WO CENTSPBICE ',

VIOLENT IN HISDENUNCIATION

RICHMOND. ?A. FKIDAY.MAY3. 1901

HAPPY DISCIPLESOF AESCULAPIUS

VOL.aO. SO. 71.

"Tho Constitution, however, is wider inthe midship section by a foot and a haifthan the Columbia. This will bo greatlyto the advantage of the new boat whenshe is hauled over."

launched next Monday night, are from :«nauthoritative source. The Constitution, itis learned. Is of the same over-.-ilI length

as the Columbia—l33 feet— and also of the*same, length at the watnr-line— ST feet 7inchey. There is little difference in thadraught, the Columbia drawing' 10 feet 7inches and the Constitution a little loss.

Liberal Leader ArraignsCoal Tax Severely,

BODY FOUND.

Commencement Exercisesof University College,

SEVENTY-TWO WINM.D PIECE OF BUNGLING-

did Institution,Largest Class in History of the Splen- Prophesied that itWould Throw Coal

Trade Into Chaos.

ALL OFFICERSARE RELEASED

THE CHANCELLOR MADE REPLY*FINE ADDRESS BY DR. MMVER.

The father is supposed to have com-mitted suicide also by throwing himselfover tho bridge.

ST. PAUL. MTN'N.. May L\—A parti;-!confirmation of thy police suspicion thatWilliam Rosenliel'l drowned his fourchildren and himself one week ago in theMississippi River was obtained to-daywhen the body ol the nine-year-oldRosenfield boy was taken from tho rivernear Fort Snelling.

Rosenfield is alleged to have abductedthe children, who were In the ctistody

of their mother at Minneapolis, secureda. rig and drove with them to the- river,

where all are supposed to have beendrort-ned.

William Rosenfield.(Br Associated Pr«s.>

Partial Confirmation of Suspicion Agains*

RUSSIA'S LOAN.

Cited Mass of Statistics to Show That Opera-

tors Were Fully Able to Bear theDuty and Scouted at Dan-

ger of American1 Corti-pe:ion~No Vote

Had.

BOSSCHIETERCASEIN MANCHESTER

. I

Men Charged With Drug-ging BessieClarfc

GIRLS ST6kV TOLD.

Little After the First FewDrinks Were Taken,

OTHERS MAY BE ARRESTED.

The Affair Csuscs fircai Indignation Among

the Cilircns of ManchcPtcr—

F?^anSay* the Girl Wns Tnkcn in His

Plbcc Through Kindness and !>c-

nice AH Knonicdge of Mal-

treatment of Ciirl.

mrank Armstead, 13. IS. Fajpin,":<^;- Pih

low arifl Willie Bell. :i!l wrdl-knoT.-n inManchester, were arrested last nisht by

Offlciers Wright and Sniiih. of iliat citj%

en P. v. ;!!!-;<::t .-worn out by ''lvirics Clarkbefore Mayor Maurice charging themr:l\)iunlawfully !nfl Celonlouslj drupging,

m&tonpdrunk and i aultiiigBessie Clarkj

b cir! fourteen >•::> \u25a0\u25a0:':. Clio warrants

xptn tesued about~

o'clock and kctc allporvefl b*»lore- midnicht.

Th" prisoners applied for bail, but thec£!=*> nnt being o ie in vrtil b it could beallowpd, they vn re confined in the cells ;it

the 7'Oiic»* staiion thrdugh the night mid

•win be before the mayor this morning.

Th» arrests created mucli excltemeht,

u:id a larpe ax>wd g&tliered around thepta-tidhhouse ;j? tlic men were brought in.

rh^v ,>r;i:s^d to v\\k ;;: ;\u25a0.!\u25a0.\u25a0 r than to say

\jvz affsir had been exaggerated. Fagan

vn<3 Pillow were arrested on the street,

rhile Anrislead and Bell were lound at'jioir homes.

The cafi'j Trill not ha hcani Ibis mbrhrIng. a« tho prosecution will not be ready{or irla!. owing to tho many details «ndL-ornplications wiiich seem t<> exist In thekfTa-ir tbougrh not yet fullydeveloped. ItBeems probable that Other arrests will bejr.i'ii'^ In connection with tho capo, andthe ofc'.-crs «ro thorousbly Woriting cvor>'

islue which may ir;ni io The appi^ehehsibntf others thought io have been impli-cated.

FA< ITS INTHE CASE.Bofsio Clark, th^ girl named In tho

-warrant, if Lhe fourtoon-ycsr-olr! daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark, o£ Xo,

nil Evotftt Street. She jtas found byOfTlccr Alex. Wright al>out 1 o'tlou. yes-terday nifrnmr; In the little shop on Htll!Street, ne;i'

-Sev< nth. kept by Okey Pil-

low, in an apparently drunken find liys-tcrir.-il <Tui.-iii!"ti. She lia'J been ta!»«Mithen? frr.ni !!;'.\u25a0 jun'; shop across thestreet. U»<<\ by K. BJ. Fagah. when shewap thought w 1"'1 "'- in a dying- conuiuon.

After removing her i" i!u- pldcd koptby [Pillow, those who bad been with herbeoamr- alarmed. Borne of tinm <Jisap-jiearefl, while ohc or two remained torender what Bervi.ire they miciit to the cirlns she lay h.uf clad and screaming fromfright nr.il nervousness.

Dr. Brodnax was summoned a; a latehour. He found the sir! in ;< bad condi-tion, and Ht once administered such drugs;tp he kn^ri- v.-onld pive her relief.

