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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
ASKS VIRGINIA TO
ELECTROCUTE HIM
Blind Minister Cannot Support
Himself and Would Be
Put to Death.

Governor Mann, with the executives
OF the other States where electrocution
Is the mode of capital punishment, is
asked TO put to death a man who has
no further reason for living, and who
desires the electric shock in preference
to starvation
Blind, losing his voice, unable to
attract custom for the sale of small
Mckinsey of Battle Creek, desires to
be electrocuted. He has appealed to
GoVesnors White, Of New York; Mann
OF Virginia Fort, of New Jersey, and
Harmon, OF OHIO, for permission to go
to the electric chair In one of these
States.
Not believing in suicide, and hold
lns an aimshouse worse than DEATH
MI, Mchinsey has sent the following
letter to the four Governors:
Il have been blind from birth am
hopelessly blind. am not, and seem
lnsly cannot be. profitably employed,
therefore cannot consistently have a
home nor and wife, If live l must live
idiots, brokendown drunkards and
yagabonds, where all can do is to eat
unpalatable food and wear coarse
clothes where there will be an end
murdered slowly. Surely. under such
circumstances, it Is the duty of the
state to take my life in the most
painless way possible, and / am will
ihG <, ana ANXIOUS that it should do so.
Il have the misfortune TO live in u
state which Will not even put It's Grim
inals TO death, therefore ] write to
ask that may be electrocuted in a
state chair in New York, Ohio. New
Jersey or Virginia.
y frankly admit that | do not want
TO leave this life. / do not believe in
sell -destruction II | did | would kill
myself, But as long as society has
said that shall starve to death, that
| a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
PETERSBURG MAN
MAY Be APPOINTED.
Report That R. B. Davis Has
Been Offered Assistant State
Attorneys Place.

According to reports. apparently
from an entirely reliable source, the
office of Assistant Attorney General
of Virginia has been offered to Richard
y. Davis, of Petersburg. Mr. Davis Is
one of the foremost attorneys of the
state, and has always enjoyed large
practice.
1t was stated in Petersburg last
night that Mr. Davis has the matter
under consideration, but declined to in
dicate what his decision would be
Attorney General Williams spent
Thursday night in Petersburg. return
ing to Richmond carly yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. Davis was a soldier in the Con-
federate army serving in the Twelfth
Virginia Infantry. Mafone's Brigade.
His war record is a gallant one 1t
Will be remembered that Judge VIII
liams has stated repeatedly that he
would appoint a Confederate veteran
1f he could get one who was satlsfac-
tory.
When asked about the matter last
night, Judge Williams declined TO say
anything whatever on the subject.
Friends OF Mr.. Davis in Richmond
express much doubt as to whether he
would consent to give up his lucrative
practice TO accept the Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
Boy SLEGCRUSHED.
BY LO c 0 NJ 0 IN {
Joseph Moltz Suffers Terrible
Injury and Dies After
Amputation.
Anputation.

Falling beneath a shifting engine OF
the Richmond Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac Railroad Company, at Belvidere
and Canal Streets, yesterday morning.
little Joseph Moltz. nine years old, OF
61i Church Street, had his left leg
crushed so badly that it was later am
putated at the Retreat for the Sick
But the shock was too great for him.
and he died at o'clock. His father
and mother were present at the end
The little fellow was on his way to
Madison School when the accident oc-
Cured. The gates were down across
the street for The passing of the en-
sine, but they do not extend across the
pavement, and, with several compan-
ions Joseph attempted 10 cross in front
OF the engine. The others got by
| safely, but Joseph STUDDED his toe and
fell The engine was bearing rapidly
down on him, and he eNerted every
effort 10 drag his body away from the
wheels, But he had too little time,
and the heavy engine passed over his
llcg.
! Charles Wilmer, the engineer, stopped
MS engine, and the boy was picked up
and removed to an office on Canal
street where the ambulance was called
Or. Tune administered something to al
leNiate the terrible pain and then took
the boy to the Retreat, where the OPP
Grafton was performed as soon as he
could bear the shock. The boy bore
up prayely, not even whimpering after
he was picked up, He gave his name
only as Joe at the hospital, and his
full name was not learned until the
arrival of his father, Charles Aloltz.
There seems to be no blame attach
ing TO NJ. w Burnett, of 8ll South
Meadow Street. Waterman at Belvidere
ana Canal Streets People often pass
IN front OF oncomins trains and cross
In safety. The gates were down, bu,
tAey eXtend only across the street and
do not serve IS barrier to pedestrians
who choose to risk their lives.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
BROWN SENT TO JAIL
severely Denounced by Justice Cruchrelt
Tor Ills Actions Towards Young Woman.

