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ttfte Cfoatbam Kccorfc. H. A. LONDON EDITOS AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS OF SUBSCIUPTION: SI. SO Per Year STRICTLY IN ADVANCE VOL. XXXIII. m ft tlbe Cbatbam KecorD, PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY. N. C , WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, I9II. NO. 36. DISAPPOINTED OVER ELECTIONS Protest That Two Committee As signments of Seven Does Not Do Progressives Justice Are Kicking on Senator Martin's Action. WASHINGTON, D. C, Special. Martin, of Virginia; Culberson, of Texas: Simmons, of North Carolina; Clarke, of Arkansas; Bankhead, of Alabama; Fletcher, of Florida; "Wil liams, of Mississippi; Kern, of Indiana, and Hitchcock, of Nebraska. The foregoing constitute the Demo cratic steering committee of the Sen ate, as named last evening by Senator Martin, minority leader. The vote by which Martin was chosen leader was 21, as against 16 cast for Shively, of Indiana. With a vote of 16 to 21, progressive Democrats made no secret last evening over their disappointment at receiv ing places on the steering committee in the proportion of but 2 to 7. The representatives" of the progressives are Kern and Hitchcock. The conclusions of the steering com mittee are to be submitted to a caucus for approval. The committee will be gin its task this afternoon. Some of the more aggressive of the progressives yesterday said with considerable posi tlveness that unless other committee Assignments gave more evidence of consideration for their interests than -the selection of the steering commit tee, there would be a row of no mean proportions in the coming caucus. The progressives fear what they characterize as an effort to "pack" some of the more important commit tees, and if this is attempted, they de--clare they will expose the situation on the floor of the Senate and let the Democrats of the country understand what the conditions in the party in the United States Senate are. It re mains to be seen, however, if there is any justification for these fears on the part of the progressives. Democrats' Request needed. Acting for the minority. Senator Martin has been insisting that the Democratic representation on the big committees be increased. The Demo crats made a gain of nine votes in the Senate, and by reason of this increase their demand would seem to be just. The Republicans were placed in an awkward position, as they are con fronted with the demands of their own progressives for recognition on the committees that control the large affairs of the Senate. After a conference between Mr. Gal ilnger, chairman of the Republican Committee on Committees, and other leading Republicans, the request of the Democrats was complied with. To counter balance that increase, however, the Republicans decided to add another member to their own side of the column, and thereby make room for progressive Republicans. The pre ponderance of organization Republic cans in the committees, as at present constituted, makes them rather one Bided, and there is plenty of room for more Democratic members. Of the big committees, the following consist of eight Republicans and five Democrats privileges and elections, appropriations, and interstate com merce. The committees on finance, foreign relations, military affairs and postofflces an.l post roads, stand nine to five, Tbp judiciary and public build Ihkh and grounds consist of nine Re publicans and six Democrats; com merce, eleven to six, and naval affairs, even to four. Trl ute to Vllllnmi. The Demociats have agreed among themselves, without even holding any conference upon the subject, that John Sharp Williams shall go on finance. Senator Williams was long a member of ways and means in the House, and waa minority leader of that body. His designation to the Finance Committee has been taken as a matter of course, as a tribute to his ability and his po sition In the lower house of Congress. It seems also to be conceded that Sena tor O'Gorman. of New York. shsH have a place on this commute. Senator O'Gorman is a new Senator, Dut me po sition of New York State as the great est In the Union, and the standing of Mr. O'Gbrman in his party before he entered the Senate, comblae to make it necessary that the claims of New York ball be recognised. mm to vote IN WAYNESBORO Equal Suffrage Election Under New Law Will Decide Bond Issue. STAUNTON, VA. Special. Proba- Vh. V flrat vntinir hv women In 8TOV- ernmental affairs in Virginia will take place at vyaynesDoro on May an election will be held In which all women who own real estate will have .n. T.rivilciro nf nanttne a ballot. TllC election is to determine whether bonds to the extent of $8,000 shall be sold for the erection of a new public school building. .., ,; mainrttv is necessary to carry the election affirmatively. The women will vote under a law giving all freeholders the privilege of casting a ballot in such elections. HAMMOND WILL END LIFEJN PRISON AcrcA