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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
IN BANKRUPTCY

In the Matter of
THE VIRGINIA FURNITURE CO.,
Bankrupt.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
In pursuance OF Il decree OF the above
court. entered on the LIST day OF Decem-
Der, 1865, at Richmond. Va, in the mat
ter OF The Virginia Furniture Company.
Bankrupt. the undersigned receivers
therein, will offer for sale by public auc-
ton. on the 18TH DAY CT JANUARY.
49,, q, chase Gay, ~, on the premises,
commencing at II O'Clock A. NJ, all the
tangible property, both real and personal
of the said bankrupt. The Virginia Fur
niture Company, which said property con-
Sists OF a certain lot of land situated at
Chase City, Va. with certain factories
thereon, with all fixtures, appliances ma
ture OF furniture; and, also, lot OF
completed furniture. consisting OF Bed
steads, Bureaus, Washstands and such
like.
The above mentioned plant for the
manufacture OF furniture was erected
in the year 1903, and Is supplied with
the very best and most modern machine
ry and appliances. such as a No. ], 100
HIP. High Pressure Boiler, Dry Kiln and
Water Tank. A No. / Hardie Tymes Cor
liss Engine: with railroad siding and
other articles too numerous TO mention.
Private bids on the above property will
be received at any time before the day
OF the above sale
TERMS AS FOLLOWs: The furniture
and materials on hand for the manufac-
ture OF furniture will be sold for cash;
together with the fixtures. appliances and
machinery, will be sold for 1-3 cash and
the balance on six and twelve months
time, for which purchaser viii give his
negotiable note with interest added for
equal Instruments Of the deferred pay
ments. and title retained until the whole
OF the purchase money Is paid and tho
sald sale, whether private or public. shall
be subject to the confirmation OF the
r. r.. ROBERTS and
G. ]. FAULKNER.
Chase city Va, ReceiycrH.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Looking Ahead.

She-But we are
little more than
strangers as yet,
you know.
He-Yes, but do
not let that inter-
fere. We can break
off the engage
ment after we get
better acquainted
If necessary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

UNNECESSARY EMPHASIS.
why are you smiling so broadly,
Henry?"
II was just thinking Of the good
times I had"
when, Henry, dear?"
Before we were married, Of course"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
BOLD FELLOW.

1You dare!" she cried. An angry glow
Across her features famed.
He dared, and then she whispered low.
"yon ought to he ashamed"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

COULDN'T UNDERSTAND 1T.
do you know" said the good man
that you are on the downward path ~
"Thash queer" the other answered
trying to think 81 can't get M fee
up high 'nough to keep from bumpn
ag'in thingsh.''
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

she-I must compliment you on your
fine sense Of humor.
He-Many thanks. But what gave
you the impression that had a fine;
sense of humor?
she-Why, 1 saw you smiling al
yourself in the mirror.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

Mrs. swellington..There, I guess we
have at last eclipsed the Moneybags as
entertainers. We are going to have it
put in the papers that our recent en-
tertainment cost $4,000.
Mr.. Swellington-But the Moneybags
claim theirs cost $4,000.
Mrs. Swellington-Yes, but an afh-
davit will 20 with our figures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08


Essins Him On.
Actor have a
war as well as a
histrionic record.
I was nearly kill.
ed once by the
bursting Of q
shell.
Manager Who
threw the egg?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
A Definition,

Little Clarence
with the prying
mind)-Pa, what
is a tradition?
Mr.. Callipers
A moss grown lie,
my son.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Licensed Crime.

Licensed Crime.
Doctor think
I'll have to call in
some other ply
sicians for con-
sultation.
Patient Go
ahead. Get as
many accomplices
as you wish.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Her Turn Next.

Aunt Florence
You don't seem to
be sorry that your
sister has been
married and left
you.
Ethel (aged ff-
t e e mn O.; it.
makes me eligible
now.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

Jack-I may be wrong, of course. but
I always make it rule to say Just
what I think.
Helen-Yo cure not much of talkes
are you?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Didn't Care For

Lectures.
"My wife has
such a cold that
she can't speak,"
81 thought you
looked uncommon
ly happy"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Nothing Serious.

