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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

I'm 1879. are stu living near Chapel H.L
These girls are now II and T. years at lsr
resuectiyely. and are Misses F-s'e -.i
Rosa +. Duke. Shortly after Che l.l'A
Of their mother these girls "tI. sNa
homes. Miss Essie went o. USE N.l
DR.. and Mrs Burns. Of Chatham county,
and Miss Rosa took up her aboie 10 ne
household II ar ana Mrs. Nh.iAA.r
OF Orange county. one ~ them - also
ind.i teI 70 Mrs. Laura r. Horne. -
Pittsb0r0'. Chatham county y. C., Or
mothcrly care and provision
WANT TO KNOW THEIR RELATIVES
There young ladies ARE now anxious %
know something ~ their Virginia reil-
tives. and in this matter have been rene
dered very valuable assistance hy ST.
James -. Mason a prominent ati.rr
Of Chapel Hill IL has been learned f1ii
Mrs Dukes father was named either
Abediah or Zschariah Ragland. and that
her mothers name was Mary Raglan 3
Mr. Duke was a harness-m1 ker b. tft-r'
a good workman. and industrious. DE- sac
Of medium height. spareiy built ~ ,-.-
low complexion, had dark gray eyes tafk
hair. and moustache. and wore sal io. B.
HIS habits were not altogether regular
His wife was about ten years younger
than he. fairly stout Of medium hrgt.
blue eyer, and was a very pretty woman
and apparently well-bred.
WHO ARE THEIR RELATIVES
The young ladies are very anxious %
learn something q their relatives in ih'
State, and II is with a view 90 nefns
them In the matter that this rIDiicii'A
is made. Their father. according 10 nl'
vices from Chapel Hill bad but little .
say about himself or his wife. ana there
fore the girls have very lttie lnfoFina-
ton as 70 their eutacerlsnts and connec.
tons.
The picture NJ Mrs Duke printed above
IS from a photograph obtained by the Disc
patch through SIR Mason. who has ma-'
every effort On help the orphan girls trace
their relationship. II Is possible that som5
OF tn friends ~ her girlh0Od Will re- 30
nizs the likeness ard thus be able o. 3 t,
the Misses Duke the information wl.-I
they 50 much crave.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

The late Mr.. Wellington Goddin. father
Of the present Clerk OF the Chancery
Court. processes the unique distinction
Of having had during Il business career
extending over half q century. more deeds
made 10 him and of making more deeds
that any other two men who ever lived
in the cuy Of Richmond. He was sort
OF universal trustee. u. &. W.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-11

In 1910 the Rihmond B2r contained
only about twenty-five members. The bar
here now. psrhaps. numbers over 80.
Most OF them manage TO get along as
well "a any other class of teliowciti-
zens OF the practicing lawyers OF 1910
who survive. the names OF but two are
recalled as living now. The first, Judge
William Wood Crump. OF Respondent In
tellect and unimpaired vitality. is yet the
peer Of any man OF any bar. The second,
Herbert a. Claiborne, Jr., retired from
general practice several years ago 10
become principal agent OF the Mutual
Assurance Society OF Virginia.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
PASSING OF THE pUGs,

Chicago Post: AS an outcome Of all this talk
about lighting Corbott appears to be in the
hands of the sheriff and Fitzsmmons in the
hands Of his friends.
Cincinnati Commercial: Well, the prize
fight is on at last-whch means that the
prize fighters are Just getting their second
wind in their great talking contest.
Chicago Chronicles SO the race Of the
champion hcavyweights will disappear from
the face Of the earth and their strdent
voices in the heat Of controversy or the fire
of theatrical defamation will no more be
heard in the land. Which. after all, will be
exceedingly good riddance to very bad rub
bish.
Courier-Journal: SO "Gentleman" Jim Cor
bett promises to pummel Fitzsmmons in
private at the first opportunity. The first
opportunity" with this bully, who has grown
so puissant after the fight has been declared
of. means the first time that he, surrounded
| by bodyguard Of his heelers, comes across
Fitzsmmons unaccompanied by a similar
retinue.
Washington Post: The country is heartily
tired of these wranges and recrminations,
however-sick of the cheap notorlety that any
tawdry rowdy can achieve by simply pre-
tending that he wants to fight. Even those
who do not object to scientific pugiism per
se will rejoice in the consummation. If only
because it restores such ridiculous charlatans
as Corbett to obscUrity.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
HOW THEY HAVE RECOUPED.

