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Two Corrections q Il Reunion Items.

Editor of The Times dispatch:
Sir,-1. In view Of the fact that Gen-
eral G. a. Evans now commands tho
Tennessee Department Of the U. c.. VI
1t has been currently believed and pubs
lshed In some Of the papers that ha
served in the Army OF Tennessee.
This IS a. mistake, as General Evans
served all of the war in tho Army ot
Northern Virginia.
You give in your sketch OF him HIS
correct record. Entering the army as
private soldier. he was. for gallant
and meritorious services" steadily
promoted until he was made colonel OF
the Thirty-frst Georgia Regiment,
Lawton's Chen John y. Gordon's; Brl-
gade, Ewell's Division, Jackson's Corps.
When Gordon was promoted in tho
campaign of 1864, Colonel Evans was
made brigadcr- general. and succeeded
I to the command Of the brigade. and
then OF the division. when Gordon
took command OF the corps.
He was one of the most gallant and
skilful OF that army Of heroes.
| He was very active as Christian
worker in those great REVEALS with
(which we We're blessed. An able law
ycr when he entered the army, he de-
cided to become preacher OF the gos-
1 pei, and since the war has occupied
with ability and success some OF tho
dist Conference OF Georgia. He has
adorned every position which he haa
i held, in war or in peace
1 2. The papers all made a mistake
| in reporting that q resolution was
passed aholishing the title Of general
1 applied to any one who was not a
4 general in the war.
i Such resolution was offered and
4 referred to the committee on resolu-
lions, but that committee reported in
flavor of laying the resolution on the
I table" and their report was adopted.
It was not surprising that the re-
/ porters should have gotten this matter
1 wrong, for there was so much confu-
sion in the hall at the time that no ono
could hear what was said or done.
!. Many Of us have been very anxious for
years to change the custom by which
lcolonels, generals, etc. are manufac-
tured by the U. c. ", and 1t Is believed
that If fair consideration OF the ques-
; tion could be had it would be done;
but 1t is almost impossible to get the
patriotic mob" who compose the U.
!, @. V. Convention to properly consider
any business.
r. r. Lee Camp. No. 1. of Richmond,
passed several years ago regulation
: to the effect that mo member OF this
i camp shall be designated by a rank
: higher than he held during the war
! and many OF the other local camps
t have done tho same. But the general
9 organization continues to manufacture
colonels and generals by the wholesale
and it will be very difficult for the fu-
turn historian to distinguish between
the real generals Of the war and those
OF U. c. v. manufacture.
believe that the Sons OF Veterans
:. have had the good taste to abolish
p these titles.
t 1t is hoped that even yet we may
: be able to pass resolution in the
r spirit Of your admirable editorial. an6
! call no man colonel or general who
= did not win his title during the war
n ]. WaI. JONES.
t Richmond Va, June ~. 1901
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oncuARD,s CONFESSION.

For printing 1.-THE Autobiography OF
Harry Orchard" McClure's Magazine
HAS been put IN the dime novel and do
generate class by certain. newspapers
which believe that the publishers are
in sore straits for something exciting
ana eXcltable. That may be true, An
other view OF the question. however
is that good and wholesome purpose
may ba served by giving TO the world
In detailed form the most astounding
confession ever made by u criminal be-
fore q coprt of justice, The story IL
the magazine differs somewhat from
Orchards recital on the stand. for {
t;oes more deeply into series o
crimes ana Is put forth. not to defen,
] himself or convict another, hut /,
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A MENACE TO HUMAN LIFE.

