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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
Law and EUuity Cont

The following new suits were instituted
in the Law and Equity Court yesterday.
j. c. Shockley against the Virginia
State Insurance Company: damages,
5000.
city Bank of Richmond against w. T.
Oppenhimer; damages, 500.
Edmund Waddill Jr. against George
w. Clarke; action of debt, SOL. OF.
Williams & Goode against Goodman
& Rosenbaum; damages, $1,000
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
Properly Transfers.

Richmond: Emily s. Armstead TO Jane
NJ. Baldwin, ~ 7-12 feet on south side
Sary street, between First and Foushee,
Joseph Fergusson's administrator and
others 10 William FERGUSON. rs feet on
west side Second street, near Duvai,
Arthur w Ferguson TO William Fer
guson, Interest in ~ feet on Second
street. SIZE.
Elenora Moesta 10 Il. j. H. Moesta. q
feet on west side Reservoir street, be-
tween Main and Cary. $500
Sophia and Thomas Westermann 70
William g. Peroe, - feet on west side
Buchanan street near Washington. $3.50
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
HuStlnCs court.

In the Hastings Court the grand jury
for the April term will convene to-mor-
row, and the following citizens have
been summoned TO serve on that body: r.
Ryland Gwathmey. G.. +. Wingo. Sandy
W, Rabineau (colored), Isaac Lichten-
stein Jacob May, w. c. Crump, Thomas
Boiling Jr' /. Hessberg and J. B. Lam
bert.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31

electric wire system in this cry Inc
measure has been prepared by the '.S
Attorney and city Engineer at inc ~
rection OF the committee.
N the ordinance q acceptable 10 the
committee, It's adoption VIII De recon-
mended 20 the Common Couhcll AT i
monthly meeting the same evening d.
81
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
No Battalion brill

Major SOL Cutchins has revoked his
order for the battalion drill of companies
"A" and "B'' OF the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues on Tuesday evening. IL
mas been iound Impossible for both com
panies TO appear in full dress uniform
at that time
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
Real Estate Sales Rooms

The committee appointed by the Rich.
mond Real Estate Association TO secure
a location for a real estate salesroom are
ready 10 report, and meeting OF the
association at o'clock Monday afternoon
will be held 10 receive the report.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
GAVE 4 RESPITE.
Morris Hopkins W,l Have Twenty One
Davs LANCER n Iva

Governor OFerrall. after a long con-
ference with Mr. William NJ Justis,
counsel for Morris Hopkins, who IS under
death sentence in the Henrico county
Jail. granted a respite until April oath
Hopkins was to have been hung on next
Wednesday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
On n Tour OF Insnartion.

Lieutenant James r. Branch. First
regiment cavalry. Virginia volunteers.
yesterday left for Charlottesville, where
he Will inspect the cavalry troop as well
Is Company c, Third regiment infantry
Captain Keller commanding.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
III. Flec,ric Wire Commlttee

The Committee on Streets will hold a
called meeting In room No OF the City
Hall. on Monday afternoon. at o'clock.
. eonsi6sy the ordinance In regard 10 the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31

chancsry Court.
The April term OF tho chancsry Couse
win open tomorrow morning
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
Mr.. T1BB1rr FBIFND TO THE BOYS

Mr. George f. Tibbitts, general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. made the following state
ment when / called on him yesterday in
order to obtain his views on this impor-
tant subject:
What shall we do with our boys?
This is the question above all others
which | have been trying 10 solve since
coming 10 Richmond. but the association
has been so burdened with financial
cares that this important subject has not
had the necessary attention.
Two rooms were opened last season
for the use OF the boys Of the Junior
Educational Department of the Young
Mems Christian Association, but we find
that they are not large enough to ac-
commodate the many youths who are
continually coming These boys are en-
ployed during the day I'm offices and fac
tories, and are compelled TO study at
night If they wish to secure an educa-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31
oLINGING TO A FRIsNp.

whatsoever Of us who loves the boy
and follows him wherever he may go,
ready 10 show himself a friend and com
panion and becomes his cOnfidant does
not learn the sorrows which are buried
In his heart, the temptations and sin
which is covered from the world. How
he clings 10 such a friend when absent
from home or schOo.. asking OF him pro-
lection and advice, so that the evil com
panions which he had formed on the
streets or in places of worldliness would
not again lead him from his good reso-
lutions Is IL any wonder that this SUBJ
ject should be Of great Importance. when
we stop to think that the boys are TO
make the young men who form our com
mittees and are supposed TO carry on
the Masters work in the association
and societies OF the city, and the young
man 10 be the man of power and in
fiuence2
Az this season OF the year the bovs
should have park or athletic grounds
which they could use for baseball. lawn
tennis and other outdoor athletics
with the assistance Of good trainer az
superintendent Christian man who
could look after them, interested M,
only in their physical DEVELOPMENT in.
Producing the new sports OF the dav
but one who could guide them into the
things That would lead 10 their eternal
welfare l am sure such a field would
prove great pleasure 10 the BOYS and
youths or our city. As Il is at the
present time they are forbidden % plav
on vacant lots, and must 90 far our I'M,
the suburbs, where they come In contact
with other crowds, and often the sport
ends very unsatisfactory 70 both COM
panies- l am very glad that yo1 have
taken up this subject. and | trust thai
the liberal people OF Richmond VIZ pro-
vide a place for our boys"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-31


