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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
Suicide OF william Van Sl0otcr.

Especial Dispatch TO The Timcs)
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA., Dec 16.
a report from New York this morning
tells of the suicide there by shooting of
" .liarn Van Slooten, q former student
of this institution and resident of Char
lottesville.
While attending college here Mr.. Van
Slooten lived with his aunt, Miss Mary
S. Hill, on West Main Street. He took
the mining engineer degree at the Uni
versity at nineteen years Of age.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
AGAINST Ra,y-Wakers.

Especial Dispatch to Til" Timos.)
IcINCASTLE, VA, Dec. 1.-THE Town
Council has passed an ordinance prohio-
iting the sale and use OF dynamite llre-
crackers over four Inches in length and
three-0uarters of an inch in diameter
within the corporate limits.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
Sentenced for Murder.

Special Dispatch to The Times1
NORFOLK. VA, Dec 16.-Moses turner
was sentenced by the Corporation Court
to-day to serve fifteen years for the kii!-
ing of George Dewey with an oyster k'llte
in 2 drunken frenzy some months ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
SEADOARD DOCTORS.
An Association Chartered TO Promote the
Commercial Inter SIS of Portsmouth.
oocial Dispatch 10 The Timcs.)

NORFOLK, VA. Dec 16.-The Seaboard
Medical Association, composed OF physi-
clans of Eastern Virginia and North Car
DINA. meet here in its sixth annual con-
ventiOn tomorrow evening.
The Portsmouth Business Mems Asso-
citation was chartered to-day with /. }.
Wool. president The association aims to
promote Portsmouth's commercial inter-
csts. The membership is large and int!u-
CnfiaT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
A RECTOR RESIGNS.
Rev. E. Sterling Gum to Go as Missionary TO
Porto Rico.
(soecinl Dispatch to The TImesN

BOYDTON. VA, Dec. 1.-THE Rev. r.
Sterling Gum, rector Of St. James Epis-
CORAL Church, notified his congregation
that he had accepted an appointment as
a missionary to Porto Rico, lie VIII oniE
rreach one more Sunday. He will sail
nrobab!v in January Mir. Gum is great
" beloved here, and is a preacher Of
great power and will be sadly missed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
Rny's Bad Eali.


Especial DfsnatCh 70 IEc Ilmcs.)
LOTTESE WILLIE, VA. Dec. lG.-
Claude, the tcn-year-old son of Mn. e.
L. Carroll. while practicing on the hori-
zontal bar eli The Reading-Room Gym
nasium Saturday afternoon, fell. break
iDg two small bones in his left wrist.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17

that old Cicero is so afraid to die Tho
day set for him to be hanged is next
Friday. and it looks like he has seen his
last Christmas in these hunting grounds.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
Not Guilty.


TAATPICO. M, Dec 1G-Eliiah Insey,
charged with the betrayal of Margaret
Paule. was found not guilty hy q York
county jury to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17
RABIES CASE TO
BE TREA TED HERE
Low Temperature Follows Severe
Storm.
NEWPORT NEWS ASPHALT FIGHT
Believed ALL Bids Will Be egiected-Baptist
Sunday School Elects Officers.
Prize Drill and Smoker
Tonight.
NEWPORT NEWS ASPHALT FIGHT
lsnocinl Dispatch to The rirars. J


NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Dec. 16.-
Wesley Parkinson, the young man who
was bitten by an alleged mad dog Saturday
VIII be Sent to Richmond for treatment
in the Pustcur Department of the Uni
versity College of Medicine, instead OF
being sent to New York, as at first in
tended.
The lowest temperature of the season
was recorded this morning at o'clock,
when the mercury stood at 20 degrees,
q drop Of 81 degrees in forty-eight hours
The storm which swept over the coast
early yesterday morning was the worst,
for a few hours, experienced in this vi
entity III years.
sUNDAY-sCHOoL OFFICERS.
The Newport News Baptist Church
Sunday-school elected officers yesterday,
making W. II. Parker superintendent;
r. w. Crump, assistant superintendent;
Frank Bragg, secretary; W. u. I'abb,
assistant secretary; Miss Lena Trout
man. organist.
Rev. DR.. r. J. Willingham, secretary
OF the Board of Foreign Missions,
preached ut this church yesterday morn
Ing and addressed It large mass meeting
ut $ O'Clock in the afternoon.
The prize drill OF the Huntington Rifles,
long delayed will be held at the Academy
Of Music tomorrow night. y smoker
VIII be held at the Arn1ory IN connection
with the event
ASPHALT CONTEST.
The Council tomorrow night will de-
eide whether to aW sheet asphalt in New
port News under specifications. which, it
is claimed. shut out all competition, or
whether to reject all bids and readvertise.
1t is believed that the latter will be
done An injunction will prevent the
former, for the present, at least.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-17

