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THE HESrGTON JEOST TUESrYv GUST 2G 1907 SWAH80M IS DEFENDED Wrights Attorney Says That Criticisms Are Unjust 1 DELAY HT CASE KOT TTNUSTJAL Should Be Remembered James Clements Says that Since Opening of the Jamestown Exposition Governor Has Many Duties Pressing Upon Him Cost of Keeping Assailant Exaggerated FIXES AUBUEKWEECK BLAME 4 WASHIK3T0K rOSTBtmiAC Kins Street Alexanflha Vs James Clements attorney tor Joan Wright who Is charged with bavins as vaulted Miss ilabel Rlsley nearly a year ago and who Is now confined In the Alexandria County Jail said yesterday that any criticism of Gov Swanson about the delay lit deciding on the petition for commutation Is unjust He said that the assertions of certain persons complaining of the delay In the case and the expenses attending the keeping of the prisoner were uncalled for The facts about the case said he are as follows I Wright was Indicted for assault on Matel Rlsley October 15 1906 counsel was assigned on October 26 to idefend him end he was tried on the 21st of October His tral the trial of a man for his life wJl go down in history as the most hurriedly conducted one on record Qov Swanson reprieved the prisoner until August 31 1907 There is nothing unusual about this and the time of ex tension of ninety daxs Is that invariably allowed in order to give the Important matter of commatatibn of the death sentence proper consideration There Is no ground whatever for criticism in the matter It should be remembered that the governor Is very busy man and has been ever since the opening of the Jamestown Exposition and many public and Important duties are pressing upon him In regard to the expense of keeping wnght in JalL Mr Clements said Several papers In Washington and one paper In Virginia have lately published the erroneous statements that the cost of maintaining Wright In the Alexandria County jail Is 150 per month A total of J2 a month Is the largest amount the cost of the prisoner should properly be Want Johnson for Judgeship Judge Norton Delegate James Caton and Corporation Attorney Samuel Fisher left for Richmond yesterday morning to lay before Gov Swanson the claims of John AL Johnson of this city for the Circuit Judgeship made vacant by the resignation of Judge Barley Mr Johnson is at Atlantic City where bis daughter Is Quite 11L Mr Hoof Hip Dislocated It was reported Jresterday morning that Charles Hooff the venerable president oUie First National Bank bad fallen while leaving the Jewish synagogue at Allan tic City Saturday and fractured his flip Later a letter was received froin Atlantic City Raylnsr that Mr HootTs hip bad only been dislocated and that be Is Improving rapidly under the care of bis daughter at Dr Emery Marvels sanitarium Would Welcome Joint Debate Alexander Wedderburn of Fairfax County who is one of State Senator Lewis Machena opponents tor the senate Said yesterday that he expected to make speeches In Alexandria Manassas Fairfax Herndon and several other places Jbetween now and September 10 the date set for the primary and would be glad to have Mr Machen and EweU Thornton of Fairfax the thirl candidate meet him In Joint debate Mr Machen has announced that he will speak at Herndon Thursday night at Vienna Saturday night and at Forrestvllle Monday Family of Turner Located The famfiy of John Turner was located yesterday when a telegram was received from Miss Ella Klrlin dated at Baltimore Md which said Embalm body and hold until relatives arrive Turner ms killed by a fall from the top of a portable tower near Spring Park Saturday It Is presumed that Mlsa Klrlin is the writer of a number of letters found among Turners effects dated at Johnson Tenuu and signei Ella Fined for 4saulL Fannie Brooks colored was fined 325 In the Police Court yesterday morning for striking Jennie Robinson also colored ever the bead with a beer bottle The assault was committed on the steamer Jane Moseley August and the Robinson woman was so seriously Injured that she could not appear In court until yesterday Mrs Julia Davies Dead Mrs Julia Davies wife of Davies diifl yesterday morning at her home 1317 Duke street She was a daughter of John And Ellsa Kid well and was forty years ol fl SAYS THORNTON IS CHOICE Jury Holds Engineer Conductor Dis patchers and Soad Responsible Raleigh Aug 19 The coroners Jury of Wake County investigating the uiuse oi we neaa on collision Detween a freight and a passenger train on the Southern Railway near Auburn August in which a freight engineer and two firemen were killed finished Us work this afternoon -The verdict declares that Engineer RIp pey and Conductor Oakley are guilty of gross negligence and carelessness In overlooking their orders tto meet the freight that Ketchum chief train dis patcher and Victor Parvin train dis patcher are also guilty of gross negligence and carelessness In not using the middle 6rder system shown by the evir dence to have been In force in the Southern Railway on this division before Au gust and that the Southern Railway Is to be censured for the loose way In which Its rules are enforced on the Durham division of its road Under the State law the verdict against the four men named will bring a trial for manslaughter though no warrants have been yet Issued Conductor Oakley has previously testified that he forent the order to meet the freight being busy laung up tickets To day Engineer Rlppey testified he was sick the afternoon of the wreck and forgot the ordert as did bis fireman who had promised to remind him to stop at Ash Vara BITES OFF EMPLOYES EAR Proprietor of Elkins Hotel Disappears After Assaulting Former Steward Special to The Waanlnclon poet Elkins Vs Aug 19 Charley Harr one of the proprietors of the Hotel Gas saway this city is now apparently a fugitive from Justice having this forenoon In a fight with James Burns formerly the steward at the hotel bitten off a greater part of Burns ear Bad feeling existed between the