"The boys gymnasium class has been
larger this year than ever before, and
we find it convenient to give them eight
hours Of instruction a week, without con-
hictiTg with the senior work. SOciables,
concerts and outings are among the at
fractions and the Sunday afternoon Cos
pei service has an average attendance
OF ninety, yet We are compelled 10 turn
thCm from our doors each day, not hav-
ing sufficient room for both the junior
au1S senior depa tments. Seeing them
como asking for the privileges of our or
ganization. where they can have the
care, comforts and influence OF the
Christian Association and not being able
TO provide for them, makes me exceed
ingly anxious and hopeful that some
large place will be opened where they
can be guarded and assisted in winter
as well as in summer; entertained in
structed and shielded from the many
evils TO Mich Trey are exposed.
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Major John Poe, chief Of police, when
approached on the subject Yesterday, first
spoke of the great many causes Of trou-
BILE brought on by them. He stated that
only on the previous evening a lot OF
boys had broken the glass in every win
dow Of a certain building on Laurel street.
lie cited another instance where COM
plant had reached him that boys had
taken down on an evening recently, about
a dozen layers OF brick from a wall put
up by the Old Dominion Building and
Loan Association, in front OF one OF
their houses, now in course of construc-
tion on Grove avenue, just near the city
limits He mentioned the complaint OF
lady over the congregation of noisy and
mischievous boys at the corner OF TWEEN
ty-fifth and NJ streets while nther resi-
dents had reported a nuisance caused
by boys In front OF the Woman's Col
lege on north Tenth street. He also re-
farred 10 the fact that a few nights
ago a number OF valuable panes Of win
dow glass were broken n the third story
OF the Masonic Temple this deed hav-
ing been perpetrated by boys who stood
on some property on Grace street.
But turning his attention TO the Tbes-
tion, what should be done with the boys,
the chief continued.
when little boys between eight and
twelve years, are playing ball in the
sight Of their parents, l think they ought
not 10 be interfered with Should they
break window by their play. OF course.
their parents should be exps tied 10 pay
for the same There are still n good
many places left In this sity, where boys
could De permitted 10 play. for instance.
there Is big open space that has just
been nllcd In between Main and Cary
streets. opposite the jefferson Hotel. and.
a. 1 said before AZ the bova plav thare
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
a New Telegraphic system.

A new telegraphic system has been
invented for which it is claimed that
200 words minute can be transmitted,
and as much work done with one line
as with ten wires ander the existing
Morse code and method. The device,
as recorded by Engineering Mechan-
les" is based upon vision synchron-
ism. The alphabet of twenty-six let
ters has been reduced to eight char
acters, which are straight lines, from
which the letters are formed. The de-
scriptiOn Of the new process hardly
aids the imagination to conceive OF
this rapidity, for the message must
first be written on typewriter, con-
nected electrically with a punching
apparatus, and the resultant perfora-
ted strip run sover the transmitting
roller. The speed of the mechanical
contrivance may however, be far su-
perior to the deftest telegrapher' fing-
ers, and the simplification of the code
may really cause a revolution in the
telegraphic art.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
American Posters in England.

America through her theatrical
posters showed to England how much
more could be done by TYPOGRAPHY in
the way of color than the old wood
block methods-in which the tint of a
face was composed of diagonal red
lines which fell into their places and
became pink Through courtesy of the
intermediate bars ofplain white paper J
when the spectator retired to dis
tance of ten or twenty yards. But,
unhappily, this otherwise capital in
novation was entirely in the direction
of pictorial treatment; and the English
manufacturers and traders, with char
acteristic perversity, seized upon it at
once. The high finish delighted them;
and encouraged by the example of
theatrinal managers-who were pleas
ed to be able to represent play scene
upon paper with all the glories land
good deal more) Of its native colors
they proceeded to test it in the di-
rection of picture-reproduction. Trad
ers bought popular paintings with
their copyrights at sums which in
themselves were bold advertisements.
and had them reproduced with such
additional effects and details as would
proclaim their wares.-Scribner's
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
A Little Lesson in Dollars.

