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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-08
MExiA, TEXAS, VISITED, AND
THREE KILLED, NINE
INJURED.
NORTHERN BLIZZARD

Fruit and Early Vegetables Killed by
Snow and Freezing Wind.-Cattle
on the Range Suffer in Nebraska
Kansas City Catches it.
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ABOVE DANGER LINE.

North Memphis Flooded and Traffic
Delayed.
Memphis, Tenn, Apr. S.-The Miss
issippi is four and eight-tenths feet
above the danger line A number of
streets in north Memphis have been
overflowed, delaying traffic to some
extent. but no serious damage has
occurred
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-08

cherry-o l. coming.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-08

ssoul. $50 ,. m) APR. s.-rhs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-19
Young Negro Criminals.

Until recently 1t had been the GUS
tom in the city of Birmingham to SEN
tence negro boys brought second time
to the court Of Judge Feagin. an old
Confederate soldier, to tho chain-gang.
where they would necessarily be asso
ciated with hardened criminals. 'The
Judge was much disturbed by this state
OF things. and finally devised the plan
Of offering such youthful conyicts the
choice Of the chain-gang or OF beine
Lound out 70 some negro farmer of good
character who entered into solemn
obligation To give the boys a good home
and an education and to train them in
habits Of industry and good citizenship.
The guardians were required ALSO TO
ltport 10 the court once a month.
During the past three months twenty
three boys have Willingly accepted this
aAAAss and in addition Judge Feagin haJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-19
lightment beyond
gave the rights oil
and tea chers of Il
i other men Of his day he
81 citizenship to scientists
the liberal arts. ne be

llightment beyond other men OF his day ! ne
gnyye te rghts q e
Ssoalty Us iaws e snsr'ast,Sa e s,,, varss e
the establishment OF PUBLIC lbrarisss; ne .ls
pqe ones fn eah nra thresug The Of
Corinth a road from the Tlber to the
Adriatic Sec. The plans end Ideas lea tn ia
from his brain i among
made ~ the Romans. His. scheme OF
allies Ct eatynig noSn P ad
tine lay il t,,e es nature d shinss Sut
the plan survived and worked itself cut
s sino = huF paPthway for civilisat lon;
wherever Caesars footsteps were planted,
there have. been the most e l,s n a
He wa nah Of dignity syw e, et ne sr and
ness that can be ri talned by human 1aj ma
it i him to divorce bis wife because she
was OF the blood OF Marltls he declined,
though he lost his own FORTUNE, the. dover
Of his wife h!s priest :, thooa and , Wa
was SO great that when, as told IN the
familiar story. he was In the hands OF
pirates he made them loye ana =, Admffs
consul and four times dictator, and was
dictator elect ct the tine Of lls death IA
hin died vast plans thatwould have hast
cfled by huge strides the progress OF the
civilization Of tn. world.
The significance OF Caesar for .s u. Y /, !,
the fact that this colossal man, OF Rnom
Shakespeare said .,the elements were 60
mixed In him that Nature herself co trl g
stand up and sayo al II sho wo rsye ths
greatest Impulse to the Spreading Of !, CIV
ilizatlon from the shores q he Me : Ter
ranoan over EUROPE and thsnee Z. IN que
used to celebrate the anniversaries OF
men other than national heroes and other
than. religious leaders, and * IN the
folas tSa
the heroes Of humanity {. It's paro o. Is e.
It's eyes than Shlius Caesar, and. there IS
July 18th tho day when Caius julius
Caesar came upon earth to- move \. the
world further on 3 by one short lie man
almost man has eyer d9ne - dae
tory means. how a man g work nbides, how
forces 81 prosrsss vetor Huge :. !, y5e s;a
matter; he Is long since dead" In that
instance Hugo was probably light. But
what Caesar did and said does matter
greatly, B for without him tho world would
not be what it8is. strip him of all titles
and t.nd feel sof him. The mere sheer man hood
and deeds of him; try5him by2all modern
tests ~ look at him throug h modern eyes,
5stroyed ~ envy. unirscaired bvli time, an
abiding power in history. a doer. All OF
|8us In the modern world can take or our
I4"Haii Scae,ar."- Copyright, 1904, by 10
seph B.tBoWles.) = tSe5l Is s53s
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MAKERS OF RICHMOND
Brief Sketches Of Men Who Have Helped Make the City
sketch No pi--serics Began a.1eoA ,48

