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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
BY H. A. McCurdy
and
j. Thompson Brown 80 Co.
iil5 Main street.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
~ OF
TWO WEST GRACE-STRErT Dp-
TACKLED MODERN HRICt<
nE>IDENCEs
TWO FRANZ; TENENrNTS

Nos. 81 AND SIS GRACE BFTwnr,
LAUREL AND SHAFER STREETS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-26
BY Pollard q Bagby
Real Estate Auctioneers.
COURT SALE BY AUCTION

FOUR FRAME DWELLINGS AND
LARGE VACANT Lot IN JACK
SON WARD.
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WANTED,

BY AN EXPERIENCED AND RAPID
male stenographer and typewriter Posi-,
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penman. RAPID. care Dispatch.
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rience and Is thoroughly acquainted with
the people Best Of references. Address b.
X. care Of Dispatch office my 25-lt'
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BY j. ID. Carne0l
Real Estate Agent and Auctloneer
li06 east Main street.
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BY virtue OF the decree mentioned pa.
low, we will. as special commission
thereby appointed. proceed 20 sell DBL gYe
Tic auction. on the premises.
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Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists,
or by mail II the price 40 cents box
is sent 10 The Ripans Chemical Com
pany. no. 10 Spruce street. New York.
Sample vial. 10 cents.
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In execution OF n decree entered In ths
hereinafter named cause by tf0
Richmond Chancery Court on May +. INh
we will sell by auction, on the premises.
The advocate., 1896-04-22
A New state Constitution.

EDITOR ADvoCATE:-There Is no
use Of our having q constitutional con-
Vention unless we can secure q new
constitution which will be vast i'm
provement over the present one. A
convention iS too costly to be sum-
moned simply to make a few triaing
changes. Nor Is it advisable to hold
one for the purpose Of obscuring all
the great principles of POpulism by q
fight over the temperance and prohibi.
tion question. What is needed now is
agitation upon the points which need
revision and education Of the people
upon the lines sought to be introduced.
Untll the people are aware Of what Is
needed, they viii probably reject con-
stLtutiOn sufficiently radical to be
worthy Of adoption.
AS far as possible the trinity of Pop
nllst principles - linsnce, land and
transportation should be- incorporated
into the new constitution. The State
can do little regarding finance, except
that part which concerns taxation and
raising money. In this there 10 great
room for improvement. AS w. III. T.
Wakefield suggests, counties should
have more freedom regarding the man
ner Of raising local taxes, SO that they
may experiment with the single tax
plan II they so desire. Mortgage in
debtedness should be deducted from
the assessed value of property. Pro.
vision should be made to make al
notes and mortgages bear their share
The advocate., 1896-04-22
The Preferential Ballot.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: = Had Edwin
Taylor read with any care the article
on the preferential ballot to which he
refers in your issue of April 8 he would
have found no occasion for the ques.
tlons he asks.
In Representative district of fiye
Representatives and a total vote of
1900, a party casting only 400 votes
would not nominate fiYe candidates
and so scatter and waste the votes
which at most could hope to elect but
one. And knowing their vote to be
but One-fOurth the electoral quota, the
prospect Of electing even one would be
so slight that he would be voted for
more as an expression Of principle than
In hopes Of electing him; hence as
much pains and interest would be
taken by such voters In their second,
ETC., choice ballots as In their first
choice, for It would most probably be
the choice other than first one which
would count In electing candidate.
1t IL one Of the chief merits Of the
Hare Crldge system that it enables one
to vote his true sentiment, or voice
principle, by his first choice ballot
without thereby being compelled to
lose bis ballot and representation In
government, as he must do under the
present system unless his convictions
are those Of the majority or largest plu-
lrality. In the case cited by Senator
The advocate., 1896-04-22

