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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-11-18
Dom. Tobacco spi. and Smoke Your Il

England had, In 1895, LII cooperative
societies, with 1,414,512 members.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
THE SIGNS ARE IMPROVING.

Wa called attention last week TO the
fact that there were the plainest possible
evidences that the frec-silver wave that
appeared to be sweeping over Virginia
was a manipulated affair. started III the
counties known TO be SILVER strengthens
In the expectation that sort OF bulge
would be obtained for silver that would
make 1t sweep everything before 1t IA inc
state. What occurred in different parts
of Virginia last Monday shows that we
were entirely right in our suggestion.
In Suffolk our telegram stated That al
though there were no resolutions adopted
vet a large majority Of the delegates
that were chosen are for the gold stand
ard and out and out against free silver
In Wythe county free-silvcr resolutions
were beaten. and a resolution which sub
stantially means the gold standard was
adopted. In northampton county whore
the meeting had been manipulated ioi
free silver. the person offering a nee
silver resolution was nevertheless COM
PEELED 10 Withdraw 1t or have ii voted
down. In Caroline county. although tht
free-silyer resolutions passed yet they
barely passed and were resisted stoutly
In blackstone the delegates 20 unn-
structed. but of four one is a radical gold
standard man.
1t is very possible that the free coiner'
may have a majority in the Stanton Con
vention. but it is perfectly plain tina
they are not going to have their owl
vav all over the state, as they though
they would. There are sOund-money mel
in every locality. ana they are making
their influence felt. The frec-silver cam
palgn has been Of the brass-band order
but thinking people hold on to their opin
ions all the same.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

Richmond: O.. ". Felthaus TO MICH
olas j. Forriier. certain personal prod
ert, i'm house. SO. J. west Jackson street,
5000. y
q. II. Goodman and wife to !" u.
Meeks q - feet on north side cary
street. between llarvle ana Plum SUD-
iect 10 decd OF trust for $l.0Ol E,yO.
Lucius Morris ard wife to William II.
White. ouo-haif interest in forty feet on
south side Lei-h street, southwest corr
ner Munlord. $50.
Richmond =. 8 l.. & n. CO. TO Mar
tha Forscy, 81 feet on west side Twenty
nn,h street between % ana +. SID.
Michael seay and wife 70 Mary y.
u9rksdalc's trustees - feet on east tiGt
Graham street. between broad and Mar
shall. $1,000.
W. B. Waldron and wife to Finance
Trading Company. lG HIP feet on Pari
avenue. southeast corner Sycamore street
500.
VIM. II. White and wife to Lucius Nor
ris CD feet ON sOuth side Leigh street
between smith and Henry, 500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
NOELH SITE CIPITAL.
The rund for Winchester Grayes-iroh-
ineni Mon of CarOlina.

RALEIGH, n. c., May Especial 80
,rhe Ladies' OF the Monumental Association
are working hard to raise the money
with which 10 place head-stones az the
graves Of the North Carolina so!d crs
Who are 1uried at Winchester va. Inc!
are meeting with great success.
Secretary Nichols, of the state falr'
has issued a circular stating Chat $oOJ IA
cash will be offered In special premiums
for stock and agricultural products.
There are at least thirty dealers III
pianos In the state, and yet only four
have paid the $3.50 license tax.
A gentleman here had a letter from
New York short time ago asking for
"A list Of the men in North Carolina whose
names were the best known. Tho iol.
lowing were sent. Julian :. Carr Dur
nam: T.. j. Jarvis. Groenvllle. Nj. W.
hanson, Minister to Mexico. George A..
Winston Chapel I'LL; Washington Duke.
Durham. 4. Il. Andrews. Raleigh, John
G. Kileo. Durham. Charles u. Tavlor'
Wake Forest. Walter CLARK. Raleigh,
.. IL. DOckery Rockingham; Charles y.
Mclyor Greensboro.
The Diocesan Convention, which has
lust closed it's session in Charlotte. viii
meet i'm the Church Of the Good Shepherd,
Raleigh, next year, according 10 invita-
tion.
The portrait OF Senator Vance that
MIR. Randall has just finished. and whioh
is 10 be presented 10 the state Normal
school on the 18th, is a magnificent piece
of work. 1t is full-longth and represents
him standing on Il platform IN the act
oil speaking
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
STEWART AND A INV PATTY.

