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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

Beg pardon, Misther Maitland,
sor--?
Well, O'Hagan?"
''The crowd at the dure, sor. is dish
persed," the ianitor reported. A
couple av cops KEN along an famed
'em. They're askin for the two av
yees," with careless nod to the po-
liceman and detective.
"Yeh heard what said" Hickey an
swered the officers look
I'm thinkin'," O'Hagan pursued,
calmly ignoring the presence OF the
outsiders, "thot these do be the SCOT
that domned thafe av the worruld stole
off ye the day, sor. A la-ad brought
ut at ayeleven o'clock. sor, wild partic-
ular rayquest thot ut be daylivered to
We at once. The papers tore. an"
"O'Hagan," Maitland ordered sharp
ly, undo that parcel think l can
satisfy you now. sleuth. What kind of
q suit did your luncheon acquaintance
wearo'
Gray"
"An' here ut Is" OHagan an
nounced. arraying the clothing upon a
to the socks. And note for ye, sor'
AS he shook out the folds of the
coat square white envelope dropped
to the floor; the ianitor retrieved and
offered it to his employer.
Dear Mr.. Maitland" he read
aloud; AS you will probably sur
mise, my motive in thus restoring to
you a portion Of your property is not
altogether uninfluenced by personal
and selfish considerations. In brief, l
wish to discover whether or not you
are to be at home tonight If not, |
shall take pleasure in calling; if the
contrary, | shall feel that in justice to
myself | must forego the pleasure OF
improving an acquaintance begun I'M
der auspices so unfavorable. In either
case, permit me to thank you for the
use of your wardrobe-which. quantity
enough, has outlived its usefulness to
me; fat-headed detective named
Hickey will tell you why-and to ex-
tend to you expression of my highest
consideration. Believe me. l am en-
viously yours Daniel Anisty :"
added Hickey mechanically, his face
working.
Satisfied, sleuth?'
BY way of reply, but ungraciously.
the detective stepped forward and UNI
locked the handouts.
Maitland stood erect, smiling.
THANK you very much, sleutli.
shant forget You. O'Hagan,"
tossing the janitor the keys from his
desk, you'll find ome-ah-lemon-
pop and root-beer in the buffet. This
officer and his friends will no doubt
join you in friendly drink down
stairs. Cabby, want word with
you. :. Good morning, gentle
men. Good morning, sleuth."
And he showed them the door Il
shall be at your service, officer" he
called over the janitors shoulder, "at
any time tomorrow morning. If not
here, O'Hagan will tell you where to
find me. And, O'Hagan!" The janitor
fell back Keep them at least an
hour" Maitland told him guardedly.
And say nothing"
The Irishman pledged his discretion
by silent look Maitland turned back
to the cabby.
You did me good turn. just now"
he began.
Don't mention it, sir: I've carried
you hoften before this evenin', and-ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

cuse my sayin' SOL never 'ad a fare
as tipped 'andsomer. It's real pleas.
ure, sir, to be of service"
THANK you" returned Maitland,
eying him in speculative wise. Il
wonder"
The man was rough, burly English.
man Of one of the most intelligent, II
not intellectual, kind; the British cab.
by, as a type, has few superiors for
sheer quickness of wit and under
standing. This man had been sharp
ened and tempered by his contact
with American. conditions. His eyes
were shrewd, his face honest il wealth
er-beaten, his attitude respectful.
1--WE another use for you tonight"
Maitland decided, IF you are at lib.
erty and-discreet? The final word
was question, flung over his shoul.
der as he turned toward the escritoire.
Yes, sir" said the man thought.
fully. 81 allus can drive, sir, even
when I'm drinkn' 'ardest and can't
see nothink."
Yes? You've been drinking To-
night?" Maitland smiled quietly. stand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
EMMA GOLDMAN TALK BARRED.
Indianapolis Police Refuse to Allow
Her to Speak in the City.

Indianapolis Police Refuse to Allow
Her to Speak in the City.
indianapolis. Ind, Oct. 2s.-Emma
Goldman was led from the Propyleum
here last night when she was about to
address a large audience that had as
sembled at the fashionable clubhouse
to hear her. Twenty policemen were
on hand when she arrived and as she
stepped into the hall she was told that
she would not be permitted to speak
in this city. She demurred at first, but
the officers gathered around and she
was informed that she would have to
go to the police station if she persisted
She did not make any further resist
ance. Ben L. Reitman, who was with
her, attempted to speak on corner,
near the Propyleum, but the police
forced him to desist under threats to
lock him up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28

in him, at least, the making of
dukes butler. No glimpse of avarlce
mars the perfection of his monument
tai manner, and if, at the last, he con-
descends to accept your vail, II Is
with something of the air of a dis
crowned king.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
unity of tho English Waiter.

