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New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
Audubon sanatorium, st. Nicholas Place
New York City.
RICH MAN DIES IN VAT
Solomon Luna Falls Into Boiling
Sheep Dip.

Albuauerque. y. NJ, Aug 30.-Solo-
mon Luna, millionaire banker and sheep
raiser Of New Mexico, who refused to
accent election to the United States
Senate at the hands Of the first state
LEGISLATURE, met a tragic death at
Horse Springs. Socorro County, to-day
-ro fell into a vat containing thou
ds of gallons OF boiling sheep dip
er being attacked with heart failure.
Becoming III in the night 1t Is sup
posed that Mr.. Luna went to the Dip
ming vat. a few yards from the ranch
house. TO get water and was stricken
with heart failure, falling into the
mixture OF lime, sulphur. tobacco and
water. Camp employees found the body
floating in the vat.
Mr.. Luna was ffty-four years old
and was the richest man In New Mex
leo. He leaves wife For sixteen
years he had been the Republican ma
tional committeeman for New Mexico
Santa Fe. n. NJ, Aug. S0.-Close friends
OF Solomon Luna In this city among the
span!sh-American people express DOUBT
as TO Mr.. Lunas death being accidental
They say q thorough investigation VIII Dc
demanded and express fear that ne may
have been killed by enemies. Jhey recaH
tile case OF Francisco Chaves, VINO occu-
pied like position in New Mexico az
fairs and who was shot from ambush
Luna had frequently received anonymous
threatening letters. his friends say
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
GIRL RESCUED FROM
F|FTY-FOOT WELL
Visitor to Duke Estate. Near
SOmerv'lIe, N. j.. in Peril
..a.g, After Fall. lll....,.s..;ssf
IMPRISONED FOR 3 HOURS
Half Stunned, She Manages to
Keep Head Above Water Un-
til Passing Workman
Hears Her Cries.

4 helpless prisoner for three hours
at the bottom of flfty-foot we'll on
the James p. Duke estate. near Corner
Vile. " j. Miss Eliza Hawk. daughter
of Anthony Hawk. ~ one time cam
didate FOR Mavor ~ Jersey City. was
finally rescued yesterday from her
perilous position by one OF tho work.
men, who pulled her 10 the surface with
rope The girl who had fallen down
the we'll while trying TO drink from the
bucket. was partially stunned for half
an hour after her peculiar accident
She was rushed TO the home Of her
father in his automobile. where she
was atterded by The family physician.
Somerville and bordering closely on the
Duke estate. a tract Of more than three
thousand acres. The Duke property Is
laid out as a park and on Fridays Is
thrown open to the public. Yesterday
Miss Hawk. who Is eighteen wears old.
went for walk over the estate.
She had been walking an hour. when
she grew thirsty and stopped at one
OF the wells to get n drink. There are
a dozen or more OF these wells on the
place, all provided with rustic shelters
and two oaken buckets. which work on
a chain and wheel.
Miss Hawk laid her handbag and
book on the stone rim OF the well and
leaned forward to drink from the
hucket. Just as she was about To sip
the water she slipped in some manner
and fell hcadlong into the opening. the
Girl screamed as she felt herself faillng'
but still had presence OF mind enough
% erosn at the chain az she descended.
Thts broke the force Of her fall some
what. although she was partially
stunned when she struck the bottom.
Calls Are in Vain.
A. soon as she could collect her wits
>r;s. Hawk reached up and caught hold
of inc bottom bucket. and in this man
nor managed to keep her head above
water She rested fOr a few minutes
and then began to call out AZ intervals
bopIne to attract the attention OF some
nasscrby. She could barely distinguish
,ho goint blue ot the sky through the
we'll mouth. but nobody came 10 rescue
her.
The hours dragged along With mo-
noton,us slowness and evening came.
The faint patch OF blue sky visible to
the Girl was now almost obliternted.
Soor she saw a star glimmering above
and knew night had fallen Still no.
body came.
Miss Hawks voice WAS growing
weaker and she began to feel fainf
from the effects of her fall and from
exposure. Just when she had almost
given UP hope and had partly resigned
herself tc q slow death at the bottom OF
the we'll, her last despsiring calls for
help were heard by man named Con-
ncrs, a laborer on the estate. He finai-
ly discovered the source OF the cries
and ran to the well. There he found
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
Hopes to Get at Truth.


