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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28
GOV MON
IS INDISPOsED.
Was Not at the Office or Yes
terday.

Z Z =. +
Governor Montague failed to come to
his office yesterday on account of sick
ness, for the first time during his adj
ministration. His Excelency, however
was not seriously ill, and was able to
sit up and sign, papers. He transacted a
great deal of routine business at the
Mansion, though there was nothing in
what he did Of sweeping moment to the.
public.
The Governor expects shortly to begin
the consideration OF the many applica-s
tions for membership on the State Board
OF Fisheries and for quarantine officer
for the district of the Elizabeth River at
Norfolk. He is known to prefer written
endorsements BIZ friends of the candi-z
dates, as he believes he can better get
at the merits OF, the appointments through
this medium
Governor Montague yesterday issued a
rendition warrant on relulsltlon from
the Governor of New Jersey for one Heil-
~ Briggs (coloredl. who is wanted IN
Essex county for murder, alleged to nave
been committed bv him about two years
ago. The negro was held here and was
delivered yesterday to officer FRANK VIZ VIZ
tue, agent on the part of New Jersey, anc'
he took the prisoner homo yesterday al
ternoon.
Mr.. l.. B. Vaughan. proprietor OF the
Crenshaw Tobacco Warehouse. paid a
visit yesterday to Commissioner OF
Agriculture Koiner, in the interests OF
better statistics Of the tobacco trade ~
Virginia Mr.. L. Z. Christian who Is
a member of the Legislature, was pres
ent. Plans were made to have the tobac-
co men in the various sections OF the
State impress upon their representatives
in the General Assembly, the Importance
of having accurate tobacco figures. in
connection with the matter. both Mr.:
Iloincr and Mr.. Christian will pay visit
to Mr.. T. NJ. Darlington, president OF the
Tobacco Association OF the United States.
The idea is TO get the Legislature to act
on the matter at its coming session II
possible.
The following charters have been
lodged for recorda:jon i'll the Office Of
the Secretary OF the Commonwealth
Olympian Club, Portsmouth; the Coluu-
bia Liquid Air Company; Washington
Driving Club Alexandria.
Among the callers at the Library yes
terCiay were Major p. w. Lynn OF Loud
GUN, and Captain T. D. Jcffrcss, OF Chase
City.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28
TIE DAY IN DETAIL.

TIE DAY in aDEl-AlI.
The convention met at noon prayer
was offered by Rev. W. B. Beauchairlp'
OF the Methodist Church, tifty-eisht fnel'l-
hers being present.
Leaves Of absence were granted several
members.
The Committee on Agriculture submit
ted its report, which was ordered printed.
1t is as follows:
section l. There shall tie a Board Oh
Agriculture and immigration, conlPoSeu
of orc member from each Congresslolia'
District in the State, who shall pe ap-
,ointed by the Governor, subject TO lhe
confirmation of the Senate, for term Oh
four years: except that the member illse
anpointed after the adoption of tins Con-
stitrtion from the odd-numbered Congress
sional Districts shall hold office for TWO
years.
The rector of the Board of Visitors and
The president of the Virginia PoiytecA'itc
Institute shall be members eX-oli1c!o u
the Board of Agriculture ana lm1nlei d
lion. a.:
The General Assembly may In It's as
cretion. add other members eX-officio to
the said Board.
PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
The powers and duties of the said Board
shall be such as may be prescrlbed py
law: provided it shall maintain us pm
cipal Office at the Capitol of the State ana
shall elect and have power to remove us
officers, among them a Commissioner Oh
Agriculture .nG Immigration
term of office shall be four years.
The President of the Board and the
Commissioner of Agriculture and lmml-
grafton shall be members eN-officio OF the
Board of Visitors of the Virginia Poly
Iechnic Institute.
Section >. No license. tax. nor charge
of any kind whatever snail be assessed
against or collected of any producer OF
farm products for the right to sell IN any
mart of the State the products which he
has raised
Section D. Counties, cities and towns
Shall have the power to exempt from
local taxation. for a period of not more
thar five years. manufacturing enter
prises to be established therein: provided
there is no other enterprise of a like ma
trre already established in such county,
city or town that is not exempt from
local taxation.
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
Tho committee has not been unninGf,l
ot the Importance of extending encour-
5 agelaent 10 desirable immigration. IN
der the report. the Bureau of Immiera-
ton will be combined with that OF AZ
ric,,l.ure as heretofore: thus leaving prac-
ilcally the administration Of the Immi-
3 grafton Bureau TO the agricultural inter
csts of the State. The appropriateness
OF this arrangement is manifest when it
81 considered that persons engaged III ae-
,.icu.tural pursuits, who arc most usually
landowners. arc. by reason of Their cali
Ing. moro nearly Interested IN attracting
desirable immigration than any other
class 1t may be added that the agri-
cultural classes, more than arw other.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28
Lecture on Mathematics.
successor.

