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Patents to NlrglnIans.
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Especial TO The TIMES = I De 1AIoss,s
WASHINGTON, D. g.. March ss.T.a arnays
Davis &. Davis. washington patent atto.n. ~ = =
report the grant this week to tlzehs .. Va,
state OF Virginia OF tho following pa nsass,
+ Won Klpelsen and q. o, Seward. OF ftol :
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Want Penny sl.p.,

The Federation OF Mothers Club would
like to have all the penny slips taken from
Tho Times Dispatch office some time ago
returned to the newspaper office or to Mira
Sins, 1t Is thought, We're taken by mistake
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Con late for Classification.

CASHIER SsNfALI1COUNTR1
bank Address BANK OF BUTTER
WOFtTH, Butterworth, Va. Apply
with reference. g
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Both the above mentioned medicines are
wholly made UP from the glyceric extracts OF
native, medicinal roots, The processes en- n,
ployed in their manufacture were original
skilled chemists and pharmacists with the
ala OF apparatus and appliances specially
designed and built Tor this PURPOSE BOW
ali ether harmful. habit-tcrming drugs, A
fut list Of their ingredients 10 printed On
sych hottlc-wrsppor,
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Not less marvellous, in the unparalleled
cures 1t Is constantly making OF woman's
many peculiar affections. weaknesses and
Distressing arrangements. is Dr. Pierce's
Fayorite Prescription is amply attes,ed
bytbousafds of>Nr So3lcl led testimonials con-
.tributed byG2Teful pafrerA who have been
cured by ltolcatalrhklnsly le dIaII s. pa In1ur
psrlods. irreGplarittes. proIapsus and oIheI
dIspl ac emcnls- capseI~ weakness. ulcer.
Sllon Of uterus and kIndrsd Injections. Often
Alter many other advertised medicines, and
physicians had failed
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Personals and Briefs.
The birthday party which was to
be given on Thursday evening at For
est Hill In the school house has been
postponed until Friday evening.
Miss jamie Robertson, who was op-
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st Paul. MINI, March 81. 1908.
"Mr. swan j. Turnblad, Minneapolis,
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PEoNAGE CASES

Acknowledgement Bonnpnrte Says
Ninety Cases Are Now Pending.
BALTIMORE, March Sin an inter
view relative to pending peonage cases,
Attorney General Charles j. Bonaparte
to-day said.
"As to peonage. 1t is simply the re-
vival in congenial environment of
the custom generally prevalent in half
civilized communities of making real
or pretended debtors the slaves of their
alleged creditors until they should
work out the debt by service. This
custom was almost universal In an
tiquity, and is still lawful in some
unenlightened communities. In the
United States, I need not say. it has
been a crime for many years.
1.-THE Department of Justice has made
vigorous protest and taken as Wig
orous action as 1t could to put an end
to these practices. When my annual
report was printed, there were pend
ing In the department about ninety
complaints of peonage, many of them
affecting considerable number of in
dividuals. Some of these have re-
ceived attention in some form. and
some careful Investigations have been
made. Whenever the evidence justi-
fled a prosecution one has been order
ed, although 1t Is often difficult to
secure a conviction. and sometimes
even to secure an Indictment, when
/ the department. may be fully satisfied
of the defendants guilt. This is part
ly because the poems are usually dull
ignorant and timld. and therefore make
poor witnesses partly because local
prejudice sometimes renders it hard tic
select a really impartial grand or petit
jury. Nevertheless. the department be.
lieves that even unsuccessful prosecu.
| tons are useful in these cases. by en-.
| Tightening and stimulating public opin.
ion, and also by warning possible vic.
Tins against dangerous neighborhoods
| The details of some Of these alleged
offenses are very revolving
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Old Ranchman Views Legislature

