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NATURALLY there was music in the
airat the Southern Fiddlers t0nyen-
ton which met ut CarrolltOn, Ga,
last week.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-16

No DOUBT rhe Republicans are now
convinced that the Virginia election
law needs "a big dose OF anti-toNin.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-11-16

The foregoing parcels of Real
Estate will be sold on the
premises
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w MIS- YOUR ATTENTION RIGHT

,pput Fall styles Goods Skrtings Waistgs silks
Furnishing Goods worthy Of immediate attention
70 GnghHms Brown
white Wool Blankets cheap only
uu selec
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
POLITICS In VIRGINIA.
The GovernOrshiD Contest Regarded
rs Practically Settled

RICHMOND, Va, June 24-The contest
over the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor Of Virginia is regarded as practi-
calIy settled. Attorney General andrew
Jackson Montague has secured almost
half Of the delegates elected TO the Nor
folk convention and before the end of this
week, will il * assured. have more than
734. the number Of votes necessary TO a
choice. His opponents have practically
abandoned the fight
Several counties viii elect delegates this
week and it is predicted that the majority
of the delegates to be chosen viii be in
structed for Mr. Montague. In the Tide
water section today. Accomac county
elects 81 Mr.. Marshall claims these. but
they viii be divided and Mr.. Montague
VIII. it is said. get a majority of them.
Wise county elects y today and they viii
be instructed for the Attorney General
also. The delegates allowed Prince Ed
ward county may be divided between
Messrs- Swanson and Montague. West
morCIand county IS likely to instruct :
for the Attorney General. Bland and
Craig counties, which elect tomorrow,
Will, it is claimed, instruct 8 for Mr. Mon
tague
Mr. Swanson's strength will show it
self in the counties which elect delegates
next week and next month Most of these
counties are in Southside Virginia. In Pc
tersburg Mr.. Swanson has been very sue
CessfuI. He has been supported by the
Petersburg Index-AppeaI." and other
papers of that city. lie viii undoubtedly
get a majority OF the delegates from that
county. The opinion prevails here that
Mr.. Jeffries, of CUlpeper, will succeed MIR.
Montague as Attorney General, and that
Mr. Joseph L. Willard of Fairfax county,
will be the next Lieutenant Governor.
The Republicans are circulating notices
calling on the members of the party 20
come out and work for the ticket they
are to put In the field. They say that
there never was a time in Virginia that
offered the Republicans better opportu-
nifty of eiecting a Governor and their
reason for this assertion is that many Of
the Democrats are dissatisfied with the
methods practiced by some members of
their party and have pledged themselves
TO vote for the Republican candidate, if
he is put ii the field.
Several weIl-known lawyers are men
toned for the position of Attorney Cen
eraI on the Republican ticket, among
them ex-RepresentatTve R. T. Thorpe, Of
Necklenburg county; D. s Lewis, Of Har-
risonburg; Hugh Gordon Miller. of Nor
folk. and Edgar Allan, of Richmond All
that is said now about the Republican
ticket is hearsay and 1t VIII not be known
who will be the candidates until the
meeting to decide on them is held in
Charlottesville in August
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
MIR. JONES NEW GOLDEN RULE.
Service for Service Without Profit
should Be the Law, He Says.

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 2l-Mayor Jones
sends the following reply TO a student at
Ann HarbOr. who wrote him asking
whether, in his opinion. a college educa-
ton is essential TO success:
In the twentieth century that man viii
be regarded. as most successful who
makes Of his life the largest possible con-
tribution TO the building up of the com
mon life. II schools. colleges and churches
do not teach this thought people will set
up universities Of their own on the streets
and in the byways and hedges to teach It
What is called success in business to-
day Will be commonly understood to be
only another form OF plumber long before
the twentieth century is half over We
shall then know that service for service,
absolute equal exchange, without any
form Of profit. is ths only scientific as
well as the only Christian law. Profit
getting, according to present day meth
DDS. is very largely robbery, pure and
simple Highway robbery and gambling
would be legal and respectable if highway
robbers and gamblers made the laws as
the profit-getters do.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24

statesman as the Hon Charles H
Grosvenor- on the subject Of u third
term.
Wher the Presidents letter was pub
lisEed Mr.. Grosvenor at once perceived
his mistake, and fastened to explain
but Nj Depcy. makes no mistakes-in
fact. he probably takes himself no
more seriously than does the general
public. which, Of course, precIudes the
idea = his making a serious mistake
Accordingly, in a column discussion
Of the third term idea. he defends his
position CacademicaIy)- and tells US
that he stands pat" Unless this lat
est contribution brings out d response
from Mr.. Grosvenor. the incident may
noly be considered Is closed.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
FELL FROM THE PALISADES.
u Police Chief Badly Hurt Trying &c
Rescue a Woman.


