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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
Writer Tells How His Mother
Used Derringer in Rich
rnond During War.

Describing the fall OF Richmond. VIII
liam D. Turner, who was five years old
at the time and whose father was a
Confederate officer, prints the follow
Ing In the American Magazine for Sep
TENDER:
One morning ct was clear and crisp,
not cloud In the sky; remember
that, although as the day advanced 1t
turned warmer) heard many guns
ia-flring. / saw much confusion. and all
of sudden there came tremendous
crash. louder than all tho thunder l
had ever heard in my life all put to-
gether. The house shook. the windows
ratified and some were smashed.
II wished then 30 mitch for my
father. for felt sure he could stop
this noise and confusion. stood
with my mother at window and saw
many soldiers marching. with their
guns glistening in the early morning
sunshine, and addressed In blue I
knew they were Yankees. MY mother
stood and looked and said: Our homes
are gone! Our homes are gone!
And then presently saw men that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
TRIES In Vain
TO END NJ HER [: LIFE.
Miss Maud Smith Jumps Into
River From Mayo's
Bridge.
HAD BEEN OUT MOTORING.
Companion Brings Girls Hat tc
dollhouse Keeper and
Disappears.

Miss Maud Smith, of 104 West Fifth
commit suicide yesterday afternoon by
jumping from Mayo's Bridge into tho
deepest part of James River, twenty
+ i've feet below. She was rescued by
Frank Giannotti, of Eighteenth and
Franklin Streets, who, with party of
young men, has houseboat on the
river some distance below the bridge.
While she recovered promptly from the
effect of having been In the water,
Miss Smith was in q highly nervous
state and was still under the care OF
physicians late last night.
The first Information as to the at
tempted suicide came when the young
woman's escort came running to the
toll house on Mayo's Island. carrying
her hat IN his hand. He Informed the
toll gate keeper that while standing
into the river, she had, without warn
Ing, dropped her hat and sprung into
tho water beneath.
The Giannotti boys and their friends
were fishing ut the time and saw the
woman jump. Fortunately she had
chosen a place where the river Is deep.
and there are no rocks. and the swift
current bore her rapidly to the sand bar
on which their houseboat is anchored.
Meanwhile the alarm had been sounded
from the toll house on the island, and
Policeman Waymack, of South Rich
mond, and the city ambulance, in charge
Of DR.. Hagan, responded promptly.
The woman was conscious when the
surgeon reached her, the prompt first
aid measures taken by her rescuers
making 1t unnecessary to use further
means of resuscitation. She was in a
highly nervous and hysterical state,
however. and the ambulance surgeon
took her home and administered rene
dies Later in the evening physicians
and nurses were summoned, and her
condition was reported to be serious
From what the police have been able
z to learn from the disconnected accounts
Miss Smith gave she went out for ar
4 automobile ride yesterday morning
with an acquaintance whose name the
police have not as yet ascertained with
certainty.
Escort Disappears.
When next seen she was walking
across Mayo's Bridge although 1t does
not appear whether her companion OF
the walk was her automobile friend oil
not. The stroll suddenly ended by tn,
young woman's attempt at suicide
After notifying the toll house keepe
and seeing that the girl was not Ii
Immediate danger and was under treat
q ment by the ambulance surgeon, he
escort dropped from view without leav
Ing his name either with the police o
bridge authorities.
Further investigation into the Incl
dents surrounding the affair was beini
made last night by the police Of tn
South Richmond precinct, after it be
came known that Miss Smiths conditlo,
had assumed a serious turn, and 1t i
not Improbable that there may be new
developments in the case to-day
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
-FOUR GIRLS; Silt:
AWAY FROM HOME
Police on Lookout for Inmates OF
New State Institution in
Chesterfield.

