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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Republican Delegates.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

ABINGDON, VA, August 25.-The Re
rublicans of Washington county held
their convention to-day and appointed
delegates 20 the Ninth District Conven-
ton, which meets here September Sd
next. The County Committee was reor-
ganized, with o. L. James as county chair
man and Paul Z. Hayter as county sec
rotary. L. P. Summers was elected a
member of the District Committee. The
delegation was uninstructed, either as to
the policy Of making nomination for
Congress or as to choice thereof.
The utmost harmony and enthusiasm
prevailed, but no expression was attempt
ed further than the appointment of dele
gates.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Dr.. Sears Change.

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
UNIVERSITY OF NlRGlNlA, VA
August 25.-Dr. O. B. Sears. professor OF
English and history in Rawlings Fee
male Institute here and formerly pro-
lessor of English and history in Central
Christian College, Albany, Mo-, has &C
cepted a call to the chair of English and
history in the State Female Normal
School at Farmville.
DR.. Sears received the degree Of Phi. D.
at the last finals Of the University Of
Virginia. He is a native of Missouri.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
WAS A CYCLONE
The Southside Storm Did Immense
Damage

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
COCHRAN, VA, August 25.-The nan
storms Of Thursday and Friday last
swept an erea that included parts OF three
counties, namely. Lunenburg, Brunswick,
and Dinwiddie. But its widest range and
worst damage was in Brunswick. Start
ing near Perseverance Church it ranged
onward in general northeasterly direc-
ton for at least ten miles. The width
Of its path varied and averaged from
one to three miles.
Some farms In its course 1t skipped
over altogether. The damage to the to-
bacco on the different and many farms
1t swept will range from rs to 100 per
cent. Of value. The total destruction,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
CHURCH IN DANGER
Prompt Work Of Winchester Firemen
Nv Great Destruction.
Especial .spatch to The Times.)

WINCHESTER, VA. Aug 25-Grace
Lutheran Church. the finest ediflce OF
that denomination In the Valley. was
badly damaged by fire at 10 o'clock this
morning which threatened to wipe out
of existence the most valuable business
section, and caused great alarm. The
losses, however. are small, owing to the
prompt work of the fire department
The fire originated in the livery stable
of q. L. Henry, adjoining the church;
Henry was asleep and aWoke half stit1ed
by smoke. with the building IN flames
and sparks dropping in his bed. He fled
in his underclothing, but returned and
rescued a colored enoloye who was also
asleep in the building.
The church organ. windows and tresco-
ing are damaged to the extent OF one
thousand dollars.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
The Rapid Transit Line.

Bids will soon be asked for the con-
strucrion of the street car line OF the
Citizens Rapid Transit Company. The
plans and specifications were completed
yesterday.
This line starts at Fu..on. encircles
Chimborazo Park and runs out to Ba-
cons Quarter Branch. There Will ha a
costly trestle erected over the Seven
teenth-Street Valley.
Work will begin as soon as practicable
after the contract is given out.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Caton-Gorrar.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)

Especial DISPATCH 20 TIC I1fnes.J
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 25.-Miss
Katherine Y. German, daughter OF Col
!ector of Taxes P. T. German and Mr..
Reece J. Cation. both of this city, We're
quietly married at 10 o'clock this morn
ing at ST. Mary's Catholic Church by Rev
Father II. ]. Cutler. Only the families
CT the parties represented were present
After me ceremony the couple left for
Northern bridal tour. They will reside
here,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Para!yzed In His Car.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
ROANOKE, VA, August 25-George
Eolms, of this city, chief air brake in
spector of the Norfolk and Western, was
found in his car at Vivian, W. Va, yes
tcrday morning. stricken with paralysis
aud in an unconscious condition. He was
taken to the hotel and lies there in a
critical condition
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Virginia Officers CAUGHT Them.
CIV Associated Press.)

