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The morning times., 1895-12-04

The East Washington Citizens Asso-
citation met last evening at Baum's Hall.
corner or Fourth and East Capitol streets
The attendance was not large, owing To
the fact that 1t was East Washington night
at the teachers bazaar, but those present
were Just as earnest and enthusiastic over
the work which engaged the attention of
the association as IL the whole member
ship was on hand.
The meeting was called TO order by
President j. W. Babson, whu, In the absence
of Mr.. A. F. Sperry. appointed DR.. W. A
Craw ford Secretary
Gen s. s. Yodder called attention to
the disappointment and regret Tor lhc alb
sence OF Alr. Tracy L. Jtffnrsis. chairman
OF the flats and Improvement committee.
who IL was expected wouif submit tiie
committees report last evening The as
sociation is very anxious to hear Mr. JEFF
lord s report, which viii Dc exhaustive, Il nd
as soon is IL is learned that the committee
is ready to report an extra meeting will
be called.
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
Mr.. Cheshire called attention to the
injustice and 1nequaht; OF ASSESSMENTS Tor
street Improvements. In suIne Instances
he said- they were pad. wthie in others
/ the owners went into court and won t;itif
cases He Iayors the payment of these
expenses from the public FUNDS and nut Dy
special assessment.
Mr.. A. Girouard Bext called attention to
the MUST methods foiiu%ed ID the matter OF
assessments for Improvements 10 paving al
leyways. His argument on this subject
was supplemented by Mr. s. c. Clark, who
cites some queer and dispropnrtiondte Us
sesSments for alley improvements
Prof. $. ID. Hurd, who was to have read
paper OF the advisabiiity and necessity Of
che establishment OF national expert
mental sanitary station" was present. and
asked the postponeinenJ OF the hearing until
the next meeting.
the president said they were reduced in
point of numbers, but that great deal OF
new material had been added.
LIST OF COMMITTEES.
Executive-J. W. Babson, chairman: Gen
Tracy l.. Jeffords.
Railroads.. ID. Croissaut, chairman: j.
W. Parrish, Albert e. DraBe, Charles W
Darr. aud Jacob spiiedt-
sIrec,s, Avenues and Alieys-Thomas W
Smith, cbairInaH: V. HOsby Wliiiams- b.
W; Clark, George z; Har6in, a; Glr19ard, Hsi,.i,,
chairman: W. G. Dodge, Cha r,es A Shields,
j. NJ. shomn. W. p LOCKWOOD
propriatiaDs-M. /. eiser. chairman; Gen.
Wiinam ,Birney: Aaron Bratishaw, Gen.
Duncan &. WALKER, c. NJ. Potter
Public Parks and spaces-W; A: croffuf'
chairman; ". W tiaCsiilrc, E- Il. Niles.
DR.. A. Potter. George b. Pfeifer.
Schouis-Rebert +. HHI. chairman; A. Z.
Stuart, Prof. Thomas y. Conrad, Dr. l. j.
Bstrles, Mrs. Emily L. Briggs.
Proposed Legislation--rnn Henry r
Blair. Chairman; {. F. benjamin, ". G.
Dodge. q. II. walker, Appleton p Clark
3. Yodcr. chairman; Dr. W Z. PaTsou.
Prof. j. ID. Hird, DR.. ". Il. French, DR..
Y. p. Barnes.
Recianlation OF the Flats and Improve
ment of ths. Channel OF the AnacostIa
Riyer-Tracy l. Jeffortls. chairman: A T.
sperry.. }. K. Nottinghatn. James A.
Taggart. Evan II. Tucker.
Property Rights and TiIles-Ben5SmiD +
Leighton. chairman: Dr. W w Hubbcil-
Albert Carry. Eugene Peters. Arthur Co!t--
land.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
SONS OF THE REvoLUTIoN.
Officers ard Delegates TO the General
aucAety Elected.

