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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10
PEACEFUL SLEEP
FOR PLAT'T BILL J. |. ] |.
Scarcely Likely That Fight for
Reduction Will be Very
Vigorous.
NEW DISTRICT FOR VIRGINIA.
Greed OF sle1np and Edwards
Spells Promising Conspiracy
for New State.
tFrom Our Regular correspondent.)

(From Our Regular Consequently
Il WASHINGTON, y. c., December 81
Further Investigation as TO the sentl.
mert in the House and the Senate In
favor OF The passage Of a bill reducing
representation In the South strengthens
the belief that there will be only a very
faint effort made to enact any such
legislation at this session. Indeed, 1t Is
not likely that there will be more than
q pcrfunctory effort made TO pass such a
& bill at the next session; but there may be
an investigation ordered OF the reasons
for the elimination OF classes from the
electorate in all tho States which now
have rigid provisions surrounding the
grantJng OF tho privilege OF the elective
franchise.
Representative Brownlow, OF Tennessee.
said to- day that while no did not favor
the Platt bill, though he Is a Republican,
he did favor some method by which the
white men entitled TO vote In the South
& could be assured that their votes would
be counted as cast
"rhey are not always counted in Ten
ncssce'' said Mr.. Brownlow. r have
about come to the conclusion that II
would sbc we'll to give the Federal courts
Jurisdiction in state elections. In Ten
nessee the Federal judges are Demo-
Gratis and ex-Confedcrnte soldiers : 81
II will be very cold day before a
single Southern representative or senator
will vote to give the United States con-,
! troll OF State elections.
Will Get New District.
Representative slen,p said to-day that
he believed this Congress would pass
bill which he will introduce in q few
IT,, $.S,<> R@rSH-
eral District Of Virginia. composed OF
certain counties OF the Western District
lie said that Judge Mcdowell. who drew
4 bill laying of the district. has made
certain changes in It, Mr.. Slemp was not
certain whether no would introduce the
bill drafted by Judge Mcdowell. but he
will offer a bill OF the same general char
acter.
Mr.. Stomp said he was hopeful OF secur-
Ing the passage OF q bill appropriatinga
s8,0OO for the improvement OF the post
office at yVythcville, and also a bill maxi
Ing an appropriation for a monument to-
General William Campbell which It is
proposed to erect at Abingdon. t5
Froze Brownlow Out.
Representative slemp. Represen tative
sJ3rownlow,S OF the Third Tennessee. and
Representa- ive-eiect D. c.. Edwards. OF
the Eleventh Kentucky, met In the Ap-
preparations Committee room at thes capi-
toll to-day. Mr.. Slemp's district touches
on Mr.. Brownlow's. and Mr.. Brownlow's
borders on Mr.. Edwards s. s #
Look here, slemp..' said Mr.. Brown
low, why can't we three get together
and form new State ont OF the Re-
publican strip composed OF our districts?'
ss..'cer,ainly NE can" said Mr.. Slcmp.
II speak for the place OF one Of the
senator's
4 "Me, too" said Mr. Edwards.
II wi thdraw my proposition and am
against the scheme. 3 said MI. Brownlow.
"since you fellows have ,gobbled up all |
tho good places. :
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CONGRESS- MUST
CURB RAILWAYS,
(Continued from First Page.)

