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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10
SOME QUESTIONS

could Homer have written the Had and
the odyssey il he had not known every
dav where he would get his reakfast?
could Virgil have written
"you. oh, Tltyrus. while lying under
the shade OF the broad-spreading beach,
mediate while playing upon your silver
oden harp"
If he had a negotiable note In bank that
he knew he could not meet? Could Michael
Angelo have done his noble work II a
creditor had been dunning him every
dave To ask such questions is 10 answer
,hem. Could oliver Wendell Holmes have
written the "Autocrat OF the Breakfast
Table" If he had known that he would
soon have to make an assignment? Does
the reader catch the reason why the
South FOR thirty wears has fallen far be-
hind in literary eminence? Literature Will
not live I'm the same house with that
miserable Jade. poverty The two have
never agreed. and never will agree. on
q few rare occasions. when they are
forced to dwell together, the world is
astounded by some great but sombre pro-
ductions Ike the Raven. or the Few
precious writings Of the unfortunate Chat-
terton; but the exceptions prove the rule.
But there is a great future In store
for southern literature. When "A sound
and healthy public sentiment shall restore
the great white metal to its proper posi-
ton and prosperity shall again dwell
In the southern land literature will burst,
like Lazarus. the cerements OF the tomb,
and will again enrich and adorn the land
OF the magnolia with its most cherished
and precious gems.
All that literature loves IS here. save
wealth and when that comes We will
bask in the sunshine OF its beauty and
success. CAMM PAIIESON.
Sunnyside Place, Buckingham county,
Va, April g. 1895.
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The daily news" n, mn Ou I.
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day. Dom fail to read it if vo /
miss a day you may miss do
lar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10

the prosperity OF this age gave birth
to Shakespeare. the peerless monarch OF
letters; to Bacon. the brilliancy OF whose
genius makes us forget his shortcoming;
10 all the great writers OF the Eifzi-
bethIan era Venetian prosperity had made
RaphaeI and Michael Angelo possible;
the mines OF Potosi not only furnished
the inspiration for the Mus OF Shakes
peare and Bacon. but also for Calico
and KepIer. silver AMI the genius Of lite
nature go hand-!n-hand; there Is some
thing In the pale lustre OF the bright
metal which seems 10 excite the highest
and nobIest sentiments OF mankind.
And yet. alas! alas. we have demone-
t!zsd 1t in the United states OF America
literature. not Wishing to go again into
oblIvion. raises her beautiful hand in
ni,eous sntreaty that We will restore TO
her that prosperity under which alone
she can flourish. Has mat miserable
wretch. poverty, driven her from this
beautiful southern land? II would seem
to be true.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10

Literature, enrolled In her best attire
came again upon the stage Of action. anc
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-05-10

Numerous inquiries have been made as
TO who can attend the convention. II is
open 10 all who care TO attend, but those
The morning times., 1895-11-22
AGAINST EX-CABINET OFFICERS.
Two Damage Suits Argued Before the
Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard ar
gument in the two cases wherein eX Cabinet
officers had been made defendants IN ac-
tions for damages resulting from their
official acts.
Hoovey Spaldiug. an attorney for the
District. had secured contracts with sew
eral thousand poStma sters throughout the
country for prosecuting their claims for
readJustment of salaries under the act OF
June IL. 1866. After money had been
appropriated in SS5 for the payment OF
these claims. largely through his efforts,
he claims. Postma ster General W. + Was
.'interposed all possible obstacles TO the
collection of said claims, and undertook to
induce the clients of the plainuff' TO re-
pudiate the contracts they had made,
caused the drafts or warrants for the pay
the claimants. and for the malicious pur-
pose of causing the claimants to disregard
the contracts they had made with the
plaintiff for fees, and using his official
character for such purpose. thus placing the
plaintiff before the country as common
swindIer. and to bring him into public
scandal. infamy, and disgrace" sent about
i 1000 copies of circular letter to Spald
ing's clients.
For this he brought suit against Villas
in the District courts for 500, 600 dam
ages. He also brought suit against Don
NJ. Dickinson. who succeeded Villas as Post
master General, for da ma ges for continuing
Villas policy. The District courts threw
out plaintiffs bill on demurrer. and he ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court of the United
States.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
FLAGMEN AZ. CROSSINGS
Justice Cole Grants Writ Of Habeas
to a B. & O. Engineer.
Petitioner Claims Act of Legislature
Gives District No jurisdiction Out
side of the City Limits.

