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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
The Primary.
$ the friends of PIT

For years the friends of pure and fair
politics in Virginia labored together for
the establishment of the primary plan
of selecting party candidates. 1t was
long fight, but the primary was 1inally
victorious, and this year 1t is TO be put
lon trial. The convention plan was OBJ
iectionable for the reason that it deprived
the people of the right of voting direct
for the nominees and again because u
was at least possible to manipulate coil
ventions in such a way as TO defeat me
popular will The voters or virginia
were also DESTROYS of having the OPP
nortunity of expressing their choice OF
candidates for the United States Senate
This year Democrats will have the
privilege of going to the polls and voting
direct By secret ballot for party candi-
dates for all State offices, as We'll as for
the candidate for the United States
Senate Whether or not this system
will be continued will depend very largely
upon the manner in which the prl-
maries this year are conducted. Inc
system is on trial and will be put 70
the test. If the primaries arc honestly
and fairly conducted and the vote hon
cstly and fairly counted and returned,
the primary will be an established IN
s,tuton and will abide. But If sharp
practice Is employed if by trickery or
fraud or manipulation or any other dis
honest method, the primaries are con-
Quoted in such way as TO defeat the
will Of the people, the system VIII re-
ceivc a setback, If not its deathblow.
The primary is on trial, and the good
name of the Democratic party of Nlr-
ginia is at stake. There can be no sort
of excuse or pretext for trickery or
cheating. 1t is family fight, con-
test among gentlemen, and it would be
an everlasting disgrace to the party II the
election should ~ tashted with fraud.
In the nameJo Of Virginia Democracy. IN
the name Of pure politics and honest
government, in the name of Southern
honor and chivalry. let US have an
election that shall be fair and honest
and above suspicion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Japan Has Won.

Poor Rojestvensky! We think of him
much as we think of Cervera. He went
knowingly, yet deliberately and cour-
ageously 10 his destruction. He had
put the Japs on notice that he was COM
ing and had given them abundant time,
to prepare. He chose the direct route
to Vladivostok. He endcavored to force
his way through the narrow straits of
Corea, where the Japs had every ad-
vantage and where his doom was incri-
table. But on he went. determined to
obey orders at all peril and to sell the
life OF his fleet as dearly as possible.
1t was the desperation of the SIX
Hundred" who rode "into the jaws of
death" 1t was the desperation Of the
gallant Cervera, who made a dash for
liberty from Santiago, 1T was mag.
nifcent. but 1t Was not war" Rojest-
! vensky gave himself no chance. II was
a deliberate sacrifice.
What Will Russia now do? VIII she
again proclaim that she viii fight to tn,
bitter cndF~ Has she not alrsady seach
cd The bitter end? Has she not failed
at every turn? Has not Russia los
and has not Japan won? What more 81
there for Japan to do? She has cap
tured Port Arthur; she has destroye,
two Russian fleets constituting practi
cally the entire navy, she has almos
driven Russia out of Manchurin. Is sh
not entitled To the verdict OF nations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
|RHYNESEa1 TODhY |
Just My Luck
(Written before Tie rightly

l never loved a sweet marsupial,
But chat 1t sickened fast and died;
NV luck at Monte any croupier'n
Tell to-day, l lost so wide.
III luck I've had at cards or Woolng,
Or aught I've happened to be doing.
Now long my chiefest dream has been
To study that. great naval battle,
When ROXY, Brief and their kin
Meet Togo and (fOr rhyme) his cattle.
That dreams now of my eye the apple,
And SO, of course they will not grapple.
Each day, with nuttcring emotion,
I seize the tecming morning paper,
For news from the Pacific Ocean
lAlack My hopes go up in vapor. vi
They know I'm sitting here just wishing,
So ROXY calmly goes a-fshing.
There are thousand false alarms.
SO oft they scarcely seem to miss It!
SO Oft they almost rush to arms.
But then the outcomc--oh! what is It.?
Perchance old tRojyS seen no more.
While Togos glimpsed off Singapore.
So near together, yet SO far,
They course the blue and vastly briny;
! often don't know where they are,
My hopes have got SO very tiny.
They steam together, then 60 hooking.
Because GIN sure) they feel I'm looking
I've watched in vain this many moon;
To-day | go on my vacation;
Some forty miles from post or station.
And such my luck, I'll bet my pay
They mix 1t up while I'm away.
y - ~ H..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
THIS DAWN HISTORY
May Both.

