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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
TWO RESIDENCES BURNED.
All the People Absent-Money, Valuables
and Furniture Observation-Disclosures.
,cnoos.t ,atogr.ro ~ IN ntapafch
Especial telegram to the Dispatch-I

CHARLEsrowy. W. Va, December ST.
The residence owned by Joseph Priton
and occupied by Charles Graley, at Piney
Grove, near here, was burned yesterday af-
ternoon. There was no insurance. Every
one was away from home, aud nothing
was saved. Two hundred dollars in mo-
ney was also destroyed in the flames.
Yesterday mornil the residence of G.:
w. Thaxton, on Tupper's creek, was burned
TO the ground while everybody was alb
sent from the house. The loss was about
g., 000--insured for 5000.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
GOVERNOR RUsseLL'S DILEMMA.
He Came Near Being Disqualified by Not

He Came Near being DisuuaiiHeu Dy NOT
Being Worth zone Thousand Pounds"
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
BosToN, Mass. December 31.-Governor-
elect Russell, the new Democratic chief
magistrate who will take the oath of Office
and his seat simultaneously onJanuary Sth,
Just escaped being disqualified through
one Of Massachusetts worm-eaten Colonial
laws and speculation is rife as to the cir
Gus there would have been in the ranks Of
the unterrifed If such had resulted.
AN OLD LAW.
The Constitution, following the old Gus
tom. says in Article III. of the section re-
ferring to the Executive: mo person
shall be eligible to this Office chat of
GOVERNOR unless at the time of his cleo
ton he shall be seized in his own right of a
freehold within the Commonwealth of the
value of one thousand pounds"
THE OATH.
To add TO the certainty that he shall own
the necessary real estate the oath Of
Office reads: d" | do declare that lam seized
and possessed in my own right of the pro-
perty required by the Constitution as one
qualification for the Office or place to
which ] am elected"
ALL To HIS WIFE.
Governor Russell some time ago hau
transferred all his property over to his wife
and held in his own name not cent of
real property. He never thought of this
law during the campaign, and on one of
the very last days of October last, only O
brief period before election, the joking of
a friend recalled the fact to him. Mr.. Rus
sell was startled.
SHE DECIDED hin PIECE OF PROPERTY.
He had no time to waste in search
ing up some friend to help him. So
he persuaded his wife to deed piece
of property TO him. This she did,
the papers being filed just in time for
the election. Mr.. Russell in an interview
to-day said one of his first acts will be to
have the old law abolished.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
Nominated TO BE Postmasters.

wAmrSeros, December S1.--The Presi
dent to-day nominated 10 be- postmasters
Yireinia-Alexande q. Foster. Clifton
Forge. South Carolina-Thomas n. Tor
bert. Abbeyille Courthouse. Alabama
Jefferson Ii. Williamson, Auburn. Florida
Robert q. Scrimgeour. Tifusyilie. 0eor.
cia-C Charles II. Merrill. Carrouton.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Next Convention to he Held March 3D.
i'm Washington.
tTy Telegraph 10 the Dispatch.I


WASHINGTON, December 3l.-At the con-
vention OF Railroad Commissioners held at
Washington on the 9Th of March, 1889. a
resolution was adopted providing for an
nual conventions of said commissioners.
and committee was formed, Of which
Judge Cooley IL chairman, to designate the
time and place for the next convention:
This committee today issued call
designating March 81 next az the time
and the Office of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, Washington,
as the place for the next convention.
The railroad commissioners of ell the
States and any State officials charged with
any duty in the supervision of railroads or
railroad interests are requested to attend
The American Association Of Railway Ac-
counting Officers is also invited to meet
with the commissioners or TO send dele
gates to the convention for the discussion
of such questions of special interest q
their association as may arise at the meet
inc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
Another Radical Illinois senator.
fBy Telegraph 70 the Dtepstcn.l

Rock ISLAND. liz, December Sl.-The
special election held In the Twenty first
senatorial district yesterday resulted IN
the election Of William Payne (Repubii-
CAM by about 1900 majority over w. q.
Wilson. FArmerS Alliance candidate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