two men since Burns resignation several months ago when be tried to persuade the cooks to leave as well Harr called Burns oflt of a barber shop and after trying to kick Burns in a vital spot proceeded to bite off his ear Harr has not been seen since the episode Armed with a warrant the chief of police searched the hotel without finding Harr who it Is believed has left town TWO FALL TWENTY FEET One of Brothers May Die as Result of Playful Scuffle Special to The Wuhlnjton Port Spencer CX Aug Llnton Wray a traveling salesman of Chicago is in a dangerous condition at the home of hii father Wray in Spencer as a result of falling through an elevator hole at a livery stable here Saturday night James Wray a brother was also in jured at the same time and In the same manner but Is out of danger The brothers it is said were In a playful scuffle in the garret aiyl missed their footing falling twenty feet to the ground Both men were unconsdcnis for about an hour and Linton Wray sustained severe internal injuries His condition is precarious EXPLAINS RATE FIXING Competition Is Basis Expert in Carolina Case Says TELLS COSTS OF RAILROADS John Daley Outlines Difficulties of Transportation Auditor Beymer of Georgia Central Asserts Profit Is but 15 Per Cent Hearing Will Adjourn to Washington Wednesday TRAIN STRIKES HAND CAR One of Occupants Fatally Injured Two Others Saved by Jumping Special to The Waihlngton Font Danville Va Aug i Ben Edwards aged about eighteen was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train near Martinsville Henry County late this afternoon while riding on a hand car and fatally injured Three men were on the car all of whom have been employed in railroad work They had started for camp a distance flight miles from Martinsville without looking for a train The other two occupants of the car Jumped The car was smashed to pieces Edwards resided In Henry County near Wallers VICTIM OF SHOOTING DIES Friend of Gov Swanson Sure He Will Succeed Judge Hicol pedal tThe WaihTbsten Poet Richmond Va Aug ls Gov Swanson has ruot made an appointment of a Judge to succeed Judge Charles E4 Nlcol of the Sixteenth circuit who resigned when be bfceame a candidate for Congress in opposition to Congressman elect Carlln There are two candidates for the position John Thornton of rrincc William and Johnson of Alexandrian One of the closest of the governors personal and political friends says that be feels sure that the appointment will So to Thornton He was the first candidate tc annpunce himself lives In the county and Is exceedingly popular WANTED IN ALEXANDRIA Nora Mabry Killed Because She Would Not Sit in Mans Lap Special to The Waahlncton Poet Wilson Aug 13 Nora Mabry who was shot by Howard Johnson Sunday noon died at the Wilson Sanitarium last night They were strangers to each other Johnson entered the Mabry house drew up a chair beside a lounge on which the girl was reclining and commanded her to get up and sit on his lap She refused and be drew a revolver and shot her in the rleht aroln the ball nassin tHrough her body Johnson is in Jail FIELDS TO ASK REHEARING New York Aug 19 Information as to the costs of srailroad transportation was obtained from John Daley superintendent of transportation of the Illinois Central Railroad when he took the stand again to day as a witness before former Judge Montgomery who as master is taking depositions here which may lead to a solution of the question of the con stitutionality the 21 4 cent railroad rate law bt North Carolina Mr Daley was crossrexaniined by Mr Justice who appeared for the State of North Carolina The witness said that competition and not volume of business was largely the basis upon which railroad rates were fixed There were no long hauls In North Carolina hei said Explaining the costs of transportation Mr Daley who testified as an expert for the Southern Railway said The expenses are made up by the building of cars thelrrepalrs crews to man the trains the coal used In the en rlne and the tax levied every nay in Nbrtlj Carolina for the privilege of stand ing a train of cars at the end or tne run Besides you must take Into consideration that after a train runs sixty miles in one day the return rm has to be made and the same expenses continue Business 85 Per Cent Interstate To counsel for the Southern Railway Mr Daley said that 85 per cent of the business done by that company In North Carolina Is Interstate Beymer auditor of the Central of Georgia Railroad testified that the Southern Railway realises a proflfof but 15 cents on every dollar paid ror oomesuc trnsnortation It cos ts the other 85 cents to move the freight or passengers be said He could not separate the freight from the passenger Income In this estimate It costs 15 cents on the dollar earned more to handle business within the State than to hanlle all the rest of the companys business he said Richard Tarlor general superln tendent of the Mobile and Ohio Rail road testified that it costs more to handle local business of a railroad than it does to handle the other business explaining that small amounts were handled in local freight and that the freight cars had to move at statedpe rlods whether or Jiot the cars carried a full load In long runs the cars were filled to their utmost capaclt stops were fewer and the expense of handling the ireignt was less Will Adjourn to Washington The Investigation will be continued to morrow counsel agreeing to continue the hearings in this city until Wednesday night and then adjourn to Washington where the hearing will be resumed on Friday Gov Robert Glenn of North Caro lina who came to New York to consult 1th attorneys for the State in this hearing said to day that he would start for home to night I shall leave New York ie said perfectly satisfied with the way things are going in the hearing We have had witnesses on the stand under crbss ex amination and things have turned out Just as we expected Then do you exnect to rv on th stand yourself