Thief Given Five Years. More Will Be Added Means For Life. RICHMOND, V A. Special. WiMiam Hammond. alias B. W. Martin, was sent from the Hustings 4ourt today to the penitentiary, vhr-i-A in nil nrobability he will die. He was given five years; five more wHIl lm arlriori for a second Conviction, and it is thought that it will be shown that he has served two previous icuub, wVii,v win mnUo hist sentence for life. Ten years, however, will mean about Tne same, as hammona is now uiuoc He is the man who, on his release from the penitentiary, began a cam paign of stealing silverware and who was caught in a Broad Street pawn shrm stvem 1 wpeks aero. He pleaded guilty to the charge of riliMntr tVio rAcMonrn nf W- F. Knight, got the five years for it, and tne otner cnarges against mm weic uroppea. gamblers, and he will use all the au thority at his command to hold these offenders In check. Should he find the present statutes too restricted in their scope to stamp out the evils complained of, he will appeal to the next Legislature to broaden his powers. Certain it is that the Governor is much in earnest, and If his crusade fail to accomplish anything at this time it will not be his fault, but the fault of the laws as they are today. It is an open secret that Attorney General Williams is still at work on the matter, and possibly he has some forces In reserve. But he isnot dis cussing his plans with reporters, and positively declines to say what he in tends doing or trying to do. His in terest in the situation, however, is ob vious, and the fact that he went to Nurfoik county at the instance of the Governor, indicates that both he and the executive mean business. The Attorney General said this morning that the Norfolk county grand jury is in session today, and it is hardly to be doubted that this body will take cognizance of the supposed infractions of law growing out of the activities of the Jamestown Jockey Club. Should indictments be found in this connection Circuit Judge Lawless will nave authority under the statutes to designate some magistrate to try the cases. And it goes without saying that he will pick the best justice one who will act conscientiously in Norfolk county. The fact that one magistrate al ready has decided certain of these cases in favor of the sporting element does not mean that he has set an Inviolable precedent. A second trial or trials may result in entirely different findings. Naturally, if the bookmakers can establish in court the fact that their practices are justified in law or under the provisions of their charter, those who now assail them will be power less for the time being, though the next General Assembly may be able to put a check on them. Attorney General Williams appears to have full confidence in the Norfolk county authorities and their sincerity of purpose. RATES OF ADVERTISE Square, oh fa&sertlM flO One Ssju&r, twm Insert lea.... rf! OtM Ssjoam, For Lta-gor AdtfcrtlroS mcnrts Liberal Contrast will bo made. WAS MEXICAN JUAN OF ARC Fair Insurrecto Fighter Now at 1 Paso Declines Vaude ville Offer. EL PASO, TEX, Special, Patroclna Vazquez, a sixteen-year-old girl soldier and the only woman to have fought under the insurrecto flag in Mexico, Is In El Paso, au exile. She has received an offer to go Into vaudeville, but refused it. The girl enlisted with her fath er at Santa Teresa, Chihuahua, and took part in the battle of Casas Grandes, where she was captured. Later she was released and or dered to leave Mexico. However, the girl soldier's mod esty does not prevail entirely, for L. Gutierrez De Lara, a socialist and a commissioned captain un der General Madero, is here seek ing a theatrical engagement. He declares that he wants the money for the rebel cause, De Lara was " in the battle of Casas Grandes. NEW YORK. Special. The $1,' 500,000 North German Lloyd liner Prinzcss Irene was towed to her dock Monday uninjured, to all outward ward appearances, save lor a broken rudder post, after eighty-three hours aground olt the Lone Hill life-saving station olt Fire Island. Tne tiuestion ul responsibility for the grounding -t the ship and the consequent peril io her 1,743 passen Kois wnl be takeii iip by the local off icials ui the North derman Lloyd vt- iis soon as possible. I i -tr..x--.