The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07

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I 7 Events Of the Geek /
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| With floods in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
and Missouri. cyclones destructive Of life
and property in the South, and n contn-
uing drought that is drying up the crops
In New England and added to these
things number Of railway accidents in
various parts of the country, In which
people were killed and manned, the past
week may be said to have broken the rec
ord as a week Of horrors. The awful cy-
clone at Gainesville, Ga, by which more
than a hundred people lost their lives
and as many as fifteen hundred were rem
dered housless, was one OF the most hor-
rible visitations ever known In Georgia.
II not the most horrible The destructive
foods In the West have caused lasting
damage to crops. and will undoubtedly
! make the corn crop and the wheat TINT
had been SO promising fall far short of
expectation. and will, of course. keep the
i price OF grain higher.
The much talked OF Republican state
Convention of Ohio was held last week
and was n cut and dried affair. The cut
1 ting and drying had been done by Mark
Il liannhs ana u everything was CaTTlsu out
4 according to his wishes His man for
Governor was nominated. his cold blooded,
strictly business platform, wherein good
crops. pleasant weather. big and grow
ing pensions and all other blessings that
| Ohio Republicans enjoy, were claimed a5
direct results Of Republican rule, was
adopted, and Hanna himself was named
as tho conventions choice for United
States Senator. In addition. President
| Roosevelt and his administration were en-
Z nj Nr ma mr. oil n n
/ choice OF Ohio Republicans for President
for the next term. And this. too, was
done by Hannas order. Everything that
\ was done was according TO lanna's for
mula. and we fail to see how the Foraker
4 people got any comfort at all out of the
gathering or anything 1t did Whatever
OF comfort they did get was allotted to
them by Hanna's order
There arc mutterngs In the anthracite
conl regions. and the timid everywhere
arc greatly disturbed lest there be anoth-
er strike and another year of hlgh-prlced
coal We think there need be no concern
on that score 1t Is true that friction
4 has arisen in the machinery provided by
the strike commission for carrying tho
4 award into effect but 1t Is over point
Il which should be susceptible of easy ad-
( tustment. provided that neither side de-
\ sires another strike. And 1t Is impossible
to believe that another strike within at
least five years can really be desired by
4 either tho operators or the workmen.
4 The inventory of the estate of the late
Thomas B. Reed has just been made pub
lie, and II shows that he had made
q enough money--a half a milion-to return
to politics without the fear Of the poor
/ house to confront him. and that is just
what no intended to do. IL a story we get
from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican
be true and We have no doubt that 1t Is.
Il That paper says:
Il "a piece Of news liz found in the will.
j for that instrument shows that Mr.. Reed
had actually severed his connection with
his New York law firm prior to his last
/ Illness. The fact confirms the impression.
/. which few of Mr.. Reeds friends had
received, that he was about to retire
from active practice and possibly re-
enter national politics In case n favorable
4 opportunity should be presented. It is
very possible that II Mr.. Reed had lived
4 tho anti-Roosevelt sentiment In the Re-
4 publican party would have pushed him to
the front as candidate against the Pres
\ dcnt. Mr.. Reeds sudden death. how
ever, not only spoiled any such plan. but
4 even prevented 1t from becoming u pos
4 sib!ity In the public mind"
/ The great strike OF textile workers that
has been on in Philadelphia for several
weeks. and seems to be no nearer an end
now than when 1t commenced. Is ono of
the most complicated strikes on record
II certain lot of alleged facts that have
been sent out In circular form from Phil
Il adelphia can be substantiated, 1t Is
much mixed up strike. It appears from
this statement that. contrary to the COM
! mon impression, the strike is not for
general increase in wages for only about
| one-tenth OF the strikers are demanding
fewer hours with as much pay MS at
present There are thirty-nine classes OF
ARTISANS involved In the movement. o.
these. thirty-aix. representing 10000 work
i people, ask n reduction of hours week
from sixty to ifty-hve, with correspond
ing reduction In pay, practically striking
for reduction In wages to gain Increased
| opportunity for education and more time
for domestic duties and recreation. Three
trades, representing 1000 employees, ask
for similar reduction In hours, but ono
wants It without any decrease In waBes
another, the Dyers' and Mercerizers
Union, comprising 1000 members, de-
mands the flve-honr reduction and an In
crease in wages from 81 to sl3 week,
and the third. the Ingram Carpet NVeav-
ers Union. with a membership of 5000.
demands tho shorter week and a wage In
crease of ten per cent.
| In 1878 there was a great and note
worthy exodus Of negroes from the cot
ton-raising States. Some fanatics started
the movement, and hundreds OF negroes.
with their families. Joined the crowd, and
they started away, they knew not where.
They had an Indefinite idea that some
where towards the Northwest there was
i a land that flowed with milk and honey.
and all they had to do was to go up
| and take possession. Numbers of them
died on the road. a great many became
disguised before they had gone too far,
and turned back, Some thus found their
4 way back to their old homes and stayed
there A large number OF these deluded
negroes finally reached Topeka, Kansas,
pc wi, 4 bav hi, n
to the people, They were helped until
they could help themselves. and finally
about a thousand of them settled in
novels just on the outskirts of Topeka.
That Is the settlement known as North
Topeka that figures so prominently In
the news OF the big overflow In Kansas.
This colony Of negroes has suffered
greatly by the floods and many Of them
lost their lives.