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THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1900.
EBUSINESS CONDITIONS.
Wall Street has had a scare, and there
is all sorts; of wild talk from that quarter
about business disasters to come. Wall
Street is aUraays more or less hysterical,
end both its "bullish" talk and its "bear?
ish" talk is> to be taken with many grains
of allowance.? But Wall iStreet is keen
scented and vhas something of the gift of
prophecy. Its business is to discount the
future, and so .it is always looking ahead.
11 does not t&ftie on present conditions,
but on prospects* and Wall Street says
that there is darsgrr ahead, that the high
tldo of prosperity lias been readied and
that there will be a-Vrecession in trade from
this time.
Tills is the talk of (professional specula?
tors and it is indulg?a In for the purpose
of depressing stocks, but there is no
doubl that there has been a halt in the
phenomenal progress which this country
has been malting during the past two
years. Some call it'a .healthy reaction in
trade, and we like ihe\term. but however
des-igna ted there is a halt, and speculators
are reckoning with it.
The cu use of the setback Is to be found
in the iron market. Prices in certain de?
partments of the iron and steel trade were
inflated, and as sure as adtion and reaction
are equal, whenever there is inflation there
?will be a corresponding collapse. Thcro
has be?n ? reaction in the price of iron
and we believe that it is healthy. Tho
lowering of price will help those industries
which use structural iron, and so gives
an additional impetus to industry. There
Is still an active demand at home and
abroad for iron and steel, and that, too,
at remunerative prices. The industries of
the country are all busy. Railroad earn?
ings are showing ail increase over those
ol the corresponding period last year, and
the finances of the country are in a per?
fectly healthy condition. We can sec no
?occasion for the Wall Street scare. We
believe that the prosperity which set in a
few years ago will continue, with healthy
reactions every now and then for many
years to come.
We would not close, however, without
calling attention to this significant fact. It
has been held by the inflationists that the
degree, of a nation's prosperity is in direct
proportion to the supply of money: That
with a scarcity of money times will always
be hard, and with an abundance of money
times will always be good. It is interest?
ing to note, therefore, that this setback in
the prosperity which the country has been
enjoying comes at a time when the supply
of money Is greater than ever before in
our history. The monthly report just is- j
sued from the Treasury Department places
the per capita circulation at $2G.5S. In 1S9S
it was $21. The addition to the currency
since UB96 is ?45(?,000,(KK>. of which $215.??.
??? was In gold. The new financia] law has
added millions to the money in circulation,
Bad the interest rate is between 2 and 3
per cent.
There is in this something for the in
flaiionists n. think about.
OU 11 ULTY ?? BRITAIN.
Senator Teller's resolution, which Is now
pending in the Senate declaring this coun?
try's sympathy with the Boers, was the
occat-ion of a long argument by the Sena?
tor to show that such action could not be
construed as an unfriendly act by England.
That it would be regarded as unfriendly
by the government of England, we cannot
doubt. For the moral support which such
u declaration at this time would give the
Boeri?, might be the cause of serious com?
plications between England and other for.
tiga lowers, w.-.o view with undisguised dis?
like the aggressive course of the Anglo
Saxon in South Africa. While, therefore,
a large part' of the people of America may,
and doubtless do, sympathize In the seem?
ingly hopeless struggle of the African
Dutch against the overwhelming forces of
Great Britain, it is a .sympathy thai ought
not to be .shown by a resolution of Cou
*ree# until the -effect of ,*uch action Is
thqroughiy understood.
*he causes ?f the war and the rights ,
and wrongs of the combatants are not
easily arrived at. There Is great doubt
in the minds of many as to what the
proper, course of action for Great Britain
should have been. Certainly the Transvaal
side of the story as set forth in the "Story
of Boers," which has just been published
by ?Harper ?Brothers, is a strong and mov?
ing' presentation of their case. On tho
other hand the papers have been filled with
accounts of the (Dutch oppression of the
Einander.1?, until the situation became so
intolerable, according to the newspaper ac?
counts! that Great Britain was forced to
t!ght for the fundamental rights of her
subjects who were then living in.a State
over which England claimed the rights of
a suzerain.
