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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
MAY Be SUED FOR
ITS Note in BANK.
Negro Association Back Of Stock
Deal in Basic
City.

AS sequel to the closing of the
Peoples Southern Cent Savings Bank
of Buena Vista, it is probable that
icolored fraternal beneficiary associa-
tion known as the Order of Abraham,
or by some similar title. a; Waynes-
boro, will be sued for payment of the
note which was given In lieu of CAPT.
tai stock. 1t will be remembered that
this bank, which was chartered with
a capital stock of $4,000, secured less
than $1,000 of this In cash., while
more than $4,000 was represented by
a note. This note was given by the
order in question, so thar the officers
of the society could control the bank
and own most of the stock without the
Inconvenience of putting up the money.
cured in cash was expended in furni-
ture and in running expenses. She de-
positors We're paid In fun, the lohnA
and cash on hand being sufficient for
this purpose. Now, the insurance so-
ciety people want to surrender their
stock and cancel the note. This would
leave those who put up cash as the
| only losers, and The Corporation com
| mission said nay.
II was with the Intention of seeing
1 Justice done that the facts We're GER
| tifled to the commemorative attorney
| Of Augusta county. The proper th!hG
! to be done. believes the commission,
is to sue the order for the amount Of
| the note, and, when 1t Is paid, to set.
| tie up the affairs of the bank and
| divide whatever is left among the
stockhold In this way the negroes
| who put UP the cash would get their
proportionate part of the returns.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
Sic for New Po.t-omce.

Especial to The Times-DlspatcnJ
ant district Attorney L, j. Muncy was
in town Saturday and closed the deal
for the McGavock property, on Main
street. which was purchased by the
government for post-oftice site The
daeds have been prepared. delivered
and recorded and the money paid over
70 the grpntors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
,,,,u 1,o,d reunion Mt Herndon.
800. rho meS-DlSpatch.l S

/ Especial % Inc . i 9aTThe six
Leesburg. Va. .,,,a AuguIFs orty-third Bat
,eenn a RirEini rs' eavalry known as
m san9s: command of the confede an,,n
viii meet at Hernden IN PairfaS W Souh
Y sep a; Thiehm 1o e9 IS
sna tpn camp, and Edward shacklett OF
1 3 Ian adjutant: Colonel !, Mosny y
VII VIII attend the reunion and deliver an
address, to his followers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
NeM onlcer. Elccted.

TSnecial to The TlmeS-DlSpatCh.I
I,ynchburg, Va, August 29.-The
Christian Endeavor Society Of the First
Christian Church Sunday night re-
organized by the election. of the follow
ing officers to serve until February 2:
President. H. NJ. Dudley: Vice-Presi-
dent, G. Errett Miley: Recording Secre-
tary, Miss Prudence Farrer; Core
sponding Secretary and Treasurer. Miss
Ida Gilcrist
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
wound ProYes Fntal.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.l
Shenandoah, Va, August 29.-pav;d
,Copperstone, who shot himself last
Tuesday with suicidal intent died yes
Eterday and was buried to-day. NO
cause was assigned for the act.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
Dir. MINIS RETURNS.
,xyill Take Chair OF English at Univcr-
I sity of North Carolina.
Tsnecial to The Times Dispatch,

Especial to The Tlmes-DIspatch,I
Durham, N. c., August 29.--Dr, Eds
win Minis, former professor Of Ens,'sh
y yearin Paris and to-day went to
the State University at Chapel Hill, to
make ready for the chair Of English IN
that Institution. ~,
are added to the staff. They are DR.,
Harry Chase, OF the chemical departs
ment, graduate of Dartmouth, and
DIR. James Music Nell, graduate OF To
4 ronto and Cornell Universities ,&
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
MANY WILL SPEAK
TO .P0STMASTERS
-----
Association Anxious to Have
President Taft Attend Con-
vention Next Month.
HITCHCOCK ON PR oeRAM
Local Committee at Work on
Entertainment Features for
Visitors.

