The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-28
THE SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.
Much Rot and Rubbish Being Published
About It.
CHANGES IN THE STAR SCHEDULES.
selection Of Sons IA. Secretaries Has Led to =
Little Friction ia Treasury
Onicial Circles.

printed about the Speakershp contest than
a any previous stage Of the fight, no doubt
because as the President and nearly all heads
Of departments are absent from the cspi-
al enjoying themselves. real news is
scarce and somo correspondents are
dong good deal Of taking. As
sample Of the absurd stuff with which the
public is dosed in this lire may DO mentioned
the printed report that Representative Mills
SIS the candidate of ex-presdent Cleveland,
and that the latter IA exertng his influence o.
lave the Texas statesman elected As % mat
ter of fact Mr.. Cleveland Is not interfering ln
the SpeakeIsAlp hght lie Is too scrupuious
III observer of tie propueucs oi ponies o.
take any par, pro or con.
AZ II 80 Offset the Clev5laud-NlIls varn
me newspaper fakir started the story tnaI
Crisp had been adopted by Governor hn. and
Tammany and would run for speaker as the
anti-1 leYeiaud candidate.
All these stories arc the product of space
writers who have no regard for fact or con-
sistency Just SO they can realize iow dollars
per week.
So far as Mills is concerned he may not bo
in the SpeaAership fight lie IS candidate
Tor the Senate 20 succeed Reagan II Texas
and 10 now seems probable that the Leglsla-
ture If that State will le convened IN special
session. In that event it IS believed Mills
Will De elected 0elAtDr lu LiiLt % tthc LID SCtt
when the next Congress shal meet.
hIAHsCHEDULE CHANGE.
For some time past The PostoGioe Depart
ment has been issuing order for star
schedule changes mainly by States. The fol-
lowing cover the changes ordered in Virginia
and North Carolina.
IirHniq- Leeshurgh TO tOIfughesyille Leave
Leesburg daily except SUNDAY. ] I'D. arrive
Hughesvlle by 1:45 p H.; leave HughesyIe
daily except Sunday q. IN; arrive Lees
burg by SABA ~.
Big Stone Gap t. Slemp Big stone
Gap tuesday and Friday p. m arrive CraD
Orchard by p. In., leave Crab Orchard Tues
day and Friday 6 o. m. arrive Slemp by q.
IN. leave Slemp Tuesday and Friday $3.50 q.
H.. arrive Big Stone Gap by $3.50 7. ia.
Floyd Courthouse 70 Copper VALLEY Leave
Floyd Courthouse Monday and Friday i p.
L.: arrive Alum Ridge by $50 p. H.. leave
Alum Ridge Monday and Friday a. H., ar
rive Floyd Courthouse by 1890 =. m.
Sand lick 10 CiintwoOd Leave Sand Lick
Tuesday and Saturday $50 a. m.; arrive
CntwOOd by u m. leave ChntWOOd Tues
day and Saturday 1880 p. H.; arrive Sand
Lick by7 p. IN.
Nord Cdrohno.- Ranger to Blarsvii'e Ca
Leave Ranger daily except Sunday 80 p. m.;
arrive Cobb's ~ $50 p. H.. leave CobDs
daily except Sunday p. m. arrive hanger by
Q %. Ia. leave CObb's daily except Sunday g. 80
D.. M. arrive Blairsville hy lO 30 o. m., leave
Bairsville daily except Sunday ll:Z0 a. m ar
rive CObbs by $3.50 3. ia.
Robbnsvine 10 Yellow Crcek-L Leave Rob
hiusli.9 Tuesday aAd SATURDAY l.40 d. l1..
arrive Yellow Creek by II M. leave Yellow
Creek Tuesday and Saturday / p M. arrive
Robbinsvilo bv 5:20 =. in.
Spruce Pine to Spear Leave Spruce Pine
daily except Sunday 1870 p. H.. arrive Spear
by $50 y. m. leave Spear daily except Sun
day $50 a. H.; arrive Spruce Pine by 1910
Il. m.
Charlotte to River View cave Charlotte
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 30 "a. m.:
arrive River View by, 1230 D. m.. leave
River View Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday,
1.l5 p. M. arrive Charlotte 10y s:l5 p. M.
