The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-05
rt4E RICHMOND VA, AUGUST 1905

discussed and think 1t worthy Of con-
slderation 390lt &. &
Els That Is a question which cannot DO an.
swered at this time. It would be a matter
for the City Committee to dtcide.f
rhe Kansas city Journal comes right
oft and boldly says: 81
.'1f the fnult-flrdcrs have any better
John Patti Jones bones than those now
iii stock let them step UP With the
goods and u,t their cnterwnulng. The
committee In charge Is doing tho best It
can under tho circumstances"
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There arc some mighty brave men In
Mr. Roosevelts cabinet. For instance
Secretary Shaw declares that tho treas
ury deficits does not worry him, and Sec
retnry Wilson asserts that the condl-
tions in the Agricultural Department
are not ut nll dscouraging 10 him.
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Congressman Champ Clark, Of Mssou-
RI was touched BY New York picks
pocket for $780, Being a Missouri farmer
and Congressman all at once he can
afford the loss, but tho reflection that q
plckpocket is smarter than a Congress-
man Is calling.
According to Col. Bryan, the cloud
Of 'Iresldentlnl nvalnbility" now
hangs ovcr the house Of Folk, Of Mis-
so,iri, but clouds can. change quickly.
and this ono has about three years In
which to drift around towards Me-
braska.
Miss Carrie Nation has not been Sc
}lccted to break the bottle OF wine over
the nose Of the battleship Kansas, al
though the Kansas people are unanimous
in the belief that as bottle-snasher
.she is something of a success
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Johann Hoch, the Bllicbcard, announces
that when he gets through with his
present troubles no is going to practice
law. IIo will have considerable opposl-
ton. We have heard that lawyers are
right thick down there. Z,
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And now 1t leaks out that Shoemaker
Douglas declined q second gubernntorial
nomination in Massachusetts because It
might lead to Democratic presidential
nomination three years hence. Modest
man Is Mr.. Douglas. # H
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The Kansas state prison ia SO full
that new convlcts are no longer fur
nlshed with birds eye maple betlsteads,
but have to sleep on summer resort cots,
with thin cloth bottoms and badly cross
ed legs.
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The peace commission will not be more
than about eleven seconds figuring on the
size OF Chlnas indemnity, and the same
will be as brief as the timo consumed
in considering it..
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If japan could elect delegates, accord
ing to population, to the next Republican
national convention Secretary Taft would
probably have no trouble in landing the
presidential nomination.
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Will Senator Mitchell be entitled to
his senatorial salary while spending SIX
months In jail? That's a new question
the senate itself may have to answer.
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a Missouri man is suing for divorce
because his wife refuses to live In Kansas
city, and the papers Of that town think
he has n good enough case.
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The water that Is to make Los An-,
geles, Cal, famous is to flow through
pipes and machinery to cost twenty
three millions Of dollars.
Ida Tarbell sticks TO her subject IN
accordance with her name and will con-
tinue to stick as long as the space rates
hold out to burn.
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Baron Komura brought eighty trunks
with him to the peace conference and he
was otherwise clothed with plenary pow
or. tas'5t5 H eFs 80 1870 es7Efa ~
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It is believed that Vlce-President Fair
banks did little swearing also when
Elihu Root was sworn in as Secretary
Of State.
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They say that King Edward sleeps IN
pink nightics and does some other things
that speak loudly OF his babyish ways.
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or course nobody can wear q collar
In Al warm campaign like this. The thing
is bound to wilt.
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Some of the ways Of the average trans
grcssor are sometimes hard on folks who
havo not transgressed
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1t remained for the slow going Senator
Stone Of Missouri, to discover that Tom
Lawson is a fake.
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