BY the summoning OF gamblers who
have been raided Mr.. De Ford believes
he will get at the truth as to both these
methods Of graft, and the witnesses
will be carefully examined with special
reference to their movements and meet
ings with police officers just after they
had been served or raided.
Mrs. Becker. wife of the lieutenant,
had q man arrested last night after he
had tried to get s2G0 from her on the
promise that he could get Jack" Rose
to change his testimony She detained
the stranger while "A patrolman hustled
around from the nearest police station
IN answer to telephone call from her
home.
The police trial OF Inspector Hayes
was adjourned for one week when coun-
sci for the inspector filed objections tn
Denutv Commissioner Mckay as the
presiding official Of the trial on the
ground that he was one of their wit
nesses.
John +. Mcintyre. chief counsel for
Becker, stirred b. the news Of the
grIlling OF James l.. March before tn"
grand Jury. denounced the case against
Becker yesterday as conspiracy on
the part of the states witnesses. lie
contended that the grand jury which
indicted Becker for murder should not
be allowed to subpoena any one who,
like March. announced publicly that
he could OF would offer any defensive
explanation for Becker
March himself, after his retraction
of everything he had previously said
by way of trying TO exonerate Becker.
declined to say Yesterday whether any
one had suggested 10 him that he
should spring to Becker's defence, and
when told that District Attorney Whit
man would probably subpoena him to
question him further as 10 who had
Cnotipued on second page, second column,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
nd not be a participant.

rFron The Tribune Buf'au|
Washington, Aug. 30.-fhe Acting
Secretary Of State, Huntington Wilson
declines to discuss the action Of Great
Britain in informing China that an
armed expedition into Tibet will not be
y,.mitted. although 1t Is understood
from high authority that the United
States government will enter no pro-
test
Neither will this government, 1t is
learned from the same source, protest
against Russia's attitude with respect
to Mongolia.
The position Of the United States
government is that neither Tibet nor
Mongolia is essentially under the SOW
ereignty Of China, being rather de-
tached dependencies of that nation.
II Is recognized, however, that the
open door" contemplated by the John
Hay policy is on the wane. and no. d.
Continued on 6fth page, third column.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
ENGLAND Tells CeIestIaIS She
Will Not Recognize New Re-
public Until Latter Aban-
donS Tibetan Expedition.
u. S. WILL NOT INTERFERE
Position of State Department
Is That Neither Tibet Nor
Mongolia Is Essentially Un-
der Sovereignty of the
Peking Government.
I8y Cable 20 The Tribune.

-sKinE. Aug. 3O.-The CONSERVATION
caused by the British governments de-
rnand that China abandon her contem-
p,a,eo expedition to Tibet to re-estao-
Nsh the authority of the republic In its
sou,bvesternnost province. repudiated
as that authority has been by Tibets
declaration of independence, Is increas-
;nr rather than su5siding.
II is contended at the British Lega-
zion that the demands made are In alb
solute accord with treaty right and
while this Is doubtless n true represen-
tation, il is equally doubtless that the
demands have been presented at most
fortunate time. rs justifying the ad-
varces Of the aggressive powers. par
ticularly Russia, whose demands IN
Mongolia are practically Identical with
those Of Great Britain in Tibet
It 4. natural, taking all circumstances
into account. 10 believe that England
at the present time does not want and
would not be Immediately able to oc-
cupy Tibet. but II Is not the less true
that her action. which this country has
no effective means Of taking exception
IN depriyes China Of one of her de-
tendencies and sets a precedent which
in its results may arouse 10 danger
,us degree the slumbering Chinese an
tagouism TO foreigners.
II is stated, too. that England has
informed China she must agree TO the
British demands before England grants
off,cial recognition of the republic.
II is believed. quite generally mere
that the British action presases fur
ther Russian and Japanese advances
whereby what were the outlying terri
tories OF the Chinese Empire will be
los, 20 the new republic. The simple
loss of these means little. but It brings
aliens to the very borders OF China
proper. which would thus be made the
.ubtect of any future advances leading
to a final distribution of territory-a
distribution in which the United states
would not be a participant
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
POLICE CAPTAIN CORNELIUS G. HAYES.