the governor was asked Oh no he replied had no inten sion oi going on tne stand person when I came here I merely came to ew York to consult with thA statu attorneys and look over things As evey oaiioiatiurj mere is no reason for a longer stay FIND INCENDIARY IN HOME Lawyer Convicted of Embezzlement Will Conduct His Own Fight Special to The Waahlnston Poet Wheeling Va Aug 19 Thomas Fields a Washington lawyer serving ten years sentence for embezzlement whose petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by Judge Dayton of the United States District Court will apply at once for a rehearing of his case and for the privilege of appearing In court to conduct his own case If the rehearing is not allowed he will appeal from the former decision to the Supreme Court ALLEGED INCENDIARY FOUND Man Wanted on Charge of Setting Fire to Mill Arrested in Danville Special to The Waablnstsn Post Danville Va Aug 19 Poterfield wanted in Amherst County on the charge of maliciously setting fire to Pedlars mill owned by Bailey which was destroyed several months ago was arrested here to day The mill together with its contents was destroyed entalllnga loss of 110000 Poterfleld at the time of the fire was employed by Bailey and when a warrant was issued for his arrest he left the neighborhood He will be taken back to Amherst to morrow HELD FOR SHOOTING POLICEMAN THREATENS EXPOSITION Sunday Best Association Will Boycott I Fair if It Opens on Sabbatiu Philadelphia Augrli Letters signed by the president 6t thee International Federa Klon of Sunday Rest AsaoclattpnsCoC Amer ica ana xna secretary pw tern of tne executive committee ox tne federation were to day sent to Tresldent Roosevelt Secretary at TreasqryCortelyoa and the president and board of managers of the Jamestown Exposition opposing the jprop osltion to ojfenthe exposition on Sunday The letters to the President arid Secretary Cortelyou est attention to the nf Congress granting an approprlatlontathe exposition 6b condition that tbe grounds should be closed oni3undayvind that no omceroi tne government underline acv has power to srraht ithereauestvtoronen the exposition The lettersjbf protestvtd the president and board of managers of the exposition contains tho following i i We are Just at this time tcompleting bur permanent programmed for September Z5 and zs as per preliminary anounce ment or June tne exposiuonis open on Sundaythe convention aTrahgea for September under the auspices of this er Rartizatlon will riot be beldand the in fluence of this federation rmnst be Oseti against the attendance upon the xpoaM tion i SAYS SHE DTOEDCClMTANY tv vs 4 StreetCarJ ConoeinCIaJoinaa iGot Damages byrseKieusei Speclaito TheWiiilirtOB Post Richmond Va Augi fMr jUrs IdatB Woolrldge wlfeof rBenJaminfWooh idge a mechanIof thlsVdtyjwhddrthepas inree weeas nas oeen in iin itoanone broke down oipletelylricourt to day when caneduponjto aCe a chargeof ob tainlng money under falser pretenses The charge against the woniahxJlsl the first of Jtskindever preferredIri a Jtlclr mond cpurCr ItMs the outcbmeibf a threatened suit for damages on account of alleged injuries sustalnQdT The Virginia Passenger and Fowier Company at wljose bkrids damages were asked by the womaiv compromised the case with her They learned later it alleged that ttie woman was not hurt on a car atJalL Mrs Woolridg isnow on Dan unless tne case isaropped Dy the omclaU of the company she wiilylw tried under criminal law vMrs Woolrldge stiU Insists that she was Hurt on a car and that mistake has been made as her Identity MCORMICKS MIND GONE Should Antomobilist Recover Health He Will Be Mental Wreck Special to The Washington Poet South Norwalk Conn Aug 19 Raving more and more terribly hour by hour his lucid Intervals reduced to mere snatches of time Paul McCormick the millionaire automobihst of New York and Ppughkeepsle whose reckless racing with a touring car at seventy miles an hour ended in the violent death of his wife and the wrecking of bis own frame to night lay In a private room in the Nor walk Hospital with little prospect of men tal or bodily recovery It was said by medical men that al though his physical condition had imj proved it was impossible to predict that he would survive his hurts and that evenH should be do so It was well nigh certain he would be a hopeless maniac McCormick In an interval of conscious ness shortly after he was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon admitted to Coroner Huntington that be was traveling seventy miles an hour in his high powered runabout when he ran into Mrs Nortons surrey and swerved to tho big maple tree against which his wife was killed HELD ON MURDER CHARGE Claymont Residents Drive Off Intruder and Discover Materials for Blaze Special to The Waahlngton Post Charlestown Va Aug 19 Claymont the beautiful colonial residence of CoL Murphy near Charlestown came neai being destroyed by an incendiary last nfght About oclock a man was discovered in the basement of the house and a hand to hand duel followed the marauder being wounded by a revolver shot but maxing his escape investigation revealed piles of barrels and excelsior saturated with oil ready for lighting The timely discovery probably saved the lives of the1 inmates as well as tne house which is one of the old vvasnmgion esiaies ami was recently the residence of tho late Frank Rv Stockton SHOOTS GIRL BY ACCIDENT Boy Explains He Didnt Know the Gun Was Loaded Special to The Waihlajton Post Cumberland Md Aug 19 Frank Monnett of Ridgeley Vav Just across the river from this city while handling a gun accidentally shot Sophie Moreland aged sixteen yesterday afternoon Both her limbs were fllledwlth shot Monnett who Is fourteen years old said he didnt know the gun was loaded Physicians stated that if complications ao not set in we girt win recover VIRGINIA OBITUARY May Cause Ontte eafc APPREHENSION IK OKAMGOGK Virginia Soly Jufflfs IncaieAll the Prank xr Ali2ru Tim uaWs WjmKWWJivXZMTTi