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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
The Woman S Archangel Club
A Disposition on Poiiteness in Street
Cars and an illustration Of 1t.

A DlSquiSItlOn on fOiiteneSS IN 81 ect
Cars and an Illustration Of 1t.
The Woman's Archangel Club had been
in session just three hours and twenty
six minutes The woman in gray broad
cloth had the floor.
.I expect" she said, "thnt some Of you
begin to think it is time to adjourn this
meeting
The owner Of the gray broadcloth
paused. Her voice was lost in the con-
fused murmur of many sounds that
claimed the attention of the chair at
that point-a murmur in which the rust
ling of skirts. yawns and signs, and eX-
Carnations such as well. I should say
So" or "Oh, Lord. how lons?" were dis
tinctly prominent. The president cried
"SilenceI' and brought her gavel down
on the table with an emphatic whack,
and presently the hub-bub subsidized Then
the woman in the gray gown resumed
her address.
There u.s." she said. Just one more
subject to which I should like to call
your attention while we are in session
II is a subject which, in justice to our
sex, we must consider carefully. refer
to the defaIna ton we women are forced
: TO endure from detractors who Wou4d
make it appear that we are ungr.tzful
and devoid of even the rudinents OF good
breeding. by insisting that few women
have the courtesy to say Thank you 10
q man who happens to cfer her seat
( in street-car. On. it makes me so mad
| when 1 think of how we are maliSned
| that I can hardly control my emotion
! sufficiently to speak intellsently. why,
[ do you know, I can hardly keep from
| going out and intlictirg bodily punish
'ment upon somebody for the libellous
| statements that are circulated against
our sex.
.This strect-car calumny is more widely
| disseminated and more universally belieV-
! ed than any other falsehood in connection
| with the woman question. had read ana
| heard so much about the matter that
| made it my business to be especially oo-
! serving when in a car, and never yet have
! seen woman accept seat from q
] man without thanking him sincerely lot
i his courtesy. Heaven knows, we have re"
! enough opportunities to exercise our graf
| itude on this score, but I repeat that
/ never yet have seen a woman fall snort
! of her duty. And I want to impress IL
/! upon every woman here that she owes II
| to herself and to her sex to CONTRADICT
! this scurril,ous attack at every turn ooth
| by word and by precept and to shout out
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
ADesiraDIe Death.

Children get some queer associations OF
ideas in their heads at times a little lad
on CAPITOL Hill has playmate OIL ms
own age in the son of poor neash-
Dor The son of toll visited the rlch lf1ena
the other day wearing a gorgeous red
tic The son Of wealth eyed the tie en-
viously for while, and then asked Ben
ny where he got 1t
MY mamma dyed it for me for birth
day present. lisped Benny.
After Benny went home Rex played
,istlessly about for a time and then lean
ed on his mothers knee, thouShuullS
studying the pictures in the ire
..Mamma,'' he said. finally. "BennyS
tie was awful pretty. wasn't IT."
Yes. dear.
mamma. won't you kill me tie like
Bcnny's when I get birthday?Y
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
Nomen Lire in
a 8usy RusA.
Time Spent in Social Enjoyment or In
tcllec!ual Pursuits

