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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
THE SENATE PROGRAMME
Business TO Be Taken Under Con
sideration This Week.

Item I'm the Sundry Civil Approprin-
tiou Bill Concerning the Purchase
of Lnnd for the Government IN
sane Asylum VIII Cause Discus
sion-Clnrk Cnse Up "wednesday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-28
ECZEMA
This most aggravating and tormenting of all 81
THERE CAN BE NO EXTERNAL IRRITATION
WITHOUT AN INTERNAL CAUSE.

If the blood in pure healthy condition poisonous Glenn
External applications of washes lotions and saves somet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
AMUSEM ENTS. !.
"Faust" at the acadcmy-Vaudeville

Faust at the acadcmy-Vaudevil
ut the Bi.jou.
The great drama Faust" that was
made SO popular by Lewis Morrison. will
be the attraction at the Academy TINS
afternoon and tonight. The old, familiar
Mephisto will not be in the hands OF
Morrison himself, but his substitute . IS
said to be equally as good in the part, ana
the company is as good as any that= ever
supported Morrison. Two performances
only will ;be given.
A great musical treat is promised on
Monday night next, at the academy ps
the members of the International Grand
OPERATE Company Each act Of grand
opera will be given in elegant and APP
Dropriate costumes. The concert
programme will be rendered in
conventional evening dress. An
act from .rrovatore' and "Cavalleria
Rusticana" will be sung. and both acts
will be magnificently costuned. Sale OF
seats to-day.
Hardly greater attraction could have
been secured by the management of the
Academy than that of Viola Alien in
The Christian which appears next
Tuesday and Wednesday,, wiz a We'd
nesday matinee. For one year since its
first presentation ..The Christian has
become the. central dramatic topic Of
TINS country.
,.Ihe Christian as a book. has at
tracted thousands of readers. and the play
which has been made by Mr.. Hall Game
himself from his book, has attracted an
equal amount of attention. Seats go on
sale tomorrow.
Refined vaudeville artists are delighting
large crowds at the Bijou this week.
The capacity OF the theatre IS being
tested at each performance. Aside from
the great hit of Montgomery and Stone
the clever entertainers In black. who
dance and sing better than any act of the
Kind that has been seen in this city. the
Detorreests make a good show. The duo
is presenting a. truly wonderful act. the
best OF its kind. The other acts are
worthy of all that has been said for them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
TARBORO CONVOCATION.
Mr.. j. S. Turner Vetls Miss jamie


MIR. S. Turner Veds Miss jamie 3
WELDON, N C., Feb. 14.-Special.-
sTarboro Convocation met in Grace sEpts-
copal church here last night, Bishop
Joseph Blount Cheshire presiding. Most
Z of the parishes in the convocation are
represented. Evening service was con-
Quoted by the Bishop. and Rev. 3. S
Bronson, of Warrenton, preached the
opening sermon.
Bishop Cheshire preached this morning
at II O'Clock Tomorrow the convocation
will close its work.
Mr.. j. S. Turner. head book-keeper at
F,mry & Pierce.s store here, was mar
ried to-day at Tillery to Miss JAMIE e.
Rhem,st "a very popular and lovely young
lady of that section Of Halifax county.
Mr.. w. T. Whitfield who for the past
forty years or more has been agent FOR
Z the Southern Express Company at this
place, showed me to-day copy OF the
Daily Express published. in Petersburg,
Va. in 1859, by Crutchtield & Co. the
paper contains, among other things, the
announcement that a fast schedule mad
been established between Petersburg and
Raleigh, and that the trip could be made
in one day. The average Petersbursers
picking up this old paper to-day Wouid
fail to see many familiar names. The
firms doing business then were all dr.
5ferent from the men engaged In mercan7
tile pursuits to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
rhePnrks Bill.

