friday tviania, JAN. io. mn.

One of the first important bills in¬

troduced ia the General Assembly ol

Virginia, was on Wednesday introducedin the Senate by Senator Roland E.

e, of Dickenson county, for tbe pur¬pose of changing tha law as to the ap-p Ointment of commissioners of tha rev¬

enue in the coiuiies and cities of theState. This bill amends act of March

14, 1906 (Acts of 1906 page 251), underwbich the commissioners are now ap¬pointed by tbe circuit judges, and if this

bill is passed by the General Assemblyit would place the kw b-tck as it stoodat *h«5 time of t'i« ode of 1904, and as

lou d ia «cr.. n- 92 add 98 ot the codeol 1904. If this bill s'l'iull bfcomo a

la* tb*) 00.ra sr-mer* recently appoint¬ed in the couniiea would hold lill tbe

eil nf 'heir u an but in the election iu

N.vember, 1911, commissioners of tbe

revnuue woull be asrain elected by the

people at the samotime the other countyolfijars are elected. Senator Chase,with a number of other Senators andmembers of the House of Delegates, is

going to make a vigorous effort to secure

this change and place back with tbe? I'ers the rigb' to select lhes9 officers.It is conieaded J)y the advocates of thismeasure that it was wrong to take awayfrom the people the right to select tbemen who tssess their property for taxa¬

tion and that the legislature had as welltakeaway from the people.if the consti¬tution did not stand in tbe way.the rightto elect their clerks, sherill?, treas¬

urers and cammonwealth's attorneys,as to tak s from them the right to

elect their commissioners of the revenue.

The two-cent rate is still causingtrouble to some railroad companies.Nat only has tho law seriously interferedwith receipts, but it is now said to benece*«ary to employ additional roadagents to exercise espion-ge over conduct¬ors in order that the companies may re¬

ceive all the tiouoy collected under the re¬

duced rate. Iq by-iroae days comparative!)lew parsons boarded trains without pur-ch ^ g tickets,au shouid 'hey do bo an ad¬di li nal lea c<*nts was collected by tbeco-iiiuctor. At pies- ot, however, a man

can aboard a train minus a ticket, andth conductor can only collect fare at the

rate of two cents a mile. Takiug ad-vait»ce 1f h ¦*<* cndiiir-rs, many pa5-eetigers neglect to procure tickets, andecoaductors aro consequently forced lo

h?.ndle considerable money every day.Some have found themselves in troublein consequence, and bave lost their po¬sitions by reason of shortages. But fewmen start out in life with dishonest pur¬poses, but being in positions where theydaily handle considerable Hums of moneybelonging to other*, they are exposed to

temptation unfortunately too strong forsome.

Ambassador O'Ekien has demandedof Japan an agreem.ut iu writing re¬

stricting the emigration of Japanese to

the United States to a certain numberper annum, aud be has submitted a draftof such agreement. The Japanese gov¬ernment is very unwilling to put anypromise ot this kind in writing.it beirgbeneath its dignity. Tbe Japanese have

ni', as yet, divested themselves of alloriental traditions. It is said that whilethe British Ambassador and others sentto foreign capUals represent the gov¬ernments to which they are accredited,Japanese ministers insist that they re¬

present the sacred person of tbe Mikado.In by-gone years a certain Sultan re¬

garded his person so sacredly that henever alto-* cd his su'.pcta to look uponb's face, and when be rode through tbestreets covered his head with many veils.The Japanese will eventually be com-

pelled to adopt tbe business methods oltbe Occident, and ttansact their attainin black and while.

A wsPATrn I CHurlotte, N. C.,Mya th*' di ¦ t bi jut ki ched tbat cityaf « moat unusual lynching at PineLevel, N. C , Monday nigh', in which a

negro showman was the victim and ne¬

groes the participants. The lynchingwas the outcome of disappointment on

the part of the negroes, who were die-satisfied with the show, it not being upto their expectation. A mob of maskednegroes gathered, went to the boardinghouse where the showman and his fe¬male companion were boarding, tookthem out and lynched the showman,the woman escaping to parta unknown.The mangled body of theshowmai wrs

found on the Southern Railway tracksnear Pine Level. Tbe negro is an im¬itative being, and the unusual numberof lynchings, especially in the southern

part of the country, is having ita effect.If inferior showmen are to ebe lynched,lecturer-*, preachers and ethers, who failto meet expectations, may be the nextvictims ol mob fury.

J. Hamu.icn ii.hi~. Oh cago's pioturei-que lawyer tao a ..ubernatorial can-1dida e, 'relieves .bat a vat is near be-tween tbe United Sta'es and Japan,Thai's what he told tbe Men's Glob of

i

St. Luke's Epi?c;ep_l Churcb. Tbtrr-s

eve^-ry reston to t-tlieve tint the goodmotives <>f (boee ergaged in organiz'rgaud conducting men's tcee'.ingsaachuicbauxiliaries are Harrie to aboettiage, as

such assemblag s are b:ing captured bypeople not engiged in propagat¬ing Christianity but certain piliticilideas. Decoration Day, Memorial Dayand ihe auniversary of Robert E Lee's

birthday, commendable institutions as

they are, are often tainted with irrele¬vant talk, the purpose of which is evi¬

dent. Men's meetings are now utilized

by some alarmists and candidates lor

public favors, and tba true purposes ofsuch gatherings sre noir eversl.adowcdby ihe wild talk of men who are in tho

limelight or by those thirsting to getthere.

