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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
MCCARTHY FINED.
Justice Crutcllfield Gives Him a
Iail Sentence Also.

Convicted of the charge of conducting
a. gambling house at No. 80 North Sew
enth Street, John MCCARTHY, was fined
500 and sentenced to Jail for two months
by Justice Crutchfeld. In Police Court
yesterday morning. His attorney Mr..
Gilbert X. Pollock, noted an appeal and
the case will be heard before Judge Witt.
Mccarthy, together with John Welsh,
was was arrested few nights ago by officers
Mhip r., Nei , Thomas and sheppard, and
enlistment Il, lii Inn The, evidence yesterday
any knowledge of the place and he was
mismissed with an admonltion by tho
Police Justice.
Witness testified that they had played
crap" In the place mentioned. a crap
table, poker table. several dice and a
lot of poker chips were introduced MS
evidence against the proprietor OF the
place.
This is the first conviction OF any man
for conducting a gambling house since the
memorable crusade made against such
places by former Officer Wyatt, now the
high constable of Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
handspring
of Life
No Ono Can be Strong With a Weak
Stomach,

No Ono Can be Strong With n Weak
Stomach.
The stomach Is the handspring of life.
When it is strong and acts PERFECTLY. then
the whole system Is right, assimilation is
perfect, and body and brain are thoroughly
nourished.
One may perhaps get. temporary relief
from stomach troubles by using pepsin,
or some other digestant, but this treat
ment has no curative effect 1t does not
reach the seat of the trouble and remove
tho cause.
How much better to use Mi-o-na, which
restores lost functions OF the whole d.
gestive system, revives tagging nutrition,
and aids In the assimilation of food
M-o-na is q pleasant remedy to use,
and benefit is seen from almost the first
days treatment II restores the torpid
glands and stimulates the natural dlges-
tive secretions, 1t checks fermentation,
stops germ growth. soothes Inflammation.
and cures all troubles. such as headaches,
backaches. rheumatic pains, furred
tongue, sleeplessness, nervousness, and
general debility, which are caused by i'm
perfect digestion
Ali-o-na costs but 500 Il box.
' II yotI cannot obtain M-o4im of YOUR
druggist. 1t viii be sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt Of price. Sample suin..
Gent to show its value will he forwarded
lonsreqnest, The r. 7. Tooth Co., Ithaca,
4 ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
MINISTER TO SEE BAD,
BAD penny PICTURES.
Some Clergyman Will Be Invited
to Accompany Police Justice
to Arcade.

Justice John Je,er Crutchtield, COM
inonwealth's Attorney Mlntree FoiKes,
and minister. If one can be fouhd
who will accompany the two, will Visit
The Penny Arcade" which Mayor Nc
Carthy termed on the witness stand as
"damnabie and hellish' place. anu
determine for themselves whether or not
The pictures exhibited in the slot ma
chimes arc of such a nature as to cor
rt,pt the morals of the youth of RICH
mond
Frank Fernndni. proprietor of the
Arcade. was in Police Court yesterday
morning on the charge of exhibiting
rictures that were not proper. Mayor
MCCARTHY visited his place last Thursday
night and after taking peep at several
OF the photos said that ii was shocking
and forthwith he gave instructions to
the police to close the place Friday
morning the place was closed and re-
manned closed Until Mr.. Harry Smith.
counsel for Mr.. Ferandini. ordered IT
10 omen and remain open until the court
passed upon the alleged bad pictures.
The evidence in the case yesterday
morning was very contradictory. Mayor
Mccarthy was not sustained by officers
who had visited the place nor by citi-
Tens who had been asked to look at the
pictures, Nevertheless the Mayor m
.lsted that the exhibition was immoral
rnd improper and tended to corrupt the
minds of the class of people who visited
tile place-negroes visit the place almost
exclusively.
After the Mayor had left the Arcade
Thursday night and looked at the pictures
lie ordered several to be taken out. NJ.
F'erandini compiled with this request
and said he wanted to comply with the
wishes of the city officials. Mr.. Smith
held tho Mayor down to evidence and
in several instances laid emphasis upon
he fact that His Honor was only a
witness with the privileges only rs a
witness so long as he was giving testi
mony.
Justice crutchneld could not decide
the case after hearing the evidence and
decided to visit Il in company with the
commemorative Attorney and n minis
Ter II one could be found who would
so The visit was to have been made
Yesterday afternoon but was postponed
until this morning. The case will be de-
cided in Police Court to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
SUPREME COURT.
Several Important Cases Argued
and Submitted.

