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what Was Colombia's Game?

A recent disclosure Of the report con-
cerning new canal project submitted by
q commission to the Colombian Senate
before the adjournment of that body,
coupled with the revelations made to our
State Department by Mr.. BEAUFRE, our
Minister at the Colombian capital, cast a
lurid light upon the motives that led the
Bogota politicians to ignore the vital
interests of the Isthmian people and to
obstruct the consummation OF an enter
prise of worldwide import. They indi-
cate what was in President ROOSEVELT g
mind when he said in his message that
the possession Of a territory fraught
with such peculiar capacities as the
American Isthmus carries with it obliga-
tions to mankind and that the construc-
tion of an interoceanic canal cannot be
held up" to crafty the whims, or out Of
respect to the governmental impotence,
or to the even more sinister and evil"
political pecuiarities, of people who,
though they dwell afar off, yet, against
the wish of the actual dwellers on the
Jsthmus, assert an unreal supremacy
over the terrltOry.
We are indebted to an article contrib
uted by Mr. MARION WILCOX to the
North American Rerieu for the informa-
ton that early in 1902 Colombias repre-
sentative at Paris in the administrative
council of the Canal company calculated
that for the right to complete the water
way his Government should demand
from the United States not less than
$4,000 900 in gold Immediately, the in
i,ial payment to be followed by an an
nuitv of 81, 600 900. increasing by slOO, 600
each year-which would make the annual
pavmenu sl2 900 900 at the end of ninety
nine wears, the term of the suggested
lease.
This vision of modern Eldorado evil
IDENTIFY haunted the members Of the Com
mission, which, after the rejection of the
Hay-Herran Treaty by the Colombian
Senate on Aug. -, 1903, was instructed
to frame counter proposition. On
Aug. 20 the Commissioners unanimously
signed the project of law we have
already described. This provided that
Colombia should receive at least $50 900. :
000-$l0, 100000 from the French Canal
Company and $40, 900 900 from the United
States-as soon as the ratifications of a
new treaty should be exchanged; that
with regard to the Panama Railway the
United States should pay an annual
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tho blacksmith's bill for horseshoeing
in April and May was paid, amounting
to S22. ,.
Thus t2,2O2. .95 was spent, or more than
a third Of the total expenditure from the
contingent fund.
Plutoorats, monopolists and trust
magnates ride about in carriages. 1t is
eminently fitting that the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor should study
their habits. This consideration un-
doubtedly led to the purchase OF the
horses and carriage mentioned in Mr..
CoRTELYoU's highly valuable report.
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The New Postage Stamp.

10 THE EpIroR or THE SuH-.Sfr: Your CORE
spondent "A General Observer" In to day IS Sun
shows that lie Is no, "one Of the know IT all" OBJ
servers. " he will observe little closer he will
md that there are seven red stripes which with
the SIX white ones. make up the number that Is
emblematlc OF the thirteen original States of the
Union. Al, the books OF the manufacturers of
aags and shields In which illustrations OF the ma
,lonal shields are shown have II SO. JIM j.
NPU YORK Dec,
The sun., 1903-12-13
The Only Way to Prevent Divorce.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-!Sir' You say
truly that so long as divorce is allowed by law.
otber grounds than one will inevitably be made
leonl. Desertion, failure to support, ill-treat.
ment gross and intolerable intemperance and
the like may bring even more actual hardship
Than the single cause allowed by the state of
New York The only way to prevent dvorc"
for many causes is to make marriage indis-
soluble for any cause. 4 LAWYER
NEW YORK Dec. 10.
The sun., 1903-12-13
The Christm as Habit.

