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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Interesting Facts About Eichmond's
Citizcns ant! Dther Matters.

interesting Facts About F:ichmond's
Citizens and Other Matters.
Miss Monte and Mr. Thomas C. Leath
have taken a cottage at Rockbridse Alum
Springs for the summer.
Mrs. J. L. Sims. OF Birmingham, Ala,
formerly Of this city. IS mere on a visit
to friends and relatives
Mr.. Reginald Walker. who was taken
suddenly i'll Monday, is much improved,
and his friends hope to see him out soon
a marriage license has been granted to
Won. s Morton and Nfargaret r. Haw,
in the Clerks office Of the Hastings Court
The McGfu Catholic Union held their an
nual outing yesterday at Quarry Hill
Farm. Chesterfield. and 1t proved one OF
the most successful ever held
\ regular meeting of the Board OF Man
ayers of the Richmond Homeopathic Free
Dispensary Will De held a, the pispensary-
No. col West Main Street. to-day at $50
T. NJ.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Ladies Auxiliary of Z. e Lee Camp will
be held at the Camp Hall this az
ternoon. al o'clock. \ ful attendance is
desired.
Mr. VIM. II. Hefner. general agent of
the Phoenix Life Insurance Company,
who has been confined 10 mis- bed for the
past week. is somewhat improved, but
not yet able to be our.
Liberal Grove, No. >, Ancient order of
DruIds, will meet tomorrow night at
Thon's Hall, on East Main Street The
annual celebration of the Order will take
place on the 18th instant
Rev. Mr. Hammet. who has been under
the treatment OF DR.. Chewing. at the
Virginia Hospital. for several days. has
greatly improved, and has been dis
charged from the institution
Mr.. w. L. CarueaI. wife and son. Mr.,
a. C. Carneal and wife, and Mr.. a F.
Craig and wife viii go abroad for the
summer on July 18th. They expect to 90
as far as Italy, rtturning by September,
taking III the Paris Exposition
Professor sIgmund Kahn. formerly Of
the Conservatory of Music in Stuttgart,
Germany, is in Richmond with view OF
locating here. He is stopping with MS
brother, Mr. Leopold Kahn, at No loI
East Leigh Street
Mr.. Claude N. Dean. deputy clerk of the
United States Circuit Courr OF A2pea!S.
left yesterday on Il months vacation.
Mr. Dean will go from Richmond 70 Look
out Mountain. Tenn. and VIII also v.si-
friends at Huntsville. Ala. Later Mr.
Dean viii go to Waite Sulphur Springs
Virginians III New York
NEW YORK, June 5-speciaL-Vir.
ginians in New York:
Danville-J Hahn. Morton
Lynchburg-W. Hunt. j. w. Taylo-,
Norfolk-G. Beneger. B. whttIocK. St
Denis. r. s. Cohn, Mrs WhaIey. w. If
Whaiey, Imperial: E. Rohr, Mari5or9ugh-
Richmond-C. IL Hudspeth 7 x Pet
tus. Aston: L. w. Gentry. Imperial.
Virginia-k f. Peterson, Ast2r; MIS-
\. Graham Miss Graham Ms e. G.
Hubbard. GiIsey; l. r. Warren, Grand:
w. H Newmyer, Herald Squdres J. X
Branch. Holland C. H. Na!po!s' Mari
borough. c E sackett. st. Denis J.
Patterson, Veudome.
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Law Students Appear Before Bar al
Charlottesville,

CHARLOTTESVILL.E, VA, June D
Specialize closing exercises OF Raw
ling's Institute, which began on Sunday
evening, are still in progress, and are very
interesting The graduating recital took
place last evening. The following is a
list of the graduates:
Literary-Misses Mary Ellen Carpenter.
Emma Thomas. Frye, and Matte Kate
Kerr, of Virginia. Music and elccution-
Miss Carrie Wills Owens, of Virginia.
In the County Court yesterday afternoon
the following law students of the Univer-
sity of Virginia made application for Ger
tificates to go before the Supreme Court
to secure license to practice law: E. II.
De Jarnett, OF Lewiston, Va. W. w.
Moore, of Staunton, Va. John S. Allen of
Spring Garden. Va; John w. CAST, Jr-,
of Portsmouth, Va; James II. Baldwin,
of Butte county Montana: Samuel w.
Coleman, of Greenwood, Va; and A. c.
Nelson, of University of Virginia
At precinct meetings held in the county
of Albemarle thirty-two delegates have
been selected to go to the Harrisburg
Convention in July and support James
Hay for Congress in the Seventh District
Mr. c. A. Burnley had eight head OF ine
cattle killed by lightning Saturday
AT recent meeting of the North Garden
Farmers Club resolutions were offered
and adopted thanking the people of Viz
ginia on the result Of the election for the
Constitutional Convention, and petitioning
the Governor of Virginia TO call a special
session of the Legislature as soon as
practicable.
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Not Very Far Apart.
Editor of The Times:

Editor of The Times:
Sir,-Replying to your editorial in to-
DAYS issue, headed When Did We Be
come Nation"-you concede in your
closing paragraph all that I have claimed
when you say Eve are rendering the best
service to the doctrine OF States rights
barring the right OF secession
But what BARRING" that was. What
recourse but revolution have we now, II
our constitutional guarantees are invaded,
as they were for years prior to 1851? we
loved the union of the States at that pc
Rod so ardently that we submitted undef
protest to the violation of our consttu-
tional rights until patience ceased TO be
a virtue when we resorted to this last
ditch of reserved rights and fought for
that right until April, 1860. l giant that
the late Confederate States were read
1nitted to the Union at the close of the re-
construction period with all the constitn-
tional rights then existing, but provided
each State included in It's constitution
that the right to secede shall never more
be claimed or exercised. In other words,
before this right was surrendered we We're
not nation from the internal point Oh
view, but number Of sovereign States
cooperating and agreeing among them
selves This sovereign right no longer eN-
sts not d long step. but step al the
way to Capitalization, TO nationality III
al, the significance of that word.
Richmond Va. June 9Th, 1900.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
The COLD DEMOCRATS.

The esteemed Baltimore American seems
80 be distressed concerning the attitude
OF the gold Democrats. II says that they
do NOT seem 10 be able TO formulate
either their desires or intentions. and that
in this respect they differ materially from
the gold Democrats of 1886 They are
The same men, it adds, .'imbued with
the same ideas and principles, but they
lack the vlgor and energy that character
!zed thei; work four years ago.
The American is a Republican news
paper. and we can readily understand
why il should want to rally the gold
Democrats and encourage them to or
game and fight the regular Democratic
ticket. But the American must remem-
Der that conditions now are very differ
emit from what they We're in 1896 -Four
years ago wave of populism swept over
this country and the Democratic organi-
eaton was overwhelmed by it. II was
no one plank in the Chicago platform
that alarmed the geld Democrats. We
might say that it was not all the obiec-
Eionabie plailks taken together that
caused the gold Democrats to bolt, but
tt was the spirit of the movement. The
Chicago platform was q great deal worse
ahan 1t appeared on its face to be- and
there Were thousands and thousands of
Democrats all over the country who
could NOT give it their support
Just what sort Of a platform the Kan
sss City Convention viii adopt nobody
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CURRENT TOPICS.

