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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-11
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-11
Quotations are for bonds maturing In
not less than ten years
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
Richmond, Va, Dec 10 1898.

NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA, Dec. 10.-PEANUTS-
Farmers stock, strictly prime 10 fancy,
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December r. 1S9

PORT OF RICHMOND. DEC. 10, 1898.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Cuff Stream. Tunnel. rer'
chandise and passengers, Clyde Line.
Philadelphia.
Steamer Pocahontas Graves. merchan-
disc and passengers. Virginia Navigation
~or,panv Norfoil
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SAILED.

Steamer Albemarle. Glover merchan-
disc and passengers. % DOMINION
Steamship Company. Norfolk.
Schooner Annie Ainslie Str0ut. Boston,
ties. vessel JnO. \. Curtis x Sons
PORT OF WEST POINT, DEC. TO- 1S9s.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Accomac. Thompson. Nor
folk. passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
steamship Accomac, Thompson. Nor
folk. passengers and general cargo
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COTTON MARKETS.

$3.50. prime. 2a.c. common. 2g2hc.;
Spanish. bOc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-11

The grandeSt gathering in Rich
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iul gifts cheapest.
Hand-Painted Toilet Bottles, full
sizes, worth 75c. pair, oOC
MONDAYS price, each......... |vS
Hand-Painted Toilet Bottles with floral
and raised gold decorations at 42c., rOC
fsc. and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
Real China Hand Painted Plac- SIC
ques at PC, CSC. and..................
Real Hand Painted Pin Trays, Match
Holders, Flower Vases, with horal
and raised decorations. worth up
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at .......... ......... ............''..''
Real Austrian China Puff Boxes.
Pin Trays, Soap Boxes etc, ,SC
at ........ ........ ........ ............ -
China Cigar Holders, with CT Dc
hand-painted tops. at............
Handkerchiefs and Glove c. NJ
Boxes. hand-painted, per set. ~''SC
Six-Piece Bureau Sets consisting Of
Comb and Brush Tray, Toilet Bottles,
Pin Tray Pun and Jewelry Boxes,
each piece hand-painted and with
gold decoration, entire set Mon 81 az
day ................ ................
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Sets, pieces, $50 value, to-mor- CSC
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Jewelry Department.
Xmas Units.

OSWSHy DSpdI tfuSHt'
Xmas UNITS.
Childs Solid Gold Rings. jewelers.
price Soc and SC, our price 2SC
Solid Gold Rings. with fine CT oc
settings AT y. - Djc. and 49,. ~C
Gentlemen's Scarf Pins, gold sO,
filed, &c, and ........................ O"S
Gentleman's Scarf Pins and Ladies'
Handsome Stick Pins, solid gold CO DE-
at &c. S1.l9, $3.50 and. ........... ~C
Solid Silver and Exquisite Jewel Hat
Pins worth up TO 69c., your choice ocC
Monudy .......s.. ...s.s'.'s .''s'''s'''
New designs in very handsome CT -
Jewel Hat Pins at 75c., SLIP and ~''NO
JUST Half Jewelry Store Prices.
Sterling Silver Cuff Pins and occ
Baby's Dress Pins.................... %
Special for Monday-30O Ladies' 20
Cuff or Babys Pins worth l5c at. D.
Ladies' Breaches. sterling silver.
with Turquoise settings. and Gold
Breaches with genuine opal set rOc
tings ........ ........ ........ ........ o.
Ladies' Long Bead Guard Chains, the
latest fad prices 25c, 9Sc Sl.SS 81 OS
and ........... RECOMMENDATION.
Ladies' Indestructiible Pearl-Head 70
Stick Pins, six Observation-Disclosures. D.
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KAUFMANN s. co.
"A Crownin8 Christmas Sale.

Nnuc XMAS HoPPmg;
DuL IWCIVC U0yO lUl Holiday gftsa WONDERFUL anu
ArtB Jardinies kea
Trlade
Furs Jackets Cape Gloves Jewe ALL PRICED AS SUCH
BEFORE
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Gent1emen'S Umbrellas
At speciali low prices this week.