When you buy oneof the above
Pianos you obtain the very best
that money can buy. There's
no economy in cheap pianos.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17

In fact, the majority Of its members were
opposed to all legislation which could
by any possibility be made effective in
dealing with this growing national evil
l am only repeating what was openly
said at the time, that the majority Of
the commission was made up of men
who were more or less under the indil-
ence of the great capitalists by whom
the country is supplied with intoxicating
drinks
1 do not believe that any Of the great
commercial and Industrial trusts Of
which you complain so much of in tina
United States can possibly have more In
fCence than is exercised here in England
by the brewers of beer and the distillers
OF whisky. A great brewer of beer or
great diStiller Of whisky Is certain in
England to be raised to the peerage I
could name several men who are mem
Eers Of the house Of lords at present who
have acquired that dignifed position
merely because they or their fathers were
successful manufacturers of intoxicating
liquors and having acquired vast for
tunes by that industry made lavish pub
lie expenditure Of money In the patron
age Of popular charities, and thus adyer-
tised themselves as public benefactors.
The liquor trade Is an organization of
immense Importance in all parliamentary
contests, for the public house keeper is
in the vast majority of cases a mere de-
pendent on the brewer or the distiller,
and has to bestow his vote according to
the direction given to him by his master
Now, the powerful brewers and distiilers
are generally on the Tory side of politics.
and the present government has there
fore good deal to thank tlfSm for. The
late Liberal government owed its over
thrown mainly to the trade hostility,
which was created by the earnest efforts
Q
scheme of legislation which would have
interfered with the profits OF the liquor
trade.
Lord Peel, who, as I have said, was
president of the commission to inquire
into the whole subject, drew up with his
own hand a minority report, as 1t was
called-a report embodying the views
and recommendation of those members
Of the commission who thought with him.
There was nothing extravagant or even
immoderate, there was nothing imprac-
ticable fanciful in the recommended
tons of Lord Peel He is not fanatieal
teetotaler; he is, in fact not teetotaler
at all, and is not the man TO indulge in
any hope of making everybody sober by
act Of parliament; but he is q man of
earnest purpose, of great intellect and OF
comprehensive practical knowledge, and
he has long been convinced that our
legislative way of dealing with the drink
traffic is doing all that legislation can
do to make us drunken people by act
of parliament. His object is to bring
about system Of legislation which shall
discourage and not encourage drunken
ness, which shall put difficulties in the
way Of the drunkard and of those who
tempt him to spend his money in drink,
which shall prevent the sale Of drink
to children, and shall declare it perilous
responsibility for a public house keeper
to make his place of business a curse to
the neighhnrhcnd
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
HOW KING EDWARD FIRST
MET QUEEN ALEXANDRA

Many charming stories have been told
concerning the prelimiraries Of the
formal engag cement Of the then Prince
Of Wales to PRINCESS Alexandra. Ac-
cording to one story, Queen Victoria s
youthful heir-apparent first saw his
future Wife's portrait when paying a call
on the Duchess of Cambridge. Being left
in her bOudoir for a few moments, the
prince-according to this tale-was
struck by the sight Of a miniature lying
on her table; 1t was that of very lovely
girl whose beauty much struck the
future king. Not liking to ask his cousin
directly the name of the lady, the prince
sent a friend to make the inquiry for
him, and was informed that tho portrait
was that Of the Duchess Of Cambridge's
great-niece, Princess Alexandra of Den
mark
Whether this story be true or not,
there is little doubt that the first mo-
mentCus meeting between Edward VII
and the queen took place in the beautiful
old cathedral of Worms, Princess Alex
andra being at that time only seventeen.
The royal courtship took place in King
Leopold Of Belgium's charming country
palace of Laeken, and 1t was there, very
shortly after the death Of the prince
consort, that Queen Victoria first saw
her future daughter-in-laW
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
Peerage on the Decimal system.

