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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
SITUATION IMPROVES.
Smallpox Guards Removed a,
Boydton and Schools to Open.

Especial to The Times Dspatch)
3 BOYDTON, VA, Feb. 26.-rhe smallpox
situation in the infected districts Is now.
under better control than It has been
since the breaking out of the disease.
some two months since. The town Of
Boydton las had guards on all the roads
leading from the smallpox section. Yes
.terday all the guards except ono were
taken off, rs the town authorities thought
it unnecessary to keep them all, as the
situation was. SO much improved
The public schools OF Boydton district
were suspended some three weeks ugo
on account OF the smallpox. Most Of the
schools will resume work next week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
SURPRISE MARRIAGE.
Unable to Secure License at New
port News,

-' ISEUElelI W ITO = W. = F,.-.YY,'FI .I-
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Feb, 3d.
Frank n, Taylor Of this city, ana MISS
! ,ottie Wilson, OF Smtlfied, were mar
reid this afternoon by Rev. Sidney Peters
in Hampton The bride is the daughter Of
Captain jack Wilson, wealthy Smith
field merchant, ard is a faNor!te In so-
ciety. She has been visiting friendr here
for several weeks, and has been q belle
at all the social affairs.
The groom is n clerk at the Warwick
Hotel and Is especially popular as an
amateur actor. rho marriage was "A COM
plete surprise to tho most Intimate
friends or the parties, and but few know
Of II now II is understood that the
young lady's parents have beer notified
BY WIRE. Il y q u q
The elerk here refused to Issues license
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
: L,YNCHBURG COUNCIL
Give High School Free Rein and
Appropriate Big Sum for Streets.

Especial to The Dispatch)
II LYNCHBURG. VA, Feb. 26.-,Ihe City
Council at q meeting held to-day de-
icided not to interfere In any way with
the School Board in the establishment
OF four-year course In the High School.
An effort was made to reduce the appro-
priution for schools from S34,7Oo the
amount recommended by tho Finance
Committee, to $50 COO, but the effort was
not successful, tho Council being almost
unanimous for tho larger sum.
Thirty thousand dollars was approprl-
Lnted for sIreGts. 80 a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
An Excellent Example.

The Governor Of Virginia did his full
duty promptly In taking the most extern
sIvo ana Objective precautions, In. order
to to prevent recently. threatened lynchlng
in Roanoke, No outbreak took place, and
caused tho menace OF mob Violence, has
been sentenced to death BY due process
Of law. after fair trial. The Governor
set an excellent oxamplc.-New York TIL
bUne. taB
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
Mott--Hettrick.

Especial to Tho Times DispatchD
e NIRFOIeIS, VA. Feb. 26.-~Mrs A, |.
Hettrlck, Of Norfolk, was married to-day
Tho ceremony was performed at the home
OF the Saride.Sln GhentaSby Rev w,
White, or Maryland, WHO IL her brotheE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
Has Appendicitis.
.tspscinl to Tho Times ispatch)

Especial to Tho Times ispatch,)
d STORNON VA, Fed. 26,-Master
Henly Smith, Of Urbanna, who is very
sick with appendicitis, was taken to Bal
tlmore to-day by his uncle. Dr. Charles
C. Christian, to have an operation per-
formed. lie is u son Of the late Henly
smith aud grandson Of Dir. William s.
Smith OF JIrbanna. G
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27
Road Blocked With Ice,
fSnonial IN ,rho 8,,imcs- DisnatchI

"A trWYAIAN'S MILL, VA, Feb, 2G,--rRe-
cent thaw caused II considerable rise
In tho Rapidan River; SO much Ice washed
into the road ! I was almost impossible
to get along thore for II,
A great deal Of sickness prevails here
now; the physicians arc kept busy day
MO RS,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-27

to the couple because the bride was not
OF ege. They then took a car for Hump
ton. and succeeded In carrying out their
plans. I5t 3; * as3i st
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17

