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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

4 CoIored Man Win wood Lighter
He.cuea the would he Suicide.


NORFOLK. VA. Jan. 2s.-Spcclal.--
The Court oil Law and CEancery today
was engaged in tle second trlal or inc
$4,000 damage suit of j. Knight Thomas
vs. the Virginia Peanut Association, IN
consequence OF DIS dismissal without
cause The plaintiff alleges that ms
character was damaged 20 That extent.
A lady patient or the Retreat Tor
the Sick slipped away to-day 10 me i4ot
of Reilly street and jumped mo Ma-
homes lake. with intent 90 commit SUI
eide She was rescued by colored man
on "A wood lighter
Alexander Skeetef. one OF the pest
known farmers OF Norfolk county, oled
At bis home. al Hodges Ferry. this morn
ing. lie owned and lived on DOR for many many
years. the present site OF Fort NOT or
folk selling in 1880. to a syndicate Tor
SSlif0 THE funeral viii be held from
he Court Street Baptist church at 2 T.
NJ. tomorrow. H. ,,..,.,,.,.
court TODAY of felony and sentenced
10 three years Imprisonment
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srAT,-Died. January %. 1896 af 4.50
= NJ. at his residence. 1872 west Mar
shall street. Sergeant Il. n. SEAL aged
seventy years.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
WEEDEN Died. at his residence. so
31G west Leigh street. Monday mofnllf
af 1870 o'clock. January 20, 1896. ED
WARD WEEDEN. beloved husband OF
Mrs Agnes Weeden
Funeral will take place THIS lMednes-
day. AFTERNOON az 2.tO =. Ut. from
the First Bapts, church. Friends anf
ac0uaintances are invited 10 attend
WEEDEN Died. January 26ih. ar il.1o
r NJ. EDWARD WEEDEN. member ~
American Lodge, No. 1TSg @. L. %. .. J..
Funeral from First Baptist church az
O'Clock =. NJ
Sister lodges are invited TO attend
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nrNroN's ROM LlISG ~ sTATE
Emperor sends a sympathetic Message
to the Family Funeral Arrangement

BERLIN. Jan. eS.-The BODY Of Hon.
Theodore Runyon. late United States
ambassador to Germany. Is lying m
state i'm a room i'm the Runyon residence
The Emperor this morning sent Colonel
Won Moltke. one of his aides. 20 Mr..
Runvon's late residence, as the bearer Of
a message OF sympathy and coincidence
10 Mrs. Runyon and her family. and
the Foreign Office sent a letter express
Ing sorrow 1T Nr. Runyon's death, and
praising his capacity as a diplomat. Ills
tenure of office, the letter said. had great
~ assisted i'm the present excellent reia-
tions existing between the United states
and Germany.
NJ. Herbette. the French ambassador
TO Germany has issued Invitations 10 the
members Of the diplomatic corps 10 attend
the funeral services over the body Of Am
bassador Runyon. 20 be held i'm st.
Georges church, January 18th. AT noon.
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Judge Mann Engaged.

The Board OF Supervisors OF Lunenburg
county have engaged Judge William IA
Mann, OF Nottoway and Il. O.. Southall
Of Amelia, TO assist in the prosecution Of
Pokey Barncss Mary Alternately. and
Solomon Marable. The case OF Msrable
will come 40 before the County Court OF
Lunenburg on the second Monday in Feb
ruary
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FORT MONROE. Va, Jan 2s.-AH The
sailors and marines from the North At
lantic Squadron come ashore this after
noon for a two hours drill on returning
TO the ship a dozen members Of me band
from Tho flagship New York were on a
side landing waiting for a boat. when II
broke down and let them into the wafer
They were soon rescued. but three OF the
musicians lost their Instruments.
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from the effects OF prolonged drinking
He was carefully and kindly attended
during his Illness By the citizens OF the
village. and VIII be buried by the county
II IS thought that the dec.4 sei has an
uncle IN Richmond and a sister I'm Tide
water Virginia He learned nis trade in
Philadelphia, and vas considered good
workman. lie came here from heysviils
Va. He died In utterly destitute circum-
stances, ara but for the Kindness OF the
villagers he would have suffered.
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Fatal Attempt at Suicide.

