Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 1

THn TIME FOUNDED 1M lire DISPATCH FOUNDED IIS WHOLE NUMBER 17779 RICHMOND VA FRIDAY DECEMBER 20 1907 PRICE TWO 771 1 Democratic House Leader' COL CUTSHAW LONG SICK PASSES AWAY Death of City Engineer of Richmond Came Peacefully Last Night UNCONSCIOUS 1 FOR 24 HOURS ORGANIZE TRUST Report That Virginia bis- tillers Are to Go Into Holding Company- NEW FRAUD CASES SOON TO BE HEARD GJUfciu tJtrnO 0 ti lilwtZU Zv' fo Atun'A Qtihf-O' A (LUiL Zh0 tp Af' IvdtSi faff yAj fifty and Mr DeArmond Y- WAS vi I Rivals for Democratic Leader ship Come to Blows in Dispute i as 1 6 Assignments of Mis- tr souri Members to Com- 4 i Af W- v- Conservative Estimate Places Government Loss at $300000 Disclosures at Danville Reveal Moonshine Tactics in Licensed Plants Im Nmumitlii reload Cutshaw Kngfarrr et Richmond Third Great Coal Mine in Same Belt In a Month KXrIXEFlt CCTfillAW FIGHT UNTIL MARCH Mpselsl From staff Coitmiiob tent DANVILLE VA December 19 Kc-porta that practically all the distillers l-ereebout had formed or are- forming a holllng company lacked officlnl verification her to-day The admission however that tha liquor dealer terrified by the recant disclosure 'and the fear of wholesale proaeciitlon had' employed rrorea of the ablest lawyeii In thla aectlon to defend them the expense of which wan to lie -shared by all alike aeema to be the ha in for the truat Idea the object of which la to provide general protection for those on the run Except for the fact that District Attorney Moore was- aent to Ida bed under the atraln of prosecuting work the Federal court would atlU fie in aeaalon But In the early spring tha dlatlllera will walk back to the bar -According to connervattve estimate they here trimmed Uncle Ham put- of 1100000 With II per cent of the counties of Korth Carolina under prohibition many dimmer from that Statari ave crossed over the Virglrla line and In the Fifth Congressional District they are ra thick aa the proverbial hop Home of them conduct business honeatly and In order Othera who realise apparently that they cannot make felr profit eftrr paying the government tax have found that the government waa easy enough tc defraud If the game wa properly worked and whilst they paid the tax on a part of the output they sold thousands of barrel hr adopting tha moonahlne plan- That accounts for the activity of grand Juries Then again It is common talk that the whlakey truat Is aiding the government being anxious to get rid of a class of coroptrltlon which cannot be easily controlled However the moat interesting goselp around Dan- vllle concern the probability of the paaaage of a Stats prohlblttoa law li January aa a natural sequence of this crooked work All of these thl com blued with the feat bf prison i stripe makes tha festive Christmas tlma ona without comfort to thoae who- supply the bibulous with tha product of tha corn art you going to do in Richmond?" was frequently asked today Conservative people point ouh however that the fight of the Rates on those who nave f4 keep within the lew la not an ment for prohibition Danville for Instance llcenaee about twenty bara Times-Dlspateh Bureau Munuty Building Washlnston DeM Representative John Sharp Williams leader of the minority of the House off Representatives haa a rather raw face' and Representative DeArmond of -Mla-f ourl beers no mark to-night" as thv result of a fisrie encounter bat wee tr1 the two on the floor of the House Im-' mediately following adjournment this afternoon A doxan blowe passed bel fore rriende succeeded Jn separating' tha combatants 80 far aa could "he'd ascertained only the first two-- licks were effective applied by J4rJ DeArmond to Mr Williams caused all the trouble am a waa tha explanation offered by Williams or tha blow which ha atruefe'd hi first lieutenant for that Is re- garded as the position occupied by DeArmond on the Democratic The row arose over committee aa-l ignmente which are made for ih Democrats by the minority leader ln-f lead of by the 8peaker who eolecta'in the Republican members of tha standing committees Representative Joneej! of Virginia a warm friend of' both Mr! Williams and Mr DeArmond1 made1 determined effort at the beginning''1 the present session to take sway from the leader the privilege of naming Democratic committee members bn-t less than half a dosen members of the 4 caucus supported the resolution tharf have not been any other fights as aye-si suit of tbe naming of the committee members by Mr Williams but there Jaf much very hard feeling manifested and there may be more trouble Mr Williams Wanted Tha spirit of rivalry 'that fotf' ftvr years haa alternately smoldered and biased between Mr Williams and Mr- DeArmond of: Missouri culminated the fist fight to-day in the Tho