been worrying about new York, and the indications are that there are more months of the same sort of worry ahead of him. The movement to nomi- nate Parker is not popular at the White House, save that it relieves Mir. Roosevelt of the danger of being com- pelied to run against a man whom it would be no credit to beat It Is well understood that Jim Hill and other big railway people will pour large amounts of money into New York to defeat Mir. Roosevelt if they car, and that the efforts of the democracy will be largely concentrated in that state. At the same time the New York situation is not withou it's humorous eide. and humor is well appreciated at the White House. For instance. Lou Payne Frank Black, F. H. Hartman and Le- muel Ely Quigs are to be delegates to the Chicago convention, instructed to vote for Roosevelt.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17
Fashionable Dressmakinp

am prepared to do stylish Dress-making. se Livery stable, and respectfully solicit share Of experience at dress-making in Kansas City, Mo an work Reception and evening dresses a speciality.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17

Dr. Schell, the well known eye spec ialist, of Tucson, who has been making regular semi-annual visits to Bisbee during the past four years. will here after visit Bisbee every three months, and will remain only three or four days on each visit. He is now at the Norton House, room l. and will re- main three days only. He examines eyes free. fits glasses and guarantees all work 3-I5-3t
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17
The Crndoff Hotel.

Fl Paso is entertaining many of the people from Bisbee, Douglas, Cananea, ana surrounding towns. It Is sug- gested that when in the Pass City they try the Orndorff hotel. It is so pleasantly situated on the Plaza, has handsomely furnished rooms. and the cuisine of the highest class. that wis itors will be thoroughly satisfied with their visit to the Orndorn. 4-5-1m
Bisbee daily review., 1904-04-17
Judge Parker
 Urged to Talk
WALTER WELlMAN SAVE DEMO GRATIS DEMAND AN EXPIRES
 SION OF HIS VIEWS,

President Roosevelt Worried Over Condition of Affairs in New York -Affraid That if Democrats Nomi- nate Parker Republicans Win Lose New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
EstimabIe Woman Dead,

Mrs. w. W. Potter. aged seventy years, died at her home in this city yesterday after suffering a third stroke of paralysis. Her death took place at her home on North Baylen Street, and at a time when her few relatives and many friends were present. Her husband. who Is shipping commission CT at this port, was not in the city at the time. When his aged wife was in the best of health, apparently, he left for a visit to friends and relatives in the north. And when the soul of, his wife passed to its maker. MT. Potter was in New York City. wire was hurried to him advising him of the sad event and he started at once for this city. He only reached here this af- ternoon and the funeral will take place at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Three daughters, and hundreds of friends mourn the loss of the deceased The daughters are Miss Minnie Potter and Mrs. John c. Ward of Pensacola and Mrs. w. B. Kemper of Glencoe, La The funeral will take place from Christ church,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Our Daily Sport Story

| was the remorse compelling vision oi a fearful little woman clasping her dis honored first-born to her breast, which had remained unfaded throughout the entire heart-broken period of his ex- | ile. For many days the picture of these two innocents suffering in ig-
 nominy and disgrace because of his
 transgressions. had haunted him in- sistently, and of late he had been pos 1 sessed of a mad desire to clasp them in his arms once more. But his heart sank within him when he thought of the terrible gulf that yawned between them-a chasm which could be bridged
 only by the gold which had all along
 eluded his pick with such maddening persistency-
 | He had come west firm in the de-
 termination to be honest and retrieve
 the errors of the wayward past. He
 had labored faithfully at everything
 which promised legitimate emolu.
 ments, but an unkind fate seemed
 pitted against him at every turn.
 In the mines he had eked out but 6
 bare subsistence, while, on every hand
 men luckier than himself, left the dig.
 gings with their fortunes made. The
 sight maddened him when he thought
 of the wife and little one waiting for him back in the States. He began tC l | tence and the churlishness of fate
 and there gradually grew out of his discontent a temptation so insiduous that it would have subjugated the bet | ter impulses of men of far stronger
 moral fiber than his.
 | Every day messengers, laden with gold from the northern mines passed l temptingly before the door of his rick ety shack. suggesting the idea of gain
 ing at the point of a six-shooter that which years of oil and privation had
 failed to secure.
 For days he had waged a valiant
 battle against the evil impulse, but in l the end innate traits of character dom | mated every conscientious scruple, and | today he had slunk into the chaparral alongside the trail, bent upon the com
 mission of a deed that would place
 him forever beyond the pale of the
 stern Western lava haunted man with a price upon his head.
 | Having conquered the honesty of purpose which had animated him for
 so long, he felt a thrill of wild exul- tation in the anticipation of hts con- templated crime. as he feverishIy awaited the coming of his intended victim. The shadow of the chaparral heightened; the man measured 1t with his eye, then focused his sight upon | the trail again.
 Far in the distance a dust cloud hung in the air, growing gradually, | as the moments passed, and finally l evolving a solitary horseman leading a well-iaden pack-mule.
 The bandit slipped smothering mask over his face, pulled a long-bar- | reled six shooter from a holster at his | hip, lay flat upon his stomach and waited. Moments passed and he never stirred.
 Insects crawled undisturbed over the coat of grime on his clothing, and the burning rays of the sun seemed powerless to arouse in him even a semblance of animation. The dust cloud sifted itself over him, and he saw clearly the face and figure of inc lone rider
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19