Said Cupid TO the charming maid.
BY way OF being pleasant
How would you like some fellow heart
To be your Christmas present."
The very thing" replied the maid.
hit kindly. pray. arrange II,
In ca e get duplicate.
Perhaps / might exchange IT,"
McLANpBURoH WILSON.
The sun., 1903-12-13

The Americans had lust won the battle OF Tren-
ton.
THAT settles 1t. said Gen. Howe. men who are
willing 10 turn Jersey commuters In the dead Of
winter are invncible."
Breaking up his scattered encampments, he
has stIly treIkpd away
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Mrs. Knrker-Doesnt Your husband smoke
like a chimney
Mrs. Bockcr-Yes, | know. but santa Claus comes
down him,
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Views nothing done--aId no one done
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
AZ Observation-Disclosures
Reported ennsylvana Has Bought
3Gs q Atlantic and Danyile.
al ia Tho Times risr,a tch 4

(speclaltto The Times. Dispatch)
Fl BoYDToN, VA, March ia rumor
here is to the effect that the Pensyl-
4vania system 4 has purchased from tho
Southern the Atlantic and Danvills
branch Of " It's road. which runs from
Norfolk to ;Danville. a distance OF eo5
miles, n, a " e, ;..5 SsS. ,,sl5 $#l
z Mr.. Z. E.! Moore has rented his resi-
sdence2 to fNIrsNY La Clacl<, and will move
In a shortttme with his family to Farm
VILE. Mr. Moore is nov engaged in
the feod business in Farmville.
The public schools of,sthe Boydton dis
trict have all ben extended for month
longer than they were contracted to be
\ taught H. sl sS!1s 81 "a u ~
HS All the deeds In the clerks office OF
NIecklenburg are now recorded with type
writer. This will be a great convenleuce
to the public as we'll as the lawyers, as
the records can be so much moro readi-
3ly and easily read in typo than writ
ten. {s
III Mr.. Henry $sW. Burnett, an old and
respected citizen living near here. was
SO badly Kicked by a vicious horse this
week that he has to go on tchss. q #
Hon. Robert sTurnbull, OF Brunswick
county, was here yesterday on business.
He returned to his homo on the. early
morning train. Mr., Turnbull is looking
well. III 5St36f IN IN TN & s S.6ls 4 ~ 5.i5 ~. .s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
RACE #SUICIDE?-WELL, I'm NOT .GUILTY."

unlc.i ule1incrcasc has reached ono MIL
lion, five hundred tllous.tod pounds. The
prices obtained haze tses,1, ss az rule,
very satisfactory, tlioIgh there has been
some con1pIni int .about the \, prices re-
ceived I; for p,ediun leaf. Tho general
average OF prices has been very satis-
factory. The quality OF the offerings
has not been as good as was Sex pected.5
Its appearance has been all riEh hit. hay
Ing good length and the color being ust
what the trade Warta. a fine lig ht@ Or:
dark brown; yet Its quality has not
been THAT OF real f1rst-class tobacco.
The&scrop 1 this far has weighed out
rather lighter than usual, aly8condltlon,
that is due TO the extremely dry wealth.
cr Of the last summer and autumn, there
having been very little rain from the
time of the planting OF the crop until it
was cut 81,
The tobacco trade here is very active.
Each day the buyers are out in full
forcs looking after their various grades.
The warehouses are well-tllled. the re-
ceipts running into the hundreds OF thou
sands or pounds for every day In the
week. TO sell this large tquantity OF
tobacco. It takes each day from 3, O. clock
In the morning to 4 o'clock In tho after
noon, with two sales running at the.
sanla time. With such large sales and
with the prices averaging from slx to
six and half per hundred pounds, It
can readily be seen that the Lynchburg
tobacco market Is having aalively time
7of ~ s 49, DE- lgiIt 1T '.al # ! ,5} ltI55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
Uniform Graded System for.
Henrlco. g
HEIGHTS IMPROVE EMENTS.
Another Board Of Reference Seems to
30 Pos 'iioitY-TheK ConsoI-
idation of tho County
.Iss II cams. y