NosuiuS SSiiouSs
81 suppose" he
said, that all
those rings you
wear have tender
associations {"
"Oh, no." she
responded. "They
are merely en-
gagement rings"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
The compIacent
xassr

The G o p ac nj
Wife.
Mrs. M. Your
hu band seems
like a man Of
rare good taste
and excellent
judgment.
M r s. 80 f
course. Otherwise
he wouldn't have
wanted to marry
me.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Vindictive.

Vindictive.
Mae She said
she would never
forgive him.
Ethel - But She
afterward married
him.
M a e - T h a t
merely shows that
she meant what
she said.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Degrees Of Viva.

Degrees OF Viva.
city.
give got an I'M
Gle eighty years
old, and he is as
frisky as a school
boy"
GAS a schoolboy
going to school or
coming out 2"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Hopeless.

Hopeless.
'You could have
caught that car.
Why didn't you
run for it?"
"The motorman
was looking at
me-"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Business.

6USIneSS.
What business
are you in ?" ask
ed the pelican.
"Oh. I'm in the
infant industry"
replied the stork;
the long clothes
line, you know"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Turned Over.

Turned Over.
"And then after
awhile a complete
turn came in my
life"
Il say, old man.
you talk as if You
] ware q pancake!"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
Rewards and Pen

Rewards and PEN
alties.
Grace-It is Diff
fcult for people
to get what they
really deserve in
this life.
Helen--It is diff
fcult for some of
US. Others have
to dodge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
N o I F or Hi s
Health,

Health.
1.-THE doctors all
the while grum-
bling about his
patients h o
won't pay their
bills"
Il know it. He
says he isn't prac-
ticing medicine
for his health"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
THE LIMIT.

Greedy fellow, isn't hep"
Greedy! Say, if he were a duck he
wouldn't refuse an umbrella
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08

AS 1t Affected Hin
81 saw Henpeck
today, and he said
he was SO home
sick"
"Why, he's at
home, isn't he 2"
"Yes, that's what
he meant"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
It's When They

It's When They
Protest.
HAS she said
that she will new
err marry again q.
mo"
"Then very like
ly she won't"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-08
THE TIM E..

THE TIME.
Youth is the time to learn
at shouldn't be. It's the time you
know it ALL" |
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
B. & q, Earnings.
Especial to The Times-Dislp3atcl

Especial to The -Dispatch)
BALTIMORE. MD. May 19,-The Bal
t,more and Ohio's April statement pres
ages good reports from other Eastern
roads, excepting the anthracite coalers
for that month. The Baltimore andSOhios
April gross Of s6.aO4.7a3 nearly equaled
March and January, when $6.7l1,0s5 and
@,576,4e5 were respectively shown, ana OK
ceeded February, which was S5.SOa,6
The April net OF s2,237.4A was likewise
not far below the not OF March and Jan
uary, s24Ss,sl7 and s2,4+7,9O6. respectively,
and considerably exceeded February,
which was sl.S743l7.
The Baltimore and Ohio for ten months
Is 3,9lS,s42 ahead in net earnings of the
same period last year. May and Juno
should gain at Least 100000 more, making
the years increase at least 81, $50. 600. This,
or the basis Of last years fixed charges,
would make about s15S7O. 600, which Is
over ten per cent. OH all tho common
stock to be outstanding afteK the new
s2I75o'M0 issue is made. making Nthe tota
outstanding fl52. 10000 y,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
many new BANKS IN
THE SOUTHERN STATES
Over 200, With Ten Million
Capital, Chartered in the Last
Four Months.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch.)