PolktOn to Goodman Leave Polkton Tues
day. Thursday and SATURDAY, ! p m. arrive
Goodman by p. m. leave Goodman Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday z a. m.: arrive
Polkton bv III q. ID.
Rufin to Oregon-Leaye Ru4n daily ex-
cept Sunday - H.. arrive Oregon by p. H.;
leave Oregon daily except Sunday q. m; ar
rive Rufiln by II a. m.
McNeely TO Leaksyile- cave Mon eey daily
except Sunday IL a. m.; arrive Leaksyille by
28O D. H.; leave Leaksville daily except sun
day O. m; arrive MoNeely by 80 80 a. N.
Ramseur and IrOY Leave Ramseur Tues
day. Thursday and Saturday al q. m., arrive
Okeewemee kby 4.30 p. M: leave Dkeewemee
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday $50 q. IL.
arrive Ramseur 10y p. N. leave Okeewemee
Monday Wednesday and Friday 1880 a. Ill.,.
arrive Troy by II m. leave Troy Monday,
Wednesday and Friday I p. m.; arrive Okee-
Wemee by 80 p. o..
Manning to Ientz-Leave Manning Monday
and Friday 2 o. H.; arrive Ientz by q. n.
leave Lentz Monday and Friday 80 a. n.
arrive Manning 10y 1890. m
Dismal to Clqments-Leaye Dismal Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday 30 p. IN. arrive
Clements by p. m.. leave Clements Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday II am. arrive
Dismal by $50 -. N.
Stony Ridge 10 Sloan Leave Stony Ridge
Tuesday. 0hursday and Saturday g. 30 E m.
arrive Sloan by u A. IL. leave Sloan Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday so n. H.. arrive
stony Ridge by a. m.
Tony to Vincent Leave Tony Monday.
Wednesday and Friday q. n. arrive Vim
cent by 6.45 p. m leave Vincent Monday.
Wednesday and Friday 8 a. IN, arrive Tony
by 45 a. N.
Tums TO Mount Gould-Leave Tunis Mon
day Wednesday and Friday 1890 D. IN; ar
Iye Mount Gould by $50 p. m, leave Mount
Gould Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 6 80
H. ~; arrive Iunis by 2.3O p. m.
Conway to Miami Leave Conway Monday,
Wednesday and Friday 645 p. m arrive
Miami by $40 p IN. leave Miami Monday,
Wednesday and Friday p. IN. arrive Con
way by e p. IN.
Henderson to Epsom-Leave Henderson
Wednesday and Saturday 23O p. ~. arrive
Epson by $50 p. H.; leave Epson "Wednesday
and saturday 8 a. u. arrive Henderson by
II T. m.
Cedar Hill to Wharf Leave Cedar HiN
Monday, Wednesday and Friday ~ DO. AZ
riye Wharf by lS0 p. ~. leave Wharf Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday 1877 p. u. arrive
Cedar Hill by 3,O7 p. IA.
Warren Plains 10 Merry Mount Leave !
Warren Plains Tuesday. Thursday and Satur
day p m; arrive Merry Mount by =. m:
leave Merry Mount Tuesday. Thursday and !
Saturday 10 a. IL; arrive Warren Plains by / /
b. IN.
Catswba 10 Arnt-LeaYe Cetswba Monday. !
Wednesday and Saturday q. H.. arrive |
Arnt by 1880 a. m. leave Arnt Monday, Wei- |
nesday and Saturday 1890 ?. IL: arrive |
Cstawbaby p. N.
Sons AS SECRETARIES.
The selection Of sons for private secretaries /
Las led % no little friction between high Off /
oess OF the Treasury Not long ago 'rHE /
IneKs had dispatch stating that Assistant I
Secretary Crounse and Treasurer Nebecker /
had respectively nominated sons for their
private secretaries and that Secretary Foster I
hy direction OF the President. declined TO ap- /
prove the appointments. explaining that
since the Raum scandal IN the Pension Office
the President was averse 10 permitting chief
oMcias 70 put their sODs in these important
ana confidential places TIE TIMrs dispatch
"as the first exposure Of the attempted ne
pOtsm Of ligl Kerutlfoau onieialg and IL