Editor of The Times:
Sir,-Anent the proposed amendment to
5 the Parks bill, it seems to me the sub
committees amendment Is clearly uncon-
stitutional. The Supreme Court OF AD-
peals held in the cases of Jennings VS..
Commonwealth and Allen rs. Common
wealth that a corporation was legal
entity wholly distinct from Its stock
holders. and that the capital stock OF
the company, its franchises, capital. and
assets may be taxed. Granting the sound
ness OF this decision, it inevitably follows
that under the Constitution individual
shareholders and corporations must be
separately taxed, the shareholders being
entirely distinct. entities from the cor
porations. The Constitution provides
Article x, section that "the capital
invested in all business operations shall
be assessed and taxed as other property.
This clearly renders obligatory the taxa
ton of the capital of the corporate en-
tity.
Under the decision above cited each
shareholder is a distinct entity, having
no connection with the corporation, his
shares becoming his personal property,
thus becoming subject to taxation since
the Observation-Disclosures Y, section l.
provides that taxation shall be equal and
uniform. land all property. both real and
personal, shall be taxed in proportion to
it's value, to be ascertained as prescribed
by law; no one species of property from
which tax may be collected shall be
taxed higher than any other species of
property of equal value TO insure JUS
tice both to the shareholder and to the
State the Constitution provides-Article
x, section THAT assessments upon all
stock shall be according to the market
value thereof" If the proposed amend
ment is sound law then it renders ,nuga-
tory this provision of the Constitution.
or. if the shares are taxed and the CAPT
tai employed by the CORPORATION is re-
leased from taxation. the decision OF the
Supreme Court Of Appeals holding Il COR
poration to be a legal entity IS unsound.
\ corporation is an unnatural entity. a
creation of law, and when an individual
who for reasons satisfactory to himself
wishes to create an entity of his pro-
perty. making it separate and distinct
from himself, then under our Constitution
he must take the disadvantages as well
as the advantages resulting from the
creation of the unnatural entity.
A. T. THOMAS.
Iynchburg Va. February Sth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
The Evidence Against Him is Very
Damaging.

Damaging.
HEATHSvII,LE. VA, Feb. 14-spe-
cial.-The third day of the trial of Charles
r. Lewis, charged with burning the can
ming factory of Thomas 2. Falin in the
month OF July, 1886, was begun at this
place to-day. Yesterday the Common
wealth introduced witness who testi-
fed at Lewisetta in 1896 that he was ar
preached by Lewis. in whose employment
he was, and asked to burn the Fallin
factory. Ale declined the bride offered
him, and Lewis threatened his life if he
should ever divulge what he had said to
him.
The witness was subjected to a rigid
cross-eXamnation. but counsel for the
defence failed completely in their elorts
to shake his testimony. He proved Il very
strong witness for the prosecution. Seve-
raj witnesses for the Commonwealth were
examined to-day, among them the owne.
of the factory, who estimated his loss at
$500. The testimony of T. a. George,
who had resided at Lewisetta in 1897, was
also very damaging TO the defendant.
He stated Plat Lewis had solicited him
to burn the factory which Mr.. Fallin had
erected in that year on the site. of the
one burned previous, and for the burning
of which he is now on trial; that'Lewis
had explained to him how easily it could
be dohe without detection, and as a
proof of that had confided to him that
he burned the other factory.
The crowd in attendance was even
larger than the previous days. and in
terest in the case continues to grow, and
it is plainly perceptible that the testi-
mony thus far introduced has had stun
ming effect on the spirit and bearing of
the defendant. At the commencement Of
the trial his face wore a perpetual smile
which has now been replaced by care
worn and detected manner.
1t is also quite evident that public SEN
timent has undergone a great change,
and that the general opinion favors a
conviction.
Although the attorneys for the defence
are stubbornly contesting every inch Of
ground. there is a second indictment
against Lewis. in which he is charged
with burning the factory Of L. w. Court
ney in 1885. and to-day q special grand
jury returned still a third indictment
against him for burning a barn on the
farm of Hon. w. A: Jones, called
Cypress Farm in March. 1899.
The grand jury will be in session again
tomorrow. when it will consider two
other indictments which have been pre-
pared and sent to them by Hon. L. L.
Smith, Attorney for the Commonwealth.
1t is not thought that the trial now in
progress will be concluded this week.
The testimony before the grand jury
to-day is said to have been of a very
sensational character. and it is unques-
tionably true that some Of the friends of
Lewis who have heretofore maintained
their belief in hts innocence have had
their faith badly shaken. / was .tes-
titled before the grand jury that Lewis
had been paid more than $4,000 in in
surance money during the past few years
for losses by fire alleged to have been
sustained by him. All of the cases can
not be tried this term.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
CURRENT TOPICS.

