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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26

AUSTIN. TEX-SpeCial in
ventOry of the Texas holdings OF the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company. which was
ordered by the court preparatory TO
its sale and final custer from the
State, has been completed by Receiver
Bckhart, and will be flied in the court
next Monday.
The total value is approximately ST.
100000. but this does not include the
good viii and other intangible assets
which will be taken into considera-
ton in fixing an upset price for the
property
The sale will be made about October
18th.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26

ROANOKE. vA-Speeial-J r
Nimno. who on sunday fred seven
shots AZ r. J. Wright, The alleged sss-
poiler OF his home. was tried in collie.
court and discharged.
he swore out a warrant FOR Wright
charging him with the abduction OF his
Young wife. Mrs. Nimmo being under
10 years OF age. who some weeks an.
vas accused % clipping 10 Texas VIM
Wright. and OF taking with Asr saks
OF her husbands money.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
GRANTS STAY
OF SENTENCE
Months Respite Granted 10 Schultz'>
Murderer> Governor swanson
Acts on the Appeal.

ALEXANDRIA. VA Special inn
mediately following the departure of
Calvin Johnson Richard Pines and
Eugene Dorsey. the negroes sentenced
to Doe electfocuted az Richmond Sep
tcmber 8. TO- and %. respectively. for
the murder OF Walter r. Schultz. which
occurred near this city March Is last
DO Was announced yesterday afternoon
that Governor Swanson had granted
the condemned men respite until Oc-
tober IS. DO. and p. respectively. The
rcspi. was granted at the request OF
Lewis Do. NaCheu. counsel for John
son with the approval of judge Louis
o.. Barley. who presided at the trials
of the three men.
IuC-r Barley returned to Alexandria
several days ago from Bath county.
va. where he is taking his vacation
fo TABS. uu thr bills of exceptions iu
Johnson case in order that SIR. Ma
chen u.-lt get them before the State
Court of Appeals at the earliest possi-
NIr date. commonwealth AtrurueE
s. O.. Brent. who conducted th, prose-
DltlOn of fhe three negroes is boz
pennsylvania. and DO was decided that
DO would only Dee Justice 200 the accused
and the State tO allow him au nupOr-
tuuity to examine the bills of eNcen-
uOns aud the record. which are Nolum-
nous documents. the trial ol Jolu-
SON natiug covered more tlau a week.
Testimony Nearly the same.
luasmuch CAS- the testimony iu tle
three trials was practically tle same
10 is generally understood that writ
of error iu the case of Johnson would
Dee followed Bog similar writs m the
cases off the other prisoners
Guards =. r.. Smith. O.. g.. Scott and
John p. Eanes. from the State peui-
Tertiary. arrived u Alexandria yes-
terday morning and left shortly after
3 o'clock in the afternoon With tht
three men. The presence of che
guards u Alexandria soon became
known and when they left the Jail
about 1880 o'clock a large crowd had
gathered I'm front of that institution
+ and fully 500 persons large majority
f of them negroes, We're AT the Union
station
The three condemned negroes We're
2ot aware that they bad been respited
I ana while they bowed and smiled al
their acquaiutanccs DO was evident
+ rom their expressions that they fully
called the seriousness of their pre-
/ iiCamenr
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
HIS ENGINE To
RUN ON FOREVER
That's Belief OF Man Who Saws Ma
chine Needs No Fuel or Other
Power Producer.

DERBY. CONN.-Special-"Has he
discovered the secret of perpetual mo-
tion?" asked perplexed persons who
see the dry power" engine invented
by Joseph Satkaitis OF Naugatuck.
which, he asserts. Will revolutionize
the present methods Of supplying pow
er for the running of machinery. No
fuel, the inventor says, is used TO
keep the driving rods in motion. nor
has II any gas or electrical cOnnec-
ton. The wheels turn and the driv-
ing rods perform their work with
little noise. and the building is not
Jared in the slightest degree by the
action OF the machinery.
Every one who has inspected the
machine has concurTed in the opinion
that whether the perpetual motion
problem has or has not ben solved
the engine is certainly a remarkable
invention. Sutkaitis has been at work
on II for five years. He has applied
for a patent aud has had the machine
inspected by patent attorneys. He re-
fuses TO say what runs the engine,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
RIDE DOWN AID
CLUB STRIKERS
Pennsyivania Coastahles COnpal,.~
Men % Keep % to HsvN

