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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-27
OBITUARY
Henry CImy Hooker,

sunday night in his home, 's liz Yves,
Main street, after q long illness
He leaves widow. Mrs. Carrie
Latham Hooker, and daughter, Miss
Maud Latham Hooker, besides four
Louise Forbes, Mrs. S, M. Abbott and
Mrs. Mamie Cheny--and four brothers
Oscar, Lawrence and lebb ". Hooker.
of this city; S. L. Hooker, of Green
Vile. N. C.
Mr.. Hooker was forty years old and
came here from his native town, Green
Vile, n. O. about four years ago. He
had had made his home since that time
in Richmond and was actively engaged
In business here up to last spring,
when he was iorced to retro on ac-
count of failing health.
Mr.. Rockers death will be mourned
BY a large number of friends not only
in Richmond, but in many North Caro-
Patrick Henry Lodge, odd-Fellows, No.
12S. and took an active part in the
work of the order before his health
began to fall.
The body will be taken on the $50
Atlantic Coast Line train this morn
ing to Greenville, N. c.. where the
burial Will take place.
Mrs. Josephine Bass DIckmnn.
Mrs. Josephine Bass Dickman died
at her home. I'LL North Twenty-sixth
Street, Sunday morning shortly after
4 o'clock, aged twenty three years. she
is survived by her husband. Walter ID.
Dickman The funeral will take place
from the Second Baptist Church this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Funeral of A. Linwood Mitchell.
The funeral of a. Linwood Mitchell
who died at the home of his mother.
GIT IL West Cary Street. yesterday.
viii take place from the house this
afternoon at o'clock
Mrs. Sarah Tuck.
Mrs Sarah Tuck died yesterday
at the home of Mr.. Tiller, at
ilcn Allen, in Henrico county. The
funeral VIII take place from st.
Marks Church this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock and the interment Will be
made in Riverview Cemetery.
Hnwcs II. Powell.
Hawes F.sPowell. sixty three years
old. died suddenly Sunday at his home
near Treyillian's, Va. He is survived
by his .wife.4two sons and two daugr-
ters and one brother, r. r. Powell |
Of Richmond
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Christmn. ut Asylum.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Williamsburg. Va, December 26-
Christmas passed In williamsburg
without single accident of any
Kind to mar the gaieties of the season.
Merchants report as fine a Christmas
trade as they have ever had and some
say this has been the best month in
their business career
The Sunday school of Bruton Parish
Church held its annual Christmas en-
tertainment Friday afternoon. at which
time abundant CONNECTIONS were dis
triDuted among the pupils The an
nnal entertainment and Christmas
tree of the Methodist Church were
given Tonight
(, AT the Eastern State Hospital to-
day the. 700 patients sat down to a
me me turkev dinner The patients had
lheir christmas tree" Saturday after
noon In Cameron Hall. and about $500
worth of candies. fruits. cakes and
presents was distributed among them.
an entertainment was given at the
same time in which several convales-
cent patients took part
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Christmas Eve Tragedy.

Asheville, n. c., December 26.-News
OF Christmas Eve tragedy in Swain
county reached here to-day. wherein
Oscar Clark shot aud almost instantly
killed ID. j. Calhoun. and then turned
his revolver on j. +. Calhoun. broth
er. infiicting wounds from which the
latter died at the Mission Hospital, in
this city, last night.
The double tragedy was enacted near
the post-office at Bryson City Satur-
day night. and is said to have been the
outcome of Christmas celebration
with whiskey as the motive power.
Clark an unmarried man thirty wears
Old was amusing himself by firing a
revolver or..' che heads of passers-by,
when d. j. Calhoun demonstrated with
the shooter. Words and the killing fol-
lowed. The slain mans brother, ]. p.
Calhoun. arrived on the scene a few
minutes later. only to be shot down
with two bullets in his abdomen. Clark
made his escape and is now believed to
be in Tennessee
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ARGUES WITH THE POLICE
WHILE PALS ROB SAFE
Lookout Stimulates Drunkenness ana
Engages the Attention of
PntrOImcn.
MidllntnWn n = Decemher 9

