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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1904-07-28
Platform ON EduCa-
fiOH,

The State Democratic convention
at Jefferson City made declaration
of principles and facts concerning
public schools in Missouri as fol-
lows:
l. The ideal of the democratic
party is we'll articulatcd system Of
public schools from the humble ru-
raj school thru great University.
:. Education is the best means Of
promoting general Industrial prog
rcss, OF establishing proper social
and moral principles and Of Inspir-
ing high civic honor.
,. Missouri, under democratic ad-
ministration, has in 80 years organ
lzcd and developed a system Of
schools along broad lines and now
spends more for education than for
all other purposes.
4. The democratic party in Mis-
souri, pledges itself to continue the
maintenance of separate schools for
white and colored children.
5 The proposed constitutional
amendment concerning free use Of
textbooks in all public schools is
endorsed.
f. The democratic party takes
great pride in what the state has
done in providing for defective
children, in providing technical and
professional education Of q nigh
order and in encouraging and help
ing every community 10 provide
the best schools possible for all its
children.
!. The state is pledged to CON
tinuc the work so we'll begun until
there Shall not be any illiteracy,
immortality OF improvidence.
\ woman in neighboring town
hou9hta a new-fangled coffee pot Glom
a peddler. In the evening she show
ed it to her husband, a hardware
dealer, who told her he kept the
same thing in his store for half the
price she had paid. ''Well'" she
said, why don't you advertiser
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1904-07-28

TVVENT- ECURTH =
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05

OUR President is continually max
ing "a, "a, spectacle Eve were
about to say long-eared equine) of
himself. Now because Governor
Vardaman, of-Mississippi, criticised
Roosevelt's Southern blood, but
more probably because of his anti
negro stand, the President refuses to
let little crossroads postoflice be
named "Vardaman." Oh what a
picayune man is our chief magis-
trate! His indiscretion will make
his enemy famous, and we venture
the prediction that the country in a
few years will be flooded with
Vardaman postoffices, to greater
number than those named after the
President. By-the-way, there are 33
postoffices named after His Majesty
(this is no Slip, called Ted, Teddy,
Theo, Theodore, and Roosevelt, and
strange to say the South furnishes
the most of them. 1t has been sus-
pected that these Southern 14th class
postoffices would not have been
granted but for the trucking in Sc
Letting the name.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
LATEST WAR NEWS.

VIA BALTIMORE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT-A desperate three-day
assault on the inner defenses of Port
Arthur has failed, according to adj
vices from Chinese refugees. A Rus
sian who escaped from Port Arthur
on the night of July 20 states that
the earth trembled under the terrific
cannonading which began at a. m.
on July 2G and ended during the
night of July %, when the battle
ceased. The Russian killed and
wounded during the assault num-
bered between five and six thousand.
The Japanese in their repeated as
saults, through barbed wire entangle-
ments and over mines, displayed
fanatical bravery. They were moved
down by the hail of shells and
bullets and the explosion of mines
under their feet. Their losses are
estimated at 10000. The Russian
declares that the Russians held ali
the eastern forts, and that the Japa-
nese, shattered and exhausted, re
tllCu W Gu6 east warn.
After the three days of desperate
fighting the japanese claim to have
captured Shantaikow, one of the
important defenses of Port Arthur.
They say they have not been repulsed
but are drawing closer aud closer the
lines around the doomed city,
LAND FIGHTING IN THE NORTH.
The japanese are winning all
along the line in the colossal
assault which the combined armies
of Generals Kuroki, Oku and Nodzu,
numbering about 100000 men, are
making against General Kuropatkin,
who is supposed to have about 17O,-
600.
A dispatch from GeLeral Kuro.
patkin states that the japanese have
occupied lkhuvuen and Yangse pass,
Ills troops, he states, held their
advanced position" but sustained
heavy losses; therefore, they fell
back six miles, to their ''main posi-
TONS" General Kuroki, in the
opinion of the Russian Commander
in-Chief, is striking at Liaoyang,
which would mean that Kuropatkin
would have to win great battle or
withdraw his main army to Mukdeu.
A Toxic dispatch states that the
japanese have administered "severe
defeats" to the Russians at Yangse
pass and Yushulikzu. These actions
were 2G miles apart. The soldiers
suffered cruelty from the heat, which
was more than 100 degrees.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
DEATH BY BOMB.
Assassin Blows up Russian Minis
ter, Himself and others.

