The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
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Spents Of the Deak
Under Brief Review.
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st. Louis correspondent of the New York
Sun, President Joseph Smith. head OF the
Norman Church, did up the Worlds Fair
dedicatory ceremonies at ST., Louis. &C.
companied by Just one OF his plural Views;
ana President Roosevelt was one OF the
distinguished persons presented to Mrs.
Smith THE question Ia asked" says
this correspondent. why Mrs. Julina
Smith the wife who presldes ever one OF
President Smiths fine homes. Is not
mefnoer OF the delegation. The explana.
tion offered by one friend OF the family
Is that both Mrs. Julina and Mrs Edna
we're anxious to accompany their hus.
band to the exposition next year. AS
President Smith could not take both Of
them at the same time without provoking
n scandal. he proposed n compromise.
Mrs. Edna was to go with him this yenr
to witness the opening, and Mrs. Julina
was to be rewarded next year by Wit
Messing the glories Of the exposition.
After thinking the matter over the two
women decided that this was the. best
solution OF the problem, and Mrs. Edna
started for st. Louis.
Az II to cal, onlcal attention to her
abandonment Of America as her native
land. says the Americans London cor.
respondent, Mrs. Kate Trinlble Wool
sey. of New YORK. has sent a letter to
President Ro6sevelt In Which she de-
nounces Americas attitude toward wo.
men. In her letter Mrs. Woolsey calls
attention to the fact that the President
has never mentioned women or at.
Of his speeches on tho tours he has
been making through the country. and
asks him to point out to her anything
that womankind has gained by for.
saking monarchical form OF govern.
ment for the American republic. She
also asks why he, the disciple OF the
strenuous life, has mover taken up the
cudgels for women and given her her
proper place In public affairs OF the
nation. ut Is masculine. all mascu.
line declares Mrs. Woolsey, ''and
place OF honor for women is not any.
where found in the fabric Of the Ameri-
can nation" Now We shall SEQ II the
President makes any change In the gem
eral tone of his speeches.
They find many curious things over In
North Carolina. Not long since the news
papers OF that State had fine story
about the finding Of petrined man
somewhere in Buncombe county, and
there was n lawsuit threatened to deter.
mine whether the hardened individual
was the property OF tho man who dis
covered him or tho owner OF the land
upon which the discovery was made. We
have not heard what became OF the
petrifed man or OF the law suit. and
before that matter has been settled. here
comes story from Guilford county that
petrif;ed cat mas Been found in an old
house that was being pulled down after
standing about hundred years. Thu
house had been unoccupied for many
years. and there Is no way OF deter
mining how long 1t has been since the
cat ended It's ninth life and commenced
the process OF pctrfcation. but there
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sha commenced 1t long enough ago to
have reached perfect state OF adaman.
tine hardness before the house Racers dis.
covered her.
8 There Is but little doing In washington
in regard to tho scandals in the Post
Office Department., Mt least very little
that gets to the public. Postmaster-Gen-
eral Payne seems to be doing some bull.
doing In order to brighten of the meI
who have shown disposition to show w
a record OF the abuses In the Washing
ton city postoffoe. General Payne Is said
to be very wise politician. but 1t seems
to an outsider that that Is rather dan.
gerous game for wise politician to be
playing Just ahead OF national cam
paign. II the Democrats do not get some
good campaign material here. they will.
indeed. bd asleep.
York World twenty years yesterday. and
being we'll pleased with the returns from
the property concluded to have cele-
bration. Last night no celebrated with an
artillery salute and fireworks, while his
great presses were running of n 125-page
edition of 1000 columns. Mr.. Pulltzer's net
income from the World establishment
during the twenty years he has owned
II Is estimated to be something over ten
millions OF dollars.
The announcement OF the formation OF
a new milk trust In New York with q
backing OF :8fp000O0 leads the
Times Into this line OF thought
and comment:
President Roosevelt will see grand
to demonstrate the power OF
the Federal government to prevent COM
binations as soon as he hears about TINS
one. the organizers of which say that
they are going to fix the price OF milk
in New York. To be sure, they announce
that they are more likely to lessen the
price than to raise t. That makes no
difference at all. Any corporation which
hxes the price OF anything is criminal
affair. under the terms OF tne Sherman
law as Interpreted by the courts. and
tile legal officers OF tho United States.
It Is Just as wicked to put the price OF
any article down as to put 1t up. You
may do all the business you please-so
long as you don't mention the matter
Of prices But own up that you have
agreed with anybody else as to tho price
Mt which thing shall be bought or sold
and your name goes on the Knox-Roose-
velt blacklist Instantly,
The latest dispatches from Porto Rico
are to the effect that the dismissal OF the
smuggling casesat San Juan has stirred
lp among Porto Ricans bitter feeIIng
against the government at Washington
This is a natural consequence Of the
iavoritism shown to our army and navy
,,Ipcers who plainly thought that tariff
rhtes were of little account In Porto
Rice. 81
II any native Porto Rican had been
,aught at similar tricks he would have
been yanked up with but little. II ANY,
ceremony.