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From VVarthi-KtonfCorrespondence of the Alexandria Gazette.]

Washington, D. C., January 10.The Bureau of Navigation announces

that the hospital ship Relief, to whichSurgeon Stoke* has been appointed as

commanding officer, will be placed incommission at Mare Island, Cal., Feb¬ruary 1, as a naval auxiliary. Tbevessel will have a merchant crew o!officers.

The authorities of the can*il zjne haveoffered an addinon-J reward for the ar-

r^t of themvsenous murderer, Hbo<eb udgttoniog (ef cinal employes bas so farb- n accompli»hed without leaving the»l gb.eat clue Im the police to work on.

Ihe torpedo brut Flo'illa arrived atPe-nanV'UCO, Br-z.l, to lay, according todvices received by the navy department.

I w<«two days Ja'cr, owing to heavyhe*d seas.

Violations of the twenty-eight hourlaw, providing that cattle ni.d sheepmust not be confined in transportationfor a longer period than this, without re¬

lease for looa" and wau-r, have reiulicdiu fines aggregating $60,750, assessedagainst the railroads during the pastfiscal year, accordi sg to the report ofsolicitor McCabe, of the department ol

agriculture. More than t-ix hundredcases are still pending. The maximumpenalty tor each violation is $500.

Fire did f20C damage tbis morning tothe fifth floor of Brentano's, at 18th andF streets.

Secretary of War Taft left Washing,ton shortly before noon today for NewYork, to deliver an address on capitaland labor, iu Cooper Institute this even¬

ing.The police are searching for the negro

who shot Lieut. Peul A. Capron of tl:United States Marine CDrps on the Pstreet bridge at 12.30 tbis muming, butPO clew ot him haa been secured. Tfirnegro held up Capron, demanding hismoney and jowelery, which wks refused,when the man whipped out a revolverand shot him in thc left arm. Lieut.Capron struck the man when he up-pioacbed with thc-demand "banda up",and the negro fired on him and then tookto his beela. He bas not yet beencaught. Lieut. Capron ia a son rdCapt. Allyn K. Capron, who was killedat Sm Juan during the Spanish War.His wound is uot setious.

Representatives of lie cignr maker'sunion at Hnv.ins, notifi d the irdepen-dent manuf.-curcrs to lay that it theproposed reductions art* ninde in thorforces tomorrow night, none of theworkmen will rt port for work Mondayinorn'.r -.

Mr. Carlin bas introduced a hill inthe House to place ilu name of Wm. S.Shacklttt ou the retired list ol the navyas a pharmacies.Rev T. X. Mitchler and several other

clergymen, representing tbe NationalFederation of Sunday Rest Associations,are here protesting against Sunday baneball at the Leeague Island Navy Yard.They have told Secretary Metcalf thatthis diversion of the Marines at the bar¬racks there is a source of Kcandal; th&tit is not in harmony with the State lawswhich forbid such violations of Sundayquiet, acd that it is wrong on generalprinciples. Secretary Ifotmli has prom¬ised to consider Ibo mat'er.The Panama curial is likely to C0Bt at

leaBt 1160,000,000 more than the origi¬nal estimates, according to li -uren at.ddata in the possession of the Senate la*teroceanic canal committee.Tbe home of George Satarann, wes

dynamited at Pittsburg, last night byBlack Hand operators, demolishing partof tbe building and iojuring Satarono,his wife and two coil-ren. Mrs. Satar-no is suffering from shoes and not ex¬

pected to recover. The husband and bistwo children were cut and bruised byflying glass. The Black Hand tttiUjhad sent r-aratano threatening kitersdismissing f 2.000 in cold.

Sixtieth Congress.Washington, Jan. 10.6E5ATE.

The Senate was not in session todayhaving adjourned yesterday until Mon¬day.

ROEKB.When the House met today it passed

without discuiaion or div'eion a resolu¬tion reported by i ..f-on bank¬ing and currency calling upon the Secre¬tary of the Treasury for icformatiouabout national banks.

Data is requested concerning the totalnumber of national banks in op-r.i'iouAugust 22 and December 3 1907; ibecapital stock and unimpaired surplus ofeach; tbe total amount of public moneysin each on October 1 (and December 11907 and January 1 1908.The character and a list of securities

required by the government for the de¬posit of such money on Augnst 22, I >

ceniber 3, 1907, and January 1, 1908,is p.sked for.The amount of capital of each National

Batik, tbe amount of N-tioa&i Banknotes of each in circulation and whatbanks bave taken out additional circula¬tion since December 3, 1907, is alsi re¬

quested.Tbe House today pr&sed a bill extend¬

ing until January 1, 1910 the time givenState militia to be put on the same stand¬ard as tbe army.

