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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
ARE DRAP[O
IN s{NAT { HALL
National and State Emblcms
Placed on Walls OF
Chamber.
MAY GO ON MARCH
Proposal to Give Them Field
Practiee-Portraits Are
Moved.

Beautiful silk flags OF the United
and of Virginia are now draped
behind the chair OF the Lieutenant-
Governor In the Senate hambe The
work was lone yesterday. by Lieu
tenant-Governor j. Taylor 1Illyson in
pursuance of a resolution passed nv
tho Senate at the last session. The
flags are magnificent specimens. wei
worthy the place OF honor they oc-
cupy in the legislative halls Of the
Old Dominion. The staffs of the Stars
and Stripes and of the banner bear
ing the seal Of the Commonwealth arc
crossed.
The resolution under which this
was done was introduced by senator
Fl. a. Edmondson. OF Halifax, ana was
ns follows:
Whereas, most of our sister States
OF the American Union have er1pha-
sized their loyalty to their W states
and to the Union by an attractive
blending of the State and national
Tags In their Legislative halls, there
fore. be it
Resolved, by the Senate, That our
Lleutenant-Governor and President Of
the Senate be. and he is herby. di-
rected to have our national and State
flags placed In the rear Of his desk
and In such a manner as his good
taste may suggest, and to pay for. the
same out OF tho contingent fund oc
the Senate.'s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
BOGUS CHECK LAID
At COOK S DOOR
Ex-Official of Greenland Tells
Of Experience With
Explorer.

Copenhagen, January 10.--Doctol
Cook is again the chief topic in Copen.
hagen. Interest was revived by the
announcement that Cooks origina
diaries had been at last submitted tc
the University Commission.
Your correspondent. however. has
learned from a reliable source that
only one of Doctor Cooks three dia-
rles has been given to the commis
sion of the university. This book wa.
sent from Cook, in Southern Europe.
to Lonsdale. ten days ago.
The commission asked Lonsdale
where Cook was and why the other
two diaries We're not sent. Lonsdale
declined to answer, and the commits
sion and he are now at odds.
Great interest also centres here
about a statement which has ijust been
issued by Muliar. formerly an off1cer
of the Greenland administration. rs-
spectins the bogus check given MIN
by Cook at the time or the Miranda
expedition.
This charge against Cook had been
known to q restricted number Of per-
sons here for some time, but neither
Muller nor SWetnmnnn. formerly Dan.
ishs ,ats Now York, and now Min
'sFefSo q commercs, who corroboNryates
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PICTURE GALLERY MOVED

Portraits Of Governors Now Hang IN
New Quarters.
The collection OF pictures in tho
State Portrait Gallery has been re-
moved rom the old quarters TO the
new reading-room of the State Ii
brary. From the walls the Governors
of the Colony and of the Common
wealth now look down upon the yir-
ginians OF the present day. The Gov
errors portraits have been arranged
In order. beginning with the earliest,
al the northeast corner Of the room.
The entire collection extends around
nearly three sides of the large room.
and In some cases they are dA0bled-
that Is. are placed one under another.
The most valuable in the lot, that Of
Patrick Henry, painted by Sully. was
put out of It's order to give 1t a. bet
ter light
All of the States Governors are rep
resented excepting Andrew Jackson
Montague. Tho place where his por-
trait should hang has been left va
cant by Librarian McIlwaine. IN the
hope that thus the attention Of the
public will be directed to the omis-
sion,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
WIDER DIVERSITY
URGED BY KNAPP
Many Branches Of Agriculture
Would Prove Profit
able.
MAKES ADDRESS TO FARMERS
Points Out Special Advantage
Of Different Sections Of
State.