There VIII be no dearth OF prominent
speakers at the convention of the Ma
tional Association or postmasters OF
the First Class. which meets in Rich
mond September rs to 20. Efforts are
being made to induce President Will
liam Howard raft to address the con-
vention. The Postmaster General, his
first. second and fourth assistants, will
be present and deliver addresses
General John Black. president OF
the United States Civil Service Com
mission: Royal E. Cabell, United
states Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue.. and others prominent in the SER
vice OF the government. will also
speak. A number of men who have
attained success in business and pro-
fessional life have been invited to
address the postnasters, and Postmas-
ter Edgar Allan. Jr., and Assistant
Postmaster i. w. Fuller are busy ar
ranging for the entertainment OF the
visitors.
1t has been suggested that the COM
mittee on entertainment arrange to
have the delegates attend the Academy
OF Music and witness the play, BEAT
rice or the Cumberlands" written by
George r. Roebuck. the seventeen
year-old Richmond boy. which VIII be
seen for the first time on September
70.
Organized In 1903.
rhe National Association OF Post
masters OF the First Glass was or
ganized at Detroit, Mich, on October
., 1898. The association consists oil
postmasters or the first GLASS and
presidents ana presidents OF the
state Associations OF Postmasters
Heads OF the Post-Otiice Department
and chiefs OF bureaus at washington
are honorary members.
The object OF the association is &c
aid in the Improvement OF the posta
service OF the United States through
mutual interchange of ideas OF mem
pers or the association and otnclais
or the Post-Orice Department. lh'
annual meetings are attended py 'n'
neads OF the departments and chlels
or the bureaus OF the Post-omce De
nartmant. who address the convention
and answer questions pertaining te
the practical work or the post otilce.
postmaster Edward Nj. Morgan, o.
New YORK. is president. The toilo"lns
are the other officers: f. =. Wi.h 20.
Dayton, o., first yice-presioent' Gu
ward X. Sizer, Lincoln, NED. secon'
v,ce-president: lsador Sobei. ERIE, IA.
! third vice-president; X. T. Wooos
| louisville, KY, fourth vice-presldent
| George ". Bean, Tampa, Fla, iit'
| y1ce-pres!dent. d. e. owen, MiiwauKee
| MS. treasurer; stephen >. feehan
| New York, secretary.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
DESTROYED ny Fire

"a Especial to The Times- Dispntch,l
Gloucester. Va August a9,-The
IS country rosie ence Of the late II, A
\ Iireason. situated ON Ware River, was
Il totally destroyed by fire last night. IA
small ton OF the furniture wa
G waved, There was no In sura nc q.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
Miss Annie Robertson.

Especial to The es-Dispatch.
Lynchburg, Va August 29.-Miss
Annie Robertson, aged twenty-four.
who lived on Mission Ridge In Camp
city died Saturday night at 9:So
o'clock.
home to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
Mis-. Elkin. Goes to London.
Ut. AUGUST 29.-NIiss Katherine

paris. August 29--Miss Katherine
F,lkins. whose reported engagement to
the Duke of the Abruzzt continues
matter of social interest. to-day pro-
caeded to London. after spending the
night here. She is accompanied by
Mrs n s. r. Hit 1t is understood
that they will return to Paris at the
end of the week. Mrs Elkins remains
at Vichy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30
INJURED IN RUNAWAY.

Coupie Thrown From nuggS nnd Has
Marrow ESCAPE From Death.
~ [Speoial to The Times Dispatch,l
Lexington, Va, August 2s,--rloayid II.
thriiling escape last night FROM death
In d sensational runaway, hey We're
driving on Main Street. short ~ after
dark I, 'Nhe III thelv shors e .AeeAE nc ifHfGn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30

ened at an automobile and bolted.
animal became Infatuated and
through the streets. He SHE'D at
courthouse corner and both occup
were thrown from the buggy and
cetved painful. but not serious bril
The horse continued his flight. and
buggy was torn to pieces again
telephone pole.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-30

ONLY EIGHT HOURS TO NEW Yo
VIA BALTIMORE Is OHIO n. II
Through drawing room parlor
via r., F.. & p. train leaving ]
Street Station 1901 noon. and :
irving New York s P. NJ.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-12-03
Notas de Mayaguez

La obra que puso anoche en eScena Id
Comnania de Opera fue la immortal deI
,oaastro Donizetti. "Favorita
Appsar de haber llovido algo, la prl-
ma noche. el Teatro Municipal Sc Nlo
satestado de gente, de esta cludad y ai@u
nos pueblos cercanos.
Habia para anoche una noVtdau' o
sea 81 debut de Regina Alvarez. hSta
.anareci6 en- escena y fue reclblda con
una ovaci0n.
Despu6s los apalSos para esta hermo-
"A contralto asturiana, Sc Sucrdleron en-
el descmpeno magistral de la obra, DIS
tingnifndose notabIemente en- Ell uItlmo
acto.
FL tenor igero senor Paganelli fne
1ambi6n ruidosamcnte aplaudido en- ei
spirt0 gcntd.
FL publico sali6 satisfecho del desem-
peno de Favorita" Y ajn mas entuSas-
mado con la Compania que Ia noche an
terror.
Para esta noche anuncia el cartel " Bo-
hemia" en- que debuta la MaSSa y el
fenor ID Bernardo.
Otro leno total para la Empresa ma
yagiiezana.
C0meSp0Hsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-12-03