About 3 o'clock* after the clrl bad be-

come more quiet, :< police officer went tothe. lioni*' ol Mr. Clark, her Dathcr, andnotified him ol his flaughtei'*s coriditio.n.TVith Lears ih his eyes he roildwed theofficer dowft-t«»wn and into the dark roomwhore hi:; daughter lay. Soon she recog-nized her father a:id was in his arms,Ijeins- borne to her homo.

M< iTHKR'fi STORY.According to the mother's story :;s re-

lated yesterday^ the Bin leti home In themorninp for ill T. C. Williams to-

bacco factorj% i:i RlclimonO, where fli<j

I? employed, and there remained ai workuntil 1 o'riock, when the department shewhs ir. closed for the day. x

Mrs. I'iiirlc siiiii her daughter told h--ryesterday morning that she entered Uieplace kept by l'acrsin i!i the evening alioutfi o'clock and that soon after going indrinks were proposed. She drank, asphe remembered, two and then had mor?f-<rrr-i) upon her until 6he lost count,and rememberefl iittle more of the dooOpof tho niKlu.

"My daughter is only v years of ape,"paid Mrs. Clark, "and was never knownto stay away from homo all night but<->noe before, and then with girl friendsin Richmond."

THE OIIU.'S STORY.The girl when set a last nisht at her

11 1111111 1i11«--.1 1«--. was y-'t In a nervous state, butmade aretatement which makes the affairMil! more hqrril le than was at first re-jiort-d. She Bald, after leaving her home"Wfanosduy, she went directly to her\u25a0work at the T. C. "Williams, tobacco fac-tor;.- In Richmond, and about 10 o'clockin the day .«hf was called to tin- \u25a0phoneand here found Frank Atmistead, whop.'iia EOmeihlng about her mooting himthnt evening st Twentj--iinst and Maingtroots, in Richmond. This Kh". declinedt<> Uo, whereupon ho said .lim Foikos. thebar-keeper at M". .\. Xi«ai's inManchester, wished to speak to herSom« one who:;-, she thought m be Folkeptoolt the 'phono. «ncl told her. her motherwas very side and wanted her to boniehome at once. Sho rcpllefl that she 316r.^t bclJevo this, so returned to herwork. A HtUe lafr shi- was called forasrrtin ov«r tin- same 'phone, but this'!»• Roino o:-.o in Uic offic? answered anddeclined to allow her to he summoned

STAYED AT THI-: FACTOnV.Areftrdinß- 1o her statement sho re-

maii.rd at the factory until 12:3do'clock. !when on «ccoii'ii ot Slack work i/Ct.Catirt. tl)r» foreman, sen! her and oUiershome. In tro:r>er to Manchetftn1 sir*Iwalked acrota tiio Free Bridge and tothe Vionr*of B frieiid, where slie v^tnain-nuntil sfte.- .-. o'clock, then going downSeventh Sti.'M U» Hull, where shr- in<--tFrank Annlst.«ifi.il, W"t! aft.-y- turnincvp Hull Street, in froiij of N'eal's teloon.

!!<\u25a0 Joined her. aw; they wa?ked a short<I!«fta.i;e,- d;> Uu- Btreei i;!)til they cjime

In front ol Ka£an*£ place. JJere theyflopped beneath tlio projecting porch offho building, as ii «paa raining, and shewan arguing with Armstcad that sl:esho'.ild fr" baJSk down Hull Street to re-turn an umbwlia which s^l'.C had brj.»:ig--ing tf> a fne:!a living!n that dincuon.

VXLIAZDJNTO THE HOUSE.Armlstead. she said, lnsletod that .?hc

put H off. Ai tliis time Fagan, accorUi::t;io her Ktoi->-, ankod them to come into hisli'.a-ce. S)ie dc<!iucd. •whercujion sh<- wastxir.f-a by t)u- hand and puiicd Sn—arter-ward the lioor was closc<l. Armlstcad.»-Ke «a,1(3, v^nt next out for tb pint ofWhiakey, with which lie soon returned,and JnPlsted upon her ;:»Ki.':c & drink.whic& *1m «lc. After that & numJj'.r of

drinks. «she declares, T.'crs rorcrd uponher, H«;d sho said slio j-oijlO not rcm*m-:>.-;\u25a0 just vvhnl hkjfijvenotf."The ftirl's 'rftthrr \va? ptessnl 'luringiius ulat^ifient and sai<l lir 'knew Attri-tataad, wiio na<l fin js.nTral occasions call-<d 'Hi tils iifiusrMor.

X.V;.AN S STATEM ENT.i^san, vim whs .««-<>n yt^crday after-

IlIOOTI, iiri->ir.-l<vl Ills Innorencp. saying h?[ had only taken the isirJ Into Ms place• tiij-oucii idridnesfc aa she w;is standingI"inside «nd it tras raining. W'~1 ili.u ho liart any p.-irt in sivinrc whiskey toithe cirl or any knowledge that yhe v.-as! maltreated. Ho says h<» went out of th", rtoto <s saoi'i an Ihe s'^l ciitcred and was, \u0084i! for s-thi^ time. H«* remained at bis! place until aSout S o'clock ;in<l then lort

I his keys with a frtend, *-hotn he rcqneFtcdj 10 sec thai the tirl •vis taken home ns

coon ;ln she was In condition to bo takenand to tell where Blie lived. He deniedLhat lifknew the girl.