A leading English financial paper
says that practically every penny that
was subscribed in England toward the
last American loan has been got back
through the expansion in the exports of
woolcns and worsteds, and this is only
II part of the process by which that
country has drawn from the United
States the money to pay for the Ameri-
can bonds which its capitalists took
from us at Il higher rate of interest
than our government had paid for
many years. 1t would be well if the
American people could be induced to
seriously reflect upon what this means.
Under n democratic tariff there has
been reduction of revenues below the
mt the same time II large increase in i'm
pOrtations without corresponding in
crease of exports. This condition
caused drain upon the treasury gold
reserve which compelled the govern
ment to borrow. 1t could do this only
by negotiating with foreign capitalists.
having found it impractcable to place
loan at home. The money subscribed
abroad for this loan has been more
returned in the enlarged sales which
foreign manufacturers have been able
to make in the American market under
the present tariff, and the authority
which tells us of this fact ut the same
time says that ''it will not be easy for
the Americans to regain their Old foot
IN, in or ;,,
creased competition of India, Australia
and Argentina. We submit that there
is presented in this a condition which
ought TO command the serious attention
of the American people.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

The candidacy of $. |. Gordon for po-
lice judge is piece of impertinencc
Gordon was elected to the council last
year and has one year more to serve
If he We're competent to discharge the
duties of police judge his attempt to
use the position of councilman as II
stepladder to higher Salaricd city
office before his term has expired
would establish pernicious precedent
Although Gordon has been a nonentity
in the council there is no good reason
why a vacancy should be created in
that body that would compel the city to
go to the expense of Il special election
The least Gordon could have done to
justify his candidacy for the police
judgeship would have been to have
resigned from the council and given the
people I'M opportunity to elect his sue
cessor with the other candidates on the
city ticket ut the regular election. But
Mr.. Gordon is too sagaciouS to drop Il
bird in hand while hunting for another
in the bush.
But if GOrdonS term in the council
had actually expired. the record which
he has made there shows him to be de
void Of integrity and unworthy of fur
thcr confidence. He has been Il mere
dummy so far as capacity is concerned
and monumental fraud upon the men
who gave him their support year ago.
Instead of standing out against iobbery
and for good government, he became n
member of the cOuncjl combine with
Edwards. Jacobsen and the derviSh
gang. While the law does not prescribe
extensive legal knowledge as Il qualiti
cation for police judges, the admission
of Mr.. Gordon to The bar Il few months
ago can scarcely make him the proper
person for eXpounding ana passing upon
the criminal code On this score alone
Judge Helsley is in every respect su-
perior and preferable.
In any event the citizens and tax
payers are not just now in frame of
! mind to put Il premium on incompa
tency and the betrayal of public trust.
Unless he is impeached for his fragrant
disregard of duty Mr.. Gordon will be
permitted to continue in the council to
the end of his term and then retired to
the obscurity of private life, from which
he was taken by mistake.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