The acquittal of Judge Loving is
enough to alarm the State. If this trial
and verdict establish precedent in
Virginia, hereafter when woman
charges a man with an offense against
her honor, and relates it TO male
member Of the family and so inilames
his passion as to cause a "bran-
Storm" such q man Will be Justified
in Staying the person accused. 1T viii
matter. not whether the woman's story
be true or false; whether it be an ex-
aggeration or pure invention Not q
word of testimony can be introduced
in court to impeach the witness. The
only thing necessary will be to make
the jury believe that she told such
story to the prisoner at the bar and
that the shock of it deprived him OF
his reason for the moment. If the
prisoner was once drunkard and had
q Injured his brain and weakened his
will power by strong drink, SO much
the better for his case. lie will be
less responsible in law than otherwise
ne would have been.
Can any doctrine more dangerous
than this be imagined! y is simply
astounding. We have the Southern
instinct. We understand why Vir-
GINA jury will not convict man who
has slain another. If that other have
debauched his home. But we balk at
this new version Of the ''unwritten
law" which is the worst form Of lynch
law.
If this doctrine be accepted in Vir-
ginia, 1T will be impossible to convict
any man who has murdered another
provided only he can induce some wo-
man in his family to swear in cour,
that she told him the victim had dis.
.onored her. 1t matters not how bat
the man may be. 1t matters not how
bad the woman may be. The law is M
respecter of persons. A plea which
sutflces in one case must be quit
sufficient in another. And why should
a woman be necessarily involved? l
N man hears fro many source a charg
aSeiist aho'Hei "HiSh ~ eHiaSes IN
as to produce bra!nstorni, whethe
the story be true or not, he is justi
fed IN committing murder.
This must not be tho practice I
Virginia. We are carrying the Gun
written law" and the doctrine of 4.
responsibility to absurd and dangerou
extremes. Public sentiment must |
aroused and crystallzed, and there lnu.
be radical revision of the crimin
law by the next Legislature.
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ANOTHER HINT no THE GRAND
JURY.

{ The Times-Dispatch is gratifled that
the grand jury will inquire and re-
port whether or not there is an ice
trust in Richmond. II 1t be found that
ssuch combination exists some way
will be found to destroy 1t, in spite of
the fact that there Is no special statute
on the subject. Even If the law is
powerless. there is the great court of
public sentiment, which the Ice deal
ers of Richmond dare not defy. 1t Is
surprising, however. that the Legis-
lGture has failed TO enact q law bear
Ing directly on this subject. as the Con
stitution Of the State expressly pro-
vides that the General Assembly shall
enact laws preventing all trusts, com
binations and monopolies. inimical tc
ehe public welfare"
II cannot be questioned that such {
combination as is said 10 exist among
the ice dealers OF Richmond is inimlca
to the public welfare. and. therefore
contrary 10 the spirit Of the Constitu
tion.
Another matter. While the gran,
Jury is at work, we hope tina
the members win turn their at
aention also 70 tho question of gam
& bling. The Times-Dispatch Is informe
that there are more poker dens 4
Richmond than ever before known
that they are conducted under III
Gulse OF social clubs. but that they al
operated for the prqat Of the inSiyic
uals who manage them. and that an
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| l. I
The News Leader Of Friday after
story:
RoCHPoRT, TEN, June 2s--Minnu,
the two-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs j. II. Moody, of Waco, was car
ried into the air yesterday by bundle
Of toy balloons. which an Italian ped
der on the veranda of the hotel tied
around her waist, thinking to please
her. Before tho spectators could re-
cover from their surprise she was
waited out to sea fifty feet In the air.
launch occupied by George Muna
fee, of Denver. was in the bay, and
he culne to the little girls rescue
Firing at the bundle Of balloons. he
punctured several of them. and she
began to settle downward. finally land
Ing safely twelve feet from the water
on the shore of st. Joseph's Island
Tho story Is interesting enough in
Itself, but It has peculiar interest for
The TImes-Dispatch as we chance to
remember that some fifteen years ago
an identical story was related and
published by well-known citizen of
North Carolina. The Carollnian's story
was located at country fair, and it's
| publication caused great sensation
at the moment. The same writer Gre
ated a greater sensation by sending
to a New York newspaper q, circum-
stantial account Of the burning Of the
Natural Bridge Of Virginia, after which
he confessed to this writer that each of
these wondrous stories was tho pure
I invention Of his Imagination, and had
no foundation In fact.
1t turns out however, that the bal
loon romance wns prophetic, and a
few days ago found It's fulfilment at
Rochport, Texas, as related in such
graphic detail by our afternoon neigh
Dor, which verfes the saying that
Is written, that truth IS stranger than
Action.
We warn tho Virginia authorities to
take out at once an insurance policy
on the Natural Bridge. If one OF the
carolinians visions was prophetic
, why not the other?
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JUDAH.
(selected for The Times-Dispatch.)


