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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
No Ts1ans BY SEwspApI,rs.

a citizen of Ettrick. Va, writes to
know why The Times has never said
g word, ealtoldally, about the assassina-
zion OF DR.. Temple by Ri6dick." Mani
fes.iy because the ASSASSINATION of DR..
Temple as not a proper subject for edi-
ra,aal comment. Fer reasons unknown to
as Mr. Riddick. WHO was a minister in
rood standing in the Methodist Church.
sought DIR. Temple and shot him TO death.
sle was then arrested by an officer of
the iaw and committed to jan. AT the
,,.cper time he wifi be arratgned in court
and ali the evidence in the case will be
zsr,eauced. Able lawyers on this side and
chat VIII dissect the evidence and argue
the case, the presiding Judge win charge
the jury as TO the law. and the jury will
decide as 40 whether or not the prisoner
is guilty of the charge hr'onght against
him
That Is the method prescribed by the
Claws of the State for trying the man w.ao
slew DR.. Temple and there is no provision
for trial by newspaper.
we believe in the freedom of the press.
and we think that public Journal should
express an opilsion on most questions Of
a public ctara,ter, brf no newspaper has
the moral right to pass Judgment ON a
man who is 10 be tried for his life. If
the officers OF the law had failed to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
STATE AND COUNTY
some Views oc a Citizen Concerning
Needed Reforms.

sa,a+oy Glass, bill for the appointment
+,.a,Ii,,o O, auditors to investigate anu
revert l1pon the standing ana DooAS .. tt.e
several receiving and dlsoursi's -
in the counties and towns, Wd9 no ="
i 80 10 prevent the wlSteful ana IN
many cases, the corrupt eH.pp-.ta-I,F,i II,
n,yhlic moneys, but it was ooJecoioL9"le ~
tbgt If was an open declaration on MS
nort that the town and county govern
n,ants had somehow become lncapapie "
taking care Of their own affairs, 49,
this is a. grave charge, ana hss"9
in. into 1T means, If 1t means any
thing. that the system OF county $50,
nlent is defective and requires
amendment, or else that us oii!ests a.
corrupt or incapable. IL ttis q. .a-,,5.,a -,
then the system should De aisleiloso "a
the Inarticr1Iars where it fails: III the Sc
cond then laws should be enacted Tor d
r,ora careful selection and appointment
of county officers, and Wneh eiecteu' %
now in enforcing upon them some test
of fitness To discard or 70 sup eis1 '
orr system of local self-governfleiilt WouAu
i,e to deliver a blow against ms
that have grown up "ittA ~
the very beginning
p,t + is 11ndeniably true that under
tba -aristine law of county governments
treas1frers default, boards OF supervisors
wastefrliv expend public money, nasis-
trates fail to make due and proper re-
turn of lines levied for the dement, % siie
Sonmonwealth. and judges layishly pay
Jurors for attendance upon courts for
DAYS of the term when lit could be easily
foreseen that their services Wouio ROT De
needed.
These and other like evils it was the
purpose, doubtless. of Senator Class 10
correct through his travelling AUDITORS
hin. The Legislature defeated the bill
Is nothing to be done to prove the power
and Willingness Of the people TO enforce
through its own chosen officers an honest
administration OF the laws and uaith-
flu. accounting for public money?
The county government really does pos
II tba nowars necessary for carry
ing out efficiently the purposes for which
it was created II it has failed it Is only
because its officers are unfaithful or in
competent. That is q matter for the
neopIe TO look into and correct.
suppose we take the case of the two
highest officials-that Of the Judge and
the county treasurer.
The judge is confessedly tina chief
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
GERMAN BAPTISTS
MaryIander Comes TO Rockingham Tor
His Bride-Politics.

