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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
BASEBALL HERE
NEXT SEASON
0ne-Third Of the Stock Was
Taken Up Last
Night.

The incorpo-ators of the Richmond
Baseball Ciup ana number OF Interested
citizens met at Murphy Rote! last night
and SnfoTTna4ly discussed the prospects
OF the national game IN RichmoHo inc
coming season.
Those AT the meeting were enthusiastic
tsvar ;;hc prospects, and the secretary
reported that oac-third of the stock had
been taken. ard MANY fans had Expressed
themselves as being ready 70 DO their
share A number OF enthusiasts VINO
could not be present at the meeting on
account of the d.saSrecabie weather, ana
for other good reasons. sent messages,
stating that they would subscribe 20 the
stock.
Id was thought by President Dona1
shat ali the stock would be disposed OF
before, she league meeting DIN Norfolk
next Wednesday
Major Nm. H. Sands. counsel for the
company in n short speech said that it
was evident from the enthusiasm that
was being displayed that interest in the
game had revived and that with good
team here the oid-tfme crowds would at
tend the games.
President Donati said it was the pur-
pose of The club TO place fast team here
and that nothing but clean ball VIII be
played. lie said that from letters and
DerSonaI interviews. he felt that baseball
~oliu DC ID success iiit IotiA-
ing season.
Mr.. Iserkely Williams, of the Traction
Company. was present, and said that his
company would do all they could 10 pro-
mote the game. and he also believed
thai the time for a revival in baseball
was at hand.
Manager Barley Kahn and Nice-Fres-
sdcnt Barrett also spoke in an enthusas-
ric manner.
tod
spectator.
The league at their meeting next week
will probably decide TO admit Danville
Into the circuit. a. that city has expressed
a desire TO come in. The circuit will en-
brace Richmond. Norfolk. Portsmouth.
Newport News Danyille. Raleigh, Dug
harn and Greensboro.
The meeting was not as largely attended
ii would have been had the weather
been good. but il WAS entirely satisfactory.
Hon Harry Glenn was one of those
present who became a stakeholder.
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large silver goblet on the side table, all
beautifully ornamented. They live in a
very large stone house was only in
the drawing-room, that was very
handsome one, elegantly furnished with
mahogany. a settee cover with copper
plate calico. red and white. the window
curtains the same. with white muslin
falls drawn up in festoons with large
tassels as big as my two fists.
They serve tea about in this town in
the tprettiest manner | ever saw it any
where. They have two tea-boards be-
sides the one on the table. one is filed
with tea and coffee, and the other with
all good things you can think OF: toast
and butter puff paste. queen cake light
cake. hard biscuits, thin slices OF bread
buttered. and small plates Of Clipped
beef and venIson ham; one servant takes
one of the tea boards. and one the other.
SO the company is supplied with very lit
tie trouble: in short. it is the most charm
ing place I ever was at in my life
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
TOM SHARkEE.
SlOEn'S tlanS.
Special Dispatch to The Tin.

tspetlaI HisI'atch 10 The TiTnns
RICHMOND. IND. January 10
Tod Sloan, the Jockey, in a recent letter
TO .. 6. B!oGser. his foster-father. says
that he vii! return 10 England in March
next Sloan intends TO leave California
early in February. lie Will so 10 Indiana.
and in March VIII leave for New York.
from where he viii sail for England.
HIS purpose in going back is 10 secure
a. license 10 ride. and he Will ask for this
immediately upon Els arrival on the oth-
er SIDE He is confident he can get il.
as are also his friends, and they expect
him to ride in England. as usual
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
4 Little IOuchy,

The young ladies of Virginia College
Will probably give play in the Washing
ton and Lee Hall in Lexington at some
time in the near future.-Roanolle Times
We do not believe that such an idea
has ever entered the minds of a single
student or the Virginia College faculty,
and that the above production is only the
lavinG of an unbalanced intellect and
selfish disposition of some Roanoke
''flip-flap." The ladies of Virginia Col
lege are acquainted with the Buena Vista
Opera House, and know too well of its
adaptability to their purposes.-Buena
Vista Advocate.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
BRANDING IRON AND HEATER COM

consists Of gasoline reservoir.
with pressure tank and pump,
ana 4 hollow bra nding iron of any deSir-
ed pattern. In operation gasoline or
some other volatile liquid is placed in the
reservoir Then platinum coil inside the
perforated iron is heated by outside
means. AS soon as the valves are open
ed and the volatilzed liquid begins to es-
cape the platinum ignites it, and there
after the gas maintains the proper de
gree of heat in the iron. The same APP
paraIuS can be utilized by a number of
ranches by simply unscrewins the iron
and replacing it with one OF a different
pattern.
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THOUGHTTO FAVOR CHARLESTON
Report of Naval Board Will BE Made
Public To-Iiay.
fEy Associated Press. )

