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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
The Old Bell Tower.

On coca sions during tho present adj
journed session. the two houses OF tho
General Assembly Of Virginia have been
very scantily attended by members. and
If the old custom were now In vogue
a bell from the Capitol Square tower fire.
quenuy would be heard ringing delin-
quents.
That custom, which was abandoned
several decades ago, ante-dated, indeed,
the construction Of the tower. which is
only about eighth years .pr age. No soon
or had the Capi,c;" building been erected
and occupied than bell was bought
with which to ring the call for members
TO come together following the usage
which still prevails at some county
courthouses.
X That bell was hung in a temporary
wooden structure which stood OH tho
hillside In iron, Ct the Capitol portco,
hut later it is reported to have been
removed to the Barracks When the
tarracks were RACED the bell. or It's sue
cessor In OFFICE, was placed III tho
Euardhouse, or old bell tower, where
for many and many year 1t struck tho
hours sounded ire alarms. summoned
members To the legislative hall, and IN
the 1861 1855 period called the city mi
1itia into service 10 repel raids of Fed
teral Cavalry. We have long been under
the Impression that this boil rang the
alarm on the day Of the Capitol disaster,
April q, 1870. but the city records show
that the first bell 10 ring that day was
that OF the Broad Street engine house.
Persons passing through the Capitol
Euuare about noon saw clouds OF dust
issuing from the windows ut the hall OF
the House of Delegates, and thinking
the dust was snaofe. and that the build
ing was burning, cried fire" And so
the fire bells were sounded and the fire
department was Thought out and with
Its ladders and hooks. saws and axes,
became the mean, OF saving many per-
sons who Were purIed beneath the lal-
len floor.
& We have not ueen able to find out when
the bell tower bell fell into disuse; but
1t became cracked and went from bad
10 worse, and in the end probably was
eaJ!G as Junk a few years atieg Inc war
The history OF the beli tower Is closely
Identified with thar of the public guard
or what was sometime tacetiously cai.et
1.-THE standing army OF Virginia"
During the Revolutionary War the
State had public Inanufactory OF arms
at point nea: the confluence Of the
James and Riyanna Rivers. Later Dr.
either al the time when Virginia seemed
undecided Wnether she would u lntc
The federal Un!on or not, or upon Lhe
occasion when war with France seemed
Imminent, chat nianutactoI'y was re-
moved 10 Richmond. But there Is ev
dance thai at onS time arms belonging
20 the STATE were stored IN The lott o.
The CAPITOL building. However State
armory was established here on IN,
south side OF the canal, at tie foot q
Fifth Street, and In 1906 lhe Officers ant
Jkrtiticers emplosfd there were formed
into a military company. Subsequently
probably as the outgrowth of the com
notice that was raised by the Gabriel
s,aO 6surrecsion IN Henrico county. I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
King Cotton,

The high price that cotton has reached
is fun for the planters. and for those
spectators who are on the right side
Of the market but Is misery for the
sp.nners. AS yet, the manufactured
goods will not yield price correspond
ing to tho rise in raw material. Tho
consequence is that here at the begin
ming Of what threatens TO be a severe
winter we arc told Of sharp cuts In the
wages OF operatives In New England
mills, In England, too, distress prevails
among the spinners, and In our OWN
South many thriving mill communities
ar. destined TO be among the sufferers.
The price OF raw cotton would have
no effect upon tho factory hands II the
manufactured product could be market
ed at proportionate increase, but It
seems that II cannot be, This Ii con-
fdition that will rectify itself In time, no
doubt but meanwhile, factory owners
and employees are victims of the situa-
ton.
For long time, 1t WAS supposed that
the price WAS held up by spectators,
anu that with the new crop Of cotton 1t
would adjust itself. but not SO, The gov
ernment's crop report, Just issued. SO far
from easing the market, has excited it
worse than ever.
The English are of tho opinion now,
as they were during the Confederate
war that the world should not rely so
greatly as II does upon this country for
It's cotton supply. They think more cot
ton should be produced in India, Egypt,
China. etc. Bat why isn't that done?
Simply because they cannot do It In
CT ,npetition with the United States SO
long as prices are normal. It might pay
them very well TO put ln CROPS dust now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

bit when rates adjust themselves, they
eould not hope TO compete With the
American PLANTER. After the present st'f
srastr, In the market Is over little Will
BE- said iii England about fostering" tho
growth Of cotton III other lands than
America. Tho spinner will go Oh In the
good old why, and buy 1.-The raw ma ma
tcriai where l,e can got It best and cheap.
est. Meanwhile, wo can,iot but con- con-
graduate the Southern planter Upon the
prices he Is able to realize at present
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
New Orleans Bids.

