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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

the single gold standard should refuse
to transact business with the star. All
those to whom The Times Is indebted, on
the same theory. should demand settIe-
ment In gold In fact. the whole tneory
OF the necessity for two parties wouid
be disproved. If the silver men cannot
convince the gold men by argument. they
must staryc them into subJecuon, ana
vice versa the gold men must starVe 'he
silver men. Does The Times propose 10
inaugurate the plan outlined in the ABOVE
extract from its editorial? We nope NOT.
We believe not. We feel sure The Times
will follow the course adopted by Mr..
Carlisle on several occasions. and revise
this editorial.
We see no reason 10 suppose that II
The Times suggestion were carried OUT
Democrats would cease trading with he-
publicansI or Republicans would cease
trading with Democrats.
Nor is the case one which would can
for free-siver men seasing reading The
Times on the contrary, all free-siiyer men
should read The Times, next after their
Bible, never mind who may try TO dis
suade them from it. They are all CROP
ing along in hopeless darkness and they
will all perish for the want of light OF
left TO themselves. But If they VIII
read and study The Times, they Will
learn after a while how foolish their doc
trines are, and their eyes Will be opened
to a glad vision of'the light and day or
truth. They should allow nothing TO
come between them and The Times.
But If the Star will read our article
again, it will find that all we suggest
IS that Il is probable owners OF enter
priscs are not going to employ people to
manage those enterprises whose views
will destroy them, If put into force and
effect. You would not put a captain TO
sail a steamship who thought the best
way to navigate her was to run her on
the rocks. You would not put a doctor
TO treating a patient who thought the
best remedies were strong pos0ns. And
so. the owner of a prospering newspaper
will not willingly allow a man 10 write
its editorials who argues for theories
that must bankrupt that paper sooner or
lA'lfttF'
men. silver men or gold men. but We
have an idea sensible men, who nave
capital invested lin enterprises, are not
going to allow frec-silver meL to man
age those enterprises, because their free
silver views would bankrupt the enter
prises. as all owners OF capital perfectly
understand Free-silver men can be en-
ployed 10 do manual work. but they
are totally unsuited TO mental work.
When they are honest. the chances arc
that they are Of weak or unbalanced
minds, as The Times has pointed out
time after time.
We should not let them starve, there
fore, but it is very unlikely that people
with capital will allow them to manage
that capital, for their ideas OF manage
ment mean destruction to all capital.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
I'm Nernorian.

brief cablegram which announc,u
to the community the death ~ cr,,el
Minngerode Duckworth fell Win 49,.
shock ON her many friends In TINS city
M whom nor Illness was unknown a.,
\ few words I'm regard 10 '"'S
lady may not be misplaced ,.,.ohter
Emily Minnigerode. the tnlru ua -h'le.
of the late Rev. Charles Minnlgeioue'
d. d.. and Mary Carter, his wiie' We
born in Richmond during the carry 49,
of her fathers pastorate at 81 I,, 1ni =.
Endowed by nature with pIil n,,i's,
mind. which sought and readily apso, ~.
knowledge; with such wirsome nature
that from n child she won the aneSu '.l,
of all around her. she grew up "i"o"sS'
lis to a fair and gracious woinahhVou'
lovely alike I'm person and character
While stil very young she was mafrle1
TO Mr.. James Duckworth. nephew "
Canon Duckworth of Westminster. Lon
don, and ever afterwards was more OF 10
abroad though her heart always tcnIS
turned TO her native city. one emu.
a son. Cecil, blessed this union VINO
is now in the English navy, where ms
future career will be watched with inter,
est for the sake of his grandfathcf ANY
mother. 10 was while on visit 10 MN, az
Plymouth, England that the end suu-
denly came and she was called nome.
Her last visit 10 Richmond was "heh'
with the other members Of her sorrowlng
family. she came TO lay. her beloved lalh-
ed TO rest in Hollywood.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
RELIGION or rnE GOVERNORS.
An Interesting Canvass Among the state
Executives.


