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New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
His Ability at Terse and Dramatic Word Painting ls
Demonstrated in the "Story" Printed at That Time
and Which Is Herewith Reproduced Verbatim.

ity that would amaze a foreigner. The
head of a great nation. the greatest on
earth, lies shot by an assassin He is In
private house OF a very simple kind,
such house as is the home OF thousands
Of the more prosperous American families
There Is not a suggestion OF pomp. There
is not hint Of exclusiveness beyond pre-
cautions that ought to be taken In the case
Of hundreds OF private citizens
The scenes, the characters, the actions
Of all who come and go make an ideal pict.
ure Of democratic habits and customs. II
makes the folly. the senselessness Of the
crime stand out In blacller relief
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

Il is a remarkable fact that DAVID
Graham Phillips, novelist, magazine writ
er and journalist, who was shot TO death
last week by a crazed musician. is perhaps
best remembered by newspaper men for
us account Of another ASSASSINATION ""io'i
In certain particulars, bore strange re-
stm0ance 10 the crime OF when ne was
% be the victim Though for years MT
Philips was q writer Of editorial ana oller
articles for New York dailies' men VINO
worked beside him agree that MS most
Memorable piece OF newspaper writing was
his narrative Of the murder OF Presloeh'
Mckinley ct Buffalo. IT Is quoted mere
from ''Tie New York World Of septeH-
Ter Z, 1901. by courtesy Of that news
PAPER:
1T was ell over in the twinkling OF an
eye.
Two shots, a gasp from the President
toreams from the women closest, and theh
Tie rush Of Secret Service men, policemen
and guards.
Coolest Of AL was the President lie
walked slowly TO a chair and sat Gown NJ
Se9rtelyou, his private secretary bent over
hin
See mat this isn't told too suddenly 10
'iis Mckinley he whispered.
4he Presidents party had spent most VI
ue Gay at Niagara Falls. returning after .
Velock. At o'clock there was 10 DC Dig
:, ,,seeption for the public In the Temple Vi
~usic Outside the crowd formed IN ions
"Aes fully an hour before the Presloeh'
'O~ing. The guards had no trouble
There was plenty OF handclappipg wheh
Ne party whisked up in their coaches.
The President entered with John u NIL
r.fn president Of the exposition company
as stood on the platform. with Mr.. MiIourn
st his right
Directly opposite him, with the line pass
between them. was Secret Service agent
. a. Ireland. who i always with the S''s'
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

State Engineer. One or these was not
resubmitted until September, 1903. nine
months after tho original contract was
ready TO be let.
Some delay has occurred also through
inadequate machinery and capital on the
part OF the contractors. The progress on
the part OF some contractors was so un-
satisfactory that there was much discus
sion Of the adTsability of cancelling the
contracts, but 1t was thought that this
might result In greater delay than II con-
tinued, through the amount OF time re-
ouired for a revision OF the plans and re-
advertising.
The advisory board OF consulting eng-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29

Office In January, 1907. asked to have with
drawn until he could examine them five
contracts calling for sl1,00O,Oo0 expenditure.
Nearly six months elapsed before any OF
them were resubmitted, and on December
49, 1910 one of them was still pending.
Just prior to the close Of Governor
Hughes's first term. in 1908. contracts ag
gregating several millions Of dollars were
but. failing of prompt approval.
they were withdrawn by the incoming
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
ONE SUGGESTION.

ANY suggestions as to the music for the
dinner to-night?'
well, play something loui with the soup
course. You understand?' - Washington
Herald
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
POT-VAliANT,

Mrs Lushmar-Aren't you ashamed -
come homo in this condition?
Lushman-'Shamed? Wom'n- amt eve
'fraid.-Boston Transcript.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-29
A PARDONABLE MISTAKE.

what! going to fight duel? Oh. stop
before IL Is too late"
I'm not going 10 fight. These are some
hatpins | have been buying for my wife,
Pele Mele - -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
POLICE SUSPECT
WIFE OF MURDER
Louis Hunt, Colored, Found
Stabbed to Death in Dark
Room.