NEW YORK, June 24.-John McAuly,
Chief OF Police OF West Hoboken, was
seriously injured last night by failing
down the Palisades when hunting for a
woman who was screaming as in great
need of help. The chief was taken TO his
home. in CortIandt Street. West Hoboken.
and Dr. Wallace White. who attended
him. thought he could not live
Chief McAuIy and Detective Better Of
his force. were walking in PaIsade Ave
nue. at $50 O'Clock last night, when they
heard a woman screaming at the foot OF
the Palisades, over hundred feet below.
Vetter started on run to descend by
way of the steps at Fourteenth Street,
some distance away Chief McAuIy start
ed to scramble down a path OF the face
OF the bluff, which is dangerous even in
the daytime to those who know 1t well
and use it daily
Vetter, on reaching the base Of the cliff,
failed to see any one or to obtain any
trace of a woman. After searching in ev-
cry direction he heard groan in the
bushes twenty or twenty-five feet above
him. Thinking II was the woman, and
that she had fallen from above he climb
ed up to the bushes. and found his chief
unconscious. Blood was flowing from Nc
AuIay's ears, mouth. and nose. Better
obtained aid. and McAuIy was carried to
the avenue and taken 10 his home. His
wife tainted when she saw the cut and
bleeding body borne in. and could not be
revived for some hours
DR.. Wallace White found four OF the
chiefs ribs broken. and one Of them, and
probably two. had pierced the lung. His
head is cut and bruised. Vetter says that
from the position where he found the body
the chief must have lost his footing al
most at the top of the perilOus path and
tumbled nearly to the bottom
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS.
What the United states should Sell
in Venezuela.

Louis GOldschmidt, the United States
Consul at La Guayra, Venezuela, has sent
to the State Department an interesting
baton Of trade notes. He says the United
States should sell the following articles
of rnerobaud5se IN that country
Cotton fabrics, such as prints. sins-
hams, bleacbed and unbleached cottons.
nainsooks. mUslins, lining cambriCs, sile-
sias. CottOnades for mems clothing shirt
ing cottons, and other goods in that line
suitable for tropical trade; small wares.
such as pins, needles. tapes. elastics. and
toilet and other articles generally known
as notions" hardware. such as hollow
ware and the hundreds Of useful kitchen
utensils which are strictly American in
their hardness ana ingenuity; silks, rib
bons. hats, and caps; all materials for
the manufacture Of shoes, such as leath-
er of all kinds trimmings, Innings, etc
There is a proh!bitory tariff on shoes il
Venezuela; leather for the manufacture
Of saddles and kindred articles; wrapping
paper Of all kinds, toilet paper, and paper
for printing purposes. also wall papers:
furniture of all kinds, iron bedsteads. etc :;
trunks. satchels, and travelling articles;
underwear. hosiery, etc; revoIvers,
knives. and machetes; siIverware for ia
bic and toilet uses
The Consul adds: THE trade Of Vene-
zueIa. as Of many other Spanish-Anerlcan
countries. is profitable. The merchants
here compare favorabIy, as a rule, with
those of any other country.
When w consider the amount Of Unit
ed States merchandise sold in Venezuela
according to statistics, lead all cCun-
tries)- I can not help thinking that this
success is due. not to the trade methods
Of our exporters. but TO the superiority OF
our goods. If this is the cause under the
present conditions. how much more sue
cessfuI would we be If we sent abroad
men who had the interests Of their en-
pIoyers at heart. who understood their
business. and who spoke the language OF
the country TO which they were sent.
4 have been in Venezuela four years.
and in that time the number of American
mercantile travellers arriving at this port
Cthe most important commercially Of this
country can almost be counted on the I'm
gers OF my hands. whereas. not 4 steamer
arrives from Europe that does not bring
French German, or English commercial
travellers. These men, especially the Ger
mans systematically visit this country
and are thoroughly acquainted with the
wants Of the trade. They have letters OF
credit TO the most important houses,
which gives them a standing that is hard
to shake. Bat IN spite of all this. an
American traveller comes here occasion
ally. and goes home with his order book
win the now neglected South American
trade
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
REsCUEs FROM THE SURF.
Six BHtherS Tuken From the Ocean
at Atlantic City.

