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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07
THE CITY'S Finances
ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
Treasurer's Report Shows a
Big Surplus on Hand.
ASSESSMENTS ARE LOWER
A Great Increase In the Use OF
Water and Gas.
CONDITION OF SINKING FUND
k;cre Than Hall Million Dollars In That
Fuud-Larger Amount Ia the Ireas-
urer's Hands This Year Than
Last by s5o.oeo-Report
is In the Hands Of
the Mayor.
a Great Increase in the Use of
Water and Gas.
CONDITION OF SINKING FUND

The CITY Treasures report for the rs
cal year ended January 3lst makes re-
narkablc showing Of the splendid Imam
eial condition of the city.
Despite the fact that the assessments
of property for tho year were lower than
On the previous year. the amount OF
funds on hand exceed by about $4,000
that of the year before. A great part OF
this was due, however, to the increased
revenue from water and gas receipts IN
the former there was an increase OIL over
5000, and IL the latter an increase Oh
g ooo. and this and the amount taken IN
t,y the City Collector was within AHo
OF that OF the previous year.
The city's finances arc in a sound con-
6i,ion. with funds in the general 1und.
distributed among the banks, to the
amount of slSsg21.a2. This Indicates good
msnag cement on the part Of the city ON
Gals whose duties It is to look after the
interests of the city from the financial
end.
The report of the Sinking Fund Conn
missioners also shows UP we'll. That fund
now has the enormous sum OF S'oo.e7V' IL
on hand. The sum of s9o,1oo has been IN
vested in eight PCT cent bonds ana
ss5. 700 in six per cent. bonds
The reports of both the treasurer AND
<he Sinking Fund Commissioners were
nrenarcd by Deputy Charles l. Phillipe,
o. the Treasurers Office, after cohsid-
cradle amount of hard work. Inc reports
nj the Treasurer IN full Is as follows:
The Treasurer's Report.
r-.,.u,er,s roport of receipts and dis-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07
1sI1FE oHTH LIVING?

By a Backward Poet,)
II a liver would live
AS a liver should live,
And keep from all liver Ills;
He should take for his liver
That certain health-glVer,
DR.. David's Best Liver PMS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07

Respectfully submitted,
c. H. PHILLIPS.
Treasurer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07
The Sinking Fund.

Through the Treasurer's Office comes
also the detailed report Of the Sinking
Fund Commissioners. from which is taken
this reorganization for the year ending
January 81, 1902:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07

w. A. Cox, general agent at Philadel-
phia Of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, was in Richmond yesterday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07
nj the Treasurer IN full Is as tolio"s'
The Treasurer's Report.

Trea.urer's report of receipts and Gus
s.1,rsements for the fiscal year endlng
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-07

I. n. Bortle, division passenger agent
Of the Northern Pacific at Philadelphia,
was in the city yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
THE LAST CHANCE.

Those who have not already paid their poll tax have a last opportunity today. If that is not availed of those who fail to pay will be deprived of the right to vote in primary or general elections. It will be eif-disfranchisement. for ample notice has been given and appeal after appeals has been made to all white men between the ages of 21 and 45 to qualify as voters in the coming elections. It must be remembered that only qualified voters can hold office and there may be some who will deprive themselves Of that right.
 The men who are in active connection with the military organization of tho State are exempt from payment of this tax, and all others who arc exempt under existing law. This will include trustees of townships and in some localities by special law. volunteer firemen. Those who belong to paid fire departments are not exempt
 It is a great privilege to vote at pri- niaries and general elections for the men of your choice, but those who have not paid their poll tax when this day closes will not be permitted to do so.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
WANTS TO SEE CORONATION.
Miss Roosevelt May Be Forbidden to
 Attend British Ceremony.


