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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
DAY IN THE POLICE COURT,
"Rey." Justus James Evsns Bound Over for
Six Months

Among other cases that OF the Rev"
Justus James Evans. cclored. came be-
fore the Police Court yesterday morning.
Justus James Evans was accused of being
able to support an indefinite nrlnber Of
persons at the rate of one cent per day.
and the specific claim OF Jane Evans was
brought against him. 1t seems that
Evans had a. congregation of seven per-
Sons, and that he had been unable to
extract from them one cent each Gay.
and the court being finally convinced of
theft somewhere in this scheme devoted
itself to other cases, binding J;;stlIs James
E.vanc over for six months in the place
OF real money.
Mr.. S. 2. Clay, a contractor. who has
been blasting at the foot OF Pine Street,
declared that he meant no harm AID the
case went over till next Wednesday.
Meanwhile the court impressed upon Mr..
Clay the idea that charges Of dynamite
in the blasting must be reduced or the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
LEGISLATIVE ERROR.
Case Dismissed Upon Technical coustrue-
ton Of "a Act Of Ass . nbly.

case of some interest was disposed
of in the Hastings Court yesterday af-
ternoon in which the error in the title
of an act of the Legislature was mainly
responsible for the acquistat OF persons
charged with larceny. sa
The case was that OF Mrs. i. Fl. Rarof
and Archie A. Batosf. who did business
i'll this city up to few month ago. Woef
they took advantage OF the bankruptcy
law. 1t was alleged that q short "hiie
before they took up the bankruptcy law
they secured from the Reliable JobbiaS
I.cuse. in Baltimore. q. bill OF goods
amounting to s2o5.339 Their they went into
bankruptcy ard it was charged by the
Baltimore firm that the goods were OBJ
tanned under false pretenses. The mat
ter went before the grand jury here. and
ar Indictment found charging. them
with larceny. 81 ssss.
Upon the hear 3 af TIE case yesterday
the defendants were represented by
NIessrs. Sol /. and Harold BloomherE.
It was pointed out by an act of the Leg
is!ature in 1886. being on page $40 OF
the Acts of the Assembly. that 8, crime
committed in any other State was pun
ishable in this State, and on this law tic
case proceeded
In defending their client counsel showed
that while the body of the act 50 stated,
the title did not, and IT was found thai
the word larceny had been omitted
from the title. ard it was also shown thai
false pretenses in Maryland was q crime
in itself, while larceny was a separate
crimea
Upon these two points Judge Witt dit
rected the jury to renaerv.t verdict oil
not guilty
Mr.. Richardson will point out The error
to the legislative committee having such
matters in charge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
Big Week at the Bijou.

Sometimes IN acrobatic act, no matter
how clever, tires an audience that has
seen the best in that line. but this rule,
If it is IL rule, does not in the least apply
to the act of the seven Cirauatho Sisters,
who appear as the closing feature of the
excellent vaudeville bill a { the Bijou this
week. The troupe Is composed of seven
members of u German family, who will
leave Richmond next Saturday night to
so to Mexico to become the feature of u
big Christmas festival in the city OF
Mexico. They are wonderful performers.
because they are really original in all
they do. They perform some very start
ling. featS and make one of the best
CLOSING acts" Manager Wells has ever
offered. There are several good delight
ing acts on the bill this week. and The
size of the audiences demonstrates the
fact that vaudeville when it Is UP to the
standard established at the Bijou has lost
none OF its popularity
There will be the usual performance
and matinee to-day. and the advance
sale for the week promises full houses.
Next week the Rijou !iS.sicat Comedy
Company will present Hoyt' s-''-A Content
ed Woman
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
WILL GO TO CHINA.
Or. Hayes and His Brlde-E1ect Are appointed.
Religious Notes.

