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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

ness in his cheek was npter than his
tongue to tell his GRAND. as was his
who drew priam's curtain In the dead or
night to tell him half his Troy was
burnt. IL was touching to witness no"
the calamity brought out the fii!al deVo-
ton OF its children, Its alumni
1T MUST BE RESTORED.
The University mt be restored ana
equipped for It's predcstlned career vi oS'
fitness and benencence. Although II has
attained seventy years of existence. the
allotted limit OF human life. II Is Dct IN
its infancy. Like Harvard ana fsie' i's
foundations were laid TO last Tor asos
and rival the hoary duration OF oNioru
and Cambridge. that were founded,'he one
in the ninth and the other i'm the tweE.h
century. Enduring institutions move
along the path of civilization with the
stately stappings OF the gods In Homer
stride is taken and centuries pass DC
tween
At a recent university entertainment
al the Academy I'm your city IL was nap
PLY said by Professor Smith that the
three public acts or services oy Wnici
Mr.. Jefferson wished TO be rememDefeu'
and which are engraven on MS TOMB
stone have a logical relation 10 one an.
other. Independence, he said, rs NOT
complete without religious freedom. ana
religious freedom Is an empty name ana
a snare without education.
The learned professor declared that OF
Jefferson's three gifts TO his country TWO
at least endure-American Independence
and Religious Freedom: and he eloquent
~ asked II the third, the University snaii
also endure. or II its name shall be erased
from the epitaph OF it's founder Surely
we must answer him that the epitaph az
Monticello shall not be mutilated. me
University must endure II must be re-
stored and enlarged. and amid the love
and acclaim of the good and wise, speed
ed on its glorious career.
one OF the appellations which tne
Athenians bestowed upon their protecting
goddess was that of "The Victorious,
and they erected 20 her a costly strGc-
ture and named II the temple OF wing
less Victory" in the confident hope that
she would never forsake her chosen city
SO long as we cherish our noble Uni
versity, and enable her to implant In the
bosoms Of the youths who yearly throng
her halls. the precepts Of virtue ana WIS
dom. enlightened views OF constitutional
government and the clevating influences
OF liberal learning. so long Will she stand
AZ the symbol and security Of those pre-
cious principles OF civil and religious
liberty which VIC may fondly hope viii
perpetually bless our lond.
Il. 5. MAkfE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

And this. admirably equipped I'm build
mss and N a corps OF instructors. the
most learned to be found in the old or
the new world. the beloved institution. in
Feb 1926, started forward upon its high
mission. For seventeen months It's iiu-
strious founder survived 10 witness the
fulhlment OF his fordlv-cherished hone.
to sec the chile OF his love and Of his in
cessant solicitude, auspiciously commence
its course, With the promise Of a long
and ever expanding career Of usefulness
and honor.
Since that period. the corps Of profess
sors and instructors, hos been increased
10 nearly three times the original num-
Dor. The courses OF instruction have
been enlarged and multiplied. Many i'm
portant erections have been made. in
Guiding museum Of national history
animate and inanimate; an ASTRONOMICAL
observatory, n gymnasium. and the
"annex" containing a public hall, and
lecture rooms. destroyed by the recent
fire. These, with the exception Of tho
annex. Were the gifts of public-spirited
phIlanthropists. residents OF the North.
though one OF them was native OF Nir-
ginia.
Within the past few years the Legisla-
ture has increased the annual appropria-
ton 10 $4,000. I'm consideration OF the free
admission OF all Virginia youths 20 the
academical departments or schools"
A STATE INSTITUTION.
The University is a State institution. II
was In the main built by the State. and
II is from year to year largely sustained
by a state appropriation. Its board Of
directors. OF Visitors as they are called,
are appointed by the Governor. The
State. therefore. In coming by a legisla-
tive Appropriation TO the relied OF ina
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
pADEREwSKI TUESDAY.
oRExr PIANIST WILL BE GREETED
sYA BRILLIANT AUDIENCE.
seuss's Rand Will Give Two Concerts Hero
Next Monday--A sketch OF the Great
Band Masters Life.