MaryIander Comes TO Rocking nam ior
His Bride-Politics.
DALE ENTERPRISE, VA, April IS
specia1-The German Baptists held their
district conference for the second district
OF virginia at Bridgewater this week.
Mr.. William Baker, OF keedysvitle- Md.
and Mis-. Igurette CIary, OF Harriso!s-
burg. were quietly married by Re-. ~
s Hammock al the latter place " edne's-
dav nrcrntng. They took an earl train
for Washington and other points on a
bridal tour They VIII live at heeftEs-
vilIe. Md. where Mr. Baker IS engaged
in business.
Quite a. good deal of interest is mani
tested IN local political circles over inc
trial OF the Republican County ConVen-
ton rioters. The taking OF evidence has
been finished and the case IS ROW beng
argued before Mayor Switzer, OF zHarri-
sonbure. in whose court the trial IS be-
ing held. 1t is believed by many that
several OF the rioters Will be sent on TO
the grand jury.
Some low character recently siasneo
some of the finest scenery IN the assem-
bIv hall of the courthouse at harrison-
bur- The Board of Supervisors OF the
county at their regular monthly meet
ing Tuesday offered reward OF htty
dollars for the arrest and conviction OF
II looks as though Mr. B. Frank Rails
ton win have no opposition for the Leg
stature TO succeed Capt Patterson
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
STOCK EXEMPTION.

We have received the 1oiloWihS inquiry
Editor of The Times:
Sir-under The amended tax law bin
by Mr.. Parks, made glorious by the brll-
Liant work of Messrs. McRae, Glass and
Company, how are the different counties
IN the State to get at the stock held by
the private citizens OF the country for
county levy taxes?
If there is provision in the bill to list
the capital stock for county levies, all
right otherwise the counties are lett out
Of the fight.
If owned one Thousand dollars worth
of the tax paid capital stock of some
missioner of the Revenue. when he comes
3fong, that the taxes are paid on my
stock By the corporation, Where will the
county levy come in?
EN-COMR. REVENUE.
AIossingford, Va, April &C.
We are not quite clear as to what our
correspondent means. The act to which
ne refers provides that '.the conlnis sioner
shall ascertain the value of all capital of
incorporated joint stock companies, not
otherwise taxed, and when such capital is
taxed by the State of Virginia the shares
of stock in the hands Of individual share
holders shall not be further taxed for
State purposes.
II our correspondent means that these
shares, which are exempt from State
taxation, are subject to county levy, he
is mistaken. See Pollards Code, pages
SS-S9. The object of this exemption is to
prevent double taxation. IL corporation
rays taxes on its capital for State and
county. or for State and city purposes,
it is quite clear that the shares which
represent that capital should not be
taxed. Before this law was enacted the
Commissioner OF the Revenue for the
city of Richmond did not assess for city
taxation the shares of any corporation
which paid taxes on its capital.
Another question of interest, however,
| has arisen in connection with the eNemp-
ton provision which we have above
quoted. It is the opinion of prominent
| officer of state government and of some
| of the Richmond lawyers, with whom we
| have conversed, that under this provision
| oil shares of stock are exempt from taxa
| non. whether or not the company which
| issued them pay taxes to the State OF
Virginia on its capital The contention
| is that if A holds stock in a Virginia
| corporation and 3 holds stoch in a Mary
land corporation, both property holders
and the courts nave decided that stock
| shares are property, must be treated alike
by the State, for the Constitution pro
| yides that taxation shall be equal and
| uniform. The State must, therefore,
either tax both stockholders or exempt
both.
we do not venture an opinion on our
own account, because it Is highly probable
that this question will finally so to the
| co,,rts Tor settlement.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
Tho Children ofthe Blood.

Is this the North Wind sweeping down TO
snap the storln-bent pine,
or the South Wind Whirling spendrlft
from Fuego TO the line?
No, East or West, fling out your best
against the sea cliff sheer;
Far clearer than your storn-Wind IS the
call that greets US here
Where'er the Three Cross Banner waves
YOU hear the summons roll
t7ro,n mountain crest to river bed. from
Tropic to the Pole.
r. floats out DER the lonely Veldt, across
the prairie grass;
II strikes the busy merchants ear where
hurrying thousands pass
Then crashing DER the granite peak, II
bids the hillman come;
The stockman gathers from the pam pie
dalesman from his home
Men hear it in the Worship as 1t echoes
down the street,
If stirs the ready hand to arm, the loyal
heart to beat, :.
IT peals out DER the desert waste, IL
tilunders Ger the flood,
The lrree Lands call to Free Men, to the
Children Of the Blood.
Whereer that brave old Banner naunts
our Triple Gross on high,
where'er the Lions cubs are reared,
rings out the stern reply
I've hear thy voice, Great Mother and
we answer to thy CALL
The offspring Of thy mighty loins, spread
Ger the seagirt ball
We stand with thee in union-Lord Cod,
be Thou our guide,
Weld Thou the Sword OF Justice, but
this link let none divide.
We bring our lives, a free gift, for the
land all freemen love,
For liberty and equal law, our charter
from above
And as, when dark clouds lowred OF Old,
our Fathers grimly stood,
So now, before the Nations, stand the
Children of the Blood
&C. AZ, in the Spectator.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
TILE STREET FAIR.

