The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-09
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was supposed he mad permanently re.
thought Nj. Pettt would have no trouble
in defeating him for the nomination,
but the old war horse came to the front
with q right spry little majority.
The figures showing the receipts Of the
government for tho Il! st month Of the eW
week and they arc worthy of study. They
show slight reduction OF revenue--$S,.
ell57e, against s4o.3o5, $50 In July OF last
year-and, a somewhat smaller decrease ere 50,
s7,776.612 This Is a deficit ABOUT $3.50 02o
larger than that Of the month IN le0;
The one thing certain about this fisca!
year is that expenditure will be well
revenues eve viii be maintained. That how
ever, will depend largely upon the course
in unprecedented volume, but are likely
to decline somewhat before next June.
ran mnnabester s'SSry e0 The t papors
that place tell US that the city is SUI
ferlng from plague Of fierce ,,, seWes
streets tse: and sidewalks. and seem likely to
do much damage. People walking along
the streets use great care TOR they never yer
know when hey m brsk sh a ueep hole
beneath Within n week there have been
two bad ''cav-ins" in the business section,
both caused ~ rats one n r9n. Sd
feet under the. street, to the car tracks
to an excavated chamber ten feet square:
Numberless other, chambers OF TINS SORT
ment falling In. The street commissions
cr keeps men patrolng the city. fearing
further damage.
james wingate Folk. the st. Louis pros
ecuting attorney, who has made such a
reputation by pushing the boodlers to
walls Of tho penitentia'ry e co
ed honors. A few days ago he was the
principal! speaker at the "Old Settlers
Day" celebration at New Florence, Mo:
most of them were said to be wearing
Folk buttons when they went away. At
ter listening to Mr.. Folk the meeting
support in ali his efforts against corrup-
tion. The Idea seems to be that In
order. to enable him to carry on this con-
test the g ne eha The 'eee
R Ri teHi sa And some Of the things
he said were:
Missouri is on tr.ai before the world.
Her fair name IS at stake.
Good citizens must defend her from
those who would debauch her honor TO
selfish ends.
The overthrow, Of corruption here would
be the greatest battle won for good gov
eminent IN the toe or uneS.
fearless and righteous decision upon
this mighty issue Will give encouragement
and cheer to the law-abiding every
whore.
let the decree be announced and enforced
that the boodlers must go.
That kind OF vigorous doctrine Will
almost surely make him Governor Of Mis-
souri,. and in time may make him Presi-
dent Of the United States.
Chicago that speaks by tbs card, In It's
Issue OF last. week gives us some very
entertaining figures and comments which
we herewith present The Age calculates
using 100000 ties a year merely to re-
place those worn out by use. They cost
the roads about s55ooo.ooo annually. and
what also Of their cost to the forests Of
the country? There is tremendous waste
even In this apparently small matter. The
life OF the average tie used by American
France ties from beechwood treated with
preservasiVes are found 10 be good for
thirty-fivc wears. The railroad tie. like
n good many other things, Is typical Of
American waste and extravaganza.
Secretary Root has startled the young
West Point graduates, or at least quite
9 number Of them by ruling he made
effect that young officers who graduate
at West Point shall not resign and quit
the army simply because they desire to
embark in other business. He refuses
to accept the resignation OF three young
lieutenants OF the artillery unless they
give better reasons for desiring to leave
to the Secretary. is entitled to the bene
fit of the services of officers, who have
been educated and trained by the govern
ment at considerable expense. Ten years
ago West Pointers were almost driven
out of tho service because of the. few OPP
portunities to employ them to advantage
In a small army. Now they are denied
ever they choose to resign their commits
sons.
for the month Of July, contains some very
interesting figures that may well be kept
in your hat for future reference; The
commercial failures for the month. ac-
debtedness aggregatng s1s75l,245. ngalnstt
s7os5, 933 in July Of 1901 Indeed, the sum
in a decade. exceeding the record Of SIS
601,095 against that month In 1896 The
increase comes from az glasses Of bank
amRdaana to ss agansst sSss
a year ago; trading s3,57l,5O3. against $2.-
Guiding brokerage, So, soo,sSl against ST.
unduly increased by the collapse of three
Wall-Street houses.
st. Paul is the first place to attempt
thorough dealing to prevent the fatalities
which attend the celebration of the Fourth
of July in the conventional way, 1nfiu-
entail business n men, physicians and city
at their Instance an ORDNANCE has been
drawn BY the eorporatean attorneyy and
use OF Blank cartridges, bombs aud pis-
tolls and such IKE i not Of. only! y to- forb'as
prohibited from carrying them in stock
for month previous This Kind Of "a an
and to hold good for a month on each
side Of 1t could we'll be adopted in Rich 4
.mond and other Virginia cities. certainly 4
not excepting Norfolk
The proba abilities are that an authorita-
tive Interpretation of the queer citizen
ship clause Of the famous Foraker Porto
Rican act Will soon be foyned from the
Supreme Court Of the United States in
Two young Porto Ricans. by name pa
villa and Boneta who had been studiylng
to the bar of the District of Columbia