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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 11

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THE TIMFi-niSPATCIIt lilCIIMONT) VA WEDNESDAY MAT 20 li)14 11 COADJUTOR TO BE NAMED TO ASSIST BISHOP GIBSON tended Company acquitted Itself well and thu volley rad at tha grave wae particularly guuiL TAZEWELL ELLETT DIES AT HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER Kraai This lla- tHcl I'saar (aii vain Carolina MORGAN COMPLETE MASTER OF AFFAIRS Conllnuail Fnuii Fliat I'hm fuaiT Kxprrss Company and a director of ih liuaiun and Mama ui ilia Hina "I wrote him a Inltar" aald Mr Mel-Ian "aitKKOHlIiiM ihai ha niaka a con a freight car In lha Fulton Yards of the Chesapeake and Ohio' Railway The blase hod it slued ciuiHidrabln hcuilwey when Kimln" Company No responded on a "stlH" alarm but ll waa quickly undir control and extinguished- Tha car contained a consignment of -furniture but tha amuunl of damage was nut deiermlnnd paaaad aulaly to atraiiKthen my hand In an endeavor to paiauada Mr Hillard to rdnc hla pruliia" "All thla la liuveiod In the minute of lha board of illii'lura Mhli-h fullv raMtlrd and uonftiniad my actlnn in the Mr Folk railed Mr attention to a repot I made to the board of liuct with the I lout on and Maine for director concerning the litltnrd Iran- nritoiii In Mlilch It waa Minted that lha New llaven hail made a profit of 1-ifisono out of tha Hillard diL OF lilt rilul' IT It nniiiil miiionkoI' "That la wholly erronaouN" deulemd Mr Mrllan "In all human probability II e-aa a mlataka of tha aecretmy of lha board It inanlfeally la not an-'male There waa Noma conrtndnn In lllraebberg Clab Farmed Mora than loo men gathered In Houlh Rlcliinund last night and organized a lllrachberg Club to promote the candidacy of John lllrachberg (or re-eleutlun to the Administrative Uuurd The meeting waa aninualaatic each member pledging himself io work lit Ih Interest of the candidal It Pur ram was elected president A Hurnpaun aecrstsry and Iludford airgaant-et-ariiia 81a vice-presidents were elected from each of the threa precinct of Madleon Ward In Smith Rli'hinund as follows: Fourth Precinct Morton A Stewart Ileania Cheatham Rlgglna and Isaac Tinsley Fllfth Pre-clnct Ilowa Itrown Rot toms Jones Ledbetter and Morris Sixth Precinct Adam Lowry Jainea nuns A 8 Bartlett Craves Gwens and A Kidd The next meeting will be hold on June 9 WITH MILITARY HONORS Official Report Iterrl wd an Fnarral af William llrary Pulliam Adjutant-General Hale yaaterday received the spoil of Captain A Eskridge of Company Vlinlnl Vulun-tenia located at on the burial of Wlllliim llenry Pulliam tho Puliski mnn nerving with the United Hiatus suitors who wn killed In the occupation of Vera Urua In hi report Uaptnln Eskridge nay "It glvea me pleasure to report tha entire milltarv In connerilun with the burial of Wlltlnm llenry Pulliam Id here Hundny Everything passed i ft In a most credltahlu manner in all iletalla It was a very Impressive curemory and a large crowd call-t between 4nn and 7 nun at Id lifcom aald Mr Malian Mr Mrllan than testified that Mr Morgan called him on the lalephotia and that the conversation waa about a follows "That you Mr'Msilanf "Tea "Van anybody hearf 'Will you take the Northern Pacific presidency?" Yf all the detail to 'Yea' About two or threa weeks later Mr Mellen testified ha became president "While you were president of the Northern Pacific waa the matter of the Ni-w llaven presidency taken up7" Mi Folk naked "Yen Mr Morgan told me he would make me president of the New Haven" "Aa preNldenl of tha Nuw llaven were your ralulkina with Mr Morgan "That la difficult to answer" you Morgan's TKHTIFIEII IIK WAS PIIOl'D TO BE CALLED HOltOAV MAN "I wna proud of hla runftdence and proud to be called hla mnn 1 thought a great deal of Mr Morgan" "What