THE GOVERNOR
LET THEM KNOW
* -
Telephoned to. Petersburg About the
Sprcial Election.
BANK OFFICER RESIGNS.
Wcst-ISnrt Baptist Church Dedicated
.With Impressive Ceremonies?Two
Colored Female Lunnlics Die in
the Citydail UicSamc Night.
PEiTERiSDUP.G, ?7?.. March 12.?Spe?
cial.?a teiC?.wone message was received
Xiom Governor Tyler Co-cay fraying that
in a Dew duys he will ?a?uu an order for a
.sspcciai election in the Fourth Congress;?
tonal D.strict, to li'? une vacancy caused
Say the death of Congressman Epes.
The Governor called Up Major Lassiter,
l'ut as he was absent, from the city tho
information was gi.ven to the clerk in
charge
6TAIBLE BURNED. '
The steWe ot Mr. Jo.'W^ R. Earner, on
West High Svrect, was destroyed by lire
?any ytsterday morning. A valuable
horse was burned to death. Mr. Barncr
also lest all of tojs harness and buggies.
Mr. II. H. Wltherspoon has resign?
ed the office of assistant cashier in. the
hank o? the Petersburg Savings and in?
surance Company on account of his
health, and Mr. Peyton Pollard has been
elected to till the vacancy. Mr. W. B.
Stevens, formerly individual book-keeper,
has been appointed general book-keeper,
and Mr. E. E. Hinckle has been made a
clerk iu the bank temporarily.
Mr. Witlicrspoon has been in bad
health for some time, and it became nec?
essary for him to give up business. He
has gone to Florida, in the hope that a
change of climate may prove benellcial to
him.
CAME FOR GILLIGAN.
Sheriff Edwards and his deputy arrived
in Petersburg yesterday for the purpose
of taking A. C. Gilligan to Isle of Wight
county to-day to be tried tpr the mur?
der of C. Beverly Turner.
Judge Drury A. Hinton, one of the
counsel for the defence, stated that sev?
eral of the defendant's witnesses would
be here this morning and he wished to
interview them in the presence of Gilli?
gan before he was taken away, and ask?
ed that he be allowed to remain in Pe?
tersburg till to-morrow. Judge Hinton's
request was granted, and Gilligan will
he taken to Isle of Wight county to?
morrow, leaving Petersburg at 7 o'clock
in the morning.
CHURCH DEDICATED. '
The West-End Baptist church, of which
Rev. W. S. Leake is pastor, was dedi?
cated yesterday morning. Rev. E. C.
Dargan, D. D., of Louisville, ??., preach?
ing the dedicatory sermon. The other
Baptist churches did not hold services in
the morning, but united with the West
End congregation in the dedication. Dr.
R. H. Pitt, of Richmond; Rev. J. D. Harto
and Dr. Battle, of Petersburg, also took
part in the services.
The church is situated on Washington
Street. It is a splendid example of Ro?
manesque style, and is built of brick,
trimmed with ?tone, and arch bricks
around openings of a color contrasting
with that of the walls. The seating ca?
pacity of the main audience-room is 575.
The Sunday-school room seats 300 and is
fit? 'arranged that it can be made a part
-of*tho main lecture-room, thus giving
the church a seating capacity of nearly
BOO whenever it is necessary to accom?
modate that number.
MORMON MEETING.
Elder S. H. Fotheringham, of Beaver,
Utah, is in Petersburg, making arrange?
ments for a Mormon meeting, to be held
atjRed Men's Hall, on Bank Street, next
Saturday. He says that twenty elders
will be present at the meeting.
Mrs. Etta V. Llvesay, agc.d forty-six
years, died at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Newsome, in this city, last night.
Mrs. Livesay had .Jived in Baltimore till
eighteen months ago, when she came to
Petersburg, on account of her failing
health.
. She leaves three sons, all of whom live
i;i> Baltimore.
Mr. John R. Matthews, who has been
giving a series of Bible readings at St.
Paul's church, preached three sermons
. at that church yesterday, and the house
was crowded at each service. Mr.
Matthews ?has become exceedingly popu?
lar in Petersburg. He Is a magnetic and
forceful speaker, and his Bible readings
are greatly enjoyed. He will hold ser?
vices in Petersburg three more days, and
on Thursday will go to Richmond, where
he will hold a scries of services at St.
Paul's church.
WEDDING BELLS.
Mr. Samuel Stuart Weisiger and Miss
Sara Louise Pucci, of this city, will be
married on Tuesday, 'March 20th, at the
?home of Miss Pucci's. aunt, Airs. C L%
W. Barker, at Hartford. Conn.
Jane Top and Nancy Mackey. two col?
ored women, who had been confined In
the city Jail, waiting to be taken to the
Central Stats Hospital, died in jail Sat?
urday night,
Dorsey Crowder, the young white man
who attempted to commit suicide last
"Saturday night by shooting himself, is
getting on well. The wound he inflict?
ed in his breast just above the heart,
was only a slight one, and he will re?
cover.
People of Ashiumt.
ASHLAiND, VA-, March 12.?Special.?
