The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-04

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civil War has always been mere or less lieSHs
or h mystery. rs Al y III ii ..,,t,.
Mr.. Kendriclt, I'll speaking oflthe B BID,
yesterday said: ri i, !. q
sfSsnT havo Ind the Blblc for more than
twenty years, Collectors say u IS a price, price,
hess possesslon. General Washington. us
well as his wife, read from ~ ~ con OH
Ituins tho entry of many hfths IN ltl V,
GUSTS family, rs well MS that OF General ie't
Robert u. Lee, to whom IT belong 2 i,
nvn,ious members Of the Lee family
have claimed 1t, but consider that only
orc Of thenlS General 1ritzhugf Lee, son
Of the Confederate leader Is chtitssd 70
posses tho Dible He has never asked
for 1t. III he wishes the Bibo he can
have 1t. ~
II would tnt,ch prefer, though that the
Bible be placed in some public exhibit,
such MS tho Smithsonian Institution, But,
as have already said, / wotild be willing
to give 1t to Genera, 1Titshugh Lee
Tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
This Is somewhat different story
from that published BY The Tlmes.Dls-
patch some tiine ngo. General Fitz Lee
Is Of course, not a son, but a nephew, Of
General Robert i. Lee. Hc Informs us
that the person who is entitled to claim
this Bible Is General G. W. Gusts Lee
"a son Of General n. f. Ice), whose
postofllce address is Burks, Fairfax
county. Va.
Custls Lee graduated at the head Of his
class ut West Point-ono grade higher
than his father had graduntcd-and was
a Encouragement, in tho Confederate army,
and for most of the war a member OF
the staff of President Davis
The Arlington estate and per-
sonas property therein were de-
vis.ed to Mrs. r.. r. Leo by her father
George Washington Parke Custis and
after her 10 her son GUSTS. After tho
Confederate war General Gusts Lee sold
Arlington to the United States govern
ment Tho personal property carried off
when the ITsdcrals took possession OF Ar
lington was not returned. This Bible Is
enc piece Of it, and inasmuch as 1t be-
longs to General G.. w. Gusts Lee, 1t
should be returned to him.
d i y Us
We are pleased to see that "Thc Moth
cdist," UNCONVENTIONAL paper published
in Danvilc, Va, has been greatly en-
lnrged and improved. 1t now appears
in eight-page FORM and, makes a splcn-
Gid Typographical appearance. "The
Methodist" has been built up by the
pluck and energy Of Mr.. r. e., Moseley.
n tn5 1o1 10 cio rfa1 nc
paper with no hope OF personal gain,
his only idea being to promote the cause
ef tho church in which he has for many
years been an active worker But his
lators have been doubly rewarded. The
Methodist has been an active force in
religious exploitation throughout that
section Of tho State, and in addition has
developed into a good newspaper prop
erty
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The Hon. William Collins Whitney, who
was Mr.. Clevelands Secretary of the
Navy In tho years 1Ss5-1sS9, had much
to do with the formation Of what is called
"the new navy There arc several
claimants for that honor, but 1t may be
fairly said that to him belongs much Of
the credit which has given tho United
States a fleet Of up-to-date war ships.
Mr.. Whitney declined reappolntment
| during Cleveland's second adninlstra-
ton being largely engrossed in various
large business enterprises. He was per-
sonally popular, and there were many
men active in politics who believed that
no would como to the front as a presi-
dentfal candidate
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The open street car door is charged
with bringing on pneumonia in many
cases in the North. It is very likely.
! The draft that comes through such a
| car on a cold day is something awful.
| to feeble persons. Strong, healthy men
can't understand 1t. AS rule, street
| car conductors al,s polite and considera to
men, but many Of them do not know
! what 1t Is 10 suffer from cold. or course,
car doors cannot be kept closed always,
| but they can be kept closed most Of the
| time.
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| Judge Wexford has long been an in
structor In this community, and has
taught many valuable lessons. ono of
the most important Of which is the art
OF growing old gracefully Ago has had
upon him much the same effect that it
has upon good fruit. It has brought hin,
to a rich maturity, softening his dispose
ton and developing It's sweetness, and
happy every man who shall follow his
example.
1t has become custom in Baltimore
FOR the Mayor and many other city OH
Gals to BIO furnished with flowers grown
at the public expense in the city parks
a stop is to be put to this practice. Tho
park board disapproves It, and SO does
the Mayor.
\ Observation-Disclosures &
Mayor Mcclellan, of New York, is also
going somewhat iEto the theatre closing