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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-07-06

this short run. THIS entire trip
IS made around curves. through
tunnels, over mountains. down
steep grades, over bridges, we
run along Walker river for sever
al miles which is beautiful river
and empties into Walker lake,
which is 80 miles long and several
miles wide. 1t is filled with fish
here can be seen many ,pelicans
catching fish way out here in the
desert country. On one side is
the fiat span of country and on
the other. towering up to the hea-
vens is the snow capped noun
tains. We are now in Toupah.
the end of the railroad. Here is
life. the streets are thronged with
people and look in any direction
and you see people opening up
great mines To the right are
the great Touapah mines which
have startled the world and was
the means of starting a railroad
here. We have a very exciting
ride over the mountains to Gold
field. Goldfield is one of the great
est cities in the world. You see
millions of dollars worth of ore
stacked up in one pile. ***
Here are some of the prices here:
500 dollars month for a room
large enough to move around in,
no furniture except bed and
and chair, shave 25 c, bath $I.oo,
shirt laundried 2Sc, cord wood
$500 per cord, ice Ioc a pound,
and apples CSC apiece. In other
words it costs to live here but
what does it matter if it does cost
ten dollars day if a man can
make thirty. *** One of the
big gambling houses here will do
more business here in one day
than our bank will do in three
years. There are hundreds of
chances here where a man can in
vest hundred dollars and make
thousands in a few years. Every
person in Mathews who gave me
money will not regret it, but will
wish many times that he had dou-
bled it. / have been made Treas
urer of the GOldheld Comstock
Mining Co. which owns Goo acres
100 acres here and 500 acres in
Tule Canyon where they are now
opening up some of the greatest
values known in the world. lam
now sending my brother a small
sample of ore l got myself from
our property and the other large
mines here. On this property
there is untold millions to be TAX
EN- out. We have purchased a
full outfit and men are at work.
Daniel Richardson.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-07-06

Senator Sears Announcement
Mathews, Va, April 10, 1905.
To my acknowledgements of the
3oth Senatorial district:
hereby formally announce my
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for the office of State
Senator from the 3oth Senatorial
district.
Four years ago you honored
me with your confidence and a
seat in the Senate of Virginia.
My ambition again prompts me
to ask of you my return to this
high position.
AS your representative l made
every effort to faithfully discharge
every duty and responsibility rest
ing upon me, and if you shall a
gain honor me / will endeavor to
be deserving of your confidence
and esteem.
Very truly yours,
Rnud Cnnrc
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j. Q. ". A. M.

The Junior Order United Amer
lean Mechanics will be organized
at Mathews c. H. on July ID,
1905. The Dixie Band will be in
attendance. All who have signi-
fed their intention of joining this
order will please be present. as
we'll as all who desire to join.
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Mr.. Stubs Announcement

Mr.. Stubs Announcement
To the Democratic voters OF
the goth Senatorial District of
Virginia, composed of the coun-
ties of King and Queen, Essex,
Middlesex, Mathews and Glou-
cester:
l am a candidate for the Sen
ate of Virginia, subject to the de-
cision of the Democratic primary,
to be held in the future. l will
soon publish a card, giving my
views on the leading questions in
this campaign.
]. N. Stubs.
Woods X Roads, Va.
April II. 1905.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

To THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF
MATHEWS AND MIDDLESEX COUN-
TIES:
] hereby announce myself a
candidate subject to the action OF
the democratic primary soon to
be held, to represent the coun-
ties of Mathews and Middlesex in
the next House of Delegates oil
Virginia.
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Intelligent and influential
S have put their shoulders
wheel and made the sacri-
attend these meetings. and
stand prepared to give time
financial aid to make this
eh-needed work a grand sue
WSs- We hope. therefore, that
other citizens will arouse them
felves and come to the mass-meet-
ing prepared to help. financially
at least
Mrs. A. F. Marchant was APP
pointed to correspond with par
ties with view to obtaining the
services of a competent gentleman
as principal of the high school.
A petition is to be prepared by
members Of the associationto pre-
sent to the Board of Supervisors,
requesting them to give us the
maximum school tax to help the
work on the public schools. The
new constitution gives US this pri-
vilege.
We are working and hoping for
better things along the education
al line in our grand old county
and l hope each one will lend a
helping hand.
Mrs. A. F. Marchant, Pres.
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~ ovement which has been
establish high school
ws c. H. has heretofore
ocated by the Journal,
Furated will, we un-
-, Be conducted as a pri-
Fate enterprise in the beginning,
18th the hope that the school au-
thorities in Mathews will eventu-
any take hold of the matter and
establish high school as a part
of the public school system of our
county. Under the present school
laws the Board of Supervisors
have the power to levy for county
and district school purposes a tax
cents per $Ioo upon the tax
able property in the county, just
double the present levy. We
would suggest that the people, if
they favor and additional levy for
school purposes. urge upon the
school trustees to petition the
Board of Supervisors to make an
additional levy with which not
only to aid in the maintenance of
a high school. but to improve all
of our public schools. The edu-
cation of the masses is the hope
OF a free government and should
be the especial object of the most
careful consideration, not only of
our public servants but Of all the
leaders of thought in the commun-
ity, Therefore. we beg that all
interested in education be present
at the meeting to be held at the
Court House on Saturday. July 8,
at 2. 80 o'clock TO discuss this OBJ
ject.
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Greatest Trip on Earth.

We lett Richmond on Friday
over the c. & o. X. r. at $50 p.
Nj. and on Saturday at 6:3o P. NJ.
we were in Chicago, at $50 we
were pulling out on the Overland
Limited for the great West. Sun
day noon we were at Omoha Neb.
All through the State the crops
were looking fine and the farmers
were at work same as any other
day; some were blowing, some
narrowing, while others were
coming from church. We reach
ed Denver Sunday night at $50
after passing over the most beau
tiful farming section for over
thousand miles. On Monday we
left Denver for Colorado Springs
where we spent two hours, then
took our train for Goldfeld New.
Now here comes one of the great
est trips of a mans life. We arc
drawn by two of the largest en-
gines made, over the Rockies pass
the Continental Divide and soon
we are on the plains again simply
to look back upon some of the
grandest scenery ever looked up
on by man! On and on we rush
for the town of Ogden, which we
reach by Tuesday afternoon, here
we rest half an hour and soon we
are pushing for Reno where the
change is made for Goldheld. We
are now just 5000 miles from
home. We spend part of the day
here and one night. Here is
town of 5000 inhabitants most
beautifully situated. Great noun
tains surround it on all sides with
their tops covered with snow and
us down below seeking the shady
side of the streets. We passed
over the great bridge thirty miles
long over great Salt Lake, Utah.
Here you see hundreds of tons of
salt all stacked up ready to be re-
fined. This lake is over 100 miles
long aud sixty miles wide in some
places. You look from either
side of the car window and for
two hours you do not see the end.
Here in this great lake you see
great mountains here and there
towering up with the waves wash
ing their base and the snow COW
ering their tops. Can you draw
this picture in your minds? For
miles and miles the lake has fall
en- from the banks and am told
that from the use of the water for
irrigation, in fifty years hence, it
will be entirely dry, and there will
be salt enough left to supply the
world for a hundred years to
come. We are now ready to
leave Reno for our final run but
before going let us look around
town a while. How | did wish for
some of our people to see what is
to be seen there. You may not
believe some of my statements
but they are true nevertheless.
/ saw my first true western city
in its true light. All day and all
night the greatest gambling dens
on earth are wide open and over
thirty In such a small town Mon
ey! we'll you see more there in
one day than you see in year in
our county. Nearly every one in
this country plays the gambling
machines. One of the men in
our party, a young physician, who
had quite large sum of money
went in and came ort III a little
while $I5o short. We now pur-
chase our ticket TO Toupah 238
miles and hand out thirty five
plunks for the return trip. it re-
quires one day and night to make
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-07-06