In the Supreme Court Of Appeals yes-
tcrday write of error and supersedcas
was granted In the case OF tho Norfolk
and Western Railway Va. Willie Albert
Carr Bond was required In the sum
OF SLED The case came on an appeaI
from the Circuit Court Of Norfolk coun-
y, where Carr, who IL n negro boy
about eight years old. was awarded
$1,000 for injuries received from n coal
train on the tracks Of the Norfolk and
Western. The proceedings Of the day
in the court were az follows
Hat1on V. Mountford. fully argued by
Eugene Withers for tho appellant. and
Julian Meade FOR the appellee and sub
mitted
First National Bank OF Richmond y.
Richmond Electric Company, continued
johnson. treasurer. vs.. Trustees Hamp-
ton Normal and Agricultural Institute
passed
Eastern State Hospital v Graycss
Committee. argued by c. b. Garnett for
piaintin in error. and j. G. Winston and
c. Il. Sands for the defendant In error
and submitted.
Fcwcll V. Southern Railway Company.
argued by John Nj. johnson for the plain
tiff In error. and c. C. CarlIn for the
defendant and submitted.
Next ten cases 10 be called: French = !
Vradenburg. Aragon Coffee Company "
Rogers. City OF Richmond V. Lynch and
Duke. Town of Phoebus V. Manhattan
Social Club Underwater Quarry Company
VI Scott. Marbach v. Holmes. Wilkie V.
Richmond Traction Company, Norfolk.
Portsmouth and Newport News Com
pany v. City OF Norfolk. Norfolk and
western Railway Company y. scruggs
and Walkers Administrator V. Potomac.
Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad
Company. being Nos. As. 40 and 81 TO
So inclusive
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
{. Y. DEBBs DENOUNCEs
USE OF CHILD LABOR.
Great Labor Agitator Speaks to
Large Crowd at
Spencer.
Especial 10 The limes.l,ispaloh. !,

SALISBURY ". @, Jan AIEugene n,
Debbs. OF Indiana who two years ago was the
nominee OF the Socialis, party for President
addressed large gathering OF citizens here
lo.night on tbs evolution OF industry, The
Machiniss' Union, and Mr.. Debbs confned
himself e labor problems, claiming that IL is
When he denounced child labor no was round.
~ applauded, ns was the case when he stated
his opposition to associated economic systems
permitting few men 70 grow vastly rich al
the expense OF countless Thousands. Of worthy
Mr., Debbs was well received ana his Ad.
si.-sa '"adA Et.ad iInnre2sinn an Ids heararA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Coming Y M. C. A. Events.

During the next few months there Will be
ssself-lm provcnent at the Central y. N. g. a.
te, nImnM night the Womens Social and En-.
members Of the association and their mothers
eSde sHsn II nAs symnasu work BY
th ,,, boys, y picture entertainment in the
room. Owing 10 the limited capacity of the
ro on admission Will by, card;
viii conduct the study OF the mternational
M lesson which MI be ill hSt
On Monday afternoon, tho 2sth, there viii be
aoI hiS matines for boys and glrlss III, to 9
Great Things OF America" national hymns and
irish hnmor, Over one hundred pictures Will
be exhibited, 3fls,1, ah. Y ae s'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Aoschen Shoe company. Miller & hhondes.

y. a. Miller jefferson Art Gallery. Meyer
Greentree. Mrs. Celia kass. w. l..
Douglas Shoe Company, Seymour Sycie,
Nj. Meyers. Simon Bowman. A. Zartor,
y. sEhrstein. Mr.. Hughes, Mrs %looni-
berg, Charles Hutzlcr, a. Marks. Mrs
Chanler. D. Hutz1er. A. Morooni, Sam
!rllman, u. Y. Atkinson. Anna %. Roach.
n.YH; Rye. ID. Marks. Miss Rutherford.
w a. S0rg, James X. Sheppard, Kirk
,N Poindexter-Parrish Company, AL
y. Miller Broad Street Bank. i Gion-
notti. ~. Brown. a. g. Anthony. a. y.
Johnson. Wolf Dreyer. w. II. Smith. q.
~. Plageman, j. II. Rupert. H. IT, Cook,
Isaac Strauss. G. a. Scott, John Onesty.
william T9bien. Gonela g. Francione. T..
WAGNER, X. G. Diggs Max Bernstein,
Marchetta Brothers. NJ. Reinach, Old Do,
minion Art Gallery. j. W. Sale & Co.
Mrs. w w. Hayes. PalaIs Royal, O. b.
spot, J. y. Grigg, Mrs w. W. Moon. j.
sycle d Son. Stratus. Gunst r. Co. w S.
Constable, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroni
Company. Richard Fry, Hayes Willis.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Ieart
Like Clock

