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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Justice Shiras TO Retire.

Washington, Dec. 81. = Justice Shi
ras, of the supreme court of the
United States, will retire some time
during the present winter The date
has not yet been fixed and cannot be
until certain cases which have been
argued, and other cases which have
been set for argument have been dis
posed OF. Mr.. Shiras, however, will
retire during the present session OF
congress, in order that his successor
may be confirmed before the adjourn.
ment. Among the names proposed as
his successor is that of William H
Taft, civil governor OF the Philippines.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Statue is offered to Government.

Washington. Dec. 3O.-Secretary
Root has received letter from the
commission having charge of the Bar
tholdi statue of Liberty on Bedloe's
Island. New York, suggesting the ad-
visibility Of congressional legislation
providing for the transfer of the statue
20 the government, and saying that If
that is done the commission will con-
vey into the United States treasury the
fund Of 10000 now in its custody.
Since the abandonment OF the light in
the statue by the lighthouse board OF
the treasury department last sping the
light has been maintained by the quar-
termaster's department OF the army.
The statue itself. however, remains in
the custody OF the statue commission,
OF which Colonel Pinchot is president.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
No Chance In Price of Coal.

Philadelphia, Dec. 81. - The sales
agents of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's anthracite coal companies
met yesterday and decided to continue
the present circular prices during the
month OF January. The sales agents
also declined to renew any of the ex-
piring contracts with large consum-
ers of anthracite. which action will
compel all consumers to purchase coal
in the open market. It is expected
that the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company will take similar
action.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Woodward Must Hana.

Trenton, N. j.. Dec. 31.-The board
of pardons met here yesterday after
noon and granted number of paroles.
No action was taken in the case Of
Paul Woodward, the Camden boy muir
derer, who is under sentence to be
hanged in Camden early in January
for killing two playmates. Woodward's
counsel sent word that he could not
secure the evidence he hoped to obtain
to establish insanity. Mrs. Woodward
was at the state house to hear the re-
suit which makes the hanging of her
son certain.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03

are unable at this this time to overcome
When a United States Supreme
Court rules that it has no jurisdiction
of a case involving the constitutionality
fiict with the constitution OF the United
States, then we take it to be a polite
way of saying that it declines to have
anything to do with the question and
finds this the most convenient way to
dispose of disagreeable subject.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Live Stock Markets.

East Liberty, Pa, Dec. 80. = Cattle
were steady; choice, So. 75@5.90; prime,
s5.40@56o; good, S5@G. 30. Hogs were
lower; prime heavies, S5.65@6.75; me-
diums, S6.6o@6.65; heavy workers.,
SO; roughs, S5@640. Sheep were
steady; best wethers, S4@4.20; culls
and common, $1.50@2; choice lambs,
S5.6O95S0; veal calves, $S0875.
East Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 30.-Cattle
were quiet; prime Steers, $5.50@6;
heifers, $32s9475; COWS, $2.25Q{.25;
bulls, S2.75@4.50. Veals strong; tops,
SS.500950; common I'd good, $500
$50 Hogs were steady; heavy, Sc 60
@6.65; mixed. $S.50QD6.60; workers.,
71S stag psss4 sSS55S sbee GoG Mers
firm; mixed tops, $3.65@3.Ss; culls to
good, $175@3.50. Lambs were lower;
tops, $5.90@6; culls to good, $3.50
s.S5; yearlings, $426@4.75.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03