Seven young girls escaped from the
Home and Industrial School
for Girls, about one mile from Bon
Air, in Chesterfield county, yesterday
Three later returned. and
four were still missing at an early
hour this morning, despite the utmost
efforts of the officials Of the institu.
county and South Richmond.
The missing girls are:
Carrie Tyler, aged fourteen, from
Richmond.
.'sistcr. Lntiler, aged sixteen, from
Ethel Kite, aged fourteen, from Hnr-
Lula Arthur, aged sixteen, from Tad
walcndcr.
There was a large number OF visitors
Including a party of summer people
from Bon Air, who inspected the newly
opened State institution for girls. In
the confusion attending their departure
the seven inmates slipped away. Later
three came back. The four rnn u,
blouses, with blue sailor collars.
Superintendent James Buchanan wa:
at once informed OF the escape. ant
the police were notified. DR.. Buchanan
drove to the South Richmond 8termina
Of the Forest Hill and Petersburg cleo
trio lines. and watched every avenue
through which the girls might hav'
made their way into Richmond.
seemed certain this morning that the!
we're still either in the county or pos
sibly in the neighborhood of Swans
boro,. watching an opportunity to sil
into Richmond.
AS ali the inmates OF the schooliar
wards of the State, having been com
mitted by magistrates. there is stat
ute against harboring them. or IN an
way aiding in their. escape, and Dl
Buchanan stated this morning tina
should any person harbor the girl
and fail to notify the authorities 9
their whereabouts, prosecution Woul
he {nrompt and vigorous =,
The authorities will investigate IN ~
first attempt made to escape IRON IN
institution, with an especial view
ascertaining whether any partles .
the outside connived at getting N
girls girl out. While the police, at = C,
Some suspicion to friends of the s11i
in their former surroundlngs,., -
Ruchanan leans to the belief that tne
merely took advantage Of the oppo1
tunity presented through the gaL,s
beinr left open for a time during Wis WIS
Ting hours. He expects to nave he"
nf the runaways this morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
Few Escape, and Thousands Go,
to Come Back Cinder-
Stained and Weary.

When Percy and Vivian, cindeetrr-}l
stained and weary, fell off the gele ven = {
elcventy- six last night, he with his ~
blue serge q bag like shape witt many p en-
wrinkles, she q lugubrtous contpast ~
the dainty white-tr cked young hing
who left town not many. hours fore.
both with that never again loo X on OF
their faces. they we're but returning
from another Of those elightfulG SUM r;
day trips that go on all summer. very
train arriving In Richmond on Sunday
night from dark on till midnigh 1t dur
ing the summer mon this brings Its quota
Of returning Percies and Viyians from
day "outa town. Completely all
In. they stagger through the gates t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
FIREMAN INJURED
w. s. whitlow Falls Under Wheels of
Flying Hose Wagon.

w. >. WhltIOw Fnlis Under NheeA OF
Flying Hose Wagon.
Call Fireman w S. Whitlow. OF En-
CINE Company No. 2. located on Main
Street near Twentyfrst Street. met
with painful II not serious injury
yesterday morning, while attempting to
board the flying hose wagon OF his
company. still alarm OF fire had
been sounded from Darlington and
Mosby Streets, where defective fue
had alarmed the nelghborhood. Mr..
Whitlow lives at SIS North Twenty
fourth Street. Seeing his hose wagon
passing on its way to a fire. with the
horses on a rapid run, he attempted
to swing aboard from the side. Miss
Ing his hold, he fell to the ground, the
back wheel passing over his knee and
leg. Ambulance Surgeon Hagan was
called and found the right leg and foot
badly bruised. but apparently no bones
were broken. Whitlow was treated and
taken to his home. He is an employe
OF the Richmond Cedar Works.
The fire damage was less than $40.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
PAPER ON CLEAR WATER

Director Of Illchmond scttlinr Bnsln
to Address Health Officers.
The American Public Health Assoc
cation which last year met at the
Jefferson Hotel. in this CITY, will meet
this year In Milwaukee. Wis, from
sentenlber to 0. i y i3,S #
Chief Health Officer Levy. OF Rich
m,ond, Is the second yice-prssident and
IS also secretary of the section on
munlcipal health officers II,
One Of the features of the coming
KEEL director of the Richmond settling
basin, on 1.-THE Purif ication Of tho
Water supply Of Richmond by Sedi-
mTn,e,nntation. and coagulat ton WI thout
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
EXPRESS READY
FOR SEPTEMBER.JO JOURNEY
Mrs. Gill Answers the Call Of the Lovesick, but
No Special Rates w ELL Be Offered Army Of
Militant Sufffragettes.

to make any special rates for tsufrra--'
gettes 'How could you ask uch q
question: she answered. ST icy tell
me that matrimony is q subject far
from the sufrragettes heart; therefore.
we are not playing suffragettes as
faYorites. We make speciality Of
those romantic young people &Who want
Stosbe married without the blare OF the
trumpet. the sitting incense which
comes from orange blossoms, away
from the fend who hurls rice and
old shoes, and In a haven which is
There Is q quiet ride to
Washington in the early fail. q quick
visit to tho slicense bureau. and a
friendly minister. who is not exacting
in his demands From indications we
will establish new high rec ords this
year. with many Of my Eol der children
acting ms chap
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
Funeral Of Mr.. shepherd.