| Mr.. william L royal is one OF Rich
fnond's best known men. HIS career
il, an interesting one. He was born III
Fauq,i Ter Y county, Va, November ID,
1874. His mother was Anne Keith lTay
lbr, daughter OF Jane Marshall, youngeat
sister of Chief Justice John Marshall,
wife OF George Keith Taylor, dlstir-
Auished lawyer Of Petersburg. HIS faith
er was the Rev. Join y. Royal. a Pres.
fyterian minister. Mr.. Royal volunteer
ed IN Company A, Ninth Virginia Caval-
w, at tho age D. seventeen In March,
1852, ana served with credit 10 the end OF
The war as a private soldier.
After the war, he read law In this c,ey
IN the office OF William Green, one OF
the most learned lawyers this country
has ever had. He commenced the prasc-
tide Of law III this city IN 1856, and In
1873 formed a. co.partnership with the
late General Bradley 4. Johnson. Flo
|5,,racticed his profession Until the rehd-
juster movement, under the leadership
II General Malone, carried the State In
1879, when, percetving very Clearly that
as the negro vote had carried the State,
the movement must necessarily enc Z IN
q party Of which the negro was stne
basis, he abandoned his profession and
established daily newspa per called the
HCommonwe In the hope that II
might aid In STAYING off from virginia
the rnlar1ities that would follow such an
event. He had not been long publisll-
ling this paper before United States Judge
Isives made his memorable ruling by
which ho subjected the Virginia judi
ciarySto prosecutions In the United States
Courts for failing 10 have negroes az
their jurles. When the Supreme Court
or the limited States sustained judge
Flves In this ruling, Mr.. Justice Field.
of#that tribunal. made powerful dis
sent Il in which he upheld the right OF
the state to control such matters for
herself, which fired Mr.. Royal into
such enthusiasm that he at once de-
clared In his paper that Judge & Field
should be made tho Democratic nominee
for President In the approac hing cleo
ton. He made + a vigorous contest Tor
this nomination. and was sent by tho
district as q delegate to the National Dem
ocratic Convention that met In ctncin--t
siati In 1880. and that nominated Han
cock against Mr.. Royals most de-
termined opposition .i s33 .:s M
Closing his aewspa per Of tier this event
| ne went to New 3 ork, / where he Practical
his profession successfully for four
years. ' 53Sa. IN
while Nj. Royal was practicing law Law
4
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mated such a ma q The best Of 1t all is
that this copservattssn was chiefly srs-
taihed by tao delegates from the South.
There could have been; there could be-.
no nobler tribute to Southern Democracy
What does 1t all mean? The delegates
In that convention were representative
Democrats. and their conduct shows that
the Democracy is indeed safe and sane.
and that It .is reliable. Conservative men
throughout the Union must realize this
fact. The Democratic convention Of 1908
has proven to the world that the Demo-
cratic party Of the nation can be trusted
with the affairs of government, and we
have an abiding faith that the voters
Will so declare on election day.
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IN New York, the rcad5t,ster party elect.
ed Cameron Governor, OF the State, and
being thus In control OF the entire State,
government, they enacted the 1egis1a-.
ture by which they expected to force .
REIMBURSEMENT OF tho public debt The
6Great body OF tho States creditors were
In London, and these organized into q
i body and employed Mr.. Royal to fight
the readjuster's laws In the court. Ief
left 1iew York and returned to Richmond
4 to make this contest which he carried
on against tho State for about eight
years, until the Oicott settlement OF the
State debt was effected In 1882. nnder
" hich tho whole scheme OF readinst.
3ment was abandoned and the creditor
got great Increase on their claims,
This settlement was forced upon the
State as the result OF Mr.. ROYALS per-
sistent and gigantic struggle in trs
courts. When this settlement was eff.
ffected Mr.. Royal accepted a position
as principal editorial writer on The
Times for about four years. when hi,
returned to the practice OF the profess.
ton Of the law In Richmond city, which
he has successfully followed ever since.
Mr.. Royals editorial articles We're
!characte rized by. an unending elevation
to three ideas. to act the equality OF all
men before the law; the single gold
STANDARD. and honesty In elections. :
rs not too much 10 say that his steady.
pressure for honesty In our electi ions wa
enc OF tho causes OF the people calling
the Constitutional Convention that e.
1tablished the basis Of suffrage.
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G1ena, ~ O 9; Z
~ IKE and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