 From Washington to Chicago Chronicle.
 It has not yet been decided at the White House whether, or no Miss Alice Roosevelt will accompany Ambassador Whitelaw Reid to the coronation of King Edward VII. As matter of fact, the President hesitates between love and duty. Miss Roosevelt Is eager to see the pageant Miss Jean Reid. Mir. Reid s daughter, is one of her most intimate girl friends and during the visit of White recently the two girls talked the matter over and Miss Roosevelt began per sistent campaign for permission to at- tend the coronation ceremonies. The President has not as yet given his con- sent.
 Miss Roosevelt cannot appreciate that her pleasure could possibly influence in- ternational politics. She wants to see the fun and President Roosevelt is not in the habit of sternly refusing any great desire of his winsome daughter.
 Senator Hanna, however. who may be posed in the likeness of the stern uncle. who knows the world. Is very much, averse to this program. He has pointed out that just at this juncture the British press would make use of the incident in a way to damage Republican prospects. Therefore. the President Is swaNeu one way by his desire to gratify the innocent and girlish enthusiasm of his daughter and his parental affection is curbed on the other by his keen political intuition and the counsels of his closest advisers.
 Miss Roosevelt puts the matter to him that she desires this trip as his present on her 18th birthday. She wants nothing else and will be inconsolable un- less grati1ed. The President. when ques- tioned on the matter. abruptly changes the subject of conversation. All the time Miss Roosevelt lives In q fever of expec- tation and cannot understand the restric- tions of the station which would curb her youthful desire to see the pageant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
SAYS NIXON IS A
 PHANTOM" BOSS.
Greater New York Democracy's Ad' visory Committee Issues state-
 ment Full of Sarcasm.

New York Journal.
 The Advisory Committee of the Greater New York Democracy held long con. ference yesterday. There were present John c, Sheehan. E.. Ellery Anderson' William Russell Hepburn, MattneW q q Breen Thomas c. Dunham, Rastus 5. Ransom, Bryan l.. Kennelly, Jacob A. Cantor and Nicholas T. Brown. and in view of their due share of responsibility in tho present municipal government de- cided to issue a statement defining their position. 1t refrained from presenting candidates for Mayor Lows consideration because IL did not wish to embarrass him in carry ing out his ideas of non-partisan govern ment The Committee denies the accu- racy of the statement that the Republi- cans cast S4 per cent of the vote which elected Mayor Low and claims that 60.0OO Democrats voted under the Republican emblem. The party which has obtained two-thirds of the Mayors appointments is admonished that 1t Is responsible for the success or failure of the Fusion movement and of non-partisan admins tration.
 Tho Committee appeals to all indepen- dent and self-respecting Democrats to cooperate with the Greater New York Democracy and establish on a firm basis the one Democratic organization in this city that stands Tor honesty. economy and efficiency.
 Whatever may be the protestations." !" says the Committee, and pretences Of Tammany Hall regarding the titular leader so graciously vouchsafed to 1t by the fallen and discredited autocrat who has recently left these shores. simple analysis of the audacious juggle' by which he was created must convince ev- cry intelligent person that tho presto change was but the development of mere phantom boss"
 Lewis Nixon, the new leader of Tam many Hall. was shown the statement of I..t nf 10 New York Democracy. He said:
 ''The statement Is not one requiring any comment from me- I feel that the Tammany Hall organization. represent Ing the home Democratic party and the policy of the greatest number of Demo- crats allied with Tammany Hall. is such as to make the existence of small inde- pendent factions impossible"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
coULDN,T HOLD IN.

We were sure it was bound to come When the papers announced that liberal appropriation was asked for the Coosa River we listened for long and tremu- Ious wall from Norfolk and Pensacola The virginian-Pilot opens with:
 And so the Coosa River is out for a s6O0.O 900 appropriation. Has The Mont gomery Advertiser insured that pellucid stream against depletion by some vagrani COW or thirsty goat? Or is 1t expected that the government will bottle up the Coosa and put it on the market? We want to know right away how that much money can be spent on the Coosa?
 oh, you want to kpow.t don't you Thought you knew more about the Coosa than the man who discovered 1t did, and that isn't much. How mulch can be spent on it is hard to tell. Several millions. and every dollar will be well the money will be used up before you get any for your Pankatank, Yocomico and other little branches, but you may have to wait little till the real rivers of the country are attended to.
 You might well ask that the govern ment would bottle up the water and send some of it to Virginia. It would help keep the dust out of the beds of some of your rivers" Don't you worry your tired brains about the Coosa, for it is all right, and when it is opened SC that steamers and barges can go from Rome to Mobile, as will be done, you'll be sorry you spoke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
SOUND ON THE TARIFF.