The Foreign Mission Board OF the South
crn Baptist Convention met Tuesday al
fernoon and appointed DR.. c. a Hayes;
Of Los Angeles, Cal, and ms alia'ce''
bride. Miss Alice S. Johnson, OF San 4 ran,
cisco, missionaries to China iheS via
h., married very shortly. In FEBRUARY
+hev will sail going out together for work
among the Celestiais. Dr.. Hayes ap-
pcared before it personally and stood ths
examination Testimonials of the young
!adv's qualifications were presented ana
were accepted by the Board. DR.. Hayes
is g. young man. twenty-lline years or age.
a member Of the First Baptist Church of
Los Angeles. ir which city he has been
practicing medicine. Miss Johnson is
also d Al. D, Il graduate OF d scllooi OF
medicine.
Dr.. Howard Taylor and wife. the wide
~ known missionaries to inland China.
will visit Richmond January 24th to 18th.
During his visit to this city meetings
will be held each day at Bros d-Street
Church by DR.. Taylor. To these ser
vices members OF all denominations Will
be invited. Mrs. Taylor will meet with
the various womans missionary socie-
ties in the city. a full programme OF
services will be arranged later.
The Rev. J. Z. Gwatkin, of Louisville,
Nv. was in the city for a short While
Yesterday Mr. Gwatkin is no longer con-
uected with the Baptist Argus. pa blished
in Louisville. He will return to pastora!
work, and, it is understood, will settle
III Virginia.
The Rev +. S. Boyles. field editor OF
the Religious Herald, has just returned
from North Carolina. where he attended
the Baptist State Convention. Mr..
Boyles reports that at meeting
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
NEWS IN THE COUNTY,
Man Charged With Attempted Assault is DIS
mjssed-Chcken Farm.

Edmund Branch, the negro man charged
with attempting to commit a criminal as
sault upon q negro child name Mary
Hooker, was tried yesterday afternoon
before Squire Thomas and was dis
missed.
a tract of land in lIenrico county, near
Towards Grove, Will be purchased by
retired merchant of Cincinnati and will
he converted into a. chicken farm. The
farm will be one OF the largest in the
country. and, together with the improve
ments, will cost about 10000
:. D. Turner. il. qualified III the CouI-
ty Court as executor of the late S. D.
Turner The estate is valued at SS.2I0. j.
" filler qualified as magistrate at Seven
Pines, !,&M.s: i
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
/ ESTABLISH FACTORY. FOR
MANUFACTURE. OF ENVELOPES.

many millions of the Duplex pattern will
be needed-it is the purpose of the COM
pany to engage in the manufacture Of
envelopes as soon- as the
necessary machines can be made. The
commercial envelopes will be used by
seedsmen, druggists. and many other
mail-order houses for samples.
# is we'll known that the manufa cture
If enva,ones is an enormous industry,
and it is said to lie very profitable one.
The insertion of a bit of wire at thR
bottom of an envelope to facilitate the
opening of ones letter resulted a year
or two $50 in the establishment of a
plant in New York city, which grew so
RAPIDLY in six months that large seven
story building. had to be erected to meet
its requirements. The Duplex envelope
people think trey have something that
will prove far more profitable than any
envelope device yet invented.
MACHINE RUNNING NON.
The rev factory will be located at
Fourteenth and Cary Streets The first
ms chine arrived a few days ago ana has
been temporarily installed at No 1850
Ross Street, where it will remain until
its permanent quarters are completed.
1t IS one Of the most interesting pieces
OF mechanism ever seen IL
After the Duplex envelope was patented
it was found that a. special machine.
would have to be invented to. make it.
Mr.. Johnson secured the country for Z Il
inventor, and eventually found a skilled
inventor in New Jersey who was Wiling
TO undertake the job. The entire force
Of this mans establishment was put to
work upon the idea and in four months
Z Il o..
machine was running all day yesterday.
making envelopes at the rate OF nearly
$500 an hour, it having, however. rated
capacity of 5000 an hour. mario" strip
Of paper running in at one end results in
= snow-shower- of little envelopes at the
other To this will be attached machine
for printing the envelopes, which Is not
yet completed.
WILL INCREASE COLLECTIONS.
The envelope for church collections now
being made is regarded by the most
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