wae tho relntlve Importance of the directors a relntcd to regarded Moigan aa a man of ability experience and capacity I recall no case In which he did not have hi Mr Mellen aald that when the committee reported about a year later thnt the eum of IllinsOOO had been expended he objertud that the report did not go Into details "I saw Mr Morgan" he said told him that all detalla of the matter should have been set down and thnt i he report ahould hive told how each separate sum was spent Mr Morgan was very ahrupt in hi answer to me" did Mr Morgan say 7" Mr Mellen objected to telling this declaring that the conversation waa personal Commissioner McChord who was preaiding ruled that Mr Mailen ahould answer the question and tho wltneaa then said: told Mr Morgan" eald Mr Mellen "that the matter waa not In the shape It should be" So you think you know more about how It ought to be drawn than I dof Mr Morgan said I allowed I didn't and dropped A Summer Vacation in New York at Fplareyal ('aril (ar This AaaaiMltlaa llrra Thla Maralag Ularaaa ll'XDU SCHOOL MAM-MKKTIHU Th I of Ik annvan PVllT)ft IMlIUH Ol tno COflVH tlnn of the Hplacopnl Dloiusr of Vlr- Ul fiV 1 tiyehI lrt clonk ihla morn- lug The ilcliberaMuna of tho convrn- Mon alii bo (iri-faccd by the partak- h' IloJy Communion and dl- H'ejlliihop of Virginia the lllght ltev A tilbaon will bo the chief event uf the program Arrangements for the entertainment of the delegate who reached the city yeterday In large number have been i made by lha committee which la head-' ad hy the Rev (J Darei tha newly rhiiacn rector of St Jainea From Indication received the attendance al the convention will be aomrwhera between 100 and 100 about uvenly dlatribuled between the clergy and laymen Tha convention waa preceded I a at night by a main-meeting of Sunday ai-hool worker held under the suspire of the Sunday acliuol commlHalun of the Episcopal Dioceae of Virginia In St Jaiiu-a Church Early arrival" to the convention augmented tha large attendance on the meeting MAVV-M feting FUR Kl NIlA NCIfOOL WORKER The aervioea were opened laat night hy i1cvntlonil exercise under the leadership or the Rev Darat The Rev Rlblile preldcnt of lha Dior pan Sunday School Commlpalon made an elmiuent Introductory addreaa and presided over the meeting The problem of the election of a blahoo coadjutor to aaalat lilahop Clb-aon Tn the administration of the af-falrn of the dioceae will ha one of the moat Important quaetlona to ba con-aldered by tha convention The office of blhnp coadjutor haa bean vacant alnce 1 tit when Blahop A 8 Lloyd realgned to become aecretary of the board of mlaelona of tha Rplacopal Church with headquarter tn New fork The convention will alee be naked to take lorn artlnn upon tha matter of providing penalona for auperannuated clergymen The Rev TV Gardner aecretary of the general board of religion education and th Rev 8 Mltman Phi held eeepetary of the third department will addrexi the THE PLAZA WAS A WIDELY KNOWN ATTORNEY I Tfc Artlvr la llfa af Virginia Nome Inn Agu--lla4 Mara la Hal llralili eoifltiCI TAZKWRIL ELLETT The funeral of Colonel Taaewell Elicit former member of Congrena from tha Third Dlatrlct of Virginia who died on Monday night at the home of a daughter near Charleatun will yirobably lake place In Richmond aome time to-morrow Ncwa of Cool el El-Jctta death was received yaaterday by Ur Armlalcad Wellford of IIS North Cherry istreeL Colonel KUett In recent year haa bean angered In mining vrntuies and (pent moat uf hla time In Waehlngton nnd New Vork lie had been ill for aome time and aeveral months ago cuffered a coinplt-te brenkdown lie lenvea two Mia Joae-Jdllne Ellett of Richmond and Mr Fprlnklo Smith of Pouth Carolina one -Tasuwcll Ellett Jr one Mrs Cannon Fleming of Weit Vtr-rtnla and one Andrew Ellett Colonel Ellett married Mina Scott of -Fauquier