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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31
The "Wednesday Club.

Ell We print on this page of The Times
Dispatch to-day a communication from
Mr.. H. d. Carlton in.reply to COM
munication from a former correspondent,
signed Zone Who Knows" criticisIng
the methods of the Wednesday Club We
print also II communication from Mr..
Fired. c. Hair, respectfully denying that
the Wednesday Club has evcrstreated him
with anything but courtesy and consid-
Grafton.
The correspondent who criticised the
Wednesday Club is a well known lady Of
Richmond. lady of culture and high
standing. who has devoted her life to
the cause OF higher education. We print
ed her communication because it Is the
policy of this paper to open its columns
to all respectful criticisms Of public in
situations, Publicity is the great mission
of n newspaper. and criticism is means
of grace. If criticism be just the instl-
tutipn criticised may thereby be melted
to correct errors and reform altogether;
il 1t lie unjust, 1t will fall of its own
weight, and the reaction will do the instl-
tuition more good than harm. t4
The Wednesday Clubs not perfect. Its
work has been carried on under great
cmbarrassmcnts and sometimes under
distress Of adverse circumstances, and
the management do not claim to have
done everything exactly as it should have
been done, or as they would like TO have
Ia
ter Is TO be Judged not by II few mis-
takes here and there, but BY the general
! result, and 1t must be conceded by all the
critics that the Wednesday Club has
done a splendid work for music in Rich
| lmond. 1t is n music school In which
| men and women have been taught "a
sing and to love good music. and by It's
\ work popular taste for good music has
/ been created. The work has been done
!. Yunselfishly and in the interest of nc
man or set of men, IT has beer
| for the glory of music, and for the ele'
4 walton Of the public standard, The We'd
4 nesday Club has recognized local talent
i and will continue to do so, but 1t mus
! also, in tho performances Of Its gren
/ mission, bring TO Richmond recognized
i artists from other sections wherever the,
4 may be found, not only that we ma,
enjoy them. but that we may learn some
(. thing from their methods.
The Wednesday Club needs no defense
and need not fear criticism. IT'S wor
speaks for itself II is ono Of our mobiles
\ institutions. and II deserves and mus
q have the support of the entire commu
q nitv
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sou1HERNER's. GOOD FORTUNE \
sam Hoover Finds Something Better han
NJ Gold Mines, 8


There is no happier man in this whole
vide world to-day, than Sam a. Hoover,
III Greensboro, Nj ca who IL receiving
the coigratulations Of his friends Upon
his fortunate find OF som ething better
than gold mines or oil wells. Mr., Hoover
SingS letter to q friend In Richmond
writes. " w Il * d s5 I. VI
A5,.Threo months ago ! was greatly dis
stregEsd by nasal cntarrh and entire deaf
ness in the int ear The labor OF hawx-
Ing ana scraping to get my throat and
nasal passages free from the foul scores
tions deposited there, might be about
equal to that OF "a slx-rnule tam wi tn y
road -scrap per to get the earth rom the
road side to Y the center. s
NE ( purchased an outfit OF Iiyonle! and
EIyomeI balm, and as a. result OF Its use
my head throat and nasal passages a re
ali free from seoretlons OF any sort only
az Nature designed, and my hearing
Iii both ears is nearly as acute as IT
ever was. = 55 . s8sl&
8llThcre is no disagreeable stomach dos
Ing In using Hyomei; Just brea the It
and Its pure fragrance Will kill the oar
ytarrhal germs In the head throat and
lungs: i ii yOmel balm used In connection
with gIIyomei, will cure the worst case
Of catarrhal deafness, !
The complete outfit costs but ~, and
extra bottles are only 30 cents, Nh
n n, A.. Aiillers drug store sells Hyomel on
ii guarantee plans oTerlng Z 70 y Islun1 Lllc
ion, Mail orders VIII be flled PROMPTLY on
4 receipt OF price. Complete OUTFITS, Slo9i oxtrp
bottles 80 cents,
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CAPTURED BYHP|GM|E
SAYS M0DERN.GULL|VER
Charles w. Biel Tells Fantastic
Tale Of Experiences in
Central Africa.
3(specIal 70 Tie TIme.. 81 pIepatch.)