In "a dark and evilsmelling room in
the rear OF COS East Main Street, Louis
Hunt, colored, about thirty-ive years
old, was stabbed to death last night
and Il short time afterwa rds his wife
cara, was arrested by Detective kren-
gel and police officers on suspicion OF
having committed the murder.
The evidence showed that Hunt was
mortally stabbed on q second story
porch, and that his body was dragge ed
inside and placed on bed. His Wife
became hysterical on the arrival OF
Policemen Grafton, Andrews and
Daniels, who answered the alarm, and
she had to be taken from the room.
Later, Sergeant Marin and Police
man WEIGH came upon the scene. Tho
woman accused "a man, whose name
she gave to the police of the murder
But she had been stabbed herself yes
terday, and. after interrogation, ad-
mittcd that her husband stuck her in
the shoulder with u punknife. She was
attended 10y Dir. Crowgey. of the city
ambulance corps, in another house on
East Main Street. She declared that
she and her husband had not quar-
relied
Lula Cundiff and Virginia Adams,
neighbors, testified to having heard
the couple quarrel. and both said that
no man had entered the room. They
had been drinking with Hunt and his
wife They Will appear as witnesses
against the woman.
Coroner Taylor viewed the body. and
Will hold an inquest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
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ester Baptist Theological Seminary.
The grades were refused Later, II.
entered Newton (Mass.) Theological
institute, and was ordained in st.
Louis. His pastorate at Hyannis,
Mass. was his first. From there he
went to Emmanuel Baptist Church at
Cambridge, Mass,
While in college here Richeson ilge
ured III one sensational incident when
he refused to leave the home of 4
young woman, who is said to have
Tilted him. until o'clock in the morn
ing. AT that time he apparently had
fit and it was only through The
efforts of fellow who We're
called by the family that he was in
duced to leave. The matter vas quiet
ly hushed up to prevent the attendant
notoriety
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
ROOSTER ATTACKS
PURDUE s CHILD.
Infant Roughly Handled Before
Squire Could Rush to
Rescue.

Muriel Purdie. the two-year.old
a ga OF Squire J. a. purile. of
capped with her life yesterday after.
noon when she was attacked and
knocked down By one OF her fathers
pet ROSTERS
Without warning. the rooster sprane
at the little child as She was toddling
about the back yard and Knocked her
down He pecked at her eyes bu,
fortunately missed them. But he man.
aged to grab mouthfuls OF hair. She
received severa. scratches on the
cheeks from his spurs. and was other
wise injured
Squire Purdie was sitting in win.
dow when he head tla SCREAMS o: his
little daughter. He made two boundg
out Of the house 10 her side and was
Just In time TO prevent the rooster
from planting his spurs In her eyes.
He knocked the rooster on, bn; the
latter started TO return. He seemed
however. to Think better OF IL. 10,
he did not return to the attack
When asked as to what he wouid
do, Squire Purdie said last night that
ne would keep both baby and rooster.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
WIN AK RcsIgnntlon.

Cambridge, Mass, October 20.-After
the regular prayer-mecting tonight
ut the Emmanuel Baptist Church here
of which the Rev. Clarence Virgil
Thompson Richeson, is pastor, twenty
five prominent church members re-
manned In the vestry and had an in
formal executive session, at which the
arrest of the clergyman on the muir
der charge was discussed. No state
ment of their action was given out,
but Thomas III. Rumsey, chairman of
the finance committee of the church,
said after the meeting that he would
advise Mr.. IRicheson to tender his
resignation.
1T is hardly to be expected That
church would be satisfied to have
the occupant of It's pastorate In iail.
This is true regardless OF whether Mr..
Richeson Is guilty or innocent" said
Rumscy.
That Mr.. Richeson threatened sew
eral times to kill the dog owned IN
the house where he lived in Cambridge
because he said II was a nuisance, was
stated by Frank y. Carter. owner and
occupant of the house and a loyal
friend OF the minister. Mr. Carter
said the dogs actions were the sub
lect OF much objection. by the clergy
man, He added:
Two weeks ago Mr.. Richeson came
70 me and complained of the dog, say
inE he would have to vacate his room
or Kill the dog. lie said he would
rather do the latter"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
Native OF Amherst.