Mrs. I.?N. Vaughan, accompanied by
Miss Issie Vaughan, have gone to Ken?
tucky on a visit to relatives for several
weeks.
(Bishop and Mrs. Granbery, who have
been in Richmond for some time past, are
expepted to return to their home here
"this week.
Mr. Willie Edwards, son of Dr. Ed?
uards, is recovering slowly from a pain?
ful injury sustained while skating re?
cently.
iMiss Frances Starr, accompanied hy a
iriend from Petersburg, will spend the
-summer in Europe.
Miss Pattie C. Leake has returned from
a visit of several weeks to relatives in
Richmond.
Mrs. Jennie D. Jones, of Danviile, is
a, guest of her niece, Mrs. Dr. Rag
land.
Miss Brooks ?Phippln. of Richmond, has
been a guest of the Misses Blincoe during
the. past week.
Miss Halsey. of Orange, is on a visit
to the Misses Jordan.
Miss Margaret Starr Is expected home
next week from a visit to friends in
Massachusetts.
Miss Janet (Morris, of Richmond, is
on a visit to Miss Anne Winston, at
??South Wales."
Mrs. John Owen, who has been on a
visit to her mother. Mrs. Charlotte Steb
bins, has returned to her home in Sus?
sex county.
Mr. Conrad, of Minneapolis, was* here
this week with a view of purchasing a
residence for his sister, who now resides
in New York.
Rev. J. W. Ware was in Clarke
coumv l?rt week at the bedside of his
?nother. who is critically ill.
?Mrs. Thomas Smith, aged GO years, who
died pf paralysis Thursday at her home
p?ar Jiogro,:-was. interred in the family
.mirylng-ground Friday. She leaves a
hu*hand. who is a son of the late Dr.
Lonro Smith.
The regular .meeting of the Musical
Club was fce?a last week with Miss
patfltn. ???f ?roa-rama?.^a* opened
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tho Misses "Wright rendered a duet, and
Jliss Annie (Blincoe 'two vocal solos:
Miss Frances Starr recited two humorous
selections. The neat meeting -will be
with Miss Starr, on the 19th instant.
The club, during the past year or two,
has raised some $700 or $800, and plans are
on foot to erect a hall.
Orange Cider Did It.
"WILLIAMSBURG, VA., March 12.?Spe?
cial.?In the Police Court this morning
Mayor Mercer imposed a line of $f> each
and costs on Messrs. Romeo Casey, YVil
llam Sweaney and Peter Clowes, and
bound them over to keep the peace lor
twelve months in the sum of $150 each
on account of a Sunday fight with a stu?
dent at William and Mary. The young
men trespassed on the college premises,
and when accosted by li. C. Taylor, a
student- they proceeded to chastise him.
The young men acknowledged that they
had been Imbibing rather lreely of orange
cider..
Holm?Miller.
CREWE, VA., March 12.?Special.?Mr.
Andrew J. Hohn, a young farmer living
some four miles south of Crewe. and Miss
Inaura ?. Miller, of Pennsylvania, were
married in the Baptist Church here this
afternoon. Rev. J. H. Newblll performing
the ceremony.
W. 1j. Cod)rail's Funeral.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., March 12.?
Special.?The body of Mr. William L?.
Cochran. who died in New York on Friday
night from gas poison, was bought here
last night lor burial. The funeral took
place this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the
University chapel.
? . Perfectly Cool.
The a-uests of the hotel were aroused by
the ringing of the firo alarm.
Mr. Smart spransr out of bed and f.it tho
t'as. "Don't be alarmed. Penelope," he
said to the frightened Mrs. Smart: "keep
perfectly cool, per-fect-ly cool. That's the
only-Wing to do in a case of this kind.
Dress yourself, my dear, and I will pack
the valises."
'Mrs. Smart rose and tremblingly pro?
ceeded to do as she was bid. Her hus?
band hurried to the -window and looked
out. A crowd "was gathering in the street
below, and the engines 'were- arriving.
"There is no immediate danger," he
raid; "tho one thing to do is. as I said
before, to keep perfectly cool. You attend
to your dressing and I will look out for
everything else." . .
iSlr. Sn?art hustled about, jamming
garments into the \'alises. and carefully
looking through each drawer In the dress?
er to see that nothing had been forgot?
ten. There was ? cr??t hubbub and
screaming in the halls outside.
"Idiots!"I ejaculated Mr. Smart. "I
would be willing to bet that two-thirds
of the guests in this hotel will rush out
without saving one single item of their
personal property, besides making spec?
tacles of themselves. I bave always said
that, should- occasion arise. I would en?
deavor--to preserve both property and
dignity by keeping perfectly cool, per
fect-ly cool. Ail ready, Penelope?" he
iitqutired. ! ?
"Yes, Mortimer."
'^Good! You have your jewels? Yes;
and your seal-skin coat? Oh, yes, you
have ?t on. Well, then. I have the va?
lises, so we will make our exit in a dig?
nified and sensible manner,'"
Here Mr>Smart threw open the hall
door.
