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RUSSIAN OIL CATASTROPHE.

The recent catastrophe at Bal1u has at
tIacted the attention. of a great number
of people to that celebrated oil port.
Baku is situated on a little peninsula that
iuts out into the Caspian Sea from that
part Of the world that is known as trans
Caucasian or the soutllernmost part of
Russia in Europe. This city is just at the
foot of the Caucasian Mountains, and Is
connected by 3. railroad with Batoum,
which lies on the eastern shore Of the
Black Sea
The oil fields Of Baku have been known
for hundreds of years, but it is only
within. the last twenty-five years that
their mercantile value has been exploited.
Ut, TO that time the country around Baau
was inhabited by a. few Tartars. Geor-
sians and the ordinary flotsam and jetsam
of a small Central Asian seaport town,
where Persians, Turks, Russian, Cossacls
ali rub shoulders.
The city Of Baku now is an up-to-date
moderrized plant for refining crude oil
and handling the bye-rroducts. The
wealth that has been made in that sec
ton is almost beyond comprehension. 1t
is a fact that there was three years ago
an old Tartar living in Baku who had an
income OF 100000 month, and who still
slept on the bare gfould under a tent
of skins, and on rare occasions allowed
himself the luxury of stew of the fat
tailed sheep. This is only an example Of one
of the many effects Of unexpected and un-
disable wealth brought by the OIL to that
section of the world.
A great portion of The oil business is
controlled by the Germans, who also man
ufacture the majority of the machinery
used This oil is shipped by rail to
Batopm, whence it goes through the
Black Sea and Mediterranean to all the
world. A pipe line is being btiflt from
Baku to Batoum. a distance of over five
hundred miles, and when this is completed
the price OF oil will be decreased very
! much. In addition to the pure oil and
the naphtha, the explosion of which
caused such terrific damage. q produce is
made called astatki. which is a yiscuous
fluid used for heating the. boilers of the
engines and steamships. This astatki is
fed into the fire box through tubes, and
is no more dangerous than coal It
leaves no smoke, requires only one stol1er
for the largest vessel. and is very cheap.
Its cleanliness and cheapuess have made
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there can be no reasonable ground for
choice. The possibilities of collecting s1e5.-
600 should not. fr our opinion. influence
the state at all in the action which 1t
should take in this matter. If u bargain
was made which has resulted only in the
benefit OF q corporation, and il the corpor-
alton got all that there was to be had cut
OF this bargain, no matter how mistaken
and deluded the Legislature mny feel, we
do not think for one instant that it would
be the part OF wisdom to jeopardize the
States holdings for the possibility OF max
the privileges that it has obtained. The
best thing to do is to repeal the Richmond
and Washington charter. give back the
bond put UP by the Seaboard Air Line and
let the State keep its stock, which is the
sole asset left to Virginia of ali of the
many public enterprises which have been
created by her broad-spirited policy.
AS to the seaboard Air Line Railway, it
has established its through line from
Washington to Tampa All the good that
could come from me co4iip4e'-oii Va ''t
consolidation has been accomplished.
There never was any necessity for mn
other road to Washington, and no charter
should have been given. though the right
to build one was considered an important
advantage 10 the Seaboard scheme. but
now satisfactory arrangements have neen
made between the seaboard and the Fred
ericksburg Railroads, the effect OF which
is to add TO the value Of the Fredericks-
burr; Railroad stock and SO to the value
of the States interest therein
Notwithstanding the irritating facts oil
the whole proceedings, the Legislature
ought not to bite off its nose to spite IT'S
face The state should not suffer because
members are chagrined.
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STARVATION IN CHINA.