severely Denounced by Justice Cruchf,eld
Tor Ills Actions Towards Young Woman
FOR his improper and insistent advances
toward Miss Orleans DOYLE, of roc East Mar
shaH Street Alexander Brown, a whitt
man man forty Years old, was severely de-
hounced Yesterday morning BY Justice
Crutehhed in the Police Court and was
fined $50 and placed under $500 security for
twelve months, He was unable to give the
EEsegrity required and went to jail in de-
After failing 10 get Policeman Warmer
TO go TO the house with him Brown pro
ccedgd alone, and demanded OF Mrs Fred
Wtlliams With whom Miss DOYLE boards,
that he be allowed 10 see The young woman.
He was refused, but In some manner man
aged TO set into the house and to secrete
himself under a table in Miss Doyle's room
she saw him when she entered, and ran
out sefeamhg Other boarders summoned
\ me police. and Brown was cautht, by 20.
1 itcemen Wawiper and Reid, VINO had TO
club him into submission before they could
According to the story told by Miss Doyle.
Brown mad accosted her earlier in the dag.
and when she renelled his advances had
grabbed her around the throat, She exhi-
bted bruises and hnger-marks Inflicted by
him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
CANAL co MP A N Y
GETS NEW CHAR TER
Alben1arlc and Chesapeake Bond
holders in Control and
Reverse Name.
OFFICERS ASK FOR MERCY
Desire Communication for Henry
Negroes-New Assistant
Acknowledgement.

Reorganization of the old Albemarle
and Chesapeake Canal Company was
consummated yesterday, when n new
charter was obtained from the state
Corporation Commission under the
rame of the Chesapeake and Mbemarle
Canal Company. The property was
bought in recently by committee OF
tho first mortgage bondholders, who
@ie New York people,
Officers are as follows: James NJ.
Edwards, New York. president; Robert
Il. Harrison, New York. vice-presidenr;
D. S. Burwell Norfolk secretary and
treasurer. The directors are the officers,
together with Henry T. Cutter, Orme
Wilson and Edward j. Hancy. of New
York. and William Byrd, of Short Hills.
y. j.
Some of the names of former dlrcc-
tors in the concern appear no lo1se-.
and it is understood that to large
extent the property Is under new man.
agement. The capital stock of the new
company, which was 100000 under
the old. corporation is s550000 in the
new. 1t is to be divided into 5000
shares of preferred stock of 500 caca.
and $500 shares of common at 500
each. The preferred stock is to earn
. per cent The concern paid n fee OF
Has Right of Way.
The property consists of 6,S4l acres
of land, of which j2266 is in dispu.4
regarding alleged entertainments
There are two canal cuts, that In var
ginia running from the Elizabeth Rive
TO the North River landing, and the
North Carolina end from North Rive
to the Currituck, in Albemarle sound
The Virginia canal is eight and
quarter miles long. and that in North
Carolina is two miles in length. the
right of way includes $50 ieet on
either side of line drawn in the MD
die of the canal. excepting Tor one
strip, where 1t is 100 feet.
a sale was made under decree of
October /, 1910, as the result OF n suit
brought by the Union Trust Company.
OF New York trustee. Messrs. Ed
wards. Cutter and Harrison, acting as
committee for the bondholders,
bought the property.
This canal has always been rasardal
as a valuable adjunct to the trade on
Norfolk, connecting that city with the
Albemarle Sound country of North
Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17

