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

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Svants Of the &)eek +
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Ihoree is no trouble In getting anti.trus,
bills through tho United states sennte a,
this session. On wedne.1zv ,.l,hn,+
word OF debate. Mr.. Hoars HI, 49, ~ go
ditto suits under the present iant,str,,st
!aW WIS put through Just nd Mr.. Hon,
oHered It, Tho day before t,,a ME-.
ann eoatc bill went through With 4h ,s
same ease and in the samo 1ne,nar s' ~
. nas also been. agreed that by the com.
Commerce bill that the Nels6n tnSts 90 o.
amendment providing for b,,rea,, ~
corporations shall DO attached ia Az.
measure 1t Is said that tho end ~ 49,
senate's nnti-trust programme for the
present session will have boon renchaS
when all these measures shall hnvo hs-
como laws. -. ' ~ oe-
Information comes from Manila tina,
Governor Taft Of tho philipnnea :.
again quite III. He Is now contlnnd =
ne palace In Manila and while his CON.
dltlon Is In no way considered dnnrsr.
oas. ne is far from being a well man RI.
.-' - 49, ee95a tllht exposure to the
sun and the use OF bad drinking wa -,
during his recent tour OF. the provincs.
Drought on recurrence OF tho lnteati.
nal troubles that made him an inyaIiS !.
year or more ago. Governor Tnft.s caas
~ ven as many others, goes TO sho0
tna1 ~ Is very improbable that American
can remain in the Philippines for an,
roi...s rape period without seriously i'm,
pairing their health. unless they renal,
~ tho city OF Manila where healthfn
c s'nni, now prevail since the Ame
rlcan sanitation methods have bee,
adopted Outside Of tho town thar I,
away IN the provinces cholera Is Iiabi,
20 attack one Mt any moment and Anne
rlcans who attempt to live there for an,
it..a OF time will simply be taking thei,
lives IN their own hands,
one Gay during tho week there was
sonsiaerablo snow storm in the city Of
san francisco, 1t was the first snow
seen there In very many years, and. az
enough Toll to cover the ground well
!, II was wonderful curiosity TO MANY
people, Just how long since San Fran
cisco had lts last snow storm previo,,.
to this one We arc not informed. h,,t q,
Is said that there are many grown pconls
who; having spent their entire lives there
saw last week the first snow thev ev.,
saw except In the picture books, The "a,
suit was that the white visitor wa. ton.
dered grand reception, business benin
discontinued and all the people t1rninS
out to enjoy the festivities. =
On "Wednesday last Senator Hanna In.
troouced bill to pension e1-slayes He
now says he offered the bill by REQUEST
and knew nothing OF its provisions, and
some OF his friends say he has been
duped. while his enemies say he offered
the bill in his own interest rs a pres,.
Dental candidate and It was primarily to
onset tho influence Mr.. Roosevelt has
recently acquired among the negro poll.
ticians OF the South and also OF certain
Northern States. But be that as It may.
Investigation reveals the fact that tho
measure was analogous to one introduced
some years ago by Senator Mason, "by
request" and which was made the means
OF sw.indling. thousands Of negroes out OF
sums usually amounting to s2 each. In
tho previous Instance. the bill was intro.
duced and printed with the customary le-
send read twice and referred TO thu
Communities on PENSIONS Copies were
then distributed throughout the South by
concern calling itself the Ex-Slaves'
Federation, which represented to the ne
groes that the bin. having been read
Twice. required only one moro reading to
become a law. and hundreds were induced
to pay 81 registry Fee each on the repre-
senta ton that by SO doing they would
secure the immediate benefit of the pro-
posed pension. The concern. which was
composed OF educated negroes, was re
ported to have collected 100000 before the
use OF the malls was denied to It. Its
promoter was arrested, but It Is believed
| to have escaped punishment ON techn-
| cality Senator Mason was much cha
grined at having been made an lncon-
| sclous promoter of the fraud.
The indication from the developments
OF the past week are that the noted DR..
Crum, colored. will never be collector OF
| the port OF Charleston. 8. c.. to which
Mr.. Roosevelt appointed him against tho
protest OF the people OF that city and OF
the South generally. The Senate Com
mittee on Commerce to which the nomi-
nation has been referred are evenly d..
vided, standing eight for Crum and eight
against reporting favorably. 1t Is said
thet there Is no hope of the committee
reaching an agreement and therefore tho
nomination will be permitted to die In
committee room and In due time the
President will name some one else.
Montana and North Dakota which now,
with a combined population OF say about
600, 600, have four United States Senators.
have entered Into scheme to get two
more The scheme. as mapped out IS to
take the eastern part of Montana and
the western part OF North Dakota and Of
these two parts mako another State to
be named Montague and make the little
town OF Glendive. which now nestles in
a mountain pass Of Montana the capl-
tai. Evidently the plan was Matched up
for the purpose named and it sls hardly
probable that the scheme will be permits
ted to 80 through.
The Ekins antitrust bill which passed
the Senate on Tuesday last and Will