allows as to how lie TT in the I;evolu-
tionary War--and figured In tho last
eruption of Mt. Vesuyius. He's fine
lookin' ole gent too and you can see
the bottom OF his heart. an likes 10
look at him. You can tell from the
way he handles hisself he's been used
to leadin' the herdfor a long time and
whether twas billiards or mosquitoes
he had to stan agin. When I coElc in
thar the other day he was UP thar IN
the Speakers little pulpit and sarter
an somebody sarter bothered him, an
he swelled up and hammered that little
table tin was shorely afraid he'd was
going to bus hisself open.
Then thar's oysterfed person IRON,
this yere New Jerusalem called Nor
folk. who always allows as how lie ain
no lawyer. seemin sort of apologize
tharfor. If he didn't give no informa-
ton concernin' these we're legal dell
ciencies of his, tho they would never
be discovered, none whatever for he
can talk the average lawyer deaf,
dumb. blind, and blue In the face, and
give him two in the GO But talkin'
amt all this sport can do, for he seems
put down stack of blue chips on tho
proposition that them lobstcr-fed con
stituents OF his amt regretted havin'
him here not once.
But I've got 10 pc HloVln on now
the old gentleman remarked as he rose
from his chair and stretched hisself
II 'lowd to Tom Haines | was comm
down thar to see him feed them SOUR
rels this afternoon. Tom slorely takes
good keer OF this yere live stock whar
the State leaves under his protection
an admires him far 1T. He's a fine
fellow. this yere Tom is. an IL he didn't
have all the cattle he could tend to
down here on the Capitol Square I'd
offer ham job on my Bar9X Ranch
out in the Texas Panhandle.
"But come" he added, Tets have
one more drink before we start. for
accordin' TO this yere Byrd Bill Alma
thar's goin' to be dry spell in this
section for some time to come"
B1hDsoNG BILL
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u tell the truth, I have heard worse.
The Speaker hissc'f pulled off good
,thrte-ring show under one canYa the
night he was nominateu. ana VIM, he
there is this yere gent from Giles He's
like n singed cat.--he's q heap-sight
smarter N he ooks---and he ain't no
'oncry lookin' person neither. But this
torcal, ondoubted. He cuts loose like
"a mountain torrent--and he carries
great chunks Of thought along with
I'M too. ..,. ,.a,
sport. While he's heap homeopathic.
personal. when It comes to oratory Ie's
sure n double doser He pores. out elo
quence like running brook Hos sort
His speciality is convicts. He's q
lawyer by profession, they tell me- and
bein' naturally humane. he has heap
Of feeling for them clients OF his over
thar at the penitentiary. But thar's a
gent over thar. at the House ] mean.
not the pen, which j think this speaker
sport allows halls from BrunsWch, and
when 1t comes to real Twin oratory
he's heap sight the hottest thing on
the floor. / see some OF these yere
youngsters whar was young ONES
yearlings when he had seven rings on
his horns--tackle him in debate. the
other day. and had no idea ,nis we're
dignifed pill-roller could handle hisself
so. Why he just throwed EN- off same
as a mountain bull would jacka, too.
1t don't matter what ne thinks about
football it's dead sure fact that he's
q acrobat oratorical. and no mistake.
One of the most effective speakers
IN this leglslatiye T q Is the gent
tion on his observations. immejut. He
gets up in his well-dressed. polite kind
of a way. and says, MIR. Speaker, I'm
Just pinln' to know what's going to be
the the outcome of this yers psndin' cues
The gent from Lynchburg's gettin'
tired. You sports come up to the
trough and get your noses counted.
And this yerc Lyncllburg party has his
curiosity gratifed right then and thar.
"Thar's party thar from Gloucester
thatposs esses some of them cyclone quail
tics, too. When he speaks be allars
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Dull CAMPAIGN
THROUGHOUT CITY
Public Show Little Interest in
Race for Mayor and for Seats
in Council.
FEW LIVE ISSUES AS YET
Question of Municipal Lighting
Plant to Be Submitted to
the Voters.

Even the most desperate attempts
on the part of ward heelers have failed
to create any particular amount of In
tcrest in the municipal campaign.
which Is about as tame as q contest for
the position OF church deacon, with
eleven applicants for eleven seats on
the congregational directorate. Mayor
Mccarthy and Judge Richardson as
sumo the A1phonso-Ga attitude,
with each waiting for the other to
hurl the first brick. but with little
promise that 1t will be hurled. So far
as that race Is concerned, the public
is not giving itself any worry, but
there Is a demand from many quar-
tiers to bring out q goodly number of
leading business men y for the City
Council. Thus far. however, these eff
forts have failed ms completely as the
efforts Of the ward heelers to get ex-
citement and a few kegs OF beer.
Municipal Oyvncrship Questions.
The primary will be held on April
18th. Ordinarily. the campaign ought
to be warming up, with the promise
of showdown in about thirty days,
but the political fire seems to have eN-
hausted its energy, even before 1t had
fairly started.
The question OF cheaper gas has been
eliminated. a few candidates may re-
mind the voters that they fought for 1t.
The raising of Lester Street will be
a live issue. with everybody promising
to lift Fulton out of the water II he
has another chance. Tho question of
municipal ownership may monopolzc
attention. and on the heels of the de-
feat of the plan for a lower gas rate
even this subject may fail to inspire
the public. The fact. however, that the
city does not seem to know what
profit. IL any, its municipal plants are
earning, may result in powerful de-
mand for accurate information. With
out the aid of any expert the answer
may never be given in understandable
figures.
With the voters considering the ques-
ton of special bond issue for a
municipal lighting plant, the advis-
ability of increasing the city's holdings
will be fairly determined by the peo-
pie, while at the same time the cam
didates for COUNCIL will be asked to
explain more specifically Just where
and how they stand. In other words
they must indicate If they favor or
oppose the operation of water and
lighting plants by the city.
Several meetings will probably be
held this month. but the number, will
be small as compared with that Of
former campaigns.
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KILLED WITH BOLT
Maddox and His Cousin Fight Over
Small Sum Of Money.
[speeIal ID Lie MINES .plsnntcl,.1

