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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
FEE IN HduPION.
The Fire Eneed House Caught and the
Cnnrf-Honse and jail 1hreatened.

HAMPTON. VA. August i9.-Special.-
About 1880 this afternoon fire broke our
I'm Patrick Henry Hall. next 10 the lamp,
ton tire-engine house on Court street, ana
I'M less than five minutes the entire Dulld-
Inr was enveloDed I'm flames
owing 10 some delay ON the part or me
fro company IN getting TO work; ana me
had condition Of most OF their hose, the
dromcn Gid poor service.
The engine house caught from the roof
but n bucket line was formed and the
fire was eXtingushed before serious dam
age was done.
The court house and county fail were
attached 10 the engine house, and az one
time Il was thought the entire block
would 20.
Great excitement prevailed I'm the coun-
~ Jail where a number Of prisoners were
confined.
Sheriff Curtin. however. assured them
that there was no danger, and no trouble
resulted along that line. The building
that was burned was used as meeting hall
by several secret orders. The Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans and Sons OF Vet
Grams used the first floor as their meeting
room, and had all OF their regalia burned
The buildings were insured, but their
contents were a total loss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20

An Amusing Mistake Made by West vir-
n Mas Governor,

Governor Atkinson, OF West Virginia, a
few days ago, commissioned Miss /. j.
Burney. OF Wheeling a notary public IN
der the impression that she was a man.
The Governor last week received letter
from John h. Wilson. a prominent lawyer
OF Wheeling. and formerly a member Of
the legislature. requesting the Governor
10 appoint l.. ID. Burney a notary public.
The Governor. on the recommendation OF
Mr.. Wilson, thinking, OF course, that +.
D. Burney was a male citizen. caused a
commission 10 be issued. The commission
was sent 70 l.. ID. Burney and she an once
qualified and proceeded 10 exercise the
functions OF her Office.
The attention OF Governor Atkinson was
called 10 the fact. and he about the same
time received a letter from Mr.. Wilson,
stating that he had not intended &c i'm
pose upon the CHIEF Executive, but that
he was under the impression that a wo-
man could hold the office OF notary public
under the law The Governor requested
the return Of the commission at once and
II las since been received at the office OF
the Secretary OF State and, cancelled.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
MISS GOELEI'S DUKE.
He IL Young and Handsome and Yer,
HIM


Rico.
1t IS net the Duke of Manchester. says
the New York World. bat the young
Duke OF RoNburghe. recently come Of
age. who Is being talked OF In English
society as destined TO become the h1is-
band of Miss Goclet The Duke is FIRST
cousin OF the Duke Of Marlborough and a
nephew therefore. OF Lady Randolph
Churchill. who. Jointly with the young
American Duchess OF Marlborough has
helped TO bring him into contact with
Miss Goelet
lie succeeded To tho dukcdom about five
years ago on the sudden death OF MI
popular father who was famed through
out Great Britain as the most accomplish
ed and successful angler in the United
Kingdom. Indeed no fisherman has yet
managed 10 break his magnificent record
Of thifty-one salmon To his own rod In
one day.
While he hsd the physique OF a border
baron, he had nothing IN him OF that
rough carriage which chrOnfclers tell was
characteristic OF Robert ker. first Earl
of RoXburgho On the contrary. he was
OF particularly gentle nature ana re-
firing disposition.
HIS son. the present Duke. appears 70
have Inherited these amlahle Characteris-
tics IN spite Of the strain of Churchill
blood that comes 10 him through his
mother. The yong Duke likewise inherits
his fathers taste for salmon fishing. and
has already intimated that he will adopt
tho politics OF his parent namely the
Liberal-Unionist doctrine. the late Duke
havngbeen a staunoh adherent or MIR.
Gladstone until tho latter took up home
rule
he marres Miss Goelet will wed her more
for the sake OF her personal charms than
for her dollars. HIS estates which are
unencumbered by mortgages extend over
10000 acres. and have rental value az
S250000 The ancestral seat OF The family
~ Floors Castle. a striking edihco on the
banks Of the Tweed which IL tho border
line between England aud Scotland N is
magnificent pile. and was built about
two centuries ago on the sit> OF an older
castle particularly rich In historical as
sOclations.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
Henric0 IIappenlngs