Judah, thou art he whom thy breth-
rem shall praise; thy hand shall be
In the neck of thine enemies; thy
fathers children shall bow down be-
fore thee."-Gen. Xix. 8.
Judah means praise. God is praised
for him, in him and by him; therefore
his brethren shall praise him forever
and ever.
Many different lines might be fol-
lowed In the use Of this, text. But we
shall use Judah as a type of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who sprang from the
tribe of Judah, who Is the heir Of the
royal house Of David, and the Shiloh or
Messiah predicted by Jacob We shall
use both the man Judah and the tribe
OF Judah In the parallel.
as Judah's praise Thou art he
whom thy brethren shall PRAISE They
who know hin, best; Ytobwhonl he Is
nearest in relationship; for whom he
Is most concerned-they praise him
most Is this not true Of Jesus?
He is first In intercession. This is
his covenant blessing as given by
Moses, the man Of God: Hear. Lord.
tho voice of Judah
This he proved In intercession with
his father, Jacob. when he gained his
consent to carry Benjamin to Egypt.
i (Gen. xiii 3-1O) And In pleading
with Joseph when he would have de-
talned Benjamin. How touchngly he
spoke! How earnestly he offered HIM
| self as q substituted! (Gen. xiv. 14.)
SO Jesus ever livcth to make interces
sion
He is first In wisdom. To Judah be-
!. longed tho man who was filled with
the spirit of God, SO that he could carry
out the plans for the work OF the ta-
bernacle in the wilderness. See,
have called by nanc,' Bezaleel, the sor
pf Uri, the son of Hur. of tho tribe OF
Judah, and I have filed him with The
, spirit Of God In wisdom, and In under.
/, standing, and in knowledge, and /.
' all manner Of workmanship" And II
Jesus twelleth all the fulness OF thu
: Godhead bodily.
: To Judah came the Legislative power
G Judah is my lawgiver." THE sceptr
d shall not depart from Judah. nor o lax
: giver from between his feet. until
8 Shiloh come"
l. He takes precedence in Offering. II
Is that offered his Offering tho very frs
y day was Nnhshon, of the tribe of Ju
Is dab, SO with Christ: 10, I come I
J. do the will OF Cod
He takes precedence In march or I
war. In descent or ascent, In battl
or progress. In the ilrst place went tn
standard OF the tribe of judah. Nun
= X. IA, and Judges l, 2.) And OF ou, Lore
- I'm all things lie has the pre-
:. cminence,"
- David was chosen OF the Lord to /
n. King OF Israel from the tribe OF j,
,r dab. HE refused tho tabernacle
SO Joseph, and chose not tho tribe
Id Ephraim, but he chose the tribe
ne Judah" David was tho type OF II
,e. King of Kings
IN H. Judah's triumphs abroad. '.Tt
,m hand shall he In tho neck Of thine en-
st mics"
of rms may be illustrated by tho II
nd OF David. He passed through seve
10 CONFLICTS. when lad guarding h
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u .stonu,,ent 10 stonewnll JACOBSON.

