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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

DUBLIN. February 1.-The funeral cere-
.nonialLsrn of the Queen of England fills
the papers with eulogies Of her character,
chants Of praise over her reign, and col
1lrnns OF editorial sorrow at her demise
1T is ali very edifying, no doubt We
ure led 70 believe that the civilized world
IS expressing its sorrow in universal
snourring, and that hot even in EnSiand
IS sorrow more sincerely manifest over
this Calamity to the British race than
IN the United States. This is what Lon
dor,s papers are telling US this morning,
1t is what they wish their readers to
believe, but it is not what is true.
All this loyal gn.sh and affected grief
are part OF the social insi>cerities which
grow out of monarchical institutions
They are the ceremonial hyDocrisies of a
society which requires royalty as the
1ount of honors'' to be an indispensable
part of aristocratic institutions To-day
il is a natter of fashionable Tears for 4
dead Glcen. To-1rorrow il Will be 4
round Of rejoicing over the succession of
n coronated king; and, all the time the
millions OF wage-earners in Great Britain
md ireland continue their daily labor.
productions of wealth and payment of
taxes. so that this kind of monarchical
,nummery shall continue in countries
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
THE PEN-PICTURE OF AN ODDITY
The Ex-Governor Puffed His Cigar and De,
clared His Methods Would Win III
Spite Of "The Gang"
Bv John HUBERT GRUSELLE.
copyright; all rights reserved.)

ex-governor is smoking the stub OF 4
ciga..
What" he asks. abruptly. looking up,
''you here again." Then he resignedly
listens, while smoking.
II you're tired and wish to sleap. I'll
call again
Thunder, no. What is it?"
You say it cost you $4,000 4 year US
governor over and above your salary?'
What in bIazes is that your business
merely his little way. One must under
stand this in advance
did you get your moneys worth?''
Bet yer life ! did,
Worth every cent it cost?"
Every darn redl'
Putting ru-iously Ut a stub.
do you expect. Mr.. Pingree, to live
long enough to carry out your plans??"
who in-knows about that, anyway"
Throws the ashes about, savasely.
You have learned a great deal in poll
TICS
.Oh, Lord. listen to that, And more fool
questions like that? Seems to me you
think I'm working for the newspapers
See ere,',-straishtenins around, abb
ruptly-..the only trouble with me is that
I have had a standard OF honesty too
high fer the politicians Folks talk and
TUX bout Pingree this and Pansree that,
but the whole thing in nutshell is that
I've been too honest for the gangs.
POLITICS ROTTEN, HE, SAYS.
Throws away his stub and lights a
fresh cigar.
Not AN appointment is made in Michi-
gun without the knowledge OF jim and
his gong CLEARING United States Sena-
tor McMillian-) But do you suppose he'd
admit it? Why no. he's too much OF a
politician, I'm telltD you
Smokes resignedil-.
DO you consider that the newspapers
have treated you unfairly?
OH, that's their business. I don't
blame EN- fer maxim the most OF every
thing. That's their trade
Silence for a time. during which he
smokes more ansrIsy-
politics is rotten from top to bottom"
he suddenly bursts out.
..Are they all boodle-s?" Qnnocently)
Well, l wouldn't say they was all
.boodlers, but all you need is wor:1in
majority in the Legislature, amt it?'
Looks through tho fumes.
See here, If man goes in politics. I've
always said, he mus hang his heart and
his conscience on the highest tree That
been my experience, an I've mad a. heap
of it. Few OF EN- can keep their i'm
gers Off the Doodle"
That's Il terrible thing TO say, Cover
nor"
well. good Lord. it's true. isn't it,"
complaisantly-
.'stilI. you may rest on your record for
good work.
EVEN HAD TO TAKE sTIMULANTs
sprinsing partially up. he cries an
sriiy:
well. you bet I can, I've done ten
times more than I ever started out TO
do. Lord. I worked night and day for
years; yes. ten. twelve. eighteen hours
a day for the people. Kept myself up on
stimuIants. and even then it was no
use. If man wishes to close his eyes
and sit down, there's no work. but If he
wishes to do somethin'. he's got his belly
full. hasn't hep
Silence.
ut takes money! You can't do any
thing without money. Not even work
for the people fer nutkin'. I've spent
forty thousand OF my good coin in the
last two years alone. an Lord knows how
much more fore that I've made poor
man OF myself and by - I've robbed
my family fer years Things they need
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

