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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
CLEARED THE SIDEWALKS.
welcome ,Danvi11e# Ordinance.
stephen j.. Elliott sDead-Resi-

.s - s-.--.-- 4 s-f~5-
DANVILLE, VA, January 14:-tSpe-
blocking of sidewalks by the merchants.
which was not enforced by the Mayor on
January 1st, as called for by the ordi-
nance, pending a meeting of the Council
went into effect this morning. AS con-
sequence the streets present a cleaner
appearance today, than for a. long time
past. ,s5ss 80
There Is to be no more catching ofathe
ladies' skirts In the wires OF "a chicken
coop on the one side and the brushing Of
them against a piece Of meat on, the
other. And, moreover, the ladies and
their escorts can now walk abreast
when passing the grocery stores. The
stand that the Council has taken in the
matter has certainly met with the ap-
prevail of the feminine population. The
ordinance was ordered enforced, pending
an investigation by thes committee, to
whom the matter was referred. The
merchants will make a big fight before
the committee for permission to display
their wares on the sidewalk.
Mr.. Stephen j. F:I1iott 26 years of age.
died at his home on Plum street this
afternoon at 6 o'clock. after a brief ILL
ness. He leaves wife, father and
mother. four sisters and one brother. +
The home of Mrs. Aranlinta. Holcombe.
on west: Main street, was considerably
damaged by fire late this afternoon. the
roof being entirely burned and the fur
niture ruined. The blaze started in the
kitchen in the rear Of the house.
"A stiff wind was blowing and carried
the fire up,-under the caves Mr. E. b.
Utter. a member Of the department fell
from Chief Red's buggy, while on his
way to the fire. and was badly hurt
about the head and face. It is not be-
lieved that his injuries will prove serious.
He is resting easy. TO-. u.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
ON. CARY STREET.
Suffering. from Cold and Harmless,
To BE sGiveneAIcohol Bath.

Suffering from Cold and Harmless,
To Be SGivensAIcoho1 Bath.
"A large tarantula was car tured yester-
day. sin Gary street. The venomous
spider gas discovered by Herbert Meal
lister. salesman connected with the
large fruit house, of Ferrero. Grove &.
Co.., who came near being bitten by the
dea th-dealing insect.
The creatu owing to the extreme
cold wea ther Of the last few days. was
somewhat in a cataIeptic state. and for
this reason was less dangerous than he
would have been in summer. AS 1t was.
commission men believe McAllistert had a
narrow escape from one Of the most ter.
rib!e of dea this. 81
When discovered. the tarantula waa
hiding within a+large:@bunch Of bananas
Just wi TOUT the store door. AS he was
shaken from his; screened position. thus
the vicinftys leaped out of the way for
turn and view him from close quarters,
Is He measured about four inches across,
and had: behind a bulb-shaped body about
the. size of a damson The color of his
bodyEwas asdull yelIowish gray, and with
small black spots which much resem-
bled a dead nettte.
The SPIDER came from the island OF
Jamaica along with the bananas, and
must have been In hiding Ior some time
Mr.. McAllister will PROBABLY have the
hairy creature preserved In alcohol as a
memento of the time when he was face to
face with death. h
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
IN THE. COUNTY OF WYTHE..
Mrs. Susan swacker Dcnd-N1er,
chants After the ttDead Beats.

