Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 10

Scores of them through out the house which will 9 make the five hours today very busy ones Ten-Cent Reduction Provided in Resolution Adopted by Retiring Body FINAL SESSION IS HELD Energy it well-nourished muscles plus well-nourished nerves We're Mentioning a Few of the Good things Scrappy Time st Opening But Love Feast at Close August Makes Speech Uneeda (Biscuit the greatest energy-makers of all the wheat foods tn dost tiiht moisten proof packages "Nsotr sold in bulk' BISCUIT COMPANY BELIEVE ITTEMPf IMS DELIBERATE Marked by some strife at the opening but by a genuine love-feast the cion the final session of the present Common Council adjourned sine die at a late hour last night Speeches of regret were made over those members who will not be- in the succeeding body which assumes the relne of government on tha first next month and they In turn expressed appreciation of tho kind words and of the courteous treatment they had received while In service Responding to repeated calls for a speech City Clerk August said that all the members might rest In the assurance that the present body has done more work and accomplished greater things than any other Common Coiindl in the history of tho city Borgeant-at-Arme Ruskell was dlffldeny and preferred to show hie appreciation In a more substantial way on the farmers' trip down tho river to-day Cheap Gas Besides going out of existence in a manner befitting such an Illustrious body- the Council finished much work which it was Important to get through before the body went out of existence The resolution for reducing the pries of gas from 1 to 90 cents effective on the first of February went through by a vote of If to 7 It met with considerable opposition and notwithstanding tho fact that It had been recommended by the Committee on Finance was not passed until several members had spoken on both sides Both Messrs Pollard and Pollock held that the city was in need of the revenue derived from gas at the present price Mr Lynch on tha other hand said that in getting this revenue the city was vfolatlng Its kharter and that by charging 90 cents the profit would bo mailer but tha amount cohaumed much greater so that the lose would not bo very great- Mr Graham Hobeon declared that he had figures of the City Accountant to tho effect that the manufacture of gae did not coat the city more than IT cents 'This statement waa responsible for the passage of the resolution Load Boom Ho Says Tho report of the Finance Committee recommending the expenditure of $142971 for grading and graveling Mulberry Street waa supported by Mr Green who said that although there ara now nQdhei In' that part of the city several expensive structures will be erected as soon as tho street Is put In tho proper condition Mr Lynch voiced his ifisapgrgval saying that It was simply a move to boom real estate in tiiht sectTbn of the city and that he thought it much better to gat the houeea first and then the Imorove-menta Notwithstanding his protest the resolution wee adopted A recommendation from the Grounds end Buildings Committee which was rejected by the Finance Committee to employ twenty-five additional men In the Street Cleaning Department for the annexed territory brought out more cross-flrlnr Mr Richards at once took tha floor saying that in his opinion the work might easily be done with the present force if the men exerted themselves ao they should Messrs Donlcavy Umlaut and Gates stood up for ths "white wings" declaring that they wore hard worked and not appreciated Mr- Pollock end-el the discussion by saying "I was in Jefferson Ward on election day and can testify that they all worked hard lor Mr Gates'' During the laugh which followed he made a motion to table the resolution and this was promptly dona -A resolution appropriating $250 for the expenses of representatives of the City Home Inquiry Nearing End If It Has Not Already pS- -After all the excitement and sensa-tion incident to the death of unknown Baby Vaughan and the charge of negligence on the part of the authorl- tlee-of the City Home the Brand Jury which i Investigating the -mystery surrounding the alleged murder of the and by to-morrow afternoon the pub- Eft1 AjyJ-i He may expect to be informed of tta fe?" finding -V BflSPim BOISE GOES TQ BLOCK Carried Help to Hundreds and Now Badly Needs Help Itself- vj 4 nnPt The Connell ComnHtt on Roll of th Poor yesterday evening passed a restitution providing $11 for tho purpose of buying