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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01
FOR A MONUMENT
TO GEN. MERCER
Conference Of Prominent Men a
Fredericksburg,
PLANS 0FCoLoNIAL CONGRESS
To b, Carried Out in tie Inscription On the
StOne-A Similar Move ID blassi-
Chus.tts for Monument 10
General Harreg.
PLANS 0F.CoLoNIAL cQNGRESS
fsn.sinl pIsnalsh 70 Tho TLmas.l

FREDERICKSBURG VA. Jan. 81
Congressman NJ. a. Jones came from
Washington yesterday afternoon and
last night held d conference here viii a
junl committee representing the City
Council ana Business Mems Association
in reference 10 the proposed appropria-
lion by Congress for q monument i'll tHls
city 10 General Hugh Mercer. Congress
man Mccall. of Massachusetts, viii at
the same time introduce a bill for an
appropriation TO erect a monument 20
General Warren at Boston. Five thoUs-
and dollars VIII he asked for in each
bnl. The plans as TO inscription. etc,
recommended in q, report 10 the Colonial
Congress in lI7T Will he carried ont as
far as possible. Mi. Jones has assur-
unces that Tho bill WIN be faTorahly
reported by the Library Committee,
Mir. Jones returned to Washington this
morning, and the bin VIII probably be
introduced to-day
FINE l4oRsE SOLD.
Mr.. Charles II. IIurkamp, of the ANA
ret Stock Farm here, has sold to Mr.,
Constantine BrIn. The Danish mlnister
at Washington. the handsome chestnut
hunter and saddle horse Red Rock.
Mr.. Brun came here and personally in
spectcd and tried the horse, aud IS highly
pleased with his purchase.
Mrs. Grace L. Mills. OF Washington 4.
her former residence in this city, on
Washington Avenue.
The remains OF Mr. Scott Bryan, of
Stafford county. WHO died at the E!ae"-
ccncy Hospital. in %lshinGi"n, dis
week of appendicitis. We're taken to the
home of his father Mr.. j. X. Bryan
ct stanford Courthouse. and the inter-
ment made in the family burying-
ground.
-SUMA1ERSoN
Miss Bessie Summcrson. formerly Of
this city, was married this week at the
home OF her father at Stanton, 10 Mr..
j T. IIouck. OF IiarrisonbnrE
DR. Sidney l. Scott, of tAis CITY. VIII
locate near Corbn's. Caroline county,
20 practice his profession.
Mr and Mrs. Thomas r. Ivy, Of Lowell.
s1ass. are guests at MIR. W. Il. Flick
lens. in Falmouth. and will spend Il por-
ton of the winter in this city. Mr.. Ivy
IS a Southerner by birth, and his father
was born in Southampton county, in this
state. lie has been enjoying the hunt
ing season and has a number If very
valuable dogs imported from England.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01
Decentralization.

Especial Dispatch to Tho Timcs.)
ROANOKE, VA. Jan. al.-Nfr. Walter
Masencup. of Richmond, formerly of this
city, and Miss Bertha ". Hamilton were
married last night and left for their
future home In Richmond to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01
A Rosutifu, Midwinter snrriage.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
COCHRAN VA. Jan. 3l.--At Bethel
Church, near Cochran. at o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon, Ernest Johnson and
Miss Sallie Pattie Epperson were married
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01

In discussing the fire yesterday, Mr..
Robert Lecky, an authority on such
things, spoke in glowing terms of the
manner in which the fire department
handled the fire. They did remarkably
wel'' he said. 'They have an advantage
over us in the size of mains and the
number of plugs. I believe, however,
that our department might have done
better work. 1t is a fact worth noting
that the work of our department is al
ways good. in SO far as preventing the
spread of flames is concerned; and with
our department the handling of the fire.
after it reached the hotel. might have
been different and a portion of that
building saved, for there were adjoining
buildings that might have been worked
from"
RICHMOND MAN A GUEST.
Mr.. w. A. Johnson. OF Richmond. was
a guest at the hotel at the time of the
IRE. He escaped without loss or injury,
and reached home last night.
Collector William Beach, one of the
deputies in Revenue Agent Charles II.
Migrants Office. was loser to tho extent
Of all his baggag e. and he sustained
Slight injury to his left leg. Colonel Beach
is we'll known here. and has many SYM
patfizing friends. He has been in Norfolk
several weeks.
LONG DISTANCE SERVICE.
The value of the long distance tele-
phone service was demonstrated yester-
day in receiving accounts OF the IRE
here. There was trouble on 10th the tee
graph lines, the Western Union of11ce
being in the burned district. The only
means of communication between Rich
mond and Norfolk early in the morning
was through the medium of the Southern
Bell Company. The telegraph operator
at Norfolk had his Office just across from
the Atlantic Hotel. and was chased OUT
| by the heat Newspapers here got reports
of the affair dictated over the phone.
The office of the manager OF the ben
lines in Norfolk was situated about hair
!, block from the fire section. but the eN-
| change was on Williams Street, fully two
squares away Hence the service was
not interfered with. though in tho hotei
and the other buildings burned were quite
a number of phones destroyed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-01
not be ascertained until to-day.
HOTEL PLANS DES- ROYED.