iwtwuvuu Jufi isr lAiW uoci nno uul tn iiTriWT ruin ptlm nmiw wunnn Ibttijij thenms preached byj th Molt uuyci nu uaiueu qoiuxog xuru AVuhev servlcear yestefday one tof the preachers said that Adanv Abraham Isaac Jacob David Sdomon And the prophetswere alt black men butCaln and Canaan were whit I TheHoly Jumpers vwhicb are an aggregation of many negroes and one white man left Richmond toinghtand by so doing tfTeTteoT a clasS between tbe mem oaiM ujo leeirwasniHg sect ana tne Citizens Aiixttsia Prejared IdMeet Ridtiw Myitary Mennfidsit of Conbulllng Situatipi Seecial toThe WahlnstonPort i RcbmbnoUVa Auir 19 The mllltklT auuioriuea express apprenensioq lornogni tween the blacks andbltea of Owicoc iuia r9it3V lo xnorroir wnen ina iu groes of the Peainsula assemble to take part in thelr annual JMir ueporis iramcmancocic to nlxnt areto the seffect that both whites and blickr ere res ess bo serious nas rne suuatipn beepme that the whites will detain their women In their homes throughout the day The presence of the military alone is billeted to be capable ot prevjentlng There is still talk of Jmchlnsr in the event TJzzelj and Burton are5 captured rney are supposea to be hiding in tha facighbornood and to diraclngtheoPT eraUoni op the negtoesfrom their places of concealment ThA1ionfafnf rfriWNAV will ii AiWJ edlr bsUTTOurdedwftb1heifrtterrorit Jlf Ihere li a7blg gatheritfir of bllka kaa mora inan proDacxe Themllitary oBr dencethat they will be able to take care of the situation rr OLAD TO QTJITEtTRpPE TEACHrCHlIST WAS JLACE Coroners JuryFinds Shifflett Shot Man of Same Name Deliberately Special to The Waahlnston Fo3t Harrisonburg Md Aug The coro ners Jury which viewed the remains of Mju vin Shlfflett who was killed Satur day night by John Shlfflett alias Eaton returned a verdict holding Eaton guilty of murder Tbe only witness the affair wss Charles Davis a rural carrier and Tie swore that Eaton opened fire without provocation or warning upon tbe man he killed Ashby Lawsonwhomhe badly wounded and Robert Shlfflett who was not touched Shlfflett maintained that be acted in self defense Lawson the wounded man will recover The murdered man was buried to day The bullet pierced his heart WILL SHIP SMITH STATUE jXwButyVone Ohio GirlaSay America Suits iTfiem Best Epeelal to The WaahlagMa Post riNew Torkj Au gil3 Tha twentvione young Women roni Ohio who were sent aDrpaau theTesUlt of a popularjtycon tesfconducted by ji Cplumbusiiewspaper returned to day on the Noordam They jwereall full of the woriderar they have seen on the other Mhf Atonin bul through it allran the sentiment tM aJUJV a ii ju ii irrir mu ilH Duu1i an oiripes are gooa enougn ior us After all they declared there Is moy beaiitymi a Btern wheeler going up tho Ohio RSver more freedom to the square inch in the Buckeye State and a nobleness in American men that cannot be found any place on the other side of the fc orld Miss Alice Mulligan said I think that Switzerland was the finest country we visited There the scenery Is beautiful and the people so polite Paris Is a good place to live in a few days The men In the French city are popplnjays and the French politeness must have been the result of some ones Imagination You are Jostled In the busses ani then ogled How is the Englishman He is Just great isnt he girls A chorus in the affirmative went up and Miss Mulligan continued Wo had a good time In London The mn oie considerate and courteous As to Er llsh women they are rather dowdy It is not that their clothes are not of good cut and the latest style but thn Jo no Hshwomen they are rather dowdy It is in Paris where one sees the well dressed woman Miss Margaret Maddy voiced the sentl Mlss Idl March said It was a delight question We haveseen many things but after all America and dear old Ohio for ne We are far ahead of all other countries ment of all when she said in reply to a ful trip but for tis good old America and American mn We want no titles The party sailed froTrihere In JUne and has visited Ireland England Belgium Scotland Holland Germany and Switzerland To night they left for Niagara Falls visitors After an immeralon bi the muddy wa tersiot tneyames Ams morning Carring tpn THJmas a cploreLiyouth otiSlxteeivi sejveii subjects forreceptionnto the jeon gregationof the Church of Ood and tbe Saints bf ChrUt tajTrue Reformers Hall to nigbu Both candidates SarUcrnated in the cele bration Of the Lords SuDner of IWs sett I wmen consisted or the eating of crumbsJ I nKuVi oiyf AvlVtm AAMMt 1 whh aAa VUII PICl AnietB vangeust aoeljrowaerTiepnets nr filghPrJest Crbwder and nUTheirapi paranti celebrated these yttea a tnebbfek ProfPhet the higliVpriest ijocjtno Holt Jumpers NH 1 LCCTSSj CO FRS WIDQ ChirgesShe and Her SonPlotted riDe fraud Manuiacturera tteiitpfs lpedal to The Waahln tOB Pot iincinnau unto Augi 13 Sensational charges of fraud ahd plots i to defeat creditors of the bite CoL AvI Conger fpnner wealthy manufacturer are made against ws Emily Conger widow of CoL Conger of irvmgon the Huasbnw Ti andher son7 Kenfbn JCbnger a prominent engineer of Uew Torkfln a pleading filed in Common Pleas CouTt to day by A Mottlnger admlnlstra tor Of Col Xongerfs estate Mottfnger avers tnatsmcehis appointment aa ad nunisiraior oit toi uongens estate no assetsorproperty of any kind belonging to CoL tJonrers estate hivn eorriB jntoblsppssessIonlVThalMrsConger and ner son nave taken possession of stocks and property of Col Conger and unlawfully and fraudulently converted them1 to their own use Is one of the allegations made by Mottlnger CoL Congers total indebtedness at the time of his death Mottlnger alleges was oOOOOO The value of the stocks and prop erty taken by them Mottlnger avers is much greater tbfm the total indebtedness of the estate By their acts Mottlnger says Mrs Conger and Conger bave caused the Indebtedness to remain wholly unpaid Mottlnger alleges that at the time of CoL Congers death he was the owner of stock in