"But Mortimer?" said Mrs. Smart.
'?Well, what is it my dear? Anything
you've left behind?"
"No-o; but, Mortimer, don't you think
we would appear more -lignificd if you
ha<l ' remembered to dress yourself?"?
Harper's ?Bazar.
-? ? ?2 is:.-:
Woman's Mission,
Maarten Maartens says in the March
?Cew Lippincott:
"It is an historical fact, which as such,
w? must simply accept, that the mission
of the Christian Js to create wealth by
labor, and the mission of the Jews is to
collect it."
"And who spends it?"T questioned the
Baroness listlrssly.
"That ds the mission of woman, my
dear Sarah, all the world over," replied
the banker.
EDGAR ALLAN POE
WAS THE SUBJECT
Professor Trent Discussed 'the Writer
and His Works.
A QUESTION AS TO CLASS.
Poo is Considered by the World a
Great Fictionist?He May Not
Rant With Lowell, Long?
fellow et Als.
Professor William P. Trent, a native
Richmonder, and recently elected to a
chair in Columbia University. New York,
last night lectured .before the Richmond
Lyceum on "Et?gar Al'ian Poe." The
speaker of .the. evening was Introduced
by Hon. S. S. P. Patteson, in a neat
speech.
Professor Trent, at the beginning of
his remearks, said: "I am approaohing
a great man, and I take it that at this
lato day few persons will be so_ rash as
to deny greatness to Edgar Allan Pee.
One is always confronted with the ques?
tion: What is the proper point and mode
of attack. iNot that a great author or
statesman, or what not, is our enemy?
far from it?but that somehow we feel
it incumbent upon ourselves to reach his
heant, his citadel, his capital, si to speak,
to take possess:on of him, to make him
tributary to our moral ned Intellectual
being?even though we Recognize that
the tables will sometime he turned, if he
really bo, a great man, and that he will
take possession of us, dominating our
'lives and making us wiser, stronger, bet?
ter men and women.
"Often, however, it happens that through
some accident or other wc have never ac?
quired a knowledge of a great author, or
have been deterred from understanding
him and enjoying him through some rea?
son personal to ourselves, such as tem?
permental peculiarities; and yet we con?
stantly hear this author discussed and
praised, and ar? always intending to be?
come acquainted with him. * ? * Even
tlhose of us who lead what may be called
'literary lives, know that life is too short
to read all the good books in our own
language, and there are many authors
whose books we can only know by report.
* * * I intend to deal only wtah Poe In
a broadly critical way, and by this I mean
t? answer the question: What in the
main does this writer stand for, and In
answering it wo .must follow critical
methods. /
A POE RENAISSANCE.
"There are many reasons why we
should" know what Poe stands lor. In
the lirst place he /is being more and
more talked about?he is a distinctly
? timely subject. We are in the midst
of a Poe renaissance. But besides being
a timely subject, Poe is also a vexed
subject. There are few details of his
short, sad life on which his biographers
have reached anything like unanimity.
It is also clear that while European
critics and readers are practically unani?
mous in regarding Poe as the greatest
writer America has yet produced, Ameri?
cans arc far from agreed as to the rank
to be assigned to his writings in their
literature. To be sure there is little
disposition now, as there once was in
certain quarters, to treat the great tales
and poems with positive disparagement;
but it may be questioned whether the
general public has yet taken to Poe:
that his popularity may be said to be
commensurate with his merits; an.d it
is quite plain that many well educated
people throughout America would be sur?
prised, if not indignant, at having his
claims preferred to those of Hawthorne,
! or Emerson,? or Lowell, or even to Long,
? fellow.
i "But Poe's rank in our national litera
[ ture is more than a timely or debated
matter, for it involves ethical and in
j tellectual considerations of distinct im
? portance. It involves doing justice to a
writer who has rarely had it accorded
him, and it involves our putting our?
selves in a position to profit from compre?
hension and appreciation of one of the
I most rarely endowed spirits this or any
other country has ever produced. * * *
Poe stands better than any other Amer?
ican author?one of the three most im?
portant tests of literary supremacy?
the test of cosmopolitanism.
TEST OF HIS POPULARITY.
The two-fold test of his popularity in his
native land: Was he successful In appeal?
ing to his American contempararies? Does
he appeal to us Americans to-day?
Prof. Trent answered the first Question
in the affirmative as to the period between
1S35 and 1S50, but he Bid not have the
popularity of Longfellow because he did
not appeal to the public at large. Though
admitting, in answer to the second ques?
tion, that Poe's popularity may be in?
creasing, his works will never exert the
influence amongus as that of Hawthorne
or Longfellow, because of the sentiment
against the immoral in literature.
Judged qualitatively, Poe is not a great
poet; judged qualitatively, he ranks with
the greatest. He was, however, not a
great prose writer. Kits criticisms have
no permanent value, but without, this his
fiction will build him a fame greater than
any of the minor poets. Yet considered
as "a stylist, it is doubtful if he could take
rank as a great prosewriter. In origin?
ality, in range and In power, Poe must
rank amonsr the greatest of the world's
masters of fiction.