(ckGLCHD
~ The English hotel waiter belongs to
race which is slowly but surely be-
coming extinct, and carries about him
the melancholy aura of the doomed.
Every headwaiter at a British inn has
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
Lord Curzon Gets Mad When
Wifc's Allowance Is
Curtailed
ALMOST PEEvsH ABOUT 1T
"very Much Mortified" When Papa
Letter Puts Restriction on Income
of His Titled Daughter Had to
Give UP Town House Getting Only
$4,000 Per Year.


resented the restrictions placed upon
his wife's Inheritance by the late Levi
e. Letter was indicated late yesterday
in connection with the CrabbeLeiter
hearing before Judge Eberhart. In fact.
Lord Curzon was very ! uch horri-
fed" as he expressed it. in letter at
the time. at his separation from $4,000.
withheld on the score that there had
been mistake in the account kept of
money due him as the husband of the
Lady Curzon. since dead.
A vignette was sletched as the hear
ing progressed. showing the former
viceroy OF India, still one Of the most
influential statesmen in England, ban
ished from his town house and forced
to live at the Carlton hotel, Pail Mall,
because he had not funds to keep his
house open and do the proper thing in
the way of entertaining.
Almost Peevish About Il.
This fact was confessed in a private
letter written by Lady Curzon to Hugh
Crabbe in February of 1906. The letter
was not introduced in evidence but it's
existence was quite incidentally re-
yealed in the examination of one of
the witnesses.
Two other letters. in the same tenor
were written by Lord Curzon to Mr..
Crabbe. In one his lordship utters the
naive regret that he has been informed
that he is to be deprived of the $1,000
mentioned He plainly is skeptical as
to the justice OF this deprivation. refers
to it with some frigidity in nicely criti
cal phrases, and comes as near to being
downright peevish as might be thought
proper in the heir to great English
name.
Neither his lawyer nor he. Lord Cur
ION sets forth, is inclined to think that
there could have been an error in the
original calculation. Both, on the con-
trary, are inclined to fancy that the
alleged mistake" must have been in
the rate Clearly, too. he was some
what put out by the fact that the heirs
in America had ignored him to the ex
tent of failing to submit a detailed eX-
PLANTATION.
poverty" Was Calling.
These letters contained matter that
was so intimate at the time that the
writing of them was not intrusted to a
secretary. One bears the signature Of
Lady Curzon. the others that of Lord
Curzon. Neither was in a particular
placid mood just at that juncture.
The relative poverty which they
were obliged to endure owing to the
the failure of their income to be de-
livered regularly apparently was gall
ing to both. and their resentment
seemed heightened by the private con-
viction that it was needless, that the
estate in America could have been
made to yield enough and to spare had
it been properly administered, and
that their interests were not being
guarded.
Later Mr.. Crabbe explained that the
Curzons were receiving at the time
the letter was written about $4,000 a
month. A sum of 100000 had been
placed in trust for Lady Curzon ~ her
father the principal of which was to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
CAUGHT in the Act

and arrested by Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. bilious headache quits and liver
and bowels act right. Csc. Mcbride
& Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-28
Getting $4,000 a Year.

Owing to miscalculation. the Cur
IONS received $10.70O too much and
payment of the income was, therefore,
intermitted for two months, while only
a fraction of the third months total
was forwal led. 1t was this loss to
which Lord Curzon referred
After Mr. Letters death the income
of further sum of s1,000,O00 provided
for in the will, became available to the
Curzons. AT the present tir the
family is receiving approx sely,
$4,000 a year from the American
properties. Lady Suffolk daisy
Letter. and Mrs. Colin Campbell (Nan-
cy Letter. are beneficiaries to the eX-
tent of about $125,000 annually, while
Joseph Letter is said to have about
$4,000 a month. Much of this debt of
$9,OO0,0OO largely incurred during the
wheat pool which swept him under,
was RENTED by his father before his
death, altho he still is paying interest
on 100000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