blowe of Representative DeArmond 4 blood: to Row dawn tha: face of Representative Will lams and onlW' tbe forcible Intervention of frleada cut tho combat short Mr DeArmondJv boro away no mark Tha Immediate cause or the fight' --was the pasaing' of the 11 by DeArmond to Mr Willlama resultant of a complaint by tha former that thM minority leader had broken faith IT'S Representative Boohar of Missouri by recommending hla ea- slgnraent by -Speaker Cannon to thei Committee on Coinage Weights odd £3' Served Public in Most Important Capacity for Thirty-Four Years His Brilliant War Record Praised by General Lee Council to Honor His Memory 11 Colonel Wilfred Cutahaw City Engineer died night at 3:30 o'clock In the sixty-ninth year of his age The end of hi long end -eventful characterised by great achievement on the field of battle end in the upbuilding of th municipality which he had-falthfuily nerved for thirty-four came peacefully lie had been vneonsejous for twefity-four hours With him at the time of bls death were Mr end Mr Calvin Whlteley Jr anl Mr and Mrs I Taliaferro Mr Tellferro having been long associated wltb him In the Engineering Department The funeral arrangements have not been completed Ill Nerorel Weeks Though he had been Hi 'several weeks Colonel CXitshaw's friends expected him to recover as he had pulled through former attacks When it became known yesterday however Uiet he could not long survive his friends prepared theha selves for the worn Colonel Cutshaw lived with Mr White-ley Mrs Whlteley his niece having regarded him almost as her father- He left no' children Ilia mother died on Christmas Dar II 0 at the ripe old age of ninety-four His wifa died in 1330 Ona hour before the funeral the two branches of City Council will meet- In Joint session to pay a tribute to hia memory Tbs members wltb city officials will attend the funeral In a body The Board of Aldermen was In session when Colonel Cutshaw died Preparing (Sr Hie RellaC Because of hie feeble condition and his wonderful store of Information about every feature of the city engineering work the Council was preparing to adopt an ordinance making him Consulting Engineer and placing the detail -upon another'who aoclated with him as Engineer Hie term would -not bee expired until July STOP RICHMOND COUPLE next end as Mayor McCarthy recently explained no other men could here been alerted Engineer while Colonel Cutshaw lived It 1 waa through the efforts of tha Mayor that changes in the department were suggested ee he realised the Importance of retaining his services but felt that he should not be burdened with the worry and CITY FISH-HARRIMAN GOES OVER CHICAGO ILL December annuel meeting of the stockholders the Illinois Central Railroad postponed 'to-night by order of Judge Ball of tho Huperlor Court March Id The stock transfer books 1 of company arc to be closed on the preceding that upon which Judge Is to band down his decision In Injunction eiiit now pending and to remain cloned until the postponed meeting finally adjourns In the meantime tranefera of any portion of 281231 sheres of stock effected by- Injunction suit can only be made to the right of the to into their genuineness The details of the postponed were arranged et a session of Felice Prana! Miae Gedser front Mr Muerlee (Special to Tha Tlmek-Dispatch BALTIMORE MD tieeember 19 The -arrival ef a telegram from of Police Louis Werner of Richmond prevented the marriage of Mlsa- A Godaey of Ko GAI East Clay Street and Mr Arthur Quarles No North Tenth Street both of Richmond In this city to-day Headquarters Hall met the prospective groom in the clerk's office of tho Court Common Pleas Just as ho was about secure the license The' couple accompanied by Henry Godsejr-fc brother of tha and a cousin left on the o'clock for Washington i to-night having to postpone their matrimonial venture to lonw future date Mr ey states that the only objection the wedding was the girl's age she but eighteen Tears old Quarles The of waa until tfis day Ball the kre the the subject Inquire meet- terrupted two day ego by tho the troversy over the aknnuejl meptlpg Autograph Letter ef Unml Robert far Position of City O- in RATE DISPUTE Gov Glenn and Southern Railway Agree on Plan Generally Acceped Tlmas-Dispateh Bursau Mu user Building Washington Doe it The settlement of the whole railway rata fight la the Houth was hod In view in the agreement definitely decided upon In the office of 1 President Finley to-day between the Southern Railway and Governor Glenn of North Carolina This conference formally ratified the tentative agreement reached between the two parties lu Raleigh on December 11th the announcement of which was made at the time by Governor Glenn The agreement In the North Carolina case is subject to approval by the Legislature