CHARLOTTE. y. c., Jan. &.-Colonel
John r.. Browne. ever since the war a
prominent attorney OF Charlotte and
at present solicitor or the Criminal Court
attempted suicide to-day by shoouhs
himself in the head.
lie placed his revolver at the spot where
he received euushot wound during the
var. his wound is fatal Ills mind has
been unsettled recently by III health ana
by the effects OF his war wound.
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DrGrn or I NOrEO NfN.
4 Very ola Citizen and - inc Mathema-
tician-Nud From ore washing.


MARION, VA. Jan. Special-Jonn
Miller. ESQ. died hero Yesterday morning
at lO O'Clock at thc home o. his son-in-
law. Mr. William Davis.
kIr Miller was BOB his eighty-uinih year
and in his death another of or oldest
citizens passes away. ln the lories
Squire Miller was I'll member OF SmNth
couuly's Magisteriai Court Which poSi-
ton he hled with marked ability re
was also "a comm. s'ouer OF revenue iot
fl4 county for number Of years. re
was three times married-hrst 10 Miss
Trigr. second 90 Miss Rogers, third 10
Miss CampDeil-anl leaves TWO childIen-
llrs Davis of ilf. place and Mrs. Tate,
living in Texas 81. Miller was very
fine mathematician, and Is salu 10 nave
been the only man in the United states
that solved d very difficult problem sent
60 the University of Virginia by ana emf
nent German scholar FOR solution.
The Pulaski Mineral Company are now
washing ore al Atkins Tank, ana the
river passing here from u j. q runhln
sluice of mud 10 sine great discomfort Of
many OF our citizens
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In the report in the morning papers o.
the proceedings before the House Com
mittee on Counties. Cities, ard towns
Monday. Key. DIT. :. c. hinen' IN MS
speech before the committee was mhn'
to speak Of his early college days III
Kentucky" This was an error. DIT.
Hiden never ATTENDED colief in hen-
lucky. but was located at Lexington, KY
as pastor OF the First Baptist church,
seine ten years ago. -..
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rpo rrrrnsnrEG ASSIGNMENTS
4 Brisk Tobacco Mnrsei-The Court-Day
Trains.


PETERSBURG VA. Jan. Especial
There were two assignments in Peters
burg tO-day-Jacob Ieyser dealer ln
clothing and general goods. and ". w.
Robinson. a grocery ana uquof dfaltl.
peysers liabilities are 500 and Robin
sons $3.50. Among sir Robinsons cred
it0rs VINO come under the head or iouftn-
class are the following no Richmond.
Straus. Gunst e. CO.. s-u"a, Davenport q
Morris. S595l. Myers d Co. S5-oin.
Ine Hustinss Court to-day heard tesu-
mony i'm the case of Lewis Oliver allas
Patterson (c0lOred, indicted Tor being an
accessory 10 the murder OF Coleman
TOram (also c0loredJ. The jury was ,aken
To the scene OF the murder ON CHI street
The case OF Lewis Oliver was given 10
the jury az u o'clock tonight, and AFTER
am hours deliberatOn the jury returned
into the courtroom with a verdict OF
guilty. fixing the prisoners punishment
al five years in The pcnitentiary. Some %
the jurors were al first for acQuitiaL
The sales OF loose tonacco to-day We're
the heaviest known here for some time.
and the prices HUre very satisfactory.
The highest price Obtained was 2l.O per
" some days aeoi MIR T.. $. Hartley
chairman OF the Committee on Inland
Trade and TRANSPORTATION of the Cham
Der OF Commerce. wrote 10 Major Il. VI.
Sullv. Superintendent Of the Petersburg
ana Weldon railroad. asking for train 10
Grccnsyille court. Major Sully says m
his communication that the matter Will
receive Major kcnlcy's attention as soon
as possible.
tlr Hartley has also received a letter
from Mr. Charles %. Harris, superintend-
emf and chief engineer OF The Atlaniic
and Danyille railroad TO whom he wrote
asking for train 90 Lawrenceville ON
Brunswick eouft-daF in which Doc asks
for further information.
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Free Scholarship.

