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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Drive Negroes Out.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA Special
Serious trouble in the Virginia Ave
nue. section of this city may occur nm
less colored people who have of late
oeen moving into that neighborhood.
Formerly an exclusive white residen-
tial section, heed warnings that have
been given them to depart Yester-
day morning the half-dozen or more
dwellings occupied by the negroes
were found almost covered with pla
cards printed in red and reading:
Negro, 1t is time to move. If Won
can't move today you had better move
tomorrow. WHITE CITIZENS"
The posting of these placards, pre-
sumably by white citizens living in the
vicinity, follows the refusal of the ne
groes TO consider a request to get out
OF the neighborhood made by a com
mittee of white men several DAYS ago.
The white people are much wrought
up over the invasion Of their section.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SAY BOUSEMAN
NOT MURDERED
DETECTIVE DECLARES MAYOR
ATTEMPTED TO INJURE HIM.
SELF TO GET INSURANCE..

RIDGEWAY, VA.-Special.-A SEN
sation has been created in this Sec
ton of the State over the report of
Private Detective Joseph Funk, who
has been engaged in working out the
assassination in which Mayor II. A.
Bouseman was blown to his death by
dynamite.
The detectives report to the Ridge
way Town Council is that the dead
man caused his own death, when he
endeavored to injure himself with dy-
Mantle, in order to collect accident in
surance policies to the amount of So
o06. and thus save himself and fam
lily from financial ruin. which il has
been discovered since the tragedy, he
was facing.
Detective Funk followed innumer-
able clews, to find a cold trail at the
end, and his report has been accepted
by the Council and by the majority of
people in the community. This was
especially true when the financial
condition of Bouseman was learned.
He owed $4,000, and to meet this
had only $40 to his credit at the bank,
and no other resources Peculiar and
respondent actions Of the dead man
previous to the explosion are also re-
called.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
20 VIRGINIA RIFLEMEN
OFF FOR BIG SHOOT

WASHINGTON. u. G. Aug. g.
Forty Virginia rifiemen left Union
Station yesterday afternoon in a spe-
cial car for Camp Perry. .. Elimina-
ton trials will reduce the shooters to
the fifteen who will represent the
State I'm the national events.
Lieutenant +. V. Peace. OF Staun-
ton, and Captain Charles NJ. Wallace
are relied upon to win the big prizes
Lieutenant Peace won the Governors
medal last year at the Camp Perry
shoot in the individual State compe-
ution, and Captain Wallace the second
prize, or Adjutant Generals medal.
Major Stanley w. Martin is captain
OF the team. The party will leave
Camp Perry shortly after the close of
the national events. These matches,
which begin August 21st. will be par
ucipated in by shooters from every
state i'm the Union, from the Hawaiian
Islands and by men from all branches
Of the military service.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SOLD OIL FROM CAN
WITH FALSE BOTTOM

l c II Nj o N d, V A-SpeciaI-
Elmore Wilkinson. a white driver
or an oil wagon. and Matt Goode b5s
negro assistant, were each found
guilty in the Police Court this morn-
ing of dispensing oil from a false
fine of $25. '>'''i III
The arrest and conviction of the
pair was brought about by T. w. To-
sepn' inspector of weights and meas
ures, assisted by officer J. ]. Smith
VINO actually made the arrest In
Folce Court this morning Wilkinson
refused to testify and Goode only
stated that what he did was under
WHkinson's orders Goode was NOT
employed by the oil company. but nv
Wilkinson, who has since been dis
charged by the company. which is
heId blameless by the INSPECTOR.
inspector Joseph was notified IN
August 4th that a false bottom had
Deen placed in a five gallon oil can
the can having been brought to a fin
ner by negro. The Inspector soon
located the negro and captured the
cam after an exciting chase, in which
the negro tried in several WAYS 70
dispose of it. At that time WiIlx,n~
son was not suspected, but the in
tornatlon secured from GOode led to
the arrest of Wilkinson.
The false bottom in the can reduces
lts capacity from FIVE to four gallons.
which caused a Saving" of thirty gal.
Ions day, which at the regular re-
tail price amounted to $3.50 a day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
WILLIAM ]. DAY MET
DEATH By DROWNING
RICHMOND. VA-speci