<:i:i:.\T INDIGNATION FELiT.N'oihin? has oriuri-'d in the city °f

M:i!i«li.-st"r in yonrs Hint lias so excitedIUse indlfniaUon of Ibc Rcople, t»<l oh

cvoiy hand llic uffalr was h'ins dis-cussed Ur-t hlgtit. Mr. an<a Mrs. Clark,

I ihf» parents or the unfortunate si--l. ;.r•.[ (hougii poor, most tof).;ot.aWc pcorlf1.; and their friends and ncichbors are

greatly arousea and indignant over theocejirrenoe,

The Riri in appearance is well prcmnror her ase, wears dVcsses tn her shoetops and has the demeanor and ma-n:rof a diild, ratlier than that of .< hall

The onlj witnesses named in the war-rant arc !.-r. John Brodncix, Officer A'exWright, and Jim Nunnally.

He Pays a High Tribute lo Dr. Hodges and

Discusses the Importance of Education.

Dr. Hodges on the Work of the

Ceilege— Aiumni Meeting andBanquet

— Profusion

of Flowers.Has Arranged! With France for Sum of 500.-

000,000 Francs.(By Assoclalori Pr<*«*.)

BERLIN. May 2.—Tho Vossiche Zoit.-ling prints a. special dispatch from St.

Petersburg announcing that Russia h-.isvirtuallyarranged with France for loansamounting to 5u0.000.000 frariCs. and thatiuiother Russian loan is being negotiatedwith English and American bankers inLondon.

The dispatch further says that the

Czur is planning for a trip abroad during

jiext August, and that he will visitCopenhagen. Darmstadt and Vienna.

The probability is that Marquis Ito willreconstrucl the Cabinet, excluding Vis-count \u25a0\Vatanab6i Minister of Finance.

rOKOHAiIAi May 2.—ln consequenceof the continued postponement by theJapanese Minister "f Finance <>i" the car-rying out of the expected public works.Marquis If., the Premier, tendered hisrcsigiiaiion to the Mikado. All the othermembers of ih<' Cabinei did likewise,with the exception of U;o Minister ofWar, Baron Kndania.

Japanese Csbincl Resigned,iin- Associated Press )

MR. LERCH INJURED.Increase in Wages.

fßj AFSorlatri! Press.)IXDJAXAPOIiIS,LVD.. -May 2.—At tho

national conference 6' wlndo.W-glasß in-tercsta iieM h--r^ to-day, ii was decidedin Hose down nearly all faulorles in theUnited States on May nth and tn plvoall employes an advance in wages of loper cent.

The result affects 32.CW glass-blowersand ITi.niiQ ether employes.

Badly Kurt.Local Manager of Pabst Brewing Company

Mr.Henry Lcrch. the local manager ofI'abst' Brewing Company, was badly hurtby a fall yesterday.

Tho bones in one of his knees wore dis-located, ami, while his injuries are notserious, he will be confined to his resi-dence for some time.

Favor Granting Degree.(By Associated Prpss.i

BOSTON. MASS.. May 2.—A mail votesecured by the Herald among the alumniof Harvard University on the •.tueption.of conferring the doctor of laws degreeupon President McKinley. shows a strong

majority in favor of the step, 7S percent, of tho graduates voting having ex-pressed themselves in support of theproposition. In all Gil votes were sentto the Herald.

Six New Steamers.

(By ASFOcintpti Vvs*.)

COPENHAGEN, May z.—Tlio I'nUcilSteamship Company, of Copenhagen, hasordered six new steamers of IH,?K.'O tonseach for the fjnited States trade. Onaccount of tho increase in American ex-ports it has b§»3n docirt- d to open a r.gr

-lar line to Boston and increase thenumber of steamers <:i Ih2 N- w forkand New Orleans routes.

New German Ministry.(Rr AssodhtoJ rrpss.l

LONDON, May 2.—A special dispatchfnun Berlin says that seeing th^ GeriranCanal bill is certain ol reJecHofl ardthat the Prussian Diet willbe closed to-rrieirrbw. Hit Inipfii;'.! ChanccHo /, Countyon Buel.uv. will form a mv.- mmi Uiy.

WASHINGTON. May 2.—Cardinal Mar-tinclli took the oath of his new officeand subscribed to the profession of faithat the Pajtal Delegation to-day. Theoath was administered by Mgr. Conaty,

of the Catholic University, and wit-

nessed by Mgr. Marchetti, the Papal Ab-logatc. .

The ceremony was privato and wasextremely simple.

Simple Ceremony.CBy Associated Press.)

Policeman J. J. Lango. cf the Ser.irdbtsirict, has recently come into isossci-sion of <niito an interesting Cor>fcd raterelic. It is a. framed card bearing thestamp in scaling wax of the "Adjutal tand Inspector-General's Office C. S. A."

A Valued Relic

MISREPRESENTSCONSTITUENTS

BATTLE OF GIANTSNOW INPROGRESS

LONDON. May :.'.—T'.ure was a largJ

attendance in the House of Commonsto-day iii anticipation of the discussionof the new export tax on coal. The Gov-

ernment i,,ued an urgent "whip" to the

unionist members, who are largely

pledged to vote against the tax. 'Ibe

Government took strong precautions to

secure :t majority.The rull bouse and galleries had to wait

until nearly (> o'clock for the beginning

of the debate. Sir. William Verncn Har-court (Liberal; led with a severe, almostviolent", arraignment c.f the GovernmenHi- said" the t-tx \v;>uld throw tho cial

trade into chaos and confusion. It reck-lessly disregarded exiitir.g contracts and*Was 'a nio--t unbusinesslike way of dettl-

iri" With a gieat trade. It was an ex-traordinary and vexatious pefe of bung-

ling It was nonsense -to say the for-eigner would pay the tax because he

could not do without cOal. The Govern-

ment of Italy had answer. d that ylea. by

takirig coal from •America instead ot tnis

country. The trade of France wasequally divided between th's country,

Germany, and Belgium.The Chanceiidr cf Exchequer, &ir

Michael Hicks-'Btaeh, interrupting, said:

"We are beating the others.""Then go on beating thorn, said Sir

William Vernon Harcoiirt: "Why throw asuilling into the scale against this coun-tr

Sir William contended that it was classiegisifttion, and that the tax would ulti-mately come out c.f the miners' wages."

