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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

the highest on record for 1910, being
about 81 pence. compared with about II
pence for ten years previously. This Is
an increase of "a per cent during period
in which the train mileage decreased II
per cent. though the goods tonnage
handled increased q per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
ENGLISH RAILWAYS PROSPER.
Net Earnings in 1910 Were 5 Per
Cent More Than Previous Year.

From Engineering
The paid-up capital invested in the rail-
ways Of the United Kingdom amounted
in 1910 to Gl.31S, 5l5 900, having increased
by slightly more than four millions ster-
ling on the figures for 1909. The net
earnings out Of which dividends were
paid amounted to f47. 1857, 600, an increase
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
.SPORTSMEN HUNT
GAME IN HIGHLAND.
ESPECIAL to The I4mes-Dispa.sch.

l6PCSi3i ~ ! lC iiiNcSS1iSi1pSE-ltt 49,!
Monterey. Va. November 26.-Ths
open season for small game Is on, and
local sportsmen' have been Joined In
tho hunt by several visitors from other
counties. Turkeys. pheasants. part
ridges and rabbits arc to be found; In
greater abundance than usual, and 1T
is this class Of game that affords most
sport in tho mountains In spite 81
the protection CT daer-only one day
being given to hunt them-they are,
very scarce in the Alleghanies, none
having been Reen in this county for a.
long time. In few locanues, both
In the eastern and western par Is of
and In the Shenandoah, along the Aut.
gustn line, several have been. killed
within the past fortnight. s7tA
Tho stanton Monterrey mall line,
for twenty years in the hands OF Mr.
and Mrs, James Cross, OF West An
Gusta, has been sublet to John Porter
Highlander by birth, but during re-
Basic City. Thistis one of the lonsest
and most important star routes In Vtr43
Ginia, and. In the absence OF railroad
facilities, the mountain counties which
1t serves and through which 1t passesi
are largely affected by tho measure,
Of efficiency.
a revival service has been in pres
Church since the 9Th instant, the pass5
tor, REV. l. L, Lowance. being assisted
during the first week by DR.. 3. W..
Bond presiding elder OF the district,
The effort has resulted thus far in q
half dozen conversions. s.5E5.
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ia Justice Again Commended by American Press

two months from tho dato OF tho crime.
The sentence was executed approxi-
inatcly four months aftcr tho crime
This swift AMI sure administrations Of
Justice WAS accomplished with every
! regard to tho guilty mans rights, ana
no proper avenue OF defense and ap.
pc9l was denied him.. IT should be
added that from tho backwoods Jury
which brought In tho verdict up {,
| Governor Mann. Justice was admins.
tered with a dignity and decoruh,
which commandod tho respect Of the
entire country. ii;, m
1t is not pleasant for citizensepf oilr
| own State to contrast tho foregoing
with certain aspects OF criminal trials
ut home Some SUCCESS has boon
achieved in Fastening tho trial OF &c
cused men; but tho delay upon appoal
is u standing and nagrant disgrace
to tho State. We have In mind the
case OF Abort Waiter wolter ms an
| extreme case. This man was conyictcd
one April &c. 1910. of having atrocious-
~ murdered Ruth Wheeler. the e.
en-year-old stcnographer whom he
mad lured to his rooms by fake ati
lycrtisen,ent. Tho murder was COM
mittod on March 60, less than month
, before. ana the arrest and trial were,
i therefore. accomplished with an ex.
petition that reflected great credit on
the District attorneys office. Since
then. however. ting case has remained
In istatu quo. An appeal was taken
to the Court of Appeals. and several
delays have been granted by the court.
The appeal has not yet been argued,
Notwithstanding the lapse of seven
teen months from the date of convIc-
ton II IL worth remarking that in
the Bcattic oase less than two mon the
and half were required for all tina
processes of judicial appeal and CT
application for executive clemency Nve
arc aware that every case cannot ta
prosecuted 40 expeditiously. Bat the
, extreme delay In tho Wolter case
comes measurably near making the
law a travesty and bringing our
courts and tho sovereign authority Of
the State into public contempt.-New
York Evening Sun.
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MISUNDERSTANDING.
HUNTING SEASON
Two Men Shot, but Not Seri.
ously Wounded--McKenna
Estate to Be Resold.
Especial to The Times-pisaatch.l

