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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
Why Government Control Of Banking and
Currency is "a faiiurr-

Euitor TmeS.-Correct theory. mas
terry or subject and close contact are the
essentials OF success. Does Government
possess these requisites sufficiently TO
manage successfully banking and cur
rency. the greatest and least understood
or all businesses? And first as to theory.
Correct theory comes only Of patient
study, impartial investigation and dis
Interested aims. Can government or Con-
sress study any question patiently. in
Vestigate IT impartially and view 1t un-
seinshly? Were Congress a permanent
body representing enlightened constitn-
encies with uniform interests IT could
but ever changing n representing con-
sttuencies intelligent but not enlightened
with interests diverse and conftictinp
Congress is incapable OF giving theory
or principle effectua1 consideration Leg
islation may be said TO build generally
not on theory or fundamental PRINCIPLES
but on log-rolling or at best on compro-
mise. and compromise Is sacrifice OF
truth on all sides. Congress ignores
theory therefore governmental control
OF banking and currency is a failure.
Mastery OF subject. What prospect az
an ~ever-changing body like Congress
composed OF average men OF little sne-
ciai fitness for anything except election
eering, but each lent on special ~lccisls-
ton for his district. ever mastering any
question. especially the intricate oues-
ton Of banking and currency? The best
enorts OF the best men have not vet.
apparently. mastered banking and cur
reney, but Congress- ignorant Of liz q,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

The address which Governor Pennoyer.
| OF Oregon. made to Vice President steven
| son on Tuesday last was as much out
| OF Mace az II he had requested him TO
! order a copious supply OF rain showers
| for Oregon as soon as he got back 10
| the signal once in Washington. Mr'
| Stevenson has no more TO do with the
shaping OF legislation in Congress than
he has 10 DO with rain making. he
presldes over the deliberations OF the
Senate and has a vote when there Is a
tie. but he has nc other connection
whatever with the making Of laws. Gov
ernor Pennoyer had Just as well. then.
have made his address to Buffalo Bill.
But the matter OF the address is much
better entitled TO notice than even this
fact. The substance OF 1t was that the
industry Of mining silver on the Pacific
Coast was going to the dogs because the
price Of silver had fallen so low. He
therefore wanted Mr.. Stevenson to do
what he could 10 make the Government
become a steady buyer Of silver at n
price tina would pay the Pacific Coast
miners 70 take silver out of the earth.
This is the substance OF his case when
stripped Of all the targon in which the
free silver men of the silver States
ciothe what they have to say.
1t seems almost incredible that peo-
pie who are allowed to walk at large
outside the confines of a lunatic asylum
should make propositions Of this SORT to
other people. who are to have no part In
the transaction but to pay the bills.
What does 1t matter TO us in Virginia
whether the people OF the Pacific Coast
can take silver out of the ground at
a price that makes the employment prof.
table or whether they cannotf We, of
course. wish those people well, and want
to see them thrive, but we don't wish
them well with a sufficient energy 10
make US willing TO pay them for their
silver more than ii is worth. costing us
a net loss of money in the first place.
and flooding our business channels with
debased dollars in the second. What
would Governor Pennoyer think OF us
II we should represent TO him that a
large part OF our population was in great
distress on account OF the low price of
wheat, and II we should ask him, there
fore, TO aid US I'm making the Govern
ment pay us 81 a bushel for our wheati
He might be too polite to express his
opinion, but he would directly put us
down as a set Of fools. Take care, then,
Governor. lest you be judged as you
would judge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
THURSDAY. JULY q. 1898.
SIX PAGES.
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Acca Temple N. NJ. s., Masonic Temple.
Marshall Lodge, knights Of Pythias, Cen
trail Hall.
section 2r2. f.. r., knights OF Pythias.
lis north Twentieth street.
Roane Lodge. /. o. O. f., Corcoran Hali'
Aurora Lodge. /. o. o. F., Elletts Hall.
Henderson Lodge, i. o. o.. r., Toneys
Hall.
Manteo Tribe. /. o. r. NJ. Kerse's Hall.
Pawnee Tribe, l. o. Il. NJ, Odd-Fellows
Hall.
Virginia Lodge. Knights OF Honor, Con-
cordia Hall.
old Dominion Lodge, Golden Chain,
Laube's Hall.
Virginia Conclave, /. o. H., Eagle Hall.
Lee Lodge. Tonti, Eagle Hall.
A. w. Glinn Council, Jr. o. u. A. NJ, Jr.
O. u. a. NJ. Hall.
Davis Council. Jr. o. U. A NJ, Eighth and
Hull.
Virginia Council. r. A., Lee Camp Hall.
Belvidere Council, II. A., Central Hall.
West-End Court Il. l.. Of A, Jr. o. u. A.
NJ. Hall.
C,nthus Grove. u. o. A. D.. Cersley's
Hall.
Liberal Grove. U. A. o. D., Druids' Hall.
Monroe Grove, u. A. o. D., Belyidere
Hall.
Jefferson Lodge. I. o. G. T., Poweli's
Hall.
Soldiers Home Lodge, I. o. G. r.. Sol
diers' Home.
st. Patrick's Beneficial Society, Twenty
sixth and Grace.
Stuart Horse Guards. Snyder building.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
BIG BLAZE ~ ASHLAND.
Several Buildings Destroyed by Fire-The
Loss and Insurance.

