The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-18
JUSTICE JOHN
IS DISACREEABLE
After People Who Have Failed to Pay.
Licenses.
WAS. WEARING o THE. GREEN
The Open Door in China Policy Did
+ Not Reckon With tho Small Boy
and the Iiock-Hop Lee Displays
Some Fine Generalship.


The question Of license or no license is
daily growing in importance in the Police
Court All licenses were due the first Of
February and many are unpaid.
When you are summoned come with
plenty of money or, the license receipt in
your inside pocket. 1t may be a hack you
haven't paid on, but before you get
through the Great Dispenser will ask you
about,your dog. Oh he's very disagree
able man-to those who don't pay their
licenses.
Justice John came in the Big White
Chamber yesterday morning walking as
hard as new recruit in his first uniform,
his heels ringing on the granolithic carpet
as merrily as the pretty h1cNulty sisters
on the slate blocks at the Bijou. his step
of pride being caused by the green ro-
sette on his coat. pinned there by his
admired and admiring friend, Colonel
John Murphy.
INTERNATIONAL QUESTION.
An open door III China is strictly an
American institution, but SO is a boy
with a rock in his hand. and, though this
great country has declared that it must
stay open, it failed to reckon with the
small boy and the rock.
The Great.DispenSer has taken the Ce-
lestial Kingdom within the sphere of his
influence, and. though he loves a boy bet.
ter than a niger does watermelon. and
would rather eat cold waf1ies for break
fast than to punish one of these future
mayors or councilmen of Richmond. the
Great gLaw-Giver has declared that the
open door in China shall be used to slim
ulate trade, and not solely as q target
for the aim of the small boy and the
larger negro.
Hop Lee keeps laundry on Church
Hill Avenue, and if anybody, by accident
or intention, hurls rock into Hop Lees
place he gets excited, and hops out and
cuts didos that create quite diversion.
Things were dull on Church Hill Ave
nue., and Hop Lee was stasnant with
plodding work, and stood in full view OF
the street. his door wide open. his Shout
ders bumped up, to give weight to the
iron that has no point. and his short,
stubby hair outside Of the circle of his
pig-tal waving the air like an agitated
dusting-brush, when Willie Ammons
came along.
STRANGE FATALITY.
BY strange fatality, nice, round
stone lay in the street, where stones are
not wont to hide.
There was the stone, and there the
Chinaman. and there the rock.
And then stranger, stronger fatality
took place-the Chiraman stepped back
into the recesses of his pagoda.
The boy and the. opportunity met. In
the next second round stone passed into
Hop Lees door, and caron1ed and ri
cochetei all over the place.
But the willy celestial was not so alb
sent as appeared. From the inner re-
cesses of the rear parlor Hop looked
out of the almond, corner of his eye and
identified Willie.
Hop came with the rock to court and
also couple of witnesses to the cir
cumstance and Willie was but a lamb
brought to slaughter. The Great Dis
penser impressed him with the gravity
of the offence and fined him So. an
amount which. fortunately for Willie,
his friends were able to produce.
Charles Wright and Guy Stewart,
charged with being Migrants. went to
the chain-gang for~5irty days.
Patrick Colli1, chs>sed with being
drunk and begging in 81, street, was
fined $500. and in default was given
is days labor. An Irishman b>Sng sent
to the chain-gang on s.. PatricRs day
tron saint could stand, and he celebrat-
ed it by roasting "the perleece."
SUFFERED FOR ANOTHER.
Eliza F11e lcOlOTeO), answered lol 1c1
son, who was reported for jumping on
and off u Chesapeake and Ohio train
while in motion, and notwithstanding
her protest that she want thar and
didn't have nutllin' to do wild it," she
had to pay the one dollar fine
William Christian (colored) answered
the serious charge of betraying Mary
E. Carter. The couple appeared in
court accompanied by Rev. Archer Fer
guson (colored) with marriage certif-
cate, paid costs and retired in good or
der.
Joe. Harris (colored) came forward.
charged with being drunk on the street.
ard went to the pen in default of S1.1O.
Mickey O'Bryant ard John hurry
were charged with cursing and abusing
Susie Martin. The charge was not sus-
tanned and they were dismissed.
Eugene Warmer (colored), a negro
boy whose penchant for lingering other
peoples goods has kept him much of
his time in Jail, was sent to the colored
reformatory for eighteen months.
Rules were as thick as leaves in Val
lambrosa in the Police Court this morn
ing Dozens of persons reported for fail
ing to pay their business licenses, failed
to answer and the above-named process
was issued against them. causing the
NGreat Dispenser to marvel greatly that
the good citizens of his bailiwich were
SO re1niss.