of that State Even then It Is not to become operative until adopted by an the other 8tatee In which tbe Southern namely Georgia Virginia South Carolina Tennessee end Alabama 1 What Agreement census The agreement offers a' lower rate on Interstate business than now prevails It offers 2000 mileage books Interstate end interchangeable et much lower rates than the fares now charged In these £tates It seems- therefore that -ther-w wflr lewnf having other States approve The specific terms of the -egireement are these: The rate on interstate end Intrastate passenger business Is fixed 3 1-2 cent Two thousand mileage books at 3 cents will be good for Interstate and Interchangeable use by firms and their employes not exceeding five persona Two thousand mileage hooka et 1 cents will be good for family use number unlimited Five hundred mile finally hooka will be sold at 3 1-8 cents President Finley was asked tonight concerning the 1 agreement He declared that he preferred not to say anything but that Governor Glenn would give out a full account of what happened' Governor Glenn on being seen seemed much -pleased with the settlement of negotiations as dl2 ex-Governor Charles Aycock of North Carolina who accompanied him The others present at the conference were General Counsel A Thom and Vice-PreRldent Andrews of the Southern Two Roads Still Hold Oat Governor Glenn stated that the Southern and tha Seaboard had agreed to the compromise The Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville are holding out and probably will do eo until forced to accede The Governor will urge upon the Legislature of North Carolina the adoption of the terms of this agreement but will not call a special session for this purpose until tha other Southern States Indicate a willingness to come in under the tent On the side of the railroad' the whole object le to secure uniformity In rata legislation Under this agreement as to rates Interstate and Intra-' state passenger business uro brought harmony throughout the South The North Carolinians believe the agreement la an advantageous one both for tha people and the railroad The Southern has agreed to pay all costa which have been Incurred during tha recent Btlgatlon The amount will reach nearly $20008 Every effort to reach some Virginia official authorised to apeak for the State as to Its probable attitude In the matter of a compromise on the rate problem was unavailing Inst night Governor Swanson and Judge Front Is chairman of the State Corporation Commission had both retired when the message from Washington waa received Mr Stuart and Mr Willard the other members of tho commission were out of the city MAY BE CURTAILMENT Paaeennvr Depart meat of Southern Trying to Bctaia Service Special re The TlmMeDlepatchl WASHINGTON December 19 Hardwick passenger traffic manager of the Southern Railway said to-night that the passenger department was trying bard to prevent any Marrying Chief EUa G13 Detective of to bride-to-be train decided God to being vowed they would be married In less than a month Major Werner said last night that at the request of Miss Oodsey parents he had telegraphed to BaUimore to prevent the marriage of the young couple who eloped from Richmond yesterday Miss Godsey's brother went to -o bring hi sister home Mr' aid to-be a plumber by terday Miss Godsey's i Baltimore to bring hi Queries Is Both State Submit Farms for Agutat-meet ef Master' WASHINGTON December Counsel for the Mate of Virginia and the State of -West Virginia submitted to tbe Supreme Court of the United State to-day rorms for Its approving of tho appointment of a master to take testimony In the case pending between these two State ee to the accountability of West Virginia for a part of the debt of 1 Virginia which accrued before 181 when West Virginia was made a State from a part of Virginia The two documents differed very! materially as to the points on which testimony shall be taken Both agreed upon the first requirement which Is that the amount of the public debt of Virginia on January 1861 should he ascertained and that it should be taken specifically as to how and In what form this debt was evidenced and by what authority of law and for what purposes- It was created together with the date and nature of the bonds or other evidences of the Indebtedness Virginia makes an especial request for the ascertainment of the amount Proportion of- the indebtedness whch hould In equity- be apportion- to and now be paid by the State of West Virginia whll by the State -e West Virginia JACOB'S CREEK PA December 19 explosion of gas in the Darr mine of tho Pittsburg Coal Company located here to-day entombed between 60 and 350 miners and there 1 scarce-ly a ray of hope that a single one 'of them will be taken from tne mines alive Partially wrecked