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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-08

not got so far from tho old familiar typs
as to be something now. Cuban and tnin-
teresting. instead Of something ancient.
Castilian and delightful Az he stood
there. dignifed and silent. q part Of my
afternoon reverie, felt all this. ana
seemed to see Spain in It's youth. when II
still held the admiration Of the world
"6oy Leandro Melendez," No said, By
way Of Introduction. breaking into my
vision. Tho little fellow. spare as q viii
low twig, announced himself as calmly
and ~ haughtily. am sure. as the young
King Of Spain could have said. before he
lost 30 many jewels from his crown. ''Boy
Alfonso Trece-'
He was entirely naked and was not
ashamed. He sounded his last name very
proudly, and the manner In which he said
'.Melendeth." and not. like Cubano. Me
lendes." told me he had not lost tho ira
dition Of Spain. And yet he wss q Cuban
and his father was fighting under Garcia
and his mother was starving in deserted
and oft-pillaged siboney.
71le asked for food for his mother. ~ II
Il muat bc clearly seen that II was an
honor to give to such proud beggary. I
did myself that honor to tho extent OF all
could spare from my own scanty store
and could beg from my comradeA A ne
gro soldier to whom told Don Leandro'A
story went Immediately TO his own tent
and brought back his last can Of beans
and the remnant Of his ration Of bacon
and gave It to the boy.
Many OF our soldiers had already grown
accustomed to the sight Of fAmished msn
and women.
Hunger and starvation and rags and
nakedness were all they had seen Of Cuba
Insurgents who in their ragged. dirty.
shirts looked liked starved banditti In q
region where the people were too poor to
rob; women, gaunt and half naked. with
infants grasping frantically at their dry
breasts: naked boys and girls running
after the marching lines or following pack
trains. crying. Pan, Pam" untn the heart
Of tho listeners. which bled at flrst. grew
callous under the agonizing beat Of that
cry-this was Cuba to the soldiers
But u naughty youth who felt that It
was patriotism to starvs amid the tram
pied banana fields and the burned sugar
plantations, and amid the ashes Of farm
houses and cities. In order that tho Span-
lard might starvo also. and who felt that
ell humanity owed him . debt and must
come in time to his rescue-this was now
Cuba, indeed. It was delight to shars
the scant days ration with It. to 80 hun
cry with 1t and to fight for Il.
1t was about midday that Don LeandfU
first appeared at the door OF my tent He
had eaten nothing that day, and nothing
the day before. ~ he Afterwards con.
at,A A> AaA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-08

stronger spirit was lighting for the mas.
tery Of him, and It won.
my mother" he said. IL hungry. NAy
take this to herr
Eyes: but eat something yourssK Arst =
said.
''fso. no." hs rsplisd: mot until mother
has had something to eat" Again he
looked eagerly toward the palma
'Then 20 to your mothsr-bst como
back sooni-
shouted at the end, for he was already
moving swiftly away. BowinE to the
earth before the left tho tent. and calling
back. "Hasta Ia vista!'' in clear note
that tho wind brought up to me as .
part Of the seas music, he fled down the
hill. leaping from knoll to knoll. until the
green palms hid him among their plumes.
was unworthy enough to fear for q
little while that I had seen the last Of
him; but In an hour he returned. I was
standing In the door Of my tent, looking
toward the palms. to catch the first possi-
bic glimpse Of him. when suddenly. like q
weIl-fsathssed arrow. he sped swiftly
from out the foliage and came flying up
the hill.
The sun cleaned from the polished
bronze Of his skin. and his dark ouris
fiuttsred In the breeze. It was some swift
dying young runner like this. I fancied.
that carried nsh from the sea to Mo-.te-
xuma's table. He sang some old Castilian
ballad as he ran. but could catch only
the refrain. ''triunfar morir."
He stopped In his Night Just before the
tent. bowed low and delivered his message
my mother sends her gratitude. She
would Ike to come at the 6enor's con-
venience. to thank the Senor in person" :"
he said. with gfeat gravity and with ex-
quisite courtliness. mi madre" fell from
his lips with q music that would have
sung its way to any mothers heart
He now had time to converse. and he
talked with me Of many things. sitting on
little camp stool. while sat or lay on
the cot.
What were you singing q you came
up the hillr' asked.
IAN old song that mother used 70 sing"
'sIt is good revolutionary SONG" said.
To Triumph or to Die"
MY mother always sang II about the
Moors." said Don Leandro, with . stress
on M madre" that felt was. In some
delicate way, an apology for the Span
lAroo OF q later Cme. He sang one or TWO
stansas Of the old ballad for me. his soft
young voice swelling out into the martial
music OF battle cry In tho refrain.
"triuufar o morir!'
He told me something Of his own story
In pure. hsping Castilian that was de-
tight to hear.
He was Z years old whsn his father and
his mother had como from Madrid. but he
had been born at Juragua, IN the mining
district Of Cuba, where his father had
been employed up to the time OF the revo-
luton. His boyish mind had become deep
ly impressed by the solicitude Of his
parents lest he should forget the pure
speech Of his motherland.
He regarded 1t ss something sacred. that
he must guard.
He never by eny mischance called It
"Espanol," but always '1engua Castel-
iana," and his first solicitude for me was
that I. being only an Americana, might
easily tfall into error In picking up the
vagrant and mongrei dialect that they
call Spanish in certain regions Of the
South.
The cubanos." he said. nicely discrim-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-08