Some of our over-zealous contempora- ries are inclined at times to charge that The Chattanooga Times is not good Democratic newspaper, this charge hav- ing its foundation in the fact that it has steadfastly, persistently and forcibly fought the free silver fallacy. Some are stubborn enough to insist that this op- position is one of the very strongest and best tests of Democracy, but let that pass. What we started out to say is that on the tariff question The Times Is as sound as a silver dollar-or a gold one and never loses an opportunity to show it. Take this paragraph as an example:
 Protestion, now, is synonym TOT op- precision. The first pinch that the people feel will make the thing intolerable and then something may happen that is now unexpected by the pampered barons. Hem derson and such towards as he. the al legged leaders who are in reality the fol- lowers of corporations and combines. will find their line of business" being disturbed very seriously. They and their pals '.heuld think back as far as 1884 They will not, forever, be able to use the money heresies and the dangers they threa ten, as cover under which to rob the farmer, the laborer, the whole mass of consumers. There must be a fairer divide, or there will come serious trouble. It Is serene enough now. The country, owing far more to accidents than to the statesmanship of. its rulers. is generally prosperous; but in spite of the prosperity there Is muttering. The peo- pie are restive under the existing sys- tenn, the excuse for which was a state of war
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
DEFEAT MENAcEs
 CUBAN RECIPROCITY
Many Republicans Influenced b.
 Beet Sugar Arguments.

From Washington to New Hork Woriu,
 The first test of President Roosevelt s ability to handle Congress is at hand Unless he shows political generalsnip oL a high order his recommendations for Cuban reciprocity will be defsated Mass and Rei Means Committee already are trading votes with Demoosats to defeat any con-
 Even if the Committee should report a reciprocity bill, it probably would M ne defeated by the House. Republicans representing beet sugar States have oh tained the signatures of more una than i1,,, a hundred members to petition praying the committee to take no @ seti9n na held m fhlS to Seotds mon q line of action to defeat the bi wiz be assered ea dvtry tnat RepnS f fe
 Hnon candi lafa for Congress from every heet sugar State will be defeated al 'He nniv W tbree members of the Committee favor the administration's reciprocity aetts Hopklns of Ilnn9Is d and d. LGng Dag of of Mn.sas Tf.nnasota Pabcock of Wise onsin, and Metcaif of california. are with the beet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

rermanent friendship and support and Greatly increasing our own commerce. AL present there are 100000 people recurring clothing and food. for but small propor, tto,, of the necessaries of life are raised on the island It is folly to grow iood l crops when sugar and tobacco produce such rich revenues in corHparasion;
 .The United States should suppiy tue Cubans with their breadstuffs, even wlne' fruit and vegetables. and should ciothe the people; yet the cheaper grades oi clothing are purchased principally rom foreign manufacturers. and our trade .n 'a such staples as rice and hour assleea.eS e .l,e . hut nominal quantity. save what may he furnished to the military forces by the Government. The money received for thelr crops will be turned over in great meas, ure in buying supplies from the unitee states, consequently any market whict this country offers for their sugar and tobacco would open up additional chan nels of American trade with them"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
How MT. Astor Lost S3o, o,ooo, 900.

Philadelphia Ledger has found in an old
 book now out of print this anecdote of the original John Jacob Astor: He was asked one day what was the largest amount of money he had ever made in one transaction. This he declined to an- swer. but said that he would tell the largest sum that he failed to make. Then he went on to relate how he, De Witt Clinton and Gouverneur Morris had planned to buy Louisiana from France and sell it to the United States Govern ment. retaining the public domain and charging 1-2 per cent. commission. They changed their minds, and Mir Astor said
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
GOLD MINES NEAR KLoNDIKE
 RICHER THAN THE RAND
Discovery of Quartz Conglomerate Declared to be Greatest in
 the World.

