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iN.^C JIUR&AY, ...... ? - , S1.50 Per Year * * .. i ,. ? ... . >t . - THE SPBfiftMfl SHjR OR THE SPETOES OF JACK MARVEL By A] t CHAPTER XIV. *f?{; 1 stood by tbe bouu do<y shouting these question^ to * fti* met * taulde. when a band?UU<Von fcV^riv and there In the shadow waited JSllly hluiself, with I1 if# In bis eye. HMmf ft ftp Aid signed that I should follow. We passed rpund the outbuildings where, three hours before. Matt. Foamos and I had hid together. I | was minded-to stop and pull on my | boots, that were hit this was afterward tl on second thought followed Billy. Itc^ the postern gate. "Saw one steall lowed. A man wr a limp foot?went over the side like a cat.' As fast as I could tng4 *he rope. before twisted knot. pulled is over nnd made Billy understand be was to lower me. "81t r tbe noose, lad, an* hold round the knot. For sign to liolst ngaln, tug the rope hard. I can hold." tte paid it oixt_carofuUv wbfce 1 stepped to the (*??. jtfie ftooss around my loins I thrust myself gen tly over, and hi^g >s?rqy l>own I swaydtl (Silly letting opt tbe rope verjt Md ai iAt swung myself -ffiwfcldP (b *the i<*lp?, gained a footing, i.took a glance round before fl V>^ \ J ? I stood 011 a sfrlrof ranny rock that wound round the cliff some way to my left, and then, as I thought, broke sharply awny. I slipped ofT tbe_rope and left It to dangle, while ^ plore, keeping #el and planting luy^eef wi^li great cap tion. st as I could tug. I hauled UP ?e. NeAMAxty f 4t **1* |i| I reacliea the end?a thick. 1 believe I riltsftAteV^inimita* tak ing as many steps, when at the point whore the ledse broke off ^saw tbo ends of ail Iroinadder sticking up, and <1?e beside it a great bole In the rock, which till mow the curve of the cliff had hid. The ladder nfdMit^atooik *oi| a second slielf bdpJ * .. ? ? 1 heard tbe sound M a* f oft step an<fi faced round. |* * "? t ^Before me, not six paces off, stood Hannibal Tingcoinb. , He was issuing inpm the hole with n sack on his <stailder, and sneaking to desccnd tho Steps, when he threw a glance behind?and saw me! ' Neither spokar M'llte" a f|o? gray as* ashes he turned very slowly, until in the unnatural light we looked straight Into each other's eyes. ' t Then, letting slip the sack, he flung his arms up, ran a pace or two toward me, and tumbled on Ills face in a fit. His left shoulder liung over tbe verge; his legs slipped. In a trice H* was hanging by his arms, his old, distorted face turned up, and n froth about his lips. I ninde a step to save him, and then jumped back flattening myself against the rock. I The ledge was breaking! ' I saw a seam gape at my feet. I saw it widen and spread to right and left. I heard a ripping, rending noise ?a rush of stones and earth; and, clawing the air, with n wllfl screech, MUMP "lingeomb pitched backward, bead over heels. Into space. Ed sllqncf ; then a horrl F*WWK tTie water, far tw; then again a slipping and trick ling. as more of the ledge broko.fuvay flint a ftbble or two slldfn)^a dAble t a araKh and n tli(l orW*M M lftfet sttffee Ja# lofse r| (1i-M " , \shu%?r 0K nfta.IfinMI, Wrr lira no answer. ? screamed again and Again. The r<A flung my voice seaward. Acrow ,*nafiii#LiHr * p<HP or mfmh 'smoke. No one htftd, A while of weakness followed. My bvMn reeled; my Angers dug Into the flip behind till they bled. I bent for WW-forward over the heaving mist lltAugh which the *& crawlej| lll^f a silfte. It be?<t^ (1 rfT%io^p, Mat crjrllng watftf^ vTl I I f hall I Juini^Mhougnt I, "or bide hen till help; <*>????" 'ftvas a giddy. awful leap. But the fi hoMror WA* af fhy heels now. In Inute more 'twould have me: and ) my fall wan ecrtfrfn. I hent my Is, and, lenvlng my hold of tbe L sprang forward?out over the sea. [aw It twinkle, fathoms below. My I hand touohf?rt~gra*ped the rope: 1 my left, as I swung far out upon U Mippad nn 'Inch?tbrei Inches? I swaying wildly, My foot was In |no<?#< I ?koaed a shout above, ?as I dropped to a sitting posture Fops began to rise. ^ilck? Oh, Billy, pull quick!" could rot bear, yet tugged Hk# ? Aojan. ?ow Hmi( it tint* fi kfcfl n man SlA'!" lie shouted, a? lie cauglit mj hoB and fMfcd me ftfrt length oh the tufl "Why. lad?hast seen a ghost?" '?ere was no answer. The black boAr had overtaken me at last. W ? ?? ? - '*-0 ? *A>y carried me to a shed In the jrrA court of Oleya 4W^#ff^ne dD snd there, till faMfto*!