ATLANTIC CITY N J, June 2i--Sev-
erai resCUes from drowning were made by
the life guards here yesterday The rush
to the shore from the cities sweIled the
number OF bathers, and as usual there
we're those who became reckless and
swan out beyond the safety line. while
others uRthinkingIy went out too far
J. Owens, of Philadelphia. was bathing
with his wife near the steel pier when
they were both swept beyond their depth.
Greatly frightened at the suddenness Of
the predicament, they both cried for help.
attracting the attention Of Life Guards
g Davis and P Parker. besides a large
crowd Of curious people The guards
swan to the imperiled bathers with the
lifeline and after considerable work sue
ceeded in bringing them ashore in a con-
sciOus condition, though filed with salt
water.
Four men rescued near the same spot
later refused TO give their names.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
Circulation Statement.
r1,e Wet virginia Calamity.


The food in West Virginia appears to
have been one of the most appalling OF
recent caIamities. the dead being esti-
mated all the way from two hundred to
six hundred. the intimations being that
even the latter figure may BIZ greatly
exceeded. While the reports are some
what volumiuous. the details are mea-
gre. and it Is not easy clearly to under
stand how it all happened. The Johns
town horror was readily compTehended-
y high dam broke and let huge food
of water suddenly down upon city
which Iay in its path But in the West
Virginia case there is no report Of the
breaking of a dam by which a great
reservoir poured its torrents without
warning upon the people We are sim
ply informed that there was q trench
dous rain and that the waters in the
streams and valley suddenly arose and
engulfed hundreds of unfoTtunates be
fore they could escape
In this respect the disaster seems to
have been OF most unusual character
MANY towns have been destroyed by
the overflow of rivers and mountain
streams. but generally the rise OF the
waters has been sufficiently gradual 10
enable the most Of the people TO escape
with their lives But in this case either
the flood came with extraordinary sud
denness or the towns and villages were
so situated as to be yeTitable death
trans when the waters rose rapidly
Many shocking calamities occur
against which it seems no human fore
sight could have effectuauy guarded
Boilers explode, trains jump the track,
great CONGREGATIONS occur, and ships
90 down in storms at sea-aH resulting
from the more or less imperfect charae-
ter Of human contrivances- It IS i'm
possible L entirely prevent disasters
But il does seem as if just reasonable
precautions would in very large meas
ure guard against such as the one that
has now occurred in West Virginia It
Is an easy matter not TO build town
IN a natural water course, OF at such a
point on q river bank that an unusual
food can reach II SO suddenly as To
shut the people of from all avenues Of
escape. L requires no great iuteili-
gence To enable Us 10 know water
course when we see il, and everybody
understands that foods sometimes rise
to an extraordinary height
The trouble is that in such matters
people simply adjust themselves to
normal conditions. overlooking those
which only exist at rare intervIs. But
it IS generally the rare conditions that
do the harm, and in many cases the
calamities could have been warded of
by reasonable forethought-at least to
the extent Of preventing q wholesale
destruction Of human life.
Every horror such as this Of West
Virginia demonstrates the frailty Of the
tenure by which we hold our lives, and
the necessity OF using every safety pre-
caution that our intelligence can sug-
gest. The whole country is shocked by
the calamity, and sends the full meas
IRE OF its sympathy to those upon
whom this visitation has so suddenly
and 50 soTrOwfuIIy fallen
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
DIED WITH HIS SECRET.
4 Western Miners MIIIIon-DoIIar
Process to BE Buried With Him.

DENVER. Col June 24--With q fortune
Of 81 .00J.e00 in sight. Larkin NJ Ford. a
pioneer mincr- died here in poverty, and
before his death was unable to reveal the
secret for which he had been promised a
fortune He died at the county hospital.
where he was removed a week ako. after
closing negotiations for selling the pro
cess Of extracting gold from ore without
Intervention Of smeIter. for 81, 600 600,
which was to be paid as soon as the ex-
pertinent was successfully demonstrated.
Two experts came from the Eas- to ap-
ply the test The day they reached Den
yer and before they found the humble
quarters of Ford, the latter was stricken
with hemorrhage of the brain From that
time the visitors alJernated at the bed
side, hopeful that during an interval of
consciousness the dying man might re
veal his secret
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
THE RAILROADS THROUGH CHINA
/ List of Those Built and Those Tn
der Construction.