LNirchburg, Va October 20.-Eev.
Clarence v. L. Richeson. who was ar
rested to-day ut Brookline, Mass, for
the murder of his fiancee, Miss AVIS
Linnell, whose death occurred In Cam
bridge, Mass, last Saturday, is II ma
tive or Amherst county, twenty miles
from this city. whore he was born
thirty-four years ago. His father. u
prominent man in the affairs OF that
county, has been married three times,
and the minister is one of eleven chill
dren. At the age of hfteen he came
here and worked for time, leaving
later for st. Louis Mo-, where he was
employed as strcot car man. While
thus engaged he completed his educa-
ton. which was begun In the public
schools at Amherst Relatives here
to-day stated that Mr. Richeson ex-
pressed desire from his youth to be
a minister
Cards were received here about a
year ago announcing his engagement
TO Miss Violet l2dmands. and Il week
ago invitations to the wedding were
received by numerous friends and rel
atiyeS here
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21

with white mitre. a choir. under the
direction of Father Donahoe, chanted
me canticle. "Benedictus." Then the
body was lowered into the grave. First
Bishop Macs pronounced the solemn
commitment words, throwing a show
elful OF earth OH the coffin: II com
mt thee to the dust from which thou
earnest. In the name OF the Father.
and OF the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"
RMS was repeated in turn by Bishop
Gabrieis. Bishop Monaghan and Bishop
Van de Ven.
This ended the ceremonies cover
was placed over the grave, which Will
be bricked up. Flowers were forbid
den, and there was no show OF norel
offerings TO be examined. Yet after
the bishops and priests had turned
away. the thousands who could not get
near the ceremonies gathered in groups
and gazed each for moment at the
spot which holds the body of Augustine
Van de Nyver. hGmblc servant OF God
and minister to His people
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21

whfle ehe was seated in chair in her
bathroom. When found in dying
eondttion her feet were in q tub of
hot water. and by her side was a
change of clothing. The circumstances
induced Medical Examiner Timothy j.
Leary TO change his first verdict 70
one of murder.
Police investigation developed tho
statement from a young woman at
tsched to the Y. w. c. A. home that
when Mr.. Richeson was notified by tele-
phone of Miss Linnells death. he show
ed little interest, but asked:
Did Miss Linnell say anything be-
fore she died?"
The answer was that she did not.
According TO some friends of Miss
Linnell at the Y. w. C. A. home, she
had dinner appointment with nan
friend on Saturday, the day OF ner
death. The police have worked on the
theory that the paper containing the
poison powder was handed TO her ut
that time. but they have not definitely
determined that her companion at din
ner was the clergyman. as far as is
known.
While the accused man was being
taken to Charles Street Jail from the
Tombs this afternoon, his rooms IN
cambridge were being searched by nc. .
lice inspectors, with the object, they
say, of finding the remainder OF the
cyanide of potassium. which druggist
Hahn says the minister purchased II
him. The result of their search is pm.
known.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
Remarkable Christmas
Present

Among the curious Christmas pres
ents OF this year will be one for a man
OF national reputation. which has been
all year in the making.
Way last January the present was
decided upon, and n friend of the prom.
inent gentleman requested the BurreIIo
Press Clipping Bureau, of New York,
to watch every paper in America and
to take up every item which Appeared
concerning the man.
The clipping bureau people followed
instructions. and now present the his
tory or one year in the life OF This
especial man.
The history ends just after election
and the 2O642 newspaper items found
ln;iude every thing from tn:ee-line
editorial mention to full -page mus
trated stories. These have been mount
ed on 5000 great sheets of Irish lInen
paper and bound into three massive
volumes.
At the head OF each item is TIN. nam.
and date of paper clipped from. this
Information having reea put in with a
book typewriter. The words ehus in :
serted amount to l53,252
In actual time, u very strict record
Of which has been kept, the work has
required siNty-foGr working days
throughout the year. and has kept in
people. as readers clippers sorters.
mounters and binders. Every news
PAPER of impor,a,ice is Represented.
This is morefyrh specimen of some OF
the unique orders which get into the
Burrelle Bureau. for the extent TO
which clippings are used by individuals
and by bu..-cgs concerns seems TO bs
remarkable.
There are many people in private as
well as in pablo life who need press
clippings and don't know 1T. II might
be Well fc: them TO look UP this man
Burrclle. who liz said to be so we'll
known that q letter simply addressed
"Burrelle, New ysrk." viii reach him
with 20 delay,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
INF ER|AL FORCES
MEET With DEFEAT
(Continued From First Puge.l