MIDDLESBORO. ky. Aug. o5.-Ac-
cording to advices received here to-day
T. NJ. Nullens and S. f. Mullens have
surrendered to Virginia officers. They
are charged with numerous offenses.
among others, the assault of Miss Cora
Williams, of Freezing, Va. The Null
lenses We're members of George Potter's
band
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
HOME AGAIN
MIR. L. M. Blackboard and Rev. Arthur S.
Lloyd Back from Europe.
(Special Dispatch to The Time

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 25.-A1r
L. NJ Blackboard, of the Eplscopal hlgn
School, and Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, gen.
eral secretary of the Board of Missions
landed in New York this morning. These
gentlemen have been IN the BRUSH Isles
for month and were in LONDON during
the coronation ceremonies. they report
a smooth passage across the ocean aboard
the Minnehaha.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Glass Factories Start Up,
(Snecial Dispatch to The Time

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
ALEXANDRIA, VA, August 25.-Fires
have been started in the furnaces of the
two glass factories here. which have been
closed for the summer, ard operations
will be resumed next weak.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
Confederate Reunion,

Charles r. Irwin Camp. c. ". Will hold
reunion at Amelia Courthouse on Sep
TENDER Sd, at which time Pickett and
Lee Camps, OF this city. Will attend as
guests Of Irwin Camp.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

IF THE DRIVER WHO TOOK TRUNK
and dress-suit CASE from Beveridse's
Drug Store, corner Brook Avenue and
Clay Street, to IA E. Main Street, by
mistake, will return same To Bevaridgss
Drug Store he will save trouble. as he
is known.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26
anE TIMES; 1RcHMoND. Va, TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1902
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esp but drives from tbs system sse. all druggists.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-26

Lexington-C. A. Woolsley. Philadelphia;
"A d. Harris. Warrenton, N. G.; A w.
Smith, New York; W. ]. Humphrey. s.
A. L.; w. H Hardy. Hinton. w. Va !;
n. r. Mclaughlin, Huntington. w Va;
"A S. Brown. Warner, Pa. A. South
worth, Huntington. w. Va: A. J. Muir
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The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A VIRGINIA LOVE STORY.

THE battle-ground"
authors
period
Perhaps the she
which
W.
Baer and w Granville Smith Each is
descriptions
described
which
discourse which charmed childs
Lafayette; looks
still Emmelne
a earl n
a
wedding
allGreat
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of
if
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York: & Co.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
REVIEWS OF THE WEEK.

mind why they should continue not to live
in the same house for some time after the
ceremony has been performed. Perhaps
the real reason was that in that case MIR.
Stoker's mystery would have spinal dis
ease.
On top of all this the lovely creature
talks a variety of English that would
make a cat laugh-an American cat. And
yet, in spite of the caricature-like feat
ures of the picture fairness obliges one
to admit that Mr.. Stoker has caught the
essential characteristics of the best type
of American girl fairly well. But she
does tell her lover that she Is real glad
to see him." and that he is $50 cute"
and it would be worth Mr.. Stoker's while
to hear the comments of the average
American maiden when she reads that.
Aside from the character of the heroine,
the book has many good points. There IS
q really fine mystery, which depends N
part on an Intricate and ingenious cipher;
there is weird old Gaelic prophecies,
and a procession of ghosts out of the sea,
and a hidden treasure which was part
of the cargo of the Spanish Armada, and
a bunch of horrible villains toward the
end OF the book, Whatever else Mr..
Stoker can or cannot do-and one of the
things he cannot do is TO pay much atten-
ton to probabilities--he can certainly tell
a story so that ii is as interesting as a
dream which has slight flavor of night
mare New York: Doubleday, Page a. Co.
81 EUl
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A LOGGING CAMP.

THE Blazed Trail"
difficult
enavor which
Of which
y and it be
doublets in
making realistic in
know whether realism
in woods.
The story OF Mr. White
who
stance which slightly
their
with equipment but determination hypnotic
feels all
about the reality Thorpe and his
The authors Intellectual pas
the
fascination
and less romantic than it pictured things
wha they feel even they feel the
askt
Hampshire and Vermont they
a 49,
Besides the woods
He poo ana that is the
IN way which makes the
eouonai crises
little OF the hero Of Harold Frederic
also Thorpe
more or less successfully by the modern he
our NE and as he himself
tNew York Mcclure, Phillips Co.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