From present prospects the audience
that will greet the goat Polish piahis'.
Iadorewski. on his appearance az tns
Mozart Tuesday night, Will in point on
numbers and brilliancy. exceed any au-
dicnco that has ever gathered IN 'ho
building. x.
Padercwsk will leave Philadelphia ar,
ter a matinee performance Monday. ana
Wilt arrive here early Tuesday morning
over the Richmond, Fredericksburg ana
Potomac road. lie will stop at the JeiteI-
son Hotel. with his six attendants. wnicn
include his valet. tuner manager, anu
other attaches. whom the pianist nnds
IL necessary 10 carry around with MN.
lie win leave this city Wednesday morn
ing at O'Clock for Washington AZ
present Richmond is all anticipation, ana
everybody will be there. Some Will 20
from curiosity. some from love, others
because il Is the thing TO go. and sun
others because they have nothing else
better to do No better criticism or the
great pianist has been written than that
which appeared i'm the World. November
9Th. written by that eminent musical
critic. Reginald De K0vcn.
In speaking OF Paderewski, De koveh
says: -.
on the occasion OF his second. visit
10 this country. l characterized NJ. Pa
derewskl as the Napoleon Of the plano
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

forte ] see no reason now 10 alter my
opinion in any respect or 10 limit IN an.
sense the wide-reaching significance OF
The apDellatiOr as applied TO him. lie Is
now. as formerly, the master; absolute,
in his way unique. Perhaps broader
more mature. even possibly more SIM
cere in his art than two years ago. put
ever the same great artist we have ieain-
ed TO admire and love. the same Pader.
ewski. His playing, as OF old. is marked
by sincerity, breadth. and repose. one
adrnires as ever before his touch, nrln
as steel and smooth as velvet his IN
tensitv. vjrjle energy. and elan. coupled
with q delicacy almost feminine In us
caressing eOftness: the poetic fervor,
dignity, and breadth of his artistic con-
ceptions, his rarely beautiful singing tone
over the instrument which seems TO know
neither bounds nor limits. Surely rare
~ complete artistic equipment this,
The programme for Tuesday night Will
senate OPP SO Beethoven; Two Songs
Without Words. Op. 90. No ]. 2 Spin
ming Song (Mendelssohn. Carnival, Op.
fSchumann): Nocturne-G major Op. 81
No. Chopin: Three Etudes-Nos. Z; .. y
Op. % Chopin; Mazurka-B fiat minor
Op. q. No. Chopin; Prelude, No. H.
OBJ %. A fat Chopin; Nalse-A fiat ma
ior. Op. 81, No. / Chopin. Melodie, Op. 10
PaderewskD; Rhapsodie Hongroise, No.
u O.iszD.
on Wednesday and Thursday, with
matinee on the latter DAY, The New
Boy" will be presented at the Academy
under the management Of Charles Froh-
man This fact is sufficient guarantee
as TO the merits OF the piece.
on next Monday. December 10th, that
peerless band Of Sousa..s will give two
performances az the Academy THIS
known in this city that it is idle TO praise
him.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

University in It's presnt distress. VIII be
coming to the rescue OF it's own property
And II will be coming to the rescue OF
property that IS at once its priae am
ornament, and the bounteous source o.
en- inestimable benehcence 10 It's citizens
in fostering an enlightened scheme Oh pun
lie instruction
WORTHY OF THE AID 1T ASKS
Apart from the fact that It Is a state
institution the University Is worthy Oh d
generous response TO the appeal Which
its late misfortune makes upon the Legs
lature IL is worthy by reason OF INC
noble work IL has done and - doing. IL
has enlarged the boundaries OF learnihs
and elevated the standard or scholarship
Its graduates In the academicai ana pro-
fessional schools stand hlgh, ana i's a
NJ degree is an acknowledged testimonial
n, eminent fitness FOR the chairs OF any
college. Its alumni are scattered through
the South. and even the North anc vest,
as instructors and centres OF educauonai
influence Its high standards OF scno-
larship. and the superior merit OF us
methods OF instruction, are recognized
at home and abroad. In 1913 professor
Venable. published a letter In prohl-
neut northern paper reviewing the iilS'gtS
Of the University and explaining It's dis
tinctive methods This letter created
surprise. amounting almost 10 a sensa-
tion. and Horace Greedy In the Tribune,
and Henry Ward Beecher In the Chris
tian Union. published the most laudatory
tributes TO the splendid work and achieNe-
ment Of the Virginia University. me
latter. in the course OF an elaborate edit
torial used the following frank ana
striking language:
1--WE there learned from Prof. ven
as
university Improvement. which are only
matters OF prophecy at Harvard, fale
and Cornell, have been for nearly iuty
years matters OF history in Virginia; ana
that certain other measures were lone
AGO quietly and successfully introduced
at Charlottesville by Thomas Jefferson.
for the late Introduction Of which AZ
Cambridge and at Ithaca. President Eliot
and President White have been smltteh
with the epithet of innovators
There are half dozen topics, either
OF instruction or OF discipline on "hloh
our more progressive Northern UNIVERSE
,ios are SIN doubling. or only timidly
exnerinenting. but which the university
of Virginia has long since happily SOW
ed. These are the elective system OF
studies, instruction by lectures as Wen
as thorough Rotations. the bestowment
OF degrees only after rigorous eNamlna-
tons. the abolition of the inqulsitoriai
and police system Of government ana
the recognition Of religious freedom as
n right belonging even TO such wretches
as university students.
Upon all these topics the experience
of the University OF Virginia throws
great light. 10 is high time that we
opened our eyes 10 IT,"
This was indeed a high tribute, and
coming from the source it did, truly
gratifying
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
A HIGH FOREIGN TRIBUTE.