1252--rhc epoch OF the Alphonsine tables,
constructed by Hazcn, n Jcw, by or
der OF Alphonso tho Wise. commence
Ing with the day Of his accession to
the throne OF Leon md CASTLE.
14s4-Charles VIII. the affable," In
nugurated at Rheims, In his fif-
tcenth year.
165s-Princc OF Condo, ut the head OF
1000 cavlry, throw himself into Cnm-
bray. then besicgcd by Marshal
Turennc.
177o-f'ireworks inshonor OF the marriage
OF Louis XVI. OF France, when about
100 persons wcre crushed to death
in the crowd.
17ee-Battle OF Borghctto; Bonaparte de-
feated the Austrians.
17ee-Thc editor, printer. and publisher
Of the London Courier, were fined
and Imprisoned for saying that the
among his own subjects and ridicu-h
lous to the rest OF Europe.
1eo6-I3onaparte issued decree calling
an assembly Of Jewish deputies for
tho purpose OF forming n Sanhedrim.
1B14-Treaty OF Paris between Louis
NyaII.. and tho allied sovnreigns
1s4e-Tho Irish agitntor. Daniel O'Connc,l
sentenced to fine and Imprisonment.
s1s4s-Peschiera, Italy, surrenders to
Charles ALBEIT OF
1e4e-The treaty OF peace between the
United States and Mexico. signed at
Gaudaloupc Hldalgo February, e.
1S4s. with the notifications made
in Washington by the Senate. hay
ing passed the Mexican Congress,
was ratified at Queretaro by the
American commissioners, Ambrose
II. Sewer and Nathan Clifford, and
the Mexican Minister Of IL Foreign
Relations, Senior Don Luis de la
Rosa 1t was proclaimed IN Me
United States on July 4. 1S4s.
184e-General Herrera elected President
OF Mexico by eleven States against
five
1s5AThc Kansas and Nebraska bill
passed in Congress. BY this act these,
territories were organized under
territorial governments, and in the
fourteenth section the far-famed
missouri Compromise" act OF 1920
was repealed. after 1t had been a
law OF the land for thirty-four years
This opened the old slavery discus
sion and brought on the. Civil War
in Kansas.
1s54-The Turks made sortie from
Jew SIlIstria and killed 5000 Russians In
the trenches.
1ses-A treaty concluded between the
United States government and the
Usage nation Schuyler Colfax ac-
copied the nomination for Vice
President.
1ss4-Several explosions OF dynamite Gre
a Ted great havoc and alarm IN Lon
don. Packages of American Atlas
powder were found In various places
waiting to be fused by conspirators.
1894 dispatch received from Comnlo-
a dore Schley at the Navy Depart
ment at 1890 this day says that he
had seen and recognized the Span
ish fleet commanded by Cervera In
the bay OF Santiago de Cuba.
A1ajor-General Miles. commanding
the United States army, left Wash
ington for Tampa, Fla.
1eoa-St Gaudcn's statue OF General
Sherman unveiled In New York city.
1oo4-Japanese occupy Dalny.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
WIFE MURDER.
w. Hammond Will Plead
Temporary Insanity.

(Special to The T1mcS-DlSpatcil.l
.WINSTON-SAI.EM, n. c., May 29.-J..
w. Hammons was placed on trial for
his life in9thel Superior Court today !,,,, me
ata and premeditated, murder Of his
Wife vii III Henristta Hammons, in this city
April goth The hearing is attracting
much interest and large ! cre . ,sto wns
'conrlHded this afternoon. One witness,
who I"e'u Vas present when .Hammons shot
;hist wife. testified that the husband re-
marked after he fired. u did what Il, 4 N;
,Tho nr,soner win 70 on the stand to-mor-
row Nv q; and L, tell his story. II is understood
that his plea will be that he shot MS
wife during an attack OF temporary IN
SANITY. brought on by her reiusal to 'Sd'Ve
with him. "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Our War With Japan.

Very few Of our readers are aware of
tho fact that the United States One.
had little war and a naval brush with
Japan. This war of a days duration, and
the naval engagement that lasted not
quite an hour, were In 1853, at n time
when this part of the country WAS get
ting very little news of the doings Of tic
United States government in the Far East
ard cared very little 70 know anything
about IT, for what The United States
government was doing right ut our owl
door was far more interesting and exelt'
Ing ana required all our energy of mind
as well az Of body ana arm. But there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
OF disposition on the part Of the nom
iination TO meet him halfway.