Editor of The Times-Disp
Sir,--1n reply TOM query as to
whether there was II monument to
Stonewnll jackson, YOU very properly
point to tile monument in the Capitol
Square, which was presented to the
state OF Virginia by English admirers
of tile great soldier.
But you ought, also, to have mem
toned the monument in Lexington, In
which our great SCULPTOR Edward Y.
Valentine, has given us q veritablo
Stonewali jackson In bronze.
After he had finished his superb
recumbent figure OF Lee--in my judg-
ment the finest work of art on this
continent--the Lexington committee
did not hesitate to give him COM
mission for the jackson monument, and
the result fully justified their conii-
dence WI
Valentines statue Of Davis, recently
unveiled, will add to his reputation, as
Will his Lee, which the State has or
dered for the Capitol In Washington
and 1t Is hoped that he may have many
moro orders for Confederate monu-
mcnts.
j. VIM. JONES.
1j,l,, n y KIN, y " a
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Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir,-F'or the information of the
Postoftice Department, may ask that
you publish tho following? I received
u postal card on June ED, postmarked
Norfolk. Va, June IS, 1907. 1880 p.
M."-three days late;I received letter
on June Gath. postmnrked, Richmond,
Va, Juno 20, 1907. p. M."-three days
late: I received q letter on June cath,
postmarked. Norfolk, Va, June 20,
1907. 10 A. M"--threc days late. To show
1t Is nothing but carelessness and
gross negligence, I received Juno cath
a letter postmarked. Norfolk, Va,
juno 90, 1907, p. NJ; also, The
Times-Dispatch printed in morning
reaches mo at P. NJ. of that day
The blunders or mistakes are without
ANY excuse. Just don't care. How
long will we have to endure these illsi
This is a notable example OF tho in.
difference OF those long in power ant
think no show for a change. | dc
wish we could turn them out.
T NJ STIIRPS
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GOVERNOR sMI'rl1's INAUGURAL.

( GUY lkN0R SMITHS lNAI1bhA Ia.
In his inaugural address yester
day, Governor Hoke Smith, Of Georgia.,
recommended an amendment to the
state Constitution fixing a new stand
as the constitutional provisions in
Virginia and other Southern States.
His proposal embraces the grand
father clause the understanding
clause" and tho property clause"
The latter includes any person who
owns forty acres of land on which he
lives--with or without the traditional
mule--or five hundred dollars worth
Of property OF any description in the
State of Georgia. The grandfather"
provision is to expire in 1910 and the
understanding" provision in 1915. Any
person qualifying under either Of these
provisions, however, will be a voter
for life, unless he disqualifes himself
by failing to pny his taxes or COM
hitting a crime. Mr. Smith made his
fight for Governor on this platform,
being vigorously opposed by Editor
Clark Howell, who favored the exist
ing plan of suffrage. Mr.. Howell
claimed that Georgia was getting
along comfortably with the negro
voter, and he saw no reason for maxi
ing the proposed change.
| But as Mr.. Smith won out, it Is
probable that Georgia will adopt his
1 Il u, F,1l 3,,%1 Itrs
with other Southern States. His con-
! tention Is that there Is no restriction
upon the right of State to fix the
| qualifications Of those who may vote
| except the fifteenth amendment,
"and If At happens" says Governor
Smith, that the members1of some par
ticular race lack more than Others
/ these qualifications, their inability to
become voters is not denied or
abridged on account of race or color,
but on account OF the fact that they
do not possess the qualifications which
we legally fix as Georgias standard
the qualifications being required Of al
without reference to race or color
THAT is.Ihe unS@fitten law of the
land and is accepted by the grea
majority OF the American people, for /
is natures law-the survival Of the
tittest.
Governor Smith insists, however, tina
the negro race in Georgia should b.
treated with Kindness, and must b.
treated with justice: that there is NJ
place in his State for riots and mobs
that 1T Is the duty Of the Governo
to exhaust the power Of his Office t
enforce the law and prevent slynchine
and that he viii perform that duty
In that position he is sustained by tn
best sentiment OF the entire South.
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Persons wishing TO communicate with me
Times Dispatch by tclephone. VIII ASK cen
trail for "4o41," and on being answered from
tho office switchboard, viii indicate the de-
partment or person With whom they wish 10
speak.
When calling between a. NJ and
"A NJ. call to central office direct for 4o4l.
composing room; 4o$e. business office; 4oAS.
for mailing and press-roof1s.
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Harris
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ferer from Indigestion.
B. RAND. WEXFORD. 7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30

One Of the leading pleasantries Of the
facetious Houston Post Is the habit Of
referring to its State as Grand Old
Texas" The joke, Of course, lies part
~ in the use Of the word grand" but
principally In the use Of the word
"old." Texas. it is true, is several
years older than Oklahoma. but from
the point of view OF Virginia.. Is lob.
vlously the crassest Of parvenus. Vir-
GINA had been busy molding the des-
TIMES Of America for century or sc
before Texas contrived to get stand
ing-room on the map.
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The National Afro-American Council
has declared war on President Roose-
welt. Mr. Roosevelt is now in better
position than ever to get the promise
Of Southern State
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Richmond. Va.
Car stops.