Lynchburg. Va, January to.-Begin-
ming a series of addresses to farmers
of the Southeastern states, in connec-
tion with the work of the Southern
Railroad for the advancement OF agri-
cultural interests along Its lines, DR..
Seaman a. Knapp. of the Department
OF Agriculture, to-day spoke to a large
assembly here.
"yirginians.s declared DR.. Knapp,
have inherited two things of super
lative value-thcir racial blood and
their domain. The people arc the most
valuable asset of m country. Viz
ginians are descended from the best
race of me that has ever peopled the
globe-courageous. liberty-loving, en-
erEetic n Intelligent"
DR.. Knapp pointed to tile rivers and
harbors of the Old Dominion. and it's
proximity to the great cities of the
Atlantic coast, and to the crowded
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evening the North Carolina Grand
Lodge OF Masons will convene III Its
123d annual session, with Hon. s. NJ.
Gattis. of Hiilsboro, presiding as grand
master. This Will be the second ses-
sion of the Strand Lodge In the splen-
did 100000 temple here, and the first
one to be held In the temple with
thorough equipment. The reports of
officers will show that Masonry has
grown during the year from q mem
berahip OF 1890 to upwards OF 10000.
and the receipts OF the Grand Lodge
for the year have been $1,000. az
There are to be charters granted at
this session Of the Grand Lodge to
twenty-one new lodges now operating
under special dispensatloh. At the last
annual communication the Grand
Lodge chartered only seven new lodges
formed during the previous year.
This Is the close Of tho second term
for Grand Master Gattis. and. follow
Ing the USUAL custom, he will not
aspire to another term, 1t being a.
rule OF the order In this State that
no grand master serves longer than
two terms.
Ex Congressman Richard n. Hnckett
IS deputy grand master. and unless
there is an unexpected contest to de-
feat him he will be passed up to the
OF Wilmington, is the senior grand
warden. and In the regular order Will
pass UP to the deputy grand MASTER
snip. Other elective officers OF the
den. F. NJ. Winchester. Charlotte
Grand Treasurer. Leo y. Heart. RAJ
.eigh: Grand Secretary Jno. c. Drew.
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the details. would agree to the publ
cation OF the story.
Muller's account follows.

cation OF the story
Muller's account follows.
when a living at Nolsttenshar,
In 1894, I received a visit from Cool
who had come from the Miranda cxne
dition to obtain a new shin. tha Nj.
randa having been damages 10 ~
In my house Cook. who charmed ms
as everybody he met then and since
saw some eiderduck skins which he
Wished to purchase. I LET him hava
them for $500.
Cook had no money with him ana
gave me a check on an American'banE
adding that I would not need ths
check, as ne Would send tho money in
gold as soon as he reached the Miriam
da, whore he had cash enough.
Some time after I received a letter
from Cook expressing his regret that
there was no money on the Miranda
and promising to come to Greenland
the following Year and pay me.
Later sent Cooks check to Copen-
hagen. It came back dishonored, Cook
having no funds In the bank on which
1t was drawn. 4 then wrote to Cook.
who by this time was In America. and
received an answer to the effect that
he had lost everything In the Miranda
wreck. but would pay me as sure as
there was a God in heaven,
Soon afterwardi he went on tho Rel
gica expedition.
when ne returned and ii heard he
was lecturlng In America. 1 asked tho
consul at New York. WeinmaRn, to try
to got my money from Cook, II was
difacuit TO reach Cook, but at
last the consul got him through Mrs,
Peary.
AT first Cook refused to pay. but
when mn went him in a de.
termlned way he at last got about
$500.
.NVelnmann wrote me that / ought
to take thlsg amount and be satisfied,
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because Cook was well known in Ame-

because Cook was well known IN Ame-
RIGA as a scamp"
Muller's story is commented on by
the whole Danish press, and Is ac-
cepted as proof OF Cooks swIndling
p~ropensities.
Wninmann was Danish consul-gen.
eral at Hamburg last summer when
Cook came to Copenhagen. AS soon
as he heard that Cook was about to
be officially received he wired the Dan
tsh Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahle-
plat, relating to tho Muller affair,
Ahleplat communicated Weinmann'.
telegram to the American minister,
3Esan, the committee OF reception, and
other officials. The story didn't mako
much impression on Egan, and az
his attitude toward Cook was intcr-
preted here as constituting full and
2ohicial guarantee for Cook. the Danish
University authorities could not. Il is
claimed here. turn q cold shoulder to.
him. I
It was on account Of Weinmann.s
telegram, however, says Minister Ahle-
plat. that Cook did not receive either
military honors or a decoration from
the King.
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population OF Europe as advantages
mat could not easily be ovcrestimatcd.
On tic west of the domain, he said,
the range Of mountains protects Its
moisture and regulates It's tie mpcru-
ture, In Highlands and along the
coast, he said, arc found a variety OF
loan soils that diversity the products.
Urges Drainage OF Lnnds.
RAISING to tho problem OF building
up the agricultural interests of Il State
50 generously provided for by nature.
Or. Knapp cited the fact that OF the
27,2s1,2s0 acres of land In Virginia,
only A,751,3Sb wero producing crops. In
other words. he said. about one-sixth
of the land supported all the people,
paid all the taxes and kept UP the
civilization. The Improvement OF the
100000 acres requiring drainage, he
added. was one of the Immediate prob
lens before the people OF the state.
virginia.. said the speaker, has
followed the unwise course OF pursuing
a line OF farming in which she COM
petes with the lowest civilization
that Is in the raising Of tobacco"
Or. Knapp cited the many branches
OF agriculture which he said should
bring great wealth to the State. Truck
gardening along the coast. he said,
offered splendid rewards. while the
central portions OF the state was as
Gell adapted to general farming,
stock raising and dairying as any
portion OF the United States. oppor-
t~unities for the raising OF fruit and
Tor forestry In the Blue Ridge, he
said. were excellent.
The great advantages held BY the
hill regions and slopes Of the Blue
Ridge for fruit, especially the apple,
he said, should result In that section
supplying the Eur,Sean trade with
enormous products of the orchard.
Lands. not as well adapted to the
growth of apples as Virginia" he in
sisted. bring in Colorado $4,000 an
acre In some instances
With the development of these
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
INSANE PATIENT WINS cow
The Prize Offered by DR.. Darlington
for Best Essay ON Milk,

