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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-08
WILL GET COMPLETE ROLLS
OF THIRTEENTH VA. INFANTRY
R ic h M on d,

Richmo nd, Va, ecial.-
Colonel James V. Bidgood. Secre-
tary of Military Records, is in receipt
of communications which lead him to
believe that within a short while he
will have a complete roster of the
Thirteenth Virginia Infantry.
a letter received this morning in
forms him that the roster of Company
E. from Culpeper, known during the
Confederate War as the Brandy
Rifles, is now being compiled for his
records, and another from West Vir-
ginia puts him in communication with
man who can furnish the roster of
Company F, the Larnier Guards,
which went out from Pittsylvania
county. This will complete the rec
ords of this regiment.
The rosters of two companies Of the
Ninth Virginia Infantry are also miss
ing. One of these is Company b,
which was known as the Baltimore
Artillery, although it was an infantry
company, and was commanded by
Captain j. P. Wilson. Colonel Bid
good is anxious to secure some infor-
nation concerning this company.
The other missing roster in the
Ninth is that of Company r. This
company went out from Chuckatuck
and the Secretary hopes to secure the
desired information.
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Mark Twein's Own Favorite.

Mark Twain may have been con
WINGED by the united verdict Of the
Kaiser and the porter OF his hotel In
Vienna that Life on the Mississfppi-
was the best OF his books, yet there
are indications that his last story.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Hea-
ven," was a prime favorite with the
author. In a part of his autobIoRrag
ply written in 1886 he quotes the
following statement from his daugh-
ter Susy's biography OF him: HE
said that he had written more than
he ever expected to, and that the only
book that he had been particularly
anxious to write was one locked up in
the safe downstairs" In a foot-note
Mark Twain adds that the title was
Captain Stormfeld's Visit to Hea-
ven." According to Mr.. HoweIls.
whose recollections of Samuel Gle
mems have been appearing in Harper's
Magazine. the Captain was a real per-
son, about whom Mark Twain loved
to tell anecdotes. 1t is perhaps sig
nificant that in the story he christened
him with the name which he bestow-
ed upon his country home in Con-
necticut-
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YOUTHS CRAZED BY DRINK
RAID GIRLS SUMNER HOME

MIDDLETOWN, n. Y Special
Five young men of the vicinity OF Cen
trail Valley were fined $40 each today
Tor rowdyism at the summer retreat
known as CloVerdale, which a big New
\ ork department store maintains for
the rest and comfort of the girl of its
store.
Friday night Matron Sullivan at
tended fair in Central Valley. Ieav-
ing a crippled boy to chaperone a
score or more Of the girls. Suddenly
the five youths. who were crazed
with drink, sprang from the darkness
TO the piazza where a number Of the
girls were seated. With shrieks the
Young womSS fled to their rooms.
The youths followed, demanding en-
trance to the rooms after cutting the
telephone wires.
While the girls were screaming the
men went on a riot of destructiVeness
carpets were torn up, chemical fire
eNtlnguishers were broken open and
their staining contents. scattered
about. Sofas and setees were carried
OUT and thrown on the lakes edge
ana the piano was pulled out of the
mouse. MatrOn Sullivan, summoned
by the boy guard. returned with Con-
stable MicklehOupt and the men fled.
Ihey were recognized, arrested and
fined today.
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SECURE AIRSHIP
FOR STATE FAIR
Ralph tombstone, One of Wright
Brothers Aeroplanists, Com
ing to the State Fair.
RICHMOND.

RICHMOND, VA Special
After several weeks OF negotiations.
arrangements were finally concluded
this morning with the Wright Broth
ers. or Dayton. o.. for the appearance
at the State Fair. during the week of
October I'd to sth. OF Ralph John
stone, one Of the most spectacular
avtators in the world. who will make
daily flights the entire week
The directors OF the fair associa-
ton were determined 70 avoid any
possibility OF another disappointment
10 the public and they have consist
entity held out for the appearance OF
a famous aviator or no fight at all
In ordes TO assure themselves of
getting the right man. they sent Fred
Lewis. the superintendent OF conces-
sions, to Asbury Park during the re-
cent aviation meet to watch the flights
and report 10 them.
Mr.. Lewis saw the performance OF
Brookins, La Chappelle. Hoxey, and
tombstone, the Wright Brothers most
famous bird men," and wired to the
directors that tombstone was the most
wonderful OF all, and, in consequence
every effort has been made to obtain
him.
The success of these efforts 1usti-
fies the management of the fair in
predicting that the aeroplane flights
this year will be by far the most
thrilling and spectacular ever seen in
this section OF the country.
tombstone will, under the terms of
the contract, perform exactly the
same wonderful feats of high flying.
gliding, circling and roller coasting''
that he has exhibited at the great
aviation meets in the North, which
have made him one of the greatest
of all the aviators.
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HOW ANDREW JOHNSON
@ LEARNED TO READ

