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

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we recently S,, asked Tor Imagination;
item which We. find In the local depart
ment of tho Chicago Inter-ocoan. which
Gen. william II. shnfter. who captured
Santiago dc Cuba n few seasons ago,
lowered his colors in unconditional sur.
arrived here at noon from Detroit on
IIo left Chicago at 10 o'clock last night.
lost thirteen and a half pounds.
No, won't miss what lost; l have
over 300 pounds left he said cheetfully
dsy Ss hs!s nx sS ntt an aws sas snts
:, H.. Home Rule party has been Or.
Just held a convention, particulars Of
week by the new Pacific cable. Tho
ton Of this party and their convention
suggest that possibly we have Pacific
Ocean Ireland on our hands" While Mr..
Wilcox,s proposal that Congress be pc
titioned to grant to Hawaii an ndepend-
| ence equivalent to Cuba's was laid aside
by the convention aa premature there
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such action would be signed by. nearly
every. native In the Hawaiian Islands.
And the native voters are In a majority,
japan soes an G h IA, haf home
movement has the mass Of the, citizens
behind it. Even .'Kamehameha." tho
Honelulu corresponndent Of the Washing
he depicts the growing race antagonism
between the natives and the whites. and
describes the organization of native
NIL iru1 mr. 30 tpr n I'm lie
all white men, or 'outlanders,, from Of
hce. The former. queen has thrown. her
ho int the sen nsas n a se
ernment in 1893, and anaily in securing
to the Unted staes Fl, ioy
chise 10 the Hawalians themselves. With
voting power that enables them rIer 70 6 eon
set M a "proble1n' In place OF the tight
little white olgarchy OF planters. which
the annexa tlontsts had ANTICIPATED. !.
| should be added that surrounding these
antagonistic racial elements IN the eiec-
torate are the Chinese. and especially the
Japanese, who by far ontnumber whites
and natives combined.
President Roosevelt evidently believes
r rer GU, It'll the rascality in the Postoffice
Department has been done, or i, a. isa :,
a short While. 1t any rate. the report
Is In washington. that he has urged Mr.
Bristow to hurry up me maj Ha,sb pedto and
cleared up by the LIST OF September.
In the History OF the. Nineteenth Cen
fury in Caricature., which Is , now W, a =.
peSsnGi m is sh9 mace IN the last weeks
II is that while Bernhard Gillian z, vas
Of James i' 6. Blaine as .The Tattooed
Man" he was himself an ardent Repue-
ltcan. voted for Mr. Elaine tor deen o INTO
Blaine's life he was drawing equally
unpleasant caricatures OF CieYeland ana
tina Democratic party for Jadse.
The financial statement made last week e
for the city Of New York has IN II inns
!, announcement: within few months .1tf
the Ely win have deb. margin Of 500
: plains the meaning Of this financial met e.
surplus 81 500 cash h II the ,s Sty
tSs ebartel but VIII S asve se city
can can borrow that amount Of money. The
test OF successful finance n tha 1 h mIn,r-
the same test prevails in the case OF
many seedy Individual.
bent on me-, EARNING En the distinction Of Annus
" rabllis On the eaenda asbe, r asks ,he
many horrible accidents on the rail- ana
elsewhere the Globe enumerates enous =.
Of horrs 70 give E. an "a atfrthatiSe ans !" 81
There is certainly some warrant FOR
thinking so. We had April weather In
March ,f,v 'd daSs w.he5 IN Ap 18Th and
since then all kinds Of weather with mos mos
t quito accompaniment: ,,,o ,.o., az,
The bottom has meanwhile dronnec OUT
of the stock market assassination has
been rampant In servia. the Pope mas
: died. while the daily papers ar, have pre- pre-
: lence. lWnehings. murders and suicides. to
q saw nothing OF the fight to finish
d IN which labor and capital are now en-
II the rest Of the year s sls,dhns. It's s,
t evil will have the best showing yet Sc
that the disits, l9 o b.r added s up p
or 81 e else eau believe the. prophets; who are
diligently circulating their predictions Just
t now.
: The report Of the United States Com
s; cheps the the , unverstes Of the United
States as there are university students IN
Great Britain The number IF IL this
County &c rar ca aeeerd,ng to this report, 1000
( while the number Of students In the. uni
versities and university colleges O. o. the
United Kingdom Is put down at 2.Voo'
8 The best financial authorities tell us
! that It cannot be doubted that large
quantities OF the best paying STOCKS $, "
day to day by Investors, There are plen-
ty OF opportunities now to obtain sec, ~
s'e per went cent S Annually and it is believed
n that at the share list will remain, ION q
per cent basis for some time 10
: come,
For some reason. unknown to US. the
. noltical sharps regard the Hon; BourKe
o Cochran MS n very reliable political fore.
: caster. 'The Hon. Mr., Cochran has Just
, landed In New York from Europe. where I.
y he has had chance, perhaps, TO stuuy