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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

and Mrs. Fl. A. Cooley to tho marriage
OF their daughter, Miss Ruth. to Mr.: G.
b. Griffin The ceremony will take place
at the Methodist Church on April Ssth
at 80 p. M.
Mrs. Kate Gay yesterday sold 200 acres
OF land In James City county TO Darius
Upham, Of Minnesota, for $1,000.
Tho reelection Of DR.. L. S. Foster as
superintendent Of the Eastern State Hos
pItal gives general satisfaction here. Dr..
Foster Is a painstaking and efficient Of
fcer, and Is hard worker.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

to Hoboken, and set sail for an extended
trim to his old home In Nfols. switzerland,
Mr. Marklay came to the United states
In 1865, and has lived In Lexington since
1883,
Mr.. and Mrs John Hayslett Of Valley
Falls. Kan, are In Rockbridge Visiting
their old home, after an absence o. illty
years. Mr., Iayslett is q brother OF Or.
a, i. Hayslett, Of near Buenn Vista, ara
his wife is a sister OF Mr., Mark Haitian,
OF Denmark.
louisville. Ky, to oftlclate at the mar
rage of Miss Louise Campbell, OF Lsx-
ington, and who for some years was or.
ganist of Grace r, p, Lee Memorial
Episcopal Church. She was married We'd
nesday to Mr.. Charles Noryell Roark. OF
FRANKLIN county, KY, who was educated
at washington and Lee University.
Mr.. Robert NJ. Hughes. OF Norfolk. ono
OF the most prominent lawyers OF the
State, Is now at Washington and Lee, de-
llyerlng his annual course Of lectures on
admlralty<law.
Mrs John A. Graham and Miss Mar.
garet Graham are at tho University OF
Virginia, visiting Mrs, Charles A. Graves,
Mr., William s, Hopkins, u member of
the Lexington bar.,ls spending n few
days In Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
ZETA PSI CONVENTION
Fifty-seventh Annual Meeting Closes
at the University.
Especial to The 11mes-Dispntch,)

Especial to The 1imes-Dispntch,
Il CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, April 49,
The fifty-seventh annual convention OF
the Grand Chapter Of the zeta Psi Fra
ternity OF North America. held under
the auspices OF the Beta Chapter Of the
University OF Virginia. closed tonight
with u banquet at Masonic Temple. Those
responding to toasts were Judge Henry
.Bookstaver. New York; Campbell How
ard MoDtreal;. Kenneth Cameron. Mon
treal: Thomas ives Ckhtfeid, New York;
8Lathrop Nlotehead, Durham; Gustayus
3Renak Jr. Philadelphia; Theodore Wet
more, San Francisco.
Officers for next year: Judge r. T. w.
Duke. Jr., Charlottesville, president; Dr.,
Campbell Howard, Montreal, vice-presi-
dent; Thomas Ives Chatfeld, New York,
secretary; H. V. D. Waldron, New Bruns-
wick. Canada corresponding secretary;
ALBERT Buchanan, New York, treasurer;
DR.. Otis B. Wight, Baltimore, sentry;
Israel c. Pierson. New York. archiyist;
Executive Committee, William Platt
Pepper, Philadelphia Hon. Andrew
kirkpatrick. Newark; Judge Duke. Char
lottcsville; Albert Buchanan and ex-JudgA
Augustus Van Wyck New York. Cons
vention next year will meet with Alpha
Beta Chapter Minneapolis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Mr.. HECK Il Err WAS
THE HIGH i'll GUN GUN. MAN.
He Smashed FoTty-one Out
ofFifty Of the. Mud
Pies