^ after noM I lay betwixt *SH^onl4r niHI trArilng, whils Delia bathed my bead hrai.to be M. And about 4 In tM laftoA^n *be fcorror *4* I sat np and told my story pretty |* f^fal |f fbe hqjDoa*t t 4?ked *hf tho tale was done and & company to ^scarcii the cast from the ^"Au perished," said Delia, and then smiling, "I am as houseless as ever. Jack.". > >? , , "And linve the same good friends." "That's true. But listen?for while you have lain here Billy and 1 have puMfe head# together, lie is bound for Istst, he h?vs,?and has agreed to take %e and ?*<& poor Chattels as are saved Ao Brittany, where I know my mothers kind will have a welcome for me until these fftnibles Tio passed. Al* ready the half of my goods is aboard the Godsend, anq) a letter to Sir Bevill begging him to appoint aft honest man as my stew ard.' \VMit think you of fhe plan?" fit &*?ms>n good pinii,H 1 answered slowly; *the England that now is ts no place for a woman. When do you sail?" "As soon as you are recovered. Jack." "Then that's now." I got on my feet and drew M>n my boots (that Matt ^on tries had fonnd in the laurel bushes [ and brought). My knees trembled a h|t, lmt nothing to matter. ' "Art looking downcast. Jack." Sal?l I: "How else should I look, | that am to lose thee in an hour or more?'" (She made no rcfily to. this, but turned away to give an order to the sailors. ? ? ? ? ? The sun was setting as Delia and ' stood od the Ueftch, beside the boat that was to take her from me. AI>oard the Godsend I could hear the anchor lift* tag. and the nien singing, as, holding Molly'a bridle, 1 held ont my'hand to the dear inn id who with me had shared so ninny a peril. "Is there any more to come?" she asked. J , &Ko," said I??and Go$ knows my heart was heavy; "nothingto come but ?farewell r " She laid her small band In my big palm, and. glaftolug said very pret ty Mid demure: '/J a ? \ g < "A^n shall f leave my best? \?ilt not caoe, too, dear Jack?" "Delia!" I stammered. "What la this? I thought you loved mc not." "And so did I, Jack, and thinking so, found I loved thee better than ever. Fie on thee, now! May not a maid change her mind without being forced to such unseemly , brazen words?" And she heaved a mock sigh. Hut (is I stood and held that llttlo hand, I seemed across the very mist of happ!:iess to read a sentence writ ten, and spoke It, perforce mid slow, as with another man's month: "Delia, you only have I lovod, and will love! Blithe would I be to live with you, and to serve you would blithely die. In sorrow, then, call for me, or In trust abide me. But go with jrou now?I may not," She lifted her eyes, and looked full Into mine. And then, as a tear start ed: "But thou'lt come for me ere long. Jack? Else I am sure to blnme some other woman. Stay" She drew off her ring, and slipped It 011 my little finger. "There's ?ny token! Now glvo me one to weep and be glad over." Having no trinkets, I gave my glove; and she kissed It twice, and pat It in her bosom. "I hsve no need of this ring," Mid I, "for look!" and I drew forth the lock I had ait from her dear heed, that inorfiltag among the aiders by Kennet side, and worn ever since over my heart. "Wilt marry 110 man till I come?' J "Now, that'* too hard a promise," said she, laughing, and shaking her curls. "Too hard!* "Why. of course. Listen, sweetheart --a true woman win not change her mind; but, oh! she dearly loves to be able fa! jfco.^tatlng tips, here's my1 fwtud upon Itr-now, fie/JacKI and be . fafe all these mariners!?well, then If thou must" 1 I watched her standing In the stern and waving, till she was under the Godsend's side; then turned, and, mounting Molly, rode inlptid to the wars. (THE END.) Worthy lo Hfr?lre Pfntlon. A certain charitable organization I11 the city had a request the other (lay from a young Italian threatened with consumption who wanted help to get hack to Italy I11 the hope of saving his life. An agent was sent to Investigate, and, as usual, asked the young man's mother for a list of the members of the family. The blanks furnished for this formality have nine spaces left for children. The agent filled Tip one blank and still the list went on. 6b* filled two blanks without a word, the Met of chlldreu stopping at eighteen. When she turtied In her report It embraced the following official recommendation: "That the boy be sent to Italy, and that the mother be recommended to President Roosevelt for a pension."