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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Great Holiday Crowds Begin to
Throng the Gaily Deco
rated Streets.
BE sExHlLARATlNG G SCENES
ON BROAD. STREET TONIGHT
Popular 'Thoroughfarc Will be
Ablazc With Light and Will
Rcsound With Merry Sounds.
Dinners Tomorrow at the
Almsl1ousc, Prisons and
the Pcnitcntiary.

Before the sun of another day breaks
over the land, the Christmas 'of 1909. with
IT'S promise. glad and full. OF peace and
joy and happiness unto all will have!
stolen into the hearts and homes of men
d. visitor welcome, a guest embraced.
Already there is in the atmosphere the
Intangible something that bespcaks the
near presence Of the yuletide-a some
thing that Is not SO much in the air as It
is In the minds and hearts Of mon whence
1t Is projected. 70 the boy this some :!
thing is perhaps the Intoxicating smell of
tho holiday popcracker prematurely eX-,
plodcd. to the man it Is tho state that
begins In the present and ex tends through
one associated train OF thought to the
years OF long ago. when he. too bent With
shining eye and flushed cheek over the.
mysterious Christmas stocking, that
strange ana bnlgiug. hut grateful .ttl J
thing. 10 all It's 2 4. sen 's4 Sc
Of peace and happiness that needs
no bidding; that comes OF It's own 5;p accord
with the dnwning OF the festival sea son.
And this presence is never moro pro-
.,lounced than to-day-Christmas Eve, a
sort of independent holiday Of itself.
The Broad Street Scenes.
In every phase or the city's life the
approval Of Christmas is markedly obvi-
GUS. From tile distant crack OF small
boys fireworks to the hurried step OF
tho late. shopper one reads at every hand
the. .unmistak;lble sign. 3s.i:s y IL
Broad Street Is tho Christmas thermom-
eter that responds to every touch Of the
holiday celebration. No other record
than this need be kept. Day by day
each new advance Of Christmas has been
chronicled III tho successfully larger and 4
larger crowds that cling to the thronged
sidewalks of this busiest Of streets. A
week ago it began with good out
pouring BY yesterday and last night
il lad incrcas sed to huge proportions.
Tonight all Richmond will be there,
and until the night of Christmas eve has
faded into the early morning OF Christ
mas itself the squares will be alive with
al classes and conditions OF men ana
women and children.
s Tho Christmas eve celebration u on
Broad Street Is IL thing that yearly COM
mands the attention of all. unfortun-
ately it is also q. thing that yearly com
mands the consideration Of the police.
Notwithstanding some drawbacks.S now
ever ii Is possible tovlsit Broad Street
Christmas cvo and enjoy It,, and this
thousands of people Will do to.nlght.
That it will be- a sight worth seeing no
onc can doubt The long street will he
brilliantly lighted. and for some ten
squares of 1t the people will surge along
tic sidewalks. All tho, stores VIII be
open, and on tho inside half maddened
clerks will contend with half-naddened
crowds, fearful Of missing this last
chance Of making the final Christmas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Virginia