The Clerk Of the County Court OF Hen
rico issued yesterday "A marriage license 20
Mr.. Luther Johnson and Miss Nora
Ihrockmorton, both OF the county OF
Henrico.
Judge T. Ashby Wickham. Of the County
Court Of Henrico county Yesterday order
I'd the establishment of n public road
from kingsland road 20 Double Gatee.
Mr. Edmond II. Haher latoly resident AZ
Fort Leo, Henrico county who died We'd
'ncsdsy will be buried nj his old home in
buckingham county Tho body was taken
% buckingham yesterday on the $50 train
on the James River Division OF the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20

plOved at the work of excavation in the
rear of the Jefferson Hotel. where the
new boiler rooms OF the Hotel are TO be
met with a paid ID accident yesterday.
At half nass o'clock la the morn
ing while he was at work, a piece of
stone fel uuon his left foot badly bruis-
inp, H. nut Fortunately breaking no homes
The city Ambulance was called and Or.
Nuckois who came In H. dressed the in
iurv ana took Jackson home. to west
Marshall street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, August 19.-There was no
change to-day I'm the firm attitude or SELL
ers in both first hands and jobbers In
the latter the continued presence Of many
buyers induced heavy trading i'm nearly
all departments. The reports from out
them has been quite brisk. I'm spite OF the
rush 10 the New York market. In staples
tine demand FOR brown goods. for domcs-
tic As we'll sustained. though exports have
fallen of and buying for foreign account
Is not heavy. Print cloths are firm at
29sc. Sales OF extras for September de-
livery 90 the extent Of 10000 pieces were
made yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
nnlding 90 lie RemodelIed

Mr. j. Leroy Sutherland. the undertaken.
has started the work OF remodelllng the
establishment occupied by himself on
Main street, near Seventh.
The building will be brought up 10 date
and the cost will be considerable In its
new dress the structure will be a credit
and an Improvement to that section Of
the city.
Architect Hunt submitted the plans and
7. J. NuckOls IS the contractor.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
GoocnLAND AND FLUyASNA.
A Joint Convention Of 4 he Two Counties
Nnminntes for the Legislatnre.

COLUMBIA. VA, August Especial
A joint convention OF the Democrats Of
GOOchland and Flyanna counties met
here to-day for The purpose OF nOminat-
ing candidate for the House OF Dele
gates. At twenty minutes 70 p. NJ. tho
convention was called 10 order by Col.
VIM. Il. Pettitt, chairman OF the Demo-
cratic Committee OF Fluvanna county,
who nominated Hon. A. X. Leake for
temporary chairman, and Mr.. VIM. II.
Taliey Tor temporary secretary. These
gentlemen were unanimously elected
Mr. David H. Leake. OF Goochland.
nominated for permanent chairman Hon.
A. A. Cray. OF Fluvanna. This nominal
ton was seconded by Mr.. A. IL. Mon
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
Money.
RICHMOND, VA, Aug. II, 1897.

RICHMOND, VA, Aug. n, 1897.
It is easy to make money when
all conditions point to a return of
real and continued prosperity.
What are the facts? We have a
conservative administration. The
country will be governed in fair
ness to the interests Of business
men. The tariff question is set
tied. The political situation IS
such that nothing adverse can be
done with the currency question
for three years. Liquidation IS
finished. Leading papers in Eu-
rope recognize the deficiency OF
their crops. The United States IS
the only country in a position to
furnish necessary supplies Ex-
change has dropped sharply. Sc
curities have advanced handsome
". Reactions are natural, healthy
and to be expected. The market
declined this week from one to
three points, but promptly recov-
cred, and is now advancing.
In the great period of bushes
revival from 1879 to 1881, when
money was Gearer, securities sold
much higher, Strong people may
combine to sell the market down
to accumulate cheap stocks, but
the future is bright with promise,
and in our opinion all good securi-
ties are a purchase. There rarely
comes an occasion so favorable for
the making Of money.
Write to Us for facts and figures.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, August 19-Septcmber
wheat to-day came within n very small
fraction Of touching the SOC. mark. but
slumped inglorionsly on and closed S7Sc.,
o. drop Of l%c. since yesterday. The mar
ket was AN extremely nervous one with
fluctuations cOrrespondingly violent.
Some bearish crop reports, seaboard sell
ing and letting go OF considerable hold
ings by the bull clique were features I'm
the decline. Corn and oats were but
slightly affected. corn declining &c. and
oats about the same. Provisions showed
independent frmnoss. closing unchanged
10 nc. higher.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
NAVAL STORES.