ast3 (6peclal#to The aTtmea-DlFpatch.)5a
n PHILADELPHIA. PA, March 3o.-Cap.5
Etured by Tribe OF pigT1ies In CULVER
fashion and subjected to torture before
/ he; finally made his escape through, the
devotion Of dlminutiye maiden. was the
remarkable experience OF Charles W.
Bel. OF New 4 ork declares he had ~
the junglcs OF frica after he had started
from Cape Town TO walk around the
world for a purse Of $1,000. .s
IL Bel, who is twenty-three years old. ar
rived here to-day as a sstowaW'ays on the
cattle steamer North Point from London.
His parents live in Jersey City, and he
started to tramp 10 their home He went
to South Africa several years ago and
took part in the Boer$ war, he says, being
wounded several times. He started from
Cape Town northward.s and had no tro ~
BILE. he says, until he plunged into q the
jungles Of Central Africa. n 9 went y
sleep In d jungle and nWoke5 to find hiln'
self. bound faI d and foot and the pris--
oner Of a stra igc plglny tribe. They t tor
tured him and Kept him without 1000 Or
water, but a maiden Of the tribe yell ~
love with him and released him one ME nv NJ
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School Superintendent
y, r, 4 J MA r,,,n \ 1,,spatcl,: &

Editor OF The Times Dispa t t,lFt; d
sir.-,rhe state board OF Etlicatton Will
soon have O. grave and important s duty
10 nerforn, the appointment Of division
superintendents OF schools for the State,
who will hold Office for four years, su ~
tect to confirmation by the State senate -.
Is oniv the Nest equipped men OF high
character ana good habits as well as ro.
culiar fitness and deep interest IN the
work Of building UP eapcciall Y the rural l'l
schools should bc given these important
positions. The best citizens, ricl, and
poor Of e. every school division, can and
should aid the said board greatly by only
endorsing men thus Dual fled for this
great school work. PerAonal preference
and local political bias should for once
be laid aside, and only good men re.
commended.
t331f this Is done and we get ~ ne best
material obtainable our State can we'll
afrord5to pay them good salaries for In :!
deed. II will be q truly good paying IN
vestl1lent for the State /
The future welfare OF the youth of our
State depends largely upon who are ~ tse
heads Of our, school divisions of the
State md our people cannot afford to re-
commend personal or local political
friends for these Important positions, ,i,-
less they are qualified morally, and BY
education and otherwise fitted for them
ana are heartily Interested IN the nd
vancement OF OUR school system and cs.-.
pcciallyS in tho improvement OF our rural
free schools. We sometimes think It
would be we'll to have organizations like
the Baltimore Municipal League In each
division that will urge the said board to
appoint only men especially thus fitted
for these positions. Let I'LL good citizens
Of our State see to It that the State Board
!. Of Education is helped to get the best
qualified men for division superintendent
of schools.
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DEAD ON WEDDING DAY.
Minister Succumbs to Heart Dis
ease-Bride Elect Frustrated. ~

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
IL JAMESTOWN, N. VI. March N.-slx
hundred invitations had been issued for
the marriage or Miss Hulda Fritz. of
4Jamestown, to the Rev Albert Lundlaerg
Of Scandal, Pa, which was Ito be ce.e-
sbrated In the Swedish Mission Church
heSe last nIsht Mr.. Lundbeyg Just
luncheon yesterday began playing with
the children OF the pastor Of the church,
when lie sank to the floor8and died be-
fore his sweetheart or ~ physician could
he Summoned, Death was due to heart
disease. Miss Fritz was overcome wi tn
grief onHhejng told OF her fiance's DEATH
and has been unconscious much Of a the
time since,
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chestra himself for performance Ct one
s shrte nrchestra reflections are general
" given, and a couple of years Later ny Y
prelude to the Indian Princesss Wa : !
rendered al one OF the evening IS Y "a
having previously expressed q Wal. 4, LIZ Z
IN official letter to myself, of blacelln e
the same on the progra nlme' " h .s',,e,,
si,intler protest" from any .cH.e 8conneotn \.
With the "Wednesday g ,ib Is entirely fu y:
l A''o" = i ' ~ FIR g. HAIR.
/ Richmond, va. March %, 1905. y
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K A Card From Mr.. Hair.
ID Of Yhn Nin1ca.TllSnatcll

Idllor Of The TImes-LIsTatcll!I 1Z8
I sir,ln an article on the "a Wednesday
signed ny Zone Who KNOWS, reference 2 !
IS made iolh certain comp lon q .lninVe,.
having been perfortnied, .!,nder }rotsisi
while other works OF Jqlne had been
turned down entirely, 4, While 4 nppre;;
ciale Tie writers evident desire 70 gn y -
Would be lacking in due appreelation Of
the unvaryng ccurtesy of the NWndnesdny
Club towards myself. we're 4 To- allow 2, 4
the above misleading. statemsnt 70 4 sla Sa.y
years ago lniniletg composed by me,
Was selected by the director 81 the or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31
FRIDAY, MARCH 81, 1905.
The State Debt.

