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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-22
FOUL PLAY

CHAPTER xxxvI1.
FOUL PLAY.
"Oh, fairest of creation, last and best
OF all Gods works!" 7a
For one or two days after the pu' .
announcement of her engagement Mii-
licent was not quite free from care. She
rather dreaded the posts. 1t was not that
she feared one letter In particular but
the postman's dlsquleting urgentYrap caus-
ed her vague uneasiness many times
a. day.
Sir Johns reply to her appealing little
letter came short and sharp. she showed
1t to no one.
my dear Miss Chyne.-I hasten to rs
ply to your kind letter of to-day announc-
Ing your approaching marriage with
my son. There are a certain number OF
trnkets which have always been handed
on from generation to generation. VIII
at once have these cleaned by the jewel
CT, In order that hey may he presented
to you Immediately attersth the ceremony
Allow me to urge upon you the adV's-
ability OF drawing unand signing pre-
'nuptial marriage settlement
Yours sincerely.
JOHN MEREDITH"
Millicent bit her pretty lip when she
perused this note She made two COM
ments at considerable interval OF time.
Stupid old thing!" was the first; and
then, after a pause, II hope they are
all diamonds"
Close upon the heels of this letter fol-
lowed host OF Others There was the
gushing, feryent letter OF the lr'eno
whose Joy was not married by the know
ledge that wedding present must neces-
sarIIy follow. Those among ones frlends
who are called upon to offer a more sub
stantia token of JOY than letter are
always the most keenly pleased TO hear
the news of an engagement, There was
the sober sheet (crossed) from the elder
ly relative living In the country, VINO,
never having been married herself, taxes
the opportunity Of giving four pages OF
advice to one about to enter that par
lous state, There was the fatherly let
ter from the country rector who chris
tened Milliccnt, and thinks that ne may
be asked to marry her In fashtona PIE
London church-and so to blshoprlc'
on heavily-crested stationery follow the
mIss'ves OF the ladies whose daughters
would make sweet bridesmaids. Also the
hearty congra tulations of the slight ne
quaintance who is going TO Egypt teS
the winter. and being DESTROYS OF letting
her house without having to pay one 81
those horrid agents, sees no harm 10
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LAUNCHING OF THE
OIL TANK STEAMER.
Standard Oil Colnpany's Boat
Glides Into the Water at
the Ship-Yards.

The oil tank steamer Captain a. r.
Lucas, built at the 1rigg ship yards
for the Standard Oil Company. was suc-
cessfully launched yesterday morning
about ~ clock
THIS Is the last Of the unfinished bust
ness In the yards when the company be-
came embarrassed. The : -pne at the
launching bore a great contrast to that
Of the first launching, when. in the pres
ence of President Mckinley. other high
d'gnitarles OF the government and thou
sands Of citizens. the little torpedo boat
Shubrick was sent into he waves, with
flags and bunting flying and many bands
OF music playing.
There was not hitch In the arrange
ments. and now the boat floats near the
wharf, awaiting the Installation of tho
machinery, and In about n month that
portion of the work will be completed and
then, from tho present outlook, most OF
the force of several hundred men viii
be reduced and the busy scene that
marked the place not many years aso will
be but a l1.6xlory.
The officials present at the launching
yesterday We're: Naval Architect u. T.,
Ford, of the Standard Oil Company;
Resident Inspector w. H. Atherholt: Pnr-
chasing Agent r. g. Purvis. and Super
ntendent Of Construction w. H. Woody,
sJr,
The Captain A, r. Lucas is steel
vessel, a75 feet In length over all, so feet
beam, % feet inches depth, % feet draft
with cargo OF 100000 gallons OF oil. Her
cost will be about 100000.
The vessel is Of the style known as oil
tank steamers. The engines to be placed
aboard are now ready, having been built
in the machine shop at the yard,
With tho completion OF this boat there
is little else to be done, and the outlook
Is not bright Everything depends upon
the bill to be acted upon t the next
session Of Congress, for the relief OF ms
ward and several others, all OF them
having lost money on government work
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is considerably below the authorized ca,
pacty Of the steamer.

Is considerably below the authorized ca
paclty Of the steamer. 5{s
Personal Mention.
Mr.. and Mrs r. r. Roberts, two chill
dren and maid left yesterday for Basic
city. Mrs. Roberts and the babies will
spend the summer months at Hotel Bran
don. Mr.. Roberts will return to Rich
lnond early next week. $se
Mrs. Manfred Call land Miss Bessie Call
are spending month near Dixondale. In
Gloucester county. Ri
Mr.. Irving Lipscomb Is enjoying the!
ocean breezes at Willoughby Beach, Va:
Mrs. Henry Lee valentine, children
and maid have gone to spend some time
at Atlantic City. a very popular seaside
resort with Richmond people,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel r. MacLean. Of
Pittsburg. Pa, who spent the winter at
Plnehurst, N. c.. and have been at No.
2l5 East Franklin Street for several weeks
on their way home, will leave to-day for
Philadelphia. # * ii
They will be Joined in the last mem
toned city by their daughter, who has
Just arrived from her home, near Bel
fast in ireland, TO pay them visit.
The many Richmond friends of Mr..
and Mrs. MacLean are very sorry to
bid them good bye, and hope to see them
again next winter.
e Mr.. and Mrs. H B. Smith, Of Horn
Quarter, King William county. spent
yesterday In Richmond. returning to their
country for London, England. He will
visit Paris and remain abroad until the
early autumn.
Mrs. silas shelburne has returned from
delightful visit to Mrs Thomas D..
Armistead, Of Roanoke, Va.
Miss Anna M. Dunlop and Miss Kath-
crime v. Steel have established an art
school In Petersburg, Va. Misses Dun
lop and Steel have been members of the
Art Students League In New York city,
and added to their art education the
finish of foreign training under the best
masters.
Miss Evelyn Gray Bell, OF F1uvanna
county. who graduated in the Richmond
School for Undergraduates as a member
OF the class OF 1901, will take post
graduate course in the school next year.
Mrs. West and children, Of this city.
are visiting Mrs. Edmund Barlow. of
Portsmouth. Va
Mrs. Herbert Gray, Miss Nellie Gray
and Mrs. James A. NIoncure and chill
dren have returned from a stay of some
weeks at Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Alice Cowan. president of the
Turner Ashby Chapter. Daughters of the
Confederacy: Mrs. e. s. Conrad, the
chapter secretary, and Mr. and Mrs, John
B. Peale have had the pine stump mark
ing the spot where General Turner Ashby
was killed. removed.
The wood will be made into savels,
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which will be presented to several Con-
federate chapters and camps.

which will be presented to several Con-
federate chapters and camps. /,
Miss Bette Conrad, the daughter OF
Major and Mrs. Holmes Conrad, Is the
guest Of friends at Genesco, NJ ~.
III 80 M
" Miss Minnie o'Donnell, who has been
visiting friends In Richmond, has res
turned to her home. In Hampton, Va. gi
Mr.. Lewis M. Wise Is enjoying the do
lights Of cottage life at the Mount YER
non cottage. Virginia Beach
Mrs. j. Mason Miller and children
have gone to staunton. Va. to remain
there for the summer.
Mr.. E s. Carlton sailed from New York
juno goth.
Miss Mamie Blake, the daughter Of Mr..
r. P. Blake, Of Stafford county, grad
,lated with distinction at Chatham Epls-
copal Institute.
Miss Mary Beverly Hancock, the daugh-
ter Of the late Judge B. A. Hancock,
Womans College. has graduated also
Iii the class of 1904 at Richmond Col
lege, in the school Of Latin. Miss Han
cocks scholarship has been highly COM
mended by the college faculty.
Baltimore society will be well repre-
sented at Buckroe Beach this season, two
cottages belonging to Mrs. Darling hav-
ing been taken by a party from that
city. The party will be chaperoned by
Mesdames G. A. Dawson. r. G. Nelson.
and E. II. Thomas. and will include
Misses Lillian Thomas, Evelyn MARYLAND.
Elizabeth Nabb. Helen Dawson. Eta Nc
Murran, Alice Nelson. Clara Phillips
Edith Dawson, Evelyn Foxwell. Helen
Clarke, Ruth Willis. Nellie Tredway,
Blanche Hunter; Messrs. Vernon McKn-
stry, Harry Douglas Lawrence Thomas,
Edward MARYLAND, William Lewis,
Harry Thomas oHward Nelson, Frank
Willis. William Melvin. Ernest Bates,
James Turpin, Frank Hudson, John Bat
tbs. Charles Webster. Frank McN1urran.
The engagement has been announced OF
Miss Sarah u. Bradford, Of New Hamp-
shire, to DR.. Roy Roller Richardson. OF
the United States navy. Miss Bradford
is a daughter of the late Captain Robert
Bradford, United States navy. DR.. Rich
ardson Is native Of Harrisonburg, Va,
and Is now the guest of his aunt, Mrs.
NJ. B. calwell. on High Street, In that
town.
Miss Alice Roosevelt will attend class
day exercises at Harvard College with
a party Of friends and spend several days
in Boston.
Miss Carol Simpson. the daughter of
Colonel William Simpson, Of the United
States army. was married June goth, In
the home of her grandmother, Mrs Will
liam Fitzhugh Lee of Washington, D.
c.. to MIR. Frank Valentine Chappell. of
New London. Conn.
Miss Simpson was born at Fortress |
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PURE BLooD-soUED HEALTH.
Plain Reasons Why l4ancock's Liquid Sui,

phur Is so Effective.
Many prevalent disorders show an acid
condition of the blood.
Hancock's Liquid Sulphur being anti
acid, corrects such ailments and Is VI
special value In the cure OF acne. Itch,
herpes. ringworn. pmples. prickly heat,
catarrh. canker and sores In scalp. eye
lids, nose mouth and throat
So effective skin tonic Is HancDc:ss
Liquid sulphur--Nature's greatest Gdlmi-
cide-that, used In bathing, it gives viGor
to the action of the skin anu affords a.
sense OF healthfully toned exhill?1l!on.
Leading druggists sell it. Send for de-
scriptve booklet to Hancock Liquid Sui
phur Company, Baltimore. Md.
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WEEK END RATES ON N. g. w. RWY.
NORFOLK 1925. VIRGINIA BEACH
$3.50, HALF.RATE TO NOUN
TAIN RESORTS,

The Norfolk and Western Railway Of
fers for evening trains Fridays, all
trains Saturdays and morning trains Sun
day round trip tickets to Norfolk at
SS.5, and to Virginia Beach al 500; also
for all trains Saturdays, rouaa Tip tlckets
Ia the mountain resorts on its line, at
rate Of one straight fare, plus twenty.
five cents. These tickets will be good
for return passage until Monday follow
inr aate Of sale This is the only line
running through fast trains between
Ejehmond and Norfolk without change of
cars Time, two hours, twenty minutes
The ocean Shore Limited mas through
coach 10 Virginia Beach every day
&c, II, BOSLEY,
District Passenger Agent.
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Monroe. Va, and is related to the vir-
gnia Lees.
English society women were much ex-
cited over the sale of Mrs. Langtry's
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3 ..i Iss-H { 4 r. , 1 . L Il. ~ IT, (
LlIas Livingston to Mr.. Henry B. Hol-
Inns, Jr. of New York, the bride wore
superb gown of white satin and real
lace VEIL She carried lilies Of the val
ley. Mr.. and Mrs. Holins will sail Sat
urday to spend their honeymoon In
Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Harris, Of Balti-
more, announce the engagement Of their
daughter. Miss Bessie Harris, to Mr..
Harry Levy, OF Norfolk. Va.
Miss Mary Houston Turk. of stanton.
Va, is visiting Miss Alma Cecil at NO.
COS East Grace Street.
Misses Rena and Hawsie Glazebrook
have left for Fredericksburg. Va. to at
tend the Horse Show. While there they
will be the guests OF Miss Sally Car
ter. \ t5"44e
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don. on Monday last. A neck chain with
a pear-shaped pendant In brilliants, sold
for $500; a brooch brought $2.275.
AT the wedding last Monday OF Miss
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his twisted cynic smiles-'in two mon his
time-qui vivra vera.
CHAPTER XxXNII.
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Miss Carol Simpson. the daughter Of
Colonel William Simpson, of the United
States army. was married June goth, In
the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Will
liam Fitzhugh Lee, of Washington, D.
c. to MIR. Frank Valentine Chappell. of
New London. Conn.
Miss Simpson was born at Fortress
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-22

Miss Alice Roosevelt will attend class
day exercises at Harvard College with
a party Of friends and spend several days
In Boston.
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Mrs. Henry Lee Valentine, children
and maid have gone to spend some time
at Atlantic City. very popular seaside
resort with Richmond people.
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. Mrs. Manfred Call and Miss Bessie Call
are spending a month near Dixondale, In IN
Gloucester county. i2
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Roberts, two chill
dren and maid left yesterday for Basic
City. Mrs. Roberts and the babies Will
spend the summer months at Hotel Bran
dom Mr.. Roberts will return to Rich
inond early next week. III. Xxx q IA
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-30

The new ordinance relative to the sale of
liquor by drug stores and groceries is likely
to cause some friction until it is generally
understood and obeyed. However personal
interests may be affected, the public gen.
orally will conclude that the ordinance is
justified by the financial needs of the city,
by considerations of consistency in regu-
lating the retail liquor traffic, and by the
requirements of equal and exact justice.
1t goes without saying that drug stores
should be permitted to keep alcoholic lq-
uors for medicinal purposes and to sell
them on physicians prescriptions without
license or restriction. But under existing
laws they have right to sell liquor to be
drunk on the premises. 1t is a notorious
fact, and has been for years, that many
drug stores do this. The drug stores that
have done it habitually would run into the
scores. perhaps into the hundreds. They
have sold whisky by the drink as freely as
any saloon, and have kept beer on ice to
be opened to order. The plea that this is
| a ''neighborhood convenience and an ac-
commodation to many persons counts for
| nothing against the fact that it is an open
violation of law. The saloon keeper might
| say this is unjust to him, who has to pay
a round license for the privilege of doing
what many druggists have done for years
| without license. In a sense this is true.
but it is not so important as the fact that
| the practice is a fragrant violation of law.
1t is very questionable whether druggists
| should be permitted TO retail liquor to be
drunk on the premises without being SUBJ
| jected 10 all the provisions and restrictions
of the Nicholson law. but if they want to
continue the practice they should at least
be required t@pay license.
The case of grocers is different. None
of them, as far the Journal knows, sells
liquor of any kind to be drunk on the prem
Uses, but many of them sell whisky by the
bottle and beer by the case. If this is a
desirable privilege they ought to be willing
| to pay for it, These articles do not stand
on the footing of ordinary merchandise or
other groceries. They are subject to legis-
lative and municipal regulation. 1t is said
the handling of beer draws trade. II sc
the grocers should be willing to pay for it
great many families order beer of their
grocers. They could order it as. easily from
the breweries or agents that pay license
for the privilege of selling 1T.
Next TO the question of enforcement o1
law. and leaving moral considerations out
of the case. the financial needs of the city
are alone sufficient justification for the new
ordinance. 1t will take effect tomorrow
and should be firmly and impartially en-
| forced
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time until the pest would not merely over
run Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana,
but would cross the Mississippi and ruin
the industry in Louisiana. Mississippi, Ala
bama. Georgia and the Carolinas. for
neither water nor fire seemed to have any
terrors for it. 1t requires only a glance al
the cotton statistics TO understand what
calamity the ruin of the industry would
mean. not merely TO this country, but to
the world. which still finds its chief source
of cotton supply in our Southern States.
Working on the theory that in the bal
ance Of nature there never was a pest that
did not have it's destroyer. the Department
of Agriculture has, ever since the migra-
ton of this pest from Mexico some years
ago. diligently sought for some bug or
parasite inimical TO it that might be used
for it's destruction This long search has
been at last rewarded by the discovery of
an ant I'm Guatemala, the original home of
the weevil, that seems entirely competent
and more than willing to do the business.
1t will be imported, cultivated and intro
duced wherever the boil weevil has made
or shall make it's appearance, in the expec-
tation that it will practically exterminate
the pest. II it shall do this the Agricul-
tural Department will have earned all II
has cost since its establishment. even if it
had never accomplished another thing.
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SAVING Our COTTON SUPREMACY

1t would be difficult to overestimate the
Importance of the announcement made by
the Department OF Agriculture that one of
its agents has discovered in Guatemala a
parasite that conquers and destroys the
boil weeviL Even the cotton growers east
OF the Mississippi have had little notion
OF their danger from this scourge. since il
IL human nature that men never fear. fire
or food or disease until it is at their
doors. But they will understand il in
southern Texas. where the valleys of rich
loan that were once very highly ppzed as
the best cotton land of the country have
been made almost valueless by the raw
ages OF the weevil. and planters have been
driven TO the inferior soil of the uplands,
there to grow an inferior grade of cotton.
And the northern manufacturers doing
business in Texas will understand 1t, for
they have felt the paralysis of trade aris-
ing from this cause. slowly at first, but
with startling rapidity during the past two
years.
1t appears to be but question Of a short
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-30

IT can hear the drums the army comes
From beyond the hills" he said.
And he leaned and smiled like happy child
AS he shook his snowy heed.
And he clutched his cane while the far refrain
Came in murmurs to his ears
But they whispered low: 'He has dreamed il So
And it is no drum he hears."
II can hear the fife it ps with Ife
And the drums roll madly, too"
Was the old mans sigh with kindling eye
He would hum the songs through.
'It is Jimmy Shea-that is how he'd play
When the road hard and long;
And is Billys drum that is calling, Gomez
AS it keeps time with the song"
And his fingers slim beat tattoo grim
On the stout arm Of the chair,
While his lips grew and his eyes would
burn
With the fire that once was there
20 the bugle call. and the drums and aIlr'
He would say Their music fills
All the night and day: can hear them play
In the march beyond the Mills"
1T can hear the drums ana she army comes
From beyond the hills" he said
With his eyes aglow he saluted slow
And he touched his snowy head.
Then his eyes were closed II he but dozed
And his day of days had dawned.
For the low drum beat had allured his feet
To the hills-and far beyorsi
w d. Nesbit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-30
An EASY JOB.

There should be little or no difficulty in
preparing a platform for the Republican
national convention this year. Never were
the policies OF party more clearly defined
by action, both legislative and executive
The record of the party and the personality
OF President Roosevelt, who will be the
nominee. are the things that VIII weigh
in the minds of the people
On the question Of the tariff the party
stands for the principle of protection, with
out holding particular schedules sacred.
These may be changed in the wisdom OF
Congress at any time to meet new con-
ditions or for a trade of advantages
along the line of reciprocal trade relations.
At the same time the party holds to the
principle of conservatism in all questions of
changing details of fiscal policies, under
standing we'll that stability in these mat
tiers, enabling merchants and manufacture
ers 20 look forward somewhat, is a prime
factor in the prosperity of our business In
terests. Nothing is quite so disastrous to
business as an uncertainty based on the
possibility Of radical changes In the other
branch OF our fiscal policy relating to the
character of our money, there is no thought
OF change, unless it shall be found expe-
dent to provide against future contin-
gencies by making the gold standard law
more certain in its operation.
The questions arising out of the acquisi-
ton of territory in the Spanish war have
been settled Nobody would think of chang
ing the status of Porto Rico or Hawaii,
nor would any sane man now advocate the
crazy notion of throwing the tribes Of the
Philippine islands, varying from savage to
fairly civilized, upon their own resources
to rend each other and fall an easy prey
to some land-hungry European power.
American civilization Is doing its work well
and rapidly there, all the world is now
ready to admit, except Boston's little
coterie of dreamers.
On the movement toward large combina-
tions in business the best possible declara-
ton is the achievement, Of the past three
movement and eliminating the evil tenden-
| cies without destroying the advantages it
| presents. The policy of the party has been
| eminently sane and intelligent, and the re-
suits thus far accomplished speak for them
selves. The new conditions are being met
with wisdom and courage. unmixed with
either demagogy on the one hand or truck
| ling to the power of organized wealth on
| the other.
These are the questions that are mainly
in the minds of the people, and on all of
| them the position of the Republican party
is so clearly defined by the policies to which
it has given the vitality of action that the
platform practically makes itself. and il
remains only for the platform makers to
| express it clearly in words