adjourned
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31

At the soda fountain insist on having your
drinks favored with Angostura BItters,
world renowned tonic OF exquisite haYor
--Adyt. ----
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM AseuRY PARK.

Special train will leave Asbury PARK via
New Jersey Central at 1880 o'clock ltap1r
Day night for n. Y, Newark 81 Eizapeth'
-Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
Rescuer Comes at Last.

the handbag and the book left by Mis'
HaHk.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
This Mornings Ne ws
LOCAL.
POLITICAL.

Girl Rescued from 50-foot Well. ..... !
Wiley Rebukes Roosevelt. ........... 3
Trust Head Held for Dynamite Plot. 6
Bishop Grafton Dead. ................ 8
New-York tribune., 1912-08-31
CLEAN

But Not Dull
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

nome across the seas on which tho
choice OF Mr.. Benjamin's later years
fell. The Southern Historical Papers
In Vol. VII, contain n copy of a letter
written by him and published in the
London Times generating the Confed-
crate government from the charge
brought against 1t OF cruelty to Fed
eral prisoners: In this letter Mr.. Ben
1amin stated that Mr.. Davis defended
the prisoners taken in the Dahlgren
RAID In March, 1864, against the Judge.
ment OF two-thirds OF the Cabinet who
considered that they had forfeited TIM
rights of prisoners, on account OF their
attempt to carry out their commander's
savage and inhuman orders, in his at
tack upon Richmond
Henri served Mr.. Benjamin as faith
fully In London in thu days of his pros
perity as he had done in Virginia in
the days OF his adversely. Always Mr.
BENJAMIN wore his inscrutable smile
More and more as the years went on.
he seemed 10 be withdrawn within a
world of his own though TO the last
he was genial philosopher. ready
humorist and a lcnient Judge of the
failings of others.
morning came when Mr.. Benjamin
was not in his Office at his early work
ing hour. The habit of lifetime
was broken. Henri. summoned to his
masters chamber was sole recipient
OF his confidence. Henri" he said
once more have finished my work
London in few days Will know me
no longer. For 1 can no more play
the game. Henri. a Few additional
moves and Il will he 'checkmatc' for
me. But the journey shall travel
now Will be one on which 1 shall GO
alone And ! am not willing 10 leave
you behind me in n foreign land" He
raised himself on his pillow, drew from
beneath IL small package and. put
ting IT into Henri's hand babe him
secure passage for New York from
Liverpool on a certain day.
go from New York to Richmond.
Henri. directcd Mr.. Benjamin, "and
take this small packet-you know
where. Then return to the little cot
tage in New Orleans where Charlotte
is waiting for YOU. And when you
think OF me. AZ I know you will some
times. think of me as ono who
journeyed on. without being afraid of
what he might find at the end of the
road"
So these two comrades parted About
six weeks later Henri stood before a
we'll known door in Richmond and was
admitted to a well-known presence.
When he had placed the packet in
hand held out TO receive 1t. the negro
went on his lonely way. back to Lou
isiana, TO the cottage with the oleau-
ders in bloom befor, its door. and 10
Charlotte singing softly to herself In
the sunshine and breaking off to greet
him with n glad rush and wild cry
of joy.
In Richmond girl paused beside
tall woman at an evening enter
tainment where none were faircr than
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BY Alice M. Tyler.
Photograph by II. P. Cook.