CHARLESTON, S. c., August 10. -TUE-
,PENTlNE-Firm al 2Jc. sales. none
ROSIN-Firm; sales, none: 4, i. G. ID.
II. S12O; +, Sl25; G.. S13U: II. Sl4j. /
81 40; *. $50 NJ. Sl.JJ: ~ Sl.75: window
glass. Si0O; water white. 22U.
SAVANNAH. GA. August l0.-TrR-
PENTl n Firm at ne; sales, 1861
casks: receipts, 1000 casks.
ROSTN-Firm, sales. 1.iS2 barrels. re-
celpts. 900 barrels: A. Il. &. ID 81 ~.
T. S1.25. r. Sl.3O; @. Si.a5. II. 81 a.. I
81 20: X. Si.GO: NJ Size; y. 81 50: window
glass, sos water white, 30.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. August 10
SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE-F Firm AT ~
a23ikc.; receipts. 235 casks.
ROslN--Dull at Sl.2OQl %: receipts $50
barrels.
CRUDE TuRPENTINE-s M
81 20. $3.50 and $40; receipts, 7s bar
rels.
.AR-Quiet and steady; receipts. PSI
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
Greene County Court.

STAN-ARDSVILLE, August ESPECIAL
Court convened here a while Monday.
and the counsel for T.. ID. Lee and John
knight asked Judge MCMILLAN for new
trial, which was not granted they Will
take the request 10 Judge Grimsley
The lawyers We're also taking deposit
tons I'm a suit which Mrs. A. b. Stephens
Will bring against the estate Of j. l.. Sims.
for part Of the property.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
Mnnld.Pe Snicile Batter

william Harvey Alley. the young white
man whose desperate effort al self
slaughter by means OF a razor last Tues
'gh. IN the house s,,m No. PIC north
Eighth street were inily told OF in The
tAS. is steadily improying
lie Is able 10 walk about his room and
repeats his determination 10 try the ex-
pertinent OK suicide again.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20

1Asu quotations were as follows. Flour
Irmcr: advanced 2Jc.; No. yellow corn.
2Sl2Q28Ac; No. 2 spring wheat, S73s9 soc. .
No spring wheat, Sl0S7c. 40. 2 red.
DOC, new; No. 2 corn. 2Siaa2s4c: 10. ?
No white f. o. d.. l9Hd2iac. No. .
rye. 4Gigc. No. barley nominal. 80. g.
T. o. b.. 3003Sc. No. 4. T. o. D.. ssikG
2S4c.; No. 1 flax sced 09ikG111lk:
prime timothy seed, s. -. mess pork. per
barrel SS.55dS5G; lard per 100 pounds
S452iA: short rib sides Go0se). Assn
5.25. dry sailed shoulders (boxed) S50
5.25. short clear sides (hoxed. s52J0
5.3715; whisky. distillers' finished goods.
per gallon, S1.20: sugars unchanged: but
ter firm; creamery, 11016ihc.; dairy. 100
he; cheese quiet at 1850. eggs firm;
fresh 12Hc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
MARI = INTELLIGENCE.
Aucliet 10 1877.
PORT or RICHMOND. AUG. 10. 1897.
ARRIVED.

lOltl OI KlIIMO4NFf AbAf. 10 l0Jts
ARRIVED.
Steamer Virginia. Porter Baltimore,
merchandise and passengers. Baltimore
Steam Packet Company.
Steamer Richmond, hloNer, merchan-
disc and passengers. Old Dominion Steam
ship Company. for New YORK.
Steamer Gulf Stream. Tunnel Phlladel-
phia, merchandise and passengers J. w.
McCarrick. agent
Steamer POcahontas, Graves, Norfolk.
merchandise and passengers. Virginia
Navigation Company.
SAILED.
Steamer Ariel, Shelly. Norfolk. mer-
chandise and passengers. Virginia Navi-
cation Company.
Steamer Virginia. Porter. Baltimore
merchandise and passengers, Baltimore
Steam Packet Company.
Steamer Richmond. Glover New York,
merchandise and passengers, Old Domln-
lon Steamship Company.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS, AUG. 10. 1897.
ARRIVED.
Barge West Point, New York.
Barge Helicon. New York.
Schooner Mary J.. Palmer Portland.
Schooner Clara a. Denmee, Boston.
Steamer Cheney, Cardiff.
SAILED.
Barge Lone star Boston.
Barge Navesink Boston.
Barge Wasp, Norwich.
PORT OF WEST POINT. AUG. 10, 1891
ARRIVED.
Steamship Accomac. Thompson, Nor
folk, passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Accomac. Thompson, Nor
folk, passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
MONEY AND EXCUANGE.-Money o

