PROF, SLEDD'S Eftl Iloailil · 2017. 12. 17. · Eledd as having said to a reporter last week that "the average southern man would rather kill a negro than a S4O mule." But he has

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RICHMOND, VA. SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1902- yijmm^^^&s^m

Iloaililhas wsn^rnmisrvT'-^

'• '•'- -X ED SWAT,

WASi ALWAYS M POLITICS!

TtooWere VWnen a ;FigixtMeant ;a

"''Dcmoeratlo Majority. ,

TEDB PRETTY PABK HE fittS MADB,

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r

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Ho Hai \Planted Hedge* and;T*ee»

; and Seen Them AttalaPe*leetib»-<.

Knows i'Every Person on the HUI-%

Coatleaa Men Not Allowed -in th*4

Fark-Xo SpoonTns Permitted .b^|

Watchfnl O1(I Daa.

told'to' do so, left that institution. ,the •

riexMday^ThisPwaSilnilSOS/slnce <-whichitime1his

'whereabouta

'have"_b Cen unknownj

to?th'o" Federal rauthOTi ties.' although Jthe^fo'rmW-Jwarrant agalnat^Wm-had-becpmo!null and"-.void by reason "of\ the] pension ;:law.-' \'}yi\S'J- ';'. \u25a0\u25a0;,*'-'' -•"::'>-

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. -. .'xChangeA flif;««ine.

)East April'Bain came: to^ the

'Hampto n;

Home,'and upon'; his•arrival here -he .pre^

'sen tedIpapers :showing thajt his ;name = wa3lChristopher ;Breit, who jhad ]served .isi,tbe.Twelfth -"\u25a0New -Tork Regiment. 'Search s or:the' records "on"file'at .the^ home .showed;that" Christopher. Breit}had;served In.;the

X«iw York'regiment,'; of> whichithis iman,

represented himself, aridßain was admit-;Ited to":the"home here.' He has since ;been jkriown,among tha comrades; as Chri3to- jpher":Breit.;

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Not satisfied with the comforts oC:H«home here,:"Breit")went\befor«i Commis-;-

sioner Tucker in.the latter, part of April

and- made the formal;application to the \u25a0

Pension Bureau forJa:pension. ,u"nder: the

name fofJChristopher "Breit. The paper 3!were forwarded to' the^Pension Depart-;

[m^nt by Comrhissioner Tucker, and .untilhis arrest. Bain .was not aware

'that the

department :was /then inyestigatlns hisclaim for the pension."'In'.investigaUng the papers of "Brclt,";

the Pension Bureau went;to-New_Iork, where ;he ;obtained :a./ copy of thadeath ,certificate showing that ChristopherBreit,

''who served "in the ;Tweirth ;.New

York •Regiment arid *whom Bain repre-

sented himself to be, had died in New'.York"city/in \u25a0\u25a0Jifne of 1595. • The \ invesUga-tion-",was"-continued by tha', government

and gradually the. thread began to colluntil Bain was looped in a)net. that -ledto his complete fidentlflcatibri as the manwho had been arrested in Marion, Ind.,

under the name- of Roumaine- j \u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0>;,Last Saturday Special Inspector Titchsr

came to the"Hampton Home, \u25a0 and, withT

the "assistance "„of the home authorities,succeeded,' in';locating.:Bain, 'who,*: when-confronted with the charge," admitted thathid name:; was not Christopher Breit, butWilliam Bain. *y .:.•"•-\u25a0-'\u25a0

When the case was. taken up by Com-missioner/; Tucker, he found among \u25a0:\u25a0 thepapers and records of the accused mana transcript \u25a0record -from the Confederatearchives showing that William Bain -hadserved in the Twelfth Virginia Regimentof Cavalry, and .that- ha was taken- aprisoner by • the .Federal • forces. -Thepapers also disclosed tho fact that Bainhad left the prison to become a member ofthe "Galvanized Regiment ofIYankees,"made up solely of Confederate soldiersimprisoned at Point Lookout. •