Especial to The -Dspatct.)
BALTIMORE, May 19.-In It's Issue this
week the Manufacturers Record says:
Reports received by the Manufacture
ers' Record show that during the first
four months OF the current year there
were chartered or incorporated In the
South 230 banks and trust companies
with total authorized capital OF $10,-
026,5O0. OF this number 1853 are State
banks. with $500 900 capital. 81 are ma
tional banks, with s2,51o,oOo capital, and
% are trust companies. with $2.454.50o
capital. Including Indian Territory, Ok
lahoma and Missouri, there is total OF
2S3 new banks and trust companies. with
a total authorized capital Of $12,294.000.
including 1870 State banks. with $5,479,500
capital; rs national banks, with $3,110, 900
capital, and % trust companies, win
$3,704,500 capital.
North Carolina had twenty charters,
with capitalization of sSs0,0O0, including
thirteen State banks. three national banks
and four trust companies.
Virginia reports eleven new charters,
with $S35,000 capital; Maryland ten char
ters, with $475,00 Mississippi ten chM'
Vc'ctoNV
charters, with $3S0,000; Arkansas nine
charters with $4,000: Missouri eight
charters with $1,365.ooo: Louisiana and
Tennessee seven charters each. with
$500. 900 and $241 900 capital, respectively:
Kentucky four charters, with s240 900,
and Florida one trust company, with i4o,-
900 capital
This review Of new banks in the South
does not include the organization of banks
previously chartered or the opening OF
banks, but Simply notes those for which
charters have been granted. SO as to
make clear the recent additions to the
banking facilities Of this section OF tho
country. a great many banks which were
incorporated before January LIST have or
ganized during the past three or four
months. and have prepared to begin busi-
ness, while others have actually openeu,
and still others are organizing, prepara-
tory to making. application for charters
or incorporation, The demand for bank
Ing facilities throughout the South ap-
pears to be undiminished, and It Is prob
able that new charters will continue to
be reported during the next severi:
months In about the same ratio MS Is
here shown for the first part OF the
year."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
CHASE CITY SELLS
LARGELY II OF TOBACCO Al: 1 J. !
New Church Completed and
Other Buildings in
Progress.
Especial 10 The Times-Dispatch.)

(SpcCldl 10 lHS
CHASE CITY. VA. May 19.-Practically
all Of the tobacco crop has been mar
keted, and the warehouses for the sale
Of leaf will close here on June first.
About three millions of pounds sold this
tobacco year. Farmers are using fertlli-
zers in large quantities, and will curtail
the area for planting. Their purpose Is
to concentrate their efforts on more
thorough cultivation and improve quality
regardless OF quantity of an Inferior ar.
ticle White labor now produces the bulk
OF the crop In this section. The able
bodied negroes are off for public works
and the numerous saw-mlls.
The farmers tobacco business here con.
Quoted under style Of Roberts Tobacco
Company. incorporated. and organized III
1906, expects to declare q dividend of
twenty per cent on capital stock this
year. This Is n wonderful success.
The contest for appointment to the post
mastership here sis quite animated. All OF
the aspirants claim it as certainty. r.
Nj, Sloan. w. II. Smith and r. L. Hervey
are vigorously pressing their claims II
the successful one will use the same
activity. courtesy and efficiency in the
management after he gets the Office as he
exhibits In his efforts for 1t, we will have
an up-to-date postoalce
The Baptist church here Just completed
Is one OF the hundsomest and most con-
venent In all Of it's appointments in the
county. The painting and decorations
were by Richmond firm
Several elegant new residences arc in
process OF erection here. from present
indications this town will be filled with
summer boarders Tho uncertain cook Is
the only thing disturbing the bright an
ticlpations OF boarding-house keepers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
MORGAN BUYING.
Believed Chicago Surface Lines
Will Pass to New Pork Syndicate