the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company worth 100000 shares In the Mathews Tract Syndicate dealing In real estate in West Pullman III worth 10000 285 shares of Whitman Barnes Man ufacturing Company stock worth S28S0O iw snares in tne tHisonAsphaltura Com pany worm uw per snare and other stock Richard Washington Charged with Mur der Arrested in Baltimore Baltimore Aug 19 Richard Washington colored alias Dick Pines 1421 Duke street Alexandria Vav was arrested on Light street yesterday after noon by Sergt Schultz and Officer Moran of the Southern district Washington it is said is wanted in Alexandria on the charge or killing a negro and of the lar eeny of J7S Issues Callto Prohibitionisti Special Tfc TheWaaUnctoa fort Oiklsnd Md Aug 19t County Chair man Harvey Cuppett Issued a call to Cay to the prohibitionists of Garrett County to tssemble at Mountain Lake Park next Monday to elect delegates to the State convention which meets at tha same place Saturday August 3L The State convention will beheld during the Interstate prohibition conference which meets from August 30 to September Brakeman Killed at Roanoke Special to The Washtagton Post Roanoke Va Aug IS Bt Baldwin Norfolk and Western brakemst was struck toy a passenger train in the West End yard this morning and killed He was tUrty slx years old and leaves a wife and five children who reside In orince Edward County 1 Petersburg Aug 15 Mrs Caroline Matilda uogoui wiaow or Ieter Cog bilL died at her residence this city yes teruay arternoon agea seventy rour years She and Her husband were among the persons who organized the Market street Church in 1S58 Mrs Cogbill is survived by one brother Capt Hlchard Manson of Brunswick Countyi and eight children 5 Richmond Aug 19 Cyrus Qratram seventy eight years old died to day at his home this city Mr Graffam was bom In Maine but has been a resident of Richmond fox nearly a half century He leaves two sons aid five grandchildren Harrisonburg Aug 19 Lemuel Corbla aged seventy six died this morning at his residence two miles from Burketown in Augusta County He is survived by his wife two sons and a daugnter Mrs Peter Sellers was buried at Mc Gaheysville to day She died early Sunday rooming Mrs Sellers was a Miss Gilmer before her marriage She was seventy seven and is survived by her husband a son and a daughterv Winchester A lie li PmnMe Whit ing a Virginian of the old school type uiea oanuy evening ai juagewooa nls country placer near JI111 wood Clarke County aged about eighty two years He leaves a wife He was an uncle of Prof WUUam Whiting professor of Latin at Hampder SIdney College Paul Latham son of Charles Latham died to day at Memorial Hospital after A weeks illness of appendicitis His parents and one s3ter survive him Taken suddenly 111 in a field while attending to farm work Alexander A Robinson one of Frederick Countys most prominent farmers died yesterday at his home near Green Spring aged eighty seven years HlsVife one son and one daughter survive blmr Richmond Aug 19 Thomas Seddon Bruce of this city died yesterday morning at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs He was stricken with paralysis on Saturday evening and did not recover Bruce Is survived by bis wife and seven children Danville Aug 19 Lewis Rutherford Ruflln aged twentyitwo died at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs atutnenord nere yesterday after an illness of several months Mrs Sallle A Herndon widow of cape uonn tr werndon died at the home of her daughter Mrs Cousins here yesterday aged aixty ninn nnm kiiktbitiai a rii ahAn near BerryTUle some time ago and was days ago which affected herhealth seriously nuro He was about twenty She is survived by several children and aour yean uiu grandcnuaren Figure of Jamestown Colonys Founder to Be Sent to Virginia To day Special to The Washington Poet New York Aug 19 William Coupers bronze statue of Capt John Smith whlcn was cast by the Groham Company tand has been on exhibition in the show rooms of the company at Fifth avenue and Thirty sixth street wlll be taken to Jamestown Ya to morrow The statue will stand on Jamestown Island In honor of the founder of the Jamestown colony Xnder the auspices of the Society for the Preservation of Jamestown Antiqui ties the bronze will be unveiled on September 1L Governors several States and other distinguished men will attend The statue Is efcjht feet six inches in height and shows the adventurous Capt Smith In a soldierly pose SAVES DROWHTU COMPANION ILL REBELLIOUS WIFE Husband Shoots WhenWoinan Threatens to Go Back to Mother Special to The WathlnrtonPoat Cincinnati Ohio Aug IS No I win not live with you I am going back to my mother These words spoken In loud tones were the last spoken by Mrs William Uhley of Covington Icy this afternoon A moment later the woman fell dead a bullet fired by her husband having rstruck her under the eye killing her Instantly TJhley pocketed the revolver1 went from the house at 153 Stewart street where the Shooting occurred to police bead quarters told what he had done and asked to be locked up He said be bad killed his wife because she deceived him The man seemed cooL and turned over his revolver and also a razor be bad In his pocket The couple Ijad separated some time ago TJhley says he i filed suit for divorce because be did not hW the actions of A boarrter PASSENGERS SIGHT BODY MUD STOPS RAILWAY TRAINS La Crosse Wis Almost Isolated from Wodd by Storms Li Crosse Wlsr Aug 19 The fourth severe rain ami windstorm of the month completely tied up traffic on the main Unes of the Milwaukee and Burlington roads to day The Milwaukee tracsrbe tween La Crosse and St Paul In places is coverea wimnxieen reet of mud iThere Jiave been jio tralnsinto VLa Crosse since Sunday on the Milwaukee road and trains on the Burlington run uu iaiuio mau una ciijr umg aisiance telephone wires are down In every direction and telegraph wires are working badly EIGHT PERFECT RIFLE SCORES Good Marksmanship