CHANCELLOR .REPLIED.The rhamcllor of the Exchequer admit-

ted that the tax, like every tax, was an

obstruction to trade. The real question

was. could the export trade in coal bear

the tax? It could. English coal was of

so goud a quality, there was much of it,

arid it could not be sot In any other coun-try. Thus:, to a large extent, it was frec^from competition.

Tho Chancellor submitted matnes of

statistics which he summarize..! as: ataov.-

iii"£20 i«) O0(i tons- wore miiud in WOO, onwhich. '"after deducting £18,000,000 lc

wages, more than in lSOT; left the coal

owners a net profit of £29,^000 on acapital of £110,000,000: Ho lwd faomo

difficulty in keeping hi.* patience whendeputations talked to him about the un-

(

prof.lable condition of trade.\s to the competition of the Lmted

States. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach said:

"Last year the price of our coal at the

bort of export rose very much higher than

the price of coat in the T"nfted States, but

in spite of that our export of coal was•« 000 000 tons or 3,500,000 tons more than

the previous year. The United States ex-port a little over 16.CW.000 tons: if the

Uiiltefl States could not compete when

the price of our coal was very high, itwould be absolutely impossible for themto compete when the price of our coal waslow."

John Redmond, the Nationalist leader,

said tho coal tax did not affect Ireland,

and in that, respect it was the beginning

of a now cm.. On general principles,however, he urged Irish members to Joeverything possible in their efforts to de-

foat the budget.Tho debate was adjourned to Monday

next. when, according to tho arrange-ment, a division will be taken.

{13j Associated Press.)

NEGRO EXHIBITAT CHARLESTON

"The Democratic sentiment is strongenough- t<> resist and overcome the Mc-Laurlh movement, but those who believethat the man is more important than thedollar willhnve to bestir themselves."

"Senator Tillman has already taken up

the gauge of battle thrown down by Sen-ator McLaurin and will doubtless be ableto marshall a considerable majority inthat State, but the same infiupiu-es are atwork in other States, where there isgreater danger of their success.

•\u25a0It is n<n likely that Mr. McLaurlriwill be the leader of the movement, bu-

cause It-is handlcappeS-toy the fact thathe is using hi1? official position to mis-iTiiroscnt the views and interests of hisconstituents, but Some leader will ariseto give- direction and force to the aristo-cratic and plutocratic clement for whichMr. McLaurin speaks. Titere is such an.element in every community, an-j no»vthat the race question .no longer unifiesthe. white people of the Southern States,It will doubtless manifest itself.

(Ry Associated Tress.)

LINCOLN, NEB., May 2.—ln ,t Ptaic-

ment made to-day, William J. Bryan

takes Senator .McLaurin, oi South Caro-lina, to Ui>k for what he declares is hispolitical i!op. At the same time Mr.Bryan admits that Senator McLaurin'saction marks the beginning of a move-ment in the South, which will have anInfluence upon the politics ol the nation.He says:

for What He Terms His

Political Flop-

Mr. Bryan Criticises Senator McLaurin

CHARLESTON, S. C. May 2.—BookerWashington has been placed at the headof the Department of the SouthCarolina Interstate aiid West Indian Ex-position and has issued an address to thecolored .people of the United States set-ting forth that a special building on oneof the most attractive and prominentparts of the grounds has been set asidefor the. use Of. the colored people fortheir exhibit. and urging that itbe filled with the products oftho negroes representing every sectionof the country. He says: "Those incharge of the negro department are es-pecially anxious to secure exhibits repre-senting the progress of the race alongthe following lines: Agriculture, mechan-ics, social culture and domestic life, edu-cation, morals and religion, woman'swork and arts, as -well as other relationsin life."

Creditable.(By Associated Tress.)

Beoker Washington Urges that it be Made

MINISTERS MEET.SUNDAY OPENING.The Question Is Still in a Very Unsettled

State.(n.r Associate!] Presfc.>

BUFFALO. X. T., May 2.—When theBoard 6f Directors of the Pan-AmericanExposition finally decidt?d to throw litegates open on Sunday between the hoursof 1 P. M. and 11 P. M.. closing all themidway attractions for t wenly-fourhours, it was thought that this questionhad been disposed of.

The committee of ministers have ap-pointed a sub-committee to investigatewhat lognl ::tops, if any. could be takento close the gates on the Sabbath.

The midway concessionaries claim that,according to a clause in their contract,the company must allow them to runevery day that the Exposition gates areopen.

The next meeting will be held nedctTuesday; The subject of Count yonWaldersee's letter will then be taken upand a reply drafted. The ministerspersonally object to the tone of the let-ter. They particularly object to any ofthe. legation guards being under anyauthority except that o£ the ministersthemselves.

PEKIN, May 2.—At a meeting of thoministers yesterday thfe report o* theindemnity Committee was read. Re-garding the resources of China, the re^port was very voluminous. It is claimedthat the revenues from all availablesources will not allow China to pay theindemnity unless assistance is rendered.