II Steps arc being taken to adopt unl-
form system OF grading for application
to ali the public schools Of IIcnrico
county. at tho present the eystenl Is
anything but uniform. and It Is desired
to make a general change. ,58
n The fret meeting OF the committee re-
Gently appointed BY the Joint School
Boards OF the county to discuss and
arrange for the scheme of grading met
yesterday sat the courthouse at 1890
o'clock. There wero present R. NJ.
Smith. chairman; Il. NJ. Pitcher. secre-
tary, and ]. S, Bryan. County superin-
atendent John K. Fussell. who is ex-
ofticio member Of the board, was also
present. In answer to the request of
tho board the principals Of Barton
Heights High School, Tuckahoe Hgh
School. Fairfield High School and yari-
ma High School were present, Tho
board appointed committeelof eight,
consisting OF Mr.. smlthle and Miss Gray.
from Tucka,oe school: Mfr. Williams and
Miss Quinby. from Brookland; Mr..
Campbell and Miss Dickinson, from
Fairfield. and Miss Bauer and Miss
Mil Will m frs ma q provisional scheme ot
grading aud will submit II to the board
:or action. gs
4. s4
20. ~. 4, ~, \, ~ ,,,,a,,
3. ES1snslYo ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wi. ~ op.1 ,sei
Platnu ~ t.lftoll i,alsi.s ~, nMo'f. sas % %
treany .oes ~. " ano.t!y VIZ, IL, -
dents have been con,plaining OF tht
inaaf9um,@s Whsar Y, Isrvlse; ,i ms eonus'
uon WIN npW M ~ y. rsh,su,hd sn v ,ne sa,'n .i,,
tactlou ot aat f,.toot ~. Htsst .a.N NJ
ne ar'c5a' staty 'e's Iron. e''0 s'o"'''''
bs,s Se1 y, 1re "nI ,Iuss wIl Il - placed and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
WISH TO DECREASE
THE FIRE RATES.
Anew Tariffs Shortly to Be
Applied to the City Of
Richmond.

H IL . - d a 4 y
The following petition was on Saturday
signed by every polcy'writlng fire office
In Richmond, except three, ,wlosc naan';
ayers could not be seen, and these three
viii probably nnlx their signatures Mon
day; f re
''Thc undersigned pollcy'wrltIns Offices
md agents at Richmond. Va. hereby pe'
tltion their companies to cause the Re-
vsed General Tariff Of January !, 1903,
to ,be promptly applied at Richmond, and
new Richmond city Tariff Book based
thereon, to be published Without delay,
pledging themselves to observe IN good
faith such tariff when properly applied,
published and made eftective,n
a tue moro than a. year ago all the
fire insurance companies doing business
IN the United States, because OF abnormal
losses being experienced throughout the
territory east OF the Rocky Mountains,
ordered and NEST slgidly enforced in that
territory an arbitrary Increase on twenty,
AYe, per cent, of tho rates then current
on all Of the classes upon Which tho high
loss ratio was being experienced, II Is
hoped that the appicl ton Of the new
General Tariff TO Richmond city risks
may result In some deer rease Of the high
rates now prcYalltng here, and the Rich
Smopd agents very pro operl ", d esl lyn to se,
cure for their Gust orle ers "a tprompt " 6as
ppsslh relief h!ela Ilss revision may
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

nothing moro than the Indictment Of q,
grand Jury or the preliminary to a
court mar tia proceeding; and thai while
thc% committee may be justified In flnd-
ling that the evidence Is such ut to war
rant a trial for removal from Office un-
der section 10i Of the new Constitutlor,
yet 1t does not necesFa rlly follow isiat
the facts proved are such as to cause,
the General Assembly to remove Judge
Campbell. ,
There arc a number of gentlemen ir
both houses who, while not close per-
eonal friends Of Judge Campbell, yet are,
ready TO champion his cause, for the
rca son that they do not think the facts.
broadly considered. are such as to var
rant his removal from office. They In.
tend TO see that he has fair play and
will make.a determined fight to this end,
Many will vote for a resolution OF
cnnsure who will not vote for removal,
and 1t Is not improbable that the tight
may be along these lines. 4
1t Will require ffty-one votes IN the,
House and twcnty-one In the Senate TO
remove. and those who are opposed to
removal contend that these numbers can
not hc obtained. p NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
is SISSUED BY
PRESIDENT OGDEN