Mrs. Susan Swacker Dcnd-aIer-
chants After the sDead Beats.
WYTHEyILLE. VA, January IA
(Special.)-The County Court convened
Monday with Judge w. E. Fulton pre-
siding. On account of the severe cold
section. the ENTHUSIASTICALLY from
the country-has been unusually small,
hence the business transacted has been
light.
known in this community. in which she
was born and reared, died at her late
home, on Monroe street. yesterday morn
ing at o'clock. after brief illness ot
heart trouble. followed by Brights dis
ease. The deceased was 81 years old.
The funeral took place from the house
to-day.
Mrs. Ianre5 P: Davis. who lived near
Rural Retreat, in this county,, g dead,
having succumbed to brief attack Of
pneumonia
AFTLR THE DEAD BEATS"
The merchants Of Wytheville, who re-
:ions for their mutual protection against
dead BEATS, have created a great str
in this community by sending numerous
notices to the questionable debtors. r.
the past few days hundreds of these
notices have been sent out. They COLI
tain the several amounts due. the diff
ferent merchants, and the debtors are
a given lime or they Will be denied
future creGit by the MERCHANTS OF the
association upon a, penalty of a fine OF
SO.
Since Saturday persons In this section
have been harvesting ice from three to
four inches thick. and several ice-houses
in Wytheville have been Tiled.
Mrs. brewery. of Manchester. is visit
Ing her brother, Mr.. J. j. A. Powell, on
Church street
Mrs. Julia Pratt, Of Connecticut, is
visiting her friend, Mrs. T. G. Kent, on
give reception from 3 to in honor of
her guest.
Mrs. John c. Blair will entertain tn.
Ladies Euctre Club at her home, Oh
Main street, Thursday afternoon.
Miss 3I1a r. Goodwin left this morn
ing to spend the remainder of the winter
with her sister. Mrs. Lacy. in Lynchburg.
and with relatives in Richmond.
There are "a number Of. cases CT
diphtheria in the western section of this
county. So far none have proven fatal.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
TO IMPROVE. HER STREETS.
Charlottesville to Spend $4,000 TO,
That Purpose-GcnernI News.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, January
14-(speciaL)-A meeting was held at
the courthouse Monday to select three
members on the part Of the citizens to
act with four on the part Of the !ae City ~
seven, to take charge of the manage
ment of the street improvements to be
accomplished through the. recent appr2-
priation Of $4,000. Although the weather
was extremely cold. the meeting was
well attended. Mr. John S. Patton was
called to the chair and Messrs. George
Perkins, ". T. Martin, and J. E. Harri-
son We're unanimously, elected to mem
bership on the committee.
MT. Vincent NJ Miles. son Of Colonel
George w. Miles. of Radford. has re-
turned to the University and resumed
his collegiate work He has been in
Arkansas.
A collision occurred late Monday on
the Southern railway south of Char
lottesVille. between an extra passenger
train and freight. and considerable
damage was done to rolling stock. and
one brakeman suffered rather painful
injuries.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
THE. SCHOOLS OF EUROPE.
Interesting Observations. Made b,

Australian Com misslOners.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. January IA
Especial. )-J.l% w. Turner and G.. N:
Knibbs, prominent educators o.. Austria
liza, who were In ashington recently, are
now In New York, They came to. this
country as commissioners of education
Tor New South Wales. to make a careful
examination and Stud of the school sys-
tens of the United STATES. tMessrs. Turn
er and Knibbs will be In. this country and
Canada for a number of weeks. They.
spent seven months in Europe. and talk
with interested what they saw there,
They. gave your correspondent a. brief
account of their observations and impress
sions Of the school systems of Europe.
They spoke well of the systems In, Eng
land outsides5sof London. Birmingham
Manchester. and. Leeds have model sys-
TENS, and their impression was most
favora BILE. but whenSit came to London it
was very different. The schools there
to their surprise lacked organization and
discipline. and they deplored the; fact
world was not abreast of some of the
smaller English cities. :. The schools of
Paris. and the few they visited in the
interior towns are looking after the edu-
cation Of the, common people in a very
thorough manner. and do not compare
unfavorably with the English schools.
SWISS AT THE. HEAD.
But when Messrs. Turner. and Knibbs
began talking about the school system
Of Switzerland. they grew. enthusiastic
The little republic, right IN the very
heart Of Europe, Is !. looking after the
education OF its rising general ton III
manner that compares favorably with.
the leading systems Of the world. There
Is no country probably where more Ian
guages are spoken tnan In Switzerland,
and. even the poorer classes of the Swiss
are being educated as practical, lin
gusts. IT is too often the case ins Eng
land and probably in America Z that young.
people who have studied German and
French year or two at school cannot
use It at all an after life In any practical
sense. y. ii.E5ss
The schools Of Northern italy. are very.
good but In the south Of the peninsular
:kmgdoms they are rather inferior. Bel.
.g.Hm has "a very good system, but like.
Italy. the, parochial schools interfere
somewhat with the interest taken sim
public Institutions OF learning AS COM
pared with Germany, .Austria-Hun.
gary has a very Inferior system of5pub.
'ic education. The parochial i schools.
there; conflict with theS Interest in sthe.
sovernm ent schools. Germany has what
may be called a. substantial, thorough,
and complete system OF government
schools: German educators are thorough
and md. 9 a.'re. -. tl".lr work is In
s1rRPRlsE as TO RUSSIA SIS
The Scandinavian countri es have sex.
sceIlent systems. But II was when 5Messr5.
Turner and sKnibbs got to- the subject Of
Russia that they evinced 3 the greatest
surprise they met with upon their VISITS!
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
NEGROES ARMY.
nEY WILL MACE s1s1sA0 =
FIGHT FOR COMMISSIONS.
.rRI7cHARD BACKS THEM.
III. north carolinA senator and
Ch.,rman HILL OF the ail'tary
committee of the House, Approve
81 the aovenent for Nesro Of.
acer..
ma senator and

