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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

dropping them Into basket, as H." he
said, you were performing an act OF
doubtful propricty, 10 be carried on sur
rcptitiously."
He further attacked the rules Of the
House. which, he said, forced members
to rise and discuss questions having no
reference to the bill under consideration,
thus reducing the whole proceeding to
the level Of opera bouffe."
Reverting TO the Presidents order, Mr..
Cochran contcnded that the Secretary Of
the Interior Justified the action upon the
precedent Of President Cleveland "Wcll,
sir, he said pacing up and down the
center aisle, II that be SO, then In Gods
name let us condemn that act Of MIR.
clcveland's rs vehement!y us the act Of
any Republican President.
The disposition to justify almost cvery-
thing by pleading that Mr. Cleveland did
The vigorously declared, "is tho high
est OF compliments than can be paid to
"A man by any Congress In our political
history Continuing he said: You tell
lis Mr.. Cleveland did 1t. and. therefore.
1t must be regular II this act was com
mitted by Mr.. Cleveland" he said, the
confidence which lie enjoys adds to its
danger and does not lessen 1t.
STORM OF APPLAUSE.
4 He closed amid n storm OF applause
by appealing TO both SIDES OIL inc HOUSE
10 unite on declaration Of rights be
You'd which the aggression of the Senate
or OF the Executive shall not go.
The President and Secretary OF tho
Interior found warm supporters In Messrs.
DalzeIl, Grosvcnor. Gibson. Ca1dcrhead,
Lacey and Hepburn. The former main
tanned that It made no difference how
many millions of dollars were involved
In the Presidents order, because the Sec
rotary OF the Interior distributed the
money voted by Congress pursuant to
the rules OF evidence established by the
Pension Bureau. Mr.. Grosvenor believed
that the country and the old soldiers
would approve Of the order and that
the mon eys necessary for putting 1t Into
effect would be included In the forth
coming deficiency bill. and would be sup
ported by majority of the House.
The debate was upon a resolution intro
duced by Mr.. COCHRAN. directing the Com
mittee on the judiciary to investigate the
recent pension order. It had been report
cd from the Committee on Rules with q
recommendation that 1t lie on the table.
and this was adopted by the narrow
ma jority of three votes. tbs Speaker hay
Ing his vote recorded In the affirmative.
Three Republican, Messrs. Cushm h. Of
Washington: LItteficld OF Maine, and
Mccall, OF Massachusetts. voted with tho
Democrats against tabling the resolution.
The House adjourned until tomorrow.
when eulogies will be delivered on Repre-
sentative Burke and Foerderer, OF Penn
nj
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
AMERICAN WIFE DESERTS
HER JAPANESE HUSBAND

Especial to The Times Dispatch.)
PHILADELPHIA. PA. April 9.--For the
fifth time since his marriage last June,
Jason Luman, young Japanese physI-
clan studying at the Philadelphia Hospl-
tall under orders from the Japanese gov
eminent, has been deserted by his pretty
American wife.
Luman lhas received instructions to
start home, and he fears he will have to
leave Mrs, Illman behind.
The doctor has sworn out warrant for
John George, a mulatto. who lives at
No, 17l5 Lombard Street. and whom he
charges with annoying his wife,
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A SERIOUS ILLNESS
THREATENS NOTED MAN
tspecia to The ;TImes-Dispatch.,

