The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-21

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street cars, who is safe? The law must
give the same protection to one man that
1t gives to another. and IL 1t does not
give protection to all it Is farce and
fraud.
Again, the law which protects the
property of a street car company is the
same law which protects the property oil
an Individual, and If the government
permits the property of street car CON-
pany to be wantonly destroyed, the nome
Of tho workingman is equally unsafe
| from the despoler. We cannot nave
law for ono man or one class OF men
which does not apply to all. and II we
have a law which applies to all, there
must be no discrimination against any.
| The soldiers we're not called to Richmond
to protect the property of the Passenger
and Power Company per Sc, but TO up
hold the law, which guarantees protec-
ton to the life and limb and property
or every citizen.
The law against the boycott Is equally
reasonable for If boycotts are tolerated
they will eventually end in the disorgani-
cation of society and the disruption OF
government
Equally reasonable is the law providing
for the punishment Of those who throw
or shoot into cars loaded with passen-
gers, or who attempt to wreck such cars
while they are in motion. "The penal
ties imposed by this statute ale severe"
said Judge Ingram, "but not ono whit
scverer than they should be. The man
or men who will deliberately inflct Sc
rious bodily harm upon innocent persons
against whom they have no personal
grievance. belong. in my Judgment. to
that class who are designated in the law
as public enemies, whose punishment
should be as sure and certain as laws
can make It,"
If men and women and children cannot
ride upon the street cars Of Richmond
and Manchester and vicinity without be-
ing put in peril of life by midnight assas-
sins. law-abiding citizens had better move
away as soon as possible and leave the
territory to the assassins. To wreck a
street car under such circumstances is
like waylaying man in the nighttime
and stabbng him in the back.
The law has now been declared by the
judge Of the Hastings Court Of Rich
mond, and again by the judge of the
Corporation Court of Manchester. and
it is clearly the duty of every good citi-
zen, not merely to obey the law, but to
aid the authorities in enforcing it.
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On Sunday, Mr.. LOOMS. the acting Sec
rotary of State, by direction of the Pres
!dent, cabled Cardinal Rampola at Rome,
conveying his sympathy with the Pope
and inquirng into his condition. Cardinal
Gibbons replied in the Popes name,
thanking the President. and saying that
1.-THE condition. of the august sufferer Is
becoming very dangerous"
1t is said that the Vatican authorities
are deeply appreciative of this express
sion of the President. Cardinal Rampolla
sent an answer to the Presidents mes
cablegram.
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Major Justus scleibert, a close friend
Of Heros Won Borcke, and who also
served in the Confederate army died re-
Gently on the continent. He had written
two books about the Confederate army,
and his wife is a lady whom he met in
Virginia during the war and whose
fathers life he saved at Chickamauga
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Whistler, the great etcher, who died In
london Friday, was born In Lowell, Mass.
and was educated at the West Point
Military Academy, but was not graduated.
At one time he was in the United States
Coast Survey. He had long lived abroad,
where he was recognized as great ar
list, though much given to whimsicalities,
He was sixty-nine years OF age.
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The man who goes home at this sea-
son of the year. finds unexpected COM
pany In for tea. and just to please his
wife puts on a fresh laundried white shirt
and choker collar, and still refrains from
the use of strong language-O but there
is no such man.
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Edgar Allan Poe is to become the first
assistant OF City Solicitor Bruce, of Bal
timore. He Is a relative Of the great
poet, we believe. At any rate. he is said
to be first-class lawyer for man Of
thirty-two.
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Matthew Eckstetn, resident of New
ark, N. j., one night last week attempted
suicide because of nonrsuccess on fish
Inc expedition. He was hauled out OF
the water, into which he had thrown him
self, by some men working near by.
Observation-Disclosures
Boston Globe: "The ride Of Miles to
Reno, ninety miles away Why, 1t almost
sings itself! Why are the versihers so
backward in furnishing the rest Of the
poem?
Observation-Disclosures
Prosecutor Folk has succeeded In get
ting nineteen st. Louis boodlers convict
ed. but laws, delays and technicalties
have so far kept them out or"the peni-