The Thaw Trial.New York, Jan IO.. Ihe Thaw trial

waa resumed at 10:30. Th-.ie was theusual preliminary detej in gelling downto bu-iness tbis mornitg owing to thenecessity of calling tbe rollo! 100*pecialtalesmen. The work of procuring a

jury is still in ir

Dr. George L. Stone, occ cf the bestknown homeopathic physicians of Rich¬mond, who h.;d been Ul several month'.',died yesterday.

News of the Day.Five firemen h * ll'l ',-

OOO fire early t-oday wnich destroyed VatForester and Ch.-ney knitting mils atDe;ror.

Fire today caused $75,000 damage inAlbion, III. The chief business blockof tbe the towu in flame and the entirecity is threatened.

In the Senste yesterdsy Senator Goreintroduced a resolution making presi¬dents id the United States ineligible formore than two terms in succession.The Senste wes mil Hy surprised yes¬

terday when Seoator L» Folletie re-

si.ned as a member of the committee on

military affairs, one of the lapoftMlcommittee assignments of that body.

In Newport, R. I., today mail car¬

riers delivered the invitations to tbewedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt andCount Schrecnyi that ia to take placeMonday, the 27th of January, at 12o'clock at 2 west 58th street.

Cyrus J. Lawrence, ot the bankingfirm of Cyrus J. Lawrence A Son, NewYork, and vice president of tbe BushTerminal Company, died yesterday. Hwas a director of tbe New Yo'k, Sus¬quehanna and Western Railroad,

Dr. Horace N. Marvin, of Dover,Del., father of the Marvin boy wbo-edisappearance last March upset tbe

polios of many cities and a' macy -'.atea,was married yesterday io N ¦ Y rk tehis mother-in-law, Mrs. Flora MelioeSwift.

William Redmond, member of theBri'ish House of Commons, in au ad¬dress in Rome yesterday t-aid tbat poli'i-cal liberties were greater in Australiathan the United States because Irishmenf-erm-d tbe nucleus cf the Australianpopulation.B-nks and financial institutions wete

the heaviest sufferers in the financialflurry of 1907, according to the "annualreport of failures" issued by R. G. DonA Co. Altogether there were 11,725fiiu-es in the United States, for $197,-38,o,225 during tbe year, oosjpoi10.G82 failunsfor|U9,20l,515in 1906

Judge Kohlsaat, in the U. S. CircuitCourt of Chicago, rendered a decisionyesterday in fsvor of the Government intbe suit against Capt Ooerlin M. Carter,former U. S. army eugin'.er, chargedwilh having defrauded the Governmentto tbe extent of $700,000 through a con¬

spiracy with contractors Greene andGaynor.Tbe most brilliant State function of

the official season in Washington was

held last night, when the President andMrs. Roosevelt received ihe members ofthe diplomatic corps. All the membersof the diplomatic corps wore court rr

military uniforms, while the ladies whoI'ccompauied them wore handsome gownsand jewels. Other invited guests to thenumber of several thousand were in line.

Martin Maloney, multi-millionaireand Papal Marquis, simultaneously con¬

firmed in Ne* York today stories of thesuit Inatitatod to annul bis (laughterHelen's marriage to Broker ArthurHerbert Odxirue aod denied lhat a fi¬nancial Pf ttlement was maile on O.-borneor that the young womau h to marryS'.muel ClarkBon, the young Eregliahru^nwi:h whom-abe was reported to heaveeloped last OcoLer.A dispatch from Om-ha says lhat thr

separa'.ion between Ruth Brynn Leavilt,d-ughter of William J. Bryan, and herhu»b'ind is fi tin) is indicated in a letterMrs. Leavitt has written to Miss EdithL ¦'*'-, *i sre'oty reporter on orr- of thi

Mwspape/e. Bulb Br van wasraar-

ried October 3, 1903 When Mr andMk Bryan sent out invitations to themarriage it mark-d the close of thesruegle in wbich the strong will of th"father hird been overcome by tho even

stronger will of the daughter. Behindtbe consent which these invitations sig¬nified was a story of supreme effort putforth by the parent to prevent thewedding of their daughter to the youngwidower of New York.

Virginia News.Enoch Allen, son of the late Isaac

Allen, of Kn-r George county, died inhis home near Passapatanzy yesterday ofconsuption, He waa 19 years old.

The board of agriculture in Min Richmond yesterday had under consid¬eration certain amendments to tho fertilim law to bo rec im mended to the pres¬ent legislature.

Alexander B. Butt, cashier of the de¬funct People's Bank, of Portsmouth,was arrested on three additional charges,yesterday, and is now out on bail, ag¬gregating $25,000.

William Hilton Brooks of Fairfaxcomity, and Miss Ethel Gertrude Snyder,daughter of William Snyder, of DsysvilleLoudoun couuty, were married Wednes¬day at the bride's home.