Every member Of the Virginia Senate
IS given u knife at the beginning OF the
session each year. The senator's think
the custom a good one. OF course, for
Colonel Button, the Clerk always makes
Il :. point to furnish the best TO be had
in the shops. it'fnay be proper to add
that the committee clerks, pages. and
newspaper folk also like the custom, for
IN is the habit of the Clerk TO give
knife 10 each of these also.
The custom perhaps runs back TO the
days when the House of Eurgesses first
convened to lcgislate for his Britannia Ma
5esty's dominion of Virginia. But in those
days the members not only got Il knife:
the Clerk also gaze Them each bunch
of quiils Ink wa.S. OF course, en- every
desk Given ink, a knife. and q bunch
of quills. the burshcr was supposed to be
in position to attend to his corresponds
cree
cLUNG TO TIE ouELI1s.
Then steel pens came in But the quilts
didn't go out OF course, the senator's
used the new-fashioned pens. hut the Clerk
continued 10 present the members of the
upper house al the beginning Of every
session with a bunch of gooSe-qGiils and
a knife with which to make them into
pens
a gentlemen who used TO report the
sessions of the Senate said the other day
that the custom of giving members quilts
along with knives was in vogue twenty
years ago. Then the absurdity of pre-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
PROM AN IRISH VIEW.

IoRONI AN IRISH VIEW
Here in Ireland we see things somewhat
more truly, # withal our mental and
political vision is not altogether free from
a Nl1olc some prejudice in its aDpreci>-
Ton. Queen Victoria was 10 Us more
of an expression than Of j personality
we krow ier through coercive laws which
bore her signature, through the suspension
OF the Iabeas corpLs act il her name,
and by proclamations which frequently
told US that her authority denied us the
right TO meet in public meetings or to
exercise the elementary rights OF citizen
snip in a country which is supposed to
enjoy Constitutional rule. This is how
the late Queen has been made known by
her statesmen to millions OF race.
We cannot be blamed if. with Il keen
and bitter memory for all which her name
stands for in the disagreement of Ireland
during her lifetime, we do not join ir
the show of sim Ulatcd bereavement which
is SAID TO be universal across The irish
Sea.
Diyested of exaggeration and of the
falschoCds OF fiattery. the biography of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
the money fer, but I took it fer poll

ed the money fer, but took it fer poll
tiles"
DO you expect to see your ideas car
ried out?'
DO Il More every day! I cid ten
times more than I ever expected. amt
tellin you? It's comm; as soon as the
people wake up that they've been lead
in round by the nose by - gang or
professional politicians. Yes. they are on
the make. you can just set that down
fer d fact
Excitedly.
VERY PEssIMIsTIC VIEW.
81 tell you. the Constitution Of this
country is bein trampled under foot eN-
cry day by Mark Hanna and the whole
= gang. An they're all on the make!
The people are nothin' but q - of slaves.
Yes, q lot of - slaves
Has your health been broken by poll
tics. GOVERNOR?
Pretty hard to say: but its broken.
no doubt I've worked too long and too
hard"
Have you suffered, sociaIly??''
ooh, Lord don't go into all that. k.y-
erv kind OF trouble has come to me, but
I'll down EN- yet, I've lost money.
I've rocbed my family. and Cod only
knows what else
~ long time ago they made it so dis
agreeable you left the church,
..Oh. Lord. don't go into that. Yes.
I'm tellin' you. I've suffered
Summing up all you lave found out
in politics. what is your conclusion!
Mr. Pingree became thoughtful Tor q
moment, then said earnestly:
LOST ALL FAITH.
II didn't know what hypocrttes, bood-
lers. liars. thieves and pIttnderers men
were until | went into politics. But
know now. [ can scarcely believe 1t my
self: but they are, and that's the prir-
cipaI thing I've learned. I've lost faith
in human nature.
Just then. q man dressed in the Garb
of a workingman raped timidly. As he
entered. his cIose-cropped hair and bag
gard look bespoke prison bars.
i've come" said he. hoarsely. extend
ing a rude hand. ITO thankee. Govern.
fer mo pardon. I never committed the
murder at all. but they made me done
fifteen -ears, an I'd be there yet. If 1t
"Oh, don't mention it, said the ex-
Governor II don't remember your case.
but I wouldn't rav let you out II didn [
think you was 'nn'cent- Run ioiis' now
I'm busy. SOM other time
There's the man for you. Mr.. tdit EDITOR,
and his opinions. I hope have executed
-FOUR commission to describe him eS-
actly as he is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
Gre ven1uaIitics.