For more than year the Rlchmond
Chapter of the Southern Association
Of College Women has been turning
much of Its activity towards a move
ment for proper medical inspection OF
the public school children in the city.
1t was this organization largely Which
prevented last spring the removal OF
Miss Isaacson, the trained nurse, from
the John Marshall High School. Pub
lie opinion having been aroused, news
paper pressure was brought to bear
on the Council, and in a few months
the Finance Committee voted money
enough to re-employ Miss lsaacson in
the High School for this year.
With unremitting zeal the club has
watched each attempt in the line OF
medical inspection, has tabulated the
statistics gained in each investigation,
ana can now give out definite ac-
count of exactly what has been dono
towards the physical hetterment of the
Richmond school children.
brave beginning has already been
made. Atathe High School last month
Miss Isaacson attended to 1S7 cases;
az these, six were cases of infections
Tho latter, OF course were Immediately
sent away from the other children.
mis- sort OF work represents her daily
routine. Besides this, during the fall,
largely through her influences an eN-
animation was made Of the teeth ana
oycs Of all the High school girls and
hoys. Such of them as We're In need
of treatment were told of their defects,
Later notes We're sent to the parents,
I,nforming them of their chldrens need
of medical attention since h,gn
school students, as Il class, are tho
most intelligent group of school chll-
dren IN the city, ! was found that in
many cases g mere statement Of the
defect to the pupil aroused him te
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
T ITTI f. CHILD NEARLY BLIND
WORKED BRAVELY OVER BOOK
Startling and Pathetic Facts Brought Forth By
Doctors and Nurses Who Examine Pupils
in Public Schools.

action In his own behalf.
In East End DR.. Irant, with the
assistance of the district nurse, mas
begun a most interesting examination
in the lower grades of the school sys-
TEN. The pupils examined represent,
not the fit to survive, as the higN
school pupils do, but the rank ana NE
of young school children, the majority
of whom never see the inside OF our
high school.
DR.. Trant's investigation has brought
to light some startling facts regarding
the physical deficiencies In the pri-
mary grades. Out Of group or
twenty three children In one of the
East End schools, upon examination, 1t
was found that tWenty-one We're ue-
fective In another group of twenty
six, all we in need of medical treat
ment. In one group examined chlld
was found who had almost entirely lost
its sight. owing to the crowdlng IN
the room, the teacher had not neen
able to detect the cause of this IN
dlvidual child's slowness in school
work.
In Washington Ward a number Of
public-spirited doctors have taken up
voluntarily this work of inspection.
Before beginning on their work theS
SO inu1ienced public thought as to gain
from the Council the appropriation OK
a sum sufficient to pay tire salary or
a nurse for three months This nurse,
Miss Gully, from the Cary Street set
Element, assists the doctors mt the en-
animation and later follows up the
cases to their homes, so that the
parents may be persuaded TO nave
medical treatment givenlln the neees-
sary cases. The. beginning in wash
ington Ward is more thorough than
anything before attempted in the way
of physical examination OF the school
children IN the city,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
STILL OR 0 VI N C
Annual Meeting Receives Re.
ports About Many New
Branches.

The annual meeting of the Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia was held
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
307 East Franklin Street.
The meeting was opened by the pres
brief address, reviewing the work
done during the year. and noting spe-
cial points of Importance in It. with
reference to the future. The reports
of recording and corresponding sec
rotary, of the treasurer and of chair
men of committees came next, and
were heard with interest.
Afterward II was decided TO hold
general league meetings on the first
Thursday of every month. the weekly
meetings on that day OF the week 10
be held otherwise, as usual. officers of
the league were all reelected. New
members of the directory board APP
pointed were Mrs. II, r. Meloney and
Mrs. John 5. Munce
A very large number of league mem
bers were present and many plans were
made for new work y letter read
from Mrs. John II, Lewis, CT Lynch
burg, reported the formation OF
members: Miss Anne Bannister. Mrs
Jean Boatwright Mrs Hattie r.
schaefer, Miss Mary l. Percy, Mrs.
Charles Dana Gibson. Mrs. Dexter otey
Mrs. Alice Harris, MISS Alice HARRIS,
Miss Benagh Harris. Miss Valentine
Harris, Miss Marie Waugh. Mrs. John
D. Childs. Mrs. Annie Mays, Mrs. Met
ternach Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Callie r.
Henley and Mrs. John II. Lewis,
Mrs. w. II Adams, of Norfolk. re-
ported the organization of her branch
with thirty-fve members. Mrs. Flan-
nagan, who was present at the meet
ing. reported most promising material
for the formation of a Charlottesville
league
Chuirmen OF Richmond committees
are doing such good work that many
new members here are being daily
added to the league.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
Local Drainage Meetings.