lSPCSlol W 4 aC
Arvonia, Va. November 26.-Stnce
November. whom The shooting season
opened, there has been the usual
amoust of bird and turkey hunting
in Buckingham county. Game, owing
to the hot and dry summer, can BIO
found in large quantities throughout
the county Rabbits, too. uro cvery-
where in abundance. Deer, which,
eight or, ten years ago were every
where. have almost disappeared, their
Like the ruffed grouse. called tho
pheasant" here, the squirrel and the
fox, the deer will soon be a. thing OF
the past throughout Central Virginia,
unless Stringent laws arc passed for
bidding deer hunting for q period OF
from five to ten years. 4
Two mishaps have recently occurred
In this immediate vicinity from caro-
less huntsmen shooting tndiacriminate.
~, two men having been shot quits
| seriously about tho face and ahouldera
By huntsmen who took them for
turkeys in both, instances. William
Yancey was In the woods hauling out
sawlogs. near Arvonia, when John
Martin approached through tho woods
and took his hat for a gobbler The
hat was upon Mr.. Yancey's head, and
he received two shot Of large size
in tho back of his neck DR. Glover
was hastily sent for, and tho patient
was relieved of hts aifferings He Ia
now doing we'll, Near Bremo, a Mr.
Ship was shot in tho head by John
A1cKennn, and physicians wero imme.
diately summoned. Little damage was
! done, and the patient quiclllyNrecoser-
, ed. III
y large company Is being organ zed
hero to do an apple orchard business
upon large scale. About 1000 acres
Of choieo orchard lands have alrea Is
been secured, and they will be put in
order for planting next spring and
fall. The enterprise is to be run Ca.
tirely upon q commercial scale, and
no bonds will be issued.
AN apple expert from Nelson COM
~ was employed to visit here and ca
press his opinion of the scheme. Aft@r
q close examination OF SOIL apple
orchards now growing, and facilities
for handling the fruit, he went away
Enthusiastic over the proposition CT
raising apples upon largo scale in
BuclStn CHAM county.
Tho Nick emma estate, at New Canton,
which was cold OF auction about
month ago. wac ordered by Judge
Hundley at tho last term OF court to
be resold az a result of an upset bid
made by a narty OF capitalists. Tho
estate Is, n valuable one. situated In
and around the Village OF New Canton
on the James River Thero is not only
a farm. but O. dwelling, storo, mill. and
large warehouse and railroad proper
ties included In the estate. The es-
tatc was owned by the late J Ohm IT,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
GAEKNAR OF BARoDA HURT
Ills Etoyni Hishncss Leaps From Nov
ing street Car.

tSpecial to The Times-DispatchIl
Cambridge. Mass November 26.--His
Royal Hishness Jaisint, the Gaelswar
of Baroda. heir apparent to the throne
of Baroda, India, a. sophomore OF Har-
ward. was seriously injured in jumping
OFT moving car nsar Harvard Square
yesterday afternoon.
/ He was biclsed up unconscious and
taken In passing automobile to a local
hospital. where It wos stated that he
was suffering from conoussion of the
brain. He also received a nasty cash
on the nose.
The GaelSwar Is ono of the richest
students at Harvard, and is said to have
a yearly income of sS,0o0.0oo. He lives
In Dun ster Hall, onv of the Gold
Coast" dormitories. His father holds
sway over 100000 sub,nets. and It Is
said India owes him for more progres-
sive ideas than any other living mani
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
Ena q the neattIe ca.e.