Washington, Pa, June %, 1905.
Journal Pub. Co., Mathews, Va.
Dear Editor
have seen but one copy OF
your paper under the new man.
agement. Allow me to congratu-
late you; it promises to be Sue
cess.
No community should be with
out paper. 1t is of great value
to all concerned. for it becomes
an organ by which public opinion
is disseminated and practical sug-
gestions are made from time to
time for the peoples good.
am, sir, deeply interested in
the county's welfare and would
that l could contribute to its pro-
gress. 1t is my home, Gwynns
Island being my place of resi-
dence, and l assure you, though
for the last few years l have lived
In another state, / am none the
less ardent in my desires to see
my home and my native state
keeping apace of the times. Every
native of Virginia, at home or a.
broad, is proud of the state that
gave him birth. Her place in his
tory is unquestioned; her large
share in the foundation of the un-
Jon is universally admired. Let
her citizens see to it that no eff
fort is lacking to give her the
place among the states of this un-
ion which to her rightfully be-
longs.
am glad to hear of the cam
paign for education. We have
known for a long time that our
schools were not what they should
be. If communities, which are
the factors of a state, are to be OF
service and contribute to advance
ment, theymust have good schools.
Education lies at the basis of pro-
gress and good government, and
it is due to every individual that
he should have the opportunity
of making of himself what he can.
There is no plausible reason why
the children, young men and wo-
men of Mathews county should
want for the mental training nee
essary to their proper develop
ment. They should have at least
nine months schooling in the year
and a suitable school within the
reach of every young man or wo-
man who wishes to prepare for
higher courses of study.
This is but small portion OF
the argument. Let not the spirit
that has been enkindled abate
the least. but rather let it burn
with greater enthusiasm until the
wants of our people are supplied.
am looking forward with great
interest to the celebration in 1907.
No greater historical event has
been celebrated for centuries. !
trust that the Importance of the
event will not for one moment es-
cape any of the people whom il
so greatly concerns. All, l know.
are familiar with it, vet in my en-
thusiasm for my state, my county
and my home l have mentioned
it because of its great significance.
trust, sir, that your paper will
flourish, that every good predic-
ton for its welfare will be real
lied. | know that it will have the
principles of freedom of thought
and advancement for each indi7i-
dual as its foundation.
Yours respectfully,
Rufus S. Mariner.
p. 5. have enclosed one dol
lar for the renewal of my sub
scription. r. S. NJ.
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(Subject to Democratic Primary
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The Michigan-Wolverine.

And passes finally the old man-of-war.
Michigan" that venerable craft that for
many years-the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary-has constituted the sole
naval force on the great lakes. But in
passing, the familiar old war-craft, whose
fighting power now consists of ten rapid
fire, small-caliber guns, changes only her
name She remains guard. to keep the
Canadian hordes from these shores The
flag still floats on the lakes. Henceforth she
will be known as the Wolverine" for the
state of Michigan, firing Of being repre-
scented in the naval lists as the sponsor for
q 6S5-ton side heller, has petitioned for
and received the privilege of naming one of
the batteshps. And there Is not
room in the navy for two 'Michgans," just
there is not room on the great lakes for
two American men-of-war There is water
enough. to be sure. to float the entire Amer
lean navy, and all the navies of the world
jointly assembled, in these inland seas.
There Is no lack of sea room or anchorage.
But the treaty does not permit. One on a
side, agreed Great Britain and the United
States many years ago, and one on a side
it has been ever since And as the 'Wol-
VERNE" the erstwhile Michigan will pad
die to and fro. poking her slim brass muz-
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MI. Reid to the Pilgrims.

