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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

"a conscientious; so was Saul of
Tarsus in the madness of his perse-
cutious; so may Philip Sheridan have
been in his work of despoiling vir-
gip,a's beautiful valley; 90 has been
many deluded and misguided per-
sonsge. On this score we have no
quarrel to make with Mr. Jordan.
Our complaint is against the utter
mercilessness with which he persists
in bounding an aggregation of his fell
low citizens who, as q whole, are
not only inoffensive in character, but
who day by day are employing the
gifts which Almighty God placed
before ttem to the sustenance of
their loved ones, and the material,
intellectual and moral advancement
OF section that is already the super
Tor In point of general progress to
any other like area of this State. We
willingly concede that not every
tonger of the 5000 or more engaged
in that industry is over scrupul0us
In his obedience to the laws imposing
upon him those obligations which it
should be his pleasure to discharge,
but who can demonstrate that this
is true of anything but an infiuitesi-
mally small majority of oystermen; a
proportionate disregard for every law.
however stringent, is equally certain.
But in no other instance are we pre-
sented the spectacle of voice pro-
claiming that now and henceforth
shall the innocent suffer with the
guilty.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
SOME STEAMBOAT NOTES

Steamer Potomac was belated
tuesday night going to Norfolk.
Many who had contemplated attend
ing the oyster hearing in Richmond
Wednesday noon gave out the idea
when 1T was found the Norfolk boat
would not make connection with
trains. 1t was q a. m. Wednesday
when the Potomac reached Irvington,
For three weeks neither the Weems
line, on the Rappahsnnock, nor the
Randall line, on the Potomac. has
been able to make any trips to upper
wbarves on these rivers. Produce
caGnot be shipped away. and the
supply OF staples on hand of manv
OF the merchants is running low.
There is no immediate prospect of
trips being resumed. The wharyes
on the lower part of the rivers have
been supplied irregularly, owing to
the heavy ice in coming ont from
Baltimore.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
THE FAITHFUL OWEN BILLIARD.

Notwithstanding there has been
more Ice in the creeks and rivers this
winter than there has been for many
years past, the little mail steamer
Owen billiard has not missed a tr;r
between this place and White Stone,
aud since Christmas she handled
three-fourths of all the mail going
to and coming from four counties in
the Northern Neck. In other words,
but for this route and plucky Capt.
Dayton these four of the most pros-
porous and thickly populated coun-
tiles In the State would be virtually
cut OF, so far as mail is concerned.
from the outside world during the
season of the year when tae Weems
Line OF steamers are running so
'rregularly. To representative of
this paper Capt. Dayton said a few
days ago that he was Just making
expenses ont of the contract-tbst
the small suns given for the work
was barely enough to run the boat
and support himself and family. and
that unless he could get more out of
1t hereafter he would not bid for il
again after the present contract ex-
plres-in July. 1t would be a hard
matter to find one so obliging and
faithful as Capt. Dayton and our
across-the-river friends will make a
mistake not to give him every All van
tage.-SoutAside Sentinsl.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

Now Is the time we need railroad
from Fredericksburg through the North.
ern Neck Wes.morsland soritsr in Fred.
ericks6arg Star.
Not only now, but all the time.
Our only drawback, and the only
criticism people of other parts have
to make of OR section, is lack of
transportation. A prominent New
Yorker says so many construction
companies in the North are at present
idle that he believes now any one of
them would agree to build and equip
a road down the Northern Neck if
only the surveys and riShts-of-wsy
were procured by our people, the
construction company taking the
mortgage bonds in payment If the
New Yorker is correct in his belief,
it would mean an appropriation of
about $4,000 only from our people.
This would have to be raised by
private subscription, but it should
be no difficult matter if Fredericks-
burgers and the Neckers really want
ed the road.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
DOINGs IN CoNGREss.

Congress has appropriated $780,.
600 for the destruction of the cotton
boil weevil, and Secretary Wilson is
now arranging for thorough inves-
hsatlon of the entire question.
The House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors has decided that there
shall be no river and harbor appro.
prlation bill at the present session Of
congress, although a few surveys
may be authorized.
Last week the 10000 mark in
House bills was passed. EMPLOYEES
ia the clerks Office expressed the
belief that so large number of bills
had never before been introduced SO
early in the life of new Congress.
For the first time in many years
the advocates Of prohibition and it's
opponents locked horns before Con-
gress, 1t was over the Hepburn bill,
which provides that intoxicating
liquors ain original packages" shall
De subject to the laws of the State or
Territory into which it is proposed
they shall be introduced. The effect
OF the enactment of this law would
be to prohibit the consumption of
liquors in States having prohibitory
laws.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
FISHING NOTES