ccnstiGutlOn could, with profit TO all, be
abolished. A step atleaStc can betaken
In the direction of Codifying all our
law and thus bringing in o little more
Of the element of certainty. The chief
points decided by the Supreme court
each two years might be either enacted
or rejected by the Legislature, and
thus the temptation would be removed
for men Of wealth or corporations to
appeal cases In the hope Of securing
reversal Of previous decisions. The
Supreme court might report to the
Legislature such points as In their
opinion should be definitely decided by
the lsw-making power.
Special enactments should be abso.
lutely forbidden in all cases whatsO-
ever. Then we would not see
Legislatures putting in most of their
time changing mems names, VRcatlng
tOWnsites, disOrgani2ing school districts
and restoring forfeited political rights.
If the people could but see 1t that
way, 1t would probably be we'll to for
bid altogether the Chsrtering of corpO-
rRtiOns Of any kind. All business
should be done by individuals and
firms, or by State, county, township,
city or district. But until this wished
for step is taken, corporations should
be organized only under general laws.
Give State Legislatures and City COun-
ellis no opportunity to give away Valu-
able franchises and get no return for
the people, That corporation is q
citizen should be expressly denied, lest
the iniquities that came in the train Of
the Dartmouth college decision be fur
ther perpetuated In Kansas.
Election expenses might be reduced
by choosing all county officers at the
same time. An educational quali6ca.
tion should be required for County Su-
perintendent(and perhaps other Oficers)
and he should be elected at the annual
school meeting. General provision
ought to be made for disOrganlzlng
school districts. Cities Of the first and
second classes should not be allowed to
vote for County Superintendent,
since he has no authority whatever in
their schools. Saline county has to day
Superintendent chosen by Salina to
oversee the country schools whose pa
irons rejected him by large majority.
j, G. RUPPENTHAL, JR.
The advocate., 1896-04-22

ere, as he said, TO save their lives,
Few Legislators were found during this
era to speak for the lsbOrer OF the
farmer and suggest the consequences
that must inevitably follow from such
legislation, booming bonds and whOOp-
ing up the government credit, Till
bonds bought at 40 and 60 cents on the
dollar were redeemed at 100 and 100
cents on the dollar to the extent Of mil
lions and hundreds Of millions. The
Speculsting gentry Of the country, in
whose behalf Congress seems to have
been run, Of course threw up their hats
and made the Welkin ring at such eX-
empli6catiOn Of government legisla-
tiOn as the height Of StateSmanship and
the acme Of national prosperity. Hum
bug, deception and fraud may have
their day, but the end cometh. The
reVelrY must subside sooner or later,
and then the consequences will stand
out In bold relief and with effects very
similar to any other TeVel.
For years after the war the Republi-
can party upheld It's supremacy by the
persistent boast and constant iteration
that 1t had maintained the government
credit at such height as had always
enabled it to borrow money at par Of
the face Of Its bonds while the pre-
Vious Democratic administration was
only able to raise money at IL per
cent. discount, etc., whereas they were
all the while selling bonds at from 40
to 60 cents on the dollar and for which
we have since been paying l29 cents on
the dollar, to say nothing Of interest,
az Is we'll known. And all this, be 1t
remembered, falls on the farmer and
producer, who ultimately pay all taxes,
no matter who hands them over in the
lirst instance, and therefore the conse-
quenCes to agriculture and the cOun-
try. Who wonders that they staggsr
under the load of $4,000 millions they
are compelled to bear? And who can
devise Q way out Of the dilemma ?
And If there is no practical remedy In
the premises and no relief from the
tribulstlon, what is to be the final re-
sultP Are we to 90 right down to the
condition of our brethren, the laboEers
and producers of the Old WorldH
ONE OF THEM.
The advocate., 1896-04-22
CORRESPONDENTS. 6
The Old Partle1 beginning 70 SEQ the Con.