The Fredericksburg Free Lance says:
'.R;chrond is talking Of having large
street Fair sometime this year. Commit
tees are now considering the matter in
all its bearings and dtTartn erts and
will soon report A Street Fair is some
thing new in this part Of the country,
out we have no doubt. if the holding Of
oEe is agreed upon, Richmond will make
it a grand success. Broad street is ad
mira bly, adapted TO an exhibition of that
kind and when dressed UP. as the D1'-
patch pictured it in Sundays issue, Will
present orc of the most attractive scenes
ever witnessed in the larger cities. Such
a fair would not only attract the people
of Virginia to Richmond, but hundreds
Of persons from other sections, ana we
feel sure it would be great success.
We would not boast. blt Richmond is
not in the habit of failing in that which
she undertakes. She> has every facility
for giving first-class Street Fair and
the men who are at the head of the en-
terprise are in earnest We thank the
Free Lance for its kind words and give
it and its large constituency cordial in
vitation to the fair, which, we beleVe
will come up to our contemporaries eN-
Dectation.
The Denver Republican says that a
cemetery association in that city is wait
ing to hear from Prof Elnmons about his
process for the incarceration of bodies by
the use of liquid air. LctterYwritten to
the inventor of the process are answered
with the statement that an experimental
crematory for the test Of the Invention
is being put up. and that after it has
been tried on a body he will be better
able to give estimates to people who pro-
pose to use it.
A movement is on foot to establish a
commercial museum in San Francisco
similar to that which has proven to be
so successful in Philadelphia. This is
another evidence of the rapid extension
of our foreign trade.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
THE OUTLOOK FOR COTTON.


The Boston Transcript, wfichzis printed
in the heart of the manufacturing section
of New England, says that 1t begins to
look as though there might be a lively
scramble for cotton on the part of nanu-
facturers between now and the harvesting
OF the next crop: that this will certainly
be the case IL cloth production through
out the world keeps up. as it has been
doing for some time past, or unless a
great deal OF the staple is found to have
escaped the experts; in making estimates
on this. season.
Cotton has been rising in price. and we
hear that in some sections it has been
sold at nine cents a pound. We suppose
that most OF the farmers have sold out,
and they will not get the highest price,
although they have received from two to
three cents a pound more for the present
crop than for that of the previous year
This has put the Southern planters IN
excellent condition, and Mr.. William S..
Witham. Of Atlanta, who is president OF
pwenry-seven banks in Georgia and Ala
bama, said in a.recent interview tina t the
deposits in his banks increased q per
cent. in four months. the cause of which
hoe is the basis of our prosperity said
he, ..as the examination Of our deposits
showed that three dollars out Of every
four belonged to the farmer. Our cotton
Ing,
spun every pound Of cotton we raise. and
the South is not going to take hold of any
political creed that does not stand for the
markets of the world. There was a time
when bale of cotton left s2o5 in the
South, but now we get 500 out of it by
selling the finished product
Some fear is expressed that the South
ern farmers will now go in for big crop,
and produce so much cotton this year
that the market will be overstocked. We
do not believe it; for while the crop may
be large, consumption will keep pace
with it. The present crop is SO short that
the mills in the country will have to be
more or less economical in using their
ana .Si4 Id, anu tiieIe WIZ we ldISely-lH-
creased demand for raw cotton before
Christmas. The South is extending it's
cotton trade into all parts of the world
and we are firm in the belief that from
this time on there will be brisk demand
at renumerative price for every pound
of cotton that the Southern planters can
produce.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
WILLIAMSBURG AFFAIRS.
Good Prices for Real Est
stun for William and Mary

Good Prices for Real Estate-Gymna-.
SUM for Willlam anu Mary.
& WILLIAMSBURG. VA, Feb. 14.-spec-
ial.-A house and lot on Duke of Glou-
cester street, belonging to the estate of
sam Smith. has been sold to Mr.. Ca1as.
E. Dean for s1.70O house and lot just
opposite this, equally as sood "a loca ton,
sold only few months ago at $3.50.
The Executive Committee of the East
ern State Hospital met at that institu-
ton to-day Colonel Taylor, Of Norfolk:
Captain T. McCracken. of Freder!cks-
burg. and Mr. H. d. Cole, Of illiams-
burg, compose this co1aFndtte
rs Rev. Thomas Carter Page. of Mary
land, "a former rector of Bruton Episco-
pal church. is here to-day.
Examinations are about over at VIII
liam and Mary. "
President Tyler hopes to begin work on
the new gyumna sium building. at liam
and Mary early next spring. Friends of
the college have donated liberall Ito the
fund. and the exact da te of beginning
work will he decided next Monday, when
the Board ofsVisttors meet
Mayor John L. Mercer and: I'LL. Cole,
the Council Conynitte tee In charge OF the
new ntla1 ter. leave tomorrow for Rich
mono, TO lay the nstrnrnent@ before the
sLegislat ure. No pos thor. WORTHY Of
mention, is expected asaanst rs doptlon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
PROTEST AGAINST THE CHARTER
Suffolk ana smitI,fleld Oppose Vii

