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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
SYDNOR NOT SATISFIED
Though His Opponent Declared the
Nominee, He Will Run.

Especial to The Tfmes-Dlspatch)
WARSAW. VA. Oct. 16.-Notwithstand-
ing that Mr.. w. r. Crabbe has been duly
declared the Democratic nominee for tho
House OF Delegates from the counties of
northumberland and Westmoreland, DR..
w. p. Sydnor. the defeated candidate, Is
not beat Sydnor." Though he has filed
notice of contest of five precincts, he says
he will not have the nomination II it Is
given him and has written Mr.. Crabbe,
asking him to a gree that both run with
out prejudice to the other. DR.. Sydnor
makes this regret, he says, upon the
ground that there were votes cast by
others than those entitled to do SO under
the Democratic party plan.
He has filed notice with the county
clerk that he will be a candidate.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17

Lowell, Mass, TO do
the Masters work in st. Patrick's Parish
In 1854, Father John, as he was fondly
known to his people, was attacked with
n serious cold, which, developing into a
stubborn cough and atiiction of the lungs
caused the greatest alarm for the health
O. the beloved clergyman.
Medical skill seemed unable to stay the
progress of the disease, Finally an Emil
nent Specialist was consulted, who gave
Father John prescription to cure tho
cold and remove the lung trouble, as we'll
as to build up and strengthen the body,
The clergyman took the prescription to
the old drug store of Carleton and Hovey.
Lowell, Mass, the firm by whom Father
Jchn's Medicine is prepared The cough
soon disappeared, and his people rejoced
when he declared that he had been made
as we'll and strong as ever.
Father John recommended the medicine
to his parishioners and friends. and thous-
ands were made we'll and strong by taxi
ing It, In getting this prescription they
always called for Father Johns Medi-
cine" and so it was named by the peo-
pie and advertised,-all with the approval
ana sanction Of Rev, Father O'Brien, be-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
spE clAL HoRs E SHOW Office.

10 Accommodate the Petersburs patrohs
nj the Richmond Horse Show, which
viii be held in Richmond October 13th 70
l7th the Atlantic Coast Line VIII holu
aI l,so u. NJ, until 1915 midnight. oe-
tober 18th, lash, 18th. 10th and l7th, This
viii give ample time 10 see the entire
performance, and offer a quick and con-
yenient schedule in both directions.
The rate from all points IN Virginia on
this line viii be one fare for the round
tr,n Mus ATTY cents which neludes ono
aa ~, 10 the Horse SHOW, Tickets on
sale October 18th to 18th, inclusive. lim-
'''N G, S, CAMPBELL,
division Passenger agent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
MIR. THOS. E. PENDLETON
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
lsnecIol 10 rhe rimes. Dispatch

ASHLAND, VA, Oct, l6-Mr Thomas
Il. Pendleton was struck by an engine ut
the depot last night while endeayoriils
to cross the track 10 take the traln tor
Richmond, and badly hurt
lie is In a very serious condition now
though ho Is somewhat easier to'nlshs
than he was this morning His injuries
are Internal. caused by being struck
over the Kidneys by the beam of the piiot
OF tha i-romotiys,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
THE MISSOURI
New Battleship Expected to Exceed
Her Contract Speed.

Especial to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Oct l6.-Ihe
battleshlp Missouri will leave the ship
yard here tomorrow for the govern
ment course between Capes Anne and
porpoise, where her official speed test
will take place next Thursday. The YES
sci will be In charge Of picked crew
from the ship yard and her bunkers Will
be filled with picked steam coal.
ON her builders trial the first OF
the month the Missouri's log showed that
she easily made over eighteen knots an
hour, and she is expected to exceed her
contract speed at least half knot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
NEGROE HUNG AND
FILLED WITH BULLETS
lRr Associated prrss.l

CORDELE, GA, October 16.-The body
OF an unknown negro was discovered
hanging to a tree one mile from this
place to-day. The negros body was rid
died with bullets, and all investigations
so far have not been able to discover the
negro's Identity. Several people living in
the nelghborhood stated that they heard
shots fred during the night. but did not
make any attempt to discover what tho
trouble vas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
MIR. BRYAN DENIES
FREE SILVER REPORT
nv Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
LINCOLN, NBB., Oct lG-Mr. Bryan
today authorized denial of the report
which quoted him as saying he believed
that free silver would not be considered
at the Democratic National Convention
In 1904.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
AN OLD-TlME NEGRO
Aunt Mamie Rose Dies at the Age of
NinetY-one,

Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch)
CHESTER. VA. Oct lG.-The colored
woman, Mamie Rose. who Was buried
near here and brought from Richmond
last Tuesday, was an honored servant OF
Rev. Charles W, Friend, and was ninety
one years and ten months old,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
Small Gases.