COrreSp0HSdt.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-12-03
AsOCIACI0N
DE PRODUCTORES DE AZUCAR
DE PUERTO RICO.
LICITACION DE OBRAS

Por acuerdo de la Directiva, Sc Sa
ga publico remate la construction oe
dos edifcios de Ia "Estaclon ENperl-
mental de canas' en- Rio Piedras.
Los pianos y specifications Sc on
tregaran los soEcitantes en Ia Sc
eretaria de esta Asociaci6n, Allen II
altos.
Sc recibiran proposiciones hasta Ell
miercoles 7 de Diciembre las ! de Ia
3arde.
La Directiva Sc reserva el derecho
de deseehar las proposiciones, total o
parcialMente.
San juan % de Noviembre de 1910.
Agustin Navarrete
SecretariO.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
Victim Of HOldup Man
Pummels Him in Court
Doctor, Aged Sixty Years, Shows
Municipal Judge What He Did
to Rckpoeket.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25-Dr. Patrick II. Hayes.
GO years, but athletic, soundly pummeled
man IN Municipal Judge Hines cSurs
yesterday and was unrebuked for the sur
prising attack. Il came about in this man
ner:
When DR.. Hayes was attacked by Edward
Meyers an alleged pickpocket and holdup
man, FRIDAY night. the physician punched
Meyers until the latter cried 'dr;tS." Then
DR.. Hsyec called a policeman and had
Meyers taken 70 jail.
What did you do, Doc. when this man
tried to rob YOU asked the court today
when Meyers was arraignel for triaL
Without making a reply, Or. Hayes
jumped at Meyers With the agility OF q
boy, seized the prisoner by TIE collar OF
his coat, threw hlHI against bench. struck
him repeated blows with clinche1 fists and
wound up by huTling Meyers 10 the floor
and sitting on niT.
There, Judge, that's what I DID said
DR.. Hayes as ne lIoEened his ho.d on the
frightened prisoner. Meyers. who is 81
years old. was held 20 the grand jury o.
bonds Of s,Ooo
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26

be upbraiding him. After while be said:
'Al right I'll do it, sure. Listen and
youll hear IT,"
Then he placed the transmitter in way
for her to hear. Before anyone could stop
him "Dippy" drew a revolver from his
pocket. held the muzzle to his cheek and
blazed away. AS he slid to the floor the
telephone bell began TO ring wildly.
Ray" was on the wire She wanted TO
talk TO Jimmy Brown. She asked him II
"Dippy' was still there.
why. Ray" said Jimmy, hes just
shot himself"
We'll. II he isn't unconscious, let me
talk to him. said the girl.
They propped "Dippy" up in a chair and
held the transmitter in front OF his mouth
and the receiver to his ear.
Hey. OATS me bum ear" said "Dippy."
Hold ii 10 the other one DO you hear?'
Gee. you ought TO see me now. I'm an
awful sight. Goodbye
His strength left him and he slid out Of
the chair. Dr. Hoch came from the Hud-
son Street hospital and took him away.
"Dippy" shot himself three years ago in
a dive in Water street After a few days
in the hospital he was back In his old
haunts, looking as well as ever. A year
later he fired a bullet into his head in a
hotel He nearly died that time and lay
for weeks in Bellevue hospital in a desper-
| ate condition
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
PHYSICIAN MURDERED IN BED
Posse of CitiHens, with Bloodhound,
Searching fer slayer in
Oklahoma.

HENNBPIN, Okl, Dec. A-Aroused By
the murder Of Dr. r s Burns, a physi-
clan. IS years old. in his office here last
night, a posse OF citizens. with blood
hounds tonight is seeking the unidentified
slayer.
The physicians skull was beaten in with
an axe OF iron bar, the authorities be-
neve. The killing took place while DIT.
Burns lay in bed. He slept alone in his
office
Following the killing Il is believed the
slayer loaded the body into a wagon and
hauled IL half a mile from the office. but.
changing his mind regarding the disposi-
ton OF the corpse, drove back. The body
was found a short distance from the build
ing in which the murder took place. Traces
Of blood that had dropped into the road
between wagon tracks led 70 the conciu-
sion that the body had been hauled away.
None knew Of the murder until today.
when a visitor at the physicians office
discovered the bloody bed clothing
The physician was under indictment on
a charge OF having assaulted a blacksmith
here with intent 10 kill DR.. Burns came
here from Harrison, Ark
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
MILLIONAIRE STOKES IS A
VICTIM OF WHITE PLAGUE
element Work I'm New
York City,

