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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
JOHN BRosN's RELIo
A Maine Man owns the shackies 1hat
Bound The Nan.

James ~ Atwood, OF Liyermore Fals'
Me. has in his possession the snackes
worn by John Brown when hc was cap
tared. Soon after the execution of john
Brown. iu 1863. Rev HezrNah Atwood
originally OF Liyermore. Me. was DO
Charleston. Va. and while there Nsiifi
tbe ian where Brown was iucarccrated
awaiting execution He was shown the ies-
irons which were placed upon Brown at
the time Of hts capture. and worn cone
stantiy By him until his execution. H'
tried 20 purchase the slackles, but was
told &c would be- impossible.
Asking the old uegress what would hdp-
pen IN the irons should disappear ami an-
other pair be substituted. she replied mat
the number would be good evidently
with no idea OF their historical value. Mr..
Atwood, after much difficulty. procured
another pair al an expense OF -. ana was
soon In possession OF the coveted 5haCkles.
AT one time curing the lifetime OF Mr.. Al
wood they were used In lectures by Henry
Ward Beecher. Upon the death OF Mr.. At
wood and his son. Hezekiah Jr, the lat
ter's widow gave the irons 90 James 80
his brother. who now owns them and
prizes them highly The h1ndcu1s worn by
Brown ave IN the possession of Captain
Comfort OF Pennsylvania who has re-
fused So Tor them.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
BLooDF RIor ~ 1USBERrOS.

Two Men Killed and several Wounded
Result of the "NYets" CARR ing the Town.
RALEIGH, n. c.. Nov 23-Special-
Parties who arrived here to-day brought
news OF bloody and fatal riot al Lum-
berton. growing out Of Jollidcation over
a local option election. in which the vets
carried the day. Two men We're killed
and several others are said 10 be badly
injured. Fire arms and knives were free
=, used.
Commissioner of Agriculture John
Robinson. president. A. q. Holiday and
Professor ". ~ Massey, of the y. and
NJ. College. have gone to the eastern part
Of the State. where they will hold q
series Of farmers institutes.
The North Carolina exhibit ar the
Worlds Fair arrived here to-day. and Us
being unpacked as fast as possible and
will be placed on exhibition az once IN
the State Museum where special new
apartments have been built for IT,
News Is received here Of a high-handed
proceeding by mooRshluers. at Sanford,
this morning. An Illicit disullery OUT
nc had been captured from them by reve-
nue. officers and placed in the Sanford
depot for shipment. Early this morning
they broke into the depot, captured the
outfit and carried IL away IN triumph
I'M TO date they nave not been captured.
last night al Newberne burglars en-
tered a saloon and secured $500 from me
safe. At latest accounts no clue 70 the
burglars had been secured.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
NEW yORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov. 8.-FlOur market
steady: winter wheat lOW grades SZ.ODU
24j. patent 50. 40g3.G5. Minnesota clear
$500 go; patent, $3.SOQ453; low, eX,
tras. SZ.OjdZ45. Southern -four dull and
steady. common 90 fair extra, S2.JOd3.U;
far 20 choice, S3l0a340.
Wheat fair and dull, closing firm. No.
. red, steamer, GG0OGhc. options weak
at h0#c. decline. rallied &C., and fell
AWisc.. closed weak at 9s4kc. under yes
lerday, and trading fair; clOsing-January,
6f4c.. November, 6Jysc.; December, Og~c.
COrn-Spot &c. lower; 451sQ453sc. afloat;
Options declined &c and steady, with dull
trade. November, SIC, December, 34l2c.
Oats-SpOt dun; white hrmer. options
duh and easier, November, &c, Deem
Der, 3ii4c., January oiHc.; No. = white
December 36hc .pot-No. =, ole; NO.
? white 3Gc.; mixed Western, 3Jod6Hc.j
white DO, 36di0c.
Hay quiet and easy; spring, G0c.; good
60 choice. 10d9Vc
Wool quiet and unsettled; domestic,
2Ou2jc.; pulled 16H23C.
tt.I0; extra mess, $t050utt.ud. beef hams
quiet at Sl5.JO, tierccd beef inactive;
picked bellies. SsG2ih. shoulders, S6.2jW
G.3Ii3. middles nominal
Lard quiet and firmcr: Western steam
5000. city, $500. Futures nominal Re
fined quiet. Continent, $500; South Amer
lea. $40. compound S70DH12J
FORK dun and steady; mess, $4,000
lb.aU.
Butter quiet and steady. Western dairy,
J. &c. do, creamery. 2JH2Hgc., Elgius,
21lac.
Cotton seed oil in light supply and
steady. crude. 3Oc.; yellow. 36c.
Petroleum quiet and unchanged.
ROsin moderate and firm: strained,
81 300 @2t2.
Turpcntine steady az 3OQ302c
Rice firm and fairly active, domestic,
3'sHJ4c.. Japan, 4%4Hfjs
MOlasses II oreigp nominal: New or
leans steady and quiet at 30Q3Sc.
Peanuts quiet; fancy hand-picked "a
44c
Coffee Options steady and unchanged
10 tO points down; November, Sl6.73;
January $l6.OOa1G05 March, Sij.G5a
$40; May Sl535. Spot Rio dun and
nominal; No. &. SlG1jd t1S1i4.
Sugar-iaw dun and steady; fair refn-
ing, -'sc.; gG-test centrifugal 3H3ikc Re
fined steady and i'm moderate demand:
on A. 31s04 3-lGc.: standard A. j-lGD
4l.c.; cut-loaf. 500 3-iGc.; crushed, bn
. ,-l6c.; graduated, 4Mc.
Freights to Liverpool quiet and steady;
cotton, Ltd; grain nominal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
GOLD FIELDS or mr. YUKON.
Plenty OF the Precious Metal, But IL Il
Difhcult 20 Reach.