--t"y " S CHAMBERLLN GUESTS SEE NEGBO SHOT WILL BREAK UP BETTING ON RACES RICHMOND, VA., Special. It is far from the purpose of Gov ernor Mann to relax in his efforts to compel a strict observance of the law ty the Norfolk county race-track OLD POINT, VA. Special. While faghnn)itl Knstpr sruestfl of the Chamberlin Hotel waited for their re past yesterday evening, two waiters engaged in a fight over an apron, and one was shot. John ijarxsdaie is tne man who did the shooting. His vic tim is George Price. Both are negroes. Price was rushed to a hospital, where he is in a serious condition. Barksdale was placed In the Govern ment prison at Fort Monroe. DENY TREATY MADE WITH JAPAN Bacon and Burton Say Secret Treaty Report Is a Bold Fake. WASHINGTON. D. C Special. The alleged secret- treaty between Mexico and Japan reported in dis patches from Mexico City was brand ed as a pure lane Dy senator Baton, of Georgia, member of the Foreign Relations Committee or the senate, at the white Mouse this morning. Sena tor Bacon this morning went over with President Taft all the papers and documents concerning the Maxican situation. When he left the White House he said: "That story is nothing but a bold fake. I have seen al the papers in the case, and not once is the name of Ja pan mentioned. You can authorita tively say that there is absolutely no truth in the report or a treaty ever existing or contemplated between Ja pan and Mexico relating to Japan ob taining a naval station In Magdalena Bay." Senator Burton, of Ohio, who also conferred with President Taft this morning concerning the "secret treaty" report, declared that there is not a word of truth in the story. "Such reports should not be pub lished," declared Senator Burton. There la absolutely not a word of truth in that story. Japan has never tried to obtain a coaling station in Mexican territory. I have positive information of this." Roth Senator Bacon and Senator Burton let it be known that their statements came from the President direct, and have all the weight of an official White House announcement. Racnn said that the real reason for moving the troops to the Mexican bor der was the disturbed condition oi Mexico and the desire of this gov ernment to protect American lives and investments and neutrality laws along the Mexican border. HIDE CASE WILL GET NEW TRIAL JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Special. Dr. B. Clark Hyde, the pathologist who was convicted of the murder of ki, raife'a imcip. Colonel Thomas H. ilia ' ... " A Swope, the millionaire philanthropist of Kansas City, Mo., today was grant ed a new trial by the State Supreme Court in a decision which reverses the conviction in the lower courts. tt nf the main noints UDOn which the reversal was based were the con tentions of Hyde's lawyers that the indictment was faulty and that the testimony regarding the death of Moss Hunton and Chrlsman Swope and the alleged poisoning of Miss Margaret Swope were Incompetent, immaterial, irrelevant and prejudical. Now the case will go back to the Jackson County Criminal Court, where an early retrial is expected. It was charged against Dr. Hyde that he attempted to murder a whole family all the heirs of Colonel Thomas Swope in his effort to get control of the Swope millions. When, one by one, the heirs became ill with typhoid fever, a nurse employed to care for the patients suspected every thing was not right, and the result was that a watch was put on Dr. Hyde. It was decided to watch the water drunk in the house. Dr. Hyde was under life sentence. Hyde was arrested on the day fol lowing the coroner's jury verdict that Swope came to his death through strychnine administered by Hyde. He secured $50,000 bond. Mrs. Hyde stood by her husband and took the witness stand In his be half. Prominent ngures In the investiga tion into the recent New York fire holocaust, where 145 young girls lost their lives. At the top John Wiske man, civil engineer, retained by Dis trict Attorney Whatman, who gave an expert's opinion of the efficiency of the fire escapes and other means of exit from the Asch building, where the catastrophe occurred; Frank E. Con over, foreman of the coroner's jury, is at his right. Below Charles Sooy smith and John J. Clancy, two of the jurymen, and Louis Brown, machin ist on the eighth floor of the Asch building, who testified as to the laxity with which the no-smoking rules were enforced in the building. The testi mony of Wiskeman and Brown is ex pected to prove damaging to those who will be charged with responsi bility for the disaster. The owners of the building have been, indicted. Evi dence has been produced to show that locked doors barred girls who at tempted to escape. BRIBE WITNESS FOUND DEAD New Evidence That $100,000 Was Raised by "Big Interests" to Elect Lorimer Throws Lat ter 's Friends Into Panic in Chicago. EmVABDSYILLE, ILI, Special. Michael S. Link, one of the chief witnesses against William Ixulmer, who admitted that he had accepted a bribe to cast his vote lor Lorimer, was found dead in the bathroom of his home Mon day morning. Link's wife discovered her husband's body when she opened the bathroom at 5 o'clock. It is supposed that he was seized with a sudden coughing at tack, which resulted In strangulation. Although Mrs. Link believes her husband died a natural death, she asked Deputy Coroner Mercer, of Granite City, to hold an inquest. Link was one of the men who con fessed that they received their share of the Lorimer jackpot from "Bath room Bob" Wilson in the bathroom of a St. Louis hotel. Member of Browne Faction. He was a member of the Browne faction in the Legislature which elected Lorimer, and which is accused of "putting over" more