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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
dui,s Of the Bell Company's underground

Z dutts Of the Bell Company's underground
system.
This appropriation, will, doubtless be
made, Toy it Is IA necessity, ana VIII save
to the city a. larger amount Of money
In taking the Eel and city wires from
over head, a large amount of danger VII
be removed. for it will then leave only.
tho telegraph and Richmond Ielephone
wires Over head
THE TELEGRAPH LINES.
It will be only a matter of q snort
while vher the former will be taken
off the important streets and from the
business sections. Telegraph wires
usually follow railroad lines, and within
comparatively short while the wires
will be taken from Main and broau
Streets and placed On poles along the
Seaboard All. Line tracks to the North. :. !.
There Is now before the City Councn
an ordinance from the Richmond Tele-
phone Company. asking the right to
place its wires under ground with the
provso, however, that ten years be al
lowed within which to do 1t.
This petition has not been acted upon.
It is on the table in the Street Commit
tee and may be taken up at any time,
and acted upon
The petitioners have said that they do
not require the full; ten years, but that
immediately upon the passage of the or
dinance, work on the underground sys-
tenn would begin.
Superintendent Thompson, hopes to see
within shirt time. the entire business
district cleared Of overhead wires. thus
minimizing the danger during the course
Of fires.
The zr-ster started by the city is thus
growing SLOWLY. but surely. and it is
believed that within ten years there will
be no wires over head in the city.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
TO SHAKE PLUM
TREE THIS WEEK
Staff and Other Appoint
mentsa Expected-Gov.
May Speak in Atlanta.

Governor Montague will in all prob
ability announce his staff appointments
this week. He will likely d. eide who will
constitute the PenitentIary Board also
before next Saturday. and will probably
at the same time announce the appoint
ment of a surgeon for the peniteutiary
and one for TIE State Farm.
His ExcelIency was very busy yester-
day receiving callers. indeed, this has
been true of him ever since he took the
oath of Office on January list So much
OF his time has been taken up with re-
ceiving visitors that he has been able
thus far to pay but little attention to
the matter of appointments.
He on yesterday announced the appoint
rnent of Mr.. j. L. White. of Abingdon,
to fill the vacancy on the Board OF Visi-
tors to the Virginia Military Institute,
vice Judge R. r Kane. OF Scott, ue-
ceased.
Government Montague has been invited
by the Virginia Society OF Atlanta TO de-
liver an annual address on the life and
character of General r. E. Lee before
that body on January 10Th. While the
Governor has not said positively that he
will accept, it is thought he will do 50.
and that he will leave here for Atlanta
about next Saturday. The occasion is a
most distinguished one. and tie society
ALWAYS selects some brilliant Virginia
orator tt make the address Ex-Governor
Charles T. OFerran and Hon. James
Lindsay Gordon, now OF New York. are
among those who have performed sha
pie asing part in the past.
Secretary EgsIeston has returned from
his home in Charlotte. and was at his
desk yesterday
Assistant Secretary Hanlins is eS-
pected tomorrow from Cumberland. Md,
where his brother is growing much bet
ter.
Judge John C. Dew has returned from
. several days visit to King and Queen
The following notaries public have
been cor n.issioned: JOHN E. With-
er.. Campbell: II. C. Burgess, shen-
andoah. William N. Crumpler, Nam
semond: Russell Bargamin. Richmond
isaac Held. Richmond: John B. Welch.
richmond: Charles B. Carroll. Norfolk
.ilGn- R!oMdsLshrdl taoinhrdiu mfwyp
There was no session OF the Supreme
Court Yesterday. Their, is never any on
saturday. Judges Cardwell. Keith. dar-
rtson and White are here engaged IN
looking over the papers OF the young men
VINO took the examination on Friday pc
rorc tine court. The successful ones WIZ
he announced early this week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

