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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
members of a sovereign Constitutional

members of sovereign Constitutional
Convention.
Tie friends Of 4Lss Matte Booker have
been made glad by her recent return
home from quite a protracted visit to
New York, on the Hudson.
Mr. e. a. Mahnken, Of Railway, n. j.,
who annually spends three or four weeks
at Olga I.unting quail, turkeys and deer,
has been and gone He complained that
sport was not so good as usual. me
weather was dry and cold during MS
stay The dogs had difficulty in smelling,
and he says our quail have changed their
habits for the worse. They now stay
chiefly in the thickets, and when started
fly faster and further than they ever did
before.
| hear complaint from a good many
other sportsmen that the habits of this
bird are changed. 1T is well they nave
changed, for with the increase of hunt
ers something was needed to perpetuate
,iIeIn.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
Policeman Hurt.
(specia, Dispatch 10 The Timcs.)


STAUNTON, VA, December ii
In a drunken fight last night at u Q CLOCK
between Thomas W. Burke and X. &c
hurry, on the one side and Thomas as Mar
tin, a plumber, on the other, ! homas
Burke was thrown or Knocked down anu
broke his left leg in two places just
below the knee, a simple fracture, ana
lust. above the. anklc-,a. compound COM
,nimuted fracture The bone was forced
through the flesh
police men Fretwell and Hamilton start
ed to Jail with hurry. VINO resisted.
~ his struggle Hamilton was struck in
+ha stomach. which disabled him. hurry
was finally locked up
Policeman Hamelton was taken. home
and this morning he was splitting blood
and in bad condition, and his SON.
Charlie, was summoned from Newport
News
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
DECIDE AGAI INST
THE N and VI
Inter state Commerce Commission
Rendered Opinion.
MUST REDUCE ITS RATES.
The Charges for Hauling Lumber from.
Virginia aud West Virginia
Points Arc Considered
Exorbl!ant.
MUS. REDUCE ITS RATES
fBy Associated presS)

WASHINGTON, D. c.. December "a
The Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day in an opinion by Chairman Knapp,
rendered its decision in the case of the
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers As
ISOLATION VS.. the Norfolk and Western
Railway Company and others. The de
cision says:
Lumber in carloads is shipped from
points in West Virginia and Southwestern
Virginia to New York city over the Nor
folk and Western hallway to3HaSerstown
and thence via the Pennsylvania Rail-
way to destination and over the Norfolk
and Western to Shenandoah Juction. and
then via the Baltimore and Ohio Railway
under rates that, by adding to those OF
the Norfolk and Western to Hagerstown
and Shenandoah Junction, a specific or
arbitrary of thirteen cents per one hun
bred pounds charged by the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio respectively
therefrom. This specific rate was ad-
vanced from twelve to thirteen cents in
1893, and the Norfolk and Western charges
We're generally increased in 1899 and
1860, above 1 IL per one hundred pounds
LOWER RATES MAINTAINED.
much lower rates on competing lum-
her have been, are are maintained from
neighboring points, in the same shipping
section to New York by the Baltimore
and Ohio, and by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, connecting with the BATH
more and Ohio at Staunton and the Penn
sylvania Railway at Washington The
Norfolk and Western line is considerably
longer. than the Chesapeake and Ohio line.
but present rates by the Norfolk and
Western yield higher rates per ton per
mile than those of the Chesapeake and
Ohio line.
THE DIFFERENCE.
The rates from the Norfolk and West
ern points to Philadelphia. Pa, are six
cents lower than those for the ninety
miles greater distance to New York, while
on the Chesapeake and Ohio the differ
ence in favor Of Philadelphia against
New York is only two cents.
upon all the facts and circumstances
the commission holds that the rates COM
planned of are unreasonable and unlawful.
and that there should be an aggregate
reduction in the through rates Of two
and half cents per one hundred pounds
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
A Christmas Party,
,snccial DISPATCH to The Time:


DCRHAM, y. C., Dec. 2t-A1r. and Mrs.
T. \ Duke will give a grand display OF
fireworks on their lawn tomorrow night.
and G.: Thursday will chaperone house
party 20 Carteret Lodge, In Carteret
county, where they will remain for sew
cal GAYS The other members of the
party will be. Miss Fan Burwell. CT Char
lotto; Miss Lucy Cobb. Of New York;
Misses Alice and Frances Spicer, OF Pc
tersburg, Va; Misses Mary Duke, Flor
ence Rooney. Charlotte Angler, Durham;
J. Sprunt Hill, of New York: R. NJ Odell,
Concord; Professor w. P. Few and Il.
L. Flowers, of Trinity College; Messrs.
w. c. Bradsher, w. T. O'Brien. George
NJ. Graham, Angler B. Duke, Buchanan
Lyon, Of Durham.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
A GOOD ICE SEASON.
The Poorest Tobacco Sells Best-Anelia Game
Getting into Bad Habits.
Especial DisI,atch 20 The Times. ]