RICHHO ND, Vas Special
William ]. Day. OF 726 State Street
Fulton, a printer employed by the
Duplex Envelope Company. this city,
was drowned Monday morning while in
bathing at Ocean View. Reports from
the seaside are to the effect that MIR.
Day, who was but twenty years old,
was in bathing with a number of
friends. among whom were several
young ladies. They were swimming
around about the float when Day went
down and failed to again come to the
surface. 1t is thought that he was
probably caught by current and
carried under the big float. and, be-
ing unable 60 eXtricate himself
drowned.
Although a careful search has been
going on all day no trace of the body
has as yet been found.
Young Day had been employed by
the Duplex Envelope Company for the
past two years. Saturday he started
on his vacation, leaving yesterday
morning for Ocean View.
He is survived by a mother. sew
eral brothers and sisters and a father
1t is said that the boys father left
Richmond three years ago and has
not been heard from since.
Mr.. Day was we'll known and pom
ular among wide circle of friends.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
500 WHITE RATS SWARM
ABOUT EVICTED WOMAN

81. LOUIS, Aug. while nearly
900 white rats squeaked in their open
cages and played about her feet Miss
NJ {. Metzger, owner of the animals.
VINO mad Just been evicted from her
home. patrOlled the sidewalk late this
afternoon and. with the assistance of
TWO patrolmen, protected her pets
from neighboring dogs, cats and bows.
The rats are of imported strains, ac-
cording TO Miss Metzger. Most of
them are japanese animals and some
are of the Chinese variety. All are
pure white except the Chinese, which
nave a broad black stripe down the
middle of their backs.
The animals are in demand from
medical students and colleges, saws the
owner of the rat farm, and she has a
contract calling for the delivery of
800 this fall.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
j. l.. Hall Dies at Tyler After
Having Become Hopelessly
Demented.
r l c H NJ o N ID. Y A

X l H NJ O D, V A.-Specia1 -
Sherln A. b. Hall, of Hanover
county, is in town today for the mr.
pose or making arrangements with
'I4ley undertaking esta blishment for
the burial of kinsman, J. L. Hall.
%ho dled this morning of pellagra at
Iyier' station about forty-tbree
miles from this city.
Inc victim of the terrible malady
was about forty-fiVe years old and
single. He was stricken about three
weeks ago and since had been WILDLY
oenenteo. AT times il took several
men TO keep him under control. He
received the best of mdicai attention
but science was utterly unable 70
overcome his disease.
Mr. Hail lived alone with his aged
rather, and the two did their own
housekeeping. They were industrious
and thrifty. ~ Us
me case had been reported to State
Health Commissioner Williams but
ne did not know of Mr.. Halls death
until Informed by a representative of
this paper.
DR.. Williams. while fully realizing
the dangerous nature of pellagra
thinks that, all things considered, Vir-
glnla has been comparatively free
from the disease. He saws he does
not believe that there are over FORTY
cases In the Commonwealth outside
or the hospitals for the insane. The
average for these institutions is about
live cases each.
The State of Illinois is faring much
worse and national pellagra con-
Venuon Will shortly be held at Peoria
with the purpose of discussing the
disease and exchange views as to the
best methods for its treatment and
prevention.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SHAKE.UP OF NAVY
PAYMASTERS IMMINENT
WASHINGTON. d. c. sneci,