! Middletown. N y, December GO
! The local police decided to-day that
I considerable theatrical talent is run
ming to waste in the person of an
unidentified man who finally persuaded
them early yesterday morning, after
long argument, that he was not drunk
enough to be locked up. 1t was
obvious, when they met him in front
of department store on Main Street
oil convivislity-at least it struck them
that way then. But he argued to such
good effect that they eventually de-
cided that he was sober enough to be
allowed to go.
The policemen's Judgment as to the
strangers sobriety was yindicated
when they discovered later that while
he was arguing. his pals, believed to
have numbered three clever profess
sional cracksmen, Wee ripping the
back out of the safe in the store. They
got 5000 but overlooked a box con
tanning $3.50. Evidently they left hur-
riedly, for they abandoned some
burglars tools of the latest pattern,
including an instrument known to the
under world as a "can-opener, de-
safe.
The police are now convinced that
the man who simulated drunk enness
was their lookout and that his loud ar
,guments were what informed his ac-
completes that the police were near.
Some of the tools left behind We're
wrapped in a New York City news
paper of December 90. and this. with
the fact that it was city, and not a
mail edition, convinces the police that
the mon were New Workers.
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TREASURY SYSTEM
AS BUSINESS EVIL
May Make Money Too Scarce or
Too Abundant, Monetary Com
mission Expert Saws.

| Washington. December 26.--"The IN
dependent Treasury of the United
states and Its Relations to the Banks
of the Country is the title OF a vol.
ume just published by the National
MoneSAry Commission. This mono
graph: Hsss written by DR.. David KIN
ley. professor of political economy in
the University of Illinois.
The act of 1876, which required the
government to keep its own funds.
found it's justification in the nature
and condition of the banking system
of the time, which made the reliance
of the government on the banks for
financial safety dangerous, and there
fore undesirable. The first two steps
away from the act OF 1916 were taken
according to the author, in 1863. by tho
law establishing the present national
banking system. Henceforth the Sec
retary of the Treasury might desig-
nate national banks to the depositaries
or pubic moneys, except receipts from
| ctStoI1s. National bank notes more
over, to be received at par in all parts
of the United States in all payments to
ana by the government. except GUS
toms and interest on the public debt.
The extent 10 which the Treasury has
aVaiied itself of the privilege of de-
post has varied mainly according TO
the views of the Secretary of the
Treasury or the President.
During the past ten or fifteen years
DR.. Kiniey finds that there has grown
up policy of active Interference with
the money market on the part of the
Treasury Department. This new policy,
he believes, IS due to the realization on,
the part of the Secretaries of the.
Treasury and business men of the evil
influences OF the independent treasury
CT c atS H. ct,,ay
ceipts and disbursements of the gov
eminent were too small to have any
appreciable effect to-day conditions
arc very different. The Treasury is the
greatest single handler OF money in
the country, and its annual revenue
frequently runs much beyond its ex-
penditurS. Consequently the with
drawal OF large amounts of money
from circulation may lead to monetary
strinsency and business uncertainty;
it's sudden disbursement may stimulate
unhealthy speculation.
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Day Passes Quietly.

Special 10 The Times Dispat cb. \
Amherst, Va, December 26-Christ.
mas here passed off very quietly. On
Saturday r, p. Jones and Wake,
gregory We're sworn in as special po-
lcemen 10 assist Sergeant ]. W. IIig-
Glnbotham In keeping order in the town
Late Saturday evening, Edgar Wood. a
white man. was arrested for being
drunk and disorderly in the street and
iplaced in the Amherst jail The town
ordinance in regard to shooting fire.
crackers was suspended for to-day,
and the small boys took every adj
vantage of this privilege
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Calm in Face of Fire.

ISpeciaI 10 The Times-Dispatch
Wilmington, n. c., December &C.
During Christmas services at st. James
Episcopal Church. lights from a Star
of Bethlehem" far above the altar
set mass of green decorations on
fire. Regardless of the imminent con-
migration. the large and fashionable
CONGREGATION kept their seats. the big
tor, Rev. A. FL Milton, calmly directed a
volunteer fire corps, which came fore
ward and finally cxtinguished the
flames. The regular service then pro-
ceeded
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Drinks Cyanide of Potnssium

Washington. Pa, December 2O-Be-
cause her parents refused to permit her
% go 10 the home of married sister,
where she was to meet her sweet
heart, Anna Howard, aged eighteen.
daughter of a wealthy farmer of Han
Tin Station. committed suicide by
drinking cyanide of potassium day.
The family had gone away to celebrate
the holiday. leaving the young girl at
home with a four-year- old nephew.
Where she obtained the poison is UNI
known.
Before killing herself the girl wrote
n note to her parents. giving the
names of those she wished to be pail
bearers and designating the psalms
She wanted sung at her funeral.
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All Business susucn,,cd.