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIc.
Don 1seandro was not like any other
boy that saw In Cuba.
Indeed. have never seen any other boy
that was quite like him. but. then. I shall
always be able to eco Don Lsandro domi-
mating like q young BevaSs god certain
radiant space In my memory.
had seen many Cuban boys. naked
and half naked, before Come Of them
had seen at Tampa. ut Daiquiri. and even
within the lines on the .eve Of battle. or
Just after its carnage, drilling and march
ing. and starving. and In other ways
mastering the hard trade Of 4 soldier of
tho Revolution.
Some OF them I had seen crouching and
Elaring like hunted animals In the sunken
road at El Caney, where Spain made the
only fight OF the war that was worthy Of
her highest traditions
And stilI others had seen hopsring like
famished vultures about Cur line OF
march, some looting the haversacks that
our tired soldiers had cast aside while
they fought the Spanisrds for these very
prowiers; some devouring the scraps Of
meat and bread that they snatched from
the mud and ordure of the foul jungle
trail while still others carefully husband
cd these loathsome crumbs placing them
inside their greasy shirts and next to their
sriny bodies. to carry them to those who
were not more needy. but whom they
loved more than themselves.
But Don Leandro was clearly not like
any OF these.
The revolution had touched him, had
laid Its gaunt hand upon him and made
him thin and msagre, like a stalk of corn
in drought; but II had not transformed
him into hardened bcggar or a thief.
1t was also evident that those straight,
spare arms had never carried Mauser
or swung a machete, but that they would
some day relish such work one could zee
by their fine suppleness. grace and native
strength.
There had been lull in the little war.
and had left the fever smitten trenches
around Santiago, the reek of blood and
the lust of fighting, to ind quiet COOL
ness and peace on the coast OF Siboney.
As lay in my tent on q steep hillside
gradually perceived. as though It were
part OF my reverie. that slender figure
was standing in the entrance.
Beyond were the blue fields Of the
Caribbean. and the deep azure framed
him like picture. making him look like
the young i'st. john Of Mrrillo.
One could hardly call him boy at all,
although as he stood there he seemed
the very flower and fruit of boyhood.
At his years he would have been q mere
child in America, which had sent an army
and feet a thousand miles to give him
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3srs COT tend though that the CROP o.
fruit WAS not Il en- lrelyY dest royed End
That there will be d gbpd deal s2of frlit
vet while othersa say u viii be almost.
an absolute attire. Ice wis from ones
Quarter To onnsl Il Slnoli II liicl iii q good
many places Sunday morning VI ~ 81
8The farmers were very s i,ac ls ward lii
5tliolr spring work. owing to the recent
heavy rains .1nBthes bright tobacco sec-
Itlon9pf3 tho county tho tobacco plants arc
very forward. and some OF tile farmers
say they viii have 10 thistle to get tho
land prepared for them. Tho ncreage
iof bright tobacco Will DO incFnhscd (. ~
good deal In tho county this year. from
what your correspondent can learn
Nearly iii tho old crop Of tobacco has
3been sold 81 # n r. W
$ There Is n revival Iii progress ut the.
Methodist Church here. The pastor, the
Rev. w. q. Boggs, Is nse'sted by the.
REV. II. Graham lambeth, OF oydton.
The public school at this place has closed
md VII close IN several sectionsl Of the
county this week. AZ }
Work on tho furniture factory Is going
n1ldnd In earnest and but for the bad
weather would hive been further nd \
5Vanced than 1t ls.l. r. ~ S33S NJ
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@Getz:-Pen,ce.

