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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29

others. however, who. while they are az
firm Az any In the determination that the
war I'm Cuba shall cease. are nevertheless
anxious that without an armed conflict
with Spain. They do not want war II 1t
can be avoided with due respect 10 the
demands Of humanity and the honor Of
the nation.
There are two ways OF settling diff
Guilty. One Is by n harsh, yindictive
proposition. which leaves a courageous
man no other alternative than 10 fight;
the other is by gentlomanly, peaccablo
proposition, as firm as may be, but conciii-
atory. IT says let us reason together and
let us come 10 n fair and just conclusion
between man and man without blows.
He who calls on an honorable gentleman
for settlement may get peaceable set
Element or fight, according as he de-
sires.
II is the same with nations. We have
not yet seen any occasion for war be-
tween the United States and Spain, and
we are gratined 10 see that
there is now a fair prospect
that the whole question will be
honorably and satisfactorily adjusted
by diplomatic negotiation and without the
shedding OF human blood II appears
now that there will be peeceable inter-
vention, II VIC may use such a term.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
AsfO Turn COats.

Newspapers have records as well as
candidates for Governor.
For week past. or more, Hon. Robert
L. Berner's former attitude on the money
question has been a matter OF assault. y
certain newspaper which has been on
more sides OF more questions than all the
turncoats in history has been giving
double-leaded emphasis 10 repeated in
situations that Bcrner was at one time
O SCUM dmoney Democrat. Let US, for
the fun of the thing. draw IT'S record and
look az IL.
In the year 1892 there appeared IN the
Eleventh District OF Georgia (then just
formed a prophecy OF Organism and a
forerunner OF Bryan in tho campaign
and in the person OF Spencer Atkinson
Hon. II. G. Turner stood for the old time
Democratic religion, and after q short
hot decisive campaign won. There was
general rejoicing all over Georgia, FOR
Turner was a giant In those days and
he stood entirely square with the Demo-
cracy as IL had come down from JEFF
fersOn. The Atlanta Constitution was
moved 20 write something about IT,
Speaking OF Mr.. Turner'S nomination, on
the Both day OF June. 1892. Il said:
Under the circumstances his nomina-
ton Is significant. 10 shows that the
Democratic party OF Georgia appre-
clates LOYALTY and ability. They know
him, and they do not expect him 20 use
any OF tho arts OF the denagogue 20
catch their votes Mr.. Turner FAIRLY
AND SQuARELY REPRESENTS THE
DEMOCRACY. and he has won his nomi-
nation in a manly way that will 90 FAR
toward rolling UP good majority on
election day"
What's the matter with that?
Let US analyze 1t little
He beat the forerunner CT Bryan.
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DE NiORTUIS.

We very much enjoy the nudges under
the ribs which the Richmond Times gives
our State convention boomers by calling
attention TO the troubles. follies. vagaries
and crimes Of the sitting Louisiana con-
vention. The truth is that a cOnstitu-
tlonal convention is revolutionary in its
very nature, and cannot be otherwise, as
It is absolute. unlimited and dictatorial
without check. revision or safeguard
Norfolk Pilot
We have been Offering consolation 20
our esteemed friends. who were so much
put out because the people OF Virginia
failed to call q constitutional convention
and because the last Legislature did not
provide for another election on that
question. We have been pointing out to
them the difficulties which the Louisiana
convention was having in arriving at a
satisfactory solution of the suffrage prob
lem, and now that action has been taken
there is great dissatisfaction with the re-
suit.
The New Orleans States declares that
the suffrage ordinance is so offensive
to the nostrils Of the Louisiana people
that there is very general demand that
it be deodorized and inferred as soon as
possible" It declares also that under
section ;. Of the ordinance the srossest
frauds may be perpotrated. as who shall
trace the lineage of the descendants, the
sons and grandsons Of those who could
vote in the year 1867 and prior thereto.
How many Of them" asks the States,
are worthless vagabonds? How many
Of them are hoodlums? How many of
them are in the ranks Of the criminal
classes?" Seeing, therefore, that these
things be, It is by no means certain that
the convention in adopting this ordinance
has done anything in the interest OF hon
est elections.
Moreover it Is the opinion Of Louisiana
senators in Congress and other disting-
uished members of that body that section
3. is in conflict with Amendments XIV
and XIV Of the Federal constitution. The
question will 80 TO the Supreme Court
Of the United States and it is not at all
improbable that another convention must
be called within the next several years
to 20 over the same ground again. Is
there not comfort TO disappointed Vir-
ginians in these reflections?
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AFTERMATH.
The Rev. John Hall, Of New York, is
seriously ill.