ter, Himself and others.
Nj. Won Plehve, Russian Minister
of the Interior and considered the
most powerful man in Russia next
to the Gar, was blown to pieces
Thursday by bomb hurled into his
carriage on the crowded Zabaansky
Prospect while on his way to visit
the emperor. His coachman was
also killed and others were wounded.
The Minister'S head was almost
blown off, the carriage demolished
and much havoc was wrought in the
neighborhood.
The supposed assassin, a young
man dressed as a railway employe,
who was badly wounded in the alb
domen, was arrested, but being I'M
concious, little could be learned of
his name or nationality. 1t was be-
lieved he took poison when he threw
the bomb. He is said to be q Finn.
The two predecessors of Won
Plehve were both assassinated, the
former in 1901 and the latter In
1902.
The Gar attended the conservation
OF the new church of st. Seraphim,
at Old Peterhof Sunday. In spite
OF the fact that the police say the
plot which resulted in the assassina
ton of Interior Minister Won Plehye
distinctly placed the Emperor as
"uninvolved," many extra precau-
tons have been taken to insure his
safety. His personal guard has been
tripled, although the anarchists are
not after him.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
Syndicate to Buy Weems Line.

Mr.. Nicholas p. Bond, who repre-
sents the syndicate that is negocia-
ting for the purchase of the Queen
Anne's railroad and the Weems
Steamboat Company, had a con-
ference with Mr.. Henry Williams.
president of the Weems Steamboat
Company. but could not agree
on price. 1t is understood
that the syndicate considerably in
creased its offer for the properties of
the steamboat company over the one
made about a week ago. Mr.. Will
liams is not anxious to sell, and
insists that if transfer is made it
must be at his own price. The syn
dicate has an option on the Que. n
Anne's railroad for 60 DAYS. which
was secured about one week ago, af-
ter previous option had expired.
Mr.. Bond, who is counsel for the
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic,
owned by the Pennsylvania, admits
the deal Is under way. If it is com
pleted, the Pennsylvania will con-
troll all railroad facilities of the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and
about ninety per cent. of the passen-
ger and freight steamers of the bay.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
THE NEW RAILROAD,
More About the Richmond-Ur-
hanna Road.


1t seems that our article of two
weeks ago about the new railroad on
the Southside of the Rappahannock
let the cat out of the bag. The
Sentinel, of Urbanna, and the Rich
mond papers followed W 18th rapid
fire, and interest is at a tension.
Here are some additional facts, taken
from the columns of the Nescs-
Leader:
The corporation commission issued
charter on July 2nd to the Rich
mond, Rappahannock and Eastern
Railway Company, which desires to
build and operate broad guage
steam railway from here due east to
Urbanna, on the Rappahaunock
river, in Middlesex county,. Rich
mond Is the designated headquarters
of the company.
Mention would have been made of
the new scheme at the time the char
ter was issued. but the local repre-
sentatives of the enterprise were very
anxions to have nothing said about
the matter, and their wishes were
respected. They urged that a pre-
mature publicity might injare the
project. But some loquacious
authority has beer talking to the
Virginia Citizen, of Irvington, and
to the S0uthside Sentinel, of Ur-
hanna, and the lurking feline has
incontinently emerged from the tex
tile receptacle ia the capacious
depths of which it has lain concealed.
The incorporates and directors of
the company are @. o. Burns, George
w. Carhart and II. j. MacManus, of
New York; George b. Jones and l..
L. Routt, of Richmond, and Daniel
O'Reardon, of Arnold, Md. MIR.
Burns is president of the company,
Mr.. Routt is secretary, and Mr.. Car
hart is treasurer. The authorized
capital stock may be fixed from $lO,-
600 TO 100000 at 500 share.
The charter allows the company to
operate it's main and branch lines
from Richmond through Henrico,
Hanover, King William, King and
Queen, Essex, Mlddlesex, Mathews,
Gloucester Lancaster, Northumber-
land, Richmond and Westmoreland.
eve are also assured" says the
Sentinel of July 2Sth, "that on the
property secured for the terminus in
Urbanna a large summer resort with
all modern amusements, an enor-
nous hotel, boardwalk and piers will
be erected in due time and no pains
will be spared to make Urbanna the
Atlantic city of the South. Every
advantage is offered for such thing,
and with the proper amount of money
behind it, as it has, we see no reason
why it shall not be CO."
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
SWAN I25 MILES.
"Abe" Taylor (COlOred), n Jail
Bird, AccOmplishes Great Feat.