Senator Stewart, of Nevala. has tried
many things in turn, and now he is try
ing a new one. He proposes TO start a
new political party, independent Of all
the old parties, and he has introduced into
the Senate a bill which is TO be the plat
form OF his new party it proposes that
the rnints of the country shall be opened
TO the unrcs tricted coinage Of gold and
silver alike. demands protection In the
interest of the southern cotton mills
against Asiatc competition. and pro-
nounces for the referendum and initiative
systems.
This is a curious hodge-podge. We
should have thought Senator Stewart had
a certain element in the South bound TO
him by ties wrought in free silver. We
should not have expected TO find him
throwing out additional bats to southern
men. Free silver has caught for him
everybody he is going TO catch in the
South.
it is curious, this propensity OF men TO
seek to build up parties upon special In
terosts. There is no party that is ever
going to have a strong and lasting grip
upon power unless its aims take in the
interests of all men in the same way.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

An Accident Nearly Causes the Lives o'
Two Men.

LYNClBURG, Va, May H.-Spec'a''-
Mr.. John Z. Adkins. well-kno"h ana
popular young man Of this city. and Miss
Mabel Clair Morrison. the pretty elgh-
teon-year-old daughter Of Mr.. H. c. Nor
rison. prosperous farmer Of PlttsyiVana
county. were married at Pelham y. c.
at I o'clock Sunday morning.
The bride resided at Sandy River with
her parents Mr.. Adkins called Satur-
day and the couple left that afternoon
for Danvllle. leaving the young ladlss
parents under the impression tha1 S"'
was going to visit an aunt.
There was no opposition to the mar
rlaee the couple clipping Tor the rear
that possibly the parents might WISH u
delay the marriage.
Nellie II. Snead. the hiteeh-year -oi"
daughter OF Commissioner OF revenue
Snead. died at $3.50. this morning
In rear Of an old house on commerce
street to-day. s. 4. Wright and John
Lane carpenters. are engaged In putting
mp n small porch. when a rock weighing
several tons broke loose from the dun
and fell on the scanold.
Wright had his right leg badly crushed
between the knee and ankle MS leit leA
dislocated at the ankle, and was other
wise uninlured-Iane's left leg was
broken and his body badly bruised
Wrights condition Is very serious.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
MEMORY or oHAs. ". HARWoooD
A Memorial Arcanum Council to be org"r-
lied Here.

The many friends Of the late Charles
w. Harwood. and especially those OF the
ROYAL Arcanum fraternity, with which
order tho deceased was so prominently
identified. have been considering the ques-
ton Of building some memorial 10 MS
memory. The idea has now assumed TAN
gible form in the determination TO Or
ganize a memorial ArCanum Councli UNI
der the name of the Charles w ia1
wood Council" This is deemed a preliy
and fhislblc plan. as such Testimonial
would prove of benefit I'm promulsal'he
those lofty principles of fraternal esteem
and assistance that $50 delighted lhe near
and inspired the life of Mr.. HaiWoou H.,
IL has not been definitely determined
whether this council will be instituted I'D
Richmond or at Highland Park the nome
of MIR. Harwood. The latter place mas
a nice hail and the population or the sur
rounding country is deemed sufficient 70
obtain the requisite numlcr of perfons "a
form a PROSPEROUS council in this bcauti-
ful and rapidly developing section. fcr
sons interested I'm the matter VIII h'
called on and given full Information 10y
dropping o. postal card TO W. VI. blckeI
(who has been dcputIzed 10 institute me
councin. room 80. II. Chesapeake an,
Ohio general Offices. city, or by calliha
ON Mr.. +. l.. Anderson, at Highland
Park.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
,oron, greater nervous strain that this

scoucnt greater nervous strain tnat ''"s
would induce.
All Of this Is very fine In theory pu.
,yo anprohcnd that II two disciplined
,ceimonts or infantry should md each
other I'm fairly near proximity the one
10 the other. with tho magazine-rihe mr.
ing almost as fast az the piece can he
presented, the destruction OF HE wouid
be awful TO contemplate.
Bat tho case Is far worse in the navics'
with cannon exploding l,0O-pound sheils
in the Interior OF a ship. the wreck 'hat
would onsuo Is beyond description our
Government made test OF turret' rep
rcsenting those on great battleships' last
SATURDAY at Indian Head. An seO-pound
shot. going at The velocity OF 1900 feet
20 the second penetrated entirely through
the turrct OF - inches of iarveyized
steel. IL that should happen In actual
war. and the shell should burst after
entering the turret, every person IN II
would be killed and the whole armament
would be dismounted. War has always
been terrible. at best. But 1T never
existed with such favorable conditions
as the present for destruction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
THE MODERN FIRE-AKM.

