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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
TRIP TO WILLIAMSBURG
Party Attends Service and Visits Jamestown
Island.

Under the leadership Of the Peterkln
Guild OF st. James Church large and en-
williamsburg yesterday. spending the day In
the historic old town. Fully 800 people took
advantage OF the opportunity 10 make the
trip. and the occasion was greatly enjoyed
by all. The Rev. Mr.. Goodwin, rector of
Bruton Paris, held brief service in the
old church for the visitors In the morning.
After that the time was spent in seeing the
objects OF interest, many driving over to
Js nj estown Island In the afternoon. Others
witnessed game OF baseball between VIII
con College. S{s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
white Gran PLAYER. Fined.

w. Newman and nine others, charged with
being disorderiy in the barber shop at NO.
sol East Broad Street. Eewman's place, werc
rned heavily In tho Police Court yesterday
morning for playing crap. Newman paid
$40 and the others $40 each They were
ali caught red -handed by Policemen Goldsby
ard Talley.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
camhlinr Verdict Stands.

Having refused to set aside the jury's
verdict in the case OF Alexander Heirholzer
and Romer convicted In tho Hastings Court
for running a gambling house. Judge WIZ,
has given the lawyers for the defense until
Arrii osth TO fle their bill of exceptions TO
tho Supreme Court. Heirholzer and Rome.
each got a sentence OF ten days in jail with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21

bership OF about 1000 In Richmond and
Z 900 in the State. and the most IN
teresting meeting in Its history is an
ticipated.
Main Committees.
Following are the important stand
Ing. committees. whose terms will ex-
pire with the appointment OF their sue
cessors at the present meeting:
on Credentials-C. NJ. Megtnley, w.
Floyd Reams. j. ". Bones.
on Distribution of Reports A
Crawford, r. L. Bowman. j. r. Mans
On Returns-A. D. jackson. H. 3. Nc
Cormac, Fl. Bartlett. Jr.
On Appeals. NJ. Seymour. j. w.
Gayhart. W. NJ Calvert.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
METER FIGHT GOES OVER

water COMMITTEES Falls to Get Quorum,
Members Being Out OF Town.
Failing to round sup a quorum OF the
lsss, piRht aant the few faithful ones home
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
London.s Deed Of Trust

Samuel ]. London and his wife filed deed
o. trust in the Chancery Court Yesterday to
Eenry 81 Hutzler trustee, on the prsmlses
No 1884 East Main Street, to secure loans
aSgreEatiEg $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
. Q Q PURELY
~. -. VEGETABLE


other mineral These often
great damage by eating ealining and
Of the body from the IS S:
purely blood It entirely the
fields under In the Of Rheu
all blood diseases and disorders safe and efficient
surely
than been recognized the best Blood
Purifier all books the different
blood glad
men, without
& THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. ATLANTA, GAs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
NEW SMALLPOX CASE
Thomas Austin Found With Disease and
Sent to Hospital.

Sent to Hospital.
Found with an aggravated case OF smali-
pox previously diagnosed rs chlckenpox.
Thomas Austin. Of No, 81 Moore Street,
L, the hospital under directions of Chief
Eealth Officer Levy. Many Of the residents
in the nelghborhood were ynccnated, and
itul;en we're thoroughly fumigated,
The hospital was closed on March 9th,
when the last victim OF the disease was dis :
mlssed THE Health Department has not
blen able thus far to trace the Austin case
n, IT'S origin
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
One Permit Issued

Building Inspector Beck issued permit
Yesterday TO J. T. Nuckols to repair the store
a. No los North Fourteenth Street at
CO 81 OF $3.50.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
Faster Monday Marriage Licenses.

Easter Monday marriage licenses were Is
sued yesterday as follows: Robert II. WI
lipms and Miss Sally Manoley; Marshall e
burton and Miss Grace z. Cousins Rtchar
s Morris and Miss Sarah f. Marks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21

That Demands Attention

Never here before was there q
larger, more complete or better va
riety Of Furniture. We have faith
fully considered all needs. and offer
a line that commands the attention
of those who appreciate real. genuine
goodness and Small profit prices.
1t consists OF everything requisite for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21

snr,nr clutch which clasps the heel OF
the Tearer and prevents chatting or
friction by the heel of the shoe rub
binp up and down while walking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-21
PARLOR,
LIBRARY,
BEDROOM,
DINING-ROOM,
KITCHEN,

Our stock represents the best makers
in this country and is unsurpassed
in workmanship and fine finish.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Is as follows:
Steps to Suppress Game.