This past week, the first of the family
of Ex-Governor Tyler, at their home on
the heights overlooking the little town
OF East Radford. and commanding IN
yiew miles of the picturesque New River,
has proven to the great-hearted eX-Chief
Magistrate of the State that private life
has its victories no less renowned than
the fulfllment of a public trust.
His shoulders free from the mantle OF
his late high office, and his hands f1nolng
not the papers of State importance to I'M
fold, he has turned his attention, Will
tngIy for the. time, to the smallest house
hold cares, and has been one OF the lam
lily in fixing UP the house.
The duties which have befallen the ex-
Governor Gn his shirt sleeves) during
these last few days, have been such little
domestic attentions to things in general
as to involve him in the pleasant task of
oiling the pump adjusting the washers
In, the rested suction pipe. fixing the latch
on the front gate, mailing on paling
here and there and whiting a peg for
the big barn-yard gate, to say nothing
of the keys he has fitted, the pictures he
has hung, and the practical knowledge
he has acquired in that hiGh-priced art
of plumbing. AS a carpet-stretcher he
has been great success so much so
that this time the house has been covered
with half the Brussels it took the last
time, when the boys put it down. The
BOYS explain this by calling attention to
the Governors advantage in weight.
The Ex-Governor has had some ex-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
AIR. CORN ms woud erfnI Power.

remember during my service in the
United States Senate when we had quite
a sharp division in our ranks. One very
great man introduced a resolution which
some Of us thought was unwise. He
made falf-hour speech. full of elo-
querce and force, in favor of this resolu-
ton. Just before he sat down / caught
his eye and shook my head. The great
man turned at once to the president. Mr..
President" he said. chat was one side
of the question. There is another side
He Their spoke with equal elo1uence and
force against the resolution for half an
hour He said it was too serious matter
to take snap judgment on. and ended by
moving to adjourn. Afterwards he came
over to me and asked What the devil
is it all about, anyway" daughter and
applause From ex-senator Germans
Speech at Baltimore, December 80.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
.COunCilnnanlC
EVERAL OF THE MEMBERS TO R
Main Fight to Be in Jefferson Ward, Where Messrs
Turpin and King Will Have Opposition.
The New Candidates.

ward, and unless something unforeseen
occurs In the meantime, there will be
no change This may also be said OF
Madison Ward, but in Marshall Ward a
fight is expected to develop. Gossip has
it that Mr. Curtis and Mr.. Grimes will
have opposition, and that Mr.. Wiltshire
will probably have to enter strenuously
into politics.
The main fight will be in Clay and JET
ferson Wards, where factional differences
exist.
With the retirement OF Mr.. Ebel, the
Common Council will look to put a new
man at the head of that Esody. Mr. Cas-
kie has said he would retire also. This
will necessitate the selection Of some one
else Mr.. Wallerstein will be mention
ed. His experience in such matters will
make him a good presiding officer Mr.
Hobson is. also. being thought Of
Should Mr.. Turpin fail of reelection,
q new president of the Board of Alder
men would have to be selected Major
Otway s. Allen it has been said, would
preside ably and with dignity. The name
of Mr.. James r. Gordon has been sug-
gested. Either man would do justice to
the responsible position.
HARRY TUCKER
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

The placing Of the electric wires OF the
city under ground, through Il Subterrane-
an passage across Tenth Street from the
City Hall to the feed pole on the opposite
side OF the street. was the beginning or
the underground era in the development
OF electricity as a motive, lishuns anG
transmitting power, in Richmond.
Up to that time there was no move
rnent toward an underground system.
The city was covered with wires from end
to end with congestion in the central
and business sections. Telephone, tele-
graph electric light and trolley wires hov-
cred ,vcr re city Ike cloud and IL
some districts on gloomy days 1t was
80 dark that people in some OF the large
factories and wholesale houses were
forced to turn on the lights in order to
properly transact their business.
This condition OF affairs was such that
the Fire Department existed in fear and
trembling that AT any moment a fire
might break out in some section covered
with wires. and spread ruin ard devasta-
ton.
Then this department made forward
movement, and an ordinance was frame
md passed by Council providing for tn
placing of all wires underground. The
complications that arose uetween the city
ana the Bell Telephone ~ompany caused
the ordinances to become practically
dead letter, pnd the law was never en-
Forced.
THE FIRST ConDUIT.
When the City Hall was begun, eight
years ago. the big conduit across Tenth
street was constructed. 1t is large enong
for a man to 20 t',~nngh. That was the
arst effort OF the kind.
II, 1909 when the Virginia Electrical
Ard Railway Construction Company was
rrsnted q. charter. the provisions were
t,,s+ the wires we're to go under ground.
: "A 4, the construction the provisions OF
ts,s Franchise were carried out.
{ ri,e ducts were ordered to be con-
esructet 90 that other concerns might
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
THE FIRST CONDUIT WAS LAID
L BY THE CITY OF RICHMOND
The Progress Being Made With the Underground Syste
is Slow but Sure---Wires Going Under Ground.