! played losing game with an I'm
broken pride and spirit
Turning. he took up box living
upon the table beside him, a box care
i gully tied and addressed Hu then
! rang the bell and. i'll moment a
! dark form appeared in the doorway.
Henr1, said Mr.. Bsnja miG have you
carried out my orders? Is everything
packed and ready? Has nothing es-
| capped YOU? Have you burned all pa
pers as | directed? Far in few hours
more we must he moving, Henri. we
have nothing more here to stay for.
or to hope FOR"
Yes. Mars9r," said the negro whose
eyes We're full % sympathy and ready
to fiji with tears
But said Mr. Benjamin, I'VE are
not pulling long faces in saying ad,eu.
we are going with smiles, not with
tears. we have had all that Richmond
, could give MS ana we should be mn
! grateful not to hurn our good-bys in
10 something that Will be sweet
memory for days to come. Now, Henri"
ana the box was lifted from the table.
want you TO take this to the ad-
dress written on ii. You know, YOU
nave carried many such boxes. but
names are best unspoken. Be sure
Henri' to deliver these yourself. and
Fellows Will be here to supper and
the last supper in this house, where
we nave lived for three years or more,
| must be the best and the merriest
ihat we can manage. Now away with
YOU And, IN a moment, the click OF
the door proclaimed that Henri had
| gone.
Mr.. BENJAMIN sat musing once again.
Hls form relaxed and mis- lips were soft
|
a man who had never possessed the
attributes of manly beauty! Neverthe-
| less, a man who dominated those ne
came In contact with, a locker on at
the striVings OF others with a con,
scious sense Of superiority and power.
re was dreaming back along the
track OF years that for him had al
icauy vanished So" he said to him
selt. that chapter is closed thank God
Only romance and sentiment IN its
pages NO disillusion can mar the JOY
with which it VIII awaken, when the
fragrance OF howers and melody of song
0hii IL INTO being. Better the ache
Oh parting now. is 1t not so Madonna
MIA! And he took spray of white
jasmine from the leaves of a slim note
pook' pressed it TO his lips and re-
piaceu H. before going alertiy up the
steps 10 mako ready for supper
ar. BENJAMIN was arfamous host
me not popular in the general sense
vi me word lie could always summon
"a MS guests n group OF the most
agreeable and brilliant of the men with
""oi" MS Official life had brought him
INTO acquaintnnca. None who supped
WIN MN on April l, realized that for
I'm ana them the bitter end had some
lbs wit was more daring, his rare
iaugh more frequent. his sallies more
auof~c,ous than ever before. they
thought.
Miterward they remembered. espec-
my INC drinking of tho last toast
20 inc memory OF John NJ. Daniel, who's,
I.ie ifah hickered out on March 30. Mr.
!"'nin admired Daniels genius and
eAeuseu MS bitterness. LET us drink
standing and in s!lencs to ,,aniel. gen
tuemen.' he said Il thank God that
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BLACKSBURG