County who died aome lime BK0 WAS HORN IV RICHMOND ON JAM AIIY 1 1AM Colonel Ellett way born Richmond on January 1 114 and epeni moat of hi life here He come of an old Vlinria fa mil being the eldest ion of Andrew I Ellett at one time a member of the well-known dry good firm of A 1 Ellett Ac Co Colonel Ellett received a thorough education which commenced with hia boyhood at "Strother'" fanionn pchool where ha carried off the tlrat honor of hla clnaa He became a cadet at tha Virginia Fifth Araaua and Fifty-ninth Straat is sn ideal oness the Metropolis offers every facility for enjoyment and the Pinza every comfort and luxury It is delightfully located opposite Central Park shut ing peace and quiet The coolest Hotel in New York Convenient to theatres shopping district and nearby coast resorts RATES FROM JUNE let TO SEPTEMBER ISth Ragle ma with hath $369 ap DaaM ma with hath $409 ap lha records at Hint lima blit In Juiiti 1j11 the emir lilllard lrann-ilun bunril" and he au hlec action and Ihoae uf other having con- inn lion with the tmnaurilon wara railiivd and conilrnied In every parilc- ular" Mr Metten aald nillard received tha Mima pile for lha aim-k that he had paid for It and that Ihla wun culled for In the anreainent It was uiuli-miuod he said that Hillard wua nut to lues anything Air Mullen said ha never understood Hillard buriownd any inuney to put Into the Blllaid ('oinpany Hillard iivvei gui anything from the Now Haven up to the time 1 quit "Idea the money he mads from lha Huston and Maine Block transaction" said lha witness did lha Hillard Company get llrra Id bo da 7" "They gut them In the reorganisation of the Bowtun Herald" "Yuu will recall a certain 'sealed envelope which haa be mentioned" continued Mr Mellen "Well that envelope contained certain note of Mr Hatikell who owned une-thlrd of the Boston Herald 1 persuaded or Induced Mr Hillard to purchase the contents of that envelope fur 1993000 or 1303-099 1 forget which and he haa hold them since that time aa a part of tha Meets of tha Blllard Company 11 haa had to pay aaaesHinenla upun them and I suppose they stand him mors than tha original price he paid me fur did you acquire tha HMkell notes!" naked Mr Folk "The New England Navigation Company had loaned him money I had known him a long time and when ha wanted to borrow some money tha finance committee of our board decided to make the loan did you want to loan Haikel) 1300000? Waa It because he waa an owner of the Boatoq Herald 7" waa no disadvantage" replied Mr Mellen It the real rcanonr urged Mr Folk "Well you are Intimating that" responded Mr Mellen An adjournment waa taken at thla point until to-morrow SELECTION FOR OFFICE Dl TO PI EH FONT MOROAN In response to Inquiries of Mr Folk Mr Mellen told how he hAd become president of the Northern Pacific Morgan he said was responsible for ht riectlon for thla office long were you president of the Northern Pacific Railroad Y' asked Chief Counsel Folk for tha commission "Six year" did you become "I was asked hv Plerpnnt Morgan convention Hoatoii and Maine purchuaeV" aak Mr Folk "I had" replied Mr Mailen "aome time In tha aprlng of 1997" "Why did you confer with Praal-dent Rooacvelt?" "In Hume day 1 frequently conferred with Mr Rnoaevclt I admired Theodore Itooaevelt very much and I wnnt to do anything contrary to hie wlMliee" dul Mr Ilooaevelt Pay 7" NEED Ml RELIEF IN EASE (IK 1ILFIAL THINfS "He told me ha waa not a lawyer and did not know whether the purchnaa by tho Kiw England Navlgiivlun Company of Itoaton and Maine wuuld be ii-gul or not He waa Inclined to the opinion that If the nltuntion waa aa Muted It tho acquinltiun of the Hoa-ton nnd Maine might be all right The PteMldent told me that I need expect no lellt-f from him If we ahould do anything Illegal In the matter "He eent me to Mr Lane of tho In-teretete Commerce CommUnlon to talk