Of making history. and I believe he is
going to make it,
Tho course OF the stock market this
week, the tremendous slump in stocks
which Wall Street ascrlbes In part to the
declaration OF the President In his mes
sage in favor OF a law which Will give
to the Interstate Commerce Commission
the power to regulate freight rates. indi-
Gates that the business interests OF the
country think that the President Is go
ing after the big corporations and trusts.
Oppose Army Appropriation.
Representative Hay, OF Virginia, who Is
+ the most prominent Democratic member
q of the Committee on Military Affairs.
said to-day that he would oppose such
large appropriations for the army as are
proposed. While the President said In his
IN Message that the army Is now at tho
minimum size allowed by law. Mr.. Hay
says that It is In fact several thousand
above the minimum. He will try to have
1t reduced to the minimum precisely. The
recruiting offices arc bringing new men
into the army all the time. he said, and
while 1t Is pretended that they arc TO
take the places OF men whose terms Of
enlistment have, expired, the truth Is
that they go to fill up regiments not full,
4 and 90 not TAKE 2anyDodys places.
II am. opposed to the proposed appro-
priation OF s1,7OO,000 for the manufacture
5of small arms said Mr.. Hay. These
arms are not for the use OF the SOL
dcrs III the army now. but for the re-
serve, We have moro arms stored now
than an army very many times the size
A of ours Should use, It is also proposed
TO appropriate n million dollars for rifle
practice. I shall oppose throwing money
away In that manner. 1t is all wrong
to spend all this money on the army.
and then raise the cry Of threatened
deficit. when we ask for money for the
Improvement of rivers and harbors, and
the erection Of public buildings, feel
pretty certain that the Public Buildings
Committee will not recommend the ercc-
tion Of any buildings this Year"
Jones Looks for Fight.
Representative Jones, who is the senior
Democrat OH the Insular Affairs Commit
tee, Is looking for fight again this year
over bill, which passed the House at
the last session providing for the ex-s
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Making a Sale.

"Let mo see some of your black kid
gloves sud a lady to a shopman. These
are not the latest style, ire they?" she
asked, when the gloves were produced.
Yes, madam replied the shopman;
1--WE have had them in stock only two
days
III didn't think they We're, because the
fashion paper says black kids have tan
Stitches and vice versa. see the tan
stitches. but not the vice versa.
\ The shopman explained that vice versa
was French for seven buttons so she
bought three. pairs London STlt-Bits.
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plclon Of the improvements under way lasl
year which were charged 70 oneratlhs eA.
pcnses In ca lculatng the percentages Of
srowth comparison is made Win the cores
pondlng month and period Of last year. H., 4,
tho ,erIod OF three months and then Of tha
month OF September. presents clearly tho rat 9
OF progress which railroads In the South are
considered arc typical, us Will be seen by the
nan,es OF tho several companies. ~.
For the period Of three months from jury
1st 10 September 3Oth, the changes shown are
as follows Southern Railway gross 7,42 Fer
cent, increase. net 7,l2 per cent, increase
Atlantic Coast Line gross s'l2 pcr cent, m
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER.

~ In spite OF the Tact That tho VOID dys-
5pepsia means literally bad cook, IT VIII
not DO fair for many to lay the blame
on the cook If they begin tho Christ
mas Dinner with little appetite and end
Ii with distress or nausea, 1t may not
be fair for any to do that-let us hope
so for tho sake OF the cook! This disease
dyspepsia Indicates q bad stomach, that
is a weak stomach, rather than bad
cook. and for weak stomach there Is
nothing else equal to Hoods Snrsapa-
rilla IT gives the stomach vigor and
tone cures dyspepsia, creates appetite,
and makes eating the pleasure y should
he. Is ~, 49, tit, 4 slHft 4s -etB t413
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plotation OF the island OF Porto Rico
Mr.. Jones and other Democrats Of the
House made a strong fight against the
bill at the last session. claiming that II
was IN the sole Interest OF capitalists
from the United States. who wanted 10
get rich OF the expense OF the people OF
the island. The bill Is still pending IN
the Senate, the Republicans having beer
afraid to pass II on the eve Of Il prcsi-
dentiaf campaign. Mr.. Jones thinks they
Will put It through at this session, and
that It's provisions will be made even
more Objectionable than they were In
the bill as It passed the House. He ana
other Democrats will make another fight
against the measure this session, but there
10 not much hope OF its being defeated.
Mr.. Jones spent some time on the island
a year or two ago. and 10 quite familiar
with conditions there. He is confident
that the provisions OF the bill will provo
hlirtful to the interests OF the Islanders
Themselves. however beneficial they may
be to the capitalists and advcnturers from
the United States.
Sentence From Message.
Here Is a sentence from the Presidents
message, which graminarians OF the pro-
fcssional type, may be able to parse, but
the task will probably prove Il hopeless
ono 70 lcss expert masters OF our IAN.
g,iagc and the rules which govern its
correct usage. ID
yet 1t Is not to be expected that n
people like ours, which, In spite OF Ger.
tain very Obvious shortcomings never
theless shows as a whole by It's consists
ent practice dts belief in the principles Of
civil and religious liberty and Of orderly
freedom, people among whom even the
worst crime, like the crime OF lynchng,
is never more than sporadic. so that tn
dlvlduals and not nation should de.
sire eagerly to give expression to It's hor.
ror on an occasion like that OF the mas
sacre Of the Jews in Klshineff, etc"
The foregoing will make sorchead for
any man who attempts 10 parse It, show
Ing accurately the relation OF the various
parts Of speech to ono another. And az
ter oil. does 1t mean that Russia should
not blame Americans for having signed
the Kshlncff petitions?
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igY9t2,5 Il VI
Bank Robbers Get $4,000
(By Associated Pre-!