200 Gentlemens Fine SILK Umbrellas.
full &-inch, with the very handsOmest
handles at prices from Sl.75 g. M
to ........... .....,... ,........... VOsOO
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MEANS MUCH TO M'klNLEY.
Presidents Friends Closely Watching the Preca- rous Political Situation of Senator Hanna.
From the Chicago Daily News.

From the Chicago Daily News. Washington, D. C., Jan. 4-Senator Han mas precarious political situation in Ohio politics is the only topic discussed in Wash ington today. His defeat would not be a mere personal setback, it would be the en- tering wedge in a campaign to deprive President Mckinley of a renomination in 19OO Such is the interpretation put upon it by the observing politicians here Sena- tor Foraker is the master hand supposed to be secretly guiding the fight.
 Since the assembling of congress hints have been heard here and there that the president would have to make a strong fight for renomnation. Little credence was placed in them at first. In the light Of events at Columbus they took on more serious aspect The defeat of President McKinleys chief lieutenant in the preSi- dents own state would give a strong en- couragement, it is admitted, to a movement antagonistic to the presidents renomina- ton
 To the president and his friends this fea- ture of the Ohio situation outweighs all con alterations for Senator Hanna's personal political fortunes. These latter are in the Keeping of the administration and will be conserved. If the senator fails of election he will go into the cabinet if he desires it. The place of secretary of the interior or postma ster-general is open to him. Sec retary Bliss avowed his intention of leaving the cabinet before the close of the admin istration when he first entered upon his duties. Postmaster-G General Gary is pre- pared to retire at any time.
 The presidents opinion originally was that Mark Hanna should become postmas- ter-general. urged him repeatedly to accept the place, and sent Senator Thurs ton to Cleveland on a special mission to try to induce Hanna to accept the cabinet slate The president never indorsed MT. Hanna's judgment in preferring the sen atorship.
 President McKinley's closest friends and advisers here are gloomy over the Ohio situation. The effect on the presidents s chances for renominaton of the defeat of Hanna, his chief lieutenant in the presi- dents own state, will appear more con- spcuously in 1900 than now.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
Not a Penny Hinher.

The Birmingham Gas company, 1t is un- derstood, will make a bid to continue sup plying the city of Birmingham and its cit izens with gas. The officers of the Bir- mingham Gas company have suggested to individual members of the board of alder men that they desire to compromise the matter of charges for gas to consumers in this city. It is well enough to compromise. There is no desire on the part of any citi- zen to cause the present company to take up it's mains and cease doing business here. The majority of citizens would prefer that the present company continue to do busi- ness. It's officers are respected citizens. They have in them the spirit of gain which leads them to make the most money pos- sible for the shareholders in their com pany. That may be natural It might be termed what is known as human nature. At the same time the citizens of Birming- ham would protect themselves It is the duty of the members of the board of alder men to protect the citizens.
 It has been demonstrated that gas can be made and delivered to the business houses and private residences throughout the city of Birmingham for 75 cents thous- and feet at profit to the company pro- ducing the gas. The citizens are really en- titled to 75-cent gas. At the same time, after the exorbitant rates they have been paying in past years, the people would probably be satisfied with a compromise resulting in dollar gas But the people will not rest content under any greater charges The special committee of the board of al dermen should go slow. There is no req son why they should bluff or be bluffed The matter before them is simple business proposition. They have the right under the law to enact an ordinance providing that no gas company doing business within this city shall charge more than fixed sum- which the board of aldermen have right to name, per thousand feet. In doing this, however, the board of aldermen should be just to the gas company and just to the citizens No one will question the justice of fixing one dollar per thousand as the maximum rate. Let it not be one penny higher than this sum-
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
DuIuth's Aspirations.