Letter.(By Associated Tress.)

They Object lo Tone of Yon Waldersee's

CONSTITUfION'S MEASUREMENTSElected Officers.fKv Afssorlnicd Prcii» )

KNOXVII.LE.TEXN.. May 2.-A con-vention of Southern Railway T'nton Ma-chinists closed its session >here to-day.The following: officers were chosen:

President. B. F. K«?nry. of Knoxville:Vice-President, William Robinson, of At-lanta: Secretary-Treasurer, Wi liamSpodden. of Salisbury. N. C. Knosv.l'e.Term.. was selected &3 headquarters fortUa Association. x

in conclusion, Ide9ire to say that thograduating class of this year is the larg-est in the

- history of the institution.

The curriculum and the method's ofleaching have been mtich :mprov:d dur-ing the past year, and the titimbor efhospital appointments for the graduateshave been nearly doubled. Tt is mypleasure also to make the anno !iiri>:..-ientthat the faculty, having provuiod theclinical facilities necessary for the leach-ing of the students, has turned its atten-tion to the extension and improvementof the laboratory courses, and \v>U :*.tonce add to these a depart tohiit \u25a0which,it !<: hoped, may prove '>t pred* Utility,not only to this Slate, hut to the chllroSouth, as there is no"v jio oth ;r su^hInstitution south of Baltimore; .". referto a Pasteur Department, for the trferlt-ment of rabies. It .'s 'i't^'i £taiifyintj toannounce that this rten-i^.O'-'ic of theUniversity College of MeUisine wii: leunder the directorship if Dr. A G.Hoen, recently connected -with trie labo-ratories of the Johns Hjjikins fLijipital.This department has alrcidy been iuJlyequipped, and it is hoped that it willbe ready for work within two v/eeks-.

The University College of Medicine wasestablished in this city eight years agoby its late lamented president. Dr. Hun-ter McGuire. and twenty or his col-leagues, and from its very inception ithas been accorded an unprecedentedmeasure of success, not only in tii- num-ber of students that have been attractedto its walls, but In the high standard ofscholarship that lias been shown |jy Usgraduates. Bach year the college build-ings have been improved and enlargeduntil to-day this institution ranks as oneof the largest in our country. Its teach-ing faculty how comprises a staff offifty-five ieaSiers, and the roll of stu-dents in the different departments nownumbers nearly three hundred. A thfee-year course, with a voluntary fourthyear, has always been maintained inmedicine, but last year a four-yearcourse was made compulsory.

The purpose of the faculty has beento maintain a high grade institution thatwould give its students every benefitthat could be derived in any other medi-cal center, and the success of its grad-uates before (he different State Exam-ining Boards in Medicine, Dentistry andPharmacy has been unsurpassed by anyother institution in this country. Jt isunnecessary to., give minute statistics,but the reports before the VirginiaMedical Examining- Board for the lastfour years will show that with 347 appli-cants from this institution. IM.ofi p r̂cent, were successful, and the reportsof the Dental and PharmaceuticalBoards show an equally high percentage;

During the past year the teaching and(clinical facilities have ibeeri enlarged,and last night a magnificent new addi-tion to tho Virginia Hospital, for theuse of charity patients, was formallyopened, which more than doubles Its ca-pacity for clinical cases. Other-i improve-ments for the benefit of -the students ofthis institution^ are being cousidered, andIt is believed that with the modern ap-pointments already made ami in contem-plation, the opportunities for a thor-oughly scientific and practical clinicalcourse of study will not iie :nirp isued inthe South.

Thr. exercises were ipened with prayerby Dr. Strange. Dr. Hodges then gavein well chosen words a resume of theyear's work, which told of the standwhich the col!es? has takm in the frontrank of th? best medical college Of thecountry. He said:

WORK OF THE qOLDEGE.

The house was well filled with thefrieiUiS and relatives of the young grad-uates. The latter occupied the block ofseats immediately in front m1m

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the stage.And .i- striking and impressive body "ofyoung men they were, eighty of them, intheir gowns and mortar-boards. Amongothei similar valuable bits of knowledgethey have picked lip at the UniversityCollege of Medicine is the fact thatCommencement night is the one chanceof a life-tim,? thai v fellow has to estab-lish with liis young: iaiiy friends H.bnl-ance ot trade in (lowers that will hoclearly in his favor. This floral io-eipjoeity the boys had worked for ail itwas worth, nnd the result was thatthere were roses and carnations i?:idevery other sort of hower known toRichmond florists to the ex-tent of somethree or four hundred bouquets whichmade a strikingly beautiful jiilo.all in aheap, on the .stage just behind the flashSights.

GRADUATES AND FRIENDS

The faculty were oh the stage headedby the president of the institution. Dr. J.Allison Hodges. On his right sat Prof.Charles D. Mclver, of North Carolina, thespeaker of the evening. On his left .satthe Rev. Robert Strange, D. £>\u0084 whoopened the exercises with prayer. Mr.E. D. Taylor, president of tho VirginiaHospital, also occupied a seat on the

And a college commencement it was,

too, and no mistake. There were college

yells and flowers and pretty girls, and ailthe other essditial features of an occa-sion of this character which In the mind

of the youthful graduate hold a vastly

larger place or importance limn even, theaugust and impressive presence of so im-posing :t faculty on the stage ?s ihtitwhich guides the fortunes of the Univ.er-city College of Medicine.