use them. but the manner OF conducting
tho wires was so entirely different from
the method pursued by other companies,
that in order to use tho ducts. the entire
system OF existing concerns would have
TO be changed, and the expense entailed
in such change would be as great, if no,
greater, than q new underground system
would entail.
The construction OF the duties by the
CONSTRUCTION Company was another long
step toward the placing of wires under
ground. but the pressure overhead was
not relieved. No wires were cominS
down The new company did not re-
lieve the stu ton.
Councilmen began to look: closer INTO
the serious condition of affairs. and =
was determined to be firm with all mat
ters along this line in future.
When the city and the Bell Company
shook hands over the little trouble they
had been engaged in, and the latter asked
for franchise, 1t contained the under
ground proposition. and thus the begin
ming of the end Of overhead wires waS
inaugurated.
The Bell wires have been on poles, oc-
,upied Jointly by the city. for the use of
ire alarm and police telegraph wires,
In tho transfer of those Bell wires
rom the poles to the duties the city
wires are left on the poles. The latter
re the property of the Bell Company
nd when the wires are taken off the
Doles will be removed, or the city forced
- pay q tax for them,
TO GO UNDER GROUND.
| The city hnwnve~ could -,-,' q Ford To
keep Its own wires over head in the face
of The ordinance and so In order to
have the change effected as soon as pos
sib'e. Superintendent Thompson. OF the
Police Telegraph and Fire Alarm De-
partment. hrs prepared a statement and
asrecon merdatfon to be presented to the
Finance Committee. for an appropria-
ton, of s25, ono to carry out the work OF
placing under ground nil the wires Of
the city departments, to be laid in the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Minis on Manhood,

The Twentieth Century Mems Meeting
this afternoon, which will be held at $3.50
O. clock at the Y. NJ C. A Hall, promises
to be the most interesting of the past
two months. The theme will be Man
hood" and Mr.. c. P. W. Minis of New
England travelling representative of one
of the largest potteries. will be the speak
er. Mr.. Minis has a message that will
interest, inspire and help men. The song
service will open promptly at $50. with
piano, violin and cornet accompaniment.
Miss Dosa Mitchell and Mr. Frank Gun
ningham will sing. Last Sunday almost
three hundred men attended the service,
which was delightful and helpful.
Tickets may be secured at the various
churches this morning or at the entrance
this afternoon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Front Royal acts.

Especial Dispatch to Tho Tirnes)
'FRONT.' POYAL. jan. 11,-Dr y NJ.
Kipps of this county. who deals largely
in Thoroughbred cattle. received a car
load of thoroughbreds from Hon Henry
Fairfax. of Loudorn county. These cat
tie were imported, some OF which weighed
1900 pounds
The Front Royal Milling Company. a
fourins-nill located here last year and
doing fourishtns business, sold 400
barrels of hour. to be shipped South, this
week.
Tho Eastern Normal College has opened
its winter term with a large increase In
attendance.
& The Observation-Disclosures Academy OF this
place has opened the latter half OF It's
school session, with a good attendance:
3 The firm OF johnson & Brother. mo
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

White Ribbon Remedy will cure or de-
stroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic
stimuants whether tho, patient is con-
firmed inebriate. "a tippleeIr," social drink
to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors
after using White Ribbon Remedy. EN-
.DORSED BY MEMBERS Of w. C.
7. t.
Mrs. Moore, superintendent of the Wo-
writes: 81 have tested White Ribbon
Remedy on very obstinate drunkards.
and the cures have been many. In many
cases the Remedy was given secretly.
cheerfully recommend and endorse White
Ribbon Remedy Members Of our union
are delighted to find a practical and eco-
nomical treatment to aid us in our tens
peran work.
AIRS. West. president Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. writes : Il
know Of so many people redeemed from
the curse of drink by the use of White
ribbon Remedy that L earnestly request
YOU to give ita trial. Druggists or by
mail. s1.STrial package free by writing
Mrs. "A. NJ. TOWNSEND for years. sec
rotary OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
perancc Tnion). 21S So q 49, FREMONT
STREET BOSTON. MASS. s...-7,"..-.......ss
Sold in Richmond by the TRAGLE
sCuT-RATE DRUG STORE. 81 East
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Da.ca IA On x.nef,.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The T!mcs.)
CHlLDEESS, VA, Jan. IA delight
ful dance was given here last night by
Colonel and Mrs. Robert Robinson. al
their beautiful surourbe.. home. he
Pines" Those participating were Ear.
jim. Morton with MIss sarah Robinson,
Mr.. Dan. Lewis with Miss Hanah Clay.
Mr.. Sol. Lewis with MISS Lucille Robin
son, Mr.. Lcwyer Dobbns witt. Mrs. Dacid
Johnson, Mr.. Z. o. Do.Jlns with MISS
Amy -Anderon, Mr.. William Browne with
Miss Rebecah Dobhins, MIR. Dan Baugh-
man with Miss Alice Day. Mt. Charlie
Saunders with Miss Henrietta Pack( Mr..
William Browne. Jr. with Miss Leila
Lewis Music wa. beautifully rendered
by the Toler Brothers string band.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
c,swe Comment.
fsnan;al ni.a,tch 10 The Tines