,rhe statement vas recently made in
these columns that since the war the
state Of Virginia has paid on account OF
her debt tho snug sum OF s44,NN,oeo, OF
which s34, COX, go was on account Of interest
and $40, 0OO, 600 in round numbers was paid paid
on the principal. Il
The staunton News challenges the
statement and expresses the belief that
we are greatly In error. According IN to TO .
Information sent out from the Second
Auditors Office says our contemporary,
s..only three and one .half million dollars
Of principal has been paid since the fund nd
ing Of the debt. We are quite sure that
no part Of the principal was paid be-
fore the funding operations began"
III is our contemporary and not Tho
Times Dispatch that is in error The
books at the Second Auditors office show:
Bonds purchased and cancelled
from 1883 to 1892 50 S51 516 20
{ Bonds purchased and cancelled
from February ., 19o5.......... 1,313,ooo %
Bonds purchased and cancelled,
prior to October i, 1858 5sn, $50 s.
Il Paid to u. S. government...... 594, 600 60
Total !. J. {. !. z. $40, 1Os 196 os
Amount Of interest paid from
January /, 1861, to l9o5........ 81, 642 g
Is, Paid u. S. governmental. 1,130,500 90
LIT will be seen from these figures that
~ }y,o1 ipf
is considerably more than $4,000, 600, al
3ft hough or the interest paid, s4,11,243 was
paid between 1861 and 1867.
Cur staunton contemporary says fur
Their that our article shows that 'the
operation Of retiring the debt by pur-
chases Of bonds for the sinking fund has
practically ceased. and Will not be re-
Iunled until 1910. unless the Legislature
enacts legislation permitting or directing
the Board Of Sinking Fund Commits
sioners to resume purchases Of bonds for
cancellation" Here again, tho News is
somewhat in error. The act which al
lows the Board OF Sinking Fund Commits
sioners to cancel bonds is in force. but by
3ss some oversight q clause IN the Dill huthor-
,zIng the Sinking" Fund Commissioners
to use an amount not exceeding sixty per
cent Of the surplus from time to time
in purchasing outstanding bonds was
\ omitted. But it Is believed that at the
next session Of the General Assembly the
necessary legislation will be enacted. and
Z 1t is the opinion OF Judge Dew, the
Second Auditor that after 1906 at least
s50o,000 q year will be available for debt
payment. It is to be remembered that
under the agreement with the bondholders
q no sinking fund whatever was provided
for. except the dividend from the Rich
mond. Fredericksburg anu Potomac stock,
until the year 1910. The State obligated
4 herself only to meet the interest on the
debt. 1t is therefore to the credit of tho
State that In spite of the fact that she
g was under no obligation TO provide Il sink
i ing fund she has met the interest charges
regularly and retired several millions Of
the principal since the funding act went
e into effect.
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Wants fNhart ton Law Re- Enacted
Editor Of The Times-D ispa tch:
sir-I wish to call your attention to
the dealings Of the Insurance Trust, conl-
monty known as the Southeastern Tariff
SAssocintion, and ask your assistance and
the aid Of al. the. papers throug hout the
State, to bring about such leg slation by
our Legislature as may give the people
relief. n $sss; q '3f5i
This trust :. when first organized. saii
q to the insured through Its agents that
in order to give you the lowest possible
rates It Is necessary that we require you
to insure your property for seventy-flve
per cent. Of its value, otherwise you be-
come insurer. sSg ~ Y
s8 Now the association did make Mt that
time what seemed q reason BILE tie, but
1T has steadily advanced It's rates until
they have become unbearable, and are
no doubt the most 5exorbitan that have
ever existed In the State, and they still
continue to enfore the twenty-five per
cent. clause under the rates which are
almost doubled, S3! III
would suggest that The Wharton law
be re-enacted Or that part OF same. which
prohibits Insurance companies from COM
bining to fix rates and also that the law
be repealed. requiring insurance com
panies to make o. deposit with the state
Treasurer. SO that the field might be
open to all solvent comp.. Mes and that
an insurance commissioner be appointed
4 to whom a report Of the condition OF the
companies shall sbe made upon appllca-
ton to do business in the State. said
report being filed with application and
that similar reports be made to the COM
missioner say, semi-annually. 81
s$ In this way this Shylock will be be-
headed and I think the people fully pro.
3tected. ..5 5 X III 4
E. N. MES,
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[RHYdESiti:e;l l!0.1N.