tspecinlto Tho Times -Disputch1
IEEsBURG, VA, March s.-Informa-
ton has been received hero OF the
killing of Il. r. Maddox, of Pleasant
Valley, Loundoun county, about
o'clock on Friday afternoon. Naddoy
Is well-known in the county. and was
considered dangerous man. From the
meagre Information obtained Maddox
was on his way to Alexandria and met
his cousin. ed. Poland. about one halt
mile below Pendar. Poland owed him
Il small sum, and Maddox I'm demanding
it threatened to kill, him unless paid
at5 once. Not receivIris It Maddox
climbed up In the wagon in which his
cousin was riding and attacked him
Poland was not armed but picking up
bolt he struck Maddox twice and
knocked him down. Maddox, uncou-
sciotts, and bleeding from the wounds,
was taken by some friends to Fairfax
Courthouse for medical attention,
where lie died. shortly afterwards.
Maddox has been under indictment for
attempted criminal assault, and has
tried on several occasions to commit
suicide.
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GEORGIA CENTRAL CONTROL
Hartman Owns stock and VIII Trans
fer 1t to Illinois Central.

Ter Ii 10 ILLINOIS, central.
MACON, GA. March S.-Chairman
McLendon. of the Georgia Railroad
Commission. has made public a signed
statement in which he gives reasons
for his conclusions that F.. Fl. Harri-
man will transfer his Central of Georgia
stock to the Illinois Central and make
the Georgia Central a part of the lat
ter system. Mr.. McLendon says that
President Hanson, of the Georgia Cen
trail, appeared before his board No
vember 8, 1907, "and stated that by
direction of E. n. Hartman, he ap-
peared before the commission TO say
that while the stock OF the Central, all
except a few shares stood on the books
of the company in the names of Oak
leigh Thorne and Marsden j. Perry, it.
in fact. was owned by E. II. Hartman.
having been purchased by him OH June
16. 1907, from the Southern Railway
Company for 100000, Thorne and
Perry acting merely as his agents and
receiving for their service fee or COM
mission OF 3 per cent.
president Hanson further said that
Mr.. Hartman had purchased the stock
with the intention of transferring 1T to
the Illinois Central, but that as his
control of the Illinois Central was then
in litigation. it was his CHarriman's)
desire That the Georgia Railroad Com
mission would not give out to the pub
lie what his purpose was until after the
election of directors of the Illinois
Central. an event then scheduled for
December. The action was postponed
from time to time. and was finally
held this week in Chicago. and Mr.. Har-
riman having elected his own directors
the presumption is that the Georgia
Central stock will become the property
of the Illinois Central
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CIV ELL, what do you think OF
NV the Lcgislature?" Inquired
lKX of ILL. Old Rancbl11at1 az N.