Time Spent in Social Enjoyment or In
tclleciual Pursuits.
There is no leisure nowadays for the
tyoung woman of the present, SAYS, the
Chicago Chronicle. She us Very ener-
getic person. II she is not too busy with
social duties to permit. she adopts some
fad and pursucs it with youthful energy
and enthusiasm. This often takes the
form OF studying a. more or less abstruse
subject and acquiring an astonishing
amount of information about it entirely
for her own satisfaction.
This In our grandmothers' days would
have stamped her at once as a blue
stocking OF the most dangerous order,
and she would have been avoided by all
the eligible young men of the neighbor-
hood, just as If she had corkscrew ringlets
and was sixty-five. To possess any more
intellectual knowledge than that required
for playing on the guitar and singing
Drink 10 me only with thine eyes. or
a ballad Of that order, was regarded as
fatal to any girl. and as Very greatly
1n,pairing her matrimonial chances
Nowadays the maidens take up the
study of architecture without shudder
and pore over ahe pages of their text
books interestedly. learning TO distinguish
the renaissance. the byzantine. the 10
manesque and the Gothic. and taking
great pleasure in deciding to which style
a window belongs, to which 4 column,
or how a doorway should be classed.
Other young women learn astronomy
with an equal amount of enthusiasm and
study indefatigably the laws that rule
the heavenly bodies. occasionally even
setting up a small telescope on their own
account and spending a good deal OF
time IL their miniature obseINatorieS.
u,crhaps with the hope that in time they
may discover a new comet
Lace and china are other things 10
which women devote attention, but these
seem not as much out of the ordinary for
fentnInify as The studies mentioned be-
fore.
Probably the best judge OF lace In 1sal-
4irnore is a. woman-the head of the de-
rartment given over to the hlmy STUN
IN one OF our large shops. All the va
1ioLs kinds Of commerce are 10 Her .t'
the alphabet, and at a glance she can tel
druitation from real. or name uhe paSAc-
ular class 10 which the oewlderlhs!y
large number Of varieties belong, though
sometimes 20 the unlcarned TWO OF Aaoie
may look precisely alike.
There's not "a woman but is interested
an china lore, not one but longs 70 turn
over the dainty plate which she holos,
and about the make Of which she is I'M
certain, 10 look at the mark unaerneaSh.
NJnless she's particularly Well posted salo
mark may not cnlighten her. for one
make alone shows seven variations. its
very embarrassing not TO know Wedge
wood from Crown Derby and TO mistake
did Satsuma for just ordinary Japanese
ware SO society women aim 10 become
cnnnoisseurs in this direction
Baltimore girls. it might be added
are not as great students as are 'hell
+ 1aoston and philadelphia. sisters, but they
have "a decided liking for LANGUAGES and
1T Is the exception and not the rule when
they don't know at least one mooert
tongue On addition TO their own.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
ext %umgy Woman.

s7.ye YOU observed the passing OF inc
<rnmny lady. It Is gratifying. Is 1t not!
The advent OF the taiior-made girl be-
ran her dissolution, and she has peen
Era dually growing charmingly less.
Peace be to her ashes!
But perhaps am talking in REFUSES.
md YOU are not familiar with the frnm-
Nv lady. She comes In numerous va
9dcties, :ike Imitation cut glass ana
those awful silk hand erclitef IS that San
Il Claus used 10 bestow SO literally When
spe were ittie spaipeci,s In Ebert ss.rtaes.
rhe genuine frumpys lady is usually re-
kaeniZad by being horribly os.sr-d ressed.
3hs gssns 70 apsssss a 2 olsTQeR srsaSs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25

en-. Is to lessen and refine the waist.
"If you want a slender waist never
draw the corset lacings suddenly tight
Steady, easy pressure, gradually ancreas-
ed, will lessen the waist without any Sc
riou5 consequences. The corset si1ouiu pc
short, and should avoid any unoue pres
sure over the heart.
The I'D to-date woman has a corset for
every occasion One for golf or cycling,
one for tailor-made gowns, one for neSh-
gee and one for evening wear--NeW OK
Tribune. 4ati-.., aa-:5s
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
Hrs. 0lypAanFs
Last Ne1yes.
Dictated on June q, 1917

Dictated on June q, 1879
ON the edge of the world 1 lie, I lie,
Happy, and dying, and dazed, and poor,
Looking up from the vast great floor
OF the infinite world. that rises above
To God, and to Faith, and to Love!
Love! Love!
What words have I to that world to
speak.
Old, and weary, and dazed, and weak,
From the very low to the very high?
Only this, and this is all:
From the fresh green soil to the wide
blue sky.
From Greatness to WEAKNESS, Life to
Death,
One God have we on whom to call;
One great bond from which none can
fall:
Love below. which is life and breath,
And love above, which sustaineth all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
a Lons-Felt Want.

'tOh. my friends, there are some spec
tacles that one never forgets!' said q:
lecturer, after giving graphic descrip-=
ton of a terrible accident he had Wit
messed.
I'D like to know where they sells
'em. remarked an absent-minded old
lady In the audience.-Colller's Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
RntNpnit TIL she Gets II ono.

..In what way %
winner of the first prize Jealous ana dis
,satis9e Stray Stories.
a. when she takes the second prize at
a card party 6hs can appear 90 tickled.
Rith Rhat aha .Eets that zsha: anakess fhA5
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
sayin. the \ .recabio Z hing.

Mrs. Cobwigger-This is splendid cure
for cold I've given you.
Mrs Crawford-As it comes from you,
dear, I'm sure it must be. Yorl don't know
how sorry I am that I haven't cold.
so I could try 1t at once.-JudSe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25

A .ttslr you understand anything thai
your hab. says. AIRS. Tibbs p
..No: but Bobby understands the baby
and Johnny understands Bobby. SO sw,5
get along very nicely india naP9lss
Journal. z. .-- 80. $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
Across Insult.

