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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Judge W. ]. Leake was elected chair
man.
MAJOR MYERS REPORT.
Major +. 4. ID. Myers. president - the
road. presented the following report:
10 the Stockholders:
The operations OF the fiscal year, rs
shown I'm tables b. e, and ID. or the trCa-
surer's report. indicate that tine company
receipts Justified q dividend of not more
than - per cent. for the year, a. reduc-
ton OF one-half per cent from those OF
the years 1906 and 1885, This decrease was
due chiefly 20 the adverse conditions or
trade but also. in no small degree ~ the
war Of rates between rival water lines.
The receipts per ton mile were l0li
cents. and per passenger mile 2.5Zl cents.
The expenditures were heavily reduced.
but not az the expense Of the maintenance
departments. The property Is IN excellent
condition. The ratio of expenses 70 re-
ceipts was 66.7 per cent.
The capital and fixed charges accounts
have not been altered I'm amount. The
sum Of 50. l06. 10 was charged or. (See Ia
bic OF treasurer reportJ
The indications are that the company
will resume the payment Of seven per
cent. dividends durins the current hscal
year.
For the Board Of Directors.
Respectfully submitted
(Signed i. It. ID. MYERS,
President.
4 comparative statement Of the income
OF the road from ali sources for the
twelve months ending June 80 1876, pre-
serted hv the treasurer shows tlr Hn"'ft
TO have been S12s. $500. while during the
same period in 1890 the sum realized was
SG5ImU, . difference in favor Of 1896 Of
81. $500
The sources from which the revenues
were derived and the amounts are as fol-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

MINERAL CITY. VA. Nov H.-Spe-
.ci~i -J1seph sclaaer. u white man. aged
about thirtv-nva years. while attempting
10 steal 4 ride out this evening on a
freight train. was IN some unknown way
thrown from the train and instantly
killed. His head and face were badly
cut. and il Is thought that ne was caught
I'm the brake rigging and dragged over The
track.
Papers were found on his person show
ing that his home is In Washington. ID.
&. His body was taken TO Louisa and de-
livered 10 the county authorities 10 await
adyices from his friends.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
To Establish a Heplibah Home.

Rev 4. r. Nugent. pastor OF Broad
street Mission rs % marguerite tbe ttep-
zibah Home al No. s03 east Main street.
lie says. this home has but one coun'
terpart in the entire country-in New
York city. IL IS designed 10 assist those
who are seeking spiritual or physical
healing and feel the need Of spending q
short time IN place where they maJ
bo aided In carrying out their purpose
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Reformatory. His case went over 10 tho
2ith.
William Tandrum and James Jones
are plain DRINKS. and They will repose
within the shadows OF the prison walls
for six months and thirty days. respec-
lively.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Nontsly Inspection.

The three commissioners Mossrs ;.
Cohen. T. Potts. and Or. Edmund Ilar-
rison. Jr.. paid their regular monthly
visit 20 fhe city Jail yesterday, and
found the same I'm good condition. How
ever. they asceriained that the bricks
around the firebox OF the boiler and OF
the oven i'm which tho bread ~ baked.
are not In good order and will report 10
Idge Wit OF the Hastings Court.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Good Work at st. James.

81. James Methodist Episcopal church
raised during last year 500 more than
In any previous year Of It's history be-
sides increasing It's membership. The
official board has asked for the return
OF the Rev w. h. Beauehamp. the ener-
getic and popular pastor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Trade and Labor Council.

The Central Trade and Labor council
OF this city viii give a smoker on
Tuesday. November 2sd. az smith > Ran
on north Fisth street. There Is some
tmnortsnt business 10 be considered by
these gentlemen, after which the remain
der OF the evening. will be given over
10 Measure. and It is urgently requested
,hat every member be present.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
PLAN or UNION.
Between the Sons of the Revolution and
the sons of the American Revolution.