y-a have more than once had occasion
TO refer to the narrow Limits winch ai'loe
The population of China and India from
starvation. Where there are 50 many
mouths 10 feed and so little food to SO
around, it requires only 4 very little IN
crease of the one or shortage of the other
ia ,s:,lsc Widespread suffering and mis-
cry. IT was only two weeks ago that we
had in The Times the statement that the
famine in India was entirely under con-
troll. and that only about 25o,Goo people,
chiefly in the Bombay presidency, were
receiving relief.
Reports are lrowi coming in of the suf-
fertns caused by famine IN China. The
districts which are undergoing this
trouble are Shcn-Ss and San-Se. In the
former of these districts is situated Sin
gan, the present capital OF China, where
the Empress Dowaser and her cohorts
are waiting To see what 1.-The Allies are
going 10 do. These two districts lie IN
the Northwestern part OF China near
the ThibetaQ border. The population OF
Shan-Se IS 1850, 0oo people, and the popu-
IaliGn OF oLIt!l-'ce IS .,puv,VVo- IN ~
ence of the $500 soldiers of the royal
guard who are with the court at S.nSan
has only served to increase the number
of mouths TO be fed, and has greatly
augmented the suffering and dissatisfac-
ton of the inhabitants.
a letter from Father Hugh, dated from
Shen-Sc, says that 100000 people are
threatened with starvation, while LII
Hung Chang is authority Cor the state
ment that The people have been reduced
10 sudh a state of misery and desperation
that they are practicing cannibalis:n.
There has been no famine since that
in 1S77-'S caused by THE Overlooking of
the Yellow River that bids fair to pro
duce such misery. 1t is especially UNI
fortunate that nature Should lend her aid
TO tile aggregation OF the misery of the
Chinese just at the time when they are
being parceliod out among the Europeans
like so many cattle
We have experience in America of tthe
effect produced on great bodies of people
from failure of crops and hard times, and
il Will be very difficult to persuade the
average inhabtant of Northern China
that the famine was not the direct re-
suit of the coming Of the foreign DEVILS
In another column we print an account Of
the 10ethod taken by the Car TO relieve
the lSufferings of the unfortunate in the
city OF Pekin.
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wIrH THE VIRGINIA r.D1rous

The Farmville Herald obviously knows
the thorny path Of the editor and the
difficulties that beset the making Of a
newspaper, both of which bits of l1nowl-
edge are. in the opinion of the Herald.
not in the possession of Mr.. w. ]. Bryan.
The Herald says:
Since the last issue Of the Herald we
have read carefully the first issue Of the
Commoner Mr.. Bryan's new venture in
the field OF journalism, and must con-
fess to feeling of emphatic disap-
pointment. True, it begins its career
with an issue Of thirty thousand, and if
the cash accompanied each order it can
manage to struggle through volume L.,
but unless there is wonderful improve
menL volume II. Will never see the light
of day. There is not a strong or striking
editorial in it. nor a sparkling paragraph.
1t is as barren of originality as it is of
advertisements. and there is not one of
the latter in it, though we read some
where that q soap maker offered him
$1,000 for the back page
1t is neither local nor general in its
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THE TRIAL OF BEAHM.
Case Grows IN Interest-The P,is-
oner's Wife by His Side.
Especial Dispatch TO The Times.

MANASSAS. VA, Feb. 9.-The trial Of
Prof. ]. C. Beahn for the betrayal of
Hiss Ethel Akers is attracting large
:rcwds to the court-rpon. and as it pro-
sresses it seems to be exciting more in
rest. Some of the new evidence prom
sed by the counsel for the defense in his
,nenins statement was introduced to-
l4y<. 1t was somewhat damaging in its
nature to the young girl, but it is under
TODD that the prosecution will be able
70 rebut his testimony in every material
1oint.
For the first time during this trial the
isoners wife occupied a seat by his si6e
q the court-room to-day. She is consid-
red very pretty, and is now only about
.ineteen years of age. It has been
stated that she was married when about
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

1t the most valuable fuel known. The Oil
fields of Baku are the greatest competitor
that the Standard Oil Company has The
latter corporation, however, has recently
sought to fight the Russian Oil fields in
Europe by acquiring the rights to the Oil
fields of Roumanta, which are of inferior
quality.
. The Statesmen Year Book for. 1900 has
an interesting summary Of the oil bust
ness Of Russia. 1t states that the amount
of naphtha produced in 1889 was only
$50 eco tons, while in 1897 it had grown to
7,665clo tons.
Crude oil. 127. 4223, coo: Residual (AstatkD,
9377, 5eo0: illuminating oil, 4SS,6l5,oeo; Lu-
bricating oil. 42,7s5, 900; Others, 5,1S0,o0o.
Total. 1895, 10000
In 1887 the grand total was l,c7777, $4,000.
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Granulated susur. sc. pound; Salt Pork,
6 i-2c. pound: Pure Lard, &C. pound, a ;.
Ullman's Son
Large can Tomatoes. &c; Best Canned
Corn. &c: Large Can Table Peaches, l1e-'
at S Ullmau's Son
Fresh Hams. I-2c. pound Best Snssr
Cured Hams, Zoe. pound, at S. UliHan
Son.
Six pounds New Prunes for 25c-; Rival
Ge!atine &c pound. at 5. Itlm3n Son
one pound Bag Smoking Tobacco for
DC: Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee Ge pound,
at S. UlIInaus Son.
Salt Salmon. Sc pound; Worcester Sauce
&c. bottle. ut s UIiman-s Son
Early June Peas. &c. can. New EEapor-
ated Apples, &C. can. at S. UIFman,s Som
New Roe FIerrings, 1sr. DOZEN jefferson
soap. large bar &c, at 5. Ullman's Son
Fresh Nicknacks. sc. pound; Good Mixed
Tea. l0c pound. at : UiamDn's Son
New Sour Krout. &c. quart; 5 Large at
9Iackeret for Ice. at 5 Giiman.s Son
New Figs. Sc. pound; New Dates. 9e-
hound: Carolina. lice, &C. pound, at ,. I'll
mans Son. :,
barrel or &c. bag, at ;. Uiimstn. 5 Son
New crop New Orleans MciasSss, ice
Gallon. Baking Chocolate, &c. cake, at ;.
IrIInan's Son.
Ten Bars octagon Shape Soap for &c.
Country Sausage, &C. pound, at 5, UELmln
New Rolled Oats, C package; Sou
s. ULL.MANfS SON.
Three stores.
T-ptawn store. No. 5e6 East Marshall
street. OLD and New Phone 81; Downtown
Store. N0s. 1870 and 1S-2 East Nam street
New Phone 800 Old Phone 10; .Aanelles,-
tsr Store. Nos. 1872 ard 1914 Hull Street,
- ,r,Lo,o 1910
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7,AE;Df GRae9 VIA THE SEA BoaEE
AIR LINE RAIL"
yow Orleans, La., February 18th 10
10th, 1901; Mobile, Aia, February
tn, 10 10. h. 1901: Pensacola, Fla
.,ahrrary ~ Ia ISL 1901.