II is stated that number Of rich Re-
,publicans are willing to guarantee the
National Republican Committee fund
Of $4,000 If the committee will adopt that
city as tho meeting place for the next
National Convention.
New Orleans Is really not SO very hot
a place in June as most Northern people
suppose, but It will be difficult to con-
vince many Northerners and Westerners
OF that fact. The Washington Post says
the convention probably Will not so to
New Orleans. 1.-THE chances are that 1t
Will go to q much less comfortable
place"
st, Louis seems indisposed to offer
much OF premium to the committee for
the granting Of this favor. 1t has vast
deal Of money to raise in connection with
the Worlds Fair, and some Of the citi-
zens think 1t would be unwise for It to
onter into the convention contest. Chica-
60 is reported to DO Indifferent, but on
pinch could proba BY be persuaded to
raise tho usual compaign next egg for
the National Committee.
Evidently there Is chance for q dark
horse" of city to enter this race.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
With a Comment or Two.

Tho Richmond Times Dispatch has an
editorlal on perslinmol.sTan and by some W.
accountable oversight, falls to claim thar
they originated in Virginia, or That Inc
fruit of that State lis better than all
others We expect to see The -, tnl en-
to task by Its brethren of the Old Do:nnl-
ion FOR It's failure to claim things,--Mont-
somcry Advertiser
We print news Tho facts above alluded
to are SO well known, republication Of
them In that connection was unnecessary,
We believe that conservative, and
thoushtlul people everywhere VIII - en-
dorse the action of the trustees Of Tim
Hity College, North Carolina, IN shielding
that institution against the prosrrlptlye
clamor of outsiders who would st.He free
dom OF thought and freedom or speeeh
on the part Of the members OF It's iaGulty.
The question whether Booker y. wash
ing, on Is the greatest man the south mas
produced within a ated period pales lnto
insignncance before the larger question
Whether a man shall be restrained trpn
writing and publishing his sentiments on
that or any other subject merely because
he Is a mmeber Of tho college FACULTY."
Petersburg IndeX-Appeal.
The last proposition can't he denied, and
set there's inst hundreds Of hard-headed
old folks who WON'T have a man With
Bassetts views to teach their boys
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
I73I :. ~ ~ ~ Z. n s-I-- I-1 IEF.I"H
The Worlds Coal Area.

OF an estimated coal area Of about
4G50,Ov0 square miles In tire world, China
Is credited with 1000 coo SQUARE miles,
miles. Great Britain II 800 miles, Germany
i,77o miles, France 2os6 miles, and Bel
gium $40 square miles. Area is not, how
ever, a, true measure OF svalue. The anth-
area Of only AUS miles, but these are l1n-
uoubtedlyt Of more value than any conl
area OF like extent anywhere In the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

gfrhc DAILY TIMES. DISPATCH Is SOLD
At 2 cents copy
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sold at cents copy.
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3tY,aii--5o cents month; $500 q year,
$3.50 for six months; $3.50 for three
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SThc SUNDAY TIMES. DISPATCH by
mali s2.oo a year. I,
S$Thc DAILY TIMES DIsPATCH, In IN
Guiding Sunday. In Richmond and Man IAN
chester by carrier - cents per wees =
30 cents per month. a
The SUNDAY T1NfCs-D1sPATCi' py
carrier. cents per week.
5ssThe WEEKLY TIAEs-D1sPe'A.TC-'f5il'
800 q year.
All Unsigned Communications will be
rejected.
injected Communications will not OF 90
returned unless accompanied by stamps ''I
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