With all. this, documentary evidenceagainst him Bain admitted his guilt, andwas committed to the ..Norfolk jail, toawait his trial at the November .term .ofthe- United States Court. on tha charge ofdelfauding the gorvernmenU. Commissioner Tucker, 'in speaking 1 ofthecase, said.it. was the first case of its.kindon. record, and he questioned

'seriously

whether such a case will ever occur againin the Pension Department. ,t - , *

OLDEST ACTRESS iSI-AMERICA IS DYING;

Mrs. Ellra Toung Cannot Itecover-from Her Recent Accident at the

ActorgVFond Home. .:

Jackson Ward is laughing'silently butdeeply up its sleeve, for the latest society

intelligence is to the'effect' that the young

set of Gotham's gay haut ton sphere has

taken to wearing sandals. • •

The sandals that the buds are, using

instead of shoes are of the very ancienttype, being nothing more than a pair of

soles and a thing to go through the toes

and by which the wearer clings to heralleged foot apparel. .'

Long before shoes were invented thesame sort of sandals were used, andfound not only healthy but comfortable.Now New York has gone back to' theancient days to find,a fad.

But the wad!Jt is riot .behind the' times. For the last

tlurty-five years Jackson Ward" socialcircles have seen the sandal in use inthe form of shoes without tops, and evenwhen shoes with tops are worn it is thecustom to carve the leather into bandsso that the red and canary yellow socksof the beaux arid the v-ropstitch stockingsof the belles may be seen. ;."

l'here are even those 'in the ward whodo not wear, the soles. Itisn't -attempts

at the Kneipp cure fad that inspire this.Nay, it's the fashion, . and the wadstays up to 'the iiarry Lehr gate fromglass bottle breakfasts to watermelonsuppers after mianight and iri"the coun-try. : ''\u0084'-''.' ' /'/'- '.;•-

Jaotson Waril Hns Taken tTie Lead-

Fad Promises to Take-

. Tiexv York. \u25a0 ,

ATLANTA,GA., August 9.—(Specia>.)—

C'.r.rr&i Clement A. Evans, chairman of

the Executive Committee of the Board of

Trustees of Emory College, stated to-

c!.r- that the resignation of Professor

Ar.'lrcw Sledd had been handed him by

president James K. Dickey, and that he

would call a meeting of the comm't ee

for one "3ay next week at which time theresignation will bo considered.

Professor SJed<3 holds the chair of Latinand language and Literature, nnd has

tendered his resignation as the result of

attacks mad o on him on account of an

triicltion the negro question in the July

Issue of ihe Atlantic Monthly. The mem-

bers of the Board of Trustees uniformly

decline to discuss the matter, but it is

pcnerally understood that the resignation

will be accepted.

Every one connected with the college,tj:well ns all students and nlumnl whohere at any time under Professor Slr-dd,"fieplore the whole affair, but the critic-

Isms of Professor Slodd's article havearoused such a sentiment against himthat the friends of the college .believethat his remaining on the faculty wouldcause the institution embarrassment.TCeCToe**.Wanted to Endorse Him.

ATLANTA. GA., August 9.—(Special. )-

A number of the eastern delegates to theNegro Young Peoples Christian and Edu-cau'onal conference, now in session here,attempted to get resolutions passed thisafternoon commending .the" article: byProfepsor Andrew Sledd in tho AtlanticMonthly on the negro question which hasrrsulied in his resignation. The effortfailed, owing to lack 'of support on thepart of Southern -delegates.'

Captain' J. B. Williams, of -Savannah,president of the Board of Trustees, said10-day that he was glad Professor Sleddhad resigned; as it would relieve the>r.rd of embarrassment. He adds thatProfessor Sledd- would have been reliev-ed had he not resigned.

Will He-turn to V.a.

At. Oxford, the seat of Emory College,It was rumored to-day that as soon as.his resignation is accepted. ProfessorE'.ead will leave Georgia and return tohis farm In Virginia. Pending' the ac-tion of the Board of ..--s resicniation, hedeclines to discuss his plans for the fu-ture.