WASHINGTON. Jan 1o-The Naval
Board, headed by Admiral Rogers. to-day
submitted 10 Secretary Long its report
relative to the advis:l bil.;y of transferring
the naval station from Port Royal 10
Charleston. s. G.
Secretary Long determined not to make
the report public until Tomorrow. but it
is generally believed among officers that
the report is in favor Of Charleston.
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Ethics of Shonnin..

Judge Choate once said: when man
goes shopping it is to buy something he
needs right off. but when a woman goes
shopping size buys things that she IS sure
she will want in the future
The New York Tribune has interviewed
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, president OF The
Consumers. League OF that city. on the
shopping question. Her views are so we'll
worthy of consideration by the world OF
woman kind that we reproduce the in
terT.ew:
4 look upon shopping in isselt," said
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..Ga.-lfca,ed Stock-EIarIlcr.

In the use of ordinary branding irons
for marking cattle with the owners pri-
waite brand they become cool so rapidly
while in operation that it is necessary to
provide a number OF them, in order that
while one is in use the others may be
heated Unnecessary pain is also caused
by holding the iron on the flesh for a
longer time as it begins to cool TO i'm
prove this condition Of affairs William B.
Dudley OF Hot Springs, Sout.. Dakota,
has invented the improved brand
ing iron Illustrated in the cut 1t
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ton 1924 of the Postal Laws and Regula-

ton 1924 of the Postal Laws and Regula-
tions) which provides that:
ANY person who shall wlfully or mali
ciously injure. dcfacc or destroy any mail
matter deposited in any letter box, pillar
box, or other receptacle established by
authority OF the Postmaster General,
shall be liable to q fine of not more than
$500 and imprisonment for not more than
three years.
4 PostmaStcrS are instructed to call the
attention of the United States Attorney
for the district to any violation OF TINS
provision of law. and to aid in the dlscoV-
cry and prosecution of the offender.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11

The incorpo-ators Of the Richmond
Baseball Ciup ana d number OF Interested
citizens met at Murphys Hotel last night
and SnfoITna4ly discussed the prospects
OF the national game IN Richmond the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
DEATHS.

T.. ,ppEs-Died, in Lynchburg. on Jan
narv .. 1901. a, l:3o o'clock. Mr. u. l.
kAPPES.
Dearest brother. thou hast left US.
We inv loss most deeply feel:
,,ts Cod who hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal
Farewell. dearest brother;
Thou mast left US all alone:
~, yo,I have gone TO live with Jesus
In that bright and happy nome.
Farewell. our lovins brot.'er- Rest In
,eace,-By his brothers and sisters.
rrnaraI will take place from the Ven
.b,s.Street BAPTIST Church on JANC-s
AIRY IL. 1901, at o'clock P NJ. Friends
and acouaintances invited to attend
Interment In Oakwooa-
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WANT TO FIGHT,
Refugees Petition 10 BE \ wed 10
Form Il Corps.

(Ry ASsociatcd Frcss.)
CAPE TOWN. Jan. 10.-The refugees
arc approaching the military authorizes
10 obtain permission to form corps Tor
the protection of Johannesburg and the
mines. as they wish to be on the Rand
10 asst in the defense of their own
property The Chamber Of Mines has
adopted similar attitude.
on the Picquetbzrg road. the Beers &C
cupy:ng Ce,vinia and Sutherland consist
of two columns. one advancing in the d.
rec,ion of CIauwi1lialn and the other to-
wards Worcester. or in this direction All
passes in front Of Worcester have been
occupied by seasoned troops. which are
gathering at strategic points. TIC tran
quill Dutch openly disapprove Of the raid.
many even sending horses to the British
camp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
The MOSnuitO IIaw.