There have been such immense IN
provements in firearms within the past
thirty years that the accepted opinion
is the loss Of life in future wars
will be something terrible 10 contemplate.
An infantry soldier with "a maeazine-rilie
will fire shots almost as rapidly as ne
can wink Ills eyes, ana each shot goes
with a force that is incredible. y tree
twelve inches in diameter or Il brick
wall twelve inches thick is no sort Of
protection TO the man behind either
The infantry1nan's bullet goes through
the tree or the brick wall as If they were
so much paper and kills the man be-
hind.
But experts are raising a question as
TO whether future wars will be more
destructive of human life than those Of
the past, Notwithstanding the much great
err destructive capacity OF weapons. Cap
tain r. y. Maude a British military en-
gineer has written an article in which
he declares that the records Of the last
three centuries prove that the loss Of
life In future wars will not be greater
than ID has been in tho past. The loss
rs In battle, he says. have depended
primarily upon the quality Of tho troops,
and have been small, Until-as at Water
loo. or In the closing engagements OF our
civil war-the men had become thorough
ly trained In war. The worlds armies,
says he, have to-day no war-seasoncd
veterans to spread destruction greater
than has hitherto been known. Cite
must remark as We 90 on that Captain
Maude is considerably tout In these
statements. The battle Of Eylan. fought
eight years before Waterloo, was bloodier
than that battle. and some Of our blood
lest engagements were in the oarl-ci
years OF the war. But TO go on with the
captain.) lie says Improvements IN
weapons have actually tended 70 diminish
the risk, an lighting must now be don,
at a greatly increased range, and On,
perfection OF the modern rifle makes me-
cessary great precision Of aim. wheroa,
the inaccuracy Of the old musket at ,
short distance, instead Of at 500 or LOO
wards. was corrected by the nenrnoss o
tho object shot at. Mathematical cal
culation. he says. shows that one thou
safd times az many wounds would b.
necessary now 10 produce the eject o
the leaden storm that devastated the Oh
British line In Pcnlnsular days. Will
the present guns fire IN the averas
only nyo times. as fast the weapons o
chat day firod. SIN another factor
says he. that would tend to reduce blood
shed In q modern conflict Is the lack o
excitement ~ iaas range. ana the con
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

The Public Printer Says the Civil Service
Commissioners Are Against Him.

There was a special meeting Of the
Senate Committee on civil Service ana
Ketrenchment this morning called for The
purpose OF hearing a statement prepared
by Public Printer Benedict IN reference
10 the pending investigation into the
method of extending the ciy4l service law
to the printing office. Mr.. Benedict Great
cd quite a sensation by his statement.
The point of his remarks was that there
was conspiracy, a. he called II, De-
tween the members OF the Ciyil-service
Commission and certain OF the employees
who were not included in the CLASSIFIED
service last September to cause him trOu-
BILE.
The statement was SO startling IN Its
nature that Senator Prtchard the chair
man of the committee, teieph0ned as
soon as possible 10 the Ciyil-Seryice Com
mission 10 secure the presence OF at
least one OF tho members Of that body
i'm order TO hear and to meet Mr.. Bene-
diets charges. IL was Impossible, now
ever, to secure their attendance, and
as soon as the immediate proceedings
were over Senator Pritchard adjourned
the meeting until 1880 Saturday, when
the Ciyil-seryice Commissioners will be
present TO meet the impuiatlons of Mr..
Benedict
Mr.. Benedct's statements were denied
this morning by Messrs Ilodes and Buck
land, two n the men who were not in
cluded In the classified service. and who
have since demanded an Investigation into
the proceedings. They declared that the
charge Of conspiracy OF any sort be-
tween them and the Civll-Service Com
missionors was absurd and untrue
At times there was considerable ex-
element I'm the committee-room. and
when the meeting closed IL was evident
that the public printer had stirred up
what Is known in common parlance as a
hornets nest that will continue TO buzz
next saturday Al the last meeting OF
the committee when the matter was un.
der consideration there was quite a pas.
sage Of words between Mr.. Bonodict and
Commissioners Proctor ana Harlow In no.
gard 70 the public printers Interpretation
OF the law and the Presidents order ex.
tending the civil service 20 the PRINTING
Office. II T. probable that the latest phas,
| OF the case I'm which The civil Service
| Commissioners are made 20 0l-tra ~
conspiring With two of the dismissed on,
ployes Of the printing office 10 MAKE
trouble for the public printer. will provr
the most Interesting chapter OF the on.
tlro inyestisatl0n.-W Washington Star
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
Commencement Exerclse.

