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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

There is a movement on foot in New
York city to take President Gilman away
from Johns Hopkins University. Balti-
more, and make him the head of the New
York public schools. A new supervisor is
to be elected, and Mr.. Gilman has con
sented to be a candidate. 1t is understood
that the office Of Supervisor of pedagogy"
may be created for him. The city's
schools are to be reorganized under a new
law
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23
4 Fighting Chance.
From the Chicago Times-Herald Qnd)

The sound money men must continue
their battle at all hazards, for upon that
battle depends the ultimate safety of the
democratic party. They will in ali human
probability be beaten in the coming cam
paign on the general ticket through causes
platform they may save many congress
sional district And this is certainly worth
hghting for. On the silver issue they will
be blown into space, as they were in 1858
on the greenback issue. Honesty alone can
give them fighting chance in the present
campaign. Na
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

The month Of May will go into the rec
ords as one of disastrous winds and storms
in the Mississippi valley. Almost every
day for the last two weeks has been mark
ed by its cyclone or deluge. with accom-
panying loss of life and property.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

Theosophist Buck Of Cincinnati says
the new director Of the faithful Mrs. Tins
ley of New York, is no mahatma, that
it is a fraud to say she is one, and that
he will quit playing if the New York the
osophists do not stop their foolishness. He
says there are lots Of mahatmas in the
United States. but none in New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23
Candidate and Platform.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).

From The PhiladeIphia Record (Dem).
The st. Louis convention will hardly
dare to repeat the experiment of making
a straddling declaration on the financial
of cheap money the tnducement of a can
didate with a wavering and uncertain
record and a weak backbone. The plat
form will be only a this year opinion; the
candidate. if he should be elected, would
be q stubborn four-Near fact.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

State School Commissioner Glenn's
statement that Georgia has spent
more money for jails in the
last ten years than she has
spent for school houses in fifty years. is
a startling one, and one which will proba-
bly, arrest the attention of tax payers.
Mr.. Glenn is working ardently and intel
lgently for an increased number of
schools and school houses. If he contin-
ues to furnish such facts to the legisla-
tors, he may induce them, through shame
if no other emotion, TO provide for more
school houses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

A correspondent of the Chicago Record
has it from Christian missionaries in Tur-
key that they regard Oscar Straus Of New
York, who was minister to Turkey under
President Cleyeland's first admins tration
as the most satisfactory representative
the United States government has ever
had in Constantinople Notwithstanding
he is a jew, they say they received more
sympathy and assistance from him than
from even Gen. Lew Wallace. who is a
prominent member of Christian church.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

fight for a reduction in the price Of gas
is going on in Washington. 1t would seem
as if gas ought to be cheap there at least
during the sittings of congress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23
CURRENT COMMENT.
To Garry Doubtful States.
From the Florida Citizen (Dem.)

Let the democratic party nominate upon
a sound-money platform a man who can
be trusted, and their candidate will carry
the doubtful states in the east and win the
election.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

Weyler's tobacco edict may be a seri-
Gus blow to the Cuban cigar makers in
this country. But it will not occasion a
smoke famine. Florida and a half doz-
en- other states produce very good smoking
tobacco. and there are millions of pipes
in the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

If Saint Isidoro Of the spaniards would
be good enough 4 send a little rain upon
this section OF the earth the people who
dwell herein would be very grateful.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-23