The people of Richmond do not realize
what a great show the Richmond Car
nival Association proposes TO give during
the week beginning May 18th. 1t will
far excel anything of the kind ever seen
in this city. It will be a great industrial
exposition out of doors, and this in itself
will be, perhaps. the finest industrial
show Richmond has even had.
But in addition TO this will be numer-
Gus size attractions. to say nothing of
the launching OF government vessel.
The management have arranged for a
number of shows. such as made the
Midway at the Chicago Exposition SO
attractive Trained animals, foreign
villages and other instructive exhibit
tttons of this chfaracter will help the
visitors to while the time away. All
these shows will be strictly first-class
and strictly clean.
Soldiers from all parts of the State
and many from other States will be here
and take part in the parades, and as for
brass bands, it will be hard to throw a
stone in Richmond during Carnival Week
without hitting one IneTe WIZ NC
music in the air and plenty of it.
And the parades! There will be a Mardi
Gras parade, trades parade, a floral
parade and we know not how many
others II would be worth a trip to Rich
1nond to see the floral parade, for it will
be the most artistic thing Virginia has
even seen. 1t will be a society event,
too, and Rich1nonds -Four Hundred will
be seen in all their refinement and beauty.
But we cannot begin to name all the
attractions. Richmond is going to have
the show of her life, and we desire to
impress the people with the fact.
There will be an immense crowd of
visitors here and Richmond wants 10
make the best possible impression upon
them.
A great occasion of this character in
wolves great responsibilities. Let US be
sure that We measure up to them
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
OUR RELIGIOUS coNrENPoaA-

John Foster Kirk, in his history of
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, as
he nears the close Of Charles selfish, am
bilious, and bloody
FORGOT GOD career, at the bat
AND FORGOTTEN. tie of Nancy.
where he met his
fall and death, is led to say, Charles had
forgotten Cod AT the battle Charles
saw himself stripped of both his TANKS. He
had his choice between q rapia fight and
a speedy death. Well, then-death AS he
fastened his helmet, the golden lion on
the crest became detached and fell to the
ground. He forbade it to be replaced '.lt
is sign from God, he said, of my over
throw" From God? All, yes, he knew
now the hand that was upon him. Lead
ing his troops he plunged into the midst
the Dukes brilliant and unhindered sue
cess before, while he forgot God, enGh:s
sudden doom, thus writes: 1T is a terrible
thing to forget God. Yet there is some
thing still more terrible. 1t is TO be for
gotten by Him; to err unwarned to sin
unscourged, to have all -tfatter that the
ear catches. she merely said, Jim, you'll
be sorry for 1t some day., and then she
prayed for me-.
Jim burst into tears as he told What
terrible drunkard he had been. II well
remember the first time I beat her. Never
shall 1 forget how sorry I was
False witness is. with the general world,
identified with perjury; that is, swearing
falsely before court. That crime used to
be punished by the
BEARING pillory and having
FALSE WITNESS. the ears cropped.
There are a thou
sand ways of bearing false witness quite
within the spirit and meaning of the Ninth
Commandment. a popular poet says
Zen ministers, they have been kenned
In holy rapture,
A rorsing Wild a times to vend
And nan { wi Scripture.
Even in the matter of the confession Of
our sins we may bear false witness against
ourselves. 1.-The testimony ola good con-
science is thing earnestly to be de-
sired and prayed for. Its testimony \. 9
truth and reality, and we may accept It.
Does piety and sound doctrinesrequtres US,
In the face of 1t, to cal ourselves Ca Car. q
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
SUNDAY, APRIL %, 1900.
GATES AGAIN.