In Harper's for January are pub
llShed some personal reCollcctiOns of
Andrew Johnson which give a new
and most interesting accoun> of this
uniquely remarkable man who rose in
a few years from a tailor's bkrch to
the Presidency. His pride In having
been tailor and his free admission
of illiteracy are particularly interest
ing.
About a year before the Civil War
smith before he became a lawyer, sent
Johnson set of fire-ironS. which he
had made himself. says the writer of
the recollections, and the Governor
presently sent the Judge coat which
he had made for him. When he told
my mother of the incident she said:
Did YOU really make the coat.
Governor?
I put some stitches in it he said:
Pepper shouldn't get ahead of me
with the people When l was a tailor
was good one
He refused an invitation once to
dine with A. V. Brown, a leader of
the Democratic party in Tennessee and
afterward Buchanan'S poStmaster-gen-
eral, although all of the guests were
10 be fellow Democrats. and let them
know that on that day he had dined
with his washer woman. off bacon and
cabbage.
HE made no secret of his unIettered
youth. and once brought my mother
a magazine containing a sketch of his
life. in which it was stated that his
wife, Flora McCardle. had taught him
to read after they were married when
he was twenty-one years of age. He
said the statement was inaccurate but
substantially true: that when they
were married his wife brought her
school books to their new home. and
his study of them aided his education
materially. After he rose to prOmin-
ence his admirers used to point out
that he made few mistakes in gram
mar fnd that his English was pure
but y e never learned to divide his
words correctly in writing. and some
times made ludicrOus mistakes in quo
tations. once in a public speech he
spoke of the Lays OF Ancient Rome as
having been translated in Macaulay;
and in another speech he quoted:
" And the stern Joy that warriors feet
In foeman worthy of their steel.
as Shakespeare says
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Mayor Gaynor's Advertisement.

Apropos of Mayor Gayner's eScau1
the Springfield Republican says
There is no political asset prSbably
equal in sentimental potency to a mar
roy escape from death by the hand *
ali asst ssin. Had Caesar recovered
from the wound inflicted by Brutus
his power in Rome would have been
even more nearly absolute than be-
fore. Had President McKinley'&
wound been he aled and his life saved
his influence in tire Government would
have been entirely irresistible probably
during the rest of hSS term
The statistics of the final careers or
American statesmen who escaped as
sassination are not full enough TO sESZS-
port generaliZations. sumner SUP
NiVed Brooks cane, and we Buo1aSa
the assault strengthened him mGFx
politically than it damaged hing ply
slcally, though the physical dam0so
was severe and lasting. That A9Ez-
ever, was not a case OF attempted 81
sassination. Mayor Gaynor has bean
enormously advertised ali over this
land ano the rest of the world by BE-
ing shot as he was. He didn't reed
the advertisement at present, ana
probably feels that it was mighty dear
at the price. What he needs is health
strength and poise and vigor of nina
ana we wish he may soon recover ~
or them. Given them, he is likely ia
advertise himself to better purposs
and quite as effectively, by STEADY
work In his difficult job.-HarpersH
Weekly
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ROOSEVELT TO HELP
The INSURGENTS

LAWRENCE, KAN --SpeciaI
ms whirlwind trip into this insurgent
state Colonel Theodore RooseveIt Iaft
this morning in his special train Tor
Kansas City, Mo. AL
The eX-President was in fine hunor
as ne talked with the newspaper CORE
spondents before the train pulled out
OF the depot here. He felt that ne &C
complished something yesterday for The
progressive movement when he mad
MS striking speech at Osawatornie. i'm
Which ne exploited his ideas as to what
ne called the new nationalism''
united states Senator Bristow and
otherS OF the inSurgent leaders in rho
State predicted today that with Colonel
hooseVelts help the insurgent candf-
dates for Congress in the State ttis
ram would be elected with hardly an
exception. They are thoroughIv o.
ganized, as was evidenced in the Re
publican party council when they mass
eq with an overwhelming majority ~ %
platform criticisinv the Taft aJGipie
tration for having failed TO enact ,
more satisfactory tariff law and com,
mending Theodore Roosevelt as ~.
champion OF the rights of the neonis
win colonel Roosevelt coming out
straight for the insurgents as he ala
IN MS speech at Osa watomie Vesterdo, =.
the proSreSSives in Kansas say tbefr
ened. 81 CHS III
After the trip from Osawatornie r,s,
night Colonel Roosevelt. Senator Rris
low, Congressman Madison, William
Alien White and twenty other leaders
OF the state insurgency had a love
'east at the home Of Governor Stubbs
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PANAMA RESENTS
OUR INTERFERENCE
Relations of Little Republic With
the United States Are at
Breaking Point.

