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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
OUR PENSIONERS.

''The manned and disfigured old Con-
feds in Virginia who served the South
so nobly in the late unpleasantness,
have within the past few days been re-
ceiving their pensions for the year. The
amounts allowed them are mighty small
and insignificant. but they are the best
the old State can do, no doubt. They
ought to have more. though; for they
earned it."-Salem Times Register.
1--WE really believe the State could do
better by its old soldiers than it has done,
and II ought to do it."-Spirit of the Val
ley-Republican.
And probably would do it If it had
less expensive form of State Government
and fewer politicians as pensioners in the
shape Of office-holders. 1t does seem pos
sible for us to get along these hard times
with a government as inexpensive as that
of Georgia. for instance. The Peters
burg IndexAppeal.
1t is not possible for us to get along
with n government as inexpensive as
that of Georgia, for we have a much
larger public debt than Georgia.
Our interest account is $4,000 per an
nun Gncluding over 100000 of excess
of interest" paid colleges; our expenses
for public education Inclusive Of the
foregoing $lO0WW Is Sl,2oO,Vo per annun,
and the care of our lunatics costs US
$4,000 more.
The total principal sum Of the recog-
nzed debt of Georgia is sS,154,5OO. Ours
is a good deal more than three times
that sum.
Virginia's Expenses Of government"
strictly speaking, are about $4,000 per
annum. one-half of which sum comes
under the heading of criminal charges"
Chronic continuances" and needless
prosecutions are accountable for a good
deal Of this expense.
Yes, our old soldiers who are disabled
and poor, and the helpless widows Of
those who have died, ought to receive
more help from the State. And the one
way to give them that help is TO levy a
sDecial tax.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21

In commenting upon the statement that
there were more votes from the South
in the House for the Dinghy hui than
were ever before given in that body Tor
n professedly protective tariff. the Bos-
ton Herald saws: 1--WE doubt II south
ern feeling has essentially changed TO-
ward the tariff. and such change as *
claimed for Il does not argue well for
the interests of New England
The same paper notes that within TWO
years the south's addition OF spindies
had been SS2.7 and New Englands only
ca. 800. the former being an increase OF
20 per cent and the latter of 5l-3 per
cent And then our Boston contem-
-porary adds:
'"rhere can be no doubt that remark
able as was the southern growth IN
manufactures between 1889 and 1880, the
progress of the current decennial term
will be very much more remarkable.
The products OF the mills factories, ana
work shops of the South doubled in Value
in the ten years covered by the last
census. while the amount OF wages ana
capital invested was nearly trlp'ed
Next referring especially to the period
from 1890 TO 1896 the Herald says that In
some branches of production, the in
crease of invested capital has been very
much above this average, and Inc out
put has correspondingly increased. Also
that this is notably so in the case OF
cottonseed-oil Of coal and of pig-iron.
Truly the South is building better than
state
ments OF the Herald should be exceed
ingly encouraging TO the South They
show that this section is rapidly eman-
cpating itself along certain INES
from the system Of paying tribute TO
the North which has proved such an eN-
haustive drain upon our resources and
such q bar to our industrial development.
And the lesson Of It az to the future IS
that we should prosecute TINS Work oi
emancipation along other lines. Inc
CAPABILITIES of the South in the matter
of variety of Industrial development have
by no means reached their limit. Nhat
we have done in the respect or securing
Industrial independence In the directions
indicated by the Herald, we can DO IN
numerous other directions. The South Is
IN as good condition as any other Sec
ton of the country TO take advantage
when II comes of the reaction from the
long season Of Industrial depression,
with its attendant business uncertainty
and agricultural prostration. When the
tide turns-as turn it must-for the peo-
ple may be depended upon TO force final
* political changes and economic legisla-
tion 10 that end. let the South address
herself earnestly to building up local
manufacturing enterprises for the work
ing I'D Of neighborhood raw material,
and II will not be long before not only
her Industrial. but her commercial
financial. and agricultural independ-
ence as well. viii be complete.
She need not be deferred from doing
this on account of her boom expert
ence That experience was not altogether
an unmixed evil, and ought TO be
help rather than a hindrance to the
work: seeing that it has taught us con-
servatism. and stands as a warning
against repeating many serious mistakes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
A Card from Colonel Mosby.