New Orleans states The emine nt edi-
tors Of the several nsWspapers when
aspire to tell Jud SO Parker exaotly what
he must do Y as a esiden tial ca ndldate
Will not fall to AXE Office, we trust, that
the Judge gets up very ga rlyl In the mo n.
ing, s. nj demonstr rated on Saturda az that ne
does not have to await editorial instruc
lions before doing the necessary and im'
portant thing. KS Il
Birmin Cham News; IaanaaIn is ALREADY
kicking about high tariff rel ATOMS:
Panama is threatened with the dose ot
burco with which the Anne rtcan,l peop I,,
have long been treated under q ~ Dill no
wants a show, ,S VI ri
Atlanta Journal !: And as the New York !. (:
man has led the party 70 hnn t99
Harmony so VIC fhel eve that ne WAL lshu
II to victory, "a The, bql dnesss OF his ac ION,
the moral courag e Whioh sunderlaysit, ha as
not only served to au Leg ens the 4 ent ~,
siasm Of all Demo Is, but ~ 9 has haa Etne
Inevitable effect Of at tracing TO q; man
al such 9proportlons thousands OK inne1
pendent and Republ lean ayoter y III ne
,wyhen the candidate sent his telegraphlS
message to tho convent ton. and openea
with a dash and vim " mich is the p esp
assurance OF victory,
Savannah News: Ex-Senator Davis says
that since his nomination for V1ceFlFesl.
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Most People Sadly Deficient in Spelling.

art It they had given their minds to II
ca rnestly, and at would have paid them
Do 80 psr
through this defect, which became noto;
rio US. Isl. S.j 81 - S{ . II
familiar with the Latin and Creek lam
qua ges are apt to be surers and more accu.
rate than others in their spelling; the
roots q many
naturally separates o. COMPOUND 5aiorG into n
psrsSt foE nss1ssf not Eli Z spell
5" ate With ono his mind takes
the WORD apart into "ad ani tendo "a
he recalls %,nou "a two
q, {. sThe practically infailible way;
though truly long to BE E9Sa
WHICH many ia y OF our words come. The
college man who no longer reads Latin
or Greek may take this mp oh consolation,
that his studies hays hePea aim the
American millions course IN a a.
Languages, 5. !. n # KS
The right method by which the average
person should begin to reform in. speilin
Is to assume that he cannot apeli;-Wn ~ -
probably iad BE- Thasb ana sa hso not
Was si's aware Of, let him take tho cure Of p;
spelIaE b0SSk TSrdI ei
who detects himself In errors IN THIS
direction not be downcast, as u he had
been found stealing sheep; let MIN re-,
member that ut is human to err tan9
E that he &has snultltudlnous company, anu y!
let him while asslduously earning 70
spell, rail at The Eng ish' LAM uage as Is e e
chaos as
reformers: let him find fault wit g, ~,
teachers OF his youth and with eyerypStoay;
but Ehiipself let him contemn the fin !lt;a!
people who make too much Of so EtTlvlaaiia
q matter as spelling; let him 3tmprecsaIse
all manner OF evils on employ VINO o cIs.
charge people for such minor de ects, p "
al the same time and persistently let, a
according to accep pied standards. rms, o'os
fashioned spelling bee: was a! means. I, % o.
ora &c to many a 1wavcrlng, UNI stead anu any
uncerta In spcller, and nigh be reviysus
IN all circles throughout the land 10 az
Vantage, to the happiness 3ot weary eslqis.s
tors and tvexed employers, and 1 tos III s,te
saving of positions TO those o. me ,,a,epias
spelling Of ENGLISH ~ d Sc noo;is
this matter. Let, those who find .tnetfIn r.,
selves defective In this respect sectrs ,atr
and lin the lunobseryed silence OF tnelr
room d raw from the side or vest .poG; lis
a q small book OF words and sssealtthh aty
con 1t, as some brave people aS i..' '4a
deed of desperate shame YOU need n nt
eSpioit your habits like Mona mmeda nss
LnneeeIine on rugs In the streets at B me
3nra YER hours, but whether In Pr DIG "
IriVate learn to- spell, And ed Ors and
eenpio yers will rise up S5and can YOU
ol fcopynght 1904 BY joseph 3. BoN'les,)
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,naurnrAted a probation system which
IL supported by the c6iored people them
selves. One negro has given one hun
dred and twenty 1--WE acres of land to
ne used for the work, and the eolored
ipcople have formed an association to
co-operate and organize a reform school
for hayward boys and girls OF their
race.
The New york Independent speaks np-
Eprovingly and hopefully OF this work,
and our contemporary, which takes q
keen interest in the negro question at
the South. will doubtless be pleased to
lnow that in Virginia we have for
some time had an institu ton for the
care and training OF negro boys con-
yicted Of crime. This Institution. as
our readers we'll know, IL located in
Hanover county, and Is In charge OF 9
board composed of white men and coll
cred mon. 1t Is managed by an ,intelr-
,lisent colored man and his wife, who have
The institution is mainly sup
ported BY an appropriation from the
consecrated themselves, to the work.
ported by an appropriation from tho
State, but the boys contribute largely
{tc their own support BY working on the
farm. Up tofthis time with two or three
exceptions every boy sentenced to q term
IN this institution has been received and
the .convicts seem to be happy and con-
tented in their home. It Is rarely that
any Of them have attempted to escape.
The institution Is new, but a number Q Z
boys have been sent away reformed. and
we believe that no one Of them has re- re-
turned to a life Of crime.
we say this in no boastful spirit but
" should like for the people OF the
North to know what Virginia is doing
to save the colored youth and to bring
them up to be good and useful citizens ems
This institution is Identical in purpose
and In operation with tho Laurel Re-
formatory for white youths
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The Wheat Crop.