-Four months and six duys after he
murdered hts5young Wife ON Midlothian
Turnpike, Henry Beattic WAS nut TO
death yesterday by process of the law.
+ His crimo was exceptionally brutal and
3rnyoltins,, and. there has been little or
no doubt OF his guilt from the first.
I III! y Y. trial was fair, and conducted with
tlioS gravity and dignity SO often lack
ling In trials for murder In tho North.
iSbc rustic fury retired prayerfufIy
and, after short deliberatlon, rendered
. its verdict or guilty. The Supreme
Court OF Virginia dismissed the appeal
without waste of words. and Governor
aann refused TO mitigate tho punish~
lnent provided by the law In tho
fortnight before the execution OF tho
sentence Il few sentimental persona
urged clemcncy on account OF the
youth of the prisoner, and some doubt
was eSnr6sHed as TO his guilt. an he
proclaimed his Innocence almost to tho
last. and the. evidence against him was
clrcumstantial. But the doubt was re-
, moved by his confession. witnessed by
Two ministers OF the Gospel. at tho
lant moment.
Capital punishment for murder stiIl
prevails I'm most of the States of tho
Union and In most OF tho countries Of
the Civilized world. That thcro lis an
. cpcr+growing sentimont against It is
not to be doubted. but tho arguments
against 1t thug far have not been con-
tYtnclng. While tho law stands 1t
should be rigldl3 enforced There can
not be two sane opinions on that point.
5he Baattie case In Virginia has been a
noteworthy illustration OF tho efficiency
bt the Jury system and the prompt ad-
miniHtration Of criminal law. The value
OF circumstantial evidence has boen
once moro manifested. As for the be-
lated confession, some persons will not
hesitate to say that. having protested
his innocence to the last moment Beat
tic might better have withheld II and
y left, for tho honor OF hi8 family the
benefit of a doubt. But that Is not the
spiritual point of view. and tho con-
y fGssion waB Undoubtedly made under
clerical influence. in the brief state
ipent lie signed the condemned man
declared that he believed he was at
peace with God and was soon 10 pass
into His Presence. ~ great majority
of his family's neishbors Bnd friends
sRhare his belief. and the bearers of
+ his name must live down the additional
snainc he felt compelled TO place upon
them. Probably II Is slight, The COM
munity In which he dwelt and the
. whole country believed that no wus
Euilty.--Ecw York Times.
JuAticc IN Virginia aud In New York.
Tho citizens Of Virginia can feel
pride iu the admirable conduct OF
the case against Henry Clay Bcatt,e.
Jr.. The murder was committed on
July is Last. the trial of Bcattic began
on August IL. and the verdict OF guilty
wos found on September s. lcsa than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
neattie.s Repentencc.

In 80 for MS the demands of human
justice are concerned. their require
Clay Beattte, Jr., at tho moment when
his life paid tho penalty for the crime
he committed. 1t is impossible for
man TO pursue him further. oven II
there were tho desire. And to admit
that there could be a desire would be
to invest the human heart with quail
ties OF implncable vengeance that find
no place in the terms of life az un-
derstood to-day.
act ZONE would carry the argument
of the wrongdoer'B eleventh hour con-
fession and repentance to a concIu-
sion that tends to rob them not only
of all merit. but of all hope. They
would iusist. and not without a show
OF reason. that tho whole thing Is no
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

proud family by. unbreakabis cords
70 STARE his Disgrace and suffer some
thins OF his doom. is q trngcdy moro
poisDant and improssive than anything
mat can be seen upon tho staSe.l Ought
1t TO pass unseen? Ought .not3the PEG:
pie to bear the. consciousness OF the
moral gain and tho moral strain OF
INC execution OF their own laws? s
II capitdl punishment Is Just and
right. should not the people who inlet
IT face tho fact OF It and got the grim
good of IT,; If it Is wrong. should
not even the most sensitive share the
PAIN,
The misery and tho bascncss OF tic
world are part of the world 1t IS
the greatness of tho modern times anu
tho moral dignity OF the press that NIL
men are permitted or compelled y 10
feel that nothing human Is foreign
to them that every mans life Ia re-
lated to every other mans life. and
that no one can be happy or secure
without subgittins his mind to the
currents OF common sympathy aud
helping othersfto DO happy and secure.
New York American.
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Cred,t 10 the st.tn

Reattie was convicted OH cIrcum-
stantial evidence. Not until four hours
after his doath was his guilt known
beyond tho shadow OF q reasonable
doubt" The responsibility put on the
Governor was heavy. He met II as
have two of yirGinia's other Governors
in the past twenty-five years-Fitz.
hugh Lee In tho case of Cluvertus and
Montague In the case OF McCuc. In so
doing lie gave to Virginia and the
country at largo proof Of an ideal OF
duty. which. IN tho light OF the fact
that but one and nine tenths per cent.
of the murderers in the United States
are executed. cannot be called COM
monplace.-LoulsYllI Times.
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afoKenna. formerly OF Richmond, who
settled IN Buckingham county about
thirty years ago. He amassed quite
fortune IN buBlness At one time
he was prominent in politics. holding
various offices. He died about four
years ego. leaving several children.
new telephone line has been ex-
tended from James River to Bucking-
ham Courthouse, taking In all tho
northwestern portion Of tho county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
Possessey Ancient Land Grant.