Continued From First page.)
iicer at Hankow. sent by wireless from
d British vessel off Hankow, was re-
ceived here this morning:
"All telegraph lines to Shanghai
and to Picking were destroyed by lii o
last night for distance of mile be-
You'd the settlement"
To-nights advices from Hankow
state that the defeated imperial troops
are now .ntrenched ON Seven Mile
Creek.
one Chinese gunboat was sunk in
the river by It's crew. who deserted to
the rebels.
Admiral Sab Chen Ping took the
other warships of the fleet down the
river, as he could not trust their crews
Another message says that the rev.
oiutionists declare they captured the
riverside and the railway station, af-
ter which all the Chinese warships re-
treated, with the exception of one
cruiser. which seeded to the rebels
The retreat of the imperialists at
Hankow is confirmed in other dis
patches from kiu-Kiang. which state
that the Chinese gunboats are re-
treating to Kiu-Kiang. The conduct
of the rebels at Hankow is reported
to be exemplary. Martial law is be-
ing enforced.
o-day's advices of rebel successes
at Hankow caused great 1upiIation
| among the Chinese here. Previously
they had been downcast
The run on the banks here has stop
ped, but the native banks are unable
to pay their outstanding checks. and
business is at standstill Otherwise
the situation here is quiet
Recalls Fate of Rebels.
The North China Daily News, an
ticipating an ultimate imperial victory.
in an editorial to-day. recalling the
awful fate which traditionally awaits
rebels in China with the slaughter OF
innocent kinsfolk. with the object OF
plotting out tainted names, says that
the powers are not intervening be-
cause of self-interest, adding:
The ringleaders Undoubtedly ,,ust
ole, but Yuan Shi I<ai, arriving with
well filed money bags and imocrinl
pardons ready for signature, is offer
ing mercy to those who have been "a.
creed into participation in the revolt.
zine events of the past weeks mus,
lead to a genuine redress OF grievances
China should remember the starvin,,
muititudes beggared by the Yanytse
l>ianS floods. Those with whom IN.
rebels had been able to plead fought
| and died" "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
GREAT DIFFICULTY
IN GETTING JURY

Los Angeles Cal, October 20.-Out
o. eleven talesman who sat in the
jury box at the Mcnamara murder
trial at the opening of court to-day.
only six were left when court adj
journed until Monday. or the six.
however. it is considered more than
possible that two or perhaps three Will
find themselves on the jury as it is
sworn in. Those locked UP to-nigh:
after having been passed for cause by
both sides were:
Seaborn Manning. rancher.
+. d. Green, orange grower.
Robert Il. Balm, carpenter
1t is possible that all of these will
become members of the jury, no ami
mus against any of them on either
side being apparent tonight.
a. r. Mcintosh. challenged by the
state because of his opposition to in
Fiction OF the death penalty Oh cir
cumstantial evidence, will be ques-
toned by the court before he is held
or excused.
George W. Mckee. who says he is
firmly convinced that the Los Angeles
Times was blown up by dynamite. was
under interrogation by the court at
the close of to-days session.
He Is not wanted by counsel for the
defense, who assert that James b. Ale
Namara. their client, could not nave
dynamited the building. and caused the
death OF Charles J. Haggerty. for witch
he is being tried. because the building
was blown UP by gas. They thcratcrv
challenged Mckee. and are waiting a
ruling from Judge 3ordwell Mex e1
says he has no opinion as TO the guilt
on Innocence of the defendant.
y, c. Robinson. after being chalieng-
a. hlcatlSa af In fa
viction on c!rcumstant!al evidence. was
held by the court. the challenge being
disallowed FOR the time.
t. w. Adams. Ernest l.. Decker. t. j.
Shower, otto a. lesson and II Y
Quackenbush all were excused upon
challenges for indirect bias This Is
the closest the state could come I'M.
der the California statutes, to formal
challenges. because each man said hc
would not inlet the death penalty u
on circumstantinl evidence. and Judge
Bordwelfs enorta 20 learn IL this was
their real state OF mind. seemed TO Sc
veal that 1t was,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FORMED AT CHASE CITY
iermnhcnt ORGANIZATION Is Effected an
Meeting Thursday Night and
Officers Chosen.