NEW YORK. April o.-The Rev. Or.
Newell Dwight Hills has during the
week been threatened with pneumonia,
and has ceased temporarily all his church
,labors Dr. William Butler. Of No. 11S
Halsey Street. has been In constant at
tendance upon the clergyman.
The trouble Is now an aggravated form
of tonsiitis which on "Wednesday It was
feared might develop serious compllca-
tions. There was no change In DR.. Hill
Isis condition until yesterday morning.
when he was reported better. He is still
confined to his bed. and will not be able
to fiji his pulpit Tomorrow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
.CITYS INCENDIARY
GETS TWENTY YEARS.
lRy AssocIuted Press,l

x PRIEST ~, GA, April 9,-Twenty years
at hard labor In the penitentlary was the
sentence imposed upon Henry Morgan.
convicted OF having burned the business
portion of the town q few weeks ago. I'M
lnediately after the imposition of the sem
Etence to-day the trlalSof Sidney Harrcll,
indicted upon tho same charge as Nor
gan, was commenced, hut continuance
was granted when ono Sof his attorneys
became III. Both prisoners, under $4,000
bonds, We're taken to Americus for safe
keeping,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
SHORT DOCKET.
mot Great Deal Of Municipal
business During Campaign.

Business during Campaign.
There are but few municipal meetings
scheduled for the coming week at the
City Hall. owing to the interest in the
pending campaign. Following Is the.
schedule. so far as 1t has been made up:
Committee on Electrlclty-Monday, S
O'Clock p. M.
Board OF Aldermen-Tuesday, S O'clock
P, NJ.
Committee on Water-Thursday 1880
p NJ
Committee on Thursday. s
r. Nj.
COMMITTEES on LIght-Thursday, 8
p, M.
There may be some other scattering
meetings during the week. but none ex-
cept those which are necessary will be
held until after the city campaign.
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CLOSE OF Times
DISPATCH CONTEST
CONTINUED from First Page,>

9# CONTINUED from f|FSI faSe')
Battle Of Life ! was also q corres-
pendent of the paper at or before this
time under the signature of Incog. A few
years later I made trip to the West
and corresponded for the paper, From
Memphis and Brownsville, Tenn, Mr..
q, II. Southall, our present postmaster,
and since 1867, remembers that ! have
taken the Dispatch ever since he has
been In office. ! have been taking the
Weekly Times pispatc h now for the pa
three months. did not feel able to take
the Daily. as Y should have liked to-
am now In my seyenty-sixth year, and
think perhaps. might be entitled to the
paper under your very liberal offer.
which would really be very acceptable to
mo now.
/ vas born In this county, near tho
Courthouse, Amelia county. Va. and was
engaged In the mercantile business for
upwards OF thirtyrfiye years. was JUS
tjce Of the peace for number of years.
ana treasurer Of the county for twenty
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The Old Ways.

Ono Illustration Is sufficient to show
how this u.s. In the old days Richmond
was the biggest COFFEE market ~ az me
Southern country, and perhaps with tho
execution of New York, the biggest In
tho whole country. 49,,
Ships laden with coffee came direct
from Brazil TO the Virginia capes, and
were brought up James River to the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

Root Beer, tnukes five gallons, &c
n4r bottle..... -. :. -
Campbel's Soups, assortment OF y 80
al kinds, De-, or three ca1s...... @ ss'1-''
we are selling n regular soc, d0r
Tea for, per pound. ................$ :, -
Nialta-Vita and Tryabita Break 1OcI
fast Food, per packaEe.p........... =,
i french Peas, two ". cans 25c.
Best Quality Corn and Tomatoes Re
mixed per y, IA
BE. Best Sugar Cured Hams per lac
Finest Sugar Cured Break 10IZr
fast Bacon, per pound ......... Aa@H/ZS
Sand Soap, for cleaning purposes. Sr
two bars acknowledgements. ~
White a Sugar, six pounds DEc.
for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. AOO
Best Tomatoes, large cans, per IT.
can Observation-Disclosures.
Best Quality Early June Peas, Or
per can ........................... $50. = m
Seven pounds Of Large Lump 81
Starch acknowledgements. -, =
Glover Hay. per hum SUC
drcd ..........l u 80
= Tsbis Psashes, larse cans. tvo 25C
Clothes Pins. per lC
dozen 80. 49, -
GOOD cheese, two pounds 25c
for observation-disclosures. NJ IN
pure Leaf Lard. best quality. 10r
per mound ......l.........,. -
b Whole Sweet Pickles, TIC.
urart n. 80,
81 Jul!an ,of G1sset Wlne, import. 25c
y o:resnsRio Coffee, per 1OC
Mound OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 'As
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WHAT CITY is
DOING TO- EXPAND
tContlnued from FIRST Page,) m