[ Said the speaker: ^Cosmopolitan values
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and standards will everywhere displace
local "or racial standards and- values,, and
Poe will reap the full benefit of the world
fame he has already acquired."
In conclusion Prof. Trent made an earn?
est plea that Richmond recognize Poe in
erecting a fitting memorial to him, as he
had done much for Richmond and loved
her.
LOVE FINDS A WAY.
A Physician Ku.ii Down by a Laundry
AVagon.
SUFFOLK. VA., March 12.?Special.?
William L. Cone and Miss Dora Saunders
left Suffolk to-day for Gates county. N.
C, for the purpose of marriage. They
arrived about sunrise from Isle of Wight
county, their home, and took a train tor
Gates Station. They had driven about
twenty-five miles through the snow to
'reach Suffolk. The elopement is a result
of opposition on the part of Zochallah
Munford and wife, with whom Miss
Saunders lived.
Dr. William W. Murray, who formerly
practiced in Baltimore, was run down to?
day by a laundry wagon, whose horse
had become frightened and broken away'.
He was bruised about the body and head,
and was unconscious when picked up.
No bones were broken.
OBITUARY.
C. H. Moran.
Mr. C. H. Moran died at his father's
residence, In Ashiand, on Sunday morn?
ing at 4 o'clock, aged twenty-nine years.
He was an active member of Jefferson
Lodge, J. O. U. A. M. He leaves his
wife, two small children and his mother.
The funeral was in Ashiand yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs, James L. Clarkson.
The death of Mrs. James L. Clarkson,
formerly of Richmond, occurred ?n St.
Louis, Mo., March 6th.
Mrs. Clarkson. who was about fifty
two years old, is survived by her hus?
band and live children. A sister. Mrs.
George P. Stacy, lives here. The de?
ceased was formerly Miss Turner. She
had been ill since September last.
",'. M. Haddock.
Mr. T. M. Haddock, formerly a resident
of 'this city, died Sunday in Ba-Kimore.
The remains will be Ojrought to Richmond
to-morrow and buried in Hollywood.
Mr. Haddock was in the directory busi?
ness here some live years ago, and was
widely known. He is survived by several
children.
Mrs. Bestie H. Sizei?.
News of the death of Mrs. Bettie H.
Sizer, Which occurred at her home, near
Aylett's, Saturday night, has been re?
ceived here. She was the sister of Rev.
Dr. Charles H. Ryland. Her husband
and several children survive her.
Kulwar Sk irrivitb.
BOYDTON, VA., March 12-Speeial.?
Mr. Fulwar Skipwith died at his home,
"PreStwould," near Clarkville, on Tues?
day night. Mr. Skipwith had been in
failing health for some time. Ho was
the son of the late Humberston Skip?
with, of Prcstv.-ou'.d, and grandson of
Sir. Peyton Skipwith and Lady Jean, his
wife, of "Newbold Hall," England. Mr.
Skipwith was a man of many fine qual?
ities of heart and mind. His father
being a wealthy man gave him the best
opportunities of an education. He
travelled for two years in the East
after finishing his education, and his ac?
count of his travels were most interest?
ing. He married Miss Annie Ledyard,
of Mississippi, who survives him, to?
gether with four children?one son, Mr.
Austin Skipwith. of Prestwould; -Mrs.
Helen Halsell. of Mississippi; Mrs. Annie
Heidclburg, of Mississippi, and Miss Jean
Staples, of Clarkville, Va.
The burial took place Thursday at the
homestead, the Rev. E. Stirling Gunn,
rector of St. James Episcopal Church, of
Boydton, officiating.
Mrs. Julia A. Turner.
ROANOKE, VA., March 12?Special.?
Mrs. Julia A. Turner, wife of C. M. Tur?
ner, passed away at the home of her son,
M. W. Turner Saturday night at D o'clock.
She was 57 years of age. and had resided
here since 1S70. Death was caused by
paralysis, with which she was stricken
Friday. "
Mrs. Turner is survived by her husband
and live children?Mrs. Frank Wycklinc,
of Washington; M. W. ??. M., and Miss
Parker, of this city, and Henry ^., Of
Greenville, Tenn.
J. Wesley Ronnevillo.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., March 12.?
Special.?'News has been received of the
deaith of J. Wesley -Bonncviile, aged thir
ty-fivo years, and a prominent gentleman,
near the "Cross Roads, in Elizabeth City
County. Mr. Bonneville was unmarried,
and was the last member of his imme?
diate family living, all the others having
?died within the past ten years. The fune?
ral services took place from old St.
John's Church, Hampton, this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Enaenn C. Moore.
WOODSTOCK, VA., March 12.?Special.
Eugene C. Moore, aged twenty-four years,
son of Dr. 'C. A. R. Moore, of Mt. Jack?
son, died Saiturday night after a short
illness of pleurisy. He is survived by a
young w'idow. During the Spanish-Ameri?
can war he served as Corporal of Com?
pany A, Second Virginia Volunteers.
H. Clay Williams.
SUFFOLK. VA.. March 12-Speclal.?