a now horeo (or tho city ambulancs Tho animal haa boon triad and found satisfactory and will placed In tho ambulancs at onre Thoold horao which he been drlvea fo th ambulance for th last eight year i now twenty-two year old Th committee hu had several offer for it but decided to dlrpose of th ancient beast at public auction Nothing Ukn That la Mia Family -Aeeusod on three aeparate occaelona of having a wife and a ward1 Mr Oliver Timbertako of Highland Park last night produced proof that ko la aot married and thus far haa adopted no children Mr Timbcrlake's 'name haa 1 mra- tlorad several time recently la report retarding th many mysterious disappearances of littlo Mabel Kelley However the girl Is a ward of another Mr Timberlake of tho Nortbeldo Mr a Timberlake who ha takes th mistakes vary good notursdly baa so far managed to survive th witticisms of hie many friend and hope tha: soma day a Mrs will not bo out of order In connection with hie name But the time le net yet POLICE COURT CASES Tires Mea On to Jail far Theft of Copper Hire Robert Phillip (colored) was flaed $19 la tha Polls Court yesterday morning on a charge of fighting and being disorderly la tha atreet He engaged in a scrap with several small white hoys Marks Grinnas alao crlored who intorferod with Policeman Duffy while th latter was trying to catch Phillips waa fined I Nspoloon Williams (colored) charged with having boston a boras waa fined fit and pu under $iee security tor thirty days -W Walton Jam Vaughan and Hoboek charged with stealing twenty five pounds of copper wire from tho Southern Railway were sentenced to four months In Jail each Jones was fined 919 for interfering with Officer! Wright and Parkinson la tha discharge of their duty -Plamlng Eubank who waa charged with buying and giving ardent aplrlle to Junius Hart was lined 20 and placed under $109 security for thirty days Tha case agaiat Phillip Johnson and Adeline Branch (catered) suspected of having stolen $400 from Fannie Pope an egad colored woman waa continued until thu 14th Hechler Who may-Recover Sticks to Original Story of Shooting Jacob I Hechler who wag three timee dangerously shot by Royall El-lyson in the former'e own home No 1213 North Twenty-fourth Street early on Tuesday morning will in all likell hood recover He waa carried to the Memorial Hospital yesterday morning and X-ray pictures were taken of his wounds 'One of the balls la believed to have penetrated the lungs Hia condition is greatly Improved and he was able to alt up while the photographs were being taken Hechler hag not swerved from hie original story of the- shooting He aye that hia wife waa not in the room where the fight first took plaee but that he was twice shot In her presence 1 Additional evidence disclosed yesterday by Sergeant Bo well leads to the belief that Hechler wan first shot on the outside while he was looking for a supposed burglar A tin basin filled with blood and a red rag lead to the theory alao that the assailant tried' to staunch the first wound in an effort to effect a reconciliation But Hechler eeeme to have broken away and then the other ehots were fired The police still stick to their original belief that the attempt on Hechler'e life was deliberate RECRUITS GETTING IN TRIM FOB TRIP TO NEW ENGLAND Sergeant Mate James of Company Richmond Light Infantry Blues waa busy last night drilling a squad of taeruits and getting thorn In to condition for tho trip to Br slon and the New Bn gland States next nil ere working hard" said Sergeant James an effort to get every man In our company coached and drilled right up to the atandard before we etart Other compel lea are doing the same thing and while one company will be fully as competent 'n military tactics as another quite a good deal o( friendly rivalry exists as to which will carry along tho greatest number of men" DR COSBY IS A CQ FITTED OF MALPRACTICE CHARGE Only Two Witnesses Only two Or Ennlon Williams State Health Commissioner vCii1' and Mr Graham Hobson member of the Committee on Relief of the Poor were examined yesterday Their related to the management of the home which Is the chief subject of investigation on the part of the Jury Whether there will be an indlcl-meat is still largely matter of guess-work That the Jury after all Its toilsome and wearying sessions will not at least make recommendations certain changes is not believed This is the third Investigation Moth-ftVlng save the murder of little has so far been established and those Ein-' who have been following