on foot to ask Gov
ernor Swanson to remit the jail SEN
fences Of Heirholzer Jones and Romer,
who were recently convicted in the
Police Court of running poker room.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Joseph P. Eggleston. Jr., left yester-
day afternoon for Fredericksburg to
attend the first meeting of the board
of directors of the new normal and
industrial school created for that city
by the last session of the Legislature.
g. Mr.. Eggleston will return here to-
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WilIInm Rohert Rnrhnm.

Especial to The Times Dspatch.l
!, NORFOLK, Va May 1e.1Mr. Will
Sunday after long Illness, was born
in Surry county. June 80, 1887.
During the . Gisil War; n Mr. j., Bn s1aI,,
Light Artillery. He was member of
the Pickett-Buchanan Camp As COM
mander of the Surry Camp of Confed-
viving officer. He was greatly loved
and admired by his company, and last
August was presented with masni-
expression of their esteem and love.
On last Memorial Day he was one off
the veterans who received the cross
of honor.
his record is one of the precious
memories that his loved ones and
friends will cherish as long as time
shall last.
of Barham and Pollard, for many years
leading commission merchants Of this
city Mr.. Bar l,al also served several
For several years he has been
member Of the Ep,wo,rth Methodist
character. His friends and neighbors
In his native county, and those who
him most. His record from boyhood
to the day of his death has been re-
markable on account of his sobrlety,
his absolute freedom from any lntem-
Eperate habits. his purity of language.
his gentleness of manner aud his no.
ibility Of character. He was one of the
finest types. of lifelong integrity and
3purity in his words and hab1ts 10 pc
found anywhere.
He is survived by his wife and six
ichildren-Mrs. r. w. Whitehurst. MIS-
3. r. Gary, Of NewpoTp. N Sf,.h;c w. nd ID
one brother. Mr.. Joe Barham, and one
sister Mrs. John Bell, of Surry coun-
ty are still living
! William BirdsOnE.
WHITE PLAINS, VA, May 19.-.The
funeral services of Mr.. William Bird
song, who died Sunday at his home.
near WT % aeSkman of the Methods
Church, at his native home yesterday
evening. Mr.. Birdsong was a gallant
Confederate soldier. eighty-oIn1e, ne. years
Birdsong, who lived with him In the
old home in which both were born and
reared, and where he died. he " was ; Z, a
prominent old-time virginia cltlzen, pmt
resided in Arkansas a few years;
where he married a widow. who passed
away about sixteen years ago;
leaving no children when na ne rs she srsl
limainder of his days. sf
e. f. Wilson.
rspecialto The Times oispntch1
BLACKSBURG, VA, May 19.---ir
twenty.six Years. Mr.. Wilson was a
Son Of MI. and Mrs. a. IT,. Wilson, Of
ELewisburg, w Va, but was reared
by his aunt, Mrs. ]. G. Sickard, at
whose home. near BlacKsDurs,s ne uieu
after a long illness.
l. The funeral will take place Wednes-
day morning from the late home and
burial will be in the family cemetery
Besides his parents, five brothers and
1.-TWO sisters survive Mr.. Wilson.
Hugh Johnson.
Especial to The Times DISPATCHED
STODDERT. VA, May i 9.--Mr HUGH
johnson, aged seYenty-tive years, died
lat his home, Horsdumond Cumberland
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Daily Court Record