The question is then clearly brought
out whether we should interfere by giving
at once the weight of our sympathy as a
nation to the country with which our Eng?
lish cousins are at war, or whether we
should show our sense of kinship and simi?
larity of tendencies and ideals by abstain?
ing altogether from any action that might
be harmful to the British cause.
The American people feel very' deeply tho
silent support given them in their war with
Spain by the British nation. And though
this countenance was not so important as
was then believed, it was none the less
given with a heartiness that left no room
for doubt but that in the event of foreign
interference Great Britain would be found
supporting America.
Be the results of that support great or
small, as a people we appreciate the spirit
that prompted its being given, and so feel?
ing, we could ' not, unless impelled by
stronger arguments than have yet been ad?
duced, take so decisive a step as support?
ing the passage of the Teller resolution.
THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY.
It is said that, there will be strong oppo?
sition on the part of prominent independent
Democrats to fusion with the Populists
this year, and the Indianapolis News says
that it is not surprised. "Such alliances,"
it goes on, "are of more than doubtful
utility. No one can tell how bad the
Democratic defeat in 1596 would have been
without the help of the Populists, but it is
enough to know that they were heavily
defeated with that help. Many an old
line Democrat was disgusted four years
ago when he saw Democratic conventions
waiting to see what the Populists would
do, or sending committees to Populist con?
ventions asking them what they would
like to have done. And then the party
found that, in spite of thfsfc it was worse
?beaten in Indiana than it had been for
years in a presidential campaign."
Here is another proof that the Demo?
cratic party is stronger without the Popu?
list vote than with it. This is true not
only in the State of Indiana, but in all the
States except those in which the Populists
are really In control. In such States as
Nebraska, where those who profess and
call themselves Democrats are in fact
Populists, fusion is well enough, for there
is- no difficulty in making Nebraska Popu?
lists and Nebraska Democrats affiliate,
they being of a kind. But there can be
no affiliation between Populists and true
Democrats, and wherever the thing is
tried it -will be a failure.
If the National Democratic party is look?
ing for its strength from the Populistic
States of the Middle West, then it will be
wise for the party to adopt a Populistic
platform. But if the party expects to cap
lure New York, Maryland, West Virginia,
Indiana, New Jersey, Delaware and States
of that character, which have in times
past given a majority for the Democratic
nominee for the presidency, then the party
will be wise to formulate a genuine Demo?
cratic platform such as it employed when
these States went Democratic. We do
not believe that the Populists' -vote in 19O0
will amount to much one way of the
other. The thing for the Democratic party
to do is to ignore it and go in for those
who believe in Democratic principles.
THE WOMEN O?r CHARLESTON.
The c?y of Charleston is making
preparations for an exposition next year,
and the News and Courier announces
with much glee that the women of the
city are going to help. The Woman's
Auxiliary Association will be organized
and will follow the plans which made
the work of the women of Nashville so
effective at the exposition recently held
in that city.
Charleston is wise to enlist the women
in this work. They can do a great deal
whioli^the men cannot do, and the expo?
sition -would not by any means be com?
plete without them. They will help to
raise the money, they will contribute
largely to Uie exhibits and they will spur
the men on to greater exertions.
But the women of a city may do a
great deal for their city in other direc?
tions than in helping to give a show.
We have been trying to impress upon
?the enterprising women of Richmond
that they have a distinct work to do
here. We have suggested that they ex?
ert iliemselves in the direction of public
cleanliness and public ornamentation.
Women are housekeepers by instinct and
by education, and they should not bury
their talents altogether at home. We
believe ihat all such work should begin
at home and that the housewife should
_not neglect her home duties and go
?tramping around looking . after public
affairs. Bin every good housekeeper is
a good organizer, and she has time to
spare for other things. If the city of
Richmond could' only secure a little of :
the surplus lime of the housekeepers of
Richmond in the direction which we have
indicated the good results would soon
be manifest. How would the churches
of the city manage to get along without
the aid of the women? No more can a
municipality get along successfully with?
out their help.
. CURRENT TOPICS.
The New York World has received some
expressions on Mr. Bryan's candidacy from
-,_, . ,. members of Mr. .Cleve
Cleveland Men ,;???? -.??-.- ?