The society of the Sons OF the Revolution
held their first meeting Of the season in
the red parIor Of the Ebbitt house at 8
o. o'clnck last night The meeting W as called
20 order by President Lewis 1. Davis. and
Mr.. A. =. Marsh vas elected secretary
pro TEN. sa account OF the absence Of Sec
retary Hubbard.
The following Officers were elected for
the ensuing yeT: President, Admiral j.
G. walker; vice president, 6. B. Goode5
secretary, H. G. Kemp; treasurer, w. Yeat-
man; registar, C. II. Campbell; chaplin
Rev; DR.: IsKnm; board Of managers, NJ.
Hunt, ]. n. Hayden, p. 3. b Sands, &
Buckley, G. 4. 7. Beaie- and Thomas aglien;
delegates To the meeting OF the general
society in Charleston, s. c. next April;
Col RpI,kfns, A X. Paris. c. Z +. Beale,
H W. Clarke, and Fl. g. Kemp
A motion was made that the delegates
be Instructed as to what course they should
PURSUE at the convention should the ques-
tion arise of consolidating the societies of
the Sons of the American Revolution with
the Sons Of the Revolution, but after
lengthy discussion tho nnItton WINS laid
on the tabIe fo1 further consideration. The
meeting then adjourned and the remain
der of the evening was given up to social
Measures.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
Violated Election In MS.

Long Island City, L. J., Dec. 3.-City
Clerk Thogas J. Murphy and Charles j.
house. Of this. city. were arrested this
evening on bench warrants. accused OF
wilfui vfolafi OIL OF the election laws.
Their arrest is The result OF Indictments
found by the grand jury ip connection with
the recent election rEturns, which gave
mayoraity candidate John r. Madden. 4
majority Of seveDty-six votes over his
opponent, Patrick j. Gleason. The pris-
Poners were released in s. 1000 bail.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
NOW

misunderstanding a new
purchase = specially when
it's an acknowledged good
ne-there-we've Id the
secret that's crowde our.
store the past two days iti
buyers.
Those brand new Hud-
dersfeld Cheyiot Suitings
are remarkable values, and
their wear-resisting quail
ties will greatly extend our
fame. SIS is all we're ask
ing for a suit nade-to-
MERTZ and MERTZ,
New ERA Taiiors,
900 F Street n. w.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
csribaldi society.s OFFICERS.

The following officers were elected ut
the last meeting OF tht. GarihaiGi Society:
). Usio. president; o. Vitalc, VICE presi-
dent; p Radice. secretary: e. aGuiia. vice
secretary, A. Marino, treasurer, L. Cira.
vice treasurer; Il. Guistpc. first trustee:
r. Russo. secupd trustee; T. Denn:na, thirti
trustee, G. Giaspe, secretary first committee:
:. Lascuola. secretary sccund c'nnittee:
A. Torturici, secretary third coInmfttee-
MaHhals, fiioIneDe, fItrnne, and t. Gattp.
The morning times., 1895-12-04

Thaddeas Bellows, arraigned yesterday
for einbezzlement, entered plea Of guilty.
and was sentenresi by Justice Cox IN a term
OF three IaoHtbs In tail.
Charles Mabiey, arrair ned before the
sam. Justice. on "A charge of larceny from
the person, was admitted to bail, bond $500.
wi;ii ratrIck EEo Ca;hariIe McCatlIrey as
sllretius
The morning times., 1895-12-04
May Re Heferred

Tile trial OF two suits entered by heirs
against Susan Fletcher. the widow.of Vim.
Fletcher, which was set today Before Jus.
tice Hagner, IN Equity Court No. 2. wi.l
pruba bly, be deferred, owing to the bearing
of the Slack case, continued from yesterday.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
Women Deptists Meet

On Wednesday evening the monthly meet
ing of the Woman's Dental Association was
1881 l. street northwest, where a eonstitlf-
tionand bylaw wasdiscussed. Theassocia-
tiou then adjourned to meet a the residence
Of DR.. Clara W. McNaughton tue first Mon
day iu January.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
NAMED THE COMMITTEES
East Washington Citizens Ready
for Congress.
THINGS THEY WILL URGE

Inequalities in the Assessment System
of Improvements Discussed and Ac-
ton Propo~ed-Flafs Improvement
Report Expected at the Next Meet
ing-Bazaar Decreased Attendance.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
uis Dinnond R,coye-ed