To the Editor OF the Dispdtch'
In your editorial OF to-day referring
to my recent letter TO Major Yost' you
say: 1--WE inquire again what authoriy
has Colonel John s. Mosby for asserting
that Lee asked Grant TO endorse MS
petition for amnesty and pardony -.
the same time you published General
Lees letter to General Grant enclosing
his petition to President Johnson Tor
amnesty and pardon. This letter speaks
for itself, and needs no Interpretation.
General Lee requested of General Grant
that his application may be acted on.
That could not be done unless Grant en-
dorsed and forwarded II to the Presl-
dent: IL meant this or nothing; Grant
had 10 authority TO pardon. General
Lee. by necessary implication. asked
Grant TO do this: he did not expect Grant
10 volunteer 10 do 1t. or TO keep 1t I'm his
pocket. II ne did not want Grants en-
dorsement then why did he send 1t TO
Grant? Why not send ii directly TO the
President? If there was anything i'm
proper in General Lees asking Grant 10
endorse his application for pardon, it
was equally improper in his asking An
drew Johnson TO grant him a pardon.
I think most southern men would have
felt less humiliation in asking a favor
of Grant than ot Andrew Johnson. You
insist that a request from General Lee
TO Grant to indorse his application for
amnesty would have been inconsistent
with his avowed readiness to stand trial
and yet you admit that he did make
such an application TO the President. In
principle, the distinction seems to be
without difference The Presidents
pardon could have been pleaded in bar
OF a prosecution. as ChiefJustice Chase
decided when he dismissed the indict-
ment against Mr.. Davis; Grants recon-
incubation of the application for pardon
coul, have no legal effect. As ], too. like
the Dispatch. am seeking for informa-
ton, ] beg to inquire why General Lee
sent his petition TO Grant II he did not
want Grant TO endorse Il. General Grant
certainly thought as / DO about it, as
his endorsement upon it shows.
"Respectfully forwarded through the
Secretary Of War 10 the President. with
the earnest recommendation that this ap-
plication Of General r. f.. Lee for am
nesty and pardon may be granted TO him.
(Slgned) ~. S. GRANT.
Northumberland"
In saying that my support of General
Grant for the presidency in 1872 was not
"a wider departure from my past than
General Lees was in asking Grant TO
endorse his petition for pardon, l had
10 more idea Of criticsng General Lee
than he had i'm his letter TO General Beau
regard of criticising General Washington.
when he said that in asking for pardon
he had simply acted like Washington IN
conformity with circumstances.
Respectfully JOHN S. MOSBY.
Richmond. Va. April 20, 1897.
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The Farmers of Virginia and Good
EOnds.

Scuffletown. Hardscrable county, Va.
April 20. 1891
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The long night Of business depression
and low prices for agricultural products
has brought thousands of our farmers to
bankruptcy. Larger tracts OF land than
they can cultivate, but upon which they
must pay taxes, have handicapped many
more to such a degree that their farms
are a constant source of increasing IN
debtedness rather than Of profit.
At present farm lands are practically
unsaleable in many of the desirable
portions Of our State, and the unfortu-
nate debtor farmer realizes that his pro-
perty is no longer available as an as
set either for the loan Of money or for
the payment of his debts, because the
profit having gone out of agriculture, the
land is no longer an acceptable security
TO the money-lender. Forced sales now
mean confiscation, whereby the debtor
loses his home and property, but retains
his debts to prosecute and harass him
on his hopeless and downward path
through life.
This impoverishnent Of agriculture
has reacted on the cities and towns or
the state until now the WHOie pSofle
feel. as they must always feel, the re
fiex action" of Improbable agriculture,
and now the restless and anxious. but
natural discomfort. which has taken
possession of the farming classes is per-
meating 1.-The whole mass"
1t is probable that no one thing will
really help our people as much as good
roads. They will reduce taxes enormous
IN. because the broken vehicles. crippled
stock. light loads. and lost time. conse-
quent upon the bad roads OF Virginia,
constitute the heaviest tax we have TO
pay Again. the home-seeker from the
North. West. and Northwest is dis
heartened and Disguised with the bad
and often dangerous condition OF our
thoroughfares. and on his. return home
reports against us. and thus we have lost
the sale of many thousands OF our farms.
Virginia can never expect To be a
thoroughly attractive field for immigra-
ton until the State Is committed to
some intelligent and fixed road law under
which the making OF good permanent
highways will be perpetual.
Without immigration our doom is
sealed. because the sale OF our lands Is
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21