ficnty OF the PRECIOUS Metal but IL Is
Difhcult 20 Reach.
Some destitute Alaskan miners, who were
recently landed In son Francisco By
United states revenue steamship, brought
a dismal account Of the gold fields OF the
Yukon country. They do not dispute the
claim that mineral wealth exists there,
but say that a great part Of 1t lies under
impenetrabie mountains OF ice Moreover,
the high cost OF living renders the pros
poets OF the average miner extremely
dubious. Flour sells for twelve dollars
hundred pounds and sugar twenty
Eve cents a pound, and other necessaries
Of life are proportiouately as dear. For
a meal Of corn beer and beans In the
settlements, seventy-five cents is charged.
lnclement weather. too limits the mining
season 20 three and "a half months each
year. Mining In Alaska" said one OF
the prOspectOrs, ''is different from mining
IN any other region L ever heard OF. In
prospecting for n claim you first have 90
dig up from six inches to three feet or
moss, and beneath that SIS n mass OF tee
Of questionable depth which has TO be
thaWed before you strike bedrock. 1 have
seen men thaw out thirty feet of ice and
then not set anything He admitted
however, that occasionally the gOld-seeker
struck 70 rich 1--WE learned before we
left he says, that there were Four men
who had each taken out ten thousand
dollars worth OF gold dust this summer
There are several others who Will carry
away five thousand dollars worth of gold
dust. but then some Of these men have
been prospecting an through the Yukon
district for several years past without
scrap up more than enough 20 live ON.
The miner who secures enough dust TO
pay his passage back to san Francisco
is doing we'll"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
THE HEIDhLnEnc rUN oorDoNr.
a CaslS Made at munich Which knocks
1T out of sight.

That monster wine vat the famous
"tn Of HcicIbcrg." which we have
been taught from childhood 10 consider
the most gigantic receptacle for liquid
ever made OF wood and bound with iron
hoops, has at last. says the st. Louis
Republic. been eXcelled i'm the shape
OF a slant cask built for the Blaner
Brewing Company of Munich. The
old Heidelberg tun was built during the
three years ending with 1891 1t was
composed Of oak beams each six inches
square. and tWenty-sefen feet long, and
had a diameter of even eighteen feet
The figures for the exact weight are
wanting, but the item which tells us that
the iron OF the hoops alone weighed lle9
mounds. H. quite suggestive OF the great
weight Of the vat Nearly 2)J years after
the first tun WAS built a second, of much
greater proportions. was constructed
Heidelbcrg tun No. was thirty-siX feet
long and twcnty-four feet M diameter
and had a capacity Of 800 hogsheads. Too
1876 Strctton * Co, the London brewers,
constructed a beer vat m their works in
Nuremberg which was nlnety-siX feet
in diameter and thirty-four feet deep.
The day this stupendOus affair was NM
ishod the brewing company gave din
ner 10 796 customers. all Of whom were
comfortably seated i'm the vat
The Blatnor cask bat recently finish
cd is tG feet in diameter aud filty-one
feet deep. IL was inaugurated with n
ban. in which Z75 couples took part. and
at one time. Il is said. there were 500
people ON the floor Of the cask, not count
ing the walters. musicians, etc. Besides
me above no incousiderable floor space
was taken up by the stage erected for
the orchestra. the two pianos ana fine
dining table.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24

