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SUNDAY. APRIL 1. IMO.
A IjOST OPPORTUNIT?*.
It Is greatly to be regretted that in
disposing of the commissioner of valua?
tion law tlie Court of Appeals did not
write a full opinion, answering the ar?
guments that were made for it and
stating those that brought it to its con?
clusion. It is a great mistake to sup
poso that this is an entirely one-sided
?flair. The people in the cities are al?
most unanimous against the law, but
there Is a large body of the people in the
country who are in favor of it. It is
almost certain to re-appear in the next
Legislature, and may very possibly be?
come '"Something of a political issue. A
full statement of the objections to the
'law by the court might have quieted
public opinion and might ?have ended
further discussion of the subjecL
? If the court thought the law not only
a failure for want of a compliance with
the Constitution in its passage, but was
also o"f opinion that it was a bad law ?G
evil tendency, then an invaluable oppor?
tunity to lead public opinion in the right
direction has been thrown away. our
own opinion Is that it Is one of the most
vicious statutes ever conceived' by a
legislator, and that there arc abundant
grounds upon which the court mighty?
have declared it void as being against
common ri^ht. It is ?a well settles! prin?
ciple of jurisprudence for the courts to
declare acts of the Legislature null and
void when they infringe those reserved'
righi s of citizenship which society is
instituted to secure to every man,
whether a line or provision of the Con?
stitution can ?be found that forbids the
particular act or whether It cannot be.
This net is, in our opinion, one of those.
If it be said thai it probes the con?
science of a guilty man and makes him
disclose property that ho has attempted
to conceal, then it may be answered
that lt calls upon an accused person, un?
der heavy penalties, to furnish evidence
against himself?In effect, extorts the
evidence?and one of the most sacred
Bud important immunities possessed by
tlie citi.cn is exemption from obliga?
tion to furnish evidence upon which he
may be convicted of crime. But if the'
guilty man may reasonably raise so
formidable an objection to tho act when
applied to him, how anucii more power?
fully may an innocent man protest when
lt Is sought to apply lt to him? Smith
is ono of the best citizens in the com-,
wunity. He pays every dollar of the
taxes that lie owes, and when any
?juestion arises he always solves tlie
doubt in favor of the State. Yet this
good citizen is put upon Ihe rack and
tortured and exposed as though he wero
a common thief. What possible excuse
can there be for that?
Wo pass by tho odious nalurc of the
inquisition which this uct sets on foot
ncainst every citizen and deal with it
from ? practical standpoint alone, and
?wo say that no mercantile community
could possibly survive under the opera?
tions .of it. The business of ninety-nine
merchants cut of every hundred is done
upon credit. With a small amount of
actual capital a merchant may do a very
widespread business by borrowing money
at the banks upon the bills that his cus?
tomers owe him. and this is actually
what the great body of merchants do.
Now, wc ?ay that if the merchants of
Richmond had been compelled to lay all
their affairs open to the inspection of
the public during the panic that pre?
vailed luKt December, we should have
had such a crash here as Richmond
would have been a long time In recover-*
Ing from.
The court had a great opportunity to
not these considerations out before the
people, and if it had done so It would
probably have -ended what promises to be
u source of much trouble.
RKKITTI.IXG ItKLICJOX.
Several day* ago. in commenting pn. a
resolution introduced in the Methodist
Conference of .New Jersey, denouncing
President McKinley as a "tippler" and a
"winc-blbbcr" because he occasionally
drank a glass of wine at a banquet, we
said that In the estimation of conserva?
tive people this extreme action had
brought the temperance cause Into con?
tempt. In reply we have received a com
munnlcation from Mr. W. M. Bickers,
the gist of which Is contained ln the
following: "President McKInley's church
forbids the use of intoxicants as a bev?
erage, privately or publicly. He is sub?
ject to its rules."
The Times would not uphold President
McKinley or any other man in a wilful
violation of the rules of his church, but
we cannot agree that President McKin?
ley has violated the spirit of,the Metho?
dist rule against the use of intoxicants.
Of course the Methodist Church is against
dram driklng as a habit, as is every other
reputable church, but if Mr. McKinley
has violated his church temperance pledge
why does not the church 1n AVashlngton,
of which he is a devout member, call
him up before the proper tribunal and
try him? If President McKinley were in
fact a "wine-bibber" in the true sense
of that term: if he were in the habit of
frequenting saloons and drinking liquor
to excess; -if he were in the habit of get?
ting drunk and making a spectacle of
himself, undoubtedly he would be a sub?
ject of church discipline. But so far as
we have been able to learn, and for many
years his life has been an open book, he
is a man of high .-Christian character and
thoroughly consistent in his religious
life. Wc say it in all reverence tbat this
charge against Mr. McKinley, that he is
a "wine-bibber," is as 'groundless and
as unjust as was the same charge which
was brought against our ?Lord when he
was on earth.