the case from its incipiency to its present stage will think it more or less extraordinary If the matter is allowed to drop and like H' other mysterious cases fade from Apparently Not Fatally Hurt Miss Connell Dies After Few Hours Impelled by delirium or by some strange fantasy of htr dreams Miss Beulah Connell of No 616 East Federal Street sprang from a second-story window of the Memorial Hospital on Tuesday night Her absence was soon discovered and she was carried bark upstairs It was not thought at the time that she was seriously hurt and she was taken into the operating room where Dr Bosher made further examination set her broken leg and treated the injuries to her face and Jaw Mr Moses Thalhimer for whom Miss Connell had worked end who had taken her to the hospital was notified soon afterward ana he went to aee the patient you recognise meTT he asked Tee I know yon I am glad to see you Mr replied the young woman and he left her believing as everybody seemed to believe that her lnjurie would not prove fataL At 13:30 A however ahe died supposedly from the shock Incident to the fall Mr Thalhimer was notified again but when he arrived she bad already passed away 1 Mias Connell had been In the hospital with typhoid fever about a week and had it appears been constantly attended She waa on the road to recovery her arrival she had been heard to say that the would rather be dead than In a hospital The nurse had left the room but a few minutes when the youn- woman got out of lied and perched on the window sill One of the other 'sttenta they were all very 111 and unable to set up much of an called out Miss Canned plunged down head foremost Kill was picked up a little later and it la said was then able to ask where ahe waa and what was the nature of her Injuries Khs explained that aha had had a terrible diram and that thla had caused her to take the fatal leap The young lady1 family assert that there waa negllgenca on the part uf the hospital authorities but from what Mr Thalnimer says and from other soumn It seems that such is not the case Tha nurse left the room only temporarily never di earning that the patient would get out of her bed The window had been opened by request as some of tho others In ths ward acre suffering from th boat nurse returned Miss Connell was gone Mr Tlalhltnor acquits the autiuidtlei of ail re sposslblllty for tha aeefflent but Mr Connall father of tha young woman atatel last ight that ha would probably demand an Invest lgattna: It haa been auggeated however that additional precautions be taken -not only in Mcmnrisl but In all ths hospitals and that windows be barred so that such attempts eruld aot be mads la hospitals In the leiger rltles police are stationed as on regular siredt heal and they are notified of every accident and mage personal investigation In view of the other tragedies which have lately occurred In Richmond it WhMt th? nan ns are A BBT METMOTHER On Way Home After Carrying Two to Jail Farmer Met Eleven More Finally the wave of excitement over watermelon thieves who disturbed lbs slumbers of Henrico county on Tuesday night haa subsided into a quiet ripple while those who suffered the onslaught made by Mr Barnes the farmer who declares his patch waa invaded are awaiting further development with anxiety aqd misgiving Turner who was shot 'in the leg when he attempted to make hie escape from the captore le resting well at the City Home though he appeared not to be enjoying the slturf-ion especially yesterday morning when Constable Samuel approached hie cot with three warrants one charging attempted petty larceny another traipses and -the third assault- He looked very uncomfortable but made no comment The warrants called for his appearance before Magistrate George Thomas on August 19th but Dr Eggleston who haa charge of the patient eaye it will probably be several weeks before Turner recovers Warrant Served on Blau Yesterday morning a warrant charging trespass was served on Binns one of the alleged gang who was captured on Tuesday night and taken to the county Jail but Binns waa balled by hie uncle Barnes for hie appearance before 'Squire Thomas on August 19th and went back home to await further developments The three men who escaped from Mr Barnes on Tuesday night have not been located yet Binns refused yesterday to give the names of the fugitives and Turner likewise Is still faithful to hia comrades In that he declines to reveal their identity Met Others In Road1 Ur Barnes was at the courthouse yesterday morning