The Chicago Record Herald makes an
interesting comment, on James j. Hill 8
estimate Of the wheat crop Mr.. Hill, as
president OF a great grain-carrying road
in the Northwest, Is compelled to care
fully study the conditions that produce
traffic for his line. His opinion. there
fore, on the wheat crop is based upon
some expert at information as is received
by no other person, except, perhaps, the
government
! Mr.. Hills forecast for this year Is
that the wheat crop will not be more
than 100000. 600 bushels. and this IL re-
garded as short crop and the state
ment Of Mr. Hill is, therefore, looked
upon as pessimlstic. Next to hay and
cotton. says the Record Herald, the
wheat crop Is the most valua BILE product
Of American agriculture. AZ Secretary
Wilson, Of the D Department OF Agriculture.
said in his last report, the wheat product
in recent years has ranged from 6ooo
900 to 75o 100000 bushels. worth to the
farmer from $3.50, o00, 900 to $50 Co., 900. while
the value Of the cotton crop, including
seed, has reached $3.50. ooo, 900. The value
Of the hay crop ranges from $3.50 900 900
to $3.50 0Oo, 900. 7tss t5 II
The shortage is attributed to continu-
Gus and drenching rains and windstorms
inTthes Red River Valley and in the great
grain States Of the Southwest. While the
farmers and dealers In Minnesota are OPP
timistic and declareFthat the Yield in that
state will not fall below y, cog, 900 bushels
the havoc wrought by the elements in
Kansas and Nebraska & tbs said, will cause
a considerable decrease from the usual
crops in those States. 81 In five days the
estimates for the ttotalTyleids for Kansas
and Nebraska have dropped several mil
lion bushels. In Iowa and Missouri con-
ditions favor a normal crop,
II the total crop OF the country reaches
COO ooo, 900 bushels. as Mr.. Hill predicts,
there is no warrant in the crop statistics
OF recent years for taking o. pessmistic
view Of the general outlook Since 1893
the total wheat crop has ranged all the
way from 1885, 1s1,725 bushels in that year
to 74s, 100000 bushels & IN 1901. It was
&c. oes, 900 bushels in 1902 and es7, 900 900
bushels in 1908 In 1900 the total yield
was only 22,asoooo bushels, and in 1899
1t reached 647so4ooo bushels. In 1898
there was an exceptionally heavy crop,
| the total number OF bushels being re-
ported as e75.142 900. but In the years 1895.
1895 and 1894 the crop fell below 500, ooo,o 900
bushels.
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The Conservative Democracy.