ASHLAND, VA. July 26.-SpeciaI.-
This morning at 4 o'clock a fire broke
out in a stable in the rear of the jew
eiry and millinery store of a. f. Sinclair.
II spread with great rapidity, and in a
few minutes 1t had gotten into the dwell
ing and other outhouses. AS soon as the
cry OF fire" was made, which was very
shortly after &c started, the neighbors
turned out and worked as best they
could with buckets Of water and saturated
blankets. but the devOuring flames had
gained such Roadway that soon the whole
triangle. bounded by Railroad avenue.
Hanover avenue and an alley-way on
the south side. was a mass Of fire. The
Ashland Fire Department were early on
the grounds, but. owing to the ferceness
Of the fire, little could be done. as they
only have a truck and buckets. The
block burned contained many Of the bust
ness houses OF Ashland. and. at this writ
ing, they are a mass OF smouldering
ruins. a few minutes after the IRE
started help was asked for from the
Fire Department Of Richmond, and In
as short time as possible Engine Com
pany No. 5, Captain Johynes and four
teen men, with Superintendent w. II.
Thompson. Of the Fire Alarm Telegraph,
were loaded on a special and run to
Ashland by Engineer Harry Perdue in
the short space OF thirteen minutes. When
they arrived the fire had done most Of
its damage, but they were soon at work,
and did valuable service, and, by their
well-directed efforts, saved considerable
property, which was in imminent danger
from flying sparks.
The losses are as follows: J. NJ. Leake.
$4,000 on store. out-houses and stock; no
insurance. d. 3. Cox. on buildings, $1,000;
insurance, $500; stock, 5000; insurance.
500. Mrs. A. VI. Radcliffe, 500 on furni-
ture; no insurance. Nixon, druggist, $1,000;
insurance, $500. Charles Stebbins, hay
house and stock OF hay and salt, 5000; no
insurance. Ford Bros, stock 800; no
insurance. DR.. II. C.. Scott. office furni-
ture, medical books and Instruments, 800;
no insurance. Tat. Lancaster, store. 500;
no Insurance: stock. $500; insured par
TALLY. William Miller, stock 800; no In
surance. T. b. Treyillian, shoemaker,
800; no insurance. Max. Bonitz, store
house. 81. 400; insurance $50. Mrs. W. II.
Ford. restaurant, 500: no Insurance. Sin
clair. $500; insurance $1,000. w. c. Stone,
stock. $500: no insurance. Jackson estate,
residence. 5000; partially insured.
The people OF Ashland, male and fe-
male. turned out and did splendid work,
and. be 1. 10 their great credit, the ladies'
stood in line with the men and handed
hundreds of buckets Of water as 1t was
drawn from the wells.
Owing to the heavy rates OF insurance
charged. 3 and 4 per cent, the merchants
carried their own risks. This accounts
FOR the small amount OF insurance on the
burned section.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
JUDGE LONGS PENSION.