.Altavista. Va, November 16.-H B.
Shawen, of this place, possesses a land
grant given by Light Horse" Harry
Leo while Governor OF Virginia, TO
Israel jennings of Loudoun county, In
exchange for treasury warrant.
most beautiful and lcgIble script, on
real sheepskin parchment. Tho date
of the document Is October l.. 1890.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

more than an attempt TO fool tho
Almfghty--thut tx there. be Supreme
Boing who knows the secrets und In
tents Of tho heart, 1Ic1 must. know that
young Bcattle withstood the ovcrtures
or divine mercy SO long as the faintcst
chance for temporal salvation rcmain-
ed: and that not until tho last hope
faded did he acknowledge his crime.
thereby seeking to bamboOzle Omnipo-
tenco after he had failed In HIS COM
Test with%thc finite Intelligence OF
man. & $3.50 ..A.s-
About tho only, answer that can be
made to this line OF logic is that ita
rootssare grounded In self.rightcous.
ness. rather than In righteousness.
Mans Judgment belongs to tho here
and not to the hereafter. Moreover,
Gods ways arc noe mans ways. II
tfo chooses to accept a sincere repent
ancc, and to grant mercy at the final
moment, who shall dehy the righteous
ness thereofS That which was PROM
tsed TO the thief on tho cross must
or redemption is a failure, the inter-
vention of God IN mans behalf In
effectual. and the faith Of millions
based on fable.
There need BIO no quarrel on tho
subject No principle of Justice Is out
ragged Clearly enough for. all to re.
cogntzc has retribution followed the
fnffactiol of the moral law In Beat
ties history. As he soYed, lie reaped.
The Rake's Progress has been exem-
plihed In his life and its tragic de-
ioucment. In lines less bold. but no
less convincing. than drawn by Hoo
garth. The offender and the victim lilo
sido by side. There remains only that
tho lesson, in all It's gravity. ehall DO
taken to heart by the youth OF tho
country The question OF Judgment
may we'll be left with the Ono who
can blend Righteousness and mercy
without u naw.-Warh- ngton Post
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
Justice Ju,tiaad.

Henry Clay Beattie did what he
could to mitigate his terrible crimo by
confession. Doubtless to make n clean
breast of It eased him as It has eased
many another offender, even when
confession meant closing the last door
upon escape. as II did not in his case.
But tho confession served social
purpose and should be- credited to
!eea title. who has little enough to his
credit. 1t gives assurance that justice
did not miscarry in this case, and to
that extent 1t strengthens tho admin
istration OF the law. There Is a pop
ular theory that clrcumstantia1 owl
dence Is dubious basis FOR conviction,
and there is no adequate sense of it's
logical force when 1t Is plentiful and
significant. Moreover, IN America we
have g. tendency to sentimentalise over
persons charged with offenses> and to
be weakly reluctant to see them de-
clared guilty and punished Thesn arc
defects of our virtues, our kindly op-
timism gone wrong.
But Reattio wea guilty az charged
in the Indictment and as proved in a
fair. trial beyond a reasonable doubt
In the Judgment of his peers. 1t is
much to have this gertrude. Chicago
Tribune.
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a Degensrates End.

That Beattic, the Virginia wife
slayer. confessed his guilt before his
execution probably removed some doubt
from the minds of manly who have
followed his case. Though his guilt
was clearly proved at his trial, so that
jury and Judge and the Governor of tho
state. who had the evide1cc before
him, could entertain no doubt of his
quit, his crimo was so atroclous. nm
natural and revolving that II was difli-
cult to believe It was possible.
a young husband of good family,
well brought up and we'll thought. Of
by excellent people, takes Ills VITO for
an evening ride in all automobile. anG
soon after returns with her murdered
body and tlimsy story of hold-up
10 add to the wickedness OF his act,
his infant child was left motherless
He killed his young wife because OF
his infatuation for an inferior and
unworthy woman. and while he has
confessed he has shown no regret. Ha
clearly was an abnormal man, with no
moral eense-a degenerate. incapable
of good. His most fitting place wac
the electric chair. In which his oppor-
tunities for further crime wero ended
yesterday. 7sti n
The prompt arrest, trial, conviction
and execution of the man Is most cred
liable to tho Virginia practice. There
was mo hurry and no time wasted.
There was no resort to technicalities
to protract the proceedings, and when
an application for pardon was made
II was duly considered and refused
by Governor Mann in disnified and i'm
presaive language. The unusual hom-
ictde attracted the attention and inter
est of the whole country, and the en-
petition and rational conduct. of tho
case has won wide approval.-Phlladel-
phiu Press.
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Oapitel PunI.hment.