Pittsburg has hungry-eyed rival in Duluth, and really very dangerous one. And an immediate one, too, it is said; for ex-Congressman Tom. l.. John son and h.s associates in the Lorain Steel company, propose to soon begin the making of pig iron at Duluth
 The meagreness of the westbound traffic movement Is the trouble. Last year 12,OOO,OOO tons of ore were brought from Lake Superior and the railroads and the boats had only 6,000,O0O tons Of coal ito carry back They went back, in other words, half empty. Such a state of things increases transportation expenses, and all the money of all the Carnegies and Rockfellows in the world cannot make half cargo as remunera- tive as a whole cargo.
 It ls held that the Pittsburg district cannot at minimum cost assemble more than one-third of the product of the Lake Superior mines together with the necessary amount of Connellsville coke Says MT. Lewis in the Iron Trade Re- view:
 The reason for this lies in the fact that the production of a ton of pig met al require about two tons of ore to one of fuel As a result, for every two tons of ore which came ito Pittsburg to pro- duce single ton of pig, two tons of fuel could go back to meet the ore at poirts from which the resulting two
 ;ona of finished metal could reach market with minimum freight charge. This would mean a large group of fur naces and mills along the south shore of Lake Erl.e, shipping metal to the great central district, while the ucrth- west would be supplied from furnaces
 and mills probably best located at the head of navigation on Lake Su- perior.
 And while this development, this in- dustrfal revolution, is working itself out, the Birmingham district will go night along producing iron from ore, coal and Aux that can shake hands with each other without moving from the beds that nature assigned them. When the richness of BirTningham's selected ores is better appreciated, when the iron of this district can get a sniff of the sea at minimum slack water rates, then perhaps the ironmas- ters of Pennsylvania and Ohio will be- gin to see where pig iron can be made at minimum cost.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Beauty kills time and time kills beauty. The poorer the lawyer the fewer trials he has.
 A mob always draws the line at a lynch ing.
 The man who loses his shadow gets ahead of the detectives.
 Wealth and happiness are not always on the best of terms.
 Tight shoes might be properly classed as articles of head-wear.
 Economy is hard road to travel, but it leads to the land of riches.
 Beauty draws more than an OK and Is easier to get under the yoke politicians and telegraph operators.
 The small tumbler is responsible for many of the slips attributed to the cup. The man who poses as an Apollo is apt to be nothing but an Apollo-gy for one. When man begins to discuss matrimony with widow the result is usually tie. Money talks. Perhaps that's why they put womans head on the silver dollar.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
COL. MORRIsON'S RETIREMENT.
MT. Knapp Will Become Chairman of the Com
 merce Commission.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Col. w. R. Morrison, whose term as In- terstate Commerce Commissioner expired with the close of the year, will leave Wash ington today, accompanied by Mrs Morri- son, for his old home at Waterloo, H., where he expects to reside hereafter. Col. Morrison has been in public life almost continuously for thirty years, and no man is better known or more beloved at the Capital than he. Though his friends are expressing the hope of seeing him returned to congress, he dismisses the suggestion with the remark that his day is past.
 When asked at Willard's last night who the president would appoint chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Col. Morrison said; "No one as chairman. I do not know who will be appointed com missioner. There is erroneous impress sion abroad that the president appoints the chairman or suggest to the commits sion who shall be appointed The commits sion makes it's own selection. Commission CT Knapp is the oldest in service and expe- rence, is a bright, capable man, and will be chosen chairman by his associates as matter of course The president is not au- thorized to appoint, and would not think of or volunteer the suggestion that a newly appointed commissioner should be made chairman"
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Ehat "a great development was clo@e at hand which would make a great change in New England manufactur- ing" He advised the directors of his mill to at once leave off making cheap ginghams. and conhne themselves to lions were adopted, and the mills are now running on the finer grades exclu- sively.
 Now, here is the sense of the situa- tion. Let the southern and eastern mill owners get together let them adopt a plan that will enable the mills of both sections to prosper and even become more numerous; let them take steps that look to the spinning of the entire crop That should be the end in vtew-not the cutting of each other's throat, so to speak. There are only IT 100000 spindles fin the country; there must be at lsast five times that many if every pound of cotton grown in this country is to be spun, as it should be- The task is gigantic, but the east and the south comb ned can conquer it. But they must pull together. The people in North Adams have got sense like a horse. They see what should be done "a proper division of the task And there others that see it. The Brooklyn Citizen, for example, says:
 AS to the combination between east ern and southern mills, it is not unlikely that It will come to pass before long, because the coarser grades of cotton cloths can be made just as we'll n the south, where living is cheapsr, labor is cheaper, and the cost of transporta- tion to the mills Is practically all saved. Unless, therefore, there is some un- derstanding between the two sections to divide the work leaving the New England mills to produce the finer and the southern the qoarser grades of goods, the upshot of the exist ng differ ences will probably be the transfer of the whole of the down east mills to the south.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
Concealed Weapons and Murte s.