buildings In the vicinity of tbe mine and tho coalition of the lew bodies found early In the rescue work indicate an explosion of such terrlflo force that It seem Impossible that any one could have survived it All of the thirteen bodlrs taken out up to this time are tsrrlbly mutilated and three of them are headless Thle is tho third mine disaster since the first of the month In tho veins of bituminous coal underlying Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia fo-the mine near Fayette end tbe two mlnan nee Monongeh Va In which the two explosions occurred are In the same belt as the local workinga catastrophe ewelia the number of victims Of deadly mind gas for tha nineteen days to between 353 and 3001 That to-day1 dlsestar doee not eeuai lire and attendant horrors the one In West Virginia Is due to tbe devotion to chUreb duties of a considerable number of the- miners in observance of the church festival many of the 400 m-in regularly omployed at the mine did not go to work thle morning Those who escaped through this reason are members of the Greek Catholic Church and thoy suspended work to celebrate 8l Nicholas Day As was the case at Monongah the explosion followed a brief shutdown the Darr mine having been closed Tuesday and Wednesday- It waa 11:30 o'clock when the tenth trip of loaded core had been brought out to the tipple and there came an awful rumbling sound followed Immediately by a loud report and concussion that shook nearby buildings and was felt within a radius of several miles At the earns time there cams out of the mouth ol the mine an Immense cloud of dense smoke and duet that floated across the Yougnlogheny River Crowd Raehee to Iccse Intuitively every one In the vicinity knew what had happened and all started for the one place the mouth of the mine The river separatee the mine and the homes of many of tha miners so that only a portion of those who started for the scene were able to reach It there being scant facilities for crossing the stream To those who could not cross the water the smoke end duet pouring in from tha mine's mouth told a story of seething flames back In tbe workings and from this source came reports that were persistent until lata In the day that the mine was burning The ventilating fane were kept la operation almost without Interruption however the power plant having withstood the force of tha explosion and up to thla time the rescuers have found no fire In any place In the mine As far as known only one man who went to work this morning escaped JoMeph Mapleton a pumper einrf-rrd from nne of the side entries slioly after the explonlon He had left the part of the mine where' most of the men were working and was on hla way to the engine-room for oil was near entry 21" said he I heard sn awful rumbling I started toward the entry but the next Instant was Idindrd and for a little rime 1 did not know anything Then I got to the side entry and worked my way out" Mnpleton was somewhat cut and bruised but later returned to themtue and Joined the rescuing parties Prompt esc ee Werk William Kelvlnston superintendent of tho mine waa not In the mine when the explosion occurred and he quickly organised rescuing parries starting one force of twenty-five men with reliefs at short Intervals In tlie main entry and a similar force at a side entry It Is hoped to reach the greater part of the victims through the latter So far little trouble has been encountered on account of gas or Isck of air by the rescuer While the officials end the rescuers have only the faintest hope that any of the men may be living all work Is tom carried on upon the theory that charging each dealer iM'r Inquiring all 40 cloee at siflt It le said la even better at tlme than when the town was without saloons But thst has no bearing on the wholesale trouble In Treat Deeeat Vtsat Tbeea i The whiskey truat does not want to take the well-informed cltUen tatlve of Tha Tlme-DUpatch can not control the output orUieprlclt force all to be honest with thsae people out of tha way tha trust would have sealer tailing eapeelnlly when the trading territory cut down hy tha enactment of prohlbl-tl on laws I have often heard it that a few yeera back whan a right-eous wave wea sweeping over Caroline the atrongeat ally of the temperance element wea this mn trust It might he a good thing too If it should support and- aid the government In thla light here" Whan a distiller la required to make four gallons of liquor out of one bushel corn It appewaaa irhU profit might Bry I be epormoua But It la not na afternoon in hi carriage driving to Mal he must (1AV thi lAli llr Ee I Ck he muet pay the tax hire care of the office work Colonel Cutshaw took hold of the rebuilding end reconstruction of the city after It had been ravaged by war In that work he had