Certain Republican papers have yelled
themselves hoarse over the Outrage" OF
~suspending the pension of that gallant
soldier who fought so bravely for the
maintenance Of the Union II was so
badly wounded in defence Of his country,
Judge Long Of Michigan. That the Sec
rotary of the Interior should have dared
to do such a thing was most 'intolerabIe
and not to be endured" and clearly in
dicated hat Hon. Hoke Smith was a
vile rebel at heart. who had not the fear
of God before his eyes. but was "instigated
by the devil to commit this act, which
plainly indicated his reasonable inclina-
lions.
Republican o%utbursts Of indignation
were merely hypocritical cries uttered in
the hope Of "decelving the unwary and
thoughtless and thereby making political
capital. Judge Long lost an arm in the
service Of the army of the Northern
States during the late war, and was also
severely wounded In the body. For these
reasons he was justly and properly PEN
stoned at $50 a month. but this was the
highest pension he could draw under the
laws. he higher pensions being granted
to those who were injured In the service
and were helpless. Judge Long. knowing
this. did not personally apply for an
increase Of his pension. but, under the
reckless r~erating process Of Corporal Tan
ner Whom even Harrison had TO dis
charged his pension was rerated, and he
was given s72 a month. This r~erating
and increase was made entirely on the
personal order Of Tanner. the Judge him
self being ignorant OF 1t at the time, and
the increase was ordered on the ground
that the pensioners disability was such
as to render him so helpless as to need
the constant assistance of another per-
son.
Had Judge Long been the man Of honor
he should have been. he would promptly
have refused this increase. because he
knew It was based on an arrant false
hood. SO far from being so helpless as
10 be unable to take care of himself, he
was then, and is now, drawing a salary
Of 81 900 a year as a judge Of the Supreme
Court of Michigan. II is very strange
that a man, officially so helpless as to
need the care Of another person, should
be able to earn a salary much greater
than those of the great majority Of ex-
cellently educated able-bodied men, law
yers included,
The present commissioner OF pensions,
therefore. acted perfectly right In sus-
pending Judge Longs pension until the
circumstances connected with il could be
investigated. II it should appear, as now
seems certain. that he had no legal right
10 a total disability pension Of s72, his
Government allowance should be cut down
10 the $50 a month. TO which he is justly
entitled, but as he has had no legal right
to the so a month over that amount,
which he has been drawing, he should
refund TO the Government $2S4 per year
from 1878 TO the present time, with a rea-
sonable rate Of interest added. If he Will
do this he viii go far towards establish
ing himself in public sentiment as a man
of honor and a gentleman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

A few days ago at a amp on the st.
La grence convinced me that the Cana
dams know how TO enjoy life. They
were all Canadians but one, and he a
West Indian, who understood the art as
well. How easily they enjoyed themselves
was a marvel. The Americans who were
camping only a few yards off seemed 10 be
iaboring earnestly at having a good time.
But somehow they seemed to get behind
every once In n while, and were always
rushing to catch up.
What pleased me most about the Cana
dian damsels were their compilations and
their bonnets. No wonder they looked so
adorable when pure pink and white look
ed out from a big dropping brim Of mus
lin that Hoped lazlly with each turn of
the pretty head. They made their sun
bonnets as big as a small-sized sun
shade. fully t%wenty-four inches in dame
ter. They made them OF white or pale
blue, and they shirred them three or four
times on the brim and inserted full gath
cred crowns. They added broad strings
and they tied them under the chin. They
wired them also. so that il the brim
dropped too much they could bend II
into coquettish shape. into a daring poke
or a demure sunbonnet.
One maiden made a veritable oid-fash-
Toned bonnet Of hers and put a bunch
Of wheat just at the top. She wore II
with a gown that suited the hat, a pretty
striped gingham. with a plain flowing
skirt. Her bodice was almost hidden by a
deep lace-edged bib that fell over. and
her sleeves reached only 10 the elbow,
and were founced with lace. A silk sash
encircled her waist and knotted at one
side OF the back.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

Terence V. Powderly is going to resign
~ head Of the Knights of Labor, and
practice law. He does this because the
Organization of which he is the leader
has failed to come up to his expectations.
The Washington Star says of him that
beneath d modest exterior Powderiy hides
q great ambition, less great than 1t
once was perhaps, but not easily got
rio OF. His aim was the upbuilding Of
an organization OF workingmen, which
hould In time be powerful enough to
crush opposition, and TO become the SUI
preme political factor. lie believed In
the ballot and the campaign of reason,
but his ideas were fought in his own
council, and In almost every assembly
there were those who condemned his
methods as slow, and who let no OPP
portunity pass which had in it room
for a snter or a blow at the man who
was doing his utmost to foster a growth
that promised 10 be phenomenal. 1t is
about fourteen years since he became
head Of the order. and in that period he
has seen his high hopes blasted and his
order decline rapidly. until it is almost
q nonentity.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
MR.. JEFF CHANDELIERS SPY SYSTEM.