prominent church financiers in America
as the greatest device ever invented LOT
increasing church collections. Mr.. Henry
R. Elliott. editor ofthe Church Ecouo-
mist. New York, who is said to be the
highest authority on church finances. de-
clares that it solves the problem OF the
benevolent collections perfectly. and
thinks many millions of them will be
sold.
There are two envelopes in one. with
a perforated line running through the
center One end is devoted to the Offering
for regular church expenses, and the
other end is for the benevolent coilec--
tons 1t is we'll known among church
people that the plain envelope system
was the first solution to the problem OF
meeting the running expenses regularly
and steadily without strain. The Gentle
shower Of paper bits in the COLLECTION
Mate is one of the miracles of the mod
ern church, but as church financlers have
been saying. it leaves the problem Oh
tbs other collections still unsolved. inc
Duplex envelope is designed to meet TINS
pressing need It does for ali the col
lections what the plain envelope does Tor
the regular expense collection alone. The.
heads OF the great dcnominational puo-
fishing houses. to whom it has been
shown, are. enthusiastic over IT, ana IL
is being rapidly adopted by churches OF
all denominations throughout the coun-
try. 1t is believed that the demand for
church envelopes alone will keep large
factory busy, while the possibilities OF
the commercial envelope industry are
beyond calculation.
HEARTILY ENDORSED.
The first church in the country TO adopt
the envelope was the Monumental. in this
city Dr. Evans, rector OF the church,
endorses it highly. 1t has also been
endorsed t'y Bishop Fitzgerald, of Nash
yille;s c.. W. Blackwell 2Philadelphia;
JAMES H Hazen. Richmond Rev. w. \.
CLARK: Richmond: j. = Powell Garland. D.
d. Richmond; Frank S. Dobbns. Phlia-
delphia: Russell Cecil. D. D., Richmond;
Rev. Thomas Semmes. Richmond: J. s.
Hawthorne. D. D., Richmond: William
Z. Hatcher, D. D., Richmond, and others.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
s. P. c, c,
Charter Adoe.cd aud Committee Appointed to
Present it 10 legislature.

The Society for the Prevention OF Crit
city To Children held q well attelted
meeting in the Hastings Court room Yes
tcrday afternoon al clock. and adopted
a charter prepared by ComomnMealthS
Attorney d c. Richardson. Mr.. Richard
son and Mr. J. Garland Pollard were APP
pointed a committee TO present the char
ter to the Legislature 1T as carly q date
as possible.
In the absence Of the president, Mr.
Virginius Newton, Mr.. George 5. Davis
presided.
Rev. Messrs. Cook. OF AoSc Memorial
Church, and Goodwin of ST John $
church, with Messrs. Richardson, Poi
lard and Davis. discussed the charter,
and scvera! amendments We're adopted
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
Property Transfers.

Richmond: John y. Lamb. special COM
missioner, To w. l.. Carncal and w. c..
Davis, trading as Carneai ard Davis, 10
feet OH north side of Marshall Street be-
tween Graham and hancock Streets,
$500.
c. r. WhittIe. special commissioner. to
E. ]. Crane. ~ feet on south side of Jack
sor Street, III II feet from west side OF
Second Street, SOD EI ~
Ifei.rIco: Lewis Cutters trustees to
Mrs Lee D,lvaI Marie. $50 feet or east
side OF Seminary A'.elttse. 800 ST. feet
Sout! &c Nestwood Avenue and runs
bacs- 46, feet to Chamberlain Avenue. OH
which it has a like frontage loo feet,
5000
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
MAYORALTY CANDIDATES.
No Names Have Been Added to the List Since
Captain Mccarthy Came Out.