The Sca(imon< Here.

Thtro is the prreatpst interest manifest-a;l in Richmond, In the case of ProfessorSledd. owing to the fact that he was bornIn'•/Virginia, his father being the well-knownMethodist.minister. Rev. Dr. Rob-ert N. Sledfl,: who was at one time pastor

of. Centenary Methodist,, Episcopal charchiii tliis city. Professor Sledd was educat-•'lat Randolph-Macon Coiloge.It is believed in many quarters that

Professor: Sledd has been misunderstood.But, in addition to expressing in the

magazine article such strong pro-negroviews', ;>n Atlanta paper quotes ProfessorEledd as having said to a reporter lastweek that "the average southern manwould rather kill a negro than a S4O

mule." But he has not talked much inliie past few days.

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JAXOWSKI TAIvKS FIUST PRIZE.

RfOoivoK Con;;rn<Til«<ion« fromSpocttifors and Players.

HANOVER, August 9.—Bybeating Wolfh the morning sitting of xhe international:!)•-.<s masters' tournament, the Parisian

, sxpert Janowski, made sure of the first>rize, having reached a total number oftwelve and a half points, which none of3is competitors for first honors can reach.M'kt the game he received many congrat-llations from the spectators and players

. *liko.Wliile Janowski was beating Wolf in

£ Tendency Mnnlfentcd to TVlthhold

an niprrßsion of Opinion Until

rrof«"**or Sledd lllnmelf Has Been

Heard from—

Ho llafl Tnllted But

I.lttJc, and Ooca Not Appear to

\Vani to Recant. ...--.". . • '\u25a0'

ST. LOUIS, MO.. August 9.—(Special.)—

Government' ofllccrs engaged in an ex-citing running fight in the woods; about'Norwood," Wright county. M0.," Thursday

while attempting to capture C. R.Raney,

who'is *v/anted by the postal; autoritiesfor fraudulent- practices and by the au|thorities of Virginia, Ohio, .and otherStates.- Raney got away, djespite the des-perate endeavor made -to .capture

-him,

but it Js thought was hit by a bullet, formore than twenty were Eerit after him..The shooting was not .one side, how-ever, and Deputy Inspector A. D. Bunserireports.that Deputy United States .Mar-shal Thomas and. Constab c Sanaers hadnarrow escapes from .being shot. In-spector Bunsen has' been working onRaney's trail for months, and Thursday'sthrilling encounter in the forest camemighty near being 'the: culmination ofhis efforts. Complaints were receivedby the inspector from all parts of thecountry of Raney's skill as a confidenceman and business men demanded that hebe suppressed., Raney is wanted in Bed-ford City, Va., on the specific charge ofswindling the Western Tobacco Companyout of 5250. . , • ;-.-"> ;\u25a0.?'\u25a0

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FASHION DECRESS INFAVOR OF THE SANDAL

pu< tTic Colored Contcrcm* Rcfnses to

Endome Prof. Slcdd.

THE NEGROES ARE TALKING. Government Officials in' Miimonrl

Pnr«ne a FnpKlvc Who InWant-:ed 1)>- Uc«l£or<l City Authorities.

FUSILLADE OF BULLETS :

:- SENT AFTER C. R. RANEY.

trjic nnsiGXATiox is with the

BOARD OF TRUS- ; <\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-• i

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TEES.

tho*/morning '.sitting,'- '..Tschigorln ;>\u25a0 mad«K'short work of.the™ Dutch^ amateur Olland,;Pillsbury worsted .llirshall, >Bardeleben :and Gunsberg drew, Ihorest^of the gamesbeing "adjourned in even \u25a0"positions. '

=:._.Pillsbury is,next to"the leader, with

eleven points, and Atkins stands thirdwith'ten points.: ...-: ;

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PROF, SLEDD'S EftlWHOLE NOTIBER: 16,013

uUllii l\iliuv 1 UiuisLs

THE:SPED) AL GRAND: JURY INVESTiGATING ALLEGED BRIBERY SCANDALS.'"