Professor f. E. Gaines went to Wind
sor last evening for the purpose of de-
liyering four lectures on mathematics be-
fore the students Of Windsor Academy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28
SOUTH CAR DINA INTERSTATE
AND WEST INDIAN EXPOSE TON.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. DECEMBER
!, 1901. TO JUNE I, 1902.

On account Of the above the Southern
Railway announces very low rates from
ali points to Charleston, S. G.. and re
turn. From Richmond TO Charleston and
return, tickets on sale daily, with return
limit ten days. $3.50 round trip.
Season tickets on sale DAILY, $3.50 round
trip with return limit May 81, 1902. Cor
respondingly low rates Will apply from
all other points.
The Southern offers exceptionally fine
facilities for reaching Charleston, with
through car service from the North, West
and South Dining car service on all
through trains.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28

crs interested in the movement are asked
to turn out.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28

Among the callers at the Library yes
terday were Major p. W. Lynn, OF Loud
GUN, and Captain T. D. Jcffrcss, Of Chase
City.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28
LEFT TO THE
LEGISLATURE
Matter of Redemption Of Bonds
Of Colleges.
WITHERS a M END NJ ENT
Education Report Disposed OF Amid Storm
OF Applause-That on Agriculture
blade TO the Con.
vention.
WITHERS AM END NJ EN- I

The Constitutional Convention was IN
r,ession for Two hours yesterday, having
met at noon. The report of the COMMIT
ice on Agriculture was made and was OF
dered printed y summary OF 1t wiil Dc
found below.
rho education re! ut was then taken
I'M and finally disposed OF and refer 'e.
10 the Final Revision COMMITTEE nm
a storm of applause. The section oil .ne
report relating to bonds held pS e"u-
cationaI Institutions was so ahiSlio l's.,s 80
10 leave the matter OF men ie''e'ii 49,,
- tho I c.is}atlIrc. The section was then
.,,ionted as n whole and the report It.
ferred. Tho body will meet at 10 Q c'oeh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-28

The following charters have been
lodged for recorda:jon in the Office OF
the Secretary OF the Commonwealth.
Olympian Club, Portsmouth; the Column
bia Liquid Air Company; Washington
Driving Club, Alexandria.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
QUEER WILLS OF nioH MEN.
Some Extraordinary Requests That Havs
Passed Into History.

Some Extraordinary Requests That HAvs
Passed Into History.
1t does not necessarily follow that
because q man has been shrewd enough
to amass a great fortune he is wise
enough to dispose of it in a sensible
manner. The records OF the probate
courts show that beQuests fraught with
onerous, even impossible, conditions
are not uncommon. 1t Is as though
the testator, resenting the scramble for
his property which he foresees Will fol-
low his death. desires to make the lot
of his heirs as hard as possible.
Within the last few months there
have been several of these eccentric
wills. A brother left his sister $25.-
600 under the express condition that
she should neither marry nor become
nun. In default of carrying out the
stipulations the money is to be dis
tributed among other relatives
Very different toward marriage was
the attitude of wealthy Italian who
died recently. To each of his three
daughters he left $500 year i. they
remained single and five times as
much, $4,000 yearly. if they married.
A member of the English parliament
just deceased bequeathed to his two
daughters his entire estate of $780,
900 with the provision that they can
only inherit If they attain the age Of
2s without wedding either a Hebrew
of a citizen of the United States.
curious evidence of the foresight
of Benjamin Franklin is furnished by
one Of the items of his will. small
sum of money was left with thu pros
viso that it should not be used until
the twentieth century, and that mean
while the accommodating interest should
be added to the principal.
The gift has now become available,
with the result that the trustees Of the
Franklin fund have at their disposal
1915 900, which will be used to erect a
Franklin institute in Franklin square,
Boston.
More singular even than any "f
these odd requests was the obligation
that Lord Butte imposed on his heirs.
AS he lay dying he expressed the wish
that his heart should be taken to the
holy land and buried there, adding that
unless this was done his relatives
would never rest happy in possession OF
his estate So strong was this appeal
that the order was carried out to the
letter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
How to Sustain q Pose.