FREDERI CKsBURG. VA, Jan. 2S-
The CITY Council of Fredericksburg, TO-
night >vted $4,000 in aid OF the Frede-
ricksburg Collegiate Institute The city
will have in return ten free scholarships
in the college.
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People ~fiii Fiockir ~ 10 See Him -Brie ?
Notes From the Courts.
Crowds of people still flock to the house.
Thirty-second and Marshall streets. and
he is every day receiving large numbers
OF letters from various parts OF the coun-
following letter, with a newspaper clip
ping enclosed. was yesterday received by
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

CINCINNATI. OHIO. Jan. 2S.-Modjos-
ka's company dsNanded and returned 10
New YORK last night Modleska piNsl-
clans decided that she must remain mere
four weeks longer at hast
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

DO NOT NEGLECT the symptoms OF i'm
pure blood Do not disregard Natures
cry for help. Take Hoods SaBaparil!a
and guard against serious illness and pro-
loarcd SUFFERING.
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We haze sold our old store and its
effects. 40 west Broad street. 10 james
III. Clark. and In the future can only Dr.
found at our spacious warcr0oms. No. m
Broad street neither east nor west
CAUDLE g. ROANE.
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Death of n Matchmaker.

BUCKINGHAM COURTHOUSE, VA.
Jan. T.-Special.--A. Prince. watch and
jewelry repairer. who has been located
here for about q year. died this morning
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
WAS IT A BLIND
The campanla Was Grounded.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.-keeper War
dell. of the Long Branch q. J) life
saving station made his official report
to-day 10 Superintendent Kimbail, which
seems TO establish the fact that the cam
pania grounded. as well as the St. Paul.
but that the Campania did not go so
hard aground. aud that she backed on
AN right. while the life-savers were
preparing to fire limo 10 her.
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OBITUARY.
Nrs. simon GreensfeIder.

Yesterdays Baltimore American says
"A sad affection yesterday hcfoll Nr.
Joseph 5. Greensfelder of the Prince
Bonnie Company. in Che sudden death NJ
his mother. Mrs simon Greensfelder. who
lived at the northeast corner of Gay ami
High streets. Mr. Greensfeldor who iH
one OF the principal singers in The Priu-
ton i'm 81 Louis Saturday night Tor the
purpose of paying a visit TO his mother.
lie arrived in this city yesterday morn
ing and found her apparently Well and
I'm Inc best OF spirits. About - O'Clock in
the afternoon she was stricken with
paralysis. and in less than am ho4r Was
dead. The deceased was Il widow Of tie
late Simon Greensfeldcr, a picture frame
manufacturer. who died several years
ago. She was siXty-thrco years old. was
born I'm Germany and came 90 this couu-
try when child. a number of children
survive her.
Rfrhr1oUl
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Have yon seen the mark down
Overcoats and Suits we re selling?
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AllAVAi'As
Col. 4. l.. Harris.

ATLANTA, GA, Jan -N.-Col0ncl A.
L. Harris. well-known factor in recon
sfrtictioa politics la Georgia. died This
morning Of paralysis. iie was Speaker
of the Republican House of Representa-
lives of Georgia. and WAS "a prominent
Republican politician in the stormy recon-
struction scenes following the war.
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WALES. MASS. Jan. 2S.-Eliiah Shaw.
aged seventy-six. died at his home here
this morning. He was the founder az
Shaw University. Raleigh. y O.. and
was Ahe largest property owner IN
Wales.
The funeral viii occur Friday after
noon
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JOHN TYLER's FUNERAL.

The pall-bearers at the funeral OF John
Tyler tomorrow Will be as follows:
f4onorary--United States Treasurer Nor
gsn, DR.. o. W. cropiey, Judge Cox. DR..
kamua VaEGsfman. Washington Ban,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The dipl3-
matte and consular appropriation bill
went through the House to-day without
discussion. and practically without
amendment.
MIR. HIT. chairman OF the Committee
or Foreign Affairs, explained the Dill
and MIR. McCrcary stated that. in his
opinion they were all essential 10 the
welfare Of the service. The bill had tne
unanimous support Of the committee.
BIDS We're passed authorizing the
Secretary OF state 10 Teconvene the In
ternational Marine Conference. authOfiZ-
ing the members Of the army who are
sons Of veterans TO wear their badges
on public occasions.
Upon hearing the formal announcement
OF the death OF the late Frederick fle-
mann. reprcsentative-elect OF the ttgh-
teenth Illinois district. the House pass
ed the usual resolution OF regret. and. at
2:55 O'Clock. adjourned until tomorrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