The Talladega Mountain Home most heartily supports The Age-Herald in its efforts to create a public senti- ment against the barbarous practice of carrying concealed weapons Such a sentims mt certainly does exist in the state, and if it result fn a law mak- ing the practice a penitentiary offense, all the better. Instead of fine, let the man who carries g. concealed weapon serve year in the penitentiary. That will cure h,m.
 In this connection the figures recently published by the Chicago Tribune should be given. They show that hom- icides are the chief cause of the lynch ings, particularly in the south. The lynchangs of 1897 were as follows:
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
Small Farms From Big Plantations.

''The landowners of Madison county" says the Sheffield Record, "are cutting their big plantations into small farms, end selling them to white farmers from the north. If the land owners of the Tennessee valley had pursued such course twenty years ago, they would now be wearing diamonds in their shirt fronts instead of half-soles in their trousers. The picturesqueness of the Records paragraph does not in the least lessen the soundness of the ad- vice it contains. There is nothing more out of joint in these times than a big plantation The owner is land poor; and the state is kept down in population and productiveness. Such holdings pe- suit in losses all around.
 Madison county is attracting farmers from the central western states through a systematic system of advertising con- ducted by the Huntsville chamber of commerce. Its advantages, agricultur- al and otherwise, are thus made known Blut there are other means of attracting buyers. The Southern railroad-all the railroads for that matter-have officials that give their entire time to the busi- ness of inducing settlers to come to Alabama If land owner wishes to cut up his holding into small farms, he should make known his intention and plans to the railroad officials of the road he is on or near, and they will aid him to reach buyers. Good lands in this state are wanted by people who have either become weary of the rigors of the climate in the northern states, or else can not pay the prices now de- manded for land fn those states.
 And then there are the tenant farmers of Agabama-give hl1em chance. They cannot pay much down, but some of Them at least win pay out in good time The tenant farmer and the land-poor proprietor stand for two classes that Alabama does not need. She would be in much better condition if there were
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
No Backward Step.
Flnom the Washington Post.

frUIn the w dSIlnBtOn FOSt.
 Congressman A. J. Hopkins, of Illinois, was laughing at Willard's last evening in regard to the latest rumor about W, J. Bryan, which spoke of him as al posi sible candidate for congress.
 "Bryan." said MT. Hoph.ns, "is far too clever to think of any such thing. To come back dnto the house would aB. solutely ruin him as a presidential aspiA rant and he has wit enough to know 1t, I don't think he'd come, even if he knew beforehand that the democrats would be in control and would elect him speak, CT. He has been occupying a peculiar position, and he would not sacrifice tho prestige thus acquired by coming back to Washington. I should think that rumors of Senator Gorman's reappear- ance here are about as unsubstantiaq as the Bryan stories. Such gossip was heard once, I believe. about David B. HIM, and it's on a par with the rest Men who have the presidential bee in their bonnet are not moved by the nlebs ody of apY other buzzing."
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
CURRENT FUN.

That Honest Man Yarn.-Diogenes-say! Hold on! I want to see you.
 Man-Well? Diogenes-That's all. I told my wife ''wanted to see man, honest" Got to hustle back now-curtain'll be up in minute. Have one with me?-New York Press.
 Tender-Hearted Girl.-Old Million-My dear Miss Youngthing, if you'd only marry me, could die happy.
 Miss Youngthing-Why, MT. Million, if you were dying I would marry you in a minute.-New York Weekly.
 Tough Sponge Cake.-Mistress-Do you call this sponge cake? Why, it's is hard as it can be-.
 New. Cook-Yes, mum; that's the way sponge Is before it's wet. Soak it in your tea, mum.-Boston Traveller.
 In Confidence.-Mrs. Farquhar-Do you really think your husband is the hand somest man in the world?
 Mrs. Adsworth-Certainly. I don't see how any married woman can be happy un- less she has that belief.
 Mrs. Farquhar-And do you ever tell him so?
 Mrs. Adsworth-O Julia! Have I done anything to indicate I am losing my mind? Cleveland Leader reading about the botanic gardens of Lon don," remarked McSwilligen.
 "Well?' replied Squildig.
 "I can't say that approve of the name, botanic gardens It seems pathological to me- What other sort of gardens could there be?'
 Beer gardens ."-Pittsburg Chronicle Tel- egraph.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07