From Victoria, B. C., to Chicago iri-
 A wonderful discovery of quartz con. glon,erate. which in extent ana flcnness as we'll as adaptability for developnlen.. Is without dourt the grsaIestt t the nv wos,n Iohn has ever seen, has been made py Jonn H spburn. an old Cariboo miner and some South African miners on Indian River. in the Klondike region. twenty eish' miles from Dawson.
 These free mining deposits rich In free gold are eight miles long. from one ana a half to four miles. wide, and an un- derstood depth of 800 feet. mere s enough free milling ore showing gold. assaying all the way from H to s2o0 to the ton, to keep 2o.Ooo stamps workins for 100 years. -,.
 All reports state that the immensity z, oi oi the deposits cannot be estimated and that their wealth would make that of the famous Rand mines of South Africa look insignificant. ..t. AT
 John Hepburn has secured options on 130 claims. and is on his way to LonG9n In to form company to work them. he says that on the one claim examined py a competent engineer that ofnciaI .na naf reported there Is ore that will yield so4'' GOO 900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

on this unsuspecting husband by the want of a little care and forethought on the part of his wife. She ought to have known that a Kansas man Is. expected to carry a pistol, and she should have foreseen\ the possibility of that pistol falling out of his pocket and shooting a hole in something. It was her duty to see that her shoes were properly tied. or else go without any. When they go out again the husband will probably see that her shoes are fastened before putting on his six-shooter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
AN UNTIMELY KICK.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is almost standing on it's head because the itenerary arranged for Prince Henry only allows a stop of three hours in that city. Hear it.:
 The error should be corrected before if. is too late. In any sane view St. Louis should be made the most important city in the United States to foreigners, save Washington alone. What will Europeans, especially Germans, think of the Worlds Fair if the Worlds Fair city is sighted by the national govern ment? This is certainly not the way to go about enlisting foreign interest in the Louisiana centennial
 Why in the name of the seven sleepers is 1t thought necessary for the Prince to spend a day and night looking at a city where a fair is to be held in the future. If the Exposition were now in progress there would be reason in demanding that the royal visitor should be given time to see 1t thoroughly, but as preparations for the affair have hardly begun the in dignation of The Dispatch is premature,
 As for the assumption that St. Louis should be considered the most important city in the Union to foreigners, Wash ington excepted, that Is all gush. There are quite a number of cities in the United States which will dispute that claim and on good and tenable grounds St. Louis is a city where a great Expo- sition is to be held next year and all Americans should join inthe wish that it may prove an unbounded success, but the reasons why it should be a great attraction to foreigners hav9 not yet naterialized. And the intimation that the brief stop of Prince Henry will have any effect on the opinion that foreigners will have of the Worlds Fair is based on as untenable ground as any of the other reasons given. Foreigners are not going to judge the Exposition by the ap- pearance of the city now, and will not care a cent whether the Prince stops only three hours or three minutes. The Dispatch Is too previous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
s&NS@S@T&V(VS
 Notable Extracts from I the Big Dailies' corre- s spondents. ...:y y
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

sugar interests and will vote against reciprocity. ,. .. .Ihe needs of ,ur people should be given precedence" declared MT. Grosve- nor today to World reporter.
 President Roose yelt apparently IS mak- ing no effort to bring the boiling Repup- licans into Nilne.
 Prof. H. W. Wiley, Chief Chemist oI known to reflect the views of Secretary Wilson. before the Committee today ar gued against granting reciprocity to the Cubans. ,.,, to Spanish rule," he said, than to allow their cause to kill or paralyze American interests, which could never recover rom the blow"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

. The Nashville American does not under stand the patriotism of the average Ala bamian. In a recent issue it said:
 The inevitable query is What was the poll tax levied for?,' Our Alabama friends ought to come up into this State and see-how we do things on that line. With poll tax receipt as a prerequisite to voting and no law of enforcing the collection of the tax. Alabama's vote IS likely to be very infinitesimal in future unless human nature down there Is vastly different from the brand on ex- hibition in every other part of the world.
 Well then. Alabama human, nature Is vastly different from others. because white voters have crowded the tax col lectors offices all over the State and voluntarily paid their poll tax. our vote will be creditably large. as future elections will show.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
What Cuban Reciprocity Will Do.