London Truth.
AS money is to he the master, would It
not be wise to have our peerage estab-
lshed on the decimal system? It would
work out in this way. The rank q q
man should depend entirely upon his
income, as returned by him for taxing
purposes, and would vary with it. Thus,
one With an income Of e15oOOO and over
would be a duke; ef0OcS1 would be a
marquis, G50,0o0 would be an earl, R25,-
900 would he a viscount e1OoOQ would
be a baron, 95,000 would be a baronet,
e1,000 would be Il knight, and G5G0 would
be an esquire. The rest would be the
copper classes. The scheme would be
especially serviceable in increasing the
amount of the income tax, for. of course,
every self-respectiug Englishman would
return his income at the highest figure
which his resources could support. What
man 50 sordid that, having but $500 a
year, he would not willingly pay a tax
on FL, coo, so as to enjoy the right of be-
ing dubbed n knight? The instinct of
self-advancement would make each pay
on the higher scale, so that the revenue
would benefit enormously, and the au-
thorltfes could rely upon the vast major
ity Of the tax payers overstating rather
than undertaking their incomes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND.
The Direction 1t Has Taken and the
Effort to Force Consideration os II

The Direction 1t Has Taken and the
Ehort to Force Consideration of 1t.
justin Mccarthy in the Independent.
A series of public meetings. or rather
conferences, has just been held in Man
chester, in which Lord Peel, lately
speaker Of the house Of commons, took
leading part for the purpose Of devils
ing and deciding upon some course of
action to be taken with the view of com.
pelhng the Conservative government to
show little more interest than it has
lately been showing in the work of tenn
perance reform.
Lord Peel, since he released himself
from the laborious duties Of the speak
er's office, has been deVoting himself
unweariedly to the consideration and the
promotion Of legislative measures to
combat the increase of drunkenness
throughout these islands Some few
years ago Lord Peel presided as chair
man of royal commission which was
appointed to make inquiry into the whole
subject The commission could not
agree upon any plan of legislation, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
FOR A CHILD

who is mot doing vel" the
condition occurs now and then
with all children.
SCOTS emulsion of cod-liver
oil is a food that begins to
, build you up at once-of
course, it don't show at once.
"Not doing well" means
that the child is not getting
the good of his food. Not
today, or this week; it may
have been going on for a
month; before it begins to
show in the child's condition.
You want him to get back
to turning his usual food into
strength.
You want the food that
begins to build, up at once.
\ We'llsea;l you little Try, ii you Ike.
SCOTT * BOVINE. 4oQ Pearl street. New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17
The LIoIution of Bread.


Flour was produced in the early days of
the colonies by breaking it with a hand
pestle in mortar. The white man i'm
proved upon the Indian method by rig
which held the pestle. The windmill
was then introduced, and finally the grist
mill run by water power, and the grind
stone superseded the laborous pestle and
mortar. There was no knowledge of
yeast, baking powders and light bread.
as cooks and bakers understand it now.
, 1901-09-14

of the Public Schools, of Columbia CITY.
Wash, also Past Grand of independent
order of Good Templars. Dr.. Hatman
received the following letter:
COLUMBIA CITY, WASH.
81 can speak only good words of the
repeated benefits / have had from the
use of Peruna.
100 constant application to work
last winter caused me to have severe
head and backache and dragging pains.
l could NOT stop my work, neither was
l fit to go on. Reading of the bene-
Hciai results from the use of Peruna I
a bottle and within a few
days after using ii, began to feel better.
81 constantly improved and before the
bottle was completely used, all
pains were gone, my strength was re-
and | now seem ten years.
younger.
III get tired or feel bad, Peruna at
once helps me, and ! feel you deserve
for placing such n conscientious
medicine before a suffering public"
Mrs. Amanda Shumaker.
Matte Il. Curtis, Secretary Legion of
Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston,
, 1901-09-14
CONVENIENT POCKET MAPS
oE STATE OE WYOMING.