AS result of the enthusiastic and
highly successful drainage meeting
held Thursday at the CAPITOL at which
a State wide movement for reclama-
ton of overlooked lands was launched
and State Drainage Association or
gained number Of local meetings
will be held,
1t is already proposed to have a
gathering of the farmers of the Chicka-
hom'ny section, at which the law on
the subject Will be discussed with a
view to forming drainage district
and retaining the swamp lands there
w, w Old Jr of Norfolk, has accept
ed an nvitati TO address this meet
ing,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
SENDING OUT FORMS
Federal Corporation Tax Notice Issued
CornnratJot,s

Federal Corporation Tax Notice Issued TO
Corporations
forms on which corpoEatJons must make
their statements to the United states In
tternal Revenue Department. that they NAV
DC assessed arc now being sent out in this
Lowry's office
Mr. Wade said yesterday that during the
year many Of the concerns which are sub
.sct TO the corporation TAX have changed
.AetF addresses, and great many of the
notices sent out have been returned
However, failure OF notification does moi
relieve them from tho tax. ana those who
rave NOT settled up with Uncle Sam before
~! IA! ] 1911, viii be subject to heavy penal
The forms may be obtained in this district
ION me office OF Collector Lowry, Federal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
Building Permits

Building and repair permits were issued
yesterday as follows;
2. G. Woodward, 10 erect four detached
frame dwellings, on the cast side OF Carter
street. between Winder and Powhatan
streets, 10 cost S2.0tn
Fennie Dairy Company to erect a brick
stable on the west side OF Seventh Street
between Leigh ana Duval Streets. to cost
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
ARRESTED ON CAR
NJ GoIdstsin Declares He Was Roughl
Handled by Conductor.

NJ Goldstein was arrested last night on q
charge OF being disorderiy and curging on
n street Garlic was taken in hand by tho
car crew, TllIcr and Parrish. and turned
over 10 a police officer.
In defense OF himself Goidstein SAYS he is
from washington and unfamiliar with the
law governing passenger seats in this state.
He took a rear seat. and. having a large
number OF bundles, was rathe- slow In moY.
him by the neck and used unnecessary force.
causing him 10 indulge in some sort OF out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17

JACK Etosh the Young syrian who hru-
tally assaulted his grandmother, Mrs Mar,
Etosh, Thursday night, was fined $40 and
placed 1 Under Sioo security Tor ninety days
IN me Police Court yesterday morning.
Etosh struck tho old woman several time.
and then bit her on the wrist. Hc SAYS he
y but sixteen years old but looks much
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
i. c. T. GROWING
Wholesale Initiation and supper VIII BE
Had To- Might.

Nineteen candidates viii be initiated to-
night INTO Richmond Council, No $50 United
Commercial Travellers. This unusually large
addition to the membership of the council
Is the result OF the -Four Hundred Club
memnership contest, which was inaugurared
on september a. and viii continue until
March y The council has now go members,
ahh hopes to reach 400 by the end of the
contest.
Priaes are offered TO the members securing
the greatest number of initiates, There is
an additional prize TO each one bringing in
three members,
Prior to the ordeal through which the
initiates must so Tonight a supper will be
had at Murphy's Hotel Probably 100 covers
VIII be laid, The council viii meet AZ 8
o'clock IN business session, will go to supper
al 1915 and viii return ia Smithdoal Hall at
$50 To proceed with the mystic ceremo-
MES.
Secretary b, d. MacGregnr is putting lots
OF woril into the contest and expects It to
be hiShy successful
Arrest otto Goldbnch.
Otto doldbaeh was arrested last night on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
Treasurer Here.

G NJ, Muse. treasurer of Roanoke
county, was a visitor yesterday at the
office of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17

a marriage license was issued yes
terday in Washington. D. c.. to Yer
non IL. Bossieu&. of 2o2 North Twen
tieth street and Norma e. Bosher. OF
this city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
BIG FIRE IN COUNTY
Eleven Mucs, a mor,e and Much foodstur

Eleven mules and one horse were burned.
together with nifty tons of alfalfa, several
hundreds bushels of wheat and numerous
farming implements, when the big brick
and frame barn of Varina farm, Henrico
county. was destroyed b. fire ThurEeay
night The loss is estimated az $1,000 with
about one-third covered by insurance
The fire was of unknown origin, and on
account OF limited resources II was hard
to subdue. II was with difficulty that sur
rounding buildings were saved
This property Is owned by George and
Phillip stoneman and r. G, Sydnor Two
hundred bushels OF the wheat lost was
owned by NJ. +. Lyons. OF Newmarket Road
The animals destroyed were of fine stock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
New NIilitnry BAND.