q ~. & t. y Is . /.
: Owing to the launching OF the 5000 ton
a rmorod cruiser West Virginia, coupled
with the closing Of the grand American
handicap at inanimate targets at Blue
River Park, Kansas City, Mo-, there was
q small crowd of shooters at Chimborazo
Park Yesterday evening to contest Tor
the weekly medal of the East End Gun
Club, &
Mr.. j. Thompson. new man at tne
ira ps, smashed twenty-five out OF ms
ttwenty-flye and won the weekly medal
He was closely followed by Mr.. Hechler.
who pulverizel twenty out Of his twenty
flye and was high gum with the GOOD
score Of forty-one out OF htty.
All were glad to see tho genial Or,
Hillsman face the traps and hear that
meodious voice pull, as he centereo
target after target and wound up VIII
forty to his credit.
AS FARMER Evans" has predicted that
winter will now cease to finger In the
lap Of spring" and Mr. Harris ,,1 IS sa,ss,
fed that the mercury is high enough
for mud pie smashers" to HE them
selves away TO the shooting grounds, u
Is to be hoped that the shooters VIII
turn out en- nlasse and got IN trim tot
the big shoot Of May bth.
This nll-day shoot carries the tolloW-
Ing to all active trap shooters absolutely
6 free: Fifty clay pigeons, fifty OF refers
shells, lunch and an opportunity to CON
test for handsome gold medal. Condl-
tions will be named latcr. Trap snoot-
ers, get in line. Here is a chance to WIN
Tho grand American handicap was won
nv an amateur, Diffendofer, and the run
ner up was boy nineteen years old'
This shoot Is given through the gener-
osity OF Messrs. Harris, Flippen y Co.
with twenty-five targets In each event
tho score was as follows yesterday:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Must Paw 1902 Taxes,
.(sneclal to me Times-D ispatcl

Especial to rhe Ttmes-p ispatch)
RALEIGH, N, G.. April 1S-Attorney.
General Gilmer made ruling to-day that
the language 'for the previous year sn
the State election law means that an
eloctor must have pNd lsos taxes Pc
tions to be held in various cities of the
State In May.
Thls question has been raised II, several
sections of the State, the contention being
that payment OF 1901 tax was all - was
necessary. f4h'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Snap SAots Gahen
IN 1o1el Iobbles
ipSSoecooeooee0oOosssooeoeoo

Fl. : , F.. T. .
Among the distinguished visitors In the
city last night was Colonel r. 8. Turk, OF
stnunton, editor OF the Spectator and VIM
dicator.
Colonel Turk was among his friends at
Murphy's last night, and was warmly
greeted being accompanied by his friend
and representative. Hon. John W. Church.
man, OF Augusta,
Mr.. Floyd Featherston, OF Campbell
county, n son of Hon. j. c. Featherston,
and a paymaster In the United States
Treasury Department at Washington. IS
in the city and Is stopping at the Lex
ington,
The first Panama hats OF the season
were noticed in one OF the hotel lobbles
the other night. being worn by two travel
| Ing men. The pace having thus been set,
| a number OF straw hats were seen on the
| streets yesterday.
yirginlans here last night were:
Murphy's-W. G. Waite. Culpeper; i, G.
Dunklee Virginia. ], r. Milburn, Alex
andria; U. Valentine, Virginia; f, #,
Hough. Virginia; Miss J, II, Cowan, Bris-
toll; ]. W. Jones, Clayton; Miss A. Rhodes,
Falls Church; ", Fl, Goodman and wife.
Lee.
! New Fords-John w, Crotaatt, Taze-
we'll; c. n. Kidd and wife, BowlingI
Green; James Mitchell Hampton: j. j.,
Brstow, Franklin; u, 4, Turner, George
| y. Turner, Newport News.
Lexington--S. n, Hines, Chrstiansburg;
Howell g. Featherston, Lynchburg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Queen Of Carnival Chosen,
fsneciol "a Tho Times-Dispatct

Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch,
FAYETTEVILLE N. c.. April 49,
Votes for queen of the carnival counted
at 10 o'clock tonight resulted In tho
choice OF Miss Alice Matthewsby, vote
Of 0,74s: second. Miss Kate Broadfoot. BY
vote OF b,1os: third Miss Mary War
rem Cameron, by a vote OF l,4oi; fourth,
Miss Fannie Williams, by vote OF bss;
fifth, Miss Mary Fuller Robson. by q
vote Of S25. Last four named are muds
Of honor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Cantaln Read Sick.

Hon 8. P. Read the popular member
OF the House of Delegates from Neck
lenburg Is confined to his room at New
Fords by slight attack Of illness. Cap
tain Read hopes to be in his seat to-
morrow, and was somewhat improved last
night
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Four Of Grew, Lost,

a1,o1,cpss III MASS. April ls,--Tho
fishing schooner Independence, Captain
,Cusack, pitt In hero to-day, reporting
the loss OF four OF her crew who wero
knocked overheard by the main boon
during a gale last THURSDAY nlght
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
GanitoI Was Lonely,

It was quiet enough In tho Governors
office yesterday with the Executive and
Secretary Ritchie away. Executive Clerk
Bigger was at his desk and attended to
the matters requiring prompt attention.
The old Capitol looked like banquet hall
deserted with the legislators away, and
few, If any, visitors coming In and going
off +
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Getting Better.