Special to The Times. Dlspntch.) 58
a 1VOODSTOCI,i$VA VA, April ga pretty
wedding took place In st. Marks Lii
theran Church, at Forestvile. Shenandoah
at Z o'clock. w hen MIR. u Moses Gctz and
Miss Florence T., Pence were married.
The bride IS a daughter Q Mr.. and Mrs
Sclone s Pence, OF Forestville. and was
waited upon by Misses Louette v. Pence
and Ada r. Pence. her sisters, and Misses
Viola Myers and Berthe Heishmnn. brides
maids. and Messrs. Mark v. Pence. broth
or OF the bride: Clarence Il. ISerlin, Thom-
as Zirkle and DR.. David Will, groomsmen
Little Mlss-Edna Zirkle carried the license
TO the officiating minister. Tho groom
was accompanied by DR., Even VIII. best
man, and the bride was given away by
her brother. Mr.. BenJamin y. Pence.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
STRAWBERRIES
WERE DAMAGED
The Crop Thrown Back and
Early High Prices as a
Result We're Lost,
fsneeIal to Tho Times. Dispatch.

NORFOLK. VA. April s.-opinions diff
fer in regard to tho effect OF the recent
cold snap on the strawberry crop here.
abouts. One report. from the Tanners
Creek section. Is that there has been no
material damage done TO back up this
statement handful OF fine berries. just
beginning to rlpen. were shown to- day
having been picked this morning, On tho
contrary. trucker east OF tho city es-
Inmates that from IL to 20 por cent. Of
the crop has been ruined and that tho
financial result has therefore been con-
-sidcrably effected. owing to the fact that
the blighting of many OF the blooms and
tho killing Of some Of the berries already
formed will delay the marketing OF the
crop. and thus deprive the truckers Of
the high prices that could have been had
from an early market
This trucker says that there are berries
on the vines that We're not hurt and many
moro blooms yet to form, and that the
yield thus indicated may DO marketed
later. but that 1t can't command the
price that would have been realized on
that part OF the crop that has been lost
Notwithstanding this set back. however,
no says the berry crop here Will, with
favorable weather from now on. begin
to go into market ten days earlier THIS
year than usual, that is about the cath
OF this month, The first week In May
Is about the time berries go North, with
few crates here and there ON earlier
| dates.
Potatoes on this side OF the river were
not above ground enough TO be hurt to
| any serious extent but on the western
! branch they We're nipped. That will keep
| the crop from going to market as early
as it otherwise would, and thus depra-
clates its money value. Beans. where
| ever they We're up, must have been hurt
| by the cold. but Appointment trucker re-
4 ports that they were not up on this slide
! OF tho river, Strawberries are reported
| as hurt to some extent on the western
branch but not seriously,
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COLONEL LANES POSITION
He Will Continue to Serve as treasure
4 sofWlarn and Mary. IA.