s WASHINGTON. D. c.. January IA
fsnecial 1.-THE negro question Is before
4 ,he President in a new form. He mas re-
peiycd requests from certain members
! az Congress TO appoint negroes to posi-
inns in the army. In all cases " IS
claimed that the records Of applicants
are such as TO entitle them to recogn1-
don and reward in the way OF commas
sions. Most of the colored aspirants io'
~ho,,,der straps have seen service In two
negro regiments in the Philippines.
Tn behalf of these men 1t Is urged 1nai
hefore the main body of troops were
ordered home the War Department sem
telegraphic requests for the names OF an
those officers who cared TO take competi,
rive examinations for the office OF SECOND
lieutenant no racial distinction having
been made Ia the message. Sixty OF
more coiored officers sign1hed their oe
sire to take the examination, but upon
disernharking at San FRANCISCO lney
found that subsequent conmuiical .,.a
from, the War Department indicated the
exact number of officers from each regl-
xnent who were to be examined. without
naming single colored man.
These officers, or many OF them, en-
eouraged by the rebuke recently admin
istered to the lily whites. have sppeaied
directly to the President for redress and
1t has developed that they have strong
friends at court.
Chairman HILL OF the House Committee
on Military Affairs, is numbered among
those who take the view that the negro
soldiers in many instances. performed
services In the Spanish-American and
Philippine wars. which manifestly, entltle
them to recognition. and the President Is
said to agree with the member from
iowa. Mr. Hull discussed the subject
with the President
Moreover. colored applicants are having
the active support Of Senator Pritchard.
The North Carolina Senator. while not
denying his responsibility in large mea-
sure for the so-called lilly white" move
ment, feels that it Is entirely fit and
proper for the administration to recognize
the services of the negro soldier in
the Philippines. just as he thinks 1t unfit
and improper, and fraught with evil
for both races. for the negroes to be
appointed to local offices In the South.
where there are protesting communities.
In this systematic fight for recognition.
which Will be inangurated the latter part
Of the week. these negroes will have the
aid of the recognized leader of the lilly
white" forces, thus giving a very sin-
Eular turn to the problem
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
Satire on New year Editions.
THAT TRANSFER SYSTEM.

Snb-Comnnittce on Streets Will Com
cider the Subject To-n1orrp,vi Night.
Thee sub-com1nittee Of the Committee
on Streets which has in charge the con-
sideration of the universal transfer sys-
tenn, will meet tomorrow evening to
discuss the plan which will then be pre-
serted BY representatiy Of the SVir-
gfnia Passenger and Power Company.
s The subject Is "a d4--.cult one and q long
session Of sthe subcommittee is antici-
to- some: of the point s, of transfer pro-
posed. and more possibly to. many. of the
points which have been selected for
disseminating transfers. 800
Both the public and the street railway
company will be heard Son the merits and
dement's Of the plan proposed and while
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
t1tsMr.l uuIS stu S'tAAAS !l'EnShlf
At Least Tive nt ~ ~ ~ :ts Succeed
- fheEI - To- G. URK6 en-. saSEGsaEsa