OLGA. VA. Dec. PA wonderfully
fne spell has visited US for getting ice
and most people have been in haste to
avail themselves of 1t, In memory of the
mildness OF last winter, when very few
al all succeeded in storing any. Little
tobacco has been marketed Seasons for
handling have been bad. Ihose VINO
have sold express the,pssi,ses well pleased
with prices, II seems that,lo grades are
high and in demand. while fine CONT
mental and export tohaceo is low. Very
little OF fine quality has Been sold. but
prices have not been so satisfactory.
One hears wonder expressed whether
the Constitutional Convention Will ever
adjourn. Doubtless this body knows
good thing when 1t gets It. and to no,
many men in lifetime Is 1t given to be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
S11,O5.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway an
nounces fare of sl1.05 (plus 81 member
ship fee), Richmond to Columbia, 8. c.,
and return, on account of the annual
convention of the Southern Educational
Association at Columbia, S. c., Deem
Der Is to %, 1901. Tickets on sale Deem
Der ed to 18th inclusive, with final limit
January 5, 1862. The Seaboa-d Air Line
Railway Is the short, direct line, without
change, to Columbia. with double daily
service. A first-class chance to visit the
Charleston Exposition at very small
additional cost.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
SEVEN THOUSAND REVEL,,
shlpyard Employees Made Newport News Ring
With Christmas.
(Spec,aI Dis ,otch to The Time

Especial Dis patch to The Timcs.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Dec. "a
Christmas will be a general holiday here
in an unusual sense, in that the seven
thousand employees Of the shinYard will
be off Cor the day. Tonight the city was
the scene OF unlimited revel until late
hour in the morning, the entire popula-
ton joining the procession that swarmed
UP ard down Washington Avenue and
made the might hideous with fireworks
and noise.
John Craig, the ships yeoman. who dis
appeared from the KearsarSe, is not
dead. as supposed. but is in, South
America having secured a ship out Of
this port to Rio de Janeiro.
The case of Fannie Bourne, charged
Wit: the murder of Louis Maffao, has
been continued to the next term of the
Warwick County Court
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
KILLED IN SELF.DEFENSE.
Al Amherst Jury Clears John Reed OF Charge
Of Muryer..
Especial Dispatch to The Timcs.)

Especial Dispatch to The Timcs.)
AMHERST, VA. Dec. 2i-John Reed,
colored. was cleared in the County Court
of Amherst to-day Of the murder or MS
brother. The jury returned verdict OIL
not guilty in five minutes after they let
the bench.
The trial lasted two days John h'ileo
his brother Andrew, in this county some
weeks ago. while they were engaged IN
a fierce fight Andrew came to ms
brother john and cot IN a oliil-
cu1tv with hi the tim John did
the shooting ! Ter. who y IS a H"ch
,.r,er man at him down and John
had 10 shoot to save his own life.
The prisoner was represented by At
tornev C. L. Scott, and ~. Q. -. Evans
the Commonwealth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
An 0ptimist.

An 0ptimist.
Ole Uncle Finn was a good ole chap
But he never seemed fer to care rap.
If the sun forgot
To rise some day,
Jist like as not
Ole Finn would say
"Oncommors dark. this here were In,
Eut tain. so bad as 1t might "a been!
But big cyclone came long one day,
An the town was wrecked and bowed
away;
When the storm had passed
We stood around
And thought at last
Ole Finn had found
The stage O things he was buried In
About as bad as it could "a been.
So we dug i'm out O. the twisted wreck
And lifted a rafter off his neck.
He was bruised an cut
And a sight to see;
He was ruined, but
He says. says he.
With a weak look round and smashed
UP grin,
""'Taint half so bad as it might "a been!"
So I up an low that ole Firms jst
What some folks call an optimist;
Who, II he went
Below would say.
Tell them that sent
Me down this way
I'm much obleeged! It's hot as sin
But faint SO bad as it might "a been!"
But after all it's the likes O. Finn
Makes this world fit fer livin' in.
When days are drear
And skies are dark.
It's gccd to hear
Some old cuss bark,
Now see here. son!'' with cheerful grin,
I" 'Tain't half so bad as it might "a BEEN"
Baltimore Sun
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
Pastor Resigns.
(srccial Dispatch to The Timcs.)