During the yeajl Just passed there were
many cloudy, PARTLY cloudy OF rainy days,
end we publish below list of them by
months. The ob1eryations were taken at
sunrise in the morjp hing as to the condition
of the sky at that hour, but II 1t rained at
all during the day. note was made OF It.
Tins II sometimes Happened that while the
DIV was perfectly yclsar in the morning, at
ths time of obseryI ron, it clouded up and
yained before nigh, " during the night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
A MISTY, mostly LAND.
The Telegraph Lines Embarrassed and
the News Accordingly Curtaiied.
m, ,o,.,-arh % tho Dianatch

WASHINGTON, December 31.-A curtain of
mist overhangs almost the entire country to-
night with rains in many places. The tele-
graph is much embarrassed, particularly in
the West and Southwest, and the news SER
vice IL curtailed. This trouble has been
present in some degree all day and grows
worse as the night wears on.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE.
The Amount of Rainfall and Readings Oh
the Thermometers During tho Year.

The table below gives the average minl-
| mnn and maximum readings of the Their
mometer during the past year. The ooser-
yations were taken from self-reglsterlng
Instruments, graded according to the
Fahrenheit scale. The lowest point reacne 81
| decrhes' The highest readings was July
| n.l1 o,, ,rhi eli day the mercury reached lO3
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
RICHMoSD's CREDIT.

The failures in Richmond the past year
number less than half what they were in
1889, and this city continues to hold one OF
the best credit records in the country in
this respect, as shown by the following
tables
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
Average for thirteen years.
nE.II L.. tha XaaE-
Total for tho year.

Total for tho year'. ''''''' '7''0I
The downp0ur is measured each morn
ing at o'clock and made from Sighai-
Service gauge furnished by the depar'-
Below we give a table of rainfall for the
noct tvcentv wears:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
CPECIAL INDUCEMENTS T0fs
- SECURE TENANTS At ONCE III
unQ

FOX KENT
No. 700 east Marshall street; 800 per annum,
No. 92g weet Grace street: 1850 per annum.
No G0f east Leigh street: ti25 per annuIn.
No. 3ls south Fourth street; 500 Der annuul.
No 1914 east Broad street; SD per annum.
No. 800 north 25tb street; t2D per annufn.
No. 20l Reservoir street; $50 per annum.
No l05 NORTH Beech street f2W per annarn.
No. SO9 west Main street. tnO per annnm.
No. $40 north 23d street: $3.50 per anrum.
nc. 3ls norm 2gth street $50 per anaum-
No $500 east Leigh strees; sil per month.
No. 1914 west Cary street: tilD por month
No. 1881 west Marshall street: $40 per month
No. III Reservoir street: tl5 per month
No. 2 north Thrtieth street; sii por month
No. zoos yenable street; ti2 pc: month
No. 3l8 south Linden street: ~ por month
west Cary street; SIS por monih.
- north 2sth street; $40 per month.
No. l4l0 north 9th street: Is per month.
No. go Church street; 81 per month.
No. az south Laurel street: SO per month.
No. a0i eouth Laurel street; SIS per month.
- Mosby street; so por month.
No. 5li north 18th street ~ per month.
iPhoue 5lA JAMES u. ELAk.
ia LIT iliS east Main street
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

nor RENT, NEW FRAMEEn
IL HOUSE on franklin street near Th!r- ~
10th, with four rooms: water on the lot: good
nelehbornoOd. House In coed order. ts per
month u. &. GODDiS.
taI-lt' HDDy liilL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
An Abrupt Departure.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, December 81. Mon
roe Clark (negro) was hanged at Palatka
today for a murder committed at Inter-
lachen FIVE years ago. Death was inssanta-
nQOuq
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

O.B. helms 4 Brother, Reel Estate and
General Insurance. (Neluis buildingJ
Newport News, Va.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

,...,o . "a, Capital in Annual
Class, hrueio' VI h'u' Business. Gales.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
A Blaze to The Southland

KEY wgsT. FLA, December Si.-RusselPs
auction-rooms and an adjoining building
were burned to-day. Loss, 5000; par
italy insured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
FOR RENr.