WASHINGTON, D. c. Special
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. g.
A shakeup is imminent in the sta
tons of the pay officers of the navy.
caused by the prospective retirements
or Pay Directors Charles w. Little
field, at the Boston Navy Yard, and
OF Pay Inspector ]. A. Mudd, for
merly at New York. Other changes
will be as follows:
Pay Inspector J. w. Litten, from
receiving ship Hancock, to charge Of
navy pay Office, New York.
Pay Inspector Henry A Dent, from
Portsmouth, N. H., to PHILADELPHIA
yard; Pay Inspector Frank T. Arms.
from Boston to Portsmouth, N. H.
yard; Pay Director Charles T. Will
liams, from pay Office. Boston, to be-
come general storekeeper, Boston
navy yard; Paymaster F. b. Colby.
from Philadelphia. to receiving ship
at New York yard; Payrnaa-
ter William T. Gray, now on waiting
orders to the Boston navy yard.
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peared Friday a watch was set. He
acted IN the same odd manner, taking
position on the top OF the flight OF
steps leading TO the main entrance.
Lieutenant Kennel. guard at the
door. kept him under scrutiny. finally
deciding to arrest him on a technical
charge. AS Kennel advanced the man
ran on.
Saturday morning he reappeared.
wearing derby hat. He took a seat
near the City Hall park fountain. AS
before, he kept his right hand in his
pocket. A patrolman asked him what
he wanted.
I'm waiting for a man who works
in the City Hail." was the reply. Hell
be out about noon
After awhile, however, the man left.
Gallagher is a widower. His full
name is Jules James Gallagher. For
two years he has lived in q boarding
house run by Mrs. Sophie Johnson, at
44O Third Avenue. There he was
known as the man of mystery, be-
cause of his reticence. Some of the
forty boarders believed him deranged.
He Appeared Nervous.
He has been working as a night
Waterman, said Mrs. Johnson. He
manned for sometime and then went
out. He appeared nervous"
Gallagher, according to his neigh
bOrs, read much and also wrote a
great deal Every day for months
he had written to Mayor Gaynor. be-
rating him. According to the land
lady no mail for Gallagher ever reach
ed her house. A few days ago Gal
lagher was heard crying and said in
response to a question from another
boarder that nothing was wrong, Just
go away and let me alone"
Mayor Gaynor had turned his Office
over to John Purroy Mitchell, presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Dream Warned of Death.

No WORK. Special Iouis Al
frank, of South Orange, whose sudden
oeath at Luzerne, Switzerland, was an
nouhced In the cable dispatches Friday.
berger * Co. OF Newark N j.
MI. Frank went abroad in June IN
ssaIch OF health. According TO cable
auNlces yesterday, his death came as a
Sequel 20 dream he had the night be-
IoTe the circumstances OF which he
ELelaIed TO friends a few hours before
dreamed q. he had died. and he told of it
10 ms companions in the Palace Hotel
thursday morning.
Mrs. Carrie b. Frank was with her
nn1usDand when he died. His father
mayer Frank, ninety years old, is al
AtIahtlc city. Jacob NJ Frank. "a
brother. and Mrs. Charles HeideIbera
ger a sister, reside in PhiladeInhia
MT MI rank was troubled with a stonac6
ported entirely recovered He Ne
hfty-four years old was
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
A HUGE AEROLlTE
FALLS IN IOWA
Searching Parties Looking for
Meteor, Which Was Accom-
panied by Loud Noise.

COUNCIL BLUFF, IA Special
Accompanied by a noise as loud as
thunder large meteor fell in the
neighborhood of Council Bluffs Mon
day, shaking the city and causing
intense excitement. Searching par
ties have been attempting to locate
the point where the meteor fell in
the hills Immediately back of the city.
Hundreds of persons heard the ex-
pIoslon and felt the shock, but because
the sun was shining at the time. very
rev saw the aerolite itself.
me meteor, which is described as
very large and travelling from north
west TO southwest, passed high in the
air and disappeared behind the hills.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
WILD AUSTRIAN
KILLS COMPANION
Nebraska Man Then Attempted to
Do Away With witnesses
to the Crime.

OMAHA, NEB.- Special After
Staying two companions near South
Omaha, Mike Arilik. an Austrian, en-
ployed as section hand on the
Northwestern Railroad, captured a
street car late yesterday, placed upon
1t the only two witnesses to the double
killing and made a fast run TO Omaha
with the Intention, the police say, OF
doing away with the witnesses so that
they might not testify against him.
Both escaped, however, and Charles
Latham, messenger, followed AriIk
on bicycle until the police overlook
them and arrested Arilik.
Arilik killed Antonlne Carroer and
Joseph Nicklicitch with a knife after
a quarrel about a woman.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Grooming CumminS.

DIES MONIES, IA.-Special.-That
Senator Albert B. Cummins is the IogI
cal candidate for the elements of West
idential nominations in the Campaign
OF 1912, is the settled conviction of his
constituents, and to the reaching OF
resources and enthusiasm which his
devoted followers can summon will be
directed. It has now transpired that
the long hours during which the lieu
tenants of Senator Cummlns were
closeted behind locked doors last week
were not entirely devoted to conven-
ton platform phraseology, but that a
program was considered for prompt ac-
ton along the lines indicated when It
should appear clear that the hour had
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
RICHMOND NOW HAS PAY
AS-YOU-ENTER CARS