Especial to The Tlmes.ptsn.
tie Woo,w,nes. va. May 26.--Miss Hat
e II. Woolwinc. Of t6is Ar, ana Mrs:
MARX MARI, Mcdonald. of Sioux c! IT, ana
brides e 'na paTsn,. at the home of the
my me Immediate family Was m,''a
t ut inc Ceremony, which Wa ~,
Meth ed ~ C or; henry 7. iIanii OF The
McDonaid IN n,rch. and Mr. ana Mrs.
western trip. ioF
4, Gle AZ entertaining. even of the most
preparations looking to tho 49,, LOT
neht OF visitors that will be in IN,
.ne institute nnals. June to ~
spent ,hc ', na =, 1oung. OF Richmond.
OF Mls' Alexander Black arraneins
.or the opening of Colonel PALMS.
summer -, home. Mountain View" early
Mrs. r. NJ. Barrinser and Miss 1u,
dan lons; OF Gnariotte. n, c.. left Wednes-
at The Grove Master Thomas Rar.
ringer Is spending month with reia-
AT cani "a. tn s,o otniDersty OF virginia.
III: III. arrived at their country home
White Thorne," Wednesday, mak;nr
'hS TRIP from Washington BY motor.
w. Va. is the guest OF her SON. RE-
D. j. Woods. and will be joined TO-DAY
tbe D l;cn Moods' who has been attending
HescHnply at Bristol.
Mrs. j. S. Sharpe and little SON Ief,
p !, e, for Grenada. Miss, and Mrs.
3, b, Caempbeii; for Lynchburg, after a
months visit here to their parents.
KEY. and Mrs. b. S. Branscomb.
Mrs. II. S. Ladew has returned TO
her home at Ashland. after a visit
here to her sister. Mrs. l.. 8. Ran
dolph.
Professor Pitt s. MurrilI. of Co
lumbia University. New York. ls the
guest OF his parents here. Mrs Muir
n lie.
Mrs. Ella Ford and Miss Dora Ford.
of Lynchburg. are house guests OF DR..
and Mrs. II, II. Hudnall. on Faculty
Row"
DR. Sarah Allen, OF Charleston. S. C.,
is the guest Of her sister Mrs L. A.
Smythe. Professor Smythe returned
Wednesday, from the Jefferson Hos
pitai. in Roanoke. where he recently
underwent an operation
Mrs j. Massie johnson returned this
week from charlottesville. and has as
her guest her sister. Miss Nellie Walk
cr OF Roanoke.
Miss Susan Camper left this week
for extended visit to her sister,
Mrs. l.. w Fink, ut Pulaski.
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he Is freed from the shadow to be
| cast by the coming years" The glass
We're drained and then-chash.-.. they
| were broken.
The next night Benjamin had gone
and No. 8 West Main Street was in
possession Of the Fed aral authorities.
VINO were sorry enough not to nave
captured the Rebel Secretary oe State"
Mr. Benjamin was polite as always,
even TO his enemies. He left his visit
ing card behind for the benefit Of
MaJor-General Case. The rooms where
the supper was laid and the toasts
were drunk was desolats and empty
And upon the petals of roses delivered
by Henri on April /. fell a shower
of tears that must have bridged dis
lance and rendered Mr.. Benjamin wake
ful. FOR sleep forsook him as the train
bearing him southwark numbered away
through the darkness.
Strange turns OF fate these" he
murmured WEAKNESS overpowereo
him after awhile and in a sort OF
waking dream, he was again nghting
on the floor of the United States Sem
ate as in ante bellum days. Then the
fragrant perfume OF roses stole over
his senses and he fell into unconsci-
BUSINESS
some days later he nnd Henri were
pursuing their flight Independently.
having left the Presidents party. Mr.
BENJAMIN had no mind TO submit to
undue humiliation. He had thought
the matter out before he began his
preparations in Richmond. And tho
TWO. master and man. by the cxercis.
OF much prudence and vigilance. found
themselves finally on the Florida coast.
with the sea, and an open boat before
them. the distant Bahamas their deg
tination.
Henri" said Mr.. BENJAMIN. II am
going TO leave this country. Do YOU
want to come with me? You see the
boat and you know that we may go
down before we get by n roundabout
way to the Bahamas. Don't you want
me to give you some money and send
you home to old louisiana"
Marster," asked Henri. "whut is the
Bahamas?"
They are islands. Henri"
well, Marster. whar you goes I is
aGwine too. We dun lib togedder too
long fer me ter go back on YOU now.
I'd rather not hab to go in de boat.
but ! ain't afcard wild you, Marstcr"
Come on then. Henri" said Ma Ben
jamin
The Bahamas proved An agreeable
resting place, but after awhile Mr..
BENJAMIN and Henri Travelled further
and, In September. they landed in Liv-
-'P''i' IN i'"H"oH' ds MI the WorlO
KNOWS, Fate made amends for the re.
buff dealt in 1863. AS Queens coun-
sci in 1872 Mr.. Benjamin was distin-
guished at the London bar. as he had
been in his youth at New Orleans and
on the floor of the congressional halls
in Washington. d. c.. as he was during
the period OF full maturity. when ne
was member OF the Confederate Cab.
met, and an indwcilcr at No. 0 West
Main Street.
Few echoes came back from tho
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Photograph by II. p. Cook