NV A"liOt NNOiOFeul, jail
Bird, AccOmplishes Great Feat.
Capt. Levin Hamburg, of the
schooner Early Bird, which arrived
in Baltimore few days ago, reports
that "Abe" Taylor, the Norfolk me-
gro wanted by the Baltimore police,
and who made his escape from Ser
geant Lancaster, of Baltimore, on
July goth by jumping overheard
from the Old Bay Line steamer
Georgia, was picked up by him
about l25 miles down the BAY.
Taylor, it is said, swan all the way
from Baltimore. The negro had q
life-preserver when first sighted, but
when the schooner went about and
picked him up he rid himself Of it,.
A warrant was sworn out for Tay-
lor by Sergeant Lancaster, and W hen
the Sergeant went to the steamer to
place the negro under arrest he found
that he had gone overheard, pre-
ferring to swim home to Norfolk
rather than fall into the hands of
the Baltimore police. Taylor was
sighted on his journey down the bay
by several vessels, and each time
when assistance was sent him he re-
fused to come out of the water, saw
ing that he was swimming for prize.
When the Early Bird hailed him he
gave the same explanation, but the
suspicious of Captain Hamburg were
aroused and he took the negro into
custody.
The Sheriff of Essex county, Vir-
ginia, was communicated with by
the Captain, and when the schooner
arrived at Bowler's wharf, in that
county, the aquatic negro was sent
ashore. Captain Hamburg stated
that there were two men waiting on
the shore when Taylor was landed,
and he thinks that one was the
Sheriff, but he cannot state positively
that "Abe" was placed under arrest.
Taylor is a powerful negro, and
gave bat little evidence of the hard
strain he had undergone by swim
ming such a distance without food.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05

The CITIZEN was glad to note in
a recent issue of the Times Dispatch
under the heading "Makers of Rich
mond," "a brief but lucid sketch of Mr..
Warren p. Taylor, traffic manager
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac, and the Washington
K Southern railroads, while not
yet SO years old. A fairly good por-
trait of this noted young Southern
railroad man accompanies the article.
MIR. Taylor is not altogether I'M
known in the Northern Neck. His
prominence has brought him into
contact with leading men from this
section, while he also has business
connections and interests in West
moreland county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
MODERN wOODMEMOFAMERICA.

Mr.. II. B. Ball, District Deputy
Head Consul of the Modern Wood
men of America, is in the Northern
Neck organizing camps of that fra
ternity at various points. A sufIi-
clent number of applicants have been
secured for the institution of local
camps at Reedville and Lancaster.
and he is now soliciting applications
Tor the organization of camp at
Heathsville. The first camp of this
traternal beneficiary society was or
ganized January 5, 1883, with men,
oershlp of 81. On January 5, 1904,
the membership reached 100000.
The National Headquarters are To-
Gated at Rock Island, Ill. The state
OF Virginia was admitted to It's juris-
dIctlon in 1903, since which time
they have instituted camps in most
OF the cities and towns in the State,
having membership of 1900
HeathSville Echo.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05

The CITIZEN refrains for the
present from making extended COM
ment upon the murder that occurred
in Carriers Greek, near this village,
for reasons that are obvious. AT
the trial only will the facts be
brought out, and no matter how
bastard a deed may be we would
dislike to PREJUDICE the cause. One
attendant feature, however, we can
not repress, and that is that whis-
key was at the bottom Of it all
Whiskey procured at Weems wharf.
While the illegal traffic in progress
in some portions of our county has
not exactly been defended by good
residents it is lamentable fact that
not sufficient number have shown
the courage to arise and put out the
iaw-breakers. There has been suflic-
lent spirit in some communities to
take the law into their own hands,
and we have strenuously opposed any
such action, but we cay advisely
that unless Developments of the
near future rid us of the vile
trafiic-especially about Weems,
White Stone and Kilmarnock-we
magbt be found advocating personal
interference. If our conviction be
reasonable or lawless we will stand
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05