(spccInl to Tho Tlmes.Dlspht ch.)
y WILLIAMSBURG. VA. Anril S.-T nc
appointment Of Colonel Il. w. Lane, Jr.,
81 this city. MS Commissioner OF Hos Hos
pitfalls. gives general satisfaction, The no
appointment came unsolicited and un n ask
ed for, which makes tho honor tho great
er. WI h. IKE 4, a,
p Colonel Lane Is n member of the well
known firm Of L.}aNv. Lane & SON. COL
onel Lane viii sell his Interest IN tho
firm at once, and brother, Mr.. Spencer
lane. Will be associated with his father
Colonel Lane is treasurer Of William
md Mary College, and ns the two posi-
tiohs do not conflict, Will continue MS
present office ut the College.
h Tho new Board Of Directors or the
Eastern State Hospital met for the first
time to-day. its three members being judge
G. 7. Garnet, & Of Mathews; Mr. -. II.
Cloves, q Richmond, and Mr. IN 2D.
Cole, or Williamsburg. Judge Garnet
was elected chairman Of the board.
THE banking company Of l.. L. Dirlck-
son. Jr., has decided not to open q branch
bank at Toano just at his time. ,
DR.. y. William Jones will deliver q iee-
ture at Cameron Hall Tomorrow night
under the auspices OF Magrud1eeirf-- E l5,''.
Camp, G. W DR.. Jones subject Will be
the iBoys in Gray. or the Private Con-
federate Soldier 5yf qs6a, ;9{ g%s3 sg,
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Thompson Dickerson..if

(speclnl to Tho Timcs. Dlspntch.) q X: Ii "a
y, STA = y e April pretty.
Wedding took plado ut the Second Pres.
5byterian Church at 10 o'clock this morn
Ing when Miss Margaret Belle Dickerson.
daughter Of IL r. Dckerson, OF the
county, became the bride OF Mr.. r. ~
Thompson, OF Flshcrsyille., The BRIDE,
leaning on tho arm OF her brother, was
met &at he altar by the groom and Ills
best mar, NJ Hugh Kerr. OF this City,
and the ceremony was performed by
Rev. DR.. W. n. Scott. pastor. Miss Mat
tic G. Diclterson,s sister of tho brldeJ was
maid Of honor. and was becomingly 4 MT.
tired In white 4orgnndy. The bride wore,
O beautiful blue travelling gown. The.
,Rertie, William A. Pratt and Robert
Black. n 4 I'm 4 KS S5 " Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-09
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR RICHMOND.
Efforts Should Be Made to
Secure Growing Trade Of
Rappahannock Valley.

5 Especial to The Times, Dispntch,)
a NPPAtIANNOCIl. VA, April The .
spirited opposition between the Weems
Line Of steamers and Peoples Line SUE
gests a most opportuno III tins for the
business men OF Richmond to capture
part OF tho business which for many
years has been going TO Bal tlmore, not
through choice OF our people, but simply
from necessity, having only sa tlsfactory
be seen through the lewspap ers the fare
to Fredericksburg Is only fifteen can!s
md freight In same proportions his
gives the Richmond merchants on oppor-8
.tunlty to compete with Baltimore IN
freight and my observation has !, p 1et'
,ginlans. all things elso being equal,
Your Board Of Trade should stirsthem-5
selves and compel tho Richmond Fred
erlcksburg and Potomac liai road 20 con-
meet with these steamers IN trederleks-t
burg by n switch to the wharf at that
has always added greatly, TO the en-
pense to this section. ~ know OF one
instance in which "a party here WIS
priced a car load OF hay in Richmond az
4 lower rate than could pc gotten nv
baltimore. but found that the drayage$
purchase In Richmond, Last year there
was brought to this wharf fifty ear loads
of1hay OWNS, to the failure Of the crop
here, and there Is no reason " y ] lcll-e
mohd should not have sold this hay EeX-s
cept for transportation.
Some Richmond merchants are reachv7
Ing out for the trade md offering a pay
freights 10 Fredericksburg, which some
what equaliZes the freight from Bal w
more. but the railroad running to the
wharf at Fredericksburg would help
matters very materially. 4.
One of your wlde-awake merchants has
captured almost the entire business Of
one line OF goods by placing an active
man here, and II this Is true. which ~
believe can be demonstrated by faots
Why could not other branches do ike
wise?
4 Richmond has little or no iden of the
vast amount of freight carried ana
brought by the Weams Line Of staa mers.s
/ have before me statistics showing tha
the poultry product alone Of tho Rapps,iI;
.hannoelN valley Is greater by far IN doll
lars and cents than was the grain pi pro x
duce previous to the Civil War, This
section was at that time noted for lts
vast resources In grain. simply \ cav
attention to what n believe 8 may add
something to the welfare Of Richmond 81
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Greater Railroad Frontage for.
5siNeW.Plants at F:rederlCkSD'g
WAS CALLED 10 > ENFIELD T: \
Rev. Decatur Edwards. Of Fredericks.
n burg, Has Received. Overture From ON.
Z Circuit Of Churches Near
4 1 arboro. Ii North Carolina.
.fsnecIa, 10 1,he Times. Dispatch,