The state Department makes public
list of the foreign railway concessions IN
China, according to the Revue du Com
merce EKteFieur, Paris. The lines at
present exploited are:
Line from Shanghai to Wusung, con
structcd in 1896. destroyed soon after and
re-estabIished in 1895; length. Il-2 miles.
Line to PaJ-TiuE from Tientsin- 5I-3
miles north Of the Great Wall by Shan
haikwan, with junction for Pekin; length
from Shanhaikwan to Tientsin. ia miles;
from Tientsiu to Feilin. SIS miles; north
from Pekin. 4Uf miles; total, 1852 miles
This line was constructed by the order
of Ii Hung Chang after 1876
The lines conceded since 1897 and in con-
struction or projected are:
Russia-Line projected via Tsitsikhar,
Kirin, VIadivostock, with branch line to
Port Arthur and Niuchwang; length,
from the TransbaikaI region 70 Vladivo-
stock. SS5-4 miles: branch line to Port Ar
thur. 4g7 miles These lines are entirely
in Russian hands. They have an immense
strategic importance; they form the
shortest route connecting Europe and the
far East Commenced IN 1897, they Will
perhaps be completed in 195i-ls15- The
Russian network will be Joined with the
Chinese network by the line from Shan
haikwan to Niuchwaug, with branch line
to -MintinE. near Moukden-
Germany-Tr Triangular line from Kyao-
Chau to Gilman to Yen-Shun and from
Yen-Shun TO Kyao-chau; length, 621.4
miles. This is the shortest route leading
from the navigable part Of the Yellow
River to the sea. The loan was subscrib-
ed at Berlin June, 1899.
rance-BeIgium-Ldn from PeSin to
Hankau. This is the first railway decreed
by imperial edfct in China. The loan was
placed in circulation in Paris and Brus-
sells in April. 1893. The works on the
north have been commenced by English
engineers The road is finished as far as
PaO-Ting-fu. 49, miles distant from Peldn,
and now running The construction has
stopped 81 miles from Pao-1Ing-fu and
the surveys are finished as far as Chun-
The. or to PAP miles farther to the south.
On the side of the YangtZe the works are
completed to Sin-Yang. 124.2 miles from
Hankau. This long line viii be Joined by
a first branch at Tai-Yuan-fu and by .
second at Tsinan-fu-
England-Germany-L from Tientsin
to ChiRkiang: length 62I.4 miles with
( branch line TO Tsinan. The northern part
will be Condded 10 German engineers, the
southern part to English engineers
Eng!and-The Pekin syndicate intends TO
| build the line from Tai-Yuan TO Fu-ShUn-
/ fu; length, 2796 miles. The British-Chi-
nese corporation has obtained the con-
| Cession for two lines starting from Shang-
hal, Of which one viii go toward the
northwest to Su-chu, Chinkiang. and
Nankins and the other to the southwest
To Hang-chu and Niug-Po.
Southern China-Line from Canton TO
Hankau, with branch liHe to Hongkong
| length Ass miles The road Will be built
by a Belgian syndicate.
Railways Of the French Tonkin-t) Line
/ from Bao-Kai to Yunnan; % line from
| Lang-Sou to Long-Shun; CD line from
| Manning to PakhOi
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
OF Su,au Significance.