Editor Of The Dispntch
Stiff you will give me space; !
will mention three evils now existing
in our street eaF s se Wnih
gives me pleasure to say that we un-
questionably have q fine street car
system in Richmond, under efIlGient
First--The new Broad and Main
Street cars have ingress and egress at
e enc ire This I Is method constantly in
use in New York City, where it works
we'll. saving greatt, t., amount y, OF tim me
and inconyenienGe; Why s9 for ~ mo- mo-
closed cars?
Seconds there any good reason
why cars should stop .a as at at present. re- NJ
lines? can think of none. This point
was agitated some time ago. but IN NOM tn
time Of the travelling public, as well
az its own. In this manner, but should
adopt the rule q s1pp Wnd mot
which. so long as the rule, once made
| is adhered to.
Third---The tracks IN some portions ns
they arc only four feet three INCHES es
apart, and by reason or the size p oars
I not being close eHouBl tots Cs'iTt - - :. !,
eral accidents have recently occurred
to passengers. who haye not realizea1
the danger Of protruding HANDS a amd
| bruised limbs. If the management I'M
dcrtakes to protect its passengers by
iron bars. why do they not place place tne zen,
annidonts, instead OF being so arranged
as to make tempting thoush DANGER
Gus rest iof sno $500 SPECTATOR. +
i 1,,,o oc 1on7 ~S
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Rhymes for To-Day.

SAD BALLAD or THE LovELoRN
sINlIAN.
"A pet monkey committed suicide after
his young mistress married and left
h.n.-Chicngo Dispatch to Washington
Post.l
MONKEY loved lady, but
IN She didn't hove him back;
\ He was an ardent little mutt.
And would not take the sack:
Not he! He spent his days pursuing,
Coauetting, planning, hoping, wootng.
she had manly lover, who
Was much more to her mind,
witch fact although the monkey knew,
He could not be resigned
No, no! lie chung on to the notion
THAT he might yet win her devotion
She wed the other party and
, Removed to foreign parts:
Whercon monk came to understand
The pang Of broken hearts.
He brooded much, and soon concluded
That lifc's IL bore when loves deluded
one day they couldn't find him for
The longest kind of time;
And when at last they did--oh lor!
They'd stumbled on crimc
Monk lay stark dead, his feature:
His inside full Of Prusslc acid.
We'll, that's the tale they tell me, ant
I pass 1t, on to you:
Some monkey notions beat the band,
Some monkey bus mess, too,
And this sad tale sets all hearts aching
Which know Strict Truth from Nature
Taking. II. s. III.
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Probably the political bookmakers
would still give YOU most any kind Of
odds against Colonel Watterson's dusky
nag.
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Ten thousand pigeons, tbs said, live
in the downtown "loop' district of Chi
cago. but there are no peace doves
nearer than Skibo Castle.
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They have Just unearthed a plot In
Russia to steal s5o,OO0,o00 from the
government treasury. This sets a new
standard for conspiracies, and leaves
Mr.. Roosevelt's little $5,0oo,00o affair
miles astern,
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STILL Mr.. Taft can hardly expect the
Presidents whole hearted indorse-
ment as long as he sports such an
anti-tennis figure.
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"Who has stolen my youth away?'
demands an Alabama poet Well, our
old friend Decentralization is known
to have done some heavy embezzling
along that line. N.Y.
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A loud and olninous silence con-
tnues to proceed from the general di.
rection of Chancellor Day.
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a critic advances with the assertion
that Rudyard Kiplng Is as good a
poet as Alfred Austin. In our candid
opinion, SO is VIM. Shakespeare.