FOR RENT.
EOR RENT.-STOREHOUSEN No. "a
IL 1918 east Main street will DO rented on -
ressona able terms. For further Information call
ct No. 1913 east Main street 1ai-lt
E,OR RENT, CORNER STORE, q
IL spiendidiy arranged and most desirebly -
GOOD financial aid win DO given u desired.
r A. cATLiN.
de a0-ss Nos. aud Klovsnth street
EOR RENT, THAT VERY AT. -
IL TRACTIvE DWELLING No l<it Floyd
avenue, containing about seven rooms a00 N
nice order. PossSsston January !, IeeL
sPhons A3L JANx3 b ELAN.
Dc $40 1it3 cost Main stree&
-. 80, Z,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

T,OR RENT, The ATTRACTIvEm
I STORE No. 2i9 east Bread street. lscath -
ade,, between Second ana fh'rd, with n1co
dwelling above, lately occupied a. druessore,
ana having handsome snd compsste nxturoes
which win DO rented with the houss II dssiSs9s
J. b. ELAN.
n Lit TIA Main street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01
RICHMOND CHURCHES AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

THE RELIGIOUS CONDITION AND 1884,
m ohurh~n
Daring Past Level
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

1st. Murphy, the temperance lecturer,
opened his campaign here. and 100 men
signed the pledge. The Jesuit Mission at
st. Peters Cathedral. conducted by Fa-
theirs Hemmel and Mcdonald, begun.
9Th. Mayor Ellyson decided, after hear
ing the statements of several citizens, that
the play of 1.-THE Clemenceau case" might
be proceeded with. Judge Wits atten-
tioa called TO the sale OF cigarettes to mi
nors by cigar and tobacco dealers.
10th. The Grand Lodge OF Masons elect
cd officers.
18th. The Lee Camp Committee advised
with prominent citizens with reference
TO the proposed celebratica OF General
Lees birthay, January 18th.
18th. DIR. J. l.. NJ. Curry elected presi-
dent Of the Board Of Trustees OF Rich
mond College.
18th. A heavy snow-storm throughout
the western and northern part of Virginia
and rain in the city. The Old-Market
reading-room for men and boys opened
at No 1923 east Main street. Street-car
mel had conference with Mr.. Fisher
with q view 10 settling their grievances.
esd. The Ollcott Committee's plan Tor
settlement Of the State debt published in
full.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-01

ist. The Supreme Court affirmed the
iudrment of the Circuit Court of Rich
nond. giving 20 Robert q. Scott $500
damages against the City Railway Com
sth. The Chamber Of Commerce endorsed
the telegraph bill.
10th. Sir. Meredith decided that the city
has no power 10 allow the Davis Mansion
for the use of museum.
18th. A violent wind-storm swept over
The city. prostrating trees. &c.
nth. The Bay State editors arrived In
the city and reception given them. Gov
ernor Mckinney, Mayor Eilyson. and
others made speeches.
22d. Election-day and Democratic pri.
mary candidates elected.
Gath. The last tnrn Of the Jack made In
placing the Lee statue in position.
18th. The Dsspatch presented TO It's readers
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
CAPITOL CHIPS.

Gov Merriam was honared yesterday by
the secold visit of the little band of PilIager
Chippewa Indians. They called 8 few DAYS
ago, it viii be remembered, to pray for the
removal of DR.. Seal, the subagent at Leech
Lake reservation, but yesterday they impor-
tuned his excellency for means to return to
the reservation. The governor generously
paid their board bills and furnished them
with transportation.
W. NJ. West, of Faribault, superintendent
OF the city schools there, called at the Office
of the state superintendent of public in
struction yesterday, as did Prof Sanfor d
Niles, editor of School Education, and ]. G.
McCleary, institute conductor. Prof. Me-
Cleary is an instructor at the Mankato nor
NAL school.
I eachers' institutes viii be held this week
in Herman, Long Prairie and GAINESVILLE.
E. H. Dearth, deputy insurance commits
sioner. will go TO ST. Louis Monday to at
tend the national convention of state fnsur-
ance commissioners that m Gets OH the Both
he will then 60 to Indiana to inquire into
the methods Of certain insurance companies
against whom charges have been made.
A. c. Belyea. prominent citizen of Elbow
Lake. visited Attorney General Clepp at the
capitol yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
AN EDUCATED CONSCIENCE