Hon. H. Clay Williams, 62 years old, died
Saturday morning, in Gates county, N.
C, 21 miles from Suffolk. He represented
his county twice in the Legislature, and
was formerly county commissioner, a
widow, ifilve daughters, and two sons
survive him.
William Chauncey.
ALEXANDRIA, VA., March 12.?Spe?
cial.?Mr. William Chauncey, a. well
known citizen, died at his home, No. 611
South Fairfax Street, at an early hour
this ?morning, aged sixty-six years. He
was a member of the firm of Chauncey &
Bro., who conduct a marble yard here.
DEATHS.
MORAN.?Died, March 11th, at his
father's home, near Ashiand, Hanover
county, Va., Mr. C. H. MORAN, In the
twenty-ninth year of his age. He leaves
a devoted wife, two little children and
, a loving mother to mourn their loss.
We loved him?yes, we loved him?
But angels loved him more, '
And they have sweetly called hlra
To yonder shining shore.
?His Wife.
. He was a member in good standins of
Jefferson Council, Jr. O. U. A. M.
MINOR.?Died, at his home, in Goochland
county, Saturday, March 9th, MADISON
MINOR, in his fiftieth year. Deceased
lived recently in New York.
Funeral from Second Baptist Church
(colored) TUESDAY, at 2 P. M.
ADD SOCIAL. ?
NICOL.?Died, at 0 o'clock P. M., Satur?
day, March 10. 1900^ at the residence of
her mother, Mrs. M. C. P. Bennett, No.
104% West Graoe Street, Richmond. Va.,
ANNIE P. P.. wife of George M. N?col,
of Morrlstown. N: Yv
"Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord!"
- Funeral services TUESDAY E MOKN
ING.'at ? o'clock, iron? Monumental"
Cburcn,- ;-l\,-_r?I ?;-?''' '-.?''.?'" '"" :?.;?'.?
THE BOER WOMEN.
They Share the Perils' of Their Hue
bands, Brothers and Son?.
None but the elderly women among the
? Transvaal Boers can remember, the great
trek of 1S36, .when their fathers and
grandfathers abandoned tho homes they
had. made in Natal and .-tolled up the
passes to the lofty plateau where they
founded their republic. Those days were
more trying than any the Transvaal wo- !
mea ever saw until the present war be?
gan. They were still living in their tent
wagons when those terrible wars with
the Mafcabele branch of the Zulu tribe^
began, and no women' could show more
wonderful spirit and constancy than
those wives and mothers of 'the Boer
pioneers in the midst of appalling dan?
gers and hardships, which did not end
until the llatabeles had been driven
north of the Crocodile River. Not a few
of 'those women, and their children with
them, perished by the assegais of sav?
ages; but not one of them would have
dreamed of returning to the peaceful
homes and gardens In Natal which they
had left behind. The British had pro?
claimed that country their own, their
colonists were pouring in, and the Boers
would die before they would come again
under British rule.
The wives and mothers of the soldiers
who now confront the British are the de?
scendants of those stout-hearted women
who loaded the guns of their 'husbands
and. boys while savages rushed upon the
brush heaps that were the sole protec?
tion around their laagers. Perhaps lno
women In the world have changed so lit?
tle in two generations. The women of
the Boer farmsteads now "are just what
their grandmothers were when the Mata
beles sought their lives. The Bible Is
still their only book; they still prefer a
quiet, sedentary Jit'e and the simple du?
ties, of 'their modest homes, and they
have scarcely risen in any respect above
the plane of Intellectual cultivation which
their grandmothers occupied; and they
are like their grandmothers, too, in the
courage, constancy and sublime devotion
with which they are facing the awful
trials of another crucial period in the
history of. their people.
A report sent by the French Consul
at Pretoria to hl3 government, though
brief, is perhaps the best statement yet
received of the part the-women of the
Boers are taking in the present war. He
says they are doing everythlngli they can
to aid the soldiers In the field. Indeed
hundreds of them are in the field and
form the majority of the working force
in tho ambulance and hospital service.
In their denunciation of the British they
are far more bitter and outspoken than
the men themselves, but in their mission
of mercy they know no enemies. All
the wounded British soldiers who have
falen into their hands have been treated
as brothers and friends. The Boer
nurses extend to them the same care that
they give to their own stricken soldiers.
We all know that dispatches from the
British Army have often referred to the
kind treatment received by their wound?
ed who are prisoners in the Boer camps.
The French Consul adds that the wo?
men throughout the two republics ex?
erted a powerful influence In kindling
enthusiastic support for the war when
it became certain that the conflict could
not bo averted. They sent many of
their sons into the commandos or militia
organizations, even though the striplings
had not quite reached the age of sixteen,
when they are liable to military duty.
Ono day a crowd at the railroad station
in Pretoria was cheering a commando
that was going to Join Joubert's army
around Ladysmlth.' A mother In the
throng saw her young son with a gun
over his shoulder and wearing a cart?
ridge belt, just as he was entering a
car. She followed him to his seat, and
?laying her hand on his shoulder, said:
".My boy, why did you not tell me of
this?"