Th* commencement exercises marking

the close <<f ihc'-elglith session of t!i^

University College oi Medicine •were hciil

at. ilm Academy Music last night; The

exercises in their appropriateness andcompleteness littincy betokened the sue-L-essfuf session just ended, mid, »k well,

Die years i>r growth and enlarging useful-

ness which have marked the lire or LhiPvigorous and Sturdy young ihstiUttldri.

Cpvingtori, John \\'. Cringan, Jr., Victor\\r. Crossman, Julius Caesar Dardeh,James Henry Deyerle, j.F. Hicks, J. L.Earrly, 55enas Fearing, Jr., D. AtwellForrer, "Wllliarii J. Gills, R. T.. Giveris,VV. R. Gotcy, Gwynne P. Harrison, R. J.Hemminger, Seavy Highsmith, "WilliamJa.mes Innes; H. G. -B. Irvine, ArthurLee Jones, A. F. Kober, Jr.* William A.Kyger, J. J. Leake, "W. A. Lucas, JesseH. Mabry, Charles F. Mahood, ElijahBrodie Meadows, McCandlish M. Moran,Thomas "Whltehead Murreil, Malcoim H.Mcßryde, Paul McPadyeh, W. "W. Nel-son, R. R..Nevltte, Nathaniel AlbertNicholson; John s Rainey Parker; AloisPetelen John S. Pine, R. C. Price, Ru-pert \V. Quaintance, Solomon P. Roberts,Augustus S. Rose, . I."W. A. Schmidt,Charles M. Scott, L. Lester Self, J. \V.Shaddinger, J. Tobias Sharp, AlbertSherrill, Randolph T. Shields, JamesStretch, H. P. Underbill, Garland M, Va-den, Thomas H. Valentine, Henry S.Wailes, Harry Moore Wallace^ FrederickBostock Webb, Samuel E. Weymouth. R.J. White. William W. Wilkinson* Daniel

Degree of M. D.—Eric A. Ai>ernethy,Joseph Augustus Allen, Saul B. Angle,John A. Arbuckle. Julian b. Arbuckie,Carroll M. Baggarly, E. Lee Branseome,

R. V. Brawley, Geo. Marshall Burton,

John E. Cahnaday, T. J. Colley, G. L.Copeland, H. P. Conelaml, Lewis Clyde

Dr. Hodges delivered the medical, den-tal and pliarmacal degrees to the follow-ing young men: .

THE GKADUATES

"In the £oulh Atlantic States, includingDelaware, Maryland, District of Columbia,Virginia. West Virginia; North Carolina,South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, thereare 123.0C0 more illiterate women tha.n il-literate men, and in the South CentralStates the excess is H'l,ooo. This large ex-cels of illiteracy, 250.0C0. is not due en-tirely, as some may conclude, to the gre.-itilliteracy among negro women. In NorthCarolina, for instance, where tho white fe-male population is only 10,000 more thanthe white male population, the censusgives £2,000 more white female illiteratesthan white male illiterates. The excess ofwhite female illiterates in Tennessee isalso about 20,000. In Virginia, the excessof female illiterates is not quite so great.In the Southern States there arc nearlyICO.OC-0 more white female illiterates thanwhite male illiterates, and the total num-ber of female illiterates In the South is2,275,000. JUsf think of 2,275,000 possible il-literate mothers!"

"In a few New Sh'slarjd and WesternStales there is a smaller percentage ofilliteracy among women than among men,

but in every .Southern State ih^ percent-age of female illiterates is considerablylarger than that of the male illiterates.In North Carolliia this excess is about 40,-

COO. These figures include only personsabove ten years of age.

"While the ma'.e population of the UnitedStates is a million larger than the femalepopulation, yet the latter furnishes thelarger number of illiterates by more than3<x),ax). /

Ur. Mclver proceeded to discuss as hissubject, "The greatest field for investmentin the South," which lie net forth to botiio education ami intellectual bettermentof the illiterate portion ot the populationof the South, especially the iillterate whiteand negro women ol' the South. "Thefirst step in any kind of education." saidDv. Mc'lvcr, "industrial, literary or pro-fessional, is learning to read. Ihaveheard people talk as if industrial educa-tion were possible for illiterate people.Just as wc'.l talk of a law school or medi-cal college for illiterates. Machinery hasentered industrial !ifr> nbove that ofthe ox, and modern machinery, to saynothing of citizenship, demands trainedHtul Intelligent operatives. The fact isthere is ;io comfortable place in civiliza-tion for men and \u25a0women who cannot readand write, and the Instances to-day of ex-traordinary successes among illiteratepeople are rarer than genius itself, in aState or section where ciio-third 6f thepopulation above ten years of age cannotrend and write, the removal of that handi-cap is the lirst publicquestion with whichChristian benevolence and statesmanshipmust ileal.

EDUCATION INTIfK SOUTH

Because of your great influence over theignorant, as wpII as tho learned, and be-cause ig-nnninc? Is the most, dangerouspower in the world, and is its own Wi>;M.enemy, Iappeal to you, in whatever Heldyou may labor, to aid my profession inits gront work of lending the ignorantInto the light of truth and culture. Myappeal is to you, not. as physicians, butas citizens.

This respect on the part of the igno-rant may be flue in part to the universaldread of sickness.; pain and death; partlyto the awe-inspiring silence and dignityof the typical physician, and partly to the"fact that when lip does speak his phniso-ology, though- soothing as a mother'stender lullaby, in frequently beyond thecomprphfnpion or us ordinary mortals;but universal arid abiding love cannot besecured by fear or l>y artificial expedients.Your powerful hold on thr- affection ofth<? public in Uio result of your real ser-vice to the public.