YlAtsLeoAtsgEyventy ~ 5
the Lates e. G.s Darden.
HAMPTON, s. A.. 8 anuarys III Specially.
Whine tue hodys tof the sla1et #tos1maeter5
liz. e. Darden as freposlngS IN his nome on
north King street aMatlins g Dur1lal & To-
|fmorrow5 AFTERNOON, about twenty or more
persons are to-uay circulating petiuons
ana using oLaer metnouS TO secure the
postmastersnip mace vacant by his.
aeaun. 5l
Inc fight for the position will sunques-
tfonablS be one OF the Narmest u #tne'
history OF the town. J llst VINO .wiAf sue
Isceed & to the office naturally cannot be
forecast at this early date. But among
] the leaders here it is stated that AAr-S
William 81 Boyenton, the present county
Chair man ana banker, Will very proba-.s
by capture the plum. The otner candl-s
lsdates, however, 90 not concede any such
thing. AR. BOY enton, is Is claimed, has
the solid endorsement f5tne machinery,
! but whether Hugh Gordon Miller OF Nor
1olk, is 1or nlm or not. IS a zion tnat
! is giving his friends some Little concern:
II is tnoug by many That II Miller cares
to take a. hand in the local fight, he Will
] be given the preroga.ive of naming
Hamplons next postmaster.
Among those more pr omlnently spoken
Of In connection with the o1hce are: Mr..
Z
/! j 1 c. Robinson, q Captain Charles e.
sHewins, Captain !. r. H. Richardson. Mr..
benjamin; Murrell, and r. NJ. Smith, the
colored collector OF customs at Old Point:
! Petitions galore are in circulation to-
i. day and persons Of every political faith
are being importuned by friends Of the.
/, various applicants to. attach their names
! to one orIne other of the petitions.
The bonosmen for the dead postmaster
], met thus morning and turned the office
over, to the assistant postmaster, who
!, will conduct 1t pending the appointment
OF the successor to Mr.: Darden by gPresi-
! dent Roosevelt. ~
| The funeral of Mr.. Darden will take
! place from the First Baptist church lo-.
! morrow afternoon at 2:3D o clock and will
/; -bes.in charge Of the. Masonic fraternity.
General Newton NJ Curtis, who is act
/ ing governor at the National Soldiers,
Home, during the temporary absence Of
Colonel William Thompson has issued
] invitations to the Confederate veterans in
the community, to attend lecture at the
Soldiers. Home Theatre tomorrow even
ing, when he will discuss war times with
| them. General Curtis was in charge of
J Fort Fisher when Colonel Lamb, of Nor
| folk, was a prisoner there. and holds a
very warm spot In his heart for the men
| who. wore the gray.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
AN OLD TIME NEGRO.
A Birmingham Dnrkey Wouldn't
Leave Old Mistress to Take Office.

Leave Old Mistress to rake Ou1ce.
WASHINGTON D. c.. January IA
(special.)-The bare announcement in
newspaper dispatches from Birmingha m,
Ala that "a D. Winds. negro Re-
publican leader. had been offered and
declined.'' the appointment as deputy
collector of internal revenue has been
widely misinterpreted.
As 1t followed SO closely on the heels
of the fight made upon DIR. Crum. in
Charleston. and the postmas ter at In
dianola. Miss. the suggestion which
would naturally arise In the mind Of
one unacquainted with the facts. is that
Winds had been coaxed. or frightened.
out
Frightened he certainly was not. Coax
Sd. he NAV have been. but under condi-
lions which reflect nothing but credit
upon him. His declination conveyed
merely the fact that his private inter-
ests-he is an attorney. and assistant in
one Of the best law offices in his sec
don-forbade his acceptance. This state
ment is corrohorated bv prominent
white citizen of birmingham. who has
been visiting Washington. and who savs
that es soon as the Arm for whom Wirhs
Is working heard that he had been select
cd for DEPUTY collector. thew raised his
salary on the SPOT on condition that he
would not leave them.
But that would not necessarily have
made him decline. What reallv moved
him WIS the CIV Of DISTRESS FROM his
old n'stress-whom he still a~Actio-ate.
iYE calls nv that tit1e-dec1arinr If he
were TO cease to look afte~ her affai~s as
be ha6 been doing for so LONE she should
not know TO whom tos t.,rn. Iis resnorse
VAS PROMPT: he would sarrthce anvthire
Z rather than give her pain and he refused
ths honor conferred upon him by the
President.
To wi-rhs. trained IN the traas+fors of
personal loyalty which are the one hane
Sicial relic of the old regime It do"h+-
i less appeared the most natural thing
+ That he rhen,d fo~Ro his own onnortu-
nftv for advancement 70 save hts below
ed mfs+ress from ar~ietv To many Of
tho 3old-fa s,icre1 eortherrers It will seen,
unite IN keeninty with the noetfc idea Is
4hey we've rea-aa 10 reverence R,+ IN
IRE colder af-,osnhere OF the North,
}where Sc is s,ene~a',v ae~rnnad that COL
. o-eA shin ana rove-rr- a-,t sao,a-v ronlS
not h~ fe--o rnart In the DAo"t,iea-, pa -+v
srnth re Mason and ni---'s line. the
: norv WIFI come as revelation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15


Will run the business.
IS James river az this point Is still flied
With floating Ice, and the harvesting OF tcs
{ from che. ponds around the village ID IN
progress to-day. &
8 Mr. CIV. Dickinson county school SUI
perfntendent OF Cumberland has 80 far
recovered that he was able 10 Leave for
3 Richmond to-day. 20 attend the meeting
Of the school 5superintsndents OF the
/ State.
Mr.. James ssclator. Of this place. whf
has been on. "a visit to friends In Fipsauns
county. returned home yesterday.
yOsAG1dAy. &. 8. s J 49, \,
s 49r. Iatyer.sofa 6cnttyf.I rsrss1srttrk
Clarke I'm dk y3ehpnand VS.
and 1sFe 5 =
s s.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
DIRECTORS -ELECTED.