There should, of course, be fitting
celebration in Virginia OF the three hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of
jamestown. The Importance OF this event
in American history is beyond question.
The fact that a permanent English set
Element was made at Jamestown has
turned the history of the whole world.
Probably as the result of this, America
is to-day an Notwithstanding country,
Out of the small settlement grew the
great colony of Virginia, and Virginia
made the Union.-Norfoll1 Dispatch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
he Demon.
(Written for The Times.)

CWritten for The Times)
She rides on the treacherous north wind
over the sullen earth.
And the watt OF her baieful pinions
Silences song and mirth.
Her right hand is full of terror
Her left hand pours out pain,
And the grasp OF her fearful fingers
Is the irving of body and brain.
She hurls her shrinking victim
In a gulf of darkness dim,
And crashes hope from the sinking heart
And strength from the aching limb.
Till torn by her icy clutches
And scorched by her fiery breath,
Tortured and spent with anguish,
He fain would call on death.
But just ere deaths kind hands rea III
him.
Ending the cruel strife.
She snatcfles her mangied prey again
And buffets him back to life.
Then when he has groaned and strangled
Ten million times and more,
And coughed and sneezed and sneezed
and coughed.
Till he can SneeZe no more
She flies on her gloomy mission,
A sheer on her evil lip,
And when he crawls TO the light of day
Men know he has met La Grippe
* S. P.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

OF course Mr. Gamble. of South Dako-
TIA, will chaperone the Senatorial game
Fredericksburg Free Lance.
Hon. Robert ]. Gamble, South Da-
kota's new Senator, is not sporting
man. as some might suppose from his
name.-Bristol News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

DETROIT. MICH, February S.-For the
past eleven years Hazen S. Pingree has
striven to make men hate him. Now his
time is up; he writes ''ex'' to his name,
as q politician.
His peculiarsties have given him extra
ordinary publicity. 'f'ingree Potato
as the Fried of the Poor" md as The
Old Man he is known the world around.
But his ideas no longer alarm. His grand
plans for three-cent fares, his onslaushts
on the corporations have topped all else
with Plnsree He has invariably in
sisted on the brutality and dishonesty OF
the average rich man. To disagree With
Pingree's IDEAS has always seemed 10
him like refusing to abolish the devil. He
has long prided himself on his backbone.
He hns damned men and institutions
right and left The otter day he damned
the. Supreme Court and now he is on
trial FOR contempt. But with true PIN
greesoue indifference ne slept during the
hearing. He refers to the presiding judge
as The Boy" and mildly wonders what
sentence The Boy viii impose.
It is Interesting TO ask CMr Pingree what
he has learned by an this hubbub- For
the past eleven years his ceaseless war-
fare against corporations has created
doubts. But it has also created convic-
lions. pingree has made thousands OF
believers and thousands of doubters. His
glnre has always been magnificent, some
times alarming.
Perhaps Mr.. Pingree.s career may best
he summed uD--as well. too, as his per-
sonallty- by his own report of his work.
CURIOUS I'EL.LoW.
Imagine a stout, weIl-dressed, bald
headed man. with gray mustache nnd
eoatee, small Dutch-blue eyes, and fui
round face He is lying on sofa in
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

On account of a recent marriage gen
t1eman Of King William Courthouse has
been in declining health for the past
week, His hair is not white nor black
west Point Plain Dealer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