From Ocean TO Ocean" is a book OIL
Nicaragua and its people, by Lieut.. J. W
G. Walker, son of Rear Admiral Walker
head OF the Nicaragua Canal Commission.
II contains the result of the authors eX-
periences during his employment in sur
veying the belt of country between Lake
Nicaragua and the Pa iic Ocean, avail
able for canal construction. The object
of the book is simply TO afford, in com
pact form, information on this region and
its people. There are several illustra-
tions, taken from photographs and sue
cessful in reproduction, and also several
maps.
In an Introductory note the author
gives his own views on the subject of
the canal, which are worth quoting as
interesting in themselves and as explain
ing the attitude taken in the book:
THE chief disadvantage of the Mica
raguan route is the cost of operation and
maintenance, which is estimated at 3d.
10000 per annum, or 81 300, coo more than
the Panama route. Whether IL should be
chosen in preference to its rival seems
sesses superior advantages worth secur-
ing at this excess annual expenditure.
These advantages are, briefiv. as fol-
lows:
"A saving of from one to two days
upon all trans-isthmian commerce except
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

that originating or ending upon the west
thus benefited includes that between the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United
States, which, being coastwise trade pro-
tected by law from foreign competition.
is of special Importance to the American
people.
More favorable hygienic conditions at
Nicaragua, indicating less loss of life dur
ing construction, and less liability to
commercial loss after completion. from
the quarantine of vessels.
THE possibility of developing large
portions OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica and
of establishing, during the period of con-
struction, intimate business relations
which would benefit our manufacturing
agricultural, and other interests. The
Panama Canal would be merely q means
of communication between the two
oceans.
AN average saving Of about nine days
for sailing ships in reaching and leaving
the termini, due to the prevalence of
trade winds not felt at Panama. 1t is
probable that for many years to come
considerable slow moving freight will be
transported by large five masted steam
ers. manned by small crews, and this
class of shipping should, therefore, re-
eeive due consideration. Chicago: A. C.
McClurg & Co. sl25.)
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
THE TEUTON IN EUROPE.

A Short History of Germany" by
Ernest E. Henderson. is brief only in
the sense that Green's Shorter His
tory of the English People is Sc be
cause the author has not said all that
there was to say and given all details.
1t fills two bulky volumes and will
make an excellent book of reference
for any library, as well as a valuable
part In course of reading dealing
with the political history of Europe.
Those who are looking for pictur-
esque description and vivid charac-
ter-drawing-in a word, for amuse-
ment-will not be likely to find it in
this history, for the author is too
intent on business to waste any
space. Yet his work is as far as pos
sible from being either dry or over
technical. He presents his array of
facts in clear, comprehensive and eX-
act language, and tells connected
story of the Tenton in Europe from
the time of the earliest historical
records to the close of Bismarck
public life. The book is dedicated to
Prince Henry of Prussia. There are
several maps which will be found
helpful in tracing historical move
ments and placing events.
The first volume includes the his
tory of the German Empire up TO the
Peace of Westphalia. The trouble
with most histories of medieval Ger
many is that they are either full of
dramatic descriptions of the customs
and personages of the time, or given
over to the tracing of the multiplex
dynasties and forces which made the
Empire what it was. Mr.. Henderson
gives undue prominence to neither of
these things, and it is probable that
the average reader Will get a better
idea of the course of history in cen
trail Europe from this book than
from most others which are accessi-
bic. While he gives enough of the
characteristic of any race or indi-
vidual to make clear the relations of
that race or individual to others of
the day, he does not obtrude his own
opinions, nor does he work out any
particular theory. He simply gives
concise and connected story OF the
progress of the country.
a good example of his style may
be found in the two or three pages
devoted to the persecution of the
Jews in the fourteenth century, and
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A Sea Tale.