ST. Louis, Richmond and any number
Of other towns afflicted with boodlers,
have gone way back In search Of COM
Efcrtable seat since that town in Michi-
gan called Grand Rapids has come to the
front with its water-boodle scandal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

The Masons of Virginia have wisely
decided that February OF each year is
better time for them to own Richmond
and all the hos ltality 1t stands for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Never mind; that snow storm that has
been flirting with us will bring Its knit
ting and make up for lost tlmo when
It does come to see us.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Tho question Is, shall Congress be a
continued story Ibis time
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

The mushroom clubs have cracked their
own heads, It would seem.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Nearly week has passed by since Dam
vile has had a hot discussion on the
subject: do prohibition prohibit, and If
SO how much?"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Isadore Newman, a philnnthropic citi-
ger Of New Orleans. marked tho fiftieth
anniversary Of his arrival in this coun-
try from Germany which occurred re-
Gently, by giving $4,000 for charity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Prohibition In Roanoke depends entirely
upon how the town COW votes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
4 crumhlinr to the dust, old pile. !"

art crumbllng to the dust, old pile.
This claim has been asserted for many,
many years but we cannot say IT Is gen.
orally admitted. At any rate, not many
years ago claim to the authorship Of
those charming lines was made upon be-.
half Of another PERSONA lady, we think.
Tyron Power was all Irlshman and
poet-actor. TIc published several books
and plays. Ulysses is an actor and was
once with Sir Henry Irving's company,
He is IT. Chicago at present, -
l7s t=5 =-=----=---@ iiaig.i
The voter who hasn't paid his poll
tax for 1908 will be In a sorry condition
next year when; the municipal elections
come off. EI,e will be able TO vote neither
at the primary nor at the regular cleo
ton. All he can do will be to talk"
Z for his favorite candidates.
Better pay your tax, and then you can
talk and work and vote for your friend.
g=---=-=----
!, Where are the poets OF Virginia that
they have not given us eloquent fare
wells In verse to- the county courts Of
the State, which are SO soon to glide
Into the paste Some Of the judges thus
to DO relieved from duty arc worthy Of
the. bost Of euloglums. y, s,3t3
UNCONSTITUTIONAL X. =--=-.-----===
Tho heroes lnre not all dead. This gen
Grafton has ltss SHARE Of them, anon 8
whom is l3oatsWa!n j Deeryj Of the Adder,
who Oh 4Thursday,1'in tie flercest sort Of
storm. threw himself Into the sea and
carried a life l1ne,| which act resulted in
the saving Of that boat. Il ts5.%
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Anyhow. the mountain statesmen can't
plant any oysters at home,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Justice Henry Billings Brown OF the
United States Supreme Court, will prob
ably become totally blind within the next
seven days So his oculist Informed him
on Friday. 1t is said that the aged jurist
received the news with composure. Soon
afterwards he declared that though sight
less he would continue to sit upon the
bench. rs
Two years ago no lost the sight Of one
eye, and now tho optic nerve OF the other
has been paralyzed.
The Judge Is now sixty-seven. years Of
ago. He will be eligible to retire. on his
full salary-s lo,o oo-at the age OF seventy
years
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Observation-Disclosures
. q ,sna 0;A','o1gAt !;
n D1x.fe Cant

5 IN Dtxfe, Cent 81
Observation-Disclosures &
Columbus (sn,) tsn1tirer.sih: The pm,
pcrs continue to talk Cleveland notwlth-
standing his declaration not To become
n candidate. It Is hard to keep II good
man down.
Birmingham Age-1terald: Trinity Col
lego Inns disposed OF the Booker WASH
ington question In diplomatic way, that
5lns brought that institutlUh some inuch
needed advertising. ,llS9
Montgomery Advertiser: "'"Tho co1ored
vote Is not troubling tho whites III any
Southern State" the Butte lnter-Moun-
taln hns discovered No, tho trouble Is
where that vote holds tho balance OF
pow or.
Mobile Register: Fcudnl battle between
familles--it was not In "Old Kentucky"
but right In the heart Of Cincinnati and
It eliminated In d riot, in which murder
and lynching were narrowly nvcrted.
13renthitt county will llnvo TO look to It's
tlaurels. aY4 t5s
& Columbia state: The trustees OF Trinity
College voted to retain Dr.. Bassctt IN
the interest Of academic liberty, md the
students Of Trinity thcrcupon hanged an
editor who had condemned the professors
sutLerances! II DR.. Bassott Is to be tho
Ecxollplnr Of free speech at Trinity, wo
would suggest that Il chair OF that
science be established, with Bassctt in
charge, to instruct the students In tho
meaning Of the phrase. It appears to
us that an editor has ns much right to
speak his mind us II professor-but then
we are an cditorl n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