(ContnueH FF0H FEFsl +'Hgu3 "
half Of this little world does not know
what tbs other half Is doing.
knowledge Is Wealth.
The Times Dispat cl, approaching the
fact that knowledge Is wealth IN more
senses than one, realizing the fact that
TOD many Richmond people nre compara-
lively ignorant of tho yastness of the lit
ia 1pu sIness world We. have here ON the
hanks OF the mighty James, and, helley-
ing that more intimate acquaintance of
INC peopls Of this business world, one
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
Moved Often, But Kept the Paper

4 y NJ.
Charlottesville, Va, March cs 1901.
Editor OF The Times Dlspa tch:
Sir.-Referring to your offer to old
subscribers. herewith enclose statement.
Ry reference to subscription books OF
Dispatch it can he verified. Subscribed
10 Daily Dispatch November 1911 O%-
irg to the fact that did not have time
to read the Daily, changed to SEMI
Weekly, Received the paper at West
Point, Va. until December, 1878. and
then changed to Richmond. and received
the Seml-Weekly there until some time
in October l4th, 18Th, and then change'
to stanton, Va, and received II there
until December %, 1874. then changed
to King william Courthouse and received
It there until some time In January or
February, 1884. I then changed 70 Rlch-
mond. and received It there until some
time In October. 1854, and then changed
to Flippo's. Caroline county, va, and
received the paper there until January,
1850. I then moved to Nelson county,
va, and received the paper at slaugh-
ters and I.odebar until February, lS92,
Then changed 10 Greenwood until some
time in November. 1902 Then changed 70
Overton. possibly for a very short time,
and then TO Simeon until some time IN
January, 1894. Then charged to Shad-
we'll until December. 1895. and Their back
to Simeon until January. 1908, and then
to Rose Hill. Charlottesville, as al. pres
ient, Was also subscriber to The Times
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Offering this excponal yaue Fo ancsg
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S,vitt.E TIE other. viii beget mora con-.
mercis pride and produce more Dairiotlc
unity Of action, proposes 70 undertake
tho pleasant dtityEof Introducing Rich.
inond folks one To tho other.
TU that end IL is proposed to publish
III The Times Dispatch from Sunday TO
SUNDAY b. series 81 articles on what Is
l1sichmond DoinR?'HH 5s3
these articles are being prepared by a
member OF the staff. who is carefully
gathering his information from the foun-
Sin,r heads, and proposes to make the
articles d repository Of information that
r,,t, be Implicitly relied upon. The first
so,irse Of tho series vii deal almost on
tirelv WITH Richmond as distributing
Mini and wlolcsnllig market. For the
p,irroses 81 this, the initial article on tho
general subject. the statements .s ,,. can, II
e., :, t,elr. Cha racter, and no dry statistics
~ boring figures will be used.
IN Il neneral way. 1T may be said that
nature marked out Richmond for great
M. E.l- AZ. :. .,a,,t q !. 7
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"a good many years and was at the time
of consolidation with the Dis patch. Was 7.,I
subscriber when the Dispatch made the
different changes in the paper: The he
paper may have stopped on me q . lew
days when some times failed for short
time TO renew subscription furnish RMS no
sworn statement. but what I have written
i believe to be corrcst.4 Re ference to
mailing books will prove It to you "A s5iS
1905 Very respectfully w.. " I!tsl1i 3tlHsGNgl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10