Chairman Park Agnew says the
Republicans will make a campaign
in every Congressional district in
Virginia.
Democrats are comparing condi-
tlons now TO those of 1892, and seem
even more promising. "Rooseveltism''
adds largely to charges against
Republicans. The comparison con-
vinces them of a complete landslide.
Governor Montague is trying hard
for Senator Martins seat, and if
zealousness counts for much he
should win out. His bold dash for
Confederate Veterans, as evidenced
by his much speaking to them, has
raised the question as to what he
knows about the war and if his ante
cedents took a hand in it.
Republican national leaders are
reported as saying that their party
needs "good scare" 1t is likely to
get what 1t needs. Some signs look
very ominous. There are indications
not only of apathy in the rank and
file, but of dissension and mis-
management at headquarters. ANY
campaign operated by amateurs in
vites defeat.
There never was time when the
Democratic party was more harmoni-
GUS than it is just at present. There
are no swings" and there is perfect
peace in all directions. There are
no quarrels pending OF impending
and no jealousies to be adjusted and
no heart-burning to be cured. Most
OF the irritation that exists is in the
editorials of Republican newspapers
and the hopes of Republicans leaders,
who are greatly disappointed to find
that Tillman carries something be-
sides pitchfork.
In the Democratic press, and in
the independent newspapers which
are supporting Parker, there is a
very general disposition to concen-
trate effort upon pushing to the
front the issue of Roosevelt The
New York World, which is doing
yeoman work for the Democratic
ticket, and is letting no grass grow
under its feet even in this humid
July, August weather, puts down as
the brst of its "Ten Issues of the
Campaign" this question::
Trough RIDER OR JUDGE?
Shall the people of the United States
nave Tor the next four years a Personal
or Constitutional Government-the
sovereignty of party dictator or the
sovei eighty of the people-a Rough
Rider or Judge for Chief Magistrate
Several incidents unimportant in
themselves but importantly signifi-
can't, show that the Democrats are
going into this fight in better shape
and with more enthusiasm than in
twenty-six years. The first reported
to the Democratic cam
pa'gn fund came in the shape of the
first bale of cotton grown in the
State of Georgia. 1t was sent to
New York and sold at auction, the
proceeds to go into the party cam.
paign fund. and it brought 10 cents
a pound. This spirit among the
business men Of the South ia very
likely to find an echo among their
business associates at the North
especially in New York city where
the Southern vote musters about
$4,000 strong, the bulk of which
have been cast for the Republican
nominees the last two presidential
elections.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
NEWS ITEMS.

The Board of Supervisors of
NJ athews county has contracted with
ID. f. Shrimp for an artesIan we'll at
the county seat, to cost $3.50.
The Jail at Colonial Beach was de-
stroyed by fire Friday night. 1t is
believed that it was set on fire by a
prisoner. The prisoners were taken
out and confined elsewhere.
1t is reported that Sir Thomas
Upton is not yet without hope of
winning the America cup. He
does not know that he can enter the
next contest, but he is preparing for
success at some future time.
Robert K. Pattison, a native of
Maryland, who was twice Demo-
cratic Governor of Pennsylvania.
died Monday at his home IN Over
brook, suburb OF Philadelphia.
Pneumonia, complicated with ii
weakness of the heart, was the cause
OF death. lie was 50 wears old.
Rev. Clarence b. Strouse, the
evangelist, has been chosen as q
leader and director of special reli-
gious services to be held on the st.
Louis Exposition grounds. The
meetings are to he held under the
auspices of the Y. NJ. @. A. Mr..
Strouse will be remembered in the
Northern Neck.
Bob Fitzsimmons will never don
the gloves again. He has retired from
the ring for good. He realizes that
he ls too old to combat with present
day boxers with any marked degree
OF success and announces that he
"will let the younger fellows fight it
out among themselves" Fiiz has
made arrangements to star in a play
with his wife next season.
Incidents occur almost daily
which demonstrate the folly of keep
ing large sums of money on the
person or about the house. 1t is
reported that one, Chas. NJ. Stand.
ley, of Philadelphia, is well nigh
destitute in Richmond, as q result of
the mans losing $2,675.OO, the saw
lngs of lifetime, which he had for
years carried around in his pocket in
notes. The money was either drop
PED IN the street or taken away from
him.
After legal battle of several
years Admiral Dewey and his men
who fought the battle of Manila
bay May L, 1898, are to receive their
prize money on account of the cap
ture of the Don Juan de Austria
and other Spanish property. The
value OF the property captured was
liked at 81 ,G57,355 a sum consider
ably in excess of what the Govern
ment claimed to be due. One-half
OF the amount will be paid to the
captors, while the remainder, as pro-
vided by law, will be placed to the
credit of the navy pension fund.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
is entitled to the name of the straw
berry route by reason of the enor-
nous shipments over this line of
the delicious fruit grown in Eastern
Carolina, and sent to the large cities
and colder climes. Including re-
triRerator car shipments and ship
ments over the express line total
OF GOS,369 crates of berries or 2,2l7.
car loads are reported for the season.
The net results to the growers from
this quantity of berries is conserya-
lively estimatete at $1,2l6,73S. A
careful estimate shows that the Car
loads of Strawberries shipped from
the Carolinas over the Coast Line
alone, if loaded into cars and united
into one train would make train
nearly eight miles in length.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05