New Military Band.
Kessnich's orchestra. which is in training
to become the Second Regiment Band Will
march to-day the band of the First Bat
talon. First Regiment, at the post-offica
cornerstone laying. The band practiced last
night at the armory
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
Qualities as Administrator.

A, 7, Anthony qualited yesterday in tho
Chancory Court OF the city of Richmond as
administrator OF the estate of Mrs Harriet
+, iilt2himcr Tho estate ia valued al $500.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17

Delegates Mother Ill Here,
OF Delegates from Charlotte county. yester-
day brought his mother TO Richmond for an
operation She is at Memorial Hospital seri-
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
BIG PHONE co.
HAS MEETING

The annual meeting OF the Louisville
Home Telephone Company was held IN
this city this morning at the office Of
John G. Gray. who is the resident direct
or. when directors for the ensuing year
were elected. The company is one OF the
strongest independent telephone COM
panies in the country, operating through
out Kentucky an vicinity, and is one Of
the companies J. Pierpont Morgan and his
syndicate are reported to be after. No
mention of negotiations for the sale OF
the company to Mr. Morgan or anybody
else was made at to-day's meeting and
those present said they knew Of no such
deal pending.
The new directors elected are; John NJ
Lassing 8. Keith Darwin NJ. Johnson.
t. NJ. Coleman, George NJ. Boone. A. b.
Rouse. T. NJ. witt J. d. Powers, C. d.
Knoefel, and John G. Gray. OF this city.
The United States Trust Company Of
Louisville is trustee for a majority of the
stock of the company and was represent
ed at the meeting by its president, Bethel
p. Veech, of Louisville. All the stock was
represented, mostly by proxy
After the meeting Mr. Gray telegraphed
the result Of the election of directors to
the secretary OF the company in Louis
vile and IL is expected the company will
elect officers this afternoon. The COM
pany is a Delaware corporation authorized
to have sl,5OO.0OO capital, Of which N,si0O0O
IS paid in. 1t has assets cf Ss,Sl6.9s5.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10

we shall have your help in winning It for
us. Very truly yours
Mary n. de You
The secretary said in an interview, 'In
reply to Senator duPonts inquiry as to
whether the Association favored the ex-
tension OF suffrage TO colored women, as
we'll as 90 white women, its position was
defined as favoring the extension OF the
right OF franchise to all women on ex-
actly the same terms as TO all men, what
ever these may be- Higher education, IL
should be remembered, has been provided
FOR the young colored women OF Delaware,
in the college at Dover. while that Of the
young white women remains neglected.
Absolute justice and impartial dealing be-
tween men and women. as human beings.
alike possessed OF human intelligence and
mortal souls, are the standards set by
the Equal Suffrage Association OF Della
ware, whose members are not fQrgetful
OF the Latin maxim, Let justice be done
though the heavens fan
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
GREAT FIRE AT
LANCASTER, PA.
By unl'ed Press Leased Special wirA

BY United Press Leased Special Wira
LANCASTER Pa, Feb. 1O.-One Of
the worst fires in the history OF the
city today, devastated a half an acre
OF the most valuable business prop
critics in the center OF the city, entail
ing a loss OF more than a half million
dollars. Starting in the hardware store
Of Reilly Brothers & Raub. a struc-
ture sixty feet wide and half a city
block I'm length, which was gutted the
blaze spread to the buildings occupied
by the Red Mcn,A rtisans and odd
Fellows; w. w. APPEL jeweier: Jacob
Gerhart, tailor; Katharine Myers. mil
liner. The Lancaster Real Estate Co.
and a dozen or more minor concerns.
Tho most OF the devastation was
~dehe by the explosion OF gas plant,
powder and dynamite carried In the
hardware store.
The explosives and the fal OF heav-
ily charged trolley and electric light
wires impcded the efforts OF the fire.
men and the buildings we're gutted IN
short time The two main bushes,
thoroughfares were blocked of al
morning and trolley traffic was .sus
pended.
A number OF clerks In the establish
ments involved We're injured and take
70 hospitals, as was also a fireman.
When the blaze got beyond the con
troll Of the oical department aid wa
summoned from Columbia and othe
nearby towns.