Equally complimentary expressions have
come from European scholars as 10 me
high standards and the superior work or
our University. Among these recent
one has come TO my knowledge, being an
article entitled Jefferson and Education
IN Virginia, by Mr. Charles Bernaud, a
French scholar In the Revue lnterna-
tionale de rEnseignement." Mr.. Bar
neaud a few years since visited America
10 inspect University work i'm this coun-
try, and spent several days at the Uni
versity OF Virginia, investigating the
methods and work Of that institution
His report upon our University IS eN-
tromely hattering. From the Magazine
now before me 1 will translate Few
sentences. though IL would. ] am sure,
interest many of your readers, II space
permitted to give the whole.
The author speaks of Jefferson's great
good fortune in securing almost immedi-
ately lie prOfesseur ideal en- NJ. George
Long. d'Oxford." THE powerful i'm
pulse" says the writer (which be gave 10
the study OF Greek and Latin impress
ed a character upon university Work
which has continued one OF the most
abiding features of the institution lie
goes on to narrate how Gessuer Harrison
succeeded Mr.. Long. and how, since his
death. "Peters has up 70 this day sus-
tanned he splendid prestige (sOutense lie
brilliant renom) boqueathed boy the Illus
trious English scholar
Again: II should be derelict not 70 call
attention 10 Peters excellent works on
Latin grammar. 10 Humphreys edition
Of AristOphanes. 20 William Fontaine
and his discoveries IN geology and nat
ural history"
Surely such testimonials as these es-
tablish the fact that we have I'm our Uni
versity an institution Of which we may
be justly proud. and which deserves the
most liberal treatment at the hands or
the legislature.
THE NEWS OF THE FIRE.
The alumni throughout the land felt
the disaster ,as a personal calamity.
When one OF them hurried 70 tell the
agitating tidings TO another the white
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08

We while others are dull lhere Is
cause for it. We gladly challenge with credit or socaed
cash house the holidays showing very large as
soment Rockers Plush and Tapestry Seats onyx !oP
Tables Ea, Banquet Lamps with Fancy DIX onaueS'
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
a HEIIEANISG
Oftho Income Tax By tho Supreme Court.
This Petition Presented.