. ~
Guiding Hands Chosen for Three
Great Institutions.
The stockholders of the Richmond IN
dustrial and Development Company held
their regular annual meeting at noon yes
terday at the Offices Of John L. Williams
& Sons. -, .s.t
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, L. NJ VIII
liams; vice president, J. Scott Parrish:
secretary and treasurer, Berkeley VIII
liams. Directors-L. NJ. Williams, j. S..
Parrish, Benjamin P: AIsop, Joseph
Bryan, w. NJ. Habliston.
The stockholders. Of the Richmond
Trust and Safe, Deposit Company met at
noon yesterday at the Office of the COM
pany, Tenth and Main streets. a quorum
was not present and the meeting was
postponed until March Il.
At the stock holders. meeting of the
State Bank of Virginia, held yesterday, the
following officers were reelected: John
s. Elicit, president; William NJ Hill.
cashier. II Is
Horace S. Halves was named as an
additional director and the following old
board was reelected: Alexander Cam.
eron, ohm S.. Elicit, Joseph M Fouqu-
rean. T.. G. Williams, Jr.. Granville G.
Valentine, James D. Crump, ]. Z. An
trim and A. r. ElIerson.
= RI
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HEARD AT CHATHAM.
Mrs. Wash Chisholm Dend-severnl
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Personals.

-
CHATHAM. VA. January l4.-tspe-
at her home. near Pullen' s. after a finger
ing illness of several: months, and was
buried Tuesday husband and chill
dren survive her.
A serious blaze was narrowly ayerted
in DR.. T. L. Whiteheads office Monday.
The lace window curtains caught from
a gasoline blow-pipe which the Doctor
was using. and in a very few moments
the flames were nearly reaching the
ceiling. The curtain was quickly torn
down and the fire extinguishsd.
noon Mr.. G. c.. Giles made very mar
row escape from serious injury. The
horse became unmanaEsaple and Mr..
Giles, in attempting to conquer the
animal chung to his leg and was jerked
under the animal and had his back
sprained. The horse was of more than
ordinary size and but for the prompt ac-
ton of men near by. would have seriously
injured Mr.. Giles.
Several filed their ice-houses with ice
from two TO three and a half inches
thick Monday.
Mesdames S. J. Turner and J.. S. Halle
will entertain at drive whist Thursday
night at the home of the latter.
Mrs Joe Eutson is very i'll Ii at her
home near here. Her life has been de-
SPARED of by friends
Miss Kate Shelton left to-day for her
home. in Lynchburg.
saw at Watson & Weddings saw-mili.
was struck in the face not many days
ago by a piece Of flying timber and
Knocked several feet, but escaped with
an ugly cash on his nose, which was hot
of a serious nature.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15

town with sAfessrs j. N. Rogers e Son.
The United States yacht Restless left
the harbor this morning fora trip down,
81 Mrs. John s. Potter and M.s, Neva B.
Rogers are both In Newport News at
B the BEDSIDE Of Mr.. Nat Rnyfield: Sr...'
recover. { $40 sss5sss
tits learned here thataI4on. j. f. Hub-l
! bard will move into his hanasome new.
/ home on the suburbs Of Wiliongnby early
EthaacQming month. Is 5,sFs5f
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TRACTION COMPANY OFFICERS

Major Patton Chosen President-The
s, -@ -. &. Jew DIrectoratc.
AT a meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Richmond Traction Company held at
noon yesterday, the following officers.
were elected for the ensuing year:
Major j. D.. Patton. president; Mr..
Carter r. Bishop. vice president; Mr..
Andrew Welsh. secretary.
Directors, Messrs. "A. Wright, F. Sitter
ding, Andrew Welsh, William Northrup,
Guy Phillips. M. NJ. Martin.
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rt-s5.f5 s5ss i > 3 u
accommodate 10000 people each Itherei are
two in st. Petersburg). These are open
day and night, and Russia being q vero5
cold country they of course, are: heated,
so that people can stay there and read /
in portions Of the great structures that;
are rartitioned off for such purposes as
Study and reading rooms. Here are day
classes and night classes, with free In
struction. The main part consists ola
great promenade ,. where the people can
get recrea ton. The government supplies
q musical programme, and the effect2o of
this is to- encourage men who might
otherwise go to the drinking, inn to take
their families. some members Of which
can be. In the study rooms while the
father and mother and younger children
possibly, are spending an evening togeth-
er listening to the music or. reading, for
there are numerous reading-rooms hard
by. 49, :.rs.s