Some days back we gave an account OF
the disgraceful raid which John w.
siaJtes, president Of the American Steel
and Wire Company, had made upon the
New York Stock Market. The dissraceful
character of this transaction Was not
in Mr.. Gates then statement of the cut
which il was necessary 10 make in the
prices of the goods manufactured but in
Iris then statement following the state
rnent which he had put out only few
weeks before. A few weeks before he
had stated to the public that the Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Company was never
IN such good shape as at that time, that
1t had orders at profitable prices running
far ahead, and that its export business,
(which was very profitable, was growing
at a most satisfactory rate. 1t now
false one, and that the latter statement
WAS a true one, and therein consists the
itnfarny of the matter. Knowing that the
c1:arket was rapidly weakening and that
II would be necessary to cut the prices
of his goods, he deliberately put out this
false statement of his condition in order
that he might SEN his stock at high
figure, great quantities OF which he did
SELL and when he had marketed all that
he wished 10 dispose OF, he put out his
second true statement that the bottom
had fallen out of the whole thing.
As the journal of Commerce, one of
the most conservative organs of this
Jy1fa
transaction has taken place in Wall
Street since the worst days of Fisk and
Gould The New York Code provides,
that any officer of a corporation who
knowingly makes a false statement con-
corning the affairs OF his corporation,
which causes any person TO act upon it
10 his injury is guilty of a crime, and
Yesterdays papers announced that pro
ceeaings had been commenced against
Mir Gates under this provision. 1t is TO
be hoped that ne viii be prosecuted re-
lentlessiy, and THAT he will be made to
suffer the utmost penalties of the la--
We do not know what these are, but We
do know they are not sufficiently severe
for his crime: execution or imprisonment
for life would seem 10 be the only AIDE
ouate punishments for it. There are
thousands of widows and orphans she'd
ding tears in want this day because Of his
infamous raid upon his innocent victims.
There are thousands of woridngrlen idle
from the same cause who would have
been receiving wages that kept their
families in comfort and contentment, had
MOI AIR Gates greed monopolized his
maole heart. mind and soul We had in
tended To discuss this matter along still
further lines than it suggests, but we
find this article has already grown to
suca length that we have not space for
fl, and we SO reserve our further remarks
for another occasion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
coI-NrY GovERNni ENr.

We print elsewhere a communication
from a correspondent on the subject Of
state and county government and the in
spection system which raises several in
teresting points We hope that the article
viii DC read far and wide, for this is 4
question OF supreme Importance to the
people of Virginia, and especially SO in
view of the fact that the voters are soon
to pass upon the proposal to hold con-
stitutona1 convention.
Our correspondents views are his own.
aud while we agree with him in the mann,
The Times is in no sense committed By
anything that he says.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

names. and charge ours elves with Offences
that We have not 8 committed? Job pro-
tested that he had 70 do. nus aa = :,
and so had and nj. Almighty le.s ~,
be tried to give the world assurahs :, -
man And He tenderly speaks, OF rim
My servant Job. Moreover. IKE
to stand up and plead his own eaa ~ en;.
a man. An honest confession IS sooa
the soul. False witness az am St soa.
goes for nothing. ,,,-oyer,
standards he was satisfied; but when ne
felt the greatness and wisdom ana .pum =
and holiness of God he was oyer ~, IN
by the force of contrast he repeh se o, -.
dust and ashes. And the fatn ~, I.t -, for
Lord Jesus counted that sort o. ia.'ii -
righteousness ChurcilillaH
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
Rcparation.

Mrs. waggles: I noticed that your hus-
band put ten dollars on the plate at
church Sunday.
Mrs Waggles: Yes: noticed II, too
He must have done an aWtul mean lhlns
IN business to somebody last week.-Som-
eryi!le Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
williamsburg Notes.

1rrJIsNsgUlRG, VA. April Is
e,osc t-1i. Circuit Court. Judge J. W. G..
EbeclStte,rle presiding, Will convene here
next THURSDAY instead Of Tuesday IN &C
rTafavss broke into the rear OF Samuel
Bar.ris, big store ard carried off Il wagon
load of baied hay. There is no clue TO
the thieves
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
dfHTEit iIE.

sixteen years ago Hoard A. Savife dis
appearei from his home in Gloucester.
Mass. HIS wife believing him dead coll
aec.ed his life insurance and remarked.
Islrt Sapslte has row turned up at Little
Rock, Ark, and Is notified that g
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
CURRENT TOPICS.