The ~pulsation of the heart
marks the passage Of the blood
through the veins, Just as the
ticking of a clock indicates the
flight Of moments of time.
Palpitation, f1uttering or irreg-
ular action reveals the fact that
the heart is running down
and unless strengthened, is
liable to stop at any time un-
der some weakening influence,
such as excitement, over-work,
or intense mental or physical
strain. To regulate the heart
action, you should take
Dir. Miles Heart Cure when
any symptoms Of a weak heart
is apparent. 1t has no equal.
Sometime ago ! had very severe
pain around my heart. and most of
t the time ! had a heavy, nea1ing or
so that when | lay down MT night 1t
would sound like a small clock In bed
with me. | could count the ticking.
With every little exercise. or walking
/ felt like my heart would give OUT,
and would be SO tired would have
to lie down and rest, ] suffered quite
to try Or. Miles Heart Cure, i had
not taken 1t long until ! began to feel
easier and 80 continued, and the med
icine entirely cured me. ! am very
grateful for the great good I received
from DR.. Miles, Heart Cure
JOSEPH BROADHEAD.
Findlay, Illinois.
pr. Miles Heart Cure Is sold by
your druaalst, who VIII guarantee that
the first bottle Will benefit. II 1t falls
he Will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Three Small Fires

ta rhree t,ts each small one, occurred yes
a na came In from Sixth and Main Streets.
r me coal house In the rear of the Typewriter
rrtAehanse AT NO. 6a1 East Main Street was on
hrs The damage was small
a, l, Inc second con, sarm came in shortly after 2
. CLOCK; Mr. Mike McDonough's two-story
frame house at No. ga South Fifth Street was
on hre. The department responded promptly
anu eNtlngpished tho flames before they had
gotten much Roadway. 49, ~
A chimney OF a house on Twenty NTH street
engine settled the trouble.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Barber Shaved Him Close.

Elicit Rogers, negro. walked into a barber
snop Yesterday afternoon late and asked that
his whiskers be trimmed. 1'hen he proceeded
70 get talkntive, and the conversation turned
no his wife. Some remarks were remarked and
suddenly the tonsorial artist swiped Rogers
across the cheek with the razor. DR. Witten
OF the ambulance, had TO take six stitches In
the face to nsIr It together
~ william Ian, hspkins, IA country negro. stepped
good Fate OF speed He viii know better
next time; rr. Witten fixed his bruises up.
len bailey fell from a wagon. and the horse
stepped OF his foot. He was treated and left
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Tonlahawked An Indian

William Richardson. n full-bloodea Choctaw
indian. was scaiped by his negro wife last
n ,h ana HAD to DO treated by Or. Pitt OF
The Redman had some trouble with his sauaw
ana the latter promptly resortad 10 her toma-
haWk. she used 1t on the Indians top-lenot
and ne went down and out, A small artery
was cut, and much Of the bravery OF the man
whose ancestors once roamed about after the
Buffalo oo2ed out in the street Mr. Emmett
Taylor happened along and took the Indian to
inc FIRST station. where he was treated.
Richardson was once with ENrepaugh and
Sells circus AS bareback rider.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Retail Merchants Board.

The Executive Board Of the Retail Merchants
Association heia n regular meeting last night,
and business Of considerable importance. was
transaetedA Nearly every inembsr 81 the board
Was presents Tim hoard elected tWanty-onc
new members. Great Satisfaction was ok,
pressed at the growth of the association, and
All present expressed themselves as confident
the body would he able To help along Its in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Clerical Promotions.