Whitelaw Reds address to the Pilgrims
Society in London last night was in sober
key. beftted the occasion And we may
ell heartily indorse what he said He did
not pledge the country beyond the coun-
try's desire to be pledged. There is in
America the feeling for England which Mr.
Reid described. II is that of friendship,
coupled with a desire that the existing good
rcla tons between the two countries may
endure 1t probably will. and for the very
reason that Mr. Reid set forth. 1t rests
upon the better understanding that closer
acquaintance has brought about and the
fact that this acquaintance is becoming
closer and closer all the time. The constant
increase in the tide of travel between the
two countries Is in itself an assurance of
peace and cooperation toward good ends.
In this view of matters all reputable travel
ers. whether for business or pleasure. are
ambassadors. Mr.. Reid may be put at the
head Of the American list. and Sir Mortimer
purand at the head of the English list We
promised that the more the English
see of Americans and the more Americans
see of the English the better the two peo
pies viii like each other. and the clearer
will become in the eyes of both the real
ends toward which both are striving This
smplies a proposition which al one time
was very complex.
We are not approaching the millennium
England and America are not cast for the
roles of Alphonse and CASTOR. Each will re-
main individual in its own right. with in
dividual aims, workable supply of whole
some. propeling. everyday selfish human
nature. a keen eye for a bargain, and
correct anpraiSement of the main chance.
There will be. as there has been, and now
is, an English sphere distinct from the
American sphere of influence. and each
country will cultivate its own. But where
union is proper and profitable union Is now
possible as never before, and union shall
now know as never before. Where distrust
and bitterness once ruled confidence and
good will are found. and 1t will not be an
easy matter to disturb the new conditions
Mr. Reds speech makes we may believe,
as agreeable reading in England it does
in America and his debut as an ambassa-
dor has been successfully accomplished.
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The Alleged Chinese Boycott.

Let us not grow panicky over these re-
ports from places like HongkOng and Shang-
Iai about the rapid spread of the Chinese
boycott against goods of American manu-
facture. Shanghai in particular has a rep
utation fake factory second to no town
in that part of the world. During the
Boxer troubles It fed mankind on wild
Yarns of butcheries, in which more mis-
sionaries We're dispatched than had ever
set out for all the heather lands put to-
gether The details were narrowing, and
the nerves of many newspaper readers were
upset by the daily shudder to which they
were subjected
Moreover. it is plain that an organized
scare has been arranged Just why the
present time was selected is not so clear.
but alarmist is answering 70 alarmist all
around the circle. and, with Congress SIX
months off, are being treated to a hula
baloo of a rather lively kind. The original
opponents of the exclusion law are of
course very much exercised while here and
there are people who. neutral at that time
are now little anxious about the penalty
which they are assured we are at last to
pay unless we resciud that action.
Is Mr. WI Ting-fang at the bottom of this
business? 1t smacks somewhat of his
methods and views. We all remember
how active he was when this ques-
ton was last before Congress; how he
trausgressed all the proprieties of his sta
ton at this capital. but was forgiven be
cause of his nationality and peculiarities.
II "A representative Of Great Britain, or
France. or Germany, had been guilty of like
conduct in matter before Congress his
passports would have been sent to him
promptly. The public smiled a Mr. WI. and
said, "Oh well"
Since his return home this man has occu-
pied an influential post under the govern
lneut, and it is understood, has been Civ
iug his Countrymen the benefit of as much
Of his western education as they have been
willing to adopt Has he recommended the
boycott as the means of opening our gates
10 his countrymen? Having discovered for
himself that Congress cares nothing for his
arguments. or for the arguments of his
supporters in the United States, has he
shifted his ground to- an attack on Ameri-
can goods
But nothing viii ever avail to fill the
United States with coolies.
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The Kaiser as Skipper.

Yesterday was Uncle Sans day in Ger
many The kaiser sailed an American-buit
yacht TO victory. with American guests on
board and then toasted the President of
the United States. The news makes good
reading. 1t Is good in itself. and besides
makes agreeable set-off to the effort
in sensational circles to revive the trouble
between Germany and France. One finds
il difficult to think of war with the kaiser
in a yachtsman's toys, full of the joy of
success in a friendly contest, and over
flowing with pOst-prandial eloquence. He
loves the and a sailors sports, and
this is the country where the best boats
are built. AS he has found the way and
tested our skill. maybe he will come again
when he wants something in the same line.
And we turn out well craft of a more
ambitious kind, warranted to give a good
account of themselves in any circumstances.
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Street Car Disorder.