Springtitne Rccollectiof1s.
1 In spring young fancies turilSfo love g !,
At least so sang the sw-tt-voced poet
ISWho named the iris on the dove
/ TO show 1t ;Ss l5
| But L whene'er the weather's hot,
Think only u my long-lost flame,
My worshipped -humph-f have forgot L
1 Tho name.
It's Idle, though. to stop for that;
She was my queen, nY8love, my sweet
| How, joyously q grovelled at &
Her feet! 55s5 5 jS
IsYet does 1t seem in retrospect
She was the goddess | believed?
Or was las 1enow suspect $
I Deceived? rf 5Ss5 3$G
know not why loved the girl,
(Wllo can explain the sweet conplaintN
Why Mt a glance, with brain a-wliirl
LTD faint. 5y 5ss " ~ XIII III.
I know i did not. love her beauty
Hers was the type Of hoinelys faces
Which rouse (uiiless ones checked BY
duty)
Grinluces. In # # 81
Twas not her bank account that threw
Into a deep admirlng torpor;
Almost she was (this girl who drew mel
pa A pauper.s n g Eff IS
a small allowance bought her dresses
Her mode Of life was very Quiet
And 2frugal,. SO my heart confesses.
Her diet. s 4
I did not love her for her family,
For blood come down from ancient time,
fact (suppose8I call her Amelie
To rhymc).
Her folks were rather plain In looks,
Were plumbers. truckmen and police
/ se Dr W nieee 9 cousin Of our our cog Sc
Don't nsk mo why ! loved tho miss;
We thought s. Ger, but can't explain.
IT'S, sad to know,sI reininlscc
#5f1n vain. III 5S3g $, PAX III
Since then lifc's brought me painful licks,
5.s b,lts that sweet year was in heaven
How IS t1's happy one can be at six s II
5a Or seven. II 81 } Ei53
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Mr.. Rockefeller's Gilt ,

The American Board Of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions announces that its
Prudential Committee has accepted y
report OF the subcommittee, RECON-
mendsng the arceptance 81 tbs gift of
sl0o.ooo by John d. Rockefeller. but the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31
CONGRESS LIKELY TO 3. ..5.
BEsCALLED OCTOBER 9Th.
.(By8 Associated Press,

WASHINGTON. March so,-senators
who called on President Roosevelt to-day
10 consult him as to tleEprob able time Of
the reassenblng Of Congress- We're IN,
formed that 1T IS likely that special \
session will be called for OctoGer let''.ll
This will enable me,n1frs Of songle'f e
going on6the Philippine tri p 4 70 retl "
time for the session, < & BIZ
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|ftnal actlon on the matter has .heen DOSE.