The pay-as-you-enter cars, ordered
by the Virginia Railway and Power
Company, are now being delivered
and will be put in use early in the fall.
The order comprises twenty cars of
the new standard pattern which cost
$4,000 apiece. They are the largest
and longest cars ever used here, being
five feet longer than the largest dou-
ble-truck cars now IN service on Main
and Broad Streets.
They are arriving two or three at
time over the Richmond. Frederick
burg and Potomac tracks each on a
fiat car, and as soon as placed on their
own trucks are run to the company's
sheds. The first consignment was re-
ceived Saturday.
The cars differ in many ways from
those now in use, but as they are COW
cred with canvas only the form of the
car can be seen.
The trucks are also of different
form, being fitted with two large and
two small wheels, the latter not being
more than half the size of the larger
wheels.
The cars were made by the ]. G.
Brill Company, and though longer
than the cars now in use here, are
said to be both lighter and stronger.
The great advantages claimed for
these cars over all others are that YOU
lose no time in getting on or off
the car. Everyone enters from the
rear door and leaves from the front
door. The conductors watch your fare
go in a box and hand you a transfer
as you enter. The conductor stands on
the platform and there is no crowding
past passengers collecting fares.
Just what streets will receive these
new passenger carriers has not been
decided. but II is probable that Broad
street Will get the first of them.
BY the use of these cars no fares are
lost by overlooking passengers and the
number OF accidents are reduced.
Cars of similar pattern have been
in use in Lynchburg for some months
where their utility is accepted.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
\ SEVENTEENTH
GIRL RUNS AWAY TO WED

NORFOLK, VA Special There
was surprise wedding at Holland
yesterday, the principals heinz Tar,ns
Whedbee, son of r. H. Whedbee. "a
SUFFOLK merchant and Miss Salue Ed
wards, the seventeen-year-o old daugh-
ter OF the late Edward Richards The
young people drove from the home of
me glrI grandfather, Britt Edwards.
TO the Baptist parsonage i'm HoIianJ
where the ceremony was performed
oy the Rev. Crater. The bride said
her people did not know Of her pros
pectivc marriage. The couple left for
a honeymoon. W
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Prefers n Widow.

CUMBERLAND, Md Special
James Plum, aged f1fty-five, owner of
three farms near Terra Alta. on IuIv
28th inserted an advertisement In q
Grafton newspaper for a wife. The
same evening Mrs. Inez Kearns. aged
forty-three. widow, wrote Mr.. Plum.
Besides her letter, Mr.. Plum re-
ceived seventeen others, but his heart
went out TO the K1ngwood widow, and
they were married SATURDAY. nicht
the Rev. j. w. Engle, of Grafton. Of
nciating. They are now spendin0
their honeymoon in Atlantic City.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
CRUISER SQUADRON HAS
COMPLETED ITS DRILL,

NORFOLK, VA Special.-The ar
NORFOLK, VA, Aug. 8.-The ar.
mored cruiser squadron. composed of
the North Carolina, Montana and
Tennessee, which had been on ths
Southern drill grounds off Virginia
Beach at target practice for a week.
has completed it's work, the North
Carolina returning to Hampton Roads
yesterday afternoon. The Montana
and Tennessee will come I'm today.
The squadron will now prepare for
the Mediterranean cruise with the bat.
tleship feet In the fan.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Reflections of a bachelor.

MOST men seem 10 THINK an excuse
for a failure is as good as a success.
The thing a woman can have faith
in is something nobody can prove.
Money goes far enough when 1t is
ahead OF you and you are trying to
catch II.
Nothing seems meaner in a man
than for him to get the best Of you
instead of letting you do il to him.
New York Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
Prisoner Is Identified.

HOBOKEN, N. J.-Special.-The po
Hoe took Gallagher to st. Mary's Hos.
pital to be identified by Mayor Gaynol
shortly after noon. The attending
physicians, however, refused to allow
the police to enter the room and also
barred everybody else.
Mayor Gaynor's daughter was
among those who were refused admit
lance to the sick room.
NEW YORK.-Special.-I the
office of Mayor GaynOr there was
found pile of threatening
and berating letters from j. j.
Gallagher, who shot MIR. GaynOF
today at HobOken. Every day
for weeks Gallagher has written
complaining of his discharge from
the dock department. Many of
the letters were unopened, the
handwriting being recognized.
Some were turned over to the po-
lice.
For nearly a week a mysterious
man, now believed to have been
Gallagher, had been lettering
about the City Hall. The descrip-
ton Of this man who attracted at
tentton by his odd manner taIIies
with that OF Gallagher.
Crime Was Delayed.
The stranger was first noticed We'd
nesday. He lounged around the en-
trance used by the Mayor, avoiding
attention and with a SLOUGH hat pull
ed far down over his eyes. On that
day the Mayor intended to inspect
the parks by automobile in company
with Park Commissioner Slower. The
man who kept one hand in his coat
pocket waited in one spot for twenty
minutes, leaving when the trip was
al abandoned, and the auto sped off
Without passengers. When he reap
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
SHANGHIED BOY CLAIMS
HE WAS BADLY TREATED