In the burning of Architect PEBBLES
Office the plans of the new hotel to be
rected here by Mr.. w. II. Zimn1rmann
were destroyed. Within two hours at
ter the fire had been gotten under con-
troll; at about O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. Zimmerman had received
telegram from Mr.. PEBBLES, informing
him of the loss. and directing him to
send at once all plans and prints that
he had SO that work on new ones could
begin. The completed plans and speci-
fications were to have been shipped to
Mr.. zimmerman to-day, and he ex-
pected to have advertised for bids within
the next few days. The loss will entail
a. delay Of about two weeks in the mat
ter of asking for bids, but it will not
delay actual construction, which will be-
gin about June. Mr.. Zimmerman ship
ped what he had on hand yesterday az
ternoon
TELEGRAM OF SYMPATHY.
Early in the day Mayor Taylor. on be-
helf of the city. sent to the Mayor of
Norfolk a telegram of sympathy which
reads as follows:
Richmond. Va, Jan. 81, 1902.
Honorable Mayor Of Norfolk, Va:
Richmond extends heartfelt sympathy
to Norfolk In her sad affection.
RICHARD NJ. TAYLOR,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
THE CONDUCTORS JOKE.
Thouwht NE Had Done n Very clever
Thing. lint Found Himself 0us
OF Pocket.

One of the former street car con-
duetors of Washington was known as
Fatty" because o. his tendency to an
abnormal development Of adipose it's
sue. Everybody who rode with him
liked him. says the star. Like many
of the other conductors on the line.
Fatty" had been greatly annoyed by
men who would get on his car and
tender him a ten-aollar note from
which to deduct the fare. OF course,
the conductor could not make the
change and the man got his ride free.
At last. however. Fatty" determined
that he would teach at least one of
these lesson. So one morning before
starting out on his run he went TO the
cashier and got from him ten dollars
in pennies. few days later a man
boarded the car ana handed Fatty" a
ten-dollar note. Fatty" spoke not
word. but went straight to the corner
OF the car where he had deposited the
bag containing the pennies and, alb
stracting five of them, handed the
balance TO the passenger.
The latter protested that he did not
want that KIND OF change, put fatty
insisted that he could not do any bet
ter and the passenger accepted the
bulky package with the best grace he
could under the circumstances. Fat
ty" felt good all day over what he had
done and after his days work he was
recounting TO some of his colleagues
at the conductors room at the barn
how he had gotten ahead of the OBJ
noxious passenger.
All of sudden the cashier called
out:
Patty did you turn in this ten.
dollar note?"
"Yes," was the reply.
swell, you will have 10 make II
good" said the cashier. at is a coun-
terfeit."
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
Life Guarda

The Life Guards are two regiments oil
calvary forming part of the British
household troops. They are gallan,
soldiers, and every loyal British heart il
proud OF them. Not only the Kings
household, but yours, ours, everybody
should have its life guards. The need OF
them is especially great when the great.
est foes OF life, diseases, find allies in the
very elements, as colds, influenza, ca.
tarrh. the grip and pneumonia do in the
stormy month OF March. The best way
that we know of 10 guard against these
diseases Is to strengthen the system with
Hoods Sarsaparilla-the greatest of ali
life guards. Ii removes the conditions in
which these diseases make their most
successful attack, gives vigor and tone
to all vital organs and functions, and
imparts a genial warmth to the blood.
Remember the weaker the system the
greater the exposure to disease. Hood
Sarsaparilla makes the system strong.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
Tot Causes Night Alarm

Zone night my brothers baby wa,
taken with Group" writes Mrs. !. c
Snider, OF Crittenden, KY, cit seemed
It would strangle before we could get !
doctor, so we gave il DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured it. We. always keer
It in the house to protect our children
from Group and Whooping Cough. Il
cured me Of chronic bronchial trouble
that no other remedy would relieve. Z
lnfallible for Coughs, Colds, Throat and
Lung troubles. 50 cents and 81 90 Trial
bottles free at Feldmeyer Bros, City
Drug Store. -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
HE WANTED TOO MUCH.
Refused to buy "A watch That Had
Lost Five Seconds I'm n Trial
of seven Weeks.