Professional models, in posing for
artists, appear at first glance to re
maip perfectly still, but closer inSpec-
ton Of them always shows that they
sway continuously and regularly from
side to side, says the Philadelphia
Record. In discussing this swaying
movement and it's advantages, model
said the other day:
I'VE sway because, somehow, it rests
us, and because through it we can ho,d
a pose quite ten times longer than we
could if we kept ourselves rigid and
an attitude, begins unconsciously to
sway, moving in the tempo, as investi-
CATION has shown me, of his heart
beats. Why this swaying helps him, I
don't know, unless it be that it keeps
his limbs from getting cramped and
from falling asleep. 1t does help him,
though, immensely, as without it he
could not possibly hold a pose for an
hour, a test of endurance to which any
good model is equal
Posing is very hard work at the
best. You, or any amateur, would find
difficulty in posing for ten minutes in
even the easiest attitude. If you
should make a trial of it some time
you would conclude that the profess
sional model is rather underpaid at
the rate of so cents an hour which pre-
vails.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
IN. B.-1 enclose last months re-


Forty-nine years ago died two near
relativ Sin the legal professional
the celebrated Mrs. Harris''-John
Doe and Richard Roe. For centuries
their connection with landed property
had been extensive and peculiar II
Smith wished to eject Jones, Smith be-
came John Doe. the plaintiff, and Jones
was compelled to join in the legal
comedy by becoming Richard Roe, the
defendant Those names were also
inserted in criminal proceedings as
pledges to prosecute A curious Incl
dent happened at the trial, in 1924.
of Louis Houssart for the murder OF
his wife. Among other pleas in bar
TO and abatement of the proceedings
he pleaded that there were no such
persons as John Doe and Richard Roe a
To this it was replied that there were
two such persons in Middlesex, one a
weaver, the other a soldier, and this
fact was sworn to- This legal fiction
was abolished on October "a, 1859
London Chronicle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
Bandits in
Morocco,

In May last some of the wild tribes
men of Morocco stole a Spanish boy
and girl who were living with their
parents at one of the Spanish settle
ments on the north coast Of Africa
The Spanish government, knowing
well that the children would be killed
II the ransom demanded by the ban
dts was MT paid, advanced the money,
and the children were released. Then
Spain made a claim for the amount of
Its disbursement, and also for dam
ages, upon the government of Moroc-
co. Recently the government paid to
Spain the sum of $4,000, and an ad-
ditional sum of 81 900 to be given to
the parents of the stolen children
Several incidents of the same sort
have occurred in the past two or three
years, and each time the sultan has
been compelled to take a large sum of
money from his treasury to meet the
claims of Spain. He seems incapable
of preventing these outrages Probably
few persons have any idea how weak
the sultan of Morocco is in the large
country he assumes to govern The
fact is that his rule extends over only
about one-sixth of the territory desig-
mated on our maps by the name of
Morocco. 1t is easy to distinguish be-
tween the territories over which his
rule is well established and those in
which his authority is not recognized
and whose Inhabitants refuse to pay
taxes unless the taxgatherer is sup
ported by large force of soldiers II
we look at the map showing the distri-
button of the population of Morocco
we will observe two areas, roughly
triangular in shape, which are inhabit-
ed by Arabs. The most northern
area extends from the Strait of Gibral-
tar to the coast town of Rabat with
Fee, the largest city of the country,
near the apex of the triangle The
base of the southern triangle lies
along the coast between Mazagari and
Agadir and the city of Morocco in the
interior is near its apex. Practically
all the Arab population live within
these two triangles. All the rest of
the country is inhabited by Berbers,
Ice aboriginal population. Within
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
RIDING ON AN AUTOMOBILE.
Racer Describes His Sensations During
Fast Spin.