PlITSBURG. PA-Speciai Mount
ed aud using their hickory riots club.
members of the Pennsylvania state
constaoulary are Keeping strikers ON
the move in She Pressed Steel Com
pans strike zone az NcKee's Rocks.
10 is estimated over 500 shots were
hred oy strikers and sympathirers
who had gathered on the O'Donovan
bridge. near The works During ~.
nfing the troopers and other police
remained inside the mill. orders nav
ing been issued go take NO action an
less The strikers attempted an en-
trance to the plant
The coustabulary vas our On the
streets. however. compelling the
strikers to keep moving Troopers
TOOK possession 90 the ODonovan
'ridEr. and Efforts 90 tho strikers To
'onertEatc at any one point were met
strike leaders explained tte shoot
in- and disorder They are of the
opinion that the workmen are being
urll in the Willis against their wishes
iar shooure. theN SAY. Nas Tor the
NufIna. of bringing the coustabuIarv
.I'n tHr plant ,o the bridge aud give
WIN EalIopuI horses aud riot sticks
lnr nfN mru an opportunity "a escape
Irom fuc anrks.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
PRAYED FOR RAIN
and WON OUT
Al seess Given . Chsss> ~ o.
BaptiSss wsa-

A strange story Of apparent divine
Discrimination come frsxs tar-auax
Oklshov.e Some time aEo a Presby-
eeriAn evangelist began . protracfe1
meeting In Bennington Tke soa.s~v
vas badly IN need OF raiz The meet
NIX continued ten DAYS AID throuxbout
tAere we're prayers FOR ram. not A
sprinkle fell The Netho<Ests then
pitched tneir tent and held services
Tor ten DAYS. They prayed sor rain.
oat came not The Holiness sect
then commenced its labors o. aase TIE
parched country 10 conxlnaed teR
meetings for two weeks. but IN that
time nor a drop of rain fell Il va
bot and dry and then hot so1ae an6
drg some more To seemed a. fha
earth Vas going 90 burn np AID everr
growing thing die
The people then decided - give ~
baptists a chance. and a pastor q
tAat faith vas summoned frOm Ard
more lie pitched MA ts.at AZ nixha
ane asked thai the drought be broken
Clouds gathered in The sky and before
morning there vas a heavy doWnpour
GO rain that continued FOR several
hours or course. By the time The
Baptist divine offered his supplicatsous
tle time Tor rain might have cone
my ay and there h no estabgiqhe.f
proof OF Proyidential favoritisua. buf
iul.y tAree-fourtAs OF Oklahoma. shs
state 90 wonderfully and fcarfully-
made Constitution. ~ probabilities. II
lanS deposit guarantee az and Rss-
Aeli. believes now that she BaDtk5fs
are high in divine favor anI manner
Gus accessions 60 that faitA ars bstnE
reported
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
DEATH HAD No
TERRnRN FnR AITOISTS

INDIANAPOLIS. lND Special
Despite tht fact chat tva men nar.
already sarr.n.ed their lives to speed
tnr automobile races upon the u-s.
100000 speedway went on without in-
fcrruptiOu
The weather Is cine and 10 was exc
nrcfcu GAO Che beginning of the rurea
inat before thc Unv is over more res
cords wlII he broken.
Friday program includes seven
contests. aH follows. TWO nve-rnII e
races. three teu-mIe races affH-mI.
race. frce-for-1n trial against th.
worlds track records.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
HARTMAN ILL;
RETURNS HOME
LOST TEN POUNDS WHILE REST
ING ABROAD.
SEEklN6 HEALTH HERE
Railroad Magnate Is Carried Aboard
His Ship In a Charlie Returns Co
America nc Advice Of Physician.

NEW YORK.-Special.-E II. Har-
riman's trip abroad was a failure. as
far as his health is concerned. and he
sailed from Cherbourg. hoping to re-
-cuperate better at home than abroad.
His return was advised by his ply
sicians. A statement issued this af-
ternOon at the Offices OF the Union Pa
cific Railroad said:
The following cablegram was re-
eeived az this office to-day from Z. II.
Hartman.
PARIS.-Special.-I am coming
home for an after-cure With the after
treatment 81 Bad Gastein lost about
ten pounds. Home food is better than
hotel food hope 20 gain weight
there and recupsrate more rapidly
than l would here. I do this by the
advice Of physicians.
Taken Aboard i'm Chair.
CHERBOURG- Special. Doubt as
20 the state OF +. II. Harriman's health
was removed when the railway mag
nate was taken in a roller chair from
the railway station 20 the tender Of the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm II. on which he embarked for
America.
The roller chair was also taken
aboard the steamer. indicating that
Hartman will hardly walk the deck OF
the vessel
Accompanied by his wife. two daugh-
ters. his son. private secretary. and
three servants. Hartman arrived here
from Paris az II o'clock. He sought
20 enforce the utmost secrecy regard
ing his movements. the purpose OF
which was evident the moment he ap-
neared at the railway station.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
STATE FAIR TO Be
A BIG EXPOSITION
Largest Livestock Show On Atlantic
SeabOard Immense Agricultural
and Horticultural Displays.
$4,000 In Prizes.

RICHNOND VA - Special.
With the fourth annual exhibition
Of the Virginia State Fair. 90 be held
fin Richmond October 90 g. less than
five weeks OF. che preparations are
far in advance Of former years. and
an epoch-making exposition is ass
sured.
The exhibition OF 1903 viii go down
On history as one of the greatest
events seen in the South for many
years. second only 20 the jamestown
Exposition and there IS reason to
believe that there viii b. few. DO ANN.
better fairs in the United States this
fall
Interest in the various exhibition
departments has Increased 100 per
cent. over last year and the liberal
premiums offered in every depart
ment aggregating $4,000. are caus-
ing widespread comment Each de
partment viii be found Co contain
something new and surprising and
competition Is expected go be- keen
IN all classes.
A veritable mountain OF apples viii
be exhibited by the Virginia State
horticultural Society. for which 500
feet OF space has been reserved In
one of the buildings. These apples,
however. viii not compete for the
premiums.
The horse and live stock depart
ments viii be featured this year as
never before. and splendid stables of
horses and herds of thoroughbred cat
tie have already been promised.
Well known breeders OF horses. cat
tie, sheep and swine I'm every section
OF the State viii vie with each other
in a spirited rivalry 70 carry OF the
honors
Preparations are also being made
10 care for an unusually large poul-
try display.
The field OF race-horses Will in
clude the best in Virginia and many
money winners from other States.
The steeplechases and running
races will especially prove interest
ing. as many new starters Will be
seen.
Efforts are being made 10 secure the
celebrated racer Dan Patch Q:55)
TO give an exhibition burst OF speed.
The greater Midway viii be blaze
OF glory. teeming with merrymaking
and excitement from end TO end. The
increased space secured for this
branch OF the exposition Will permit
the number OF side shows and amuse-
ments 70 be- doubled. as compared
with last year
While the happy thrOngs are anus
ing themselves throughout the
grounds. birdlike aeroplane and q
dirigibie balloon viii soar gracefully
over their heads Although IL is not
certain that the Wright Brothers vii
be able 10 accept the proposal made
to them by the fair management, ar
engagements will nevertheless be made
10 ensure daily exhibitions In aeria
fights, other aviators being engaged
II necessary.
The grounds will be kept open ev'
cry night of the fair. which there
viii be a gorgeous display OF pyro
technics. having for it's climax a spec
'tacular reproduction OF the earth
quake at Messina-
Every resource IS being exhausted
not only TO make the coming exhibit
ton credit 10 the city OF Richmond
and the Old Dominion. but to place
the Virginia State Fair on a par will
the foremost OF the land.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1909-08-26
PARAP HERNALIA
Is DESTROY ED
Gambling Devices Worth $4,000
Burned by Sherin.

fAOLI. Special The Aar be-
gum ly the State against gambling at
Tom Iaggarts casino at French Lies.
and lee Snclalrs casino at West Ba-
dem. eliminated iu the burning of
samulms apparatus taken from the
1870 places and estimated to be worth
$4,000. The TWO casinos were prob
anH tine most rlaborfely furnished
gambling houses m the W esq and the
tables We're the most expensive that
could De- purchased. Two thousand
persons. from Orange and surrounding
counties. including many women and
children. watched the expensive bon
srr. a,.S applaudrd the officers when
they applied the match
The devices had been stored since
their seizure iu 1906. and had been
under the care 90 the sheriff The
order for the destruction VAS not re-
Ceived until late last evening
Furniture j. Sma shed.
10 was about midnight that the sher-
IN and bis deputies with Assistant
Attorney General White. entered the
place where the tables were stored
and began the destruction with axes
and sledge hammers. piling the brok-
en fragments into a heap preparatory
o. setting them ahre The officers
welded axes Oh the massive mahog-
any devices that had cost hundreds of
dollars, and the destruction OF the
wood work was soon completed. The
demolition was Witnessed by a large
number OF persons. who had heard Of
the order OF the court A circus. which
exhibited here. furnished part OF the
crowd. Fire was ser 10 the heap. and
crowds stood and watched the broken
devices burning
Result of Compromise.
The destr action Of the gambling de-
vices followed a compromise ia the
suits brought against Edward Derry
and George Charles. arrested az the
time OF Gov. Hanley's raids on the
French Lick and West Baden gam
bling houses. Both Derry and Charles
pleaded guilty 10 charges OF maintain
ing gambling rooms. The chief issue
which has caused the cases 70 hang
nre for three years was the disposal
I OF the gambling devices. which were
seized IN the raids.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

The Pennsylvania railroad company
is setting out this spring more than
million young trees. The great
railroad companies begin to realize
the necessity OF scientific forestry in
view OF the exhaustion Of our natural
forests. The trees that are being set
out are $4,000 red oaks, 10000 Sc !
pines, $4,000 locusts. $4,000 hardy
catalpas, $4,000 pin oaks 5000 Europ-
can larches, 5000 chestnuts, 5000 vel
low poplars, 1000 black walnuts, and
1 900 white pines. Part of these trees
are imported from Europe rather than
to SOW the seed. 1t would seem
reasonable that all railroads should
use their rights Of way and plant trees
along their entire lines. This would
adorn the routes and would prove
beneficial as windbreaks in prevent
| ing snow drifting and would event
ually supply the railroad companies
with all the timber they need.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16
TAFT ON TARIFF SCHEDULES.

According to Washington dispatch,
President Taft recently confessed to
delegation of Ohio wooden manufacture
ers that he had become bewildered by
the intricacies of the tariff bill. The
delegation was the seventh one which
had called in the last few days. All of
them urged conflicting changes in the
schedule as proposed in the senate
bill. The President threw up his
hands when the seventh radically diff
ferent suggestion was urged. He is
represented to have said:
Gentlemen, gentlemen, you remind
me of an experience / had on my
recent trip into the south. When
passing through the mountains of Ten
nessee. a reception committee boarded
our car to accompany us to a town in
which l was to speak. They were fine
| fellows, and the chairman of the COM
mittee was anxious to tell me all about
the country. Our train was running
along the bank of a beautiful stream
and / asked its name. The chairman
mumbled something that was unintelli
gfble. I asked him to repeat it. Again
he muJhbled so couldn't catch what
he said
I neg your pardon. said, but i
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

It has long been known that farm land
In this state is assessed as a much lower
rate than city and town property be-
cause OF low valuation put on it by
local assessors. With view to get
ting at the equities OF the matter Gov
ernor Carroll has directed all the
county auditors in the state to furnish
him with a list of lands that have been
conveyed in each county between the
dates May 1st, 1908, and May LIST, 1909,
by deeds representing the real estate
value together with the actual as
sessed values as equalized by the
township and county boards OF equali-
cation. The Washington Press reports
that the auditor of that county in reply
to this request sent forty-six real es-
tate transfers valued a. sS06,1TS, and
the assessed valuation was s354,960
The assessment is, 1t will be noted,
less than so per cent whereas 1t
should be 100 per cent. The facts dis
closed by the governors inquiry will
likely foreshadow an increase in the as
sessment of farm lands by the execu-
tive council.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

One Of the most important decisions
to come from the supreme court Of
Iowa In many years, from a CONNER
ciai standpoint. is expected In the
curse OF q few weeks. 1t is q decis-
ion on the right to tax govern
ment bonds held by national banks.
The case originated in the Polk coun-
ty district court by the Des Moines Ma
tional bank resisting payment Of tax
es on government bonds held by 1t.
The lower court held the bonds were
taxable and the bank appealed. Now
It is up to the supreme court to de-
eide the question. If the higher court
upholds the lower court it means that
throughout Iowa many thousands OF
dollars worth of government bonds
held by national banks will be relieved
from taxation. II the supreme court
OF Iowa sustains the lower court at
torneys for the banks have stated taey
VIII carry the question to the supreme
court Of the United States for final
determination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16
An ImperIshabIe Bow,


Louisville Courier Journal. In the
opening words of New England
Boyhood." DR.. Everett Hale. whose
death we all deplore, reminds his
readers that the Boston of 1925 was
very different from the Boston of to-
day; very true, no doubt, and very
necessary to proper comprehension
IT, & his H.,s ya5 assyitjfs. But what
If we would handle him lovingly. as
we should. We may not overlook. is
that, though Boston's clumsy youth
has developed into a maturity that Is
massive, Dr. Hale. more certainly than
any since. in his own day, the sage
of Vailima fitted across the planet,
has continued to preserve an imper.
ishable boyhood
And this is the more to be noted
that our author has settled for ali
time just when and where the line OF
demarcation is reached-"W one
receives a piece OF parchment which
gives him the privilege of speaking in
public, his boyhood may he said to
end and his manhood to begin.' Writ
ten. IL you please, of a day seventy
years since by one whose boyhood
was, alt his life long his most endear
| ing attribute.
We do not find 1t easy to separate
DR.. Hale from the ilMstrious city that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

ne Illustrated SO completely fror, ~
journalism that he ennobled and from
mat preaching which was incessant.
" translated into good works. He has
ever been militant against drousv
ana impotent routine; he has in his
own example, by practice no less tban
ny precept, exerted zeal for education
and Tor culture not measurable ~
tne marks of competitive examine finn
he has preached all his life long and
never yet was. he "preachy.e or him
we believe it was said that : man
fortunate enough to be born in Ros.
ION does not need to be born again
what mas he left us? What many
Deiieye to be the best short story in
the language. If not in the world
Inc Man Without Country" whose
Incredible verismilitude has an artis.
Try and convincing power NOT sur.
passed in our time, and riyaled in
the past only by Robinson Crusoe. =,
rousing, reasonable optimism NOT
OF negation. as was Candide's. but
rock-rlDbed on Rock Of Ages. 4
healthy preference for belief over
doubt. for cleanliness over nastiness-
civic no less than literary: grave
and jovial serenity and poise;; bon.
homie and benignity that were more
than tolerant.
He was a theologian and minister
who declared that he had learned
when he was not yet six years old
all that is very important to believe
In the business of theology. He had
learned to love the truth, to fear Cod
to honor his parents.
To have attained 81 years. honored
| active. profitable and we'll filled il
notable and noble record. DR.. Hale
did more than this-much more. One
never thinks of him as one handi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

COMMISSION PLAN SAVES MONEY.
The Tribune, owned and published
by herCedar Rapids Federation Of
Labor, and which is also the official
organ OF the State Federation of La
Dor, gives unqualified endorsement to
the commission plan OF city govern
ment in force there. In Its latest is
sue more than half It's editorial space
Is occupied with conamendatory com
ment on the commission plan as con-
trasted with local government BY q
large city council elected by wards.
The advantage upon which most ON.
phasis is put is the saving in the cost
Of public improvements. Following is
sample paragraph:
Once more the merits OF the com
mission plan have been proven No. i
paving block at $1.49 alone is suffi-
Gent answer to the rawlings of such
irresponsible critics as the editor OF
the Pessimist. Add to this the saving
on the Sixth Avenue bridge and the
verdict is q thousand to one In favor Of
business administration of city at
fairs VS.. the ancient and political sys-
TEN OF inefficiency and graft that has
gone before"
There is no question that the Trib-
une voices the opinion of organized
labor on the subjects 1t discusses. It's
associate editor is A. l. Urick. presi-
dent of the Iowa State Federation Of
Labor. and ]. H. Strict, secretary
treasurer Of the same organization, is
its STAFF correspondent. What II saws
in favor Of the commission plan
should carry great weight with labor
ing men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

Hon. Jerry B. Sullivan OF Des
Moines has been appealed to by the
Boosters committee Of that city for
legal opinion on the navigability OF
the Des Moines river as given in the
acts OF congress Of 1870 as amended
in August, 1906, and to ascertain how
1t would be possible for the govern
ment, In providing for the improve
ment OF the river by locks and dams,
to help pay the cost by the sale Of
water power at these dams. The In
quiry is a practical one and may de-
te-mine the fate OF the proposition tc
canalize the Des Moines river as
part OF the internal waterway i'm
provement scheme.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-16

A woman who is forty. a widow
and grand mother has been attract
Ing some attention in eastern papers
because she has protested against be
ing called grandma" Some one sug-
gests that those under fifty be called
giddymas or gaymas. The Washing
ton Press agrees that almost anything
ought to be good enough for woman
who objects to being called grand
mother.