1.-THE average State Legislature
the Chicago Times-H Herald, rs stane ptti'is
prolific in measures 10
The Ways OF regulating almost every
Ld"'s'akefs' conceivable business THAT
is carried on within the state. II e'oeS
not stop with regulating the acllSacieS
of mankind. but occasionally taxes d shy
at the laws of nature, suspeilNll1g uieaii
or repeating thcm according to their own
pleasure. SinsuGarly enough, the nest
iraportant question that most vitality con-
cerrs the industrial prosperity OF one
state-tflat of goods roads ana row 10
provide fer their CONSTRUCTIONS stfiloSl
entirely ignored by the legislatures. Some
of the States whose legislatures pun IN
their time fixing passenger rates fer ohe
railroads provide nothing but mud roads
on which the farmer must haul his pro-
ducts to the market
The reason is plain enough. 1T don |
cost anything to regulate the railroads
and pass radn-connpelMng bids but when
it comes to improving the roads, Oiy1'
means an increase OF taxation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

letter was received here yesterday by
Mrs, l.. p. Kuhn from her son, Mr.. Edgar
Z Kuhn, the brother of Mr.. VIM. Kuhn, who
attempted the life of himself and wife In
Philadelphia, from that city, stating that
thus far he had not been aole to see his
brother. that he CyVilliam kuhn) was get
ting along we'll.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
xybvthe Meeting Adjourned.

.What is it, asked the antitrust ora
for ..that makes Il man hesitate before
he buys a hat, makes him study deeply
before he gets a new suit. makes him
worry about his grocery bill? What is II,
I ask? And the answer as
.,Marriag GEL interrupted an apsorbed
listener near the stage.-Baltiuore Ameri-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

In the will of Rebecca L. Young. pro-
bated at Akron Ohio, she directs that be-
fore her body is buried the heart or brain
be removed. or that two bullets be sent
Through the heart and two through The
brain. Fear of burial alive was the mo
tive of the strange request
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
Hamlet Up to Date.

Polonius: There is nothing that counts
for success in life so much as honesty
Hamlet: Oh! I don't know; you seem
to get along pretty fair.-Judy
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

The Emperor of Germany has a toy
that would gladden. the heart OF the most
exaoting boy. 1t is a
Inc p' az R;o,. miniature f'tgate, fuil-
ship, fifty-five feet in length, drawing but
four feet Of water, and having a capacity
OF Thirty tons
1t is thus described by writer IN the
Woman.s Home Companion for May:
1.-The ship is an heirloom in the imperial
family of Germany having been presented
by William ", King of England, to the
present German Emperor sfeat-st2ll''-
father, Frederick William III. 1t save
the reigning monarch his first caste OF
life on the wave, and in MS boyhooa Gays
one of his favorite amuselnents was TO
sail on the Watery Potsdam, in company
with his brother Henry, in this tiny man
ofUar AT q distance the snip dlInel-
saons are very deceptive, but q man al
the rail or a boat moving ALONGSIDE soon
brings out. by contrast, the sInaIness OIL
the. craft The frigate can be Salled III
the same manner as the largest SNIP, put
rhe crew must be lLffliputiaHS in size and
scantv in number: a seaman OF ordinary
b,giid w-a,lld be totally out OF place ON
the yards of this vessel He Wild PROB
ably be in grave .ianger Of bringing the
syars down to the deck with his own
weight Royal Louise is the name Oh
this llingly toy; she was chnStenea allel
Prussan Queen Louise. The little frisate
was built on the Thames River, at Wool,
wick England, in 1882. and was towea
down, the river and across the Norpn sea
by a steamer to Hamburg; from thus
place a fat barge foGted her UP the hLo9
and into the Havel at ,F'otsdaln, "Iere
she still remains
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

first prize OF $500 a disappointed COM
petitor congratulated him, and added:
81 suppose it was because your thesis
was illegible, as usual, and the Judges
gave you the benefit Of the doubt
Mr.. Tenney, unrufled, replied: How
much better you would do if you adopted
that practice in all your work. '-Phi!a-
delphia Post.