NORFOLK, VA, December "a
Rev. w. y. SlaWmaker, for eleven years
pastor of Armstrong Memorial Presbyte-
lan Church, Berkeley, who will tender his
resignation Iext Sunday, when seen to-
DAY stated that he had not been called
to another church. but he deemed it i'm
proper ct this time to give the cause for
his action The reason for the resi- Gnation
will proba bly, be read to the congregations
next SlIday. DR.. Slaymakers intention
to resign has created lots Of talk in this
section
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
A New Railroad.

Especial Dispatch TO The Timcs)
GOLDSBORO, n. c., Dec. 4.-The
Kinston and Carolina Railroad was in
corporated to-day. The line will operate
from Kinston through the counties OF
Lcnoir, Duplin and Pender, GO miles. TO
some point on the Atlantic Coast Line
near Wilmington.
The directors arc ". c. Swift, S. II.
Lohn, j. ". Lynch. II. Tull, w G.
Fields, IIinston; P. P. Lahens. New York;
]. L. Chapman, Scranton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
Roanoke Marriages.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
ROANOKE, VA, Dec. 24.-The follow
ing marriages took place in Roanoke to-
day: S. r Helfstay and Miss Mary o..
Turner, William NJ. Luck and Miss Fan
nic J. Overstreet, David Il. Beard and
Miss Annie 3. w. Clair, near fIollins;
Mr.. Charles helms and Miss Lucy Dick
erson at Norwich; MIR. II. N. Day and
Miss sSigmore J...WellS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
Mo,rc--Rowbottom.
(spccia, Dispatch to Tho Times.)

Especial DisNatch to Tho Times.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Dec. 24.-Miss
Mary Emma Rowbottom, daughter OF MRS.
Matilda NJ Rowhottom, and Mr.. James
Gibson Moore We're married this after
noon at o'clock at the residence of the
bride. Rev. George ". Wray officiating.
Miss Emma Rowbottcm was maid Of
honor and NJ William BinleE, Jr.. best
man The couple left at o'clock for
Washington. where Mr., Moore is en-
Moved in the Pension Bureau.
A romantic marriage was that of Mr..
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
Not the End.

With an attempt at justifable caution.
the press dispatches say Secretary Long
has disposed finally of the Schley case
so far as the Navy Department is con-
cerned, The Schley case is not disposed
of-not even so far as the Navy Depart
ment is concerned. The enemies of the
victor Of Santiago should enjoy their
triumph while they may.-Newt York
Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
CHARLESTON, S. C., EXPOSITION.

The Atlantic Coast Line is the shortest.
quickest and best route to Charleston
Exposition and Announces cheap rates. It
Offers the finest trains, quickest tsrte ana
NO transfers Pullman Sleepers and Din
For full. information. apply to Rich
mond Transfer Co.. No.. 33 East Main
Street: W. Steele. ticket agent. Byrd
Street Station. or
&C. 8. CAMPBDLL. Div. Pass. Agt..
No. SIS East Main Street =
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER.
Friends Gather Around the Board on His
Birthday Anniversary.
Cspccial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial Dispatch TO The Times)
LEXINGTON, VA, Dec. 4.-l'rofessor
Henry st. George Tucker had rIInher
of friends at his home tonight in honor
OF the birthday anniversary OF his rather
the late John Randolph Tucker. dis Ia
Their always observed this occasion by
inviting his friends to drink essnoss WIN
him, and his son has continued the Gus
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION
RATES
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail
road Company.


On account Of the Christmas holidays.
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Io-
somac Railroad Company will sell spe-
cial excursion tickets TO points between
Richmond and Washington, inclusive. at
reduced rates.
The rate from Richmond to Fredericks-
burg and return will be s.. SO: Alexandria
and return. si.45, and Washington and Ie-
turn. s4.75.
Tickets on sale December Dist to 18th.
inclusive; also December goth. 31st and
January list; good going only on date of
sale and for continuous passage in each
direction, final limit January Sd, 1902.
Apply to Richmond Transfer Company,
No. sos East Main Street; Murphy's Ho-
tel, or ticket office, Byrd Street, Elba and
Seaboard Air Line Stations.
W. P. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
DrOpped Dead.

