The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-02

foreman, presented himself for work at
the bindery on Saturday the other ems
ployes contentsd themselves with .coio
stare and continued on with their labor.
That is at least better than undertaking ii
to nut the rules OF the labor union above
the laws OF the United states.-spring-
field Republican.
The Losers in the Market.
A story has been started that John D.
,Rockefellers fortune has been dirnin-
ished to the extent OF s10oooo,ooo by the
decline in the market value Of his stocks.
but II he has nine hundred millions left.
as he would have according to the esti-
mate of his wealth that was current
few months ago. he will hardly DO
obliged to abandon his Fifth Avenue
residence Immediately. and VIII stu %
stomach he wants 80 much. Mr. James
r. Keene jauntily acknowledges that he 4
has dropped million and half by tho
failure OF his on-in-laws banking house.
How much he has lost BY the decline o.
stock values no one ventures 20 say ae
but II he should be sold out now, he
would borrow little stake and be rich
before the snow files These are not the
men who are most hurt by the extlnc-
ton Of paper values that has been GOING
on. The more unlucky ones are men q
they could not pay for. and have lost theft
margins. But there are not SO many
ruined mon as might have been expect
ed.-Boston Herald.
EDITORIAL Amenities. AZ
Immortal Potts. who for so long held
the record for b!llingsgate and abuse. - y
milk-mild beside some OF our fnodern
scrbes, Here Is a sample OF kansas
spleen: "Apropos Of the attack made ny
our esteemed contemporary IN neigh.
boring town upon the representative OF
this district In the Legislature, we would
observe that from time lmmemorial 1t
has been customary for ants and heas
and flIes and fools, scoundres and scala
wags and skunks Jnanuses. jaokasses
and Jadases, lizards. leeches and lice, to
assall mankind in general and their su-
periors In particular" How we'll Is obey
ed the bard's injunction to mix gall with
the nk!-st. Louis Republic.
The Sole Remedy
Herein Is the twofold cause of lynch-
ings; negro depravity and delayed Just CO.
We venture to say that II 1t were known
from practical experience that the hein-
ous crimes which provoke lynch'ng wou'o (
he punished by sure legal process w!thin &
ten days the rope and fagot would disap.
pear from current history. And In no part
OF the country would 1t disappear sooner
than In the Southern States.
Speedy Justice, In Alabama. or IN Ills
nois or on Boston Common. Is the SOLO
remedy for lynching. so long az the two
races remain together and so long as one
produces black demons and the other ID
of Saxon and Baltic blood.-Atlanta jour-
nal.
Powder Burned In Peace.
A calculator has calculated that the
American squadron burned more powder
at Kie In salutes than the whole Ameri-
can navy burned during the Spanish war,
The Machas, for example. quite EXHAUST 4
ed her supply and had to lay In a new
one The total number of safutes fired by
the Americans was altogether about $500
guns, which cost on an average Sl,2o.--
New York Commercial Advertiser.
1.-TWO Vlyuns."
Brothers Hanna and Aldrlch have beon
over at the Virginia Warm Springs b:aw-
ing a new bill that they think Is pots
tage for which tho American people Will
freely surrender their birthright of sov-
ereignty over money to the mongers OF
the exchanges These two--the Meph!sto
and the Machiaveill OF the money power X
in the Republican party--do not believe u
in giving plenteous money to the people. III
otherwise the people would not be de-
pendent upon the Shylocks OF Wall Street.
ATLANTA Constitution
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