Between the sons of tho Revolution and
the Sons of the American Revelation.
At their meeting on next Friday even
ing. tho Virginia Sons of the American
Revolution will take action upon the plan
adopted IN Cincinnati, October 18TH for
a consolidation OF the two national soc!e-
ties OF the Sons of the Revolution and the
Sons OF the American Revolution.
Though that plan was approved by both
Of those national organizations, in their
late congresses in Cincinnati il has % be
ratified by "a majority OF the State sOcie-
ties OF each organization.
1t is Important therefore, that as many
members OF the Virginia SOclc,y, toth
resident and nonresident as possible, at
tend the meeting next Friday evening a.
1O1 east Franklin SIS o'clock
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Daughters 10 Meet.

There will be an important meeting %
Richmonl Chapter Grand Division Of
Virginia United Daughters OF the Con
federacy at Lee Camp Hall Friday. No
vemDer 10Th. at o'clock.
Resolutions from Mr>. Harnett, presl-
dent OF Grand Division. accepted by L..
ID. {. II Is hoped all members will De
uresent
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Mir liinter's MIL


cc,v Of the late Major Lewis Gin
to- VII was placed on NE In the Com
cery Court yesterday. This is done ac-
cordlne 10 the requirements of law. be-
cause a large portion OF the property OF
the deceased was iocaled III the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
To Inyesfigate Charges.

The Grounds and BUILDINGS No',' 's,
will meet IN special session -,
,,stca,,on nreferred against Mr.. a. Z.
Calder. a City Hall employee
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Damage TO the extent OF about SIS was
caused Yesterday morning az 9:ls o'clock
at i,rnfnr % the roof of Tie frtr1e
pS tne oc' - north Twenty-afh str@-f
,r,red and occupied by John Ratkins. a
negro snackmaIs An 0sesheated stove
was the causei 1870 = -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
Senator Miller Here.

Mr. Miller. Democratic state senator
IN Michigan. IS here on Vlit 10 nus
son. Albert M.iler. and his daughter
Mrs. Kitty Kl0h. I'll, .,,,,
senator Miller VIII remain win '"s"'
several weeks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

OXFORD y c.. Nov. H-Special-
Capsa'a William Lassiter OF me United
States Amy. who has been visiting reia-
tiyes in oxford, on MS return 20 MS
',,'r,mand at Fort Sherman. Idaho. was
,,arrie, 20 Miss Cora Armstrong, OF
Cmmherland. Nd, on November 10th.
partridge are affording the sport
arcun lCGe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
Annual Session of the Magnates of the H.
Il. & L. Railroad.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders
az the Richmond Fredericksburg and Pc
toIuac railroad took place AT j. clock
yesterday at the Byrl-Strest depot. A
quorum Of stockholders was present., and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18
For the Board Of Directors.
Respectfully submitted.
(Signed J.. It. ID. MY ERS,

OnlCoTs Tor the ensuing yt1i "VI0 VIVVt-
ed as follows.
President. T.. r.. y. Myers.
Directors on the part OF individual
siocknoiders- Messrs. b. j.. Newcomer,
Henry Walters. w. j. Lcake, and Charles
Chauncev
director on the part OF the state-J.
Tayl0r Elyson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Rev. Gccrse IA. MAey Nil preach ~,
Union Station church on sunday morn
ing and night -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Robert stiles, and Messrs. Meredith and
Percy Montague. uncles OF the bride.
The collection Of wedding presents was
a large. valuable and beautiful one
Prler-Cannon.
Afiee Elizabeth Lines Cannon and Mr..
Samuel Miner Price were married at 3
o'clock last night at the residence o. the
brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. Henry g.
Cannon The ceremony was performed
NV Rev Or Moses -. Hoge. assisted by
Bishop 4. VI. Randolph, Of the Diocese Of
Southern Virginia.
4 called meeting Of the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society was held yes
torday for the purpose Of settling mp the
business OF the year preliminary 10 the
annual meeting on December sixth. whea
the election OF officers Tor the ensuing
year will take place.
In tho absence OF Mrs. Joseph Bryan.
Mrs T.. G. Minor presided, and most IN
torcsting session was held. For the reason
that the work has 50 rapidly eXpanaea'
70 was decided 10 hold meetings once each
month instead OF four times yearly. Inc
work OF the memorial meeting or when
Mrs james \. Dunlop Is In charge mas
assumed very much larger pfoporlons
than it was first thought II would DO. III
now proposes to secure the names o. an
men enlisted I'm the Confederate service
with a brief summary OF their RECORD. NO
name win De admitted 10 this roll OF honor
without most careful substantatlon Oh
AN claims made The list will not be puo-
Hghed. but will. with the application
blanks. bc bound and kept in the Museum
MANY Of the applications are fun OF pa
mos. and the list promises TO have
very vital interest FOR all Southern Visi-
. tors TO the Museum. ,.,.
There was considerable discussion with
regard 10 securing portrait Of President
Davis for the Museum. Inadequate iuhos
rrovcnt the purchase Of such a portrait
NV tine society. but the ladies are sun IN
aulcing the hope that some friend fnsy
MILO them this gift The Museum seems
vitality lacking without 1t. Inc next
meeting closes the subscription for the
vear There win be no admission 20 nom
barrbip except TO those who secure ne"
membership cards for the ensuing year.
Her numerous friends win regret 10
learn mat Mrs. Ben Purcell is conhheu 10
her room by illness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