? [ NeW Verk Times. ? S?1nexk?o now has fin.000 American rue ldents and 1323,000,000 Americas Ht ^ 1.1 - . ?-" HERO ftlD*l KS All That Was Mortal of Gcieral Fiti to{ft Lee Placed flader tie Sod Jp? TC|?p|qpT j*cho?l Boa Clergy, Atat* and City MbAorial AOHe^lt State Militia, Veterans' Organizations, and City ition^ { Distinguished Vlsitoors , Formed th* ? Prmct^kf f k>4 stp f tf l?a loldfc* | wood Cemetery, Paaaing Between ned nessed a more imposing demonstration than that which marked Thursday the fttneral of ^kperal Pitzhugh Troops wcrCp&ring Into the city 4b night 'and tip mill($F/ co4hngeqjt which took paflKln the p&earioo?o^ slated 'pLAwo jpi regltoc^ts ??i%a? try, the SeVetttn and Seventy-flrst, the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, a bat' talion of artillery and seven detached Infantry companlea. makitg ?n all i about 2,000 men. Added to tnitf we?fe the veteran organisations, and nearly every carriage in the city Bad been engage?, for the occasion. By noon the business section was practically deserted. Around St. Paul's church, in which the funeral services were held, there was a Jenso throng, and from there to Hol lywood the sidewalks along the line of march were lined with spectators. The oharch was densely crowded, ths throng representing all classes and all walks of life. The services were con ducted by Klght Rev. A. M. Randolph, bishop of the Southern Virginia Dio cese, assisted by the Rev. Beverly Tucker, rector-of St. Paul's, Norfolk; l he Rqpr. Landoa R. Masou. rector of Rrace church, this city, and the Rev. B. E. Barnwall, acting rector of . St. Paul's. The floral tribatas banked about the casket wero profuse and came from all over the countr). At the outside of the casket, nearest the audience and at the termination of the main aisle, the Confederate battle flag In flowers gleamed In Ita field, red with the cross bars of blue bearing the^st&rs of white. A great wreath of White, elevated on a standard of green, Rhcd its perfume di rectly above (fie bier. It was four feat in diameter, elevated about Bix feet, and was made of Easter lilies, white roses, and white sWeet peas. Tho de slggs were sent-hp'the Veteran Cav* airy Association. Army' of Northern Virginia. The order of tho procession to Hollywood Cemetery was as fol lows: > ? Chief marshal and aides. escort, State military, vatejran Organization^ Ingh scho# tfoya, Soldiers' Homo vet erans. clergy in carriages, honorary pnU-bearcrs, active pall-bearers, cais son with body, family and mourners State officials, city officials, distin guished visitors, memorial associations Richmond fire department. Colored Spanish-American Veterans' Associa tion. On conclusion of the services at the church the line of march was taken up for the cemc^cry. The escort included the Seventh and Seventy-first Regi ments of Virginia volunteer infantry and a provisional regiment of unat tached Infantry companies; the Rich mond Light Infantry lllues Battalion, the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues, the Richmond Howitzers, the cadets of the Fork-lfnion Academy, Virginia; Lee and Pickett Camps, Confederate vet erans. of Richmond; A. P. Hill Camp, of Charlottesville, of which Qen. I.ee was a member, and representative* from almost every other camp in Vir ginia; the Association of veteran Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia; 8ons of Confederate Veterans: ladies' memorial organizations. Daughters of the Confederacy; aged and infirm vet erans from the Confederate Soldlera' Home, In wagonettes; representative.? of the Federal, State and city govern ment and of the Jamestown Exposition Company, and distinguished persons from wlthotit the Commonwealth, There were 33 military companies In lino end the procession was more than a mile long, taking about 35 min utes to pas* a given point, the carriages in line