II Mr.. Jen Chandler could Danish
panics and end hard times" as easily as
he made the Dispatch believe he could,
he would be the greatest trump card the
human race has ever played. No man
asks for anything more than to have an
lending Of hard tines which the Dis
patch says Mr.. Jen Chambers scheme
will certainly bring about. Now. II this
be true. Il is wonderful that the idea
never occurred to any one before. be-
cause II is one Of the simplest that could
possibly be suggested; being nothing more
In substance than that a man should be-
come his own indorser and then set a
spy to watch himself to see that he did
not cheat himself. For observe, Mr.. Jeff
Chandler says in that extract from his
plan published by the Dispatch In Its
Sundays Issue:
ITO make itself safe the Government
would need to levy = tax Of not more
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

| than one quarter Of one per cent. on all
banking CAPITAL and then enforce a rigid
insrectorship that would prevent wrong
doing on the part OF bank officials
Enforce a rigid inspectorship that
would prevent wrong-dosng on the part
! OF the bank oficiais!" There we have
the Yankee Idea OF the way to make
man rood. Enforce a rigid inspectorship
n prevent wrong-doing." This is the
philosophy OF that whole school, Crime
With them consists In the violation OF the
eleventh commandment. Thou shalt not
bs caught" Nothing more offensive In
uo-als has ever been brought orwar
and pressed upon the attention OF the
world.
And yet It Is the very cornerstone or
the National Banking law. The theory
Of that law Is that II all banks will al
WAYS have in their vaults a certain per-
| c~sntage OF their capital they will always
be able 10 stand any drain that comes
upon them. Consequently. regardless OF
the demands which may In emergencies
be made upon a banker, that law requires
him nevertheless to keep that percentage
Of his means always lying idle by his side.
commanding him to 30 into liquidation
rather than to touch one dollar OF 1t for
his most pressing needs.
Having set up this absurd test OF what
sound banking requires, how did the
philosophers who framed the law take
their measures for seeing that IT was al
ways observed? BY providing for a sys-
tom Of "rigid inspectorships.' Starting
with the idea that all bankers were, from
the nature of their business, suspects"
they set up a corps OF spies, called bank
examiners. who were to be always en-
gnged in the business Of making secret
and unexpected raids upon the bankers,
witt full authority to pry into the anKs
affairs whenever they might thin a
banker might possibly be caught mapping
Starting with the theory that all bank
ers. though generally men OF high integrl-
~. are necessarily bad, the most natural
,b,ng in the world was 10 prescribe a
course which would make those who were
bad even worse. What was the most Cd
vIous outcome of such a provisionF "hy
,bat the dishonest banker, obiecting TO the
interference Of this spy with his bust
ress and the a~bridgment OF his control
over his resources, would buy the eX-
amIner. Utterly ignoring the real case
hat our banks are managed by honest
and able men and that the success OF
banking rests upon public confidence In
those who manage banks, and that the
most successful banking is done by those
whom the public most trusts. it turns the
whole thing around and assumes that a
banker must needs be a villain, but that
he can be made honest in all his actions
hv having each one OF those actions
watched by a spy.
And Il is by the extension and appllca-
t,on of this idea that Mr.. JEFF Chandler
saws he can danish panics and end hard
times" which blessed end the Dispatch
thinks his scheme will thus secure.
Well. The Times takes no stock at all
in the SPY system and it leaves the whole
of II to Mr.. Jeff Chandler and the Dis
patch. "
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

Germany Is very eagerly watching the
silver question, which has been invested
with new Importance by the action OF
ataly I'm declaring itself against the silver
two and one-half franc piece of the
Latin Union. Dr. Gerhard, president OF
tho Deutsh Bank. in Berlin. says OF
silver:
The present crisis is the most serious
one IN The history Of the silver market
tihce the formation OF the Latin Union
W 10" by France, Italy, Belgium and
switzerland Tor the purpose OF steadyinc
she coinage ratio between silver and eoI6
sn fact, the institution has become 90
trtical as 10 imperil the unions ex-
sstenee. The stability or fail of the
anton has become the question Of the
oour, 10 which no country, especially The
United States, can afford 10 affect indif-
ference. The significance Of Italy's uro.
test against the two and one-haif franz
tsece can hardly be oyerestinated Al
feady the Berlin Bour>e has shown DO
tsiief that the credit OF the Italian COY
srnnent was impaired. The closing OF
shuias mints 10 the free coinage az
eiiSer has destroyed the phantom az
eimete'lism that not even the United
k,A'es Is able or will attempt 10 revive
hatever might be the loss of tho
Emerican min owners. the Washington
congress VIII be obliged TO repeal the
vnefthsn act. Only thus can their long
~. e0uiiierium be restored TO the money
n.Iksts. bimetallism is dead. Anvbody
TO revive IL will hs ,n.r.,y
eaeons Z dead horses
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
CLOAK nEpT-RENlNANra