CHICAGO. Oct. s.-Of the State Gov
crnors in the American Union. thirty
nine are avowed believers In Religion
'wenty-nine are professed Cnrisuans,
most of them arc regular attenuan's a.
worship. and a vast majority are coli-
tributors TO the expense OF reisious no,n,
a careful canvass OF the suDyect nna
by the Times Herald discloses these iao,s,
Responses were obtained from iofts-s
OF the State Governors ana three VI '"o
Territorial executives. ~. c,,-
OF the State Governors, one, Mr. Iui-
berson. OF Texas declined 70 oenns s .is
sentiments. and no one wouid spean ~,
him and another, Governor Evans, Oh
South Carolina failed 20 respond. Among
them there are ten Presbyt er.ans, nNe
coagreyationalists. five Episcop1lians,
four Methodists. three ian, JI1'ar'a ans
sixteen unconnected with church
organizations. OF these sixteen Gov
errors unattached 10 deno-ninational or
CARNATIONS twelve attend religious ser
vices regularly or intermlttenssS. W" V Vs
them have denOminational preferences. OF
those who declare denominauonal prefer
three are Methodists. three Presbyterlans,
one Congrcgationalist, one kpiscopaiian'
and one Baptist. ,,..
The most conspicuous or the Metnodls,
Governors are william Mckinley. OF
OHIO and Daniel II. Hastings, ana, curl
ously enough, both are presidential can
diiateS Other Governors VINO alttnl Nnd-
Church are Stone Of Mississippi, Cleavcs
OF Maine. Clarke OF Arkansas. Richards
OF Montana. and Foster Of Louisiana.
The Presbyterian fold embraces poN-
errors Matthews OF Indiana, Allen OF
North Dakota. O'Ferran OF Nlrslhla,
Brown Of Maryland. Renfrew OF Okla
homa. and jefferson Gardner. chlet OF me
Choctaw Nation. in the Indian Territory
Governor Morton. Of New York. fresl-
Dental candidate; Turney Of Tennessee,
Watson Of Delaware, Prince az New
Mexico. and Carr of North Carolina are
EpiscOpalians.
Governor Budd of California, in his re-
ply. says he has no religion, Dut ne pe.
lieves i'm the observance OF sunday as
the day of rest. His parents are not pe
levers. and he was brought up d.
free thinker ,., .o,,s he
Governor oates. Of Alabama, SAYS ne
IS not a member of any church. ana 'n .he
he never Joined but two institutions w
Masonic fraternity and the De'hoci" ''0
party. ,.o.,bolge of
Nrassachusetts Morrill, OF Kansas, anu
Lippltt OF Rhode Island.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
In lest Tic Interstate Law.

The efficacy of the amendment CT Feo-
ruary. 1893. 10 the Interstate commerce
act will be tested I'm a habeas corpus case
filed in the Supreme Court Of the United
States to-day. BY that amendment II
was sought 10 open a way TO secure evil
dence of violations Of the law by provid-
ing that persons who thus testified
should not be prosecuted for their par
ticipation in the offences it, indeed, they
were particeps criminis.
II was brought about by the famous
Counselman case in Chicago, which show
ed that without some such provision the
necessary evidence 10 establish VIOLA
tions Of the law could not be obtained.
Theodore f. Brown. auditor OF the Ale
gheny Valley Railroad who was asked
TO tell what he knew Of certain rebates.
declined to answer, and was committed
for contempt.
Brown applied for a release on writ
of habeas corpus. which was denied.
Thereupon he appealed to the supreme
Court of the United States.-New York
Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
A STRANGE MOVEMENT.

We don't know when We have seen
anything so startling and so surprising
as the kilograms published in yesterdays
Times stating that several petitions are
in circulation for signatures in Lunen-
burg county. asking the County Judge
to order the negroes convicted OF the
murder Of Mrs. Pollard TO be taken from
the city jail of Richmond and brought
back to the Jail of Lunenburg county.
What possible reason can there be for
this? Since the Judge of the County Court
was Of opinion when the trials were
concluded that 1t would not be safe TO
keep these negroes i'm the county jail. and
that they should therefore be sent to an
other and "A safer jail. we cannot imagine
that he will for a moment entertain the
petitions. If the prisoners were not
safe in Lunenburg at that time they
would certainly not be safe there now.
The popular excitement, instead OF being
abated has been increased since then.
1t is the purpose and intention Of the
law that these prisoners shall be safely
guarded as well as against thelr
own escape, until the Court OF
Appeals has determined the status OF
their cases. and the Judge Of Lunenburg
county will not. of course. 90 anything
that viii interfere with this purpose Of
the law.
Meanwhile, the suggestion is inevitable
10 every impartial persons mind. that
there must be some powerful interest
somewhere that prompts the spirit OF
violence that permeates these cases in all
ctarfare
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