...----.. - -==------@-=.
The Manassas Journal has just entered
upon its eleventh year, and It's circulation
is now larger than ever before. That Is
good, The greater the circulation of Il
newspaper like the Journal tho better 1t
will be for popular education.
.------:==--=
Chicago brlcklayers are threatening to.
60 on strike, too, anu refuse TO puild
houses of brick. Their friends, the
tca,nstcrs, need all In stock for nini1lu-
milton.
.-----..-----==---
There Is II feeling that your Uncle
Joe Cannon wouldn't mind railroadlng
tho railway rate bill Off into the OBJ
security of the remote future.
Carnegie's way Of easing off The agea
college professors is considered by them
to be a decided Improvement on Df.
Osler's suggested method.
1F'4s5 t--z:.---..--.---=----t-1.---E=, 5E
That Congress has its hands full IN
attempting to buck against tho wishes
of the President Is the sincere convlc-
ton OF Il. Roosevelt.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Now the stand patters would like to
get MIR. Roosevelt on the other SIDE
Of the lid with several able bodied citi.
zcns on top of it.
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Our correspondent says that people IN
petersburg have stopped dying. We don't
blame ZEN. Life In Petersburg is most
agreeable.
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1t is said that the devil never takes
a vacation. We have observed, however,
that he is regular visitor ut the summer
resorts.
A few United States taxpayers do
not share Secretary shaw's eauanimity
as to that steadily growing little de-
felt.
==--=-=7-==
DO YOU mind that Mayor Weaver first
laid mines in the channel for those
Philadelphia grafters TO ! bump up
against.
-=-=.----.----===
General oyama will now proceed to
demonstrate that Admiral Togo can't
remain all Of .'It'' very many days at
a time.
Fs ----=-===--=
The Japs are perhaps Of the opinion
that it is all over except the counting
UP Of the old hulls and mudscows
-a--==-=--=--=
Philadelphia has emphasized the fact
that gas can stupefy the conscience as
we'll as the body
:s---------=-===== 7sE
Mayor Weaver is a great reformer'
even though lie was not one by original
choice.
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SECURES RELIEF lei
4sAaal.1 ~ rha Tlmes. plspatch.l

Especial to The Times. Dlspatch.J
BALTIMORE, MD, May s9.-J udge s StocK,
bridge to-day released George Bells, illtee e,,
habeas corpus proceedings because tho com.
mitment was defective Justice Hickey y, h 6a
prince George county. sentenced BELLS 70 me me
20 last, on the charge OF riding on Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad freight train
Bells ran away from his nome ~ fcterspu' o.
Va, and came 10 Baltimore :, -
Miss Bertha Bells. the prisoner sister came "a, n
from Petersburg and after the release started
home with her brother
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Cluster Spring Finals.

fCucclol 10 The TImtS-DTsPu!EIJ ~
BI,A ssirs'a WALNUT, HALIFAX co.
VA, May 2o-custer Springs Acade-
my commencement began sunday IN morn !,
Ing Win the annual sermon by Rey, ~
-. Es.aeston, of Richmond,, u &. ~,
Tie 1ield-day exerclhes took place thP
afternoon and tonight the nnnuhi ce s,s
braton OF the clceronian l1iieIiry "a
e!ety was held, while me "a n''n stndenls
vil No delivered Tomorrow by Rev.
William s. Currell, Of WASHINGTON ana
Lee University.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
oDELL STARTS BOOM OF
HAY FOR PRESIDENT

fspecial Gable 10 Tho Times Dispatch and
N'r'e1' New York Herald.)
u,onvripht hy the New York Herald COD
+, isE SRLIiN May 29,-Mr. Bcn!amin ,.
Odell. former Governor of New York, left
here to-day for Mayencc, whence nc VIII
start on Rhine trip before leaving
Mr.. Odell, In q private conversation
spoke In the highest manner % tl.e JILL
dental candidate.
Coming from a man Of Mr.. OdelPs po-
litcal Importance, the statement is Sig
nificant
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Bribegivers; Bribetakers.

Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-1 have been noticing with interest, the
fight Oh the Philadelphia gas lease aid
have been somewhat disappointed In tho
cdtorin! criticism have thus far seen.
The municipal government Of Philadelphia
serves the well nigh unanimous condemna-
ton II Is receiving. But are there not Mt least
two guilty parties to the transaction? 1t -
currently charged and very generally believed
that members of the City Council and Of tho
Board OF Aldermen OF tho city of Philadelphia
have sold their votes. II such be true, and 1t
doubtless Is, then somebody purchased ana
paid for the votes; the natural Inference being
that the purchasing was done, either direct,
Is or indirectly. by tho company which is totbe
the beneficiary under tho contract when 1t Is
cons,lmatcd. Now this SAME company owns
gas franchises and plants all over the United
States, and they are continuing to buy them
wherever satisfactory terms can be had. IT !
mistake not they have In the past made efforts
TO secure the plant and franchise from the city
OF Richmond
But to my point, The Councils OF Philadel-
phia IL. unfortunately, composed. in part at
least. Of men who seem 70 care little for
tho higher ideals Of citizenship. Thoy sell
their votes and receive bitter condemnation
On the other hand the purchasing company
Is doulcss owned and controlled by leading
'.captans Of industry who hold positions OF
honor and trust. They hire men Of high
commercial, educational and social standing,
and therefore possess the greater light yet
criticism Of them has not been observed by
this writer. The question wish to ask Tho
Times Dispatch Is his. Does the highly favor '.
ed purchaser or the less favored seller, IN this
nefarious transaction, deserve the greater
condemnation?
Yours very truly,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
DAINTY Of the Profession.

1t is gratifying 10 see that the dignity
OF the editorial profession is being con.
served in the noonshlne district. The
editor of The Journal, of North Wilkes
boro. and The editor OF 'rhe, ?adklnl
Ripple of Yadkinvile has each landed
n rural free delivery route. These gen..
tlemen should each be invited to read
n paper at tho next meeting Of the
Stale Press Association In rebuttal or
the axiom that republics are ungrateful,
-Charlotte Observer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
BOWKER WINS.
English Bantanaweight Defeats
New Yorker il London,

1oSDoCNHs M nav soAAt The National
sporting club Tonight the contest ss nc 9,
%ssn Joe nowks na,o IA p ana P Hna
T Tivnns Of Yonkerss N. y. for the ban
iam eihamponship and purse Of ssI5o
Went the full twenty ROUNDS tnih;s i' nwans
neinE a a" easy w H,1,,}s,ment but gamely
contested every rOund.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Claiming All in Sight.

With disposition to SUI claim the
earth for the Old North State, the 1ta-
leigh Post says:
according To tho reports that have
been published North Carolinn was about
half Of the Industrial parliament held
portion so we'll ant clearly defined when
the results TO this state are known 1t Will
not be hard to estimate the total.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Killed in a Brawl.

Especial to The Times-D ispatoh.J
WILNIINGTON,$ N. c., May 29.-Johh
Roderick white man, Of the town, died
at midnight Sunday night from gunshot
wounds received In q brawl Saturday
night. Frank Bell, who did the shooting,
slightly wounded three other men at the
time,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Kind Words for Richmond.

Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
si. rho writer, who has visited your
beautiful city and enjoyed the generous generous
hospithlity of its citizens, Wohaeis ~
richmond is not the great col ,.'i.,,n
CITY Of the United States. Cei't'i ,' -
central location and its chirlinhs , peo
nlo should make Richmond the 'ue"'
,,nee for great national assemblies.
Atlanta. without natural advantages,
owes it's prosperity and prominence 10
Tho advertising received from popular
conventions, secured through soncltus.o'l
Of her commercial organizations. Inc
business associations of Richmond may
deem proper to consider these Atlahta
methods. ~,
trust you will pardon the liberty
taken by a Northern man in these sus-
restions. prompted alone for the benefit
of city and people whom l ADMIRE
and respect.
Respectfully
Cincinnati, Ohio, May o.
Before the Jefferson Hotel was de-
stroyed by fire, Richmond had become
very popular as a convention city. That
hotel furnished ample accommodation for
delegates and provided a splendid audi
forum within the building itself for
meetings. Several large conventions were
held there, and the delegates were ell
tirely pleased. Other large conventions
were billed for Richmond, but when the
Jefferson Hotel was destroyed. they were
compelled to 90 elsewhere.
Since that time, however, one new ho-
tel has been built and one OF the old
hotels has more than doubled It's capac-
ity, and the plans are now being made
for the rebuilding Of the Jefferson IN
all its former glory. An auditorium for
conventions will BIO provided, and our
correspondent from Cincinnati, who has
spoken so kindly Of Richmond, will
doubtless learn within the next few
years that Richmond has become at
least one of the great convention cities
Of the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Farmers in the Virginia tobacco bel,
are of the opinion that this years crop
of cut worms have been taught some
new tactics in the war OF destruction by
their friends, the Texas boil weeylIs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
In Memorian.