General Walker, who Is member Of
Elections Committee. No. 3. OF the House
stated 20 a representative OF The Times
that In voting upon election cases he
proposes 10 vote for contestant or con-
testee. according 10 his convictions
OF what the majority Of the people in the
different districts wanted. and without
regard for The tecbDicallties Of Law.
This IL a very fair proposition. and very
credltable TO the General. 1t remains to
be seen. however. whether Republican
or Democratic testimony will have the
greater effect upon General Walkers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Full dress Furnishings, Shirts,
Collars. Ties, Gloves. Shields.
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that DR.. A. ]. Skene of Brooklyn, the
eminent gynaecologist, PROPOSES to fol-
low the example of DIR. Hammond, DIR.
Weir Mitchell and other eminent ply
sicians who have before now turned
the knowledge of human nature gained
in their practice to good account in
the production of fiction, will be read
with interest in all parts of the United
States. Though DIR. Skene's name is
not often seen in the public prints, his
practice Is very extensive among the
very rich and his friends are legion.
He Is a bonny Scot. tall, with broad
shoulders and iron gray hair and
beard, with a fatherly manner and a
hearty method of speech. He has not
spoken in detail to any of his friends
concerning the nature of his proposed
move, but IL Is understood that IL will
have to do with certain psychological
problems. DIR. Skene will not relin-
quish his medical practice. He is one
Of those who regard literature as a
very desirable walking stick. but likely
to be an exceedingly unsatisfactory
crutch.
DECLARED WASHINGTON A MYTH
They had an interesting debate at
Smiths college not long ago. In which
some OF the prettiest and most OF the
wittiest of the young lady students
took part The question discussed was
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curios just before he sailed. and it is
understood that he has not yet stopped
inventing new terms wherewith to ex
press his disgust at the prices for
which he was forced to part with his
treasures. Chase's studio was in the
Tenth street studio building, the first
structure ever put up in New York for
the occupancy of artists. This building
was therefore the headquarters of the
pioneers in painting here-the an
chorage OF the ancient patriarchs in
art" as Horatio Walker, the animal
painter. puts IL. and il is still occupied
TO the last room by such painters as
F. z. Church. w. II. Beard, j. G.
Brown, the creator OF the famous
newsboy and bootblack canvas Ed
ward Perry. the secretary of the Acad-
envy, and G. w. Wood. the president of
that organization. The stranger who
enters the building for the first time
is sure TO be bewildered by the gloom.
the straitness and the labyrinthine ma
ture OF its corridors, but TO the artists
IL is an ideal place. since while the
corridors are filled with darkness that
may almost be felt. the studios them
selves are lighted most admirably and
50 cunningly disposed that each has
northern exposure.
A DOCTOR TO TURN NOVELIST
The announcement here first made
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high-grade statuary. and as soon as
the sculptors begin to receive payment
for the numerous works on which they
are now engaged they will have plenty
of money and IL will be good business
TO spend II freely in the holding of
great exhibition. And the sculptors of
America are exceedingly good business
men. considered as a class in spite OF
the prevalent notion that artistic and
business ability seldom go hand in
hand.
BUSINESSLIKE PAINTERS.
II does not follow because the sculp-
tors are doing better just now than the
painters that the latter as a class are
worse business men than the makers
OF statues. Many Of them are very
close observers Of the likes and dis
likes OF the buying classes and not a
few know how TO advertise themselves
in the most skillful manner. Nor does
IL follow that the painter who can do
this Is necessarily a maker OF bad pic
lures. William A. Chase who is now
abroad to remain for two or three
years. is an artist Of decided ability.
but his success Is quite as much due
TO the fact that he is an expert in the
useful art Of self-exploration, as to the
artistic qualities OF his work. Yet in
spite OF his business shrewdness he
was badly done" by the dealers when
hA a.nld his collection Of nictnn~s and
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this: From the best authenticated
evidence was George Washington
real man or merely a myth" The ar
guments were protracted and ingeni-
Gus and the fair participants INDUCED
In many flights of eloquence. II
seemed at the beginning to be a fore
gone conclusion that those who held
Washington to be real would fully es-
tablish their position, but the decis-
ion was finally given in favor of the
myth hypothesis. The reasoning that
brought about the decision may be
briefly summarized about as fol-
lows:
I'VE are told that George Washing
ton could not tell a lie and this state
ment we accept without protest. Now.
from our extensive knowledge of the
sterner sex, we know that no man ever
existed who could not occasionally de-
part from the verities. Therefore.
George Washington could not have
been a man, and his existence so far
as anything that has been proved here
is concerned. must be regarded as
pure myth"
Some OF the seniors said the decis-
ion was absurdly ridiculous. but IL
stood. owen Langdon.
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GOSSIP OF GOTHAM
American Painters Sending Pictures
Abroad and Selling Them.
GREATBOOMFORs CULPTORs
Their Plan for the Biggest Statuary
Show on Earth-New Cand dates
forLiterary Honors-The WASH
ington Myth hypothesis.

Copyright 1896 by Bachelor, Johnson &
Bacheller)
In few days from this date the two
latest art exhibitions of the year, that
of the Academy and that of the So
ciety of Fine Arts. will have run their
course for this season. Neither of them
have contained much work of special
value. The Heliotropists, as the paint
ers who work along the most pro-
nounced impressionistic lines are
termed, have had full sway at the Fine
Arts, as usual, and purple of various
shades has rioted on the walls of the
handsome galleries all through the ex-
hibition. At the Academy the art has
been OF a more conservative turn of
course, most of the pictures being what
the Heliotropists term Commercial
canvases," which is to say that pic
lures which tell a story. pictures not
painted for arts sake only, have
predominated. Both these exhibitions
have been well attended and, accord
ing to the artists themselves, the COM
ments of the public have this year been
far more discriminating than ever be-
fore, and yet the sales have been
meager and the number of orders In
the hands of the painters is distress
ingly small. This is not because
Americans are buying no pictures
this year-it is because American buy
ers are yet SO colonial in their tastes
that they prefer almost invariably to
buy abroad, even IL the work OF the
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day. "the statuary business is boom
ing as IL never doomed before" Not
withstanding this. the Society Of
American Sculptors is not going TO
hold an exhibition this year. Last
years show was a great success from
an artistic standpoint. but 1t bank
rupted everyone who had anything TO
do with it, Not only is the treasury
empty, but many bills are as yet un-
paid, and the society will not recover
from the depressing influence OF the
beautiful show of 1895 a day before
the end OF the present year. But Il
does not follow that there are to be no
more sculptor exhibitions i'm New York.
Far from it, The sculptors hope to give
a show next year that viii completely
outclass the one last year and are al
ready doing the preliminary work I'm
the most careful and far-sighted man
ner. +. w. Ruckstuhl. the society's
secretary. is one OF the most promi-
nent in this movement and he says
that the plan includes the hiring of
Madison Square Garden for the dis
play.
THE BIGGEST STATUE SHOW ON
EARTH
THE expense will be considerable"
said Mr. Ruckstuhl. in talking OF the
exhibition yesterday. 1T cannot be
less than S25, 900. OF which $4,000 will
be for rent. which must be paid in
cash before the exhibition begins. But
the show will be worth all II viii cost
in more ways than one and the sculp-
tors and their friends viii be quite
ready 10 furnish the cash by that time.
We shall nj up the garden in the most
gorgeous style; there will be trees and
fountains and shrubbery and flowers
in great profusion which will set of
the marbles and bron3es 90 the very
best advantage. II is hardly likely
that we shall be able 10 make a more
artistic show than we did last year,
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home artist be quite up TO or even
above the average foreign standard.
That this is a true statement is amply
evidenced by the fact that American
artists who are doing their work
abroad are constantly making sales
here and at good prices. In this re-
spect and in one or two others, the art
market is like the literary market. as
n few of the painters who are clever
in more ways than with the brush are
demonstrating. These shrewd chaps
are among those who have suffered
most from the indifference of the
American plutocrat to the claims OF
American art. They are men who
proudly cling to the art for arts
sake" line of work and are ever in
Weighing against the literary painter"
who puts a story into his picture.
When Stephen Crane. the young au-
thor of The Red Badge of Courage"
made a hit on the other side with his
book. these artists noted that a fierce
demand for his work sprang up I'm this
country. though before that he had
been able to find few and grudging
markets. So these artists FASTENED to
box up and send abroad a few OF their
choicest products, trusting in their
merit to find buyers there and the re-
fiex influence Of foreign success for the
creation OF a market here. only the
artists themselves know how much
they hope for from this move, but IL
is certainly a good deal. and IL is pos
sibe that a few OF them may realize
their expectations, for two or three
sales are already reported at fairly
good figures of pictures that were
vainly and repeatedly offered in New
York
SCULPTURE is LOOKING UP.
Curiously enough while the painters
are fairly gasping for the vivifying in
fiuence Of plentiful sales, all the good
sculptors and some of the bad ones are
busy as bees with orders for statuary
AS one of them jocularly put IL yester-
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but the size Of the gardens floor. the
vastness of the great roof and the i'm
per1al sweep of boxes that rise, tier
above tier. will add elements of effect
iveness to the display that have never
before been accessory TO any art exhi-
bition in any city.
1t may be asked how the sculptors