Justice Cole, sitting In criminal court
No. /, yesterday granted the petition of
William T. Smith for the issuance of a
writ of habeas corpus and the petitioner
was release ON bail in the sum of 500,
with Paul Z. johnson as his surety, and
by assent of counsel ON both sides the
hearing In the cause WAS set for the 3Oth
instant
This q case that was certified from the
police court, where the petitioner was
charged as an engineer of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company with running
an engine across street northeast with
out having person stationed there win
red flag to give warning OF the approach
OF said engine, contrary to and in violation
of an act of the late legislative assembly
OF the District
The petition recites the section upon
which the information flied in the poDce
court was based, and says that 1t was
agreed i"betwccn this petitioner ana the
attorney for the District that the right
of way of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company through Eckingt on" the sub
urb where the alleged transgresslon ot-
Cured, was private property Also
that the streets designated as k, ), ana 1,
have never been condemned across saiu
private property, but only came up 10 tue
lines thereof, on either side, and 'hat
UPON VI Jut tHt eAN N.-NS
was argued, and that the petitioner was
fined $40. In defa uit of payment nc was
condemned TO the workhouse. and is now
in the custody OF Walter II. Stoutenburg,
the iBtendant Of said workhouse
The petitioner alleges that said condl-
ton and Imprisonment are Illegal, upon the
grounds that the act of assembly referred
to is limited in operation to the streets Oh
the cities of Washington and Georgetown,
whereas the petitioner was convicted Tor
failure to observe the statutory provision
al an alleged CROSSING at place outside the
limits Of the cities named.
He claims, also. that act of assembly
quotedisunconstitutioB lis proYis-
ions inconsistent with the more recent police
regulations made by the District Conmls-
sioners, and therefore impossible OF enforce
ment.
Tie case was certified from tue police
court yesterday. Messrs. Hamilton and
Colbert appearing as counsel for the peti-
The morning times., 1895-11-22
HIS MOTHER WRONGED HIM
Daniel j. Murray Sues for a Share
Of His Fathers Property.
Declares That She Placed Him in
Charity InStitut ions and Made Hin
Sign Away Property.

Daniel J Murray, by his attorneys, Charles
W. Darr. filed n bin in equity yesterday
against Mary Hilton, complainant S mother,
10 cause an accounting To be made of his
fathers estate, valued at $4,000, and to
have certain papers, signed by him under
alleged Misrepresentation, declared null
and void.
Tie complanant's story, as told in the
papers, is a sad one. He alleges that his
father, Patrick Murray, died, as he has
been informed ana believes, six months
before his. complainant's. birth. He left
an estate without making will, and the
same was never administered upon. The
property owned by Ills father was at or
near the corner OF Twpnty-second and E
streets northwest, and was used, and con-
trollcd by his mother, the defendant. There
We're three other children, Annie g., Jane
H, now Mrs. John NJ. Birch, and brother
named John. All were under twenty-one
years of age at the cate of the fathers de-
cease, and no guardian wasappointed.
The defendant married James l.. Hilton
when complainant was about five years of
age, and soon afterwards he, the COM
plainant, was placed In St. Mary's Indus
trial School as a charity minute. nOtwitt-
standing, as he alleges, his mother was
abundantly able to pay. He remained there
until he was about fifteen years of age, his
mother rarely visiting him. He contracted
q disease, lie states, from having TO labor
at the manufacture ofcigars, and his mother
was obliged 10 take him from the school.
He was Kept for six months, he AYERS, in
q back room of his mothers house, then
sent to a hospital, where he remained for
a year and a half, again as a charity in
mate. He was kept in ignorance of his
own age, and also of his interest in his
fathers estate.
When he reached what he believed to be
his nineteenth birthday, he was informed by
a sister that he was twenty one years old
instead, and soon thereafter his mother, he
SAYS, conveyed him to an attorneys Of
flee, where she procured his sig nature TO
certain paper, the character of which he
does not know, and also to deed, the
consideration named being $40, when, in
point of fact, as he claims, the value of
the transfer was $1,000. His mother had
told him, he alleges, that his interest In the
property was about $500, but that she
would give him 5000.
1t is complainant's belief that his mother
desires to get the property entirely under
her control for the benefit of her two chill
dren, born of her second marriage.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
TO STREET RAILWAY MEN.
Enjoyable Entertainment Given the
Employees at CosteIlo's Hall.