~ i /. . Z. Il
& Walter Walden cleared ol the, charge q
ttl,cmurder Of Robert s. " W.ell; ebs
Chesterfield Courthouse :af ers trial 4 lasClnss
n d week: affecting scene When Z, nn- -
nounced ss$vcrdict---sI he cruise ga
yeston, built by tho TElgss. SUI, 9,
.isfactory progress at NOrtplk tna vy-ytliIu yai,
suit III Lynchburg to {Fannul ss5 1j.,s ins
adoption Of n chin In .connecti56,n VIII VIII
breaking George NJ. on wi Wilil .1 i'e
cruiser Baltimore. back from gconvoyill
the, torpedo flotllla----St Gamer NantucRet
in chesapeake Bay with her propeiter
hroken---Town Improvement 80 Soclety IN
13uchanan does good work--Ihe .Gor-. n
federate Spy" presented By amateurs =! ~
good style in Fred dcrlcksburg---- Rev; x.
Il. Eadiey, Of Portsmouth. assu ultcd w
gfootpads and may not recover from ms
injurics-- Danville8 Council adopts ,Llan
ledIstrlcting the city into SIX WARDS
Newport News raises fourteen thutsand
for + ,Ialnestown---J Judge Sims, sitting IN IN
Norfolk county, decides that man mold
Ing Office is not ,cligiblc for registr
.WeclllB line steamer brings to FrederfGks-
burg ali the passengers allowed by !l,W !l,W
and leaves many on I nc WharVe!i---rt
IRA kelr,an crushed fatally between cars
5or.'fNew River &dlvision--Thc first freel
delivery route started from LynchburG--..--- -
2Blcla nan has its first tpportunitX%;~&Rto R
use it's new water works----rhe 1all a.
Z Onancock without a&prisoner for ilrst tlno
in MANY ycars-Local option counties
send large orders to Frcocrlcksburg Tor
/. C,hristmas jugs-Firc in Wincnester de.
stroys N a drug storo and damages lflc"
Masonic Temple. fA 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
WAR CAN
HARDLY BE
AVERTED.
Japan and Russia Will.
Come to Blows.
NO YIELDING ON
PART OF JAPAN
Line Has Been Drawn From
Which She Will Make no Is
Concessions.
.INCEssANT ACTIVITY
At HEADQUARTERS.
Transport and Other Arrange
mcnts Complete and japan Is B
Quietly Awaiting the Reply
Of Russian Alliance
With China Has Been
Suggested.
ACTIVITY
AT HEADQUARTERS
Suggested. Suggested
(By Associated Press,

l'EKlN. Dec. 23.-That thcrc is only n
faint prospect that war between Japan
and Russia can be nvertcd Is said 10 be
the opinion of two members OF the Dip
5lomntic corps ut the Chinese capital
whose opinions regarding tho present
critical condition Of affairs IN the far
East are probably most valuable, namely,
japanese Minister uchida and Sir Ernest
Mason Satow. Their views. in fact. are
no secret.
Minister Satow was connected with the
British diplomatic service In, Japan for
u quarter Of a century. lie is one OF
the greatest living authorities on Jupa-
nesc history and literature. and is III
cons tant communication with the fore
most statesmen OF japan. He is quoted
as saying that any one who imagines
that japan will not fight for. what she
concclves to be her greatest interests
does not know the Japanese peoples
Minister Gchlda is an adherent9 OF the
;;.1'Y ouns Japan party. sund has always
advocated war. II necessary to secure
the evacuation Of Mnnchuri;l.
Has Drawn the Line.
tors concerning war between japan and
iRusslu are not shared by the other dip
lomats nt Pekln. whose knowledge Of
the present situation Of affairs entities
thei: opinions to the highest considcra-
ton. It Is positively known that tho
Jar,ancsc government has dra,Sl the line
for settlement. beyond which it will
not make any material concessions. and
that she IL determined to fight before
r1,.,,,
Vital interests. It is believed that unless
Russia comedies Important points an
her exchange OF notes will precipitate
matters. x
1t is also believed that Japan will re-
fuse any arrangement holding in abey-
ancc the question of the evacuation OF
Niunchuria. which was one Of tho terms
Of tho proposed arrangement recently
announced from st. Petersburg. and
which, it is now supposed, was Intended
by the Russian government as a "feelcr."
This would be a violation of expressed
pledges given to Japun and China.
8 Minister uchida is reported to have
said he would be Obliged to resign in the
event Of such an agreement The most
dangerous factors In the situation are
tho confidence Of the Russian officials
i in the far East that u war would mean
an easy victory for Russia and tho chal-
ilcnging tone or the Russian officials and
newspapers.
The intelligent chinese officials await
developments with tile deepest anxiety.
They foresec the many perils menacinG
Chln;. in the event OF war and the pos
sibilltics that a partition OF the empire
may result from Chlnas inability to
maintain the neutrality OF her harbors
and subjects.
Alliance Possible.
The younger. officials and the news
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
M
General.