Shown in Competition for Leech Cup Camp Perry Ohio Aug 19 Eight perfect scores were made to day in the Na tional Rifle Association contest for the Leech Cup which was inaugurated here tordayr The target practlcejs at eighty yards in this contest and there were 350 contestants entered the result being that two remaining ranges will be run off tomorrow The eight perfect scores a record In the match were by Lieut South of Ohio Capt Bryant and Dr Hudson of New York Capt Casey of Delaware Sergt Baptists and Private Parker of Massachusetts Mlddleton of Indiana and Clarke of the United States Marine Corps CIGAR SETS MAN AFIRE HOW JESSE JAMES LOOKED Story of a TelegraplbOpe7trJPw Siwr Him Alive and Dead rrom sBaKfmsVe Letter hv jW Tarh Sn TIttrtn vev i aii mc iuusju oa xssi was stationed as telttrnmti vunt ojari eatmif staUon at the Jnnctlon it thir Chicago Rock Iilan en pmi the Hannibal and St iamrih iiwm uuut 1gijrBuKrwM ojj cameron lies uie aiy oi au Joseph where James was killed An equal dlstaneA at nt ttW town is Gallatin the seen of numerous bank robberies committed by wjBKM7i ax a point almost midway between Cameron andr Gallatin Is the scene of a noted train robbery and tbet killing by Jesse James himself of WesttaU conduetor of the beltf up trsln said to be the only mnrderof which Jesse James is actually known to have been guilty Twenty miles awaz from Cxn erbn between tbat point and Kanaaa v4ijf eamey aia onc tne borne of Mrs Samuels motfter of Frank and Jess James Tglye7 these details aTtfiey are necesarytbahunderttandlni otmystort i vOn the mdrnuur of tha dr that Jnu James met his death I wait atttmir in th telfegtapfr offico aC JCanieros when two seaunaen enierea ana tirquirea for a tele sranc irecognised oneoftbem as AM Dockery then prtpsldent ofi the bank In CallaUn wnlch nut been jbbbed by tbe Jamesang Mr Dockery wlll Jbe recalled subsequently became gevernor of Missouri after serving withdlstlnctlon In Congress inaifJwith bm was Ai A IVow gen erar counsel for the Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad Company one of the chief sufferers by thedepredUns ot the outlaws LoV and Dockery had met by agfeementiln Camerdil sand hid kt their disposal a special train which stood upon the tracka brthe lUnnisar and st Joseph ready 1a leave at amomenCs notice Kptik men remained in and about the station until shortly after noon when theopera tor at SC JbiepVcafled me up with the statement that he fiadahrmportant mes sagbior A Lbw and asked if he was in Cameron I replied In the affirmative Then came telegram which I believe was the first announcement made of the outlaws death to any one outside of St Joseph It read Ford has got your man Coffle at brice It bore the Initials of some one I did hot know Two mimrte later tb special train was on its way to St Joseph and among those who were ron it was Dick Dittle one of the Jamea gang Later in the day a telegram from Mr Low to Ai Conklln station agent at Cameron contained the request that some one go to Kearney to break the news to Mrs Samuels that her son bad been killed and to bring her to St Joseph That rather disagreeable duty fell to my lot My charge and I reached the little cottage on the bill In which James met his death shortly after sundown Stretched upon the bed upon which Bob Ford sat when he shot James lay tbe body of the victim already prepared for his coffin Looking upon the dead face I was startled fo discover that It was that of a man whom I had met repeatedly in the dining room of the eating station at Cameron without of course having the remotest idea at that time as to his Identity What I saw was the body or a man not more than feet 7 Inches tall slender almost to the point of fragility A light brown almost blond beard rather long on the cheeks but trimmed to a point on the chin covered bis face while his head was crowned with an abundance of hair ot tho same shade The eyes were closed but I had a vivid recollection of the steely blue eyes that had met my glances across the table at Cameron more than once when clad In a gray suit partially covered I by a long linen duster with a hat of modish build the man for whom the sur rounding country was being scoured and I for whose capture dead or alive a large reward was onered calmly ate his dinner or supper In as public a place as could be found in that Ticlnlty The body was brought to Cameron that night on lts way to Kearney for burlaL The train upon which It Was carried failed to make connections and the coffin lay in the baggage room all night By a strange coincidence It was placed In exactly the same corner and In the same position as that occupied by the body of Westfall the conductor who met his death at Jesse James hands I am moved to tell this story In order that I may clearly Drove how I am to know that Jesse James did not bavejet oiacx nan inai nis wnisners were not i NEYBtH JUMPS1 NATHttLS Is Safrf Jo Hare Geae to isMt la LrrfBapoUs Reprimanded by CastSIoa for Dwab Work in Fridays Game Manafer Leaves for Mothers Bedside Hotel Clerk Waives Examination and Case Goes to Grand Jury 8peclal to The Weeblnstoa Poet Winchester Va Aug Iflf Waiving examination before a magistrate to day James Jack a hotel clerk who on last Thursday shot Policeman Lewis Legg through the right lung was held for the September grand Jury Legg was talking with Charles HaU a colored barber who previously had been attacked by Jack when be was shot Legg is still in Memorial Hosnltai un der the care ot physicians No appUca jnaae tlon has been ie for ball for Jack Nominate Chesley for House SpecUi to The WssJn irtoa post Fredericksburg Va Aug 19 The Re publican convention of Stafford and King ueorge counties unanimously nominated Henry Chesley of Stafford for the nouae or delegates His Democratic oddo nent Is Moncure of Stafford the present delegate Mr Chesley has been treasurer flf Stafford County for the past twelve years end bis term expires1 this year slj i Killed hy Fall from