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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
The Itinerant System.

It is said that the list of appointments
announced at tho closing session Of the
ono hundred and twentieth annual meet
ing Of the Baltimore Methodist Conference
in Alexandria contained several sur
prIses for local churches. 1.-THE strong
feeling that prevails throughout the
conference" says the Suns report,
against negotiable transfers had been
taken into consideration by the appointing
powers and OF the three churches that
lad called ministers from other confer
cnoes to become their pastors. only one
had this invitation confirmed by the
bishop"
Tho itincrart system has been from
the beginning the boast of the Methodist
Church. Until recently the churches
committed tho appointments entirely to
the bishop, and he made such assign
menls as seemed to him exped!ent, Under
that system every church had preacher
| and every preacher charge. or course
there wero misfts every now and Their,
| hut in the spirit of loyalty to the organi-
zution tho churches usually submitted
without murmur. and gave the new
| preacher n cordial welcome. whether OF
| not he was the first choice Of tho con-
! gregation. But of late years 1t has be-
come the rule rather than the exception
for many OF the more prominent churches
! TO make known to the bishop THAR choice
| OF preachers. ard TO Insist upon having
the man of their choice, Some OF the
| churches, indeed, have gone outside their
own conference and asked for preacher
from some other conference These
''callsv do not differ materially from the
calls OF other denominations, the bishops
appointment being IN such cases merely
matter OF form. This new departure
has caused great dissatisfaction among
tho weaker churches and among the
| preachers themselves. Especially do the
preachers OF tho Virginia conference OBJ
| ject to having preachers from other con
| ferences "called" to do duty in Virginia,
and, In our memory serves US right. a
J formal protest was made against the new
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UNIVERSITY GERMANS.
The Tilka Tries to Guido the
Eli Bananas,
Especial to Tho Times Dlspatcl.j

Especial to Tho Enthusiastically .
CHARLOT'rESVILLD VA April o.
The Tilka german attracted brilliant
throng to tho Fayerweathor Gymnasium
tonight. The members Of this popular
ribbon society Wed to Guido tho ELS.
who held forth last night, in perhaps the
pretticst german danced at the Unlyer-
I sity In ten years. The figures were led by
Dr. Brode @. Male. Handsome favors
were distributed to both the ladies and
men. There was al intcrmission at mid g :.
night for supper Dancing was then re-
sumed and kept up until ! O'clock.
The Ell Banana german was led by NJ r.
Robert Mason. of washington. and varied
figures were Introduced In which only
Ellis participated, At midnight when tho
men were ordered to salaam TO their lair
partners, the spectators broke loose with
applause at the amusing spectacle, bunch.
es OF bananas and the big bass drum OF
the ELS figured prominently throughout
the german. Among the visiting ELS was
the Hon. James Lindsay Gordon, former
assistant district attorney OF New York.
who is spending a. few days WIN ola
friends in Charlottesville
The girls wore large red, White ana
blue hats and boas made OF tissue paper.
Tomorrow night occurs the Beta ger
man, tile last Of the week. A majority or
the Visiting girls however will remain
over until Saturday to Witness the Cor-
nell game and a fraternity coating,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
LAND GRABBING.
a plain, Unvarnished Tale OF an
injury Suffered.