On account of the ,ttioFc occasion .ns
seaboald Air Line aa-iway VIII sell
ronnd-rrfp tickets froal richmond, Va,
- f,onI all stations selling coupon tick
cts cts on its line TO New orleans, La. Mo-
bile. Ala, and Pensacola Fla. 4e one
iirsf-cIass fare for the round-trip. Tick
cts will be sold, commencing February
12th. 10 the 18TH inclusive, with rinal re
17,rn limit March eth, 1901
tu p = fare from, Richmond to New
f,rieans $3.50, TO Mobile $3.50, and Pen
sacoIa $3.50. ,.
10 travelling public two magnificent
trains for the south daily H.: one. the
Florida and Metropoiisan Limited. leaving
sass 9a at ie..aa P. NJ. tnoon>. Pullman
and sieeping-ear sessrvati o.. made mad en-
.,np. ar Write any agent of the seaboare
80 T. 2. SMITH.
District Passenger Agent.
- = General Passenger AGENT.
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MARDI GHAS.
New Orleans. La, Feb. 11-1o, 1901,
Mobile. Ala, February 10. 1901.
pensncul:t. Via. Eeb 1900 OIL.

FOR the above occasion the Southern
Pathway viii sell tickets from all Coupon
S.atfons on its line TO New Orleans. La.
Mobile, Ala. and Pensacola. Fla. and re-
turn. at one fare for the Round Trip
Tickets will be on sale February eth to
18Th. inclusive, with return limit Mar.h
7th 1901.
This offers a rare opportunity to those
wishing 10 visit these popular Southern
cities at a most desirable season Ths
Southern offers double daily limited SER
vice between this section and the above
named points. viz. The United States,
Fast Mail and the Washington and
Southwestern Limited. In edition 20
through Pullman and Thoronghfare cars.
both of these trains carry elegant hotel
dining cars. and require culy one night
on the road between Richmond ana New
c. W WESTBURY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
FREE HELP
FOR BAD BLOOD
Blood Bslm Cures After All Else Fails
Ulcers, Cancer, Blood Poison, Scrotuia,
CataarI,, Rheumatism.
Il Costs Nothing TO Try

Il suffered from impure blood, I WAS all
run down, feeling as tired in the morning
as when l went to bed, weighed only
eighty pounds. had aches. pains in eones
and joints and rheumatism, my blood was
thin and full OF hunors. L had eruptiohs
on face and arms. risings and sores. my
hands would tremble. doctors and patent
medicines failed me- bUt since using seven
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

fourteen Prof. Beahm Is much older.
perhaps thirty-fiye years of age.
During the adjournment of court unit
Monday morning at 10 O'Clock the jury
in charge of the deputy sheriff will be
CHARTERED at the Goodwin House
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MANCHESTER BUREAU,
CARRIERS DRUGSTORE. No llo@
HULL STREET.
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who favor II with society items and per-
sona!s, but must urge that All sii:h DC
sent over the signature of the sender-
All unsigned corlir, .1icat;ols viii lie re-
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MRS. u. X STAJFF'ER.
NyputpaIiar- Ind