over tha matter but 1 got no opinion from him "W'hat eventually did you do about the matter?" naked Mr Folk bought the Uuaton and Maine Mr Mellen answered "Did you tell anybody wbat you were going to do after your conference with President Rooaeveltf "I never made a confident of anybody In regard to anything that any peruon ever aald to me" "Did you see Mr Morgan before you went tn WaahlngtunT" "I think he waa In "Did he Bend you to eee tha Pret-dentr "Not on thle matter" "Did he on other occaeloneT" "Ye" Mr Folk read a letter Mr Mellen wrote to Henry Whitney In which he eald that he had cared for the Waeh- Ington situation that he had "plowed Elaborate Raaqaet la Served al Ma- the ground and I think every chance aoale Mean le Tnlqae and Attractive The Frolic" celebrating the 'for trouble ban been carefully eliminated" Mr Mellen told of efforts made by the late Harrlman to get the atock FRED STERRY GZE)SEEZ2FE Managing Diractar Nothing Like This Suitcase at $5 Real cowhide 94-Inch casa strongly made with a fuel frame leather corners brass bolts and lark linen lined shirt-pocket Tan or brown "Our Freight Oar ABre Sparks from a passing locomotive last night at 11:10 set lire to Makes Unsightly Hairs Quickly Disappear (Beauty Culture) A smooth hairless skin Is possible for every woman If aha ues a delatone paste to remove the ugly hairs This simple treatment quickly banishes all hair or fusx and leavea the skin firm and apotless Tha pasta made my mixing water with powdered delatone Is applied to the skin for or I minutes then rubbed off and the skin washed No harm results -from thla treatment but cara ahould ba used to ace that you get delatone ln an original package- Adv FACTORY-TO -TOU Typographical Union Vo 99 at the Masonic Temple last night waa one which will go down In toe anna) of the local union aa an event In Its history The propped offered In the unique menu were In nowise sufficient to do justice to the program which was off-rel and the greatness of the Military Institute In 1972 and radii- celebration uted at the end of four year with a Th ir definition of the word lha A mar loan Exprima Company Iiufura I kI hohl uf lha rual lia did (hla and lha contract waa aalrndad to (writ ty yaura" "Arc not the express contracts with lioth the lioaiun anil Malna and the NW HVOII I HO loWl" ai-KoU Mr KolH a IkiillaailM (hV hfA VliA UfllV WAV 7nr in tno 3d jr on I uuiiiiiici wun ijw mm- Alln could Imvo been innd WJ11 Ul WH before I got the Whitney written to Mr Mailen In May u07 ln Which tha Father at yjj'jtt WMI refeired to "Who waa tha 'Little Father at WahinglunT" he naked "Lai's cn 1907 I think probably that waa I'reHtdent "I)iil you have a confeianc with I'rcaldent Rooai-velt concerning the the Hoelon and Maine before It waa acqulred for the New liaven He aald he had held discussion with Harrlman and that but one price 1200 a share had ever been mentioned "You speak In a letter of New England from Harrlman' Why was thatr IPED HAItRIMAM AS ROCIRl WANTED TO OBTAIN STOCK "1 wn using Harrlman aa a bogle wanted to get the Boston and Maine It tt stock If we had not gotten would have gone to "lie was a sort of accelerator thenY suggested Mr Folk "1 like that word 1 thlnx I will adopt tt" sitld Mr Mellon Taking up Dillard Company affalra Mr Folk said: "Did you suggest forming the Blllard Company 7" "No" "Who organized the company?" "Mr Blllard and hla associates" Mr Mellpn denied there had been a private wire between hia office and Mr Rillard'a He said he had known Mr Blllard alnce he (Mellen) waa aecond th NW HV" Mr MellVJL In response to a aerie Of questions toM In soma detail how tha Hu lr" FUIIart aflir hi from the Hzvsn of Mr "I sold the stock absolutely to Mr Blllard" he said "Subsequently the board of dlrectora of the New Haven In the belief that Mr BUlard's profit on the transaction waa too large adopted