graft than any other two Legislatures in the history of the State. After the Lorimer bribery charges were aired Link was taken before State's Attorney Wayman, of Cook county, and testified that he had taken part in the bi-partisan coup which elected Lorimer, and that on June 21, 1902, he had received $1,000 as his share of the jackpot. Part of this money was paid to him. ment has established a postoffice here, with A. Lambert Martin post master, and W. M. Goode assistant. There is a daily service by star route, direct from Salem, which brings the mail here about one hour earlier than the old system. Persons corresponding with pa tients or others here, will facilitate matters by addressing them, "Catawba Sanatorium, Va.," instead of simply "Catawba, Va.," as heretofore. HOUSE WILL PUSH RECIPROCITY BILL NEW GAS WELL BROUGHT DEATH MEMPHIS, TENN.. Special. One man is dead and a score injured as a result of the finding of a marvelously rich natural gas field on Hen and Chicken Island today. When the well was struck the gas exploded, hurling the derrick and drills high in the air and injuring a score of workmen. Within an hour after the discovery of the gas a $500,000 corporation to pipe it to the manufacturing district was under way. P. A. Blackburn, a gas expert from Pennsylvania, de clared that the city was situated over an immense gas field, perhaps the greatest in the world. Following Its Passage Will Come Free List and Statehood Bills. WASHINGTON, D. C, Special. The Canadian reciprocity bill will be called up tomorrow In the House and speedily passed. It will be before the Senate early next week. Besides the reciprocity bill the House leaders are planning, to take up the various meas ures known as "party" rather than caucus" measures at once. Chairman Rucker. of the Com mlttee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives, will probably report today the bill provid ing for the popular election of Sena tors. He also may report the measure providing for the ante-election pub licity of campaign contributions. It is believed that little time will be given to the discussion of these measures and their speedy passage Is anticipated. Following the disposal of these measures will come the Underwood free list" bill. Statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, and the reapportion ment bill. It is believed that by the end of the month all these measures will have been disposed of by the House, which will then mark time, while the more deliberative Senate takes up the meas ures one by one. 'The farmers free list" bill is ad mittedly designed to furnish a counter weight to the reciprocity measure. It purposes, by removing the tariff on articles used especially by the farmers. to compensate the agricultural Inter ests for any losses which they might sustain by the enactment of the reci procity agreement. TO PLACATE REPUBLICANS the Ninth Virginia District, was placed upon Mines and Mining and Expendi tures In the Postofflce Department. DARING BANDITS HELD UP TRAIN ST. PAUL, MINN. Special. Rob bers who stopped a southbound train on the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad early today sear Mid vale, evidently suffered from "cold :eet." The train was halted by a red light set in the middle of the track. When it stopped a brakeman dropped off the rear step and Immediately was fired at from the darkness. The shot went wild, but the robber did not appear and the brakeman hastily boarded the train. The en gineer speeded up and the train escaped. PASTOR (BOUNCES BISHOP RANDOLPH Practically All of Them Have Bet ter Berths Than During the Last Session Mann Says the Democrats Are Greedy. WASHINGTON, D. C Special. The full meaning of the plan of Mi nority Leader James K. Mann and other Republican regulars to placate the insurgent wing of the party was revealed today when, soon after .he House convened- Mr. Mann presented the minority assignments to the va rious standing committees of the House. Practically all of the insur gents have better berths than during the last session, when they were pun ished by Speaker - Cannon and rete-; gated to the minor committees. Mi nority Leader Mann took no commit tee assignment himself. He is desig nated simply as "the chairman of the conference." Uncle Joe Cannon goes back to his old place on the Appropriations Com mittee and is ranking minority mem ber. The seven surviving Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee retain their places. When the committee assignments had been read the old fight between Republicans and Democrats over the relative proportionment of majority and minority members on the fifteen leading committees of the House was renewed. Representatives Mann, Gardner, of Massachusetts, and Miller, of North Dakota, protested along the usual lines that the Democrats have acted un fairly in taking a ratio of 2 to 1 on fifteen committees, and Representative Underwood, Democratic leader, came back with figures to show that there are as many