The funeral services OF ,o :, pner q !
Shepherd who died SATURDAY. noon ! !
1 the Virginia Hospital. will be held 9
a. as the Mortuary Chapel, HollyWo93d
Cemetery ms morning a Padr q aei pas.
tor az the Reulah Baptist Church, I'lu-
wanna var county. OF which Mr.. shepherd
was a member. The pall-bearerss VII WI
De a az eo.tH" 4. Gray, ohm Baker. i.
k. Shepherd. Fred Farrar. Vernon Fer;
kins, j q. Bristow. sydney = ia a r. -
and P. Meisel. Jr. :, IA -
Rennatt Cord on, H, j.. Fl olland. d. a. .
Gray Gra Samuel a. And erson.J. 3. Wat:
lsins. T. Ashby Wick ham. E;s g FOXES ~ e !
and "A G, Hartman, OF the senate ma. an ahc
4. Curtis, Charles ID. Wlngo. James 3
Casey and Clerk ] ohm Wv lliams @
the House Of Delegates, VINO a. are re :
parlors Of u T. Christian. e l OIL
o'clock. III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
HIBERNIANs COMING TO
BIG STATE CONVENTION

delegates are here to attend the BIZ
iennial State convention of the Ancient
Order Of Hibernians and Ladies Auxii-
larry. which will be held Tuesday. The
convention will open with solemn high
mass at ST. Peters Catholic Church to-
sdiately after a business session will
be held In the auditorium Of the an
mex OF MI}lrphy's Hotel. In the after
noon the VISITORS will be entertained
at Lakeside. Delegates are here from
Roanoke. Newport News. Norfolk and
Portsmouth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22

While Chesapeake and Ohio was un.s
dor the management OF Pennsylvania,
no great effort was made to develop
tho property: It was allowed more or
& loss 7 AXE care OF itself as long as IL
sdid no ssdistnrb the rate situation. I'm
3 der aggressive and competent manage
Bment the company is capable OF hold
Ing its own among It's dividend paying
8ne'ghbors The real interests OF In.
Bvtestlng stock holders. however. VIII
not be served by forcing dividends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
Minor Arrests.

Luke Butler, colored, was arrested
last night on the charge of having
Butler, and with having cursed and
abused her. n, ..s
Halle Smith, colored, was arrested,
charged with assaulting and choking
REYNOLDS Vaughan. slSf s3 t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
TO Con.id e. Res, =, ! q 4

5f4s. ~ ~ = lOOnHlUer8It ehl EnhtfO n.
u. Acting at the request OF Rev. r. y.
i!!g ston, p. ID. the session OF the
Third Presbyterian Church yesterday
morning cal ed e CONGREGATIONAL meet
time the mast or's resignation Will be
acted upo DR.. Eggleston has ac-s
cepted q unanimous call to tho pastor
nte of the Stuart Robinson Church, ak I.
Louisville, Ky. g5s5 d
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
Sunday IVanderlust Like Mumps

the station. From their looks you'd
swear they would never again be so
foolish, But they will. Next 4 Sunday
IT Will be all the same. III
To the ldinging of many alarm clocks.
numerous Vivians and cOuntlcay Per-
Scles cut short their drshtns on Sunday
morn to prepare for tbs day away. u t
has all been planned tncs Nriday5night.
Let's go somewhere Sunday II ~ the
common tmpulse OF thousands who need
the rest they would gttsIf tilby 8Btn ynd3
at home It doosn't matter where
they go Any old place IL good enough
just 50 it's "outa town. And 80 they
beat 1t forth with the dnWti to catch
the -thirty-fve for somewhero any
Where outa town Percy worked tho
night before till ~, That doesn't mat
ter. Vivian, too, perhaps. Norsmntters
that 85 They have got to 80 "outa town"
toSthe woods, the 81 ashore or the moln-!
tains-anyWhere that Is not too far
distant to permit their returning sun
day night.
Percy ana Vivian have the Sunday
wand erlust, To them the Sabbath has
significanee other than Of day OF
rest, III Each succeed ing sunshiny Sun
d az means "a trip Y tia town T o stay
at A ono would be- imposs ible, M Percy
and Vivian ar not alone (in their Y
'fliction, how ever. n he sund " wand err
lust Is lik the mum 4 ~ Few escap pc.
~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22
THE WEATHER

s Fopecnxt, Notwithstanding wealth
er Monday and Tuesday, with occa-
sionnl showers; warmer Monday, light
south winds. . 80
North CarolinA-Unsettlet Monday
,and Tuesday, with occaslonnl showers,
warmer Monday, light to moderate
eastern to southeaAt. winds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22

CONDITIONS IN IMPORTANT CITIES.
a CAT 8 r. NJ Eastern Standard Tlme.S !
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22

CONDITIONS YESTERDAY.
Cool and cloudy. Thermometer at
midnight. 70. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-22

John Baker. l..
i Farrar. Vernon Per,
:ow, sydney Harland
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
DECIDES TO QUIT MARKET
James A. Patten Will Devote His Time
to Spending His Millions.