a resolution saying that Mr Dillard's profit should only a reasonable That resolution haa When the Bowels Are Uncomfortable and you miss that fine feel-ing of exhilaration which follows a copious morning operation you should put a small quantity of Simmons Red Liver Regulator (The Powder Form) on the tongue and wash it down with a little water Ha action In tha aystam la purifying and strengthening It d-lven out hard Impactions and Impurities and given tone to tha muscular structure of tha bowels It ermines the tendency to chronic constipation relieves a blunted feeling In (he abdomen sweetens the breath and promotes vigor of body mental alertness aid cheerful spirits Paid by Dealer Price Large Parkage 9IJM Ask for ths genulns with ths Rd un tie label If jrau rannnt get It remit to us are aril! send It by mall postpaid Simmon Liver Keeu'atnr I also put-un In liquid form for thoo who p-e'rr It Prle ITn prr bottle Look (or the Rd labtl II ZEM IN Proprietor 91 Lea I a Mlaaaarl I I forty-eighth anniversary of Richmond iof 1 The Times-Dispatch Offers You This $345 Set Help Yourself la wm again mada adjutant of the i qute one It was' The annlverary menu 1111 1 which tths hvfr uni)r hftir I unJUr 0h 1 I which ni rmvftr under butler How very nw and how very unique i I'llno or more effmtiv than when un- Insy judged hy the follow tier hla command Ing qishe which formed a part of th After scrvlng tlght1ear in the tliMrtrt nffred: high academic stand and the rank of second captain In the coipa of cadet He waa a member of the board of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute at one time law school at tha University of Virginia and took the degree of bachelor of kiw In 1978 The military spirit which was mark in the young cadet at the Virginia Military Institute remained with him when he returned to Richmond and shortly after hia return home he wna made adjutant of the First Virginia Regiment He was subsequently elected captain of Company Luter to fill up the Inner waa demonstrated until further demonstration waa practically a physical impossibility The menu waa on of the newest which has been Introduced by tljltr Culumbus the orator of the nht maoe the speech and an adi- The whole transaction ha aald was Editorial Epic of Rhetoric hot orrflved th contrftctl i the hand cold Folk military hi legal Mmneni ami p'-liti ral calls upon his time made It necea-vary for him tu withdraw fniu a life which waa vry jlening to hi na- 1 tura Immediately after Ms graduation In I the law achuol ha commenced practice 1 before the couita of Richmond and rapidly roe In hla chosen profession i Fix month later he entered Into pai't- 1 iiershtp with McGuire under the linn name of McGuire A Ellett arid during their business cunnectiuii had a large practice SHOWED DISTINCT PENCHANT FOR WORK IN POLITICS Colonel Ellett'a penchant fur politics waa shown at an early age when ha waa elected president of an Influential Democratic Club In lu he liecnine a member of tha City Democratic Committee nnd subsequently served aa chairman of thnt committee for three years conducting to successful Issue some of ths hardest-fought battles In tha history of the party In Richmond While chairman of tha' city committee he wra elected a member of tha Plate Democratic ruinmitlee and nerved theeenn for eight years During the five year from 1883 to 1993 he msdc cha'rtnan of the Gongrisslnnal Democratic Committee Good Good Retail Oaa Klfrbea Cleaver beat cattery steel tally warvaafed 9449 Oar Hread Katie beat cattery ateal felly warraated JS Oar All-Steel Rateber-Webb Kltrbea Save atrnaa aad darablr dl Oar Uufebcr aad Carviag Kalfaw astra guar- Oar sftIrr nn4 Flsl Perk hsilMut ail SbvbrIff4 gftft Oar (ss Oycart smalt hmi vrcrfvl bmp ibIm4 gftft Pari aad Pwllif Kail raitr tlftt Crate4 Imysrlfl AIn1bm DImmI Iharptiltf fcfaaa aaaagaaaisssu tSdgegalsaaa