Holiday, tlullncss still! pervades the stock
market, and this is added to by thn bel a {, :
hat war between Japan and Russia Gall-
not be avoided d---Sxty-three persons
KILLED and a number Injured In wreck ois
Baltimore and Ohio inHPennsylyan Id.
Well-informed persons In Pelin. feel nat
war between Japan and Rrssu Is inep:tn,i;
hIe, as It Is firmly scen that Japan !, Will y
ia thor fight than rscede from the position 2
she has tax en---Ono person killed ma
: number Injured iii head.on collision on
the louisville and Nashyllla road--s-Air
Nixon denies statements; made by =! SchMa9 !, Ha5
are both false and malicious--lItfort IS
Icing made y have aEe hoyd n9pen o5 rihSal he,
for NAL feasancc IN ice--Rcar-Adm'lfll
Edwin White, of.the untted States nHcS, ;oi
urnl Reyes sends message to bis govern
ment to the effect that War;wthss W 4 panama
I,nwrsnco o. Murray; chosen assistant Sec
rotary the Dspartmsnt Of cammetrS aereaTS
nr the NAVY NIGAdoo Is appointed Police
COMMISSIONER OF New York city,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
GRAFTON Hall IS
BURNED TO GROUND
Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch.)1

Especial to Tho Tlmes-D -Dlspatch)
4 LEEsBURCi, VA. Dec. Authorization
has Just been received here Of tho de-
struction of house No. 6, belonging to the
pulaney estate near lIpperville. by fire
on Tuesday night about o'clock. The
house is occupied by Mr.. Richard Du-
3laney, and is known as Grafton Hall. The
fire originated from All explosion Of all
oil lamp in tho building The, contents
were burned, and tho entiyo loss is about
$50, ,ooo The house alone costs about $1,000
rho amount Of the insurance Is not
known. f 5iR
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Richmond.

RI Considerable damage results = iroin a
tjre on lower Main SStrcct---Nxl1ilarhtrg
ante Christmas scene looked Tor to-n NJ
son Broad stree Especial Christmas ulil,
ners prepared at the nlnlshousc ana ncnal
institutlons--J udge Wicklam dl lsmls,.ssuag N,.s
/. case, declaring that lie did not peilese y,
the testimony of a. wltncss--no Occas.oi
for alarm on d account OF the recent rnat--
riagcs which hsure Technically irrcsuta!:---I1- N
8IDive-kecper given five gears in4thc i1eIIi,iii
ienttary--A1 romantic clopemen t----o - :, ~ y
citizen critically il---Consoldatlon u re.
ligous papers which have heretofore !lnt
been iy--Legislatn udlourhs ,Ilntil
December Goth, r irst rcrGrt OF nc 5tSnii',
missioner OF state Ilpspita :. a.. a, Z. Z,
&c. Gray Bossicux dcclineS the mdJosrit,s
OF the seventieth Reglment-Calsscb ot = =,
S Coyaris continued--George fiono,ls tls !. ~
yesterday y---Bia entcrtalnmcnt at at ~. ne
SicGiiir.s, ii.I' placed @ 1 on Its pedestal Water
Committee likely to force the fgh t on TIC
.clectrolysis mtltter--I3onh isspo ordl naMIicI M
approved by Mayor aylGr-----R tenn e ond
College secures a fine lcctul er-t;Sla 4, rrlaes
In tho pllilologan hall at the cole ege,1a ~.
christmas brenkfa TO- be gwen tna INC
homeless at the Methodist institute z, 70
,norrow---rl,c childrey, contempt ,sa,,, ease
dismissed iii n9Hcnrico--6 6orporatio;ns s.3na-
aiANGi4 .'i,s,s;t!i ESTE ES oticers OF clopton
Strcct Sunday school elected--alusic ~
sacred Heart Church to- o-morro,"---e :
I schools close for the esiholidays----s'ale ~ ~ I
Christmas goods actiyc---.Ne 70 (, outcii,
5inen----Elks sent out bncKels----f i'.Et uicra!
Of Mrs. Ferguson. Sl ii III ,t q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Report Contradicted,