All professions have the roniipct iiiidsupport of Intelligent people, but your*i« iho only profession that has the abs'6-Inlo coniidelice and affectipn of the Igno-rant.

While not forgetting thai Ibelong t<">the most influential or nil professions, Ifsill fntnro result:! are estimated, yet 1recognize the fact that no professionequals yours in its Influence upon th'j

generation with which it Hves and iaboiti.

J have accepted the invitation to spralcto you to-night for two reasons: First,

because 1 was asked to choose sonic sub-ject connected with education: and, -sec-ond, because you nre going to be physi-cians and wiil influence the thinking dudacting of nibre i>ooplo in the nrxt quarter<>{n century than any other hundred nic-nwhoih 1 will have ;m opportunity to ;ul-

dress tliis year.

FIELD OF GREAT INFbtKNCE

The career of Dr. Hodges in his nativoState, a.s teacher, physician, lecturer andcitizen, was such that no surprise willbe causer! there by any success he nitty

achieve or any honor that may come tohim in hia adopted Aornr,

Dr. Hodges next Introduced ProfessorjMclVer,' who made, the address of theevening, a strong and earnestly delivered\u25a0argument Tor the educational bettermentof the illiterate white women of theSouth. The speaker begun:.Gentlemen of the Graduating Class,—

In North Carolina wr ore proud' of yourrnllngp, Every trur> Southerner it* proudof Vlrglnln Hnd of Richmond, atid rejoice;'In whatever adds to the prosperity atidjilorj- of eithpr. "\\> claim almost anrriuiil Bharr with you in the namfc OfStonewall Jackson, .md of his great pur-

ppon, Iluntrr McGuini. In addition toour interest in your college, bfcaupp ofour veneration for the name and workof its great founder, arid bei'aiise ff itsphenomenal growth and prrstigfc, gained

ill less than a decade, we feel a peculiar

l>ride in the fact that at Its head, worthi-ly suc-weding- the great president youhave, lost, is on«> of the many gifted sonsNorth Carolina has had the fortune amithe misfortune to give to other States.

f ADDRESS OF DR. M'IVER.

numbering Si in all of the departments,

and representing eleven different States.The faculty wishes to express its appre-

ciation of the earnest and faithful workof this class, and to commend it to thepublic, believing- that these gentlemenwill uphold the honor and dignity of

their alma mater and sustain the besttraditions of their noble profession.

Continued on FOilttH Page.) *

Captain Baptist drilled his company

last night. There was an unusually largaattendance of members. TJhe Captain

said he felt safe in sayins that no officers*would resign. He confirmed all ColonelAnderson said as to the "little unpleas-antness"' that was settled yesterday.

Will NotGrant Discharges.

The members of the Brewery Work-mena' t'nion who ask for their dis-charges from military service are allmembers of Captain Baptist's company.Colonel Anderson has refused to grant

the discharges for the reason assigned.One of the applicants haa amended hisapplication by stating that night dutiesin the position he fills makes ItImpossi-ble for him to attend the drills. His ap-plication may be honored.

Captain Baptist thought it was likelythat In the other cases the matter mightget into the courts, but he could" notspeak by authority on this subject, forhe did not know what course would bepursued by those whose applications fordischarge were rejected.

WillNot AllowInterference.

The five Richmond companies belong-ing to the Seventieth Virginia Regiment,willparade at 3 o'clock to-morrow after-noon, on the occasion of the memorialexercises of Oaktvood. Colonel GeorgeWayne Anderson willbo Incommand anda large attendance of the men is desired.The soldiers willw«tr their gray uniforms

Ion the occasion.Colonel Anderson said yesterday that

o:i the last occasion of the Oakwood pa-rade some negroes became Involved in arock-battle with some white boys andran the latter into the battalion andcaused considerable trouble. The battlecontinued and several of the soldiers werestruck by the negroes and badly hurt.Colonel Anderson says* he dcalreait understood once for all that if there is

a repetition of such trouble he will takeprompt and vigorous steps to put it

The Code of Virginia gives the military

the right of way on all streets when ona parade for improvement or duty andgives the commanding officer police juris-diction and the right to arrest any parti'swho shall interfere in any way with such

-

"While Coionel Anderson does not desire'that any one shall be hurt. the law giveshim 'every right to protect his men and heIs authorized to order them to fire if In-terference is not promptly desisted from.He says lie will go to the limit to se«that there is no further interference witfchis men en the part of any outsider*

Those Placed Under Ar-rest Have Been Excused

ACTION OF COLONEL

Explains Why He Had to EnforceDiscipline In Regiment.

PERFECT HARMONY NOW EXISTS

Two Officers Who Had Not Made Explana-

tions Did So on Yesterday, and Tbeir

Reasons foe Not Attending "School"

Were Satisfactory to theCommandant of the

Regiment.

Thore arc now. as far as> surface indi-

cations show, perfect harmony among;

the ofliccrs of the Seventieth regiment.

The exclusive announcement in The

Times yesteTtlay that some of the. offi-cers might resign as a rtewlt of unpleas-

ant conditions that had arisen was atopic of considerable discussion in mil-tary circles.

The whole trouble grew out of the fact

that Col. Anderson desired to bring the.regiment up to the highest possible stateof efficiency and with that purpose iaview he ordered a "school of officers" to

be held every Saturday night. Some of

th<> officers did not construe the "re-quest" to attend pp an "order." They

stayed away and Col. Anderson, in or-der to enforce discipline, had themplaced under arrest and called for ex-planations. The explanations when made

were all satisfactory to him, the two lasthaving been made yesterday.

