The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-28
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Events of ;he Deek
Under Brief Review. I.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The activity of Fourth Assistant Post
master-Geheral Joseph Little Bristow In
| the pursuit Of the rascals that should be
| turned out of the department. has brought
his name prominently forward within the
past week for tho vce-presidential nofni-
nation on the Republican ticket. 1t is ar
gued by the admirers of Mr. Brlstow that
ticket composed Of Roosevelt and Bris-
| tow, under the circumstances, would en-
able the Republicans to do a wonderful
amount OF hedging when the inevitable
cry comes up against the rascalties that
| have been permitted In the Postonlce De-
partment. This. OF course. is on the pre-
sumption that the President Is going TO
do a strenuous stunt In pushing the ras.
| calls and that Bristow will be the agent
to @fearlessly execute his orders. Major
John M. Carson. the veteran Washington
correspondent, Is booming Bristow right
along. He speaks Of him as a Thorough
going Kansan, OF Kentucky birth. rel
alive OF the late Secretary Bristow, whose
fearless exposure of the %hiskey ring
during Grants administration will be re-
membered with the respect that brave
honesty always earns" He further al.
six feet two In his stockings" Is "sinewy
and powerful in muscle" and whose
eyes flash and glow behind his spec.
tacles." They say no Is long. lank and
hungry. SO was Abraham Lincoln" Quite
spectacular candidate 10 this discovery
OF Major Carson.
Tho New York Commercial Advertiser
Is moving for the creation OF a commits.
sion TO search for lost parks in It's city.
1t justifes Its effort by the story of one
city park that was actually lost and has
been very recently discovered by acci-
dent. According to the papers informa-
tlon this particular park was laid out
more than five years ago In the Bronx
District. 1t seems that the park commits
sioners and everybody else forgot all
about It, except the person indicated
here: Says the Commercial Advertiser:
Its discovery as a park might have
been indefinitely delayed had not resi-
dent OF the Bronx, who no longer needed
the site for factory. volunteered the In
formation to Commissioner Eustis. OF the
Bronx Park Department. Wonder II
Richmond has any lost parks lyingt
around loose The Council 1nvost!gatinaal
Committee might inquire.
Another limb OF royalty has been doing
up our country ''onbeknownst" to us.
Prince George. grandson OF the Emperor
Franz josef Of Austria, came over ard
saw the United States and sailed for
home one day last week. Under the title
of Count of Wurtenburg." he success
fully hid his identity in New York until
few hours before sailing for home. Eve
have heard much in Europe of your
American Invasion" he said. "but I had
not, realized what tremendous resourcef
there are inGtfis country. 1t Is marvellous
where. Bavaria. ] believe, supplies the
United States with more musicians than
commercial products, but we hope in
time to remedy that"
The burning Of a negro In tho State OF
Delegare. negro charged with the usual
crime. with murder added, has attracted
general attention during the past week.
In view Of the fact that the lynching Of
negroes In the North Is becoming quite
common, the comments OF the northern
papers are very interesting. The follow
ing from the Hartford Times Is a sample:
HE was burned a. the stake, after an
attack on the jail, which resulted in one
boy In the crowd being fatally shot by
the guards In an attempt to drive off
the attacking party. II the machinery of
the law could act quickly In such cases
there would be no opportunity for Judge
Lynch to wreak his fearful ana fieiy
vengeance on the criminal. The savage
work at Beleville. III, two weeks ago.
and now this Delaware burning have
done good deal to familiarlze the
hoodlum element everywhere with this
new form of death for negroes who com.
nit murdcrous assaults on white persons,
and, as there seems to be no cessation In
the list of assaults, burning negroes a
the stake by mobs may be said to be
fast becoming an established procedure
In this country"
strange form OF paralysis, believed
by specialists to have been Induced by
some food or other poison acting on the
brain. has robbed DR.. William j
Greanelle, OF the faculty OF the University
of New York. OF the power Of speech
and the use Of both legs, and has seri-
ously Influenced all the vital organs The
disease first appeared In April. and seems
to have fully developed only this past
week. Leading specialists who hive been
treating the patient have been unable tc
check Its progress. Tho attack came the
day after DR.. Greanele attended church
festival at which he ate light repast
There Is an epidemic of municipal cor
ruption; At Is almost everywhere. and
what is to some extent gratifying. there
Is also something of an epidemic of moral
effort In the way of running down the
corruption and Furnishing the officially
corrupt. As we all know. Richmond has
been getting little touch OF both cpl
denies. and there Is no telling to what
extent developments may show spread
of the same. The very latest breakout
Is in the highly moral municipality of
Scranton, Pa and we mention 1t only to
show that Richmond has constantly In
creasing company. and, further. because
the history that Scranton Is thus max
| ing is SO very much like that this NUM-
clpality has been writing of late. One
Councilman is under arrest on charges
of taking. a bride, and a dozen or more
other city officials have been ordered
into court to tell what they know of
tho use Of money to influence votes In
the Council, The alleged bribery grows
out of the efforts Of corporations to Sc
cure privileges In the public streets, a
railway company being specially con-.
cerned In this case
A walking delegate In Chicago has run