A marriage license was issued yesterday
By the clerk OF the Hastings Court TO
James i. Sinton and Alice V. Britt. and
William f.. H0bs0n and Emma +. John
son.
Mr. Hobson is an engineer and resides
on y street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-18

Robert stiles, and Messrs. Meredith ana
Percy Montague. uncles OF the bride.
The collection Of wedding presents was
a large. valuable and beautiful one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

WHAT will the democrats have for
an issue in the next campaign? Pro
lection has gained such ground among
members of their own party that they
dare not make that a further issue as
against the republicans, while the bot
tom has absolutely dropped out of their
free silver proposition by reason of the
developments of the past few months.
The fact that they are finding it nee
essary to seek for a new issue is shown
by the recent utterances OF various
members of their party favoring postal
savings banks, single taxes, the in
itiative and referendum, and other
isms of that sort as possible basis for
the next years declaration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
Durkee Avenue Will be Macadamized
Thirty-six Feet Wide.

Aldermen McGivern and Weyhe were
the only absentees at the council meet
ing Tuesday night. The reading of the
minutes was dispensed with.
G.. A. Yule appeared before the
council representing a large majority of
the property owners on Durkee ave-
nue. and requested the council to ma
cadamize that thoroughfare this fall if
possible. He stated that if the city was
short of money the money orders would
be taken care of until the city had
money to pay their share of the cost.
The council decided to finish the street
up this fall and ordered the clerk TO
advertise for bids to macadamize the
street thirty six feet wide and to in
clude q cement curling the same as on
Deming street.
A petition for walk on Jenne street
was granted
A petition to turn private sewer
into city sewer on Park street was
referred.
A petition from John Hallett, asking
the council to compel n. r. Aliens
Sons to keep the street in front of his
house clear of tan bark, was referred.
Al ordinance relating to city in-
provement bonds, stating when and
how they should be paid, was given its
second reading and referred back to
the committee.
The poormaster's report was read,
showing ninety-siX on the town.
The Deming street pavement was
accepted and bonds ordered issued and
order drawn in favor of A. E. Rutledge
& Co. for the balance, with the eXcep-
ton of the 10 per cent. reserve.
The usual amount of bills were al
lowed. When it came to the pay roll
for the West Main street job, which
amounted to $500, there was a good
deal of kicking, and the SIS electric
light pole in the park was as usual de-
Quoted from the light bill. This made
the fourth time the amount for that
pole had been deducted from the bill.
A number of new bills were referred
to their respective committees.
The report of the city treasurer was
read showing a balance on hand Sept.
l of SO, 172.88.
Aid. FRANKIE reported the south ap-
proach to Main street bridge to be in a
dangerous condition and the city en-
gineer and street supervisor were or
dered' to have it fixed as soon as pos
sible.
The matter of replacing or changing
a number of the street lights was left
with the gas and light committee.
Council adjourned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE latest thing around which is
being discussed as a possible basis for
democratic oratory in 1900, now that
silver is going to pieces. and that the
tariff is not a safe issue for democrats,
is the initiative and referendum. The
Initiative means that laws may orig
mate with the people. Upon the re-
quest of certain per cent. of voters,
the state and municipal legislatures
must pass any bill that the petitioners
ask for. Referendum means that these
laws must be submitted to the popular
vote and endorsed before they shall be
operative. BY this method every
question would be submitted to the
popular vote and legislatures would be
simply fgure-heads and the community
would be in a constant stew and up
roar over every question.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
FIVE DOLLARS.
Ten Days to Detroit, Michigan, Via
F. & P. M. r. e.