NV the LcgiSlature?" Inquired
wv of the Old Ranchliian, as 1
stumbled upon him at the
Jefferson. seated At a table with lib.
eral supply Of Paul Jones' hard at
hand. DO they measure UP to Texas
brand or. have you visited them yet?
These ycre lawmakers? Yes, I've
camped down In Their dress circle two
or three mornings, when they are hold
Ing a pow WOW, ana they surely edited
me lot"
House or senate2' j queried.
And then after n sip of Paul Jones, >
no, aint visited that cage OF singing
birds. which they tell me Mr.. Ellyson
maintains at the other end OF the hall
thought I'd honor them with a cali
some later, sort Of work UP to the
say. y
,o "Bn, this House Assembly is surely u
a genius or an idiot in It. or the two,
the genius IL u lot the worse. The
J. Is like the skunk. not harmful,
bts.heither useful nor agreeable, while
IN htatescraft the genius Is plum
deadly. This House Assembly, as /
says. is moderate free from both. and
II i. only had in 1t a liberal supply of
cattleinen, by way of seasonin', as
there yere cooks say--men who'd seen
ana ana knew somethin' to sort o modify
that flavor of local option whereof I
occasionally catch Whit in the gall
lery--they'd stand a very respectable
comparison with any like assembly l
ever run across in the COW country
But such bodies amt picturesque
now. II you'd seen Cent Sam Hoiis-
ton walk into convention, over six
feet feet. four inches high all rugged out in
b1ckskin. with 81 flaming scarlet vest
on and a gold-banded sumbrerro tflat,d
make Injun Snowman ashamed O. him
self, you ha' seen statesman to feast
your eyes on. And his oratory was
Just, as vivid as his vest think that
Is the reason he liked them vests. 1t
was because the color was In his blood.
and he could get such hot oratory from
under them.
But this we're House amt nowise
deficient in oratory, sech as 1t Is. And
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Annual Meeting of Bnptist Sunday
School Association Held Acsterdny.

Annual Meeting of Bnptlst Sunday
School Association Held Yesterday.
with the largest attendance known
for years. the annual convention OF
the Baptist Sunday-School Association
of Richmond and Manchester was
held yesterday afternoon in Leigh
Street Baptist Church. All the schools
in both cities were represented by
large delegations.
In spite OF his efforts to resign from
the officN. DR.. w. P. Mathews was re-
elected president. The other old officers
wore also reelected follows: First Vice
President, S. B. Woodfin Second Vice
President "A. W. Patterson; Treasurer, f.
C. Garrison; Secretary, c. ~. Watkins; Au-
ditor, Thomas J. Todd.
The annual report Of the association. read
by the president. showed that the organ
izntion Is in excellent condition in every
way. An address was made by the Rev.
r. W. Cridlin, on the history OF Leigh
street Church.
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FIRE IN FIREPRooF HOUSE
Blaze Probably Caused by Spontaneous
Combustion.

Blnze Probably Caused by Spontaneous
Combustion.
Fire IN a fireproof house last night
caused damage amounting to sum
between $50 and 500, and might have
caused more. but for the timely work
of the Fire Department which does not
trust even a fireproof building AS no
other explanation can be made, the
blaze. which broke out in the Gordon
Metal Company's plant on South Four
teenth Street. is believed to have origi-
mated by spontaneous combustion. 1t
started In a box of charcoal, spread
thence to a keg of nails. TO a barrel
of paint. and SO on to everything Of
wood in the room.
An alarm in the evening, few hours
before, called the department to a
blazing pile of straw on the Boulevard
All the straw was consumed.
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PAPER GOES UP IN
100000 OF FLAMES

KALAMAZOO, MICH, March Sire
which broke out to-day in the store
room OF the Superior Paper Company
did damage estimated at between $75,-
600 and 100000. The destroyed wing,
which consists of two stories and a
basement, will be rebuilt at once. One
hundred and seventy-five men are
thrown out OF employment. The ma
chinery was not damaged, and nobody
was hurt.
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HERE AND THERE
IN LEGISLATURE
#
Strong Effort Being Made to Sc
cure Small Appropriation for
Negro Exhibit.
BANK TAX LAW is CHANGED
Important House Bill Passed by
Senate on Sattrday-Other
Measures Adopted.
BANK TAX LAW is CHANGED