There is a Methodist rule against "sing?
ing those songs and reading those books
that do not tend to the knowledge or the
love of God"; against "the putting on
of gold and costly apparel." Mr. Mc?
Kinley might with as much reason and
justice have been publicly denounced for
singing a secular song or for wearing a
gold watch and chain.
There is another rule In the Methodist
Discipline against "uncharitable or un?
profitable conversation, particularly speak?
ing evil of magistrates." It seems to us
that those members of lhe Methodist
Conference who "spoke evil" of their
brother. McKinley, and with so little of
justification, are quite amenable to this
rule? and that Mr. McKinley has good
ground for pleading it against them.
The Times is no champion of President
McKinley as a politician. Wc do not like
his politics and we do not admire his
political course. But we say that his
character as a man, as a husband, and as
a Christian, so far as we have ever heard
to the contrary, is absolutely beyoud re?
proach, and that his character should
havo been assailed by brother Methodists
for the trilling offence charged was to
our mind at least at variance with that
charity which "thinketh no evil and Is
kind."
?Moreover, we reassert it as our opin?
ion that for these representative Metho?
dists at the North to have passed over
the many, noble Christian traits which
President McKinley has exemplified in
his distinguished career, and to parade
ad nauseam as some great and unpar?
donable sin the fact that he occasionally
drinks a glass of wine at a public func?
tion was to belittle religion and to bring
the cause of temperance into contempt.
THE GREENSVJXiLE OFFICIALS,
The Emporia Messenger says:
We think that gross injustice has been
done the ju<3?-*e and sheriff of GreensviHe
County by The Tinifs. It expresses the
opinion that both judge and sheriff wVre
agreed that as soon as the military should
be withdrawn the lynching would pro?
ceed. Citizens of the county, who used
ery reasonable effort to prevent Use
lynching, believe no such understanding
.existed. Upon the a rival of the prisoner
Cotton, at the depot on Friday, twenty
m'en were sworn 'in to sec that the pris?
oner should be safely placed in jail. They
faithfully kept their pledge" although any
of them could at any moment put a bullet
through Cotton's head. The civil authori?
ties ol the county have, for tiie past one.
hundred and twenty y<*-nrs. protected
criminals, given them lair trials in ac?
cordance with the law. and the people
have permitted the sentences of the
courts to be executed by the duly consti?
tuted authorities. No evidence exists to
show that the judge and sheriff wer*;- ln
sympathy with the lynchers, and no man
who is personally acquainted with Judge
Goodwyn and Sheriff Loe -will, for on?*
moment, believe that they, the sworn
oflicers of the law. connived at its viola?
tion in t*uch a case as this.
The cause of this lynching is understood
by many people in the county, but it is
wrong to put upon the shoulders of these
gcntlenfen a crime fur which they are in
no way responsible. It is a gross injus?
tice, and none of our citizens believe the
.charge.
The Messenger is in error. The Times
did not "express the opinion that the
.Judge and sheriff were agreed that as
soon as the miliiary should be withdrawn
tho lynching would proceed." Wc said
that this was "openly asserted." It was
so asserted, and a bulletin to that cftoct
war sein to one of the Richmond papers.
We. have never mad?? the charge that
Judge Goodwyn and Sheriff Lee "connived
at the lynching." but there is good rea?
son to believe that Judge Goodwyn kifrw,
when the soldiers were dismissed, tha.t
Cotton would be lynched, ln concluding
its report of the conference between the
officers and* citizens, the Richmond Dis?
patch said:
When the result of -the conference was
made known to the mob cheer upon cheer
rent the air. and the Dispatch reporter,
turning to Judge Goodwyn, who had not.
yet left the room, asked: "Don't you
think there will be a lynching liereV"
""1 ft-ar there will be." came the prompt
response, "and it looks now as if tne
crowd would not watt very long to put
their plans into execution."
"Can't you take steps to prevent it?"
asked the reporter. ?
"No, 1 have done all 1 can now. and the
mob will have to do their worst," came
the response, and the judge walked from
tlie room to the court-green, where the
soldiers were forming for the march to
the depot.