,Sa r1R1 ERR CxSDURG, VA, April s. s.
At d meeting Of the business y Men .
Association, held last night. the names names
OF nine business men OF the city were were
si added to the roll Of membership. va
rious matters Of general interest were dis-
! ctlssed. among them the prospect for
4 obtaining new manufactures and Plans
" Tor securing greater railroad frontage
4 for tho location OF plants by means q
+ 4 Belt line or d branch road from the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad along the west side OF the city
ITO a point In the northern section, where
4 q number OF large enterprises are 10!
Gated. This will open up new sites along
2ttle line. 81! 8, ~ FL
55l{ Rev. Decatur Edwards, Of this city city,,
who has charge of several large BAPTIST
churches near here. has received q call
Il 70 n circuit Of churches In the! Tar River
h Baptist Association, in North CAROLINA,
l with headquarters at Enfield. Mr.. Ed,
Il wards has taken the call under consid-i
crat lon, X and will go to North Carolina
to look over tho field before reaching a
\ decision. I,l u III & "a ~ ia i3s5
IL M. Is. Alexander and family have
conc to n Urbanna to reside, where Mr..
L. Alexander has secured n n fine POST ION
with the excelsior plant at that place.
The family will DO greatly missed here It
and much regret Is expressed at their
departure n Ii alGs "a \.
s Great Interest Is felt here and all along
8the Kappa hammock River in the rivalry
between the steamer Tourist. Of the Peo-8
Bple,s line, and the steamer Caroline, Il Of
n tho sWeems Company. Both OF these
& 81 Gamers leave hero every NJ onday, " ed
nesday and Friday for Urbanna at = . me
same hour, and return on Iueseday,
Thursday and Saturday evenings l cay
Stng sst Urbanna I at the same SS ho1ur.S
\ The II result is q race between 4
the two on i every trip. YESTERDAY eve
ming tho steamer Caroline arrived -
Y&ports here five minutes ahead Of the Iour-.S
gist,s but 6up to that time the Tourist mao
been ahead Of her rival.
II IA case which has been much discussed
IN Spotsylvanin} county since early last
fall & was that of Mrs: Mary E. Jones mes
against Lu cius NJ. Estes, a prominent
citizen of the Charlottesville 2nelghbfor-
hood, In which Mrs. Jones charged Estes
with the using of profane and abusive
language towards her, came UP in the
County Court this week. Tho court
room was crowded throughout the trial,
and many of the witnesses We're ladies'.
THE case was stubbornly fought by Hon.
IN. II. IImbrey. of this city, for Estes,
Il and Judge John Il. Goolrick, of this city,,
fand 6Cornnonwealth's Attorney Lee ].
y Graves, Of Spotsylvania. for Mrs. Jones'
& The Jury brought In a verdict filming
4 Estes SIS and costs, the total amounting
to $40 AN
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UP THE PAMUNkEY
The Yacht ofEMr. Henry Burden and its
Cruise in Southern Waters. 3