Especial to The TimSs-DiSpatch
Chase City, Va. October 20-In re-
Spouse to q call made by the business
men. a Seeting was he,l last evening
In the rooms OF the Y. NJ C. a., com.
posea o. II large ana representative
number OF cltizchs, The object OF the
meeting WAS &, TIMELY made known
by Mayor w Jefrcys. .Ir.. i'm an
interesting speech. The meeting was
nrst announced as being The Boost
ers' Club" but after discussion /; wag
decided that the name hereafter be
THE Chase City Chamber OF com.
merce.' The object OF the organizn
ton is to perform every function nos.
r lie leading To. the uptnildins of he
town in general
y permanent organiza ton was made.
and the following officers were elected;
y. H. Williams, PRESIDENT: b. r. Rob-
erts, @. ID. REYNOLDS, DR.. ~ T. Finch
and w II. Wildman, c-prcsiients:
c. Il. GeogheGan, secretary, and l.
Thomas Goode, Jr. treasurer BE.
tween forty and nifty members We're
enrolled. Several committees were an
pointed, and tho officers and members
have expressed Themselves as icing
realy to do all in their power for tie
best interests Of the town.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
CARDINAL LEAVES TO-DAY
Receives Many Decentralization Work.
crs Attend Funeral


Many friends and admirers of Car
dinai Gibbons. who assisted at the fu-
neral OF Bishop Van de Vyver yester
day, called TO see him. Among these
are people who recall him when he
iaborcd In Richmoad. now many years
ago. Ills health seems excellent. and
he walks and talks with the sprisltli-
ness OF much younger man. and NOT
IKE one who mas just passed through
series OF rather eXacting duties in
connection with the celebration of the
hiueth anniversary of his conservation
rs priest
The cardinal will return to-day TO
Baltimore. leaving early this morning.
The Rock Castle Missions OF Central
virginia. which were always very dear
10 the late Bishop Van de Vyver, were
represented here yesterday by the
different categories active therein
Rev. Brothers Gordian. Edward An.
gustinc and Gregory represented ST.
Emma INDUSTRIAL and Agricultural Col
lege. generally known as Belmont, and
founded by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nor
rell under the auspices OF tho late
BISHOP some years ago.
From st. Francis de Sales, the
girls academy. were present Mother
Mary, of the Visitation. ana Sister
Paul. OF the Cross. Rev Fathers
Stadelman. Lerout and O'Rourke.
chaplains, to the. institutions named.
and in charge OF the mission, rcprc :
scented the Society OF the Holy Ghost
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
Expelled for ch.n,,.

Liberty, Mo-. October 2o.-Ths R.r
clarence Richeson, under arrest in
Boston for murder. is thirty-fve wears
oid' He was born in Amherst county.
va He attended William Jewell col
lege between 1900 and 1905. aided the
hrst three years by the Rev. r. Fl
johnson. of St Louis. and afterward
oy the Rev Mr.. Rucker, Of Immanuel
Bapust Church, of Kansas City.
Richeson was highly respected Mt
nfst' but was expelled in 1908 for n
Migrant case OF cheating in examina-
lions He brought suit against tEe
college for SANDER, but dropped "
and confessed He went to Lend
VILE, Colo. from here, where he OBJ
tanned q pastorate, and then left FOR
Boston.
Last year he asked the faculty for
grades SO that he might enter Rocn-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-21
FAIR BUILDING DESTROYED
Fire Finishes What Fate Had Begun
for MecISIenburE County Exhibition.

for MecISIenburE County Exhibition.
Charlotte, y. c.. October 20.-F'irc
finished tonight what the fates had
begun for the Mecklenburg County
Fair. when 1t wiped out every exhibit
building on the grounds, and left the
big area in the suburbs II blackcned
waste, just three days prior to the
opening. The first blow to the enter
prise came yesterday with the an
nouncement of the tragic death OF
Aviator Ely, at Macon, after tins fair
directors had been advertising him eX-
tensively as drawing card. Tonight
fire of unknown origin, discovered in
the grandstand, destroyed everything
innammable on the grounds. Work
men were busy putting the buildings
and exhibits in shape for the fair.
which opens Monday. The loss cannot
be estimated at this time. Undaunted.
the directors announced tonight that
the fair would be held according 70
program.