Middletown. N. Y, January 10.-An
Interesting fact In connection with
the awarding of the prizes offered By
Or. Thomas Darlington. Health Com
missioner OF New York City, for the
best essay on 'TIky can clean and
wholesome milk heNMroduced at least
cost for the New Yora.aatnarket," Is that
the winner of the sysssQnd prize is a
pttal, and has been confined In that
institution for several years.
Tho prize was Il 5000 fullbred .Ier-
.sey COW. and the winner Is Ray Spon-
institution from Fulton, N. ". Al
though he has not been able to do any
farming for several years he prepared
hts prize winning paper IN the STATE
country have thought that the writer
was an experienced dairyman. lit is
not known Just what Mr.. Spononbergh
will do with the COW he has won.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
CADETS PRACTICE MARCH

v. Nj. l. Officials May Take Corps 10
New Market.
Colonel E. w. Nichols, superintend-
ent of h Virginia Military Institute.
and S. Il. Gleaves. commandment of tile
cadet corps. arc anxious to take tic
cadets on a practice march UP tie
Valley of Virginia i'll May. 1t is pro-
posed TO give the entire battalion d
simple course In field service for. say.
ten days, to include actual marching,
camping, use of field %rations and mn-
noeuvres.
This recommendation is made in Il
letter from Commandant Gleavcs tn
Superintendent Nichols, in which lie
requests that the Acknowledgement he
asked to supply tents and tent equip
ment for the men. Colonel Nichols
says that he intends to take the troops,
on q march to Staunton, and, if Wealth
.er and time permit. it may be EXTENDED
to New Market. where the Immortal
cadet battalion of the institution took
part in the battle fought during the
Civil War.
Commandment Gleaves says that field
training is an essential feature Of mill-
tary instruction, but that it has been
impossible to- attempt anything prac.
teal because ofsthe fact that no field
equipment has been issued to The bar
talon.
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InstructlnE Artillery.

Instruction by United States army
officers OF Virginia Coast Artillery VIII
be continued. In Il letter received yes
terdaS by Acknowledgement Charles d.
Anderson from L~ieutenant-C Colonel 8C.
p. Townsley, Coast Artillery Corps.
that officer says that Captain Williams
and two non-commissioned officers Will
be allowed to visit and instruct thea
Virginia Coast Artillery under any
program which the Acknowledgement
may suggest. Colonel Townsley says
that no government funds are availn-
BILE for this purpose. but that the eS-
will be- small. They will pay
out OF the State funds.
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the neutrality laws, and he will now
be punished for his olfenses under the
statutes Of the United States.
This Is said to be one of several
cases which nave from time to time
been brought to the attention Of the
State Department. of naturalized Amer
Mexico largely with a view OF obtain
ing booty and sometimes In aid OF rev
oluttonary enterprises. In all such
cases IT was stated the United States
would prosecute Offenders to tho limit
Of the law.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
SMITH MAKES CONFESSION.
II Report Is True, Condemned Men
Mny he Saved from Death