MRS. Dimpleton. st want you to get
another doctor right or
Dimpleton. Whats the matter with this
one?"
AIRS. Dimpleton. What do you suppose
he said about baby? He told me must
treat him Ike human being!'-Harpers
Bazaar. a 4 -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
THE TIMES: RICHMOND, VA FEBRUARY e. 1900
Hot az ome.

Love stood upon the door step.
And twirled about the pin,
And whispered through ne Keynote
Is anyone within? 2"
But she was busy sweeping J!
And busting high and low.
And he his books was deep in,
SO they let him knock and go.
Better the book unwritten,
Better unswept the floor,
Than such sweet and seldom vlsitor
Turned from the thankless door.
Life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17

Lieut. Groh resign. Lieut.. Groh informed
MAJ. Lfbbey that he did not believe this
statement, claiming that he could count
on at least twenty-five members for SUP
port He says he was told that, no mat
ter what was his support, he must resign
or the battery would cease to be a part
of the state guard Then Lieut. Groh
went home, and has since been ascer-
tanning the sentiment Of the battery,
which, he says, he finds quite In his
favor, hence his determination to call
Maj. Ltbbey's bluff.
Speaking of the trouble in the battery,
Lieut. Groh says:
This demand for my resignation Is
trumped up among the officers 1 do not
believe the majority of the men favor the
demand. and as / find many OF them In,
sympathy with me, 1 shall not consent to
being thrown out of an organization
where have served fourteen years with
out once having been disciplined for thu
slightest infraction of military rules or
department. 1t is unjust to try to force
me to leave the guard unless there IS
something more substantial than the
plans of few officers upon which to de-
mand my resignation. 1t is probably true
there are some members of the battery
who do not like me, but 1 have only this
to say, that those who may have helped
will not submit to discipline 1t has fallen
to my lot to enforce what little discip Inc
there has been in the battery, and my de-
termination to have discipline may have
made some enemies. There are no
charges of any kind against me, l am
told, so why should 1 resign? I will not
allow a few persons who may not bear
me good will to drive me out of the bat
terry. Maj. Libbey. whose friend and sup
porter was through his own recent
troubles in the battery, has made his 3
bluff about having Battery A mustered
out If l don't resign; now let him go
ahead and do it.
Lieut.. Groh has been second lieutenant
Of Battery for two years. He has been
member of the battery fourteen years
Four years ago there was an upheaval in
the battery over an escapade of former
officer while the battery was in camp,
which resulted in it's being mustered out
and reorganized. Two years later there
was more trouble, and Capt. Roach re-
signed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17
MUST PAY IT'S TAXES.
Judge Kelly Enters Judemen
Against Landau e. y

Judge Kelly Enters Judgment
Against London & Northwest 70
Judge Kelly yesterday filed a decision
~ me district court in the matter Of the
application Of o. II. Arosin, as county
treasurer, for judgment for personal
property taxes against the London a.
northwest Mortgage company. The
court gives Judgment for s6,s49.ss s,,s.
tanning the state, and incidentally takes
faH out of the board of aba ternent I'm
the decision.
1t appears that prior to 1898 the mort
gage company was doing large business
In the state, loaning money on promis-
sorry notes secured by mortgages. AL
though the head office was In London
Eng, the company maintained agents in
Minnesota, authorized to negotiate the
loans and handle the funds. In 1899
the company became insolvent, and was
dissolved under an act of parliament, and
as an incident to the closing up of the
business, the powers Of the Minnesota.
agents were revoked
UP to 1888 the mortgage company had
paid but nominal tax, but in that year
the assessor found that the company had
$l,0oo,50o In personal property subject to
taxation. Through Its attorneys, Yard
ley Tiffany, the company went to the
duction. Assistant County Attorney
Zollman appeared for the state.
Before the board the mortgage cons
pany set up that it had previously paid
no taxes, that the agents power had
ben revoked, that 1t was inso1vent and
had no property In the state subject to
taxation. The head office being in Lon>
don, Eng, that was the residence Of the
company and the legal principle that per-
sonal property follows the residence was
invoked. The board, on this showing,
recommended to the state auditor that
the assessment be reduced.
The auditor, however, failed to look
on the matter in the same light and
chose to stand by the assessor. Then the
matter was fought out in the district
court on the application of the county
treasurer for judgment. At the hear
ing, the company set up the facts men,
toned before the board, and, In addition.
claimed that there was an Indebtedness
of s75O, 900 in England, which should be
deducted from the assessed valuation
anyway.
Attorney Zollman commended that the
property once having acquired sftus IN
Minnesota could not be Invested by the
mere act of insolvency or the changing
of the character Of its business.
In his decision Judge Kelly finds that
the company has property with an as
sessable valuation Of ssO2,372.E in the
state.
After quoting number of authori-
ties the court continues. speaking OF the
board Of abatement: "Hence conclude
that reading chapter 112, Special Laws OF
1875. as modified by subsequent legisla-
ton. 1t is not in the power of the gen
tlemen referred to IN section thereof
to annuI or abate assessments and
taxes without the concurrence OF the
whole board, perhaps the county commits
I sioners. and also OF the state auditor"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17
VOTING MACHINES.
Comptroller McCardy Has Been Ac-
curing Some Facts About Them.