The complimentary entertainment given
last evening by the lexington and Soldiers
Home and Bclt Railway EnpiOyes bene-
ficial Association at Costello's Hall, cor
ner OF q ana Sixth streets north west. was
a most enjoyable and successful affair.
The hall was decorated with evergreen
and flowers and tastefully draped with
the national cUlors.
Tine programme consisted of number OF
musical and literary selections, all Ut
which were rendered in excellent stye-
The entertainment was opened with or
Chestral music by the Scharf Mandolin and
Guitar ClGb, composed OF the following
members, pupils Of PnJf. scharf: Misses
Marie Maxwell, Mabel Boyd, Sallie Carter,
Pauline Mari, May Calhoun, Katie Nc
Ginnis, Matte Fecer, Grace Dodd. Messrs.
Willie Boyd, Carl Boyd, Arnold LandvoigL
Harry Barrick, Walter Weide.
The Others who took part were Mr.. j.
C. Englehart Miss NJ. Kane, Miss H. Nc
Ginnis, Willie Boyd, Frank sylvester. Miss
VI. Maxwell. Prof. z. L. Schaf, +. 7.
Tucker, II. ID. Digney. William Tyler, and
Miss A. Maude Simpson.
The entertainments was In charge OF the
following conlmittee:w. s. Ballinger, W. C..
Van Horn and c. E. Burlingame. The ushers
were Messrs. j. T. Edwards, j. P. Hussey
q. F. Hailman.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
WHERE THE DISPUTE HINGES.
Coast Survey Computing the Alaskan
RnundarY Notes.

The field notes OF the surveyors who ran
the line of the list meridian of longitude
from Mount st. Elias to the Arctic Ocean.
which, for that distance, forms the bound
ary between Alaska and British Columbia,
have not yet been reduced by the computing
division of the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, where the work has been during the
past month or six weeks.
at has so far progressed, however"
said an official of the survey yesterday,
''that we are able TO say that the line
run by Ogleyie, the British surveyor.
in 1889, and marked by certain stones, is
not far, il any at all, from the true line.
Whether this line will bring the gold fields
on Forty Mile Greek within the jurisdiction
of Great Britain or the United States,
cannot be stated by any one at this distance
from the territory involved. 1t is certain
that the line crosses Forty Mile Greek some
miles from its junction with the Yukon
River. These gold mines are in that I'M
mediate vicinity.
''There will probably be no disagreement
over the determination of that part OF the
boundary line ma arked by the 141st degree
of longitude. The difficulty will come
when we try to settle the ten marine
league line between the head of Portland
Canal and Mount st. Elias in Southeast
eru Alaska"
The morning times., 1895-11-22
LEGAL USE OF TROOPS.
Gen. Otis Discusses Their Duties On
Indian Reservations.