No general answer can be made to
any such questions as these, because
each one of them may be confused by a
thousand special circumstances. But
it may be said that mans duties ate
at once to himself and to a great many
others. These others may not only be
the parties to whom he Is directly in
debted because of specific and definite
obligations, but also those to whom he
owes debts because he is united to them
by ties OF blood or association. Industry
is one of the cardinal virtues, Ibut one
may be so industrious as to sacri-
flee his strength and make him a bur-
den to his relatives when he was ambi-
tIous by his labor to help them. So
one can have quiXotic sense of the
sanctity of debt, and by consuming his
capital to discharge his obligations
may, in the end, leave many creditors
unpaid and himself without the means
of gaining livelihood. Such course
will be of benefit, of course, to some of
his creditors, but it will not have been
a wise or moral one if others of them
lose all of their claims because of it,
NAN WIZ otoOO 100 w IpOlt llIlll WHICH,
he caunot support himself. The only
true rule IS for one to incur no
debts which he is not sure that
he will be able to meet, without
giving those who trust him the fullest
knowledge of his circumstances and
prospects. If they are willing then to
loan him money or sell him goods, they
become partners with him in his
enterprises. In case he succeeds
in them, they get their profits
or interest. If he fails, he will
lose something, and so will they. An
honest business disaster through ad-
verse circumstances is no discredit to
any man. and those who suffer by it
along with him have calculated on the
risk OF such an issue and fixed their
prices accordingly. What one should
do is to educate his conscience by not
juggling with 1t in trifiing matters, and
when an occasion of Importance de-
mands decision, he will find himself
equal to righteous one.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
MUSIC IN ST. PAUL.

The st. Paul Choral association mas secured
the services of the renowned Dasso, Emil
Fischer late of the Metropolitan Opera
House company. of New York, for their pro-
duction of Handels Messiah which will
occur Dec. o. Mr.. Fischer is altogether the
best oratorio basso at present in America:
his singing in the Messiah is superb. New
York papers declaring him to be without a
peer. William j. LAWN, of New York, a tenor
who has been rapidly coming to the front as
an oratorio singer. has also been secured for
this concert The remaining soloists will be
duly announced. Rehearsals of the associ-
alton are now in progress Monday evenings
at the Moore block. All who contemplate
becoming members this season should make
application to the musical director at once,
as there are only a few vacancies in each
part before the limit of enrolment will be
reached
I I
Samuel A. Baldwin will give his usual free
organ recital at the Peoples church this
evening from to s o'clock. The programme
will be as follows:
Prelude and Fugue on the Name
Ddcn' ....- --.... List
Pastoral in G, OPP. 103.... .... Merkel
Sonata i'll A minor, No. 4.. Rheinberger
March of the Magi' .. Dubois
Melody-"Song Without Words" .Guilmant
Iriumphal March" Dudley Buck
I +
The orchestral concerts under the manage
ment of Director George Seibert, which have
been announced in connection with the Sat
urday night course at the Peoples church.
begin next Saturday night. 1t is of the high
est Importance to the musical progress of the
city that such concerts as are promised, and
which embody the highest musical develop
ment which has been reached up to the pres
ent time, should have the hearty support of
all our people. The artists who will appear
have been selected with great care and will
number not less than twenty-five The audi
forum is by long odds the finest music hall
in the Northwest, and the prices are SO low
as to be within the reach of all. Course
tickets are now on sale at Dyers' and at Ma
than Ford's, which will secure to families
the best seats at a nominal figure
Ii the objection to Sunday concerts be not
hypocrisy and pretense, these entertain
ments, which seek to combine all advant-
ages. and appeal to all classes will have a
generous and undivided support. Director
Seibert has assumed considerable financial
responsibility in this matter, and tn ose who
love good music should combine to see that
he does not suffer in consequence.
t +
The Orpheus Choral club held their first
meeting Thursday evening in the Bates Ave
hue Methodist church. There was large
attendance, and the season opened with
every evidence of success. Allen c. Krieger
was elected president; Prof Blaikie, director
and Mrs. Mayfeld, accompanist. for the en-
suing season. 1t is proposed TO have these
concerts during the winter months. and Mr..
Blake has enlisted the services Of the club
for Saturday night concert in the PEG Piles
church. to take place in January, 1892 The
musical enthusiasts of Dayton's bluff should
give good account of themselves.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27