Editor OF The Times--D'isp i'iea :
Sir III Is with much pleasure thae
Mt. yo,r vigorous criticism OF the pres
ent& vicious condition OF affairs " VIZ
rinIa in connection with the land-Briio-
,,,rs law. am sure that5if this law
we're thoroughly understood thero Woula
he but very little investment IN rea1 20.
tatof.in Virginia, for not only GOES .lie
state severely punish those VINO lal! -, ~
nv their taxes, hut also utterly lalls
- nrntact those who do. Perhaps You
r.,,i think this last statement little
far-fetchcd but let mo show you that
II is not. r,,n.
have a relative. who bought prop
erty in this city. unimproSed, at'er
thorough examination OF the titles' anu
M taxes were found to be due. lac
built upon these lots, paid his taxes every
year. and awbke one morning 10 lislu !,
tia entire property In the possession OF
the land-grabbers. who had recelycu y
deed to the same. and who cool!y otiered
ia solicit back to him at a handsome
fnrofit. The matter WAS, OF course. I
.onno placed IN this fnnds OF competent
II wver. who found that tho taxes had
been promptly and fully paid for each
and every year, and that the propert ~
~ no time had ever been delinquent Ut
was bought from national bank. whictl
vas of course too careful to let the
property become dclinquenD. It was
found, however, that upon the llst pass
ing through the auditors offloa, many
ycnrs ago, this property was enormously
listed as delinquent, instead OF the prop
crty being entered on tho next lin e-cl'aar-
Nv n clerical oversight. However. even
with the fact that the property. had never
been delinquent, it took some tlme. a
great deal OF trouble, and considerable
expense to get 1t back, and the owner
had to pay his lawyer and make some
tender to the land-grabbers to secure a
restoration of his own property that mad
never been delinquent.
The writer, when he found the real
facts, rcjoiced exceedingly, as he thousht
that heavy damages, punitive as well as
reol, could be secured from tho land
erabbers on account Of this wanton In
vnson OF tho rights of the owner, but
upon further consultation with his legal
ADVISER he was simply astounded to find
that tile owner had no recourse: that the
State OF Virginia utterly failed to give
him any protection whatever, even after
the payment Of his taxes. He simply
lcould not believe this to DO possible, and
consulted another lawyer. who confirmed
the opinion of the first stating that pos
sibly damages might be gotten from the
auditor under his bond (not the present
auditor, please understand), but It was
extremely doubtful II this bond would
now be worth anything. NJ
This, Mr.. Editor, Is "a plain, unvar-
rtshcd tale" and II hope a publication
Of the same will help in remedying tho
presep It condition of affairs.
S TAXPAYER,
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Natural Bridge: Miss Manic Anderson,
OF Clinton, Mass. Tho two absent nicces,
Miss Maggie Addison, OF Mnssachu.
sets, and Miss Scotia stark,,. OF Natural
Bridge. were represented by Miss Pearl
Haitian, OF Denmark, and Mr. w. p. y.
Starkc, OF Natural Bridge.
The receipts OF the Lexington postof-
flee for tho fiscal year ending March 81.
1904 amounts 10 s9,63s.t9, which Is a gain
OF 81 PASS over the previous year. A few
hundred dollars moro OF business will
cntitle Lexington to frea delivery, and
that may be possible within thu next
year.
Tho Peoples National Bank. OF Lex.
ington.S Mr.. IT. w ALcCluns, president;
MIR. W. M. Mcl1lwce, cashier. the now
bank recently organized hers. has opened
up under tho most favorable conditions.
Deposits tho first day amounted to saI,-;
31o, and the first depositor was Horace
i. Abrahnms. q we'll known colored man
OF Lexington.
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.VES1RYMEN OF
MANY CHURCHES
Some Of Those Who Were
Chosen on Easter Mon
day Evening.