This is the day Of our sweet sorrow.
We sorrow that our noble boys in gray
were called upon to give their precious
lives for the South's cause, but 1t is
sweet to know that they died in honor
and that the sacrifice was willingly made.
We gather about their graves to-day
and pay them affectionatc tribute. In
love and reverence we decorate their
graves with flowers. honcysuckle, for fl
deity, sweet William for gallantry, rose
mary for remembrance, and, above all,
tho laurel crown Of victory, forHmen who
died so splendidly were triumphant in
death, no matter what tho issue of the
war. 1t is an honor to honor them The
observance of Memorial Day is a tribute
to the south's chivalry and patriotism
OF the living no less than Of the dead.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Some time ago Il preacher said that the
stage was destined to do more than all
other agencies to promote morality and
rellg!on-or words TO that effect, II so.
the stage must be more clrcuinspect In the
selection of It's teachers. We cannot agree
that the cause of morality and religion
is TO he promoted BY such teachers as
Nan Patterson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
Washington Affairs.

(rrom orr Regular corresronde 81 !,
raj n routes ordered established August
LIST: a,,,ty- lfo,,ta
2, ppbp ,Iliai "a. houses ll2; Wise. Wss
county-Route /. population wa. AoussS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

The Yice-Presldents Is earnestly in
search Of the presidential nomination.
and he Is getting surprised at the lack
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Danvle. Va. May q. 1905.
CThe Times Dispatch has often gone on re-
cord as saying that the br!be-giyer Is usually
a greater scollndrcl than the e-taker,--Ed.
OF The Times Dispatcm.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Hall Gaines advice to write only
when In the humor," may do for love
letters, but 1t doesn't apply to work on a
daily. paper.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
If our esteemed contemporary means
that newspaper writer's and editors of
the day are not lin the humor' when
doing their work, it might be added that
they certainly conceal the fact, for a
glance through the exchanges impresses
one with tho excellent quality of the news
papers of the country. They contain so
much that is bright and readable that
the Herald quotes them daily and regrets
| that the pressure Of special news VIII not
permit of more lengthy extracts. The
| Heralds compliments to it's able con-
| temporaries.-Mew York Herald.
Is the esteemed Herald thinking OF
running for office?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

T i II z. /. . A. +,
There is in Richmond a Confederate
soldier who lost an arm at Gettysburg
He is man Of education and character
and abundantly able to earn q livelihood.
He does not wish to go to the Soldiers
Home and become a pensioner. He de-
sires employment, and he is capable of
giving good service. He would make n
good collector, superintendent Of hands,
watcliman, or oversecr Of a farm. lie is
a good farmer and his preference is for
country life, but is willing to work in
the city. 1t is case that appeals to The
Times dispatch. Who will help us to
find this manned Confederate DECENT
position?
Memorial Day seems to be an appro-
pirate occasion to bring this subject to
the attention Of the public
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

The Manassas Journal has just entered
upon It's eleventh year, and It's circulation
is now larger than ever before. That Is
good. The greater the circulation of u
newspaper like the Journal tho better 1t
will be for POPULAR. education.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Chicago brlcklayers are threatening to
90 on a strike, too, and refuse to build
houses Of brick. Their friends, the
teamstcrs, need all in stock for ai nnr
.f,itibn 8&s& t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

There is Il feeling that your Uncle
Joe Cannon wouldn't mind ralroadlng
the railway rate bill off into the OBJ
scurity Of the, remote future.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

DO you mind that Mayor Weaver first
laid mines in the channel for those
Philadelphia grafters TO bump up
against.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30
entered January 81, 1903, at
Richmond, Va, as second. class
matter, under Act Of Congress
Of March 8, 1879.

Washington Bureau, No. sol Fourteent,a
street. Northwest Corner Pennsylvah'u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

The Japs are perhaps Of the opinion
that it is all over except the counting
up of the old hulls and mudscows.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

Manchester Bureau:h Cnrter's i'rus 90 =
No 1902 Hull Street.
Petersburg headquarters: II. W. 'o"
A North Sycamore Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-30

All Unsigned Communications VIII DO
discarded. =, ,o
Rejected Communications Will not oe
returned unless accompanied by stamps