There is altogether too much diSorderly
conduct on the local street cars for the
public comfort and safety. veritable cpl
demic of rowdyism seems to have broken
out of late. and unless the evil is vigor-
ously met by the police and the courts the
city will acquire an unsavory reputation.
A street car is a peculiarly difficult bit of
territory to police. The conductor has Ger
tain powers under the charters of the roads
which the public safety demands, but in
the nature of the case he is hampered in
their exercise. He is charged with money
responsibility serious to him. and Is always
in some danger of losing his change when
he goes sharply after disorderly passenger
to evict him. Furthermore if he attempts
to have the offender arrested he must halt
the car until policeman can be found.
and then, in order to secure a conviction,
he must appear in court against his pris-
oner. Consequently the conductor, as
rule, is chary about doing more than gently
admonishing the unruly fare
An instance occurred last night on a car
which illustrates the conductors difficulty.
passenger was using vile language,
greatly to the disgust and annoyance of
others. The conductor told him to stop
and the offender proceeded to abuse the
company's representative. In short order
the two men were mixing 1t up at a
lively rate. 1t may be assumed that the
conductor was trying to put the passenger
off the car. In the melee a woman passen-
ger was struck on the nose and painfully
injured Finally both of the participants in
the mix-up We're arrested. Just why the
conductor should have been taken into Gus
tody is not plain. A few such arrests will
weaken the authority of the faretakers and
encourage the rowdies.
On the other hand, street car disorder
should be rated in court as of graver
nature than the ordinary kind of disorderly
conduct in public. 1t frightens women pas
sengers, causes delays in the traffic and
otherwise demoralizes the transportation
service. If the heavier fines and punish
ments of the present schedule of offenses
against the municipal laws do not cover
the situation sufficiently to discourage this
practice the Commissioners are warranted
in considering the wisdom of adopting and
vigorously enforcing a special police regu
lation which sets in a class apart all cases
of street car disorder or foul language, so
that offenders may be SO severely punisha ed
that the community will be freed from this
intolerable nuisance. And such a reguIa
ton would be best enforced by putting a
few ''pIain-clothes" policemen on duty on
the cars, to supplement the efforts of the
conductors to preserve order. That is viz
tuaIly the only way to catch the offenders,
who are unexceptionable In their conduct
whenever they see uniform and braZea in
their disorder and profanity when the con-
ducfor is unSupuorted
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Poland.

The terrible conditions reported from Po-
land Indicate clearly that Russia's task OF
domestic pdcidcatiun is by no means fin
isHed. Indeed, it may have only begun.
The massacre Of last January was tire first
result OF the determination of the people
TO force the government to a consideration
o. the popular needs Since then there has
l,"u virtually no peace within the borders
ot Polish Russia The Poles have been most
persistent in their defiance Of the throne
and the agitation within their country has
been Political, religious and Industrial.
showing that the populace is Thoroughly
GisafeCtgd.
The details of the fighting in the streets
Il Lodz suggest repeutious of an old Story.
The pCopieare determined to demonstrated
and tie government is determined that
they shall not. The people are better
armed than usual and the troops are under
orders 10 shoot TO kill whenever a sign of
disorder appears. The consequence is that
the death roll is mounting into the hun
dreds. while the wounded are to be found
IN every quarter of the city. There IS no
cessation OF the disturbances. and every
day brings fresh accounts of roting and
killing.
1t is unnecessary TO hunt far for the bot
tom cause of ali this trouble The Poles
are wholly out Of sympathy with the CEN
trial authority. They hate the Russian
government and are bent upon divorcing
themselves from its power sooner or later.
OF course their agitation, murderous and
otherwise, only serves to strengthen Rus
sia's resolution to hold fast 10 the an