Especial to The T!mes Dispatch.
-~ileAaHorla va, January 10.-Henry
Smith, the negro who turned stare
evidence In the Schultz murder tria1
and on whose evidence Calvin John
son, Richard Pines, and Eugene Dor
sey, negroes, were convicted and sem
FENCED TO be el~ectrocutcd Friday next.
ana who himself was convicted Friday
last, has, according to reports. made q
confession The confession was made
70 ms attorney. Frederick P. Russell.
oatutda! night, and it just leaked out
to-day that it had been made.
According to well founded reports,
the nature of the confession wa to
the effect that the story he told about
the three men was told following
a sweating" and was untrue. It.
could not. however. be learned what
else Smith said. Mr.. Russell when
seen to-day intimated that the con-
%fession was made, but said he was not
at liberty to tell. He, however, said
It would be known within the next
twenty-four or forty-eight hours.
This will in all probability save the
three men from the electric chair
Friday next.
Commonwealth Attorney Brent when
seen to-day stated that he had heard
the rumors about the confession. At
torney Lewis II. Machen, representing
alvin Johnson, one of the condemned
men. also heard the rumors regarding
the confession. Il is very much in
terested. He, however, failed to know
Its full nature.
For reasons hest known to them
selves. the court officials and those in
a position to know would not divulge
1t.
The alleged confession has set the
people to thinking. and the few who
knew Of 1t to-day We're more than sur
pr1sed. Everybody appears eager for
me whole story, and 1t is awaited
with no little amount of interest. It
Is generally believed that Smith may
be sent out of the city for safekeep-
ING within the next twenty-fourhours
or not he Will be sentenced
first is unknown.
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BOUND ON RAILWAY TRACK
Fireman Placed In PcriIous PosItion
by Train-Nyrcclkcr&.

Macon. Ga, January 10.-Becausei
Daniel ]. Matthews. a young fireman,
OF the Central OF Georgia Railway. RE-
switch key, he was tied face down
ward on the main line OF the Central
Road at the corner Of Hazel ana
Second Streets at an early hour this
condition at a local hospital. baing
knocked from his. perilous. position
a few minutes after he was attacked
by an east-bound passenger train.
I Matthews, after regaining conscious-
about the neck so securely thai no
could make no outcrg, After he waal
tied, he states chat he heard thu ne.
groes plotting to wreck q passenger
.tTains
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NeWs N0teS
o.f Dlygi;ul;a

Brls tol, Ya,-Seyeral hundred gFciti.
gems Of Bristol, Va. Saturday signed
Legislature. which meets January To-
to submit the question OF Statewide
prohibition to a vote or the whole.
people of the State. These petitions
viii be i to. l3ichmond by spe-
Saloon League. COMPOSED of j. Il. a,
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PASSENGER WRECK ON S. a. 3,
Train Runs Into Open Switch. Car.
Damaged, but NJ GOne Injured.
TSDccialtO The imes-Disratoh

---- = ---
Weldon, N. O.. January 1O.-passen-
ger train No. IS, on the Seaboard Air
Line, ran into an open switch this a.
ternoon at 3 O'Clock, ana crashed into
a freight train on the siding. No one
left open by some person., and the
messenger train was running on sched-
ule time. 1t %ploughed its way clear
through the sllant. and then went into
n box car loaded with cotton. The
Wreckage8w was set on fire and three box
cars We're burned.
Walter Moore was engineer OF the
passenger train. and w. #P. Clements
YES conductor N charge. Engineer
the emergency brakes, ind then crawl
up on the top OF his cab as the.
crash came,
llis fireman, George Station, jumped,
end was only slightly bruised. Re-
.sp%onslbility for tho open. switch is not
--al.-
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Petition for statc-Widc.

Especial to Tic Illness DIspAtch.l
numerously signed BY the temperance
people of Bristol and Washingtoncoun
lty is ready. to go to the Anti-Saloon
League headquarters In RiehmQnd, ia
be q part ot8n general petition to the
L~egislature. In favor of a general cleo
ton in Ylggipia upon the question
OF lstRte.Wide prohibition. n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
RANGEL GUILTY, SAYS JURY
Prosecuted by Government for Military
Enterprise Against Mexico.

Washington, D.. G., January 1o.-The
state Department has received a telo-
gram from san Antonio, Tex, to the
been under arrest thore for several
months, charged with Violating the
neutrality laws OF tho United States
against Mexico, has been found guilty
after a jury trial. Sentence was de-
ferred.
Rangel's %extradition was some time
ago requested by the Mexican govern
ment on the ground that he had heen
guilty OF various serious crimes, mixed
With political offenses, but the United
him on Its own Initiative for violating
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11
Negroes Indicted for Murder.