Notwithstanding relations be-
tween the United States and Panama
today are at the breaking point.
Washington's Intervention with the
plans Of acting President Mendoza.
who had hoped to be elected TO sue
coed himself. today has created a flu
rore in the little republic.
The citizens believe that the fact
that the United States was able to die
tate in the internal affairs Of the coun-
rN and force Mendoza TO resign sweeps
away all pretense of their independ-
ence, according to political leaders.
With the calling of the National As
sembly today amid scenes of excite
ment, the situation nears a climax.
The situation has been made worse
by clash between Mendoza and Col
onel Goethals, head of the canal con-
strucuon work, which occurred yes
terday. it became known today.
Mendoza sent a messenger asking
colonel Cocktails TO call at the Presi-
Dental Palace. The army man by
messenger asked if he were wished
personally or in his official capacity.
Several other notes were passed back
and forth, Goethals finally going.
When he reached the Palace Mendoza
refused to see him.
1t is understood that the snub was
caused by Cocktails drawing the color
line in the first place, Mendoza being
negro.
The activity Of the United States in
Central America Of late has increased
the uneaSiness among the native pop-
ulation. The newspapers are making
much Of the Mendoza affair and
Washington's interference in Nicara-
qua.
Anti-American comment is bitter.
the general belief being that Wash
lngtonS opposition to Mendoza is
based on his color.
1t is understood on good authority
that the real objection is his unfriend-
ly attitude TO the United States.
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HEINzE Welded
NOW IN TROUBLE
FIRST PRESENT HANDED HIM Is
SUMMONS IN $3.50 BREACH
OF PROMISE SUIT.
NEW YORI

NEW YORK Special.-Fritz Au-
gustus Heinze. copper millionaire, and
MS BRIDE. who was Mrs. Bernice Col
den Henderson. are today on their
honeymoon, but Mrs. Lillian Hobart
French. who claims to be the Occult
wife" OF Heinze, continues to carry
out the role of nemesis.
The first wedding present for
Hetnze was a summons and complaint
IN Mrs French's $4,000 suit, handed
him by a process server.
Following the marriage, which wRs
performed yesterday afternoon by the
Rev. DR.. Hambel. OF Brooklyn. an
Episcopal clergyman, the wedding
party motored to the Waldorf Astoria
for = wedding breakfast. There the
bridal couple remained till today,
when they started for Butte, Mont,
on their honeymoon.
MI. Heinze's plans include a month
or inspection of his mining affairs and
then trip to Europe.
The bride was given away by her
mother. Mrs. Golden, the best man
being Carlos Warfeld, of Butte.
Among the guests at the wedding
supper were Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur p.
Heinze. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Otto c.
Heinze, Charlie Watson, Mr.. and Mrs
Carlos Warfield, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Potter, Mrs. Stanley Clifford, NJ. NJ.
Joyce and H. A. Appleton.
The feast begun early in the even
ing and lasted till the early hours Of
this morning.
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Tomb I'm Rear of costly Hon..

:, Residents OF the fashionable Occur
AIene district, near Venice, will pre-
sent petition to the board of trustees
OF Venice asking that E f. Kelner, a
wealthy mining man, be restrained
from completing a tomb for himself
and wife in the rear of his beautiful
summer mansion.
Mr.. Kelner declares that the idea Is
common in the South. He stated yes
terday that he desired TO be buried in
the rear of his beautiful mansion in or
der that the home, which he built at
the cost of more than $4,000, might
not be disposed of by his children
1T is a matter of sentiment with
me, said Mr.. Kelner yesterday. What
IS life without sentiment? The cree
tlon or tomb near a home is common
IN the south. conceived the idea
mere. On my last trip TO Arizona I
orought a box containing earth from
my fathers grave. This will be placed
inside the tomb. I came to your beau
II IS near my home that I desire to be
buried. Another reason is that if l
ana my Wife are laid at rest here our
home"
AIR. Kelner's plan is to erct the con-
crete tomb one foot below the surface
OF the ground. 1t will contain two
hermeticallN sealed collins The in
terror OF the tomb Will be studded with
ore from the valuable collection Owned
bN Mr.. kelner. The collins, which Will
cost approximately $500 each. Will be
OF Arizona copper. The name Of Nv
Nelner and his wife Will be inscribed
with gold ore. Ire ore which will he
eral thousand dot2ars.-Los Angeles
Examiner
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WOULD Be SUICIDE
NOW WANTS To LIVE
Girl Who Attempted to Take Life Al
mits Mistake.