In the Hastings Court yesterday Gilbert
Guy was given six months in jail for
assault and battery. and Albert Mat
thews got ninety days for Ike Of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17

WINCHESTER. VAR. II. Barton. for
mer Mayor of Winchester. has been re-
nominated as commander Of General 'Fur-
1er Ashby Camp. Confederate Veterans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
STOP THAT !! \!

Cough with Dr. DavId's Cough syrup,
T1,,rn Pine Tar. Horehound. Wild Cherry,
&c A few doses Of this old time Co'ah
Cure viii cure you before your lungs be-
come too much involved, Large pottle
% cents everywhere.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
CITY ACCOUNTANT REPLIES
Will Be Printed and Distributed to the
Public this Afternoon,

City Accountant MCCARTHY has had
printed In neat pamphlet form his re-
plies to the various opinions Of the City
Attorney on the city's financial condi-
ton, and will have the pamphlet ready
for distribution this afternoon at Stills,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
Bells, Branch r. Aliens and Hunters,
where they can be had by any one de-
string them.
SAVED MOCKING BIRD
New Law Forbids Their Being Cap
tured, Gagged or Sold.

BY informing an auctioneer OF virginia
regarding the law prohibiting the sale
Of hooking birds. State Warden w. j..
Lynhnm yesterday stayed the sale OF a
sweet singer that was on the eve OF
finding a new mistress. 1t Is now even
unlawful to capture and cage mock
Ing bird, also TO sell them; though Y 1t
were. captured before the enactment OF
the law last spring It may be held, nut
not sold.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA SEA-
BOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
North Carolina State Agricultural FAR
Raleie h. N. O., October 10 ga 1908.

On account of the above occasion the
Seabonrd Air Line Railway will sell tick
cts to Raleigh and return at rate or one
fare, plus nifty cents, admission to the
fair grounds. Tickets on sale october ioth
TO o3d, Inclusive, final limit october 26th.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17

DO you want competent help; II SO try
n Want Ad. In The Times Dispatch and
see how quickly you will secure It,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
THEATRICAL UNION
Getting Ready for the Regular Annua
Ball.

Richmond Union of Theatrical En-
Moves is in good shape. At the last meet
ing three members were initiated. and me
Forthcoming annual ball was talked up.
The membership of this union Is OF the
best.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17

Times Dispatch Want Ads, arc never
idle. They keep the pot boiling; try orc
to day. Phone the Want Adj man, phone
$40.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
HURT HIS BACK
Mr.. John Gilchrist Fell from S. A. l..
Car

Mr.. John Gilchrist. the young yasd con-
ductor Of the Seaboard Air Line. who
night about o'clock was reported from
the Memorial Hospital late last night as
resting we'll.
Mr.. Gichrist was getting from a car
to get his lamp, when he fell and badly
sprained his back.
He Is well known and popular young
man. and lives at Nineteenth and Mar
shall Streets with his brother
His injury is not considered serious.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
EX-GOV. TURNKEY is
DANGEROUSLY I'LL
lnr Assnclnteh prcss.l

WINCHESTER, TENN, October To-
Ex-Governor Peter Turney is dangerously
i'll at his home here, and it Is feared by
his physicians that death may occur at
any moment,
Mr. Turney has been III since Thursday,
and although reported to be resting easy
to-day, 1t is thought that the end Is very
near. His family has been summoned to
his bedside
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
Condition OF Mr. Oiegs.

Mr.. Isanc Digs was reported as get
ting along nicely at the Memorial Hos
pital last night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-17
An Interesting
History OF Fifty
Years.