OF Strawberries are made annually:
Florida's fruits and early vegetables
are steadily increasing their variety
and volume: Mississippi and Louisiana
are becoming greater and greater fac
tors In the industry with the perfect
ing of rapid transit to the Northern
and the TeXas-coast country
produces such things as so crates OF
carrots to the acre, netting $3.50 an
acre; between 400 and 500 crates OF
onions to the acre, netting $3.50 an
acre; 81 carloads OF watermelons from
65 acres. and cotton grown on land
after the truck had been harvested.
In the seaboard States the truck
ing industry has demonstrated on q.
comparatively small scale the value of
drainage in bringing wet lands into
production; 1t has been furthered in
Texas by irrigation. Only beginning
has been made in the utilization of
such auxiliaries to farming in the
South. but what can be done in truck
ing and what can be done for truck
ing by such methods are the strongest
kinds of argument for the reclama ton
OF millions of acres of waste lands in
in the South"
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and never straightened. and, In fact,

and never Strengthened, and, In fact,
very little ats>ation has been paid to
It IN any way. The paving, curbing
and sidewalk making have had the
benefit of no modern improvements
and scarcely anything has been done
with them in twenty-seven years Any
one can see that they are primitive.
Tho business men want the avenue
widened so that they may get the
benefits OF street car service. They
say the Virginia Passenger and Power
Company would build tracks and run
cars on Brook Avenue Fat the drop
OF the hat" II tho thoroughfare were
made wider.
4, It has been suggested that the COM
planning business men have not as yet
taken the active steps necessary TO
induce the Council to sit up and take
notice, and 1t is said that a move
ment is now on foot to inaugurate a
little log-rolling or lobbying, or what
ever may be necessary to let the city
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
COMPANY CHARTERED FOR
CANNERY AT GUINEYS, VA

BOWLING GREEN, VA, May 10
4 charter has been granted the Caro-
line County Canning Company. at
Guineys, Va. by the Corporation Com
mission. The charter is for an In
definite period and limits the holdings
OF real estate to 1000 acres, with an
authorized maximum capital OF $4,000.
The principal office and factory are to
be at Guineys. and the purposes for
which the company is organized is to
do a general canning and preserving
business of fruits and vegetables. The
officers for the first year are: President,
S. H. Evans: Vice-President. N. L..
Mills: Secretary and Treasurer, W. R
Tompkins. and Directors, c. o. Nc
Swords. NJ a. Num-, c. w. Tompkins.
j. A. Jones, ". P. Flippo and s. H.
Evans.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
COLONIZATION WORK.
Trucking Region of North Carolina In
wiling Foreign Sons of Toll.

wiling Foreign Sons of Toll.
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. May IA re-
cent issue of the Charlotte Observer
contained an elaborate three-page ar
ticle dealing with colonization work
of the Carolina Trucking Development
Company. IN North Carolina. This or
ganization. in which Hugh MacRae, OF
Wilmington. n. c., is the moving spirit.
has uccessfully planted five separate
colonies and has sixth in course of
formation. They consist of Artesia, an
English and American colony; New
berlin a German colony: st. Helena, a
North italian colony: Castle HAYNES.
a mixed colony; Marathon. Polish
colony, and Maraco, in course of de-
volopment. They include in all about
600 farmers, and cover about 100000
acres The soil is especially suited
to truck farming, and the settlers are
obtaining the best results from their
efforts. Moreover, the company main
tains a demonstration farm, where en-
periments are conducted in the raising
OF new vegetables and where the set
tiers are instructed in modern methods
pertaining to the industry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
GOVERNMENT WILL
LOOK TO TOBACCO
Uncle Sam to Spend Some Of Hi
Cash Investigating Tobacco
Culture.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1s.-sec-
rotary Wilson. of the Department Of
Agriculture. will expend $4,000 during
the present year on tobacco investiga-
lions in Virginia. These experiments
were begun by the Bureau of Soils in
ment of dark and fire cured tobaccos in
the Appomattox region by better
methods OF crop rotation and farm
practice. The Virginia Experiment
Station co-operates in the work Of the
Department OF Agriculture. furnishing
two assistants. The work is handled
from the general standpoint of improv-
ing farm practice. as a whole, rather
than from the strict tobacco stand
point. Last year $4,000 was spent for
this purpose in Virginia. Very i'm
portant results have been secured and
the demonstrations are attracting wide
attention. It has been shown that 1t
Is necessary to rotate the tobacco crop
profitable yields OF grass, wheat and
other crops can be secured in the to-
bacco fields, and the soil improved
for the growing of tobacco. The results
OF experiments demonstrate that the
use OF much more intensive methods OF
culture are desirable. An increased and
more intelligent use of fertilizers on
limited areas Will produce more profit
able results than the present more ex-
tensive system of farm practice. I'm
proved strains of Virginia tobaccos are
being produced by seed selection AMI
breeding. Secretary Wilson will use
$500 for this work In Florida this
year, $4,000 in Texas, $4,000 in Alaba-
ma, and smaller amounts elsewhere.
AS the demand for Virginia grown to-
baccos become greater and greater,
there Is also more constant demand
for more scientific experiments, such as
are now being carried on throughout
the State.
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s45. an increase Of 14s,s4o.sss
cigarettes.
Texas to Grow hurley.