EEW YoRll, Dec. @,-Thc yacnt
nnnmer, tho wreck Of which was re-
,,o,tsd in d cable dispatch from Nassau,
n r., on December 18th, was not INC
stcam yacht OF that name owned by -.
q Roomc, a dispatch was sshl lo'auy
Ny Mr. Roomen from Mla'i' pia's =
the Associated Press as followys'
"ssontradlct wreck Of nlSSaehl lto'.lnari ',',,
u,reck probahly Is schooner farht
Iioamev, OF Bal timore.' sSr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
MCCLELLAN NAMES \
POLICE COMMISSIONER
lBy Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, Dec. as. -AIayor-eleet Me-
Clellan tonight announced the appoint-
ments or former Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy William AcAdoo as Police Com
missioner, Maurice Feathcrstone as Dock
Commissioner and John g. Fertla and
William Harnan Black as commlssl9ners
Of Accounts is5 3s BgS,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
North Carolina.

Deputy Sheriff Daugherty dead of ms
wounds and Gautier must. stand trial tor
seS ses raiHe rifiessRaie,sh banks take holiday
from "wednesday until Monday--Iho
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Gu n.
tIorses the Panama treaty ana calls oI. y.
in Congress to support u
3---Ralegh will soon have only TWO .iclos : :
phone lines in the tlcld---A nuinper ~ ~
important charters issued by inc SAJt ocef''
n Stat O. -L ~. lE.e,a-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Gone Home.

Mr.. u O. Fitzgerald, general foreman
of the Seaboard Air Line shops, has left
for Ills home, Deposit, N. VA. to spend
the Christmas holidays, taking With him
Tho best wishes or all the employees, Mr.,
}lSitzgerald has become Very popular Will
{ihe employees and 8ottlcials during his stay
Iero, tj II II i5tf Il AZ ii.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Indecisive Battle.

(By Associated I'ress)
S,JANlIf ( r. Dee. 23.--The Tartar gon-
o,al at Karin reports that an inddcisiye
hattie has occurred hctween four bat,;
tulions OF Chinese from Hung chung and
Inftcon hundred Koreans. Will invaded chi
S,,cs,t territory from Iycns Chung. In
northeast Korea,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24

Highest Temperature yesterday y.........3 3 3
Lowest temperature yestcrday y........... a. ~
Mean Temperature ycsterday..:.......- ~
Normal teinneipture for December ...... ~ ~
Departure from normal temperhturc.. ~
Precipitation during past q houIs. ....'' "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
SUMMARY OF THE DAYS NEWS. n 5
Weather,

w eatnerpE 3
:WASltlNGTON, Doc. q; Forecast for
1hui.sday and Friday: .,.,
n Virghia-lrnir Thursday, rain Ut. night
OH Friday, except probably n,9w and COLI, COLL
eriltrldaS,ln tho mountain district; + FRESH
south winds. II .... .y !.
North Cdroiina-Fair Thursday, rain nt
night or Friday. except falr on the coast
colder Friday I'll west portion fresh S south Y
wlndg. "
Indications arc that tho mild. lGasart
weather Of the, past few days VIII ~, no. p,
last, and there is fear Of rain 4 - - snow
IN gomc quarters, for Christmas Dhy' gii
STATE, or T11D I'll ElyN oMIrER:;o
B "a. ''''' ~ ~
$12N -. "a
Bp. M4............ ..........t' ts :.
q P. NJ. ...... 80 80
EP.g ~ 4.
II midnight = 5cs
Average Observation-Disclosures. : : ~ ~
Highest temporary ycstcruay - -
Lowest temperature yesterda y..''........ .,a y,
tEIn *
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s,,A -,r, m MI /, ,,l1l;lynloMETl1a.