In 1S4S Rev. Father
John O'Brien, a no.
BILE man, came to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
THE BEGINNING OF LENT
The Penetential Season Began To-
day With the Observance Of
Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday, the beginning Of Lent,
was observed to-day in all the Catholic
and Episcopal churches by impressive SER
vices. At the Catholic churches mass
was said at z o'clock, O'clock and 9
o'clock. The ashes were blessed and dis
tributed and the same ceremony will take
place at the evening services at 1880. The
regular Lenten services of the Catholic
church are masses at Z, 1880 and o'clock
every day; Wednesday at 1880 p. M, SER
mon and benediction; Friday, 1880 p. M,
stations Of the cross and benediction; Sun
day, 1880.
At st. Marks Episcopal church there
were three regular services arranged for
the day, 1890 a. m, 1910 noon, for BUSH
ness men and women, and 1880 p. m. Daily
during Lent there will be two services a
day. that at noon and vespers at 4:30.
George Fl. bennington, organist of the
church. has arranged a series Of Lenten
organ recitals for each Wednesday after
noon Of Lent at $3.50 and the first was
given to-day. At Gethsemane there were
communion services at $50 and at 8
o'clock this morning, service at 1890 and
again this afternoon and evening. SO
While it is not customary to hold reg
ular services in the Protestant churches,
it is becoming common to hold occasional
special services and to give increased en-
phaSis to the ideas Of Lent being a time
for self denial and religious meditation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
HIT NEW HIGH MARK
Five Thousand Dollars Apiece Of
fered for Fifteen Chamber of
Commerce Memberships.
This Offer Brings No Result-one
Membership Sold To-day at
$3.50.

4 Minneapolis 2S Chamber of Commerce
memberships; ares again active after a quiet
period of several months This morning
the former high figure, 50, 900, was bid
for certificate but without sale
Since November last there has been lit
tie doing in memberships. Values fell off
slowly, and while there were few public
transfers, membership as recently as last
week had been quoted as low, as $4,000.
This was dtseSin part to the fact that the
directors recently levied an assessment
of $500 on every membership and this
sum was taken off the price by recent
bidders
This morning Parker Harding of Wood
worth & Co., astonishcd every one by bid
ding for membership up to $1,000 This
was thought to be for some outside grain
men anxious to get into the Minneapolis
trading body. 49,
Later in the session Charles ]. Blythin
of the Barber Milling company made the
highest bid yet heard, or $4,000. But MIR.
Blythin wanted a block of them and his
bid was not $1,000 for an individual mem
bership, but $4,000 for block OF f1t-
teen, trades not to be binding unless he
secured the full number desired. The re-
suit of this bidding has been a revival OF
interest and members who have held
their certificates through all the pres
to sell of recent years are now con-
graduating themselves 4''
There are few members of the Min
neapois chamber who still hold the orig
inal memberships issued at the time the
chamber was organized and for which
they paid $25.
Just before the session closed to-day
sale was made. l.. T.. SoWle 4 Sons
sold one extra membership to the Brooks
Griffiths company. The price. was $3.50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
WASN'T SHAMMING
George sterrin Was Thought to Be
Malingering, but He
Died.
He Was Turned Away From the
Hospital Several Times Before
Being Admitted. 5

After suffering several days from par
alysis and trying in vain to make the at
PENDANTS at the city hospital believe that
he was not shanming illness. George Ster-
rim died at the hospital this morning.
Death is said to have been due to a blood
clot on the brain which caused the par
alysis Of one of his lower limbs.
Sterrin had a hard time in gaining ad-
mission to the hospital being turned away
from the institution several times. 1t
was thought he was drunk and not ILL., AT
last his case was reported to the humane
society and a physician was sent to ex-
anime him. He reported that the man was
ill and needed medical attendance. Ar
rangements We're made to admit him to
the hospital and he was received there
last Saturday. ny
Even after he was admitted to the hos
pital the physicians were not. convinced
that Sterrin was really ill., but believed
that he was "shamming.'' It was de-
cided. however, to keep him there for a
few days until his case could be carefully
studied.
He was 45 years Of age and had resided
in the city for several years.
Sterrin was the man whose name was
supposed to be Spain and whose efforts
to gain admission to the hospital first a
tracted comment two weeks ago At that
time he was supposed to be drunk ane
Sterrin himself admitted before his deatl
that he had taken a glass Of beer but wa.
not intoxicated. @%s@i a1#
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