failure.
The Philippine commission has spent
$346,OO0 to stamp out the cholera
scourge, according to the bureau of in
sular affairs.
In his report the government agent
for the Usage Indians in Oklahoma
says that they are the wealthiest peo-
pie per capita in the world.
Monday, December 20.
There are 35 vacancies in the grade
of assistant surgeon in the army, with
little prospect of filling them.
The fuel supply of Southern South
Dakota is exhausted, with the Their
mometer II degrees below zero.
Fire at Wetumpka, Ala, yesterday
destroyed a block of two-story build.
fngs, causing loss of 100000.
The steamer A. L. Hopkins. which
was icebound in Lake Erie since last
Tuesday, was towed into Toledo. O..
yesterday.
Two Poles were arrested at Ospur,
Ill, Saturday for opening a mail sack
and burning the contents to keen
themselves warm.
Independent cigar dealers from all
over the country will meet at Chicago
Ill, January 13 to plan a fight against
the Tobacco Trust.
Tuesday, December 80.
More than 1900 persons were reported
missing to the Philadelphia police since
January 1 last.
Rear Admiral Glass has been detail
ed as commander-in-chief of the Pacific
station, to succeed Rear Admiral Casey,
who has been placed on waiting orders.
The Demmler tin plate plant at Nc
Keesport, Pa. which has been idle for
several months, resumed operations in
full yesterday, giving employment to
500 men.
General orders were issued yesterday
by Adjutant General Stewart announc-
ing that the spring inspection of the
National Guard of Pennsylvania will
begin February 1.
Frank Goss. an electrician OF the
Newtown Street Railway company. was
instantly KILLED at Bushington, near
Doylestown, Pa, while experimenting
with high tension wire.
Wednesday, December 81.
The Archaeological Institute Of Amer
lea began a three days session al
Princeton, N. j., today.
The Pioneer Pole and Shaft Com
pany. capital 100000, was incorpor
ated at Trenton, N. j., yesterday.
The navy department yesterday is
sued orders Transforming the trans
port Lawton into a receiving ship.
Charles Vessels, a prominent New
York business man, dropped dead on
an elevated train last night Of apo
plexy.
The board of trustees of Hamline
University, Minneapolis, Mimi, an
Eounce that an endowment OF $3.50 .OOC
has been raised.
John Hunnicutt and Robert Jolly, OF
Knoxville, Tenn, were drowned yes
terday by falling through thin ice on
pond on which they were skating.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Standard Oil Co. to Pension Employees

New York, Dec. 30.-The Standard
Oil Company has announced q general
pension plan for the benefit of it's en-
ployes. Among the new features is a
provision to the effect that employees
who have reached the age of 81 years,
after rs years in the service of the com.
pany. may retire ON halt pay for one
year, after which the regulation PEN
sion Is to be paid to them. The regu-
! lar pension rs tc be one-fourth of the
salary which the employee was rece;v-
ing at the time of his retirement. Sew
eral hundred men Will be employed in
retirement on Jnauray J.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
MINERS WILL DEMAND INCREASE
Claim Operators Are Receiving Larger
Prices For Coal Than Ever.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 90. = w. D.
Ryan, secretary-treasurer of the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of Illinois, In state
ment says that the miners of the Unit
ed States will make a demand for a
material increase in wages at the ma
tional convention at Indianapolis on
January 10. Mr.. Ryan says that the
operators are receiving a larger price
for coal than ever before, and they
cannot make the excuse that the mines
are not paying expenses.
Mr.. Ryan says that the convention
will produce figures to show the total
cost OF mining ton of coal and give
the public an idea of the profit being
reaped by the operators. Mr.. Ryan
will attend the convention and no
doubt lead the fight for higher wages.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Cholera pepopulatinq Mindanao.

Manila, Dec. 80. = Moros, on the
Island of Mindanao, report that the
choieJ' is depopulating the villages
on til east side OF Lake Lanao. At
Maciu there Is an average OF so deaths
day The disease also prevails at
Bacolad. 1t has appeared on all sides
of Lake Lanao, but the Viseyan resi-
dents of the island do not yet seem to
have been attacked.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
s. QUESTION ANSWERED.

- THOMAS, w. VA, Dec 30, 1902.
Editor of the PLANET:
Please state in your next issue
what court had jurisdiction on the con-
sstitutionality of the Virginia ConStitu-
tion, recently tried before the u. S.
Circuit Court at Richmond?
Thomas, w. Va.
According to the ruling of the United
States Circuit Court. that tribunal had
M jurisdiction in the case to restrain
she State Board of Canvassers from
-e1anvassing the vote of the state because
vshe new constitution under which the
election was held is unconstitutional.
If this court is without jurisdiction,
eE1aen the Appellate Court is without
Jsrisdiction, and if that court is with
q0ot jurisdiction, then the Supreme
Court of the United States is without
jurisdiction.
According to this ruling, a states
constitution may be in violation of the
Constitution of the United States and
yet it cannot be made to conform to it.
snasmuch as the legal view of the mat
tser, is that state is sovereign and can
mot be sued or coerced, save when it is
an open rebellion against the national
egoys ument.
The absurdity of this reasoning when
cshe story of the man who was in jail is
ESrought to mind: a young lawyer up.
scn hearing the facts in the case called
80 see the prisoner behind the bars
They cannot put you in Jail on such q
xehargei'' he exclaimed, ''There
as no law for it, sBut, I am in
here all the same" replied the much
worried man, "and want to get out ,
The United States Constitution says
= s-so the southern states. "You shall moi
zEisfranchise the colored man on account
of his color" and the colored man re
plies, "But am DISTINGUISHED and
zwant the right to vote"
To use plain language, we are the vic
aims of an unholy combination that vs.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Miles Meets the Dowaoer Emnress

Pekin, Dec 29.-The ladies of the
American legation and Lieutenant
General Miles and his party were en-
tertained at luncheon yesterday by the
Dowager Empress and the emperor.
United States Minister Conger also
gave diplomatic dinner in honor of
the general. To-day the minister en-
iertained at dinner a number of Chi
nese officials to meet General Miles.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Freezing Man Saved BY His poo.