WE REMARKED in presence of friend
the other day something about "horse-
sense" when he quickly said: "The
horse is the biggest fool in the world. II
he runs away he will just as soon run
into the fire or the water as on the PLAIN
road, whereas a mule, no matter how
frightened he becomes or how fast he
may be running will dodge the smallest
mud hole in the road" This was n new
one on US, and we have been wondering
ever since whether or not others agree
with this friend.-FdrmUiR Herald.
To be sure. Every boy that was
raised on farm knows that the old
saw "horse sense" gangs aft aglee.
A calf, a pig, and horse are about
the dullest brutes on the farm
excusing individual exceptions.
Scientists tell us that horse can
contain but one idea in his think
box at time. Get his mind and
eyes on a whip and he will forget all
about kicking. His Uranium, like
the lovers, has but single thought
at any one time.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-08-05
Friday, August 3, 1904.

dictate (supposedly backed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has renewed its efforts to purchase
the Weems Line of steamers, run
ming out of Baltimore to the Patux-
snt, Potomac and Rappahsnnock
rivers. There is some consolation in
the fact that President Henry Will
liams declined the proposition, but
it is only little respite and to be
short-lived, We fear. An offer of the
week previous was considerably in
creased last week. This continual
hammering by a powerful corpora
tion, determined upon having the
popular route, will win in the end.
Were Mr.. Williams a young man
We would have little fear of his Civ
ing up the route that his genius
has built into one of much magni.
tude. AS it ia he has been harassed
for years by complaints, rivals and
exactiLg shippers. AS the head of
giant monopoly he is in the lime
light of criticism from a large
constituency who are but hu-
man after all. Ninety per cent. of
the people on his waterways will
admit that he is the best head of a
monopoly they ever heard of, and
yet good proportion of these will
not hesitate to take a crack at him
if some little trivial thing goes not
to suit them; and if they have a lit
tie bunch of stuff left on the wharf
q lawyer is put on the trail to harass
the president, without considering
whether or not ne has done his best.
Worried by these petty pickings the
surprise is that man of independent
wealth and all to be desired in social
station does not sell out, or 'cuss
ana quit, as the vulgar saying goes.
The CITIZEN has never supported
the Weems Line people when it
thought them in error, but in all
our career we have had the good of
our section and its people before us
as the paramount issue. Acquaint-
ance of years with railroads and
other corporation syndicates has
caused US to appreciate the virtues
OF a lenient monopoly-a limited
oligarchy, as it were, against an
absolute monarchy. 1t has never
come to our knowledge where Just
claim for damages was not quickly
settled by the Weems. A single man
and that one Henry Williams
would hear the cause, maybe by let
ter, and make settlement forthwith.
With a syndicate at the helm, it will
take dollars to recover cents, and
then you may grow grey while
awaiting the red-tape dictum. This
is just one of the many contrasts
that might be drawn. But we say
In all earnestness, and moved by no
peculiar love for the Weems, that it
will be a sad day for our people
when syndicate buys out the Will
ilams management. Our petty
grievances will be multiplied and
magnifed, and there will be no re-
dress for the common herd" we
will have to bow to the will of a
trust or a syndicate, or whatever
you may be pleased to call it.
We had hoped that Henry Will
Hams would stand fast and hand
down his steamboat heritage to his
energetic sons, and we hope so still,
but our hopes are built upon little
foundation.