Marriage licenses were issued inWashington yesterday to Ba1:!" Mai inMaj "-l'lttie Madres, both of Fr'dericfcs-burg, nnd lo Lyle F. Hansbrough, ofFront Royal, and Corinne Miller.The two-and-a-half story frame dwell¬

ing at Gordon's ¦ ill, ¦ abort dis'ancefr in Fairfax, was destroyed by fire offin unknown origin about 1 o'clock Mon¬day morning. It was occupied by Mrs.Bbl id and a number of employes at themill. Nothing was saved.Mathew Fontaine Manry, son of the

late Col. Richard Liuncelot Maury,died iu Asheville, N. C., Wednesdaynight. Mr. Maury was a graduate ofthe University of Virginia and for a

number of years was a member of thelaw firm of Maury A Maury, of Rich¬mond.The announcement ws« niede yester¬

day of tbe marriage of Miss Margaret S.MoDCure, daughter of Mr. ac 1 Mrs. L.C. Moncure, of Fredericksburg, to HanyKellara, of Richmond. The ceremonytook place in Washington June 8, 1907,at the residence of Rev. J. E. Irvine,wbo pei formed tbe ceremony.Major Thomas Lysander Courtney,

for forty years superintendent of theRichmond, Fredericksburg and PotomacRailroad, a man universally esteemed,and prominent in secret orders, died roo>terday at the home of Rev. John Hal¬lowell Dickinson in Richmond. He w

born on September 23, 1824 in King andQueen county.

The stone mill, on the road betweenLinden and Markham, was humed withits contents Saturday night,etty belonrs to Mr. D. W. Karney, wholives on a farm not far H'-'.Bot. At ihesame time a d-eil.ng b u?e-._ ibe mill

r y wss set on fire, bal thwas se -,e co or.d [nil¬pie nearby,to c.ili iheu i^hbjrs togetherand put ii nu:.

I

Legislature.¦rr Folkes off>;red a resolution

calling fer information as to tbe status ofthe State again" the Richmond, Fred¬ericksburg and Potomac railroad.

Tbe ciuate concurred in the Houseresolution fixicg tbe hour of 12:30o'clock for the election of tbe "basementofficers," and at that hour proceeded tothe election of the nominees of tbe cau¬

cus of Wedneediy night, the candidatesreceiving '.he full vote.

Senator Parsons, of Grayson, intro¬duced billa to pay judges and clerks ofelection $2 per day, and to pay all Com¬mon weaith witnesses $1 per day and 5cents per mile for attendance. Thepieient law only pays 50 c*uis per dayfor witnesses.A bill requiring the State auditor lo

set as.de 2 per cent, of all the receiptsinto tbe treasury, except the schoollund, for the use of the State militia,was offered by Senator Sale, of Norfolk.Tuc 2 per ceut. so set aside is to beknown as thc "military fund," and no

otber appi-eprb.OBI Bh'.ll bs made forthe support of thc militia. Tbe fundnow se'. E*idr> in the treasury for themilitia is one-half cf 1 per cent, esti¬mated rt $15,000 anuus'iy. The effectof the ra e bill will increaas ibis appro¬priation four times, or $00,060 a year.

Senator Lusher, of "eeraburg, snd> irate Withers, of Sufiolk, are patrons,

'""ly, of a bill presented in thelower House of the Legislature advocat¬ing the creation of a tax comm aston andproviding for their a-.oointraent, dutieiand compensation.

Senator Early offered a bill in whichmikes severe penalties for the manufac-tur?, sole, or advertising of all trticlesnf bod or liquor which are misbrauded,adulterated or in any way appear to heother than the exact character ot eucbcommodities.

Senator Early wiil soon ofL*r a bill forthe merging of Greene county with thecounty of Albemsr'e. He says that thecounty is a small one, that it is burdenedwith county officers and government,and that the people dedre annexation.A bill waa iu'.roduced m iking appro¬

priations ot money for the beni fit ofpublic schools of the Stab of the pri¬mary grammer trade and bi_h schools.

¦OOBB,Mr. Read offered a resolution which

aske-d that the finance committee iu con¬

sidering all appropriations to be madeby tbe Sate bear in mind tbe possibilityof chsni*;ing the present State levy from35 to 30 cents.

Resuming the order of thn dey, ibefollowing officers nominated Wednesdaynight w?ro duly re-elected: Oolonelll elton Marye, auditor cf public ac¬

counts; Judge John G. Dew, secondauditor; John W. Richardson, r-gi-trrrof the land office, and Davis Bottom,bu ofi in tenden!, of public printing.A bill was presented for a rcgu'

of ihe time and manner in which com¬mon carriers dr.in/ business in this Stateshall adjusl and pay just freight churgesand claims for loss or damage to freightand claims for stors&rr demurrage andcr service. The bili (ir v des that suchchims shall be adjusted wi lin sist_.

in cases wholly wi'hin the State,and within ninety days in cases beyond

I biundary, alter filiocr of iclaim-. No claims tiny I e made nu.ii

after the arrival of the shipment at thepoint of destinaiieer-.