being driven two abrt?ast and the military inarching in double rank, company front, At the head of the escort rode ex Governor Charles T. O'Fcrroll, chief marfhal, with his aides, and consplc uouf In the procession were Goveifeoi Warleld, of Maryland, and the Attor ney General of his Stale; the twe United States Senators from Virginia, riding side by side in a carriage; Gen. J. W. Hayes, Major . H. E. L. Michle Dcmpsey, United States dress uniform and Lieu ernor Willard, representing Montague, who was prevent ed Ujr illness from being.present. casket c ontaining the body ef I al Lee rested on a hanVlsofhe cat* e built upon n caisson and was d with flowers and emblems of p.... nltcd States and the Confederacy. The Wtalsson was drawn by six black >hors%b with nrtillery harness and cov "fcrodfny black netting. Holding the ?bridle of each horse was a member ol t!-e .Howitzer buttery, HeliJnd the calsibn was led GenefM l<cr'f own ?id jlng ftorse. a thorough-bred black stal* rjiotiyith empty saddle and with the R'p:iifn< .1 boots and the sheathed ,?wcrt of the dead gcneial. As the rbo'lfBeft the church, mltfute guns were lflre<ljy a detachment of the Rlchmon.1 ,Hosiers in Capitol Square. ? The ttieets along the Hoc of marcti %weie packed with people and at the jfenoitery many thousands awaited the ,eoml#g of thf procesalon. There hat pot Ken such a pofiilftr outpeurtne ?ilncft the funerti of Jefferson Dav.? lomf year ago. and there were repre sentatives of every part of Virginia fn the multitudes (hat thronged to pay the Jest tribute of respect to Kltzhugh Lee. At the cemetery the committal |er ?Ice was reed by Bishop Hatdolph. the body was lowefred Into the grave, thrai Infantry rolley* were flred. tap* were founded and a salute of 17 guns wai flred ft neighboring height overlooking the historic James river. f FUful OF SEN. fUZdUGfl UE Th* Officiating Clergyman Dr. McKIm, An Officer in QeMW Lee's Old Com mand and a Llfe-Mng Friend?The Journey to Richmond. d#?An affection sine tribute was paid iy fef^l that is jpoortal of Brlga neA FltihuA Lee, United States army, retired.I Formal funeral sendees over the rfnains held in Klc$eK>nd Va^^buAiay. Brief sor viesb freri Jkeld *n lionday. however, at the Church of the {Epiphany, on Q mapy of tjif j^sonak#nd offl ?i(ltb*df fche opportunity thus afforded to ptvT last tribute of rasp^t tg the wpao% of the distin Trtor' t6 fh? serviEcC tho remains of General l^a.iwblch hail been lying in Jtjjpir * 4Mnt 1 in fAaJBunday school cHapol of BpfphawyMSflrch ginco their removal from Providence Hospital, were convoyed to thf auditorium of the church.. Thronahont the night and day thoy wore ^mjDunded by a guard. consisUngof ijmbcni of the local canM St #Wfod?hto veterans. Tie 0>frc|?#ices.were conducted by $cf-r?t<P ofl Bptphafly Church, Rev< Randolph P McKltn, D. D., who in chaplain of the Wanhlngton camp of Confederate Veterans, lie was ah officer in General dLie0| old command in th^ fiyiy >faf. tan?' the two were life-long' friends.' services were very simple, being In accordance with the burial stfvioe pifscribed by the ritual of the Bpfceopfi Church. No funeral oration was pfgnoiinccd. Tho charch was wronged with friends and aoqaalataftes of General I^e nnd his family. The casket con taining tho remains was covered wicn lioral offerings which had been re colvod from individuals and-organisa tions with whicn General Lee was OR KIUL PIT/IIII(JII LEE. Aftppp* them HC/ttib wrcfoth senTuy tho ] was a hand President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Tho details of the arrangement of tho services and escort of the body wero completed by Major General Gillespie. Brigadier General Burton, Major Kean, and Captain Mitchlo, United States Army. The detail of eight non-commisslon ed officers of the Scvent United States Cavalry actod as body-bearers. Col. John T. Cnllaglian, commander, and the members of the eainp of Confeder eratc veterans constituted a guard of honor for the remains while they wero being taken to tho Pennsylvania sta tion. The military escort consisted of a squadron of the Seventh Cavalry, a battery of field artillery and two companies of engineers, United States army. Shortly after noon, the cor tege, headed by a