Steps have been taken in a number
of the colleges and high schools of
the United States to suppress football
owing to the great number of fatali-
ties which have resulted from the
game in recent years.
William Elwell, Jr., halfback on the
second team of Shurtleff college, is
the fastest victim of the debrutalized
pastime. Gangrene developing in the
arm a week after a game between
Shurtleff and the ~Jerseyville CID
high school caused the death last Fri
day of Elwell.
In the Illinois Northwestern game at
Urbana, Railsback of Illinois sustain.
ed a broken ankle. Walter Lawrence,
a ifteen-year-old player of Cedar
Falls, Iowa, had his life c%ollarbone
| broken i'm a s%crimmage. Numerous
injuries were reported from the vari
Gus battlefields.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
news OF THE WEEK IN fPTOMt
important Events at Home and o.
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
From Washington.

Legislation favoring national aid In
country road building, the r~e-establish'
ment of a grange lecture bureau anc
to prohibit the adulteration of insec'
ticides was Endorsed by the national
grange.
President Roosevelt has approved
the resume of the proceedings OF the
Newport conference On the question
Of %battleship construction made by
the general board. 1t will be printed
and issued to the navy.
Acting Secretary Of the Navy New.
berry has approved plans for the final
location of the proposed dry dock at
Pearl harbor, Hawaiian islands. This
dock will be LOO feet long, so n
structed as to receive two vessels at
one time, or a single vessel OF the
largest type afioat.
Remarkable interest has been
aroused throughout the commercial
world in the organization and inten.
tons of the national council of com.
merce. which was established under
the auspices of the department Of
commerce and labor, with a view TO
promote foreign and domestic com
merce, the fundamental idea being to
establish closer relationship between
the depart pent OF commerce and la
Dor and the commercial bodies Of the
country.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
REBELS SPREAD MANY RUMORS
Reforms Instituted in Palace-NeW
DOwager Empress Is Rushed Into
Background.

Picking, Nov. 24.-While all is quiet
at Picking, detachments of troops
guard the city gates and gendacmes
are on duty at the approaches to the
foreign legation. The government has
not ceased to take precautionary
measures lest something in thu nature
of an outbreak happens here, for revo,
lutionists are spreading all kinds OF
reports which might act like fire
brands to the spirit of uneasiness un'
DERIVING present conditions in China,
Rumors of Rebellion.
There have been rumors Of an in,
surrectionary movement in the South,
but this has proved to be only a minor
outbreak amongst the artillery and
cavalry stationed at Marking.
Nevertheless it has been thought adj
visable to post a guard at each Of the
gates of Picking, and Chinese regu,
lars are now under arms at these
points.
1t was owing to one of these dis.
t%urbances that the edict of Nov. 20
was issued, in which it was pointed
out that lawless conspirators had
tried to invade the interior and all of,
ficials were ordered to arrest and sum
marily behead them wherever found,
Stringent measures have been taken
here to suppress any sign of conspira,
cy and the government has ordered an
investigation of the governor of Ngan,
Elwei province on account of a slight
uprising that took place there.
Reforms Instituted.
Reforms have already been insti.
tuted in the palace. The new dowager
empress YehOnala has withdrawn her,
self to the background and the late
dowager's eunichs and others WIN
were identified with her powerful
and dominating rule, becoming alarm.
ed at the evidences of the reform
movement and anticipating discharge,
have fed.
Prince Chun's recent edict, in which
he declined to permit any Interference
from the dowager empress Lehonala
has cleared the throne from any pos
sible domination Of the clan of woman
at least until the new emperor, Prizes
Pu vi assumes power.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Crimes.