Defective Rhodes last night recovered
valuable Diamond ring which Has stolen
from man named Lew Durau over three
years ago. The Jewel was found in !
The morning times., 1895-12-04
PuZZling
Your
Brains

thinking what you can
give for Wedding or Christ
mas Gifts ? Let me solve
the problem for you: tell
ME the circumstances and l.
will show you something to
fit the occasion perfectly.
Whether you care to pay
much or little, l have arti-
cles which cannot fail to.
please the recipient.
A small payment will re-
serve any article till Christ
mas.
Have you tried my Silver
Cleaner and Po1ishsr, 25e o
bottle.
The morning times., 1895-12-04
VINO WILL Be THE BISHOP
One Question to Be Indicated by
Episcopal Primary Convention.
CHANGES IN ORGANIC LAWS

Preliminary Conference Of Laity and
Clcrgy-Dr. Mackay-Snfth Assafis
Artstoeraric and Un-American frih-
ciples of the Episcopal iChurch-Con
ference Favors Mn ntority Ruie.
The morning times., 1895-12-04

S1.o5 TO Baltimore and Return via
Pennsylvania Railroad
T,ctets sold Saturday and Sunday, De-
cen,her and 8, valid returning until
Monday, the 9th, good on any train.
dp4-5t
The morning times., 1895-12-04

= "a i WANT TO re THB
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Southern OratOrieaI Contest.

The fifth annual contest of the South
ern Inter State Oratorical association
took place in the chapel at Washing
ton and Lee University last Wednesday
night. Six Southern colleges were rep
resented: Vanderbilt University, Nash
vile. by VIM. W. Craig; University of
the South, Sewanee, Tenn, by Stuart
Maclean; University of South Carolina,
by B. p. McMaster; Central college,
Danville, KY, by Samuel NJ. Wilson;
University of Virginia, by A. E. Strobe;
Washington and Lee by VIM. McC.
Martin.
1t was very interesting occasion.
An Inspiring audience was present and
the speeches with scarcely an exception
were very excellent Music was fur
nished by the V. NJ. L. band,
Mr.. Strobe spoke first on 1.-The Pres
ent: Our Mission;n then Mr. Maclean
on Democracy: The State and the
Citizen;" Mr.. Wilson on Division and
Reunion;n Mr.. Martin on "Duty% Mr..
Craig on 1.-The Saxon Element in Ma
tional Progress" Mr.. McMaster on 1.-The
Breadth of the Southern Patriotism. "
The judges of the speeches in the
contest were Judge Charles Grattan,
of StauntOn; r. L. Barton, ESQ.,, of
Winchester, and Colonel f. W. Nichols,
of Lexington. They adjudged the ora
tion of Mr.. Strobe to be the best among
many good ones and to him the medal
OF the association was awarded. Mr..
Barton announced the result
Mr.. R. T. Wendell, of Washington and
Lee presided on the occasion and Mr..
Jno. w. Davis was chief marshall
ROckbridge NeaOS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22

Secretary of the Treasury j. &. Car
Isle has written letter to friend in
Arkansas very warmly denying that he
had ever in the United States Senate
advocated the free coinage of silver.
He concludes his letter as follows: 81
have never made a speech or written a
letter in favor of the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of Is to 1, or, in fact,
any other ratio, and the quotation
which is often made from the speech
to which you refer, was a denuncia
ton of a policy which would destroy
by legislation or otherwise from three
seventies to one-half of the metallic
money of the world as is SHOWN by
the speech itself. At that time the sill
yer dollar had been dropped entirely
from our coinage, and was by law a
legal tender only to the amount of So.
The act of 1875 corrected this, and
since then we have coined 420, 1000, 900
full legal tender silver dollars. Silver
is not now demonetized in this coun-
try as it is in England, Germany and
other countries, but is, as you know, in
constant use among the people as full
legal tender money.
j. G. CARLISLE.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
THE FACTS IN THE CASE.