- Nrtu1HI " IHe eS-JISphtCh
Suffolk. Va. January l0.-William
and Venle pugh. negroes. to-day. In
ed for the murder OF Mary Britt. the
Hye-year7old daughter of the latter by
a former marriage. There were four
counts, charging various offenses
against the child,
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Visiting Cntnmha.

state Health Commissioner Ennion
=. Williams is on an official trip OF
Inspection to the State Sanatorium for
%lnclpient tuberculosis at Catawba.
This institution is full. and has many
applications ahead.
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Judge Thornton to Hold court.

TUVsrIUr SWANSON yesterday desig-
mated Judge ]. b. 7. Thornton, OF
Prince William. to hold a special term
OF the Circuit Court of Elizabeth city
county for Judge Robinson. The case
TO be heard is that in which the city
of Newport News desires to extend
Its corporate limits. Newport News
wants to grow both north and east,
and has proceedings in both Elizabeth
CITY and Warwick counties.
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Colonel Button Away.

Commissioner Of insurance Joseph
Button has been absent for n day or
two. attending an important meeting
in New York.
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DIVIDEND TO DEpos1roRs.

Bank of Mccklcnburc Makes 10 Per
Cent. Payment.
Boydton. Va. January 1o.--The re-
ceivers of the Bank of Mecklenburg
are preparing to make another dlstri-
button Of the assets of the bank. This
time 10 per centum will be paid. One
of the attorneys for the bank, when
asked as to the probable amount the
creditors would receive from the en-
tire assets Of the bank. replied, about
40 per centum..
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TIE TIMES DEsPATCH: RIcHMoNn. VA TUESDAY, JANUARY II. 1910

wealth producing interests, The speak-
or commended, the best schools and
roads would follow as d matter OF
course. at the same time, the towns
should undertake the manufacture OF
implements and articles needed with
IN the state, thus not only giving en-
ployfnent to the people. but also maxi
Ing q demand for the products OF the
farms.
REFERRING to the necessity for popu-
latfng thfnIy-settled sections, Dr.
knapp advised tina instead OF looking
TO European immigration as the
source of supply, Northern ana West
crn States. where lands bring q high
price. should be sought for settlers.
This afternoon another large audi
ence greeted Hon. George 10. Murre1l.
ut the y. NJ. G. a., when he spoke at
some length. making a plea for fruit
culture.
Campaign for Good Roads.
The meeting under the auspices OF
the Campbell County Good Roads AS
ISOLATION, at Rustburg, at which was
launched a campaign for the issu-
ance of 100000 for good roads, was
largely attended, and the interest was
great. The addresses were by Or.
Joseph Hyde Pratt. State Geologist of
North Carolina, and president OF the
Appalachian Good Roads Associations:
state Highway Commissioner p. st.
Julien Wilson, and b. Il. Rice. indus
trial agent of the Virginia Railway.
The speakers were introduced by Eu-
gene ould. president OF the ounty as
sociation. and the addresses were lis
tened to attentively by an audience
composed of farmers from all parts
of the country.
N. c. GRAND LoDGE OF MAsoNs.
Annual Session VIII BE Held In Raj
cigh. ConveninE Tonight.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Raleigh. y. c.. JanuarY n-T,1esdav
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i. {. GRAND LODGE OF MAsoNs

Session VIII BE Held In Raj
cigh. ConveninE Tonight.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
Raleigh. N. c., January l0,--Tuesday
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Norfolk. Va.-With good weather. 1t
Is expected that the new five n a
half mile bridge Of the Norfolk and
Southern Railway across Albemarle
SOUND. y. G.: will be completed and
open for traffic regularly on January
Ia, Il. 7. Lamb. general manager
Of the Norfolk and Southern. said yes
terddy that the bridge was not dam
aged seriously as a result OF being
struck by q big barge in tow of 4 tug
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-11

L,asG. Shelley, Of the Fire Department,
was taken suddenly i'll Saturday night
with appendicitis. lie was hurried IA
the hospital, where q successful opera
tion was performed, and he is getting.
along very we'll.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-07-08
Specials i'm Wash Goods.

Lawns usually sold for &c to SC
Fine batiste special values -
Silk poplins all shades per yd.
Souissette, the most perfect an,
silk made in all leading shades. I
Silk novelties, great values
Adora silk in plain colors, a pu
the best thing made in soft silks.