to encounter a world of difficulties and tribulations He planned the erection of the City Hall the finest structure In Richmond he made the lines and grades for the streets and avenues the moat beautiful In the Couth he laid out the parks and boulevards Hie greatest ambi-was to turn every available foot tlon of space into recreation resorts for the public end especially the children Faithful and EMcst A few months ego he Joined a merry-making party et Byrd Perk Gut beyond the Idlewood pavilion he looked toward the south mistake we made when we bought thle property" he xald "wee in not taking in more That wee the way be felt about other parka Up to the time that be was forced to remain et which wee hot many weeks ego Cutshaw spent almost every the court wtrtch lasted until o'clock For more then an hour the attorneys for Btuyvesand Fish and Harrl-man argued over the question of keep-in the transfer books open gfter Judge Ball should have given his decision In the Injunction auit It is now apparent that no decision l- will bo reached by -Judge Bell until late In February The annual meeting wblcn waa perfunctorily called to order today after adjournment from yesterday will be again convened to-morrow and adjourned to March 2d- Injunction proceedings 'will be resumed to-morrow morning- Attorney Farrar taking Up the thread of his argument where he left off when ln- VIRGINIA DEBT CASE UP asks that particular etteutlon be paid to the ordinary expenses of tha 8tete government befone 1881 end to the receipts from the counties now included In West Virginia The court will necessarily have to decide between the two contentions end in the end probably will draw an order of Ua own 0RYS WIN IN POCAHONTAS A Her a Hard and Exciting Campaign They Carry the Day by Ten Special to Tits Timm-Dispatch POCAHONTAS VA December 19 After a hard'-foUght campaign the town of Pocahontas went dry to-day by ten majority The vote was 92 for the drys end -82 for the wets The result is a complete surprise even to the most ardent supporters of the temperance movement This Is the only pJlnt in the Ninth Congressional District where liquor Is now sold under license and when the saloons here cloy there will not be one left In this district! Early In the morning the church bells tolled and all-day service! were held In 'the Methodist Church and on the streets near the polls The dry forces were led by Rev McAlister of the Anti-Saloon League assisted by Pastors 8 Moore A Kennedy and Cartrlght of the several churches also by the Rev Clark of Bluefleld and the Rev Tyler Fresler The election waa very orderly and although there was Intense earnestness on both side there wse not a dispute of any kind -Talk ef Deelerlng It Void' fipec'sl Th Tlmes-Dlspeteh 1 TAZEWELL VA December There I some talk of the election held In Pocahontas to-day being declared null end void on account of the statute which provides that no local option election shell be held within days of any regular election There was an election for Congressman on Tuesday MISS YOUNG TAKES POISON Tpadg Danville Woman Makan' Futile Attempt at ftalrtde rtfneeliil to Tha-T'mas-Dlsnateh) DANVILLE VA December IS Miss Fannie Young aged about twenty-five years attempted suicide at her home here lent night by drinking laudanum Mhe rushed into tha room where her father Ilaley Young and other members of the family were sitting and threw an empty Jaudanum bottle on the floor She soon became unconscious hut her life wea saved by prompt medical attention The 1 causa le a mystery though' unrequited love Is said to bo-responsible fur her act notion thirtv 13311 I J- Measures According to the statements 1 of tha prlnclpala Mr Willlama defend- ed hla action by declaring ha had bean told by Mr Booher'a colleague Reprr entative Lloyd of Missouri that the1 -onimlttee assignments would be setts- factory to Mr Booher Mr DeArmond bluntly questioned the truth of' the statement and after the failure of A an effort on his part to transfer th cane of Impending battle Mr Williams struck Mr DeArmond face with hie closed flat Hanse Had Adjonned The exciting incident will not1 be et down In the official records of the proceedings of the Sixtieth Congref for the House had been sooie minutes adjourned when tha first blow was struck But' there was no lafk ef wlt-s nesses The organisation of the House had 'been completed by tbe announce- ment cf tho Speaker's hsslgnments 'if1 members to committees the Republl- A can committeemen having been as- If lected by the Speaker and the Demo- erotic by Mr William i '-X-ff Groups of representatives were seat- tered over the floor discussing th appointments the causes perhaps be-'-hind them and the effects maybe to follow In tha overlooking galleries loitered a score or so of women and' four time that many