NEW YORK Special - hxTs
made a terrible mistake. Life Is bear
uful and l want TO live. / want 10
keep my dear ones from grieviux. ana
l want 10 win fame through litera-
ture.'
Vera Fitch, the beautiful CaIforusn
girl who shot herself at the Hotel A.
tor, sobbed out these words today 81
the Flower Hospital after practically
all hope of her recovery had been
abandoned.
DR.. Hughes. the house physician.
stated this morning that peritonifis
had caused grave complications znA
septic pneumonia was apparently de-
veloping.
Her condition could scarcely hs
worse" said the doctor.
Mystery was added TO the strzuxa
case late last night when an elderly
man drove to the hospital in a Tzxi-
cab. He asked Clerk Sveck how mucfz
the young woman's expenses would ba.
for two weeks. When told 1854 h
stripped that amount from a roll ar
bills and hurried away. refusing n
give his name.
Mrs. Roy Conger. Vera Fitch'S sis
ter, who is known on the stage AZ
Grace Fitch, said today she kueE
nothing of the man.
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No Shakespeare scholar. no person
worthy of that name, admires or ap-
proves everything that Shakespeare
wrote. The remark, on that point
made by his contemporary, Ben jim
son, commends itself as wise and well
founded:
Il remember toe Players have often
mentioned it as an honor to Shake
speare that in mis- writing, whatsoever
he penned, he never blotted out a
line; my answer hath been, Would
he had blotted a thousand"
In even some of Shakespeare's best
plays there are passages which ought
to be omitted, and which customarily
are omitted, whenever those plays are
acted. According to the prevalent
standard of taste in his time, Shake
Speare was an exceptionally pure
writer, but the standard of taste in his
time was not severe, the writings of
some Of his contemporaries are re-
pulSive because OF vulgarity, and
some of his own pages are soiled with
impurity. The standard of taste to-
day, at least among decent people,
is very much higher than it was in
the age of Queen Elizabeth and James
l., in England, and it might be we'll
to remember that the American re-
public is an enlightened nation. rv-
ing in the twentieth century, not the
sixteenth.
There is no reason whS the PLAYS
of Shakespeare should be relocated
to desuetude because of occasional
blemishes and vulgarities in them,
and, on the other hand, there is no
reason why their occasional vulgari-
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BABY OVERHEARD; MOTHER
TO THE RESCUE. BROWNS

BOSTON, Special.-Mrs.C Catherine
Fogarty had her two children, Marie.
two years old, and an infant. with
her in Jamaica Park for an outing.
holding the infant in her lap. while
little'Marie was seated in a baby car
riage.
In playing in the carriage Marie
moved SO violently as to start the
wheels going. and before the mother
could stop ii the baby carriage had
rolled into pond. Putting the baby
on the ground Mrs. Fogarty imme-
diately jumped into the water. which
was deep at that point, but was una
bic to reach her little one and. losing
her footing. was drowned.
A man about sixty years of age
leaped into the pond and seized Mrs.
Fogarty. but his efforts exhausted him
so that he. too, sank to his death.
Mrs. Martha Daley, a maid, employ
ed at doctors residence nearby. BY
this time had lowered herself into the
wafer and rescued the little girl who
had suffered no apparent i'll effects
from the accident.
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APOLOGY ON POSTAL CARD
TO DARLINGTON BOOTH

