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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27

Delightful Concert.

The concert that served to introduce
Mr. Edouard Won Berssrun, OF Vienna,
to the Richmond public last night was
one of the most artistic and thoroughly
delightful musical events ever heard In
this city. The bright particular star OF
the occasion is not only an artist put a
genius to boot, His voice is magnificent,
ranging from E fiat to high G, and IS
remarkable for it's beautiful quality and
resonance His numbers were received
with great enthusiasm, and he was forced
to respond to encores every time he sang.
Miss Mamie Hanson, the new soprano
at centenary Church, was most cordially
received, and fully justified the flattering
reports that preceded her. She is an
artist of wide capabilities, and Is a very
decided acquisition to musical circles IN
this city.
Z Miss Mary Thurston. of this city who
has just taken her place on the pro-
fessional stage. is an actress endowed
with many seductive and saccharine
graces- She is charming reader, ana
made a most favorable impression.
Mr. Shepherd, Webb was heard at his
best. He is thorough musician, and
technically and temperamentally cannot
be excelled as an accompanies There
were numerous encores and the audience
was enthusiastic to degree.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
The EMPORIA LYNCHING.
What the Papers Of Virginia and Else
where Have TO Say oft.

where Have TO Say oil II.
It must be conceded that the people of
Emporia and OF the whole county OF
iGreensville had much provocation to the
Wild justice they wrought upon the bodies
of the negro murderer Cotton and his
imputed to the two men, and confessed
by one, was peculiarly eXasperating.
Still, there was no earthly doubt that
Cotton wuold have hanged by due pro-
cess of law, had the mob restrained
it's fury, and as for OGrady, there was
no evidence to show that he had any
completely whatever in the murders.
aside from being found in company with
Cotton, and having witnessed the crime.
Indeed, in making his confession Cotton
explicitly eXonora ted O'Grady from all
participation i'll it, and assumed the
whole responsibility himself. In our
judgment there is but one crime in the
whole catalogue of human offences that
will warrant resort to lynch law, and
that is the crime of rape, and then only
upon the unmistakable identity of the
offender. The people of Greensyilie will
regret their rash act sooner or later.
In the light of subsequent events some
one Numbered terribly in withdrawing
the trops without bringing the prisoners
with them. A mob has been aptly de-
with it under circumstances involving
life and death is a blunder that shades
close to crime. In this case it seems
to have been an instance\of misplaced
confidence, but it has cost one innocent
man his life and put a reproach upon
the county that might have been
avoided by a judicious display of au-
thority and force.-PetersburG Index-Ap-
peal.
The lynching of the two 'tramps. one
white ana the other a negro, at Emporia
yesterday, was an utterly uncalted for
and inexcusable crime. The two VIC
tins had murdered two well known citi-
zens of Greensville county, had been
arrested and incarcerated in the county
jail, and were practically sure of swift
and adequate punishment. One of the
men, the negro Sam Cotton. was already
under sentence of death for a prior MUIR
der, committed in Portsmouth. and the
visitation of the death penalty upon him
was certain as anything can be. The
other man equally deserved death, being
the companion of Cotton in his double
crime, and the sharer In the booty taken
from the victims. That the men could
have been protected was amply demon
strated Friday night, when, with the
military on duty, the mob dared not
attack the Jail.
From the facts attainable 1t would
seem that the chief responsibility rested
upon the sheriff. The Governor. had or
dered the troops to Emporia and had
protected the criminals from the mob IN
the most critical hours OF Sthe excite
ment, and demonstrated ability to protect
them Indefinitely. Upon Motif ton from
the sheriff that the services of S. the
military were no longer necessary. the
Governor ordered them home. The Sc
auel proved that the sheriff was not
wa rranted by the situatio in ordering
the. trooIs away, though he may have
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
The Lines Commended.