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
LEXINGTCN, VA, Dec. 24.-Mary
Kenny [colored), aged seventy years,
while Christmas shopping, fell III store
here to-day, anG died in three minutes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25

W. A. Shropshire, of Bramley, w. Va,
and Miss Cornelia Lee Patterson, Of
Stoneville. n. c. They met in Norfolk
and were. married in this city at 1l:3o
o'clock a. NJ. by Rev. w. B. White, Of
York county
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25

DR.. J. d. POPE. Monticello, Ark.
speaking of IRONAL. says: 1T Is a
most excellent remedy, and. so far. am
particularly impressed with its powers.
/, is iust the remedy we have long want
cd especially for Indigestion
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25

WIN. P. BALANCE, NJ. D.. President
National EIectro-MedicaI Institute, New
Haven. Conn. writes: Am much
pleased with the IRONAL. We find It
an admirable Tonic in Diseases OF the
Stomach, associated with faulty assimi-
,ation. We have used it with success
as a General Appetizer. and for Anaemia
CT Women
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25

Mr.. c. H. Hurkamp, the OWNER of
.Ninlocf.'' the celebrated hunter and
jumper, who won the cup at the New
York Horse Show recently, is a good
judge of a horse and also knows good
Liniment, too. lie writes:
Gentlemen.-I have given the sample
bottle of Dixie Nerve and Bone Iiniment
a fair and impartial trial. and find 1t an
excellent remedy for sprains and shoulder
lameless in horses. In fact, have used
several bottles Of the Liniment with
gratifying results, and I am very glad
to recommend it to all in search Of a
good Liniment for lameness or soreness
Of any kind III horses, and shall hereafter
never be without it III my sta bles.
Very truly.
CHAS ii, zHuRKAMP.
Dixie News and Bone Liniment is the
'Best on Earth for strains. sprains.
rheumatism and all pains. Csc. for q
large bottle everywhere.
@ - 81 E1ao liza.
e. '':: !; :: :, z; Z :; = ''''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25

out q real cure. 1ttONAlI Tablets cure
any Stomach, Bowe! or Liver trouble.
Price S1.O0, or Trial Sizo 25c; all drug
gists.
Read what the Medical Profession say
of this great remedy:
DR.. THOMAS S. MITCHELL. Hamit-
ton, Ga, writes: II have very inter
esting case from an accumulation OF
Phlegm in a ParaIyzed Throat. When
the patient was fast sinking from OPP
preston OF phIegm, IRONAL relieved him
promptly and saved his lie. when old
reliable remedies failed. It was a trial.
but great success.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07

while being rushed around bljndfolded
by an upper class man. He ran into
a wagon pole and died later Of perito-
nitis. A Cornell student while being
hazed in a field was told to jump into
canal. He did SO and was drowned.
1t Is the trouble Of all this fool play,
In college or elsewhere, that it invaria-
bly, ends in the killing Of an innocent
man, perhaps the sole strength of his
family, loved by somebody anyway.
Then when the killing Is over the cry
goes up under the "code Of honor"
that there is no hazing. that it was
only sport and that the sport of "gen-
tlemen."
1t so happens. though, that the only
true, honorable sport ever legitimately
permitted to any man, can only be
practiced under the glare of light, be-
fore all men, unmasked and without
recourse to brute force or superiority
of numbers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07
Spoiled Her Evening.

Last evening a gentleman who was
sitting by his suburban window cas-
ually remarked:
There goes the woman whom
George Browns awfully in love with"
His wife, who was in back room
getting supper ready. dropped a plate
on the floor. stumbled over the baby
and ran like deer to the window
with:
Where? Where? Tell me, quick"
The one with the long cloak. just
at the corner"
Then the woman at the window said
in tones Of deep disgust; "Why. that's
George Browns wife"
Yes. exactly. remarked the brutal
husband. Then the disappointed
woman went back aud got the supper
ready but her usually sweet disposi-
tion was soured for the entire evening.
Chicago Journal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07
1kk&4AAAA&&&&A&SSA SA&&&&&&S
! HOW MUCH ONE FAMILY EATS. &
4 Four People Consume -Four Thousand
Pounds of Food in Year.
ssSSsSSSSSSSsSssssSSSsSSs

Statistics kept by Chicago man
show that during a year his family,
consisting of himself, his wife and two
daughters, consumed 4O47 pounds and
thirty eight varieties of food. The
family lived under no economical re-
strictions. and their table was supplied
as it has been daily for years with
everything desired by any member Of
the family. For this reason the statis-
tics, religiously kept and accurate to
the ounce. have been pronounced high
iy valuable by students of food statis-
tics and medical men generally, espe-
cially since the tables were kept in
casual manner no influence being ex-
erted either to augment or reduce the
amount or variety Of the daily menu
to which the family had been accus-
toned.
The table In gross amounts is as fol-
lows:
Foodstuffs, in pounds. .......... .4047
Eggs, In dozen. .................. 112
Oranges and lemons, in DOZENS. "a
Berries. quarts. ........ ......... 10
Apples, bushels. ....... ......... 8
The table of amounts consumed per
day indicate that the human system is
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07
The water of Cuba is likely to con-