committee places in all for the Republicans as the Democrats had in the last Congress. Ex-SDeaker Cannon got into the de bate and reminded his colleagues that it was no use to kick, as the majority nartv was resDonsible for the House, its organization and its legislation and thev mieht run it to suit themselves, because they would be responsible for anv mistakes. The Republicans nave been given the relative of committee assignments on the smaner commit tees, which makes up their average, i.,, tv,. Tvunnrratn have Increased the majority representation on fifteen! other committees. - . A 1 Congressman C. Bascom Slemp. of O" Characterizes His Action As Sum mary and Brutal, and Says to Him, "May God Forgive Your Tyranny and Despotism." NORFOLK. VA., Special Church people here are agog over the disclos ures at Christ Episcopal Church Sun day, when it was announced by Rev. D. C. G. Steinmetz, the rector, that iBsh- op Randolph had enjoined him from returning or changing the service, and then read his reply to Bishop Ran dolph's letter. Bishop Randolph's injunction, in part, follows: "I, therefore, hereby enjoin and admonish you to refrain from singing or intoning, or having ssng or intoned by the choir and congregation, those part of the service which the rubric requires to be said, in contradistinc tion to the parts of the service where the rubric requires the service to be said or sung." - . .. Rev. Dr. Steimetz a reply, read to the congregation yesterday morning. was as fololws: "Right Rev. and Dear Sir: "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6 th instant, con taining your godly admonition con cerning the services in Christ Church. Of course, I shall obey. At the same time I wish to protest against your summary and brutal action. You have the power to punish me and brand my action as criminal, as you have pun ished and branded an innocent man Besides, you have brought pain and anguish on an innocent congregation. May God have mercy upon you. May God forgive your tyranny and despot ism. Sincerely yours, "FRANCIS C. STEINMETZ, "Rector." Members of the congregation met at Fergus Reid's home last night to pro test against the bishop's action and the en dis not yet, it is understood. FIRE TRAPS THREE HUNDRED GIRLS DOBOKEX, X J- Special. Three hundred girls were trapped by tire today in the four-story paper box factory of Owens & Traeger, at 1101, 1103 and 1105 Madison Street. Flames blocked the single fire escape and the girls became panic-stricken, but were finally led by one of their number to an enclosed stairway on the Elev enth Street side and all escaped safely. They fought their way to the stairway through stifling clouds of smoke, and on the way there was a stampede, la which many were knocked down and badly bruised. One girl was over come on the fourth floor and was rescued by the firemen. WERE VIGTIMS OF ANCIENT JOKE RICHMOND SHRIXERS ARRESTED IN ALEXANDRIA, HAD TOUGH TIME GETTING RAIL. RICHMOND., VA., Special. The Shriners irom this city who went to Alexandria last night were the victims of that ancient Joke ot having the police arrest all hands when they appeared on the street for a parade. At the time of police interference the Shriners had corralled some twen ty-five candidates and were moving off on a parade a sort of ragmuffin affair. There was a band, more or less musical, and when the paraders started along the streets up walks Mr. Chief of Police and carries off Dr. George F. Bagby, the potentate, and E. E. Dowham, a former potentate. io the police station. They were charged with having (ailed to get a permit for the parade. Friends offered to put up money, but the police chief wanted safe real es tate security, and after much parley ARE INDICTED Two Bullets in Hen's Egg. HAGERTOWN, MD., Special. Superstitious persons here see a grave portent of approach ing war in the laying of eggs containing bullets by a hen own ed by Mrs. William Moore. While Mrs. Moore was frying eggs for a meal yesterday she heard something hard drop into the pan. On making an Investigation she discovered two small bullets. How they got into the egg is a mystery. -O i Papers Served, But Bookies at Jamestown Baces Continue Betting Game. NORFOLK, VA., Special. County officers with indictments for ten par ties connected with the Jamestown Jockey Club, caused bookmakers at the track yesterday to close up for a short time, but resumed business af ter the papers had been served, and the men recognized for their appear ance in court on Friday morning. When the betting stopped there was considerable excitement for the time being, but the police made no effort to break up the game entirely, and as soon as they did what they were sent there to do they left the grounds. In dictments were found against Bob Levy, general manager and promoter of the meeting; G. T. Miner, an ai letred bookmaker, and his clerk, Wil Ham Hickey; Joe Rose, I. Cohen, Red McMahos, L. C. Hall, the Jamestown Jockey Club and John and Richard Doe. The indictment