NEW YORK. Dec S-tspecial Telegram)
j. G. Phelps Stokes, miliionaiTe socialist,
has practically given his life for his con-
victions The announcement was made to-
DAY that he was going TO the Adirondacks
for his health Those who sre IN position
10 know, declare he Is a victim OF consumP-
ton and that there is practically no hope
Of his recovery. Behind this announcement
lies q very pathetic romance.
Mr. stokes is Of q family enormously
wealthy. every member Of which has been
devoted 70 the work Of lettering social
conditions. A brother IS clergyman. A
sister married Robert Hunter. the settle
ment worker who rsn for governor Of
Connecticut as g socialist in the recent cleo
ton She met Mr.. Hunter while engaged in
settlement work.
@ Phelps Stokes married an East Side
working girl. Rose Pastor lie deemed
Il his duty 20 live on the East Side and
took up HE residence in a tenement house.
where he and mis- wife could be I'm close
touch with those they wished 10 aid. He
has devoted his life 10 these people. Never
in robust health he has fallen victim
70 the great white plague and the only
chance the doctors give him Is 10 take up
his residence IN the Adirondacks
Several years ago AIR. stokes became a
convert 10 socialism and has been an ac-
tive and influential member OF the party
ever since
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
NEGRO Runs AMUcK WITH GUN
Charles Bennett kills Jay Close az
Penn Van After Shooting at
Several Persons.

PENN YAM, n. Y. Dec A.-CharieA
Bennett. negro. shot and killed Jay Close.
aged p years. in Dundee, Yates county to-
day and then made an unsuccessful at
tempt TO XIII himself.
Bennett, who had been drinking heavily,
started down the main street with a shot
gun, loading and firing the weapon at ran
dom.
Believing that the negro was only r.
responsible from drink and had no murder
Gus intention. Close fearlsssly approached
him and tried 20 pacify him and induce him
to surrender the gun. Bennett suddenly
put the weapon 20 his shoulder and emptied
load Of shot into Closes face, blowing
away half his head.
Then the negro fired the other barrel
toward himself II IL said he will live.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
Husenetter Explains.

IINwoOD. Neb., Dec. 22-To the Editor
% The Bee: In article appearing in The
Bee yesterday under the head OF
"Husenetter 10 Not Pleased" I desire 10
make the following statement: While In
Lincoln yesterday j did not knowingly
converse with Bee correspondent. There
IS absolutely NJ dissatisfaction between
myself and the goyernor-clect over a
stenographer for my department Your
correspondent was misinformed or else he
drew too closely upon his imagination. IL
Is a fact however. that 1 am heartily in
favor ~ the appointment % lanes Della
henty as warden Of the state penitentiary.
With these corrections 1 believe the state
ment quite generally true. 4 expect C taNe
up my duties as chief on Inspector at the
IN, per time, WILLIAM HUsENETTER,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
CHILD BORN IN RooFLEss HUT
Woman Found Near Pelican Lake,
Minnesota, with Baby and Four
Year-OId Daughter.