The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals reconvened yesterday morn
ing at 10 O'clock with Circuit Judge
Pritchard presiding and District
District Judges Boyd and Dayton sit
ting.
John N. Sebrell. Jr., OF Norfolk, was
admitted to practice in the court.
The following cases were argued.
G. Fred Johnson, plaintiff in error, VS..
Virginia Carolina Lumber Company.
defendant in error; in error to the
Circuit Court at Norfolk. Va. Cause
argued by Edward r. Baird, Jr., of
Norfolk, Va, for the plaintiff in err
ror and by R. 7. Thorp and John n.
sebrell, Jr., Of Norfolk Va, for the
defendant in error, and submitted.
A. r. Smith, plaintiff In error, vs..
Virginia Carolina Lumber Company,
defendant In error; in error to the
Circuit Court at Norfolk. Va. Cause
argued by Edward R. Baird. Jr of
Norfolk. Va. for the plaintiff in error,
and by r. T. Thorp and John N. Sc
brell, Jr, of Norfolk, Va, for the
defendant in error. and submitted.
Court adjourned until this morning
at 10 o'clock. The following case is
in the call to-day: Atlantic Trust and
Deposit Company. plaintiff in error, vs..
Town of Laurinburg, n. c., defendant
in error: in error to the Circuit Court
at Norfolk. Va. To. be argued bysJef-
fries, Wolcott, and Wolcott. and Floyd
Hughes of Norfolk, Va. for the plain
tiff in error. and by NJ L. John. of
,Laurinburg, N. c., and Fender & Way,
of Norfolk. Va, for the defendant in
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Bonrd Adjourns.

The State Board of Education com,
pleted its work Yesterday and adjourned
until June 26th, when copy books,
passed by for the present. will be
for the teaching OF agriculture at the
following points. as authorized by a
recent act of the Legislature: Burke
willie. Appomattox. Middletown and Ma,
nassas The bill allows one such school
in each congressional district, and
those for the First Second, Third. Fifth,
Sixth and Ninth are yet to be estao-
lished. 4
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DEATHS

!, yy,I,ENyf,E Died. saturday, May 9Th.
: EDGAR w. LAWRENCE, aged i ir-
3sfty.nine. He is survived by his wife,
three sons, mother, father. eishr
brothers and one sister.
s1yLLIyAN.-pied. May 10, 19osa at
la:45 p. NJ, at his residence. 5l5
North {Thirtieth Street, Mr.. PATRllClAA#
4 SULLIVAN.
Funeral notice later.
H.) papers please copy. s
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FREDERICK A. FLATHER,
LOWELL. MdsN.

the hearing by counsel. The commits
sion has a number OF important cases
under advisement and some opinions
of much public interest are expected
within the next few days.
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COTTON MEN HERE
TO- DISCUSS WORK
AND PLAN FUTURE
from First Page.)

will, be an important gathering" said
President Tanner and it is rather
comforting to find SO many manufac-
turers here from New England and
the South The board is composed of
the following members
T. Ashby Blythe Philadelphia. chair
man: l. w. Parker, Greenyille S. CT;
F. A. Flather. Boston. Mass: e. A.
Smith Charlotte, N. C.: j.. j. White. Jr.
McComb City, Miss; Charles G. Horton,
Aragon. Ca. Leonard Paulson, New
York: D. Y. Cooper. Henderson, n. c.;
Charles II. Fish, Dover, n. H; r. S.
Reinhardt, Lincolnton, N. c.: w. T..
Lang. Knoxville. Tenn; David Clark,
Jonesboro. n. c.: q. A: Smyth. Green
VILE. s. c.: NJ NJ McColl, Opelika, Ala;
E. Chappell. Atlanta, Ga.
To-Dny's Program.
Following is the program for today:
10 A. M.-Call TO order by President
s. B. Tanner. Prayer. Rev. NJ. S. CO.
lonna. pastor Park Place NJ. 2. Church,
Richmond, Va.
1910 A. M.-Address of welcome on
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Law and Equity Court

Suit brought: Anheuser- Busch Brewlni'
Association Gnc.) vs. Jake Wells and Ste
Di. Judgment a rendered: p B. Taylor Com
pany VS.. Jake Wells and Stephen Allen;
judgment for amount of claim. sl27.796t@
Richmond Buggy and Wagon Company VS..
r. T. Lipscomb; Judgment for $500.
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Mr.. Patrick Sullivan died yesterday
at 1915 o'clock at his residenceS No.
SIS North Thirtieth Street.
The funeral arrangements will be
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LEONARD pAULsoN,
New York.