Washington Star: England is reticent
about accepting the Monroe doctrine. But
as the Monroe doctrine was not originally
prepared for the purpose of gratifying the
British critics this is not a matter of either
surprise or apprehension
Chicago Post: 1t is not likely however.
that either intimidation or procrastnaion
will change the final result. We may not be
able to compel Great Britain to fall back
from the Schomberg line But unless the
American people are dead to all the lessons
of British history they will never allow her
to go beyond 1t except after arbitration. We
are rapidly nearing the parting of the ways.
when we must maintain the Monroe doctrine
as vital principle of our system or fling 1t
away as rubbish.
Detroit Free Press: That the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine in this mtater may
mean war we are well aware, though we
think Great Britain with all her arrogance
will hesitate to invoke that result. But
even though 1t does mean war. the doctrine
must be enforced. The only alternative is
It's total and final abandonment, for if there
is any lack Of firmness or determination now
1t will be utterly useless to attempt any as
sertion Of the doctrine in the future. There
is really but one course open to the govern
ment and that is to insist at the proper
tme-which seems to be very near at hand
chat Great Britain either submit its clai2
to Venezuelan territory to arbitration or
recognize the fact that il forcibly asserted
the force must be large enough 10 overcome
not Venezuela alone, but the United States
as well.
Chicago Tribune: The Marquis of Sails
bury has the reputation of being persistent,
impassve buffer on poor hand President
Cleveland has also the reputation of having
a stff spine and an obstinate head in game
OF this kind 1t now remains to be seen
whether the president, with the Monroe
doctrine at his back, and with the game in
his own hands. will allow hmeslf to be
bluffed down by Salisbury. If James Monroe
with only 10000 900 at his back, had pluck
enough to lay down his doctrine to England
and other foreign nations so that they had
no difficulty in understanding II, and Grover
Cleveland, with &C, 100000 at his back with
draws from the game, the people Of the
United States will wait with impatience for
the time when they can put a man in power
in Washington who has backbone enough to
stand up for the doctrines OF the govern
ment and enforce them if necessary at the
point of the bayonet and the mouth of the
cannon
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING

1t is not safe to say anything good of
man until after he is dead. This
maxim applies with special force in
politics. 1t is decidedly amusing as
well as instructive to notice that the
supporters of Scott. Broatch, Edwards.
Jacobsen, Gordon. Heimrod and the
other candidates on the dervish ticket
lay such great stress upon what The
Bee in years past has said in their
favor. This is only another instance of
before taking and after taking.
Colonel Scott four years ago had
not blossomed out into Judge Scott, the
judicial Jeffreys of Nebraska. Nobody
outside of his most intimate associates
could possibly have imagined that he
would scandalize bench and bar by his
crazy antics and lawless usurpations..
Whatever The Bee may have said
about w. j. Broatch before he was cleo
ted mayor in 1887 has been unsaid by
Broatch himself. His career as mayor,
penitentiary appraiser and police COM
| missioner has more than justified
everything that has been written or
| place he is now seeking.
Whatever The Bee has said in praise
of George Hcimrod still holds true to-
day. His good qualities and integrity
have not been called into question. But
| that does not offset the fact that in
linking his ambition with Scott,
| Broatch and the gang that has mis-
governed Omaha and raded the public
treasury he has ranged himself with
the opponents of good government.
Those who are not with us are against
us in politics as well rs in war.
Edwards. Jacobsen and Gordon may
point with pride at the good things The
Bee has said of them and for them be
fore they had shown their true colors.
They and others who have been scored
by The Bee for their disloyalty to the
people whom they pretend to represent
have only themselves to blame if they
are now denounced as having been
tried and found wanting.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
SHERMAN on GREEyBAcKs.

In n recent speech Senator Sherman
criticised President Cleveland and Sec
retary Carlisle on their attitude toward
the national currency. In the opinion
of the Ohio senator these dem
ocratic officials are entirely wrong
In demanding the retirement of
United States notes. As every
thing that cmanates from the most dis
tingulshed of living American financiers
is worthy of the serious consideration
of the people, his latest utterances
should and will command the greatest
attention. 1t is the opinion of Senator
Sherman that the president and secre-
tary of the treasury are all at sea in
reference to our national currency and
especially to the legal tender notes.
He points out that for fourteen years
we have been able to maintain in full
and active circulation S3I5, 100000 of
these notes ut par with gold by main
tanning reserve in the treasury of
S100000,000 of gold. Thus. with the
loss of the interest on this gold. we
have saved the interest on S345.O00,-
secured to our people the best form of
paper money ever devised of universal
credit in the commercial world.
Asking why the maintenance at par
of all this money has been constantly
threatened during the present admin
istratiOn, Senator Sherman said that
the only answer was that the powers
that be have used the gold specifically
pledged for the redemption of United
States notes to make good the deficiency
of revenue caused by the democratic
tariff law. Instead of issuing bonds
for the payment of deficiencies, the ad-
ministration has issued bonds to keep up
the reserve which it has repeatedly
depleted for the payment of current eX-
penses. In the opinion of Senator
Sherman the fatal policy of unlawfully
diverting the gold in the treasury to
the payment of current deficiencies is
the cause, and the sole cause, of the
present financial disturbance.
Referring to the proposal of the ad-
ministration. as indicated in the Bos-
ton speech of Secretary Carlisle, to re
tire the greenbacks by the issue of
bonds and thus saddle the government
with the interest on $3I6.OO0,000 of
bonds, Senator Sherman said: This
is not the worst of it. The mass of
silver certificates and treasury notes
can then be redeemed only in silver dol
lars, and this means the silver standard
alone. The only way they propose to
prevent this is by the sale of more
| bonds to redeem these notes and GER
titcates, thus converting all our cur
| rency into intereSt-bear bonds and
| leaving us no paper money except ma
| tiOnal bank notes. Senator Sherman
said that so radical change in our
! financial system can only result in Il
great loss to the government in the
large increase in the interest-bcaring
debt and in wild disturbance of the in
| duStrieS and commerce of the country.
1t is apparent from this that the adj
ministration scheme for retiring the
| United States legal tender notes will
not receive any support from the re-
publicans of the Fifty-fourth congress
land there is no valid reason why ii
should. since it would in nowise remedy
existing conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

The poor farm lot cases have bobbed
up again, a bewhiskered legacy of
Omaha's boom days The courts have
awarded purchasers of these lots iudg
ments aggregating 100000. The merits
of the claims have long since been de-
termined The only question is how to
raise the money with which to pay the
claims. The judgment fund is INSULT
cient and the law has made no provision
for dead-horse fund. A grave problem
Is presented, calling for the election of
capable and intelligent men as county
commissioners, in order that the best
way out of serious dilemma may be
found.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

year less than million n month, but
even this must be regarded as reassur-
ing, for it is the habit of the national
banks to proceed on the most conserva-
tive lines. 1t may be regarded as some
what doubtful however, whether addl-
tlons to the currency from this source
will continue during the remaining
months of the year. The supply of
money at the financial centers is now
abundant and thee is no immediate
prospect for materially increased
demand for currency for legitimate pur-
poses. There is, consequently nothing
in the situation to encourage an increase
of national bank issues
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
NcbrasIln's Sugar Industry.

The beet sugar Industries in Nebraska will
turn out 4,5OO 900 pounds of sugar before the
ieason-which bsgan October 1-closes. Dur
.ng the first two weeks the plant at Grand
island manufactured 400, 900 pounds Of granu-
lated sugar and that at Norfolk $50 900
pounds The season lasts about three months
md the two factories pay to farmers about
$4,000 day, or about s225 900 in the seventy
Eve working days of the season. Tha cX-
pense of beet growing is not greater than the
lveraGe cost Of crop production. and the sue
cess of the Nebraska enterprise points way
for the people to get rid of the rule of the
Sugar trust This opportunity exists in Kan
sas, in Missouri-in every state where the
sugar beet may be grown proftaby, and
tillers Of tbs soil who want the greatest re-
ward fer their labor shoVld take example
from their brethren in Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

The city electrician has made no new
discovery concerning the location and
distribution of electric street lamps.
The first essential. seemed to be to place
the lamps along the motor lines and
If there were any left to place them
where they would best subserve the
political interests of the councilmen.
One of the leading churches on South
Twenty-ninth street has endeavored for
II year to have an electric lamp placed
on the street near it, requesting that an
arc light ut the south end of Hanscom
park, where it is almost useless, be
transferred TO the church corner, where
hundreds of people would be benefited
The man who placed the light in the
timber at the end of the park has con
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

any OF the candidates on the citizens ticket.
The alleged report OF his speech published in
tho dervish organ is denounced as tissue Of
falsehoods intended 10 make him occupy a
position just opposite 10 the stand he has
taken.
Jesse White denies that he Is an A. p. A.
Then john Quinn asked him II he was an
Amorean aud he replied, "It's none OF your
business" Jesse didn't want to bring the A..
p. A. into politics. Neither does Albyn
Frank, John Westberg. Mel Redheld, Half
dan Jacobsen, A. G. Edwards or any OF the
other good "Amoreans," who are on the der
wish ticket,
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

The California fruit growers are COM
planning of the eXtortions of the fruit
commission men and threaten to es-
tablish their own agencies in the prin-
cipal cities of the country to sell their
products directly to the jobbers. If
this results in either better fruit or
cheaper prices to the consumer the
commission men will be practically
alone in their objections to the new
arrangement.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

The misCh!evous effect of having the gov
crnmGnt mixed up in banking and compelled
not only to furnish all the currency for do
mestlc use. but 10 furnish all the gold that
may be required for foreign payments has
had a striking illustration in the last few
days. The financial world has been kept in
I state of unelsiness by the rise in the price
OF cotton. Normally, this would BE- inspirlt.
!ng to business, giving added value 10 one of
our most important crops. But it checks the
expectation Of cotton, which was counted on
20 balance exchanges with Liverpool and
woald have TO export gold. which, of course,
they would draw from the United States
treasury. Thus what should be a commercial
advantage becomes a cause of distrust,
through the operation OF our preposterou
currency system.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

With the state chemist as arbiter the
farmers who have been dSputing the
correctness of the tests of sugar beets
made by the employees of the beet
sugar manufacturers ought to arrive
speedily at satisfactory understanding
with the sugar men. This is not the
season when n protTcted quarrel of
this kind can be harmless \ needless
interruption of the work of the factories
at this time will work incalculable in
jury to both beet raisers and sugar
producers
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

Now it is the city electrician who Is
complaining of the pernicious intrusion
of politics into the city council. By
order of scheming councilmen the elcc-
trio lights have been so located that they
are not utilized TO their full capacity
and more lamps are used to light a
given space than are necessary. Each
additional electric lamp is money in Mr..
Wiley's pocket. Here is another call
for the introduction of business methotIs
into the city'S affairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

EN-Secretary of State John c. Allen
has returned to Nebraska after rather
extended sojourn in the south and adj
mits in Il public interview that he has
not found any state better than Ne
braska. We should suppose not
Where is there another state that would
elevate man of Aliens caliber to n
state executive office? What other
state would permit him To violate his
official oath with impunity and connive
with contractors in defrauding the tax
payers out of thousands of dollars with
out calling him TO rigid account? No
wonder Allen could find no better state
than Nebraska-at least none better for
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
TO A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE.
Boston Globe.

Boston Globe.
Oh babes i'm the wood, just married,
And strayed for a while away.
From the world where 80 long you have
tarried.
The kingdom of Everyday.
To the wonderful realm of gladness,
Where never a joy is barred
And no cloud of regret or sadness
Fer shadows the sky, bright starred
Oh, babes in the wood, ! greet you,
Rejoicing in youth and love.
May never a drear day meet you;
May the heavens be bright above.
May the earth be forever smiling
With flowers and the sunshine bright,
Till the day with its sweet beguiling
Glides onward to peaceful night.
Oh. babes in the wood, may never
The world that you left regain
It's sway DER your hearts, but ever
In paradise you remain;
For the earth that we know has sorrows,
And many n heart Is sad,
But vista of gay tomorrows
Makes your world sweet and glad.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26

Acting City Attorney Cornish, writing
to Mayor Bemis shortly after the short
age in the city treasury had been uncov-
cred, said in reference to the embeZZle
ment: ''To attempt further punishment
would look more like persecution than n
duty" Does Mr.. Cornish's conception
of his duty change as the election ap-
nlonchas2
Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-26
Plugging the Railroad Pool.

Senator Chandler has been stirring up the
president again about the quasi-pooling ar
rargement lately entered into by the east
and west railway lines. He holds it to con-
stitute a colossal trust, manifestly contrary
TO law, characterizing 1t as a stupendous
crime. He says single word from him to
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan will stop it in ad-
vance. There is great doubt of that, but
even if 1t is true there are clear reasons why
Mr.. Cleveland would hesitate some time be-
fore speaking any unpleasant words to Mr.
Morgan There are wheels within wheels
oftentimes te a-t-