"Mother," he answered, "perhaps I
was wrong, but I could -not bear to bid
you good-bye. You were to be told just
as soon as we left. You see, ? mother,
it was my duty to go sooner or later,
and I thought the sooner the better.
Forgive me if I have done wrong."
'You are right, my son," the mother
replied, "it is your duty to go and I am
willing you should go, though I thought
] it might be hetter to wait a few months.
Go, you have my blessing, but yau should
have told me." Sha kissed him farewell
and ther<5 was a smile on her face as
she left the car, though tears stood In
her eyes.
Everywhere the movement of troops in
the Boer States, as they have? started
for the fighting lines, has been a trium?
phal procession. In all the towns and
hamlets the woman cannot do enough for
the soldiers. They have marched with
all tho commandos to the railroad sta?
tions. They visit all the camps before
the start to the front,- hringing baskets of
food warm from the ovens and bits of
handiwork, such as the fhousewlves"
many of our soldiers carried in the Civil
"War, containing mending material and
implements compactly packed, and other
things that may somewhat alleviate the
discomforts- of soldier life. The women of
Bloemfontein, who. perhaps, are to-day
expecting the speedy investment of their
beautiful little town hy the British army,
are said to have been especially enthusi?
astic In cheering on the soldiers, doing
everything in their power for their com?
fort, and filling the ranks as full as pos?
sible. As long as the commandos are
within reach delegations of women from
many towns are with them, helping in
the commissary department, sawing and
bringing fresh food from home for the
companies in which their interest is es?
pecially centered. Other delegations or
committees of women have been per?
mitted to go from Pretoria to -Bloemfon?
tein, almost to the fighting lines, in charge
of recruits or, the hospital service, and of
the distribution of many supplies. By
every means within their power the wo?
men of the two Republics are working
night and day to promote the interests
of their cause, and if their good, honest
hatred of the) enemy might sap his
strength and paralyze his arms there
?would ?ertalnly be no fight left in the
British ranks. The following extract
from a letter written hy an educated
?woman at Pretoria, about a month after
thef war began, embodies a sentiment
which all Bo?r women of every class ex?
press:
"Up to tht3 time all of my children
who are old enough to study have studied
English, but I pledge my word that. If
I can help it, my youngest daughter shall
i not Jearn a word of the language we
have cause to hate. If the English win
they will proscribe our language. If we
succeed in driving thentfaut ?? our coun?
try we w411 tat the same time drive all
English words from our lips and from
those of our children."
Such' words may perhaps he criticised
as narrow and vindictive, hut they illus?
trate the prevailing feeling among the
womeffof a sturdy *race, whose hearts
and lives are bound up hi <the success of
their cause. While the battle Tages
around then!, and the enemy is pouring
over their plateaus, the dauntless women
of the Boers are to-day as 'brave, de?
voted and steadfast as any w-omen of
the past who have had the unhappy, lot
to he environed by the horrors of war.?
New York Sun.
Why the Chinese Dislike Fprefeners
The reason that Chinese so intensely
dislike anything foreign Is, ? suppose, be?
cause among the Eastern nations they
always felt their .own, superiority, and?
they have an idea now'that anything not
Chinese must necessarily he inferior and
wrong. This is a trait not peculiar to the
Chines, for it is riot undeveloped in John;
Bull. The very antl-forelgn Keeling, 'which
is ?nsouraged mostly by the literati of
China, Is probably due more to the fact
that John Chinaman cannot understand
John 'Bullj ! as the points of vl?ir ot bota?
^partie? ara absolutely ; ?pvoalt? to *?ac?
G????? INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,
ANNUAL? STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDINO DECEMBER 31. 1939. OF
THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS OF THE QUEHN INSURANCE COM?
PANY OFAMBRICA, ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS O?* THE STATE
OF NEW YORK. MADE TO THE AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. G? PURSUANCE TO- THE LAWS
OF VIRGINIA.
?President?JAMES A. MACDONALD.
? Secretary?GEORGS W. BURCHELL. _
Principal Office?13 CEDAR STREET. NEW YORK. -*
Organized or Incorporated, SEPTEMBER D. 1891?
Commenced Business?SEPTSMBS R 11,1391. ?. s N
, CAPITAL.
Amount of capital stock subscribed-..... .
Amount of capital stock paid up in cash. .
ASSETS.
Vaine of real estate owned by the company..... '..
?BONDS AND STOCKS OWNED ABSO
- LUTELY BY THE COMPANY: Par Value.
United States Government bonde......$ 75,000 00
United States Government bonds._ 380.000 CO
District ot Columbia hondg. 340.0001)0
New York State Canal Improvement
Loan, gold bonds.. 50,000 00
New York City Consolidated Gold Stock
?bonds. 25.000 00
New York City Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. . 60.00?T0
New York City Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. 150,000 00
New York City Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. 105.000 00
New York City Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. 60.000 00
City of Brooklyn Gravesend Improvement
Gold bonds. 73,000 CO
City of Brooklyn Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. 230,000 00
City of Brooklyn Consolidated Gold Stock
bonds. 165.00O0O
City of Brooklyn Memorial Monument.