Writing about the queens Jubilee cele-
bration, the London correspondent of the
New York Tribune says that enc three
stored building overlooking st. Paul's
Cathedral has been leased for $4,000 for
the day. The situation is Anrvalled for
thanksgiving service in front of st.
Paul's. and of the two sections Of the
procession massed in the open space; but
the windows are few in number and
the rooms small. Another syndicate
for the buildings along the route will
be largely controlled by spectators
combinations on the day to be celebrated
has offered 100000 for the privilege of
.emoving building on Ludgate Hill.
erecting a great stand in its place, and
subsequently reconstructing and re-
storing the original structure. Windows
in highly-desirable localities command
anywhere between 81 900 and $4,000.
The correspondent adds:
1.-THE magnitude of this holiday traffic is
amazing Hundreds of real estate dealers
have gone into the business OF dealing In
windows, rooms, roofs and seats I'M
mense insurance risks have been taken
on the Queens life. The newspapers are
filed with advertisements for holiday
accommodations. There is also n con-
siderable auction trade in them, win
dows. balconies and rooms being sold
10 the highest bidders. The mansion in
Pccadilly, which was leased for $4,000
for a single day, was disposed of pre-
maturely. The rental might easily have
been trebled.
1.-The tariff Of prices for seats in open
air stands has not yet been established,
except for the clubs, which have made
arrangements for the comfort OF their
members. The Reform Club. for exam
pie, will erect a double gallery that will
accommodate about $50 persons. and two
guineas viii be charged for seat and
luncheon. The prices OF open-air seats
I'm platforms overlooking the most at
tractiVe portions of the route will be
much higher than the special rates Of
fered by clubs. Many OF the stands are
10 be erected for the benefit of the Hos
pital Fund. and the prices Will range be-
tween two and five guineas. The ves-
tries may construct stands in Piccadilly
St. James street the Borough. and
other thoroughfares. and sell seats for
a guinea but probably there will be an
active market for all the seats which
can be supplied At two guineas. That
will be the average cost of seeing the
show in the open air out OF the press
or the crowds. Glimpses from captive
balloons will come higher"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21

II right only made might, as it should
do. always. the Greeks would undoubted-
ly prevail in the present war with Tur-
key. Notwithstanding the numerical and
material superiority of the latter. But
will it do so in the case Of the present I'M
pleasantness? We fear not, any more
than ordinarily, the rule with poor hu-
mainly being still the old, old one that
might makes right.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
Offices OF
CommIssloner Iackeon G Giuces 0

NOs- anu FOIIll TflIT-
Richmond Va, March 80. 1887.
To the Parties 10 the Above Suit:
| have fixed on MONDAY, May 3. 1897.
at II o'clock \. NJ. as the time and nv
offices aforesaid. as the place. for exc
cutting the decree OF which the foregoing
il an extract.
Given under my hand. as commissioner
in ohancery Of the Law and Equity
Court of the city OF Richmond. this S0th
day of March. 1897.
JACKSON GUY. Commissioner.
Christian & Christian. D. q.
Coke & Pickrell, G.. Carleton Jackson,
Leake & Carter. Thomas y. Carter A.
w. Patterson, Williams & Boulware.
D. q. NH 3l-Ngt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21

ton fairly and squareiy. Morally speak
INK. we haven't the right TO send an
other man to the penitentiary until we
have made provision for giving those
who are already there plenty OF fresh
air 10 breathe at night and ample space
IN which to lie down when tired Nature
demands rest for their bodies.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
Extract from decree entered March %,