and told a story of another meeting with devastates of his watermelon patch on hia way home on Tueeday night He said he met eleven men in the road between the city and hie home while he was returning from ths trip he made to the Jail in company with hie captives Aa they were overwhelming in numbers he did not favor an encourter Though he felt sure they were familiar with hia watermelons he I was not absolutely certain of it at time but yeeterday morning he declared that when he went to his patch after breakfast and found it converted into a shapeless mass of ruin his suspicions were confirmed The farmer does not know the names of theee other nocturnal visitors to his vines hut says there are evidently quite a number of them and that their Inroads render the patch of little usa to him Declare They Am laaaeent Julian Watkins the negro farm hand who assisted Mr Barnes In holdlnj up the alleged thieves and who fire the ahot which brought the halt in the flight of "Bud" Turner was arrested yesterday morning on the charge of assault and waa balled by Mir Barnes for his appearance before 'Squire Thomas' two weeks hence The two men who 'have been arrested are still protesting their innocence declaring that they were not in the watermelon patch and that they know nothing of the alleged thefts BOARD MAY INVESTIGATE TYPHOID FEVER SITUATION Typhoid fever now raging in Hen rlco presents a serious situation In the lower end the county and it le probable thpt the Board of Health will make Bn Investigation as to the causes of the epidemic Aa stated yes terday several-members of the family of Mr Frayner have been stricken- Mies Pansy Frsyser having died of the disease at the Retreat for the Fick on Tuesday evc-Tng It ix unde mood that several other families In the name community are suffering the typhoid affliction and many caaea are -reported from various sections of the county NEGRO CARRIED CARGO OF WELL-FILLED HOTTLKS William Gilchrist colored reeted an Tuesday morning by Pollce- man Jenkine and when man: of corn whiskey were founf person the question of where he obtained the extravagant supply naturally arose Yesterday ha was tried in Police Court and the evl denes clearly connected him with recent depredation on the storehouse of a distillery on the 'Darby town Road about two miles from Richmond Gilchrist wss turned over to the county authorities And is now in the Henrico Jail awaiting a hearing before Magistrate Lewie this afternoon i la believed that Gilchrist is wanted in North Carolina also Ha la suspected of complicity in a murder committed In that State some time ago Mart lag meeting will bald to-day at 10:90 A In the Wert End Rescue Million In tho Interest of missionary work moni the Japanese At 0 a eervle for dlvlar hiallng win ho bold at IP a Madias will bo give Tha public Bible are oMduuig taritadJo xyjeea NATIONAL memory 'J' There will probably be no more witnesses The list seems to have been exhausted The Jury must now be familiar with the workings of the City Home and in a position to Judge as to whether or has been properlynmarnggeil Most of the 'testimony that has been presented be- fore the Jury Is now probably known to the public Various opinions of what be done have been expressed but they do not count when placed ba-iH side the verdict of this supreme body of law It Is said that the grand Jury will inquire into the rumor that Internes receive 60 cents each from patients they treat This is a fact The Internes charge only for second and other treet--3- ments not for the first and this seem to have been the custom for some years However sueh a matter has lit-itle to do with the management of the institution The Committee on Belief of the Poor makes the rules the home au- 1 GOES TO RIO lit Property Has Already Been Bought and Building Will Be Erected Soon The officers of tha new country cint the Country Club of Virginia througl tbelr secretary and treasurer Mr Johg Orgsln emphatic! Ily positively tn toto deny tha report which wao pub llabed In a yOttariiay afternoon papef under the heading Country Club May Locate at Westbrook" The story says that tha members of tha new club had decided to purchase "West brook" tha country home of tha lstg Lewis Glntar and use it after refit ting as an bp-to-date country club Mr Orgsln said that early In the discussion of a site for ths clubhouaa there waa a good deal of talk about buying "Westbrook" but upon inquiry the price was found to ba prohibitive for the of 'the organisation In tha absence of Mr