Men who will"rest runtil* September 22d- from•'their work-of -patiently proving • the alleged '^Whery brought out, by the

statement 'of Captain Gasser thaf ho had' paid money: to a -memter of. tha. Street .Committee to vote a: contract to .Captain

GassorV The top lino 'of pictures— left;tori^t—James E. Phillips,. S. Daliney • Crens haw;.second, :Junius B. Moshy,=. T.Han.

cook; thirds Charles<E.-Wingo, K^Yarhroush^Krrisaac' Cohen Js the.seventh jniember. cf '•the.y.body. \u25a0 .\u25a0>; :,;---.-'>.- \u25a0-;'.; ;.-

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OFF FOR CINCINNATI: REMARKABLE STORY OF WILLIA3I

BAIX,A PENSIONER, IN

NORFOLK.

A IiAWTEK.AND" A^POLITICIANDIS-

CUSS THE EX-ALDER-

MANJS CASE.

HErWAS TWICE A DESERTER.MAYBE A REASONABLE DOUBT

First He Served in the Union Army;

Then in Confederate; Was Cap-

tured, and Then Became a "Gal-

vnrilzed YnnTiee." , "

Mr. I/.O. Wcnderb'urs Expects This

and. an. Acauittal— The Politician

Says King Wftl Be-Enter Politics

if He Is Acquitted.' /"

International Union- of Printers .<oHold Anuunl Session.

Theannual session of the International

Typographical. Union will'be held in Cin-

cinnati, 0., August- 11-16.]-As this is the in'ticth anniversary of

this body, unusual preparations have beenmade to entertain the large crowd. Thereare hour hundred delegates and manyex-delegates, together witih the wives of.both. \u25a0

The headquarters wai be x the .BurnetHouse, and the body will meet in theGrand Opera House. , ..

The programme calls for many side-trips and recepvions.

The MLsiting ladies wnl be incharge ofthe Women's Auxiliary Association.E. VT; B.akey is a delegate from No.

GO, this city. They will leave to-day.

Mrs. Eliza Young, the oldest actress InAmerica. •is dj'ing.at ;the Actors* :Fund;

Home,. ln;We3t r New':Brighton. ''About ten-days ago/she' feiltfroni'a chair-ar "broke*her :hip."'" Since tiienfshe. has .been slowly'sinking^" and her physicians

_enter tain- no

\u25a0hope .. ofiher -.recovery. ...; JBecanse tpf|hefjex tretrie*~

ageT^ 92 -years,"" It-was" found*to"

be- 'impossible to set Hhe'

broken -bones.'Plerf-'only son, '• William" ,H. Young,' ,thetragedian, Is atherJbedside.

Mrs. Young went to the home, not longopen.. .• ;: . .-:.;. —_ ... \u0084

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\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0.'.\u25a0"Mrs. Young is known widely In:the the-

atrical world as an actress, who had wona recognized place' for herself in her cho-sen profession. \ Her stage career in Eng-

land and America 7 covered a period ofnearly seventy years. After playing, aquarter of a century in tho provinces

of.London, she came to tho United Statesabout ISSO. She; had parts in a number ofthe principal companies,- playing- withClara Morris, Edwin Forrest, .LawrenceBarrett,1 and- with

'Edwin' Booth as the

Nurse in "Romeo and. Juliet." With Ed-win Forrest she was the Nurse in "Vir-ginius," and the \u25a0\u25a0 Mother in "JackCade." /

When Mrs. Langtry came to New -Yorkin 18S2. and opened at Wallack's Theatre,

Mrs. Yourig supported .her in "The Un-equal Match." When ;she cam© again inISSD, and. played... at .the Fifth-AvenueTheatre, Mrs. Young was the third witch'in her- production- of ."Macbeth,". TheFebruary-. of that year was the last time,Mrs. Young appeared on the stage.