DULUTH, MINI. Dec. A-While wolves
howled around the cabin. Mrs. Walter Oar
ran. "a years old. gave birth, six days ago,
20 a baby IN a partially rOofless shack
near Pelican lake In this county. With
the woman in the cabin was only her 4
year-old daughter. Mrs Darrah says che
was deserted Dy ner husband some weeks
before
Il was only -oday that the woman, her
baby and the little girl were found They
were temporarily removed TO farm
house.
The weather had been extremely cold.
There had been no food and no fire IN
the cabin for week and mother and
children we're on the point Of starvation
when found. The little girl had started.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
TRIES SPOTLIGHT SUICIDE
"Dippy" Rice Does a Sensational
Stunt in Shooting Himself.
MAKES A BOTCH OF THE AFFAIR
Calls Hia Girl Over the Telephone,
Bids Her Listen and Then for
the Third Time Tries
Suicide Route.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-CspeciaI Tele-
Eram.)-For the third time in his thirty
years Of life. "Dippy" Rice OF Chinatown
and the Bowery tried 10 end his troubles
with pistol bullet today. It was no
''phony'' attempt al suicide. be II under
stood. The bullet entered his head in
front Of the right ear and came out under
the left eye.
That II missed the brain was no fault OF
'Dippy's." The stage setting for a suicide
could not have been better-:he smoke
filled back room OF Chinatown "ciub. -
after closing hours, with such celebrities
as Niger Mike Salter, Jimmy Kelly and
Jimmy Brown sitting at the tables.
Before he fired the shot "Dippy' called
up his gal on the telephone and told
her. II was fitting way for the member
OF the ''Yake Yake Brady" gang To die
I And, then. TO have the doctor say. He'll
/ pull through" Surely some men have All
! the luck in this world and others have nons
at all
John Rice Hfs Real Name.
John Rice is ''Dippy's" real name and
II IL said his relatives are hard-wo~kinR
and respectable people It was the police
who ehristened him "DipDy." A man who
cannot keep his hands out of other pso.
pies pockets Is technically known as q
dip Rice has been arres ed so many
times on the pocket picKing charge thai
II Is not strange that they gave him tbs
name OF his trade -Uirpy' has seldom
Ie -.'eu 10 be sm5ng those present vb.n a.
ponce had ngde general rorr,,,o. ne
| dips" 'o'h'up' ~ III,
jimmy BrOga Is the propyi,,o, -,
ma club. in Doyers siraet 'I'
D'ppy hred the bullet into bis -, 80.
morning. Niger" Mix sst,.- tiil'
u's name In print many times lie
Ae"y' the third OF the hire. -, III -"
VINO witnessed 'Dippy's, attsrn,t :. Nc, l,
proprietor Of the Mandarin esfa 800
bloody angle. re was n,,.i,.- -.
~ courtesy 20 the Chatham CHM
ne 'front.' doors OF the club ,gs~. ,, ,'uo
ana brown took his three friends - -,
DaeA room They hal not her ,,,...', W
~Heh friend Of ''Dippy.sr waILsd - ,H
voice: sara IN a firm
come home" We got e
An right" said "Dippy" WAN ,u
call up me gal" uH
81 ~, TOOK the telephone receiver ~,
me hook and gave Central a num- OF
naii minute ne was convers.r-., -
someone whom he called Raw 6,5..t-
from the replies he made Ray, ..sra - !. !.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
Jo.eph smith Id NIermenI.m.

pIATTsMOUTH, Neb., Dec. 2f-ro the
Editor OF The Bee D wish TO correct a
statement you made in your Birthday
Book" In the issue Of December "a You
say Joseph smith, tho founder OF the Nor
mon church. was born In Vermont and 10
Gated the first Mormon colony al Nauvoo
H. lie may have been born in Vermont
but he did not locate the first Mormon
colony a. Nauvoo. III Joseph Smta spent
his youth N Palmyra. y. Y. and. together
with sidney Rigdon CampbeIite
preacher, Oliver Cowdry and others. or
ganized the first Mormon colony az Kirt-
land. o. Here they built their first tenn
PIE, ID stands there today intact Above
thc door is engraven iE sold letters
"Huuse % Lord Built hy the Church Of
the Latter nav Saints, A. D. 1885" From
This town ttf Momous in body emil
lated 90 Missouri Being driven from
Missouri they located al Nauyoo 90. AZ
81 as while the Mormons were IN Kirkland
t.st The Book az Mormon" was written
They claimed that Joseph smith s.dncr
hEdon nnd oiirsT roWdTl- Nsnt oHt inls
the forest q pray and that an ahEel sp-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
HYMENEAL
HuckIns-Carstens.

Miss Madge Huckins OF La Porte City,
Ind, and Albert NJ Carstens OF Michigan
City. Ind, were married last night at N
o'clock al the home Of the brides step
father and mother Mr.. and Mrs. Frans
Decker, 25e Larmore avenue. Rev, N. "
Higbee performed the ceremony.
The bride and groom came 20 OmahG
yesterday 70 be married at the home Of
Mrs.. Carstens' mother. They viii spend
a week or ten days in the city and Their
will 20 TO Michigan City, where they vii
make their home
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26

peared TO them there and Informed them
that In Palmyra. n. Y, there was buried
gold plates, from which was translated
the Book OF Mormon" The writing on
these plates was in an unknown Ian
guage. With them was found a singular
looking stone. looking through which a
very ignorant and uniettered man Martin
Harris by name. was enabled TO translate
the Book Of Mormon" A. c. CRARY
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-26
CeatenarIan Dc. la Wi.eon.in.

APPLETON. Wis, Dec. 2l-Mrs. Anna
Lehman died this morning a. the age Of
Germany, and last June celebrated her lO0th
birthday anniversary al big picnic at
which she danced the minuet and SANG
German songs. She Is survived by thres
children. thirteen grandchildren. seven
teen great grandchildren and one great
great grandchild.