band, moved to the railroad Ftatoion vin Pennsylvania avenue. In the column, in addition to the military contingent, wero rep i c sent at Ives of the civic societies of which Ccneral Lee was a member. On r.rrival a tthe railroad station, the casket <cntoining the remains was conveyed, with due ceremony, to the funeral car, in which it was conveyed tc? Richmond. The escort-'Won- waf disbandc:!. ,Mrs. Lee was accompanied 0n thf*' apecir.l trafn to Richmond? heir, brother, Ma.'cr R. II. Fowl4j General I ce> i?ret!'er, Captrtln D. *M. 1 e<$ Mirs Virginia l\!a?on Horsey, Ml I.a'irr I^ee Dorsev, Dr. Robort F. M f<?ii mid Mr. and Mrs. Hen.aimir Minor. In additicn to these member] of the Lee family, many promlne nrmy officers, including aoverai wh served in r.encrsl Lee's Seventh Arm Corps during the ? Spanlsh-Amerlc war. also accompanied ih* iunfaf par ty to ftlctimond. The (Ml# Tfefr fo] Richmond at 1 o'clock. The bod bearers of tho Seventh Cavalry r nialned -with the casket until Alexan* dria was reached. There they we relieved by d detail of an officer an eight enlisted men ef the Aletandrl Light Infantry. In turn, this dctae ment was relieved nt Frederloksbur by a similar number of soldiers. Remains Arrive at Almond. Richmond. Va., Special.?Tho sp cliil train bearing the remains of Ge Fltzhugh Lee reached Richmond abou 6.SO o'clock Monday aftornoon an was met at Elba station, at the hea of ftroad street, by an imposing arra of State military. Confederate veto )ns. Stpie and city officials and, mo Hal ?rK!\nlz#tit)iM*. -Tile canke't co tnining the body was placed upon blark ciripsfin drown by six hlac ho!F"K, at the head of each horn bein a member of the Richmond Howitz in full dres* gray uniform, A procea<? s!on tvl'b fornicl and tho march *ap ttk*n up for tho city hall to solemn strains cf music from ? band. Th^ bolls of the city were tolled a? th Droco?Elen moved, flags 03 the bull tags were at half mast, aftj at fr< fluent intervals slung th# ^Vsrecii., emblems of mourning appeared irf drapery over store fronts thd othed houses. Tho procession wa* made uj? ??f the Richmond companies of ' tho Seventieth regiment. Virginia Volun-' teers; the Richmond Light /Infantr/ Battalion; the Richmond , lltfwiLMrs;! I^ee and Picket Cartips t>f Confederate veterans; the Veteran Cavalry Asso ciation, Army of Northern Virginia; Tnr ?r!lWl TntfiW n^nj^r lal associations of tha city. ANOTHER MISTRIAL Jmj ia ffaa Pattersoi Case Failed to A free n a Verdict TK SAME KSStlLT AS FMMEKLY ? < i * i. j After Nearly IS Hours' Deliberation, > Willi an Interval For Supper* tho Jury Entrusted With the Fate of Caesar Young's Alleged Murderess Provqp No Mors Abls Than Ita Pre ? deceesora to Roach a Verdict. New York, Special.?At 1:30 o'clock Thursday moraine the Jury in tho case of Nan Patterson, tried for the third time on the charge of murdering Caesar Young, was called Into the court room by Recorder Golf. When the 12 men Vere in their places snd the court offi cials had all arrivel, the recorder asked why tho defendant hsd not been brought Into court. A deputy sheriff replied that she had been feeling 111 snd had retired, but was then being dressed. After.a wait of 12 minutes, Miss Patterson appeared looking pale and in a highly nervous state. "Gentlemen, have you been able to reach an agreement?" asked the re corder of the Jury. "No, sir," replied the foreman. "Is* there any question of law or evidence in which I can Instruct you? Is there any way in which the court can help you?" The foreman looked for an Instant at his fellowmen, then turning to the rocorder, said: "No, sir, I don't be lieve you can help us." "Then you will retire to reconsider the matter." JURY DISCHARGED. The jury filed out and the court room was cleared. Recorder Golf le mained in his chamber ready to re reive a verdict if rendered or to fur ther Instruct the jury. Upon being as sured that there was no chance of an igreeif.ent, ho discharged the Jury. While the Jury considering her case was still out. Nan Pattereon sat in her ?ell in the Tombs, buoyed up by the hope that at the end of their delibera tion the twclvo men would agree to a vcrdict of not guilty. Miss Patterson's hope were based partly ou rumors which *ere current