In ah article in The Independent on reciprocity with Cuba, Gen. Leonard Wood. Military Governor of the island, says:
 ''If the United States legislative bodies adopt a policy which will allow commerce with Cuba on just basis. the effect will be to uplift the people, gaining their
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

"Talk is the nations safety valve, says The Memphis Commerciai-Appeal That may be true, and it may be a necessity, but there are times in delibera' tive assemblies when one cannot helr wishing that somebody would set down on the valve.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

St Louls Globe. .-Democrat.
 Mrs. Fitzsimmons appeals to the courts for permission to change her name because her little boys are referred to as Hit tie Fitzs." She is happy to have no sensitive daughters to object to being called Miss FitZ"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

The Troy Messenger asks if the ques- tion-"why do rabbit wobble it's nose?' has fallen into innocuous desuetude, or something of the kind. We'll, you see. the subject belongs exclusively to Nor folk, Va. and nobody wants to interfere with their discussion of 1t. The Land- mark is probably right now breeding over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

The trouble which one careless woman may cause a poor man is thus set out in late issue of The Kansas City Jour nal:
 At Sedan a man and his wife were going out to a party-perhaps to a church social. As they went along the wife discovered that her shoe had not been tied and she asked her husband to tie it. As the husband went down on one knee to perform this service six shooter slipped from his pocket and was discharged, the ball passing through his leg and shattering the knee cap.
 See the pain and humiliation brought
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
victor H. Hanson. Manager of Advertising. Foreign and Local
How The Advertiser Grows.

Tn accordance with custom, a detailed state snent of The Advertisers Daily and Sunday circulation is herewith presented for the month of December. t9ciaaaa r4
 CompAisons are also made with a similar statement of one year ago, which furnishes Astonishing facts of The Advertisers growth during the year 1901:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

No onesneed be surprised to learn that Senator Mason favors rural free delivery He would favor wireless telegraphy to get his remarks on all occasions broadly and expeditiously scattered.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01
No Miss Fitz.

that he lost ssO,OOo,OOo by failing to go into the deal"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

Total for the month.. .......... ..2e5. .7eo Daily average ................... Io.9s2 Sunday average ...1...s..........- S,oei
 COMPARISON.
 Daily average December. 1901. e92 Daily average December. i9oo... b6S3 Net gain ............... .......", S'SGS Sunday average December 1901 .l3,66I Sunday average December. 900. io.276 Net gain .........................- 3,@oo --
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

o Sold throuehout the world PorrxR DRuo Axp CHEM CoRRsole PropsB Send for Skin Secrets free.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-01

A Daily Average Gain of. 43 6U "A Sunday Average Gain of. .S3 12 W. A Scott. Circulation Manager of the Montgomery Advertiser. being duly sworn. says: The foregoing statement of The Adver- fiser's circulation for the month of December. neOt is true and correct and compiled after all returns from news boys. news agents and left over copies have been deducted.
 w. A. SCOTT. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th day of January, 1902.
 F. w JACKSON, fseaL1 N. F., Ex-O. J. P.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-01-15
MANAGER BRooKMAN OF STEEL
COMPANY IN TROUBLE.
GRAND JURY TOOK UP THE CASE
Leonard shaffer Discharged for Be-
longing to Union and Refusing
to Give Up Card-Case Of
Unusual Interest.
(By Associated Press.)

Welsyille, Ohio, Jan. 1J.As result
of a sitting OF the grand jury at Lis
bon, Ohio, yesterday ID. 8. Brookman,
manager Of the WellsviIle plant of the
American Sheet Steel company, was in
dicted on the charge of discharglng
one Leonard Shaffer, an empoye at the
the local mills.
Sharer was one Of the men who went
out on a strike last summer In order
to join the Amalgamated Association.
When the strike was settled he was
taken back In the mill and given a job
OF rolling. few weeks ago, IL Is al
legged, Mr. Brookman called him into his
office and asked him for his union
card" Shaffer refused to give 1t up and
In few days thereafter he was dis
charged.
The Amalgamated Association took up
Shaffer's case.
The case Is one of unusual interest
and viii be bitterly contested
Judge NJ. Smith of this city has been
employed to defend Mr.. Brookman