The governor of Mississippi in taking a fall out of the office of the surgeon general of the Marine Hospital corps seems to have lost sight of the inadeqdacy of the health board of his own state in not being dengue and yellow fever. The board of health of Mississippi is not competent to doctor dog. It lied about the fever, and was directly responsible for the death of many people. The governor of Mississippi is past master when it comes to lodging responsibilities.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

From the Chicago News.
 Parlor-A matrimonial market-place. lProverb-An undisputed fact with whis- kers on 1t.
 iCuriosity-The man or woman who is not curious
 lBubber-The usual result when a small boy gets whaled
 lContrast-The goodness of ourselves and the badness of others.
 iAgnostic-A man who knows very little and is not sure of that.
 ,Boodle-A buy-word popular among a cer- tain class of politicians. Molehill-The foundation upon which real estate dealers build mountains.
 Affection-Something a girl dishes out to her male friends just before Christmas.
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not representative of either class within her ample boundaries. Small prop1fetors, on the other hand, are sn acsord with the labor problem and an other problems khat are before the people today. And there is not an ag- ricultural problem in Alabama that the sman proprietor Is not competent to meet-not one that he will not after a while meet and satisfactorily settle.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
nHE ExPLoRnR's CHANGE.

He sailed away. one morning, for the pole. He had food enough to last year or
 two; He said that he would surely reach the
 goal, As all brave explorers always do. He came sailing back one morning, in the
 spring With a map that showed the route he had
 been OCT; Of course he'd got much nearer to the
 thing Than anybody ever had before. And so he wrote lecture and thrilling
 book well, And the wondering people praised him to
 the sky; Perhaps his map was right, but who on
 earth can tell Since he had such opportunities to lie?
The age-herald., 1898-01-07
Dividinq the Work.

Some of the cotton manufacturers in New England know even a little more than some of the able editors of that section think they know. Take, as an example. the Johnson and Dunbar ging- ham mills in North Adams, Mass. As long ago as last May they sent Agent c. W. Dennett on journey of inves- tigation through the south. What he
 learned, it is stated, convinced him
The age-herald., 1898-01-07

One hundred and forty-two of these lynchings occurred in the south and the alledged crimes were as follows: Race prejudice, 4; arson, 5; murder 69 robbery, 1S assaults, T. attempted rape, g.; rape, 23; writing insulting letters, 1; outlawry, 8; unknown offenses, 5; train wrecking, | mistaken identity, 1; re- fusing to give evidence, 1; insults, l.; concealing a murder, 1; dSobedience of regulations, l. running quarantine, 1.
 Beyond all reasonable doutt the prev alence of murder disclosed by these fig ures elf the Chicago Tribune was largely due to the carrying of concealed weap- ons; and untn the general assembly takes hold of this matter in earnest the record of Alabama each recurring year will not be an enviable one. Life is too cheap throughout the country, and it is the duty of the people to take steps to bring about a. better state of things m this state. Some wholesome allopaJthic legislation will fit the case elegantly.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07

The ordinance passed by the city council expressly stpulating that no gas company shall charge more than $1 per thousand cubic feet for gas to all consumers, will meet with the approval of every person in the city, with the exception of the owners and managers of the present gas plant.
The age-herald., 1898-01-07

Gomez, the Cuban general, is made of the right stuff. He declines any sort of com promise short of the independence of Cuba. So it is with the people of Birmingham- they will decline anything short of dollar
The age-herald., 1898-01-07

Gas can be made in the city of Birming- ham with a fine profit to those who make it at $1 per thousand cubic feet. Therefore there is no reason why more than that should be charged.