The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-04

patch would confer II. service on he + uf..
4i,t hV getting ut tho bottom facts ntld
rivinn thoirl.-Norfolk Virgnlanspllot,
7l,rhcl Timcs-D ispatcl, believes that the
5biil was killed by ofiicoloders and ut
torncys who nro Interested ~ Tees '' But,
Of course, we hnvc no means San 81 proving N[ n
1t, N S} u n z II
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r or, Addisol, Ballard urges tllat some
college OF university shall undertake = no Q
study Of tho Science Of the Prolo n.y. !.
tion Of Human Life" under "hat l1'lsts
be called d chair Of "Evology." ~ IS n 9
clearly stated what such II scheme cou tlllu
accomplish, unless, indeed. 1t should bo
the collection OF data bearing OF fioige2 N
gitynow preserved IT. many different a =. 1E
widely scattered records. state ana CITY
boards OF health, insurance companies '
and other organizations have accu'h nv
allied Il great wnnlth OF material
Perhaps Dr. ballard wants his pro t 's
so. to assemble his material md analyzo
ii, and give II to tho public III con concrete
form. III other words, the professor
would become a sort OF. clearing mouse
Tor n1odcrr investigators Of this sub
icct,
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Russia WIS ten and ohc-half years ny
building tho Trans Siberian railway.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad, con
structcd under similar circumstances u
IS said, laid twcnty-rinc hundred ana
twenty-ohie miles Of track in ten years
unfortunately. lii Russla's case the haste
has proved to be n waste, for the roAu
will have to be rebuilt almost. K sa1,ls'
weighing only twelve pounds TO the the 1901.
have been put down; wooden bridges are 9.
mostly used, and switches for passing
5tlairs arc not far apart.
iron, MOSCOW to Mnnchurn Is ALI
niles: 10 tIarbin, also miles: to Dnlney,
5,3eS miles, ana 10 Port Arthur, o'ass
miles. s1i
rhe Hon. Dnvid Il. Hill Is supposed 70
Ia very friendly to the presidential as
,,iratlons OF Judge Parker. lie "ould
DO pleased To SEQ the New York deiesis
ton Instructed for Parker. or tho o'hcr
hand, Mr., Murphy, Of Tammany, insists
That the New York delegation shall DC be
,ninstructed., 4 Who Is his first choice, nc
will not say: but lie goes SO far as to con-
cede that Cleveland would be the strong
est candidate the Democrats could nonl-
ratc.
Itamay. be that injustice is done Mr..
Murphy, but lie is suspected OF wishing
to have tho delegation uncon1mltted' so
that he may manipulate It tho better.
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Ian of some distinction, who is now
IN st. Louis, writes to one OF the pa pers
there making objection to q proposition
that his visiting cotntrymer shall be en-
tcrtained BY &thc colorcd people ile
saws his brethren will object to that ar
rangement; that they wish, always TO
be associated with the whites ratllet
than with the blacks.
quite so, but what have the whites 70
say? In popular ethnology the J a IS are ar,
neither whites, nor blacks but browns ' !!
..colored' they certainly are
Observation-Disclosures.
New Orleans Is preparing 70 Wase y
war upon the mosquitoes and dust, poth.
Here in Richmond the mosquitoes are
not vcry troublesome, bit the dust IS
an abomirable nuisance at times-that
is to say frequently. Riclmonds nuns
cipal authorities never yet have been
equal to the. dust and paper trash PROP
lens They seem to be unable 70 cope
with the situation, SO to speak.
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RI the officers Of the battlcship Virginia
could be consulted they would vote TO
q man against a silver service from the
state for that vessel. Such service
is of no use and a great care and rcspon-
slbillty to the ships company
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Mr. Cleveland says that the statement
that he entertained n negro at lunch IN
the White House is absolutely false.
That settles once for all an old yarn
that has been passing around In one form
or another for years.
Mcssrs Frye and Hale, Of Maine, each
has served thlrtythree years IN Con-
grcss--the former uninterruptedly, the
latter with pse Of two years time.
| Observation-Disclosures n
The Republicans of Virginia are hay
| Ing their quadrennial amusement.
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| YOUR Uncle Grover knows exactly no"
to mail q lie,
| 4- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
With a Comment or Two.
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