.
Especial to The Times-Disputch
NEW YORK, May 19.-It was said yes-
terday that the belief prevailed In Chi
cago that the control OF all the surface
transportation system of Chicago would
pass into tho hands OF New York
syndicate headed by J. p. Morgan. This
Is not news to Wall Street, Three years
or more ago this was made known, and
workings to that end have been going
on ever since,
The Union Traction Company is con-
trolled Wy interests dominated by Mr..
Morgan, and thirteen months ago the
Chicago City Railway Company was p,,r.
chased by the Morgan interests. Mr..
Morgan's representatives now are In Chi,
cago making arrangements to come to q
definite understanding with the munich.
patty on behalf Of the traction lines Of
the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Property I ra7lSfers.

| j. aid Peter A. 1rinnerty aud wives, and
r. ti,nncrty Interest II a2s.s feet &, on
west corner Of x Street, 500.
MISUNDERSTANDING PARK Realty Cor or.
t. I lnke lot No. n oc oy
Commerce mud Trusts, trust ees, unites
herein to release n lien OF decd OF trust),
Wilhelminc Gnlmeycl. to G. n. lsurk
about two miles below Richmond, sl,OUU.
Gnarss ? hos and wife ,,s to md %
lisnry q pcKsrso, 200 fest Al IL, nor:hs s,
Streets. sloo. - -
Thursday.
2, Iudder,. 9 fec, on east line OF Linden
a.. +; Phillips and i. ii. Aiiport, md wives.
Sss.ss s.,s. ;, rs 8
John e.. Richardson TO BELLE y. White, 20
feet or norts line Ct c :an street % feet
Gus N. schwarzschlli to Collin NJ sclph, elh
feet on east line Of Page street. IFS feet north
OF ACCOMMODATION Street. 1916
u. ]. MONTAGUE to Montnse Manufacturing
ss feet west s 1s s3reo SnG
20 feet on south side Of 1l-foot alley In rear
Of. the above property. s..
e 81 e - ws; o ae South on s.
Marshall Street. sl.sl6.,
Albert Darfoot and Wife to George b. Profit.
Spring street. ss'sss. So -
l:nrtooT e Swami and wife te , Robert g, IF =.
@ feet vest q thirty; sixth street, subject tcS
a deed Of trust for il,1tO sl.7oO.
g. se on nor line 20 Of oys
Avenue. lao feet west Of straberry Street,
Marie Gertrude Roehns to Herman 4. noeh-
ling, SO feet on east line of Nineteenth Street,
| 1oo feet south Of p Street sl,oo.
dor 30 feet on north side Of cary Street be-
TWEEN Elm and Cedar Streets. $1,000.
s si? 81 pS qe 3; Ra ssn e3s S.ss st. No
Friday. "
Richmond-r, r. Green to II. 3. Attksson
and "a: B. san W, r. g feet on east side Of
Richmond and Petersburg RAILROAD Connection
Company TO James II. Dooley. seA feet on
s s,rSst S ;eS s0ot'eas' corner eyoere
Henrico-E. s.. Read. and wife 70 II. H. Ros::
". H. Adams and wife to ". ". Gar.hrigh,..
feet we west t Of tn the Boulevard $1,000 -
Frank J. staude and wife TO George a. Book.
miles er s4 oeew Ron Msw 9asksf R0ao about
John 4. cowardin and wife to Catherine Y.
Trick. Is feet on north side Of Broad B.. street,
Charlotte e. coalter's trustee. to Maud II.
Hudson 5.1a feet O neast line OF Second Ave-
nue.. 1915 feet north OF Burns street, plan OF
Highland Park. $500.
Saturday.
Rchmond-Mar NJ. Nystrom's trustee.
and Mary NJ. and j. F. Nystrom to W. B.
West, 81 feet on north line OF Barker
Street. 43 IA feet east Of St. John Street,
$1.s26.
D. c. Cobb to w. H. Adams, 20 feet on
east side of Mayo Street. between Frank
lin and Broad Streets. $l,42l.25.
Hlenrico--Lucy W., c. w, Cornelin b.
and J.. Lee Davis to Lena Wilcs, two
tracts, aggregating 2sss acres, about I
miles north of Richmond. So. 600.
NJ. Kelley to R. D. Watkins. III 5-12 feet
on west line Of Twenty-second Street, 81
feet north OF " Street, $7B450.
R.bT. Faircloth and wife to T. S. Mondy.
81 feet on south line of Washington Street.
30 feet west of Baker Street, s1.3OO.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Monday.