WASHINGTON, oct. S-There is cur
ious Ife-preseryer in possession OF the
Navy Department, having been submitted
by the inventor, who hopes 70 supplant
the Franklin life buoy which is used on
all warshlps The designer is \. Van
Vliet. of Paterson. y. J. II is made OF
material light In weight, filed with cork.
and arranged so that one may III 1t
around his body There is an interior
mechanism attached 90 miniature propell-
ers. by which the man may literally
bring himself into port. assuming that
he is not submerged by the storm winch
may break up his vessel. There Is a rud-
der also. so that the unfortunate being
may not drift AZ the mercy OF currents.
and there is a rope attached. by which
other members of the family may string
along behind II they choose.
The experts have looked upon the In
vention as interesting on account OF its
novelty. but II is hardly applicable 10
the conditions Of service. Shipwreck gem
orally occurs in time Of storms when'ihere
is little time 10 adjust an intricate me-
chahism. ana still less opportunity to
control a device such as that presented
by Mr. Van NileL
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
THEY MAY DO HAND, But NOT HEAD
WORK.

The Star copies our article OF few
DAYS back. in which We mentioned the
fact that the proprietors of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch were endeavoring to GUST
Colonel Charles II. Jones from the man
agement and editing of that paper Tor
the reason that his free-silver views
were hurting the circulation OF the paper
and the value of the property. In our
remarks on the case we sand:
Directors of a corporation usually sue
coed in contests of this kind. SO that
col. Charles III. Jones may solace himself
with the reflection that he Will soon be
without a Job. and when he applies 10 peo-
ple who have means with which TO con-
duct the enterprises that supply en-
ployment for something TO do he VIII
find how his views regarding this most
important subject are regarded by those
whose interests are affected by them.
lie viii get no employment IN any pusi-
ness where his wild views can by any
possibility have any relation Whatever
10 the conduct of the enterprise.
The Star makes the following COM
ment upon this
II this proposition of The Times is fol-
lowed out, we Will have system or
boycott started. In which the Democrat
viii not trade with the Republican,. nor
the Republican with the Democrat. Ac-
coriing TO this. every free-siiver advo-
cate should refuse 10 read or DO business
with The Times and every advocate OK
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
j. E.SrOUE, JR.. ASSIGNS
The Liabilities are Estimated NJ >i'''o''
Assets Unknown.

deed Of assignment was filed lato
last evening in the clerks Office Oh '"e
Chancory Court by J. L. stowe 1fr
contractor, doing business. on Governor
street. naming s. j. boswell as trustee
The deed conveys the following prop
erty and improvements:
Two lots Of land situated on "oNelloi
street. eight lots situated at the corner
Of Goddin and Roane streets lot WIN
frame dwelling situated in Henrico couh-
~. on the western line Of Iwenty-thlrd
street. all machinery. tools and lumber
of every description at the place OF
business Of j. G. stowe, Jr, all wagons,
and harness two horses two buggles ana
harness; all stocks. bonds, notes. open
accounts, &c.
The trustee is 10 take immediate pos
session. and 10 convert said property IN
to cash as rapidly as possible, and to
pay out of its proceeds, first, all taxes
and legal expenses. including i've per
cent. commission 10 the trustee, negou-
able note for $50 drawn by j. +. stowe,
10 the order Of Anderson u Anderson,
payable at the state Bank Of Virginia,
and attorneys fees 10 Anderson x Ander-
son, TO the amount of Sl15. After the
above sums are paid, the other creditors
are to be paid in the following order:
First-A. J. Wray S255Oi; John Max
well. Sl26.35; G. T.. Trainham. <SSZ5; Ber-
~ x McClay. Slo5o5: j. r. Williams x
CO.. SiGS.25; w. j. Gilman. s3s9G5, W. 5.
Barrett, S22.9S; W. j. Ready. 1854: r. :.
Peters. S522.2); H. -. VIM. 1854: Shanks
& Rusken. N110; J. Q. Thompson. SO;
\. l.. Bailey. S225; Wilkerson x LYDIA.
so. State Bank Of Virginia Coyerchecked).
S2l.5G; negotiable rote payable to Berry AZ
McCiay. at State Bank of Virginia, sos 50;
| negotiable note drawn by W J. Gilman,
TO the order OF J. T. stowe. Jr.. payable
at the State Bank Of Virginia $751; nego-
table note drawn by J. T.. Stowe. Jr TO
the order Of r. Burton, payable at the
state Bank Of Virginia, SGD: judgment
In favor Of John Bowers. s25l5.50.
After the payment of the above debts
the remaining creditors Of j. T.. Stowe.
Jr., are 10 be paid pro rata
The liabilities are estimated at st5OW
while the assets are unknown.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
THE THING sHALLBEUN DFHsTOon.