Ten Days to Detroit, Michigan, Via
F. & P. M. r. 3.
The Flint & Pere Marquette r. r.
has arranged for cheap ten day ex-
cursion from Milwaukee and Mantle
woo to Detroit, Mich, at a nominal
rate of SIS for the round trip. Special
steamers will leave Milwaukee at 8:45
o. M, and Manitowoc II p. NJ, We'd
nesday, Sept. Is. After delightful
ride across Lake Michigan arrive at
Ludington early the following morning
where immediate connections will be
made with special F. q P. NJ. train,
arriving in Detroit Immediately after
dinner.
Tickets will be good returning on
any regular train to and including
Sept. "A. Berths on steamer will be 5C
cents extra.
For further information address A.
C. Whittemore, Agent, Manitowoc; l.
C. Whitney or FL. W. Jameson, loo
Wisconsin ST., Milwaukee.
WIG II. F. MoELLER, A. G. P. A.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
Notice of Dissolution of Firm.

Notice is hereby given, that the firm
and CO. partnership heretofore existing
between Charles Palmetier and E. B.
Kipp, under the firm name of Pal1netier
& Kipp, has been this day by mutual
consent, dissolved.
All accounts or claims due said firm
must be paid at the Office of the old
firm to said E. B. Kipp, and all de-
mands against said firm will be paid by
him. All persons indebted to the old
firm of Palmetier & Kipp will please
call and settle without delay.
Dated at Kenosha, this 10th day OF
July, A. D. 1897.
CHARLES PALMETIER.
wifi E. B. KIP.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

PEOPLE who are going into the free
silver campaign should AVOID the re-
Gently published statements showing
the increase in the value of farm
products during the past year. A
table just issued by the bureau of
statistics of the treasury department.,
the highest authority on matters of this
kind, show that Ohio Xxx wool, which
in August, 1896, was worth II cents
per pound, was on July 30, 1897, worth
% cents per pound, while silver, which
in August, 1896, was worth 90 cents
per fine ounce, was on July 81, 1897,
worth 581 cents per fine ounce. The
silver orators made the statement now
and again during the last campaign
that the price of silver and farm prod
ucts went hand in hand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE Honrable Benjamin Ryan Till
man is out now with the old silvercratlc
assertion of last fall that the rise ia
wheat is due to the manipulations OF
Mark Hanna. He spoke the other day
at Troy, N. Y, and stated that he did
not see any signs whatever of genuine
prosperity. The movement sweeping
over the country is nothing but a " hot
balloon affair."" and the wheat boom
merely speculative" and designed to
aid Mark Hanna. When wheat ad
vanced last fall during the campaign
the popocratic orators attributed its
rise to Mark Hanna and his myrmid-
ons, and this was one of the most
ridiculous silvercratic charges made.
But now, when there is no particular
need of telling extravaganza yarns,
Senator Tillman reiterates the as
sertion and evidently hopes people will
believe it. The rise in wheat was felt
about the time che country became
confident that Bryan would be defeat
ed The statistical abstract OF the
treasury department gives the wheat
quotation in New York on August II,
1896, as 81 cents. Wheat is now how
ering in the neighborhood of 100 cents,
the advance having been since that
time fully IS cents per bushel The
wheat crop of the world of last year
was 2,43O, 1897, 900 bushels, and the
Corn Trade News, of Liverpool, esti-
mates the present years crop at 1898, :
100000 bushels. The advance in value
of the crop of this year over that OF
last would, according to these figures,
be in the neighborhood of $3.50, 600, 900.
Does farmer Tillman really expect that
people are going to believe that Mark
Hanna or any other man can, for po-
litical purposes or for any other pur-
poses, advance the wheat value of the
world three quarters of a billion o.
t dollars? Such proposition would
SAVIOR of the idiotic if a second thought
did not cast upon it a suspicion of dis
honesty.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE increase of expectation of man
ufactures under the Wilson tariff law
about which the free traders are still
shouting is very interesting, but not
altogether instructive, unless it is con-
sidered in the light of some other facts.
The increase of importation Of foreign
manufactures during the time in which
our expectation of home manufactures
increased was three or four times as
much as the growth in exports. Nat
urally with our own markets filed with
foreign manufactures at low prices, our
manufacturers were either compelled
to seek market abroad or close their
establishments The effect of legisla-
ton cannot be determined by the study
of single year or term of years.
Those who want to examine this sub
iect closely can get better view of it
by noting the imports and exports OF
the United States during the last halt
century In the pasttwenty five years,
which has been a. season of constant
protective tariff with the exception Of
the three years just ended, the excess
of exports over imports amounted tc
about $500, 100000, while in the
preceding quarter of century, which
was one of low tariff, excepting the
war period, the excess of imports over
exports was $1,400,000,000. These
figures, which cover two twenty-five
year periods, one of which was charac-
terized by low tariff and the other by
protective tariff, are a hundred times
more convincing as to the effect o
protection upon our foreign commerce
than all the figures which the free
traders can produce regarding the
operation of the past year or three
years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