Failure rn tba part of the carrier tofulfill il.e nqnirements of the proposedL>.li shall sulj' ct said carrier to a fiic cl$50 for each and every such bil'.A bill was introduced for the estab¬

lishment of a uii.'orm system of book¬keeping and accounting, and tbe elec¬tion of a 8tate accoun'xnt.

Measrs. Cox, of R'chmond, and C.O'C. Goolrick, of Fredericksburg, prt-sentt d jointly a bill seeking tbe repeal oftbe law which prr vents the parallelingof the Richmon I,Fredericksburg and Po¬tomac road. Their bill is similar to thatof Senator Sims, introduced on WeJnes-day.Mr Caton offered a bill which charges

the Bureau of In.-urhcce with the en¬

forcement of the bankirg laws. Themeasure provides tbat the InsuranceCommissioner shall keep a completerecord of the financial condition of allbanks, and shall, in person or throughhis sssistants, make an exatnitution ofall banks in tbe State ac lent twiceevery year. Ol course the institutionsthemselves bave to supply all informa¬tion asked as well as make reports.Failure means fine or imprisonment, or

Mr. Winger, of tbe Richmond delega¬tion, also haa prepared a bill alonganalogous lines.

Mr. Lucp, of Goochlt*.nd and Fluvanna, offered t bill wbich authorizesthe eiipervie>or« of each county lo pny <\

premium of $6 to the owner of eachwagon purchased after the passage of thebill, or tbe owner of each wagon, thewheels ol which have been purchasediftett the pM«age of the bill, providedtbe tires on all tbs wheels bave a widthof four inches or over.

Mr. Spemrd, of Allegh&nv, offered abill increaeing the high school appropri¬ation from $50,000° to $150,0(10, andotherwise amending the existing law iocertain less impoiUnt particulars. Hel.kewise presented a nieaeure amendingthe pension laws so as to bring withiaHie class of beneficiaries persons owningproperty worth not more that $750. Thopresent statute has a $500 limit.Mr. Throckmorton offered a bill which

provides for' ascertaining tbe amount ofdelinquent taxes against each piece ofland in the State. It requires notice tothe present owner, gives tbe court thepower to correct any errors which maybe shown in tbe amount charged againstthe laud; provides for the sale of theland by order of ronrt npon propernotice after the land shall have beendelinquent for three years, aud makesthe treasurer's receipt conclusive tbatall taxes due on tbe land prior to thedate of tbe receipt have been paid. Thisbill will do away wilh the laud-grabber.A bill was introduced by Mr. Houston,

of Hampton, which provides tor tbe or¬

ganization and government of iocotpo-ra'.eJ co-nmauities, which snail becomecities of the second class. While thisbill is general in scope it is more or le-->special in ita (fleets. At present thereare only two cities affected by it.Hamp¬ton and Suffolk.

Mr. Withers, of SufHk, fbjfowfag therecoriT- i i ive aud-

ttee, sppoinUd in 190*lt is Vt ry ;. in fact it is al-co

lately ntcteaary to health that vrf niveto the stomach promptly at thaltrobtrs. Take somali)mg once io awhile:

la; sumetbiog like Irysappaia and I it will en-1

its Hork properly.'Suld hy W, r'. (Jrei**-Um,

wh'oh be was chairman, yesterday intro¬duce', in Ibo Homo o' Ddega.ea a billto ceate a iure?u if eudit, io define hispowers .'ind duties aod to prov.de for thepeyment of expenses of conducting thesame.

It is said that tbe present legislaturewill ie-enact tbe "Wharton bill," whichin effect prevents iusurancd companiesin the State from combining for the pur¬pose of fixing rates.Mr. Whitehead, of Nelson, introduced

by request, a bill lending to define legalinsanity as a defense in crime.

Mr. Bowman, of Roanoke, proposesto increase tbe anoaul sinking fund lor(be purpose of extinguishing (he Statedebt from $42,000 to $125,900. A billto this effect waa introduced in theHouse.The Richmond members of the two

houses last night tendered a banquet tothe out-of-town members of tbe generalassembly. The affair waa b.-illiaot andcnj -fable. Some of the best after dinnerppeukets io tbe Suit; responded totoasts. Covers has beeu laid for one

hundred people. Lieut Gov. J. Tayl«rEllyaon presided ps toistmaster. Governor Hwaoson responded to tbe toast"Virginia."

Bills was introduced: To create a

firemen's relief fund, and to increasethe tfficieuoy of the fire department incities, towns and couuiieiof the State,to establish a permaoent place iu theState Penitentiary Rt Richmond for theex'-cution of criminals. To prnhit thesale of pistols except to persons lawfullyentitled to carry concealed weapone.

Today's Telegraphic News.Evidence Against Whitmore.