MONEY AND EXCHANGE.-Mon on
coll easy M SAX per cent; last loan at
~ and closed offered an ~ per cent;
rrirno mercantile paper 3HN4l per cent.
Sterling exchange firm. with actual husi-
moss in bankers bills az 4S5N for demand
and at fe9n0 1891 for sixty days. posted
rates. $500 $50 and 4sGil0fS7. CONNER
plal bills. $50 Silver certificates offered
at I2. bar silver 20. Mexican dollars 800
Government bonds steady. state bonds
dun. railroad bonds weak.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-20
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

Quotations are for bonds maturing In
not less than ten years.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-22
The Cocade.

mon Dieu, Nine. hiHnehahelle, why did
you wear such u long face in the palace of
tho dogesS Did Tamaeno's acting affect
you SO seriouslyf
at Is true, the Republican candidate
won In the Eighth reimbursement, but
how could that possibly interest your"
"How, NJ. Pompons You ash how IL
could possibly interest mo, who have lived
on terms of intimacy with princes and
bnrons who cherish the tender recollec.
tinns that the Emperor Napoleon III
pinohed my chin whsn was playing SCI
sela' would have given my most valued
mementos TO have elected the Conseryn.
tive, and II he was not elected 10 Is the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-22

Csrtes small Army.
When Cortes invaded Mexico for tho Sec
ond time, ho had 50 musketeers and so
prosshnwinPn
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-22
BACK VOLUMES
or TIE
DESERET WEEKLY.

The sixth volume OF the DEsERET
WEEKLY in the present form is
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-15
THE PEOPLES PRESIDENT.
Major McI<inIey's Course VIII Keep
Him I'm Touch with the People.
Washington Star.

President Mckinley will benefit in two
ways from his course of keeping himself
in easy reach of the people. II will insure
but their confidence. II Will encourage men
of all parties and all beliefs TO call upon
him and confer with him. 1t will afford
him wide range of information about the
popular currents of the day, in what direc-
ton they are setting and what they are
bearing along. and it will keep him in close
touch with the everyday sentiment and as
pirations of the great mass of his country
men. Only good TO him. as well as TO the
country. can come from such knowledge
so gained. 1t is TO be doubted. inoeed of
success in the presidential Office can be
achieved if this knowledge for any cause is
denied the incumbent. If the man who is
the representative of all the people with
draws himself from intimate communities
ton with them. and confers about the peo-
pies business with only a few personal!
friends he cannot hope for his perform
ances 10 touch either the popular heart or
the popular imagination.
There is no captiousness. but only the
simple truth. in the statement that Mr..
Cleveland I'm the White House suffered from
the effect of his inaccessibility. Inaccessi-
bic he was, TO greater degree than any
other man who has resided there i'm very
many years The question of responsibility
for this is minor question The fact re-
mains that, for some cause. the people felt
themselves shut out. and even a large num-
Der of senators and representatives. with
important business to take them there.
made their visits with reluctance Some
of these men did not so back the second
time. Nearly all of them complained OF the
atmosphere of eXclusiveness pervading the
White House. and which made il difficult
and even unpleasant 10 spend any time
there.
The result was that only very few men
had access to Mr. Cleveland. and il was
largely through them that he Informed
himself as TO the popular sentiment and
wishes. There grew up indeed. sort of
Cleveland trust. through which and by
which the very small number who had OBJ
tanned his kept IL to the exclusion of
the hundreds who would have been glad
10 obtain IT, and who by reason of their
positions. had right 10 frequent audiences
Ii is "a very narrow ard mistaken definition
which limits the Presidents advisers 10 the
eight men who sit at the Cabinet table
Excellent advice may reach him from very
many other sources abort matters of the
highest Importance. and he best conSults
his own and the countrys interests who
instead of putsing up the admittancc
sign, opens the door End receives the pco-
pie cordially In the peoples own house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-15
Publishers, NOfes.