Mayor z. T. Barton's mosquito law
which has attracted attention all over
the country. and which has proved quite
a success in the determination of the
mosquito pest. was made compulsory by
the City Council of Winchester at the
last session, and Il fine will be imposed
for each failure to comply.-Harrisonburs
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
No Small Matter.

iBy the way, the establishment OF the
limited States of Australia is likely TO
have more effect on the international
mails than on anything else, we imagine.
Ii YOU write .'U. S. A now, no foreigner
can tell what you mean unless there is
other material for Observation-Disclosures
Landmark.
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SharlIcy'S Views.
Especial Dispatch 10 The Times

tSfec1aI Iispatch 10 The Timcs)
MEM YORK, January l0-IIere is
what Tom Ilarkey thinks of Kid Mccoy,
With whom he is 10 have a session in the
ring shortly:
Mccoy is taller than ! am. That will
make him try for those chopping jabs over
my guard But I'll not let him land. I'll
keep my guard well UP and cut in few
straight iefts TO the body which will make
sfle Kid wrigsle d bit. if ne don't so
down.
TOM SIARkEY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11

Susanna Stuart Fitzhugh was the
daughter of an Englishman. who set
tied in Virginia at ''Boscobel''
Copied from the Winchester Times
tOct. 20. 1889. Read recently at the Lit
erary Club of Fredericksburg and re-
ceived with much interest. Mrs Susan
M Kcnx is buried at Falmouth. Her
husband bSilt the house now Occupied by
Mr.. Geo. ". Shepherd.-Free Lance
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Drowned q, NIau.DOC.

This morning on London Street dog
with the rabies was captured and killed
by Mr.. John Williams. The dog ran from
London Street into DinWiddie Street.
When a the foot of Dnwiddie Street Mr..
Williams grabbed the beast and held him
under the water until the dog was dead
Portsmouth Star
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Funeral of Mr.. Bozzao,ra.

The funeral services of Mr.. Gennaro
Bozzaotra took place at $50 yesterday a'f-
,ternoon at the residence Of his uncle, Dr.
W. II. Dulaney, No. 525 Ciny Street, and
were conducted by DR.. w. ]. Young. pastor
of Court-Street Methodist Church. The re-
mains were inferred in the Presbyterian
Cemetery-Lynchburg Advance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
,rc-e.sin-,,,. Ccnsus.

1t has been ascertaned from good au-
thority that the Office OF the superinten-
dent and that of the resident engineer OF
the Norfolk division of the Southern Rail
way will be moved TO Lawrencevile the
first OF the year This will be an addition
of two or three families TO our town
Brunswick Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11


Avoid the poetry or verse tendency
entirely. Your own poetry is something
which will never do anything for you I'M
less it gets you in the almshousc 1t has
been said. That poets are born. not
made Yet il takes months of faithful
study 10 be able TO write correctly even
one Stanza. SO dor / attempt it.
Write little about the young man WHO
called on his girl Sunday night. SuCtI oc-
currenceS are Very common If there IS a
dance write II Up. if there il a corn huSll
ing appte-butter boiling, etc. let US have
ii. but do not air the solitary caller
Salem Sentinel.
ANY ISSUE.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
Houston Wants the Curfaw.

The question of a curfew law is being
agtated in Danviile. Why not have the
curfew here in Houston? 1t seems TO
Us that such law would be of much
Advertiser
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
Mica Mining.

We understand that the mica mining
industry around Ridgeway is soon to be
developed upon a much larger extent
than formerly. Several experienced men
are now locating there and will erect a
mill for grinding up the small particles
of mica left when cutting out the larger
sheets This has formerly gone to waste.
-MartinSville Standard.
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Would Draw tho Line.