Harrison, N. J., Jan 10 With thebringing here of Fred W. Elliott, thelocomotive fireman who was with Theo¬dore S. Whitmore for three days follow-'Ok the murder of the latter's wife, thepolice claim they bave at Inst tbe need¬ed evidence to convict Whitmore. Inproof they point to the fact that whenthe accused learned bis friend was en

route to Harrison he tried to get tbedetective guarding him to loan him a

raz >r. Deticilve Ward told Judge Bran¬egan Whitmore tad to bim after learn¬ing Elliott would be a witness again*'him : "Say, can't you give me a rozot?I need a shave. If you will get me a

ri.zor I will give you a dollar. I'll giveyou everything I bave in the world.I'll give you my bank book and every¬thing else. Ple-e-.sH give me a razor so Ican shave myself."

As soon as this waa reported to themegistrste he ordered Wbitmore's sus-

teudera taken away from him and di-rected the police not to allow him eithersie e'O, kn.fi or fork wilh his meale."Whitmore wants to kill himself,"

deoUrC- Ju 'ge Branegan, "as he knowswe havo the goods on him. When hisbearing is resumed Saturday morningwo will have a strong enough case towarrant bis immedia'a indictment. Whileproviding an alioi for himself, Elliotthas given us tito information needed toconvict Whitmore. We will also bareGeorgie Dickinson here within a fewd 'ya."

Abyssinian Uprising.Rome, Jan. 10 .V .. f _e

.'ri-in e^Hiiidt. tbe Indiana inbes crested a veritable panic

in thai Qiiriual. Tbe governmeui basby no means forgotten the crushing de¬feat of its army by King Menelik's forcesin 1800, as a result of which Italy was

coeupellpd to .urreuder all the territorysouth of the Martb, Belsa and Munarivers to tho native*, and ihe meresthint of fricti m with the Abyssinianmonarch in Stanley creates a flurry ofalum. The official statement is, tba'the garrison, though besieged, ta holdingi's own. It is conceded that the sur¬

rounding country, in which ther9 were

many I niim traders, was swept by thenative forces, thst the settlers' propertywas confiscated, that a cumber were

killed and lhat the rest have been madeprisoners. Whita the Italian squadronin the Red Sea bas been ordered at onceto protect tbe coast towns, it is concededthat the situation in the interior will bcdesperate in the event ol warfare. Thegarrisons there do not exceed 2,000men, all natives with the exception oftbe officers. Lugh is thirty days marchfrom tho coast.

Killed in Wrecks.San Jrse, Ci!., Jan. 10..Three per¬

sons were killed and eighteen injured inthe wreck of the Suuspt Express on theSouthern Pecifia at Rucker, 25 milessouth cf here, last night. The cause oft ia wreck is not known, but it is believ-el to have resulted from spreading rails.All cars exept the Pullman left tberails. The chair cars and one of tbetourist coaches vere badly smsshed.M bile, Ala., Jan. 10.. _ wreck re¬

curred uear here early today on tbe Ala¬bama and Miss:, sippi Railroad. Sf-ven.1perons ure reported killed and injured.A relief train has been sent from herewith physicians to the scene of the ac¬

cident.Mobile, Ala., Jan. 10..A later re¬

port says the accident recurred near

Vinegar Bend, 41 miles from here,wherethe trains eollided. Three persons are

reported deed and twelve injured. O.ilymeagre details hsve reached here.A la'er dispatch says seven persons

were killed and a scorn of others seri¬ously injured. Five of the dead ts ere

convicts._

Storm in Germany.Kiel, Germany, Jan. 10,- The terrific

coast storm which has been rsging fornearly three days continues to sweepthe waters of tbe Baltic far inland. Therolling plains in the vicinity of Lubeckare now iu many places flooded sevenfeet deep, dozens of villages are inun¬dated and even Lubeck, which is some¬what hii-her 'ban most of the neighbor¬ing iowna, is Buffering from the flood inall low lying districte.

Despite the continued firing ofaiarmguns and tbe dispatch of mounted cour-

boatmen to threatened points, itis feared lhere has been considerableloss of life ind the destruction of prop¬erty ba* certainly been enormous.

There are many reports of marine dis¬asters but communication is so badlycrippled that details of losses, both on seaand land, are tery meagre.

New York Stock Market.New York, Jan. 10..Hie market shrewed

increased ¦ trength and activity with a broad¬en business and rai id advances io

rri.-e* rll thrungli the nret hour.Tbe scope of tba market maybe indicated

by the f«e?t t-at over $2,000,000 in fconds werein .luring the _. st hour, relt'Ctina a

e-r money to inveMmeut chane.ri¬ot the U.pi.-H, moa', spoken of, wai tb» im-

tnt ii. ibe b:ink;n? m'nation,thehav.c% a geDnal belie-' that tni_orro*'s bankstatement will shaw a defici t and the reserve reqoireiaents with pan out.

From Rich mond.[Special Dispatch to the A lexandria Gazette.]Richmond, Vs., Jan. 10..Senator

Folkes introduced a bil! today imposinga tax on spirituous liquors hauled by rail¬roads and express companies into drycommunities.