Especial Dispatch 10 The Ti1es.l
CRF.WE, VA. Jan. u.-1ouHs osborne.
a fireman on the Norfolk and western
Railroad, was taken with typhoid fever
at the end OF one OF his tnps here and
yesterday was taken TO Farmvillc for
treatment by his mother and sister, who
came to Crewe for the purpose. NJ. Os-
borne is from Prospect and had lived
hero a few weeks only.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engin-
GERS were rendered an oyster supper at the
Y. N. c. A. Hall Thursday nisht.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Had a Christmas Tree.

The Ladies Aid Society of West
minister Presbyterian Church held their
first meeting OF the New Year on last
Monday, January 9th, at the home Of
Mrs ]. w. Alexander, No. 2S09 West
Main Street. After the usual business
was transa cted the members took part
in the stripping of Christmas tree
The occasion was a very. enjoyable one.
and brought back the happy memori of
childhood days. Little gathering like this
do much toward making the members
feel more united TO each other and inter-
erted in the welfare Of the society and
church.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
SDptsVo0d Lodge.

At meeting Of Spotswood Lodge Of
the knights of the Golden horseshoe held
Friday night "a Laube's Hall. the foilowi e
last night at Laubes' Hail, the following
officers were installed for the ensuing
year,: Commander, John Eggleston; vice
Commander, Claude NJ. Dean; Recorder,
w. Crump Tucker; Treasurer, H. G.
Watson; Chaplain, Mr.. Lee: Physician n,
DR.. Rowies: Musician, Mr.. Lee; Trustees,
CLAUDE NJ. Dean, Elmo Redwood ana Mr..
Walthall.
The Lodge is il most flourishing con-
ditlon, and mary applications are being
made for membership.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Meeting ., Church Hin Branch.

A regular meeting OF the Chureh aiii
branch of the W. c. A. VIII DC hsio az
their home, No. 1903 East Franklin street
next Tuesday afternoon at ciocA. ~
full attendance Is earnestly resioeseeo-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Missionaries TO be Present.

The Baptist wornan's Missionary Cir
cle will meet at the First Church next
Thursday at II y. NJ. 1t is hoped thlis
DR.. and Mrs. Taylor. MISSIONARIES -
Brazil now in this city, will be present.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

Troy has twenty-seven factories where
collars ar. cuffs and shirts are made. They
employ 1900 persons. sour-hfths being
women.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Wv q N:TUi:Y COMFORT.

millions are daily finding world OF
Fort in Bucklen's Arniea Salve, Il
,s,,,s ,,;n from Burns. Scaids. Cuts.
Er,,,ses: conquers Ulcers and Fever
sores: cures Eruptions. Salt Rheum.
pafI, and Felons: removes Corns ana
Vars Best Pie cure on earth. Only
,sc at Owens & Minor Drug Company.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

have lately sold out to John E. Cupp, OF
this place. will leave Monday FOR Yves.
Virginia, where they will enter business.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12
Conference Of. Y. NJ. c. "a. Workers
He MINIS. TE5R.IAL UNION