1.-THE Mystery of the Sea" is a new
novel by Bran Stoker, but those who are
in search of some more of the peculiarly
grotesque thrills of horror which were
caused by "Dracula" will be disappointed
in it. There is some ghost literature in
the story, but most of it is plain mystery
story, OF the sort with which the public
is familiar only in this case it is rather
! unusually well done.
| The scene is laid on the north coast OF
| Scotland, near Aberdeen, and the hero is
| a young Englishman, while the heroine is
an American heiress, from Chicago, and
about as realistic as most English novel
lists pictures OF american characters. 1t
| is little difficult to say whether Mr.,
! Stoker is portraying the American girl
as she is, as the British public thinks
| she is, or as he supposes the British pub
| lie want to have her. Whatever the rea-
son may be. the conglomeration of quail
| ties which he has gotten together under
| the name of Marjory Drake is odd enough
to furnish much entertainment, if not
precisely of the sort intended by the au-
| thor.
Marjory is supposed to be descended
| from Sir Francis Drake, and to be the
| child of generations of pioneers, Indian
fighters, and bushmen. How this partic-
ular ancestry tallies with her titled de-
scent is not explained, but the fact is that
most Western pioneers do not trace their
ancestry much further back than their
grandfathers. But that is a small mat
ter. We are told that this is the girl
who gave the battleship to the American
Government at the beginning of the war
with Spain, and that on account OF this,
and because OF her remarkable beauty and
joan of-Arcli like ability TO fire the Ameri-
can heart with patriotism, wicked con
spiracy has been formed among Spanish
sympathi2ers TO get possession of her
person. This situation the young lady
positively enjoys fact which is perhaps
partly explained by her experiences in the
use OF revolver. Somehow or other
foreign novelists seem to have an idea
that all American girls handle shooting
irons as easily as Jack Hamlin There
is nothing in Marjory's nature or bring
ing up to lead her to object to assuming
out at night to call on the hero, after she
has been married to him, but there does
seem TO be some reason or other in her
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

rate history little further on, which
might well have come out of the brain
of novelist.
I'm 1401 the Hamburg feet. one of
the ships of which is known to have
reioiced in the name of the gay
colored cow, took captive Hans Stor-
tebeller and his crew after sharp
fight. and brought them to Hamburg
to be executed. The story runs that
Stortebeker offered to ransom him
self with golden chain. to be made
from hidden treasure, which should
reach around the city walls. This be-
ing refused, his last request was that
SO many of his companions might be
pardoned as his body might run past
reached the fifth, when the eXecu-
toner, ill-pleased at losing so many
victims, threw an obstacle in his way
and tripped him up"
Perhaps nothing could better illus
trate the innate savagery of the ''age
of chivalry'' than that. We should
consider the conduct of that execu-
toner TO be a disgrace to savages if
it happened today, but it did not then
even excite enough comment to be
given prominent place in the histo-
ries.
One of the most interesting chap
tiers in this volume is that which CON
tains the account of the Reformation
and of the struggle between Luther
and Charles V. While the description
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
The April "Critic."

The illustrated articles in the current
issue of the Critic include the fourth
paper in the series covering THE Great
Reviews of the World" the present in
stallment treating The Russian Re
views" The text is by Mr.. Victor S Var
ros, and the pictorial material shows nu-
merous portraits of editors and publicists
as well as facsimile reproductions of
title and cover pages of the leading re-
views. Another illustrated paper is Miss
Constance Goddard du Bots pen study of
Charles S. Lummis. accompanied by
views of Mr.. Lummis' California house
and grounds, while a contribution to a
different field is MIR. Burgess Johnson
paper on The New HumOr.' Mr. John
sons text passes i'll review such present
day humorists as Messrs Herford, Bur-
CESS. Dunno, AIDE, and Kountz, and Misses
Wells and Daskam, and Mrs. Atwood r.
Martin, sketches and portraits of whom
enliven the letter press.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

of Luther's appearance at Worms is
necessarily brief, it is none the less
effective. 1t is in part as follows:
Arrived in Worms, crowd of some
two thousand persons, men and wo-
men, accompanied Luther to his
lodging in the house of the Knights
of St. John. One of Aleander's SER
wants reported to his master that a
priest had taken the monk in his
arms, and having touched his coat
three times had gone away elorying
as if he had touched relic of the
greatest saint in the world Each
day of his sojourn in Worms was
marked by some such incident. The
young Landgrave of Hesse came to
talk with him in his lodging, and
cried out, Dear doctor, if thou art
in the right, so may our Lord God
help thee AS he entered the hall of
of assembly to face the grand ordeal
err, Frundsberg, clapped him on the
shoulder, Little monk, little monk,
now goest thou thy way to take such
a stand as / and many commander
even in our sharpest battles have
never taken; art thou of good intent
and certain of thy affair, SO go in
Gods name and be comforted; God
will not forsake thee
ION the afternoon of Luther's first
hearing, the crowd in the streets was
so dense that the herald had to lead
his charge to the hall of audience, in
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