(By Associated Press,) 3 Ef
Is ENID, OKLA. Dec. 9.--The Farmers
State Bank, of Lambert, has been robbed 4
by three men. who dynamited the sal e,t
robbers worked inside, the third guarded
them, holding the horses. The robbers
escaped making for the Gloss Mount aims.
"a lrosse Is in pursuit 49,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10

last evening by Rev. L. w. Haslup, at
his residence, No. 1911 Lexington Street.
The wedding was to have taken place In
january. but when Miss Browning showed
a disposition to postpone It Mr.. Walter
fastened to her home and persuaded
her to have the ceremony performed in
Baltimore without delay. They are4vslt-
ing relatives here
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH
IN SIGHT OF ITS PARENTS
Especial i To The TImca.Dispatch

SALISBURY, N. c.. DECEMBER "a
young daughter OF Mr.. James Ellis, OF
Rowan county. was Instantly burned I to
death yesterday afternoon. The little
one was playing around an open fire,
when It's clothing ignited and burned
rapidly. until the body was left in a
charrcd and crisp condition.
The accident occurred in plain view
Of the parents and other members OF
the family. who were working near BY.
but could render no assistance.
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Speak at Methodist Mission.

Rey Henry peareo Atkins pastor Of the
an address Tonight at tho temperance
meeting which will be held at the Meth
odist institute. Nine tenth and Main
strong and magnetic speaker, and the
public is promised a pleasant and profit
able evening. Attractive music by one Of
Richmond's best soloists and also by q
hllartette will be features OF the evening.
Those who are Interested In the cause Of
temperance, as well us tho public at large,
are invited to be present.
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Soliciting Not Authorized,

4 Some woman, name unknown. yesterday
called at store at Franklin and Tween
fund to furnish Christmas Joys for the
Male Orphan Asylum.
Mrs. ]. r, gill. head OF that instlt utlon,
who was In formed of he occurrence. de,
slres It stated that no one IS authorized
TO mako such collections. She will. us
usual, put-boxes III various stores to re,
ceIye Christmas contributions, and will
send posta! cards on the subject to friends
of l1e gnyvltlm.
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PERSUADED GIRL NOT
TO DELAY WEDDING

(srecial TO The Times Dispatch.>
G2 BALTIMORE. MD, December 9.-Aiiss
Regina Browning. daugtter&of Mrs. Alice
Browning. of Linden. Warren county,
Va and Mr.. James p. Walter. Jr., for
!merly OF Linden. but now OF Curtin.
Nichols county, w. Va. were married
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10
Railroad Case.

Dominion Railroad Company vs. the Great
Falls Power CO., III which tho railroad
company. asks for authority to condemn
heard before the State CORPORATE on Com
mission on yesterday. The case grows out
of the desire Q the railroad company to-
at Great Falls, Tho railroad company
was represented before the commission BY
Hon. R.sWalton Moore while the interests
by Mr.. William II. White. of Norfolk n
Tho day was spen t In the hearing {of tes.I
timOny. and the commission adjourned to
consider Its action. ts73s5 ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-10

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY f n
Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets,
All druggists refund the money If 1T falls
to cure, =. w. Groves signature Is on
each box. 25c-ady, FL 3 jsit -
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tones Looks for Fight.

Representative Jones, who Is the senior
Democrat OH the Insular Affairs Commit
over a bill, which passed the House at
the last session providing for the ex-
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06
TABERNACLE CHOIR INVITED TO PITTSBURG fISTfDDFOD.