The Rev. John Hall Of New York, is
seriously ill.
duel 10 the death occurred on the
night train Of the Nlillen Southwestern
railway Saturday night as it was nearing
summit. Ga. William Oglosby, Of sum
NIT and j. /. Holly. OF Durdenville.
young men. became involved I'm a diff
Guilty. They rose ia their seats and began
shooting at each other Holly was killed
on the spot and Ogosby wounded mortal
ly. Some Of the women passengers were
taken from the car i'm a hysterical condi-
ton.
benjamin J. Word, a former conductor
Of the seaboard Air Line has brought
suit in Atlanta against the company for
$1,000 for alleged injuries.
Ex-Governor Oates. Of Alabama. favors
a constitutional convention TO revise the
suffrage.
A general reform measure will be pre-
scented 10 the Atlanta City Council in the
near future as tho result Of active cru
sades against tho ham-egg-sausage-
doughnut stands now decorating Marietta
street. the alleged useless ringing OF en-
glne bells in the center of the city and
the early morning blasts Of factory fog
horns
Chicago Council has passed an ordi-
nance providing that no building here
after erected shall be more than ten
stories high.
After the Yale-Princeton debate Friday
night former President Cleveland was
asked his opinion Of the present cuban
situation. In reply he said:
Il think the government at Washing
ton is pursuing exactly the right course.
1t could do nothing else and maintain the
national honor"
Rev. George NJ Brown. of the Meth
olist church in New York. has been con-
verted TO the Roman Catholic faith.
Rev. John p. Chidwick, chaplain Of the
Maine. preached an eloquent sermon at
Key West on Sunday night, but made no
reference to the disaster
James W. Buchanan. said to be a grand
nephew Of the late President James
Buchanan, was run over by a locomotive
and instantly killed at Altoona, Pa, on
Sunday last.
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An INDISCREET JUDGE.