Dr. r. B. Ware, member OF the House
OF Delegates from Amherst, who has re-
Gently undergone an operation at one of
the hospitals Of this city. Is doing very
we'll, and his friends hope he Will be In
his scat In few days. 6a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Shot In seleDe fense..

(By Associated Press.)
SOUTH PlrrSBuRG. TENN, April
ls,-s Samuel Kirk and Truett Smith resist-
ed arrest here to-day and attacked the
officer, and IN self-defense CITY Marshal
Lucas shot aud killed klyk.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Heard In williamsburg.

(Spscial to The Times. nispatch)
WILLIAMSBURG. VA, April lS.-The
season OF excursions Is on, and already
the crowds are hocking to Williamsburg.
This week there were two. one from
New York, the other from Washington.
Next week one or two more are booked
for day here among the scenes of other
days.
INVITATIONS have been ISSUED by Mr.,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19

Interest In the Investigation into tne
affairs OF the Postofflce Department Is
rnnidly waning. The public has ceased
"a I EXPECT developments. There VIII pc
none OF Importance. as nave staseo
more than once I'm this correspondence.
The investigation would have pc eel ~
dronned, as the President. the day ne
started for Yellowstone Park promlsed
General, GARRISON It would be- had; not
TIN, o'er-zealous public taken hano.
Letters have been pouring INTO the ~, ~
partment suggesting things for AinVes.is gu.
ton, and the officials are oollgea 90 heep
10 a show OF probing. The pubic may
rest we'll assured that, perhaps beyond q
scoring Of Beavers, who has resigned
from the position OF head OF the division
~ salaries and allowances, there will be
no feature of the report worthy OF Sc
rious attention. It Is presumed. however,
that as the result of the investigation
there will be recommendation that
changes DO made In the methods OF DONG
business In the Department.
The safest man In the Department IS
Robert J. Wynne, First Assistant Post-
master-General. the man who seems to pc
| at the bottom OF the investigation. lie
could not BIO fired under any prete1t.
The administration knows the public be-
! lieves that Wynne Is about the only honest
man In the Department, and that his
dismissal would be regarded as punish
ment OF man who had sought to un-
cover corruption, dishonesty and incom.
| potency. There is not much room fol
doubt that the President and the Post
/ master-General would BIO glad to be rid
of Wynne. 1t has been frequently hinted
that, had Wynne and Machen, superin'
| tcndent of free delivery, been on better
! terms. there would have been no tnvcstign'
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ton. The story Of the disagreement pc
tween Wynne and Machen was pupnc
nrorarty before tho Investigation was

tween !" q
nroperty before the Investigation was
Instituted. g.S stt
The latest thing proposed for the st.
Louis Exposition by this city IS a saloon
fitted sup to resemble the East Room mt
the white House. and furnished with
articles sold after the recent renovation
OF the building. Conspicuous among me
pieces Of furniture Will be the mahogahy
sideboard presented TO MRS. LUCY cn " upo
Hayes by w. G. 7. U. women OF Clhcin-
natl while her husband was In the pres
dental chair. The saloon keeper who
bought the sidebonrd will $50 ITO Cincln-
nati tonight to try to establish tho fact
.thnt 1T was carved by daughters OF GER
tain we'll known families OF CINCINNATI.
He expects to go on to st. Louis and com
plete arrangements for his UNIQUE saloon.
He has number Of pieces OF White
House furniture, which he ACQUIRED re-
Gently. and he proposes to use them al
in the East Room saloon. Y.
# A Nebraska man has come to this city
with a revival of the echeme to have the
United States build great transcon-s
tinental highway from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. He would have the boule-
ward thirty feet in width and macada-a
mized. He proposes that It shall pc 50
located us to have n very low grade all
the way. even In tho Rocky Mountains,
where passes may be found. where
good road could DO located at minimum
expense Flo proposes that the national
government build the highway. and TINT
tho States through which the road Is to
RIM appropriate money for building coll
lateral roads to reach tho transcontinen-
tai highway In this manner he thin IS
the road could be made the beginning OF
q great system OF highways rtaling those
which still are the glory Of onc'ent
Rome.
What has become of the good roads
movement lnaugurated in Virginia soon
after the Inauguration of Governor Mon
tague. w, u, II.
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Richmonders in New York.
.i special to The Times. Dlspatch)
NEW YORK, April ls.--Waldorf-Mrs.
II. Mcclure. Miss U. Scott; Fifth Avenue
&C. s. Strtngfellow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-19
Mr.. Allen Thinks Action at
Huntington important.
HIGHWAY CROSS COUNTRY
Nebraska Man In Washington With
Scheme to Aavs National Govern L oyer If
ment Is Construct One Postof.
flee Department investigation.
The Times Dispatch Bureau.
VI sAlital No.f1417 a. Street, N..W..