The water of Cuba Is likely to con-
tain germs to say nothing of being
warm and insipid, but the coco aqua
is absolutely fresh and pure. In cross
ing the island on hot, dusty, weary
day in slow train one comes to wait
with joy the stops and the sounds Of
the little Cuban boys clad only in thin
trousers and thinner coats, chirping
from the platform "coco aqua, coco
aqua" Here while the train waits you
may quaff refreshing glass, or you
may buy delicious green oranges, qua
uos and other fruit or you may take
home with you for a few cents little
green parrot, which woman or an
old man brings into the car to sell as
an American trainboy would sell gum.
And yet in spite of the delicious
ness and the nutritive value of the CO.
coanut, large part of the Cuban crop
goes to waste because the Cuban in
his love of ease will not climb the
trees and cut down the nuts before
they are too old. Still when one has
seen a big cocoanut tree without a
limb for so feet and no end of little
spines and ridges one acquires a fel.
low sympathy with the Cuban in his
lack of energy. 1t is true that food
may be had in Cuba for the picking.
but sometimes the picking is far from
easy work. There is something unique
about climbing tree when you want
drink instead of digging a hole in
a
having once tasted COCO aqua the
northerner admits that the Cuban
| method has it's advantages.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07

Hazing breaks ribs, knocks out teeth.
breaks arms, weakens hearts and does
several other things for what have
been rightly termed the monkeys" of
the upper class" Cadet Smith was
dismissed from West Point for hazins
Ulysses S. Grant, grandson Of General
Grant. General Wesley Merritt took
his treatment in his day. and so have
most of the prominent military and
naval men. Public opinion, though.
has driven the practice out Of Annapo.
lis. and threatens to change the order
of things at West Point. The colleges
are also frowning upon the practice.
and it seems as If at no distant time
the words gentlemen" and cadet
or college student might be synony-
nous. The bravest are always the ten.
derest, and the loving the most dar-
ing.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07
Cocoanut Fountains in Cuba,

The Cuban boy knows few of the
Joys Of the fizzy soda fountain. He is
without orange phosphates to soothe
his spirits during his year-long sum-
mer, but he has one thing in the way
of Grink which no American town, at
least north of southern Florida, can
provide. He may visit cocoanut
fountain" There are hundreds of res
taurants and cafes in Havana and in
all the towns of Cuba where an i'm
portant item of the stock is a huge
pile of green cocoanuts, clad in their
rich husks just as they come from the
trees. There are also many little shops
very much like familiar American
lemonade stand where these coeoanuts
are the main stock in trade.
The proprietors of these stands are
usually piratical-looking young men
who chat and laugh with all comers.
Do you wish to try the virtue of Gu.
ban cocoanut fountain? Step up to
the stand and say:
Coco aqua" (Cocoanut water.)
The proprietor will instantly and
Win ueit grace pick mp one or his big
green cocoanuts, seize murderous
looking macheta and hack off the end
of the husk close down to the cocoa
nut proper. Then he will bore out one
of the little eyes of the cocoanut with
the sharp point of the machete, set
before you tall glass. not too clean.
and pour into ii the sweet fresh milk
OF the cocoanut, Bits of the white
meat Of the nut Will float around on top
aud AT first you are not quite certain
whether YOU will like coco aqua" or
not, Bst when you have tasted II a
few times you conclude with the Gu
bans that there Is no other drink In
the world Sd cool. refreshing aud salts
fylng In the torrid heat of the island
as this. A full glass costs the equya-
lent Of eents or less-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-02-07

This is Santiago Harbor." he was
expected to answer.
What are you doing?" he was next
asked.
Sinking the Merrimac," he said. lie
was also told to give "Hobson" to
the trees in camp. He had to go to
each treet, put his arms around its
trunk and kiss it.
Some of the colleges are as asinine
in their haZing sports and as brutal as
West Point. a freshman sings another
to sleep with lullaby and a nursing
bottle. Another has to "scan" the Ia
bel on n beer bottle. Each freshman
is put on table and asked: 49,
"What is your name?"
"John Brown"