For our part we are quite willing to
quit discussing this most unfortunate
affair.
CllRKKNT COMMENT.
The Atlanta Constitution, in discussing
tlie heresy charges ?against Rev. Dr.
Hlllls. says:
Tlie Manly "The-right of discus.
slon ape>ertains to the
Individual, and there Is none in this coun?
try to deny ite. The public sense of right
.docs 'ask; however, that In this there
should be no assumption of falso posi?
tions. Dr. Hillis. as an individual, has
tho right to attack tho. Presbyterian
Church in any reasonable way, but it
does seem as if he . should first divest
himself of the representative character
which that church has" given him."
The Times has made much the same
comment ?with reference, to the Briggs
case and more recently the McGiftert
case. It is all right for a ?preacher to
hold views contrary to the -teachings of
the Church to which he belongs, but
when such a preacher finds that he can?
not conscientiously teach the doctrines
of .'nls Church, the manly thing for him
to do is to resign.
* * *
In further support of statements re?
cently made in these columns that
Europe will soon be drawing largely on j
the United States for coal, we reproduce
the following special from New Orleans
to the New York Sun of yesterday:
"Walter Parrott, the London banker |
and' member of the Stock Exchange, who
Is now in 'New Orleans, is the authority
?for the statement that an English syn?
dicate of coal dealers has just closed a
deal by which? 2,<"rt0,00O tons of Alabama
coal will bo delivered at the port of
New Orleans for export within the next
two years. The purchase price agreed
upon is 75 cents a ion at the mouth of
tho coal pits, with 30 cents allowance
for transporta tion to New Orleans, land?
ing the coal there with the cost of load?
ing, &c, for the remarkably low price
of $1.G? a ton. The entire lot of 2.W)fiV)
tons is to be reloaded' and shipped by
steeimcr from. (New Orleans. The Eng?
lish syndicate will use its own steamers
(colliers) direct to New Orleans so as
to save the ordinary brokerage in hand?
ling the ships. At least one steamer a
month will be run from New Orleans.
"The order is the largest one for coal
ever made, and it is understood that if
it is a success, other orders will be
made."
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORA?
RIES.
The Central Presbyterian speaks out in
no uncertain voice concerning the Greens
ville lynching. It says:
"The State of Virginia is disgraced and
humiliated by the outbreak of mob vio?
lence at Emporia. All good citizens are
shocked beyond expression at the over?
throw of government and the majesty of
law by the people of the county of
Greensville. ? negro murderer, who con?
fessed his 'crimes, and a while man, who
made no confession and who was not
arraigned and tried, were hurried to death
in broa?l daylight, before the county
courthouse, in the presence of the sworn
officers of the law. A drunken sheriff
and an intimidated judge re?iuested the
withdrawal of the State's militia, and
the Governor consented. A mob of angry
men, plied with whiskey, were permitted
to destroy all vestige of government.
The Word of God, which says, 'Vengeance
is mine;'I will repay.* was delied. All
the great functions of government were
overthrown and anarchy established.
Men made themselves murderers in the
execution of a murderer." % * T
The Christian Advocate says:
"The blame is on our court practice.
Our criminal expenses are enormous. We
have reached a point when we must
fling aside the intricate, confused, and
uncertain court methods, abandoned in
tlie majority of States. Unless we have
simple, prompt, direct machinery for
righting wrongs, for ascertaining the
guilt or innocence of accused persons, we
shall have 'Judge Lynch' sitting in
every county.
"The indignation of the press and pub?
lic ought to be aimed at our court cus?
tom. It is the cradle of lynching. The
default in our Legislature in allowing
such a dilatory, obstructive, vexing. *n_
less system to continue is the cause of
the wild outbreaks of the people.
"When the class of citizens mentioned
as in the mob in Greenesville assist in
killing a prisoner there is a reason for
this anarchy. The blood of the murderer
Cotton is not on the hands of these men,
but it stains the steps of the Capitol, thr?
courthouses, the pages of our Code; The
people have lost confidence in the results
of our legal methods. When the earth
is red and hot with the blood of brave
men pursuing public enemies there is a
reluctance to hand over th? captured mur
?ierers to a tedious, hesitating, uncertain,
tangled Code and its expounders."
AFTERMATH.
A Raleigh correspondent says that for
two months past negro crooks and house
servants have been leaving North Caro?
lina towns for .New York and other*
northern, cities, where they-have secured
employment through agencies! The exo?
dus has now reached a point wher?? house?
keepers In several towns in the State are
seriously Inconvenienced in securing cooks
and house servants.
* *
The will of Dan. Rice has been probated
at ?Long Branch. The will directs that
all of his personal and real estate, in?
cluding the revenue from his unpublished
book of his life', shall go to John H. Brown
and his sister; Miss Elizabeth Brown,
with whom he lived. They also are made
Uie executors. The only condition the
testator imposes is that they are to pay
.??..?.OfiO annually lo his surviving daughter.
Mrs. Catherine Wiirtzbacli, of this city,
as long as she shall live. The famous
circus man expected to reap a harvest
from the sale of his book, which is now
in tho hands of the publishers.
* ? *
A special from Toronto says that a con?
tract has been signed b?twcen the Onta?
rio government and J. Pierpont Morgan,
of ?New York, "under which militions of
dollars are to be spent in developing pow?
er from Niagara Falls on the Canadian
side.
Mr. Morgan represents: a British syndi?
cate, the principals ot which are the own?
ers of the Daiiy Telegraph of London.
The syndicate -agree tr> ?r?et.- pulp works
costing not ?c-ss than ***0<*?.W0, and to sup?
ply power to all pl?cVs from the falls of
Toronto, and the government will give
the right of way for channels and cables.
?Power is to be ready in three years, and
can only be supplied in Canada.
* *
*
. Joseph Cow-en", the English journalist
who died not long ago, numbered among
his friends Mazzini. Garibaldi and Kos
?suth. and Mr. Gladstone* once- pronounced
him "a wonderful fellow." He began his
life as a brickmaker, and always dressed
so as to look like a workingman.
Comfort,
No day so drear but evensong shall wake
the stars,
No ceil so locked but time erelong shall
break the bars.
No loss so large but leavcth soil Its waste
to mend, ?
No task so great but plodding toil shall
see its end.
?Harper's Bazar. .
Harrowing: Thought.
"I seo the Governor of Mantana stop?
ped a hanging i>y telephone."
"Heavens! Think what would have
happened if the girl had' said, 'Line's
busy!' "?Cleveland Plain Dealer. ?
Catchy Saylnirs by Tra v?lin?; Men.
You cannot serve. God and women.
Ot two evils choose., the prettier.
Where'there's a won't there's a way.
Nonsense'makes the heart grow-fonder.
Ho who loves and "runs away
.May live to lave another day.
Some schemes are like ?mouse trape,
easy to enter, but.npt e?isy to.get out of.
A stiii man Is dan?gerous.
Censure and disgrace never cured evil
habits, but multiplies them, To counter
MUNYON'S INBALER
CURES
CATARRH
Colds, Coughs,
Hay Fever, Bron?
chitis, A?thraa
land all Diseases
of the Throat and
_ Lungs.
Clone!, of Medicated Vapor are inhaled
through th<> mouth and emitted from the nos?
trils, cleansing and vaporizing all the ?opan-ed
and diseased parte which cannot be reached Dj
?sedicine taken Into tbe etomacb.
It reaches ihe sore spots-Il heats ths raw
places?It goes to the seat of disease?IC acts as^
a balm and tonic to the whole system?f LOO a.
druggists orient by mail. 1S05 Arch ??.. Mhila.
?a _______ m ?.?'---! .lili ? V "?"-1 ' mum' ' ^/lunaaa
act an evil propensity 'we must take
away the opportunity for Its exercise.
It's hard work getting to ?heaven with?
out a good wife to steer you.
Home is where we are treated* ?best
and grumble most.
Business lies are just as black as any
other.?Talkative Facts.
Joe ami Rolls.
Old Joe Wheeler and that little feller
Bobs? I
Neither one of them has anything to
say:
If vou'd look at them you'd think they'd
find it hard to hold their jobs
When the regimental band begun to
play.
Why, their hsa/ls don't reach my shoul?
der and their lists don't seem as big
As th? bag of pipe-tobacco that I wear.
But you bet your'hat the enemy per?
forms a dizzy jig
When old Joe or Irttlo Bobs goes on a
tear!
Old ?loo Wheeler and that little feller
Bobs
Why, a hundred yards away you'd think
they're boys,
But by all that's good and holy, they
are mighty funny squabs
It's in lighting that they .find their
greatest joys.
Joe would rather tight than cat, and lit?
tle Bobs is just the same;
They aro soldiers from their helmets
to their shoes.
They are rpiick and cool and wide-awake
and sly and bold and game?
They're the hardest kind of customers
to lose!
Old Joe ???????? and that little feller
Bobs?
Now their fighting days are pretty
nearly done:
On their shoulders triple stars show the
record of tho wars
That they've fought and, like a fighter,
lost or won.
When at last ithey sheathe their swords
for good an?! lind a soldier's grave.
When thev fall before the all-victorious
foo,
Wc will wait for many a year 'fore we
find a pair as brave
As that little feller Bobs and' little Joe!
?Henry Louis Mencken, in Leslie's
Weekly.
Drift ofStJul hern Opinion'.
It is impossible to keep a boy away
from temptations, but it is an easy
matter t?? make him superior to them.
The beginning of the superiority is to be
found in a taste for goo?l books and an
admiration for high ideals.?Atlanta Con?
stitution.
Genera! Joubcrt missed the glorious
fate of Stonewall Jackson. A. P. Hill,
Albert Sydney Johnston. Bishop Polk,
Pat Cloburne and other gallant and dis?
tinguished Confederate generals, in that
he was not killed it?, battle lor tho causo
he loved, but his end' was as happy a
theirs, in that he has been spared tha
pain of ultimate defeat and the subjuga?
tion and humi7iation of his people as the
result of defeat. He, too. died as the
leader of a free and brave people, bat?
tling nobly for their liberty and inde?
pendence against overwhelming odds.
Tnere is little to regret in such a death.
?Charleston News and Courier.
Referring to the gold Democrats, the
Mobile Register says:
Let mean suspicion be banished: let
the hand of fellowship bo extended;
Democracy that all profess to love in?
vites .in the coming contest every vote
for the maintenance of the republic ac?
cording to the Constitution, and those
who "profess to be the best Democrats
should be tho first to welcome the ad?
vancing addition to their rank.?.
* ?*
Cotton goes up a few points and cotton
goes down a few points, but middling
cotton in Memphis is worth over nine
cents a pound, and this with expansion
is better than sentiment and eight cent
cotton.?Memphis Commercial-Appeal. j
Governor Criticised.
Editor of The Times:
Sir.?A great many of the best and
most Conservative citizens of this section
of the county deplore ?the recent lynch
ings at Emporia. Governor Tyler is very
much censured: many think he has made
the mistake of his life* in thus allowing
tho fafr name of Virginia to be dis?
graced and to cast forever a blast upon
his administration.
In-this section of the county the Gov?
ernor had many loyal supporters, who
stood by him ?luring the tight he made
against Senator Mart?n, but now on all
sides can be heard expressions of regret.
They feel that the Governor was con?
scientious in what he did, but that he
failed to rise to the occasion. All admit
that if the fearless O'Ferrall had been
Governor that to-day this blot would
not be resting upon the State of Virginia.
The law-abiding people of this dear Old
Commonwealth will never be willing for
mob law to reign in her borders, and
Governor Tyler will some day realize
what a costly mistake he has made?. G.
GRAND LEAGUE GATHERING.
The Conference to Meet in Kiolimond.
Active 'Preparations.
There will be a great garnering of re?
ligious young i-eople In this city June li?
li. The occasion will bo the.State Con?
ference of tho Epwortii .League o? Cie
Methodist Church.
The eyes of ali loyal Leaguers thrc.-.tgh
out the State are now turned to the capi?
tal city, while the local Leaguers are
in a state of eager expectancy and joy?
ful anticipation reg-'-i'ding the great gath?
ering.
TTie first m?seting of the State Confer?
ence Executive Committee was held in
the parlors of the Young Men's Christian
Association building" last night- There
was much enthusiasm manifested, and a
general discussion of ways and means
was indulge???. There was exhibited a
solid determination to make the affair a
grand success, and second in interest to
no State Conference heretofore held.
The Executive Committee is composed
of Mr. E. W. Bandy, president; R. H.
Wills, secretary, and the following ohair
men of sub-committees: R. L. Bailey,
finance; C. L. Wills, entertainment: W.
B. Wingtield. reception; W. A. Arseli,
decorations'* J. H. B. Peay, ushers; J. P.
Jones, transportation; W. M. Bickers,
press; M. L. Willis, programme: S. K.
Hanken, badges-, Prof. J. L. Mitchell,
musical director.
"When our reporter left the executive
was busily engaged in selecting the run
sub-committees, the names of which will
be published in a tew days.
Mlilwaukee carpenters demand eight
hours, 30 cents an hour and exclusively
;union operations,
FRESH GOSSIP
FROMGOTHAM
Mr. Rockefeller to Build a Great Bap?
tist Church.
FAYNE MOORE IS A GAIETY GIRL
? BiiOy is Left in a New York Hotel.
Mrs. Ha/vvard Gould. Sued fur
a Shirt Waist ? Her
Answer.
'NEW YORK. "March 31.??special.?P?ev.
Dr. "Madison C. Teters, who recently left
the Reformed Church to become a Bap?
tist, will have a magnificent temple in
Harlem. It is proposed to establish a
popular Baptist Church on lines of the
Brooklyn Temple and Grace Church.
Philadelphia. There will be a large choir,
and tho seating capacity of the building
will be two thousand. ."Mr. John D.
Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate.
will make a handsome contribution to
the enterprise, so that it will be possible
to push forward from now on the physi?
cal work on? the church ed'.tice.
All efforts to locate Thomas P. Mo?re,
a druggist from Mobile, Ala., who came
to this city some time ago and disap?
peared, have failed. In reply to an ad?
vertisement in one of the papers a board?
ing-house keeper says that a man took
a room at her house in February who
called himself Ferguson, but who an?
swered -to the description of Moore.
Having seen Moore's photograph she is
satisfied that "Ferguson" and he were
the same.
A GAIETY GIRL.
The Herald prints the following from
London:
Among the many pretty women who
dance and sing on the stage of the Gaiety
Theatre In Mr. George Edwardcs' ?atest
success. "The Messenger Boy," there is
one who has attracted much attention by
reason of her bezutiful face and graceful
movements.
Young men in the stalls rave about
her lovely eyes and the symmetrical figure
which is revealed by the neat boy's cos
turne which she wears.
Being in the chorus, her name is not on
the programmes, and few persons in Lon?
don know that this Gaiety beauty is
Fayne Moore, who was.the central figure
in a celebrated trial In New York a snort
time ago.
CLEVER WORK.
Safe-crackers did a clever job last nisht
In the jewelry store of I. Weinstein. "No.
339 Grand Street. They bro'ke Into the
rear of the store, cracked the safe, ar.d
stole jewels and jewelry valued at S10.WO.
After they were once within the store
they were hid from view from the street
by a wooden partition that divided the
store, and although a policeman tried the
front door at Intervals and passers-by-In
busy Grand Street stopped to look at
clocks and silverware in the windows,
the robbers in the rear room worked at
their leisure and retired as they had
come.
POOR BABY.
A baby was left in Smith & McNile's
Hotel, on Washington Street, on Thurs?
day night by a man and woman. They
left the following note pinned to the
Infant's clothing: "This act is done to
save the good name and honor of an old
and respected family, to save innocent
persons from disgrace and shame; also,
to preserve the further usefulness of the
guilty persons, who are entirely repent?
ant, and who earnestly desire to lead bet?
ter lives from the present. Please see
that the child is given a good home. It
will be watched secretly by its parents,
who will see to It that money is supplied
from time to time to help pay for it3
support. Tt is blotter not to try to trate
the parents, as their discovery would do
no one any good and would bring dis?
aster upon Innocent persons." With the
note was a ten-dollar bill. The baby was
taken to a hospital, where it is being
cared for. The doctor said that It was
so exhausted from paregoric and cr-,*ing
that he did not think it would live.
MRS. GOULD'S ANSWER.
Jn reply to the suit brought by a dress?
maker against her, Mrs. Howard Gould ,
filed a general denial, alleging that Mme.
Minibella failed to make the waist in a
good and workmanlike manner,- although
Mrs. Gould had "given overpay" to have
It done properly.
?Mme. Mirabella has assigned her claim
to Loues A. Duhain, and she will appear
as a witness. The plaintiff alleges that
lime. ?Mirabella made a waist for Mrs.
Gould, at the latter's order, of blue panne
velvet and Russian lace. Another, which
was made at the same time, was r
celved by Mrs. Gould and paid for. but
the blue was returned with a note saying
the waist was too tight at the neck, and
Mrs. Gould refused to accept it.
Mme. Mirabella then wrote that she
would gladly alter the garment, and, re?
ceiving no answer, wrote again and tele?
phone.;. After a third w-ritten com?
munication, it is alleged, Mrs. Gould
called up the dressmaker by telephone
and said she diri not wish to be bothered
about the matter. Suit was then insti?
tuted.
FAVOR A NEW CONSTITUTION.
Interviews With Prominent Officials
Concerning: the Convention.
The solicited' opinion of the various
State and city officials here has de?
veloped the fact that they are heartily?
in favor of the holding of a Constitu?
tional Convention at the earliest possible
date.
That the Underwood Constitution
should be done away with and a revised
constitution substituted is without cues?
ti?n the thing most desired iby gentle?
men who hold imporant positions under
both the city and State governments.
Many were found to favor the submis?
sion of the new -constitution at the
polls, and there let it be ratified or re?
jected.
When seen yesterday Attorney-General
Montague was too busy to give out a,
statement for ,publication, but asserted
that he veuli? dp so within a few days.
Mr. J. XV. Richardson, register of the
land office, thought that there ought to
be some changes in the constitution, but
was not prepared to give out a state
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TC The Events of the Transvaal War by Sketches and Protographs
4* from artists at the front showing the daring deeds, desperate coll?
ii flicts and marvellotis struggles of the contesting forces, also repro
T ductions of photographs and drawings portraying varied features
j of South African life, the scenery, the cities, and places of artistic
A and historic renown.
Contents of No. i.
? Frontispiece. The Legislative As
T sombly Building: Pietermlaritzburg. St.
? ?tohns River. The Entrance to Durban
? Harbor, Travelling in Natal. Howick
? b'.ills. (Artistic group.)
? The Right Honorable Joseph Cham
T berlain. Paul Kruger, President of
V the South African Republic
t The Raadzaat or Government Build
; ing. in Pretoria. 'Vereeniglng. First
? Station in the Transvaal -.rum Cape
? Town. View In Burghers' Park, in Pre
T torin. the Transvaal Capital. Market
? Street in South Pretoria.
? The Boer Demonstration at the Paar
T dekraal Monument. General Jorjbert
? Leaving Paardekraal. The Rush for
? the Wagons after the Meeting.
t eiesburg.
; Durban.
f The Fountain. Joubert's Park, Johan
T Fountain and Ricksha. Royal Hotel,
? Battle of Elandslaagte. ,
Canadian Troop;? Assembled at To?
ronto. Canada, Before Leaving for Ser?
vice in South Africa. Colonel W. P.
Otter, First in Command. Colonel
Luchan. Second In Command.
Armoro?! Train Sortit? nom Lady
smitn.
Th?.* Gonion Highlanders.
PicturcS.'i'i" View of Town Hall,
Durban. The Durban Railway Sta?
tion.
Krug.-r's Waterfall, near Johannes?
burg. Telephone T?? '"?*
burg. Basket Trick. "Over Wego."
Light-House on. the Bluff at Fort
Natal.
Naval Brigu.le at Battle of Lady
smith. ,
Balloons Csoil in Military Operations
in South Africa. Taklog Zulu Po?
lice of Natal. An Enviable Zulu
Physique.
Playing the Boer Game.
Contents of No. 7.
Portraits: Hon. J. H. Hofm?*yer.
leader of Afrikander Bond Party in
Cape Colony. General Schalk Purger,
in command of Boers on Kastern
Transvaal Border. Hon. W. P.
Schreiner. Premier of Cipe Colony.
Comandant Weilb.ich. prominent Boer
Commander. General Cronje, ln com?
mand of Boers on Western Trans?
vaal ?vonl'T. Major-Genera! Hild
yard. Major-General French. M?ijor
Gei.?ral H. K. Colvllle. Colonel T. C.
Porter. Major-General FItzroy Hart.
Lckuku. K'nema's Fighting General.
A Typical Wealthy Boer. A Tvpical
Boer Wife.
Defences of the Kimberley Diamond
Mines. A Native Dispatch Carrier
Overtaken by Boers.
Inspection of an Assembled Boer
"Comando." A Field Day of Target
Practice Among the Boers.
Lieutenant-General Sir George White
on His Favorite Charger. Scene at a
Recruiting Station in Cape Town.
The Twenty-first Cancers, from
Egypt. A Wedding In Native High
G Life in ??ululami.
f The Boer Fort at Blomfontein. Par
?" Ilament House In Cape Town. Interior
!" of the Raadiaal at Blomfontein
[? Transvaal Government Buildings and
Dutch R?forme,! Church, Where- Presi?
dent Kruger Prer.??;???.--.
Elandsfonte.n Junction. Harbor at
Durban.
Pr?Ment Stevti King Dinlzulu.
Chief of tht Zulu Tribu?. Mrs. full
?p????. Olivo Screiner. the Zealous
Denferuler of thi* Eloers.
President* Kruger No-ting th?' De?
parture of a '"Commando." British
.Parade Outside of Ma-felting. P'rlrz
Elofr. President Kruger's <.->-lil
Granrlson. Grave of Sir George t'oin
eroy-Coiby. ? native Church in Mafe
king.
Officer of First Gremulier Regiment.
The XfLirket Square af Klmberiey.
Blomfontein Conf?rence. Hillock.
Behind Which Boers Seek Shelter In
Action.
A Roer Family o? Sharpshooters.
Th.* Natal Infantry on Field Service.
Boer Military Precautions at Jo?
hannesburg. Views of fyLidysmith.
Scen??rt in South Africa: City and
Suburban. Golii Mine near Johannes?
burg. Se?irching Tables Lit D? ?3eera
Diamond Mines.
'The Gnive of the Rear-Guard. Graves
of CiiPfain Mackswincy and "Lieuten?
ant Harrison.
Contents of No. 8.
Armore-1 Train in Action.
The Herald of the Dawn.
A Messenger of Death.
De Aar.
Army Service Corps.
Knee-Haltered Boer Horses.
Visitors to Boer Prisoners.
Tapping the Wires.
Telegraph Corps En Route.
Drawing the Enemy's Fire. ??
Saving the Wires. *V
Breakfast for the Fighting Men, *?
' p ?.???..?lion of Horses. J*
Wan! in >h?- Hospital Ship "Main".'* ?j
Red Cross Ambulance.Train. ""?
Army Nurses for the Front., V
Balloon TeU'grunhing. ?
Destroying an Enemy's Gun. ?
Contents of No. 9.
?t? Life In Camp on Mooi River.
4? Officers of the Devonshire Range
T Finding.
?* Spearing Two Boers with One
V Thrust.
? British Cavalry Driving Back a Boer
? Outpost.
? Abuse of the White Flag.
? Bluejackets in the Trenches Outside
_*. Ladysrnith.
.*. The De Beers Diamond Mines, Kim
A berley.
4- Rock Shaft and Engine-House, De
Beer*) Diamond mines. Klmberley.
Lion's Head and Anchor Bay, Cape
Town.
Market Square an.l Town Hall, Port
Elizabeth.
Main Street. Port Elizabeth (Looking
North).
A Zulu arid His Wives.
Tho Beauty of th?? (Croat, Zul'.il.in?;.
Law Courts. Johunri'-sburg.
Bushman's Pass M?moriu!. Ptetcr
marif/lburg. Natal.
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ment as |to the advisability of holding,
a Constitutional Convention.
Mr. George AV. Koiner. the Commis?
sioner of Agriculture, thought that the
Underwood constitution should be so
amended as t? do away entirely ,wlth
its name and give to the State a new
constitution. ?
City Attorney Henry P.- Pollard, when
seen last night, said:
"*I am. heartily in faror of calluig a
Constitutional Convention- It Is high
time for us to do away with the rem?
nant of the Underwood constitution, it
has ?too long embarrassed us and afford?
ed a plausable pollution for political
practices that are discreditable In the
extreme. ' .. .
""While I do not look for, reforms that
will secure ln any material degree a
"more economical a/iminb-tratlon of tho
State government, yet there are some
evils ?In this direction that can be reme-;;
died." . G, /
Shorter ami Simpler I>l:i ?ere.
' There is a no**ceable tendency amone
dlnner-slvers, not only to ?shorten, the*
^feasts, but to simplify radical!/ the dishes
{"served at them, says a writer in tiie New
! York Tribune. Only now, at bis public
! dinners, or at the tables of the nouveau
' riche are to be se?-n the complex crea-;
tions which are the pride of a certain,
class of ciWs. The skill ?it these cull
nary artists Is being more and more often
expended In the perfect coooktng of more
simple viands?. To preserve the natural
flavor of the dish they will serve, or to
develop It to the full by a simple dress?
ing, is now their aim. The same effort
for simplicity U to be fbun.d. If, indeed.
It did not originate there, at the tatole?
<>; t he many well-i_pp?>!nted homes
throughout the country. Delicate horn.?3
tneide desserts replace the everlasting Ices
/of the caterer, for which, undoubtedly.
thanks are largely <Tuc to the various
cooking-schools an?! classes' w*htch hava
sprung up everywhere. Many of the
expert? who conduct these schools are
American women who have been quick ?
to seise upon the good things of both
European and American cookery, devel?
oping from, the combination the beat ot
each. ; _ ~