Editor of The Times:
S Sir,-As q citizen who loves Virginia.
reveres justice and believes that the
preservation of our dearest interests lies
in the sacred maintenance OF the
majesty of the law, I wish to thank The
Times most heartily for the magnificent
editorial in to-:lay's paper on Mob
Rule" It is just such Outspoken and
courageous arraignment and condemna-
ton of wrong that alone can beat back
the lurking clouds Of revolution winch
so frequently burst upon our beloved
land, and which threaten direful con-
sequences to our whole body polite. 1t
is surprising beyond measure how so
many otherwise clever ana laW-abialll2
citizens condone mob rule upon the
hypothesis that the victim gets no more
than his due, and his summarily taking
off has a salutary effect in preventing
similar offences. Wrong never begets.
right The consequences to society re-.
sulting from the unlawful execution OF a
criminal taken out OF the laws bands
by physical force and put to death by
a cheering frenzied, revengeful crowd
are far more disastrous than the effect
of many crimes. Every time the
majesty. of the law is trampled under
foot thus ruthlessly our social organism
is by so much weakened.
i
heart that causes man to fail to dts
tinguish between sympathy for crimi-,
nal or indifference as to his crime, ana
a firm faith that the best interests OF
society demand that the law shall be:
respected and maintained. II the law
can be defied and annulled in SoneSscase
upon the plea of great urgency or provo
cation who shall say st may not be done
in other cases or indeed In any case II
the mob is to be judge and sole arblter:
of the existing exeigencies? And where
NAV this not lead us? It is a very seri-
Gus matter, and the best friend or
society is he who seeks to bulid up
strong sentiment in behalf OF law and
order to the repression OF that mistaken
coincidence with mob violence the IN
sidiousness of which is the active ana
potent in the popular mind and when is
responsible for the frequent logical and
direful sequences. For many a man
who would not himself engage in mob
violence, nor, perchance, in any indivtd-
gual instance advocate It, Wnen a, Z lna.
ling occurs either openly declares the , sact
was defensible or seeks to T,alllate II on on
account Of aggravating circumstance !.
And this helps4:to keep alive = the sp pr
II MOB rules Nor is Indifference or ac.
quiescence 9excusable. It is the duty a. OF
each good citizen to exert MS influence
actively in behalf of the welfare tnset
society OF which he is O uni l8. e
Il have not the patience TO review Tue
late lamentable affair to which y your ".
grand sedttoriaI is devoted. y. opeS tnere
{ will never be q repeu tlon OIL SUCH e
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Harpist aud story-TeIler.

Hundreds will remember with pleasure
of having heard Won Veechton Rogers
the tHarpist, Sin the concerts of the Wed.
nesday Club May Festivals, and in the Y.
NJ. C. A. Course especially, when he ap-.
peared with his friend, that prince en-
tertainer and magnificent story-teiler,
Chas.T. sGriiiey. They are coming again.
Rogers and Grilley will be here Monaay,
April I'd. giving the sixth number OF the
members entertainments. Their ecter-
tainments are fasctna ting. clean and ex-t
5ceedingIy popular. They deserve and Will
have packed house. Seats go on sale
Friday at one o'clock The prices viii
DO popular.
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SPRING HAS COME

ond With It the usual lasstude, languor,
and and inertia The manner in which
YOU drag your weary limbs around and
the indifference which you show to pass
ing events, indicates the sluggishness OF
YOUR blood Disease is largely IN eVi-
dence. and if you do not take Blood
Purifier at once the consequences may
be more serious than you think
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take some much advertised nostrum, but
insist upon having the genuine DR..
Davids Ioda-Ferrated sarsaparilla.
Read what DIR. J. w. Smith says of it.:
Reidsville, N. c., Oct. II, 1888. z
Owens & Minor Drug Company, Rich
mond. Va:
Dear Sirs.-Please send me three dozen
DR.. David's Iodo-Ferrated Sarsaparilla.
have entirely sold out the last lot.
regard your DR.. David's Iodo-Ferrated
Sarsaparila as the best alternative prepa-
ration that I have ever come in con-
tact with during period of many years
in the drug business and in the practice
of medicine. It sells better than any
other article that I handle, and I fire.
ouently prescribe it in cases where indi-
Gated, and always with the best results.
Yours truly, j. w. SMITH, NJ. D.,
Physician and Druggist.
If you cannot procure it of your drug
gist or merchant write to us. Price 81 a
bottles: six bottles for IS.
OWENS s. MINOR DRUG CO.,
Richmond, Va.
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,chances for Young Mn int hs$ Far
East writes from j pan
Low Wages 10 The saturd IS. Evening
IN .1a0an az.z.sss $3.50