It was reported some time ago that
Judge Bradley, Of the Supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia. in passing SEN
tence upon Edward Smith. convicted Of
murder, used this language from the
bench:
Il do not know Of q case in which tho
government should be more deeply con-
graduated in being rid Of such man as
that Lynching probably would be better
than putting the government TO the OK
psnse of keeping and hanging that brute
Tho matter having come to the atten-
ton of Representative Mccall, Of Mas
sachusctts, he introduced a resolution
providing that the Committee on the
judiciary be authorized TO inquire into
this report and 10 ascertain whether or
not Judge Bradley made this or any
similar declaration.
Judge Bradley denied that he used the
language attributed to him, and n lawyer
who was present at the time gives out
the following statement.
No such idea was conveyed, and that
was not the language that was used. AZ
ter Smith had left the courtroom, and
when only q few members Of the bar
were present. waiting for the resumption
Of civil business, the court remarked 10
myself and several other lawyers pres
ent. and not publicly from the bench, as
has been said that the community should
be congratulated that such man as
Smith had shown himself TO BE- had been
convicted. and would suffer the death
penalty. The court then stated that Ii
was to be regretted that the government
should be nut TO n expense Of keeping
and hanging such man. The court add
cd that il might be that lynching would
be a more summary way Of disposing
of a man. who had been convicted Of such
a brutal crime. The court did not say
and I am sure that no one understood tho
court TO mean. that lynch law was pre-
ferable 10 judicial trial
il makes a difference that the declara-
ton attributed TO Judge Bradley was
not delivered from the bench, but for all
tina. II was most indscreet and a most
unfortunate speech to have come from
the lips of q judge under any circum-
stances and in any place whatsoever
The idea IS already too prevalent. alas,
in this country that lynch law under GER
tain circumstances is justidable. Yet
every right-thinking man knows that
lynch law is not only without justification
seeing that every man is entitled under
the constitution to a trial by jury for
an act of which he stands accused, but
that lynching is demoralizing in the eX-
IRENE. That one act Of lawlessness is
almost sure to lead TO another, and that
it is quite impossible 10 maintain in. any
community proper respect for the law
where lawlcssness in any instance is
winked at by the best element in that
community.
The newspapers OF the country and
particularly Of the South, have been en-
gagged for the past year or two in
campaign of education that these facts
may be impressed upon the people But
the work Of these newspapers would soon
come to naught 81 judges generally
should give expression TO such senu-
ment as that attributed to Judge Brad
ley.
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ger; II you can hear the cry OF the inno-
cent child crying for something to eat,
ana because the cry is not needed. gasp
rs iast breath, you may have some idea
or the awful condition OF the Cuban re-
concentrates, and Of the terrible fate
winch awaits thousands OF them, unless
Iehet Is speedily given. The reports or
suffering upon the island are neither
simple newspaper advertising schemes,
nor Oyerdrawn pictures of sensation
mongers. They are cold. stern. horrible.
heart-rending facts; verified by eye-wit-
nesse5 from this country. both in an OFF,
ciai and unofficial capacity
Colonel Parker. who accompanied Sena-
tor Proctor on his recent trip to Cuba,
says: The suffering in Cuba is terrible.
The official Spanish records in Havana
state that two hundred thousand recon-
centradoes have been starved to death.
The rest are starving now. 1t Is only
a question Of time before they will die.
unless something is done very soon. They
are mostly women and children, as the
ren are engaged In tho cause OF free
dom"
What Cuba needs IS not sympathy.
which expends itself I'm empty words and
burning tears; but a sympathy that takes
the form OF bread and meat and the
other necessaries Of life. President Nc
Kinley has appointed a relief commits
sion Of which Or. Klopsch. proprietor OF
the Christian Herald is a member, and
that paper IS raising a relief fund. Al
ready over seventy thousand dollars have
been raised; hut 70 will, no doubt, take
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars TO fully
meet the need.
I have taken Z collection in each Of my
churches an OF which are in Lunenburg,
and they have contributed nearly seventy
dollars. The Lord has enabled me 20 raise
about eighty dollars thus FAR. l write this
20 urge contributions from individuals
and 20 enlist the sympathy Of minister's
and others in raising funds for this pur-
pose. Send contributions 20 cuban
Famine Relief Fund, Bible House. New
York where you can get literature on
this subject If you desire It.
May the Holy Spirit open the hearts Of
the people that they may hear and heed
Cubas cry for bread
W. THORBURN CLARK.
Keysvilc, Va, March 10, ls2S.
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what they say they do set down the facts
accurately. But there runs through
them all covert sneer at the Confed-
eracy and the Confederate soldier and
disparagement OF our cause that must
make Southern boy ashamed OF his
father. II he never unlearns what these
books put into his mind. II Southern
youth never learns anything OF the war
but what he gets from these hooks. he
will inevitably have a secret feeling OF
shame that his father ever wore Con-
Tolerate uniform.
No one. OF course would question tho
loyalty Of the paper from which we take
tho extract. to the Confederate cause and
the Confederate soldier. It's sympathies
with both are as strong and as true as
those Of The Times. But the fact that its
columns could contain such a thing as
this Is the very best possible illustration
OF the danger that allowing these libellous
histories IN our schools subjects our chill
dren TO. We know nothing, of course. OF
how this extract came TO be in its col
umns. but we have no doubt the account
OF the launching OF the Kearsarge was
turned over to some young man, born
since tho war. and that he naturally cop
ied the account OF the battle between the
old Kearsarge and the Alabama from the
history that he had been taught at school
This may be so. or Il may not be so; but,
as IT might be the case. IT shows what an
injustice We do TO both our children and
ourselves in allowing such histories as
Barnes to be taught in our schools.
Tho Board OF Education should drive it
aMlv.
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A BRAVE WOMAN.
Has An Encounter With a Burglar
aud Captures Him.