c,rv COrrNCIL OF MONTGOMERY V. Proceedings to Enforce Assessment
 Apainst Property for Cost of PaV-
 ing.-Appeal from the Clty Ooui'
 of Montgomery, in Equity
 Constitutional law statute au- thorizing issuance of bonds TOT the pun nose of having in the city of Montgom- lr,,, p nrovIsions for the raising of funds qermane to purpose of act,-lhe P.o- sts,ora of the act of the General As samblv approved February Is, lS9o' en- titled An act to authorize the Clty Council of Montgomery to issue bonus for the purpose of paving or othei" iSe imnroving the streets and sidewalks, or either. of the city of Montgomery 'Acts of lS94-95, D. 906), that the cost or such having. together with the expenses m cident to the issuance or such pohos and the interest thereon shall be as sessed against, and collected rom the owners of the property abutting on such having. and that the assessment shall he prorated according to the frontage of such property, and collect cd In the same manner as city taxes, etc are germanc. cognate and comple- nantarv to the subject expressed in the titIe of said act; such provisions having regard to the raising of funds with which to pay the principal and inter est of the bonds, which 1t was the pur- pose of the act. as expressed in its ti- tie. to authorize the said act to issue.
 2 Same; paving of street in city; annortionment of cost legislative ques- tion-It Is within legislative compe- tency to assess the whole cost of the paving of a street In city against abutting property, pro-rated according
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
FLAGLER's PROJECT.
The Standard oil Magnate would CoIs
 Onixe Florida.

The Standard oil Magnate would COIs
 Onixe Florida.
 Chicago Special.
 H. NJ. Flagler, the Standard Oil mag nate and multi millionaire has launch- ed the project of colonizing the State of Florida. MT. Flagler Is owner and president of the Florida East Coast railroad, and is credited with also owning a majority of the Florida ter rltory given over to winter resort busi- ness.
 The plan which he has formulated for inducing settlement in the State includes low-rate transportation from Chicago over the Eastern Illinois and It's connecting lines. Letters have been written by the management of the Florida East Coast to the arrangements of many Western roads. outlining the plan and asking them to join in putting on low colonization rates this winter to Florida points Notwithstanding the fact that hitherto Florida has been considered a sehhi-tropical country, given over to pleasure-seekers in win ter time and deserted in summer time Mir Flagler declares that is Is one of the garden spots of the earth. and should have a population as dense as any of the Eastern States.
 With a view of educating the public regarding the resources of the State, the East Coast has opened an office In Chicago and in other Western cities, where will be displayed samples of the product of Florida ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Head-Notes ef the Decisions
 of Alabama Supreme Court

to the frontage of such property. with out the judicial ascertainment of the benefits accruing from such property from such improvement, and to appOr- tion the cost of the Improvements ac- cording to. and not in excess of. the actual benefits enurlng from them to the several abutting lots; and an act of the Legislature providing for such assessment. Is not violative of any of the provisions of the State or Federal constitutions.
 5. Same; same; same.-It is a mat ter of legislative expediency and for Legislative determination, whether property abutting on a street in a city will be benefited to the extent of the cost of paving the streets and side walks along the front of such property; and 1t Is. therefore, entirely competent for the Legislature to impose the cost of such paving, by way of special taxes. upon the property abutting the improved street. apportioning the charges thereto according to the dist ance of the several lots may front upon the street so paved.
 Reversed and remanded.
 Opinion by Mcclellan. c. J.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
LuuatIcs DeDorted.