Why Troops Were Sent to POcahontas.
The Richmond State of Friday last
says
1.-THE offense in the eyes of the critics
which Governor O'Ferrall has commit
ted in the Pocahontas affair is that he
sent troops to the scene of the trouble,
before a formal demand had been
made upon him by the county author
ties.
The Governor has said publicly that
he was responsible for the presence of
the troops there, and he is, but there
are some facts in connection with the
matter which have never been made
public and which it is necessary to
know in order to an intelligent under
standing of the situation.
When the trouble in the Pocahontas
section was first reported, the Cover
nor wired the sheriff of Tazewell coun-
ty to advise him of the situation. The
sheriff replied that the situation was
critical and advised the Governor to
hold one company of soldiers in readi-
ness. The Governor then wired him
again for further Information and this
time the sheriff sent two kilograms,
one following the other, in which he
said that mass meeting of strikers
from West Virginia was to be held at
Pocahontas on Sunday and that he
was fearful of trouble. ''If violence
should be attempted he concluded,
my force would be wholly inadequate.
Answer"
With this and other information be-
fore him, the Governor ordered the
military to Graham, several miles
D ,ua ~
might be within easy reach for any
emergency. He sent more than one
company, for the reason, as has been
stated time and again, that he feared
that a small force would incite rather
than allay trouble, his whole purpose
being to prevent any breach of the
peace.
So much for the presence of the
troops at Graham. General Phillips
then ordered Major Simons, the Major
commanding, to report to the sheriff of
Tazewell and to be subject to his Or
ders, and General Phillips authorizes
the statement that the troops were
moved from Graham to Pocahontas
by order of the sheriff.
These are the simple facts. 1t is
true that Governor O'Ferrall has pub
licly stated that he and not the sheriff
is responsible for the sending of troops
to Pocahontas and it is true that as
the Chief Executive of the State and
commander of the State militia he is
responsible. But some people have
tried to make the impression that,
without any sort of suggestion from
the Tazewell authorities, the Governor
arrogantly and defiantly put the town
of Pocahontas under military rule. 1t
is very plain, however, from the fore
going that the sheriff of Tazewell not
only gave the Governor reason to be-
lieve that rioting was threatened, but
advised him to hold the troops in read
mess and afterwards on his own au-
thority moved the troops from Ora
ham to Pocahontas. The State thinks
that it is time that the whole truth
were published and here it is"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Gov. O'Feprall Did Right.

Gov. O'Ferrall did right in sending
troops to the vicinity of Pocahontas
promptly, and he is doing right in keep
ing them there till all danger of mob
violence and the destruction of prop
erty and human lives has passed. For
what he has done he deserves praise
and not censure, and if he had not done
so, he would have been more justly and
more severely criticized for neglecting
to do his duty promptly and efficiently.
Some there are who find fault with
whatever he does or fails TO do-with
these wolves he is the lamb that mud
dies the stream.
1t is the duty of the State to protect
the property and the lives of its citi-
zens, and their right to labor when they
wish to do SO. Though it costs money
to do this, yet it is true economy in a
simple pecuniary view, for the State
would have to pay for the property
destroyed by the mob, and that might
be a vast sum as at Pittsburg and other
places. AS the IndeG- appeal truly says,
the State of Virginia is under the most
solemn and binding obligation to pro-
tect property and to secure to every
man his inalienable right to work when
the employment suits him. AT POca-
hontas there was every probability that
the strikers would, unless prevented by
1v+o
who were anxious to work, and that
they might also destroy the property
of the railroad company. This has been
the usual result in similar labor dis
turbance in the east and west both.
There was reason to believe that his
tory would repeat itself in Virginia.
The sheriff of Tazewell county had as
sured the governor that in the event of
a demonstration he would be powerless.
Mindful of the outrages in Pittsburg
and in Chicago within the past few
years, the governor determined to
adopt every precaution and to prevent
disorder by show of force. He has
succeeded, although the cost has been
about 5000 Gay ever since trouble was
threatened. But when we remember
that Allegheny Co., Pa, in which the
city of Pittsburg is situated, was sue
cessfully sued for hundreds of thou
sands of dollars by the owners of prop
erty destroyed by strikers, we cannot
find justification for complaining that
the governor is spending 5000 day to
preserve property from destruction.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
The Decay of Small Towns.