Flames is the title of Mr.. Robert HIGH
ens'S new novel which is to be issued short
ly by Herbert S. Stone & Co, of Chicago
1t is a story of modern London life. but
the plot has largely to do with esoteric
science and occult forces. Mr.. Kitchens
first became known the author of The
Green Carnation." Later he published An
Imaginative Man" and The Folly of Eus-
tace."
The A. ID. f. Randolph Company, Chi
cago, have in preparation tor early publ
cation two little volumes by Mrs. Balling-
ton Booth. One of them. under the title
Look Up and Hope, is specially prepared
for distribution among the prisoners in the
various prisons where Mrs. Booth has taken
up her work. The other volume. under the
title of Branded, is an account of Mrs.
Booths prison work, which has attracted
such wide attention and commenda ton.
1.-The Theory of Sterilization" by Prof
+. II. Giddngs, of Columbia University,
is intended for the use of college and uni
versity classes. This book and The Prin-
ciples of Sociology together constitute a
textbook for the advanced student of the
subject. The Theory of Specialization"
presents the chief theoretical principles of
tive order, and illustrates many of them
with new examples. II will be published
as a pamphlet by the Macmillan Company.
Messrs. Charles Scribners Sons announce
that they have in press for early publca-
ton "A Short History of Medieval Eu-
rope" by Oliver J. Thatcher, Phi. D.. pro-
fessor of history in the University of Chi
cago. The book will contain $50 pages l2mo,
with maps. chronological tables and index.
and will cover the period from the first
century to the Italian renaissance i'm the
sixteenth. 1t has been adopted by the
Chautauqua Reading Circle in advance of
its appearance for required reading in the
next years course.
A first prize of $500 and a number of
smaller prizes have been offered by the
Century Company, publishers of the Cen
fury Dictionary and Cyclopeda. for the
best answers to hundred and fifty ques-
lions covering a broad range OF informa-
ton. A sample question, which is easier
than some of them, is as follows: What
is the approximate difference in altitude
between the loftiest Alpine summit and the
bed of the greatest depression i'm the Nedi-
terranean basin?" An additional prize of
| $500 is offered to any who answer
80 per cent. of the questions from any ten
| published works of reference other than
the Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia.
The College Year Book" which Messrs
Stone & Kimball New York, announced.
| for publication i'm December has been de-
| layed and is now about TO be issued. The
| delay was caused by the exceeding diff
| Guilty of collecting varied number of
| America. including not only full lists of the
| faculties of each institution. but the records
of the athletic and other contests. as well
| as college societies, which go TO make up
| this volume. The book makes altogether
| about six hundred pages. and will be of
great interest, not only to students and in
structors, but TO those preparing their sons
and daughters for college.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-15
swarm OF Wool Men and Manufacture
ers Present to Secure Changes
i'm various Features.
EXTRA SESSION OPENS TO-DAY
NO STATESMAN ABLE TO PREDICT
HOW LONG 1T WILL LAST.
Two weeks Debate on the Tariff Bill
at Least. and other Business
May BE Taken Up.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE final
work OH the tariff bill occupied the time
OF the Republican members of the ways and
means committee to-day. and tonight they
assembled for their last conference. Chair
man DingIey said that the bill would be
finished at this meeting. but that 1t might
b, necessary for the committee to work all
night to accomplish its task. As soon as
the con- mittee's draft OF the bill has been
completed il will be sent to the Government
Printing Office and force of picked men
will be put to work upon it there, so that
II may be presented in the House at .
o'clock in the afternoon.
1t is possible that changes may be mace
In some of the most important schedules
even at this late hour, particularly the "ooi
schedule over which there are differences
of opinion in the committee the reclproc-
ity scheme has not yet been formulated INTO
words and some feature OF the plan are sun
subject 10 change Apart from the posi-
bility of revision tonight the important
features of the bill will stand as they nave
been heretofore determined upon and as
they have been outlined from day 10 cay
in these dispatches.
The corridors OF the Cochran Hotel, where
the tariff makers have an office, have peeh
swarming with wool men, WOOL manu1ac-
turers and representatives of other inter
ests all day and great pressure has been
brought to bear TO have various features
of the bill changed before it is given TO the
House.
Chairman DingIey said tonight that II
had not been decided how much time would
he allowed for tariff debate in the House
Every week of talk, be remarked, would
cost the country hundreds of millions in
revenue through importatiens which would
be rushed into the country under the exist
4ou