That there is such q thing as "horse
sense was clearly shown Goo large ara
delighted audience at the Academy OF
Music last evening bv Professor bartholo-
new Equine ParadON.
The features of the performance were
the school tue military driil, and the de-
fence OF the fort by the whole troupe OF
horses, while the jumping OF Srute and
the feats performed by Pope ou twenty
inch plank were warmly applauded. Taken
altogether. ~ Us one Of the most enjoy
able performances OF the kind ever seen
here. and is we'll worth the price OK adj
mission.
Through the kindness Of both the mana
gers of the Academy and the Paradox, the
children Of ST. Josephs Orphan Asylum
have been invited 10 attend the matinee
Saturday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-The following ~
no defiv cotton letter OF Atwood. Niolt1t
& Co. by private wire 10 - W.
q'nc imnrovement to-day here was greaSS-
or Than had been generally eNpt.'SI St's
ter0ay or rs points above iaS f,nTnool
CLOSING Tie Improvement az ~ 'Sbd,Id
was 1864. Just what We tuD,vt snrther Inn
be IN order 20 bring aDo9o dey' That
movement on this side to-ue ssonounced
X f''1tsb feeling As more pionosut, M
is evidenced by the large iht,ce which
inc bero 40 20 o clvthf -, interest.
time the reaiizings ny Considerable size.
Whlch haroc 6ecline and hnai piabt
aro M 10 IA points better t'i" "1tiI further
Iiverpool must now lmpIoN,tt me general
Tomorrow ~ to-dav. but In the eNeitt
No. mat market does hul or q
,nfabt occasion decline t Tho morning
n0ints az the opehnb .t@ro would he "A
from VIZ. 80. or rapid. according 10 Inc
recohe. ~ buving orders mat hlsht ue
IDre for execution. ~ 81 go ~
HtiD ttr,cfs now is southern Spot mar
20 Coi1 =" Increased demand, and there
80 more tenacity by spot holders, ana
zen fbe movement for TINS week ana
,exf little. N any, m excess on ldst yer
n should stimulate LANtfPooi anu ~
gontinent. and stu further add 70 the
strength on this side. whether EUROPE
will respond particularly Liverpool ls
now the question. Speculation might
drive prices here and carry LlNerpOoi
and the Continent IN spite Of themselves'
as was done last year. but unless the
volume of speculation should be Euui-
GENTLY large 20 do this. we shall have
to wait upon the spinner. IN other
words. the markets on this side nave
been pushed up far enough until We nave
more support from abroad. As 20 the
evcntualitics. we bcneVe IN crop or
moderate size, ana we beHeIe, iuiulc5
that prices should sell much higher anu
with as tine only question is whether there
WIFI be "A better opportunity TO buy than
current prices. That is the question we
think our readers can answer Tor mem
selves quite as we'll Az we can. New
Orleans estimates receipts there next
week $1,000 bales, against 5000 bales
last year. Savannah $1,000 bales 10 3bpO
boios AGAINST 1000 last year our in-
formation from the interior to-day indi,
Gates the movement. SO Tar as hedLu
from. somewhat under last year. but we
think that the weeks receipts az the ln-
terror VIII show about lOS,OOO bales,
against 5000 bales last year and OS'UOO
bales last week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE MD. Nov 23-Flour
firm; Western superfne. Sl.SjG2. H.; extra.
S2l5W215. family. $30blt3.25: winter
wheat patent, $3.iOQ3.G5; spring. $3.50
Wheat hrmer; No. red spot and No
Vcmber. 6i"tn6FSc., December. B5ta0
65",c.; steamer No. red. G1nGlI,c.: mill
ing wheat, by sample. GjnGGc
Corn firm; mixed November AKA
t"l2c.; year, 42ia14&4c.; steamer mixed,
4ol40llc.; white corn, by sample 4Oa41c. ;
yellow do, jSl2Qi2c
oats steady to frm: No . white. West
crn, Doc; No. mixed, Western, 3lc.
Rye DUH. No. =. b3c.
Hay quiet; good TO choice timothy,
$I4 JO015.5O
Grain freghts quiet and UNCHANGED
Butter nrm; creamery. fancy 21u2Cc. :
DO. lair to choice, 2ln26c.; do. imita-
ton, 23T2tc.
E--s steady; Western, dc; near bv.
-Iu4Jr.
Cther articles unchanged.
Stucks-Nirglnia COnsOl threcs 90: BAL
tlmOre and ONO stock. sG. Northern Cen
tral stock. GSta. Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern nrsts. l04Ql05: second jn-
comes ~ third incomes 7G9: COnsoIi-
dated Gas bonds, IL; do. stocks, 56ha
0Gi2.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
In COTTON MARKETs.