about the Criminal Conrt building, that the first ballot taken In the jury room were decidedly in her favor. The Jury had had the case ilQce shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. During the afternoon the jury sent to the cofirt rooms for articles of cloth ing worn by Caesar Young at the time he met his death, and the skeleton j which was exhibited during the trial by the prosecution in its endeavor to show that the victim of the tragedy ?ould not have Inflicted the wound hlm lelf. At 1.35 the Jury, recorder and other court officials had assembled in the rourt room. Recorder Goff demanded o know why Nan Patterson was not present, when he was informed that the was 111. He gave orders directing that she be produced immediately. CHARGE TO THE JURY. Recorder Goff In his charge to the jury said: "You must not think that, because of the humble position of this woman, you should not give her the same con *lderatlon as If she occupied a more ?xalted position In society. Whatever her position, she Is entitled to the same legal rights ns the most prominent and most conspicuous. The recorder described the two de grees of murder and manslaughter in '.he first and second degrees, which, he laid, he apprehended by the request to charge, was thought by counsol to be applicable In the case, and proceeded: "I understand that there Is no claim on the part cf the defense that If the defendant committed this homicide It was either justifiable or excusable. 1 also understand that tho defense claims that tho crime was murder In the first degree or nothing. Rut you iro not bound to accept the arguments of -counsel as to the nature of this crijpo. You are tho Judges of the facts, If thero was murder, and In what de gree The crucial question Is, 'Did the man kill himself or did this defendant I Ore the fatal shot?" ' "If the accused falls to take advan tage of her privilege to make a de fense, under advice of her counsel, her failure to do so must In no way bo held against her. NEED TO PROVE MOTIVE. "Much has beon said relating to the motive which actuated this defendant." he continued. "Tho prosecution claims that she shot the man because he had cast her off as his mistress. Rut It 13 not necessary to prove mctlve to con vict of murder. If it Is shown that a motive existed, then It tends to sup port the circumsJt.K'os. Put to (!o this motive musi uc proved, not imagine I." Before giving the case to the Jury Recorder Goff ruled on the requests to charge interposed in Mis* Patterson's behalf. He refused to submit ( lie of the requests, saying that it would b ? direction to the Jury to a<qult the defendant. He tol4-U?? 4*tfy> however, thai they might disregard the testi mony of Julia Smith if th??y thought it right to do tso. He also refused to charge requosts concerning Pawtu.o er Stern gnd the failure tf the '.e'e ' to call J, Morgan Sm th. He said tint claim* on either slue were net id be considered. Schoonar does Down, Penaacola, Fla., Special.?Fishing vestela arriving here jeport that t'ns Ashing schooner Florida was lost In a hurricane near jCampeacheo Hanks about ten days ago. and that entire ( rew, (instating of six-men, went down with the vessel. The schooner was owned by E. E. Saunders St Company, of thia city, and sailed out with a number of other vessels on the morning ot April ft, hound for the Campeacbe? Banks. NEWS THOIGIOUT TBI COimtlV Minor Hippmli>|? ?f the Week at Mom* and Abroad. Hi D'x'o. 8tx handled thousand dollars worth of strawberries have rotted at Chad* bourn. N. C, by lark of ears to mora them to market. Monro* Kelly, a Stafford county con a table, was drowned la the Rappanban nock. Booker T. Waahlngton. on behalf of students, presented Principal Frlssell, of Hampton Institute, with a purse of $1,300. Trustees of the Catholic University elected Mr. Charleo J. Bonaparte, of Baltimore, treaaurer, to succeed Thornaa Waggaman. A Norfolk man offers to donate to the Smithsonian lnstutSon the com pletely preserved brains of a soldier killed In the Civil War. Caleb Powers, twicc sentenced to Im prisonment for life, and under death sentence for over a year on the charge of conspiracy to murder William Goe bel, has petitioned for a transfer of his case to