county Monday morning at 3 O'clock.
He had been in poor health for many
years. but his sudden death came as a
surprise to his family. Awaking from
peaceful sleep, he complained of diff
ficult breathing, and in n few min
utes quietly passed away.
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John DoIierty.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
ALEXANDRIA. VA. May ls-John
poherty, about seventy-tive years OIL
age. native of ireland. died this morn
ing at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
Torrance MCGOWAN. No. 800 King Street.
Two daughters and a son SURVIVE.
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the firm OF Hess. Churchill and Mar
low, of which Mr.. Hess was a MEM
Der; Mr.. Walter Hess Mr.. Marx w.
Patton and Mrs. Snowden Marshall.
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Rev.. j. r. James.

Especial to The Times D!spatch.l
SrFAUNTON, VA. May 1s.--fhe Rev
j. It. James, retired minister OF. the
M. e. Church. South. who has been
failing in health for several years,
died this morning, aged about stNty-fiye
years, leaving a wife and one daush-
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.JncoI, Scllneider.


speciaI to The Times Dispat ch.1
s WINCHESTER, VA, May 9.-After a
long sickness of tuberculosis, Jacob
Schneider. son of Henry Schneider, died
last night, aged twenty-seHen years.
He was past chancellor of Winchester
Lodge. knights of Pythias. and repre-
to the Grand Lodge. He
leaves his parents, two brothers and
three sisters-all of this city.
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rsnaot,i,a nh r,,nes.n,sn,tc, y

Special to The TImes-Dispatch.I- $1,000
s LYNCHBURG. VA, May 19.-Mrs
Martha a. Glenn. wife of w. j. Glenn.
a well known citizen. died suddenly
to- day, after an illness of two weeks.
She was forty-eight Years of age, and
band. by three children. Mrs. Glenn
was relative of Governor BloXham.
of Florida who frequently visited her
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Lsnecinl lto The Wines. I2ispntch:1 .

TSpecial to The Times Dispatch.]
n STODDERT, VA, May 19.--Nlr. sHush
Johnson, aged #seyenty-five years, died
at his home. Horsdumond Cumperland
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
RED.TAPE RECORD.
The French Governor and the
Packet of Pins.

A red-tape record has been established
by the French colonial department. Some
eighteen months ago the governor Of
Martinique found that he needed some
pins and a corkscrew In his Office He
sent for his secretary and asked him TO
get them.
The secretary pointed out that any such
expenditure must be sanctioned by the
ministry of the colonies. The governor ac-
cordingly cabled to Paris: please send at
once one and half pounds of pins and
two corkscrews."
The minister sent the telegram TO the
accountants department "for Approximate
estimate of the outlay to be incurred -
The chief accountant noted that in his
opinion the expense would be excessive,
observing that his wife did not use so
many pins even for her most elaborate
dresses. So he sent the telegram and the
note to the director Of the political de-
partment, who drew up a long, and on
the whole favorable, report Of the gov
ernors character. and thought the re-
quest for the pins was reasonable, II they
WI NV tNtteafstu dA f@AOl DlihltA 2lE
ure
The dossier went next to the commits
sion Of purchases. which vas divided as to
whether the pins should be bought by pri-
vate contract or otherwise. They finally
decided on the former. and returned the
dossier 10 the political department, which
sent it back TO the accountants, who
passed il on 10 the minister, VINO thought
the purchase should not be made by pri-
vate contract. and sent il back 10 the ac-
countants. who tranferred il 10 the po-
litical department who handed 1t on 10
the commission of purchases. which de-
cided after all that private contract was
not the best method, and sent the huge
dossier back 10 the minister. via the po-
litical department and the accountants.
Then The minister sanctioned the eX-
penditure. and after more iourneyings the
dOssier returned to the commission Of pur-
chases which was given a free hand. BY
this time the governors telegram had
been travelling for fourteen months, and
was buried in the midst Of 2,427 docu-
ments concerning It, while the pins in
the bundle were nearly as numerous as
those the governor needed.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
PROGENY OF THE TEDDY BEAR.
Woman Seen Carrying a RhinOceros
About with Her.