Chicago, March 2.--Three Chicago
millionaires have announced that, sat
isfied with the amount of wealth accu-
mulated in stirring campaigns in the
wheat and corn pits and on the stock
and cotton exchanges of the country,
they would now devote the balance
of their lives to the pleasure they
might be able to CLEAN from their
millions.
James A. Patten, the famous board
of trade wheat king" worth at least
$10,000,000; w. III. Bartlett, his part
ner in the firm of Bartlett, Patten &
Co. and worth in the neighborhood of
$S,000,000, and George Patten, brother
Of James A. Patten, possessing several
millions, are the three men who have
startled La Sale street by their con-
certed declaration that it was time to
stop accommodating money and that
they were going to begin to spend it..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
HACKETT & SUTTON

called beef trust, It's constituent firms
and individuals, directors and oflcials.
Additional indictments may be the
outgrowth If the renewed probing, as
Prosecutor Garven, the New Jersey
official who pushed the beef trust cases
to indictment, has indicated that he
means to get at the bottom facts Of
the situation and secure indictments
against every individual believed to be
responsible In any way for trade re-
striction and artificial price booming.
a move by the prosecutor towards
cancelling the charters OF the New
Jersey meat corporations which have
refused to submit their books and rec.
ords to the grand jury Il also antici.
pated. There were early Indications.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
RESCUE WORK
PROVES SLOW
Many Victims Of SnowSlides
Still Buried in Debris.
DEATH ROLL THIRTY-ONE

Some Others Are Missing, However
and the Casualty List Is Far From
Complete-Thirty Persons Taken
Alive From the Crush OF Snow and
Timbers and Miners Are Working
Desperately to Save Others.
Spokane, Wash, March 2.-Working
desperately and almost exhausted hun
dreds Of miners are trying to dig from
packed ice, snow and wreckage the
dead and injured thought to be buried
in the SIX Northern Idaho avalanches,
which have caused death and destruc-
tion in the last two days.
The death list has reached thirty
one and It is believed more dead will
be found in the spIintered cabins
which housed the families OF the min.
erS.
At Mace, where the first avalanche
struck, eleven are known to be dead
and eight are badly injured. Sweep
ing down the mountainside the great
mass Of snow and earth crushed the
cabins and small houses like egg
shells, burying the occupants in q
mass Of logs, snow and earth.
Not until the sun strikes the noun
tain of snow and wears the huge mass
away will the list OF known dead be
complete.
So far thirty men, women and chill
dren have been rescued from. the Mace
slide by the miners, who are still
working in shifts trying to succor
those that may be alive beneath the
crush of snow and timbers.
Chaotic Conditions at Burke.
At Burke, where the second slide
occurred few hours after the one at
Mace, five people are known to be
dead and two badly injured. So cha
otic is the condition in the small min
ing town, however, that the list is be-
lieved not to be complete. The sad
dest incident at this place is the
death of the whole family of Albert
Newman. He, with his wife and two
children, without q seconds warning,
were buried in the avalanche.
At Carbonate Hill, where the third
slide occurred, two persons are dead
and half dozen injured. It is not
known how many more are dead be-
meath the wreckage.
A fourth slide at the North Frank
lin mine near Burke played peculiar
freak. Two men were sleeping in one
room OF a bunkhouse and the front
part of the log structure was empty.
The avalanche tore the whole building
to splinters, except the one room In
which the two men were sleeping, and
rushed down the mountafnside, piled
up in the gulch below, not q hundred
yards from group of cabins contain
ing many families.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
ROOSEVELT LUCK IS
AGAIN IN EVIDENCE
Escapes Fever That Prevails
on All Sides Of Him.