vailing statement then was that the meet
ing was for the purpose of devising means
to better the negro's condition in New
Orleans.
| The most sensible suggestion from
a band of ten or twelve negroes. who met
several times to oppose the bus line move
ment. This suggestion was that eligible
negroes register and vote, and that ineli
gible ones become educated or acquire
property in order to be able to exercise
the franchise rights granted under the
constitution of Louisiana. At the pro-
| bus line meetings no such suggestion was
| limited at, and even when it<Was suggested
to the negro community by this small
band of cIear-headed men, it created abb
SOlutely no comment.
Some time before the law went into eff
feet it had ceased to be generally dis
cussed by both negroes and whites. At
no time during any Of the discussion was
there the least violence either in language
or conduct, and throughout it all the ne
groes have retained the sympathy of a
large part of the white population. There
was of course, no trouble in enforcing
the law. What effect it has had on the
number of negroes carried by the cars
cannot be accurately known, but the con-
ductors say that there has been a large
failing off. Several prominent negroes
have refused to be seen on a Jim Grow
car They prefer to walk. Others ride
on the cars, but stand on the platforms
IA ther than be forced to sit behind the
screens. "
| But, whatever has been the bad or ques-
/ tionable effects of the law, there has been
at least one good effect. 1t has been
demonstrated that the negro has more
friends among the intelligent white people
of New Orleans than he has ever had
before; that he is to-day regarded as
more capable than ever before of those
finer sentiments of which the white race
is so justly proud.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

obnoxious animals, was another fact con-
tributing to their modification. Many of
them, it was said, took pride in keeping
clean, in wearing good clothes, and in
behaving we'll, much because they
could feel at ease i'll decent company as
because it gave them other personal salts
faction. To exclude such negroes from
compartments occupied by white people
would, they said, be as unjust as it would
be to force them to sit in compartments
with unworthy representatives of. their
own race, whom they as much as the
white people, despised. 1t would be
equally unjust to admit obnoxious white
people to white compartments and ex-
cude respectable negroes from enjoying
the same privilege.
Probably the next most pronounced
sentiment of the meetings was a demand
for negroes to support one another in
business enterprises. TO the negroes, the
strongest arguments in favor of bus
line was the fact that it would be a ne
gro enterprise supported by negro capital
and conducted for the general benefit of
the race in New Orleans. Out of this as
sertion grew many an urgent appeal for
negroes to acquire property, and contribute
to the general welfare Of other negroes
by patronizing them in their business.
This sentiment is growing stronger and
stronger every day, and the results of 1t
are more and more apparent. Negroes
no longer wish to send their children to
white teachers; negro patients demand
the services of negro physicians; drug
stores, saloons, grocery-stores, coal and
wood shops-in fact, almost every retail
business in the city-are conducted on a
small scale by negroes, and patronized al
most exclusively by members of that race.
OF course the plan to establish bus
line failed. Opposition to it grew as its
impractivable features became known auC
at the third or fourth meeting nothing
more was heard of the idea. The pre-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
FUND NOW $27,2ss.60
Of This Amount Hennepin County
Contributed $1O,790.66..

Among the contributions received to-
day by Treasurer N. o. Werner Of the
local famine fund committee were $14
from the Bethany Sunday school; $3.50
from Miss Gray's bible class, Plymouth
church, IS from the jobbers through E. e.
Fisher; and IS from Messrs. Various,
Anonymous & Co.
The total receipt from other parts of
the state now amount to SIS, 437.94 and
the total receipts from Hennepin county
to s1O.79O.66. The grand total is ST.
22S.60. .'.-
The entertainment being arranged for
the benefit Of the famine sufferers by AL
derman H. G. McLIaskey, Rev. E. o. Stone,
Louis solen, and other residents of the
seventh ward will take place tomorrow
evening at the Wigwam, 1903 East Lake
street The program includes the names
of Mrs. Hazel Kirk McLaskey, soprano,
late of the Cosgrove Concert company;
Mrs. Mae Lee Blye, elocutionist; Mrs.
Christina McCallun1, vocalist; William T.
Nolan, humorist; Miss Clara Rain, pi-
anist; Mrs. D. M. Weishoon. soprano;
Adolpf Engstrom tenor; the Misses Jones
| and Rasmussen, pianists;, Harry M. Car
| roll, comic vocalist; Blaine Allen, violinist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
JUMPED TO SAFETY
Minneapolis Engineer and His Fire.
man Have Close Call.