Photograph by II. p. Cook
and that he cannot be responsible for
the safety of the city. The different
! departments are sending off all their
archives To the Danville railroad Mr.
benjamin gives up Griffin's house this
evening and he will leave at S O'Clock
for Danvilie. The banks also appear
to be preparing for the danger and
therefore much excitement is in the
citX,"
On Monday. April 3. the whole low yer
| part of Richmond was in flames, powder
magazines and arsen:ls having been
ired by departing Confederates a pail
OF smoke hung black over the city
when Isaac Davenport l.. against the
entreaties OF his family, left his home
at Foushee and Main Streets His
| warehouses We're at Fifteenth and Cary.
where kingn & Company's plant is
now located. Mr.. Davenport was sew
enty-four years old, but was active
and determined. Valuable ledgers were
in the burning warehouses. Alon: he
penetrated the nre-rinsed district, en-
tered his place of business, secured
his books and almost brought them
safely out; almost--but not quite-for
! 10 the diary, with its entry on April
:, was added another by Griffin b. Dav-
export regarding his father, in these
"piuS' senior, oil 20
3, of April. 1865. Monday. Killed by
tho falling of brick will at his ware
house, about / o'clock A. NJ. He was
IA years old"
His death was a cactrophe which
seemed but n part of the universal
horror which had swept Richmond Ike
"A bosom. Friends felt that loss of life
for him was 4 needless sacrifice, that
he could be lilly spared from the COM
munity, where his career had served
as an example to those around him.
| In New Bedford. Massachusetts,, and in
Richmond he was long mourned and
missed.
Before Evacuation Day" came. how
ever, Judah Philip Benjamin had. on
Thursday. November =. in the year 90.
inditcd the following note to his land
lord, Griffin Barney Davenport:
Dear Sir:-I have concluded to re-
tain the house next year according to
the terms of your memorandum. viz
S2eo. per month. no ladies nor children
to be in tho house. and the bed linen
TO he returned to YOU.
I Will send you the linen in day
or two"
Mr.. Benja min had Q tenant success
sor, who altogether lacked his courtesy
in correspondence AS soon as the de-
parture of the Confederate Secretary
of State left No. 9 West Main Street
vacant. Griffin Ii. Davcnport's family
attempted to take possession of IT. bu,
We're ordered Mt once TO leave by repre-.
sentatives of the United States govern
mcnt in Richmond From Washington.
u. c.. on July 90. 1855 Major General
stills Case. of the United States Army.
writes:
MIR. G. r. Davenport,-Yours Of the
18th inst. Is received The house for
meriy occupied by j. p. BENJAMIN. the
Rebel Secretary OF State, and which
nave reason 10 believe was owned by
YOU was assigned to me as quarters
by the 9 MS orders. as / understood.
| Major G. G. Wctzel. then in command
OF the Army of the James.
occupied the house about one month
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BUENA VISTA
Especial to The Times-pispatch.1

Especial to The Times Dispatch.J
Buena Vista. Va. May 25.-The Sec
ond meeting of the Buena Vista Tour
nament Association was held in tho
office of W. T. Paxton on Tuesday
evening. The following officers wer,
elected for the ensuing year: j. II.
Glasgow. president; w. T Robey, vice
president: NJ. L. Soudor, secretary; II.
b. Ewald. treasurer a number of
committees were appointed
The lawn party given by the band
ooys on saturday evening was a big
Memorial Day exercises viii. be held
al the Methodist Church on June at
O'Clock. Appropriate addresses viii
De delivered by prominent Speakers
Homer III. Parker. OF Covington. spen,
Friday and Saturday here.
a u Borks. w, 7. Paxton. "
robertson. II. n. Mills and ]. II c;l,s'
gov attended the Democratic conyen-
uon IN Norfolk this week.
W. otto. OF Johnstown. Pa wss
the city this week. was IN
"liNe Lackey. OF Los Angeles "a,
70 me guest OF his sister. Mrs r. -.
Z. W. RUBBISH. who has bso, -
i hn, week in Augusta county. .eturnea
none % n M ei evening. -'s'
al stun Is in Chicago.