The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01

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+ Events Of the i)esk i
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The y. o. Mills astronomical expedition
to the Southern Hemlspere, after two
years OF preparatory work. started from
San Francisco TO Chill yesterday (sat-
urday). The observations Will be con.
Quoted by Unlversty OF California astron.
oners, headed by William II. Wright,
OF tho Lick Observatory. Owing to an
Injury recently received, Director Camp-
bellS will DO Unable to go with tho party
which cxpectseto remain at least two
years Tho mission OF the expedition is
to throw additional light on tho motion
OF tho solar system through space All
the expenses will be borno by DO Mills,
OF New York.. y I, III h
James Hill. q negro Of moro than the
average accomplishments. sent out last
week tho first Issue Of a very readable
paper he has commenced to publish ut
ID ckson, Miss. rho paper is called the
Mississippi Register. is Intensely Repub.
liean In politics, and Is unique In that
IL is not and intends not to be a party
organ in tho usual acceptatlon Of the
term. The editor announces that he will,
with his paper and In his capacity MS O
leader and voter. oppose Mr.. Roosevelt
vigorously. Fill has been the Republican
leader In tho State for years. He has
held several important State and Federal
offices, has always been looked up to BY
all the members OF his rnce, and respects Z
cd by the whites, regardless OF party ties,
and was not SO very many months ago
dtposcd from the Office Of the register
OF the United States land Office in Jacks
son to mako room for q white man. The 1
Register will be the only Republican pa
per In tho State. 9g
IA Congress seems TO have settled Mt least
| ono thing at the present session. Inc ac-$
ton ofSthe House Of Representatives on
| Tuesday assures the establishment Of the Z
| gold standard in the Philippine Islands,
With a special Filipino coinage OF silver
pesos, and subsidiary and minor coins
TO be maintained at parity With gold
Tho reports for the past week show
/
| to be almost general throughout the cou11-s
| try, is in no way abating. While 1t Is
| very bad In very many localities. 1t APP
pears to be little worse IN the Brooklyn
section OF Greater New York than any
| where else 1t has become so serious
there that the Health Department has
sent out n special warning to all who
| have charge OF public buildings to use
| cS ira ordinary care In maintaining good
| ventilation, and has also begun an extern
i size system OF disinfection, beginning
with the court rooms. Since January
grip In Brooklyn, whlle there were only
| 6fty-three In the whole Of the year 1902
Tho head OF the Bureau OF Vital Statistics
/ GAYS the disease has never been SO prev
alent before. and that temporary add
stIons have had to- be made to the starr
of physicians at tho Kings County Hos
pital.
There is one item in the big approprla-5
| tion bills now about to pass Congress
which has doubtless failed to attract the
| attention Of the average reader OF con.
j gressional proceedings. It IS an lem q
100000 for ex- Queen, Liliuokalanl. who
/ was once the ruler OF the Sandwich Is
| lands now American territory. THIS
GI9noney IL intended as recompense 70
i her for tho crown lands whch3were taken
Lfrom her when she. was deprived q ,tnsr
/ throne In Hawaii. ut was JUST Claim AIN
i she had against Uncle Sam. and one that tll,'
4 ought to have been settled long ago. Inc
A old lady has been lighting for It for over
a dozen years, and few there be who VIII
! heurudse her a dollar of the neat little
4 sum that has at last been awarded her.
i Mr.. Weidenfeld, the New York broker,
4 who has been suspended from the Stock
i Exchange for a year for his snare ~ 8the
4 ttr,tN al YyNa K
i Northern Securities combination, was lot
merly the New York partner OF MI.
1 rrhnnnas w Lawson, the contentious bro-
ker-sneculator Of Boston. Mr.. Weidenfeld
f has Instituted suit against the committee
4 which decreed mis- suspension. He claims
+ only f5O0Q00. and 1t is belicVeo hc 70 20
4 playing a big bluff.
4 During all the past week an idea mas
4 narmeated Wall Street that J. +. Nor
3 gan is acquiring the st. LOUIS ana aan
Il francisco Railway system IN the interest,"
OF tho Southern Railway. AS q natural u 2
ccnseGuence there was considerap!e az :
advance In Frisco stock. az. ohe LINZ ~. =
/ |reaching q seven point Improvement. = ne ne
nresent managers of this railway sys-
icm. which lies southwest Of St. LOUIS.
+ have shown a disposition to extend thelr
lines to Mobile and other points east q o.
/ uhe Mississlppi while the Southern hal an
waj cT!dently conteIii PA teS !. - -. nj a
= tho western aide Of the great river ~
combination Of the two syste'''is % % 49, 'ooN
ably a natural one.
Tho supreme Court Of the United H. state .
rendered decision last WeeN, ~ ., -
attracting great deal OF attent'o ~ a ~
creating no little comment aeouS ~ vas ,ya !
and n mne d otterS c Ma
ronaer .st r a. not because 1t further
c q "a or rather totally destroys t the
S ,.snass Of lotteries in this country. pus
business business ~ majority of the court fully
Sustained the contention that the sherman herman
antitrust law dia not e1naus cs'y Ae.
J consT to the best authorities who have
c Commented on the action Of the court.
! t M champion decision clearly sustalns
tha contention of the government, NO :,
important mn proposition in the governments !, 8