up in these days when real estate is de-
pressed, in this shape: Suppose a man
executes note and mortgage by
which he binds himself, as we'll as the
property, for the payment of the debt.
Before the debt natures, the property,
which was adequate at the outset, de-
clines in value so that it is no longer
sufficient to cover the amount named in
the note. Is it the debtors place to pay
the note if he is able, or will he be lusti-
fed in concealing what he owns in order
to force his creditor to look to the prop
erty, and the property alone, for the
satisfaction of his claim? In other
words. is he under any moral obligation
to pay the face of his note when 1t falls
due, or will it be right for him to give
nothing more than the security to which
his creditor looked In the first place and
on which he was then willing to rely?
One more illustrative inquiry will
suggest the complexity of such prob
lens, and perhaps hint at the proper
method of their solution. Once upon
time bank loaned young business
man few thousand dollars. The bust
ness man needed it very much, and his
record and standing in the community
would have justified the accommodation,
but it was in reality accorded him be-
cause of his close personal relations
with the banks president. Having
secured it, he was about to embark on
an enterprise which promised very safe,
very quick and very large returns. At
this instant his character and credit
were savagely, but unjustly, attacked.
Thereupon the bank called its loan. and
his friend, the president, brought to
bear the pressure of his personal infiu-
ence to secure its return. He repre-
sented to the young man that his own
standing with the officers and stock
holders of the, bank would be jeop-
ardized were a loss sustained in
consequence of the accommodation
which had been granted him; and as
friendship had gotten it for him i'll the
first instance, he begged that the same
feeling might induce him now to give it
up. What was the young mans duty
under the circumstances? Should he
give up the money which he had not
used, and which he could not have Sc
cured had his position at the time been
as it now was? Or, having once gotten
the money, should he hold on to it and
risk it in an enterprise which might
fail of success on account of his loss of
reputation? He could not have Dor
rowed it, had his venture been leopard
lied before he approached the bank.
Having been jeopardized after he had
been accommodated. but before he had
started on it, what ought he to do?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
politan opera house box Office tomorrow
morning at O'Clock

politan opera house box Office tomorrow
morning at O'Clock.
II
Victor's big Vaudeville company" opens
at the Olympic theater Monday evening, and
Manager Wells expects packed houses at his
pretty little theater. Among others the fol-
lowing weli-known speciality people are with
this company: The Albion family, FIVE i'll
number. whose acrobatic feats are marvel
Gus; Gibson and Boyle, black face knock
about team, in conglomerated idea, 'Stop
1t; the only Harrison. female impersonator !;
The finest on the stage to-day. Miss Darne
Graham. This lady has no equal as dancer,
and will introduce her latest dance La
zingeralla." Master Harry Delmar, the boy
wonder. in the latest songs. Williams and
Adams, change artists, introducing the fol-
lowing changes: Two Bums,'' Two
Swells" and Two Firemen.'' Billy Raynore.
black-faee comedian of the Sweatnam
type. in his miIthful mutterings. This is his
first appearance in the West. The four Del
wants on the ladders. and twenty lovely
women.
j.
The bill for week commencing Sunday,
Oct. t. at the Metropolitan Opera house, is
Billy Emerson's minstrels under the direction
of j. H. Haverly. and Kate Claxton in 1.-THE
Two Orphans"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
c 1 |

Garments, and we will
share our profit with you;
that is, we won't ask their
value NOW, but base our
charge on what they cost
us at time we have pur.
chased (and we have been
buying since last October,
and own Seal goods all tho
way from 20 per cent to 40
per cent below the marke0.
Don't think you can't af-
ford a Seal Garment; they
are still quite within rea-
son Cat OUR prices). They
are an economical invest
ment, and never again will
they touch lower prices. IL
you purchase soon you can
find garments at $3.50, $175,
1856 and 5000 that are
fully SIS each under the
market. These are FACTS
and worth your attention
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
SOME ETHICAL QUESTIONS.

Between such extreme examples as
these there lie many which are still
harder to decide. Suppose that man
comes into wealth, is it his duty to pay
his obligations which have already be-
come outlawed by the statute of limita-
tons? Or, again, is a man justified III
avoiding an honest debt on the plea that
it was contracted before he had at
tanned to his majority? The law per-
mitS him to do either of these things,
but its purpose is not to encourage the
reputation of one's just obligations.
The lapse of time or the homage of the
obligor will prevent the legal enforce
ment of claim, because, were itnot for
such provisions. men would take adj
vantage of long delays or the creduIity
OF youth to work injustice. But if no
injustice has been done, and there is no
other defense to demand than the one
which the law thus affords, does it square
with the moral code to avoid it through
this avenue of escape?
The same question sometimes comes