men viewing the1 aftermath of an Interesting session Mr Williams relaxed from the long-strain of allotting preferment among the 167 fellow-Democrate whose minor-i- ity strength he officially leads waa netted at ease at tlie desk of Repre- A scfitatlve Wallace' of Arkansas on tlM centre aisle on the Democratic eWe of the House 31 DeArmond approached greeted: I hint and took the adjoining seat At-v once they engaged each other In est talk hut pitched their voices so lpn A that afterward only one or two sms-'1' here who were very close to them could- recall anything they had eald-- Fight Dasra Spectators They had been thus In converts for -no longer than a few minutes whan Y' both men sprang to their feet shoring their chairs back and th gentleman from Mississippi struck the gentleman from Missouri a glancing blow on th' nose Some representative cried out: Look at tha fight!" -Everybody looked but so startled were they by what they saw that no ona restned for tha moment to think ot rushing forward and stopping it A Meantime Mr Willlama and Mr i-Armond wedged between two rows of A ilesks were still exchanging' blows Blood waa flowing' down tbe face of the leader of tha minority while Mr Do -1' Armond wee endeavoring to grasp hla opponent by tha throat at tha earns time receiving and vigorously return-In blow for blow Then everybody awoke to the unseemliness of the mas and crowded in and made an end of It1' Mr DeArmond was sad hi' arms plntonwd' Mr Williams waa pushed back against a desk and laced about with deterrent arms Thus re-trained he relaxed his aggressive at tltude: but hi adverwary struggled hr 1 the embrace of his friendly raptor -j and tried to lash out Then Mr- Do- --Armond Interrogated Mr Willlama aa to what he was excited about Mr- Williams smlllngty though tears ef riortlflcatlon stood In his eyes dsnled 1 that ho wea cxtlttd gad took put vViES! trade PROMINENT' MAN ENDS LIFE Headley Puts Pistol In His Mouth aud Kill Himself Rpeclal to The Tlm-Dlspatchj CHARLOTTE December Mr Hendley one of Anson county's beet known and moat loved men killed himself at hi store at Anjsou-vtlle near Wadeaboro this afternoon The deed was committed by placing the barrel of a large pistol in Ms mouth after which the shot was fired 'He had Just waited on a customer In the store bout five minutes before the deed was committed A Mr Hendley was about forty-five years of age the father of seven tfiill-dren and is survived by his- second wife He had been In business at Anson villa for about twenty-five years previous to Is death For many years of his business life he was unusually successful but more recently 111 health haa kept him from giving cloee attention to his business and his despondency was probably due to this fact Anson county had few rltlxens who more readily- championed ail moral causes or were more concerned about the welfare GAiNES GIVES BALD -Tennesseean Denounces Newspaper Publication Concerning Him WASHINGTON December "I brand the writer of that as a liar and the statement a absolutely false" said Representative John Gaines of Tennessee on the floor of the House to-day follpwlng the reading of a statement appearing In a local newspaper that he had made a football rnstv In the Committee on Appropriations to recommend' a deficiency appropriation of 150008 for -seeds for free distribution A bill to cover that amount had Juet been offered by Mr Tawney and Mr Gaines had the floor He received a round of applause after hurling hla opprobrium MINISTER HAUGE DIES East and West End sections in peering hewer work and directing Me assistants Ho was Invariably present at the meetings of the Street Committee- There was not a question about the city which he could not answer thoroughly explicitly end in detail And when the members wrangled far Into-the night he remained end then went home et the end helped along by hi faithful man He was not an officer who spilt heirs He demanded end received the best that was in his an-slats nts and yet with It all he was as gentle as a child Assistant Engineer Taliaferro and Captain Taylor Htratton were very close to him For weeks they called dully at Mr residence to ask about hi condition Mr Taliaferro went there late yesterday when ho knew the end was near and stood by tho bed as hie friend end chief passed after a life that was unsullied and brilliant and withal a credit to tbe community in which he had struggled for the common good Aa General Robert Lee once said of him ho waa faithful and efficient meaning In end It was that way In hie public Ufa Sketch of His Life Colonel Cutshaw waa born at Harper's Ferry Va now West Mrglnla onJaruary 25 (SSS His father was Geotge Cutshaw a native of Loudoun county Va who died In' 1887 The grandfather of Colonel Cutshaw was John Cutshaw a Maryland farmer who