There is probably not another court in
Christendom a. which the Official install
lation Of the ruler would evoke such a
show Of barbar.c splendor as that seen
al the coronation OF the Car Of Russia.
The car is the lord and master Of some
thing Ike one hundred millions OF people.
the most OF whom have directly or indie
reetly contributed TO make his corona
ton magnificent. But the great show Is
not alone for the Russians. Thousands OF
Europeans, Americans and Asiatics. are
in the Russian capital 10 view the pa
gcant- Moscow has been the Mecca Of
society people and devOtees Of fashion
for months. and during the coming win
ter il viii be quite the thing among
certain Of the ultra-fashionables 10 dis
cuss events that transpired when 1 was
in Moscow at the coronation of the car
The meanest man" is dead. He com
mitted suicide in New York the other
day. He was the husband of a hard
working wife. She had been frugal. and
during the course Of number of years
had accumulated a bank account Of 50 $50.
The mean man went to the bank the
other day and drew all of this money out
Taking 800 bill, he placed it in a letter
giving directions for his funeral arrange
ments and saying the bill was to pay
the funeral expenses Then he piled the
rest of the money in a stove and stuck a
lighted match to it,. His widow was thus
left a pauper. But she is rid Of a mean
husband.
The New York presbytery recently Ii
censed a graduate of Union Seminary,
which institution was some time ago boy
cotted by the general assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian church, as a result
of the famous Briggs controversy. This
incident is likely to bring the Briggs af-
fair once more before the general as
sembly, now in session at Saratoga.
Union Seminary, by the way. has re-
Gently added to its faculty the Rev. Henry
Preserved Smith who has been pro-
nounced a hereto by the church.
The American Duchess of Marlborough
is making herself very popular among her
husbands people. The other day she
opened an agricultural show in Oxford
shire, and made a little speech to the as
sembled throng. II was not much of a
speech. to be sure. She only said: Il
take much pleasure in declaring this
show open. 1 wish it every success" But
the people cheered her as if she had de
livered a stump speech in which was
solved some great economic problem.
Weyler's tobacco edict may be a seri-
Gus blow to the Cuban cigar makers in
this country. But it will not occasion
smoke famine. Florida and a half a doz-
en- other states produce very good smoking
tobacco. and there are millions of pipes
in the country
If Saint Isidoro Of the Spaniards would
be good enough a send a little rain upon
this section OF the earth the people who
dwell herein would be very grateful.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

The esteemed Richmond Times. which
u wholly sound on the money question 20
begin with. has left the Ggitafed surface
or The discussion of that question and
plunged into It's depths. Three points,
. says, which 70 IS all important the peo-
PIE shall have a correct apprehension or
are:
That labor Is at the bottom OF the value
OF an things that man creates. that busi-
ness consists OF exchanging commOdi-
ties by exchanging their credit values in
stead 0i purchasing and selling for money;
and that the essential ana Indispensable
thing IS 10 have O Axed and Interchangeable
standard of value By which the values OF
commodities for the purpose of ,Xchaug-
ing them may De- measured and stated in
the terms OF dollars
We are only concerned, for the present,
about The FIRST point. The Times insists
asain: Labor is az the bottom OF an
things that man creates when q
value is being sec upon an article that
man creates the labor spent upon It IS
the starting point Of that value" This
is true OF everything created BY labor
We are nor slra that The Times 81 AZ
together right DO It's position. Take The
case OF postage stamps aud Internal
revenue stamps for instance. Man
N+fAAIH AF.A "a ialIHH NlIIl.HHf N.tA tlAf.Nl
value is wholly Independent ~ the labor
that goes TO their production. Take also
the case OF goods made behind high tar
in wall, they are created by men, but
their value is certainly uot based 0n the
labor they represent. Take also the case
Of patent medicines. their value les ont u
an relation TO the labor required 20 proc
dlcc them or 20 obtain their ingredients.
on The other hand. a man may labor long
on thing without adding any value 10
n. Something depends on the character
and direction Of the labor and more on
the need and consequent demand for the
thing created The fact IS that in the
absence of need ana demand, labor can
impart no value whatever 20 the thing on
which So S. expended, it cannot therefore,
he always the primary on even the con-
trolling element Of value. and we can-
rot therefore accept the proposition that
labor is "the starting point Of the value
that s. set upon everything that man
"crcatcs." 10 appears to Doe true. rather
that value is compound quality. and
that the other comp0uents are as essen
tal ass tho labor component.
Cannot The Times modify us dictum so
as to reconcile f. with these objections 20
~? The rule has too many exceptions
and qualifications 90 admit readily OF ITS
correct apprehension Charleston News
ana Courier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

people for this gratuity? our state Lesis-
lature can and should enact u law com
polling railway companies 10 charge NJ
the Same rate throughout. ana not us
eliminate against the short haul IN VIZ
ginia. bringing che produce or distant
States 10 our cities as cheap or cheaper
than they charge her citizens, living al
most in the suburbs.
This Is a mu-h n,9ic mrms ntous cues
ton to our people than q 81 first appears.
Take the coal traffic. FOR instance. The
manager Of "a coal company IN West VIZ
gina Informed me that bis company de-
liFerod coal T. o. b. 10 the railway COM
nanv at eighty cents ton. The ral-
way company hauls il 20 Richmond. and
sells it az $3.50 per ton. The same COM
pany hauls tho same coal 10 Boston. Mass.
ana sells It at $50 per ton. Query: II
tho railway company can deliver coal
hauled from West Virginia through Nir-
GINA 10 Boston. Mass, az S.O per ton,
no what price should IL deliver coal in
Richmond?
With coal delivered I'm Virginia as cheap
as 10 should be-. would not the State at
once start into new life? Would not fac
tories. foundr.es. and manufactures be
opened, ana villages and towns spring mp,
ara nome market be opened TO the
FARMER Tor his products. and our labor
stay az home, instead Of going N0rth
each spring?
believe that reform fin our banking sys-
tenn and the enactment Of laws compelling
the railway companies 20 act justly to-
wards the people Of Virginia would do
more TO help the people than any other
two measures that can De named.
some or your readers must know OF
levances requiring redress. Let us
hear from them. Yours truly.
T. G.. RICHIE, NJ. d.
Bagby's Va. June r. lSf.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

The catalogue OF the University School
OF Virginia for 1866 has been issued,
and the results of the scholastic year
reflect great credit upon this well-known
educational institution
For many years Colonel W. Gordon Nc
Cabe has labored in this district field,
and his pupils have sustained by their
standing I'm ihc Universities and Colleges
Of tine country, his high reputation as a
thorough educator.
or Captain McCabe. 10 was said by
Or. James McCosh, OF Princeton. Colt Of
ST. Paul s. school. Pingry OF Elizabeth;
and McCabe. Of Virginia, are probably
the best High School institutions on this
side Of the water
The encomiums paid the McCabe school
are the more highly phzed in that they
come so generously from professors ia
the Universities and Colleges for which
his pupils are prepared.
The honor system prevails entirely IN
the school. and this. ia connection with
the personal intercourse between the pu-
pits and ne families of Tie instructors
bias Invariably resulted IN the chiYalrOus
and manly bearing OF The McCabe boys
The course 0f instruction is very COM
pleie and thorough. and a senior from
McCabe's IS well equipped for high stand-
lns ln any University DO the country.
The school IS now located in Rich
mond, and tho fall term Will reopen with
reprcs anfanye gathering OF the young
men OF the South.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17
LIKS' MEHORfdL DAY.
nyHIchrnond People Orfor Cobb's-Col.

cowardin in Evidence.
NORFOLK. VA. June l6.-Special.-
Sunday, Norfolk Lodge. No. 81. Il. i. q.
T., held its annual decoration day, when
the grave OF every Elk buried in the
cemeteries OF this city was strewn with
flowers. The address was delivered by
Hon. w. j. O'Brlen, OF Baltimore ana
Rev. NJ. 3. Wharton. OF this city. deliver
ed a eulogy. Among the visiting mem-
bors Of the order were several from Rich
mond, Petersburg, Washington, Balu-
more. Newport News. Berkley, and Ports
mouth. During the cxerciseJ at the
cemetery, the platform gave way ana
precipitated the speaker and others 70 the
ground but no one was injured. Q
A large number OF Richmond people
came down ON the steamer Pocahontas
Sunday morning. and went to Cobbs ISL
and. The Richmond contingent was
headed by Colonel G. OBJ. Cowardin'
who kept the crowd in good humor.
John s. Mcdaniel. a motorman on the
trolley line, whose home is in Essex coun-
~. committed suicide at the home OF
Sheriff A. G. Cromwell yesterday. The
young man who was twcnty-three years
Old boarded no Sheriff CrOmwclls house.
He left a note, asking that his relatives
be notified.
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. r. Allen,
living on Colonial avenue, fhent, MISS
cd her little siX-ycar-Oid boy, Willie, who
had gone out 10 play with a number OF
small boys and been left alone by them
on the banks Of the Hague. a creek run
ming into the Elizabeth river al this
point. The little fellows hat was found
floating on the surface OF the water. This
morning the body was recovered from the
stream into which he had evidently ac-
cidcntally fallen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

Editor of The Times.
Sir.-The New York journal OF Com
mcrce advises very rightly when IL says.
"lini out where the trouble is, and then
remoly 3D..
You hare been hammcrinc away for three
years in favor NJ the repeal Of the State
bank tax, bat have as yet met with no
success. I desire SO call your attention
| 90 bank bin. called tle walker lIl" az
present in the hands OF the congressional
Banking Committee and on which definite
action VIII DE taken in December when
! Congress rcassemblcs. The Hon. J. II
Walker Informs me that il allows bank
anywhere that the people want. On a
minimum capital OF $1,000 II will afford
tho people more extensive facilities than
State banks wouid.as the circulation would
/ be ot par from Maine 10 California.
| Would II not bee well for you 10 secure "a
COPY ana give us am analysis of &C. I
havo no doubt that AIR. Walker would
| take pleasure in furnishing YOU with il
and his speech thereon.
As you evidently desire 10 use your In
huence go redress any wrongs that onnress
the people OF Virginia, I viii point out
one:
The Hon. Martin Dodge. I'm an address
before the Ohio Agricultural Convention
con Cost Of Transportation. saws. "Tbe
cost Of transportation hy steam cars is on
an average in the State of Ohio about one.
halt OF cent n ton q mile. and less upon
the long haul. Farm and Fircsidc. East
em Edition, Vol. H. No. 70. That is. n
ton can De carried on an average two
hundred miles for one dollar. Now
how does that compare with prices here?
our depot is about forty miles from Rich
mond' and We pay from eight cents 20 ten
cents per one hundred pounds A haul
OF forty miles costs MS per ton from 81 Co
90 s.. instead Of the Ohio price or twenty
cents. noighhOr showed me his ac-
count OF sales ON cOnsignmcnfs Of black
peas and ON tobacco shipped 90 Richmond
] figured it ont for him. and 7 found that
an average Of onc-slxth OG2.3 per ccntD
Of each consignment YVES consumed i'm
charees on 80 produce after Il was de-
liVered ln the depot. Can You wonder
much at this man wanting n change?
Tn an interview some time AGO. publish
al IN your paper. Governor O'Ferran came
out as opposed 20 any legislation unfrionl-
~ 10 the railway companies This WAS
shortly followed by notice that tho
president Of the G. and O. railway hal
forwarded a check Of $1,000 20 the state
vantage Of "a certain -ulinc q the ro.lrf of
Appeals on some tax. People generally,
arc not very fond or paying taxes. When "A
corporation lwithout souiO does so vol
UNFAIRLY. II is called policy. Does this
company not expect 10 reimburse itself
hftyfold II not one hundredfold from the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

The New York News Bureaus summa-
~ az Financial and Commercial News
says:
THE Richmond Locomotive Works has
just received an order from the Clcft-
land. Cincinnati. Chicago. and 81. Louis
Railroad Company 90 convert sixty of
their locomotives from simple 10 COM
pound engines as fast as they can Doe put
through the shops
The railroad company has been max
Ing experiments for several years and
has found that the Richmond compound
device insures q saving of some 400 tons
of coal year without loss of power or
extra expense. This is the greatest rey-
oIulon in locomotive construction that
bias been announced in recent ycras. Now
that the expansion of steam lu locumo-
lives can Doe thus utilized. as &c is iu mae
rine engines. an economy is in The reach
~ railroad managers especially where
fuel - very expensive"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

all writer's on political economy
from Ricardo down. well-informod
men who heard him supposed that Bailey
felt very much pinched by the argument
and said this because he did not know
what else 20 say. The Charleston News
and Courier controvorts Mr.. Royals pro-
position also, in an article which We print
elsewhere. but the News and Courier does
Il by augmentation. and not after the
Bailey fashion OF saying that books con-
tain something that they do not contain.
The News and Courier is undoubtedly
right IN arguing that man may throw
his labor away by applying II unwiseiy'
and Mr.. Royal expressly provided for
that case In submitting the proposition.
lie said every one n that audience might
turn into carving Chinese gods, and The
labor on them would all DO thrown away.
This would 10 a case OF misdlrected energy
and the throwing away OF something
valuable. and all valuable things may be
thrown away II their posscssors are so
minded But 10 does not follow that be-
cause man may throw his labor away
that ho may not. therefore. apply It wise
Is. and produce with IL something valua-
BILE When he does apply IT wisely, the
value Of what no produces depends upon
the labor which he oxpeuds upon 81.
though as Mr. Royal said. II the de-
mand FOR the thing is slack labor may
be forced to rolinquish some Of its leeiti-
mate claims. and take what It can get
for its contemplation. But, though this
may happen. yet the labor is the starting
point Of the value Of the thing. and whore
demand is good labor viii receive fun
compensation.
The cases cited by tho News and Courier
prove nothing TO tie contrary. The case
Of the stamps Is not one in which the
thing spoken Of carries the value. The
Government charges its citizen two cents
10 transport his letter. Possession of The
postage-stam9 is nothing but evidence
that the two cents have been paid tho
Government for the service IL IS to render.
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he eArhaiiseu Win 'Ne DoFel '''''''''
the ia"oF J" Is ~ ''' Tue ''''"
gives il money-that IS. something that
has cost laoon-and the Government gives
him in return the labor involved
in transporting the letter. II Is an e%-
change Of labor for labor. The same is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17

Through an arrangement with the De
M0lay Commandery. Knights Tcmplar OF
Boston. and S.. Johns C0mmandery,
Knights Temp'ar OF Providence. Rich
mohd Commandery No. ., win hold their
annual election of officers tonight at the
Masonic Temple
The three COMMANDERS agreed 70
Gently 90 hold their election ON Bunker
$500 day dune i1th in the future. This
arrangement will FORM another Ink 70
bind Tie three commentaries gwen cl0-er
together OBJ the future than iu the past
although tho affection ana br0theriy love
which now exists between them is The
admiration Of the fraternal orders wifi
which they have come in contact.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-17
Funeral Of Mr.. Allen

The funeral Of Mr.. Samuel Temple AL
len. Who died yesterday morning at the
home of Mr.. Lewis j.. Mason. 6l3 north
Sixth street, took place az $3.50 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon from the above num-
Der. ana his remains We're buried IN
Shockoe Ill Cemetery.
Mr. Aliens death was caused by
blood poisoning caused by a cut
inflicted on his foot some time ago. lie
was n consistent Christian. n member of
ST. Marks Episcopal church. and always
lent a helping hand 90 the poor who
surrounded him. IIe ieavos three sons
and one daughter Mcs-rs. Samuel c..
Allen. William 81. Allen, and II. =. Allen,
and Mrs. $. j.. Womack. of Danvile.