Sc When the old scod gers tried In the the days
following the war and the early I, n n arclaes
OF Improvement to keep on, s.sl1'ns e ~
70, II, that way and refused to get out
- the did ruts. they very naturally lost
, 1nuch of tho coffee trade that had SO
lone been the boast of commercial iuc en-.
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14

what is termed a "fareback''-that is,
fame resulting in some manner not
known from the residual gases attend
ant upon the combustion Of a previous
charge. All of the officers and crew
are exonerated. Admiral Barker de-
clared that rapid firing has reached
it's limit and that it is now known to
be dangerous to fire rapidly leeward
as we'll as windward
Notes.
The five issues of postage stamps to
commemorate the Louisiana purchase
were put on sale the day the fair open
ed. Secretary Hitchcock has
allotted $1,OOO,OOO to build the big res
ervoir in Wyoming. which is to irri-
gate 25OO0O acres. II y Rough Rider
Grigsby has resigned his position as
marshal in Alaska after the attorney
general had twice recommended him
for dismissal. ** The war depart
ment has refused to investigate the
charges of Captain Walker against
Colonel Mills, who had Walker ban
ished from West Point.
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
DEN MARK.
Copenhagen.

A so-called tuberculosis conference
will be held in Copenha gen May 25-
| 20, which will be attended by hum
dreds of physicians from all parts of
Europe and America. Norway will be
represented by Drs, Klads Hansen.
Holmboe and AndwOrd. Conspicuous
among those in attenda nee will natur-
| ally be DIR. Finsen of Copenhagen,
| who has invented the Finsen light
cure, through which many tubercular
cases have been successfully treated.
Major Alvord, chief of the United
States dairy department, has issued a
very interesting report on the dairy
industry in Denmark. He speaks very
highly of Danish methods and eX-
presses his astonishment at the per
feet system in practice in Denmark.
Says he in conclusion: And the Danes
eat margarine in order to sell their
butter to England
The Danish author, Carl EWald, has
written an open letter in The Politiken
to Minister of Justice Nellemamn con-
cerning the whipping post law, which
has been the subject of such anima ted
debates in the fOlketing during the
past session. MIR. Ewald severely crit
icises Minister Nellemann for advO-
eating the maintenance of the barbar-
GUS whipping post.
During their recent visit to Copen-
hagen King Edward and Queen Alex
andra, accompanied by members of the
Danish royal family, paid a visit to
DIR. Finsen's lupus institute. Or. Fin
sen, who for number of months has
been in ill-health, was SO weak that he
was only able to converse with his
distinguished guests for few mo-
ments.
Rumor has it that the crown prince
Of Germany is seeking the hand Of
Princess 1hyra, The Grown Prince
attended King Christians birthday,
this being the third time that he has
visited Copenhagen within the period
of year.
Jacob Knudsen, the author, is at
work ON a new book, which he con-
templates finishing during the sum-
mer. Mr. Knudsen is at present resid-
ing in Hiilerod.
Emperor Williams birthday gift to
King Christian consisted of riding
whip with a golden handle studded.
with diamonds.
Baron Zypten-Adeler has sold the
we!l-knowm country seat "Rebelle-
gard to Fritz Won Buchwald for 3d.
600 crowns.
Hans Juhl has sold his ''gaard" in
Aastorp to Chritian Skott, from Faust
rup, for 100000 crowns.
MARION s. NORELIUS.
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
RELIGIOUS
Negro Troubles Methodists.

Negro Troubles Methodists.
One Of the first questions of general
interest which came before the Meth
odist general conference after the
opening ceremonies at Los Angeles last
week was the proposition made by Dr.
George Elliott Of Detroit looking to
the election of negro bishop as a
means of holding the 100000 colored
membership.
The quadrennial address by Bishop
Foss showed a present membership of
3,031,91S in the Methodist church.
This was an increase of 13S,025 during
the past four years. 5r
Bible League to Fight Critics.
The American Bible league, in
three days conference at New York
last week, heard many addresses
against the higher criticism and de-
cided on an active crusade through
the organization Of Bible study groups
in every town and village in the coun-
try. A new system of study proposed
is to take the Bible as a whole and not
in fragments. A committee is to issue
Bible reading primers to emphasize
vital questions and contradict the
critics Later a Bible dictionary and
encyclopedia are to be brought out
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14