Mrs. William Williams wife or X. D..
Williams. of the Belc0urt in So. Nicho-
las avenue. had am encounter with q
burglar I'm her apartments yesterday.
during which he threatened twice 90 KIN
her, but she fought her way To- am cleo
trio button and pushed IT, causing the
burglar To- take fright and run away.
Hewas caught. Mrs. Williams joining In
the chase. The prisoner described him
self as Henry Frost, twoniy-seven years
Old. of No. All LenOx avenue Iie says
he is q bartender.
Mrs. Williams was alone about . o'clock
in the afternoon. when she heard q
noise I'm her dining room, on The second
floor Of this fine apartment house. She
went into the dining room and saw tall
well dressed man. IN silk hat, rifing a
trunk. When Frost saw her he pointed a
revolver az her and said:
III you dare to move I'll XIII YOU"
Though the man moved toward her
Mrs. Williams retained her presence Of
mind and dropped 10 her knees. Frost
blocked her way. but she managed 10
reach the button, which she touched
causing a bell 20 ring in the janitors
apartments down stairs. The burglar
enragel. placed a revolyed OF her head
and cried:
NOW. by Heaven, I'll kill you"
Mrs Williams felt that she vas TO be
killed. but just then hearing noises OF
feet in the lower hall Frost rushed out
Of the room. hrs. Williams ran TO the
street and stopped Mr.. Irving Cohen. say
ing. as she pointed 10 Frost. That's a
burglar. Help me catch him"
She dashed up the street. Cohn fol-
lowed and soon passed her. At One hum
dredth and tenth street the burglar. who
ha dredoubled his speed. saw Policeman
Kennedy and coolly told tho policeman
that there had been a burglary. ana that
the thief had run around the corner
Cohn ran up just then and seized Frost
who was taken % the station house.
Eros. had "a box which he had taken
from Mrs. Williams trunks and which
contained three pocketbooks. chatelaine
watch. two diamond ringe, TWO razOrs.
pearl card case and other small articles.
The pocket books contained about SZ5.
He also had a revolver, g. jimmy and six
skeleton keys. The police think Frost
may have had something 20 do with a
series OF burglar.es that have occurred
recently IN Harlem.-New York Herald.
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ni.oiniine I'm Old Virginia.

In an old biography Of Chief Justice
Marshall there is an anecdote "nich
gives a significant hint Of the discipline
10 which young people were SUBJECTED
I'm that earlier day. says the youth Ooi'-
panlon. ....-..,... 49,.
several OF the great iurists nieces were
I'm the habit OF visiting him. and as they
were young ana attractive, the mouse
became a rendezvous for the leadins
Young men OF the city during the after
moons. Judge Marshals black major
domo. old Uncle Joseph, held tight rein
upon these visitors. Every day az i
o clock me would appear at the door OF me
drawing room In sDOtess livery ana win
n profound bow. would announce:
Ladies. his Honor. the Chief Justice,
has retired TO his room 10 prepare lot
dinner.
"Gentlemen. dinner viii be served az
half past 4 O'Clock IL is now T. His
Honor will be pleased if you will femain'
and covers have been laid Tor you NJ tho
table. IL you cannot remain, VIII you
permit the young ladies' 10 retire 20 pre-
pare for the meal
The gentlemen usually took their leave,
and the ladies retired I'm an III humor.
but any remonstrance with Joseph was
only answered by. 1T is the rule OF tie
house Young folks must be kept within
bounds"
In Virginia houses Of the better class,
Notwithstanding their almost boundless
hospitality the calls Of young men in
that day were held strictly wi hin limit.
No one was received as a visitor 20 q
girl unless his antecedents and character
were well known 20 her parents.
III his visit was prolonged until after
20 o'clock, the invitation 10 family pray
ers was given. If he seemed likely to
become an habtue OF the house. and 50
TO engage the thoughts. and perhaps in
time the affection, Of the young girl who
was IT'S chief treasure. her father quiet
ly asked the purport of his visits. and. II
be had none other than his amusement,
courteously requested him 90 discon-
firuo his calls
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"slgnifcant." Very, Under tho cir.
cLlr.a. a y Il.l q nLr. lhnrnt

Significant" Very. Under tho cir
cumstances." Put a pin there
IL means that Democrats loves loyal
ty.' Loyalty to what2 TO Democratic
principles. OF course. Keep the thought.
He did not have 10 play tho ''dcria go
gue' TO catch their votes Wen. VINO
did? BY inference. thu other .fellow-ths
man who preached free silver, and 30
forth. Stick two pins thcre'
Why did Turner win2 Because he
fairly and squarely represented the
Democracy'-thc other fellow did not.
Put n railroad spike down there
And be won his nomination in a manly
way And so on. the story goes.
IL there Is nothing tho matter with all
that. what IS the matter with Bob Ber-
ner2
II seems that the Constitution was
sort OF godbug itself IN those days. 80
least it denied the forerunner 81 Bryan.
and turned the back OF ms hand 70 him.
Why, then. prosecute Bcrner. because no
was somewhere along there with the Con-
stitution az that time? Wasn't your
Uncle Allen, too7-Macon (Ga) Tsle-
graph a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
CUBA'S CRY FOR BREAD.
A Virginia Minister Makes an Appeal
Tor Contributions.
Editor OF The Times

