The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-14

TfIE iTIll DIS )ISPATCH
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direction OF port charges, harbor dues
and rights to retlt and provision war
ships and merchant vessels. Should the
Aiiglo.Cubnn treaty be ratified ENGLAND
would at once have The right, Under the
most favored nation clause, to claim
all these privileges for hor owl, shipping.
and Tic United states would be deprived
OF rs hope for the special considerations
which It's pnst relations with Cuba would
seem to Justify her in expecting. Much
more important than this, however is
tho fact that tho proposed trenty would
virtually give England n strong naval
base iii Cuban waters, md within ono
hundred miles of our own coast
As tho New Orleans Ti,ncs- Democrat
points out, such al, agreement as ms
now proposed, touches the quick OF the
essential features OF the Monroe Doc
trlne,. II 1t does not actually vioiatc
its letter. and, If carried Into erect
would establish on this hemisphere u
possible Source or foreign danger Bound
as this country morally Is, BY The terms y. IS
OF the Platt amendment. to make CUBA .
cause her own, this treaty would do her,
ut tho least, d considerable injustice; ana
It IS to be expected that the government
will take tic necessary steps 70 prevent prevent
It's ratification. .lg5
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The nows that General CorDin liuo cen cen
s,red MIR. Rockhill for falling to provide
,,ronn, entertainment for Miss Roose-
yelt.s party on tho occasion OF their vls't
TO the Empress Of China, has been re-
ceivcd with surprise by tho Tart TOURISTS
IN Washington. According to ~ dispatch
IN tho Baltimore News. this is tho FIRST
lntimatlon they have had Of any neglect
on tho part or Mr.. Rockhll. General
Corbin was one Of a number VINO were
not Included in the imperial audience
and II Is rather plainly "intimated that
he has felt bit sore over It, Miss Roosc-
Welt appears to have been perfectly sat's-
fed with the arrangements made Tor nor
and 1t is not altogether plain why Min
lister Rockhlll should have excrted him
SELF to provide royal entertainment for
General Corbin.
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Pat Grove says that he had completed
mans for kidnapping Mr.. Rockefeller and
holding him for 100000 ransom. \ con-
temporary suggests that Mr. Grove could ''lp
have gotten more by threatening to let
him go. President Harper OF Chicago,
please write.
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Charleston has thrust aside her last
Crum Of resentment. and delegation OF
leading citizens have been hobnobbing
With the President. Mr.. Roosevelt rides
swiftly over all hostility. Blessed Is tho
peace maker
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4 A New York insurance journal describes
It's daily contemporaries as tho reptile
press" no doubt referring to the painful
yay{in which they have stung the insur-
lnce grafters.
lh$a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES:
If Judge Andy Hamilton wants to spend
it quickly in order to hurry back over
here and face his defamers, let him play
,. system at Monte Carlo.
Observation-Disclosures
1.-TWO big salaries in the hand are no
better than one president in the family)
tree."-(From McCurdy's Elementary
I fE..lI #fr.st Observation-Disclosures 5Es
The only trouble with being Governor
OF the Philippines seems to be that 1t
nils You with constant longing to chuck
your Job.
1t will be far from a cotter's Saturday
night at tho Horse Show. Meet me
at the standing-room.''
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Stegomyia has got to knuckle TO Boreas,
ana Jack Frost is more than a match for
Jack Yellow.
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An upset in ones calculations is better
than an upset over the jumps.
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At any rate. there Is nothing small
about Secretary Taft.
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Five moro days to dee-llghted's busiest
day
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The stock market has again been Van
derlipped.
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Catch that camphory smell this morn
ing?
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After McCurdy, McCurdy.
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jaeger weather anon.
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