The combination of a lady and a rhi-
nOceros should normally awaken interest.
even through. as in the instance ] refer
to, the lady may predOminate and the
rhlnoceros be wrought in Copenhagen
ware. This combination, viewed less than
an hour ago IN a Boston trolley car, says
writer In the Boston Transcript, and
leaving the onlOokers as apathetic as
blue points, raises a question that
digs at the very roots OF moral and
social stability. Are we as a nation
becoming lax as regards custom. careless
of uniformity, indulgent toward eccen-
tricity? If 50. pop goes our future. For
this, / assure you. was no inconsiderable
rhinOceroG. II was ten inches long.
should say Neither had the spectators
reason 90 surmise, true though IL was,
that the lady was moving Instead, they
complacently accepted the conclusion that
she enjoyed the companionship Of a Co
penhagen ware rhinoceros. and tugged II
around with her wherever she went.
This supposed sense of hnshlp with the
horned and horrid pachyderm is nothing
new. TO be sure. You recall the academic
ditty:
wish / was
Rhinocerecus
And could wear an ivory toothpick on my
nose
Moreover, there exists a mOdicum Of
literary sanction for ladies who elect to
ride abroad attended by peculiarly terri
ble animals One, at least as you have
learned, rode forth with q tiger She may
have attracted attention al the outset. but
on her way home, as authentic historians
report, she attracted none whatever And
yet as ! view the matter, these prece-
dents fail to explain the torpor with
which the public contemplated or failed
TO contemplate. the lady with the rhi-
nOcerOs. Hence my fear that, unless we
rummage for some more convincing solu-
tion Of our problem, We may about as
well prepare ourselves for an era of an
archy. unreasOn, and all around topsy-
turvydOm
For my own part, l attribute the phe-
nOmenOn 10 the influence OF the Teddy
Bear So unsettling 20 our notions or har-
mOny, fitness, and deeorum Is that mar
vel of eccentricity that we expect a lady
to carry almost anything whether or not
she tows with her an infantile cOmrade
II Teddy Bear. why not a rhinocerOs?
And II rhinOcerOs. why not a whale,
a dinosaurs, a megatherium, or a sea
serpent? There is no limit now TO what
the lady OF the period may carry. Next
you know, she'll be carrying fortifica-
lons. or perhaps even an election For
tunately. however. the Teddy Bear boom
IS busted, or nearly 50, and we may say
OF each Of the horrors above predicted
This, too, will pass"
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
SLEEVE WRINKLES.
4 Number of Adaptations of a
Charming style.

4 Number of Adaptations of a
Charming style.
Long. wrinkled sleeves of net are prov
ing a notable feature OF many Of the
latest evening toilets.
When allied to an otherwise wholly
sleeveless corsage. these are most effee-
tive; then they distinetively save a pos
sibly doubtful situation. But IL is by no
means in such capacity only they are 10
TO be found. the short. wide japon con-
tinuance Of the shoulder being frequent
ly supplemented by the wrinkled under
manche. II has been revealed 10 me
that the art Of making these sleeves lies
in keeping them as transparent as pos
sible
A lining support is invariably OF the
best assistance, but it is decreed that
this must be. so far as possible, an in
visible factor. Apd there may be
observed that the wrinkled. transparent
sleeve has the faculty OF thickening a thin
arm. and lending shapeliness to one OF
over large proportions.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