The annual election of yestrymcn oc-
Cured on Easter Monday In oil tho
Episcopal churches OF Richmond. AS
general thing not great deal OF interest
was taken in the matter, though In some
instances large congregations gathered.
This was notably the case with Grace
Church, where the attendance was fuli.
The vcstry chosen at this church was
as follows: Anthony Bargamln, senior
warden; j. M. Fourqurean junior war
den; G. L. Cook, trea surer; Selden Wake,
registrar; Colonel w. II. Palmer, w II.
Urauhart Lewis c. Brandcr, Judge L. y.
Lewis. Adolphus Blair, Austin Broken
brough. MIR. Reed and Captain w NJ.
Bridges. FIJI ~ q
There vas no change made In tho
ycstry of All Saints. Among tho other
yestrles chosen were tho following:
st. James-T. B. Addison, James
Caskie, James R. Gordon. W. i. Gray.
John N Upshur, Preston Cooke. Basil
Alsop. John p. MCGUIRE o. II. Funston.
w. NJ. Woodward, S. G. Wallace and s.
w. Travers.
st. Paul's-Dr James B. Mccaw, Major
Rbbcrt stiles, w G. Bentley, T. Fl.
Deane, DR.. George Ross, Judge R. Carter
Scott, Charles Davenport, B. B. Munford.
Judge Bev. T.. Crump. Colonel r. L.
Maury, Thomas n. rutherford. Ropert
v. Marye.
Holy TrInlty-colonel John ". Gordon,
senior warden; p. II. Baskerville, Junior
warden; Z. C. Mayo, E. T. D. Myers. Jr..
o. j. Sands. Mr.. Wetmer r. H. Smith,
John b. Minor. II. +. Meloney. j. Fl.
Capers and James M. Ball.
St. John 's-Cyrus Bossleux. senior war
den; J. +. Mayer. Junior warden and
treasurer; r. Edgar Shine registrar; B.
Il. Howard, q. G. Miner. 6. y Currie,
j. 8. Moore, +. j. Craigie, w. S. Blank
enship, j. H. Allen. j. N. Armstrong and
MI. Thomas Mussen. d
Nonumental-R. II. Meade, A.. r. Var
brough, b. B. Valentine, George w.
Warren A. l.. Hurt. Charles II. Watkins.
Lewis o. Williams. John L. Williams,
Powhatan Breeden, Charles $. Cooke, and
John NJ. Taylor.
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Il attend q prior applications he was

to attend tc prior applications he was
turned away.
No phpurs In the tinted States have
been more violent In their attacks OF, the
s.money power" tl,an the papers owned
and controlled BY William r. Hearst. He
has ring the changes oil The expression
and has pictured some Of the leading Re- Re-
publican political managers With dollar
marks ali over their clothes. Hearst has
decried and denounced tho use OF money
IN politics. yet never has money been
used so shainelcssly and 30 profligntelS
by any candidate for the presidency since
tho republic was founded. as Hearst Is
Using It. /.
Money Is a great power. and some men
cav be bought BY It, but tho great body
Of respectable Democrats,in tho United
States are not to DO purchased So far
from, being influenced by the cllnk
of Hearst's money, they are disguised
and outraged, and we believe that before
the convention meets respectable ricn
generally will refuse to allow themselves
to- be in any way associated With tho
Hearst boom. Some respectable mon arc
supporting Hearst. but Hearst has used
money so freely that all his followers
are nov. more or less under suspicion, and and
respectable men cannot afford TO Sup
port candidate whose campo gn Is be-
| Ing run upon n purely mercenary basis.
Mr. Hearst is now purchasing contempt
with every dollar that he spends in his
campaign. Il Y Y s En-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
Hearst and His Money.

A correspondent OF tho Louisville
Courier j ournal writing from st. Louis.
says that William r. Hearst has been
trying TO monopolze the hotels and that
Il his programme had gone through, there
would have been little room left In st.
Louis for any except Hearst delegates
and Hearst supporters. ''As things
stand" adds the correspondent, there
Is no parallel in the history of national
political conventions for the plans that
have been perfected by the Hearst pres
idential bureau. Hearst has engaged
quarters sufficient to house AN army, HIS
delegates and shouters arc 10 he enter
tanned roomed and fed at his expense.
Il will not cost any one who comes to
st. Louis to vote or root for Hearst any
think except his time, 80 far as can be
learned.
cat the Planters Hotel. Hearst has
three full floors reserved for tho con-
vent!on period Of six days, and he tried
10 rent tho entire hotel. One Of tho
IIeaIst agents offered 10 renunerate
The management 10 tho amount OF several
thousand dollars a day. but the man
agement refused to consider the propo-
sitlon on the ground that II expected
to be In business after the convention.
Finally Il was agreed TO place the
eight, ninth and tenth floors at Mr..
Hearst's disposal for the convention,
There are fifty rooms TO a floor SO the
Planters reservation aggregates $50
rooms
All the New Jefferson Hotel close TO
the convention hall, where the head
quarters of the National Committee are
10 he located, and where the formal open
Ing win take place Thursday, the Hearst
agent wanted Ia reserve five entire
floors. The management refused the re
quest. But Mr.. Hearst did succeed In
,eserying ninetytNo rooms. occupying
& TWO whole floors and the major part OF
q third.
al tho Southern Hotel where the floor
space is measured in acres. the agent
would have been satisfied with sim
gle floor, but on tho pretense Of having
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
/ r,,atnn, ut Tho last session Of the cot.