That sweet Georgia singer, Sidney
Lanier likenS a Gergia lane to path
that leads to heaven in a dream. II he
were alive, this religious daily would re-
tra:n from publishing his opinion OF the
road after a soaking
rain-Bristol Courier.
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FEW MORE HEADS
ARE Topped OFF
Continued from First Page.)

industrial circles that the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company (Bay Line had
been purchased by the Southern Railway
Company. Being portion of the Sea-
board system, the report was generally
discredited, but no positive statement.
either confirmatory or otherwise, could
be obtained from representatives OF the
steamer company.
Former Mayor robert Davidson a mem
Der of the managing committee Ole the
Seaboard system. however, stated to-hishe
that he would be in g. position to Know II.
il negotiations were pending for the sale
of the Packet Company. In his OPINION
the report is a Ccnard.
The sale. q few days ago. OF the steamer
Virginia, of the Bay Line. to the cape
NAV and New Jersey Coast Steamship
Company, may, possibly, have been the
origin OF the rumor. The Virginia Will pc
used during the summer TO run between
Lewes, Delaware and Cape May, y j. TO
connect with the Queen Ann Railway, an
independent company.
WHOLESALE REMOVALS.
A press dispatch from Norfolk says:
1.-THE removals at the Seaboard Air Line
shops that have taken place in the last
twenty-four hours are wholesale. and are
in conformity with the determination OF
President Williams and his Board OF Dl-
rectorS to reduce expenses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
IN YE OLDEN TIMES.
Social Life i'll Winchester i'll the year
1.OD

The Fredericksburg Free Lance pub
fishes {; long letter written at Wlnches-
ter by Mrs. Susanna Knox to her daush-
ter. at Windsor, over one hundred years
ago, which gives a graphic description OF
social life in Winchester. The following
is an extract:
yesterday we drank tea with Mrs
T;dbau. another most delightful woman.
She was bred in Philadelphia; h=r hus-
band is a merchant Of eminence, and
she made the greatest display of plate at
her table that I ever saw. \ large
soltd-s.lver tea urn, coffee pot, tea pot.
cream pot. sugar pot. slop bowl, and a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
,,,,osC picniusou,

Especial Dispatch TO The Times9
FREpERICKSBURG, VA, Jan. lV.-Mf,
ra-nas G. Dickinson. prominent citizen
Of upper Caroline county, died OF pasniy-
sis to-day at his home. "ood!and, hsst,
seven children survive him
I.,,ar,,ant tomorrow at Chestnut Fal-
,ay.. the old Dickinson homestead
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
Msstook Him for Fox.

Albert Combs. of Finney's. while out
hunting Tuesday was painfully, if not
fatally. shot by one of his associates. who
mistook him in the underbrush for fox.
DIR. Taulbee succeeded in extracting some
eighty shot from the body of Mr.. Combs.
Southwest Outlook lebanon, Va).
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BIG FORCE OF Beers.
They Are Supposed to Have Captured
Several GarrIsOHs.

U,y Associated I'r2SS.)
LONDON, Jan. I1.-"Five thousand
Beers supposed to be trellking west from
Vryburg." says the Cape Town correspon-
dent of the Daily Mail, are no" making
their way into the heart of Cape Colony.
The suppoSiton is that they have cap
tured several small Garrsons on the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
The i'OIyier'S Dream.
written for The Times.)

thNilktSiL iO- i!S AAilSS''
l am sitting burning incense at the shrine
OF Nick O'Icen,
In a polished briar censor with a smooth
and glossy ssleen,
And a fire craclles brightly on bed OF
glowing Goals
Throwing fuful neeting shadows like
I, dance OF tortured souls
Ger the sturdy rough-hewn studdins of
the shooting lodges walls,
To the sound OF dismal bowling as the
night wind blows in squalls.
III the hoilows tween the studding rows
of guns ON dress parade
Butely stand at stiff attention. sill
houetted in the shade.
And the roaring restless ocean plays a
droWsy lot OF tunes
AS its comberS crash in thunder in their
battle 'Sainst the dunes.
Spiral shafts OF smoke ascending from
the ample chin:neyplace
Take on form and fact and feature till
they seem 10 I'LL the space.
And ! see before me standing quite I'M
harmed amid the flame,
That delightful feathered fellow, most
esteemed of all the game.
Yes. Il canvas-back confronts me; but,
Q, wonder and amaze.
His proportions are enormous as he
stalks before the blaze!
Forth he wadd.cs from the chimney, -.
he towers full six feet:
And his strong gray wing restrains me,
when | seek to fly my seat.
Then a troop of others follow-brave lieu
tenants of his race
Till their serried ranks are filling ev'ry
corner, nook and space.
Then the Captain turns upon me and
with speech distinct and clear,
Tells my doom with cruel calmness, while
the ranks all echo hear"
Listen well, luckless fowler. while
read your sentence thus
Many years you've shot our brothers,
you'll not furnish sport for US;
With your predatory habits, you've gone
deeply III our debt
And you must admit in fairness, eye
for eye is good law yet"
Tl.en the ranks were quickly broken and
each canvas seized a gun,
On the glowing emberS stacked them
watched them burning, one by one,
TIL the Captain: ammunition, that IS
needed now. my braves,
Ere we send our man-brd flying high
in air DER stormy waves
Soon with wings and feet propellns. cart
ridge cases there were brought
And to pile them on the embers, they
with Quick precision wrought.
When the shells were piled to suit them.
and ere they began to pop.
I was forced. the most unwilling, then
and there to squat on top!
Ger my head the yawnins chimney point
ed straight up al the moon,
And | knew the jolt was coming, coming
strong and coming soon
could hear the Captain murmur, Mark.
incomers. overhead
With din that was Internal and a lurid
fash Of red.
went shooting from the chimney, to-
ards the moon ! gan TO soar,
And for this one fact was grateful
that the chinney's not choke-bore-
I went sailing swiftly upward. till at
last it seemed to me
I was turning and was failing, falling
swiftly to the sea
Whirling downward, plunsing seward. with
a speed as swift as light
Well now. bless me. I've doing and my
pipe is out; goodnight.
ROBT. ERSKISlE ROSS.
Los Angeles, California.
Bolsa ChTca Club, December 1ltn. 1900.
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James L. EpeS.