"Some folks want the earth, and
that's no lapse from the confines of
veraeity," remarked the head watch
maker connected with big downtown
iewelry establishment, relates the
Washington Star. "a couple of
months ago the boss handed me one
of the best watches we have in the
house. He said he wanted il regulated
and instructed me TO give IL my best
attention, explaining that If the time
piece proved satisfactory the store
could dispose of an even dozen like 1t to
the purchaser, who represented a cor
poration requiring correct time in the
conduct of its business.
"Well, 1 adjusted the delicate ma
chinery and asked the possible pur-
chaser to carry the watch in his pocket
for several weeks and then bring It in
for me to note how IL was behaving.
He reappeared at the end of seven
NvaaLs and, reporting that the tiInSs
piece during that period hndaDn~ =
seconds, annom2Sii6 ioS' iiFe
ments had.ag mat his require
saIa-p1 not been met and that the
was off. The boss CURLY re-
marked that he did not care for such
trade, adding that any closer running
than had been exhibited by the watch
was well-nigh impossible.
NO." concluded the watch maker.
sadly, "some folks wouldn't be salts
fed II they handled the switch that
controls the earth"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09

blood and other diseases which originate
in a diseased condition of the stomach.
The Discovery is absolutely a nom
alcoholic and non narcotic medicine.
There is nothing Must as good"
HFor three years have suffered with that
dreaded disease, eczema = writes Mrs l. Kocpp
Of Herman, oregon. 81 was told 70 try Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which did,
and after had taken fourteen bottles / was
permanently cured. II has been a year since I
stopped taking your medicine and il has never
appeared since think your medicine won
derful cure and hope others suffering as I did
will take IL and be relieved OF their suffering
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
powerful aids to the cleansing of the
clogged system. BY all dealers in
medicine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
Admiral OroWninshiald,s Paw.

Comptroller Of the Treasury Tracewel
OF Washington. has rendered decision
that Rear-Admiral A. S. Crowninshield
is entitled only to the highest pay of a
rear-admiral of the junior grade. or ST.
500 per year.
The contention was that under Section
1855 Of the Revised Statutes Admiral
Crowninshield should be given the high.
est pay given any rear.admiral, for the
reason that he was promoted to his pres
ent position from that Of chief of a bu
reau In the Navy Department, and there
fore his pay should be 81. 600
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
A Delightful nonoart.

Adelighiful concert will be given on
Monday evening May II by the Mando-
lin and Glee Clubs Of ST. Johns College.
az Mcdowell Hall. An excellent pro-
gram has been prepared. There will
be besides numbers by the Mandolin az d
G.ee Clubs, vocal solos by Mrs. Cain
who possesses voice Of marked cul,iva-
tor. and selec'ions on the violin BY Miss
Randall whose tuneiul manipulation Of
That instrument has won her much praise
IN the past. Reserved seats fer the cbn-
lit are on sale at Fsldmey er's.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09

, ton of the stomach
and allied organs of
digestion and nutri-
ton. When diges-
ton is imperfect, the
nutrition of the body
is inadequate to its
needs. The blood be-
comes thin, poisons
accumulate in it, and
these poisons often
manifest themselves
in som e eruptive
disease.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Dis
covery cures diseases
of the stomach and
other organs of di-
gestion and nutri-
ton. II eliminates
poisonous substances
from the blood, puri-
flying it and increas-
ing its quantity and
richness. The wDis-
coveryS cures per-
fectiv diseases of the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09

The Young Peoples Association of
Eras'Poft Baptist Church. will hold a
2,,ltiIas,ss$efry Festival in the Church on
rec. - evening. May l3h. Admission.
So.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09