There is considerable interest heli1s
manifested in. the coming spring election,
and while no new name has peen auIed
10 The list of candidates for the mayor
a,ty, there is strong probability tnat 9TH
ore will be on the ticket in the primary.
Mr.. J. TAYLOR Ellyson his not an
nounce6 himself. nor has Mi. Sohn NJ.
Higgins. The friends OF each r these
gentlemen are sangunc they VIII be IN
the field.
Mayor Taylor still remains TrIte in
reference to his campaign. ara captain
Carlton Mccarthy simply SAYS ne would
lust as soon 6efeat several ca:iu oates as
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
JOSEF HOFFMAN, TONIGHT.
A Rare Musical Treat In Store at This Eve,
Mugs Concert.

Josef Hofmann, the great Polish pianist.
arrives in the city this morning and
from all accounts u rare musical treat
is in store for those who attend the great
performance at the Academy Tonight
The renowned Hofmanu comes here
after n most brilliant triumph III Phila-
delphia last evening. This young hon OF
the piano creates Il great Juror every
where he appears. and his appearance
here tonight is awaited with the keenest
anticipation. From here the great plan.
list goes to Brooklyn. N Y. where hs
plays tomorrow night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Richmond is to have an envelope
factory.
This is not to be one Of the ordinary
kind. but q. plant devoted exclusively to
the manufacture Of the Johnson duplex
envelope. a device OF recent invention,
which is just now attracting a great deal
Of attention.
Mr.. B. F. Johnson. the president Of the
johnson Duplex Envelope Company Nsaid
Yesterday that while the plant will for
the present manufacture nothing but
church, envelopes-of which it is said
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
IN INTEREST OF LEPERS.
Initial Meeting Of the Richmond Auxiliary
Success.

The Grst meeting OF the Richmond
Auxiliary TO the Mission TO i4epers was
held in the iecture-room OF Grace hpis-
copa1 Church yesterday afternoon. IL
vas onene,I with prayer py the Rev.
7 ando,i z. Mason. and was most inter-
estinn. and successful in every respect.
! 1,n~sonaI letter from the general sec
~.ta,.y ,r thc mission was read by Mrs.
tIayo, and other literature upon the
s.,,I,iact az their work and the rules OF
the auxiliary were discussed.
,rhs Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist.
nd r,niscopal Churches were represented
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

4 bill has passed the House OF
Delegates authorizing the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway to abandon its tracks
on the Lexington Branch. from Balcony
Falls to ,Ruena Vista. The Chesapeake
and Ohio lines are here paralleled by the
Norfolk and Western tracks, and in view
of the fact that the Chesapeake ana Ohio
people believe the Interests OF both roads
may ne best secured by doing away with
their, tracks and running their trains
over the Norfolk and Western lines. they
nov ask the privilege of abandoning that
r,,rtion OF the road between Balcony
Fails and Buena Vista
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
\ HOLIDAY STORE.

/, is Z. treat to the eye. purse arg: taste
To go TO Berry'S for your holiday pres
tnts. The big store IS III its holiday sarb,
and its fine fixtures. equipment and SUI
perb arrangement presents Il most pleas
ing spectacle.
Tlsen the diplay OF novelties sTpcrscdcs
all previous attempts
Presents on every hand thai will make
",ne dear man fairly bless YOU
All ut BerrU's.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
To Give il Oh. Soon.

Chairman j. Taylor FHIyson left Tor
Chicago on a. business trip last night tie
will return here in few GAYS when he
will be ready to give ont rhe detailed
p1zu adopted BY the subcommittee on
Tuesday night for tne nomination Of pup
lie officers in the State.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
Thinks He Knows Them.

The parties who assaulted Mr.. w n.
Wallace and brother on Norton and --eie.s
Streets last Monday night will. IN all
probability, be arrested in a few days.
Mr.. Wallace says he thinks he knows the
negroes aud will have no let up on them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
To Have 4 Christmas Sl!c.

The Coveuanters, Company /. will hold
a Christmas sale Friday from 4 to 70
o'clock, in the Covenantecs' room. III the
Second Presbyterian Church. Articles OF
all KINDS. candy etc. vii! be sold. The
boys in charge OF the sale from 20 :
0 clock will be Chambers Elan, Lewis
Adair, Eugene Gillian, John Muucc,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

case would reach maximum fine.
Charles Rayfield. white. was just about
TO be sent to the Reformatory, when Al
derman James BalIen intsrfere6 with a
request hat. he be allowed to work.
Charles went to work. Susie Lee got
thirty days for nntsbeharior in the streets.
Five Of Uncle Sans marines were held
awaiting Instructions from Portsmouth
as to what should be done with them.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

~ the convention $4,000 was raised to
nav off fine debt OH the Female University
at Raleigh
Extensive improvements arc contemplat-
ed for the interior OF the olay-Street
Methodist Church The matter Is as
vet in a, tentative state and nothing can
lie learned with regard to the plans.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
.rtos, Worrying pites.o Orc appllca

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga

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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Of the Norfolk and Western, were call
crs at the general Office OF the Chesa-
peake ano' Ohio yesterday morning and
for q. time were IN conference With Presi-
dent Stevens.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Mr.. w. S. Walstrum. superintendent Of
telegraph OF the Norfolk and Western,
was in the city yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Tho .:ldance was quite large, ard
much q tusiasm was manifested
The meeting adjourned subject to the
call of the president.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

Mr.. W. p. Bcvell general passenger
agent of the Norfolk and Western, was
in the city yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
NEWS OF RAILROADS.
President Stevens, of the c. & O., Goes West
aud S. A. l. Men here.

President George ". Stevens. of the
Chesapeake and Ohio. left yesterday af-
ttrnoon in his private car for the West.
Nr stevens IS making his regular trip
over the Western Division, ano will visit
Cincinnati and Louisville before returning.
He will probably be away n week or ten
days.
The Offices of Superintendent Hin, Of
the First Division Of ;ne Sea5o9 4 Air
Line hailroad. are now located i'll the
Main-Street Station. having been removed
from Raleigh. \. =, on Sunday. The
transfer brings TO the city c. il. HIN,
siperiutendeut; ". Ii. HUDSON, train
master: Thomas Whitaker and William
shoemaker. clerks to superintendent:
george Badger and Il. Il. Smith. il,
stenograpl.crs. The dispatchers trans
ferred are j. S. Leau, chief dispatcher;
Arthur Novel;. V. l. Cherry, J. l. helt-
gel and J. $. Moore.
The report that the Chesapeak ana
Ohio RAILWAY is bringing 10 bear the IN
rrence of a strong lobby upon the Les
islature TO secure the location OF the
jamestown Exposition upon jamestown
Islaod is denied at President Stevens
Office.
1t is true the road will do al-posslbla
TO have Tho exposition located on IT'S
lines, but at this time the matter mas
not been taken up.
President Samuel Spencer, of the
southern, and President Henry ia fi''h'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
A Bad 4; 4: ::: ::
Disease

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the mouth and throat become sore and
the tongue is at all times badly coated;
Headaches are frequent, and muscles and
Joints throb and hurt, especially during
Damp, rainy weather. These are some o.
the symptoms of that most loathsorne CT
all diseases, Contagious Blood Poison-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

President Samuel Spencer, Of the
Southern. and President Henry X. fink'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-12

When you buy one of the above
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no economy in cheap pianos.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-12
TIE FRENCH WHEAT CROP.

The latest reports of the condition
Of Frances wheat crop give reason to
believe that that country must in the
near future be large patron of Amer
lean wheat growers and flour millers.
According to the United States consul
at Rouen nature is not alone to blame
for the short wheat crop. The peasants
have been drawn to the cities by the
increased labor demand due to increased
manufactures. There is current be-
Lief that is cheaper to buy than to raise
wheat. There is more profit in growing
beets for sugar and alcohol. Vineyards,
also, are taking the place of wheat
fields
It's. an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. however, and all this indicates an
increased demand by France for Amer
lean wheat and -four. which would
probably, of necessity, cause a reduc-
tion OF the heavy French tariff on flour
in the interest of the French consumer.
| Doubtless American millers will be
thoroughly alive to the opportunities
this will present to push their product
| abroad.