IsrsciaI DtEFaTc5 10 -,
BLACKSTONE, VAL Jan. I'LL --sl,
lanes P. Epes. son of ex-Consressiflah
lanes F. Epes. died in BROOKLYN. \, :.
This morning at o'clock He dle1 al st-s
hospital where he was being treated lol al,'
.1,zicitFs He had TO undergo an opera
70, l.,st Monday and IL was thought at
trat tfne that the chance for his re-
coyerv was good a Geographic message
received here to-day giving intormat. 20,
Of M, death was a great shock 10 ms
1870. md friends here.
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GOTernOI. isiuhf.

The Governor WIS right. 1t is not the
preroGative of the Executive to decide
whether the condemned prisoner is q COM
mon shopiifter or an aristocratic kiepto-
maniac. The court should decide that
cuestion-Puiaski NewS-Reyiew
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TWENTY CRUSHED TO DEATH.
And 80 Injarcd in Panic ut a
Festival

VANCOUVER. 9. c, Jan. Mite an
nral popular fetc of Toshi-So-lchi. IN
the kanda District Of Toxic, was the
scene of a terrible accident recently.
Great crowds attended the festival and
wien the affair was at its height heavy
satn began falling. "A rush was made for
shsper and panic cnsned. Twenty per-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11

We understand the furnace at Bristol.
which went into blast recently, is now
making a hundred and forty tons of
metal daily It is expected that this
OUTPUT viii be increased to two hundred
tons day later on. The Dora at
PULASKI is in good shape also turning
out a large amount of iron daily of a
very superior srade.-Lebanon News.
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SENATE PROVIDE
TO RETIRE LEE
csScd aslI4 moIJ penul,uoo)

injustice to the volunteers. He will con-
ciuGe his speech tomorrow.
A committee which includes Senator
McLau-in. OF South Carolina. was ap-
pointed 10 attend Representative Clark
funeral, and at ;:c5 P. NJ. the Senate ad-
jo,lrnei
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OBITUARY..
4 shby MCGEE.

Mr.. Ashby MCGEE died yesterday morn
ing at O'Clock at the residence OF ME-
Walter Cartwright He was about FORTY
years of age, and had been Ill with con-
sumption for some time.
The funeral will be held to-day at noon
from Bennett's undertaking rooms.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
Niaufh!y Shoot.

The Richmond Pigeon Club held their
FIRST monthly shoot at the Base Ball Park
"Wednesday afternoon. The following
scores were made:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11

Soon with wings and feet propellins. cart
ridge cases there were brought
And to pile them on the embers, they
with Quick precision wrought.
When the shells were piled to suit them.
and ere they began to pop.
I was forced, the most unwilling, then
and there to squat on top!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-11
Don't Air,he Solitary Caller.

The Salem Times-Registcr instructs its
correspondents as follows: