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WE DESIRE TO CaI-L THE ATTEN? tion of all persons slndlng Political news and other com mi;xicvtions TO the times to a HE NECESSITY OF SlGN*fNG^ THEIR NAMES TO SUCH REPORTS AS1TB THE RULE OF THIS PAPER NOT TO PUBLISH ANY ARTICLE THU NAME OF WHOSE AUTHOR IS iCNPKNOWN.^ REJECTED CONTRIBUTIONS WILL NOT BE RETURNED UNLESS ACCOM PAN1ED BY STAMPS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. 1000. THI"* DUTY OPTH13 STATK ICXECl T1V15. We have' no idea of allowlng the dis? cussion of a great principle in our civil government to degenerate into a mere criticism of an individual. V A crisis arose in the administration of the government of the State at Emporia on last Friday and Saturday, when a mob assemble-d there and were, about to take the law into their own hands. The rep? resentatives of the State opposlng th s mob, end sworn to uphold her peace and dlgnlty, were the judge of the County Coun. the sheriff of the county, and the Governor. The mob had its way and two mc?n were hting. Tlie.question has been raised from the reported facts, whether the Governor exerclsed the powers he his undor the law to prevent that mob vio? lence or not. The Governor says he did oil he could. We say he did not. There Is no personal attnek on the Governor, because we have a high personal regard for him, and -would under no cireumstances do him an Injustlcc or wound his fee'ings; but he occupies a very high nnd imporiant official position. and his acts are the sub? ject of fair criticism. The case should ibe fully rcviewed for the sake of pubiic interests, and we should know what we have to rely upon in the event of an out tiurst of popular frenzy and ferocity like that at Emporia. Governor Tyler plcads that he did not know the true condition of allairs at Empo? ria. W? reply to t.hat that lt was his busi? ness to know. The judge of the County Court had telegraphed him that the pres ence of troops was necessary to prevent the mob from lynching a prisoner con? fined in the jail. The. troops were _ent, and we do the Governor the justice lo say that he responded with commenda ble promptness to Judge Goodwyn's j-e qliest for soldiers. The situation was so serious that t'he Govenor at first deter? mined himself to accompany the trojps, but for some reason changed his minn and remalned at home. He knew, we. say, that the situation was very grave, that there was danger of mob violence. He had even been informed that threats were made against the life of Juige Goodrwyn. Therefore, we say, il was tho Governor's duty to satisfy himself beyond perwdventure that there would be no breach of the law before he consented to withdraw tlie troops. But, with all due respect to tho Govtr uor, we Insist that he did know that if lhe troops should bc wlthdrawn there would bc a lynching at Emporia. Maj">r Cutchins, the oflicer in command of the troops, telegraphed him in plaln language: "Without protection the prisoner will be lynched to-nlghu Shall 1 obey the sher iff's orders and leave?" He did not say there m*.ght bf, or there would probably ?be. There were no "it's" or "ands" about it. He said as plainly as he could that the prisoner would be lynched if the troops should bc wlthdrawn at the dlcta tlon of the sheriff. lt was right here that the Governor made his fatal rnls take. What did the Cutchins telegram mean? lt meant, and tho Governor ought lo have understood Jt, that the shcritr was either unwllllng or unable to defend the jail against the mob and uphold the lanv, and in either event lt was \he Gov? ernor's duty to take maucrs Into his ?own 'hands. The Governor says that he had ibeen "giten to understand that pro? tection would be given the prisoners." JBut iMajor Cutchins said: "Without pro? tection (miiitary protection) the prisoners will be lynched io-night. Shall I obey the shcriff's orders and leave?" ln other words/*'No matter what the sheriff tells you, if I _obey his <order and withdraw my troops, the prisoners wiil be lynched to-night, and the sheriff-knows Jt." There ia also this signlficant aflmont jtlon in" the same measago to the Gover ajt- *ValH company ?t Ue ?nnory." That referred to the rclnforceroe.nts which Major Cutchins had prevlously asked for. How could the Governor have mlsunder stood ihis? "Hold company nt armory" ?neant keep the men armed and ready to ?move nt a momenl's noMoe. Major Cutch Ina said/ as plaln'y aa he could, without a**rp?arlng to dlctate to ihe Governor, '*i ?keow that you will wire -me to remaln, nna.I want ?hat other company from Richmond to start for Emporia tho mo; ment I telegraph for lt." Major Cutchins has been very guarded in all that he has said since he was first ordered to Em? poria, and he has spoken ln the klndest terms of <the Governor. But his meanlng ln the telegram. above cltetl, ls so plain that it cannot be mlsunderstocd. There? fore. it must have been a great surprise to him when the Governor's reply was received. "The sole responsibility," said the Governor, "ls on the sheriff. lf he ordcrs you to wlthdraw you can do nothing birt obey. Wc have done everything pes slble to uphold law and prevent mob* vio? lence and are still prepared to render any aid necessary. Have recalled train wllh Captain Chcatwood's company, and will again dismiss them.*" There never was a more unconditional surrender. Troops at Emporia orderett home: troops at home "?dh-n^ssed'"; the State's prisoners abandoned to their fate. and before Major Cutchins and his men reached Richmond the first victim of the ?mob's fury had been swung up. Gover? nor Tyler knew, as -well as he could fore know anything, that there would be a lynching. Mc did not question the posl tive statement mado to him hy Major Cutchins. His reply, in effect, was that the "Executive was exhausted," and tho mob would havcto do its worst. We do not mean to shleld tho local o*a cials at Emporia, but we do say that the Governor of Virginia is rcsponlsble for the savage brcach of the law at Empo? ria on Saturday last, and he cannot clear his own skirts by shlftlng the blame to the county sheriff. lt he had wired Mujor Cutchins to hold his ground and defend the law, there would have been no lynch? ing, and all men, save such as were in sympa"ihy -with the mob, would have praised the Governor for his courageous devotion to duty. We would not a*ppear to pursue and harrass the Governor. It is very far tfrom our dispositlon to give him nain, ibut a great (principle ls involved, a prin? ciple in which the people are vitally con cerned. The surrender of tlie Governor of Virginia and the GreensvLlle County au? thorities to the mob, the lynching of a negro hy white men and the lynching of a white man by negroes, as a matter of compensation, have done more than any slmilar group of outrageous acts since the war to rally the lawless elemenrc and bring the law into contempt. Yet the Gover? nor, dn defending his course, seems to serve notice that hereafter if a mob ln any county can manage lo intimidate or deceive the sheriff, or make him drunk, and intimidate the judge, it may have its own way for any intereference it may meet at the hands of the Chlef Executive. We are unwilling that such a precedent shall he established. The Governor of Virginia is clothed with sufiiclent author itiy to suppress riot and preserve the peace whenever and -wherever the local authorities cannot or will not uphold the law. We say that Governor Tyler has at his command the entire military force of the State, and that lie should have called out every soldier ln the State, and that he should hav.e exhausted every re source, both civil and military, before permitting the mob at Emporia to break into the jail and hang men who were In the State's custody. Our plea Is for law and order and the courage to tnalntaln it at all hazard and at any cost. SOME MORE YELLOW JOURXAL 1SM. We can candidly say that ln our judg? ment there is no demoralizing influence now operating upon the public mind in these United States more potent than that part ofthe newspaper press called yellow journalif-m, The thing was hardly known of twenty years back, and it owes it commencement and fruition to Pulitzer, proprietor of the Xew York World, who conceived the idea and worked it most persistently until he had made the World synonymous with almost everything vile and odious ln public affairs. Be has been most ably seconded by the proprietor of the New Yrrirk Journal, until that sheet is fairly entitled to dispute the infamous pre-eminence to which both aspire with the AYorld. ?Xo issue of the World or Journal is without evidence of the character of an nouncements to which both are dedi cated. but we copy from Jast Sunday's World the following speeial telegram from London as a specimen: LONDON, March 24.-The War Office is dolng all it ean to stavc off inquiries into the scandals over war contracts In one case Messrs. Kynoch supphed a million cartridges without any ?i-"*"e* coatlng on the bullet. These cartridges were passed by the War Office and only rejected on reachlng Cape Town. Kynochs* factory is* virtually owned by the Chamhcrlain family. Arthur Cham berlain, the Colonial Secretary's brother. is chairman and managlng dlrector, with a salary. He -holds 3.326 shares His daughters have 1.000 more. Austen -ham berialn. M. I\. Civil Lord of the Admi raltv and son of the Colonial Secretary, own-* 1.000. while other members of the famllv and thdr connections .have large parceis of Kynochs* stock. The total prc-ent market value of the holdlng of the Chamberlain family in that company is close to a million dollars. Bribery ln connection with war con? tracts is known to be rampant in the War Department. but. wjth its chlefs re garding thc contlnuanre of corruption as a lesser evll than its exposure and cure, every obstacle will be thrown in the way of those who demand the latter. This ls a anerc specimen. There' wero speeial telegrams of the same nature from every capitol in Europe in that issue of lhe World. lt is by no means certain that they are even speeial telegrams. Those who remember the World's part in the "Col. Replippe W. Tthenuz" incldent ?will have no difficulty in suspecUng that these* "speciais" are all manufactured in the World's garret along wtth the other garbajte that lt daily dishes out to prurlent appetites. We have no idea that there, Is one word of truth in this pretended "speeial." Tho English War Office 4a an antiquated rna? chine. and most injurlously under the In? fluence of red tape and officlaldora, but no one ev?r cbargred that there was cor? ruption in lt lndecd.no one ever think* of charging corruptlon ln any part of her Majesty's service, ind the rea'son ls that her officers are all appointed by the Quocn or by her responslblo ministers, and not elected by the corrupt pra'ctlces of polltlcs. That is thc point where our insUtutlons contrast so unfavorably with English instltutions, and if ours ever break down lt will be- through ithe Injury done them by corrupt elections. During our war with Spain, as every. one will recollect, lt was the daily prac tlce of the World and the Journal to charge upon our War Department every vice and job they could concelve of, and we are very sorry to say that they pro? duced some effect even upon our own mind. We are now saUsfied that a grea* part, if not all, of their libellious charges were slanders, concelved in.their own vllc Imaglnations and put out before lhe world as a means of selling their vllllanous sheels. We say this) because we fear w"e were ourselves led Into giving some cur? rency to their criminal. accusations and Uhereby doing innocent parties a wrong. EMEOKIA'S PLEA. We pninted in yesterday's paper a com? munieation from citizens of Emporia in reply to an editorial artiele in The Times of Sunday, in which this remarkable lan? guage is used: But we. knowing the situatic-n, the out. raged feelinga of t.he neighbers and ? friends of .tho two murdered men, and how irfccnj.-ed they were against the troops being here, and their objections to the removal of the prisoners, and their Indlgn-ation increasing all thn time, we thought it a certninty if the troops re? maincd there would be useless blood shed througn a conflict between the troops and the friends and neighbors of thc murder? ed men, for there was every indication of an attack being made on the trooos to procurc the prisoners and to prevent their being taken away from here. We are informed that reoresentatlves of the mob waited upon Major Cutchir.s to inqutre of him if he really intended to "shoot to kill,'* in the event that the mob should make an assault upon the jail, and they actually seemed to be surprised when Major Cutchins told them lhat he was there to defend the State's prisoners and would do so to the last "shot and the last man. "Would you shoot old friends to protect a murderer?" they asked. "Xot to protect a murderer," he replied, "but to protect the law." Subsequently. a citizen of Emporia saw Major Cutchins, so we are informed, and advised him that it would be reckless for him to make any stand against tlie mob should an assault upon the jail be made. That if he resisted. the mob would slay every one of his soldiers and that it would be a needless sacrifice of life. Therefore the prudent thing for him to do was to llre over the heads of the mob and then gracefully retire! This communieation is shocking to us. The soldiers were sent to Emporia by the Governor of the State to uphold the law and to see that there was no mob vio? lence. It was the same thir.g as lf they ?had been mobiiized in the Capitol grounds at Richmond to protect the written laws of the State from the sacrllc-ge of an enemy. Y'et, Major Cutchins was seri ously advised, and those citizens of Em ?joria, who addressed the signed card to Thc Times, take the same view, that it Were better for the soldiers to retire anu leave the mob in possession of the field than that human life should be sacrliiced ln resisting the mob. Was ever such a hun-'iliating pronouncement from repre? sentatlve citrizens of Virginia? This comes from no lack of courage. We know the men of Greensville county. We know several of the men who signed that card in The Times. We know the stock from which they came. We have known them for years and years, and we know that they are brave men and would never run from an enemy. But tliey utterly failed to grasp the sltuation. They did not seem to see that there was a_ contest between representatives of the law and a howling mob, that the fair name of old Virginia was involved and that if there ever was a cause since the world began when Vir? ginia soldiers were called upon to stand rlrm and to light and, if need be, to die in defence of principle, it was then and there at Emporia on Saturday last. Run away 'from a mob rather than shoot? Run away from a mob rather than be shot? Surely the brave men of~Greens ville county were beslde themseives. They did not grasp the situation. They did not know of what stuff Sol. Cutchins and his men were made. God forbid that we should do the people of Emporia an injustlce. There are men there whom' we have known and loved from chlldhood, and there are no better and truer men anywhere than are to be found among the representatlve citizens of that county. But the mob ruled at Emporia on Saturday. lt was a mad, in. furlated, blood-thirsty mob, and it com? mitted acts which The Times as a public newspaper is in duty bound to condemn and denounce. t SOUTHERN NOTES. Rev. Arthur Crane, pastor of the First (Baptis't Church of Charleston, S. C, preached a sensaUonal sermon. there last Sunday on vice and sin rn lhat city. Dur? ing the previous .week he had visited the "blind tigers." gambllng houses and ques tionable resorts, and his sermon was a. tirade against these places. He told some amusing stories, and had the congregation ln a flutter of merriment. The eetmon made a sensation. ? . * Here is another story about a South Caroiina preaeher: Rev. J. E. McMana ?way, pastor of tho First Baptist Church at Grecrs, S. C went into his pulpit Sun? day with black eyes and a swollen face, tlie result of. a fight with Louis Cannon, a young man well known in the com? munity. There was a disputs as to wheth? er or not a certain lot in the cemetery belong to David Cannon, one of his promi? nent members. Young Cannon, heari-ng* >that the preaoher had made some slurring remarks about his father, called on Mr. McMana-way and demanded an apology. The preaoher dlsclaaned the remarks at tributed to him. but, on being ,attacked by Cannon, made a good fight. ? ? ? ' Atlanta did not invlte AdroVral Dewey to partake of its hospUallity during his 'recent Southern . tour. The reason as sighed .is .that Dewey promised to visit Atlanta on the occasion o? the Brumby celebration, and after 4tie fact had been well advertksed. he seiit a -telegram say? ing thait he could not come, but never gave any eatlsfactory -reason, and the Atlanta people think that he treated them badly. . .' ? *:r' Captain John Huriey, of Macon, died from Injuries rcteaved "m - a'ru'rsaway on Friday afternoon of last week. He had been riding ln the Dewey parade, _ and was bn *bls way home when his horse became Irightened and ran. Ho .was thrown vioflently to the ground, and was so badly injured that he never reg-uneu conselousness. ?-. AKTKIlMATH. Letters have ibeen received from Samuel L. Clemens, "Mark Twain," saying that he and his family would soon return to Hartford. and take up their permanent home their. ? A vein of anthracite coal has been found in the (Lehlgh coal field near Hazleton, Pa., which promises to be richer than any yet worked ln that region, bDth as to quantity and quaiity. ? * * Farmers in the western part of Kan? sas will attend the National Democratic Convention in large numbers. They will form delcgations from countles, fit up old-fashioned covered wagons and move in caravans across the State to Kansas City, where the convention is to be hold. The New York Tribune reiates this in? teresting story: In the eighUes the late Dr. Thomas K. Beecher, ,of Elmira, was nominated for Congress from his distriet, and the politicians had about eoncc-ded that he would be elected. when his church people found out that his prospects were good and set out to defeat him. One of the most singular campaighs in the his? tory of Amerlcan politics resuk'ed. All of Mr. Beecher's personal friends and church friends worked like beavers against him and #voted solidly for his opponent, with the result that he was defeated by a narrow margin. The attitude of th3 church people was that they could not afford to lose their minister, arid the** won the fight. '"'- ?'?'* A blossom festival was held last week at the little town of Saratoga, in the Santa Clara Foothills, Cal. Six carloads of visitors went from San Francisco and other places, and spent the day drlving through prune and other orchards in full blossom. and in admiring the lavi?h dis? play of flowers in: all the farmhous. yards. The festival was so succes.-ful that it will probably be made a regular feature. The Veteran. Nuthin' but -fightin' an' flghtin'! I'm gittin' too old fer it now But when I hear bul-lots a-<whizzin*, I -want to jine in anyhow! Jest readin' the news in tlie paPer o' how . they are blazin' away Makes me cut up t?ie queerest o' capers, an' hoo'ray the old-time hooray! Nuthin* but fightin' an' fightin'?guns from the East to the West, An' me on a furiough that's left me for ever an' ever at rest! Step sorter haltin' an' fcoble?eyes that air lackin' the light, An' 'my heart keepin' time to the drum beat when I see the boys hep to the right! Nuthin' but fightin' an' fightin', an' nuth? in' that's left me to uo; An' yit I'm as willin' as ever?an' yet I iwuz raised to it, too! I tell you, my eyes they git misty when I'm hearin' the news o' the fray, . To think I kln only jes-t hear it, an' stay home an' holier "Hooray!" Didn't I face it with "Stonewall?" Didn't I foller "Bob" Lee? Didn't he say fer a-many a day there rwarn't any fighter like me? An' now, whitst they're rippin' an* rea.rin', an' doih' their deadliest do. I can't take a han' in the scrimmage with the boys in the jackets o' blue! "Laid up!" Them's the words I'm a-say ln' all o' the days an' the years: Laid up! whllst ihe ban's air a-playin'? laid up on the sheif fer repairs! An' I hear how they're fightin' the bat? tles?I see the boys marchin' away, An' all I kin do ~Ter my country is to stay home an' holier "Horay!" y ?Fxank L. Stanton, in the Saturday Evening Post. Mobocrncy and Its Balel'ul Fririts. Editor of The Times: Sir,?The value of The Times to the material and moral welfare of our State can scarcely be estimated. Its spirit is heroic, and heroism is the need of tho hour. A time-ser.ving, self-seeking journalism in tiie midst of such evils as confront us to-day ls not only worth less, but contemptible. Your fearless and burning phillipics against the Greensville county disgrace will live when every cowardly apologist for it is buried and forgotten. The bravest and noblest men are falll ble. Jn their zeal for a great cause they sometlmes misjudge others. I am sure that The Times will allow me to say that, after a careful study of all the facts ln the case, 1 am convinced that it has made a mistake in fixing the re? sponsibility for the withdrawal of the miiitary from Emporia upon the Gov? ernor. I am contident that when the matter is thoroughly ventilated', the ver dlct of the pubiic will be that Governor Tyler did all that the laws of the State would permit .him to do. He has shown himself to be a courageous man. We cannot name any occasion on which he has shirked responsibillty. He has dared to do things which he knew were unpopular, because he believed his oath of olHce required.him to do them. His conduct in ? the Emporia matter was directed by the. law as interpreteu' by the best lawyers of the State. If toe could not 'meet the exegencies of the hour lt was because the law which he was sworn to obey would not permit him. The radical error is in tho law, which makes the authority of _ the sheriff in such a -case superior. to "that of the Governor. lf ' that foolish law had not been in existence the Governor would have instructed the miiitary to defend .the Emporia prisoners at all hazards, and the brave Richmond boys, led by their gallant commander, would, lf necessary, have laid down their lives in tho discharge of their duty to the State. Let the responsibility for the disgrace rest upon the man who had' the authority to control the miiitary force which the Governor placed at his dls ? osal, and by whose order that force was romoved from its position around the jail. I applaud the righteous indignation of Trofessor Mitchell. I admlre his spon tanetty and brilliancy. He is a rrian who never hcsltates to db what he_ believes to be "right. But he is illke other good and gifted men whose noblest impulses somdttmes mislead them. His summary disposltion of Governor Tyler will not be supported by the conservative people of the State. His hasty words will not relegate the Governor, to political obV scurity. - I trust, Mr. Editor, that this outburst of law-ablding sentiment against mob violence, will result in such leglslation as will enable the Chief Executive of the State to uphold the majesty of civil gov? ernment. Something must be done-speedlly to In spire more confidence in the abllity and purpose of our civil authorities to pro? tect life, liberty and property. We .are making great efforts to encourage em migration to our State. We are urging men of brains. energy and capital to locate upon our soil. We are advertlsing the beauty of our climate, tha fertlllty of > our lands and Ihewastness of -our undeveloped mlneral wealth: But how easy it is for our competitors, ln other quarters of ? the country, to neutralize these attractions, by advertlsing our moboracy and by re/-" mlnding the pubiic of tho thousands.*nd tens ot thousands ?? Virginia boys and Tutt's Pills Cure All Liver Ills* Perfect Heaith. Keep the system in perfect or? der by the Occasional use of Tutt's Liver Bills. They'reg ulate the bowels and produce A Vfgorous Bcdy. For sick headache, malaria, bil? iousness, constipation and kin dred diseases, an absolute cure TUTT'S Liver PILLS young men Who carry pistols in their hip-pockets ancl take human life even for comparativcly trivial oft'enses. We' look to such nowspapcrs as The Times to educate our people, and to lead them to the adoption of such measures as wlU wlpe out the disgrace which we have In? curred and convince the world that we can and will give adeouate protection to human life and property. , J. B. HAWTHORNE. Richmond, Va Tho Constiiutional Convention. Editor of The Times: S?r,?WThy is it that the politicians and press are so reticent about the call of a constitutional convention Judging from .the iinfair official ballot to be -used. aind the continued siience of those advocating the convention, is it not fair to oresume that .they are on a "still hunt," hoping in this way to accomplish what they could not accompiiah by free and open discus? sion? The people are called upon. yea as? sisted by an unfair ballot, to declare'in favor of a constitutional convention with? out being told the changes that are con templated. Why not turn on the light and let the people have premises . upon Which they can prcdieate IntelKgenit cor.clusiohs? If the organic law needs revising. the<n point out its defects and offer the remedy, and let the people decide iwhether or not they prefer thc present law to the con templated change. The ifaot that this con? vention, if called, rwill have the power to declare whatever they form.ula.te to the Constitution of .the State without referring it back to the people is sufficiemt reason for demanding of the leaders of the move? ment a fall tlisclosure of their purposes in order that the people may consider them "and register an intelligent verdlct. This is Democracy. To vote on a *measure without having any idea of its character is mobocracv, plain and simpje. Which shall it be? " A. <F. THOMAS. Lynchburg, Va., .March 23. 1900. THE SHIPYARDS. Complimentary Mention 3Iade iu Army ancl Navy Journal. Tho following paragraphs are taken from the Army and Navy Journal ot the 24th instant: '-?Work on the torpedo bcats and de stroyers at Richmond, Va., is being push ed with much vogor, and lt is beiieved that at least one, and perhaps more, of these craft will be ready for trlal at the date originally contemplated. Reports from these boats art to the effect that the workmanship going toward their com pletion is of a superior quaflty and thsre seems tc be a strong feeling that the ex? perience gained ln these contracts Rich? mond mechanics will stand among the leaders for future bids on government work." "The arrival of the sub-marine torpedo boat Plunger at the works of the W. R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Va., last week, was an event of much local imDC-r tance. The work of changing her type of motlve power from steam to some form of gas actuated machinery will be at once taken in hand by the Trigg Com? pany. The proposed work is malnly tenta tive, and as a consequence lt is feared that progress will be very slow, but hopes are entertained for her completlon by early fall if possible." , Transfers of Property. Riohmond: George' L. Cary to George M. Jield. IS feet on south *-'de Pulliam ?Street, VI 6-12 feet west of Price's Alley or Prentiss Street, $600. A'lfred S. Cary and wife, Conway C. and john A. Upsher and Shirley C. Gentry to George M. Reid, 16 feet on south side Pulliam Street, 110 6-12 feet west of Price's Alley or Prentiss Street, subject to deed of trust for $300, $C00. Joseph E. Glenn and wife to James C. Harwood, 25 feet on south side of Leigh Street, 107 feet from east side of Norton Street, $300. ? VV. A. Roberson and wife to I.. D. .<hack'elford, 2S 6-12 feet on east side Twenty-tirst Street, 111 3-12 feet north of Clay, $1,330. ? Henrico. Dan'el Gninnan, speeial com miss"oner, to T. K. Sands, lot 18 in block 20 ln plan of Barton Heights, $200. XV. H. Gathnight to John Washlnston Hughes, 71 11-2-12 feet on east side Ttven ty-seventh Street, 102 5-12 feet -south of R Street, $1,500. D. J. Martin to Henry E. Mills, 30 feet on Thirty-fourth Strecc. at northeast cor? ner Clay Street, "$330. T. K. Sands and wdfe to Fre>!crick H. Vineent, lot IS in block 20 in plan of P.ar ton Heights', $''35. W. T. Wood's trustee to J. D. and R. S. Christian Company, 75 feet on a new street near the eastern Hrolts of Rich? mond, just north of Uie Xational Ceme? tery Road: 40 feet on Curtis Street, just south of National Cemetery Road, and :*0 feet on Wiltshlre Street, south of the National Cemetery Road, $150. AI E Walker to Henry K. Ellyson, Jr., 60 feet on south side Taylor Street, 1S4 6-12 feet west of Foushee Street, $5. Boy Very IH. Rev. J. Sidney ? Peters has a very ill son at his residence ln Barton Heights. His friends are qulte anxious about the lad, who is about ten years old, and a very* bright boy. The Best Flour on Earth THE THOMAS POTTS CO.. MBIers' Asente, RklMrond. V*. FRESH G0SSIP FROMGOTHAM A Man. Saved From Death by Oxygen. MISS GOULD'S GOOD WORK. Husband Withdraws Divorce Suit and Apologlzes?Tho Appleton fail? ure?If tho Prince of "Wales Should Come. INEfW YORK, March 27.?Special.?Medi? cal science has m'ade rapid strides within the past fifty' years, and many a man owes his Ufe to-day to that fact,. One ot the most Interesting cases that the Brook? lyn doctors have had for a long time is that of Leon Cote, twenty-one years ot age,_. who for three weeks one of the bravest .rights for Ufe against an attack of double pneumonla within the recollec tioa of some of the most prominent pny slclans of that city. He was taken 111 on March 7th, and the disease made rapid progress. It was found necessary froai the start to resort to oxygen. The amount needed then increased so .rap'dy that on one day the contents of twenty-four cyi Inders, each containing one hundred ga' lons of gas, and costtng $110, were used to keep life within his body. It is said that during that twenty-four hours the tube bearing the llfe-glving elemenf was not away from his mouth and nostrils not over one-lialf hour. He ls now con valescing. and uniess compiications set in, Me will within a month or so be able to resume work in his uncle's office ln (Manhattan. '_ ij-iV o-t-OE SUIT WITHDRA.WN. The suit for absolute divorce which W. Sumners Blaekinton recently began against his wife' has been wlthdrawn Blaekinton says that h* has discovered that his wife was .entirely blameless, and exceedingly.regrets the unpleasant noto rlety ln which he has brou'ght a promi? nent yachtsm'an. He says that he did this gentleman a grave Injustice, ana apologizes to him and to all persons who may have been in any way injured by tho controversy. If the Prince of Wales should come to New York he .will receive a hearty wel? come, ahd New Yorkers will make him proud of himself. SANG FOR SAILORS. Yesterday afternoon Miss Helen Gould with a party of friends. including Mrs. Russell Sage andi Mrs. McCormtck, vls ited the Navy Yard. Miss Gould is taking a ke?n interest in the naval branch of the Young Men's Christian Associatibn, for which she is erectlng an expensive building near the Navy Yard. She and her party sang for the benefit of the sailors gathered in tne branch. and afterwards inspected tho battleship Massachusetts. The suspension of D. Appleton & Co., following so closely that of Harper <& Brothers, has occasloned more or less consternation-among authors whose books were published by these firms. They have alre'ady begun \o file their claims against D. Appleton & Co. so as to be protected ln the reorganization of the firm. The most popular novel of the year, -?'David Harum," .was published by this house. Rev. Dr.. George S. Baker. Who has tor twenty-three years been-associated witft St. Luke's Hospital, and p&stor and su? perintendent of the hospital for twenty two years, will retlre from active servlce on and after May lst. Thereafter he will act in the position of pastor emeritus. Dr. 'Baker declined when asked to give the exact nature of the "troubles" which caused him to fake this course. EMBRACES DIVORCEB HUSBAND. ?Mrs. iLoulse V. Simmons was divorced from her husband yesterday. After the decree was granted she embraced htm fondly, much to the astonishment of the spectators who had just listened to her story of his misconduct. "Oh, iPeter!" she cried, "if you had only done as I asked you, thi3 would never have h'appened. It's your fault, and I'm so sorry. Take good care ot mother and yourself, and please, please don't drink." William Zogel. of Flushing, L. I.. was suddenly strlcken blind during a thunder storm June 12th last. He has not been able to distinguish light from darkness for nine months. "Or. Nelson. of Flushing, recently per? formed an operation to relieve the par alysis of the nerves which resulted- from the bllnding flash, and Zogel can now see. His eyes are still. weak, but even tiially, it is said, this will not bocher him. ? In Pavor of the English. Editor of The Times: 'Sir,?Education without experience and culture without observation have been shown to be very incompetent guides to the .correct solution iof the moral and political questions involved in the causes of the war of England with the Boers and the United States with the Filipinos.' Great Statesmen and learned' journal Ists who have not made personal- obser vations of the people, places and en vlronments in the far off countries where the scenes of the troubles existed, have, ln some .Instances, formed very wrong oonclusicns on adcount of very inac curate or imperfect premises. It is a great pity that Gladstone had? not sojourned a while in South Africa before he championed the cause of the Boers, and that Hoar had not spent some time .in the Philippines before he took sides with the Filipinos. Ad'dng to their education and culture the .experience and observatlon thus ob talned. Gladstone an/1. Hoar would not have commltted the errors of jud'gmcnt which, on account ot' their venerable greatness, were so prolitic of trouble to their respetive countries. Presldent Schurman said: "I went out to the Philippines with a theory of gov? ernment of my own. I left it there. It did not harmonize with the facts." It ls very unfortunate that so many people in the United States have. Jumped* at concluslons as to the unerits of the two wars now waglng, without a careful study of the facts as observed by those on the grounds. There is too much at stake for hasty judgment. It ls a safe rule for all citizens. Irre spectlve. of -parties, to back the gor emmeht in times of war. It 13 traitor ous to do otherwise. It would be braver and much better for Itheir country lf the disgruntled would take up arms and" go Into battle in.tead of "aidtng and abettlng" by abusing ? their own " government and glorifying the enemy. The war would bo ended sOoner, and peace would be, mjcire .permanent. 'ln a war .betwen the weak' and , th* strong. it is no klndriess to the we?fc to encourage them to reckless .perslst ence, and lt ls. useless to harass tSe strong by harsh denunciation/ The warnlng recently given by the f*. elected President of the French ChanAfW of Deputies. Paul Deschanel. agaitwt demonstrations of Anglophabla ln ?&? press- ? and on Jthe part of the pubiic in connection with the war In South ?Africa. was tlmely, and* received the applause of his constituents, when utter ed nt a banauet giyen in celebration of his re-electlon. -.??.' 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Things have come to a pretty ,pass when this republic ot ours, with the perplexing .problerns of State requiring expert knowledge. which comes only of honest, .patriotic, unselnsh and untlrtng speeial study, must be controlled by tho ignorant and presumptuous rabble, tn-. fluenced* more by prejudlce than patriotism. Correct comprehenslon of the sclenco of civil government does not come by intuition. Statesmen are made, not born. , . . . , The "fool-killer" 13 very much needed in the world to-day, and old England 13 nobly respondlng to the demand. Engllsh-Americans have cause to be proud of the old mother country. Tne empire of England extends over one fourth of the *population of the world, and lt is extremely foollsh to Miink for a. moment that her army and navy are not oufScient to resist interference by any European nation and at the same time prosecute to a successful issue the war with the little Dutch republlcs ln South. j\***?ica. , . . How much better for those people to be under the gulding and protectlng care of an enlightened nation than to plod along in ignorance and superstition. On one occasion the Boers sent a me? morial to the Raad, "praylng that the Raad would pass a law to prohibit the sending up of bombs Into the clouds to bring down rain, as lt was a deflanc* of God and would most likely bring down a visitation from the Almlghty." The Ultlamlers ln Johannesburg were the par? ties charged with the sin of sendmg up dynamite into the clouds during ? a drought. . After some discussion Mr. A. D. woi marans, a prominent member. moveA: "that this Raad. considering the memorial now on the order, rcsolves to agree with th" same, and lnstruct3 the government to~take the necessary step3 to prevent a repetition of the occurrences referred to. General Cronje believes with Jasper that "the sun do move," and when one whom he met ln Johannesburg remarhed in his presence that the earth revolved around the sun, and not the sun around the earth, he exclaimed: "How can thi3 be when the 'Bible tells us that Joshua. caused the sun to stand still that he might slaughter his enemies?" He !? also ' said to desplse art ln ail its forms and to allow no picture to hang on the walU of his house. Such are the people whom some Ameri? can citizens are clamorous to keep ln power, when two-thlrds of the b??3t white population ln the Transvaal are opposed to their administration. Hollins. Va. G. XV. DRAKE. ___ .? i. m* - ' ,ELECTORAL BOARDS. Conmiissioncrs of tho Merabeif? aro Made Out. The clerks ln the office ot the Secre? tary of the Comonwcalth. were yesterday busity engaged ln -"ending out the coro missions to members of the newly elect? ed electorai boards for tbe several coun? ties and cities of the Commonwealth. They were sent to the clerks of the ioourts because there was no way of obtain ing' the addresses of the members. At the recent session of the Xegiala ture the law In regard to electorai board* was changed so thtt thay ?ha?t be elect? ed 3t each regutir seaalon of the- Goneral Asacmbry*. and the terms ot the pres-ent boards.will termlnate on AprB tot, wh***? L tha new boards go Into oflice.