c. w. Bibb Of Minneapolis, an al
legged land CRATER indicted at Des
Moines, gave himself UP to the sheriff.
Burglars plundered the South Bend,
Ind, postoffice of SIS, 653 in stamps
and made good their escape without
leaving a clue.
Timothy Linehan, serving a life SEN
tence in the state pe%nitentiary at
Jackson, Mich, for the murder of his
wife in Detroit last July, committed
suicide in his cell by hanging.
Frank f. Wood, said to be a son of
Frederick Wood, once secretary of
state of Virginia, is dying in the hos
pital in New York fro ma self-inaicted
bullet wound. He has been despond-
ent of late because OF i'll health.
Grieving over the verdict Of ply
sicians that his wife would never re-
coyer from an illness which had made
her an invalid for months, James Free
body Thompson, a teacher of Ian
guages, killed himself in New York.
Nick Veasey, a negro charged with
having had a part in the killing of
Boss Veasy, a planter of Arkabutla,
was taken from officers who were en-
deavoring to place him in Jail at Cold
water, Miss, and hanged by a mob
of about a hundred men.
e. A. Rawls of Jacksonville, presi-
dent of the Bradford Lumber COM
pany, at Jacksonville, Fla, was shot
and instantly killed by T. S. Glover,
bookkeeper for the concern, near AS
tor, Fla, yesterday. No cause for the
killing has been learned.
After slashing and hacking at each
other as they struggled along for a
whole block in a terrible street duel,
Matt Payne is dead at st. Joseph, Mo,
and John Harris is dying. The men
~quarreled over a dime involved in a
crap game and started to fight, draw
ing knives. For a block they chung
to each other, slashing vigorously, and
fell side by side.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Many CAuqht BY Flames.
FOOTBALLS FEARFUL TOLL.
Eleven Deaths and 304 Injuries Is Rec
ord for the Season of 1908.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Gridiron warfare,
after exacting a fearful toll during a
season of approximately sixty-seven
days, reached it's finale yesterday, the
record of deaths and injuries showing
a surprising increase. Up to last week
the statistics showed ten deaths and
900 injuries to be directly due to foot
ball.
During the last week another player
succumbed to injuries, while fourteen
athletes were borne to the side lines
and later to hospitals, suffering with
broken legs, fractured collar bones.
splintered ribs and other wounds com,
monty resulting from the game. The
record of eleven deaths and 304 in,
juries scarcely tells the story of the
season Of 1908, for other ,ontests re,
main on the schedules for this season
The record for the past eight years
Is as follows:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
People Talked About.

Scipio Craig, founder and for TWEEN
ty years editor of the Redlands (Cal.)
Citograph and a prominent member
of the National Editorial association,
died after an illness Of six weeks.
Bernard Wygant, for many years
general agent of the Wells-Fargo Elk
press company at Chicago. is dead.
He was seventy-two years Of age.
Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania has Is
sued "A call to governors of sixteen
states to meet in Pittsburg Dec. 4,
during the annual convention Of the
American Mining congress.
Capt. !. T. Smith has been selected
to command the cruiser South Dako.
ia. His position as inspector of the
Eleventh lighthouse district at De.
troit will he taken by Lieutenant Com.
nander c. B. Morsau.
George M. kellogg, a florist, well
known all over the United States,
died al his home in Pleasant Hill,
o., of Bright's disease, aged seventy
ears. His Conservatives at Pleasant
Hll are among the largest in the
icorntry.
Gaillard Hunt, chief of the bureau
of citizenship Of the state depart
ment, has resigned to become chief
of the division of manuscripts of the
congressional library. Mr., Hunt was
one of the oldest employees in length
OF service of the state department.
Dick Wood, a well known news
paper artist and correspondent In
China for a newspaper association
Just prior to the Russo-Japanese war
died in st. Louis of tuberculosis. He
was n OF the few Americans to he
admitted to membership in the Chi
nese Masonic order.
Hugh Armstrong of Portage la Prai
rie, for years connected with the
Booth fishing interests as manager
and personal representative in West
ern Canada, has been wor in as
treasurer of the Manitoba government
under Premier Robin. succeeding J
H. Agnew, who died recently.
Gen. Thomas j. Lucas died at Law
renceburg, Ind, at the age of eighty
three years. Gen. Lucas attained the
rank OF general In the Mexican wal
and entered the Civil wal as a lieu
tenant colonel. He was mustered out
as a brigadier general. Gen. Lucas
was a son Of Maj. Frederick Lucas
who fought under Napoleon.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Otherwise

