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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22

Interesting Facts About Richmond's Citi-
zens aud other Matters.

Mr.. II. T.. Smith, Of Norfolk, Va, is In
the city visiting his son. Mr. Horace L.
smith. the Well-knOwn entertainment
manager. Mr.. Smith will probably locate
permanently IN Richmond.
Rev. Mrs l.. Or. Broughton and Leo
nard Broughton, Jr., of Roanoke, Va,
are visiting friends In this city, wnile
the Doctor is assisting Dg. Hatcher IN
a meeting at Grace-Street church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22

Unprecedented Cold spell in North Caro-
lima.

WELDON, n c., Feb. 2l.-COroner
Gary returned to-day from Palmyra,
where he went TO hold an inquest over
the body OF Mr.. J. n. Barrell. who was
most brutally murdered by Robert Whit
aker negro section-hand.
Mr. Harrell and Whitaker got into a
dispute about the issuing OF rations,
Mr. Harrell heng the section master. and
il is stated that Mr. Harrell used an oath
and turned to leave. Whitaker said Il
won't take that" and catching up long
stick used as n prop in pricing up rail
road irons struck Mr.. Harrell terrible
blow, crushing the skull and killing him
instantly.
Whitaker then escaped. Harrell was
said 10 be a good man and native OF
Virginia.
The murcury here went down TO this
morning The canals and ponds are fro
zen over. and II is expected that lovers OF
the exhillarating sport of skating Will
be out in fun force tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22
Winston VIII be There.

WINSTON. n. c., Feb. II -speciai.3
WINSTON promises 10 be well represented
at the meeting OF the Southern Tobacco
Manufacturers Association In Green's
boro Tomorrow Several tobacconists
went down io-ntGhs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22
Brralng Of a Ceme.arv Lodge.

WILMINGTON. N. c.. Feb. 21.-spe-
olal Tho lodge In Oakdale Cemetery.
this city. was destroyed by IRE early this
morning The fire was caused by q de-
feetive hue. The building was valued at
81, 900: no insurance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22

Rev Or. " LWright, pastor Of
Leigh-Street Baptist Church, is now
engaged n a meeting at Wake Forest
College. y. C., with the pastor Rev. Dr.
Gwathmey. REV. DR.. Charles l.. Taylor,
of Woman's Female College, viii supply
his pulpit Sunday morning and night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22

PETERSBURG. VA, Feb. H.-Mr.
Frank NJ Clements. proprietor Of The
Cape" has purchased Mr.. Edward Bar
ney's steam yacht Scotch Cap" Mr..
Barney is owner OF Hog Island on James
river.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22

A. W. Glinn Council. No. I, Junior o.
L. A. NJ. win assemble at Eilett's Hall,
Fifth and Marshall streets. Sunday morn
ing al 10: 80 o'clock TO attend services at
Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22
Waller ftcieas a.

WASHINGTON. Feb. G.-Secretary
oiney received a cablegram this morn
ing Prom Ambassador Eustis saying
that John l.. Waller had been released
from prison.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
WITH THE TRADES UNIONS
Preparing for the Big Labor Con.
vention to Be Held Next
Week.
The Musicians Union Wins a Victory.
Recognizing the Ironmolders
of the Coast.

Nelrly every labor union in the City
viii be represented at the Labor Union
Convention which will be held on the
evening of the 14th inst. at 1l59 Mission
street The convention will be held under
the auspices OF the Trades Council, and
the object is for the discussion OF the con-
dition of the laboring classes. In reality
it means revival of trades unions and a
concentration OF forces in one central body.
segeral years ago the Trades Council
had on its roll representatives OF over
sixty unions. but the hard times came
along and the representation dwindled
down to fifteen or twenty. The Trades
Council recently saw the light OF better
times approaching and decided to agar,
a ouse enthusiasm among the unions, and
To this end called the convention.
Last. evening at the meeting OF the
Cigar ma kers' Union n. Blum, L. f. Burns,
r.. Snyder and C. c.. Copeland were ap-
pointed as delegates 10 the labor conyen-
non. Preparations werr for the
election OF the officers of the Cigar-makers'
International Union which Will b held on
the oth inst. There are to BE- elected
President, seven vice presidents and
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
Not a Precedent to Be Followed.

The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta journal tells story of we'll
known naval dignitary who has beauti-
full daughter. A certain young ensign
with no resources but his slender salary
fell in love with her and asked the old
gentleman for her hand. The father at
once taxed him with the fact that he had
only his salary-hardly enough to keep
him in white gloves and to burnish his
brass buttons. "Well, Mr.. Admiral, what
you say is true, but when you were mar
ried you were only midshipman with
even smaller salary than mine. How
did you get along?" asked The ensign, who
believed he had made the most diplomatic
of defenses. But not so. The crafty old
sea dog thundered forth: II lived on my
father-in-law for the first ten years, but
I'll be - if you are going to do it!''
Next to the diamond, the hardest pre-
cious stone is the ruby.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
BIG YEAR FOR BEETS.
Richard Gird Says the Product
of Chino Will Be 100000
Tons.
Over oooo Acres Are Down in Beets
There-The Tariff Bill and the
Industry.

Richard Gird, long known as the owner
of the famous Chino lanch, a principality
in itself, consisting of some $4,000 acres,
is at the Occidental.
Mr.. Gird is also extensively interested
in the great sugar factory at the town of
Chino. The factory has a capacity for
over 800 tons of beets day.
"The indications are that this will be a
very prosperous year at Chino" said Mr.
Gird, "and that there will be a heavy crop
of sugar beets.. There will be about 1000
acres produced on the ranch this year, and
the company expects there will probably
be about 1000 acres more on land around
there. This means from the vicinity oi
Anaheim principally.
1.-The capacity of our works is 800 tons a
day, but we expect to enlarge it and make
it 1000 tons. We have procured Stetten
plant, at total cost of something near
100000. This plant is for the purpose of
getting the last sugar out of the molasses.
We also have an ice plant equal to sixty
tons of ice day to cool the juices.
II estimate that the total beet product
of Chino and vicinity ought to make this
year from 1O5, 900 to 100000 tons-say 10O,-
600 anyway. Last year we worked so, 900
tons.
AS IOF OUT IOTCeS, we employ Wnen work
ing at the full capacity about 300 men in
and around the factory. The farmers en-
ploy many hundreds. l have little doubt
that this will be good year.
"The weather has been very suitable
there for the development of the beets. 1t
takes dry climate properly for beets.
There is more sugar in them than when it
is wet.'
Mr.. Gird says the emergency tariff bill
proposed by Congress is not good for
people engaged in the beet industry. AS
the bill exists it places substantially all
the tariff on lumber and mill, so that
there is little or no protection to the suggr-
growers.
AS this is an industry of signal impor-
tance to California, it would have been for.
turiate for the State if.the growing of beets
had been encouraged.
81 believe" said Mr.. Gird, 'sthat Cali
fornia is the place above ali others in the
United States in which to grow beets.
They reach their highest perfection here.
The climate is admirably suited, and the
product is much heavier here than any,
where else. With proper encouragement
the industry would become of enormous
i'm portance."
Mr.. G1rd will be here for several days at
least. He says the whole of Southern Cali
fornia is enjoying increased prosperity.
He thinks this will be a good year there in
financial way, and over California in
general.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

Bay District have been heard to remark
that they never encountered such hard
booking since they stood on the block.
The talent could rightly claim that they
have never struck such hard picking as the
winners of late have been, and yesterday
was no exception. Honest-going Braw
Scot captured the opening event, starting
a pronounced favorite, and imp. Fullerton
Lass, the lukewarm choice for the fifth
event, finished in front of her field, and
that was the extent of the moneyed
choices successes.
The Westchester stable executed very
clever coup in the fourth race, short six
furlong dash. The stable had entered its
good three-year-old Crafty, with sS
pounds up. but for some reason the ring
and general betting public seemed to
think that little Reidy could not pilot him
successfully, and from his odds wan
dered back in the betting to IL to l. Then
there was rambling sort of a play on
him, the coin going IN to the books in $40
and $40 bets, until the bookmen thought
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
treasurer. The balloting will be done by
the Australian system.

treasurer. The balloting will be done by
the Australian system.
Ihe Painters and Decorators Union
Will send to the labor convention r. T.
Mclver, j. w. Rose, All. Fallen, A. L. Cof-
nm, r; NJ: Brown, Fred Brusse, c. l.. Ames
ana y. McAvoy. The painters recently,
In an open letter to the master painters,
set forth that they had determined to bet
Ter thelr condition and were prepared to
pegln war upon all the bosses who stand
Id the way of their doing so. They want
wages enough for a living and demand
eight hours as days work.
In the letter was an invitation to the
posses to meet in conference upon the mat
ters under consideration. The master
painters at last decided to give the Jour-
neymen painters a hearing and the meet
ing Will be held on Wednesday next. The
union appointed as a committee TO meet
the bosses Messrs: McIver, Coffin, Brown,
Merrill and Hoffman.
Since the arrival of ]. F. Valentine first
vlce-president of the Iron -molders' Inter
national Union of North America, he has
been very busy all along the coast reor-
ganizing the union. The late Interna-
tlonal Convention decided to make a
sick benefit for its members of S.
per week. 1t also made the dues 25 cents
per week in order that the union may be
able to meet the insurance benefit. Val
entine has been hard at work auditing
and arranging the books of the unions in
Los Angeles, Stockton, Sacramento, Port.
land, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver and
Victoria. Now he is in this City fixing UP
the books of the local union 164.
The Musicians Union, aided by the
Trades Council, have won victory in the
fight with the proprietor of the Peoples
Palace on Eddy and Mason streets. Fol-
the past month there had been a boycott
on the place because thelproprietor had a
non-unIon band in the theater. Numer
GUS attempts were made to induce him tc
hire union musicians, but to no purpose
until Monday night, when he was met by
| a committee from the Trades Council
The difficulty was settled by the non.
| union band being dismissed and a union
| band hired in its stead.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
RACING AT TNGLESIDE.
The New Course Will Reopen Tomorrow
With Ladies' Day the Attraction.


With Ladies' Day the Attraction.
The racing will conclude to-day at the
Bay District and tomorrow Ingleside
track will reopen its gates for public pa
tronage. The management of the Pacific
Coast Jockey Club has assuran ces from the
headquarters of the Market-street Rail-
way system that they now have everything
in readiness to transport passengers on the
cars from the ferries through to Ingleside
track without transfer. Additional cars
will he run on the opening day for the
accommodation of ladies', the occasion also
being Ladies day"
The programme of running events is
sued for the first weeks racing at the new
course appears to have impressed horse
owners very favorably, giving as it does
the selling plates. as we'll as the members
OF the stake division an. opportunity of
winning some of the fat purses hung up.
During the past two weeks racing at the
Bay District the inclemency of the weather
and the muddy condition of the track has
caused many owners of the better class of
horses to give their charges a rest. The
Ingleside course is dry and dusty at
present, and if the fine weather continue
race-goers will have an opportunity of
seeing some of the top-notchers meet in
record-smashing contests.
Entries for the first days running events
will close at Ingleside and also at the Bay
District track to-day at O'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
PRESERVE CLUB BATTLE,
Sportsmen of So1ano and Alameda
Counties u DIN the Protective
Association.

The Sportsman's Protective Association
met last evening at the knights of the
Red Branch Hall, and the secretary
read a report from prominent sports
man of Benicia, which stated that a
club of 100 memb bers had been organized in
Solano County, the object of which was to
combat the further introduction of what
are commonly called duck-shooting pre-
serve clubs in. that county, and to join
with the Sportsman's Association of this
City to further the interests of the sports
men at large.
A club of thirty members, which was re-
Gently organized in Alameda County, with
headquarters in Oakland, also asked for
membership in the association, and was
elected by unanimous vote.
President Ahern said that he was greatly
pleased 10 see the association growing SO
rapidly, and that numerically speaking it
had gained 500 new members since the
commencement of the new year, which
signifies that the sportsmen begin to real
ize that in unity there is strength.
II desire that the sportsmen at large
will understand" said the president, "that
this association has been organized pur-
posely to oppose the aims of clubs the
objects OF which are to deprive sportsmen
OF just right to Shoot upon swamp lands,
which are of no value other than the sport
niiiOh Call tllJOJ ny SnCOClDg e
wild game.
This association is strongly in favor of
protecting the interests of the farmer, and
any representative of this club who enters
upon the lands of farmer and destroys
any property will be expelled from this
association when proof is shown of his
guilt"
A. Marston, Andrew Olsen, j. Jones and
81 E. Niedt of Berkeley. have been en-
joined from trespassing upon the swamp
and overflowed lands of Mrs. Tewksberry
of San Pablo. Those sportsmen have en-
ployed Attorney w. S. Smith of Oakland
to defend them in the Superior Court of
Solano County.
They will also be defended by the attor-
neys of the association. President Ahern,
Hisgen, Battu Sweeney and Snyder were
appointed committee to look up suitable
grounds for picnic and blue-rock shoot,
which will be held under the auspices of
the association in the early part of the
summer. Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael,
was suggested as being the most available
place for an outing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

1t about time to rub, and he went to the
post at skies. Yankee Doodle was hot
to D favorlte, with George Miller second in
demand. The Yankee horse cut out hot
clip to the stretch, closely attended by
George Miller. He then began to show
signs of tiring and furlong from the wire
George Miller b assumed the lead. Lit
tie Reidy on Crafty, who had been run
nlng q good third, now challenged the
Kansas City "Hindoo," and in q drive
beat him out neck. The fayorite fin
ished an indifferent third.
Barney Schrieber's Braw Scot carried
the bulk of the coin in the opening event.
a six-furlong selling affair, and taking the
lead turning into the stretch, won with
little to spare by two lengths. Pecksniff
got the place in hard drive from Miss
Ross.
Nine "babies'' went to the post in the
three and half furlong spin. John Rob-
bins pair, the consistent Mary K and
Lindendale, opened to 5 choices but such
a plunge was made on the Nettle Beatrice
colt that they went back in the betting to
threes. The latter-named entry was backed
down from 6 to to Ia to 5. There was
also stiff play on Gorgon.. Lady Laurel
wood was in front until well on toward the
tape, when Mary K passed her and won by
three parts of a length. Early Notice, his
first time with the silk up, was creditable
third.
The erratic Mt. McGregor II opened
favorte for the following event at five and
hall furlongs, but gave way to Coleman,
who closed a 8 to choice. The latter
horse headed the bunch up to within
sixteenth from home, where Mt. McGregor
caught him and in hard drive won by
head. Belle of Stonewall was close up
third.
The fifth was very good betting event.
Imp. Fullerton Lass and Seaside were
both held at IL to s.. with Hacienda and
McFarlane equally as wefl played at
longer odds. Securing running start
McFarlane's colors showed prominently in
front until a sixteenth from the finishing
post, where Cochran apparently became
ratified as Fullerton Lass closed on him,
and in bungling finish was beaten out
scant two lengths by the favorite.
Thirteen started in the last race of the
day, five and half furlong scramble.
Getting wary of good things being cut
loose, quite number of the bookmakers
laid only show odds. At post time,
Claude Hill at II to was the most fancied,
with Marionette and Governor Budd the
next in demand. Edgemont, who had as
good as 30 to 1 chalked against his name,
outfooted the field in the stretch and won
by three leneths. Marionette was second,
head before the favorite.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
NEW TO-DAY.

We holding regular BARGAIN CARNIVAL
all over the paceupstars and downstairs every depart
ment is taking part and in for its quota of the
rush At times it's hard to get waited on It's true but
just little patience at such times and you'll be amply
rewarded for it.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD

(Via Sausa1itO Ferry.
From San Francisco, beginning October 81, 1895.
WEEKDAYS.
For Mill VALLEY and San Rafael-7;30, 9:l5, II. 900
A. NJ; j AS, 3:45, 5:l5, $3.50 p. NJ.
San Quentin 80, :15 A. NJ: :4b, 5:l5 p. II.
ExLrA trips for San Rafael Mondays, Wednes-
days and Sat urdays at 80 p. NJ.
SUNDAYS.
For Mill Valley, San Rafael and San Quentin
500. 10;00 IL 80 A. NJ; 80. 800, 4:30, %6:l5
Pm. *Does not run to San Quentin.
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:30 A. n. weekdays-Cazadero and way stations
j AS p. II. Saturdays-Tomales and way stations,
300 A. NJ Sundays-Point Reyes ana way stations
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
Pedigree.

Racine-Imp. Teardrop
Imp.San Simeon-Tennessee
Joe Hooker-Countess Zicka
Doubt Natchitoches
Imp. Cyrus-Bessie Hooker
Fellowcharm-Elsie S
Flam beau Evangeline
Imp. Great Tom-Drift
Joe Hooker PrincessNorf'lk
Imp. True Briton- BigBertha
Imp. Wagner-Fleta
SiDfax- Partisana
Imp. lnverness-La Trappe
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

Ladies' stays are made to the value of
$1,000, 00every year in Paris and SIC, 600, 600
in France altogether.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-20

prcximately SsOO. OQO. 900. which might seem
10 wipe out this cash balance In our favor.
that debt Is paid In the fruits Of productive
feapacity In this country. whicn needs only
the quickening impulse OF an elastic cur
reney to be started upon period of un-
exampled development. We have the soil:
We have the natural wealth; we have the
workmen. All that We lack is the money
10 set the machinery CT new production In
TO motion. l think II not unsafe nor dar-
ing TO assume that the growth in our eX-
ports within year after the admission OF
American silver to free, protected COIN
age would wipe out our annual interest
debt and leave the cash trade balance still
SlOooco,cOo a year in our favor. II II did
not. we should be none the worse off.
II it did. see how we would gain!
u Il II
In the whole world today there IL only
about $3,oUO0,Oo0 i'm gold coin( some au-
thorities say $4,000, 900 and some $4,000
100000, but these estimates are believed
by other and equally trustworthy
authority to include much gold
not coined but made up into
jewelry. etcD of which almost ne-fourth
or. TO be more precise, from $500, OOO. 600
to s62a,OoO.W0-is already In the United.
states. Suppose Europe lost $l00,Ooo,OoO
OF ner gold every year. through the squar-
ing OF her trade accounts with the United
states. How many years would 1t take
for Europe to discover that 1t could no
longer rest content on a gold basis with
her limited gold stock being constantly
drained to America? How soon would II
be before Europe, in self defense, would
have to come back again to. bimetallism?
Does II not seem as II the United States
under the plan outlined above, would lit
orally hold the trump hand? And II in
addition, We should adopt Tom Reeds
suggestion of rotaliatory duties on gold
standard nations. would II not be, with
determined effort, a comparatively easy
thing to force an international bimetallic
agreement and to preserve that agree
ment when Cnce formed? Let II be borne
in mind that these suggestions are offered
in the belief that unless the American peo-
pie soon take steps to add to the volume
of sound money in circulation among
them consequences will happen more seri-
Gus TO the masses than can possibly be In
volved in the experimental adoption of the
remedy just proposed. With silver cue
off from the mints in any connection save
that Of representative or token coinage;
with a secretary OF the treasury daily
ccncelng greenbacks by the hundred thou-
sands and issuing nothing In their stead;
and with the very paltry sum of gold nee
essary for the preservation at par of the
gold token currency subject at any mo-
msnt to withdrawal from the treasury for
speculative export, ut having cost the gov
ernment $262, 600. 900 Of debt in q single year
to keep its gold reserve intact, not to
speak of the accruing intersU We take 1t
that something will soon have to be done
in the direction of relief. The question is,
WHAT"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-20
Not Plausible.

It Is asserted In the Philadelphia
Press and other journals not In the
habit of making groundless charges
that the House Committee on Terri
tories, of which Representative j. A.
Scranton is chairman, has gone into the
business of making states out of rot
ten borOughs in obedience to commands
from the leaders of the anti mckinley
element at Washington. These leaders,
it Is said, wish to control the Republl-
can national committee which has the
making up of the roll to the st. Louis
convention and consequently the de-
termination, practically In advance, of
the contests before that conventions;
and in order to achieve this purpose,
find it necessary to get the votes of New
Mexico and Arizona territories in the
committee. Two members of the
House Committee on Territories, 1t is
added, have assured the Press Wash
ington correspondent that the vote in
the house committee early in the ses-
sion against the admission Of Arizona,
would not have been reversed, except
at the express request Of the anti-Mc-
Kinley leaders, who stated that it was
necessary to do so, in order to get the
votes in the national committee of the
members represe,,, those territories.
The Tribune, from state pride, sup
ports Senator Quay for president and
is to that extent against Mckinley; but
1t would regret to believe that the
exigencies of the opposition to the Ohio
candidate are such as to call for the
foregoing kind Of hog politics In the ef-
fort to encompass his defeat. We do
not believe that Senator Quay has been
a party to any such deal, or that he
would care to profit by that type of
manipulation. If the chairman of the
House Committee on Territories has
been influenced to ignore the interests
Of decent government, 1t is hardly like
ly that the consideration would be so
unimportant as a mere request on the
part Of men anxious to defeat Mckinley
at st. Louis. Nor would the anti-Mc-
kinley forces be likely to be 50 foolish
as to imagine that tactics of the kind
just indicated could suffice to stifle an
honest majority demand for the Canton
statesman's nomination. They are old
enough to know that dark lantern
methods of political activity at this
stage of public intelligence would be
apt to do more harm to their purposes
than good.
Upon the whole, therefore,, we dismiss
this conjecture as ill-founded.