Sheriff Van Pelt yesterday did some- thing which was a graceful act to those who resided within two blocks of the county jail, and to those who are unfortunate enough to be either confined or locked up at that institu- tion. Two crazy negroes were started for the asylum at Chattahoochee. one of the negroes having the idea that he was born to preach. exhort and sing at the highest pitch of his voice. and this came from him at intervals in the shape of bowls of the most discordant of notes. There was no way of suppress ing this nuisance, and the only means of shortening the series of exhortations was to let him yell all his breath out and then fall exhausted or get so hoarse that he could not be heard above a whisper.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
IN THE BULLETS TRACK.
BY DAVID A. PILATT.

(Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub
 fishing Company.)
 The long gaunt figure of a man, clad in the rough garb of miner, was stretched at full length amid clumr of chaparral in the Occur de Alene mountains of New Mexico. He lay upon his back, with arms outspread silent and apparently lifeless; but through ragged slits in the crown Of a hat pulled over his face, he intently scanned a narrow trail that wound sinuously down the mountain side past his hiding place.
 In the broad maw of a gulch. which swallowed the trail several hundred yards below, another man, bent of back and hoar of lock, was feebly working a claim.
 The thud! thud! of his pick against the baked earth, waited at intervals to the ear of the hidden watcher, was he only sound that disturbed the torrid silence of the midsummer afternoon.
 The man in the chaparral pitied him his irksome toll in the blistering heat for he, too, had drudged away the best years of life for a hope. Poor old Harlowr' he soli1oquised, compassion ately. How foolish he is to waste his energies in Fools Pocket where months and months of arduous labol brought to me naught but disappoint- ment. An! had I always been as hon. est as old man Harlow, 1t might have been different. But luck was always against me- and it was an uphill battle against heavy odds from the very be- ginning" t
 With an oath of relief, he finally threw aside the smothering face GOV ering and sat up.
 The shadows that flung themselves across the trail would have to lengthen perceptibly before he could put into ex- ecution a certain sinister project which he had in view: so, assuming a more comfortable position, he resigned him. self to a consideration of the causes which had led to the present crisis in his affairs.
 In some of his ancestors there must have been an element of moral decrep- itude which communicated itself to him; but he was not analytical and sought back no farther than the wo- man in the case for a representative cause of the present effect. She had married him, reckless. dissipated spendthrift, in the hope of reforming him; but although he had loved her as much as he was capable of loving any body, her influence had proven an in- adequate antidote to the hereditary taint and the Vaccinations of his form CT life.
 Afer a twelvemonth of pretended rectitude, he had openly resumed the ruinOus pace, which finally led to ob- liquity and dishonor.
 Weighed down with gambling debts and harassed by importunate creditors, De had, In moment of desperation, misappropriated funds belonging to his employers. Flight to avoid the disgrace of arrest and Imprisonment followed. and the world he had known lost sight of him completely.
 That had been seven years before, and since then he had heard nothing from her; but graven on his memory
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
JOHN BEARD TO SPEAK
pENsACoLA MAN REPORTS TO MAJ
 NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
yyas an Effective Orator for Bryan and His Anti-Roesevelt Phiiippfcs
 Make His Services of Value.

Pensacola. Fla. Sept. 1s.-Hon. John S. Beard leaves Monday night for New York. where he will report for duty to the Chairman of the Democratic Ma tional Committee and from which place he will be assigned as one of the cam paign speakers in the doubtful" States. He will possibly be away from this, his home city, for two months.
 Mir. Beard is not stranger on the national lecture platform. With Mir. Bryan, he made the first speech in Ohio during the campaign of four years ago, and has made numerous speeches in all parts of the country. He is force- full speaker and his tirade against op- pression, trusts, corporations and gene ral ali-round Republican doings will be far from uninteresting. His attacks on the present President will be fea- lures of his speeches. and in noticing his departure. one of the papers here says that John likes big game like Roosevelt"
 MT. Beard is one of the leading law yers of this city and was a presidential efector at St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
A Peculiar HalIucinntion.