- ~ ORE than usual interest Is
IN III manifested In Richmond In the
A/b fight before the General As
sembly for n small appropriate
~ ton to be used as the nucleus
OF "a fund for moving the
great negro exhibit at the jamestown
Exposition TO this city, and establishing
1t In n suitable building as perna-
nent exposition of the work OF the
colored people of the South The plan
has met with the hearty approval and
cordial cooperation Of white residents
OF Richmond, many of whom will re-
gard 1t as a distinct misfortune IL the
legislature falls to act favorably on
the application Only about sI4 300
the unexpended balance OF the state
appropriation to the jamestown Expo
ssiton--is asked and there appears to
ne disposition. particularly in the
House of Delegates, to refuse even
that, action which would have the ef-
feet OF dlscrediting the whole move
nient when those Interested in It 20
9utside the State for money. Still all
nope OF getting the $4,000 has not
oeen abandoned, and the fight will be
pushed with vigor to-day. Speaking
OF the matter yesterday a Richmond
man said:
The conference committee made a
serious mistake in outing out the
aid the Negro Development CORPORA.
ton In bringing the negro exhibit from
Jamestown, and perpetuating II in
ihis CITY as a national museum. We
say now. as we have said before. that
the negro should be encouraged ins,ir-
ing his development. We are Informed
that Il took them four years to coll
!iect this exhibit and q wonderful one
u was, and does credit to that race.
Ihe North Carolina Legislature ap-
propriated $4,000 to aid in making this
exhibit Now the negroes ask of vir-
ginia only what is left OF the 800. 900
appropriated for the States participa-
ton at the Jamestown Exposition. Az
one of them said to- day, they are only
asking for the leavings,' and the coll
ored people generally are much down
cast and discouraged by the action OF
the committee. 1t is to be hoped very
much that the committee will recon-
slider the action. and reinsert the item
rs to be refused would put the me-
sroes I'm bad light before the coun-
try. Better they had not asked than
to be refused under the present condt-
tions.
we hope that the committee. when
the Senate meets this morning. will
grant the negroes request. They come
before the Legislature with the in
dorsarnent and support of the entire
white population OF Richmond. Every
one who saw the negro exhibit at the
exposition commended It as being n
praiseworthy one Senators Sims,
Wickham, Folkes and Saunders and
others. in Directing to the report, elm
mating the appropriation, voiced the
sentiment of the white people of Vir-
ginia."
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ALLEGED DEsERTERs
in IIenrico Jail to he Taken
to Newport News.

Prisoners In HenricO jail to BE Taken
to Newport News.
Two young white men. giving their
names as A. c. Clayton and Edward
Newman, were recently arrested by
Special Detective M. S. Angle for tres
passing on the property Of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway, and We're
placed in Henrico county JAIL Yester-
day morning Detective Angle received
n telegram from the United States re-
ceiving ship Franklin, instructlng him
to take the men to Newport News, and
stating that they were deserters from
the battleship Indiana. After the ar
rival of the telegram the clothes ar
the prisoners were examined by DEPUTY
Sheriff Garnett. Beneath the citizens,
suits they wore. the regulation. uniforms
of marines. bearing the names u. Earl
test that they are not deserters, say
that the clothes ere bought from a
pawn shop In Norfolk. 4 - I
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BROTHER is CAUGHT

Eacl, Claims to Have Been Shot by the
Other. and Both Are Arrested.
Alfred Faulkner, brother of Robert
Faulkner. the negro who ran amuck at
Nineteenth and Franklin Streets week
ago, was arrested yesterday afternoon
by Mounted Officers Matt and Jordan.
He was badly wounded, and Robert. his
brother, is charged with the shooting
Alfred was arrested on complaint of
Robert, who claimed on the night of
his arrest that he had been shot by
his brother, ~
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GARTER in TOBACCO
But Married NInn Declines Invitation to
Find the Mntc.

PoTTSTOwN, March S. Pretty. be-
ribboned and Of red silk is the garter
Edward B. Trout, a tinsmith. found in
a fresh pack of smoking tobacco. to-
read:
IF you want to know the wearer,
apply. at the Miller Cigar Factory.
Pottstown, Pa. and you Will see the
mate"
This suggestion to see the mate has
not been acted on by Mr.. Trout, as he
is married and has several children. AS
leap year proposal this is said to be
unique.
A large number of pretty girls are
employed at the Miller Cigar Factory.
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FINAL STRUGGLE
Will COME TODAY
Continued From First Page.)

board. a few bills may be passed
while the conferees are celebrating,
which will be but short time. as
they have doubtless already pretty
we'll outlined their second report.
Both houses will continue in session
for the transaction of routine matters,
such as signing enrolled bills, for
which the presence of a quorum is not
necessary.
The Assembly will return on the
25th. listen to an address by the Hon.
William j. Bryan, relieve Judge ]. w.
G. Blackstone of his official duties,
elect his successor, and the Legislature
of 1908 will have passed into history.
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William II. withcrs.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.
LYNCBEIURG, VA. March S.-Mr.
William r. Withers, aged eighty years
a brother OF the late Senator Robert
E. Withers, died yesterday morning
at his home at Gladys, after long ILL.,
ness.
Mr. Withers was we'll known in the
county, and lie is survived by the fol-
lowing brothers and sisters: DR.. Wall,
ter Withers, of Nelson county; Mrs.
Flora v. W1thers and Mrs. George d.
Saunders, of BurkVlIe.