The following interesting announce
ment taken from the Pittsburg Dis
patch VIII be found OF interest to
many salt Lake singers.
a meeting Of the Pittsburg Els
teddfod association viii be held next
week, 10 take the initial steps in the
preparation FOR the international els
teddfod that VIII be held in this city
i- May. 1905. The success that
crowned the national eisteddfod, held
here last year, viii be an incentive
90 make the proposed festival the
most elaborate ever held in the Unit
ed States. IL viii probably last three
days. the initial contests being held
on Decoration Day, and closing ON
the third day with a grand concert.
ina which the eisteddfod luminaries
of both America and Europe win par
ticipate. The prizes that will be Of
fered for choral competitions viii
exceed in liberality even those award
ed at the Worlds Fair EIsteddfod,
the only international event ever held
heretofore IN this country.
According 10 the plans under con-
temptation many new features viii
be added TO those now in vogue at
the National EisteddfOd Of Wales
According TO the rules and rites Of
the bards Of Great Britain chairing
OF the successful bard is not sane
toned outside Of the principality of
Wales. without a special dispense
ton. and it is proposed to send a
delegation from the Pittsburg Els
teddfOd association to the National
Eisteddfod. to be held at Rhyl. North
Wales next August. with the object
OF securing said dispensation. Invi-
tation Will also be extended TO the
chief bard of Wales 10 preside
an the chairing exercises. and the as
sociation has every reason 10 believe
that the invitation will be accepted.
Famous Singers From Wales.
While the eisteddfod viii embrace
competitions IN poetry. declarations
and art. the chief interest VIII cen
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ter in the choral contests. which will
undoubtedly bring TO this city the
greatest eisteddfodic chiral societies
ever heard in this country. 1t is
likely the chief choral award VIII be
$1,000, which viii be divided into three
prizes, viz: First prize, 50, SOC: second
Sl.500; third, 81 600, with a diamond
medal, embiematic Of the eisteddfod
championship, offered to the conduct
or of the chorus winning the first
honOrs. Contests for male. and fe-
male choruses win also be arranged
and the prizes Will be sufficiently lib
eral TO induce the best representa-
tive societies Of Wales 70 participate
in them. Indeed. assurances have
already been made of the intention
of the famous male chorus Of South
Wales, the Talbot Glee club, to con-
test against the American clubs, and
IL is confidently expected that the
Royal Female chorus of Cardiff viii
signify its intention in the near fu-
ture TO come over. The chorus is
now on the eve OF preparing for the
national contest IN August, and the
president Of the Royals assures the
Pittsburg association that If success
ful in that contest IL viii most as
SUI AAs NtAAtsAf VI 10 opkAie tie nom
ors at the International festival here.
Another Welsh chorus that viii be
invited here is the one which the
Marquis of Anglesea conducts. which
contains some OF the best voices ever
produced IN North Wales The Mar
quis is one Of the wealthiest person
ages of Wales. and is noted for the
immense sums of money he devOtes
70 the cultivation of music He is an
ardent eisteddfOdist and a familiar
figure at the national gatherings. in
connection with the international
contest arranged for male clubs the
Prince OF Wales Will be extended an
invitation 10 preside at the session
when this competition occurs, and in
consOnance with an ancient custom
he viii De urged to donate a cup to
the successful club. President Roose-
welt VIII be invited 10 preside at the
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fetched little over $50 each I some
tunes wonder that ordinary purchasers
DO not buy more at these sales. where.
! although no great bargains are likely
70 be picked up--fOr the. dealers would
nor allow a violin 10 go to an outsider
Tor much under it's trade worth-yet
the prices are very greatly below those
asked in the shops and are. of course,
almost trivial compared with the fig
'uFes quoted by some of the collectors
/ The $4,000 fiddle is in fact a myth.
! Nothing over e1.000 has ever been
known.-London Truth.
The Parsifal season has closed. al
! though there is to be a complimentary
! performance for Manager Conried late
/ in April The New York papers have
/ d sensational story about the crowded
/ houses. in which is the statement that
seventeen women tainted during the
] last performance. The performance
was said TO be one of the best of the
season. The New York Herald says.
Mr. Conried, when seen after the
performance, looked tired, but happy.
lie felt, he said, more than any one else
could feel what the magnitude Of his
task in presenting -ParsifaI" had been
and experienced complete satisfaction
IN the uneNampled way the public had
received and approved the production
When you realize" he said that I
could have given twenty performances
or more Of .Parsifaf to packed houses.
mat ] had to return over $50 GOO in
checks to disappointed applicants for
tickets for the recent Wasf1ington's
birthday matinee alone. you get some
notion of the size of the public interest
ed in and Endorsement Of my Productions
of the work. No one realizes what the
labor of the production iuvolved-it be-
continued steadily UP TO Dec. "a. and in
amount was monumental
Who wanted to help me give 'Parsi-
talY Not the Bayreuth authorities
had nothing but the stage directions to
guide me. and yet I.did the work of or
derlnS scenery and costumes and prop
critics before I left New York to go
abroad, and before I had ever engaged
Mr.. Fuchs as stage manager. The
sketches for the scenery. entirely new
ones, by prominent Vienna firm, were
sent over and approved In, the spring
and / Went from Carlsbad twice to view
the progress made in their actual paint 1
ing. That we have not only equalled
Bayreuth. but surpassed it in our pro-
duction. is really remarkable / may
say ] am fully satisfied with the results
of the undertaking and proud OF the
public's estimation of it,"
After all. there will be one more per-
Torrance of ''Parsifal" The twelfth
performance is 10 be given as a testi- !
mOnial to Mr.. COnried on April %
Mr. COnried has also decided TO give |
a matinee series of the Ring perform |
ances. The cycle viii be repeated dur /
ing the month of April, after the Metro |
politan company returns from Chicago. I
The schedule of dates follows:
Monday afternoon, April IS 'Das !
RheingOld."
Wednesday afternoon. April 20, Die |
WalkUre.
Friday afternoon. April %, "sieg-
fried
Monday afternoon, April %, Die Got
terdammerung'
In both the extra 'Parsifal' as well
as the ring performances the casts
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If you need Liquozone ard have never
tried it, please send us the coupon be-
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on your druggist for a soc bottle. and
will pay your druggist ourselves for II.
rms applies only to sick ones who
don't know what Liquozone is.
The acceptance of this gift places You
under no obligations whatever. We
shall never ask you to buy il. We sim
ply ash-for your OVID sake-that you
let US at our expense. show you what
LiquozOne can do. Then let the results
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You must realize that Liquozone is
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Liquozone costs SOC and 81.
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Acts Like Oxygen.

