The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-06

der OF sleep ana the general dlSconlort,
was happily absent last night. The re-
lief, which appears to have been 'e, general
throughout the city, was welcomed by
ALL 1t looks as If this reform had come
to stay-and It will be the fault Of the
people IL 1t doesn't. Great Is the power
Of a right and well-directed public sentl-
ment!''
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According to the reports submitted at
the recent reunion2 of Confederate veterans
at louisville, only four of the seventeen
acknowledgements of the South are now
living, and only four Of the major-gen-
erals remain. while of the 292 brigadier-
generals, only seventeen survive, all Of
whom are, OF course very old men, The
old fighters are rapidly passing away,
and tho sadness Of this fact is made all
the sadder by another report submitted
OF the Sons of Veterans is not pros
porous, the sons and grandsons of the
brave men who fought for the loved cause
not showing the inclination that was
expected Of them to keep up the or
ganization after the heroes Of forty-odd
years ago shall have passed over the
river.
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Much has been said and written about
the Bowen-Loomis affair but 1t remained
for Life to sum the whole business UP
in the neatest nutshell. That Journal
puts 1t this way: Sl;33
.AIr. Bowen and Mr.. Loomls were both
indlscreet. Mr.. Bowen believed Mr..
Looms was Il scamp, and went out Of
his way to make his government aware
of 1t. It seems he was mistaken; let us
rejoice at that: but he had great deal
more reason to think what he thought
than he should have had. The impress
sion left on the mind by the report of the
case submitted by the President is that
Mr.. Bowen conducted himself rashly
and obstreperously, but like an honest
man intolcrant of graft: and that Mr..
Looms behaved with great prudence and
self-control in perils which he ought
never to have Incurred Mr.. Bowen has
been dismissed and Mr.. Loomis retained,
but which has come off better is a. qucs-
ton which 1t will take time to settle.
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The fact that Russell Sage has bought
new summer suit Is taken to mean that
Wall Street is just as prosperous as
ever.-Atlanta Journal. There is an awful
Temptation to attach a rather different
Significance to the transaction, but by
grace we are enabled to resist
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Old subscriber: No, the Mr.. Root re-
Gently SO badly punished In the twelfth
round Gas they say) is not the gentle
man prominently mentioned for the Pres
4,
founded with Elhu.
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Iowa is still loaded with new 'loda
idees." Two farmers in that State set
tied a land boundary dispute the other
| day by the simple method OF shaking
| dice
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The unlucky thing about the Wallace
business is that Senator Morgan is fur
nishcd material for another speech of
two or more months duration.
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In the downfall Of Durham and the
crash of things In Philadelphia. scna-
tor Penrose gets lost under Il pile OF rub
bish that is about mile deep.
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Another 'ga-lorlous Fourth" has played
a one day stand with us. and 1t will
take two or three more days in which to
estimate the casualties.
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Enough fire crackers and sky rockets
came on the scene yesterday and last
night to demonstrate That VIC arc slowly
becoming Yankceizcd.
! s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Chicago grand jury and Commits
sioner Garfield arc very wide apart on
estimates OF the asaets and profits OF
the beef trust.
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1 The members Of the peace pow-wowsky
have all been appointed, and the real
tight between Russia and Japan viii soor
be on.
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