The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-20

VI :
showing how the pending bill affects the
interests of business men. 1T seems TO
us the moro one studies this subject the
more lie should become convinced Of It's
Importance.
sNorthern papers will please notice the
efforts made by Virginia to prevent the
lynching of negro who confessed ms
guilt 4 special train carried him ut! the
5rnte Of forty miles IN hour through q
section where he would have been
ilynched If there had been an oppor-
tunity, and he was taken TO }Lynch .,,i
for safe keeping. Five hundred militia
escorted him back for trial, and 300 went
on n. train IN advance. and eighteen COM
ranles of militia guarded the courthouse
,yhero he was tried. There arc North
ern Stntes that have made less effort
than that 10 protect q prisoner.-Phllsl-
delphia Record.
That is kindly said. 1t cost the State
q. good sum to protect this negro ana
give him trial. but the Governor was
determined that he should have all the
rights guaranteed him under the Constl-'
tuition, and if ever there was III
subject for Judge Lynch's summary JUS
tice, this negro beast was IT.. Morally
speaking, he had forfeited every right 70
immunitcs OF citizenship. Indeed, ne
had forfeited the right to be treated
as a human being. He acted like a beast
and could not reasonably have COM
planned II lie had been treated as sucn.
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Most Of the workmen who arc flocking
to Baltimore. hoping to secure employ
ment there, are doomed to dsappoinr.t-
,mcnt. AS yet there is not enough en-
ploy1nent for the resident builders and
other mechanics. Later on, when ar.
chltects have completed their plans and
lproperty-owners have collected the IN
surance due them, it is expected that
building. will be very brisk, and that
laborers and skilled worknlen will be
attracted there from all parts Of the
country For the present, however, 1t
seems that the supply more than equals
the demand.
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So there is to DO a Virginia Kitchen"
at the st. Louis Exposition Good. Let
it have a real Virginia bill of fare. and,
IL possible. let the cooking be done by a
red-turbaned old, black Aunt Dlnah- Also
let there be big. wide-open, old-fash-
toned fireplace, In which to do the cook
Ing. Sweet potato pies will be in order,
but tho summer season will not BIO so
favorable to oysters and canvas back
ducks Gordonsville chicken legs and
smithfleld hams will come In happily In
tho makeup Of sandwiches. Corn pones
and batter bread may be expected to be
In demand on occasion. So, too, roast
ing cars and Hanover watermclons. n
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AS Prince Of Wales, King Edward VII.
was pretty wild and careless, but from
all accounts he is making a good king.
He is becoming famous for his tact.
His ministers allowed Lord Roberts to
retire without such an acknowledgment
of the nat!on's gratitude as was the
generals due. This blunder the King
has corrected as farias possible. lie has
had the general to dine with him and he
has issued an order to tho army an
nouncirg Roberts's retirement and eulo-
giving his services.
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Mayor Mclean, OF Baltimore, has had
laborlous and difficult position to fill
~t,,oa ~, rrant hnt II senms that