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Reduced to 25c.
. Ladies' Bingham House Dresses, meds
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/ Lady's Black Travelling Suit, 2 pieces.
fluff skirt. Spanish Bolero Jacket asi
blazer, made Of fine black twiliei serge,
handsomely embroidered In colors. siEs
g. Reduced from $3.50 10 1915.
1 Lady's fine Black Serge Elton Suit
Revers and sleeves of black and white
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$3.50 to 1870.
5 Ladies' Chambray Waists, launderei
collar and cuffs. coIors pink, blue, hello
trope and cream, sizes % to "A only
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The balance OF our stock ~ the cele-
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in pink and blue chamhrays, laundefel
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Ladies' Fancy Figured Null sspentine
Waists. colors gray. old rose, cream
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1 dozen Corsets. all large sizes. y 20
30 inches. Price % TO 50c. Ongnsl
prices 75c. and sl00.
! dozen Corset Covers trimmed Ia la.s
with Hamburg insertion. <io0. from Va
/ lot Corset Covers. high neck. eiaoo'
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75c.; original price. 500 and N3
2 figured Null Gowns. trimmed IN rl0'
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IS Remnants Dress Ginghams' from y
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q Remnants Fin Dress Ginghams. .
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions Handed Down on the Last Day
of the Summer Session.

of the Summer Session.
WYTHEVILLE, VA, July @.-Special.
The summer sessions of the Supreme
Court Of Appeals closed to-day. The fol-
lowing decisions were handed down and
orders entered:
Woheford against Trenkle. from Wythe
county. DEGREES reversed. Opinion by
Judge Lewis.
Scott against Norfolk and Western
railroad, from Tazewell county. Judg-
ment affirmed. Opinion by Judge Lacy.
Richards Iron Company against FL
kIns, from Tazewell county. Judgment
affirmed. Opinion by Judge Lacy.
H-igganbotham against May, from TaZe-
well county. Decree reversed opinion
by Judge Hinton.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany against Draper. from Wythe county.
Judgment affirmed. Opinion by Judge
Fauntleroy.
Kaplan against Schiller. Rehearins de-
MED.
Morris against Wilkinson. R~ehearing
granted.
Virginia Development Company against
Crozier Iron Company. Rehearing granted.
Isaacs, Taylor & Williams against
Richmond city. Rehearing denied.
Wood against Dickey. Relocating
granted.
Roberts against Commercial Farmers
Bank of Richmond. Rehearing granted.
lett against Tabb. Appeal refused.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
proDerty Transfers.

Richmond: X. Il. Gilmore to George
Fisher, q feet on west side Beech street.
between Floyd and Grove avenues, 49,
500.
J.. II. Lewis. special commissioner, TO
Lawrence b. Morriss. % feet on west
side Harrison street, and 30 feet on Grove
avenue, 5000.
J. II. Robinson to w. j.. Crump. 40 feet
on south side Chafin street. between
Beech and Reservoir, $40.
John NJ. Sherrer's heirs trustees TO
Mary + Warren. 50 feet on west side
Twenty-second street. between Clay and
VI. $500.
Henrico: John Hagan, Jr.'s heirs 70
Dorethea a. Hagan. 2OS acres on Charles
City road. e..
Anna u. and Edwin Toye TO C. ~.
Schaaf. 13 SIS acres on Nine-Mile road,
1890.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

Mr.. Charles L. Holland. admlnistrato
OF the estate OF the late Charles II. Con-
rad, has written 70 Mr.. w. b. Freeman.
general agent Of the New York Life In
surance Company. acknowledging receipt
OF a check for s22,2S2. This is payment in
full for n policy which the above COM
pany had issued on Mr.. Conrad's lie.
on the 23d OF last Inonth Mr.. Conrad
was killed by falling of a train on the
Danville road while on his way 10 Rich
mond from his home In Danville.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27
coz OUO
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Thanking you for the promptness with
which the claim has been paid, / am.
Yours truly,
CHARLES l.. HOLLAND,
Admir- OF Charles II. Conrad. deceased.
Contracts similar TO the above. and all
forms of policies known in modern life
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