are at last beginning to wake up 70 the
state Of things in the country and to
the trend Of national legislation, as 10
evidenced by the article In the Kansas
City Times Of Wednesday, the 25th ult.,
on the status of the ROmSn farmer
(which / beg you to give your readers),
and from the determined action Of the
Western Republican Senators In Con-
gresg at its present session. But slasl
l fear it Is too late and that the fell
work Of destruction is already done
and the result beyond relief or repair.
For with the farming and producing
element Of the nation, constituting the
great middle class upon which the
trainers Of our government depended
for its success, debased to serfdom by
q burden of 80, 600 million of dollars of
public and private indebtedness resting
upon their shoulders and literally
crushing them into the ground, / see
little hope of resurrection even by
change Of policy and more favorable
trend of legislation. The Secretary Of
the Treasury declared the people prac-
tically free from debt at the close of
the war. But after 1873 they ran
rapid career into S6, 6,750,OO0,000 Of in
debtedness by 1880; and this was in.
creased to $40, 700, ,OOO,O ,OOOby September,
1892; and last year Mr. Walker, a Re-
publican member of Congress from
Massachusetts, and q reliable author
ity, estimated the public and private
indebtedness Of the nation at $33, 600,
100000 at the very least.
Is IL strange that business langulsheG
and suffering prevails with such q
weight resting upon themP And the
farmer, where Is hep The value Of
farming real estate of the country, &C
cordIng to the last census, had fell of
relatively to the whole real estate oi
the nation from that Of three-fourthi
OF the latter, whore 1t stood q few years
since, to less than one-fourth of the
whole. For while ell other real estate
had increased 8l6,OOO,OOO, 900 In value
In the previous ten years, the farm land
Of the country had increased but
$4,000, 100000. Now, why this great
discrepancy between the o-betweeE
speculative, business realty employed
for other purposes than the production
Of the great, essential necesGaries Of
life without which all trade and bust
ness stops), and the bona tide soil OF
which all depend, not only for subsist
ence, but for the very material OF
which to trade and do business and BY
and through which town and city live
and breathe and have an existence
Why, / askP Simply because leglsla
ton has assisted to turn the channel o.
profits from the latter to the former
The current would run strong enough
In that dlreStion In any event, without
governmental assistance.
But all our legislation for years hs
had for its object and purpose the az
grandizement Of money and capital. q
Rll the language and acts emanatinl
from our national capital demonstrates
The government credit the govern
ment credit has been the burden o
the song and the whole end of govern
ment legislation on the finances. An,
what does that implyp That &C wa
The advocate., 1896-04-22


gestion made by some persons that
assessment be dispensed with and that
every man report his own property and
lts valuation, with the penalty that the
public may at It's option buy such prop
erty at the valuation set upon 1t, is not
bad idea. No bond issues for any
purpose should be made by the State
without direct vote Of the people.
A more modern relation Of the State
to transportation should be assumed.
Provision ought to be made for more
effective and complete control of this
subject, and for the right Of the State
and of cities to own and operate trans
portstion lines. The Railroad Com.
missloners should be elected by the
people, and should not be simply salary
gFsbbers, as now, but should have
power so that they would not be q
laughing stock among railroad mag
nstes. Railroad shareholders should
not be exempt from the obligations
placed on stockholders in other cOrpO-
rstions. They now are.
Among the sections regarding land
should be one retaining forever as
State property all land now belonging
to the State or hereafter acquired by it.
The school lands yet remaining and
lands which may be secured under lrri-
CATION laws such as have been lately
proposed In Congress should belong to
the State. All lands bid in by counties
at tax sales should, If unredeemed, be
retained as county property. Our peo-
pie would better pay rent to the county
or the State than to Lord Seully or
some mortgage company.
There are many minor points worth
noticing, beside few great principles
such as proportional representation
and q greater use of the referendum
than now obtains.
The number of sppOintiVe offices
should be cut down and the officers
elected instead directly by the people.
Either the State or the district inter.
ested could choose them. Let US re-
duce one.man power, increase that of
the people, and not require the Cover
nor to be simply the man who distrib
utes offices. The State Printer, the
Labor Commissioner, the Forestry
Commissioner, the Inspector Of Oils,
the Mine Inspector, the Adjutsnt Gen.
eral, the Veterinarian, the Fish Com.
missioner, the Board OF PardOns, the
Board of Trustees of Charitable Insti-
/ tutions, and. possibly, he Regents and
heads of our three State schools, should
all be elected. The Warden of che
Penltentiary, and perhaps others, could
be added to the list.
The fee system % means Of pay
ment of officers should be completely
abolished. All officers should receive
stated salaries and all fees should be
determined by law and should be all
accounted for and paid into the public
treasures State, county. etc.
The clause forbidding United States
officers to be State Legislators should be
made more specific, so as to cover cases
of pOstmasters and others who have
| rendered their designations, but who
, have not been relieved by the national
/ government. This uncertainty, as 1t
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
rIad His rroubleO.