give of Il, II must have been an inn
posing edifice, built entirely of hewn
stone, with seven mDnun0ental doors,
stone pillars and roof of cedar Ouid-
rang's order was pitilessly carried out.
The squad OF soldiers. assisted by an
Egyptian mob, wrecked the venerable
sanctuary, smashed and burned every
thing Inside t. and made off with the
vessels of gold and silver, and all the
other precious things. The entire Jew
ish population Of Elephantine-men,
women. and children-were overwhelmed
with affliction by this disaster and
mourned, tasted, and called upon Je-
hovah, the God of gods. No more
amounting, no more wine; the women
became as widows. Some. time later the
governor, OuidTang. fell into disgrace
(the text seems TO refer TO a tragic end
and was forced to make restitution.
Those who had obeyed his orders were
all slain. Nevertheless. the petitioners
had not yet secured permission to re-
build their temple, so for three years
they had mourned ceaselessly. unable to
offer sacrifice or burn incense upon the
altar OF Jehovah, God Of gods. At the
time of the catastrophe they vainly ap-
pealed to Bagohi himself as well as Yo-
hohanan (hgh priest Of Jerusalem), TO
the priests (his colleagues), to his broth
er tOstan AnanD, and to the Jewish
princes of Judea, Their requests re-
mained unanswered. That is why they
again supplicated Bagohi asking his
permission to rebuild their temple on its
former plan.
Rebuilt in Darius Time.
A second papyrus, In part destroyed,
contains a repetition Of this plant. with
certain variations. A third implies that,
thanks to the Intervention of Bagohi and
Delayab, the permission was granted.
the temple rebuilt and divine service
resumed. All doubt is removed by other
fragments Of papyTus which relate to the
cost Of rebuilding.
I need hardly insist upon the ines
tnable value of this document which
revivines characters belonging to the
very foreground of history Yehohanan.
high priest of Jerusalem. and Sanabal-
lat, governor OF Samaria. are mentioned
in the Bible. Babohi. governor of
Judea, appears under the name Ba-
geas Ga Greek transcript in the pages ot
Josephus. This papyrus is a genuine
document, contemporary with the events
it records, TO add TO the book of Ne
hemiah.
We are now certain that the temple OF
Jehovah stood in the Island OF Eleph-
antine and we may reasonably infer that
Its site was in the Jewish quarter. where
our characteristic ostraca have showed
us the place TO search A few blows
with the pick, and we may bring 10 light
those venerable remains. And who knows
but we may at last come upon a,oopy
OF its sacred book. an Old Testament.
antedating Christ by five centuries2
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
IOWA A POPCORN STATE.

Iowa is said 10 produce go carloads Of
Popcorn per annum, returning to growers
more than SIS an acre. Calhoun and Sac
counties are the center of the industry,
which started five years ago A Shallee
grower has had more than 800 acres. yield-
ing 20 to 60 bushels 20 the acre. worth
on the ear $3.50 to SL75 a bushel. II is
planted late in spring and harvested be-
fore field corn. the huskers getting % to p
cents a bushei. The corn is shipped in the
ear. and so reaches the wholesaler. One
grower shells his corn and puts it up in
10-cent paper packages for Omaha and
Sioux City houses. This year he will plant
600 acres. build a packing house, and en-
ploy girls TO put up the corn.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
W0MEN's GARB IN JAPAN.

What 1t Costs Her Husband Each
Year.
A Kobe newspaper gives the cost Of the
wearing apparel Of a Japanese woman of
fashion.
She wears S13.S0 worth Of clothing under
her kimono. which costs So The obi
costs another S25. Numerous tying para
phernalia sum up 70 $3.50, and a set OF
footgear amounts to S9 Combs and hair
pins. Ornamented with gems. cost S245; q
shawl. $50; a diamond neck clasp. $50;
handkerchiefs. = cents each; a gold
watch. $150-abOut S9IS in all for a season.
A middle-class woman wears about $50
worth OF clothing each year, according to
the same newspaper.