The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-15
JUSTICE JOHN
AN ASTRONOMER
He viii Make You See Stars il You
Get Before Him.
PROTECTOR or The WOMEN.
Severe Pchaity on Negroes Who Create
Disturbance on Street Cars-Con-
ditlons Growing serious on
First Street Line.

III you want 90 sec stars just get before
abe Great Dispenser OF Justice IN the
a'olice court for striking woman anu
the milky way won't he a patching ="
what the Great Regulator will DO ioi you.
Justice John camc into court yesteio"s
after a hot argumcnt i'm the boudoH
in regard to the falling stars this ",eA.
The Great Dispenser spoke OF lhenh ~
IeonoIds and those around him VINO "i
90 him In scientific matters as the s''"
est cosmic dust IS 10 the greater p,""'..
undertook 10 question his knowledge "a
the heavens. and maintained That shoo'-
ing stars should only be ca"eu ino''
OUTCLASSED. 49,.
lie simply crushed the tooHSh -
with his learning In astronomy ~
taught them for the FIRST time that 'ile
metcors were called Lconolds Oy ~ "a
congress I'm recognition Of the Naluaplo
service of Fttzhugh lee in Cupa.
The heat of DIS argument had husn,u
his face and his hair scattered over "H
classic brow By the energy OF ms $3.50,
,vas pusbed impauently back as ne 'aulo
upon the bench picture OF me- DuS'''''''
and determination ..-..o o,,a
A well-ordcrcd docket met ms s"%0' A.
he smiled with satisfaction re- 49,
the first case with "a step u'eS .,d
81 he had iusi so much work 10 90 az"
would finish n I'm record breaking '"'''
Us struck a snag. backed out and WIN
into the pack again With iuil n'"r
steam. The lawyers BOO the case WEI
not present and sent word TO ask D''''
delay until they could come.
lie PASSED the case with no good El'.
and called another None OF the WIZ
nesses had appeared.
A NEW WRINKLE
lie dropped a pen fun Of ink on the I'M
not improve the big wrinkle het"ee" HIS
eyebrows
He left the ordinance cases and trled 'he
criminal docket with no better results
Things commenced TO simmer.
lie sent for q city official for witness
and received o reply that he was ousS
and couldn't come
Then the granolithir floor commenced
90 crack with the heat and the solder
dropped off the chandeliers o.e l ~ ~,
Then came "A crash like the grand hnale ih
tho theatre orchestra and for short
snace All the music was made with base
drums and cvmbals For a few minutes
rules summons. and attachments new
IKE circular advert isements shot out OF
N cannon in the Carnival parade anu
when the Great Dispenser again appeared
, ont of the haze he quietly remarked u
! show EN- who runs this court ana went
on quietly with the show
4 LITTLE COOL
IT NcCool came forward. and with
all The outward evidences Of man VINO
had been in soak for q decade fatty de-
niod the charge of the officer mat ne
was drunk when arrested.
one hundred dollars security Tor zen
DAYS was his portion. and McCoo. VIII De
cooler when he appears in pubic once
again.
cornelius Harrison (colored) who drives
"a wagon for Fourteenth-street fnei-
lchant. was charged with impeding ana
lobstructine car 80. (, of the electric
limo on that street
Cornelius was up a few days before
charged with assaultng a strect-car CON
ducto~ with "a wagon skid and escaped
ounishmert. because ne had bruise on
his own arm that could not he accounted
fo- rxcopt that ne was struck also. The
evidence vas that Cornelius cut i'm ahead
Of the car backed mp 20 the curbing ana
detained the cor for twelve minutes
while he unoaded.
lie was fined ten dollars.
LADIES PROTECTED.
William Johnson and Coleman Cayton
We're charged with being drunk, disorder
~ and lighting on Lakeside Car No. l'6
ON First street The testimony was
That the disorder on these cars was 'ui
slant. especially on Saturday night by
reasons OF negroes and had grown so SER
ious that il deferred citizens from using
the cars.
lie reiterated his oft-dcclared intention
Of having such order on the cars that Ia
dies can ride freely without escorts and
the two negroes were fined 81 each and
placed under security for six months and
in default went 10 Jail
BEEN THERE BEFORE.
Jack jackson alias VIM. Johnson (col-
orcd) was charged with stealing coat
and vest from X. }. Felthaus. fits right
name was John n. Stewart and The Great
Dispenser knocked him out OF the box by
calling him by his real name and asking
him when he got out Of the penltentiary.
John tried 70 dissemble but saw he was
known and admitted he was an ex-con-
Wet.
The only witness 10 convict him Of the
charge was a woman of lad character
and would not be taken but Stewart was
sent TO jail for sixty days for drunken
ness gambling and general cussedness
There were numerous other time-con-
Stunning cases and when the Great Dispen-
ser. cried 'journ cote tin tomorrow
mornin' his hair which had been glossy
black Was white as cuoW