HOUSTON, TEXAS, Map 16.-For the
purpose OF inducing the tobacco grow
ers TO come to Texas from that section
OF Kentucky where troubles have exist
ed. Carrot Dobbin, colonization agent
for the Santa Fe Railway, has gone to
the seat OF war, where independent
growers have met with fire and pillage.
and he believes he can induce many
farmers to come to the Lone Star State.
He has taken with him samples OF to-
bacco grown In Texas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
CHANGE OF CASHIERS OF
PLANTERS BANK OF FARMNILLE

Special to The Times -Dlspntch.I
FARMVILLE, VA. May 16.--Mr. ~. p.
Venable, who for several years has been the
en- her OF the Planters Bank Of Fnrmville
as the successor OF his father, Mr.. William
G. venahle. recently rendered his rcslgnH-
ton for the purpose of engaging IN otneF
work The board of directors accepted thu
resignation, 10 take effect to-day and elect
ell Mr.. Walker Scott to The important post
ton. Mr.. scott is an experienced bank man.
and viii make a valuable officer of the
Planters Bank. For some years he has been
the assistant to Mr.. Nenable. and Mr.. r, S.
Warren. formerly OF ArNonia, Va. but re-
ctItly of tho Paulett-Nenahle- Garland In
sLrunce Company, OF this town. now fills the
,ostlon left vacant by Mr.. Scott.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Cannery mt Fredericksburg.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA. May 16.-
The Home Brand Canning Company
has been organized here, with o. NJ.
president; e. NJ. Agan. sec
rotary; w. r. Armstrong, treasurer.
The capital is $4,000 The company
will engage extensively in> the can
ming this season of tomatoes. berries
and other products of this section.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
fathers know that Brook Avenue
needs attention. and a good deal OF It.
A NEW FIRM AND OLD NAME.

80. y = - = 1hs'tF 7H.SD OHO .SAME.
The old and favorably known firm
of julius sycle's Sons was recently
dissolved by the retirement OF Mr.. Lee
Sycle. Tho other brothers. Messrs Sam
and Sydney Sycle. will continue In bus
mess under the old firm name and at
Nos. 201 and goa East Broad Street.
They will conduct dry goods and
Everything ready to wear" establish
nent that in all respects will be strict
~ up-to date. These young men have
been trained up in this line OF bust
ness in Richmond. and IL they do not
know tho wants of the local and Stats
trade. 1t is no use for anybody else to
try to find them out
Their long experience and familiarity
with the demands OF the trade place
them in q position to cater to the same
that is not enjoyed by everybody.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Millions OF Cigarettes.

The cigarette output in the United
States for March shows an increase in
quantity for both periods. The figures
are: March. 1908, 324,60764s: March,
1907, 3o6194.7sS; a gain Of 1s,412.sGO
cigarettes. During the first nine
months of the fiscal year the number
of cigarettes manufactured was 2.G95.-
153,1S1; during the corresponding per-
Tod of the proceeding year, 254,9o6,-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Good Profit on Farm pcnl.
,fspeeIal 70 The Times Dispatch, ]

LEXINGTON, VA, May l6.--NIr, l.
L. Wilson has sold to Mr.. L. d. Ham
rick ope-half of the Mulberry Hill
farm of 252 acres, situated one 'mile
northwest Of Lexington, The price
was $4,000. Mr.. Wilson bought the
farm two Years ago from the heirs
of the late Professor James j. White.
paying therefor $4,000. One half at
$4,000 indicates a considerable rise In
farm lands in SO short a time,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Insurance Man Makes Change.