Tho L,been of England WOulG represent
.ner an character ana capacity, as a very
oru.pary woman. che HAS SHOWN Soou
ana, 11,e,i In ncu houre Ire, SOUND sense
"a tn. discharge OF her duties to the
staIe and eommon-sense In her official
,.4.af,orsn.p WITH otner PoWers. All this
i. az cuurse TO ner crealt- she might
p,,y, been more personally VICIOUS, more
neculesome IN ner ue.esated puonc iuhC-
tions ana less anaple IN her attitude
Toward o,her nations. 1t Is reaiiy ior
III. absence OF bad, rather THAN Ior ths
POSSESSION OF great, quantities tnll het
name is being SO much lauded at the
present he Ut.
ONL5 HER SIGNATURE.
AS a mater OIL TACT sue mas liiu iieteiieA
The. power nor the opportunities 10 accom-
nil.h what CoLIIier cilroii:1ei' 60 ,,,
,,,,.er eu.ogists assign to her credit. 1he
,sr,,,Sh .-onst,Lulion limits the acton ana
,n4 outles OF the monarch to the max
r,vt,, limits or persoam initiative. sHe
couit, not .7uggeat u single measure "
IeelsIal:on or influence u single &c. "
government, except on the express e'u'
or instructor. OF her ministers. /.
her Signature, and rot her personally,
,ha+ has counted in the law-makinS ana
the administrator Oh the io olI -. ~
dur:ns, her re.gn, and all the galiol:s oi
ir,. ar present moving in commentator
of her her ehcent achievements are
serving the purposes OF intoxicated llclioh
more than of sober truth IN the WritiiS
of the records OF the last slNty-thcee
years.
No act of real greatness, or notaole
deed of generosity. or benefcent "orh o.
enduring good for either England or man
kind can truthfuily be placed 10 ne,
account. She was morally, a GOOD
woman. There are millions Of women
equally as blameless and stainless. She
was a faithful wife, and a careful, pru-
dent mother Granted; but THESE are
ordinary and homely virtues, more ire
uuently seen, too. in wives ana mothelS
over-burtheEed with the daily anXletleS
Of an industrial or business life than IN
the palaces OF queens, where nel'hef LOU
nor fuel raiment nor rent, are Obstacles
or dangers in the path of domestic peace
and LOYALTY These are no standards by
which to truthfuly measure the worth
~ work of queens The question is: TO
what great or noble task did Queen VIC
tcria utilize Ger exalted position, enor-
nous wealth and powerful personal lnlu-
ence as monarch OF an immense empire /.
There is no ilattering historic answer 70
such a question.
She is not OF course. any more TO De
blamed for the evils done in her name
by her statesmen and governors than she
is entitled to obtain credit for the pros
neritv and progress which are co-incident
to her reign, but absolutely accidental to
her life or influence within that PERIOD.
no reign in England's history. save that
OF a previous British queen. Elizabeth mas
been more disastrous to Ireland than that
which we are asked to-day to lament
the ending of by The newspapers OF Great
Britain.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
DO NOT SYMPATf!IZE WITH THE DISPLAY
OF GRIEF ALL OVER GREAT BRITAIN
Victoria's Reign Characterized by War and
Bloodshed and Ill Treatment Of Ire
land, Says Reforn1er.
By MICHAEL DAVITT, NJ. P.
(The Great Advocate OF Home Rule.)
Copyright; all rights reserved.)

buTthered with a costly court; with
crowds of lords and titled names, and
with over a million of manufactured
,,a-par-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
SUFFERING IN IRELAND.

SUFFERING IN IRELAND.
Mulhall, the eminent statistician, sums
ND in a few sentences, in the FIFTY Year
Of National Progress the magnitude OF
The injury done Ireland in the Victorian
era He says, and his figures rave not
been disputed: There died OF famine III
Ireland during this reign no less thal
], 225, 600 people. while the number Of per-
sons evicted reached more than double
that figure No country in Europe or
elsewhere has suffered such wholesale
determination.
All this evil is meaSureicss and mon
strous, and without Il parallel in the MS
tory OF any civilized land on earth. IL
has all happened while Her Majesty has
occupied the throne of q country Whicll
insists on denying Us the right to so work
and develop the latent wealth of Ireland
as to make these social and Industrial
calamitcs all but impossible. And when
We have risen against or denounced TINS
denial OF the elementary rights OF nation
hood. her name was at once appended
to laws of repression. There are, at
least twenty coercion acts on the Statute
Book of Westminster with Victoria r.
signed TO them, in which the commonest
libertie., of civilized rule are denied to
the Irish people. These We're. it is true.
the acts Of an Imperial Queen. Granted.
But even So it is not. surely, human
reason Why We should be expected to
shed toe many loyal tears to-day in Ire
land over the royal grave
HAD TWENTY-NINEW WARS.
Then there is the amazing fiction ABOUT
a reign OF peace and concord, which
is to be prouuly known in history as the
Victorian Era Why, there has. not as
q matter OF absolute fact, been a single
reign in British national record III which
there has been more wars or more blood
shed. England did not experience them
inside her own shores, it is true. NO.
But she inflicted the countless nlserl2s
that follow in the train of war on other
lards, which makes the crime of war,
if possible, the greater. There have been
at last twenty-nine serious wars.
Peace and concord, indeed Englishmen
may have cause TO associate the growth
of the wealth and expansion of power
Of their country with the reign of the
late Queen, bat there are millions of the
human race, even outside of Ireland and
of India, who Will have better reason 10
cherish totally opposite feelings for the
memory of a, monarch whose name is SO
associated with the bloOdshed and misery
inflicted upon their countries by her
armies, governors. and laws.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