Notes.
The clause in the will of the late
Mrs. Fanny S. Wilder of st. Paul,
Mimi, creating a $2,O00,O0O trust fund
''for the worthy poor" was declared
valid by Judge Bum. 1t was con-
tested by eleven nieces and nephews
who declared it mot specific" and
therefore illegal. Four indict-
ments were. brought against e. @.
Brown, a member Of the Iowa railroad
commission and president Of the bank
rupt Sheldon State bank, charging
him with irregularities in the banks
affairs, one count charging embezzle-
ment of $4,000. = The supreme
court affirmed the constitutionality Of
the Texas law imposing a fine of $25
upon railroads which permitted John
son grass to go to seed along it's
tracks. + " The graft charges against
former Mayor Ames Of st. Paul have,
been again before jury at that city,
the defendant making defense on the
ground that he was intoxicated. T
Papers were served in an action for
libel brought by the New York Times
against w. R. Hearst and his news
papers, because of an article which it
is charged was written to create the
belief that the Times is owned and
controlled by August Belmont
The case Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company against the PennsyI-
vania railroad growing out Of the
chopping down Of the formers poles
last year has been sent back to the
lower court for retrial. y DR.. w. e.
Woodend, whose brokerage concern at
New York collapsed last week, re-
turned and voluntarily placed himself
in the hands of the district attorney to
fight for his reputation, though ad-
mitting bankruptcy. ."
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
NORWAY.
ChriStiania.

Captain Sverdrup, the arctic explor-
er, related story not long ago of how
one of his dogs named Karl" fell ill
during an expedition, even losing his
appetite-a thing almost unheard of
in an Eskimo pack But Karl was
hot only good dog, but wise one,
and therefore Karl knew what to do.
;; He curled himself round in ball and
lay down close to one Of his comrades,
between his legs, where he could be
sheltered as well as warm. This.
however was not at all to the mind
of the dog in question, and he was
mgallant enough to get UP and change
his place. But Karl was equal to the
situation. He took his allowance,
went up to the dog in question, and
put it down before his nose, as much
as to say: Here. this is for you; now
do be kind and let me lie quiet. Then
he licked his face in a coaXing way
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
EDUCATIONAL

CIeveIand's Princeton Lecture.
AS a teacher and Interpreter of DO
litical history Grover Cleveland has
again illustrated an appropriate func-
ton for an ex-president Of the Amer
lean republic. Before the students of
Princeton university Mr. Cleveland de-
livered lecture on ''The Government
In the Chicago Strike of 1894"
Two Gifts For Columbia.
President Butler of Columbia uni
versity has announced the gift of $780,
900 from Horace w. Carpenter Of the
class of 1S4S for chair in the medical
school and an anonymous gift suffi-
cient to establish new professorship
of philosophy. TO the latter chair
John Dewey Of Chicago university was
called by the trustees.
For Corporal Punishment.
The Chicago Central Teachers coun-
Gil has passed resolutions favoring
corporal punishment. the same to be
administered by the principals ON con-
sent of the parents Of the child.
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14