Gold bonds.
New "Zealand 4 per cent, stock.
Quebec 3 per cent, inscribed stock.
Manitoba 5 per cent, debentures.......... 29.400 00
Halifax (-N S.) 5 per cent, stock. (?0,000 00
SS0 shares New York and Harlem. R. R.
Co.'s stock." .
4-13 shares United New Jersey Railroad
and Canal Co.'s stock.
517 shares N. Y-. Lack. & Western Rail?
road Co.'s stock.
'BOO shares Rome. Watertown & Ogdens
burgh Railroad Co.'s stock.
360 shares Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chi?
cago Railroad Co.'s stock.
1,400 shares Morris and Essex Railroad
Co.'s stock.
650 shares Rensselaer and Saratoga R. R.
Co.'s stock_._._..........
Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. stock.
N. Y.. Lack. & Western, 1st Mortgage
R. R. bonds. 10O.00O CO
N. Y.. Lack. & Western 2d Mortgage
R. R. bonds. 100,000 00
North Wisconsin, 1st Mortgage R. R.
bonds. 30,000 00
Chicago, Burlington and -Quaicy (Iowa
Div.) Sinking Fluid R. R. bonds. lt.COO 00
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific 1st
Mortgage R. R. bonds.
Fremont, Blknorn & ?a. 1st Mortgage
R. R. bonds.
Chicago. Mil. & St. Paul (Dubuque Dlv.)
.. $720,164 73
5.000 ?0
49.000 00
30.625 00
13,500 00
41.300 CO
51.700 CO
35,000 00
36,000 00
70.0CO 00
55.000 00
10.000 CO
5.00O0O
10,000 00
1st Mortgage R R. bonds. 10,000 00
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul (Chic. & Pac.
W. Div.) 1st Mortgage R. R. bonds.... 18.000 00
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul (Wls. & Minn.
Div.) 1st Mortgage R.? R. bonds. 33.000 00
Chicago. Mil. & St. Paul (Chic. & Mo.
Div.) 1st Mortgage R. R. bonds. S0.000 00
Chicago and Northwestern SInkins Fund
R. R. bond3. 47.000 00
Pennsylvania Co.; General Mortgage. R.
R. bonds. 50.000 00
Morris & Essex 1st Consolidated Mort?
gage R. R. bonds-. 110,000 00
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R.
bonds. 47.000 00
Chicago, St. Paul. Minn, and Omaha, Con?
solidated Mortgage R. R. bonds-. 25.000 00
Northern Pacific. Prior lien-and Land
Grant. R. R. bonds. 52.500 00
Evansvllle and Indianapolis 1st Mortgage
R. R. bonds. 25.000 00
Market Value.
S S4.?33 75 '
:.' &3?? 51
378.0S3 44
50.000 00
25.000? 0?
50.000 00
150,000 00
113.63174
53.350 2S
78.863 06
G05.2?1 66
167.422 31
5.222 66
49.000 00
24.500 0?
29.400 00
66.C0O0?
31.973 98
39.744 1$
56.383 33
105.135 00
56.613 30
100.150 10
39.S87?O
71.600 00
119.500 32
105.807 41
36.258 30
12.333 34
5.732 62
11.S0102
10,849 26
18.653 43 '
33.110 00
2S.90O0O
4S.922 30
50.340 0t
134.300 70
47.000 00
23.663 35
42.653,24
25.877 30
$3.467,644 43 $3.457
Total par and 'market value (carried out S
as market value).$3,000,025 00
Cash in company's principal office..
Cash belonging to the company deposited in bank...
Interest due and accrued on bonds not included in market value.....
Interest due -and accrued bank balances. .
Gross premiums (as written In the policies) in course of collection,
not more than three months due....'. .
Bills receivable, not 'matured, taken for tire, marine and inland risks..
Ail other property belonging to the company, viz.: Rants due and ac?
crued. S3.142.?O: due from other companies for reinsurance on
losses already paid, $642. ......... ...................
644 43
..213 43
usi 10
;,312 58
702 85
'.121 83
133 50
3.7S4 50
'Aggregate amount of all assets of the company stated at their ac?
tual value. $4.662,329 04
INABILITIES.
Gross claims for adjusted and unpaid losses due and to
become due. .? s $ 55,052 77
Gross losses In process of adjustment, or in suspense, includ?
ing all reported and supposed losses.;.'..147.733 32
Losses resisted. Including interest, costs and other expenses
thereon.-.. ?. 2S.S33 6G
Total ?ross amount of claims for losses.... .?...,. .... $34,6S3 24
Deduct reinsurance thereon.-.. .... 44.447 29
Net amount of unpaid losses. .??
Gross premiums received and receivable upon all unexpircd
?fire risks, running one year or less from date of policy?
including interest premiums on perpetual fire risks, $1,302.
