The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-01
the 1noral-o INN oral Feet is too
horrible to contenp tie. We are shnv-:
ing trouble enough with the negro
quest without putting the sRepubli-
cans in control.
CUR. !. ENT IoIlss.


d Now that two more German dailies,
the New Yorker zietung and the Herola,
have come out for Mr.. Low, Mr.. Shepard
finds himself in the mortifying and 8un-l
senviable position OF being without the
support of "a single reputab BILE daily in.
Manhattan, and Of having only one re-
spectacle, but uninf1uentlal newspaper in
Brooklyn. TO defend his cause.-NeWs Y DIRK
Evening Post.
In the fight for his honor. Admiral
Schley has acquitted himself with s.
much credit as he did when he sunk Ger
vera's fleet at Santiago. For two days,
the hero OF the Cuban naval campaign
has been under the cross fire of Judge
Advocate lemly and Mr.. Hanna, and he
has withstood it as bravely as did the
Brooklyn the concentrated fire of four OF
the Spanish ships. Not one important vul-
nerable part In his testimony has been
found by "the prosecution, or, as It
might be more aptly termed, the perse-
cution.' The Admiral has adhered stout
5ly to the facts given in his testimony, and
the efforts Of Captain Lemly and MS
astute legal assistant have been Of no
avail, so far as the shaking Of his evil
lGence has been concerned.-A!bany AZ
gus.
Probably the most systematic and at
the same time the most comprehensive
plans ever started for the erection of a
monument by popular subscriptions have
been mapped out by the Benjamin Harri-
son Monument Association, which was
formed in Indianapolis soon after the
death of the former President. During
the summer months no attempt was made
to push the work, but notwithstanding
this fact there has been a total of ned:.y
$4,000 pledged, and three-fourths of this
sum is now in the hands of the treasurer
of the association It Is believed that
the plans now agreed on, and which vii!
be put into active operation at once. viii
swell the amount easily to $t3),hen, I'D
sl5o,oo0 may be reached.-Ph ''ia g
cord.
The story is going the rounds OF the
papers in effect that q Mississippi cons,- G
cation listened to a funeral serm J, With
conventional respect untl one in the as
senlbly came to the conclusion lna- TIE
preacher was praising the deceased ter
beyond his deserts. To reach his con ctusi0n
was to reach for a revolver. He opened
IRE OH Tie pulpit, Giu 1t Is SINi tl!Et nc
would have put {; full stop to the minis
ter's eulosy had not the weapon heen
seized in time and the offending Sc: tie
man handed over to the poice-RicrnDnd
Times.
De mortis nil nis bonum is rarely ie-
sented either in the precept or il the
practice. and even when it is the r.le it
does not justify the modern funeral ser
mona practice which is far better in the
breach than in the observance. Il the
incident described in the foregoing ever
occurred just as related, it must be con-
ce-- LAT there was much to palliate the
offense Of the man who acted in behalf
of a patient and long-suffering put lie.
But great as is the proyocation OF the
avera gre funeral sermon, even ~lel it deals
amiably and charitably with the late Ge-=
parted, how much greater is the proyoca-
ton of a sermon devoted to denuncia-
ton and abuse of the dead subject OF the
discourse. There are many persons now
living in this community who can re-
call the funeral of a young man who dice
in this city just after the war In the
presence of mourning relatives. tn, mr.
lister leaned over the pulpit and point
ing at the unresenting and helpless clay
that lay before him. sxcial7lao: ''As
surely as there is a God in haa 'en, list
SO surely is that mans soul in kerr!
Who shall say that that was nos the tire
and place for the Mississippian and his
pistol or for some one else l'i-e HIM
Petersburg Index-Appeal.