d El. 4 I. "a q f.,
President Robert c. Ogden. OF the Con.
ference for Education In the South, has
sent out an official notice for the con-
ference ia convene for its annual session;
in this city, Wednesday. April ed The
meetings are TO continue until Friday,
Apri! o4th. Excursions to the University
Of Virginia and to William and Mary and
Fortress Monroe have been arranged for.
On the eth and 9th. TIE anniversary
exercises OF the Hampton Institute and
the public presentation Of the Huntington
Library will take place &on Tuesday, the
?Sth, and Wednesday,. the 29tl. President
Ogden announces that more complete
will shortly follow this pre-.
liminary notice. Tho officers OF the con-
terence are very desirous that many.
friends Of educational progress will &C.
cept the generous Invitation from the
State Of Virginia and the citizens oft
Richmond" S4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
LABOR VERY SCARCE III
!. IN HALIFAX
(specl.l to The Times. Dispatch.


SOUTH BOSTON. VA. March =
While other States are perfecting or
ganizations for the purpose Of reducing
the acreage OF the 1903 crop OF tobacco.
there is no such talk In this section. us
1t Is well known that tho scarcity and
Generalization OF negro labor will ne-
cessarlly curtail the crop Only few
farmers have succeeded IN getting the
requisite number OF hands for the Pitch
ing Of crops Of any kind. tt Is fully
realized by all tilers OF the soil that
the old man and his sons will have to
4 do the work this year or no crops will
be made. This. In Il measure, was true
Of the crops raised last year, and the
result Is that the small farmer has more
money to-day than he ever lad 6ba-
fore. There Is no danger Of overcrop-
ping IN Enlfnx-the negroes are still
going North where wages are said to
be more remunerative The sales Gf to-
bacco this week were large. ana hut
little complaint was heard from ths sell
lers. No more real hg sales are eS-
pected during the sprlng linlass there
should be n continuous wet spell,
Among buyers from distance who
were on'jths sales this week were; MI
liam \, Reynolds, Of the Reynolds To-
bocco Company Winston y. C., and
George IT. Brown, independent n,anufas-
uurer, OF Winston, 55
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
TOBACCO
MAF|'.KIE:,:'..T / !. / s );
Reports FromD Danville.Ly
burg and Elsewhere.
PRICES SATISFACTORY.
q Great Amount Of Wagon Tobacco on
The Marketin DanviIIe. Offerings Il
Not Not Confined ! n ned to Any PartIcu-
lar Grade,
,tspeclal 10 The Times .Disn, tcb.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
= fDANVILLE. VA. March 1.-THE past
week has been the most active on the
tobacco breaks since the first OF the
year. and. as. a whole the market has
been quite satisfactory. For several
weeks nearly all the offerings have been
Of shipped tobacco and goods that have
been in storage for some /. time This
class OF goods has not been picked up
as readily as fresh goods from first
hands. and as a. consequence tho prices
have been low. It has been noted. how
ever; that the demand for the better
class Of tobacco has been good and has
brought a good price. q
The past week has seen a. great deal
ofawagon tobacco ON the market and a
advance In the price. Tho
sales have been good. on several days
having lasted until the afternoon. Farm.
ers who have been on the breaks are
quoted by the warehousemen as fairly
well satisfied with the prices they have
received for their tobacco. The offer
5ings. have not boen confined to any one
particular grade. but it was noticed
tliatfa good deal of really good bright.
tobacco was offered and quickly bought
at good prices. The large sales this
week We're more than was expected. ms
1t was thought that the bulk Of tho to-
bncco had been marketed 4 and each week
1t Is predicted that the next will see
small sales. but tho indications nre now
that tic next few weeks will be light,
as tho farmers are behind with their.
spring work and II the Weather opens
mp so that they would be .abtos to work
In the ground. they will let tho tobacco;
rest FOR short while.
The figures on the sales for the week
have not been made up from all the
Warehouses. but 1t Is estimated that
they will run owe. two million pounds.
ana the price willtaveragc more than
for several weeks, III factfoney of the
local warehousemen said this had been
ione Of the best weeks on the local mar
ket since last fall
Several out,of-town buyers were on
the breaks this week looking oyer the Of
rerlngs and buying In small quantities
Mr.. w, II, Smoot, of Richmond. was
here the first Of the week and WIS
Well pleased with THE quantity and
quality Of the offerings,
Z Mr., ], 4. Ragon, formerly OF THIS
city, but now connected with q large
tobacco importing house located N fiu-
vana, Cuba, was also among the III,
terested visitors and noted marked
IN the market oyer, Wl'at
III Was when he was here before,
MI. 5yVlll Reynolds, Of tho r, \; Rey-
nnlds Toba eco 4 Company.$Epf WINSTON.
Mas here the middle Of the week ana
IA :, come nurchases OF the nice stock
t,tHn = tyarad X, be used In his factory y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
THE VETERANS AS
ROMAN SENATORS