1t will cost the city of Philadelphia just
s15U,OOO year to accept Mr.. Carnegle's
gift OF free" libraries.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Colombia. 1t would SEEM will be salts
fled with bit of the hash left over
from Thanksgiving
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

The oyster will do It's talking in the
Semitic now.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Hazel Harrison, a young colored woma n
OF La Porte, Ind, Is considered ono Of the
finest pinnists of the West Arrange
1nents have been made, WHEREBY she Will
appear next September as the solost with
the philharmonic Orchestra Of Berlin,
an honor rarely accorded an American.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

1t Is tho wise Christmas shopper who
avoids the rush when there ls one,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Boarding. house keepers have not yet
ceased to rehash the Thanksgiving joke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
Personal and General.

Christian G. Peterson. who for twenty
five years has been vice-consul Of Rus
STA in Now oYrk city, died on We'd
nesday. Flo was born in Denmark In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Postmaster Davies S. warfleld, OF Bal
timorc says he will not BIO candidate
for reappolntment and may resign before
Ills term expires on account Of his re-
cent election as director OF. the scaboard
Air Line Railway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Apropos Of tho relics OF the iron
clad Virginia. we are told that for many
years two Of her guns lay on the site
Of the dock, Just back Of the junk es-
adjustment of j. c. Smith, 1t was UNI
dcrstood that Mr.. Smith had purchased
them, together with many Of the IRON
clud's plates, which had been dredgcd
up
Some months ago It was thought that
it would be q good thing If these guns
could be obtained by the Association for
the Preservation OF Virginia Antiquities
and mounted on the gun platforms of the
fort at Jamestown, Inquiry revealed the
fact that Mr., Smith had no recollection
Of what became Of them, and the Belle
Isle people who bought much Of the
iron armor from him are equally Ignorant.
Can any one tell us what became OF
them1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

The youngest woman's college president
in the country Is MISS Mary Emma
Wooley OF Mount .Hoyoke College. She
is thirty-six years old a native Of South
Ncrwalk. Conn.,. and comes Of Revolu-
tionary ancestry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Croker seems to be sp!teful. He is
begging Colonel Bryan to run again.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

Chicago paper has been writing up
Tyron Power and his grandson. Ulysses
Power, from which It appears that It is
additional In the Power family that the old
man wrote on tn, walls OF old landlord
Church. Petersburg. the verses. Thou
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

1t Is mn open secret In United States
army circles that DR.. General Wood ma
noeuvred old General Brooke out OF po-
sltion as Governor OF Santiago, Tho
Doctor General was not only the pet Of
the administration, but he knew how to
work" the newspa pers.
Oh. how the army officers would AXE
to see him "downed'! They think Wood
has been too much extolled and too rap
idly promoted, but they cannot afford to
come out In public and say so, for that
would be to imperil their places. They
fear that the pressure of the administra-
tion upon senators will be heavier than
senator's can resist,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

EGGS constitute the ''currency" In some
cLLntry neighborhoods, function they
may perform all the better now since
they are selling for from 80 to IS cents
per dozen in the cities. The farmers wife,
OF course, cannot hope to get that price
TO, them. but she will benefit to some
degree from the ruling price,
Eggs are eggs nowadays-a fact due
largely. we guess, to modern methods of
Keeping them, tho effect being that city
merchants are not compelled TO hurry
them into market rs of old but can
withhold them as long as they please.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
NTlle Tim ) Dispatch.
M m
sS Published Daily and Weekly

"A, No. a North Tenth Street
Richmond, Va. Entered Janu. 4
sry a7. 1908, at Richmond. va"
as second .class matter, under
l9Aet Of Congress Of March 3
1879.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-02-02
Postal Authorities May
Investigate Probable
Misuse of Mails.
LETTERS ARE ARRIVING
One Old Woman Gave the Missing
Medium $23 to Be Cured
of Her infirmitieS.