ID,
1879
1T Is ordered that this cause
be- and the same Is hereby referred 10 one
of the commissioners OF this court 10 take
the following accounts and make the
following inquiries-viz.
First An account OF all the assets OF
every kind conveyed in the said deed OF
March p. 1897 from Breeder. Talley x
Co. and Powhatan Breeder and wife 70
Williamson Taliey. trustee
Secondly. An account of all claims and
demands secured or intended 10 be So
cured in the said deed the order in which
any and all Of them shall be paid. as
contemplated by said deed. and especially
an account of any and all liens which
may exist on the real estate conveyed
BY said deed and their respective pr.orl-
ties.
Third. That he inquire and report what
would be reasonable and proper fee TO
be paid out Of the trust fund TO the coun-
sci for the plaintiffs for institutng and
conducting this suit; and.
Fourth, Any other matter especially
stated deemed pertinent by himself or
which any party interested may require
10 be so stated.
And the Court doth order that the time
and place of making the inquiries and
taking the accounts directed by this de-
cree be published once a week for four
successive weeks In some newspaper pub
llshed in the city Of Richmond. and that
such publication shall be equivalent to
personal service on the parties interested,
or any of them"
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

IN THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21

The air-ship should by all means be-
take Itself 10 the scene of the Graeco-
Turkish war. where it would be worth
Its weight In gold to the newspaper cor
respondents and artists-on -the-spot
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
A Woman'S Opinion

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Shouldn't the Power be turned off. now
that Turkey and Greece are at 1t, ham,
mer and tongs?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-21
reeden. Talley & Co. and ais.

Planters National Bank of Richmond
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ond the style OF work and prices win be
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The herald., 1897-09-04

After leaving the court room a, free
man, Ward went to the Grand hotel,
where he remained in seclusion unit.
Monday. He purchased ticket for Buff
falo, N. Y, and left on the evening east
bound train, announcing that he was
going to England, and did not expect
to return to this country. At that time
there was nothing in his actions or de-
meanor that would tend to show that
he was mentally unsound. e..
Ward, who was stalwart Englishman
about 40 years of age, located in Santa
Monica about six years ago. Being a
crack polo player and possessed of some
means, he at once became very popular
among the English set at that place.
He soon ingratiated himself into the good
graces of the leading families resident
at the seaside resort, and among them
formed the acquaintance of the Bandinis
Southern California. He wooed and won
Miss Bandini, and their marriage was
celebrated with great eclat.
BY the arrival of the Acapulco it is
learned that Col. John Bradbury and
his Wife, formerly Miss Banning of Los
Angeles, whose escapade with Mr. w.
Russell Ward made several days talk
from Panama to Mazatlan. They cam :
from New York by steamer, and were
on their way from Mazatlan to the Tajo
mines, near Mazatan, in which Colonel
Bradbury is interested.
The herald., 1897-09-04
RAILROAD BUILDERS
Take Advantage of Arizona's Tax
Exemption Laws

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 3-Only ten
days remain in which corporations de-
string to avail themselves Of the tax ex-
emption act may file their notices of ex-.
emption, in accordance with an act Of
the last legislature. Today notice OF
intention was filed by the Arizona and
Coast Line railway, incorporated, to
build road from Tucson to Gala basas,
near Nogales, Ariz., distance of seven
ty-two miles. The route is the same sur
veyed by the Santa Fe, Prescott and
Phoenix railway. when it was designed
to extend that line to be the Santa Fe's
outlet from Sonora, the intention being
to pull up the Santa F'e line from Benson
to Calabasas. Now, through recent
trade, the Santa Fe's Sonora line has
passed under Southern Pacific manage
ment, and the understanding that the
Southern Pacific is likely to follow out
the original plans and build the tax
exempted line south from Tucson. The
new corporation, which is understood to
be under Southern Pacific auspices, IL
capitalized a 81 .0oO,0 600 and it's directors
are: M. p. Freeman, Hugo J. Doney, L.
M. Jacobs, Charles Hoff and S. e. How
ard
The herald., 1897-09-04
County Assessments

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 9.-The state
board of equalization examined this af-
ternoon representatives from Sonoma
and Sacramento counties, both having
been cited to show cause why their as
sessments should not be raised. Sono-
ma was represented by Asse ss'or Wander
hoof, the district attorney and a num-
ber of property owners. The decrease
in the roll was stated to be due to a
falling off in the value of redwood tim
Der land. The only representative of
Sacramento county who put in an ap-
pearance was Assessor Berkey. He de-
clared that his roll, as prepared by him
self, was about the same as last year
but that the supervisors reduced it over
$1,OOO,O00 by cutting off the assessmen,
of the national bank Of D. O. Mills &
Co. San Francisco will be heard tomor-
row, which will end the hearing of coun-
tiaS