or tho Income Tax iiy the Supreme Court.
This Petition Presented.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-Copies Of the
petition asking a rohearing OF tho in.
tscomo tax question wcro handed around
10 mombors OF tho United statoa su.
promo court to-day. There were no
proceedings in opon court. No action
has been taken oil it as yet.
Tho petition for ro.hearing sots forth
that whilo tho court has decided two
points OF the law, rs to rents and munic-
ipal bonds, yet no judgment has bean
announced, authoritativcly establishing
any principle ior Interpreting tho act
on tho points:
!. Whether the void provisions inRal.
idate the whole act.
.. Whether as to tho income from
personal property, as such, the act is
unconstitutional "a laying direct taxes.
3. Whether any part Of the law Is no.
considered rs a direct law. is invalid for
want OF uniformity.
Tho petition for rohearing then recites
that in early history OF the supreme
court rule OF practice was adopted
requiring, ii practicable, constitutional
questions TO bo heard by full bench.
The petition next urges that no case
could arise moro mperatively reuuir-
ing the application Of the rule than the
income tax case. which affects tho citi-
zens OF the country generally. Tho pc.
tition continues:
These appellants may we'll urge that
these serious constitutional questions
should be finally decided before their
trustee expends their funds in voluu-
tary payment OF the tax. In addition,
it is manifest that until some decision
is reached the courts will be over.
whelmed with litigation upon these
question, and the payment and collec-
lion of the tax will be most seriously
embarrassed. Every taxpayer to any
considerable extent will pay the tax
under protest and sue to recover the
same back. and il necessary sue out his
writ OF error TO this court. Tho court
will Of necessity be burdeuod with
re.arGument OF these questions without
number until they are finally settled.
Still further. aI tho matter now atands,
it has been decided that tax upon the
income OF land ia unconstitutional,
while the court has made no dicisiou as
to tho validity OF the tax upon income
OF personal property. Serious ques-
tions have, therefore, ALREADY arisen as
10 what is. in fact, to be deemed the in.
come OF real estate and what il the in
come OF real and what OF personal prop-
crty, in cases whero both are employed
in the production OF the same income"
In conclusion the petition asks that
tho cases be restored to the docket for
reargument on the questions upon
which the court was evenly divided.
In case this is denied the petition asks
that the court below may be directed to
determine, first, whether or not tho in.
validity OF the statute in the respects
already specified renders the same aho-
ge.her invalid; and, second. whether or
not the act is constitutional in the re.
spects not decided by this court.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
BLAND'S OPINION

OF the Presidents Anti.Silvor Lettor-IIe
says 1t 10 Unfortunate for tho Demo.
cratic Party and tho Country.
LEBANON, No., April l5.-Hon. r. p.
Bland was soen at his home to-day and
interviewed relative to President Glove.
lands letter. Mr.. Bland was shown tho
salient feature OF tho Presidents letter,
and said, after perusing it carefully:
"Mr. Cleveland, unfortunately for his
party aud his country, has from the
beginning OF his administration drawn
tho line sharply between the friends OF
bi-metallism and gold monometallism;
in doing so he has forced upon the
country state OF affairs that is intoler-
able to tn o masses Of our people.
Gold monometalism is n stencil in
the no,triIs OF tho plain people. Tho
gold standard may do for tho bondhold.
ers and the bankers; the sutlsrings OF
the industrial masses consequent upon
silver demonetization will not be en-
dured longer without n struggle, tho
like OF which this country has not seen
aimee tho la,c civil war.
"Mr. Cleveland must remember that
this specialization aud combination OF
the gold standard sentiment and meth
ods has brought disaster to the people
OF all gold standard countries anu this
policy is now running this country. 1t
Is this state OF things that has made
his administration hateful 10 the masses
OF the American people.
"Mr. CloveIanu's insinuations that
tho advocates OF silver re,toratiou are
based on wicked and unpatrio.ic pur-
poses, may do for those whose environ.
men,s are such as to prevent them from
seeing and knowing tho utter poverty
and distress that is prevailing among
tho masses Of the people. but oSe who
live in tho midst OF this distress and
see daily tha, the people are suffering
will repel with scorn such iusinua.
tionss."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
GOV. ALTGELD

Expresses Ills Contempt for the Prosi-
dent, Opinion In characteristics Ian
EunEe.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April l5.--Govor.
nor Altgeld, when asked to-day ii he
had read President Clevcland's letter
on tho money question, said;
I'll it had any other name than th at
OF tho President signed to 1t. nobody
would give it any attention. In fact, il
| had signed such a document it would
bo ridiculcd allover the country, for its
weakness almost cxci,es piety. But
tho letter is remarkable in this,
that it ia tho first instance in
the history OF the country and
the republic In which n President
of the United States niter using all tho
powers OF the government. has. in addi-
tion. condesconded to write for tho news.
papers in order 10 servo the masters,
for this letter was not only written for
publication but was intended to start a
boom. and has beon advertised ior q
week in order 10 give it m
audience. Other Presidents have been
used rs n, convenience by class intor.
csts, but this is the first time in which
n Presidents name has boon dragged
eight hundred mlles outside Of Wash.
ington City for that purpose.
ut has come and tho boomlct that
will DO born OF this will be such littlo
ono that 1t will not reflect on tho virtuo
OF Its mother"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
CoSSEorlcUrvALLEy FLOODED,