Racer Describes His Sensations During
a Fast Spin.
What are the sensations of a racing
automobilist? A good many people
have, no doubt, asked this question
mentally the past week, especially
those who saw the races at Oakley last
Monday. A Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune man put the query into words
on that day and while the crowd was
waiting for Fourier and his Blue
Devil and Mr.. John Duttenhofer, who
had made a good race in the first
event, answered it by inviting him
and two others to take spin around
the track in his automobile.
AS the machine whirled out of the
paddock and onto the track the wind
struck it with full force, but the
speedy little racer seemed not to mind
that a whit. In a moment 1t had
spun past the grand stand and was
taking the first run like thorough
bred. People, fences, and the land
scape in general now seemed to be
rapidly moving panorama, SO fast and
smoothly did the auto run, while
lock at the ground made the riders
think that yards and yards of dun
colored ribbon were being reeled off
realized it they were half way round,
whirring softly over the course and
leaving little cloud of snow-white
steam in their wake.
AS they turned into the home stretch
the wind caught them again, and those
who rode let go their hold on the seats
long enough to turn up their coat col
lars.
TT is more like sleighing on a
packed road of snow than anything
I can think Of" said one.
The next minute the quiet little
auto had come to a stop at the pad
dock gate and the race against the
novice's ignorance-for there was
nothing e,se to race against-was at an
end.
Yes" said Mr.. Duttenhofer, cit Is
like sleighing, especially on day like
| this. Take a look at the rear of the
machine as we run in; even the auto
can see its breath"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
ROYALTY TO
VISIT AMERICA

Royalty is really going to pay a
visit to this country in the person of
King Chulalongkorn of Siam and his
queen.
Hamilton King, United States min
lister at Bangkok, Siam, has been in
formed, through Prince Devawongse
Siamese minister for foreign affairs
that King Chulalongkorn of Siam
would like to pay visit to America
in the near future. His majesty has
it in his mind to visit Japan, and
would be pleased to avail himself of
the same opportunity to visit the Unit
ed States also. The minister thinks
that such a visit would lead to a bet
ter appreciation of American lnstitu-
tions on the part of the Siamese.
The king of Siam appreciates that
for one monarch to visit the realm
of ano, her means an invitation from
the sovereign host and more or less
recognition on the part of the govern
ment to which he is of necessity in the
position of a guest. He at the same
time appreciates that with our repub-
Tic he must be quite otherwise, and
while he fully understands his and
would be glad to come to the United
States in a private capacity, if he
could do so, for the sake of the edu-
cation it would be to himself and his
people, he feels a fear that to go in
such a manner might be regarded in
Siam as indicating something of hos
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04

Bones of tiny deer, i've and one
half inches high at the shoulder, and
small enough to be slowed away in a
coat pocket, have been found in a
ploughed field in Rensselaer, county,
near Troy, N. Y.
A fore foot and leg of the skeleton
remain intact. From these it is posi-
BILE to determine the exact proportions
of the remarkable creature, and to
know. beyond question, that the skele-
ton is that of deer.
The bones prove that the deer had
matured, but whether it belonged to a
diminutive species, or was a dwarf,
is not known.
The epiphyses, or ends of the bones,
are firmly united to the shaft by os-
seus tissue, showing that the leg found
belonged to an adult deer.
This tiny deer doubtless lived in
that middle age of animal life when
ever the horse was represented in a
species of little creatures with five
toes. 1t was an age in which the ami
NAL kingdom ran to extremes. The
great Irish deer, which was probably
contemporaneous with the little deer
of New York, was even larger than
the largest deer of this day. On the
other hand, there were the little horses
and the diminutive creatures of many
other species, one of which is probably
represented by the extraordinary deer
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04

