Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-09-30
GENERAL NEWS.

Chicago, ept. 24.-Revelations in
court yesterday showed that the Illi-
nois Central was defrauded out Of more
than 81. 600, 600, and possibly $50, GOO,
during the graft regime, instead OF
| 81, 500, 600, TIE original estimate OF
losses.
"Grafting has been discovered
where none was believed to have been
possible" said Walt.r L. Fisher,
counsel for the Illinois Central. "The
81, 500, 900 estimate was obtained by a
hurried summary of the frauds
through overcharges and the like and
it was a conservative estimate. The
total amount of the frauds however,
will be greater than we first supposed
by perhaps a million dollars or more. -
Lynchburg, Va, Sept. pa day
or two ago DR.. Wyatt Arnold, of Bed
ford county, while attending we'd
ding at Evington, Campbell county,
was seriously hurt when his horse ran
away, and he is still confined to bed
at Evington, his hurts being serious
but not Of an alarming nature. He
| will 90 home about October 1st.
I Lynchburg, Va Sept "a DR. Charles
ii. Blackboard, a we'll known resi-
dent of Lynchburg, who was in Sraun-
ton recently, wrote very Interestingly
to his mother, Mrs. Charles NJ. Black
ford, of visiting the grave Of the foun
der Of the city OF Staunton which has
been allowed to become very
delapidated aud sorely in need of at
tention. DR.. Blackford, REFER ing
to his visit says: con Saturday af-
ternoon I went out to hill top near
by. on which is the tomb of John
Lewis. The grave is marked by plain
and much broken slab, lying ON the
ground, and SO shattered that it is
difficult to read the inscription. It is
as follows:
sHere lie the mortal remains of
John Lewis, born in Ireland in 1854,
who slew tho Irish lord, settled in
Augusta county, Virginia, and found
ed the town of Staunton. He gave
SONS to the American Revolution and
died in 1768. He was friend Of liber-
ty throughout the worla.'
cit is shame,'' writes DR.. Black.
ford, .that the richest county in
Virginia should leave this grave SO
neglected. and am much tempted to
start and conduct a newspaper cam
paign, looking to the removal Of the
slab to Trinity church and the cree
tion of handsome shaft over the grave
ga grandson of his was the Lewis Of
tie Lewis and CLARK expedition.
Knoxville, Tenn. Sept. % Two
women were dangerously hurt and
possibly dozen other passengers on
street Car OF the Appalachian Expo
sitions line were more OF less hurt
Turing stampede last night that fol-
lowed tlis barning out Of fuse in
the car. The fuse exploded with a
| startling shock that sent the Iassen
gers into panic. Twelve or more
were hurt in jumping from the car.
| Mrs. A. S. J. Davis, wife of Knox
vile wholesale dealer, died few
hours after the accident. She jumped
and was trampled upon. Miss Irene
Lewis, nurse in Knoxville hospital,
was also dangerously hurt. The
car was not damaged.
Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 2S.-Af-
ter a warm debate of more than three
hours the national encampment Of
The Grand Amy of the Republic. at its
final session on the steel pier, his af-
ternoon indefinitely postponed action
on the controversy over Ethe placing
of the statue of Robert E. Lee in
statuary hall Of the Capitol in Wash
inston. The vote was 1873 to 102, q
small total compared with the vote of
1877 cast for commander-in-chief yes
terday.
The question of the Grand Army's
attitude on the Lee statue matter was
one the most important the encamp.
ment has had to deal with in years.
The conservative element controlled
the encampnent, andwon the day on
the argument that the bitterness en-
gendered in Civil War was disappear
ing and that sectional hatred should
not be revived; that action adverse
to the Lee statue would do more harm
than good, especially to the G. A. R.
and last, but not least, that the State
of Virginia under the act of Congress
of 1864 had the right to place in stat
uary hall the image Of any man from
that State whose me nory it chose to
perpetuate.
Washington, D. G., Sept. 25.-The
National Conference Of Catholic
Charities, the purpose Of which is to
promote the aims of tbs Catholic
church in the field of charity. was
linaugurated here to day IN the pres
ence Of high ecclesiastical digDitaries
including Cardinal Gibbons Mr.. Fail
comic, apostles delegates. archibishops
and bishops and nearly 500 lsymen
and o]ergymen identified in the work
of charity.
Sounding the keynote of the confer
ence in an eloquent sermon at high
mass the opening ceremony of the
neutrality-suspicious. at the Catholic
University of America, Archbishop
b!enk, of New Orleans, arraigned the
oppression of the poor and declared
that charity is the necessary and the
only eficacious power to stem social
ism and to relieve human suffering.
Atlantic City. N. J., Sept. 25.-Wal-