Average Observation-Disclosures
The independent., 1903-01-15

The ones TO which attention Is now
most directed are the combinations
formed by coal dealers in various cit
les and towns. From many points
comes the news that while the side
tracks are full of loaded coal cars
the people can get none to keep them
warm.
Every man knows that if the great
trusts, like the Standard Oil, steel and
Others of that sort, are to be allowed
to destroy competition, everything else
will follow in their lead, and the whole
system of commerce as it has hereto
fore existed will be overthrown. The
merchants in every little town will
combine and the retail price Of everv
necessity will be arbitrarily fixed. The
communism of greed will be in the
saddle everywhere.
The independent., 1903-01-15
SAME NAME, THAT'S ALL

Years ago the republican party
emancipated the black slave and in
recent years it has subjugated ten
million brown men, and holds out n,
promise of liberty to them. The mul-
let head who votes 'er straight" to-
day, thinks that he is voting for the
same thing that the republicans of
1860 voted for. Governor Boutwell,, in
his speech to the colored people of
Boston, told them that 'the repubi-
can party had become the enemy of
universal liberty" and he told them
the unvarnished truth. The New York
Post says:
We have proclaimed that our
officers in the Philippine islands
were performing their duties salts
factorily and successfully, where
as the islands are in condition of
famine, pestilence and general
misery more pitiable than under
any period Of Spanish rule"
Practicing torture that equals that
of the worst days of the inquisition
especially in the case of Father Aug
ustine, reducing millions by military
oppression to starvation, repudiating
every principle announced in its first
platform, the mullet head, may God
have mercy on his soul, still believes
that it is the party of Abraham Lin
coin.
The independent., 1903-01-15
AN INFAMOUS GANG

The motto of this paper is: ''The
truth about everything" and it tries
to live up to the motto. The truth
about the United States senate is that
it is the most infamous gang of
scoundrels that ever got together as a
legislative body anywhere on this
earth. 1t has a veneer of courtesy.
Its members pose as statesmen. The
pretend to pass laws in which the pub
lie welfare alone is considered. But
the truth about them is that their
courtesy is forced by the most drastic
rules, which are often disregarded. It's
membership is composed for the most
part of corporation lawyers, men en-
gagged in manufacturing or banking
who are there to further their own in
terests and that of the corporations
that sent them there. Two of them
have lately been exposed and convicted
by documents of their own writing, of
being not only dishonest, but of pre-
venting legislation for the money
there was in it for themselves. Docu
- --1nts have been printed with the sig
natures of Senators Elkins and Bul-
rows attached in which they declared
that the production of beet sugar
would return in dividends from 40 to
SO per cent profit, and that if the tar
iff was entirely removed it would still
be one of the best things in the
United States in which to invest mon
ey. That is sample of the scoundrel-
ism of the senate. These men organ
lied the fight against the Cuban treaty
and declared if it were ratified 'the
industry would be ruined" when they,
at the very time, were making from
40 to so per cent on their investments
in the production of beet sugar These
two men, like many others in that
body, are contemplate liars. 1t is
note orthy fact that Mr.. Oxnard the
next day after these exposures were
made called on the president and de-
clared that he would make no further
opposition to the confirmation of the
Cuban treaty.
The whole senate legislation is run
on this same plan. 1t is nest of rob
bers. 1t is a body elected almost
wholly by the corporations and the
senators are true to the influences
that sent them there.
The independent., 1903-01-15
RESULTS OF IMPERIALISM