George w. Hodgson. well-known insur-
ence man. has recently been appointed dis
t,icr agent of the Provident Life and Trust
tho American National Bank Building Mr
Hodggon for the past few years has been
connected with the Equitable Life Assur-
arce Society and has n wide acquaintance
In Richmond, where he has resided for many
years. This appointment. coming as n pro
motion. is a ell-dcserved tribute to his abl
lily, After the inauguration OF the Burea,
dent Life decided to enter this State. 1t now
has offices In many of the larger cities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Putting in New ,Phone sy.tem m.

Especial to The Times ispatch.]
PULASKI. VA, May 16.-The Vir-
ginia and Tennessee Telephone Com
lpany is putting in new system In
Pulaski, which will be hailed with de-
light by all Of its subscribers. They
have large force Of hands doing
the work and the job OF putting In
the new poles and wiring will be push
ed with all possible speed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Large Shipments of Truck.
[special to The Times Dispatch.

SPeC1dI 10 lIIlIeS-OIsPdtVEI.J
WASHINGTON. N. c., May 16.-Large
freight trains are passing through this city
daily over the Norfolk and Southern Rail-
read loaded with garden truck and early
vegetables The average train consists OF
ffly-four cars. The freight and passenger
business OF this road in this section of the
adding to the business interests OF this city
largely.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
NEW BUSINESS HOUSES WHERE
OLD ONES WE'RE BURNED
[spe cial to The Times Dlspa,ch.1

80 SPScIai 70 z. II H.
Childress & Ellis are moving into their
handsome new store building on College
Avenue During the fire last June Colonel
Childress lost store building that had
beer completed only few weeks at cost
of several thousand dollars. we'll AS o
large feed and sales stable. These buildings
have been replaced at cost Of SIS 900. The
burned territory has been rebuilt with the
exception OF Graham's Foundry and one Or
two small dwelling houses
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
Buys Telephone Business Cheap.

Especial to The Times Dlspatch.]
CLAREMONT VA. May 16.-The Clare-
mont Telephone company's franchise and
equipment were sold at public auction Sat
uIday by the county sheriff to satisfy a claim
G.. f. Harrison of Burronsvrle. was the
purchaser. and the price paid was S1o550.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

Street Cars, Etc, Needed.
The avenue Is Just the zigzag shape
and Just the limited width at various
points as 1t was when 1t was simply
Brook road, having never been widened
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
BUSINESS LIVELY
0NBR00K AVENUE
Old Stage Road Becomes Busy
City Street-People Want
It Widened.

The winding and at times rather
narrow thoroughfare known as Brook
Avenue. in this city. was formerly
for once noted man named Charles
Brooke. It was. and Is yet, called
Brooke road as far beyond the city
as Yellow Tavern, six miles out. al
though the avenue and the road are
now improperly spelled Brook. It
crosses Bacon's Quarter branch, a
stream that Is famed in ancient his
tory. The road goes to the noted
Yellow Tavern battlefield where Gem
eral Stuart received his fatal wound.
and where a monument has been
erected to his memory.
The road and the avenue were tho
old stage coach line in the days before
railroads were built, and the regular
stages that carried passengers from
Richmond to Washington. and vice
versa, rumbled over them.
The old tavern, where the stages
held up, and which was nearly always
crowded with travellers. still stands.
and is now owned by 2. 7. Long. and
is occupied by several families. The
old tavern Is roomy two-story framed
house. extending from No. 223 to No.
229.
Much Busincss Done.
Brook Avenue, extending from Broad
Street to the city limits at Bacon
Quarter branch. has become one of
Richmond's very busy sections. Many
manufacturing establishments are To-
Gated on it. and an immense business
In the grocery feed, fertilizer and seed
lines Is done there.
The merchants engaged in these
lines have not only large city trade.
but do an immense business with the
country people. It is probable that
more fertilizers, seeds and feedstuffs
are sold to country people from Brook
Avenue than from any other one street
in Richmond.
The people on Brook Avenue think
they have Just complaint of the city
fathers They declare that their busy
street has been greatly neglected by.
| the Council.
Street Cars, Etc, Needed.
The avenue is Just the zigzag shape
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

The people on Brook Avenue think
they have Just complaint of the city
fathers. They declare that their busy
street has been greatly neglected by
the Council