Tamaqua, Pa, Dec. 29.-During Sat
urday night Peter Getz was overcome
by the cold on the outskirts of town
and fell exhausted by the roadside.
His faithful dog stood guard, and by
continuous barking attracted the at
tention of Officer Hahn to the spot.
Getz was already unconscious and was
aroused with considerable difficulty.
But for the dog he would have frozen
20 death
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Brothers Drowned While skatino

Richmond, Va, Dec. 80. - Leonard
NJ. and James Y. Cowherd, of Grafton,
w. Va. brothers, aged 10 and 81 re-
spectively, and students at the Bowl
ing Green Academy, Bowling Green,
Va, were drowned while skating at
the latter place Sunday.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Human Nature.

Jaggles-l never saw anyone work
so hard at anything. Is that his reg
uiar business?
Waggles-No, man; that's his hobby.
N, Y. Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
No Douht About IL.

"A married man can live on less
than a single man."
"Of course. A married man usually
has to."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
Prince Henry to

Prince Henry to Visit st. Louis Fair.
Berlin, Dec. S0.-The papers here
say Prince Henry, of Prussia, is going
to the United States in 1904 to visit
the St Louis Exposition and upveil
the veterans monument in Philadel-
mia
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03

"Some Of those jockeys have princely
incomes"
Eyes; but some of those princes
haven't Jockeys incomes" Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
The Kind She wanfs.

Yeast-You say your wife wants one
of those fetching bcnnets
Crimsonbeak-Yes, one of those
that's fetching about $17.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03
MAINE IN COMMISSION


Along the Delaware River.
Philadelphia. Dec. 3o.-On February
Is, 1898. the whole country was star
tied and plunged into deep grief by
the news Of the blowing up and sink
ing OF the United States bsttleehip
Maine, in the harbor of Havana, and
the loss Of 28s members Of her crew.
Yesterday, nearly Eve years after that
calamity. there steamed down the Del
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03

THE Christmas edition of the Topeka,
Kan, PLAINDEALBR was highly credit
. able to the management.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-03


Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va.
=, IS second class matter.
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Have you paid.your subscription?
IF not do so at once.
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SOs1N rlITIHELL, JR., EDITOR.

AZ communications intended for publication
zSsonld be sent so as to reach US by Wednesday.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03
Old COINAGE of EnuI and.

According to high authority the sill
yer penny of King Alfred is the earl
lest authentic Saxon coin that can be
traced with certainty to the London
mint. Athelstan, about 928, was the
first British king to enact regulations
for the government of the mint, but
the coinage was debased by the mint.
ers during the several reigns follow
ing To such an extent was this fraud
carried on that in the reign of Henry
|. dealers in the markets refused to
accept current money and when the
king summoned the minters to appear
at Winchester only three men out of
ninety-four escaped mutilation and
Punishment. Henry /. Is said to have
instituted mint at Winchester In
1925, but the English do not seem
to have been proficient in the art of
coming, for Stow relates that in the
reign Of Edward |. the mint was kept
by Italians. In Henry HIS time Eng.
fish money greatly improved in ap-
pearance and in his reign took place
the first gold coinage in that country.
In the following reigns money was
again debased and it became SO bad
that Queen Elizabeth called in all cor
rupted coins and new ones were is
sued, for the first time having the
edges milled.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03

which is, by the way, generally too
soft or too hard, and so difficult to de-
pend on. Aware of the fact that
Cupid's game is not quite an exact
science, she guards her own secret
with a merry smile for others whom
the artful sprite has smitten. Upbraid
her for not having soul, she will
reply that a, violin has more of that
element than she ever dreamed of
possessing; but If you can understand
the eye as thoroughly as she, you
will discover by a glance at hers that
she knows herself and the world very
WELL
The United States is the producing
ground, par excellence, for her spe-
cies, as well as the happy hunting
ground of the titled European for the
same, for reasons quite clear enough
to the living, dead and dying. Con-
ventionality is a blight upon her
spirit, as indeed It is upon the spirit
of the European during hunting trips.
AS for her dislike to forms, 1t Is dis
tinct, inasmuch as she regards them
as cunning veneers to hypocrisy.
which she abominates.
She believes in marriage, but you
have probably observed that their
husbands are quiet gentlemen pos
Fsessed of much latent determination
and very impressing eye, factors not
pnly qualified by a certain intense
bumor, but altogether exigible with
culture. You've probably, like the
Emiling ladies themselves, observed
Cis, and said nothing.-W. Fabian in
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03