Mr.. Henry J. Fletcher, writer in
the Forum for April, calls attention to
gradual decay of small towns and vii.
lagos throughout the North Central
States and gives some startling figures
in support of his assertions. 1t is the
old story of the exodus from county to
city and the pity is that this condition
is not confined to one section of the
country. Great cities have been built
up, but it has been at the expense of
the country. In most rural districts,
the schools are poor, the roads are
wretched, society is at u discount and
altogether the privileges of country
life are so few, that those who would
love, under favorable conditions, to
live on a farm, are forced, to make
their abode in the cities.
| This is one of the most serious prob
lens of modern civilization. Thomas
Jefferson was opposed to the congre-
CATION of the people in cities, believing
as he did that country life tended not
only to develop the physical man, but
to make brains and to promote morals;
and to great extent he was right. If
some one should take the trouble to
make statistical report of the proper
ton of leading men in the Virginia
cities who were reared in the country,
the figures would make an interesting
study and would go far to support Mr..
Jefferson's doctrine
| As to the causes of this exodus of
wealth and population from the small
towns, Mr.. Fletcher believes that the
unregulated power of railways to fix
rates is one of the most important.
Cheaper rates of transportation are
given to great industrial centers, and
this operates unfavorably to small in
dustries In towns and villages.
The real cause lies back of that-it is
to be found in the railroads them
selves. This statement WILL of course,
shock many people and make others
to smile, but the fact is that railroads
on the whole have been a curse to the
country. They have brought upon us
the age of concentration and centrali-
cation. They have not only segregat-
ed the people in the cities, but they
are indirectly responsible for the con-
centration of capital, brains and other
forces of modern times which have
made abnormal wealth possible to the
few and extreme poverty inevitable to
the many in this land of plenty. II
the people were distributed through.
out the country with fair proportion
in each section, then would the coun
try blossom as rose and country life
would be found in America in all its
perfection.-Ric State
The declaration of the State that
railroads on the whole have been q
curse to the country is surprising and
contrary to the general opinion, which
esteems them great blessing. Like
most questions, there are two sides tc
1t, and it would be a good question fol
the young men of the Debating Socie
ties of Staunton, Plunketsville, and
Churchville to debate. 1t would open
a wide field for argument, and, as il
would be new, it would furnish an ap
portunity for the presentation of orr
ginal ideas that would make the de
bate both interesting and profitable
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
A Romance.

News was received in Richmond May
14th of the romantic wedding in Reno
New, of Mrs. May Talley, of that city,
and Mr.. George Il. Rives, of San Fran
cisco.
The marriage was the denouement
of a charming romance in real life. Ii
had Its beginning many years ago
when the bride was little May Patrick,
of Danville, and the groom was a
sprightly lad who lived across the street
and carried her books to school and
played dolls with her when school was
out.
Mr.. Rives was always the devoted ad.
mirer of Miss May, and when she gave
her hand to another he said good-by e
with sad heart and went west. That
was twenty three long years ago, and
in all that time they had not met.
Last Christmas Mrs. Talley received
letter from the far west in which was
inclosed little Christmas card like
this:
Yours, as in other days. GEORGE.
The little messenger awakened flood
of recollections, and perhaps something
in her own heart which she had not
known was there. At any rate, she did
not treat the card with Indifference,
UuU WTOGo a llCUl0 uOGe Ill which SDe
made delicate reference to a possible
Mrs. George"
AS quickly as the mails could bring it
came the answer that there was no
Mrs. George" but there was some
body in the world who ought to have
been Mrs. George" many years ago,
and that the proposition was still open.
The rest is soon told. Explanations
were made and an engagement follow
ed Mr.. Rives being too busy to come
to Virginia. Mrs. Talley suggested that
she would go to him. Accordingly, her
mother, Mrs. L. A. Patrick, of Danville,
came to Richmond and helped Mrs.
Talley to wind up her affairs, and on
Thursday last she started for the west
to give heart and hand to the sweet
heart of her childhood, who had been
so faithful in all the years that had
gone by since they met.
The groom is son of Gen. Rives, who
lost his life in the Confederacy's cause,
and the bride the daughter of the late
DR.. T. I. Patrick, of Danville.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
Breaking up Social Clubs.

At Huntington. W. Va, the Mayor
is making a fight against the social
clubs there, who are working under a
State charter, since the city council re-
fused to grant liquor license. Several
cases have been brought before the
mayor, and in most all of them the fine
has been 500 for each violation. Most
of the clubs have closed u q their rooms,
as they cannot exist under these cir
cumstances.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-22
J. G. CARLISLE.

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.-
For great many years doctors pro
nOunced it local disease, and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incnrable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the
only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hundred
dollars for any case it fails to cure
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
F. J. CHENEY, & CO.,
Toledo, o.
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