The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-22

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patriotism Is not to be measured by the
size of his tax account but by the affec-
itionatc service that lie renders.
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The First Electric Car Line.
some weeks ago The Hichmond Times
Dispatch, IN setting forth some OF the
points of5vnl1tage" of Richmond CLAIMED
for 1t the honor Of having the first cleo
tric car line IN this our esteemed con.
temporary is mistaken. More than once
persons from a distance have conieeto
Montgomery to examine records here IN
connection with this matter. at1d Will tine
result OF giving precedcnc Get % this CT ~. Nh
on the 23d day Of December, 4 SS5. the
CAPITAL City Street Railway Company,
of Montgomery, adopted a resolution ae-
.cepting u contract of the Van ocpoole
Electric notwithstanding Company for the
Early In 1856 the cars were IN operation
on our streets, and ZIP, to that day no
electric cars had been ruin in any other
city in the United Stntes.
IN the fall of that year. Pres dents CleNe-
land and h distinguished party With him
were In Montgomery and 1t was noted by
them that they had seen here for the
first time cars moved by electricity
Montgomery Advertiser
Far be 1t from us to grab. The Inter
national Encyclopaedia says: From 1850
to 1855 q number OF eSpelmental8e electro
roads were constructed, but the first
successful electric railway in III modern
form was opened in Richmond, Va, Feb
ruary /, 1885" It was upon that state
ment that The Times Dispatch claimed
for Richmond the first electric railway.
we had expected ..clonnelg" from the
Charlotte Observer. which claims every
thing for North Carolina, Lut we did not
know our Alabama contemporary would
be so grasping. 81 \. IS Z,
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The Orange Observer one of the Lest
of all the good Virginia weeklies. which
is "editorally5 energized' by Robert New
ton Robinson and most gracefully. local.
izel by Miss Bertha Gray Robinson, has
Just celebrated It's twenty-fourth birth
day. The Observer is not a ''yallow''.s
journal. as It's name might indicate, but
is one of the best family weeklies that
enters Virginia homes. The Observer has
done and Is doing good work in virginia,5
and y t is a pleasure to record the fact
that 1t was never more prosperous than
now. as 1t enters its twenty-flfth year.
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Town Topics explains the whole matter
as follows: Charley Anderson, a negro
politician, as collector Of internal rev
senue in New York, is the outcome OF n.
dare When Crnn, was appointed collec-i
tor of the port at Charleston, S. G., the
Southern papers and politicians said that
Roosevelt would not dare to make such.
an appointment in the North. Collector
Anderson is The Presidents retort.s New
ertheless, no Dinahs and sambos danced
with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt
ut the inaugural on bull ' Z 81
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The Times Dispatch recently remarked,
Japan has destroyed the Russian feet,
captured Port Arthur and practically
driven 3Kuropatkin out Of, NIanchuria.
That is all that she set out to do. Why
then. has she not won her fight? And
why is 1t not time for Russia to sue .foT3
peace Aid it she does not do so, Is i
not time FORTH Powers to interfer rec y
And the Boston Transcript REMARKS
that The TimessDispatchfha has asked three.
potent questions.
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The first thunder clap for 1905 came
forth at s:05 p. NJ, Monday, March 20th.
Now, so weatherwise can proceed TO pre-.
dict according to your previously con-
ccivcd ideas of weather wisdom.
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There are getting to be too many female
captains of finance In this free country,
Mrs. Recder, who was up to mortgage the
the8island of santo Domingo, IS the latest
curiosity In this line i.
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The Osler proposition lacks about hfty-
nine years and ten months OF being Of
the required age, but all the same, 1t is
we'll enough to apply the chloroform
remedy at once. III
*, s5 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~ l55 Ql5 X
Mr., Roosevelt was naturally an adnirer
OF the late John Fl. Reagan, Of Confed-
crate fame, who left six living children,
twcnty-ope grandchildren and one great
grandchld.
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Tho soldiers In the Japanese army arc
said to be worn out. Trying to keep up
with those Russian sprinters is enough
TO make them at least a little tired.
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Governor lIocll and all the Grand Dukes
of Kansas have declared that there can
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