The New Woman, who glorifled the
closing decade of the last century. has
been swept from her boomers into
oblivion, and from the cosmopolitan
swirl of the present arises her sue
cessor, who Yields bewitching
sceptre DER a wondering world from
throne not made by chance. Aes-
thetic ever, ascetic never, she is post
ed In all the higher subtleties Of pas
sion as told by yellow journals, yellow
novels, and from her own personal
experience. A ready wit against the
mistaken Impressions of others she
can unsheathe. and no use has she for
the pathos Of cheap romance. As
for her knowledge of the dynamical
relations between the emotions and
the astronomical functions 1t is pro-
found, being in truth, common sense.
She believes in roast beef, lollypops.
ice cream, as we'll as in manicures
and tooth brushes and from her won.
derful health and complexion one
notices neither hysteria nor enamel
can claim her. She admires the
strenuous life. revels in the atmos-
phere of the stage, the race track,
golf, bridge, al fresco concerts, and
the ball room, and is not at all averse
to smiling encouragingly upon the an.
cestral countenance of dressy
simian who condescends to enlighten
and enliven civilized society up-to.
date with his own peculiar smiles
(bless his souD, so patiently express
i've of pleasant thoughts unntterable.
With the easy grace of 2-year-old
she will jump any barrier that sepa-
rates the most exclusive elite from
the rest of society, and finds nothing
in the preSence of nllltocrats or kin os
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03
Real Deed of HerOiSm.

Who can imagine a more deliberate
and cold-blooded bit of heroism than
that performed by Keeper w. w.
Greisser of the Buffalo life-saving sta
ton, who, in the teeth Of an eighty
mile November gale, swan out in the
icy waters of Buffalo harbor to rescue
man who was clinging to some pill
ing 500 feet from shore? At times
the seas broke over the man so deep
ly that he was lost from sight, and it
was evident that in that awful weather
he would soon succumb and go to the
bottom. Griesser saw him, and know
ing that 1t would be useless to attempt
to launch a boat, determined to
swim to him with line. AS he plunged
into the lake the mighty surf
caught him and flung him stunned
upon the beach; but he was up and in
again, and this time gained the water
beyond the breakers. 1t took half an
hour for Griesser to swim 200 feet
against the Storm then, coming to an
old pile, he wrapped his arm and legs
about it and rested for few moments.
The cold was intense, and his clothes
we're frozen to him when he let go and
slid into the water, again to resume
his Journey. At times he had to dive
through the great combers to avoid
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03
Reachy Head Ealla Away.

Beachy Head, with its seven white
cliffs of varying height, called the
Seven Sisters, says the London Times,
IL a prominent and well.known head.
land on the south coast, the highest
point being $50 feet above the level
Of high water. Unfortunately. the
cliff In front Of the lighthouse Of late
years has shown signs Of insecurity.
which in 1898 eliminated in a heavy
fall, amounting, 1t is estimated, to no
less than $4,000 tons of chalk. Again
in 1896 another dislodgement &C.
Cured of an estimated quantity
Of $4,000 tons. BY these seri-
Gus downfalls the distance be-
tween the lighthouse tower and the
cliff edge was reduced from 100 to 70
feet, and there are not wanting signs
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-10-03

Francis A. March, Jr., Professor Of
English at Lafayette College and
Chairman OF the Alumni Athletic COM
mittee, spent few minutes recrea-
ton one day on the football field,
where some Of his numerous charges
we're playing the game. Several Of
them had been making graceful dives
at tackling the dummy, which stood
at one corner Of the field, and the pro-
lessor was much interested in the dis
play Of gymnastics.
81 used to play football myself" he
said to student, "and | know that |
tackled better than that"
Wont you show us how II ought to
be done?" was asked.
mo. thank you" was his quick re-
ply. 81 have been tackling dummies
exclusively all morning over In my
office, and | came out here for 4
change