The sensational case of Rev" Mrs.
Alice Sage has extended itself to the
postal department. Since the time of
her sudden disappearance the carrier
who delivers mail at the Sherwood
block has been weighted down with
letters addressed to her apartments,
and, as she left no directions as to
where her mail should be forwarded,
the postofiice authorities state that
letters addressed to her are piling up
in heaps.
1t was also limited that as Mrs.
Sage may have used the mail for
fraudulent purposes in advertising
her wonderful power over the spirits,
the inspectors may take her case I'M
der investigation and endeavor to
bring her back to Spokane
One very old woman, who was one
of Mrs. Sage's patients, called at the
Sherwood block yesterday to be
treated.
She was surprised to learn that the
woman in whom she had placed so
much confidence had disappeared, and
related to a sympathetic ledger that
she had deposited s23, for which the
divinely gifted woman promised to re-
lieve her of her bodily infirmities.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-02-02

Okanoean, tapping the Similkameen
valley.
There are many other plans in con-
nection with the settlement of the in
ternational railroad fight that are not
ready for the public. but the settle
ment means that many miles of road
will be constructed both in this state
and British Columbia by both roads,
and that opposition to the Spokane 4
Kootenai on the part of the American
road is withdrawn.
ID. c. Corbin. when asked this after
noon regarding the agreement between
the raids, said he had not been Of
ncially notified of the affair.
He said he could not say as to the
disseminating of the movement to
build the Kootenai branch, but ap-
parently thinks that peace treaty
will put new face on the necessity
for the road, as it is obvious that
the Canadian Pacific could find an
inlet to the Big Bend and Spokane by
the Great Northern's tracks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-02-02

The erection of magnificent CEN
trail labor hall is reckoned among one
of Spokanes possibilities of the near
future. Dissatisfaction arising over
the insufficiency of the present ac-
commodations has stirred up much
conjecture among labor leaders as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of purchasing a site
whereon to erect the proposed temple,
and if the agitation of the matter is
continued it is probable that the
building will be started some time in
the spring.
Such a move would, in the estima-
tion of the promoters, rebound very
materially to the advantage of the
labor unions. as they would thereby
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-02-02

An agreement is announced between
the Great Northern railway and the
Canadian Pacific railway, that ends
the fight which has been waged be
tween them for the past two years.
Under the terms of the agreement,
the roads waive their rights to indi-
vidual territory heretofore respected,
and the Canadian Pacific is admitted
into the territory of the Great North
crn to secure share OF the Wash
ington wheat business. and the Great
Northern Is to enter the Canadian Pa
ciic territory in British Columbia.
The Canadian Pacific is admitted
into the territory of the Great North
ern over the latter's branch from
Bonners Ferry, Mont, to kuskonook.
which latter town is on the Crows
Nest Pass branch of the Canadian Pa
cific, thence over the main line of the
Great Northern westward to Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-02-02
TWO YEARS. RAILROAD
WAR is AT AN END
Great Northern and Canadian Pacific Reach Agreement by
Which They Will Be Admitted to Each
Others Territory.

From Spokane the Canadian Pacific
is privileged to build to whatever
point in the state of Washington or to
the eastern Washington wheat fields
that it may see fit.
In return the Great Northern may
construct lines in the Crows Nest
Pass fields to connect with the line
from Jennings, Mont, to Gateway
the SUPPORT on the Canadian line. 1t
also opens the Kootenai mining coun-
try to the Great Northern by way of
the Spokane & Northern.
This agreement renders useless the
Boomers Ferry Kuskonook branch of
the Great Northern, and it is not i'm
probable that this line will now pass
to the Canadian Pacific.
1t is the intention of the Great
Northern to push the construction of
the line now running from Spokane
northwesterly to Marcus and Grand
Forks into Canadian territory by an
almost due west route from Midway
to Vancouver, passing south of Lake