Harry Scranton, white, whose home Is in the country a few miles from Pensacola. but who has recently serv- ed in the army during some of the most strenuous campaigns in the Philippines, is In the city jail awaiting examination from a committee which will adjudge his mental state. At present Scranton is mentally unbalanced, and the way this state developed on him was pecu- liar. to say the least.
 Officer Schmitz. one of the best natur- ed of the finest" in this city, was pat rolling one of the Palafox Street beats when he caught sight of a gaily dress ed creature on an opposite corner. Thinking that one of the ballet girls from ''The Devils Auction Company" was out for a lark, the officer hurried over to suppress anything of this na- ture, but he was much surprised when he found young Scranton clad in green and red tights, the close fitting kind, and of the brightest colors. Scranton was petitioning the Lord to come down and bless him in his work, and after some interrogation it was thought that Scranton was best fitted for position behind the bars. where he could harm no one and could be kept from harming himself.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Sanders Gets n Yenr.

w. Love Sanders. a widely known young man of this city. and who comes from a family standing fin the highest circles. in the county criminal court yesterday afternoon entered a plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with having entered a residence in the night time for the purpose of commit ting misdemeanor.. It was the ex- pressed painful duty of Judge Beggs, who Is great friend of Sanders fam fly. to sentence the young man to one year in the penitentiary without the alternative of fine. Sanders took the sentence with out the least sign of feel ing. and there will be no attempt to have a suspension of the penalty unless the same comes from the aged mother of the defendant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
To Make In Budgets,

The Board of Public Safety will have a meeting Monday night for the stated purpose of making up the budget to be presented to the Council on next We'd nesday night. The appropriation which will be asked for will be in excess of that of any previous year, and it is thought there will be a request for ad- ditional policemen, as such is badly needed. Items for the increasing of the fire department force and for general Improvements of the department will also be included in the budget
 The Board of Works will hold meet ing Tuesday morning and will then make up the budget from that depart ment of the city government. At that meeting, also. the letting of a number of bids will be part of the proceed ings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
rnads are Poisonous.

The skins of toads and salamanders have lately been submitted to miscroscopical ex- animation by MT. Schulz, who finds that there are two kinds of glands present in the skin of these animals, viz, mucous and poisonous glands, The former are present all over the body; the latter are confined to the hack of the body and limbs and the ear region behind the eyes, Tho poison glands are larger than the mucous glands in inc salamander. are oval and ave dark granular appearance due to strongly refrac- tive drops of poison
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
watson Speaks in Paducah, Ky.

Paducah. KY, Sept 17.-The Populist campaign in Kentucky was opened to- day, Hon. Thomas F. Watson. candi- date for President, delivering the prin- cipal address The occasion was the district convention at which J. II. Lackey was nominated for Congress by the Populists of the First District.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
VOTE ON SEPARATION.
Referendum Proposed on Question of
 Severance of Church and State.

Paris, Sept. 1.-The movement for the separation of church and State has brought out proposition from a group of deputies to submit the question to a referendum vote of the country.
 The Constitution contemplates a ref erendum. but 1t Is only adopted in the case of questions of the highest inn portance. The proposers of the plan assert that the separation of church and state is so vitally important that 1t should be submitted to the country.
 The proposition, although widely dis cussed. does not receive encouragement from Premier Combes. who says the municipal elections sufficiently show that the country approves his policy
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-19
Wanted for Riotism.

Deputy Sheriff Sanders reached the city at midnight from Quincey, Fla with negro named Hinchman, who is wanted in this county for having par ticipated in a riot at Molino a few days since, during which time number of people were hurt The negro was caught at Quincey on a description fur nished by the sheriff of this county and was jailed today to await trial.