EDMOND HALE FATALLY "

, i,',i: HURT IN ROANOKE.

W~os Struclc by a Train and Terri-

blyInjured—Hurled Thirty Feet.

Native of Franklin.Shannon vs. C> «fc'O. Appealed. '

The record in the appealed case of NoraShannon, administrator of George Shan-non, deceased, vs.. the, Chesapeake andOhio railway, has been received at theoffice of the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

The case comes up. from West Virginia.Mr. V. B. Archer is counsel-for the ap-pellee and Mr.H. B. Camden for the ap-pellant.

Hunting a Mnrdcrer.

Walter Nelson, the negro who is want-ed in Lynchburg for. the murder of.Mar-:'garet'Watkins, Is still missing. Captain

Tomlinson received a letter from Lynch-burg yesterday asking him a look out forthe man.

(CONTHnJED ;OK FIFTH :PAGir.)

Twenty years in the glorious sursshin©;^andin the' breezes that sweep up froptha valley and bring its fragrance with

-them :twenty cool summers arid twentyv

snug winters in a crazy ~ little hous« onLibbyHill: with the trees planted' by hisown hand talking to;him through stormy,

times; and tha birds hi his own hedgeaknoWng him as a friend, has old Da a

Higgins lived.He"is riiuch a*part of th« pretty park ut|.

in tha clouds as any on» of his well-kept:

trees, and ifDan Hlggin3 should by anyr

malevolent trick of fato bo whisked away,-

to some other part of tha city, or ari^other part of the world. Libby Hill would!never be the sama again.

During all the -".commotion ;last. weeKlover'the'removal of the baricl-starid frontthe side of tho hill to the; top of -th<hill,Dan kept h*ls composure, and the onlyopinion he expressed was in the form o£the; query: -

, :; ',-"The music is for thoi poor people^

isnf it?" • . -And the stimo meant that tho people I

under the hill ought to have the benefitof the' music in prpferenco to the peopleion the top of tho hill, if there

1 had to bo"a preference.

So the band-stand was not put on top

of. the hill, despite.the largo delegation^of husbands and fathers from the prettyjhouses bordering the park on two sides;

Ifwas moved a;part of:the way up" tna

hilt—just,to the southeast of and belov:Dan's own little castle on the crest.

VWitli a'Good^Rlch Brogrne. ;;] He has lived InMarshall ward flfry-twioyears, and has served, "the party" faith-fully all the time: He ,was 8 years oldwhen he came from- county Limerick,but to-day he willIsay that he has ;beeni

"

keeper of>the pJtrk ••twinty"-years, for abit:6f the brogue sticks Ho him,' -just asthe love "of 'has stuck to him allhis life-.'..- ": ••

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'_,; ,:\u25a0;\u25a0 ,Durlngithe t;time,oC^ the:. Cahoon-Sllysoril,trouble;;Dan4was :-yonris' V;and';a3 full'"bi

'

fight as a well-trained gladiator -of an-cient Roman days. The very little;house,'.which is .;noTV--his headquarters,' was apolling place,' arid ;the line

-oC negroes

waiting'to cast a;vote 'stretched' to Broadstreet. ;r;rMarshall v ward was evidently,doomed to go Republican.

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: APiglitHis Delight.Dan wa3 selected as one of the fighter^

to make that. lino break and scatter. Hiand another brawny boy Indulged In amake-believe quarrel and began'- to fight.':

They fought in and out of tha.black line,and fought" so wildlythat many a.negrovoter went down to the ground from alchance- lick. Tho line was' broken. an«Jwhen tho two" fighters called the :battl<off there was no demand for voting prlvUleges except from white men.