NEW YORK.-SpeciaI.-M and Mrs.
Darlington Booth. leaders or the Vol
unteers Of America, are wondering as
to the Identity of the person who made
them the victims of a practical Joke
that caused them considerable annoy
ance and a stir among their neigh
bors in Montclair, y. J., recently
For several years past a New York
department store has supplied the
Booth table with mineral water. Re
Gently case was ordered. Then a
delivery wagon stopped at the Booth
home and unloaded a box on which
was lettered "Whiskey." 1t was plain
ly addressed to the Booth household.
Prying Oft the lid. Mrs. Booth found
twelve bottles Of mineral water.
Mrs. Booth wrote to the depart
ment store demanding an apology, and
insisting that the apology should he
written on a postal card, so it's mean
ing might be plain to the postmaster.
the postman and to anyone through
whose hands it passed. The store
complied.
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ties should ever be obtruded on the
public stage.
No person. unless It be some silly
stickler for original text" or some
tedious, paltry Snowman OF Eliza
oethian methods" ever thinks OF re-
tanning, in a public representation.
such monstrosities as are contained in
scene seventh of act third OF King
Lear, or the bawdy speeches Of the
Nurse, in Romeo and Juliet. or the
Iearsheet indecency In Henry ~. or
eue olrty cr9diues OF scene NTH Of
act third OF The Merchant OF Vantce-
IL was remarked by Sheridan. who
certainly was acquainted with human
nature and with the province Of dra-
matte art, that everything which
SHOWS human nature depraved ought
70 De excluded from publice attention,
for the reason that the design. how
ever well executed. will disgust-Wu-
liam Winter, in Harper's Weekly.
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A CROWNS GROUP of Demnrzar.

The denomination of Governor Hzr-
mon in Ohio is a step toward per
fecting the qualification of an admir-
able man and Democrat to be a can
dldate Tor the Democratic nomina1iOn
for President II Governor Harmon
can carry Ohio again his friends yTiT
be abundantly warrented in trying IA
send him to the White House
Whether he carries Ohio again or
not. he is a man the Democrats rnuzr
consider.
We should like to see a gruuR 81
such candidates under consideration
by the Democrats two years froEz
now. Whom will New York ocer%
A hrst-class man from this State, who
can carry the State, would be q man
to whom the delegates would pay
Governor of New York OF the dfmerH-
sions and character of Mr. Osborne
or Mr.. Shepard would belong in ths
group that will include Governor Hzs-
mon. We would like to see in tina
same group DR.. Woodrow Wilson rep
resenting New Jersey and perhapz
with a demonstrated capacity Ec e,arxy
that State. The group ought IL En
fairly large, and it will be. DemO-
Gratis of real quality are undoubtedly
coming to the front. Mr.. Dix. The
new Democratic State chairman IN
this State, looks promising Mayor
Gaynor shows a wise disposition tn
cleave to his present job and see wh-<
he can do at that before considsrznE
anything else. There are others 1S9s.
have spoken mainly OF the neighbours
hereabouts. but all over the country
the Democrats are taking politics So
riously again, and heads are rising
above the crowd.-Harper's WeekIE-
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Charles w. F'iszgcrald. naturasfsi
and explorer, who believes that fhe
story OF the Jaguar nshing with Us
tan Is not nature fake. sailed yes-
terday by the Royal Mail liner AtrSto
Tor Trinidad TO prove his faith bv
moving pictures and photographs. He
mas two motorboats, painted green to
correspond In a measure with the
tungles that he expects to so throush
on the tropical Orinoco. He will
cover the smaller OF these boats. a
16-footer OF s horse power. with brush
and leaves, and wait on the side OF the
stream where he knows the jaguar
viii appear. He Is accompanied BY
two students, one from Boston and
the other from this city, and they will
help work the cameras
Mr. Fitzgerald says he has seen a
jaguar fish II Lets it's tail drag In
the water bit and waits for a fish
to appear. Then It wriggIes the tail
and the fish bites The jaguar turns
swiftly and harpoons the fab with a
claw.
Mr.. Fitzgerald says he will do no
hunting with the rife. but his party
will be equipped with several rifles.
and win destroy life only for self
protection He expects to get other
good pictures of wild animal life on
the Orinoco, including some of the
marvellous snakes and alligators for
which the river is famed in books.
He would not be surprised IL he got
q snapshot or moving picture photo
graphs OF a combat between q gator
ana boa constructor like the famous
one celebrated in blank verse by an
American poet.-New York Sun
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Once IN while q word which has
always seemed TO be just an arbitrary
combination OF Greek or Latin roots
turns out TO be really useful. Such IS
the case with the word "pseudony-
NOUS" which happens to be the only
word TO At cases Of concealed author
lished novel about marriage called
The Fruit OF Desire" Here the name
on the title page. Virginia Dema-
rest" Is frankly proclaimed as fcti-
tious. Anonymous" to be sure. fills
the bin very nicely for such novels
as The Inner Shrine" and to saw
that The Wild olive Is by the au-
thor of The Inner Shrine quite suf-
ficiently indicates Its source. But The
Fruit OF Desire" Is pseudonymous-
not anonymous.