There are those who decry capital
puniahment. To them the thought
that the State should take the life of
one who has himself wantonly taken
the life of another, is unbcarahIy alb :
horrent. 1t appeals to them as serude
act of vengeance and likely therefore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
Good Moral Enec,.

Beatties confession that he MUIR
dered his wife was not needed as final
proof of his guilt That had been
established to the satisfaction of all
unprecedented pareons. and the prison.
er's verification of the verdict wac
superfiuous.
Z Yet the confession will have the
good moral effect OF quietinG any scru-
pies that may have existed as to the
execution of g murderer convicted on
purely clrcumstantial evidence and OF
thereby quashins the case of the uen-
umentelists who sought on that
ground to secure communication OF sen
tence. No one saw Beattie kill his
wife. 1t was possible that some one
else had committed the crime. but in
the highest degree improbable In the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27
The Wagon OF sin.

Tho wages of sin is DEATH" tsa;;s.
This has been true Gaying foEEa
long time. but 1t did not impress Henry;
Clay Beattie, tho Virginia Yife-murd-
erer. until few days ago. And too
day thousands of people who were In
terested In the trial of this naurdeSs
case, now that the judgment OF thu,
jury has been carried out, are for, the
time being. no doubt, Impressed anagv5
with tho Inevitable verify of thiai
scripture. Death In this instance war:
sure and speedy It may be that3 the
consequences OF sin are not always:
Immediately visible: but they are none
the less certain They mean the diBli
Indignation of character, unspeakabIai
cruelty to others no are innocent, and
tho destruction Of all of a mans lifa
that Is worth while. The execution;
OF Beattte does not bring back to {lifa
tho young woman that he 80 cruelty
destroyed. The object Of justice Id
not alone the punishment of the gull
ty. but 1t Ia designed to be both re- !
formatory and preventive. The coun-
try, therefore, gets from thia virgintal
horror an object lesson that may bsi
of service. NJ 5i;g9i.
There was nothing else hut DEATH
for Beattie. Better what happened to-.
day than what must have happened
had the Governor intsrfered and
granted him a pardon. Governor
Manns course IN this case can S,ba;
commended. Once It was reported
that he offered short reprieye In OK.
change for confession. but If so there
were no results and his later and re- !
peated statements wero that there
would be. no interference, on his part.
with the execution of the sentence,
The majesty OF the law has been win :
dicated and there will DO few to deny
that q Just verdict has been carried
out. VIII the young men of America.
think that Beattie's idle and "aport-i
Ing" career breaches sermon?- Pins.
dianapolis News. ;iISS3
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TO BIO In a degree dcmoralising upor
7 tho community which practices 1t.
AZ a matter or fact, there liz ito tingc
Eor Vengeance about capital punish.
\ ment when the act Is done by State
tnutlIeritH. The spirit OF vcngcance
\ comes to play part only yYlicn the
mob ssets; It's hands at lynchinS. Then
( tlor66 is undoubtedly II dcmoralizIng
eifect.i exercised upon tho community
(which beholds the rude work. Under
tho orderly. procedure of justice the
criminal is deprived OF life for the
chief reason ihut the example thus;
given may have q deterrent effect upon
others like himself by nature. --Wor-
ccstcr (Slass) Gazette. n
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Beattie's Confession.

Henry Clay Beatue atoned in some
measure FOR the brutality OF his crime
by confessing his guilt before paying
tho extreme penalty of the law.
IL he had gone to his death In sill
ence there would be many who would
still doubt whether his guilt had been
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

face of the proof of motive and In
view OF the strong chain of incrim-
'lnntlng circumstances drawn about
the defendant by tho prosecution. Yet
the remote contingency OF error suf-
| iiccd to inspire an extraordinary APP
peal for what would hnvc been u
mistaken act of executive cicmcncy.
Tho wisdom or Governor Nunns re
sistancc of the pressure brought to
bear on him to Interfere with tho
finding Of the courts Is now conrrm-
cd. "
Beattic'3 confession adds tho finish
ing act of completion to Il case notable
equally for tho atrocity OF the crime
and the swift and sure judicial me-
thods by which the criminal was
brought TO justice. Tho trial has
indicated tho reliance OF courts on
circumstaptial evidence to convict fot
capital crimes. and the case ultog ethel
rebounds to the credit of the courts
and executive OF Virginia. 1t has es-
tablished .. wholesome precedent 70,
other States in tho swift adminlstrn-
ton OF Justice. Meantime. What OF
Woltcr under tho moro delibcrutc pro.
ccsses. or Justice In New York?--Ncw
York World.