charges Levy with hpine the lessee of a "shed in which betting is done against the dignity of th Commonwealth." and the others are accused of betting in violation of the anti-betting laws of Virginia. The indictments were found Tues day by a grand jury in Norfolk coun tv and the accused are to appear be fore Justice J. "S. Carmine on Friday morning. Miller and Hickey were arr rested twice before, and on each oc casion were dismissed, it being proven to the satisfaction of Magistrate K. J. Backus that the laws of the State were not vlolaed. LAST RESPECTS PAID TO JOHNSON NEW YORX Special. The body of Tom L. Johnson, former Mayor or Cleveland, arrived in New York from that city today and was taken- at once to Greenwood Cemetery, where a short and simple service was conducted by the Rev. Harris R. Cooley. At the Grand Central station, when the train arrived, many norai oner intra were nlaced on the casket. Amone those at the station were the pallbearers and friends, including Henry George, Jr., senator romefeue, of Ohio; Brand Whitlock. William Jennings Bryan, Dr. Philip Brennan nni T.lTirnln Steffens. Mrs. Johnson and the members of the family will not return to uieve land, but will remain in the East per manently. . Ing the good offices of Councilman8, Marshall were obtained and he I a,er ONLY SiMIVAfl OF MEM 31 ABLE BATTLE Wednesday's New York World prints the following: Today, the fiftieth anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, will hava a meaning for Roger Atkinson Pryor. of 3 West Sixty-ninth Street, that It can have for no other man alive. Ha is the sole survivor of either force en gaged In that portentous affair. Another distinction might have bo longed to General Pryor if he would have taken it the firing of the shot itself. Two days before the fateful 12th the "eloquent young tribune of Virginia," as Horace Greely called him at the time, made a fiery speech from the balcony of the Mills Housa in Charleston. Virginia, his native State, like the rest of the border States, was holding back from seces sion. "Strike one blow and Virginia will secede in an hour by Shrewsbury clock!" young Pryor told the cheering" crowds; and without delay General Beauregard sent an ultimatum to Ma jor Robert Anderson, Sumter's com mandant. Major Anderson rejected the ulti matum and General Pryor was one of the men who carried that word back to Beauregard. The news was taken to Fort Johnson at the mouth ot Charleston Bay. Captain George SL James was In command there. He of fered to Pryor the privilege of firing" the shot that was to them the only possible answer. General Pryor de clined, because Virginia was still in the Union, and Captain James opened the engagement. His Prophecy Was Verified. "Three days later Lincoln issued hist call for troops," General Pryor said yesterday afternoon. "It was address ed to Virginia, as it was to all other States, but Virginia could not strike against the South. She withdrew, as South Carolina had the December be fore, and the South was arrayed against the North. That was what we had been seeking all through the ex citing days of that winter-rsomething that would swing the border States into line. It needed only the striking of one blow, and when that came at Sumter the result was precisely aa we had foreseen." General Pryor is eighty-three years old. He has been a resident of New York since 1865, and for twenty years was one of the most distinguished members of the bar of this county. He was one of Theodore Tilton's coun sel in his suit against Henry Ward Beecher. He went to London to Join the defense of the Phenlx Park mur derers. He carried the appeal of the ..'hicago anarchists to the United States supreme Court. In 1890 he became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas and in 1894 a Justice of the Supreme' Court. On January 1, 189 9, he re tired. Despite his years. General Pryor'a dowlng hair is barely tinged with gray. He carries his slight figure- erectly, and his five feet ten inches seem more in consequence. His blue eyes are still keen and his mouth is wide and firm. In his library, where he talked yes terday, the walls are given over to his books and to trophies of a pub lic life that began in 1849. and that has included many years oC journalism; a mission to Greece under President Pierce; two terms In the United States Congress and two in the Confederate; military service that carried him to a briga- Marshall were obtained and he "r'r,,.." vn' uve a i aim, greui ulsuucuoii as stood" for the entire outfit, and they were let go. The novices were all from Alexan dria, and when they appeared for the parade they were clad as representa tives of many climes, and some were not clad enough at that. The men were placed in a huge cage, drawn by a couple of swift oxen from the plains of Fairfax, and while the ring leaders of the disturbance were in court the captives were kept in the pen and were gazed on by several hundred persons. It was a great stunt and