custom Mt the last session of the c2 :st.ss
ferehce. ssgS
IL was for years the boast Of tho lead etl'1i
Ing Methodist churches IN Ricl'inohd mat |
it had always accepted In good in'tlll
the preacher assigned by tho bsh 'sNF'G'
never once putting in n claim Tor any y Is
particular man. But by and by, wn ZEN
was discovered that other Churches were were
making demands upor, tho bishop bishop any.
getting tho best preachers. TINS churclli
felt constrained to fall into line ana
make a call.
BY reason Of this innovation the very
existence OF tho itlncrnnt system was
threatened.
1t remains to he seen whether or not
tho Nethodsts will rally to It's support
and frowii down I'LL departures from me
traditions orgnbandon 1t altogether ~
appears to nj, out slider That ono course
or tho other mist be pursued
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07
THURSDAY, APRIL Z, 1904 1904.
The Passing Of HILL

i3S 7,o,,t,c,, writer's In New York. say that
VI ~ Parker boom Is booming. and that
]. THE only drawback to 1t Is tho tact thaL
4 David 3. HILLS intimacy /. with Judge
Y parker makes him neces safily leader In
Z The movement. and Mr.. Hill is no longer
III u popular, leader, III New York.
The political career or David 3. Fill
" makes al, interesting study. AZ one time
II he was ons or tho most Influential DEM
II 5ocrats in his State. and En- 1892 he vas
prominently spoken of for the presider-
il, tlal nomination, having enthusiastic sup.
1t porters in all parts OF tho country nota-
81 BIZ. III tho South, and he was scarcely
n less strong than Grover ca eycland. Mr.
& TIill has made politics his profession and
he is in some respects an astute polltl-
CAN. Personally he Is honest and clean,
Il ana commands tho respect of his fellows
n He has always pumed himself on his
Democracy. and has never for i the
5 organization, although he was unable
& Ia give the Bryan ticket his cordial sup
port During the past TWENTY-FIVE years
no has been a prominent Democrat. and
his name Is rs we'll known as that OF
m any other man in the party, lie IS e.
v good speaker and n good wrlted and mas
a 4 thorough grasp of tho political sltua-
ton. Indeed. Mr.. i1ill may be called a
past master in the fine are Of politics,
md it is not too much to say of him
that he is In many respects competent
%8nnd qualified to he President of tho
IJnited States. But although as VIC
have said, no was q distinguished candl-
date for the Democratic nomination In
1899, day his name isfnever mentioned
In connection with rthat honor, and his
fcnndidncy is snot'evcn regarded as n re-.
mote possibility.
Why is this? Why Is 1t that O. man Of
Mr. Hills intelligence and experience and
knowledge OF politics and of his promt-
{Gncnce in national affairs has SO conn
"A p,etely lost his hold upon the members
Of his party? Many reasons might be as
signed, but we believe that tho main rea-
son Is his unsteadiness II he had been
brave independent like Cleveland or
consistent partisan like German, he
would be in much better standing IN his
party. But lie has been as unstable as
water. At one time We find him an ac-
tive party worker, harangulng the peo-
pie and doing all in his power to pro-
mote the cause of Democracy: at an an
other we find him .'sulhins in his tent
s az tho saying goes, and never lifting his
voice in the most exciting of campaigns,
AT one time we find him conservative
and cndeavoring to exercise a restraining
influence over the extreme men in tho
party; at another inc we hear him
preaching the extreme doctrine Of pater-
naIism. and socialism. Democrats have
found that Mr.. Hill is not to be relied
uron. II.a has dscredtcd himself, and
while his Influence was at ono time
political force of national reach, to-day
his advocacy of Judge Parker Is a me-
mace and a drawback. n
Young politicians may. with the hints
We have given. study Mr.. Hills career
to their profit @
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The Sentence Of Senator Burton