Mrs. Russell Sage of New York has
given $4,000 toward the establish
ment of a college for colored youths
in Kentucky, to be a branch of Berea
college.
Alfred Auinet, a pioneer hotel man
OF saltwater and Minneapolis. MINI
and proprietor of one of San Jose's
first hotels, died at a sanitarium at
San Jose, Cal.
"A Program for the South will be
the general subject of the addresses
at the annual dinner of the North
Carolina Society OF New York at the
Hotel Astor Dec. Z, at which William
II. Taft will be the principal speaker.
Action has been filed at Winnipeg
for $50, 900 damages and resultant
costs by the Vulcan Iron works of
Winnipeg against the union which or
dered a strike in the plant in March.
1906. and a perpetual injunction was
applied for against picketing the Vul.
can plant and in the interim an in
junction was granted.
A committee of negroes of Oklaho-
ma have filed with the corporation
commission a suit against every rail
road in the state demanding dining
and sleeping cars for colored as we'll
as white travellers. The petition also
asks hat white passengers be pro.
hibited from passing through the "Jim
Crow coaches.
Echo river. In Mammoth cave. in
Kentucky. is almost dry as a result of
the drouth. AS a result of the oppor,
tunity Afforded many parts OF the
cave that have never been reached
have been explored. The river has
never beer known to be so low.
That an immense quantity OF very
rich gold ore has been discovered in
| the Smoky mountains OF North Carr
lima by local prospectors was announc
ed by ]. N. Brown, a mining engineer
OrcSrearing rock shat by an exper,
analysis contains from $66 to Ssl(
: per ton has been found.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
500 PASSENGERS IN PERIL.
Steamers Collide and Catastrophe Is
Averted by Action OF CAPTAIN.

Steamers Collide and Catastrophe Is
AVerted by Action OF Captain.
New York, Nov. "a. - The lives of
more than 500 persons were fmperiled
yesterday when the fruit steamer Ad-
miral Dewey, inward-bound from ia
maica, crashed into the steamer
Mount Desert, outward-bound, from
Bay Ridge, for the fishing banks. The
Admiral Dewey, coming suddenly out
OF a fog bank, struck the Mount Des-
ert almost amidships, opening a cash
in the fishing vessel that extended
from the upper deck to the waters
edge. There We're $50 passengers, in
Guiding twenty women and six chill,
dren, on the Mount Desert, and the
Admiral Dewey carried forty-five pas
sengers.
Panic Immediately followed the col.
lision, and it was due to the prompt
action of Capt. Davidson of the Dewey
that a catastrophe was averted, for
the passengers on the fishing steamer
began climbing over the guard rails
of that vessel and leaped for the deck
of the Admiral Dewey. Had he back.
ed his steamer away many would
have fallen into the water. Capt. Da.
wilson kept the steamer moving slow.
ly ahead, and this held the prov of
the fruit steamer into the rent that
had been made and afforded a board.
ing place for the frightened passen,
gers of the Mount Desert. All were
saved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Sins and Sinners.

Mrs. Alpha M. Shevalier, accused
OF perjury in connection with the
Horn will case at Lincoln, Neb., was
sentenced to five years in prison.
Frank Dedina was held to the grand
Jury at Mason City, Iowa, under $4,000
bonds charged with the murder Of
Mike Cummings of Plymouth. Albert
Dedina and Vince Navratil, arrested
with Frank, we're discharged.
As a result of the red light" cru
SADIE at Des Moines. Hyman Levich
was convicted of renting houses for
Immoral purposes, and was fined $500.
Walter Dowden pleaded guilty to the
same charge and was fined 5000.
A coroner's jury. empaneled to in
uuire into, the death of Frank Nadon
at Paynton, Sask., brought in a verdict
OF wilful murder against Amedee Tre-
.treault OF Bridgeport, Neb. The story
told by witnesses at the inquest diff
fers materially from that first told.
A.. A. Johnson. a prominent farmer
residing west of Stratford, Iowa. was
found dead In a corn field by his wife
He had committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. He had been despond-
emit and had been drinking heavily OF
late.
Two male visitors in a leading Paris
theater who objected to having their
view Of the stage o~bstructed by a ten
foot lat and got into a fight with the
wearer's escort. were acquitted In
court On the ground that the woman
With her hat had no standing In court
ma 40 business In . public playhouse
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
FOREIGN.