Dan was rewarded with the job of su-perintending the grading of the park lit1579. ..Then he -was mado keeper,and Dan began to make Lib*by Hill tho" beautiful spot it is to-day.He knew;, all about grading and wash-*

outs from' heavy rainfalls. He set ,towork to;plant trees. On the" windingpaths from -the top of the hill to:Mainstreet ho planted sugar-maple andtrees, only to- sec them die. Then jhctried the cottonwood trees, to-dayjthose paths are arched with line, strongand beautiful branches. It took Dan"fit*teen- years to do this.In the meanwhile tho old Libby homo

on top of the hill had been -sold andresold, and r the Church Hill people /wera;discovering that the old gardens /of th<estate, made a pleasant place "on summednights. . -

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Pr6n«l of Hi.i Park.> ." : :

."See 'that; hedge over there?" asked Dan."Well, Iplanted thafone twenty;yearsago. Over on "the other side Iplantedthat pretty, one; sixteen years ago. Thcre'ithe. baby hedgeoyer there, just six yearsold. Ain't they beauties?" . .

They are the > prettiest ,hedges in thaicity. Moreover, "the trees are beautiful/and" .every -.one- of :them.. ,was planted bjlDan. They are Norway maples and Eng<lish;and American elras.- ;

Dan has a respect for*the beauty he ha*builded.' He never' sits outdoors with.hHcoat off. never mind Chow hot the day.It .would set a bad .,example, and mil*would be sprawling all o"ver the benchesin. tholr. shirt sleeves, -a sight, he -couldnot'stand.

* - - .A certain amount of spooning :In th*

ROANOKE, VA., August D.-(Special.)—Edmund Hale, an employee of the Nor-folk and /.Western' section force, to-day

sustained injuries !that will prov*- fatal.

He wns struck by a Norfolk ard Western^passengers train this evening near, theCommerce-street crossing.: Hale, who wasworking on the; road, stepped from, onetrack .to the other: out of the way of afreight train that was pulling out -ofthe yard. Just -as' he stepped on theother track the train struck him, knock-ing him about thirty feet. He had oneleg;hroken and was badly bruised andiujured internally.

Hale is- a native of Franklin county,

ar-d had only been .:at work for two days,

when the accident happened. ... 'He died at 0:30 to-night at the .hospital.

His body:willbe sent to Franklin county

for burial. • \u25ba" ;. -;; ';\u25a0*,.:

Itis positively announced that' Messrs-.Carter and "V\r yndam R.^Meredith

will* represent former -Alderman •\u25a0..; JohnM. King,at his trial in September before.Judge Crutchfleld. • ; '.«

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Since the news of the engagement ,of

these two well-known lawyers there -has

been constant discussion ?of the. chances

Mr. King has of being acquitted, vand :itis a fact that the number of people who

believe he willgo scot-free after the trial

is increasing daily.

Mr. L.. O. Wendenburg, Mr. King's,for-

mer attorney, said -yesterday that "he be-

lieved Jiis old client would be acquitted.He said that his case was In the-best pos-

sible hands, and he believed that -Mr.'Carter, and Mr. Meredith would; conductit successfully for him.

"In criminal cases," said Mr. Wenden-

burg, "it-is only necessary to show rea-

sonable doubt, and Ibelieve 7 there will-be reasonable doubt raised in. the case.,Mr. Carter is one"' of the most carefulnnd,- astute lawyers in the .State, .and.

he will,not make any mistakes, you can

rest assured." \u25a0 -,- , ...Kingr Uc-Bnter Politics.

A well-known politician had . this in-teresting view

!to; put forth .yesterday:

"Ibelieve that King will be acquitted, _and as sure as

"he is acquitted you can

look for him;in-,the Board of Aldermentwo years from now. He will go^ to the,

polls for vindication," and King is- one of

the best/mixers'- in-politics. He holds his

friends politically.:,and if."the, case, against

him falls flat:he willhave the sympathy, >

not only of .his-old friends,' but- also ofmany of the voters inJefferson .Ward whofought and beat him in the last 'election."