The virtue of LiquozOne lies in the
TACT that it does what oxygen does.
Oxygen is the. vital part of air. the
very source of vitality. the most essen
tlaI element Of life. It is Oxyger. that
turns the blue blood to red in the lungs
1t is oxygen that eliminates the waste
tissue and builds up the new. 1t is the
nerve food. the blood food: and every
function of life depends on it.
But an excess of oxygen-the very
hte of the animals deadly TO vegeta-
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There is no doubt that oxygen was in
tended by Nature TO protect man
against germs.
But oxygen IS gas. and unstable
Iiqu0zOne is not even volatile 1t car
ries its virtues into the stomach. into
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06
LYNCAINe As gocIAL FUNcTIoN
American Explains How He Hap
Pened TO Miss the Fun
Modern Society1

At q recent dinner IN London the con-
NersattOn turned on the subject OF lynch
ings in the United States 1t was the
general opinion that rope was the CHIEF
end of a man in America. Finally the
hostess turned 10 an American. who had
taken no part in the conversation, aneS
You. sir. must often have seen these
Yes. he replied. we take 4 kind OF
municipal pride in seeing which city can
show the greatest number Of lynchinEs
yearly
"Oh, DO tell us about a lynchinE YOU
have seen yourself" broke in a half
dozen voices AT once.
The night before ] sailed for England
said the American. 81 WAS giving l din
ner 60 u party of intimate friends. when a
coiOred waiter spilled a plate IL SOUP
over the gown OF a lady az an adjoining
table. The gown was utterly ruined and
lie gentlemen of hcr party at once seized
the waiter tied a rope around his ueck
and az a signal from the injured lady
swung him into the air"
Horrible said the hostess, with a
shWddcr.
And did you actually see this your
We'll. no said the American. apollo
SeticaHy- Just at that time I was
downstairs killing the chef for putting
mustard an the blanc-mange."