Train Special to The WMhtettcmPtwt Luray VajAusW Edward Wyant son of DNf Wyant of Shenandoah this county died yesterday from injurtc ref celved by falling from freight train on the Norfolk and Western Railway near Stanley ton Both of young Wyantia tegs were cux on Me xen rrom train Boy of Fourteen Run Down by Power Boat Rescues Lad of Nine Special to The Whlnrton Port Gloucester Mass Aug 19 Malcolm Smith fourteen years old rescued bis companion nine year old Lewis Webber son of City Engineer Webber from drowning The boys were In a row boat at the mouth of the Annlsquam River when they were run into by a power launch and their craft overturned Webber came up under the boat and Smith hauled him to the side Webber was so frightened that he could not hold to the drifting boat and again sank Smith dived into the water rescued his companion and held him until Senator Sylvahus I Smith came along in a power boat and took both boys to Bhbre HERE STELNDELL IS JAILED Quartet Leader Punlshedfor Barbarous Treatment of Sons Stuttgart Aug 19 Herr SteindelL the leader of the quartet that bears his name was sentenced iiere to day to seven months and three days imprisonment for continued barbarous Hi treatment of bis three young sons Fearing that be would attempt to flee the court refusedto release him pending an appeal of its sentence a JOSEPH JOACHIM BURLED down Prince Frederick William Faints at Violinists FnneraL Berlln Aug 19 The funeral of Josenh Joachim the violinist Who died August 15 wat held here to day and attended by a numDei promineui ikiwhs Crown Prince Frederick William who was among those present fainted in the ball during the ceremony He was led out to the open wberebe recb wedr SUMMER COLDS Only one LAXATTVI BKOXO QCrNTHS Kemember fail bum Grert ea bos SSei Train Is Stopped and Mans Remains Are Taken from River Special to Tlio Washington Poet Middletowh Nr TV Aug19 A stir was caused among the passengers of the Ontario and Western tram19 thifi morning as it was running along the Hudson River near Cornwall by the discovery of the body of a man floating in the Hudson River The passengers summoned Conductor Knlffen The train was stopped the body secured and taken to shore It was that bf a man about thirty five years old Th ere wereno marks or anything in the clothing by which he could be identified The condition of the body Indicated that It had not beenjn the waterJong MANY ITORT IN TRAlir WRECK Employe Seriously Injured Passengers Bruised in Collision New London Conn Aug 13 A south bound passenger train running between Norwich and New London was in colli sionwlth a north bound freight train Just below AUyns Point to Sday Engine Driver Frank Benjanjln of New Haven of tbe passenger engine was badly hurt and several of the passengers were bruised and cut The passenger train was running on time and It is stated the freight train had orders to take the siding It was while about to back onto the siding that tkeipassenger train crashed into It Nominations in Augusta County Special to The Waahlngton PoeC Staunton Vsv Aug 19 The returns of the Democratic primary5 held Saturday 1 throughout Augusta county reached here to day John Churchman and Silas Walker are renominated for the bouse of delegates over Harris and A Patterson Arthur Wilson was nomt nated sheriff In a close contest with Hf Gllkeson and McCutcheon No one entered the primary against McFarland county treasurer Kerr Commonwealths attorney and former Lieut GOv Edward Echols for State senate are also nominated Hot Ashes Fall on Celluloid Collar Ignit ingIt and His Clothing Special to The Waihlntton Poat Tork Pa Aug IS CIgar ashes dropping from a cigar as he calmly smoked In the Dover Hotel to day Ignited the cel luloid collar of George Strayer and before the flames could be extinguished his clothing was afire and he was serious ly burned about the face and body Friends when they noticed Mr Strayer in flames quickly procured buckets filled with water and dashed the contents upon him thus It Is believed saving his life His halr was burned entirely from his neao like a ravens wing and that be was not six feet tan with abnormallr broad shoulders He did not in any manner suggest the outlaw On the contrary nine out of every ten persons who saw him at the time referred to would have taken him for a business manor a preach er proDaoiytne latter Special The Waatdastoa est Chicago 11L Aug Catcher Ed Hey don of the Nationals would not take la good part a reprimand from Manager Cantillon for dumb work in Fridays game and has deserted tbe team Heydon Is supposed to have gone to his bora In Indianapolis and Manager Cantillon Says he will not be asked to hurry back am manager ot the Washington teamj and when a player gets It Into bis head that he rot to be criticised forbad playing be might as well pack up and go said Cantillon when asked about th desertion If I could not say anything to the players and had to stand for that sort ot work I would bave a sorry tiro of It I am going to maintain dlscipitnet in tne Washington team cost what it may Heydons dumb work Friday cost the Nationals the game in the tenth Inning the catcher la attempting what seemed an lmposslbla double play threw wild to first base after a force at the plate Before the bail waa retrieved the winning run bad been scored Cantillon was justly indignant and aajd a few things to Heydon as a result of which Ed left the dab Nothing has since been beard from him When the Washington team left to night for Cleveland Tip CNelll went along as acting manager because Cantillon bad been called to the bedside of his mother In Wisconsin It is not expected that she win recover from a stroke of paralysis sustained several days ago PETER PAN TO PASTURE Doubtful if KeeneY Great Three year old Will Ever Race Again Special to The Waahtnxtoa Poet Saratoga Aug 19 James Keenea great Peter Pan the champion money winner of the season with J8S440 to his credit for 1907 and a total ot XOX3M earned