The Conservative Democracy.
Z The most impressive feature Of tho Ma
Stional Democratic Convention OF 1904 WIS
the heroic conservatism OF the sgreat ma.
jority Of the delegates. The convention,
although composed OF a thousand dele.
gates, was only small part of the vast
assembly. On the night of tho nominal
ton there were between twelve and thir.
teen thousand people assembled, a great
mass OF emotional excitable and excited
humanity. 1t was like great human sea-
as tickle as the ocean itself, and stirred
more or less by every breath that swept
over 1t. Its mood was Chiefly stormy.
When stirred by oratory there was a
storm of enthusiasm; when stirred by.
the strains OF Dixie" thcrc was a storm
OF hilarty But when the counter winds
OF opposition blew. there was storm OF
kissing protests. an angry, furious storm.
which was frightful and intimidating,
Time ana again these storms of opposition
| ragged. and time and again would observ-
CTS feel that the conservatism OF the oon-
pention must go down In the tempest.
Dropping the figure no one except
those who We're present can form any
conception Of the terrific pressure which
was brought to bear by the surrounding
audience upon the convention proper. and
time apd again 1t seemed impossible for
the convention to resist II seemed that
1t must be swept off It's feet and stam-
peded. Yet tho great majority of the
delegates sat through these numerous or
deals, and with the courage and heroism
of spartans resisted every appeal and
every threat The majority had gone
there with a set purpose. and they pur-
sued 1t through to tho end, with no
shadow Of turning, They had gone there
to make a conservative Democratic plat
form with the faint of populism. and they
made 1t. They had gone thereto nomi-
nate man in whom the people of all
Glasses had confidence. and they nomi-
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Modern "Financiering.''

We print elsewhere brief history Of
the Virginia Passenger and Power Com
T pany, which is a history Of wreck and
destruction. A perusal OF the bills and
answers, Of the charges and counter
z charges or the various parties in the
various suits that have been brought, is
u enough to arouse the righteous indigna-
ton Of every citizen of Richmond, Man
chester and Petersburg.
The streets of a city are a valuable
asset, and rilen the city grants q privi--
% lege to a company to occupy its streets
/ with railway lines, 1t Is With the under
L standing that the public convenience and
welfare will be promoted The people
are willing that the persons who build,
equip and operate the lines shall make
enough money to pay operating expenses
at fair rate Of wages toSlts employees,
and a fair returh 1.-THE amount OF money
actually invested. But the main object
in granting such franchise is to give
the public a good street car service at a
4 low rate. 1t was certainly never intended
3 by the city of Richmond TO grant Mr..
Fisher a franchise that he might make
millions for himself and associates at
the expense of the public.
The city Of Richmond is a prosperous
and growing city, and its street car lines
are literally patronized. On the main
lines 1t is at certain seasons almost I'M
possible for the cars to accommodate
the crowds. Yet the company is bank
rupt, and.aail because 1t has been loaded
down With lebt that some person, or
persons-how many. h9aven only knows
might get rich rake-offs.
So far as Mr.. Gould is concerned, it
4 does not appear from the records that
he has done anything wrong. He found
the company in tight place. and when
I he put UP money to pay off It's debts he
made the terms to suit himself. But that
4 Is neither here nor there. These splendid
properties have been wrecked by the
modern methods Of "fnancierlng." and
the public is made to suffer.
The constituent companies seem to have
been bonded up to their full value. but
when the Virginia Passenger and Power
Company was born. II celebrated Its birth
day by putting blanket mortgage upon
all the properties for fifteen million dol
lars and raising it capital stock in one
day from three TO fifteen millions!
How long VIII the public stand that sort
OF thing? The Richmond case is only a
sample OF what has been done time and
again elsewhere. Good properties are
bonded and capitalized in the most reck.
less manner in order that the promoters
may enrich themselves, and then high
rates are charged upon the plea that the
road must be made to earn It's fixed
charges and reasonable dividend or
Its watered stock.
The public cannot always be fooled. and
this sort of pillage will not be tolerated
forever.