A political writer calls attention to the
interesting fact that in 1900, for the first
time in the history of the
ne t1ght !of the United States, the selec-
ton of a candidate for
Eice-President is the only nomination in
both the great parties, which is in doubt.
It is a foregone conclusion that the Re
Democrats Bryan, but no decision has
been reached by either party as to the
men for second place. The writer goes on:
"JefTerson's denomination in 1904 was
foreseen before that year came. So was
Jackson,s in 1892, Grants in 1872, and
the only contest on the national ticket in
the parties represented by these gentle
men was for the second office. In the
case of the other party, however, in those
years the choice for President was uncer-
tain UP to the last moment. There was
strong opposition. along to the opening OF
the convention, to the acceptance by the
Democrats of the old Republican, Horace
Greeley, whom the Liberal Republicans
of 1872 nominated OF course there was
the profoundest sort of doubt, until the
actual nomination of General Harrison,
as to who would be Cleveland's opponent
in 1855.
This wear each Of the great parties
gives its sole attention to the selection OF
a candidate for Vice-President. This is an
entirely unprecedented situation for the
country
A national political convention is always
an Interesting and impressive gathering,
but BIZ comparison such a convention is
dull affair whcn there is no contest for
The Presidential nomination. But where
there is a spirited contest between candi-
dates for second place the delegates man
age to work up a considerable interest,
and the fight for Gray in the convention
of 1883 was employed TO give life to the
occasion.
The New York Tribune, which is a very
serious paper, has fallen into temptation
and perpetrates the fol-
A Thrust at ,c.r,;,3. ..Tbe somewhat
puzzling announcement
comes to hand that at Venice, ILL.,, "a
plucky woman got rid of a couple OF
"mashers'' by firing a revolver at the
ground close by the feet Of one Of them,
although she did not hit either of them.
we should really like to know just how
that could be. Venice, we believe, is in the
southwestern part Of Illinois, near the
Mississippi River, and perhaps two hum
dred and fifty miles from the Auditorium.
It must, therefore, be in about the Hath
Ward of the city of Chicago; and in view
of the iInmemorial repute of Chicago feet,
how could pistol be fired at the ground
close to resident of that city without
hitting his feet? Not even a woman's pro
verbal accuracy of aim could reasonably
account for ii. Can it be that the eXisen-
cies of growth, the necessity Of getting
so many million people upon 50 many
square miles of prairie, has compelled a re-
duction in size of Chicagoansa pedal eX-
trennities? Or was that entire Chicago
foot story nothing but a ST. Louis myth?"
Is there a newspaper that has not taken
a shot at those Chicago feet?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
SOUTHERN NOTES.

The white people Of Augusta, Ga, were
very indignant on Sunday last at a publ
cation in a negro newspaper concerning
the lynching of the negro who killed yoIpg
Whitney on street-car. The article made
the negro out a hero and reflected upon
the character Of Whitney. A mass-meet-
ing was held and a committee called upon
the negro editor who promptly apologized
and declared that the article, which was
clipping from a Washington paper, had
slipped in without his knowledge. With
the apology the incident was closed.
The fourth trial of Mrs. Matte Hughes,
charged with the murder OF her husband,
has been assigned by the court at Green
vile for June 18th.
The Cotton Oil Company, Of Bamberg,
has been chartered with $4,000 capital
stock. c. w. Garris is president, C. Frank
Bambers vice-president, and w. NJ. Brab-
BAN secretary and treasurer.
The Nashville American mentions the
fact that business property in that city
was recently sold at $500 front foot.
The Park Hill Manufacturing Company,
of Fitchburg. Mass, has secured site
near Huntsville, Ala, and will erect a
cotton-tnill OF $1,000 spindles. 1t will also
establish a bleachery, print works and
dressed cloth works. A 100000 mill of
10000 spindles will be built this season,
representing in all an investment of 49,
000,ooo.
Now that Memphis has secured the
Confederate Reunion for next year the
question arises as to how she is going to
entertain the visitors. but the Commercial
Appeal says that her hospitality and her
accommodations will be equal to the occa-
sion.
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Candidates Get Together i'll the Tenth
District.


LEXINGTON, VA, June Especial
County Court to-day was without any
special incident Politics looked up very
much in spite of the absence Of three OF
this would-be canddateS-COngresS j.
NJ Quares, OF stanton; Judge William
Loving and Bennett Gordon, OF Nelson.
State Senator Harry Flood, of Appomat-
tox, and Delegate E. II. Barclay and Col.
Robert Catlett of Lexington, were on the
field The Democratic County Executive
Committee met and decided to hold dis
trict primaries on Saturday, June 18th, 10
elect delegates to the coming convention
to be held August 1st at Buena Vista TO
nominate a candidate for the Tenth Con-
gressional District.
According to mail advices received here
to-day the southern end of Rockbridge
county, known as Natural Bridge District,
and a portion of Botetourt county ada
cent was visited by a damaging flood
Saturday The James River rose nearly
four feet. sweeping away bridges, fences,
roads, and fields of growing grain, SO
much so that cornfields were so badly
washed that the land will not bear re-
planting until remade-
The local lodge of knights of Pyth!as
gave a reception to its members and their
friends this evening in Laughlin Hall.
Covers for $50 We're LAID. and the following
responded to toasts. Mr. G.. d. Letcher
toast-ma ster: Lexington Lodge. *. of
p Bennett n. Bell THE Tenets of the
Order" Rev. DR.. Frank B. Webb, of CO.
lumbia, Tenn; The Ancient Pythian,"
William E. Granger; The Square and
Compass V. B. Mcclure: The Three
Links Thomas H. Deaver; The Press, .
NJ. w. Paxton; 1.-THE Clergy Rev. Dr.
Thornton Whaling; South Carolina" j.
Monroe
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
MAFEkING.