Gondokoro, Sudan, March 2.-Roose.
welt luck has attended the American
hunters and scientists and this time
they may be congratulated upon their
escape from the African fever that
has followed in the wake of the ex-
petition Colonel Roosevelt and his
immediate associates have sailed for
Khartum
DR.. Roderic Presch, French medi-
cal missionary, who lunched with DR..
Roosevelt Monday, died suddenly Of
fever twenty-four hours later.
At camp adjoining that occupied
by the Americans here an English
sportsman is seriously ill following a
trip to Kampala, the capital of Ugan-
da and one of the places at which the
Smithsonian African scientific expedi-
ton stopped.
The district commissioner of Condo
koro, the British officials of which
were most active in entertaining their
American guests, has been stricken
with the fever and is confined to his
bed.
Mr.. Presch has done missionary
work In Africa for ten years, during
which time his health has been grad
ually undermined by the debilitating
climate. His collapse Is attributed to
q weakened condition that could not
resist an attack which he might have
survived o few years ago.
When Colonel Roosevelt and the
others of his party left here on the
steamer Dal they were all apparently
In good health and little the worse for
their rough experiences.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES
"Paul Revere" OF New England Dis.
aster 10 Dead.


Northampton, Mass, March e
Daniel Collins Graves, the Paul Re.
we're" of one of the greatest disasters
that New England has known, the
Mill river food of 1874, is dead at his
home in Williamsburg. He was sew
enty years old.
While returning home early on the
morning of May 18. 1874, Graves
learned that the reservoir at the head
OF Mill river valley had burst. I'm
harnessing his horse he leaped on its
back and rode the length of the val
ley. awakening the several hundred
inhabitants OF the villages threatened
by the onrushing waters.
Despite his warnings more than 140
people were caught In the dood and
drowned. but he saved at least 1900
lives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
Evidence Held insufficient.

Litchfield, Minn., March LEO
Radtke, bachelor, thirty-five years old,
arrested on a charge of sending poi
soned candy to Minnie Luthens, TWEEN
ty years old, who is said to have re-
jected his attentions, was discharged
from custody when his case came be-
fore Judge Bacon here. County At
torney Sexton said that upon exam
inati0n OF the alleged evidence against
Radtke he had concluded there were
not suficient grounds to maintain an
action
Bio Rush for Yuma Lanos.
Los Angeles, CAL, March 2.--When
the land ofIicials threw open the doors
or Shrine auditorium the place was
stormed by more than 900 men and
women frantic to make entries for the
173 forty-acre farms in the Yuma irri-
CATION district The distribution Of
the farms will be made by drawing
March 90 For some of the choicest
tracts there ware scores Of entries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
SON DIES TO SAVE FATHER
Both Had Taken stsyehnins by Mis.
take for Qulnlne.

6alins, Kan.. March 2.-Andrew Dell
gave up his lie to save that of his
father, Euoch Dell. Death was caused
by He drinking OF . tonic In which
strychnine had been placed in the be.
lief that II was Qninine.
The father prepared the medicine
and, to assure his SON that the tonic
was properly made. tasted It first.
Both men soon became violently Ill.
When physician arrived the son in
sisted that the father be cared for
first. The doctor complied, but when
he turned his attention to the younger
man It was too late and the son died
In great agony within an hour.
Enoch Dell, 1t Is stated sFiH -
Oover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
STEEL MILLS STILL CLOSED
Only Z Few Hundred Men report Tor
Work.

South Bethlehem, Pa, March 1.--
The striking employees Of the Bethle.
hem Steel company again succeeded
In almost completely tying up the
great plant, only few hundred men
reporting for work. The town re.
mains quiet. but 1t IL still under heavy
police protection.
The failure Of the company's loyal
men to report was due principally to
fear OK being attacked By strikers OF
synpathizers with the walkout.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02

too. of activity In connection with the
meat indictments already found. In
view of the reported intention of some
OF the indicted men to refuse q SUR
render It was expected sthat preceedt
ings to test the extradition laws -
affecting their cases would Be instit
tutod.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
PR0NnG ALLEGED
COLO STORAGE EVILS
Grand JHy At Jersey City
Continues investigations.

New York. March 2.-Investigation
Of alleged cold storage evils has been
resumed by the Hudson county grand
jury which last week indicted the 90
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02

Spring Style Book announced be ready about March i
ington number showing the National Capital; illus
above taken from the beautiful poster Of the book
It's something wdsed ought and hope
will what useful book authority guide
This store the home Of Hart SchaHner & Marx clothes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-03-02
Two Die in ct. Louis Flre.

o. Louis, March 1.-Two unidenti-
ned men we're burned to death and
two others seriously hurt IN hrs
that gutted the building occupied BY
the German Waters association e
club and rooming house. Thirty otnsr
roomers escaped.