Gen. E. S. Otis, commanding the Depart
ment of the Columbia, in his annual report
to the War Department, enters into dis
cussion of the status OF Indians who have
taken up allotments OF land in severalty, and
also of the subject of the proper use Of
troops on reservations.
These matters were made prominent in
his department during the last year by the
legal proceedings growing out of the ar
rest of Umatilla Indians by the Indian
police and their subsequent release by the
Oregon circuit court on the ground that by
having taken up lands under the allotment
act they thereby become full-fledged citi-
zens of the United States.
General Otis says that this decision will
be reviewed by the State supreme court,
but if it is upheld the use of troops to quell
disturbances among Indians who hold land
under this tenure may be Illegal.
He holds that the legitimate use of troops
in such cases must be understood by army
officers as difficulties threaten to arise
frequently and the allotment acts are diff
cult to construe. He points out the grave
danger of a conflict of State and national
Jurisdiction.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
PoRTUG ESE MINISTER DEAD.
Senor Thedim Succumb> TO Hem
orrhage of the Lungs.

orrhage of the Lungs.
Senior Augusta de sequeira Thedim. min
lister from Portugal to the United States.
died yesterday from the effects OF very
severe hemorrhage that came upon Kim
suddenly last Sunda evening.
The announcement of the death OF the
minister was a shock to the diplomatic
corps and others who knew the family,
inasmuch as the serious nature OF the i'll
ness was not generally appreciated,
Complete arrangements for the obse-
qufes have not been made, but there will
be state funeral at st. Matthew's Cath
olic Church, Saturday III orning at 10
O'Clock.
SUNDAY afternoon Senior Thedim and his
wife entertained some friends of the diplo-
matte corps, and the minister was in un-
usually good spirits.
About O'Clock he started upstairs To
dress for dinner. While in his room he was
seized with a hemorrhagc. DR.. Magru-
der was at once called. The hemorrhage
was one of extraordinary severity.
The experienced eye of the physician
saw the condition of the patient, and DR..
w. W. Johnston was called i'll for cansulta-
ton. The two doctors remained all oi that
night and the next day there appeared to
be a substantial improvement in the pa
tents condition.
Itwas sDatmomentary, however, Il nd since
then Senior Thedim has been steadily sink
ing Death came painlessly yesterday
shortly Before 8 O'Clock, Senior Thedim
being conscious almost Ia the last.
As soon as Madame Thedim could be
persuaded TO leave the room where the body
of her husband lay, the body was en-
balmed. Tie remains Will be sent to Por-
tupal as soon as convenient, and Madame
Thedim will sail for that country with
them
Secretary OlDey yesterday afternoon sent
cablegram to Mr.. g. W. Caruth, United
States minister at Lisbon, directing him
to convey to the Portuguese government
the deep regret felt by the President on the
death of Senior Thedim.
If Madame Thedim consents, the War De-
partment will furnish military escort to
convey the remains OF her husband to the
| railroad station in this city.
The morning times., 1895-11-22

Mr.. Ed Blumenthal. the popular repre-
sentative of one of the largest cloak houses
in the United States. is in the city, the
guest of the Niobe Club.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
MR. sPoFFoRD's DENIAL.
He REPLIES to Published Statement
Concerning His Office.

Librarian spofford, being asked what
foundation there was for statements in
New York papers Washington dispatch
circulated here yesterday, said that it had
never been his habit to notice alleged in
terviews, or mlsstatements, but there were
matters asserted which were wholly with
out foundation.
At the proper time, he added, he was pre-
pared to render full explanations of all
his acts as librarian. He would now only
say that all division of salaries referred
to was based upon an act of Congress,
which former Comptroller of the Treas
ury had sustained him in applying to dis
bursements of salary appropriations.
The allegation that any persons not liv-
ing at the time was ever borne OH any pay
roll was utterly untrue.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
missionary Address.

Mrs West, returned missionary from
the west coast of Africa, viii deliver
anaddress tonight in Memorial United Rretii
ren Church. corner R and North Capitol
streets, at 1880 O'CLOCK, on the "ConditioD
and Needs of Africa" Mrs. West has had
a wide experience as n miss ssionary in that
field, and speaks from the actual know ledge
of the field The lecture is free, and every
one is invited TO come and bring their friends.
Those WHO can hear her win be richly repaid
for their attendance.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
Low Rates TO New York via Penn
sylyauia Railroad.