The State had the following account
OF The outcome Of the suit of Mr.. Pom.
dexter to enjoin the sale Of a part Of
the state Library:
The question as 10 the validity OF the
sale 81 the discarded books from the
state Library TO Mr. j. G. Smith is lrft
10 the next Legislature 10 decide
Judge Minor. in the Law ana Equity
Court to-day entered an order tcmpora-
r.lN Diminishing the suit brought by Mr.
iiilam l., Royal. for ex-Librarian
storing and prohibiting Mr. Joseph 4.
Lawless. Secretary OF the Commonwealth
from d.spOslng Of the volumes
This Was done by mutual agreement
When the parties 10 the suit came into
court this morning. Mr.. Carter Scott.
representing the Attorney General. MIR.
Lawlcss aad Librarian w W. Scott. stat
should remain In sidtu quo until The
Legislature She I'D be asked TO settle II
Mr.. Royal replied dat he would rot
consent 10 this unlcss IL were 10 be stated
had requested also that MIR. Smnp
waived all claim he might have on the
Commonwealth by his contract OF the
e:le. and should moreover return the
bCcks he had already carried away,
pending the actiO. OF the Legislature
No objection being raised by the de-
PENDANTS. ta.s was done.
We don't know whore our neishbor
got its news. but no important event was
ever more entirely perverted and mis-
represented than this one IN his para
grag.h. There are no discard ID" books
Of the Slate Library: Judge Minor did
not temporarily Dismiss Mr. Poindexter's
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, oct. S.-Prof.
Arnes. Chairman OF the Harvard Athle-
tic Committee. gave out the following
statement for the newspapers last night
upon which he forbade any comment for
the present.
oct having passed, and Harvard
having received no invitation from Yale
10 play football +. is now definitely set
tied that there will be no football game
this year between the eleyens Of these
universities"
This means cessation OF al athletic
relations between Harvard and Yale for
tw0 years AT least.
1t has been definitely dsciled that
the place of Or. Brooks as head coach OF
the Harvard team will be taken by +. G..
Waters Captain OF the Harvard eleven
IN 1894.
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suit. and there vas no consent by the
plaintiff to anything except what is set
out In ;hs Courts order, whIch was
complete surrender and re.raxit ny Mr..
Lawlcss OF everything ne mad done. and
an agreement by Mr.. Smith TO at once
return to the sti.es Library the books
he had taken away and to release the
State from all obligation of every sort
under hrs pretended contract Of purchase.
This being done. the plaintiff had gained
everything he had asked for. and nCtn-
Ing further remained to be asked fer. so
that the plaintiff simply rested his suit
at that point TO see how the agreement
was carried out. but to bring 1t instantly
before the court again II the agreement
was not carried out to the letter.
1t Is very. important that the public
should understand this matter just az
II is. and we give a moments ai'ehuo"'
therefore TO what the State speaks OF
as the discarded" part Of the state LII
brary. There is no power In any person
or set OF persons 10 discard any part
OF the state Library. The Secretary or
the Commonwealth may sell books not
necessary
sell at prices 10 be fixed by the Library
Committee This is his entire power ana
there is no power I'm him or any one else
to discard" any part of the States LII
brary. The Library Committee cd not
authorize him TO sell these books, nor
did 1t put n price on them at which ne
could sell them, and we undertake to say
that II Judge Minor had not been cut of
from rendering decision by the Secre-
tarys surrender, he would nave so c.
cided.
We intend that the public shall under
stand also the value of the books that
were sold. Whatever their pecuniary
value (and Mr.. ]. c. Smith told Mr..
Poindexter he had been offered so for
one volume of those delivered TO HIM,
they are simply priceless and inval-
liable as n part of the State Library.
They are the Foundation. indeed, Of the
Library, and it is no libray 1T all with
out them They are the authentic records
Of the United States Government and Of
the State Government. and the earlier
volumes Of them cannot be replaced for
love or money. out Of the many thous-
ands Of volumes sold, there are not one
hundred duplicates in the Library. The
Library would. therefore, have been SIM
ply ruined II this sale had been COM
pleted.
Here is what the Legislature OF Nir-
GINA thinks Ct the books. The first sec
ton Of tho act Of March s, 1882, which
provides for erecting the new Library
building, reads cs follows:
"Whercas. tho capitol building IS over
loaded with a library. making !; rots-
sarS TO rent rooms in the city Tor the
storage Of books and public documents,
and with archives of incalt ulable value
to Virginia. whose less nothing could
replace
The books involved in this sale are in
part the public documents and archives
that the Legislature thought Of '-ncal-
culable value to Virginia, whose loss
nothing could replace" We are glad to
say that they are now, however, pre-
served to the state
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
A CORRESPONDENT WHO UNDER
STANDS THE CASE.