Il final action on the matter has heen post
|roned for two weeks.
4 That reminds us OF the decision OF thu
4 Western Justice OF the peace who sait
5lthat as the case involved many diff
cult points the court would take ia wcel
Ito consider. but would eventually decide
in favor of the plaintiff. rs
4 al On March 81 n conference of Congregn.
tional ministers was held III BostoiI ant
lthc following protest with twentyfsever
4 signatures was addressed 10 the Fru.
i. Dental Committee of the American Boarc
/ of Commissioners for Foreign Missions;
\ Dear Brethrcn-'rhe public prints Of
the week ending March 18th, 1905, report q
gift or 500, 900 toSthe Foreign Mission So
4 ciety Of the congregational Church from
MIR. John d. Rockefeller, the head OF the
/ Standard OIL Company. WI
"1his company stands before the PUBLIC
Hinder repeated md recent formidable In
tlictments ii, specific terms for methods
which are morally iniuuitous and socially
obstructive. no arouse the moral repro
baton of the general conscience md to
direct it against specific offenses and Of
tenders Is tho supreme need of the hour.
The ChurchNis the moral educa tor and
leader of the people, and in order to fulfill
this calling with freedom and effect 1t
must stand entirely clear Of any COM
plication in the evil is set to condemn
''rhe acceptance OF such Il gift sin-
wolves the constituents of the Board IN
q relation implying honor toward the
donor, and subjects the Board to the
charge OF ignoring the moral Issues liz
VOWED. We, the undersigned. therefore
protest against any action by which our
Church may even seem Ito DO colripro-
missed, and we plead with the officers Of
the Board to decline the gift of Mr..
Rockefeller, or to return 1T II 1t has
been accepted" d "a 5i Il, 3t
This protest was laid before the Pi.u-s
dental Committee by Il representative OF
the Professionals and was the subject Of
discussion for many hours after which
IT was referred to a subcommittee Of
three and the subcommittee has recon-
mended the acceptance OF the. git.
There is an old saying tina: IT. is not
becoming to look a gift horse in tile
mouth. When money Is given for good
purposes 1t is not usually tie thing to
inquire how, Il was accumulated, but At
is always iii order for the Church tot1nake
point for good morals. The methods 81
the Standard Oil Company, Of which Mr..
John p. Rockefellcris the head. have boon
exposed posed and condemned and when lie Of
fercd to give 500 900 for a good purpose
It was an opportunity for the Church
to give these methods a stinging rebuke.
We believe that such a rebukc would
have been worth far more to the cause
Of religion than he money which Mr..
Rockefeller has contributed.
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A news item from Chicago, say says:

The Salvation Army will be ''at home''
to5the Stun children OF Chicago this
summer, on$its own farm Of fifty acres
near Glen I1lyn-a long-cherisllcd hope
Eof#thet organization. made possible by the
generosity of several Chicagoans, whose
names are kept secret. The property.
already purchased, includes two large
dwellings overlooking n small but pic
Sturesque lake. and other roomy build
ings for the accommodation ofsthc small
guests. According to Colonel Charles
Miles, the farm, with all It's appurte-s
snances, Including grass and trees, will
be dedicated to the waits Of Chicago
Now. who lii Richmond or vicinity will
donate and dedicate such a farm to the
boys of the Richmond Male Orphan
Asylum? s 3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

Women and children have been ordered
to leave vladvostok. The next order Of
like effect will probably be addressed to
the Russian soldiery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

1t has been shown that public opinion.
was the "strikc-breaker" that knocked
out the recent strike of the New York
subway employees.
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If Her Credit Is Good,

and put two car tickets In her purse
II Is q sign she ls going shopping ,--N oF-
folk Ledger. ~, 5s1 4 RI &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

Tom Burrows, the noted Australian
club-swlnger, has just broken the worlds
record by. swinging his clubs 42s 900 times.
Burrows Is thus several swings, ahead Of
Tom Lawson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

Spring fish stories arc getting nearly
ripe enough to be plucked and mar
keted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

The Gear has now selected Admiral
Nebagatoff ITO meet and destroy the
Japanese navy Strange the Gear never
got him off before
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10 Shaw! Conifound Shaw.

Following out Kansas's idea Of State
industrial efforts. Nebraska has Just
decided to tie up s35o.ooo in u binder twinc
factory thus making another common
cord between the two States. As a motto
for this new industry, Why not usc:8
tBcst be the tie that binds" $
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blight on Mr.. Shaw ana nj his nonsense

A blight OIL Mr.. Shaw and his NONSENSE!
skirts. her flounces and all her myste-
arious drapcry? Hcr#clothes are essen
TALLY a part Of herself, and without petit
coats and all their dainty accompani-3
ments, she would be deprived OF half her
charm. She would be like@a rosebush
without its blossoms, a tree without its
foliage. q skeleton without its flesh and
blood. 8
no Shaw (,onfound Shaw. st 55-t ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

Since the adjournment of the Delaware
Legislature Addicks has animated that
he has had enough. So has Delaware.
evidently.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

Secretary Morton did not like Cuba
well enough to offer to build railroads
and regulate rates there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31

All Unsigned Communications will pc
discarded.
Rejected Communications Will not %
returned unless accompanied by stamps
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TAXPAYER,
Wants Wharton Law Re-Enacte

March 81. 1905.