Nikolai Khomyakof has been re
elected president Of the Russian duma
by 316 votes to "a.
The Netherlands has proposed the
conyocation OF an international com
mittee 10 arrange for a third peace
conference.
Right. Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang
bishop OF Stephnia, England, who re
Gently declined the bishopric of Mont
real, has been appointed archbishop
of York.
The earl Of Donoughbore, who mar
ried the daughter of Michael P. Grace
of New York, has given instructions
for the sale OF Coole abbey, near Clon'
mel, County Tipperary.
MARQUIS de Longhi de Pastori, a
cousin of King Victor Emmanuel OF
Italy. Is In Canada on an important
mission for the Italian government,
the acquisition of a large tract OF lane
in the West for the purpose OF estab'
fishing a Colony OF Italians.
Another of the stage was
recorded at London in the marriage
of Eileen Orme, a musical comedy &C
tress, to the Hon. Morris Hood, heir
of Viscount Bridport. Miss Orme is
eighteen years old and has recently
appeared in The Merry Widow"
Advices received from Russian
sources in China paint the crisis in
less alarming colors than reports re-
ce!ved at other capitals. 1t is believed
at the foreign Office that Developments
in China will be very slow anu that
no immediate upheaval is in prospect.
The ~Cassablanca dispute between
France and Germany is to be submit
ted to the arbitration of a commits
sion of five members. This body will
consist of M. Renault and Herr
Kriege, respectively, the French and
German permanent delegates to the
Hague tribunal, two members who
have not yet been appointed and a
fifth selected by these four.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Forest Fires Still Raoino.

Evansville, Ind, Nov. 24.-The for.
est fires in Dubois county, Indiana,
that have been raging for the past
three days have spread over hundreds
Of acres of timber lands and are
still burning. The drouth in Southern
Indiana has prevailed for ia days
and is the worst in the recollection OF
the Oldest inhabitants.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Mania for Stabbine.
HINCkLEY DAM BREAKS.
Power Plant Suffers Damage That
Soon viii Be Repaired.

Hinckley, Mimi, Nov 81. The
north end of the dam here, owned by
the Hinckley Power and Light compa-
ny went out yesterday, but aside from
the damage at the power plant no Sc
rious results were caused. The COM
pany expects to have the dam rebuilt
stronger and better than ever within
two weeks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
CASTRO GOING ABROAD.
Plans to Sail for Europe to Undergo
Operation There.

Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 24.-Presi-
dent Castro is about to leave Vene-
zuela for Europe to undergo an opera
tion at the hands of skilled physicians.
Preparations for his trip are now be-
ing made. There is reason to believe
that the president contemplates leav-
ing La Guaira Nov. "a on the French
mail steamer G~uadeloupe. This ves-
sci runs between Havre and West In
dian ports.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
WOMAN GOES TO PRISON.
MansIaughter in Second Degree |,
Verdict AGAINST Mrs. Harbour.

Deadwood, S. D., Nov. 81. Man.
slaughter in the second degree, which
means a penitentiary sentence, was
the verdict of the jury in the circuit
court at Rapid City which tried Mrs.
May Harbour for the killing of her
adopted daughter, Rose Adams. The
jury was out all night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
100 Girls Get a Fall.

Dayton, Ohio, Nov. pa platform
bearing over one hundred girls EN-.
ployed at the Mercantile corporations
plant in this city collapsed yesterday
while the young women were being
photographed. Fourteen were more
or less injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Makes Winnipeg headquarters.

Winnipeg, Nov. 81 - Archbishop
Timotheus of the Independent Catho-
lie Church of America, has decided to
make this city the headquarters OF his
see and viii direct the affairs OF the
church from here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Memorials in japan.

Tokyo. Nov. 24.-In memory of the
late emperor of China and the en-
press dowager, services of mourning
were held Saturday at the Chinese
legation. Similar services were held
yesterday at the Chinese consulate at
Seoul.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Powder Blast Kills Two.

Cincinnati, Nov. 24.-Tw omen are
dead and two others probably fatally
injured as the result of the explosion
of a blast of three kegs of powder in
excavating work along the tracks OF
the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
railroad here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Three Trappers Are Fined.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 24.-Depu-
ty Game Warden J.. Fl. Jones .swore
out a warrant against E. J.. Rath.
them with trapping before the eason
opened, and all three pleaded guilty
and paid flies of $40 each.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
Boy Attacks Emloyer.

Mason City, Iowa, Nov. 81. - In
censed at his employer a young hoy,
tixteen years Of age, struck Tom Long
with a stone crushing his head. Long
will die. .ifs II
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-11-26
schooner Sinks: Five Drown.

Boston, Nov. 24.-Five men, includ-
ing Capt. Obed Knowlton of the Brit
ish schooner Hugh G., lost their lives
In a collision in Broad sound and
the schooner sank. Three men were
saved.