Annual meeting of the Chesa peakt
Bay Fishermen's Association, to have
been held this week in Baltimore, ha,
been postponed to February 3rd. 81
the Maltby House.
Says FairfieIds letter in the
~ Az Me,os: Notwithstanding the
catch of fish with purse nets last wear
was light, plans have been laid and
preparations are in progress by those
having capital invested in this in
dustry hoping for bright skies and a
tair reward to attend their labors and
investments. The steamers will be
commanded respectively with the
following named gentlemen as cap
tains: Il. w. Reed, Alfred Biddle.
comb; Fairfelds, Willie Havnie:
Northumberland. Wesley Raynor:
Virginia, j. Q. Taliaferro; Wicomico.
Benjamin Jones; Edwards, Andrew
McNeaII Rappahannock, John Ander-
son; Tull, John McNeal; Chesapeake.
Thos. III. Haynie; Douglas, Harry
Haynie; Brusstar 1st, Frank Haynie;
Brusstar 2nd, Robert Snow; Potomac.
Andrew Anderson.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
MONUMENT TO JOHN JASPER,

In the pulpit from which Jasper
the colored man, for so many wears
delivered his famous sermons. there
now stands to his memory a monu-
ment notable particularly in that il
was designed and fashioned by one
OF his own race.
Before a fairly large audience of
the most representative negro Bap-
lists of the State the statue was un
yelled in the little Richmond church
in jackson Ward, where Jasper's
familiar frock-coated, spare and aged,
but erect, form was, in his lifetime.
most often seen. Preceding and fol-
lowing the event that gathered the
assemblage were exercises marked at
times by an intense spirit of enthu-
slasm on the part of the colored
people. The orator of the occasion
declared the celebrated colored man
to be one of the greatest preachers
that ever .trod the earth-sfor. in
deed, he might be classed with such
men as Aquilla, Apollus and Tim
othy."
The unwilling is a notable event
among the colored Baptists of the
State. The statue was modelled and
cast by Professor Bracket, of Atlanta,
Ga, who is sculptor of no mean
skill, and is otherwise man of varied
attalnments. He isa colored presid-
ing elder in the Methodist Episcopal
church, and is besides that a pro-
lessor In Morris Brown College.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
NEWS ITEMS
Two hundred persisted in a mine
disaster near PIttsburg, Pa.

Two hundred persisted in mine
disaster near PIttsburg, Pa.
Wheat is up in the nineties and
raw cotton over Is cents a Mound
Other cereals have gone proportion.
ately high.
The Merchants and Farmers Ma
tlonsl Bank was organized at Onley,
Va, last week. This bank is the
eighth to be organized on the Eastern
Shore, with an aggregate capital of
nearly 100000.
Mayor Garter Harrison, three other
city officials and four managers of
the fated Iroquois theatre have been
indicted by the Coroner's Jury, after
three weeks investigation, for negli-
gence and failure to carry out build
ing laws.
The encouraging fact is worthy of
note that the newspapers, and we
believe the public, too, of the South
are not in accord with Gov. Varda.
man, of Mississippi, in his warfare
upon negro education. The conser-
vative people of the South fully re.
silze the danger to their section of
the mass of ignorance, viciousness
aud crime which such q warfare
would iniiict.-Peters6urg hldex-Ap-
peal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Horoscope Points to Evil Year.


A cable to the New York World
from Paris is as follows:
"The papers here are commenting
gravely on the unanimity of the as
trologers, magicians, clairvoyants
and trance mediums in predicting a
year of horrors for 1904.
"'Here is the horoscope for 1904,
made at the moment the sun entered
the sign of Capricorn. 1t indicates
year of great immortality in London.
The viceroy of ILdia abdicates.
"'The United States have grave
quarrels with Russia aud Germany
Roosevelt falls sick and a conspiracy
is Matched against him. Serious
financial disasters in America.
"'The emperor of Japan will have
a grave accident.
"'An attempt on the life of the
emperor of China.
"'Volcanic shocks in Constantine
pie, Chile aud Philippines.
"'The French cabinet falls be-
tween April 2 and 10.
ga panic in a music-hall, grave
accidents and popular disturbances
in Russia. An attempt to poison the
car. Serious discussions between
Russia and Austria.
England loses prestige. The
campaign in Thibet falls through.
Tremendous failures.ip Calcutta and
the Transvaal.
Anarchist troubles in Spain;
the government threatened. :
SIN China women massacred.
I" Everywhere crimes of passion,
mysterious deaths and strange phe-
nomena.'"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
SO SAY WE ALL.

We cannot recall q more virulen,
fight than the Baltimore Sun and
those who follow it are making
against Senator German in favor Of
Mr.. Rayner. Nor can we recall one
more unfair or more absolutely re-
gardless of the ethics of journalism
The Neaos- Leader never has been an
admirer of Senator German, but il
it was in Maryland it would be very
much tempted to help German and
his people as an expression of re-
sentiment against the SUMS methods.
When q great newspaper adopts vel
low journal methods by twisting
and misusing its news columns for
partisan purposes and to support it's
editorial policy it forsakes dignity
and forfeits it's claim to public conf
Unconstitutional Meas Leader.
The abuse Of Senator German by
the Sun is becoming obnoxious to
sirginians, who have not vet thor
oughly gotten back to their old love
for that paper, seriously weaned by
the bitterness and unfairness display
ed towards German few years ago.
Virginians, as q rule, desire to see
Mr.. Rayner win out, bnt they hold
their nostrils at the unfair methods
being used to drag German in the
mire.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
POLITICAL.

1 O6AAlOAA.
The Republican State Convention
WIZ be held in Norfolk March Sd
next.
lnere are two hundred and eleven
Democrats in the two houses of Con.
gress, and it is said that 1872 are Oh.
posed to free silver.
Aprimary in Essex county resulted
IN complete change of the county
committee. The Parker Newbill peo.
pie defeated the Blakey- Robinson
forces.
The Maryland Legislature is still
IN deadlock over the u. S. Senator
ship. Rayner, Smith and McComa,
are running neck-and-neck without
material change.
A Norfolk dispatch SAYS: "It i,
now definitely known here tina,
Swanson will make the race for the
gubernatorial nomination before the
State Democratic Convention. II
is believed the support that will be
given Swanson from this section of
Virginia will be surprising. 1t is
thought that he will have the largest
support he has ever received on this
side of Hampton Roads,"
1t is among the probabilities that
IN the near future the present Ma
tlonal Chairman of the Democratic
party will be forced to resign that
position because of the action of the
Democratic Convention, which will
meet on July 9th in st. Louis. 1t is
more than probable that Senator
German will be selected as the Presi-
Dental standard bearer of the Demo.
Gratis. Should this prophecy prove
true, tie party will want true and
tried leader to take Mr.. Germans
place as chairman of the Executive
Committee. Except Mr.. German, we
believe Virginia has the best equip
ped Democrat in the country. He is
as silent as a Sphynx, quick as a
flash, broad as his party, unyielding
in his conceptions of right and wrong,
yet ready to make concessions as re-
CARDS minor details, an organizer
who is quick to see and strengthen
weak places in his party's fences.
Virginia has such leader in her
Junior senator, Hon. Thos. S. Martin.
These are facts that have not been
ibid under bushel." When Tbos.
5. Martin succeeded that most astute
leader and organizer, John S. Bar
bour, as chairman of the Democratic
patty of Virginia, he was practically
unknown to the rank and file of his
party, and many who knew that he
was fighting the strongest and ablest
organization of opponents of De-
mocracy that had ever been formed
in the State, feared for the result.
But he won victory for his party
that turned the eyes of the Demo
Gratis upon him, and his successes
since have been such as to continue
to advance and strengthen his claims
to leadership. Mr.. Martin will
measure up to the requirements of
national chairman more accurately
than any Democrat available.-Po-
ton'ac PROGRESS, Westmoreland county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
The bill of Mr.. Ould, seeking to

The bill of Mr.. Ould, seeking to
have county receipts and expendi.
lures published in newspapers, should
command the approval of the Legis-
iature. We are glad to say that
many Boards of Supervisors now
make a practice of this, but some
"pound-foolish" Boards stick little
notice up at the Courthouse where
nobody ever sees what they are doing
to earn their money-and. in many
cases, how they are squsndering the
county's money.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
ELECTION FRAUDS.
MostOutrageOus DOings OF the "Good
Government" Party in Norfolk.

Sensations come rapidly in the in
yestlgation of frauds in the Norfolk
primary. The Trehy faction sum-
moned B. Gray Tunstall, one of
Dey's lieutenants, as witness for
their side. Tunstan declared it a
plan to make him out a liar, thief
and rascal, and said he was willing
to show the tally sheets of his ward.
Trehy offered him thousand dol
lars to show them, but Tunstall re-
fused. The Trehy Democrats wish
to get the sheets, hoping to show
similar frauds to those exposed in
three other wards and to involve
Tunstsli himself, who is understood
to be the lieutenant of Chairman
Dey, leader of the "good govern
ment" faction and the political rep
resentstive of Governor Montague in
his race for the Senatorship. The
contest is far-reaching and will iu-
volve State politics.
E. z. Thomas, one of the Dew
Judges or election, created sensa-
ton by himself confessiug fraud.
Thomas gave details of registering
votes which were not cast aud of
not counting others as they were
cast, SO as to show a majority for
the good government" faction. He
said Chairman w. w. Dey, Election
Judge Crosby and Street Inspector
lewis went into the city stable loft
two days after the election to correct
the returns. Many voters testified
that their votes were not correctly
reported on the tally sheets.
Thomas is the city blacksmith.
and said in excuse that he was not
sworn as an election officer; he wished
to hold his job and that he thought
there would be "no fuss" over the
fraudulent returns. So far $50 vot
ers have been found recorded differ
emily from their voting.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

SENSATIONS are the order of the
day now in Wall street. The grain
market is at high tension. A bull
leader, or one seeking to raise prices,
n just now engaged in booming
prices on cotton and other cereals.
He walked into the stock exchange
one morning this week and offered
to buy at a high price as much az
half a million bales. Sellers were
few, holding to see a little higher
rise. 1t is hard to speculate how
much, if any, benefit the grower will
derive from these inflated prices.
The outcome of the whole matter,
we fear, will soon be break in
prices. And then will come crash,
There is an undercurrent in finan.
cial circles that presages a panic, OF
financial distress for this year. The
wind is blowing from that direction.
1t may shift before too late. or il
may not. Nobody knows to a "dead
certainty"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Friday, January 90, 1904.
FRoM The few extracts that W

FROM the few extracts that we
have seen of the Stubs Baylor line
bill we are inclined to think it very
good measure. Practically, it means
the retention of the Baylor survey,
and commands the Board of Fish
cries to have resurveyed any portion
of the Baylor Line that petitioners
may think has been trespassed upon.
For year or more Surveyor Rudegar,
under direction of the Board, has been
engaged in doing this very thing, but
Delegate Stubs wonld make such
work compulsory, and not left to the
option of the Board. AS we under
stand it there is vast difference
between this proposition and that of
Senator Walker to have q new sur.
vey, after the order of the Baylor
one. We are not positive as to Mr..
Walkers idea, as We have seen only
short references to it in the papers;
but if it contemplstes an entire re-
survey of the natural rocks, ignoring,
where conditions suggest or warrant,
the present established survey, we are
satisfied it would be more detrimental
to the longing interests than even
the Jordan bill. Assuming that his
proposition is as we state above. il
will readily be seen that the tongers'
Interests would be entirely in the
hands of the Board of Fisheries. That
Board and its surveyor (Mr. Baylor,
most probably will have the say as
to what is and what is not natural
rock. 1t is not doubted for a moment
that the lines around public grounds
would be drawn closer, and more
thrown out for planting than is even
now contemplated. The Board thinks
some natural rock should be thrown
ont, and all of Mr.. Baylor's utter
ances; of late have been to that end.
The result would be that the general
course of the new Baylor line would
extend further out into deep water,
and thousands of acres of natural
rock, not altogether depleted and
which reseeds itself from year to
year, would be given over to planters.
Such a plan as this would be most
disastrous. The oyster people are
not inclined to rest their fate in the
hands of the Board of Fisheries and
Mr.. Baylor. Nor are they satisfied
with any proposition Mr.. Jordan
has made. They want the present
Baylor line kept inviolate, and the
present laws better enforced.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
A RIVER WANTED.
tHedthsUale Corr. Iymes- Dsspotch,

HcoS"soNte Corr. 1v1ses-DSsp0tch).
Much has already been said on the
subject of deepening the channel of
the upper part Of Coan River 80 as
to allow steamers to come as far as
Rowe's wharf, which place is situated
about mile and half from Heaths-
vile. Most of the Republican can
didates for Congress have promised
the people that they would use their
influence, if elected, to have a bill
passed appropriating sufficient sum
for the work, but as no Republicans
have been elected from this district
this promise has amounted to moth.
ing.
If this channel we're deepened it
would prove to be one of the greatest
blessings to the people of Heaths-
vile district. 1t would save them
miles of hauling over rough and
billy roads, and would be the means
OF saving the merchants of this place
many dollar, which is annually ex-
pended by them for the hauling of
their goods.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

duty it shall be to rerun any part of
the Baylor lines, upon application of
hfteen citizens, who shall be'required
to give satisfactory bond sufficient to
aefray all necessary expenses. Major
Stubbs believes that this work should
De done unde- the direct supervision
OF the Board of Fisheries, which
body may now, in their discretion,
employ the surveyor in question.
The bill makes such employment
mandatory, and 'prescribes how the
surveyor shall proceed with his work.
The lines are again tightly drawn on
the oyster situation, and another big
battle is expected.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

III CANNOT but be a source of re-
greet to Democrats who twice marched
stolidly to the front in support of
Hon. w. j. Bryan to know that on
his words and acts the Republican
party is counting much. His open
announcement that the coming ma
tional convention should resffirm the
Kansas City platform, free silver
and all, and the belief that he ia
boosting William r. Hearst as the
exponent of his views for Presiden.
tial honors, are giving the Republi-
cans much satisfaction, and the
Democratic leaders corresponding
detection. Pity that great men are
not sometimes great enough to sink
self for the sake of country or party
veal.