here will be a conference of Young
MEMS Christian ASSOCIATION workers, in
Guiding college, CITY and railroad depart
nlents. at the Centrai M. G. A. build-
ing, this morning: at O'Clock. The con-
ference will last exactly one hour, and
The themes to be discussed will be of inl-
portance and intense interest The
building will open at 7:45 and the con-
terence Will begin exactly at o'clock.
There will be three short talks, followed
uy open discuss. oas.
The Ministerial UnioI. will meet to-
morrow morning in regular monthly
DISCUSS THE SUNDAY LEAGUE.
session. The chief matter OF interest
which will come before it will be a dis
cussion of the Sunday Observance
League, and an inquiry why it is not at
wark at the present.
The League is still alive; but,
as stated before, in !. a cornatose
state. This so far as the officers viii
indicate. The secretary of the League
said yesterday that the organization IS
still in existence, but preferred to make
no statement regarding tie reasons for
its long inactivity and apparent liteless-
= ,Ie-cH
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-12

The Jackson Ward delegation will re-
main as It is. Theirs is ma dEht on in that
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
ONLY WOMEN WERE KILLED.
Results of the BOmbardment OF
MaiGuetia, By the Venezuelan
Forces, June z.

Willemstad, Isle of Curacao, Mon
day. June 9.-Advices received here
announce that the Venezuelan revo-
lutionists attacked La Guayra, the
port of Caracas, Saturday, June z.
The government forces answered by
Smelling Maiquetia. suburb OF La
Guayra. from the forts ashore, and
from the Venezuelan warship Miriam
da. Only peaceful women were killed.
All the commercial houses at La
Guayra were closed the day OF the
bombardment and the inhabitants
were panic-stricken.
Eventually, the revolutionists, who
numbered about 400 men, were re-
pulsed. They destroyed the bridge
at Boaueron, on the Caracas en-
glish) railroad, and stopped all traf-
fic for - hours. They also cut the
French cable and the telegraph wires.
The people of Caracas were thrown
into a state of alarm and everyone
began buying provisions, apprehend-
ing siege.
The situation in Venezuela as these
advices were dispatched Indicated
that crisis was near.
A Dutch warship and the German
cruiser Fake leave Curacao to-day
for La Guaira.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
LAND SALE.
Charles Held.

Charles Held, In the Chance
VS.. ry COurt,at Co
Claude Crosthwait, ct al lumbia, Tenn.
Pursuant to decree entered in above
styled cause, at the April Term, 1902, on
minutes at page 81, will, on
Saturday, the 9Th day Of July 1902,
at the courthouse door, in Columbia
Tennessee, sell to the highest and best,
bidder, the land described in said de-
cree, bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: Being house and lot in the vii
lage of Enterprise, Maury County, Ten
nessee, in the Eleventh Civil District of
said county, and bounded as follows:
bounded on the North by Moses Gill
lespie; East by public road from Mt.
Pleasant to Enterprise; South by Walter
A. Barnett West by Walter A. Barnett,
containing l IL acres, more or less.
TEMS:-Said sale will be made on
credit of and IL months, except the
sum of $50, which will be required in
cash on day of sale. Sale free from the
equity of redemption. Notes bearing
interest from date of sale with good per-
sonal security will be required of the
purchaser, and lien retained to secure
the payment of the purchase money.
This the 23d day of May, 1902.
may23 At A. N. AKIN, z. " M.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20
THOMAS DISBROW UNCERTAIN,
Knew of No Reason Why His SON
| Louis DisbrOyv, Should Have
! Committed Suicide.

New York, June 17.-Thomas Dis
brow, of Richmond Hill, Long Island,
father of Louis Disbrow, who disap-
peared shortly after Miss Saran
Lawrence and Clarence Foster were
reported missing from Good Ground
L. T., was asked whether he thought
it was his son that jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge Sunday. Mr.. Dis
brow said that the description given
of the man who committed suicide,
answered in some respects to that OF
his son, but that he knew of no rea-
son why he should have desired to
end his life. 1t was possible, he
thought, that his sons mind had be-
come unbalanced on account OF the
notoriety brought upon him in his
connection with the tragedy at Good
Ground.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-06-20

A little girl who was being "sassed"
nv another little girl, was holding in
splendidly, and she continued to keep
her peace, while the other little girl
said, apparently, all there was to say
on the subject.
"You were nice little girl" per-
son who had overheard the converse
ton, observed, mot to talk back to
the other little girl"
"Well," the little imp answered, "you
see if had told her what thought o.
her, she would have had chance to
answer back; but as she doesn't know
what / think, she cannot do anything
about it, can she ?"-Boston Herald.