Washington, D. G., April 18th ~
!, The action Representatives Of the c ti
operators ana the United Mine workers s'AE
at Huntington yesterday, by which VIII 81 an
agreement was made that the mi leSr
should work on clearly defined terms & Is :
regarded BY Mr.. Francis A. Allen, OF
Cincinnati, now In this city, as OF more mo r
Importance to the people Of the = three r'
states Of Virginia, West Virginia rtg1 r1s ana
Ohio than any action ever before taken .aiSt'l
by labor and capital.
"rhe operators recognized the union"
said Mr.. Allen. 1.-THE fight Of many years years
duration, involving numberlesS strikes
probably hundreds Of lives and act :lla'll!'
millions Of money. has been end LED g
by a stroke OF the pen. do not say
there will never be any more strikes at
the Kanawha and New River mines, p Ist
It Is perfectly we'll known that recognition {, n
NJ the union has always been the cnlel
point commended for by the strikers. !, = ms 10
has always been refused by the operhtol - ;,
and work has invariably been resumed
upon terms resulting from a patcheu, Z +.
peace, with each side certain that ahot l'"
strike was inevitable, soon or late. ~.
1T Is different this time" Mr.: Allen
continued. ..''1n my opinion It will be q
long while before there IS anotnel st .naI
In the Kanawha and New River n GOA ,,,
fields. The Chesapeake and ONO M M
continue to dump millions or tons At I'll III,
c cn ss and Newport News, and there will VII
be no more such things as a tie-up 10!
lack Of coal at the piers or to haul thith n. +
or course, there may be temporary .u,e
mass of the men, but 1t will not last long.
for for It is now@possible for the operators :,
and aDu the accredited REPRESENTATIVES Of the n.
miners to get together and discuss 8
ances in a5friendly manner. nxpel,e Zen g
has shown that adjustment aas always
been quick to follow. y,
O I'm my opinion and in the opinion o. 9,
others" concluded Mr.. Allen. ~ wlli r, NJ,
be long until the operators Of the No r, 10,
and Western region will come , 20 s Man.
lar understanding with the United M ny.
" and thus the whole Of vir:
rinia viii soon be free Of the danger ahe
Inconvenience OF coal strikes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-27
In the Sixth District.

If the Montgomery Journals Bir- mingham correspondent knows where of he speaks, there is to be music in the air in the Sixth congressional dis trict next year, and even this year and next month. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, bearing a large-sized griev- ance, is to contest the district, and he will open his preliminary canvass at Tuscaloosa on September 7, speaking consecutively at Eutaw, Livingston, Gainesville, Pickensville, Carrollton, Vernon, Hamilton, Jasper, Cordova and Greensboro. The preliminary canvass will consist of lectures" but lectures people as well as stump speeches would In fact, it is not easy to draw the line between the two-between a lecturer and a spellbinder.
 Located in the imperial county of Jefferson as The Age-Herald Is. it has no desire to butt into the affairs of the Sixth district, but nevertheless 1t cannot help saying to Captain Hobson that he is about to go up against a veteran who knows every man, woman and child in the Sixth. However, the hero of Santiago is taking time by the forelock so to speak, and he may be able to get acquainted with the people of his district also. It Is at any rate certain that he must be on speaking terms with every man, woman and child in it If he expects to bounce John Hollis Bankhead out of seat he has held nearly twenty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-27
APPETlTES AND EXPORTS.

From the New York World.>
 A London newspaper statistician has collected figures with view to showing that as a nation eats so shall it grow commercially He finds that America, with a daily food expense account of about 5S cents per head, exports nearly a billion and a half dollars a year in national products. Great Britain. with an individual fool expenditure cents per day less, falls nearly $100, ,O000O0 be- hind in exports. Germany, whose people buy 42 cents in food each day, has ex- ports a little over the billion mark; France, 3S cents per day, exports $S00,- 100000 and Italy, IS cents per day, ex- ports only $40O,0OOOO
 ? Of course 1t Is true, as a rule, that peo- pie who work the hardest should have the greatest appetites And the acquire ment of commercial and industrial great ness surely means hard work. Never the London statistcian has not to a de- gree turned his findings wrong end to.
 A man with money spends more than one without. A man surrounded by temp ing offerings will buy more than one in a country less rich in supplies. Are there no questions of national resources, of na- tural prosperity and the individual bene- fit therefrom. to afford a different con- cluson as to the relation between ap- petites and exports?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-27
Lou DiIIon's Two-Minute Record.