NEWPORT NEWS, VA.-Special.-
Claiming that he was shanghied from
this port year ago and landed at
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
friendless and without funds, and
thrown into prison, maltreated and
half starved, Edward Strange, claim
ing Lynchburg as his home, was
brought here last night by the United
states army transport Sumner. He is
70 be transferred to the Marine Hos
pital at Norfolk this afternoon. When
picked up at Buenos Ayres by the
sumner Strange showed scars from
brutal treatment, said to have been
inflicted by the police Of that city.
me man claims he appealed to the
American Consul without success un-
til the arrival of the transport.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES VA, Aug. 8.
The funeral of Charles r. Tackett.
who died yesterday of heart disease
took place from st. Georges Episco-
pal Church yesterday evening at &
o'clock. Mr.. Tackett was sixty-one
years old and prominent in business
and social circles. He is survived by
his wife. seAAS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
"a 600 Barn Rnrneld-

LEESBURG, VA Special The
large barn in the Exeter estate, near
Leesburg, belonging to H. II. Trun-
early yesterday morning. The loss Is
estimated at $4,000, with only small
insurance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

In the Hastings Court today a mar
riage license was issued to Edgar
Blackburn and Agnes Garland, both
OF Richmond. The ceremony is set
for today.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18

BALTIMORE, MD, Aug. s.-The
Old Master, hero of more than 100
ring battles, is making his Quickest
battle here with no hope OF victory.
Joe Cans was still alive today, but
his death is regarded as q matter of
few days at the most.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-08-18

H0BOKEN, n. L. Special
Mayor Gaynor, OF New York, was
sh0t here by q crank Tuesday morn
ing, after ho had boarded a
steamer TO sail for Europe. Ho
WIS shot from behind.
His aSSaIlanf was Immediately
arrested.
Mayor Gaynor had just board
cd the liner Kaiser Wilhelm Der
Crosse to go abroad for a months
vacation.
A hasty examination led TO the
declaration that the wound was
serious. The Mayor was sur
rounded by a crowd OF friends and
= large force Of police was On
hand TO protect him and to keep
che steamer crowd in order after
the shooting took place.
Friends of the Mayor and other
spectators grappled with the as
Safiant, who was overpOwercd at
ter a short. but hard. struggle.
He gave his name as j. j. Gal
xagher, and said he was fifty-eight
years old. Under guard of sailors
ne was held till the police had
Qufeted the confusion on the pier
and steamer, then was hurried to
the nearest police station.
IL was reported that Gallagher
SEas formerly employed in one of
the city departments. but lost his
sob when the Gaynor administra-
dion came in.
The motive for the attack, as
given by Gallagher, when he was
arraigned before Recorder Nc
Govern a few minutes after the
shooting, was: Il came over here
90 put the Mayor out of business.
They took my bread and butter
away from me and / want you TO
understand IL wasn't pOrterhouse
steak, either"
Mayor GaynOr was on the port
side OF the liner, in the compan-
AOnWay. where he had stopped to
1alk with President Mont, of
Chile, when the shooting took
place.
He was surrounded by menu
bers OF his family and friends
wishing TO see him of on his va
cation trip.
With Mayor GaynOr at the time
Of the assault were several men,
beers of his family. An ambulance
call was turned in. AT the same
dime police reinforcements were
summoned.
The changing of ambulance and
patrol wagon bells added to the
turmoil on the pier. For the mo-
ment the work OF preparing for
the vessels departure was drop
ped, all employees OF the steam
ship company turning their at
tentfon ID the preservation of or
der.
HE took my bread and butter
away from me, and 1 came over
here to get him. i got him."
That was what the asSailant
said when, pinioned and gasping
from the struggle with his cap