n About twenty veterans from the Sol
diers Home will don the tosaa TUESDAY
night, and as Senators of ancient Rome
will appear upon the stage IN MI. Rich
ard Alanstleld's prodSlcton' ot julius Eae-
sar. ll Me- ga,B yss49ia t5,g i5I
For the past few days the old soldiers
have been hard At 4, getting themselves
twisted INTO the proper shape, In the ma
jority OF cases they viii have nothing to,
say and little to de besides look ancient
ami Wise, bit that doesn't matter n,ich.
several OF them are hugely enjoying the
diversion. "a ls3#
u Twenty or more undergrad dYates from
the panisls IScllool of N Ae Ting have also
been epsegedt About 100 yDpl1g nel t.a ys
signed hemsel yea as s'enatol guay sssA
aflts. IL IL hat rsst !,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
GOOD PRICES
IN GREENSBORO
(soec,u, to rbe Times. plspa,cl,. |,

'7Si'Tf'''' * q Il
\ GREENSBORO, n, G., March Ito
bacco sales here have been spirited and
active the past week. and prices have
advanced decidedly over those OF the
past three weeks, possibly A,b0 par huns
.dred. While receipts have been larger
than any week Of the new Wear, the
quality brought in has very materially
ldeteriorated, a great deal Of very com.
mon stun being brought M III
On, dealer yesterday aaid ne had ner,
er seen 80 ,nuph mean, sorry tobacco
AS was coming In and he could not UNI
sdelstand the demand 4 for y 1t,3iand good
Commands, n active rivalry III bids, tho
FEW good wrappers offered reall ~ Bring,
Ing fancy prices wale 5000 Hers ~
on Mt TIN ton notel, 4 !. i, /. +, ], v Y s II
,daS, IN Ned u decided oveH,el,t
sin n.iality, ana qyera ge rices were per.s
8hapss the bsst real aE n ths.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
INTEREST AROUSED
IN FREDERICKSBURG