A.U YORK. Nov 23.-Cotton quiet
dy. mlddiing uplauds. Sis. mid
orleans. ass, sales f23 bales. fu-
ed very steady. sales. DOS. $40
sutember sos. December, S1Oi
Nlj. February. R2t. March.
Alt. sa6. May. Sf3. June. $50
.I te' receipts of cotton at all ports
p. tthIl bales; exports 90 Great
a'u. aDsH bales; France 1854
S.f Dnlinent 1905 bales. total. $685.
a....sI so FAR This week Net receipts.
Nt.es. exports 90 Great Britain.
t. .. France, I3.GgS bales; Con-
r...1 Dos bales
~ .liDJL. Nov 23-NoOn Cotton
'.i. Ihie demand al firm prices. Amer
s In'il.lng. 3 7-l8 sales. 49, OO6 bale.
.. gan ly.f0O bales. speculation and
ilJJ bales receipts. "A 900 hale
.al 200 bales Futures firm and
b..r .ait. November, 24-6f: Novem-
F.. climber. a 24-G4ls1 25-Cl' Deem
r. 2S-GiWf 24-C4. January
gary, g 23-Gf04 25-C4: Tehry9ry-
=. ~, zj-01N4 ZG-G4. March-Aprh
j.-. ',Nt y, z.-b4. Aprii-May. 3 27-Gs. MAY
~ 'i4i Ju-Ci, June-July, 4 1854
81. M American middling fair
av w ooa mid0iing as, middling. az.
or8ire,.. 80. good ordinary. AZ.
ge,..,e.-t' l-l5, November 4 25-63. Dc.
sry ~ el-yfo4 2G-6i. December-Janu-
q VI j, ~f-yinl 1904 January February
wsrqr e..fuafy March. 1854. buyers.
~ ~ apIh 2 2l-Cf buyers: April-Aiay'
i'm. stuefsi May-hne. 4 8O-t4ff4 N "a.
Gosed ~, oZ-CiU4 1864. Futures
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
rUr FoUTTIEIE LE4GUE KILLED.
Eight Courts I'm Richmond Affected by
The Decision.


According TO special telegram from
Baltimore. published in The Times yester-
dav the Equitable League Of America
received It's death blow Wednesday. judge
Harlan. OF the Superior Court. handed
down his decision in the quo warranto
suit brought by the State. Tn the deci-
sion Judge Harlan held the charter OF
the organization had been forfeited. ana
that tine receivers should be appointed
10 wind up the affairs
Among the 400 members affected by
the decision are quite number in this
city, where there are eight courts as
follows:
Marshall Court. no. .. +. G. Jones. clerk,
James r. Phillips treasurer; jefferson
Court. No. u: Church Hill Court, No ~,
James y. Allan. justice. j. G. Tignor
treasurer. G. u. WirgAeld clerk. Grace
Court. No. ~. j. H. Layne. justice, j.
w Booker. clerk. Ramon Garciu treas
uror. Sidney Court. no. s., Thomas j..
Payne. Justice. II. j. James. treasurer,
Ivanhoe Schater, clerk. - Court, No.
IS Manchester. $. r.. Owens, Justice, j..
T.. I-tz, treasurer; Valley Court, No 9o;
East End Court. No. 81. W. n. Kelley
justice. r. l.. y. Walford, treasurer
George w. Walford. clerk.
The Equitable League WAS started in
1856 as a death and sick benefit order
Subsequently 10 issued seven-ycar endoW-
ment policies for 5000 each in Ignorance
Of the fact that ITS charter dld not give
the right 10 do this.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
Lake kfle preferred.
BONDS