added much to the gayety of the occasion. The Richmond Shriners returned here early today. Washington sent a larire delegation over to Alexandria. and the fun was furious up to about midnight. WALKS IN UPON HIS OWN BURIAL MAN APPEARS AS HIS SUPPOSED BODY IS LOWERED INTO GRAVE. BRISTOL. TENN.. Special. In the midst of a solemn burial service, when members of the family were seeing lowered into the grave what they be lieved to be the body of their hus band and father, James Swecker, the man supposed to be dead, suddenly appeared upon the scene to the utter amazement of tne runerai party, tnis happened yesterday In the village of Timber Ridge, near Greeneville, Tenn. Swecker is a veteran of the Civil War, and a somewhat eccentric char acter. Last fall he announced nim- self as a candidate tor congress in the First Tennessee District, canvass ing every county. He disappeared from his home a few days ago. The body of a man answering Swecker's description was found by Southern Railway employes. Death resulted either .from murder or from beinir struck by a train. In a Docket of the dead man were found papers containing the name of Swecker. and this, togetner wnn marked resemblances, lea to & post tive. identification. The coffin was raised from tne grave and further examination leads to the conclusion that the body is that of a man named Mellengore, who recently disappeared from his home at Morristown, Tenn. VIRGINIA COUPLES WED IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, D. C, Special. TVfarriaere licenses to the following vsrennia couDles were issued here vesterday: Robert B. G. Payne, twenty-one, and Ada Fairburn, eighteen, both of Harrisonburg, Va. Rev. Q. J. s. rlun nicutt. William Wiston, thirty-four, of Great Falls, Va and Frankie Etta Jenkin, twenty-four, or Leigns. va Rev. G. J. S. Hunnicutt. Clvde V. Mathers, thirty, of Clifton, Va., and Grace Whiton, twenty-five, of Palmyra, Va. Rev. James L. Mc-Lain. lawyer, anu a remariuiDM record, aa a Judge. - Oldest Newspaper Man. . . v General Pryor Is proud of thVfaet that he is perhaps the oldest heivst paper man in the United States, . lie was editor of the South Side News, of Petersburg. Va., In 1849. In 1854. he was an editorial writer' on the Wash ington Union. In 1856 he became one of the owners of the Richmond Kn qulrer. His first employment in New York after the war was as editor of Ben Wood's Dally News, which had been a vigorous supporter of the Soutth throughout the conflict. One other thing General Prior mod estly calls attention to. That is the fact that-even while he was In the ranks he was still a brigadier general in the Confederate army. In 1864 he was superseded by the orders of an un friendly Secretary of War in the com mand of a brigade in the Army ot Northern Virginia. He resigned hie) commission and enlisted as a private- in a cavalry regiment under FiUhugh Lee. Jefferson Davis refused to ae- cept his resignation, and early In the) winter of 1864, when the former gen eral was still a private, he was mad a prisoner, lie spent six montns isv aort Lafayette. New York, but whe e war ended his commission as m brigadier was still in effect. His Most Prized Trophy. The trophy of the war that Gen eral Pryor prizes most highly is ths message he sent his wife on November 27, 1864. telling her of his capture. It was written in pencil on the inside of an envelope, but before he had had a chance to start it on its way, througn the Daily News office in New York, 1 was taken from him when be was) searched at the Capitol prison in Washington. In 1897 General Pryor was prepar ing a charge to a Jury In the Court of Common Pleas, when Laflln Kel logg, the attorney, of 115 Broadway, handed him an envelope with the re mark that he might be interested In what was "inside it." General Pryor put it into his pocket, and it was not until he had reached home that even ing that he discovered Its nature. It was the message to his wife. It Is now framed and In a place ef honor la General Pryor's library. Slayer Released on $7,500 Ball. DURHAM, N. C, Special. Judge Frank Daniels yesterday released Er nest Ray, who shot and killed Henry Jones a week ago at Chapel Hill, on a $7,600 bond. Habeas corpus pro ceedings have been Instituted. BABY GIRL FRIGHTENED TO DEATH BY GANDER De You Use Eye Salve t Apply only from Aseptic Tubes to Prevent Tnfeptinn. Murine Eve Salve In VA., Tubes New Size 25c. Murine Eye Llq- PiTAXTTlA SANATORIUM. O Special The United States Govern- uid 25c-50c. Eye Books in each Pkg. SANFORD, KY. Special. The three-year-old daughter of Mrs. Cleve Garland, living near Chappell's Gap. died of fright following an attack by a large, gander. The little one was play ing In the yard when her mother heard her scream, and ran out to find that the goose had the child's dress In its bill and was endeavoring to beat It with Its wings. The mother grabbed the little one up In her arms, when It expired Immediately. 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