COL. ANDERSON'S EXPLANATIONSColonel George "XVayne Anderson laat

night made the following .statement con-ecrnlng the matter" of the failure of theofficers to obey orders:

"The extravagant statement in an after-noon paper is so grave that the exacttruth should be known. Aft£r the Bat-talion drill in January it was plain to methat the officers of the regiment, locatedhere, needed Instruction, and, at consid-erable sacrifice of my own convenience. Iordered a school of officer? to be heldweekly, which met with their hearty co-»operation and approval. Upon my return,from the South fclfree week3ago. Ifoundthat the officers had stopped attendingthe school, and after two unsuccessful at-tempts to hold it Idirected the adjutantto issue a special order- ftrr last Saturdaynight, there being' another matter aboutwhich Iwanted their opinion. Aboutone half of the officers attended. One ortwo sent excuses. There were fi-e absentfor whom no excuses were made.

ORDERED T"XDER ARREST."De-sirinc: to point out in emphatic •

manner the disobedience of order, andto give a general lesson, which the threereferred to occasions showed to be nec-essary, f directed the adjutant to nlaccthe five officers in question under arrest,pending their explanations of tht* reasonsfor failing to comply with the two writ-ten orders referred to.

"Three of them promptly reported onMonday. Their explanations were ac-cepted and they were immediately re-leased from arrest. Explanations of theother two were delayed until to-day, al-though! one made effort 3to see me.Their explanations were accepted andthey -were released.

"There is no consternation in the regi-

ment, which, on the contrary. Ibelteva-is In better condition than ever before.

"Ifit 13 true that one of the officer3,rs reported, was somewhat indignantand offended, no evidence of it his teenobserved by me. Iam confident crdhave the respect and the support of my

officers. Ican scarcely believe that anycaptain made the statement ascribe!to him. if he did. Iam sure he will flnflhimself in a painful minority."

NEW YORK, May 2.—The Commercial-Advertiser sayS:

"The following measurements arid de-"scription 6f th§ Mw iierfescftdn* cup de-fender. Constitution, -which la 16 be

She is a LittleWider Amidships Than is theColumbia.

(By Associated Preis.)

Gould and Harrim Fanighting Vander-

bilt and Pennsylvania Road forTrans-Continental System,

(By Associated Press;)

NEW YORK, May 2.—Discussing the

Union Pacific situation the Mail and Ex-press has the following:

"From the current tremendous market

movements In Union Pacific and Atchison

Stocks— big advances occurring in each

to-day— it became clear that a. fight is

going on between great money interestsover the establishment of trans-continen-tal systems. It hew appears that thisright centers around the plans of George

J. Gould and E. H. llarriman to estab-lish a vast network of roads from theAtlantic to the Pacific Oceans, and Wil-liam K. Vanderbilt and the Pennsylvania

Railroad people, seeing- what was up, havemade up their minds to frustrate them. ,

"With the Gould and llarriman peopleon "*ie one hand, are said to be Kuhn,Loeb &Company, who are identified withthe Union Pacific management, while Mr.Morgan is believed to have lent his in-fluence to the Vanderbilt and Pennsyl-vania forces.

"The .Rockefellers, who are identlftedwith Mr. Gould in the Southwestern deal,are said to have stood aloof from theUnion Pacific incident, and to have donenothing which could be criticised byMr. Morgan, with whom they are asso-ciated in many affairs."

Continuing, the Mailand Express saya:"Following the discovery that Messrs,

Gfculd and Harriman wanted to controlthe Union Pacific, carrying: with it theSouthern Pacific, it became plain that theMissouri Pacific and Illinois Central mightbe submitted for the Chicago and Xorth-western, as the eastern connection of theunion Pacific, thereby greatly injuring theVanderbilt position in the West.

"In order to protect the Xorth-westcrnand Xew York Central, William K. Van-derbilt started to accumulate a largeamount of Union (Pacific, and Messrs.Gould and Harrimnn, learning this, alsobought enormous quantities of this stock, j

"Meanwhile the Pennsylvania, having-lost the Burlington to the Northern Pacificand Great Northern, had to fix up itswestern fences. It bought large quanti-ties of Atchison. This road gives athrough line to San Francisco oat of Chi-cago. Clood authorities assert that thePennsylvania, began buying Atchison stockmany months ago, but did not think itwas necessary to set enough stock to ex-ercise control if need be, until the Gouldand Burlington deals developed.

"Now, itis asserted, both the hew YorkCentral and the Pennsylvania, which en-tered into a. close alliance two years ago,never had such need tostand shoulder to

.shoulder as they have to-day, itis be-lieved they are acting in close harmonyIn the matter of the control of the tjtilohPacific and Atchison."If the enormous buying of Union Pa-

cific has secured control of'thaf propertyin the interest, of the Northwestern, New-York Central* 1 and, perhaps, St. Paul,there is no necessity for controlling th<jAtchison; but if the Union Pacific haabeen lost to Gould and Harrjman, theheavy accumulation of Atchison to-daywould indicate that that company laneeded as an outlet to the Pacific /coastfor Both the Pennsylvania and Vahaef-.BillUneS. M

'K4KGF. OF THE THERfcOKETET.

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WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Friday and Saturday:Virginia—Partly cloudy Frt'hty; Satiir- :

day fair and colder, light to freah sotitft-westcriv wind**.

North Carolina—Fair Friday and Satur-day: warmer on the coast Friday; colder ...innorthern portion Saturday, fre*h south- -'•\u25a0\u25a0westerly grinds.