Most Destructive Frrshct Since 1S6c-l,u-
sinc.s Practically Suspended.
SrREXGFtELD, MASS. April l5.-The
Connection. Valley has been tho sconc
OF flood OF greater magnitude than
has visited this section since 1862. The
most damage was dono at Bellows Falls,
Vt. Here the Connecticut river is very
narrow. An old railroad bridge was
swep. away this afternoon and there
has been great danger OF tho Boston and
Maine railroad tunnel being flooded
and rendered impossible. The mills
arc all closed. At Bra;tleboro. VT, the
river ia higher than it has been since
1852, a. Turner's Falls tho water has
overtlowcd tho banks OF the river to
such M extent that many OF the mills
have been compelled 20 shut down. Tho
Consolidated railroad tracks are flooded
At Windsor. VI, the water ha. risen
thirty feet and business is almost en-.
tircly suspended.
At North Hampton, Mass.. the river
is thrce.quarters OF a mile wide, and the
water is higher than it has been in
thirty years. Over nine feet OF water
is going over the dam At Holyoke. and
many mills have been compelled to shut
down because OF the floods.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

The story that Prince Bismarck is Ill
ia absolutely without foundation.
All tho idlc rclincriog OF tho sugar
trust will be atarlod up this morning.
Tho President will review tho En-.
ancipation day parade in Washington
to-day.
4 fierce hurricane ha4 dono grent
damage to shipping oil tho coast OF
Nova Scotia.
A spccial from Upper Sandusky, o..
says TINT lion. David lIarpster, tho
we'll known wool King is seriously Ill
aud Ia not oxpcctod 10 recover.
It " snid TIM. tho Standard Oil Com.
pany will make no rnturn OF liability for
income tax, and tho government will
then DO required TO proceed agains. tho
company.
c. ". Bicrnc, OF Lowiabnrr, ". Va,
with ". l.. Burke, Of Hinton, aud L. s.
Brown, Of Ravonawo0l, hav1 boon ap'
pointed Cadets nt tho Naval Academy,
at Annapolis.
Suvnrc earthquake shocks have bepn
exnorlnnCOd At 'lrovlso, Forrsrandino
and Padua, Italy. AZ Vonico four
shocka wore iolt, causing tho inhnblt.
ants to become panic stricken. No
damage was done.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-04-16
BRADFORD PEOPLE WILD.

Greatest Exoitc mcnt Since tho Cherry
Grove Boom WILD Speculation.
BRADFoHD, Pa, April l5.-Not since
tho memorable Cherry Grove boom has
Bradford been the sccne Of such cxcito-
ment. Although 10 exchange is in cx-
istcnce in this city, those inclined 10
speculate have crowded tho brokerage
office Of W. Q. Higgins aud had their
orders executed on tho floor OF the Oil
City exchange. The greatest excite.
mcnt prevailed and the wires were KEEP,
hot with orders. "Buy MO fvew was
tho cry when tho market opened ana
this continued throughout tho day.
Field operations arc briSl; and tho oil
we'll supply firms cannot fill their or.
ders. Ono firm is running twenty-five
strings OF tools at Ormsby Junction in
tho new pool recently oponeu by G. 2.
Collins and others. Five barrel terri.
tory is bringing fabulous prices; the old
timrr' ure lumbfoundcd aud ut loss to
account for so sudden 0n advance.
Prominent producers are inclined to
believe tho advance is but temporary,
aud altor tho Standard Oil Company
has accomplished Its object tho market
will decline considerably from those
figures. In tho meantime, territory
which was considered Improbable
yours ago Is now being drilled and lines
aro being crowded by operators in their
oagorness to got nil tho oil to tho sur.
face while tho high prices arc in vogue.
The hills aro dotted with new dcrricks,
and tho territory. which has bcon con.
Slderod dry, Is being drilled in tho hope
OF finding lower sand.