CHANCES for Young NJ n In 4. flss Far
East writes from Japan
3 Low Wages to The saturday Evening
10 japan Post: 80
f5s .sMechanics are paid less than twenty
five cents a day; carpenters and asterers
receive twenty-one cents; stone-cutters
and masons twenty-three cents, and
bricklayers twenty-four cents per day.
Shoenlakers are paid seventeen cents.
paperhangers twenty-onc cents. jewelers.
twenty-one cents, and saddlets and har-
ness-makers twenty cents. Those who
cents. compositors and printers Sven
teen cents, and blacks1niths twenty cents.
Taiors who make European clothes re-
sceivc twenty-six cents, and common
labor are paid twenty-one cents paraday.
On the farms men are paid thirteen cents
and women geceive eight. cents per day.
OF the weayers, men get twelve cents
and the women eight cents day, and in
other manufacturing industries about the
same, the wages ranging from ten u
twenty-five cents, with less wages for
women and children, the latter of,en re-
ceiving not more than five or six cents
day. These wages. it must be remen-
bered. are. the average wages over the
Empire. In some of the cities they are
higher, and in others lower"
What a blessed privilege it is to live in
the United States!
This is the time of year when many Of
our readers are giving attention 10 thar
lawns Nothing adds more, not even
flowers, to the beauty of home than
well-kept grass. "Lawn-making is net
so difficult as most people seem to think, :"
says a writer in the April Lippincott.
'.You must begin right if you would al
tain satisfactory degree Of success. Inc
first thing to do is to grade the ground
evenly. Most persons prefer a lawn that
slopes away from house to road in an
almost imperceptble incline of surface.
Such a lawn is easier to make than 4
level one because any title departure
from perfectly even surface will be for
less noticea bic. To secure the neces::rE
slope, earth will have to be filled in near
the house If the lot is a conEarativeiy
level one. Wherever there has been nu
excavation made for the house walls or
a cellar, there will generally be enough
earth near the house to furnish al the
filling needed in making the required
slope. This soil, which is almost always
hard, should be worked over until 1t is
as fine and mellow possible, for
good lawn cannot be made from soil
that is coarse and lumpy.
eff the soil is not rich, it should be made
so. I would advise the use of bone:ns al
in liberal quantity in preference to barn
yard fertilizer, because it never introduces
the seeds of weeds sintoN the lawn: IS
manure from the stables is very sure II
do. Coarse beonemeal in the proportion
of a half pound to each square yard. VII
give soil of ordinary strength enough
to produce an excellent growth of grass"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
YORK RIVER LINE-DAILY SER

Effective April ., 1900 daily service will
hs inau.urated by the popular York
River line between Richmond. West
point and Baltimore. The sciiedr- PEI
tween the two cities will be approx
mately as follows:
Leave Richmond daily, except sunday,
$50 p. NJ, arrive Baltimore O'Clock
following morning; leave Baltimore
NJ. daily, except Sunday. arrive Rich
mond $50 following morning
The elegant steamers Charlotte ana
Raltirore viii be in service on this line.
First-class excursion rate between
Richmond and baltimore, s4 for tha
round trip. Tickets on sale daily. With
return limit ten days.
First class. one " ay. between Rich
monii and Baltimore, $3.50 second class,
one way, $50 G. W. WESTBURY.
Travelling Passenger Agent
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y1nG1N1a's COAL FIELDS.

For the seven months ending January
l, 1899 the exports from America OF
anthracite coal were 954.3U TONS while
for corresponding period ending with
January i. 1900 the export Of anthracite
amounted to l,112,177 tons, an increase Of
1880 tons, or 16.5 per cent.
Turning TO bituIninous coal we find the
following startling figures: For the
seven months ending with January !.
1899, the export Of soft coal was 1,96l,2o
tons, while for the corresponding period
ending with January l, 1900, the figures
foot up the enormous total OF 2,l79,ll2
tons, an increase in tons of 1872 and 2
percentage of 4O1, the increase in btu
minous coal being two and a half times
that of anthracite. These figures go far
to justify the contention that the coal
fields Of the Old Dominion insure the
State prosperity not dependent upon
breadstuffs, or tobacco. or iron, but deep
in the bowels of the earth the future
wealth of Virginia lies, ready 90: the
pick Of the miner, the rest of the world
standing prepared to absorb the surplus
of her coal mines as fast as it can be
sent to market.
When account is taken of the fact that
the bituminous coal of the State of Viz
ginia is the best for all purposes which
Is mined in the whole country, equal, in
fact, to that which has SO long held its
place among coal users from the mines OF
Wales, the point of the argument becomes
Irresistible, and with the progress of rail-
roads and other means Of coal Transport
tation the prosperous future Of the grand
old State becomes apparent
With the end of the war in South
Africa there is no probability that the
demand for Virginia coal will decline,
for the needs of the manufacturing
world are increasing so rapidly that not
withstanding the energy displayed In this
direction for which the people Of this
country are noted, the demand VIII ex-
coed the supply.
Thus there is another field wherein the
United States will for he future domi-
nate the markets. Of the old world.
our coal miners, due heed must be taken
that the markets are not overstocked
and that, prices are not run so low as to
set bad example for the future: The
only thing required is that the cost Of
Virginia coal shall be SO regulated as to
undersell the output of other coal-pro-
ducing centres, and the markets Of the
manufacturing world are hers.
This is no ch!merical flight OF the
imagination, but comes from the cold
figures which cannot lie, and the facts
here set forth are commended to the
tlnanciers OF Virginia in the hope that
the wealth lying at her doors may be
kept within the Commonwealth, whose
energy and industry shall insure that her
future Will be free from all menace of
..hard tines" or financial depression.
- $50.
cUisltssNI.COAi
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spectacle. We must never be influenced
by sympathy for our friends under Try.
ing circumstances to the extent t;a OF. OF
sitting our voices in demanding that the
majesty of the law must pc supreme enc
Herein is the only way of safety.
II am glad The Times strikes for the
right promptly and from principle.
rather than pursuing the cowardly and
mercenaryi cause OF waiting to- see how
tho breeze is blowing. 1t is far nobler
to seek the creation of a healthy public
sentiment than to blindly follow the
multitude, right or wrong.
= : : w. NJ. B.
Richmond. Va, March 26th.
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roTHEvorERs orRIcHMoND.

I respectfully announce myself a can
didate for the clerkship Of the Hustins
Court.
Having served as deputy Under that
accomplished and efficient officer, the late
William. p. Ilawton, and since his death
having held the Office by Judge Wits
appointment, I pledge myself, If elected,
to bring to my aid the training and
experience thus gained land so essentiaD
for the conscientious discharge Of the
duties of the Office, and WI endeavor
in the future, as in the past, to faithfully
serve the people of this city.
Very respectfully.
WALTER CHRISTIAN.
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price Of character We would not go
into heroes, nor would we appear. to cx ..
plot a cheap courage, but It seems ms TO
us that state officer would welcome the
opportunity to defend. with his life. II
need be. the honor and good fame of old
Virginia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
Housewives Next.

.'Whatr cried the labor leader as he
entered the house: ''no supper YETI
No replied his wife calmly. ''You
will recall that I began work at O'Clock
this morning
What has that to do with it?" he de-
mandeG.
my eigi,t-hour watch expired at 2
o'clock this afternoon" she answered
Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
DIR. Renney,s Call.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA. March Co.
SpeciaI.-Rev. w. L. Reaney, rector of
Trinity Church. this city, has been called
to the Episcopal Church at Brunswick.
Ga. He may accept. Mr.. Reaney came
here from Texas, and is considered one
Of the best preachers in the State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY PRE-.
PAIRING FOR SUMMER RESORT

The Passenger Department Of the.
Southern Railway has. sent out circulars
to hotels and to persons who are willing
to entertain summer boa-ders residing on
9or near the Southern Railway. requesting
5fu1 information as to feca tion. number
accommodated, terms OF board etc. for
guidance in compiling Information for
..Summer Homes Folder Season 190O. ss
Hanks can be- had OF So tton Aren't or
Passenger Agent. Southern Railway,
aWashinSt G: " 80 ~
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NIatri,nonyund Crime.