Senator Kee zeil, of the finance com¬mittee, s?js tbe State tax no saloonswill undoubtedly be increased.Senator Folkes argues that his meas¬

ure will obvia e this.***-The standing committees of the Sen¬

ate were chosen io caucus today andwill be ratified when the Senate meetsMonday.

Senator Tborton gets roads and in¬terned navigation, public instructionsand education snd insurance and bank¬ing.

Suspected of Murder.Canton, 0., Jan. 10..Following tbe

arrest of Albert Lukens, aged llb, a

clerk io the offices of (he United S atesCompany, on a charge of suspicion as a

resuii of ihe murder of Elizabeth Brown,aged 22, early last Tuesday, the policetoday are seeking evidence to supporttheir theory of tbe crime. The ham¬mer wi'h wbich Miss Brown was killedbas been identified by H. Renz, whooccupies part of the Lukens residence.He says it was taken from his toolchest in thc cellar of the Lukens home.Lukena was released from tbe Mans¬field, (>., Reformatory a year ago. Hewas sent there from Cincinnati. He was

accused of b<*ati_g Mrs. Julia Steigel todeath with a poker in 1899 and pleadedguilty to manslaughter after two juriesbad disagreed. He protests bis innocence<.f the prtssut crime. Hia aged motheris under constant guard to prevent bersuicide.Woman Murderously Assaulted.Detroit, Jao. 10..Mre. George Rein¬

hardt, 22, is dying today and the policeare searching for Frederick Guth. Mrs.Reinhardt w.;b married 15 months ago.Gutb was a njected suitor. Reinhardtia a clerk in the city treasurer's office.His wife was preparing dinner in theirapartments last evening when a voice atthe speaking tube called Mrs. Reinhardtto the door. As she stepped into thehall a man stabbed ber. Mrs. Reinhardtand (he police say the assailant wat

Guih. He fkd and has not been ap¬prehended.

JUDGMENT sET ASIDE.The District Court of Appeals of San-

Francisco handed down a decision yes¬terday setting aside the judgment in thecase of former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz,convicted of extortion in Ihe French res-tf.ur.int case. Abe Ruef also benefits bytho ruling of tbe upper court, for, ac¬

cording to its decision, he pleaded guiltyto an act that was no offense rgaiost tbeluws of the Sta'e.

According to the appellate judges, thecompelling uf French restaurants to pay'.feet." to Abo Ruef wea not a crime,even thoueh Ruef divided the "fees"wilh the Miyr.r. After discussing the¦eoint, the court reversed tte judgmentngf.io.it S-.'hniitz on tbe gruimd that no

acts constituting a crime had been provedagain«t h'm. i\bp Ru', ? ho pl ' '

fud ty i ti c

Fre ,-ich rtslaorants, in, tht*re!ore, equallyguild ss.Tue decision wipes out the French

restaurant cases and pending charges o'extortion against Schmitz and Ruef mustbe dian!

Both are now entitled to release on

bail. If they obtain tbe necsssrybondsmen they can remain at libertyuntil *uch times as a jury finds themguilty on one of the indictments tharg-ing tnt-tn with receiving bribes fromcorporations. Owiiu: to the Dumber cfcase-s against them tba bail, figured at$10,000 a case, would reach an enor¬mous figure.

Schmitz and Ruef cannot take advan¬tage of the decision foi 60 days. Theprosecution has 20 days in which to askfor a rt-hearing. Then the AppellateC>urt will bave 0 days to consider theapplication. When that is done tbeprosecution will go through tbe same

procedure In the Supreme Court, wbichwill lake tbe same length of time.Con-equpntly, Schmitz aud Ruef willstill bo kept in the county j til for twomonths at least.

COCRT OF APPEALS.Tbe proceedings of the Court of Ap¬

peals yeaterday were as follows:McCurdy, executor, et als., vs. Smitb,

et al*. Fully argued and submitted.Wingfield vs. McGaee. Argued and

submitted.Next cases to be called:Burton, et als., vs. Siefert Plastic Re¬

lief Company; Adams trustee, et als.,vs. Tidewater Railway Company; Slim-niel rs. Benthall, et al.; Jewett vs.

Ware, shtrifl, et al.; french vs. Logan'ssdministrator, et. als., and Orounse vs.

Crourse, being Nos. 8, 12, 13, 14, 16and 17 on argument docket.