The street car conductors lif9 has its
Joys and its sorrows, and pay day comes
every night. One Of them got mad the
othor night and showed that he had but
little loyc for his fellow man, or rather
woman, for II was q woman that started
his wheels
They're tho biggest fools that ever
lived, " said he. did you SEQ what that
woman didY She wanted SO get OF at that
corner and pushed the button. ! heard it.
50 did she, but l didn't pull the bell quite
soon enough. aud that is why she made
those remarks about my attending 10 bust
ness Most Of 'om Hro just plain fools
They want 20 Gct of In the middle OF tho
block, expect q conductor to rsGd their
minds and not let them get on the wrong
car, and We loso mono time handling one
woman than wo do with dozon mon.
They never tsos OF a car right and insist
on getting or on the wrong side OF the
street They get mad because we won't
aiVe them transfers to kentucky, and roast
us because the track is sprinkled too much
or too little. They pile on a car with five
or six small childron, take ZIP whole
row Of seats and expect to pay one fare
"Oh, these women never gct the worst
Of it. Not they. You can't argue with
them or say a word baclx or they 20
stralght to the Office and then you can
rest q week without pay. / think / will
throw up my job and become q coal min
er. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
Cigar Roxea.

"That spicy odor that you notice in tho
cigar box, said the dealer, ''comes from
the wood Of which It IS madc 1t IS not
because It is impregnatcd with the tobac.
Co On tho csatrary, tho tobacco takes the
flavor Of the wood That is the reason
that particular kind of wood Is used for
the boxes Of ell the best cigars
1T Is Spanish cedar IL is an expensive
wood, porous and spicy, and the only kind
which has Ecen found to improve tho
flavor Of a cigar Tobacco, as you know,
quickly absorbs nny odor with which It is
brought in contact All cigars costing
from SID thousand upward arc packed
In Spanish cedar Tho cheaper cigars
usually come In boxes OF sycamore There
IS q difference ia coat Of perhaps 4 cents a
box Where a cedar box would cost 10
cents, ono Of sycamore win not be more
than @ cents New York Times.
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
BRIEF TELEeRAMs.

Harry Hill, tho well known sporting
man, died at Flushing, n. Y.
Beverly Tucker was mysteriously shot
and insta ily killed at White Plains, n. Y.
The czas and czarina arrived IN Vienna
and were effectiOnately greeted by the em-
peror and empress OF Austria
A cable dispatch from Constantinople
sta tes that the Armenian conspirators
who raided tho Ottoman bank have sur
rendered to the sultan's soldiers
Julius NJ Lyon, wholesale diamond
merchant at 20 Maiden lane, New York,
was robbed of more than $3.50, 600 worth
of diamonds by trusted employee and
has made an assignment.
The inability Of former Judge Henry
Hilton to raise money to keep Hilton.
Hughes & Co. of New York afioat Is, In a
measure, explained by the lis pendens on
his property that ties 1t all up until the
suit Of Euphemia Deans against the A. T..
Stewart estate is settled.
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
GOLD STANDARD MEN.
Cleveland Talked of as the Possible Nomi-
nee of the Indianapolis Convention.

cleveland Talked OF as the Possible NOm1-
nee of the indianapolis Convention.
INDIANAPOLIS Aug. 2s. 1t Is practical
ly settled that Senator Donald Caffery Of
Louisiana will be the permanent chairman
of the National Democratic party conyen-
tion to be held here next week He has
been notified of his selection and will ar
rive here Tuesday next prepared to per
form the duties Of that office
The question of temporary chairman Is
not SO cortain, but It rests between Bourke
Cochran and Roswell P. Flower Of New
York
1t Is now believed that there viii be at
least semhlanoe of a contest over the
nomination for the first place on the third
ticket. Many names are mentioned as
being especially available, and among
these is that Of Grover Cleveland One
Of the managers Of the gold standard
movement said. however "This will be a
convention Of MIR. Cleyeland's frienda Ii
will not do anything that would offend
him. There has never beon the slightest
hint from him that he would accept an
other nomination, and under these oir-
cumstanoes the convention Will not con-
slider his name"
Secretary John p Wilson is making up
the roll OF the convention. 1t looks now
like there would be about 500 Delegates In
the convention. Chairman w. ID. Bynum
said that every state and Territory except
Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah will
be represented.
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
HOW THE FLEET SAVED HNalAND.l
Documents near.as on Her Conflict with
the Armada.