Amateur photography has taken a
firm hold on the City of Mexico. Cam
eras are now almost plentiful there as
burros, and they are being put to
strange uses. The Mexican Herald
tells how one Jacinto Rivas earned a
large stake with a small picture Sus-
pecting that girl living near him was
about to elope with a sweetheart who
was particularly Objectionable to her
parents, he lay in wait for them with
his camera. When they met he fol-
lowed them to the railroad station
and secured a snapshot of them as
they were boarding a train. Then he
went home and waited until the angry
father had offered a reward for the
name of the man who had stolen his
daughter, when Rivas called upon him
and mentioned that he had taken a
photograph of the clippers He thought
that it was worth $50 under the cir
cumstances, and he parted with it for
that sum- Up to date the angry father
has not realized on his investment
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
Thing. ono Cannot Do.

A man cannot raise from a chair
without bending forward, or putting
his feet under the chair or outside of 1t.
Many a man will back himself to give
another a start of fifty yards in race
of 100, provided the man having the
start hops all the way But no rum
ner, however swift. can give that
amount of start to an ordinary man.
For the first five yards they go at
practically the same pace Therefore
the runner, to go ninety-five yards
while the hopper" goes forty-five,
would have to run more than twice as
fast, and it would be a weak man who
could not hop forty-five yards at a
pace equal to twenty seconds for 100
yards, and that would mean the
runner would have to beat all previous
records
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04

Ever since Talking of Chi invented
a coinage system instead of other
means of exchange, the Chinese en-
pire has used copper cash as currency.
Formerly China used gold, silver and
copper, but silver was the standard
But the ounce and touch varied end
lessly in different places. This was
greatly to the loss and Inconvenience
of the people.
When foreign trade began, the for
eign Gems gradually came into circu-
lation in the ports. The Spanish dollar
and the Mexican dollar were the coins
used. These were both ~ in weight.
but the Spanish dollar was purer sill
yer and so exchanged for more cash.
The last few years the Spanish dollar
is gradually disappearing and the Mex
lean holds the field The product of
the Mexican silver mines is sent to
the United States, where it is con-
yerted into silver bricks 1t is then
sent back 10 Mexico to be coined,
whence it is exported to China This
is exceedingly profitable to Mexico
Although the dragon dollar. which
the government is trying to force into
use. is nominally equal in all respects
to the Mexican, yet there is sus-
picion that its touch is net equal to
it. and hence the dragon dollar does
not make such Roadway as sxpected-
Probably this Is due 70 the evsrlce Of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04
King and Queen of
Siam Contemplate a
Tour of This Country



tility, or, at least, indifference to his
country.
Siam is well disposed toward us and
thoroughly appreciates the influence
of America in the Chinese question.
She has known us, with the exception
of the Cheek case, very favorably
through our missionaries, but natural
ly through such a channel she has
known us only as a good people rather
than as a great and strong nation. For
political power she has always looked
toward Europe only. The best Siam
has seen or now knows in commercial
or industrial development has either
been seen in Europe or been brought
hither from Europe by her leaders,
very many of whom have been educat-
ed there.
The Stars and Stripes have not been
seen in the harbors of Bangkok for
over six years, but American commerce
is finding its way there, and her prod
ucts are commencing themselves in
competition with the cheap stuffs that
flood the orient. Japan has opened her
doors toward American goods and
American institutions, and the ways of
Japan are the ambition of her little
sister. All this makes the king the
more DESTROYS of knowing the United
States.-St Louis Republic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-04

Alden met many enthusiastic admirers,
chief among whom was Miss Isabel
Graham. who was sitting for her por
trait
How thoughtful OF your aunt" the
young lady exclaimed at first sight of
the cat. Mr.. Gordon, you must be
proud to own that dear creature" and
Gordon was not wicked enough to ask
which
Before the second week was over
John Allen signified his determination
to see something of outdoor life, and
fought so frantically at the window
screens that Gordon took him to the
boarding-place, where there was a
strip of yard. This was too narrow to
suit His Majesty for more than a day.
and as the landlady could not watch
him all of the time, he stole out and
sought the acquaintance OF the alley
cnfs- Gordon Eaxed sadly at the dirty,