The conviction Of Senator Burton, Of
Knpsas, OF an Infamous offense. and bis
senterce to fine and Imprisonment and
the loss Of his civil right to hold any
Office of trust and emolument under tho
United States government, Is an event
that must give us pause It Is the
first time that such degradation has be-
fallen senator otthe United States.
The statute which the convicted senator
violated was ono which forbids a senator
or member of Congress to take pay. for
tho exercise Of his influence with the
government. 3Ssss !.
It Is said that the Romans have no
laws against parrioide because they
deemed such a crime Impossible, but It
is evident that our national legislators
had seen enough to make them pass q
law denouncing as a crime the abuse Of
the power which senators and representa-
tivcs have by its perversl on to their own
sordid purposes Senator Burton may
not havo been the first to thus abuse
his powers as SENATOR but he seems to
have become emboldened by his nvowed
purpose to mako money, and with that
determination his conscience was atdfled
and his duty to his people and the, dignity
of his high office were utterly Ignored.
It Is a pathetic thing to- see such n man
blight a future full promise by DELHI
erately talcing the wrong road III life.
despite oil warnings. No more false.
idea Of life can control any man than the
idea that the acquisition of money is the
first and prime object Of life, Without
doubt the securing OF a competency, ard,
If proper opportunity IS afforded, even
a fortune, IS not only justlfiablo; It is
a duty; but such results should be OBJ
taIned as an Incident and accompaniment
to the discharge Of duty as q good citi-
zen, which should be tho main object
Of mans lite If fortune comes under
these conditions, we'll and good, Some
body has to own the property of the
world, and 1t were bettor that 1t be owned
by good men than bad But to start out
with the idea of making money by hook
or by crook. ard to do so BY accepting
public offices of trust and honor with
the purpose Of betrayng that trust in
order to make moEey, well deserves the
terrible sentence which has been passed
On the senator from Kansas.
Some corrupt politicians no doubt go
unwhipped Of justice, but tho public
conscience is neither corrupt nor asleep,
and these base men who are in tho cita-
dol Of public confidence as traitors are
in constant danger Of being thrown head
long from tho tnrpeian rock Of Justice by
an outraged and Indignant people. If
'the love of money is the root Of all
.evi' the prostitution of an horored
Office is the lowest depth to which that
evil love can carry criminal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-07

The steamship companies. wo arc told,
report lighter sales Of tickets than usual
to Europe this season. No doubt, the
reason Is that many who would other
wise go abroad will stay here in order
to be able to luxuriate in a visit to the
Worlds Fair at st. Louis. On the other
hand, it Is probable that considerable
number Of foreigners will make the fair
the occasion Of making q tour Of this
country.
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Personal and General.

The first American baby to be born on
tho Island of Guam was tho daughter OF
Mr., and Mrs, Eugene p. Ryan, and shells
now nearly two months old, Her father
tho Concord during tho battle of Manila
Bay g.
Thomas D. Smith, secretary OF Tam
many Hall. has Just been in st. Louis
making arrangements for housing Tam
many at tho Democratic National Conven-
ton. About six hundred braves and their
friends Will be present.
The Prince Of Wales has a most extra
ordinary design tattooed on his arm. 1T
takes tho form Of fearful looking
dragon, with open Jaws bristling Will.
rows OF gigantic teeth, and G. row Of
spiked horns down the middle OF Its back.
Abdel IIamld Bey Abaze. representing
the Egyp,an Goyernment n as the e. cg %
Louis Exposition, las arrived in. Boston.
Rear admiral ], 6. watsonE Of tho
Naval 1sxamining Board. has been Of
dered to visit Europe during tho coming
summer to study tho enlisted personnel
Of foreign naVicS s K
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Horse Show Officers.
Especial "a The Times DIsp[,,atch.)