October. 10, 1S99-NIay 16, 1900. =,
Once again, banners, fly!
Clang again, bells. on high,
Sounding TO sea and sky
Longer and louder
Mafeking's glory with
Kimberley, Ladysmith,
Of our unconquered kith
Prouder and prouder.
Hemmed in for half a year,
Still with no succor near.
Nor word of hope to cheer
Wounded and dying,
Fevered, and foiled of sleep
BY the fierce cannon's leap,
They still, still vowed to keep
England's flag flying.
Nor was their mettle shown
BY male and strong alone,
But. as intrepid grown,
Fragile and tender,
Without tear or sigh
Echoed the brave Cd cry.
.'IVe too. would rather die,
Die than surrender
AS pressed the foe more near,
Only with naked spear,
Ne'er knowing what to fear,
Farley, or blench meant,
Forward through shot and shell,
While still the foremost fell,
They with resistless yell
Stormed his entrenchment.
Then, when hope dawned at last.
And fled the foe, aghast
At the relieving blast
Heard in the nelly
Oh, our stout, stubborn kith!
Kimberley, Ladysmith.
MafellinS, welded with
Lucknow and Delhi.
Sound for them martial lay!
Crown them with battle-bay,
Both those who died, and they
'Gainst death could wrestle,
Powell of endless fame,
All. all with equal claim,
And, of the storied name,
Gallant young Cecil.
Long as the waves shall roll,
Long as Fame guards her scroll,
And men through heart and soul
Thrill to true glory,
Their deeds, from age to age,
Shall voice and verse engage,
Swelling the splendid page
Of England's story!
ALFRED AUSTIN,
Llanvihangel Court, Abergavenny, Ma,
18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
How to Teach Art.

LYNCHBURG, VA. June Especial
Miss Louise Smith. of the Randolph-Ma-
con College, will attend the third annual
conference on Education in the South
which will be held at Capon Springs, w
Va. June 9th 2Sth and 18th. Miss Smith
will read a paper on How Art Should Be
Taught
Mrs Mary Jane Lee, widow of the late
Charles p. Lee. died this morning after a
short Illness; aged eighty-nine years. She
was daughter Of the late E. Newman
Eubank, of Amherst. Her husband died
many years ago. Mrs. Lee had been a
member of the Episcopal Church for over
seYenty-fve years
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06


graved on the large blade of a pocket
knife which is being distributed among
local politicians by ex-Assessor, -a l.,s
Stuckart. Altgeld Democrats declare tn ma.
Mayor Harrison has the vice-presleieitt1tiai
bee. The Mayor says it isn't true:
Mr.. Stuckart ordered 100 OF tne h'iiNes
from hardware firm with whlcn heaeo n
Owsley, brother-inlaw Of the mayor, IS
connected. $50
The Kansas city Star says: While the
Republican National Convention is in ses-
sion at Philadelphia William J. Bryan
Charles a. Towne, the Populist nominee nee
for Vice-President: James K. Jones, OF the
Democratic National Committee; Colonel
NJ. c. Wetmore, OF ST. Louis. ana ); ..
Hogan, a Democratic politician OF WIS
consin, will enjoy an outing at Mliocqui'
Wis.
THE party will be the guests Of Coionei
Wetmore at his summer cottage at .Mihoc-
nouncement, but declares that the WIS
consin gathering will be simply an outlng
and have no political significance.
From Singapore comes the story that the
game of golf has infected every European
living in the city. There are TWO golf
clubs, and the members are very enthusi-
astic. 1t Is near the equator, and the eli
mate is so hot that it is almost Impossible
to keep the golf balls in condition SO
they keep them ON ice, like champagne
and beer. Your Chinese caddy, When ne
goes out with you, carries small oaS OF
ice, in which the balls are kept other"lse
you would knock them esg-shape every
time you hit them.
,3nr, To ha Nay
York Sun says that the removal OF stephen
Crane to the Black Forest in Germany mas
caused no improvement in his health, and
he is not expected to live.
Hon. W. S. Snodgrass, chief justice OF
the Tennessee Supreme Court, VINO is
Democratic candidate for United States
Senator, said in a speech last SATURDAY
that the United States could not const'-
tutionalIv abandon the Philippines; that
they are ours by right OF conquest. ana
that Congress has no consututiohal
right to free its people"
William w. Joy, choirmaster at the
Congregational Church, of Ansonla, Conn.,
died yesterday from apoplexy while as
sistins in the services. He had just con-
Guided an anthem when he was stricken.
The wheat crop of Kansas, according
to the Secretary of the Board OF Agri-
culture, will be the heaviest ever known.
In 1882, according to this report, Kansas
had 1850, 900 acres of wheat and raised
more than 100000 bushels. This year
the wheat acreage is 4GS5,Sl9 and the
average yield will be larger than that OF
1892. But granting that the yield VIII
be as great as that of 1892 the aggregate
will be 50 100000 bushels The crop is
said to be in excellent condition.
A woman is alive in Vienna who sang
in the chorus at the first performance OF
Beethovens Choral Symphony. Her name
is Frau Grebner and she is ninety-one
years old.
Herr /. K. Posnansky, the great philan-
thropist of Russia, is dead. He left an
estate of over 100000 rubles. Five hun
dred thousand rub,es were bequeathed to
charitable purposes. and to this sum his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
Exhausted the Pack.