The programme for the entertainmentof the officers acd men accompanyingAdmiral Evacs armada, which is due atRio Janerio tomorrow were publishedtoday._

Badly Mixed Up.Abraham Brown, of Wintertoo, N. Y. had

a very remarkable eiperience; he says : "Doc¬tors ant had ly mixed un over me; one saidheart disease; two called it kidney trouble;the fourth, blood poison, and the fifth stom¬ach and liver trouble: hut none of tha_ belp-«1 me; so my wife advised trying; ElectricBitters, which are restoring me to perfecthealth. One bottle di-l me more good thanall the five* docteers prescribed." Gnaranteedfor blood poison, weakness and all stomach,liver and kidney complaints, by all druggists,fifty cents._

DIED.Departed this life, oa Thurs lay, January

9th, 1908, at 5 a. m.. GEORG K, beloved hus-baud of *arah A. Bpi s ii, (aaa lfarrson),sndbelaved to of Mxry arid th- 1 ile George Ben¬son, aged 41 years Kent ni from his later -i.leii'e, T37 north Columbus atreet, tfatuiday, 'aiiuiry 11th, at 4 p.m. Relatives sndf o- els are re-p-ctfully ir.vited ta* attend. In-t rment private . [WashingloQ papers pleasecopy.On Thur day, January 9th, 1908. at 1:20 r-

m., BE N Y BRENGLE, in tha 86;h year ofhis age. Funeral at 3 p. m. t-'uaday from theMasonic Temple

IN ME.nOKlAM.Ia loviieK memory of my beloved J wife

KATIE E. CAMU.KR. who departedthis life, January loth, 190"-one jear agotoday. By h«r husband,

M M. E. I'.lNDI.EK.

RM URI'S of ANDREW JACKSONLODGE, Ho. i: . A., F. A A. M., ara

le at Masonic TempleDAY AFTERNOON January it, et

2 O' o'l-t- ck to ntten.1 Um funeral ol' our Ulaibrother, Henry Brengle. Member, ofAJexaadrla-Wa-alpttoa l/dge uni all Mas¬ter Mii-Diee. in g.eol ^randie; ure invited.By orrl'-r of ttie A'orahipful Master.

J. E. Al.KXANDEE, 0 eretary-lantoilt_

^a mi a* ot ,oo_ ja^^gJaf.

FOUR PERSONS KILLED.That Ercoie Bufleti, Dominick Min-

icbetto, Joseph Minichetto and Mn.Frank Palmetto, who disappeared fromFlorence, Col., were murdered andtheir bodies chopped to pieces is theopinion of the police. The dispositionmade of the bodies is believed to havebeen partly revealed by the Boding ofhuman lungs, thorax and a piece oftongue in tbe Arkansas river.

It is thought tbat the bodies are beingscattered along the river, and towns be¬low Florence bave been notified.Tony Bovori, in jail charged with tbe

murder of the Minichet'o brothers, had ¦

letter addressed to Tony Neroni fromhis father io Italy, asking him to re¬turn and participate in a fortuna. Tbefather offered to use every effort to clearaway a murder charge there if the sonwoold return to Italy.

Bovori was eogaged in gardeoiog withtbe Minichetto brothers, and is accusedrf having murdered them to obtain theirproperty He had $350 wheo arrested.Bufl-<!i was an old man employed io thegarde1. The police say he was killedbecause of his knowledge of the othermurders.

Mts. Palmetls was a young divorcedwoman, who disappeared two monthsago Sbe bad kept bouso for Bovori,but had repeately refused to marry him.All her clothes have been found in Bo-vori's cabin. A bloodstained axe waaalso found there, and a Mexicsn womanhas informed the police that she washedbloodstained clothing for Bovori.

Learning tbat mobs has been organ-ind in the surrounding coal camps forthe purpose of stormiorv the Florencej di and lynching Anton Bsvari, Chiefof Police Furniss spirited the prisonerlo the State penitentiary, at Carson City.

THE LOST~ejC_OONERThe identity of the schooner lost io

Tuesday's storm off Cape Hatteras, haabeen definitely established, tibe was,as had beem feared, tbe Leonora, fromRound Point, Maine, to Charleston,with a cargo of fish scrap. The cook,one of two mea saved frrm the wreck,ha td been unconscious after bis struggloiu the breakers, ever since the lifesaversfound him on the beach, until Thurs¬day, whenconsciouiness returued. Hetold the name of the schooner and thehorrors through which the crew passedbefore they were drowned. Four of thefive bodies missing camenshore yesterdayaf'crnoon.. One wss that of CaptainGilchrist, wbich was iden'ified by thecook. Ihesuvivors told that the vesselwas lost in a dense fog, and tbat shebroke* up aim ist as soon as she struck.To reach shore in the lifeboat was impos¬sible, and the men, clinging to* thewreck-agei, cast then-selves into the sea.Tho cook* and a German sailor were allwbo readied the shore alive. Threehundred feet of the beach wss washed

I away near Oregon Inlet by the storm'that wrecked the Leonora.

RJKAl^BHTATE.

The Westchester

FIRE INSURANCE CO.OF NFW YORK,

Having reinsured ali theoutstanding policies oftheAlexandria Home FireInsurance Company,The undersigned are au¬

thorized to make endorse¬ments and attend to anyother affairs pertaining tothe policies of the Alexan¬dria Home Fire InsuranceCompany.

M. B. Harlow& Co., Inc.,

Agent-,

119 South Fairfax StreetAlexandria, Va.

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