tSpeclAl TO The TImes- DIspatch.)
FREDERICKSBURG VA, April g.
hero In Juno were named to-day as fol-
lows: President C.. II. Hurkamp: first
tvlce-presldent. Judge A. w. WALLACE:
second ylce-presIden;, st. George r.: Fitz-
hugh; honorary vcc-presidents. Mayor
M. G. Willis. /. Hirsh. D. y. Wheeler.
George Purvis. w. II. Hurkamp. "A. p,
Rowe, s. ". somerviTe, J. NJ. Griffin;
Randolph HoEard: directors, Captain NJ.
b. Rowe. Henry Warden. Colonel E. d.
Cole, Captain r. A1cCracken. a. w. En-
brey. Henry Dannehl. G. T. Boulwnre. z.
C. Row!ett. Captain S. ~. Quinn,#J. 8,
Wallace, Captain y. M. Lee. Z.
Great interest is felt In the coming
event. ~
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DESTROY THE CAUSE.
You Cannot cure Dandrun Without De-


stroylng tho Cause OF It,
Many people wash their scalps satur-
day night or Sunday to try to keep the
dandruff down for the week, but on Mon
day night the scalp has begun to itch,
anc Tuesday morning will find q good
supply of dandruff when the hair Is
tific way of during dandruff and that Is
to XIII tho germ that causes It, and fall
ing hair. and finally badness, There Ia
only one preparation that will destroy
the germ. and that is Newbro's Herpl-
eide. 1t is an entirely new discovery and
the only hair preparation that is based
OH tl.a new scientific principle u, addi-
ton Herptcide Is a very refreshing hair
dressing for regular toilet use. Sold by
leading druggists. Send 1oc. IN stamps
for sample to The Herplcide Co, Detroit,
Mich. Owens and Minor Drus Co., sne-
rial Agents.
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ELEVEN N NE,
One Of Them Lucky Possessor
Round-Trip Ticket to st. Louis,

Especial to The Times-D lspatch)
LEXINGTON, VA April ga ROUNDS.
lrIr ticket to the st. Louis Exposition,
Including all expenses, was Yesterday
Marion, Rockbridge county, the giftaof
an uncle, Mr.. Cary Wright, Of Idaho The
offer was made by Mr.. Wright to one o.
his eleven nieces, ths conditions being
that the contestants should be oyer six
teen years Of age and unmarried, yes
iterday nine Of them gathered In Lexing-.
ton ut thu home OF Mr.. and Mrs. ~ Il.
Connor. where the award was made by
lot, Those present were Misses Grace.
Ethel and Gertrude Starke, Of Natural.
Bridge; Miss Grace silor. Of Lexington:
Miss Pearl sier, of Marion; Miss Pearl
Wilson, OF Fancy Hill; Miss Rachel Gums
Hings, Of Marloni Miss Era Barger. OF
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Tho New Orleans Times-D Democrat notes
tho rarity nowadays OF visits of Gyp-
shes to that section OF the country. The
same may be said OF this part of yir-
gInia. and the probability is that the
Gypsies will mako themselves "scarcer"
atill hereafter, a bill proposing TO levy
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Don't let's annex all of 'IIanneracker'
at once, Let IT come, certainly. but by
pecemeal, II you please.
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Old Winter will surely be out of the
way in time for the arrival Of the Queen
of the May.
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A doctor In New York says that, X-rnys
produces an abnormal thirst. We take
it that the patient SO affected Graves light
drinks.