317.66: unearned premiums (50 per cent.). $651.453 83
Gross ??G???:???p?3 received and receivable upon all trnexptred
?fire risks running more than one year from date of pol?
icy, $1,664,436.13; unearned premiums (pro rata). 8-1S.1S9 09
Total unearned premiums as computed above.... ...... .... -
Due and accrued for salaries, rent, advertising, and Xor agency and
other miscellaneous expenses.
All other demands against the company, absolute and contingent, due
and to became due, admitted and contested, viz.: State, city, coun?
ty, or other taxes and assessment? $26.565.16; commissions, brok?
erage and other charges due and to become due to agents and
brokers, on premiums roaid and in course of collection. $77,330.30;
return premiums, $13,435.78; reinsurance, $10,236.76. ....
Total amount of all liabilities, except capital stock and net audprus?
Joint-stick capital actually paid up hi cash._.
Surplus beyond capital and all other liabilities-. ..?....,
Aggregate amount of all liabilities, including paid-up capital stock,
and net surplus. ............,.
$ 130,237 35
?1,499.647 91
9,253 00
127.72100
$1.328.85? 36
500.000 00
2.335.469 IS
$4.062,323 01
?RECEIPTS DURING THE YEAR.
Fire.
Grose premiums and bills unpaid at close of last year..$ 295,209 75
Deduct amount of same not collected...... ......... 123 23
Net collected. .$ 295.0SL 53
Gross .premiums on risks written and renewed during the
year.,.-.?-2.416.026 23
Total..??:?.?.-.???:........................ ..$2,416.026 23
32-1.252 85
Deduct "gross premiums and hals in course of collection ait
this date
Entire premiums collected during the year..... ....$2,386,854 96
Deduct reinsurance, .rebate, abatement and return pre?
miums.- . 681.413 30
Net cash actually received for premiums..?-_ 1,805,441 05
Received for Interest and dividends on stocks and bonds?, collateral
loans, and from all other sources. . 129.375 38
Income received from, all other sources, viz.: Rent3. 7.677 83
Aggregate amount of receipts actually-- received during: the year
in cash. ..-. $1.942.434 31
DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR.
Gross amount actually paid for losses (Including $153,246.51.
losses occurring in previous .years).- .. ..$1,302,043 81
Deduct all amounts actually received for salvage (whether on
losses of the last or of previous years), $9,307.44. and all
amounts actually received for reinsurance in other com?
panies, $39.366.09. Total deduction. 63.673 53
?Net amount paid during the year for loscses.- , n _
Cash dividends actually paid stockholders during the year. lOC.OSO 60
Paid for commission or brokerage. ..
Paid for salaries, fees, and all other officers, clerks, agents,
and all other employes.._
Paid for State and local taxes In this and other States.
All other ?payments and expenditures.....
$.233,370 23
237.80 38
130.30? 2?
61.2S5 41
114.8?o 53
Aggregate amount of actual disbursements during the year? dti
cash
. $1.977,714 78
BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINLV DURING THE YEAR 3899.
Risks .written.->??..?.?? .$3,<Si.*JS 00
Premiums received (gro?s)...>.... 3~.?c% l?
Losses paid.\-?.- ?- ??.-. S.ecs 5<
Losses incurred??>.V. .??.?.-?. 12.XS7 23
JAS. A. MAGDONALD. Present.
G. ?W. ?3URGHHLL. Secretary.
(Signed).
(Signed)
_I State of New York:
Seal of I City of New York:
Notary. I ' Sworn to January 23. 1300. before
__i ? T. LIVINGSTONS KENN?3DY, Notary PabHo.
MONTAGUE & CO., Agents,
5 Nortl* Tenth Street.
other. ?A (Chinaman will not taie -the
trouble to explain his complicated cod?
of manners to the "foreign devil," and
if the infortunato "devil" does not grasp
the situation Cwfhich i3 ?ulte strange to
him) by Instinct, as well as.the Chinama?.
>?oe3 (wbo has been ip?aced In. similar p??
sltlons since, he "could talk) t'ha latter
thinks it is only another sign "of ?he
infertorttyot aay and every race tothat
of the celestial 'empire. A coolie trll! :a?V:
dress you in Chinese and If you don't un?
derstand he metaphorically shrugs his
shoulders and remarks in a compassion?
ate tone to <hU neighbor. "Look at the
inferiority, of these yellow-haired, aon?*
of Satan?they do not even understand aa
much as I, a common coolie." K? matter
JKbeUttK ??? Vi T0OC4 I? fNQH?
guaso under the sun. you dont know at
much as ho does of Chines? nvtnnersi
custom? or language; ?nerefore of. cours*
you are his inferior. Our manner? antt
custom? are In so many respecta so to?
tally different, not only to theirs, but
to their td*a of -propriety and common
decency, that. they enrit*Iy misconstrue
them and'put them down as evil. Take
for instance.their manner of dress." T?
?their idea, J? order to drees In decency
the cloches must be ao arranged a? to
hide all contour? of the figure. To titean
the Idea of wearing an ordinary coat,
such a? our men ?ear. -which show? the*
?sure, and above all lit accentuating of
the chest by a ?hit? sturt? 1?
on lmprotaiety.?Jira. Steli 4>em. b?
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