was a taran of the War of ills The Cutshaw family were of Scotch extraction The mother of Colonel Cutshaw Martha Moxley was born in Alexandria and la of English ancestry Colonel Cutahaw after preparation at home and aLa local academy entered th Virginia Military Institute Lexington where he graduated In 1858 with a thorough knowledge of civil and military engineering a profession to which he has given the study of a lifetime After teaching one term In nn academy in Loudoun county Colonel Cutahaw became In 195 an Instructor In the Hampton Military Institute continuing there until the spring of 131 when he re- (Contlnucd- on -Third Page-l buy meal uenti and to holp him and spend a good round sum for his plant The tax alone Is almost as much as his selling prloe which means little or no profit To get rich the unscrupulous ones must cheat The elmpleet plan therefore la to pay the tax on eay twenty-five of every 100 gallons end "moonshine" the eeventy-flve Tlmt Is the common practice The flimsiest sort of record have been kept It was charged that one dealer had sold more thsn a thousand gallons made from only thirty bushels of corn the tax seemingly being nased on the corn purchase Until they are III trouble nobody Is able to figure on the cash aseete of tbe dlatlllera but once they face prosecution they come out with cocks filled with real gold and offer any amount to keep away from Jail And so it goes from year to year Cloak of Prelect leu Whether the holding company's main Idea is to buck tho truat or whether It le devised as a means of protection Is a debatable question If formed for the letter purpose alone it would hardly work satisfactorily as the ax of the law must fall upon the man' to whom tho revenue license waa granted and who must be held criminally responsible for the evil conduct of hie plant It could however be used as a cloak of protection In so far as It would operate as tbe legal branch of the buslr esa which Is to eay it would assure very dealer In It the promise of help In time of trouble That the trust policy already prevalla to some extent at least was shown at the recent trial iere when It was found that one big stockholder In the Dry Fork Distilling Company was financially interested in the Caspar concern Tho profit-earning feature it la claimed would ni appeal to afi Investor where tho bust-Ptss had to be fairly managed In pther words the returns would be small and meagre If the legal tax Is paid on very gallon sold The charge that most of the distll-leriee arc a croaa between a lawful concern end an outlaw Joint is not relished by the higher da of people engaged In the business But that talk le frequently heard The whole Industry (Continued on Bocond Fage1 curtailment of the number of passenger trains operated on the road has been decided upon by the mar ment It Is not believed to be possl- ble to prevent the order going Into which and every point of the workings be explored The main office of tbe company la In Pittsburg and Immedl ately upon receipt of the newa of tbe explosion the officers hurried to tbe mine end are leading and directing the rescue work Wero la Remote Working About 1800 feet from the mouth of the mine a heavy fall of roof was encountered by the rescuer It le believed that moat of the men 111 be' found nearly a mile and a half beyond this point ilow long It wilt require to remove enough of the fallen roof to open a passage to these remote working ran only be conjectured as It depeuds on how frequent them falls are met with It te hoped from the progress made up to this time however thkt the farther section will be reached early to-morrow There arc several side entries through which 9 ACimtluued on Third Fijej effect but the passenger officials hope to be able to weep the reduction at a minimum It Is expected that the order will be ready for the public about Tuesday of next week ARREST FOR STEALING BATH Two Virginia as la I'larlaaall Gnllty la Charge Rperlal to Tbs Tlmss-Dlspsteb-l CINCINNATI OHIO December A- Hmilh aged thirty-two of Alexandria Va and Harris aged twenty-six-claiming to be from Charlottesville Va and a graduate of the University of Virginia were arrested this morning for breaking into the 31 A and using the bath They admitted stealing a bath but said they needed one Sentences were suspended an condition they leave tewu Norwegian Ambassador Mnccnmbs to findden Heart Attack CHRISTIANA NORWAY December 19 tleuge tbe Norwegian minister to the United States died to-day while on a snow-shoeing trip Mr Hauge left here alone this morning expecting to return early In the afternoon As he did not return a searching party was aent out from here end found hi body lying In the road Physicians made every effort to resuscitate-him but without success I A'': t-' if rV' Vrv Vi v-'v'--.