Hg ESPECIAL to The Times. pispa tch, } q ~ sS5
FREDERi CK SBuRG,Y VA, March 7.-9t
Much interest is, felt here, as elsewhere i
in the Bill pending In the Legislature .ra
known as the rorrens System OF regtssl
ter!ns real estate, There is q genera
desire on the part q tho I. public .or Or
some simpler system than the present
one. but upon inquiry At Is apparent
that the. average citisenf,is not famll.
lar with the Torrens system. but they
have n vague Idea that i VIII be all
over the present mol lEea.
The following are Interviews with soma \
ot those who have gtven the subject 'les af.S5l
tentton, sSs "a S 81 Ssq u .s5
Hon. A. y. amprey, y former, r,iembsl
of tho LEGISLATURE and at present Gen.1s
,monwealths attorney Of this city. says Z
,'Me have not felr the necessity In ihi,
section vet for the Torgens systes ssoi 9l9i
land titles, owing 10 tho fact tilat aAl
Or nearly all Of pu,S q les y are kHoWyfS
and boundary ines clsally 81 g oliaf'e.i G.
50 true Is this that Stn Y number 9! 4
years there \ have lieNnB ING n act ls,Iss N
.ejeet.,,ant 10 try IN tiles except to ctssstF
With 80 sysaA sIxs n XII
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
DIR. r. e. FRAN ON
AVISITETO ACCOMAC

Or. r. =. Franklin, who recently lost
an eye by accidentally striking the ball
OF his eye with a knife he was cleaning.
has gone to Accomac county to recuper-
ate.
when heaw!ll return and resume his
practice. s - 55 H 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
THE CARNIVAL is
TO BE DISCUSSED
"a. General Meeting Called at
Murpfy's Hotel for Mon,

+ 4 meeting OF business men and the
general public Is arranged for Monday
night at $3.50. at Murphy's Hotel, for.
the purpose at discussing the, advisa-
biliiy of q carnival, or some exhibit or
entertainment that would be interesting
for people throughout all parts OF the
State.
By order, Of committee, Isaac Cohen.
John S. Harwood. Henry ~. Rountrea,
Henry llea Valentine, Ralph Levy.
ymnCwya' ekhn?rnzl yYRl- man, mafww
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08

Tucker's grapes ! This was mistake.
/ Ernest 4sald !! tho conversation occurred
when Il some other boys were stealing
the grapes. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
/. LARGE RECEIPTS
IN 8LYNC CHBuRG
|, J, \ y, |, y, T7,c NINA r,Isputch.I

ispecinl ktn The a imssi 1 pIspatet NJ ,s
5ceipts ~ obaccp ii, the lIlill M
ikets 4 for 1908 I,a,vR been rger han for
years w ss sslls ne 1'Esl6I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-29
4 AsTRIcFboo1kEEPER
I'LL tGhI u : (
Chronicle.

l. gssaL1ttle SATQnicle. ..-,.... -, -
| When the AdIdersolfs went to California
they rentsd a.smalI1 furnished house and
engaged asGhinese an=of all work. The
house Wassswe1i situated and tastefully
furnished, and Wing 2Yee proved tot be a
good cook,5ssclean and respectful ,%r:"
/ AS soon #as5 the Andersons were settled
the2 2neighbors beganato call, and It @was
then that the fact was discovered that
Wing was absolutely devoid of any ideas
as to the ushering In or out of guests.
| So one ln1orning the ladies' determined to
instruct him. Providing him with a tray
Miss Anderson went out. rang the bell
was shown, into the parlor, and waited
while the calm Chinaman carried her card
to Mrs Anderson. = $" <,s's5' :"
This was repeated several, times until
the ladies We're quite satisfied that Wing
was perfect in his role. i -. -. -. - : :.
That evening, at $780,, the bell rang.
Wing shuffed majestically to the door,
while mother and daughter hung breath
lessly over the banisters to watch the re-
suit of their teaching,
They heard gentlenlan's voice ask if
the ladies were at home. They saw Wing
presentshis tray and receive g card which
made them mentally pat each other on the
back; and then they saw him draw a. card
from his sleeve.
"Mine!''s gasped Miss Anderson. "The
one we used for the lessonsn' 80. So.
I Wing compared the two carefully, and,
returning the one which the caller ha d
just handed him, he remarked blandly:
"Fickee no good. No can come,,, and
calmly shut the door in the face of the
,astonished guest. y. y :.