At the Readville track, near Boston, the dream of horsemen appeared at last in the form of two-minute trot- ter. The little mare that made the new record came out of California, and she had no record at all when she was bought at an auction sale last May at $12,500. It is difficult to put a price on her at present. She is well-nigh priceless.
 The little chestnut mare did no hard work until she was four years old, and now in her fifth year she is at her best, and she will doubtless remain queen of the turf a long time. The bicycle sully perhaps contributed to the result, and yet Sunol, drawing a high-wheel sulky, brought the record down to 2:OSA minutes Nancy Hanks cut off four seconds when the bicycle sullxy was introduced, and Alix, The Abbott and Cresceus pared the record by degrees two seconds more. Lou Dillon's record rounds up the story. A two-minute pace is certainly fast, meaning as it does A feet per second.
 The new record is considered won derful, but so was Flora Temples back in 1859, when the gamey little mare made a mile in 2:24h minutes. Who shall say that even two-minute trot- ter in harness will not be outdone?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-27
O. father abbot.
MT. Bankhead and Senator Morrow.

John H. Bankhead, Jr., Is chairman of the elections committee of the house and Hugh Morrow is chairman of the judiciary committee of the senate, and upon these two men, more than upon any other two, or two thousand, men rests the responsibility of saying whether the people or the bosses shall rule in the next four years. True, the bosses may be merciful and gracious, but unless an authoritative and con- prehensive primary law be passed the people will remain at the mercy of the Bosses. The latter may spring up at any time and say that cheating is pos sible under the present primary law which is very true--and therefore there must be a convention.
 The people of Alabama expect Rep resentative Bankhead and Senator Morrow to give them as good and broad and commanding primary law as Mississippi possesses. This Is what they demand and expect, and The Age Herald has full confidence that neither the member from Walker nor the sen ator from Jefferson will be found lack. ing Senator Morrow is known to be a friend of popular rule, and Repre- sentative Bankhead has a similar rec ord. If these two men do their full duty, the rotten convention system will be forever banished from the state and the people will come securely and permanently into their own.
 In state that practically has but one party it is simply ridiculous to say that the people shall not select their own nominees. A condition would in that event exist as bad H. principle, If not in practice. as the conditions that afflict the so-called republics of Latin America, where oficeholders perpetu- ate their power until revolution steps in. A revolution is the only remedy in the Latin republics, and the bosses desire something similar here. But this must not be. A primary cleo tion law based on the best experience of other states, is what we need, and 1t is what the people expect at the hands of the excellent. fearless and incorruptible legislature that will meet again next Tuesday. And if MT. Bank head or Senator Morrow carry to Mont gomery bill drawn on Mississippi or other approved lines. he will carry there the most important bill that will come before the adjourned session, and ho will carry away from his public work the gratitude of the people of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-27
FREIGHT RUSHED EAST.
Largest of Trunk Line5 Find Difficulty
 In Handling Traffic.

Chicago. August 25-There is imminent danger of congestion in the freight traf- fc movement over roads east bound from Chicago and St. Louis. The largest of the trunk lines are having the great est struggle. Some of them report that the motive power. which was so greatly reinforced in the spring, is beginning to feel the great strain it has been put to during the last few months.
 Every one approached on the subject claims that the heavy movement of mer- chandise to the west and elsewhere is testing the carrying capacity to the ut most limit.
 Flour shipments eastbound, all rail, in creased for the week S,772 barrels and showed gain of 11,462 over the same week last year. Grain shipments fell off 62,00O bushels and were 966,00 bushels less than a year ago. Provision ship ments increased for the week 2.677 tons and were 4,009 tons more than last year.
 Lake shipments of flour increased for the week, $50 barrels, but showed a de- crease from the figures of the same week last year of 16,0S4. Grain shipments in creased over the previous week 1,311 .252 bushels and were 447655 bushels larger than q year ago. Provision shipments decreased. as compared with the former week, S3 tons.