Let any honest man of fair intelli-
gence make calm review of, the re-
suit of imperialism in the Philippines
and he will come to the conclusion
that the whole thing, to call it by no
harsher name, was a grievous mistake
1t has cost US the lives of about 10000
mer by wounds, diseases and acci-
dents connected with the undertake
ing. 1t has cost in money about $780,
100000. What have we in return for
all this? Ten million people in the
depths of distress on our hands, ev-
cry one of whom hates us with an un-
dying hatred. What gain has come to
any citizen Of the United States, out
side of those who have been employed
in this business? Poverty will reign
in the Philippines for more than
generation to come. What wealth
creating there is possible in that coun-
try is connected with agriculture and
the beasts of burden upon which that
depended have been destroyed by our
army. No animal can be imported to
take their places. Their natural in
crease under the most favorable cir
cumstances is slow. The native pop
ulation, crushed by a foreign invasion,
is without heart and without the
means of recuperation. BY imperial
ism we have wrecked the hopes and
destroyed the prosperity of 100000
Of people and done it at great loss to
ourselves. That is what imperialism
has done.
The independent., 1903-01-15
HOW THEY WILL DO 1T

Senator Hoar introduced an anti
trust bill, the chief features of which
provide for publicity and the pun
ishment of parties who attempted to
crush out competition by selling goods
below cost until the competitor was
ruined and then raise prices to recoup
the loss thus entailed and make ex-
orbitant profits besides. 1t was no
sooner given to the public than Con-
gressman Jenkins, chairman of th-
judicial committee in the house,
jumped on it with both feet Mr..
Jenkins says:
1T assumes to exercise power
enjoyed by the states. 1t oper-
ates as a restraint upon COM
merce, something beyond the pow
er Of congress to do, as congress
has only power to regulate COM
merce between the states, and not
to restrict it; it interferes with
the liberty of contract guaranteed
to the citizen by both state and
federal constitution; it deprives
the citizens of property without
any compensation; it is an at
tempt to legislate in the interest of
one class against another; it ex-
empts a class of persons and cor
poratiOns engaged in interstate
commerce, which the supreme
court of the United States says
congress has no power to do
that is, to create exemptions"
All of which goes to show that if
Senator Hoar's bill ever passes the
senate it will be held up in the ju-
dietary committee of the house, and
there it will end it's career. The state
ment OF Jenkins shows that no kind
OF an effective antitrust bill will ever
get past his committee The repub-
licans will introduce innumerable anti
trust bills, just as they have bills to
put hard and soft coal on the free list,
to take the tariff off dressed meat and
to suspend the shipping laws. Not one
OF them will ever pass as long as the
party leaders thing that they can hold
power and do nothing but talk. That
is the way they will do it.
The independent., 1903-01-15
BIG AND LITTLE TRUSTS

The evils that the people suffer from
the big trusts are not more severe or
numerous than those they suffer from
little trusts. Following the example
and expecting the same protection
that has been extended to the great
corporations, thousands of little trusts
have been formed all over the land.
The independent., 1903-01-15
R0Y'S DRUG
STORE
IO4 North 10th ST.

We say "Roy's" drug store-as
matter of fact it is EVERYBODY'S
drug store almost. Roy only Coz
ducts it, buys and keeps to sell he
goods, and meet and force competition.
Our patrons do the rest. We want 10
reni-d you of seasonable goods. viz:I
Garden Seeds, Condit Powders, Lice
Killers, B. B, Poison, Kalsomine,
Paints. Oils. Varnishes. etc.
We make speciality of all kinds Of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us. il
The independent., 1903-01-15
NOT THE RIGHT MEN

The trusts will never be suppressed
by the men who express such admir-
alton and tender consideration Tor
them. In Senator Hoars speech the
following passage occurs:
'T confess like to see Pierpont
Morgan buying up great lines OF
ocean steamships. like to hear
of foreign potentates and princl-
palities and powers bowling down
when he visits the continent OF
Europe We need great strength.
We need great individual power IL
we are to rival foreign nations III
the great matters which they also
control by individual power. We
must, if we can, look out in pro-
tecting ourselves, not to destroy
them, nor to cTamp them. We
can give them q law which will
not impair their strength and not
check their natural and rightful
grow h and that | hope is all we
mean to do
Men who talk that way are not the
sort that will wage successful war
fare against those who have organize
to loot the people.