D. TTIcb dilu Ill
4 cTIiptions arc due 20 impure blood,
and by purifying the blood with
Hoods Sarsaparilla they are CURED.
The only way to get rid OF some
5Cres is to lend them money
The sign painter is one man who
can always make name for himself.
NO, Mary, dear; lumber vessels are
not the only ones that carry log-books.
Some people are always sure they
are right, and then do the other thing.
Gloves cleaned: if left at CAPITAL
office. Short gloves 10 cents per pair
long gloves IS cents. Sim.
When you hear soft knock at your
door it is sign somebody is coming to
borrow something.
What we call strength of character
in ourselves we are apt to call stubborn.
ness in other people.
If you have any Electric Wiring, or
repairing of Electric Bells, &c. address
postal to EDw. 7. BEAvIN, 90 Cathedral
street.
Poker may have its drawbacks, but
there is always an opening for bright
young men in jackpot.
Even in these days OF keen compe-
tition no doctor would advertise Gu, rates
in surgical operations.
The old SAYING that ii rains on the
just and the unjust alike is not true. The
latter Away have umbrellas.
The young Ran who is inclined 10
lead fast life ought to lead il to the first
hilohing post and there tie up.
The man with the sWelled-head does
not suffer as much as those who are COM
PEELED 10 associate with him.
The blonde tpye of feminine beauty
will never cease as long as bondine,
bleachine and the like Can be had in
large quantities.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
SCHEDULE OF LOCAL TRLIIs.
ANNAPOLIS, WASHINGTON q BALTIMORE r. r.
Connecting With Annapolis Junc. & 0deaton.

Trains leave for Annapolis Junction, connect
ing AT Odenton and the Junction with trains for
baltimore and Washington, and other points, as
follows
Leave at...... so a, m. Arrive at. $50 a. m
- q. "a a. M. 10 10 a m.
- F" II 90 a. M -. 80 .. m.
...... $50 p. m. -. 5.O5 y. IN.
Sunday Trains.
Leave az $50 a. m. and D. 30 p. m. Arrive
at 1923 a IN. and 7.05 D. IN.
S. B. BROWN. ]. WILSON BROWN,
G. r. & Il. Agt. Manager.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
ECZEMA.

That torturing and disfguring disease
has its cause in an impure condition of
the blood. The impure condition of the
blood often arises from diseased condi-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-05-09
eNAP SHOTS.
Fired rom The Capitals Camera"

Fired rom The Capitals Camera"
L Is men are the best checker play.
ers.
The Perry pictures TOR sale a, this
office.
Red-headed girls don't all dye
young.
The girl who paints is not wholly
artless.
- rave your h tograph taken by
6UFFHAM & Co. 40 Maryland Avenue.
All he latest styles and op-to date s~orh.
The cooking Sc hool girl doesn't al
~ays pan out
Many n woman who mariies a rich
man gets poor husband.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20
CAR AND KAISER.
Little Exchange of Kingly Courtesy
in the BrOgues Of Moscow
and Berlin.

The car has given the kaiser a gold
smoking set, and the kaiser has given
the ear Il gold writing set-and its
nobody's birthday, either. In this
connection it may be stated that the
correspondence accompanying these
somewhat valuable gifts has not been
made public, but without much men
tai effort it can be imagined it runs
something like this:
The ear to the kaiser: Dear Will
liekoff, here's a little smoking setsliv
that l thought you might likesky. IT'S
1S-caretsky and warranted solidskv
When you take a pipesky and handsky
and putfoff few ringsly don't forget.
sky your czarikoff friendsky."
The kaiser to the car; "Tiebor
freund, heremit gif you some writing
gesehaft pessnesses. Dey are pooty
goot goldt, verstehen sic? Ven YOU
dake your pen in handt and writet
down some of dose Russian langyidces
ton't vergiss your loving Willie poy. I
also by de same oXpressness send Won
some Cherman ink of de best gwali.
tieations, Blease toni trink it. if vos
got poisonings insite. If you do trinl,
1t, den you must go gwick aIretty
schWallow de plotting paper for an an
didotelets. Write soon, und pelieye me
etfer yours of drulyness. Wilhelm"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20
DON'T JUMP OFF THE CARS.
nervous Disorders Are said to FREE
quently Result from This Too
Common Practice.