At present, if person in London or
Paris had 100 of United States silver
dollars, while he could not pass them
at the shops or hotels, he could go to
a broker and exchange them for
almost their equivalent in gold dol
lars. He could do this, because they
could be returned in short time to
the United States and exchanged at
par for gold. Just as readily, he
could exchange greenbacks, national
bank notes and silver certificates hav-
ing no intrinsic value, and for the
same reason. But if he had 100 Mex
lean dollars he could not exchange
them and receive more than one-half
the sum given for American dollars,
because Mexico has free silver coinage
and consequently gold, as currency,
is not in use in that country.-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
Trust the BeODle.

Whatever may be the views of the
individual members of the Democratic
State Committee on the question of a
State convention the sentiment of the
party is too overwhelming to leave
any doubt as to the duty of the com
mittee. \ continued refusal to call
the convention means an open rupture
between the official organization and
the rank and file of the party. The
Intelligencer believes that a cOnven-
ton will yet be regularly called and
that the party will be saved from the
internal strife which now threatens it.
We repeat, there is safety in trusting
the people, and the committee should
lose no time in reconsidering its for
mer action and issuing a call for IA
convention in accordance with the
unmistakable wish of large majority
of the party. Mexico Intelligencer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
German Farming.

All visitors from this country to the
festivities Of the Baltic ship canal
may cast a look about the country
there. Agricglture there is at the
highest point. Woodlands abound,
from tiny seedlings to 10 and 20-year-
old trees-mostly pines. Lakes and
rivers are unpolluted, but full of fish,
and one can get a swarm by dipping
basket under the water and then
drawing it up suddenly when they
swim over it. There the storks build
nests of immense size on the roofs, in
city and country. Swallows every
where are seen on the buildings, their
nests stone hard and used by many
generations of them, one build over
the other, leaving only small round
opening for entrance; grazing herds
of Holstein cattle, sheep and horses;
wheat and rye fields. No tramps.
-Hartfort Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
SIZE OF FAMILIES IN FRANCE.
Odd Facts About Marriages and
Births Obtained by Statiscian.

Turquan, a Partisan statiscian, has
been studying the reports of marriages
and births in his native country and
has drawn therefrom some interesting
conclusions as to the size of the
French family. During the first two
years after marriage half of the newly
welded couples in France have no
children at all: two-fifths have one
child: about one-tenth have two: per
cent of the entire number rather over
do the business, having three children.
OF couples that have been married
three to five years, only One-ffth are
without children: more than a third
have one apiece, a fourth haye two
and a tenth have three, which is ap-
parently the maximum number, as no
higher figures is mentioned.
As the length of the married life in
creases the number of children also in
creases, and the number of families
having no living child diminishes: of
those that have been married sixteen
to twenty-five years, only l3 per cent
are childless. while 3 to 1 per cent
have seven children. The average
duration of marriage at which the
family reaches its maximum number is
found to be twenty years.
The average number of living chill
dren in family throughout France is
2.10. If the families who have no chill
dren are thrown out of account this
rises to 80. A little thought
will show that if these figures are COR
rect population cannot be increasing
very fast in France, and is probably
or tending to decrease.
NJ. Truquan has also treated his
statistics in different way, calcula-
ting from them the chances of having
a child at different periods of welded
life. 1t appears that the chances of
having a living child at the end of the
first two years is slightly more than
one third; the chance of having one
from the third to the fifth year and
keeping it alive till the end of that
period is only one-fifth; from the sixth |
to the tenth years it falls to a sixth,
and from the eleventhito the fifteenth to |
4 fourteenth, while after the twenty
fifth it is inappreciable.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29

Samuel p. Schuckers died recently
at Wooster. O. He was brother O
j. w. Schuckers, private secretary O
Samuel p. Chase. and brother-ln-law
of John H. Oberly, ex-Civil Service
Commissioner. An interesting Incl
dent is recalled by Schuckers' death
which has never found its way into the
newspapers. The incident occurred a
number of years ago, and during the
time of the sale of the Lake Shore
Railroad at Cleveland it happened
that Schuckers and John McSweeney,
the great criminal lawyer. met at the
sale. McSweeney had but a short
time before made a great hit by his
political speeches at Cleveland and
Philadelphia and was attracting at
tention all over the country. At this
particular time he was trying a case
at Cleveland. Young Schuckers was
in these days veritable dude.
He went to Cleveland to have a time,
as he always left Wooster to celebrate,
and was having a good, glorious time
on this particular occasion. He was
small and wiry in stature, and always
carried a silk umbrella. 1t happened
that he met McSweeney in the rotunda
just as he had finished an argument
opd yuh;1a tho Sola ~ +ho Tol,o CT
Railroad was going on. They stop
ped for a moment at the edge OF the
excited crowd bidding int the road.
There were a number of syndicates
represented-foreign, Van g Its,
Goulds and others. The bidding had
reached 50, 1000 In a spirit of dev-
ilihment young Schuckers bid 90, 500, :
600. In a moment a rush was made
toward the new bidder and a demand
was made to know what syndicate he
His only reply was, with
a wave of his silk umbrella, $50
away from me-" The excited repre-
sentatives of the other syndicates
asked for recess, whichwas granted,
and in twenty minutes they came back,
when the bid was raised to "a, 900, 600
and sold.
Mr.. Schuckers' sprucy appearance
and being in the company with the
great criminal lawyer had led them to
believe he represented some secret
syndicate which was trying to gain
possession of the valuable railroad
property. Tribune.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
Married.