during bis racing career to night was shipped to Mr Keenes Caatleton stud in JCentucky to be turned out for the season It Is doubtful if be win ever be returned to racing though Mr Keene has net determined definitely whether he will race the horse again Peter Pans retirement Is due to an In Jury he received in his morning work shortly after he won the Brighton Beach Handicap and while being prepared for the Brighton Beach Derby The injury caused by his striking a pastern Joint was supposed to bave ruptured the sheath of a ligament and as Peter Pan is a big and heavy horse he could not be galloped without fear of breaking him down SCHMTTZS REMOVAL UPHELD HIDE HEROISM FEARING BIRCH Bgys Save Girl Girl from Drowsing but Do Not Dare TelL Special to The Waabinstoa Peat New York Aug 19 Although only eight years old Charles Martin Jr and Clinton Redding both of whom live in Neptune avenue rescued a playmate Alice Norman also aged eight from Coney Island Creek several days ago The story did not become public until to day because the three pledged themselves not to tell of it for fear they would get whippings if It was known they had been in the water Mrs Norman pressed a smaU purse upon each boy and this afternoon they drank an unlimited supply of Ice cream soda and bought Coney Island taffy to their hearts delight California Court Also Sustains Legality of Appointment of Successor Special to The WaaMnftoa Poat San Francisco Aug 19 Tho Supreme Court of California to day in an opinion written by Chief Justice Beatty decided that Mayor Taylor is legally enr titled to bold the office to which he was elected by the board of supervisors The court directs the auditor and treasurer to recognise the signature of Mayor Taylor on all warrants for payment of money from the dty treasury and fully establishes that the appointment of Taylor last May waa legal It disposes of the contention of Schmitxthat conviction and Imprisonment for felony did not forfeit his tenure of office and removes the last vestige of doubt that the supervisors bave the right to remove the convicted mayor and place a eitlxen in his stead The decision of the court was unanimous and was signed by all the Justice It marks the most Important victory for the graft prosecution and la a triumph for good government The decision was rendered In a suit brought by Harry McKennay secretary ltd Mayor Taylor to compel Auditor Hor ton to approve his salary demand and recognise the signature of Taylor as mayor This method was chosen by Dis lct Attorney Langdon as simply a way of determining the validity of Taylors appointment BOY HANGS SELF IN PLAT Attempting to Imitate Execution of Criminal He Chokes in Noose Special to Too Wuhinsfa Tost Unity Wla Aug 19 While attempting to imitate the banging of a crlm inal about whom he had read Carl Justman the ten year old son of Louis Justman lost bis life The llttlo felt low was playing about the barn while his father was hauling grain When the men returned from the field they found the boy hanging from one of the barn posts by a short pleca of rope attached to a staple The supposition is that the little fellow was playing hangman with the rope fastened around his neckv and fell off the beam upon which be was standing Oakland Man to Wed Chicago GirL Special to TheWaihUrton Pit Oakland Md Aug 19 Announcement was made to day of the engagement of Ell wood Offutt to Miss Nannie Thomas son of Chicago The wedding will taks place September 9 at uuena vista tho summer home of Miss Thomasson near OaklabcLjMr Offutt Is the son of Daniel Offutt president of Garrett National Bank CONFESSES HE ATTACKED ER Colored Mas Who Denied Guilt When Tried Tells Truth in Prison Special to The WaahinitonPoat Boyd ton va Aug 19 Frank Allen the negro who was tried here on July 20 at aspcclaLteTm of Mecklenburg Circuit Oj urt for an attack upon Mrs Harvey Callls a highly respectable white woman near South H11L and sentenced ori August 32 has confessed to bis spiritual advisers that he is the guilty party It will be remembered that Allen stoutly denied his guilt when tried and sentenced GLLR0Y7R MARRIES Son oi Former Mayor cf liew York Weds Miss Northrop Sreclal to Tbe Waahtnjton Post New York Aug 19 Thomas FiGilroy jr son of former Mayor GUroy and Miss Mabel Helk Northrop were married at noon to aay In the ball room of the WaldorfWaldorf Astoria Hotel In the presence of a hundred relatives and friends Among those who attended the wed ding were former Mayor GUroy and for mer United States Senator James Smith The Species rrom the Baltimore American I tell you that man is a human snake Get out Hes one of the big copper sunrs Exactly head what I said hes a copper A Violent Parting rrotn the BalUniore American Didnt It give you something of a pane to part with the fashionable dinners at NewportT WeIL come to think of It It was something of a monkeir wrench The Brute rrom the Hooaton Poat I am going to pat parts green on oh of those biscuits I made so as to kill Off the mice Iathe pari green neoeesaryt CompUes with all requirements of the National Purs Food Law Guarantee No 204t filed at Washington A Great Roast Over a ton of ArIackes Ariosa Coffeeis roasted at a time in a large revolving cylinder which drop the coffee through heat again and again until each bean is iiniformly roasted Ifo other coffee is in stifii cient demand to afford such scientific and perfect preparation The sales of Arhucldes9 Ariosa Coffee exceed the sales of all other packaged coffees combtbed and this scientific roasting which no other coffee can afford by its very magni tilde reduces our cost to a mkiimiHn and enables uv with our other advantages to give better value in Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee than is possible for any one else bttcHes jriosa Coffeei is the cheapest good coffee in the world and the best of allfoi you iaRBTtOKTJe BfHOa Nsw Taek Ckk iify iiiftiiifssTf Af iuAsaLvi itfilreM xiaiaV KiJi MtL iJlfe ifcv JatSii i ifc.