Especial to The Tlmes-D lspatch.l
Il CLIFTON FORGE. VA, Jan. 24.-W. u.
Baker, chief clerk TO Superintendent Carlisle,
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Mt this place. has
been promoted 10 chief clerk TO j.. l. CabelI,
engineer maintenance of way with headquar-
tiers In Richmond.
I E.. D. Foster, formerly of Richmond succeeds
Mr. Baker here,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
Meeting for Divine HEALING

\ meeting for divine healing will be held to-
DAY at r NJ In the West End Rescue Mis-
sion No. ~ W Cary Street bible readings
sion every afternoon at and night al 6 Pao-
PIE OF almost all denominations attend these
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25
"Pete" Howell Wears Buttons.

been elected a policeman to succeed Mr.. f. j.
Bradley, who. resigned a few. days ago. Mr..
Howell was for number of years registrar
in his ward. and is a we'll known citizen, who
will make an excellent officer
Mr.. Bar1ley, who had been on the force for
years, and was a faithful and efficient patrol
man, Is now manager of the culinary depart
ment OF Campbells Hotel.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-25

AT tho COMMENCEMENT OF the AFTERNOON
session the first period was taken up with
the paper OF Professor George G.. Hege-
cock, on Crown Gall and Hairy Root of
the Apple The paper was very inter
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

According 10 Marcel Provost. presi-
dent of the Society of French Authors.
there are ut present in France four or
five writer's whose incomes reach or
exceed $4,000 year. About ten
more get half that sum. while general
ly speaking. Il successful author may
count on an annual income of ut least
$4,000 or $1,000. Seventy years ago II
was otherwise. An unbound novel
then cost 81 or $3.50. and the sale was
small. A new source OF income was
provided when Emile de Girardln. In
1896. began 10 print stories serially In
the newspapers. In the following year
the publishers began to sell novels M
20 cents. 10 cents and even 20 cents.
Balzac and Hugo were the first Ia
benefit by this arrangement ON a huge
scale. Of the illustrated edition OF
Hugo alone I.Wn,0o1 copies were sold
or Zola's books 2.G2S0O0 copies have
been disposed Of. OF Rostrand's PLAYS
over 100000 copies have been sold.
"SaphO' yielded Daudet In book form
$4,000, but that was only n fraction Of
his profits. Newspaper fcuilletons and
stage royalties increased that sum to
$1G3,0 900.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

An Italian who had been grinding
out a wheezy waltz on Il hurdygurdy
went into the corner drug store and
asked the clerk II there were any sick
folks In the block.
NO" Numbered the clerk. there are
not and IL there We're wouldn't tell
you"
The Italian backed awkwardly TO the
door
why did you shout nj him like
thatt" asked customer. lie didn't
mean any harm"
''nidn't hef'' said the clerk. "He
meant all sorts of harm. That Is pet
trick Of theirs. They try 10 find out
from the druggists where the sick Ipeo.
pie live. so they can hustle right down
in front of the window whore n man
lies III or dying and grind out tunes
till silence Is purchased at liberal
iigure Before ! got on 10 their scheme
used To give the desired information
but the neighbOrs finally got to the
point OF accusing me OF taking rake.
or. SO now | shoe them away. New
York Sun.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
onern under nimcuItie..

A contemporary account says: AT
the first performance OF La Travlata'
the tenor. Graziani. took cold and sang
his part throughout In honrse and nj
most innudiblc voice. NJ Narcsi, the
baritone. having what We would call n
secondary role. took no trouble To bring
out the dramatic Importance Of this
short hut capital pnrt SO that the ef-
feet Of the celebrated duet between
Niolctta and Germond In the second
act was entirely missed. Nine. Dona-
telll who impersonated the delicate
sicllly heroine. was one Of the stoutest
ladies on the stage or of II. and when
NJ the beginning of the third act the
doctor declares that consumption has
wasted away the young lady and that
she cannot live more than few hours
the audience was thrown into n state
Of perfectly nproarlous glcc a state
very different from that necessary 10
appreciate the tragic action of the last
act" No wonder that La Traviata"
made a fiasco under these trying cir
cumstnnces, Yet when more adequate
~ performed the opera soon became an
immense favorltc with audiences OF all
nations. and Verdi had no reason to
remember the disasters attending its
first appearance In public.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
EMETERY NOTICE

Any one desiring topurchasca Monument or
Toinhs oi any kind, either Marble or tranitc
or fencing Of any Kind viii b. pleased Ia hnyc
you Writ us or call on our local agents. and
will call 10 scc you with first class designs Of
some of the incest, ncatn,~t and cheapest
work done an this peninsula. Allma,rrinlan and
work guaranteed ia every respect We have
heon doing business for twelve years. M
strangers write us fnr trial
our local agents atc: Il J. McAllcn 4 BRO.
SNOW iiill. W o Payne. stockton. j e Wise.
Jr. Bcrln.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
Relative Brishsnc.. of the stars.