There having been 70 many calls re-
Gently for maps of the State Of Wyo-
ming, The Republican has been prompt
ed to put in a supply for its patrons.
The map selected is issued by Rand.
McNally & Co., and is up-to-date in ev
cry particular. 1t is arranged in neat
book form and is suitable for carrying
In ones pocket, is neatly covered and
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there is a large amount of valuable in
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showing in detail the entire railroad
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The special features OF this pocket
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pany doing business at the point where
the several companies have ofices.
The population Of the various towns
is given according to the 1900 census.
These pocket maps will be sold for
the small cum OF % cents each and can
be had only at The Republican Office.
A copy will be given free with every
six months subscription to The Daily
Republican, paid in advance.
The Republican also furnishes the
very latest wall map issued by Rand,
Mentally & Co., for the sum Of 81, or
will give it free with each yearly sub
scription to The Daily Republican paid
In advance. This map is kept right up
to the time and shows the United
States and its new possessions on the
one side and the world on the other.
The Rand, Mentally & Co. Atlas Of
Three Wars may also be had at The
Republican ONCE for the low price Of
so cents per copy, or It will be given
free with every six months subscrip-
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advance. The Atlas is the latest pub
iished and like the pocket map o. Wyo-
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date in every particular.
, 1901-09-14
UNION PACIFIC TINE TABLE.
How to Travel In Comfort.

Wash the face ~ seldom as posi-
BILE when travelling. ~ the dust and air
render the skin very harsh II it is con.
stantly damped.
The best way to remove any dust
ID to dip . rag in elder flower water
(thAt most innocent and refreshing 81
toilet waters) and use that only. When
the journeys end is reached. rub the
lace hi over with q thin cold cream,
ard leave on until you make your ap-
peurance among your friends. wheL
wigs of with q soft towel; then use a
vaporixer Tor sponge with warm wa
teri. and finish by having we'll with
cold water to close the pores and give
6rmness to the skin. II powder ID used
In travelling. It should be put on only to
dust It on again. To keep It on makes
the skin dry and harsh. At night rub
on . very little cold q when re-
firing ~ the close air and electric
light are very injurious to the complex
Ion. especially in hot weather. For .
powder nothing Ii better than powder
Cd nasnesia-it il harmless and cool.
mg-but Il should not b left on long.
There Il nothing. however. that 70
trsshes q 20 much ~ washing ones
hands with = good soap and water. but
enc sAoald never use the soap provid-
I'd for the public use. - there ID great
, 1901-09-14

New Workers o v oftener than the
people Of any other large city in the
world. The city directory shows that
on an average 65 per cen of the resi-
dents change their addresses in the
course Of a year. High rents and the
apartment system of living are largely
responsible for the many changes, but
real estate agents hold the prevalent
system OF permitting a tenant to occu-
Ply a fiat or a house rent free for a few
weeks or more as an inducement TO
move into it to blame for the nomadlc
tendencies Of a large proportion OF
New Workers.
, 1901-09-14

none of which seemed to help me any
until a club associate advised me to try
Peruna, as toured her ofcopstitutional
headache and stomach troubles. l at
once ordered a bottle and before it was
used, felt greatly improved.
81 have taken four bottles and for two
months have been entirely free from
these maladies. Several of my friends
are using Poruna with beneficial results,
especially in cases of troubles with the
kidneys and other pelvic organs, to-
gethcr with weaknesses peculiar TO
women"
Peruna is n specific for the catarrhal
arrangements of women. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio,
for free book on catarrh written by Dr.
5. l.. Hartman.
, 1901-09-14
Nerves Like a FIat-Iron.

A woman who suffered for three
years from rvo prostration says,
two bottles Of Lichty's Celery Nerve
Compound effected q complete cure.
She hardly knows today whether she
has nerves or not. as she never feels
them. 1t is certainly a wonderful rem
edy. Sold by Chas. N. Settele, pioneer
druggist.
, 1901-09-14

Many physicians are now prescribing
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regularly hav-
ing found that 1t is the best prescription
that can write becauseit isthe one pre-
paration which contains the elements
necessary to digest not only some kinds
Of food but all kind and It therefore
cures indigestion and dyspepsia nc
matter what its causes. Laramie DRUG
Co.
, 1901-09-14
A Communication.