A young married lady had just acquired
a new coach and q new footman to
match John she said one day, I'VE
will drive out to make a few calls. But
/ shan't get out of the carriage. You
will, therefore, take the cards that are
on my dressing table and leave one of
them at each house we stop at"
Very good, ma am. answered John,
and he ran upstairs to fetch the cards.
After they had driven about con-
siderable time, and cards had been left
at a large number of houses. the lady
remarked:
.sNow we must call on the Dales, the
Framptons and the Clarkes.'
eve can't do it, here broke in the foot
man. in alarm. I've only the ace of
spades and the ten of clubs left.'-ScottiSh
American.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
AFTERMATH.

Mrs. Alzina Parsons Stevens, one Of the
best known socIolosists in Chicago, is
dead. She was appointed assistant fac
tory inspector by Governor Altgeld in 1888
and was a delegate to the Populist Con-
vention in 1882. She also served on the
Woman's Auxiliary Committee Of the
Worlds Fair Labor Congress.
The New York Sun prints the following
special from Chicago:
Bryan and Observation-Disclosures
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
MET DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Smith Fell Asleep on tho Track aud
Was Killed.

GREENSBORO, N. c., June Especial
Henry Smith, a White man. forty years
old. was run over and killed by a Southern
train last night at Pomona, three miles
west of here. Smith had spent the day in
Greensboro. and left for home late in the
evening.
q is supposed that he fell asleep on the
track. and was crushed to death by a
passing usia. He leaves wife and one
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
ClcycrGirI.

The critical minute had come. He kneit
on the carpet. :,
Darling he whispered, will you be
my wife,"
answered. ..Yes!'' dozen times.
what does that nean?' saspeo the
astonished sutton
1T means replied the fair girl, that
papa forbade me answering in the aflrm-
ative when you proposed. However, this
did not deter me from employing pho
nograph to take my place.
News,
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Mr. maynard TO Go Home.

Hon. Harry l.. Maynard. who was in
the citv Yesterday. LEFT last night for his
home. in Portsmouth
Senator Maynard is a prominent eands-
date for Congress in the Second District.
and il is said that he Is conducting very
Industrious fight for the nomination oy the
Democratic convention
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
Sues Town for Damages.

MARTINsvILLE, VA. June Especial
The Circuit Court counienced its session
to-day, Judge S. G. Whittle presiding The
entire time of the court was occupied in
trying the case Of S. C.. Seay against the
town of Martinsviile for false imorison-.
ment and malicious prosecution. Mr.. Seay
was arrested as "a labor agent when get
ting up hands TO carry to his works in
West Virginia The amount Of damages
sued for is $500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-06
JuStitia Fiat.

Unspeakable terror was written upon
every lineament of the murdered wo-
mans face.
..Ha. A clew!'' exclaimed the yellow
reporters, as with one voice.
Writing experts were summoned at
once. These unhesitatingly declared that
the terror had been written by one John
Smith. ESQ., an obscure lawyer, and he
was accordingly Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
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