The action Of the Virginia ConstitU-
tional Convention in refusing 10 con-
slider q resolution inviting Mr. Bryan to
deliver an address before that body is
receiving considerable attention at the
hands Of the press and the people
Some are inclined to regard 1t as a Sc
cession from what they term Bryan
ism" This. perhaps, is putting it lit
tie too strongly
Probably many members Of the con-
yention who voted against considering
the resolution gave Mr.. Bryan their
cordial support, still admire him as d
man. and would support him again if
he should be made the nominee Of the
party-a very improbable thing. At
the same time they recognize the fact
that we are face to face with new con-
ditions. and that some of the issues for
which Mr. Bryan stood IN 1896 and 1900
cannot again be presented to the people
with any sort OF ProprieJy or political
wisdom This is not TO be considered
as any reflection upon the former Dem
ocratic candidate. He did not originate
OF formulate those issues He simply
represented them as the Democratic
standard bearer. But he was closely
identified with them and championed
them so earnestly that many have as
sumed that he was the father OF the
issues upon which the Democracy gave
battle in the last two Presidential cam
Paigns-
But it would have been well-nigh i'm
possible for Mr.. Bryan to have address,
ed the Virginia Convention without go
/ ing extensively into politics, past, pres
/ ent, and prospective He always speaks
/ out frankly, and doubtless would have
/ said some things that would not have
/ been acceptable 10 a portion of the
! membership, and which, therefore,
/ would have tended toward iuharmony.
+ Therefore the invitation would have
been an unwise one. We are not now
+ in the midst of a political campaign.
and q constitutional convention is a
/ very different thing from a political
I convention Of the Democratic party
/ There is a considerable Republican
! membership in that body, and its work
. IS IL 70 proper sense partisan.
/ There was no reason why Mr.. Bryan
/ OF any other prominent Democrat
/ should have been invited TO address the
: convention. and while it no doubt is
/ true that the year 1904 viii witness
/ some modification of the political is
! sues, it is not necessary TO consider the
declinatiOn to invite Mr.. BRYAN 70 speak
/ as having any especial bearing upon
( the attitude Of the Democratic party in
! the next campaign. i really was OF
/ small significance.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
Depew and Grosvenor.

It is really too bad that two such
sincere patriots and distinguished
statesmen as Senator Depew and Rep
rescntatiye Grosvenor should find them
selves IN disagreement over any mat
ter Of grave public concern. They have
parted in sorTuw. but not in anger.
At least that Is the way SIR. Depey
says that he feels about it. Whether he
really means il or Is merely giving 10
the public one Of his post-praudiaI
jokes Is not so certain We never car
be quite sure as 10 the meaning Of
professional joker. But be that as il
may, these two great men have parted
Depew says that he feels sad over it
We have yet To hear from Grosvenor
rs TO the state Of his feelings
It is likely, though. that if the fiery
Ohio apostle Of ReDubHcanism Is IL
any degree sad in spirit. It is not be
cause If a parting with Depew. hut
rather because his sensitive soul was
Jared by the Presidents rebUke- Il
was hard one, and il would be
strange, indeed. If Grosvenor did not
fee! it keenIy But the incident does
not in the least disturb the serenity Of
Chauncey " Depew- There probably
never was a man more supremacy
happy. or more thoroughly satisfied
with himself, than IS this gentleman,
who. in part, represents" the great
Empire State IN the United states Sen
ate. We have his word for it that this
Is 50. Not long since he took The pub
l. So
highly important piece of information
that he was sixty-seyen years OF age
without an ache or q pain. with a
perfect digestion, with no animcsities
toward anyone. and without a real want
that Re could not crafty. He empha-
sized al this with the statement that
only a few evenings previously he had
attended d comic opera performance
with Il company Of young people-ngne
Of them more than tEirty-and he real
ly believed that he got more enjoy
ment out Of the entertain nent than
did any other member Of the party. IN
short he IS a truly and wondrcusly
happy man
Il IS ros Surprising. therefore. TO
learn that not even rebuff from the
White House has had the effect of
casting the slightest damper upon the
cxuber2Ece Of Mr.. Depew's spirits.
There are men who occasionally feel a
sense Of depression after having made
egregious fools OF themselves. But
Senator Depew does not belong 10 this
class If he did, he would be in he
deepest sorrow a large portion Of mis-
time, and the story Of his unaIloyed
happiness would have to be recast with
essential notifications. His only sor-
row now is at being obliged 10 part
company with 50 wise and able a
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-24
Cuba,s Manifest DESTINY.

lFrom the Cleveland Plain DeaIerD
II Will be many months yet before Cuba will
be IN business Oh It's account Indepen-
dent Republic. and even then its independence"
vii be Of a limited nature The peculiar reIa-
tions 10 exist between the United States and Cuba
under the ne~ system will make II not difficult
to bring about still closer connection if de-
sired The manifest destiny Of Cuba is not
difsnzslt foFsSse.