If IT does our democratic friends any
good to ascribe the better times to
" republican luck, " let them dose. The
republicans are in control and the bet
ter times are here. The average voter
will see the wisdom of keeping the
good times by keeping the republicans
in power, regardless Of the wild talk of
democratic editors and speakers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

An Oklahoma newspaper man who
has been serving as an officer in the
Cuban army, says the Cubans are
suffering for lack of food, and that for
some time before he left his principal
rations were palm tree buds.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE British gold bugs again have
the American farmer by the throat.
This time it is ia the shape of 100000
English sovereigns, or over $2,OO0,OOO
coming into San Francisco from Aus.
tralia in exchange for American wheat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

SUGGESTIVE figures are those of the
department of agriculture showing that
the wheat growers of the Q. S. will get
$500, 100000 more for this years crop
than they received for last years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

ALABAMA coal operators are conf
dent that under the Dingley tariff they
will be able to take a goodly portion of
the Mexican coal trade away from the
English, who have heretofore monopo-
lied it. Another argument for pro-
lection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

The recent earthquake that shook
M japan wasn't a marker to the shak-
ing up that country would get if it
were foolish enough to attempt to fight
the United States
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
lature.

IF existing European treaties prove
strong enough to stand the wear and
tear of time, John Bull will find him
self occupying a position endangering
his very existence whenever there is
war between any of the great powers
over there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9.

THE hard luck Klondlke stories are
coming in earlier than they were eZ-
pected, but those now being PRINTED
will seem very mild when the sufferings
of the coming long winter shall be told.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

If all the democratic aspirants to
the senate in South Carolina would
engage in free fight and murder each
other, neither the state nor the country
would be the loser According to their
own testimony they are bad lot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE calamity shriekers of last year
have not told the farmers yet how it is
that wool and wheat have advanced 80
per cent. in price since their shrieks of
last year, while silver has meantime
industriously fallen 70 per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

THE farmers are too busy to listen to
free silver speeches now. That species
Of pastime may do for free trade times
like those of the past three years, but
not under protection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY's popularity
with his soldier comrades seems TO
worry certain class OF democrats al
most as much as the sure and steady
march of prosperity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-09

If. we may judge from democratic
utterances, we should say that Senator
Hanna has his fight as good as won,
and that it is now only a question: of
how large the republican majority will
be for the state ticket and in the legis-
1ature,