Imagine a stout, well-dressed bald
headed man. with gray mustache nnd
soatee, small Dutch-biue eyes and fui
round face He is lying on sofa IN
his nriy,,ts office at his shoe factory. The
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

On this bright day the old master was
sitting on the veranda of the lonely house
With his gray head resting YEARLY upon
his hand. while the stiffness WIS broken
now and then by a long sigh. His mlnd
was so taken up with sad rememhrances
that he did not hear the slow step Oh
his old servant approaching. with d
quavering voice Sam made known MS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10

Diyested of eNaggeration and of the
falschocds OF lattery, the biography of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
VERY PEssIMIsTIc VIEW.

81 tell you. the Constitution of this
country is bein' trampled under foot ev-
erv day by Mark Hanna and the whole
= gang. An they're all on the make.
The people are nothin' but q - of slaves.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
BASEBALL SCHEDULE is OUT.
Only Five Changes From That Pre-.
pared by Ban johnson,

Philadelphia, Pa, March 23.-With
the adoption of a schedule for the sea-
son of 1901, the meeting of the Amer
lean League of Baseball clubs, came
to an end late yesterday afternoon.
Their were but five changes made in
the dates as arranged by President
Ban johnson, and they are immateriaI.
The entire session was devoted to a
consideration of the schedule and it
was unanimously adopted.
The schedule contains fifty-six dates
which conflict with those of the Ma
tional league, twenty-five at Boston,
ten at Philadelphia, and twenty-one at
Chicago.
1t was deemed inexpedient to revise
the playing rules and the rules of
1900 viii stand. The season opens
April 2 with Cleveland at Chicago,
Milwaukee at Detroit, Boston at Balti-
more, and Washington at Philadelphia.
The season will close Sept. IS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
LONG SEARCH ENDED.
Husband Laid Beside Wife After a
Lengthy Separation.
ON TRACK OF ANDERSON'S RECORD
Funeral of Old Burlington Conductor
Takes Place at Centerville To-day
Destructive Fire at Tracy-c reston
Woodmen Will Hold Picnic.
Council Bluffs,


Council Bluffs, March 20.-After
twenty-five years of separation from
his wife, with whom he quarreled in
Kansas, Jacob Dittler now rests in the
Catholic cemetery at this place where
the body of his wife whom he has not
seen in all that time also reposes. Mr..
Differs children reside here and a
short time ago learned the where
abouts of their father. They brought
him to their home here, and he learn
ed for the first time that his wife had
been dead for years. He has search
ed for her increasingly ever since their
separation, but Mrs. Dittler had chang
ed her name. Thru a peculiar chain
of circumstances Mr.. Dittler learned
the truth short time ago. The shock
was too much for him and the long
search which he instituted twenty-five
years ago ended with his own death.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26
HARRISON REmEeERs SISTER.
He Leaves Mrs. S. II. Devin of ottum.
wa $500.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 2O.-The
will Of the late Benjamin Harrison,
ex-president of the United States, was
filed for probate here yesterday after
noon. The interest on S125,000 is to
be paid to his wife during her life
time. Upon attaining his majority
BENJAMIN Harrison Mckee will get
$4,000 and the accumulated interest
from this time. $500 is left to each
of his other grandchildren, Mary
Lodge Mckee, Marthena Harrison and
William Henry Harrison. $500 is left
to each of his sisters, Mrs. Sarah II.
Devin, of Ottumwa; Anna H. Morris
and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Scott
Parker. To his sister, Bette H..
Eaton, he bequeaths an annuity of
5000. and to his nephew and namesake
BENJAMIN Harrison, Jr., son of his
brother John, $500 He also makes
some requests to charity after leaving
to his daughter Elizabeth $4,000.
The will was drawn up April 90,
1899. BY the instrument 100000 was
left to Mrs. Harrison, but in a codocil
dated February 10, 1901, he increases
it to $125,0OO.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-26

just across the line in Appanoose
county, ten miles west of Bloomfield,
lost his barn by fire, and at the time
the barn burned it was supposed sew
eral head of fine race horses were also
burned. Mr.. Taylor found shoe
that was on one of the horses that was
burned and it was different from any
of the shoes worn by his horses. 1t is
now thought that the race horses We're
stolen, and others put in their place
and the barn burned to avoid detec-
ton. Mr.. Taylor has located two Of
the horses, which are said to be his,
in Montana. He has man investi-
eating the matter in Montana.