For the Yale-P rinceton football game,
Saturday, November -23, the Pennsylvania
Railroda will sell round trip tickets to
New York at one fare for the round trip,
viz: $3.50, tickets to be sold November
22. good to return until the e5th, In
elusive.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
S1.25 to Baltimore and Return via
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.

Tickets sold Saturday and Sunday, Nn-
vember % and "a, valid returning until
Monday, the 25th; good on any train.
The morning times., 1895-11-22
DELEGATE ADDRESSED THEM.
District Assembly Dispensed will
business to Listen to Speeches.

Distrfct Assembly Dispensed VIII
Business to Listen to Speeches.
There was large and enthusiastic au-
dience at the meeting of District Assembly
No. Go, held last evening at Plasterers
Hall, corner of Four-and-a-half street and
Pennsylvania avenue.
The regular order of business was dis
pensed with and the assembly was enter
tanned with excellent speeches by several
OF the delegates to the general assembly of
Knights of Labor.
Among those who addressed the meeting
were General Master Workman Sovereign,
Worthy Foreman NJ. J. Bishop, NJ. j. Nc
Guire, Frank Kelly, Henry Corlass and
others.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.

There is unmistakable wisdom in the
suggestion made by the local officers of
the Weather Bureau that Mount Tamal-
pals offers a strong invitation to one or
more pubiic-spirited citizens of means to
establish an observing station on the sum-
nit. Mr.. lannon's idea is that $4,000
would construct and equip such an estab-
lishment and that $4,000 a year would be
needed for its maintenance.
The main purpose of the observatory
would be to study the upper air currents
by means OF kites and balloons and thus
have better data for forecasting the weather.
The lamentable failures made by the OBJ
serving officers who have been stationed
in San Francisco have cast much discredit
on the service, and the frequent changes
made in observers, in order to secure one
who could handle the complex and pecu-
liar meteorological conditions existing
here, have not produced the desired result.
The officers are not to blame for their
errors. 1t is simply a matter of their
lacking proper facilities for their work.
AS all the storm centers originate far out
in the Pacific, where there are no observ-
ing stations, it is impossible to have such
control OF the situation as is found in the
interior of the country, or even on the
Atlantic Coast. Every reasonable sugges-
ton for improving existing facilities for
observing should be adopted, as the COM
mercial interests depending On the integ-
rlty OF the service are very great.
1t is really the duty of the General Gov
ernment to provide the observatory sug-
gested for Tamalpais. THIS does not re-
heve wealthy individuals of an opportun-
ity whose pressure amounts almost to
duty. Doubtless had James Lick known
OF the need of such public service, he
would have provided for it as generously
as for the great astronomical observatory
which bears his name. The pity Is that
there are so few James Licks hereabout.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
CHINESE LOTTERY DENS.

For the information of those whom it
concerns, The CALL published on Thurs
day list of places where Chinese lotteries
are conducted, and named number of
other establishments OF similar kind
whose headquarters are kept secret The
theory too commonly governing the con-
duct of Americans with regard to Chinese
affairs is that as the Chinese are dis
tinctively alien they may violate our laws
without doing great harm to the body
polite.
The great danger of this view exists in
several forms. One is the notorious fact
that Chinatown in past years has proved a
more profitable field for official blackmail
than all the rest OF the City, and another
is the fact that there is hardly an evil prac-
ticed by the Chinese but that finds numer-
Gus white followers. Until the vice of
opium smoking had been measurably
checked it was destroying young men and
women by thousands, and to-day its re-
suits are seen in the practice of morphine
injections.
The Chinese lottery thrives largely on
the earnings OF the poor white people of
the City. Tickets may te bought for 10
cents. The profits of the industry are very
large and the enterprises are conducted by
Chinese who have amassed fortunes in the
business. Their wealth and the trust
which may be reposed in their silence con-