and curled himself round again in his
old place. This time he was really al
lowed to remain in peace"
Diamonds valued at 5000 crowns
and a purse containing 500 CROWNS in
| money were stolen from woman Ell
route for Christiania in a sleeping car
A former bellboy named Sverre Han
son was arrested later ON in Chris
tiania and finally confessed that he
was the thief. He brought the dia.
monds to one of his 'pals" in Volga-
| den, where they had hidden them in a
garret. The money they had divided
between themselves, having spent the
entire amount ia the cafes about town.
Norway's greatest postal connection
Is with America. Norwegian mail sta
tistics show that from Norway were
sent last year 6,50O,000 letters; 1,3O0,-
600 were addressed to the United
States, /, 100000 to Germany, 1,600,-
600 to Sweden, 1,O5O0O0 to England,
100000 to Denmark, 25O,OOO to France
and 100000 to Holland and 100000 to
Belgium.
An English-German syndicate is at
present negotiating for options on the
Mauranger gold fields; near the Har-
denger ford. This section of the coun-
try is said to be rich in gold and sill
ver ore and has long been sought after
by foreign capital
Professor Sophus Bugge celebrated
his fortieth anniversary as professor
at the Christiania university May 2.
In the evening the faculty gave din
ner in his honor. He is now the SEN
ior professor at the university.
A large number of sailors are now
stranded in Christiania without en-
ployment. Rents are unusually high,
and owing to the ,dullness in the mari
time branches, their condition is, to
say the least, pitiable.
Twenty women's clubs and societies
tions this year. Never before in the
history of the famous May II celebra
tions will the women be so generally
represented. ::
The socalled Norske Selskab have
sent Artist Sinding-Larsen to COpen-
hagen to make painting of the old
country-seat where the society had it's
headquarters during Vessels time.
Alexander Kielland, celebrated his
twenty-ffth anniversary as an author
May /. Kiellands are extensively read
and much appreciated by Norwegian
lovers of literature.
Civil Engineer Andreas Bull of
Christiania has departed for Wash
ington, D. c., to show the government
his new inventions of wireless teleg-
raphy.
Emperor Franz Josef of Austria is
the first royal person who has been
awarded the Lions Order. The Lions
order was recently founded by King
Oscar.
The engag cement of Egil Eide, the
popular actor, to Aagot Kavl, has just
been announced. Both names are we'll
known among Norwegian theatergo-
ers. .....
Nine. Hstrid LOUIS has signed a
three-year contract with Director
Becker, proprietor of the Berlin opera,
which has recently been completed
The Grimeli copper mines in Ask
void were opened again May 1. Con-
cul Person of Helsingborg is now the
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
Legal and Criminal.
Tramp Assaults Sister Alma.

Tramp Assaults Sister Alma.
On refusal Of Sister Mary Alma OF
the Catholic orphanage at Elm Grove
w. Va, to give him money white
tramp emptied the contents Of bottle
Of carbolic acid in her face. This act
followed the receipt by a local news
paper Of threatening letters declaring
that anarchists would avenge the
negroes recently convicted of assault
ing this same sister If a new trial was
not given them.
Barrett and Tyner Trial.
The selection Of a jury for the trial
of James N. Tyner and Harrison j.
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14
Russians Massacre Jews.
Executive.
New Naval Engineer Corps.

New Naval Engineer Corps.
The navy department has concluded
that the policy Of having no special
engineers to look after the machinery
Of warships is not wise. Secretary
Moody has directed that each year
two junior lieutenants, four ensigns
and four midshipmen just completing
their six years course shall be assign
ed ordnance duty exclusively, and the
same number in each case of junior
lieutenants, ensigns and passed mid
shipmen shall be assigned to engineer
ing duty exclusively.
Peril Of SmokeIess Powder.
The most important lesson to be
learned from the recent accident on
the battleship Missouri, judging from
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14

t h e report of
the court of in
quiry, is t h e
conclusion of
Admiral Barker
that the proper
ties of smoke
less powder are
not fully under
s t 90 d. t b e
cause of the ac-
c. d e n t w a S
found to be the
unexpected ig-
milton Of t b e
two sections of
a charge Of this
powder after it
had been placed
Morris tribune., 1904-05-14

an admlnlStra-
W h | ch issued
b on ds of the
government in
time Of peace Z"
After explaining
the authority
and nature of
the gold reserve
and the circum-
stances Of the
bond issues Of
1894, 1895 and
1895, Mr.. Cleve-
land recalls in