BLACKSTONE, May -Special.-Rev.
James Cannon. Jr.. principal OF inc
Blackstone Female Institute, mas =
nounced his commencement programme
as follows:
Sunday. June eth. the annual sermon
will be preached by DR. John 4. Kern.
of Randolph Macon College; Tuesday
night. the annual concert viii be given.
under the direction Of Miss Mapp. the
principal OF the music department ine
ant exhibition viii be held Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons. ON "Wednesday
evening the address before the young
ladies will be delivered by Or. W. >.
Young. Of Epworth church. Norfolk.
The principal Informed me that an
extensive addition 10 the already large
building will probably be built THIS
summer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

party Of revenue officers ial'tn 'i'-
cand lick noighborhoOd, in DicNehsol
county. last week, and found sun Dn'
the operators were absent Iheey con
cealed themselves and waited Tor 'ne
return of the law-brcakers. Ihey ha'
NOT been long I'm hiding when man APP
nearod near the sim house and was com
mandod to surrender; be ran ana was
fired upon and shot through the Douy
when picked mp by the officers 10 wa
found that they had shot George l'noues'
who was I'm no way connected with lhe
distillery. lie said be ran because h-
aid not know why his surrender wa
demanded. and thought fight safer thaH
10 fall into the hands of unknown persons
Rhodes cannot recover, and the peopi,
of the neighbofhood are much iheehseD
over the shooting WythoyIle enterprise
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
Imn Mnmrn Snred Ilis Life.

o'clock last night two women. while cross
ing Isaac street. heard groaEs. and pro-
oecding toward the Erie railroad trestle
over Mil street they found man wedged
I'm between the ties. Help was summoneG
ana the man was eNtricated He proved
to be James Macay. OF a CORTLAND street.
this town. lie said that N crossing tLe
troste about AN hour before ne was
rescued ho slipped and fen between the
Ties. aud was unable 10 free himself.
Macays rescue was most OppOrtuue, as
within ten minutes the milk train was
due. and at this point it rushes by at high
speed New York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

Tho Times wants to remind the people
of Richmond that a negro man named
Madison has handed In his name to the
Clerk Of the Hastings Court as a candi-
date for Mayor in the coming election.
lie will. OF course. receive the entire ne
gro vote Of the city and that of the white
Republicans also we suppose. Democrats
must not fail. therefore, 10 vote in the
election.
Everybody In the city knows of the
case where an election was once allowed
to 20 by default here because every one
supposed that. OF course. everybody else
would vote and vote right. 1t will not do
to take any chances in matter OF this
sort. as Richmond may wake up the day
after the election and find out that she
has a negro Mayor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
AbscOndcd.

r, 4, ,onorted that Mr.. Wilson, agent
80 ,ho Norfolk and Western Raliroa'
Comnanv AT Nathalie, Halifax county
ebecnnded Saturday night with All ,h'
money he had collected for freight &C.
which il supposed to have amounted 70
about Si.Oo. He boarded near py' anu l
when he returned from his supper ne
mounted a horse. for which he had nor
aid 1t was generally supposed tha'
he had gone to Charlton depot six miles
dts,an, 10 visit his father, who Is aseni
NJ maj depot. Monday the railroad OF
dclals were engaged in opening the sai'
when this was accomplished not cen'
was 70 be found. Wilson Is about elsh'
teen years old. lie left note saying
send his trunk TO his father 40 CHARLTON
for he "was long gone. '-south boston
Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

Thomson stands No. on the llst' WIN
39l: Francis II. Richards Is th'ru' VIZ"
3i3: Edward Weston. "a; chailcS
scribner. 2iS: Charles j. Hahp'i poS o,c
with pa. Randolph NJ. Hunter, WI" o.
and George Westinghouse, WIN tod
Seventeen other gentlemen nav Sor,ng
n,ore than one hundred patents durlns
,ho ,rentv-dve years ended with 1879.
Connecticut patents more inventions thah
anv other state in proportion TO it's pop
uIation. The District Of Columbia comes
second. Then comes Massachusetts. hnoue
Island, New Jersey. New York Mohtai'a =,
and colorado. The inventive genius -
least developed in Mississippi. south calo'
lima North Carolina. Alabama peo's's,
and Arkansas. where comparatively ~"
PATENTS have been applied for.-Fhhaoe''
mia Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

The steamship Brooklyn In an uhoin-
cial trial trip, made 21.O1 knots per hour
should her official trial verify this speed
her builders the Cramps, will secure IA
bonus or premium of S2ooGw, being at
the rate Of $4,000 for each quarter Knot
over the required speed of twenty Knots.
This enormous speed IS secured by forced
draughts. created by artificial CRATE sur
face. electric fans. and the like. which arc
removed after the trial "trip, and the sup
will do well ever TO run again in even the
required twenty knots. This method OF
doing business has been declined by Sec
rotary Herbert in his recent contracts
but the people have been swindled OUT ol
millions by these same premiums eA'
torted in this same manner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
char,o,te citizrps I'm Richmond.