John A Coke Jr president of the new club Mr Or gain deemed it best to deny tha report above mentioned Ha is alao authority for the statement tbfft the new club has acquired property near Rio VIxta upon which clubhouaa will soon be begun The Country Club of Virginia haa secured it charter with the following officers: John A Coke Jr 'president Kirk vice-president John Or-gain secretary and treasurer Over 400 persona have subscribed for stock and sufficient funds are in hand to begin work Immediately There will be a meeting of tha members on the 11th of August to formally ratify and accept a constitution and by-laws which have 1 already been drawn up As soon as thla ia done a-building committee will be named and tha work of building will be commenced That there will be a new club house and that It will ba at Rio Vieta ara both assured facta There la not tha faintest chanea of any other site being considered as the property is now ia hand and plans are all completed for the building on the Rio Vista site Te Frraeh at Holy Trialty Th Rev James Poindexter roclor of Ascension chapel Barton Hotghla will taka charge of th Rov Dr Gravait'o palplt at th Chnreh of tho Holy Trinity during the remainder of th month of August Mr Pc In dexter and hia wtfs have recently re turned from a visit to their daughter I Warnaton FOR MKN THAN ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD THE BAIBAS MY MOTS MmiUd fm MIPi RICHMOND 623 East Broad Streep Completely exonerated by his own testimony and the statements of reputable phy alctana who know of the treatment he had administered Dr A Cosby was acquitted tht police Court yesterday morning of th charge of malpractice on Lydia Butler Th court-room wao cleared when the cnee was called With the army of medical experts befor him all of thorn testifying that th treatment was perfectly legitimate and in no way likely to result in harm It was left to Justice Crutchfield only to dismiss th physician which waa dons without hesitation -Wi IL' BOUGLAS THK BIST DOUGLAS MAKES AND SELLS MORE Governor Off for Farm Governor Swanson left yesterday for a visit to hie farm near Chatham He will be gone two weetag but will keep in touch with his office by frequent le urged that unm reform of this nature communications with hie private see-would do odvobiOe rotory JOYFUL DARKIES GLAD TO GET SIGHT OF WORLD AGAIN Shorities are1 supposed to carry them nut The Jury will decide whether the rules or the authorities or both are at fault Work About Over At the conclusion of Dr Williams's testimony Attorney i polkes'was called probably to arrange about preparing the findings The grand Jury then adjourned until 4:30 o'clock when Mr Hobson was called ft-'A- Mis testimony related to the inanage- xnent of the home I Ate in the eve-nlng the Jury adjourned until to-mor-row morn ins at Hi o'clock as many ky wnembera wished to go upon the farm-A on excursion down Janies IMrer to-H day It is evident that the work is near- Jng completion and after days of anx jup- jefy and unrest on the part of the tborlties at the home and of others Interested curiosity as to what will be j-sc-adone is keyed up to the highest point tgf i ImIiIbk fur 1 A Traylor Major Werner received yesterday a lap communication from Clil-f Boush of Norfolk telling him tiiht a small tele- city at the great tuberculosis congress Washington September 21st to Oc- ln tober 12th was at first laid on the table but was later adopted on motion of Mr Mills Laid sa Table Tho Council took up tha recommendation of the Grounds and Buildings Committee to adopt tho preamble and resolution relative to placing the $10000 appropriated to the Howltssre' Armory to the credit of the commanding officer of the organisation ao that the work on the armory which has already been contracted for might go forward Several members declared that the Howltxere had gone into the contract without consulting the Committee on Grounds and Build Inga Mr Pollock stated that Captain Myers had submitted the plane to tho Committee on Grounds and Buildings before the contract was let and that the com mittee approved them After much more talk on the subject on which few seemed to agree it was decided vo table the recommendation Among the other ordinances and resolutions adopted were: To appropriate $2000 for eewerags near the establishment of the Albemarle Paper Company to cancel the delinquent cul- vert tax against the Sheltering Arms Hospital to place to the credit of the Gas Works $13000 for maintenance 11000 for pay-roll