Cruise in Southern Waters.
Especial to The .Dispatch)
WEST POINT. VA, April Son Sum
day a yacht made her way up the York,
md then up the Pamunkey River above
the Southern Railroad wharves, and
there anchored. and there she has been
since kept the last twenty-four hours by
the threatening weather The name OF the
yacht is Constant" belongs to Mr.
Henry Burden, president of a bank in
Casanova, N. Y. He is accompanied by
his wife and her two brothers. NIessrs.
( Hart. They are cruising around for
4 pleasure. The yacht IS capable of carry
Ing 40 tonsi- and vas built in Baltimore,
Md, She is magnificent In all of her ap--
pointments. The party went up to Ro-
mancoke, the beautiful country home OF
Captain r. T.. Lee, on Monday, and was
entertained by him. On yesterday Cap
tain Lee went aboard the Constant"
4 Tie party will go from here to Norfolk,
y Va Bf
Mr.. Ashby Green. formerly OF West
Point. lately of Norfolk. an empoye of
:he Southern Railway. visited West Point
this week to say goodbye to his mother,
y sisters and friends. before leaving for
SoioIdoo, where no mas acccpt4ds posi-
ton with an oil company. ~ 4 y
West Point Is still a dark town, with
the exception OF Very few bleary oil
lamps. long distances apart. Mr.. Hal
a Richardson. an electrician OF Newport
News. has been recently negotiated WITH
and furnished the Council on Monday
night an estimate of what an electric
light plant would cost. Tho result has not
been officially made known.
West Point Is looking forward with
much pleasure to tho play to bo given at
i tho Masonic Hall Tomorrow (Thnrsday)
night for the benefit OF the Public School
Y Library. Misses Lily Johnson. Bessie
Farinholt and Maggie Denmead; Mcssrs.
i. G, Garden, Sam Hardy and Harvey
Brooks, are the dran,atis personal The
play Is a Bachelors banquet, Or An IN
gdlgoStblc Romance
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1 CHARGED WITH MURDER
W. S. Shelby, Alias "Lanky Bob Ryan
is Lodged in Jail
(Spnclnl to Thc Mines. DIspatch.) -lNI

FL Especial to The Times. Dispatch.)
NEWPORT NEWS, fVA5 April! S.-V VII
liam S. Shelby alias "Lanky Bob Ryan yam.
accompanied by Sergeant Of Police ol.t' Car ar
Ter Ter and Inspector Charles Evans. Of ii the he
washington police force, Il arrived In
Hampton to-day. Shelby stated that ne
had heard that there was something
doing, down this way and had come down
to give himself up. He was confined IN
}jail, and upon the advice of his attorney,
IL. S. Collier, refused to mike q state
.ment. Shelby! was Indicted with a. II. j.
3Pritchard and Sylvester Pirkle on the
charge Of numbering Amos Dysarrt ~ l9oo,
jIorltchard is In 1ail. but Pixie Is supposed
TO be on his way to tho Philippines. Ser
Sgeant Carter says that Shelby is the best
man in his squad. WI Is n Il A 344i &
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OPPOSE LICENSES
5Anti-saIoon$ Sentiment Strong and
ss s Growing in NottoWay.
Especial 70 The T4mes-Dispr,ntct,,) M

Es6 (Spectalsto The Times Dispatch
BLACKSTONE, VA, April sc n \; Tues
day evening the citizens 4ofi Blackstone
assembled in 1.-THE town hall to discuss
ways and means of opposing the grant
ing of liquor licenses for establishing sa-
looms near Blacks tone. The meeting pro-
ceeded to organize. with the following
result: Henry Stokes Jr.,85 chairman; r.
L. CHLORINE secretary. Committees wore
appointed and resolutions were drawn UP,
signed by large number Of citizens, to
be presented to the judge Of the County
Court Saturday. April 18th, requesting
him not to grant license. After the &citi-
zens' meeting adjourned a. local Anti
Saloon League was organized With an
enrolment of thirty members and many
others toy join. The temperance senti-
mcnt In Nottoway county Is very strong
and in the contest for local option" will
60 dry by a large ma ority. AZ least this
is the claim Of the temperance adyo--S
ca teS 5f ltla. lfH