The dream OF Joseph Is the oldest
document known In which the bright
ness Of the stars IL referred to- In Il
are mentioned the sun. moon and
twelve stars. which exceed NIL the other
heavenly bodies In splendor. A French
astronomer hns pointed out that II we
count the stars OF the first magnitude
seen In Egypt today we shall find Just
twelve. for thirteenth is Of somewhat
doubtful brilliancy These twelve stars
are also mentioned In an evangel os St.
John: hence the astronomer concludes
that the relative brightness OF the stars
has not appreciably altered since the
times Of the pharaohs.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23

The king most often and most serl-
ously shot at was Louis Philippe. who
somehow WAS never hurt hy his would
be assassins The most desperate at-
tempt was made hy FicschI the Cor
sican, who operated with an Internal
machine. He was once fired upon at
such close quarters that the flash OF the
pistolssct fire TO the bonnet Of Queen
Marie Amelie. who sat beside him In
a carriage But one serious attempt
was made TO assasslnate Napoleon l. II
was with an Internal machine. Ma.
poleon Ill. had two narrow escapes.
One was when the Orslni bombs ex-
plodcd around his carriage and the
other was NJ she Bols de Boulogne,
when ball meant for his guest. Alex
andcr l.. whlzzed by his ear and shot
his aid-de-camp's horse London News.
Democratic messenger., 1906-06-23
THE DREADED MONGOOSE.
A Close watch On 0ur Ports to Keep
the Animal Out.

So Gar this country has escaped the
ravag,s OF the mQuguusc. but il Scci.ls
eternal vigilance IS the price of safety.
and there Is nothing IN the small ami
NAL line that the government is more
active IN trying 10 keep ont nf the coun.
try The department of agriculture
has n number of inspectors NJ every
port ana while they are always on the
lookout for noNious birds bcastS fishes
and insects Of All sorts they have Il
weather eye out particularly Tor the
mongoosc
This is the more So because the little
wcascl-ikc ruiiian doe. not make Il
bad pet for those who are fond of
strange animal pets and because there
is a popular notion that II Is really 4
beneticent animal and Kills snakes Dr
Merriam OF the department of agficu
ture ia speaking of the mattcr the other
day said:
we catch up n mnng0ose every now
and then. and the country had u mar
row escape from one recently IN san
Francisco II was imported under the
name Of philippine eat aud il got
past the assistant inspector. and the
family that had IL went to n hotcl The
suspicious Of the chief Inspector were
aroused from what he heard of the AM.
NAL. and he tracked down It's owners
When he went 10 the hotel the man of
the family was out. lie explained to
the gentlcinans wife that he was par.
ticularly Interested In cats of all sorts
and more particularly IN Philippine
cats He would like. therefore. 10 see
the eat that he understood She had i'm
ported. The wolnan WAS little shy,
but finally produced the cage and. sure
enough. II WAS II mougni>c The in.
spcctor declared himself then nnd there
and nailed the beast There was Il
considerable row over the matter. but
the owners had to finally give up. and
the upIl.paSc WAS !. Hell
The idea that the mongooSe is 4
snake killer is right enough II vii
kill all the snakes in the vicinity and
Kill or chase off all the rats aud mice.
But then II goes for the ground nesting
and eats the lizards and frogs. as well
as the snakes. Now. as the birds, the
snakes the lizards and the frogs are
all among the best insect killers we
have the determination Of these lets
loose n perfect pest of insects and re.
suits In untold damage to crops and
fruits.
The mongoose is as prolific as he Is
bloodthirSty. and II he once got start
In this country he would do millions Of
dollars worth Of damage annually
through killing out the very insect de-
your!ng birds and animals that we
want to keep We have had II sample
Of what he can do when introduced
into congenial surroundings in Jamal
ca. and we don't want any Of him
here" Washington Star.