Editor OF The Times:
Sir.-ln this land of plenty Il Is seldom
that we see one suffering on account OF
need Of food, but If we should cross
the narrow strip Of water, which sepa-
rates the island OF cuba from this eoun-
try we would see what might be called
nation OF living skeletons. We would
be In land which is being rapidly
rapidly depopulated by exposure, disease
and starvation. During the famine. when
Is still raging with intensity. 1t IS estl-
mated that over four hundred thousand
people have perished from starvation;
condition or things which scarcely any
one who has not actually witnessed II
can fully comprehend. II. In your imagi-
nation, you can see men and women.
once strong and healthy. falling upon the
streets Of great city, dying from hun
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
Willing 90 Work.

mo. madam" said Wandering Mike:
I'm sorry, but It's as in my principles. i
can't split no wood"
Well she answered. "there Will be q
load of coal here this afternoon and"
I'm sorry az in. but i can't cary no
coal But I'll tell You what I Will do.
III compromise. FL you've got q gas
stove I'll turn on the - FUR ye. "-Wash-
iuftOn Star.
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christening with Water.

Editor Of The Ilmes'
sir.--In an editorial this morning you
rsfer TO the opponents Of the White Rib
hon Brigade showing their utter con-
tenn. FOR the water innovation in the
Kentucky christening ceremony BY del
uring the ship with vile smelling whis-
kev and other discordant circum stances
and conclude that the christening cere-
monv should be a ceremony OF harmony
ana good manners and decency or Il
should be abolished altogether" OF
course. the ". {. 4. L. women are absO-
Iutely free from any imputation OF a
breach OF good women and decency. but
YOUR editorial leads me TO remark that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
Street Railway
Transfers.

On and after Sunday. February
90, 1898, a passenger VIII be en-
titled TO ONE transfer on pay
msnt of a single fare.
Transfers to Fourteenth street,
Richmond. and to Hull street,
Manchester, will be allowed only
on payment Of a cash fare.
Passengers desiring transfer tick
cts will notify conductor when fare
is paid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
Friends Of VIE
Cured of Grip and Colds,

will try DR.. Humphreys Specifics
for Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weak Stomach for Rheumatism
and Lumbago Infant and Female
Complaints.
Specific Manual 10 be found at Drug
gists, or sent free. tells all.
Humphreys Medicine Company, New
York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
Dress Rehcarsals.

This IS the nth time you have ap-
preached me with that story" said Ram
kin.
Yes sir" replied the mendicant. I'm
perfecung It for use on the first kind.
generous man / meet. "-North American.
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ofNIcftlc.

Il say. Bridget, is your beau a gold or
q silver MANI" asked the head of the
house.
Sure. he's neyther." answered the
cook. who was in love with a policeman.
"hes what you call a copper man, sur
Yonkers Statesman.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
IcninincEcnarfcc.

St. Louis girls are so prompt at repair
teei \ young man made teasing re-
mark 20 one Of them the other day and
she hit him with q hatiron in the neck
Somerville Journal.
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Albert Cime. 1859 p. M)-Reaily. I must
be going now: it's getting late
Laura (yawnlng)-Weu you know the
old saying.
Albert-What's that2
Laura-Better late than never.-Chcogo
News.
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Handled the FUNDS.

was he secretary Of treasurer Of the
company
"Well, they supposed he was only sec
rotary until after he had gone."-Pick-
Me-Up.
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FOR DISEASES OF THE LIVER.
STOMACH AND KIDNEYS.

the Water OF the Greenbrier White Sui
phur Springs is the most valuable In
America. Purcell, Ladd * Co., wholesale
agents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29
Two Heroes.

One marched away and won name
Amid wars horrid throngs;
The other hacked his way TO fame
BY writing battle songs.
Chicago Record.
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The report Of the Board Of Fiseries Is
the next TO hear from.
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Tho Dincrcnce.

'Twixt bachelor and benedict
This difference may be said:
That you can lead a single life.
In married life you're led.
Puck.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-29

"This pink rose. darling, wear II
IN your hair" his fond note said
But she smashed it-d.d not spar It
lie forgot her hair was red.
Chicago Record.
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nccnrnfinns.

Her father literally bought her hus-
hand for her"
"Well, YOU know. It's the place OF tho
brides parents 10 furnish the decorations
at the wedding. Detroit Journal.