II began the career of crime said the
famous criminal, when 1 married the sec
ond time
did your second wife lead you astray?'
asked the sympathetic visitor.
Not so much as the first one. It was
she who preferred the bisamy charge
Philadelphia North American
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
VIRGINIA NEWSPAPERDOM.
Press Association Preparing for Its
Annual Meeting

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. March 20,
Specialize Executive Committee OF tna
Virginia Press Association met here to-
day at Hotel Gleason and decided to hola
the next annual meeting of the Asso-
citation at Old Point or Virginia Beach
on July 10th next.
It was decided to invite the following
gentlemen to address the Association:
Hon. Henry WatteSson, Col. C. OBJ. CO.
wardfn, Senator John w. Daniel. and
Mr.. Carter Glass, editor OF the Lynch
burg News
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Its Meaning.

$50 she has rejected you? Oh, we'll,
old fellow, you know what a woman's
negative usually means
Eyes, but in this instance I am afraid
it is positive"-Harper Bazaar
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"A Matter Of Hcadyvay,

''She is so interested in higher educa-
TOM said TIE young woman
yes" answered Miss Cayenne. "a
mortar board is very becoming to her
style of beauty, and she knows it."-Wash-
ington Star.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
nIrs. Button Ill.

IYNcTEBURG, VA, March 26-Speciai.
Mrs. Charles w. Button, mother OF MI
Joseph Button, clerk of the State sen
ate. is extremely i'll at her home in A2-
pomattox-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27

All subscriptions by mall payable In ad-
vance. Watch the label on Your paper,
* YOU live out of Richmond. and see when
yoiir Subscription expires. so you can re-
new before the paper is stopped.
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The Times is always indebted to friends
sonals, but must urge that all such be
sent over the signature of the sender.
AL unsigned communications Will be re-
jected always
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27
Six Inches of Snow.

BRISTOL, va. March 2s.-speciaL-in
nortious of Southwest Virginia this morn
ing the ground was covered to de2tn
Of six inches with naw fallen snow.
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TIMES BUILDING.
TENTH AND BANK STREETS.
RICHMOND. VA.

rIE DAILY T1MES Is served by car
r;crs on their own account In this city
and Manchester for 40 cents week.
when pad weekly. but 90 cents n. :, per atl
month. when paid rnonshiy: pS mi,.
$500 a ycar-anywhcre in the ufitco
Fill States. ..ar ,,.Y,c
Is cents per line. fur.
nished on application. .r;a. ,rdor
Ronit by draft, check. postonicc cfd e,.
or registered letter. Currency sent oy
mail Is at the risk of the sender; w..
Phone 15I. Old Phone $40: Editorial
Rooms, New Phone 81. Old Phone aso.
Address all communicau tons ano CORE
spondcncc to The Times Company.
THE TIMES COMPANY.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES. sLoo year.

THE WEEKLY TIMES-Issued and mail
ed in two parts, S1.oO year by mall
anywhere in the United States.
Specimen copies free.
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Council, Committees.

The Committee on Accounts aud
Printing met last night and approval
some claims
rnittee ons Claims and Salaries
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70 nv friends and fellow. citizens:

To my friends and fellow citizens:
desire to announce myself a candi-
date for City Sergeant, and earnestly
solicit your support and influence. hav-
ing been a taxpayer to the. city Of Rich
mond for thirty-five years, and 4 am a
believer in little rotation IN otilce, ana
no one family should receive aii:-..
JAMES C.@SMlTH- IS
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PETERSBURG AGENT,
MRS. S. C. HUTCHINSON. z LOMBARD
STREET.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-27

The southern.Bell Telephone and Teie-
nhonIc communication can be had over
its lines with Lynchburg. Va: Danville,l
va: Roanoke, va: Wakefield. Va APP p.
ponattox, Va; Farmville. Va: Crewe,
Va: Salem, va. Bed ford City, Va sReids-
vile, N. Co. Charlotte. ~. c. Columbia.
S. C. So -
For further particulars enquire at the
Public Pay Stations and at Managers
office, s;1214 East Main Street. q
SOUTHERN BELL4TELEPHONES
TELEGRAPHSCOnEPA
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THE MAILING LIST IS ONLY PRINT
ED ABOUT EVERY TEN DAYS.
THEREFORE, DO NOT FEEL UNEASY
If THE DATE OPPOSITE YOUR NAME
ON TBE LITTLE PINK SLIP IS NOT
CHANGED AS SOON AS THE SUB
SCEIPTIGN Is RENEWED.