Jumping off moving trains and street
cars as practiced to-day is a fruitful
source of nervous disorders and one
not fully recognized for its Importance
by any school except oseopaths. Yet
the facts are easily comprehended.
Certain it is that nervousness in all
Its protean forms, from irritabilitv,
neurasthenia and general nervous col
lapse to paralysis is socaused andthat
the careless habit of many people of
bowling off moving cars stif-legged
lays the foundation for these disor-
ders of every hour of the day, says os-
teopathic Health.
In leading the strenuous life Of orr
cities men and women seem unable tn
wait to get to their journeys end. Be-
lore trains come to a half stop at
crossings and platforms fidgety ne
destrians withmuscles tense drop from
car platforms, and almost before their
bodies have recovered from the for
ward momentum are stalking n mad
1oot race against timein the opposite
direction. This enterprise saves ten
seconds, of course, for that particular
errand, but possibly it hastens bv
many months ones journey to the
grave. Positive injury is thereby done
to the spine and nervous system which
must gather in cumulative effect until
one day the whole nervous organism
may go to pieces. Mere slips of the
vertebrate from their true POSITIONS
one upon the other, and the strains
brought to bear in consequence unon
the ligaments and muscles. bindinr
them together, are what first occur
from these sudden innumerable pound
ings of hard heels against adamant
pavements, These seemingly trivial
mishaps to the body are productive of
the most far-reaching consequences.
At every point in the spine where
such concussion spends its force a
defective spot develops, 1t becomes a
weak point anatomically and point
of congestion, blockade and imraired
work physiologically.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20
THE TRAINED NURSE.
May Now Get sleep aud Time
TO Eat.

snow, Doctor said the trained
nurse to the great physician, what do
] owe you?'
The wear and tear of her calling had
begun to tell, and the nurse had taken
her turn at playing patient, After a
dozen visits She had come to pay her
bill. says the New York Herald,
The specialist looked at her a mo-
ment gravcly. Then he said; you
know | charge $3.50 for a prescrip-
ton"
The nurse gave a little involuntary
gasp of alarm. "Oh, doctor" she ex-
claimed, you mean for each prescrip-
ton? Why, I've been here
Then it flashed upon her that the
high priced specialist might be iok-
ing.
YES" he resumed, with a suspicion
Of a smile, you must pay me $3.50 for
each prescription or nothing"
There was no installing his meaning
now,
, "".' uoy,o'' aaIo '.le nurse Una L
,','., 'e1l" qul,e lar mere We
Dso'' WINS wen '.'e' week 70 see
) o| , "''' Se' , our ~, "u''ee-- you VINO are
so ""9l' '''' =" It'' 80 many oelllaluS
w. .,.. o ~. '..H"' ~, '""I gu s'dr'eIS nave
y''ie " cav. VIZ | N''o"' as ou'SlueIs
y" NV nv" p '''o"S every minute Is
~ . , o"'
pu, 40 ca" returned the redoubt-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20

The question as to whether farm.
ing pays is not fundamental. 1t is
merely incidental. 4 necessary occu-
patton must pay TO often it is an,
swered in the negative by the mere
citing of cases in which farming is
unremuneratiye. The abandoned
farms of New England may not pay,
else they might not have been aban-
doned. Yet even here there NAV be
fallacy Perhaps the farm that has
ceased to be profitable under the old
system of farming may be made to
pay under new system. Strictly
speaking, there are probably no aban-
doued farms in New England There
may be change in ownership and in
methods, but the lands still Weld a
crop for somebody They have not
reverted to the public domain. The
management of land is undergoing
radical change. This change NAV
result in hardships to the individual
who will not accept the new order,
but it works to the betterment of
the farm, and consequently of the
community. Farming pays, even
though farmer here and there may
fall,-F. II, Sweet in Epitomist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20
kcen tie FHrm Want.

May ! not put IN a plea for neat
ness on the farm! what do mean by
inns VIII tell YOU. Some things
may De proved by contrasts, The
other day passed a farm where the
mouse ana barn stood on opposite
Siaes OF inc road. The house had a
'"reitSS IooA'as II the occupants were
very pussy people, and had little time
10 SPena on personal appearance
elther OF themselves or their home
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-09-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Ru5yard Kipliug has written 100
short stories.
An American, Dir C. 0 Hood, Of Rev
erly. Mass, is the appointed dentist of
The German emperor
L. D, Harrison, Of Manchester n. H.
has been for three years gathering
data for a history of the stars and
stripes The volume will consist Of
an important first raisings Of our ma
tioual emblem during warand peace in
this and foreign countries.
}. e. Pcton. The first public school
teacher Of California, is still living at
Los Angeles at the age of &c. lie is
great grandson Of Joel Pelton, who
fired the first shot at Bunker hill and
was killed by the first British cannon
shot. His father used to tell with
pleasure how CORVALLIS bowed his
head as he passed under his extended
bayonet at the Yorktown surrender.
lord Salisbury's father was an &C.
centric character, who had a writing
mania, among others Abraham Hay
ward records that the elder marquis
used to 'secrete good deal Of poetical
matter" His method of securing cir
culation was certainly original This
was by slipping printed copies of his
verses into the greatCoat pockets Of
+be visitors ot Hatfield and by himself