Much has been written about the Span
ishgrniada IN tho last few years. and those
who wish to add Co their knowledge win
flnd valuable information Ia the first two
yclnmcs published by the Navy Records
society, "The Defeat of tho Spanish Ar
mada. In them it Is clearly shown that
although the war was noninally ono OF
religion it was in reality waged In the IN
forests OF commerce, and that Philip IL
relied to very, us IL proved, unwarranta,
bio degree ca a Catholic rising. / viii
quote from the second volume the answers
Of some Of the captured Spaniards, 10
query No. z addressed to Them What
they have heard or know Of auy help or
snccor they should receive in England, =
Vincent Alvarez, captain of one Of tho
ships, answers; 10 the seventh he saith
It was commonly limited among them that
third part or one hulf OF the realm Of
England would join their aid az soon as
they should enter on tho land " Another
prisoner says, ~ say the common report
was that in the realin there would rise
great stores Of people In favor OF the king
of Spain, but especially In tho city Of Lon
don, and tho report was there should be
il all 10, 600 men " Thomas Coly, an Eng
lish captain in Spain, writes to tho queen
and Burghley, 1879: "They be not nsham-
ed 20 say that there are daily OF the conn
Gil waiting ON the queen that win be ready
to help them These quotations Justify
the assertion that the Spanish invasion
gould never have been attempted but for
hope Of aid from traitors IN England
In Watson's philip H. are given the
spinionsof Parmaand Idlaquoz, combating
tho opinion Of TREASON aud advising strong
" ngainst tho attempt -at all events till
the Netherlands wefp conquered.
Tho answer Of pcdro Naldes, another
lcader, as given in volume 2 Of the Navy
Records win show what the tender incr-
cios Of tho Spaniards would have been and
justify Ralcigh's advice to prevent them
landing. He Pedro Valdes) saith it was
freely spoken that their place Of landing
| should be within the city CT London, and
/ 1t was received by tho whole company, as
well captains as soldiers that In what
place soeyer they should enter, within the
land, to sack the same, either city, town
or village, or whatsoever Another wit
ness answers, They were determined te
| put all TO tho sword who should resist
| shem." Hnd lnnding been effected
whatever the final result, great misery
must have been caused, but it was whal
tho nation must have expected from III
| knowledge OF Spanish warfare In tn,
| Netherlands. From this however, tn,
| ileet saved England -Ninetoenth Century
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
destructive Blaae at sault Ste. Marie.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, Aug. 2s.-
This city has just experienced the worst
fire that has occurred in recent years
Tho fire started in North Water street, and
before it could be got under subjeotion
over S300,000 worth OF property was de-
stroysd. Among the burned buildings
are the 500 National bank block, which
cost 500, 600; the Prenzelaur block, Chip
pswa House, Cleveland House, Metzgar
block, Perry hotel, postoflice and United
States customs Office. telephone exchanges
and a number Of wooden structures The
loss Is about half covered by insurance
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
Powderlr For MCKINLEY.

SCRANTON, Pa, Aug 2S.-Terrence Y.
Powderly, former master workman Of the
knights Of Labor, in an interview explain
cd his position in matters political and
announced his Intention 20 support Major
Mckinley during tho coming campaign
In the interview, which is a lengthy one,
he explained that Major Mckinley has de-
voted his whole life TO the people; "that
not breath OF scandal has ever soorcled
his name" Ho denied tho statements
made in Pennsylyania papers thai he bad
called Mr.. Hanna an industrial canni-
bal, /" denying at the same time the state
ment credited to local newspapers that he
intended to support Mr.. Bryan.
Evening journal., 1896-08-28
Federal Mar.haI. surround nnndIt..

SILVER CRY, N. NJ, Aug, ss.-Word
has been received here that the nine men
composing the gang Of dosperadoes who
robbed the Separ postoffice, held up-the
Nogales bank and killed one and wounded
several mombers of the party which pur-
sued them are surrounded in Skeleton can
yon, in Cochise county, A. T., by a posse
OF United States marshals, acting under
Marshal Hall OF New Mexico and two com-
panies of troops from Fort Bayard aud
Fort Grant, and that an attack will be
nnde as soon as the troops and mnrshals
have entirely surrounded tho place where
the robbers are supposed to be fortified
strongly. The force under Marshal Hall
now Numbers nearly $50 men, and fight
will likely occur, as the robbers have an
nounced their determination never to be
taken alive