"The question willprobably.ibe ,;brought

out In.his trialjof the of-the;wit-nesses against ;him,v for"Messrs.": Gasser, ,Gude, :and Weinbr un

*. swore -before \the ,Street Committee that) they.; had nothing:

to. do with givins.him bribe money, aridvet they,; were finally the' witnesses"against him"in the grand jury, and again

on oath:: * ;. . L

>-~~ .-. One Powerful 1 A7ote. /; i V

"Still another, thing is that -the people

like to help:a man out of) aihole, ?. espe- ')cially-thekind-of people that get out and:hustle:, "during:election times.. :It,is: gen-erally believed .•thatV.Kirig .has been ;leftto hold -the ibag v for others Sthat}:;;have';bee'n :..corrupt; s and \.there, isVno -

man «in:oisput of^.politics who believes that King's*lone fvoteJcould \u25a0; award"- contracts -,in :,the \Street iCommittee.;-;: This- will:also '.bringhint/Sympathy.'- , :;::"\u25a0]'[ X- :"

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OThere"-; is -said 'itoj.be rleaks :.somewhere'

•froimwthe*:grand sjury,-;s jury,-;as /stories' \of s tea- '.tim6ny;'given3l3efore?that";b6djv are: filter^in^sibut.#ltlsis ;|said^thatVthe^T^aptioii»Coriipany's :of!<thejßght> against?thel ;Pa-ssßngerHarid :Powers Company ? toj"get •downionI.'the;:Main-street %triicks*4has \been^shown v;tb:i":be i]perfectly\i;legitJmatei"and »soTcleari Jthat iitplea'sed'ithel inVeßti-*

* *\u25a0',;.*-;• The" men ;who are. probing

the alleged *municipal bribery,scandal ," the chances of King.

'About James E. School-field, the celebrated-.business-

.man evangelist of the Metho-v dist Church. .

. Professor Andre^y Sledd,•of Virginia, whose \u25a0 antijsouthern vie^.v&' have

' causedhim to resign his :chair.in Eni-;

ory College."; .

' * * *• j 'A romantic .story .of Vir-s

- ginia pirates ; a !page fromColonial history.

; The ;only instance of theconviction of;lynchers inVir-ginia ;-the pending .cases ofthe' Leesburg lynchers.

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•_•'-r ; -\u25a0_--A.Richmond -. - man

-writes

/.'the Dispatch from.:/, Manila: about the horrors, of -cholera

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\u25a0 1- An Albemarle 'ghost ;markable, inexplicable;---

-?..

.'-.\u25a0 :fA'-Richmond >•;.;man :;^tells'

;-about the.^orily man whomever:from Devil Island." \u25a0.

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.'; "\u25a0; ;.Frank •\u25a0 G.VCarp enter- writes

.;the .Dispatch ? from; London:;'about; the ;great Manchester"- ship, canal. ,"

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;- C'Mr.rpobley at ;his>best ;

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b •\u25a0philosb-"'pliy.-••-• ' :

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;, j;:A-page'of;Confederate.re-:iminiscences. ... \u0084

, :- .'. '-Tlans 1 -for National Elks''Home "at Bedford City.' •

\u25a0\I/Virginia-summer >resorts, v

.- A"thrilling"love story.*** \u25a0 !• ;'A,page for the*childr.en::,,.

'.. How Richmond ...is . rid ofher surplus of dogs, and acurious ;\u25a0 reporters \u25a0 study ofthe list of dogs' that are- tax-ed.1 \u25a0

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'A character study of . oldDan Higgins," who has for s.omany years been the keeperof Libby HillPark. .*:.;/A sketch- of • Mrs. J. R.Gill.. ,r .: ..' . : ;

HAMPTON;1VA., August 9.—(Special.)—

One' of the' most Remarkable cases that

have ever.'been heard by a United States

Cci/miisfioner ;is that of William Bain,

whe has many aliases, an inmate of the

National Soldier's 1 Home here, and who isnow in the Norfolk jail awaiting trial on

.the \u25a0> charge, "of.-"attempting to defraud the

United' States government.,Thp old soldier "was arrested severaldays ago by United States Deputy Charles'West • upon a warrant sworn out by