Mr.. Editor-Allow me to speak a few
words in favor of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. I suffered for three years
with the bronchitis and could not sleep
at nights. l tried several doctors and
various patent medicine, but could get
nothing to give me any relief until my
wife got a bottle of this valuable med
icine, which has completely relieved
new. S. Brockman, Bagnell, Mo.
This remedy is for sale by F. H. Eggle'
ston.
, 1901-09-14
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We furnish It
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, 1901-09-14

Henry Braydon, Harris, N. G. says:
81 took medicine 20 years for asthma
but one bottle of One Minute Cough
Cure did me more good than any thing
elese during that time. Best Cough
Cure" Laramie Drug Co.
, 1901-09-14

~ S uffered
for over a year
with general
weakness aHd
debility. mani
tested especially
in severe back
ache ard head-
ache.
"My physician
prescribed differ
a 4 mgligipns
, 1901-09-14

Don't wait until you become chronic
ally constipated but take DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers now and then They will
keep your liver and bowels in good
order Easy to take. Safe pills. Laramie
Drug Co.
, 1901-09-14

~Lawrence's church Wednesday even
ing at their home, 40 Railway. A
very pleasant evening was spent, the
Misses Ryan proving admirable
hostesses.
, 1901-09-14

The house in which Joseph Cham
still stands. and not far from it. in a
quiet grove at Camberwell. is the
house in which he learned to spell and
write his name. Close to them both
lives the old lady WHO has still a vivid
memory of the Monday morning when
Joseph Chamb, rlain first went to
school. For a year the moluing of
Mr.. Chamberlain's mind was in the
aare or this lady, on whom Mr.. Cham
berlain more than once called since
he became q famous man,
, 1901-09-14

Misses Anna and Helen Ryan enter
tsinsd the nsnbsrs q the choir Of st.
, 1901-09-14

Mrs. OFT entertained the No-Name
club last Saturday evening, and euchre
was the game. Those who yer pres
Neb., and Mesdames Roffee, Manasse,
Ruprecht, John A.. Fischer, Farley
Mathison and Durlacher.
, 1901-09-14

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, 1901-09-14

1 ouay oASS hhAooh ~ -
at the experiment farm, about twenty
members being in attendance. 1t was
decided to put a furnace in the dean
cry at once Mrs. F. A. Miller will be
the guilds hostess text week.
900
Mrs. Captain Townsend of Omaha,
who is the guest Of Prof. Lees family,
and Mrs. Lee, dined today at the resi-
dence of w. H. Holiday.
900
The ladies of the Eastern Star will
hold the first meeting of the season
next Tuesday evening. There will be
several limitations, followed by a ban
Quet.
Mrs. F. E. Roffee will entertain the
Jolly Eight this evening, compliment
tary to Mrs. Otis sister, Mrs. Schroed-
er of Columbus, Neb.
900
The Whist club met with Mrs. Leh-
man Monday evening. September Odd
it will be entertained by Mrs. Marsh.
900
The Ladies' Card club was entertain
ed Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. S. l
Campbell at the residence of Mrs.
Marsh. Next week the ladies' will play
at Mrs. Connor's.
900
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Roffee expect to
leave next week for a trip to Salt Lake.
They will be absent ten days.
900
The Evening Dancing club will give
one of its delightful parties in North
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900
Mrs. James Cope departed on Wedn-
esday. for q months visit at her old
home in Canada.
Hose Company No. 8 ia arranging to
give q dance in the near future.
900
Mr.. Jesse Converse returned from his
trip to Buffalo Thursday. Mrs. Con-
verse has gone on to New York city
and will visit relatives ONE weeks
longer.
Uncle Toms Cabin will play here
Wednesday. Sept. 18th In q tent.
Miss Minnie sprasue gave a fare
well party Monday afternoon to the
, 1901-09-14

Several members of the Alpha club
met with the president, Mrs. Symons,
Wednesday evening, to prepare a pro-
gram and discuss plans for the clubs
work for the winter. Those present
were Mesdames Fitch, Downey. j. T.
Holiday, NJ. C. Brown and Roach.
, 1901-09-14

Miss Minnie sprasue gave a fare
well party Monday afternoon to the