. Iopeclal 10 The Times Dispatch.
=, Fredertcks burg, Va. December &C.
Io-day was observed here as Christ
mas, all business was suspended. ana
lne DAY passed without special Incl
crackers and the display of fireworks
at many residences at night. There
were many family reunions at the
MONIES where big Christmas dinners
At the Baptist AMI preshv4er,.n
SUNDAY schools Christmas celebrations
were held at 10 o'clock to-day. and
prizes and good things distributed to
me ne children. The Methodists held
s entertainment and treated the
"uhoay school scholars this afternoon.
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Fatal ,ItstIctoc perr,.

Eokoshe, Okla, December 26.--Three
children are dead and two others are
declared to be dying here as a result
OF eating mistletoe berries During a
christmas celebration at the home of
Frank Wright. q farmer, two of his
children aged five anu four years. were
discovered feasting upon the berries.
fhysicians were summoned, but their
efforts were unavailing. The children
died this morning. To-day three chill
dren on the neishboring faym of Ben
1amin White became i'll from the same
cause. One is dead and the others
VIII die within few hours, physi-
clans declare.
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Felt Happier After Plunge,

Chippewa Falls Wis, December 20.
John Christianson Jumped forty feet
from a wagon bridge into the Chip
pewa River to-day. with suicidal in
tent. He went under the leo aud
came UP zoo feet down stream at an
air hole. He grabbed the ice and
crawled out He went home and said
that the cold water had taken away
the desire to die, and made him feel
happier than he did before the plunge
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Fight Ia. a Drn,y.

Memphis, Tenn, December rs
James Barry, of Chicago, and Toney, OF
Newcastle, Pa, fought eight rather
tame rounds to a draw before the
National Athletic Club Tonight
Neither man seemed disposed to
chance his opponent at short range
and the blows which landed true We're
comparatively few After the sixth
round the fighting became faster, Barry
landing choppy rights and left
swings. At the end Barry had black
ened eye and Ross showed several
bruises.
Carl Norris, the Oklahoma heavy
weight, was at the ringside to chal-
lenge the winner.
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WHOLESALE ARRESTS
officials of Bnnl< nre Charged with
Using IlIcEnI NIcfhnda

Lisbon. December 2e.--Former Pre-
mier ]. Luciano dc Castro. twelve for
mei' governors and directors of the
Portuguese Credit Foncier Bank. all
OF them ex-cabinet ministers, and the
chief accountants, treasurer sand cash
icr of tho bank, we're arrested to-day
on a charge of using illegal methods
IN connection with the administration
or the institution. All of them were
released on bail. Castro, who is a
paralytic. was unable to appear before
tho magistrate. and his bail was fixed
at s2.ooo,0oo. This was furnished by
four capitalists.
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We miss thee from our home;
Josephine. we miss thee from thy
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BURNED TO DEATH WITH
NEW DOLL IN HER ARMS
Exploding Stove Rains blazing OIL on
Sleeping ChlId--FInmcs Cut
or Rescue.

| New York, December 26-seven.
Sear-old Lena Trenkler, whose home
i is little frame cottage at Hoffman
| Boulevard and Trotting Course Lane
| Blmhutst, L. T.. worn out with the cx.
| cltement or Christmas early last even
ing, kissed her grandmother. who Is
ninety-one years old, good uight. and
| was put to bed in her room on the sec
ond floor.
Her eyes were half closed, as she
tumbled into her little bed, with a new
doll clasped tightly in her arms. In a
moment she was asleep. That was
about s o'clock.
few minutes later the oil stove in
her room exploded, sending the blazing
fluid In a shower about the room. Some
of 1t fell on the face and hair of the
sleeping child and her dolly. The en-
plosion awakened Lena She shrieked
with pain and fright but before she
could stir the flames had suffocated
her.
The mother and four older children,
who were on the first floor, heard the
explosion, followed by the girls cry,
but by the time they reached the stair
way the fire had spread to 1T and cut
off that avenue of rescue. Upstairs
they could hear the feeble cries of
the SEED grandmother, who was on
the top floor.
At this moment Patrolman Fettig. of
the lIlmhurst Station, burst in the
front door. He dashed through the
flames up to the second floor. but was
halted at the door of the child's room
by q barrier of fire Which made en-
trance impossible.
He then went to the floor above,
and selling old Mrs. Trenlllcr in his
arms carried her to safety. Then the
firemen arrived and soon extinguished
tho blaze.
They found the burned body of little
Lena in her bed. the doll still in her
arms, but burned almost to cinder.
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BI.ATi E,-Died, December %. 1910, at
G:l5 o'clock, MRS. w. j. BLAKE,
Funeral notice later
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stnbs His Wife.

Wellston, Ohio, December 26At the
home of sick neighbor, Mrs Louis
Bosgs. this afternoon. Frank Buckley,
aged twenty eight, a miner, stabbed
his wife, aged twenty-siX. causing ia
tai injuries. He ordered Mrs Boggs
to leave her bed and go out in the
snow, and then drove her husband out.
Buckley threatened to kill any one
who tried to arrest him or to minister
to his wife, The police were called.
and Patrolman Henry Shires shot
Buckley through the heart. Buckeyes
two little children We're witnesses of
the crime.
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Thrcc-Cornered Figbt.

Moultrie, Ga, December 96.-MadI-
son Matthews. aged twenty four years.
is dead, Fade Watson is dying, and
Watson's father. Reuben Watson. is
suffering from serious stab wounds as
a result of a three-cornered fight with
knives near Hartsfield, this county,
Christmas Day. The coroner's Jury
decided that Matthews was killed by
Reuben Watson, and that the killing
was jnstifiable. The cause of the
trouble is not known.
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Mrs. George w. olivier.


Charlottesville, Va, December 26.--
Mrs. George w. Olivier died last night
had spent the Christmas day very
happily in her home and among her
friends. and seemed unusually well.
She had lust returned from call when
the fatal seizure took place. and death
ensued in a few minutes from some
thing like acute Indigestion. followed
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Shooting May Prove Fatal.
TSnacja1 ~ ,t,bn ,r-;

Alinerst, va. December 26.-Sunday
evening on what is known as "Need-
more at Amherst, William Martin.
colored, who is said to have come
IRON Lexington, shot Joe Richeson,
also colored, who lives at this place.
me man was wounded IN the left side
ana IT is not believed that ne Will re-
cover. After the Shooting Martin made
ms escape, and so far nothing has been
heard of him, though efforts are being
made to apprehend him
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GIVES BONDS AGAINST CUPID
surcties of Hello Girl Lose 500 il sh
Madl LII -Sl,.

surcties of Hello Girl Lose 500 If She
Weds In SIX Months.
Spokane, December 26.-When Miss
Margaret Perkins, went to work as
telephone operator In local hotel
her to give a $500 bond not to marry
within six months, The sureties are
prominent business men. The reason
Is that a half-dozen telephone opera
months.
Il am not engaged nor do I expect
70 enter into an engagement during
the cominE six months" said Miss Per-
klnS y comedy brunette, "Of course L
nave received a proposal or two, but [
am not ready to settle down for life.
The two young women working on the
other eight hour shifts will also BE
REQUIRED to give bonds I am informed. ..
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TWO Ililled in Elrh,lnr

Waycross, Ga, December 9e.-Two
versions are dead, third IS wounded.
and fourth is reported to be badly
hurt and probably IN n dying condi-
ton' as a result of fighting in and
ABOUT Baohlett, southeast of Waycross.
YESTERDAY y, and to-day. The dead are
Walter Allen and Dener Crews. AIlen
was shot through the heart by Walter
Crews. who was in turn shot by the
dying man as he fell.
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INQUE EST is GRUEsoME
Suspended That Relatives OF Dead MA,
Recover from Emotion

krkby- Stephen, Eng. December a6,---
An inquest into the disaster which be-
fell the Scotch Express Saturday, near
tlawes Junction, was held to-day in a
tiny inn near tho spot where the train
was aitched and burned So gruesome
was the inquest that 1t had to be sus-
pended for an hour to enable the rela-
tiVes Of the dead TO recover from their
emotion. The solicitor for the railroad
company expressed the company's re-
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Finds Children purued.

Glasgow, Ky, December 2s.-on re-
turning home from an errand to-day,
Mrs Robert Boles, of Wisdom, Ky.
found her home in ashes, and in one
corner of the ruins the charred bodies
or her three young children. When
MRS Boles left home she covered the
IRE and locked the doors. Tho children
had apparently tried to escape. but
We're trapped.
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years old. who was calling on her.
The shooting occurred at Scotland,
near here
Dove, who has been paying attentions
no the girl for some time says tho
shooting was accidental. He was ex-
emining a shotgun belonging to the
dead girls father. lie says. when the
charge in ono of the barrels exploded,
entering the left side of the girl and
killing her instantly. She fell across
the body OF her father. who was sleep
tng on the couch in the same room.
Dove made no attempt to escape.
He walked to his home and awaited
tho arrival of Sheriff Welt, OF Rock
VILE. lie is held without bail.
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Murder ana suicide.

Lancaster. Ohio, December 26.-Jeal-
ousy of a girl whom he had not seer
for two years, Oscar Emlcr, of Clevc-
land, to-day sbo. and probably fatally
wounded Miss Emma Deeds and COM
United suicide when he was surrounded
by the police.
Emler quarreIed with another man
over Miss Deeds two years ago and
was severely cut. He left Lancaster
after recovering from his wounds and
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Goes to Jail for a KISS.

Asheville, n, O.. pecember a6s-Be-
cause he Was carried away bN an
exuberance of osculatory zeal and un-
leila Ward, of this cl.y. Jaihes Ram
sev is to-ni.Flt cooling off in the city
jail, charged With insulting Ap's Ward.
Ramsey had called at the Ward
home to-day to make a holidaS call,
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DYING OF PLAGUE

Thirty-Two People succumb In House,
and Streets.
Ffarbin. Manhuria, December 2s--.
In the Chinese suburb of Fudishuan
there were thirty-two deaths from
bubonic plague in houses and tho
streets on Christmas Day. Eight per-
sons suffering from the disease were
taken to the hospital
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London, December 2G,-Acting on the
instructions Of his medical adviser,
Claude Grahame- White, who had mar
row escape from serious Injury Week
ago. and whose aeroplane was burned
Sunday, has decided to forego further
attempts a flights across the English
Channel for distance in competing for
the Baron de Forest prize OF 100000. 4
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4 shadow DER our life is cast
We miss the sunshine of thy face
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
We miss thy tender care.
our home is dark without thee:
We miss thee everywhere.
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fa1l IsN 'I'ZI!g!]E;|Ia;Eg

r. Parker Richardson. and interment
was made in the Price section OF tht.
Green Bay Cemetery. Mrs. Price ia
survived by three sons and one daugh-
Yer, as follows: Robert W. Price, Pc
tersburS; Willie d. Price, of Meferrin.
uhaddeus Y. Price. Green Bay; Mrs
Mar y Berry. also OF Green Bay.
The following pallbearers otticiated;
Aetiye-L D. Jones, 6. $. Wing, r. II.
new r.. b, Wilson, Jr.. II. p. Shell.
burn Honorary. c. Eowlett r. II.
wilson. sr., r. r. Withcrs w. r.
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Accidentally Killed.

Selma, Ala. December 26.-WiIl Gill
mer, son of j. NJ. Gilmer was instantly
killed near here this afternoon by Dir.
Joseph Allen, dentist. DR. Allen was
dismounting from his horse when the
trigger of his gun caught on his coat.
The charge Of shot penetrated young
Gilmer's breast
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skaters Da,o,yned.
Roston

Boston, Mass. December CO. Skat-
ing out the close fthe Christmas
holiday on the Charles River BASIN
Earle B. Peterson, aged twenty-one
years. and Miss Lila Paul. aged TWEEN
ty years, broke through the thin fee
tonight and were drowned. The bodies
were recoVerek
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greet for the accident, but accepted tut
responsibility for 1t. lie says it was
due to tho momentary forgetfulness or
a signalman.
BY the aid of scraps of .charred
clothing. buttons, keys. etc. seven
bodies of vittinis have been identified,
but the evidence adduced to- day indi-
Gated that twenty other persons are
missing and probably were utterly con-
s,lned by the fire which broke out In
the wreckage after The train was de-
rallied
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md was admitted as friend OF the
family Ills Coup d'levrcs" was not
proceeded by any warning as lie kissed
the woman suddenly In tho presence
OF her two small children. Mrs. Ward
Immediately left the housa and re.
turned with a policeman. who took
Ramseyain charge.
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proved bloody one, and twelve kill
inss have been reported from sections
of the State within three days Many
persons have boen wounded more or
less seriously during festivities. Eight
of the victims are willie.