curing SemeaFacts About Them.
There was a law passed by the Mime,
sofa legislature. session of 1896-1S97, au-
thoriztng the use Of. voting machines at
municipal, state and federal elections.
Ten or twelve. other states have similar
laws. Congress has, also, passed a law
authorizing the use of voting machines
in congressional elections in all the states
of the Union. So far Minnesota has
never awaited itself of the privileges OF
this law.
The Minnesota law provides that county
commissioners and city councils may
supply voting machines to the different
precincts. Comptroller McCardy has
consulted with r. F. Hersey, 304 Pioneer
Press building, who represents a new ma
chine which has claims of being the near
est up-to-date of any on the market. II
cannot be said that this machine Is &C.
tually in the market now, in Minnesota,
at least, as the company is not yet fully
organized The machine Is, however,
fully perfected. IEsappears to be con-
structed on an economical basis. All
other machines are constructed for q
certain number of officers to be elected.
The addition of one more official eand1-
date would necessitate--a new machine.
The machine represented by Mr.. Jersey
would require only35the addition of an
extra section at comparatively small
outlay. Is'
It is estimated by Comptroller MeCar-
sdy that ST. Paul would require ITO ma
chimes This would reduce the number
of precincts by twenty-five and make
quite saving. Probably the number
could be still further reduced. as has
been done in New, York, Indiana and
other states. Mr.. Hersey does not think
any machines will come into use In Ram
sey county at the spring or fall elections
Possibly they may be adopted at future
elections At least the matter has not
yet come officially before the city coun-
ell or board Of county commissioners.
A question has been raised concerning
a possible conflict between the Austria
liam ballot and the machines. Mr.. Her
sey states that the matter has been It'll
gated In New York courts favorably to
machines, and the late Judge Cooley, OF
Michigan, held that the machines voted
printed ballot and did not conflict with
the so-called Australian law
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17


Jury 1t Only Took Five Minutes
to Bring in Verdict of Not Guilty
1T Strikes the Public AS a Game
of BIur-Trial Furnished One
Sensational Incident.
The jury in the case Of .Reddy" Crit
fin, charged with, keeping gambling
house at So East Seventh street, yester-
day afternoon, after being out five min
utes, returned verdict finding the de-
PENDANT not guilty. After the verdict
was received, Griffin entertained the
members of the jury at supper. During
the trial there was a sensational incident
in the fining of a witness by Judge Hine
for contempt Of court, which was re
versed by the district court within two
hours.
On the former trial Griffin was repre-
scented by Harvey Hall alone, but on this
occasion w. H. Mcdonald and w. L. KEEL
ly Jr. also appeared The prosecution
was conducted by Assistant City Attor.
ney Finehout.
Last Thursday eleven jurors mad been
secured and yesterday morning the jury
was made complete; and then the Of
ficers who made the arrest-Christensen
Malmquist, Mckinley, Stadtfield and Nc
Intire-told their stories. The next wit
ness placed on the stand was Charles
| Rysdale, the lessee Of the building in
which the alleged gambling place was
| conducted
! Rysdale testified that Griffin had rented
| no aP him opd Than ATTORNEY
Finehout inquired:
did you ever visit the apartments con.
Quoted by Griff1n?'
| Mr.. Mcdonald, before the witness had
a chance to answer, said:
Don't answer that question; 1t might
| tend to incriminate YOU"
The prosecuting attorney put the same
question in several other forms, but the
witness, with the advice of his ettor-
ney, persisted in refusing to answer. At
torney Finehout appealed to the court
and the court ordered the witness to an
swer the question, but still he remained
| obdurate Then Judge Hine imposed a
| fine of 500 for contempt Of court, and the
obstinate witness was turned over to the
custody of the sheriff.
| 1t was just before the noon recess and
! a. writ of habeas corpus was ct once
procured, returnable, before Judge Bum,
of the district court, at o'clock. The
| higher court ordered the release of Rys>
| dale and ruled that The could not be COM
PEELED to state whether or not he visited
or played poker in Griffin 8 rooms.
| All the other witnesses upon whom the
| prosecution depended profited by the
Rysdale precedent and refused to make
any damaging statements. The defense
put in no testimony, and the jury went
out late in the afternoon. The verdict
of acquittal was returned five minutes
later.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17
BATTERY In A BROIL
LOCAL - ARTILLERyMEN HAVE
MORE TROUBLES TO TELL TO
THE GOVERNOR
I1BBEY AFTER aRoH's SCALP
Second Lieutenant Says That the
Major Demanded His Resignation,
and That, Too, After He Had Been
the Friend and supporters of the
Battalion Commander Through
the Recent Scandal.