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There was quite commotion up our
way last night. A burglar trying to get
away with his plumber was shot dead by
a policeman who was over q block
away"
You don't say? Wonderful Won
derful p! -
yes; you see the policeman aimed at
mad dog that he had just knocked down
with his club.''-Philadelphia Press.
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From photograph of before and after
using s bottles of Botanic Blood Balm
for EruptionS and Rheumatism.
or eight bottles of Blood Balm L am com
pleteiy restored to health. I weigh 10
pounds. and Blood Balm made my blood
pure and rich, and all the sores and ulcers
are healed. I get up in the morning feel
ing bright and strong, and all due to tho
use of Blood Balm. Lots of my ueighhors
have been cured by Blood Balm. and
recommend any sufferer to try this grand
cure for Blood or Skin Diseases
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PETERSBURG AGENT.
MRS. E. C. HUTCHINSON, LOMb Ak
STREET.
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'.One OF the most desirable posts at
Windsor Castle says a correspondent of
the Chicago Record, is that of the King 5
INNER who in ancient times decorated
books and manuscripts with initial letters,
and who now prepares the parchment
commissions, when his Majesty is pleased
to confer knighuhood or some other honor
upon one of his subjects. The man who
now fills the post has extraordinary skill
with the, pen and brush, and his diplomas
and certificates We're greatly admired for
their exquisite taste and slzilful eXecu-
ton. He receives q salary of $3.50 a
year The clock-maker at Windsor Castle
receives the same compensation, and 1t
is his business to keep all the timepieces
in repair. The historicgrap her, who is
supposed to keep a record of events, holds
an hereditary office, with a salary of $500
a year. The master of music, Sir Walter
Parrett. the famous orgarist. receives
$780, and arrangcs concerts for his Maj
esty's diversion. The surveyor of pic
lures is paid $1,000, the librarian (who, by
the way, is Richard R. Holmes, an emf
nent author) receives $3.50. the examiner
of plays $l,6o9, the keeper Of the swans is
paid $500, and the barge master. who looks
after the boats used by the royal family
at Windsor, has a similar compensation. ;"
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The Philadelphia Record says that dur
ing the year 1900 ff,3351 persons applied to
the police of Philadelphia for shelter. OF
these it may be interesting to know that
more than one-half, or, TO be accurate, 20
$50, We're native Americans. or the to-
tai there We're 41,193 white men and 2,13f
colored men, the remaining few hundred
being women. There were 10,U2o Irish,
S.737 German, 3,239 Englishmen, 305 Scotch
men, rs Russians, &c Poles, ) Italians, 50
Frenchmen S Turks while Austria, oWe-
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The Isle Of Man Times says that the
coming census is to be utilized in a special
manner, so far as the island is concerned
1t is desired to discover TO what extent
the Manx language is still spoken ana
understood by the real natives. With
This purpose in view every person whose
name is to appear upon the census IS
expected to say whether or not lle or she,
as the case may be, speaks the ancient
tongue.
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Jrdge a. j. Harlan, of Savannah, An
drew county, Mo, is the last survivor Of
the NNNVth Congress. lie has been a
member of the legislative bodies of three
States, and has served two terms in Con-
gress 1t was he who, as clerk, intro
duced kossuth to Congress.
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aI|yERMATH.

The Austrian census shows the present
population Of Vienna 10 be 1855, 6i7, or an
increase of 293,71o over the census taken
ten years ago.
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We heartily applaud that portion OF the
Governors message relative TO the ne
cessity for some plan to require county
officials TO keep their accounts straight
with the State. We see no reason why
there should be so much money due the
State and unpaid. Every county treas
urer should be required to settle in fuii
at the end of each fiscal year.-Loudoun
Telephone.
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Those who oppose the primary election
plan of nominating State officials
whether the opponents be in or out of the
Legislature-can't be considered anxious
for the best method of getting an EXPIRES
sion Of the will Of the people on the sub
ject-Norfollz Ledger.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-08-22


In order for town to prosper in all
lines, all institutions must be support.
ed. but from the way we look at it Per-
sia has one enterprise that the people
do not take any interest In, and that is
the churches. We have three church
organizations here and there are not
enough attending all three of them to
make one good congregation. Weven
ture the assertion that there Is less
church-going people in Persia than any
town of its size in Western Iowa.
Now as business proposition these
churches should be maintained. You
say newspaper, harness shop, etc.,
ia a good thing and patronize them. If
Persia had no churches do;y ou.suppose
people would move here to live? No.
They would say 1t is tough place and
go somewhere else. The editor of this
paper is not member of any church
but there is never proposition pre-
sented to us that would tend to help
the local churches but what we give
something and there is nevsr contri-
button box passed in front of us but
what we give something unless we
havn't any money. These institutions
should be kept up and people should
keep them up by their presence and by
giyinR.-Persia Globe.