HILLANDALE, VA" May Especial
Charlotte was well represented among
the excursionists OF May nth. when the
train pulled into the city, 1t carried not
less than seven hundred passengers. the
greater portion OF this number having
boarded the cars beyond Burkeville. Every
coach was filled, and as many as nity
persons remained standing. Il Is hoped
The managers Will see 10 Il that the
excursionists have comfortable transpor-
tatlon.
Among the Charlotte representation
were Dr. T. A. Proctor. Mr.. T.. +. Dan
lei. trea surer of the county. ana Mrs.
q. +. Daniel; Major II. v. Gaines, Or.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

Deputy United States Marshal Wilson, ,'l.,
NJ Cbristiansburg, seems TO have Deen
horn under am unlucky STAR ABOUT i've
years ago he was struck by Ho''"5
train and was seriously injured. Later
u,bre doctoring sick horse. be was
thrown across trough and had tnfe'
ribs broken. 4 year ago hc was shot d..
The leg. the ball entering near Wou"o
received during the war Sunday hb"l
he started with posse 90 raid me moon
sinners in the edge Of Floyd and ffanNlll
counties. While descending n hIi ms
horse fell, throwing Wilson ana Dreakiht
A hone near the shoulder joint'-Iines-
Register
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

IotAl .s...s.. ...ss.s.-ssssss -f''''t -
The natural increase in inhabitants
since that enumeration would make the
present population over 100000.
The ni1ll eTctment of the LeXow
Greater New York bin IS now the begin
ming OF the work OF consolidating the
Anmunitics affected. All that the law
docs essentially is to declare that con-
s0lidation shall take place on January
J. IS1s. and TO authorize the Organization
Of a new commission, which Is u pre-
pare the charter for the greater city.
The duty Of appointing nine M. m5ers
OF this commission now devOlves upon
Governor Morton. There are 10 be fifteen
commissioners in all. Andrew II. Green.
will probably be president OF the ccm-
mission. and ex-Secretary Of the Navy
benjamin +. Tracy, one OF the commits
sioners. Probably a majority of the
nine commissioners appointed by the Gov
ernor will be Republicans. or the other
six. four are s.-Philadelphia
Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
Anoiher Tnnn Gone Dry.

On Tuesday. the 9Th instant local 9p-
ZION election was held I'm Newport Giles
county. and resulted I'm victory Tor 'he
drvs by a majority of ?. The wet Gle.
msnt worked hard all day and distributed
great quantities of liquor but it ayallca
them nothing The drys worked with an
their might, and Ia d legitimate way.
without the use of intoNicants, do"ned
the wet crowd.-ROanoke Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13

G.. v. Morton, OF Forth Worth Meu'e.i'
University: Mr. George Russell ,o"ac-
conist: Misses Ella Bouldln. Rosa WHITE
Mary Scott. Bessie Goode. Bessie froo-
aor. Leila Hodges Lizzie Marsnali,
Messrs. w. G. scott uobacconlsV ana
j. T. Morton: Mrs. Floyd Watkihs, MIS-
Thomas Pugh (Rough Creek, ana olnc .I'
Farmers are ready TO set their tooaoco
at the next rain. The season Is AT il@-e
three weeks Ia advance OF last year.
Wheat prospect Improved; meadows lock
xrgll
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-13
ELSIE hREGLO's MURDKREs.
The Judge Refuses To Allow Him To- Plea,
Guilty.

WASHINGTON. y. c.. May lg.-Tse
grand jury yesterday returned AN indict-
ment for murder against irwin l.. Ford.
the negro who confessed 10 killing Elsie
Kreglo last Monday afternoon in lie
suburbs OF this city.
Ford was arraigned before Judge Cole
and pleaded guilty to the Indictment.
Jucse Cole refused 10 accept the pfls-
ouer's plea. saying the case was Of TOO
much gravity TO permit "a plea OF guilty,
The case was set down for trial next
Monday. Ford said he had no counsel
and legal assistance will be assigned By
the Court for his defence.