the Episcopal Palace, through gar
dens and by back ways. Within the
building was gathered one of the
most august assemblies of electors,
princes. preIates, mobiles, and dele
gates that had ever met together in
Germany. The reformer was told not
to speak unless in answer to a ques-
ton, and was then shown a heap of
books which he was ordered to ac-
knowledge and retract. To the sur
prise of all, the man whose message
had rung like a clarion note through
out the length and breadth of the
land seemed now, with the eyes of
all upon him, actually to quail and
tremble. In a low voice, in words
that were hardly comprehensive, he
declared that if he spoke without due
consideration he might be oyerbold
and run into grievous peril; would
not his Imperial Majesty grant him
more time for deliberation? The an
swer was that he well knew the
grounds on which he had been sum-
moned; and had had sufficient time
for preparation; in the end, however,
there was granted delay of twenty
four hours.
1.-The general impression among
Luther's friends was one of disap-
pointment; even the Saxon elector
was not quite satisfied with his pro-
tege. AS for Charles, he could hardly
believe that he had seen before him
the author of such aggressive books:
The Washington times., 1902-04-13

chances are that the menace of the
French Emperor first made il evident
to the German statesmen that some
thing would haze to be done to mo-
billie the forces of their country.
The work of Baron Stein in this di-
rection is described in part as fol-
lows:
Difficult as it is to realize. IN to
this moment QS0i) two-thirds of the
population of Prussia had consisted
of unfree persons-not slaves in the
full sense, because protected by law
from many acts of oppression, yet
unable to leave their homes of their
own free will, and bound to personal,
often mental, servitude. Ev-
cry pressure had hitherto been
brought to bear that could keep a
man in the station of life TO which
he had been born. 1t was against the
law for a noble to become citizen,
or to hold citizen or peasant lands;
equally against the law for peasant
or a citizen to purchase or assume
mortgages on the estates of mobiles
As a consequence, bankrupt mobiles
had almost no market for their lands,
and could raise no capital with which
to cultivate them. Forbidden to en-
gage in trade, their only alternative.
their only hope, was in the capricious
bounty of their sovereign"
This hidebound condition of things
was demoralizing enough for it's de-
struetion to be cheap at any price;
and it was destroyed by Stein and
Scharnhorst, with the aim of getting
the land out of the power of Napo-
leon. The army was made over; the
patriotism of the country was arous-
ed; and Prussia became a force
among nations, not only through her
statesmen, but through the character
of her people.
The story OF tie unihcation of Ger
many under Bismarck is not less in
teresting. Taken all in ALL Mr.. Hen
derson's history proves that the mod
ern chronicle of the development of a
nation can be, and often is. even more
interesting than the old-fashioned
history which was merely 4 collec-
ton of biographies of famous men
and descriptions of dramatic events.
The modern historian is not content
with facts; he seeks for causes. and
this without making them out of his
own theories and prejudices. The
present work is good example of the
result of this method of construction.
The Washington times., 1902-04-13
A Valuable Cyclopedia.

The eleventh volume Of the National
Cyclopedia OF American Biography has
appeared, and contains much that is valu-
able in the way of addenda to the volumes
already published, and also an index to
the entire eleven volumes. 1t will be a
relief to some harassed students of cur
rent events to know that this cyclopedia
does not confine itself to the biography
Of persons no longer living. but includes
in its list practically all the notable per-
sons about whom one is likely to be in
need of information. There are pictures
on nearly every page, and the text is he
work OF competent biographers from each
State. The present volume has for a
frontispiece a portrait OF President Nc
Kinley. The cyclopedia fills place
which has been UNFORTUNATELY vacant i'll
most American Libraries. (New York:
James T. White & Col