BURFoRD- -CALLICoTT.-At t til G
home Of the BRIDES parents, June 4,
1895, Miss Katie Burford, of Salem,
to Mr.. J. C. Callicott, of Mississippi;
Rev. 81. A. Denton of the Christian
church, officiating.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
BRIDES family. The bride is the high
ly esteemed daughter of Mr.. S. r.
Burford, and has been for some time
a teacher of the Woodburn schools.
Mr.. Callicott arrived on the morning
overland from his home, and took his
bride with him on the 1:4O local for
Portland. They will take the Sohth-
ern Pacific train for home Wednesday
evening.-Salem, Oregon Ex.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
ADJUDGED INSANE.
That Was the Verdict of
the Jury,
And Gus Thompson VIII be Taken
TO an Insane Asylum.


On the trial of Gus Thompson, the
jury found him ins ane, and the court,
on testimony found that he was a poor
person. having no means of support.
made an order that his guardian.
Frank Thompson, assisted by J. NJ.
Randol, sheriff. convey him to the
State lunatic asylum at the cost and
expense Of the county.
The old gentleman is really an OBJ
ject of pity. His son Frank has done
everything in his power to care for
his father: and he. his family and the
neighbOrs are allworn out sittuing up,
watching and caring for the old man.
Frank broke down while on the stand
giving his evidence He is a kind
hearted man. and much attached to
his father. but the fact that his wife
and little children were in danger
wrought heavy on his mind, and moth
ing but the fact of his own poverty
could induce him to give up the care
of his father.
The old gentleman cannot live but a
short time at best, and medical atten-
ton he greatly needs at the State in
stitution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
Killed by His Father-tn-Law.

BENTON, Mo-, June 25.-Near
Thebes yesterday morning John Gaskie
was shot and instantly killed by his
father-in-law, French Jones. Gaskie
had some trouble with his wife, who
left him, and was at her fathers. She
visited her home Sunday and took a
horse and some goods during her
husbands absence. Yesterday he en-
deavored to retake the horse and was
killed. Jones is under arrest.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
One of the Many Wonders.

1t is among the literary and profess
siOnal wonders, how certain gentle
men who would like to be considered
good lawyers or doctors can spend
twO-thirds of their time on the pave
ment pparading up and down our
streets, now engaged in whispered
conferences with each other. and now
again. lOg-rOlling with some hoped
for client or patient or drinking at
their expense. Books look very we'll
on the shelves. but much better in the
hands of their owners. and everybody
knows that among professionals, the
street walker, the pavement beater, is
a mere nobody. Study alone can
make a lawyer or doctor and keep
them made.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-06-29
SUMMER SICKNESS,
Not so Much of 1t This Year as in
Past Seasons.

Not so Much of 1t This Year as in
Past Seasons.
Don't eat unripe fruit, don't drink
too much ice water. don't run after
street ears and overhead yourself. If
you observe these and an odd dozen
or so of similar prescriptions you
may get through the summer without
having to call in the doctor. There
prevails quite widely in the city at
present stomach complaint arising
from causes such as those above emu
merated. It's chief symptom is an at
tack of cholera morbus or of the
squeezing pains of collie. Though
painful to the victim it is not cOnsid-
cred at all dangerous by the physi-
clans. The patient. is usually recon-
mended to take good cathartic, to
regulate his eating for few days and
to abstain from the use of intoXicants.
Very frequently large part of the
trouble is caused by sleeping in a
urdugnt, DOtn Gne uOOr anu WlnuOW OF
the bedroom being left open for the
sake of GOODNESS. This sometimes
causes a rush of blood to the stomach
and consequent congestion. Sickness
of this kind, however. is not more
frequent than in past seasons. Some
physicians, in fact, say there is less of
it and attribute the Improvement to
the greater purity of the city water
supply.