A'ASlAuys rs ssi .sfF- aFy
Ri1c ,, G. n. Armitagc and wife to
Of .rhirty-second Street, 81 7.io feet St south
or Broad Street $4,000
!, GhInries Grim and wife to r., n. Wells,
~ y Ia "a feet on north line of Spring Street.,
James 7. Sloan Ito T, 3. Mcdowell Is
Of Robinson street, s6c5.
NiI,In 3. Sands trustee and Conway II.
wout, 2921-2-12 feet on south line OF
rig streets. S. i MI a Fl.
a Lily Nj +, nss ;se trustee LILY
eighth Street. 9o7-12 feet north Of N
I, 11enrlco: Clara ". md Frank l.,
cres sa o r. Nslson h., r 1929
southeast Of Richmond, $500.
A. L. Thomas and wife to r. 3.
11ng;ham l OF! in block 49, plan of Barton
Edward snnuels. and wife. to Hugh
Brown % feet on east side Of Washing
ton Street. 165 feet south of Harvey
1 II. A.. McCurdy and wife to james II.
bern Street, 15o feet west Of Twenty.-sixth
| Street, S.. isiG lBs
Jane D. Patch to Julian Davis, trustee,
five acres near Tnylor's Crossing. on r..
F. and p. Railroad, subject to vendors
lion for SIS, s125.
Tuesday.
Rlchmond- Trunk Monthoux and wife to
na rs Avenue, loss feet east Robinson Street,
Interest II q 60 ieet no,ts s, sds q bacon
sloan S S:1a feet s On Wost slide Of Mayo Street.
ST. 100. +
John Allen and wife to David s!raus. g feet
on east stde OF Ninth Street, No. 743 North.
man, s feet o on west ne Of Foaseenh ree
81 feet north Of Marshall street. and "a feet
and Clay Streets ana running from Fourteenth
TO- Fifteenth Street. ss25.
on west side Of Mayo street, $. '
,e p 3o Raab and wiz ra FsntSn Iay'or
James Grant Sas' aH Vile Vi ayG Dna
tween Second and Third Streets; sssS. Z, :. Z, 4
lier. % feet on Clay Street. southeast corner
of T>wentyfourth Street, $500.
feet on south line OF Cary Street. leA feet
west of Adams Street. $1,000
p orman and wf sS m
". VI. Node and wife. 70 Lucy, E. Euhank,
20 feet on south line Of Main street, 1907
Observation-Disclosures Casselman and wife to
James NJ TAYLOR, acres. In plan OF Green
dale Park, $500
1 F. IF. Finch to kingston r. Arvln, 10 feet
| on west line OF james Street. 16 feet north OF
| Washington Street. $3.50.
! B. b. Bowes to Thomas L. Banton. 37E
acres adjacent to New Reservoir grounds. 8.
Florence D. and Horace f. Baker to Katie
| C. Goodwin. o. feet west side OF Fourth
Avenue. 22S feet south OF Alder Street. Chest
nut Hill, $3.50.
Harriet and Henry j. Heights. Lawson Good
! and wife and John, Mania and william
| Goode, to Gotlleb Meroth, 81 interest In 10
| A .,,I1a OF Df . a.
George B.GWilson and wife to b. II. Melton.
| lot No. / and 8 81 feet on lot No. In block
Il, plan of Barton Heights SG01.I5
Wednesday.
| Rchmond-Mary N. Drinkard to Mrs. X.
Sanguinetti. is 71-4-12 feet on north line
Main Street, 964 3-4-l2 feet west of Plum
| Street, 81, COS. "
Mary A. and Thomas s. Jackson, John
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Advance in Light Rails.
fsnecial III r,ha rin,aa.Diana.o IN \