Suffolk and Smitllfield Oppose Fir-
ginia TeleDhoncand Telegraph Bill.
SUFFOLK. VA, Feb. 14.-Special.-The
local town Council is much exercised over
Senate bill No. 800 to incorporate the
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany which has hassed the Senate and
is now pending III the House At a
special meeting this afternoon stringent
resolutions protesting against the bill
and urging Delegate Jordan and Senator
Stands TO seek its defeat ~ every legtti-
mate means, were unanimously adopted
The Council regards the bill as an I'M
warranted abridgement of corporate
rights In Snithfeld to-day resolutions
OF protest were adopted by the Council
and Business Mems Association. and
wired to their representatives.
Suffolk and Sn,tthfe!d each. has two
local telephone exchanges now.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
. AZ an druggists, 23e. via. Guide to Heaitl
and n1edica1 ADVICE tree sos Arch ST, Phfis.

z The Senate and House Committees on
Asy,l,lms and Prisons and the Commit
tee on Schools and Colleges are expected
here next Friday to inspect the Two pup
lie institutions located here
Former Mayor E. H. Lively. now OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, IS reported very Ill
at his home there. He cannot recover.
Mr., Lively was writer OF ability, and
for many years was editor of the Gazette.
He is about eighty years of age.
Rev. C. e. Grammar, rector of Christ
church, Norfolk, with Mrs. Grammar, is
stopping at the Colonial Inn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
WEST-END WEDDING.
Miss Flossie Atkins Becomes the Bride
of Mr.. j. T.. Wilkinson.

The romantic contamination ofnthe love
affair of two popular young people Of the
West-End took place at $50 O'Clock last
night.
The residence Of Rev. R. Finley Gayle.
No SOB west Main street was the scene
OF the pretty affair, which made two fond
hearts happy. The contracting parties
were Miss Flossie Atkins, the attractive
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c.. At
l1ins, of No $40 south Laurel Street. and
Mir. Julius P Wilkinson. and the care
1nony was beautifully performed by Rev.
Mr.. Gayle.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Will
kinson drove to the home Of Mrs. Hall,
No. 20 Marshall street. where they will
reside in the future.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
Dreams.

Orr life is twofold: Sleep hath its own
boundary between the things mis-
named
Death and existence. Sleep hath its own
world,
And wide realm Of wild reality,
And dreams in their development nave
And tears, and tortures, and the, touch
of joy;
They leave a weight upon our 1akins
thoughts,
They take a weight from off our waking
They do divide our being; they become
A norton Of ourselves as OF our time.
And look like l1eralds of eternity;
They pass like spirits Of the past-they
speak
Like sibyls of the future; they have
The tyranny of pleasure and of pain;
They make US what we were not-"ll1l
And shake us with the vision that's gone
BY.
The dread of vanished shadows-Are
they so?
Is not the past all shadow? What are
they?
Creations of the mind The mind can
Substance. and people planets of its own
With beings brighter than have been.
and give
A breath to forms which can outllve all
flesh,
/ would recall a vision which dreamed
Perchance in seep-for in Itself a
thought,
Al slumbering thought. is capable of
years,
And curdles a long life into one hour.
Lord Byron.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15

THE DELINQUENT TAN LAW.
The Danville Register says:

The Danvile Register says:
rhe Senate of Virginia has passed the
Finance Committees bill designed to SUI
persede the present delinquent tax law,
commonly referred to as the land-Scab-
bers' act. As The Register predicted, the
old law is not TO be repealed absolutely.
despite the cry raised for its repeal, but
Is merely amended so as to preserve the
desirable features of the law and eiim-
nate the undesirable ones without de-
stroying altogether its efficiency.
That reminds us that we not only made
q prediction to this effect. but wager,
with some Virginia contemporary, we
think with the South Boston News. The
wager was either straw hat or ticket
to the Paris Exposition, we forget which.
Doubtless, the contemporary with whom
the wager was made recalls the whole
circumstance, and we ask that he ac-
knowledge the corn and pay up.
Had the Legislature assembled a year
before; the law would, no doubt, have
was great cutlery against it. and at one
Tune The Times was about the only
newspaper in the State that had a word
to say in its behalf. But The Times in
sisted that, while the law worked few
hardships here and there. it was accom-
pllshing a great purpose. and was the
only law that had been effective in max
ing oelinquents pay up. The people fin
ally discovered this fact for themselves.
and while the law has been modified, as
the Danville Register says. the main
features have been preserved. The State
has now cleaned up the delinquent list,
which had been standing for years, and 1t
would have been the height OF folly for
the Legislature to have blotted out this
law and opened the way to another crop
of delinquents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15

ever during the cam aign, So Tar q ' s
got know2.'
replied the itness, that's t
what ga ID. 2;
Did he rot circulate several boxes OF.
cigars e
:'.'Ye s Dir. but them cigars wash t bribes.5
Here's one of EN-. You can try IT,
Chicago Tribune.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15


t,AEbrGH. N. c., Feb. 1I-Special.-
Bryan reached here after 4 o'clock yes
terday and spoke to about 2.GG0 people in
the afternoon, and about the same num-
Der at night. The lack of enthusiasm
was very marked here, In spite of the
report of the morning papers regarding
the cheering of thousands. Mr.. Bryan
made two good speeches on his usual
lines While here he was the guest Of
Mr.. RAINY, the proprietor Of the Marlboro
House. He left this morning at $50 for
Chapel Hill. where he speaks to-day.
BUTLER NOT WANTED.
Senator Butler did not come with Mr..
Bryan from Richmond. The indignation
OF the Democrats here on yesterday grew
to fever heat. and many kilograms were
sent the committee from here not to let
the Senator come.
The advance in cotton makes the 1920
bales of cotton held by the renitentiary
authorities worth S. more a bale. or in
other words, 5000 has been made. Cot
ton is selling here for nearly cents, and
many predict it will reach 10 cents.
y bill has passed the United States
Senate TO increase the pension of Mrs
Maragrer Ship, widow of Lieut.. Ship.
who was killed in battle in Cuba, from
s1i per month to $50.
CAME TO RICHMOND.
Republican Chairman A. E. Hoiton was
here for awhile yesterday, but left on th>
afternoon train for Richmond.
The Ei1tutant-General says there are
now two vacancies in the State Guard.
as regards entire companies. These are
in Raleigh and Scotland Neck. but as
there. are not enough arms to equip
them, it win be useless to fill them out.
The State charters the Piedmont Cotton
Oil Company, at Shelby, sc5-0D capital;
also the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Tele-
graph Company, capital $500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
Tastes Differ.

Mrs. spinks-Yes. wish to- hire
servant girl. o5you like. dogs $50
Applicant-No, mum.
Mrs. Spinks-then you won't do.
Applicant-PIease, mum, when i 81 told
AR. Spinks I hated dogs and 'ud like
to Kill them, every one, he. said II Just
$suit-New York NV ekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
5TI,rov,n From q Telesrraph Pole.

ROANOKE, FEB Especial
Elliott Pollard. 81 Roanoke fireman. while
engaged IN repairing a tire-alarm wire al
the top Of a pole the pole broke, resulting
IN the breaking OF his arm besides other
injuries. He was thrown y distance e
feet IS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
She Has Faith That He is Cured.

Mrs. Hix-Is don't take any stock In
these faith cures brought about by the
laying on of hands.
Mrs. DiN-Well. j. do. IT cured my lit
tie boy Of the cigarette habit in that
way.-Chicaso News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-15
DR.. NEWTON FINED.
Republican, asistrate Gives Verdict
"A eai,,st tht. yncciuntor.

Agaiisty the vaccinato
So WINSTON, N. c., Feb. 14-Spectal.-
Dr. Newton, OF Richmond, was tried be-
fore Republican magistrate here this
AFTERNOON: on the charge OF forcing vac
sclnat.on upon a negro girl who had been
va &C, mated. To- the surprise OF many who
heard the evidence. DR.. Newton was fined
one dollar and cost.
His council appealed the ease 70 the
Criminal Court
@Dr. Newton left Tonight for his home