The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-12
Roosevelt Preparing to Take Active
Part in Politics.
MANY WANT TO VOLUNTEER.
Reported HardshIps i'm the philippines
Do Not Seem TO Dampcn Their Ar
dor-An inhuman Mother-Cri-
sis in Strcct-Car Troubles.

Governor has made up his mind TO take
an immediate and active part in practi-
cal politics in the State.
1t Is conceded by the Republicans that
the Assembly is a danger point and that
big fight to capture it will be made
by tho Democrats. The Governors early
assertion that tho machine leaders I'm
New York are working IN good faith IN
their attempts 10 pacily the Independents
seems 90 show that he sees where the
chief danger lies, and that he has taken
on his coat 20 lead a vigorous campaign
Tor good government.
MANY RECRUITS.
The reported hardships of our soldiers
In the Philippines has had little effect IN
lettering young men from applying for
enlistment On tho new volunteer regi-
ments. Yesterday was the first day for
enlistment. and the recruiting Offices were
early Desieged by numbers anxious 10
enlist. lt is noticeable however, that the
majority OF applicants showed a prefer
ence To- enlist in the regular army. These
We're generally the older men. or those
with some previous experience I'm the
soldiers calling and men who had been
recently mustered out from regular or
volunteer regiments.
CAPTAIN WATKINS SUSPENDED.
The Board of Steamboat Inspectors sus-
pended the license of Captain Frederick
Watkins OF the Inflated Paris. for two
years. They were of the opinion that he
did not exercise proper care IN her navi-
cation. Captain Watkins himself admits
that the wreck was due 90 am "unac-
cOuntabie error ON his part
Many sympathize with Captain Watkins
I'm his sentence. Mr. Clement a. Grisc0m
Jr.. vice-president of the American Line,
SAYS:
"The sentence seems q little severe.
Other men have lost ships through their
mistakes and only had their licenses sus-
pended FOR six months. or a year no most
We all feel for Captain Watkins. lie had
been q half century at sea without an
accident. and it seems very hard upon
him.
"Wo are AN liable 90 error. and Il seems
too bad that the accident should have
happened and the mistake made ON a
night when the atmospheric conditions
were such that he received no help from
the land lights. The same error, made at
any other time. I'm ninety-nine out of one
hundred cases the land lights would have
saved him We are grateful for the many
expressions of sympathy for Captain
Watkins I'm his misfortune"
AN INHUMAN MOTHER
a case OF inhuman cruelty was un-
earthed by The police here yesterday A
boy of four years was discovered in a
pit. formed by the walls OF adjacent
buildings to his mothers hovel. I'm rags
and Nth. and fed by crusis of bread
which were cast 90 him from time to
time through n window opening into the
area.
TIN chlld's mother and three other wo-
men. au bearing every evidence of moral
ana physical degradation, were arrested
and arraigned before Magistrate Ohm
sted. in the jefferson Market Police Court
Tney We're sent TO Blac1weirs Island
Ine mother calls herself Maria Garcia
Gonzales She says She IS a native OK
CnlI and the wife Of Manuel Gonzales.
a fireman ON the steamer Orinoco, rum
nng from this port TO Bermuda. The
three other prisoners were Katherine
quinn. Clara McShane and Belle % Brien.
middle aged women with bloated faces
ana bedraggled clothing. who described
themselves as servants out VI employ
ment and boarders with Mrs. Gonzales.
The latter is small. dark-featurel
woman, twenty-five years old, who SPEAKS
English huently. but with strong SPAN
ISM accent. Like her companions, her
clothing was dnapidated.
Do was learned from inquiry among the
neighbors that the child had been in the
den Tor year. and that so far as could
De discovered, he was never taken into
tho house, even at night or in the most
nclement weather.
STREET CAR CRISIS
Differences between the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company and lbs em-
ployes have apparently reached a crisis.
Two committees waited on President
VreeIand yesterday The first repre-
sentIng it Is said over three-fourths OF
the employees received a nattering ZEE
ceptlon. They present "a resolution sign
ed by twenty-elght hundred men stating
that they had no complaint 20 make.
The next delegation had a copy az an
agreement which the dissatisfied men
wished the company 90 sign. Mr.. Nree-
land declined 10 receive the agreement.
Ia explanation of the largely signed re-
solution OF the first delegation. the exc
cutive board of the Knights Of Labor
says. "ln order 90 offset the efforts OF
the men with grievances petty officials
of the company circulated lists for sig
natures. certifying that the men were
satisfied with present conditions Failure
70 sign the list might mean discharge and
the men were Instructed 20 sign They
will endeav0r 20 appear satisfied until the
time arrives fOr a proper adjustment Of
the grievances under which they suffer. "
The test OF yellow fever serum on Mr.
Lacley appears 20 have been successful
He is now free from the disease The
yellow fever has left Mr. Lackey En- a
weak and exhausted condition. and pa
TENTS who have apparently recovered
from yellow fever have frequently been
unable % rally from the after effects Of
the disease.
Or. Doty said yesterday that II Mr.
Lackey gained IN strength for the next
two or three days he would be disposed
10 consider him out OF danger The
Health officer will then be in a position 70
Judge OF the effects az the serum.
TO WELCOME DEWEY.
The plans for welcoming Admiral
Dewey when he reaches this port have
taken working shape The committee
on plans met yesterday and mapped out
the work OF preparation.
Since the kidnapping Of Marion Clark
there have been several cases OF dsap-
pearance Of New York children Two boys
Of different families are now missing and
their parents fear they have met the
fate OF little Marion. Now a case arises
in which a man claims that his wife was
kidnapped
Frederick Norman, grocer declares
that on Sunday morning last before day
light his WIFE Alma. was kidnapped from
his apartments by her relatives and that
all his efforts 10 see her slnce then have
been futile. Through his counsel. he OBJ
tanned from Judge Slower. Of the Supreme