The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-05
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ACCOUNTS.
us. Government to Pay Yllrl'..
]. glnia8 $3.50. V.
ON PEI LJLIARE' MISSION \; 81 y !
Charlestonian Q JOINING 70 Richmond 70
Get Grants Monument to Put Over we III Il
Grave 81, Of. J ohm r. Hale. 55
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,f5:E * BIZ ushlngtonS y. c.. April 9TH. Ct
'RVlrginia and the Federal Government
viii square accounts In d few day s, when
Judge j !. q. Dew, the Second Auditor OF
tho State, will receive from tho Treasury
Department d check for $3.50. Judge Dew,
who returned homo this afternoon said
no was convinced tho State should re- re-!
cetve interest, on tho money which WIZ
gina advanced the National Government
during the War OF 1872, but he could not
make Comptroller OF the Treasury Il Trace
we'll see it that way Mr.. Traccwcll adj
n,tted the justice Of MIR. Dew's conton-
|5tior,l for the State, but there was no au-s
thorltyf for making tho payment. y g
Comptroller admitted plso that Y1rglnilals
case was stronger than that of any other
case-mucfl stronger than that OF South
Cnroina-which was recently paid In full
with Int erost, Il making a total OF $S1,ooo.
as against Vlrglnla's IS But Mr. TILL
man, BY threats OF preventing the pas
Sd &c of the general APPROPRIATION BILL IN
the last hours OF the Eli ty-seventh Con-
gress, IL provision to pay South caro-
rot not only the s47. 900 due, but interest
also amounting In round Numbers 82 Q
so, 900. Y. !, s , v, ), :, ), (,
Mr.. George r. Jacobs, Of Charleston
w. Va, Is here on his way TO Richmond ll
on a somewhat peculiar mission: some
months ago Dr.. John =. Hale. VINO was
horr near Alexandria, Va, died In, Char
lesion at an advanced age. The octor
was one OF the most distinguished citizens
OF the city, noted as the most philnnthrop-
ic and public-splrited8m man In Charleston.
Ho amaased large fortune and gave
away good portion OF It IN ms NE !, e
Capitol located at Charleston that NO 3
rave q large portion Of the money needed
to build the State House. He Afterwards
became insolvent, but at the time OF ms
death had gotten together ano ther consld.
cradle fortune. When he died IN May 81
last year he left q provision III ms WIZ
that there should be placed over his gr ,a1,
IN c.ha rle,ton a monument cut from Rich
mond granite. Mr.. Jacobs Is charged WIZ
Tn. dutv OF executing this provision q the
viii. and will 60 to RI edmond Tor the PUT
pose OF either securing the monument Or
block from which one can be made IN
Aa .' REPUBLICAN CLAIMS. N
IT do not think any effort will be made
by the Republicans to elect q United
| states Senator from Virginia in soo.
! said Mr.. Hugh Gordon Miller. OF Norfoik,
| Assistant United States District Attorney
FOR the Eastern District OF Virginia, at
the Raleigh last night. but y tell: you
! we are going to attempt to elect the coy Coy,
ernor next time. and believe we WIZ WIZ
succeed. Republican sentiment is grow
| ainR In Virginia. Colonel Hampton Hoge
carried sixty-slx OF the hundred coun--.
| ties OF the State, and nearly all OF them
we're white counties. Since tho new
Constitution. eliminating the negro vote
went into effect, oil the counties Will be
white Watch the Republican vote
! grow" a rs s5 "a. q, :,
nond has come to this city to reside.
i He has two sons and two daughters
|lving lii washington. Mr., Matthews is
4 now past eighty years OF age. and was
i the Oldest lawyer IN Richm ond.& During
j the war he was attached to the Dcpart-
ment OF Justice nj the Confederacy, with
4 duty Of compiling the Confederate sta
tutes. Though suffering now from the
4, Is still quite active, and his mind Is. as
clear and active. apparently, as ever
NO REFHRBNCE TO DEWEY. 5j
| number OF papers have stated tina the
use OF the terms 1'boasting and buster
! ing by the President in his Chicago
j s<Eydch on the Monroe Doctrine was In
tended as to rebuke to Admiral Dewey,
i who had criticised In o comparative
i fashion the German navy. It Is learned
that this Chicago speech. Including the
! Language Gi above quoted, was prepared
/ by the President more than ten days IN
/ advance Of the publication OF the criti-
i cisn referred to, and that the speech
| was submitted to members Of his Cabinet,
i who gave 1t their full approval also IN
! advance Of the publication Of the criti-
clsns which have been supposed to have
called 1t forth. Z n
1 Edwin M. Watson. OF Virginia, Is one
OF four cadets just discharged from West
1 Point on account OF deficiency. a,
i Corps, who has Just been promoted. has
been assigned to the command OF the ma
rine barracks, Norfolk, Va. e.
/ a 5 POSTOFvTICn AIrFrAlRS.
There were twenty-five fourth-class
| postmasters appointed to-day OF these,
/ fourteen were to MI vacancies caused
b. designations, nve BY removals and
three by deaths. The following apnoint-
ments were made at Virginia postofices.
Freezing, Dickenson county. Morgan
i Davis, vice Felix Center. resigned. y,
Hurley buchanan county, Asa w.
| Agee, Vice William II. Baker. removed.
The postoftlce at Anderson, Augusta
county, Va, has been discontinued, and
mall heretofore sent to that place Will
be sent to Staunton. KY u
! Mail messenger service tor the postof1ce
4 at Farmville, Prince Edward COUNTY, Va.
has been authorized by the Postonlce De-
x partment. "a #
John r. Painter has been commissioned
postlnosterEat Cedarvil|e Va, FL fi. NJ
Tho Postof1ic Department has ordered
that the star mail route from Huon to
TrcyIlllans, Va, be .changed to end a.
Green Spring Depot 'omitt!ng the Tres'l-
poatofaoa after Nril 9th.
Permission has been granted to the
postmaster at BY bee Va, to dspa teh mall
on the route to Lindsay half an hour IN
advance OF the schedule time, provided
no connections are broken and no com,
plalnt Is made, ,.i
Mr.. Sidney nrashear Avis. pr osecutlne
"A attorney OF Charleston. w, Va, Is here
! | On hnsinass Mr. Avis has Rpent many