Mr.. James p. Harrison. Of Danville.
writes The Times the following letter:
To the Editor of The Times:
Sir,-Plainly put, the precise and insu-
perable objection to free coinage, as pre-
scented to my mind, is this:
We owe an enormous Indebtedness,
foreign and domestic. corporate and in
dividual payable I'm gold at the option OF
the creditor.
The constitutional inhibition of the i'm
pairment of a contract as construed by
our courts compels us TO carry out TINS
contract and to pay our debts, so payable,
in gold if the creditor requires.
II we have free coinage IT is certain.
first. that every such debt will be col
lected in gold. because OF its appreciation;
second the matured debts will be de-
manded at once. and failure to pay VIII
result in enforcement by sale of securities
held as collateral and of mortgages given
to secure these debts. such sales must
be at great sacrifice. and 10 one famlliar
with the statistics would produce ubpIc-
This seems TO me a stumbling block be-
fore silver which every honest ana able
advocate ADMITS. and whenever ! have
stated Il to such an one he simply says
there must be a choice between evils, ana
that his course viii cause less damage
than mine. | do not see 1t so; moreover,
mine has the merit of honesty.
np1pNb
providing local currency 10 meet I'M
mediate local demands and relieve re-
mote sections from their absolute de-
pendence uDOn the centres OF capital
There Is no real want of currency, but
the stringcucy is artificial, the result OF
restriction due to want Of confidence. III
capital D. sists in is purpose 10 prevent
State-hal issues to meet such local de-
mands il viii drive many friends 10 de-
come foes IT, however, the National Gov
oil banking leaves
every locality to its own desire TO sup
nlv requisite facilities of exchange, l be-
lieye the problem will solve itself.
JAMES j. HARRISON.
Danville, Va, Oct. 5, 1870.
Mr.. Harrison is right in both his propo-
sitions. If the world saw that this coun-
Try vas going for free silver there would
be an immediate demand for payment OF
all debts that would cause such Imam
cial trash and such sacrifice Of proper
ty as never was heard Of.
He Il also right about what we need
All that the country needs is the repeal
Of the law taxing the notes Of state
banks If that were done bank would
at once spring up in every locality mat
had business enough 10 support one; every
man would have bank 10 resort to for
accommodations, whose managers knew
him and knew what credit he was entitled
10. and every citizen would thus obtain
the use of credits that he could assign.
These credits are the real money of.
country, and % per cent. of business
transactions consist of assignments of
these bank credits.
Unshackle the credit of the people and
there will be no complaint of scarcity Of
money.