! A misunderstanding on the part Of an
engineer resulted in g. head on collision
this morning about half mile below the
entrance to the st. Paul union depot yards
on the main line Of the Milwaukee road.
Train No. 81 of the Milwaukee road COM
ing into St. Paul was about an hour late
and was rushing along at a lively clip.
A freight engine Of the Rock Island road,
attached to a long train of freight cars,
was switching at the point Of the col
lision.
Engineer Frank Dunn. of the Milwau-
kee, believed the track clear and his
train was within a hundred yards of the
freight before he wlistled for brakes:
The throttle was quickly closed and the
brakes put on and Engineer Dunn and
his fireman George Smith jumped from
the cab One of Engineer Dunn's legs
was cut by the jagged ice and he suffered
from Commissions in other parts of his
body. The fireman escaped with lesser
| number of wounds. Both men were
| brought to their homes in Minneapolis.
The engineer of the freight stuck to his
post and neither he nor his fireman was
! injured. The engine of the passenger
| train was almost demolished but none OF
| the passengers was injured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25
STOPS a RUNAWAY
Patrolman Wennell Saves Crowd of
Women From Injury.

But for the prompt action Of Patrol.
man August Wennell, who walks beat
at Washington and Hennepin avenues
several persons would probably have beer
injured by a runaway team that came
dashing down the street late yesterday
afternoon. Officer wennen saw the team
coming: and, at the risk of his own life
stopped the horses before they ran dowr
a crowd of women who were boarding 6
street car. :
The team belonged to George r. Newell
and was hitched to a delivery wagon
The horses became. frightened at Third
street and Hennepin avenue and started
to run toward Washington. The street
was crowded and for time it looked as
though several persons would be run dowr
by the frightened team.
Several people who witnessed the affair
reported the matter to police headquarters
and Officer Wennell received the compli-
ments Of his superior officers. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

The reason I am offering this stock for
sale is solely to perpetuate the business.
am offering the safest per cent invest
ment in American. l retain a one-half
interest in the business, my interest being
represented by the common stock. Not
single dollars worth of watered stock
is offered the public. The W. l.. Doug
las Shoe Co. is a successful corporation.
probably the most successful from a
money earning standpoint of any shoe
concern in this country.
The property Of the company is abso-
lutely free from encumbrance Of any sort,
and it has sufficient cash capital to con-
duct a business of s7,0o0,0o0 a year:
The w. l.. Douglas Shoe Co. owns and
operates at Brockton, Mass, the largest
Goodyear welt (hand-sewed process) plant
and makes more shoes of this kind than
any other manufacturer in the world. In
As of the principal American cities in the
very best locations the Douglas Co. owns
outright and conducts Ga retail shoe stores,
every one of which contributes to the net
profits of the business The company also
sells it's product to retail shoe dealers in
towns and cities where it has no store.
The Douglas business has been proseci-
Gus for more than % years.
In four years the business has more th:1i
doubled. The net cash earnings available
for the payment Of dividends in the year
1902 were sufficient to pay Z per cent divi-
dend on more than $4,000 00c. There has
not been a year in the past twelve that
this business has not earned much more
| money than an amount necessary to pay
| Z per cent dividend on S1,000,000.
| The capitalization of the company is but
| s., 900, 900. This is divided into S1,0000Ot
preferred stock and S1.000,000 common
stock. Only the preferred stock is offered
| for sale Behind the preferred stock ]:
| 81, 066, 966 of actual, tangible assets
| cannot receive one cent of dividend unit
the per cent has been paid to preferred
| stockholders
| The business is now. and has been 10
several years, managed by Board Of Di
rectors composed of capable business men
| If you are careful conservative investor
!. one who will be satisfied with SAT-
and permanent Z per cent investment
| you should buy this stock Today Will
/ it can be secured at par-one hundre'
/ dollars per share. This per cent pre-
ferred stock will bring a premium of s
per share within two years time.
! This stock is in the nature of a frs
/ mortgage on all the present assets of tn
i company or assets it may in the futur
i accumulate. No bonds or mortgages ca
be placed on the property of the compan
to lessen the security of the preferre