CHICAGO. I'LL, NOV. 23.-There was
pot much trade iu wheat to-day. but
What there was was principally from local
t-IIHNIr The feeling was rather easier
throughout, and the close weak. The
opening Was unchanged from yesterday s.
c"einl. declining save. rallied t.c.
aft.n. became weak and sold down Sc,
H5 h,G4c. lower for May and &C.
lower tor December.
CORN was rather quiet. luctuatng iu
response 10 the changes lu wheat The
Ih't opened slightly under last nights
'..-I- worked down +Disc.. rallied &C..
t-aH declined, and at the close was ]yc.
lower than yesterday.
oats The range Of the speculative mar
hfi lnr oats was narrow. covering but
.ir. range. The feeling changed with
"n'iL and corn. but The trade was too
-'i l1 cause any heavy fluctuations.
net loss for the day was lkn4c
PROVISIONS The opening was strong and
ft1cr on the run of live hogs nd tho
la.is h.lnP less than the estimates.
WIN better prices for them. Packers
a.l shorts were good buyers. and as
ourr.ne. were scarce There Was - ~
tl'taHi advance. Later iu The dav prices
became easier. when wheat ana corn
weakened. bat the close was slightly
higher than yesterday ai around Janu-
F pork closed 2i4c. higher ,nan yes
.-.IlE. January lard use. higher and
nary ribs 5oU4c higher.
'a-n quotations. tOur-P Prices au-
changed and feeling little stcadior.
~. spring wheat, G13sc.. 40. rcd.
s..t no. corn. "'i2c.; no. oats.
g.. pork. 30l3oe; lard. $3.50. short
20 sl1el SEu10I25; dressed shoulders
'l' %; snort clear sides NS254S31is \;
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24

Brief Protest OF Active Mindl Agains;
Being Oyerworked.

AScln, VNtfNofheu.
We were in an elevated train, and
having nothing better TO do were watch
Ing a well-known dnancier OF this city.
who sat I'm an opposite seat pairing his
finger nails. says the New York Herald.
He was q man whose name Is a house
hold word an over the country for his
great wealth and the daring speculauons
by which he has won Il.
He appeared 20 be uneasy, and crossed
and recrOssed his legs constantly
Suddenly he sat perfectly still, knife
In hand. while his eyes. fixed on nothing
IN particular took Oh a PARKWAY look.
and the lids contracted slightly.
ifs whole appearance betokened man
who was thinking so intently on some
subject that he was entirely oblivious
to his surroundings for the moment
II wonder what big scheme he's con-
cocting nowF / whispered 20 my COM
paniOn
None at an. I'll bet YOU was the
answer from my friend, a shrewd young
doctor
Il have noticed" ne continued that
men Of active faculties often lapse into
such spells. and persons who see them
generally suppose they are the outward
marks OF intense mental application.
but my experience convinces me that
they are, on the contrary, brief periods
during which the mind is really think
ing of nothing at all.
81 call them mind maps and l believe
them 10 be as highly beneficial 20 the
mind as sleep is TO the body They are
a sort Of protest and protection Of nature
against the excessive strain put upon
the mental faculties by too energetic
thinkers
''lf you ask a man az such times what
he is thinking about so lntently. he viii
generally give you an evasiye reply.
because he would rather have you sup
pose he was concoctug some deep scheme
than not. but the fact Is that his mind
has really been asleep. and when he IS
actually thinking hard you will gcner-
ally find hIs eyes rowing from one object
10 another and his whole body in a state
or fidscts.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
TIMES LIBRARY COUPON.
Nov. "a /
iS&L /

No REvERE WORK OF THE HEAEE Aay
No IA or ANCIENT atsD ByL oaDN
No yMRA
THE COMING RACE LYrrQx
No
MODERN pRoMBrHRUS BY NaA SaxLsk
Nos A BY MY
No
10 By
No by
VICAR WAKEFIELD
No Is BY DE srvrP rEnR
OF AN AFRICAN FARM"
SCOTTISH CAVALIERS
No IS By MEREDITH
No 4 q DREAMS. b.
No d.
aiseaSi aath
IimesB to ans vs
ls... ... .. ... .......
dressTI TinesBl s.
Watch the list areco
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
THE WEsr yIEGISIA DEBr.
Those Interested in Its Adjustment pc
ful OF success.

special from Baltimore in the New
York Times of yesterday says:
John Gill; president Of the Adjustment
Company. which has undertaken the set
Element Of the West Virginia debt, says
that the company win have enough OF the
debt certificates on deposit TO go before
the Virginia Legislature when il shall
meet next winter and urge a recognition
Of the company and its projected plan.
MIR Gill says that the first work OF
the Adjustment Company VIII be TO get
Virginia and West Virginia to- deaf with
each other i'm this matter This accom-
plished, he believes settlement OF the
entire matter cannot be long delayed.
West Virginia alleges that il does not
owe as much as was set aside TO await
the settlement between the two States
Virginia will not come 10 an agree
ment or take any steps 10 bring about a
settlement. fixing the amount 10 be ar
ranged for by West Virginia. unless the
certificate holders agree TO release Viz
giuia and surrender their certificates for
such new obligations as West Virginia
shall ISSUE
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24
BRoTHERHooD or 81. ANDREW.
The various Chapter. of the Organization
Gather at st. Jnmess Church.

Perhaps the most interesting church
sociable ever given in this city was the
one which took place last evening IN
the lecture room OF ST. James Episco-
pal church. 10 was under the auspices
OF the chapter of the Brotherhood Of
80. Andrew, of that church, and invita-
tions We're extended TO the members Of
the various chapters Of this city.
The attendance was very large, and
good representations were present from
the chapters of Moore Memorial, ST.
Johns ST. Marks. st. Pauls M0numen-
TAI, 81. Andrew, Emanuel. Christ. and
81. James churches. Among the Episco-
pal ministers present were Rev. John
Is. Mason and Rev William J. Morton.
of ST. James; Rev r.. j.. Williams. of
ST. Pauls; Rev. C.. r. Kuyk, of We'd
dell Memorial Chapel. Rev. j. D. New
ton, Of Monumental Rev. Pike Powers.
Of ST. Andrew; Rev. Preston Nash, Of
Christ church, and Rev Mr.. Randolph.
OF Emanuel church. Tables We're spread
along the walls Of the lecture room
ana the visitors. at their arrival were
invited TO partake of n splendid supper
which was served by the young ladies
of the congregation Of 81. james
church.
The entertainment was bptNtA Win
short address by Rev j. *. Mason,
rector OF the church. whereupon Mr..
and Mrs Conway r. Gordon sang a
duet. "The Sewanee River was rem
dered in a very attractive manner hy a
quartet consisting Of Mr. and Mrs Con-
way r. Gordon Miss Lillian YarbrOugh,
and Mr.. Eugene Jones.
Rev. r. T.. Williams, assistant rector
OF s.. Paul's church. entertained the
audience with the reading OF an article,
'The Art OF Bookmaking" by Washing
ton Irving
Mr.. b. b. Valentine greatly added to
the enjoyment Of an present by giving
recitations OF one Of his own compost
tions in negro dialect entitled Before
the War" Mr.. Valentine pleased his au-
dieuce so we'll that he had 10 add two
more Of his compositions. entitled "EX-
perience OF Negro on an Electric
Car" and aunt Dinah at the Fair"
The entertainment was a decided sue
cess and greatly aided In bringing the
members Of the various chapters In close
contact.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-24

There was quite gathering of promi-
nent statesmen az the Exchange Hotel
yesterday, where General Fitz Lee, can
didate for United States Senate. had made
his headquarters. The General WAS m
his best humor. and looked very confident
While ne did not care 10 express am
opinion on the political outlook IBIS
friends stated that they felt satisfied
that ne would win tho race.
Among the latest arrivals was General
William IT. Payne. who. fl was said. had
come here as "a supporter NJ General Lee.
to couutoract certain iudueuces which
had been brought 90 bear I'm certain quar-
tiers ion favor Of SIR Martins candidacy.
General Martin returned TO Washington
last evening. while General Lee win re-
main here over Sunday.