the United States Court. The fact has developed that John O. Carlisle. Jefferson M. I>evy and the other syndicate identified with them, which has been advertising for North Carolina special tax bonds, is really making a collection of carpet-bsg bond's. which have been outlawed by North Carolina, and that apparently their object Is to Institute suit for the purpose of forcing collection. The special tax bonds in question are said to be none other than the notorious Littleflcld-Swepson bonds which were floated in New York at the time for prices ranging from 6 to 10 cents. At the National Capital. Vice President Bond, of the 7<4itl more and Ohio Railroad Company, tes tified in the rate legislation hearing before the Senate committee. Secretary Taft has decided not to take sides in the dispute between lioomls and Rowen. Mrs. Donald McLean made an ad dress at the unveiling of* the monu ment to the army nurses who died In the Snanish-American War. The Railway Appliance (exposition was formally opened in Washington. James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, testified be fore the Semtc committee on Inter state Commerce. Through the North. The Chicago strlker? arc reported as rapidly losing ground. tt i \ President Roosevelt left for WaHh k.gton Saturdoy night, bidding fare well to hin comrades in Colorado who have been with him on his famous hunting trip. A. B. Spear, the cashier of the closed Cltlbens' Hank of Oberlin, Ohio. from which Mrs. Chadwlck obtained large sums of money, was sentenced to sov en years in the penitentlar:*. ? Charles Hadflcld, a professional rain maker, is held to have earned the re ward of $1,000 for producing 18 inches ?of rain in Southern California. Justico Riscboff has signed an order requiring the office? of the Equitable Life Assurance Society to appear In the Supreme Court with the books. Mr?. Annie Holzapfcl, an important withncss In the 'Bluebeard" Hoch case, la missing. Col. William W, Blackford died at Lynn Haven. James McCarthy, a Vermont convict, testified at Norfolk regarding Virginia postoffice robberies. The bodies of Robert Rushton Shaw, an Englishman, and his wife, a Phila delphia woman, were found shot through the head near Blockpool, both having supposedly comimtted suicide by mutual agreement. Foreign Affairs. Some fear is felt that the National ists of Poland may cause trouble today, the anlveraary of the adoption of the country's constitution Professor Roentgen Is too shy to at tend the convention now meeting at Berlin In celebration of the anniver sary of the discovery of the Roentgen ray. Slnco February the prices of meat in Germany have advanced from 15 to 33 per cent. The British House of Commons took up and passed the Aliens Bill. With the customary pomp Ambassa dor McCormlck presented his creden tials to President Loubct of France. The feeling of alarm over the situa tion Jn Poland Is now pronounced at St. Petersburg, and the gravest results are feared. Nothing definite Is learned about the -movements of Rojestvensky or Nebo gatoff. The Japanese profess to br making satisfactory progress with the raising of Russian r.hips at Port Arthur and Chemulpo. Ixml Dunraven has written a pamph let In which he declares that Ireland must have home rule If she Is to be saved from national bankruptcy in man power, intelligence an I mil*rial prosperity. At the international roniiess to ob ?ervs the tenth anniversary of the dls <overy of tha Roentgen ray* many cures of cancer by roeina of the raya were reported. Miscellaneous Mattera. The New Yorli rMeral grand Jury has instituted an Investigation into the affairs of the American Tobacco Com pany. At a ma3s meeting held Friday night It was resolved to raise $30,000 for I he erection of an equestrian statue of General Fltzhuyh Lee, the plan be ing to have the memorial placed and unveiled during the Jamcotown Expos ition. TOGO NOT FEARED tisstoa Naval Forces Getting loto Fighting Trim JUNCTION OF FLEE IS IS ASSUREO Naval Officers at St. Petersburg Do * dare That While Rojeetvensky May Lose Half His Convoy, the Japanese Cannot Serioualy Oppose the Ad vance of the Unitrd Squadrons to Vladivostok, Where Further Re-in forcements wait. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Admiral Nebogatoff's junction with Vice Ad miral Rojestvensky Is now considcrel by the Admiralty as practically asuur ed, and hope for a successful issue* iu the approaching struggle for matdcry of the sea is gieatly encourage! thereby. Naval officers are prepared to r.eo RojeRtvensky lose half hi? convoy, but In face of the united divisions it id believed that Togo will accomplish lit tle or nothing in the way of opposi tion to the advance to Vladivostock and that he must l>e content with the aid of the army, to try and invest by land and soa and make Vladivostock another Port Arthur. If the llret readi es Vladivostock intact, however, nival officers here claim that victory is won. Although theie is a little more than 100.000 tons of coal at Vladivostock, the re-enforcement of the fleet, by tho I Cromobio, llnt-sla and Bogntyr. and tho torpedo boats and sub-marines now in the harbor there they claim that Ko Jestven^ky could drive Togo off the ie i and leave Field Mai slial Oj'ama'w army stranded in Manchuria. Seizes Small Jap Vessel. Toklo, By Cable.?Four Russian tor pedo boat destroyers appeared west ward of Hokkaiddo, off Suhu, Saturday. They seized and burned a small sailing vessel and imprisoned the captain and disappeared to the northwest. .They were evidently returning to Vladivos tock. There is a possibility that they have destroyed otlx r small craft, al though no rcpoits to that cffect ha^ been received. The object of. their visit is not clear. It Is thought that probably they hoj:od to torpedo the Japanese patrol at night, and it !? also suggested that the Vlad ivostock vessels-planned a diversion to assist the fleet of Admiral Itojcatveu sky. President Bids Farewell. ' Glenwood Springs, Col., SpeiMal.? President Boost volt Sunday enter tained at dinner his compnnlonB on his three weeks' hunt In the Rockies. Af ter the dinner, the President bade them an affectionate farewell and promls-eJ that all would live forever In his fond est memory. At tho dinner were P. B. Stewart, of Colorado Springs; Dr. Alex ander Lambert, of Now York; Guidon Jacob Borab, John doff, "Briek" Wells, John Fry and O. M. Spraguc; Courier Elmer Chapman, and Secretary Loob. In describing the function. Chap man said: "We sat Just as we did i:i camp. Mr. Loeb was tho only duke at the party." Veteran Publisher Dead. Mobile, Ala., Special.?Col. John Lawrence Rapier, president of tho Register Company, died Sunday morn ing at 2:30 o'clock, agod OS years. Colonel Rapier fought with distinction In the Confederate service during tho Civil War. He was the founder of The Mobile Times, which paper waa later merged with The Register. Ho was a brother of Thomas G. Rapier, odltod of The New Orleans Picayune. He is survived by his wife, four so?ia and ono daughter. Some New Disturbances. Warsaw, By Cable?This city Sunday celebrated the name day of Empress Alexandra Feodrovna, The Socialist warnings not to display tings was gen erally disregarded in view of the heivy penalties Imposed upon houseboldeis who fall to decorate their homes on such occasions. This led to some dis turbances. angry mobs tearing down and burning fln.ts at different plates. Otherwise the city was quiet. Fatal Railroad Wrck. Houston. Texas, Special.?A Galves ton, Houston & fc'orUtwrn train, com ing from Galveston, left th^ track at a curve near Hprrlsburg. shortly b? - fore midnight, th?* engine turning turtle, and taking all of the conches off. Engineer Frank ('ox was cremat ed under his enelne. Fireman Diane ton is missing, and it Is believe! thnt he wws also burned. While several of the p?s??n*er* were bruised, none were badly hurt. The ccnchc* were wrcc'/cd find caught Are, the train being near ly destroyed by flre, A sprei(1lnj? nil caused the wrec'/. First Train Over New Road. Dublin, Oa., Special.?The first train from Eastman ovtr the Dublin ft Southwestern railroad ' reached Dub lin ffundny afternoon. The tr.:in con slsted of tf n solid car loads of frdi iit from Eastman. President Rent*. Gen eral Manager Klssler an,l Superinten dent C. K. Ronz were on board. It will take a week or more (o surface up the track. As soon as th'it hns l>cc:r accomplished, regular schedules will be put on between Dublin and East man.