Reportnrtal Wafer with Sour Dreaa- ntf Tlmes-Dlspatch Lobster served on lie Evening Journal Frog Legs with Union hauce Virginian Lemonade without aplk-Irg News Leader Divorce Fritters with Matrimonial Trimmings Linotype Spurts with Cream de la Gan Monotype Pie aerved with Galley Milk Typographical Steak with Oratorl- enl Gravy Spac-band Ronelcsi Chewing Gun) Elght'-en-F'dnt Mints Pica Color Overtime Tripe on Half Shell Eight-hour Mutton w-lth Short Cake Union Clgara with Blue Label Iluld-r Nonunion Onions with Chloroform on thu side i i 4 rt jji ft of flavor frhnk Try them mr how vhH ctrime really cats 4 Or lb 400 Kvt lirmit Kt Richmoad Va Mr f'ameraa Imprsvlsg The condition of Alexander Cam-' eron who ha been seriously III al hla home MS East Franklin Street waa last night reported to be gieatly 1m- proved and It was eald that hla early for tho Third District and austained lecovery was expected In that capacity Ms reputation na an organiser and watchful guardian of the Interest of hla party The late Senator Harbour who waa the chairman of the Democratic party In Virginia recognised hi ability and called him In conference a one of hla committee of ten and he aerved In this important niMsury position two yearn All during th's period Cnlun-I Eliott's voice was- heard wherever the light was thickest and In 1894-96 he was Democratic canvaaser-al-larga for the party In th- State Hia llrst honor mime In 1IR9 when was made a Cleveland elector In the congressional campaign of 1996 Colonel Ellett at tfce urgent request of frl-nds allowed hla name to be ased and mud a gallant contest sgalnst George Wise and Judge II Cardwell for th nomination He was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress In 1934 as a Democrat receiving 11745 votes against 4453 far Southward Republican 1799 for Judge 31 Gregory Populist 331 rotes for Goga Smlthdeal Prohibitionist and 114 votes for Martin Meredith Lipscomb Independent Colonel Ellett succeded Captain 3eorge Wise In Congress He served only one term and waa succeeded In tha Fifty-fifth Congress by Captain John Lamb i i i at "Just Tssts Them" Caramels Vina kind erh a Value of these 8 pieces at retail $345 YK OFFER YOU tills rllK-plrra Cutlery Set with your aubacrlpUun to The Times-Dispatch It Is household ncreaalty that yon will ue every day la the year Every knife is aa sharp aa a razor and will stay sharp because It la made of steel that drww not dull Each article haa blark ebunized handles nod la wrapped In tissue paier la strong box The Quality is Absolutely Guaranteed Offer like thin come to yon every day nnd this one last king Thla sot will delight any huueewifs id authority on all matters pertaining to the Industrial Commercial Agricultural and Educational development of the South To have The Times-Dispatch in your home every day means to keep posted on the doings of the entire world mnn Enrlo'rd find $440 for a Six Months Subscription to The Timrs-l dispatch snd Sunday edition delivery in city BY CARRIER including the eight-piece set described above All charges prepaid Enclosed find $4-53 (for Daily) or $5co (for Dally and Sunday) The Times-Dispatch BY MAIL for one year in-eli ding the eight-piece set described above All charges prepaid Name sssssstsaaaaMttgtatttstts Address Tovn a State Fa IX A Letter Is Not Necessary Use This Coupon Tell Your Friends and Neighbors About This Liberal Offer Remit by Check Draft or Money Order Elk Hill Olnevve Flag Day Richmond Lodge No 45 Benevolent and Piotectlre order of Elks I making preparations to properly observe "Flag Day" which fills on June 14 For several years lodges of this order In many cities have been honoring the American Fla each year by June with spreial ceremonies This will ba ths llrst time It a aald that tbs custom has idea carded ant la tha Couth.

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