©Special -.Pension -Inspector Titcher, of

.Washington, under the name of \u25a0Christo-pher H. Breit. The warrant was Issuedby Commissioner. Tucker,and charges that

Bain attempted to defraud the govern-

ment 'by executing pension "papers under

the .name of v'Breit." The trial was oneof; the

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most' interesting in many years

tn'at has occurred .in: tne 'oii-ces- of thehoriie,^ and \u25a0 J the

'evidence brolight:out

places the icase among the most ;inter-esting pension cases "on record.. . ., Frcm- documentary evidence introducedat ;the preliminary 'trial,1 itwas discovered

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that Lain has 1drawn a pension' at onetime :and .'another

'under; the .nania ofHenry. C. Roumaine." and had served in.ihe United; States" army, during t-.e.fimof. the Civil "War under that;narns. .:

",» One year 1before the 'close of the' CivilWar he desert*d ;from the Uu.on army

an<l entered 4 the Confederate army ur.c>rthe name jof-William Bain, but had onlyb;en. in.the la'-i'Tr service three; months'vnenhewas" vjken prisoner by the Feder-al;fprctwiand-'carried'-to Point Lookout, \u25a0

-whcie a Fcde.-sJ ;prison was establishedat' that time in Maryland... ' •«' He \u25a0Deserted Again. \u25a0

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Shortly 'after > being confined- in thsprison "at 'Point fLookout, the -evidenceshowed Bain, with: about 1,000 other pris-oners, 'enlisted 'in fa- regiment- from;thatinstitution icknowri as :the \u25a0\u25a0GalvanizedYankees,, and became another follower of

\u25a0,the Union forces tin-order- that he^ might

secure his|freedom. \u25a0':\u25a0•., He again ;desertedafter ;leaving with'- the \u25a0..Galvanized Yank-ees, and:was never again.heard from by;the "Federal array. . / . . ...\:'\u25a0-..:' .-.-'.-. '-'\u25a0'

.'- In%1901 >Bain v was admitted \u25a0 to.theiNa-

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ticnal • Soldiers'.' Home' in -Wisconsin underthe;name of:Henry .,.C."Roumaine,"! and ;ho;remained in;that; institution' several years.About -ISM he transferred to theNa-:.tiorialiHome «atIMarion,rInd.,:and -while'in-that -home .jhe-.was discoveredi as afraud. • The papers '.calling/ for .the ;arrestof the man were !executed atithe Marion'Home arid ;~:fbrVaiGt&'ito ithe \ Pension'EuYeau] in Vashin^tcn' in;thaUatter: part;of.;that' year. \u25a0* After 'careful

'examination j

rQ^fee;.docurne:u3 >!:r.:.;.the {cas v.^all

papers charging; Roumaine .withTdefraud-^trig- thVs government "s.w'ere'2 rorwardei

"to:

\u25a0the |StatesJ pr6"sßcut^>attorn«y^pt.Indiana 1at Marion^,but 'forsome reason

\u25a0 th"c;papers |miscarrfed;VandJser7erlilj"yjeafß :,later.i;-werefdiscover|ed^.'in^he'/SCllTyaulte*Hoinei^whQre^they V were'.tarcugh.'£aliii_israke iupon'Tthelpart*(of;;some

iorie^connected ,:Vwith""s.th'a):r>ep~axtinerit -'of?Jo^iwf^"r4T7Mhl^OT?gißqumata"'e^aß]'released r;from th« .guard-? house *n the

PROF. ANDREW SLEDD,/ /:*\u25a0-T»«\ Son "of t),e I.n*v Kcv. Dr. nobert K.Slcdd/of Virsrlnla, Wlioae Aniir

Southern.. View Caused Him to leave Hie Faculty of Emory. _. He Never SiU InIIUFtrk With Hl» Coat OH for TmmrJ.Bij. WUl ***'•

FIRSTPART^

•TOE SENTIMENT.,' IX. \u25a0 mCHMOND.