and $7000 for extension tq purchase $12000 of gas coal from I Crenshaw 4k Company The payment of a Judgment of Pemberton allowed In the IfW Equity Court to the amount of 97708 and Court was recommended Miasm Beware The ordinance of Mr Vmlauf Imposing a fine of not leee than $290 or more than $10 on minors for en tering saloons and bars was adopted Mesara Mills and Pollard tried strenuously In the last few minutes-of ths session to have Council adopt the emended code of rules They were opposed by Meeers Pollock and othere who held that the Incoming body would be capable of adopting Its own rules after it convenes in September The motion was tabled ALLEGED Ml'KDKHER IS TAKEN TO MARYLAND Sheriff Calvin Townsend of Wor cester county Maryland came to Rlch- cester county Marjiana cams to morning with a requl slllon for Nat Brlnney wanted there for murder it le alleged that Brlnney on April 201 fatally wounded one Harry Wise who died eight days later Brlnney mado hia escape later going to Aceomac county where ha waa captured The sheriff left yesterday afternoon to take the alleged murderer back to Maryland to stand trial MANY FROM RICHMOND TO HE Alt JUDGE TAFT STEAK Colonel Brown Allen of Staunton was in the city yesterday arranging Ilia excursion to Hot Springe on Virginia Iwy August Slat BatU-fsrtory rates were granted by the ChMieake and Ohio Railroad and a large stir min noe js expected On Virginia Day Judge William Tsft KepuMli-an tend Mata for President will deliver an- address defining hia attitude toward the Southern file fee Tim Ttrpuhllran rsmiwl'ii In ths JlVjAlh Will qpyi Leave Penitentiary Sadder but Wiser and Eschew Whiskey and Pistols Save New Clothes to Wear at Home $350 SHOES MANUFACTURER 'The reason Douglas $350 shoes are worn by more men in all walks of than any other make is became I gnre the wearer the benefit or the moat complete organization of skilled shoemakers in this country who receive the highest wages paid in the shoe industry and whoM workmanship cunot hi Mfidhdi The selection of the leathers end other materials for each part of the shoe end every detail of the making is looked after by specially trained experts in every do- If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton Mass end show you how carefully shoes sue mad yon would then understand why they hold their shap fit better wearlongeraadareof greater value than any other make atop labeled on one end A lor Richmond ad heen found one of the Norfolk and PortKmotilh Traction earn The cltv directory does not give this name The owner may 4- receive fort her information at the fa! police headquarters HE past record of the Bitters proves it to be a sure standby in cases of Poor Appetite Heartburn Indigestion or other Stomach Ills Don't fail to try bottle her Gawd knows" He bad been sentenced for five years and he had served over three Convicts may get out on half time under parole if they be have themselves In the penitentiary and these two had evidently been model prisoners Both are going te work and both said they "would be good" hereafter "No more moonshine for me" said tha first Ths nse ahnlr 11 assmM hiT mournfully he had never forgotten tho little girl hope never see a pistol again" he declared If Coffee is doing harm change to POSTUM a Reason" Several rnnvicta were released from tho penitentiary on Tuesday having served enough time to go out on parole Two of them both sent up for nurder landed st the First Pol'ce station to spend the night while waiting for a train to carry each to his destination yesterday morning Both are negroeM tpd lie moon or the sun never Phono on two happier oart-lea One linj lieen sentenced to eighteen years' imprisonment for having knocked another negro In the head with an axe "Whiskey and a girl mixed up in it" ho said I never would a done for moonshine I been In dat place nine yter and eight months an It's been a long time Everything looked strange to me when I come out I couldn't exactly realise It I was so lappy and he grinned placid By working overtime he had aaved and he had spent in buying new ralm-int lie lugged a new suitcase hut he was costless and shlrtl saving the fresh clothes for horn He has received a position already end proudly announced that be wax "enln to farm" The other n-gro hud also been convicted of murder shot a little girl he said sadly "while I was frollrkln' with a piglul didn't mean 19 IV Lm DOUGLAS 0400 OtLT CODE SHOE WL DOSSy58X Celev XwliQ owd wXwlwl CoMlef DOUGLAS SHOE STORE IN 4 gVWi'vf'vV j- 'r'-r.