Battery A, of the state national guard,
whose existence has previously been
marked by descriptions, is again In me
throes Of a row that threatens to result
In the battery being mustered out Oh
service. The trouble has been brewing
some time, and came to head last Fri
day night, when Commander Ldopey'
backed up by Capt. Larson and Flrsl
Lieutenant Allen, requested Second Lieu
tenant Groh to resign. This Lieut.. Groh
declined to do when, 1t Is claimed, Maj.
Libbey endeavored to ,coerce him into re-
signing his commission by threatening TO
have the battery mustered out. Lieut..
Groh requested time in which to think
over the situation, and now announces
that he will not resign. but that MAJ.
Libbey can go ahead and have the bat
terry turned out of the guard as soon as
he pleases.
Why the resignation of Lieut.. Groh was
demanded is not clear, or, at least, the
lieutenant says the matter was not maoe
clear to him when he was asked to leave
the service. He says he asked Maj. LID
hey for an explanation, but could get no
satisfaction He says he was informed
that there were no charges of any kind
against him, but that he was simply told
to resign or the battery would be mus
tered out Of the guard. Lieut.. Groh says
he knows Of no reason why he should De
persona non grata to the battery, in fact,
does not believe he Is so regarded by any
but the officers, and consequently does
not propose to be frozen out of the guard
after fourteen years of honorable service.
If pushed to the limit, Lieut.. Groh says.
he will inform Gov. Lind of the course Oh
his superior officers toward him
The meeting at which Lieut.. Gron res
ignation was requested was held at the
armory last Friday evening, after the
battery drill. Maj. Libbey, Capt. Lar
sen. First Lieutenant Allen and Second
Lieutenant Groh adjourned to private
room. where, Lieut.. Groh says. he was
abruptly informed that his resignation
was wanted Capt. Larson, according to
Lieut.. Groh, INDUCED in short address,
in which he Is alleged to have declared
the battery was internally disrupted, and
that the only means of restoring order
was for Lieut. Groh to resign Lieut..
Groh protested, when 1t IS alleged that
Mai. Libbey declared that II the lieuten-
ant would not resign he would have the
battery mustered out. Lieut. Groh says
Mai. Libbey informed him that there was
dissatisfaction among the members of the
battery over the second lieutenant, and
declared that forty Of the fifty-four mem
Der had signified their desire to have
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-17
FROM THE GOLD FIELDS.
Donald Keith Talks Enthusiastically
of Western Ontario.


Donald Keith, the Duluth mining ex>
pert, is at the Windsor. Last evening
he spoke very enthusiastically of the
outlook In the Western Ontario gold
fields.
THE Olive mine, with twenty-five
stamps, Is producing on an average about
$4,000 at every monthly clean up" he
said. eat the Swede Boy mine, which Is
on the same lode the management re-
Gently started two-stamp mill for the
purpose Of testing the actual value of
the property. After running fifteen
days the cleanup was over $500.
1.-THE Golden Star mine, only a few
miles from the Olive, with ten stamps.
is yielding between $4,000 and $4,000 per
month, and the management is figuring
on twenty stamps more
During the past three years there had
been nearly half million dollars put
into the district in actual development
and the annual yield at the present time
Is much greater. Even considering the
wild cat mining schemes that are always
connected with every mining district
newly opened the bona fide investors
have made money from Western On
tario mining stock