NEW YORK. May le.-The Pennsyl-
vania Steel Company has advanced the
price OF light steel radls 70 ton, due 10
tho excessive demand Considerable COM
petition in light rails exists. Unlike
standard section rails. the mills nro al
lowed to mako their own quotations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Y, S. Steel Earnings,

n
>. NEW YORfS, May 19-Accordng to
report from Philadelphia, tho present
earnings of the United States Steel Cor
poratIon are the largest in It's history,
being at the rate of upwards Of Is per
cent on the common stock. ii
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-22
JARRED BY SECRETARY SHAW
StetIed Plttsbwgers by Fixing Hearing About
Public Building Site for 7;30 in the Morning.

Secretary Shaw played apractical joke
upon large delegation OF Pittsburger'
/ IN Washington Thursday. They came
/ to Washington fifty or sixty strong tC
| tell him where the new post-office fol-
which Congress made an appropriation
/ last session should be located.
The business men Of the Smoky City
/ have been divided in their choice, and So
have the owners Of real estate who hope
TO be benefited by the action OF the
Treasury, whatever it may be. The
Secretary announced a few weeks ago
that he would have the property at
Fifteenth street and Penn avenue con-
demned, but that aroused the advocates
of site on Grant boulevard and
seventh avenue to such pitch OF ex-
citement that he decided 10 reopen the
case. Thursday the two factions pre-
sented their respective arguments, and
1t took them from 1920 III the morning
until 4:35 in the afternoon.
They thought they were through then,
but the Secretary startled them 10y say
ing:
We'll, gentlemen, come around again
tomorrow morning at 1870 O'Clock"
What for?" one oil the visitors asked.
II guess we've said all we wanted to. j"
Il don't doubt IT," responded the
Secretary. YEARLY, "but Id like 10 say
something myself, and you have given
NE no chance Be around early because
| don't want the interview TO break INTO
my regular working day, which begins
at . o'clock "
The delegation stood aghast, but
promised to be on hand az they sheep
lshy filed through the door.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-22
THE PRESIDENT ON THE
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR.

The President sends a strong mes
sage to Congress on the Brownsville
affair, explaining the whole uniortu-
nate business, but at the same time
vigorously defending his action in
dismissing those colored troops. 1t
is rather in the nature of defiance
to the group OF hostile Senator's who
are currying favor with the colored
voters by extraordinary activity
about this matter. Senator 70
raker, able and astute, has always
been an enemy OF the President, and
he has seized on the present oppor-
tunity to discredit him with the col
ored population all over thecountTy-
That Foraker and his anti-adminis-
tration allies are doomed to disap-
pointment is more than probable,
especially in view of Mr.. Roosevelt 5
statement OF the whole affair "a con-
tanned in his message. The President
does not attempt tOretreat from the
stand taken by himself, but on the
contrary, says: '1f any organization
OF troops in the service, white or
black, is guilty OF similar conduct in
the future, l shall follow precisely
the same course" The bOldness Of
that utterance in the face of a sensa-
tional investigation is characteristic
of Mr.. Roosevelt, and his strong con-
demnation OF the rioters, in which he
uses the following language, isequal-
" characteristic. He says: "The
punishment meet for mutineers and
murderers, such as those guilty OF
the Brownsville assault, is death,
and punishment, only less severe,
ought TO be meted out to those who
have aided and abetted mutiny and
murder and treason by refusing to
help in their detection. The act was
one of horrible atrocity, and, so far
as l am aware, unparalleled for III
fanny in the annals OF the United
States army" The President then
goes on to argue his right to dis
charge the colored troops, and in
this position he is supported by Sec
rotary Taft. He is firm in his de-
termination not to readmit the dis
charged men to the army, but seems
TO court the fullest investigation OF
his action. The message will go a
long way towards strengthening the
position assumed by the, President
end throws considerable light on the
whole affair.