_ land's Cabinet. Hoke
on Bryan. -,?.,.. , _ ? .,
1 smith, of Georgia, said:
"The Democracy of the South will sup?
port Bryan, with or without silver, but
conditions in Eastern and Middle States
are different and 1896 should be a warning.
II the Democratic platform Ignores the
silver issue prospects for success will be
Increased. 1 cannot see how a united
Democracy can be expected with the old
silver demand speciiically made".** -
?-Secretary of Interior David R. Kran
?is, of Missouri, said; "I am a Democrat,
and hope the Kansas City Convention will
formulate a platform that all Democrats
can stand on."
Ex-Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling
Morton, of Nebraska, said: "Bryan- is 16
to 1; silver at 16 to 1 is Bryanism. A
majority at Kansas City for either is an
indorsement of both. There can be no re?
united, Democracv with .either."
" * * V
A ?New Orleans doctor tells the following.
story:
? . .. "A nervous man recently
Power of the -. , ,..,,- ?:, .??
, . . called on rao (this is the
|mag,nation..foetor.s gtory) and askefl.
'In what part of the abdomen are the pre?
monitory pains of appendicitis felt?' 'On
the left side, exactly here,' I replied, indi?
cating a spot a little above the point of
the hip bone. He went out, and next af?
ternoon I was summoned in hot haste to
the St Charles Hotel. I found the planter
writhing on his bed, his forehead beaded
with sweat and his whole appearance' in?
dicating intense suffering: "I have an at-"
tack of appendicitis,' he groaned, 'and I'm
a dead man: I'll never survive an opera?
tion!' 'Where do you feel pain?' I askad.
'Oh, right here,' he replied, putting his
finger .on the spot I had located at the
office. ? feel as if somebody had a knife
in me there and was turning it around!'
?Well, then, it isn't appendicitis, at any
rate,' I said cheerfully; 'because that is
the wrong side.' The wrong side!' he ex^r
claimed, glaring at me indignantly. 'Why,
you told me yourself it was on the left!"
Then I must have been abstracted,' I re?
plied calmly. ? should have said the right.'
I prescribed something that would not hurt
him and learned afterward that he ate his
dinner in the dining-room the same eve?
ning. Oh, yes; he was no doubt in real
pain when I called, but you can make your
ringer ache merely by concentrating your
attention on it for a few moments."
It is an old story that medical students
usually have, in their imagination, half the
diseases which they find in their text books.
The Laurel Reformatory.
?Editor of the Times:
Sir.?Representing the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew-, it was my privilege to visit
the Laurel Reformatory to make an ad?
dress to the boys.
The importance of this institution to
our social and governmental economy
and the noble work that is being done
?there impresses me very deeply.
There is, unquestionably, apathy on the
?part of the general public to this institu?
tion, which comes, I presume, from a
wfani of information of its character and
scope of work.
Its objects is to take young boys, -who
have been convicted of infractions and
Violations lof the law, with a view to re?
forming them by discipline, wholesome re?
straints and religious instructions, and to
teach them some handicraft so that they
may be able eo earn an honest living when
they are discharged from the. institution,
vrhe institution is beautifully located?
?about eight miles from Richmond?on the
IR., P. end P. R. R.. covering an area of
about ninety-three acres.
They .have two very substantial struc?
tures. The main building, ?handsome
structure of brick, where the boys are
quartered, which cost about 10,000, and
?another large brick building, used as a
shirt factory. These buildings were paid
for by money appropriated by the Legisla?
ture.
The institution is really known as an In?
dustrial School. This, however, is a mis?
nomer, as the institution is~lotaliy without
'tilie means and appliances to give instruc?
tion of any consequence in the industrial
arts .
1 think the shirt factory was an unwise
expenditure, as the knowledge is merely
'.mechanical, and of no practical value to
the boys after tihey are discharged and,
so out into the world. The boys are made
to work on the farm, but this is of little
Value, as they all drift to the cities af?
ter they leave the institution.
The prime need of the institution is
buildings, machinery, appliances, etc., to
teach these boys something useful, so that
they may be able to get employment when
they leave the institution. Idleness, ineffi?
ciency and incapacity to do some one thing
are the causes that develop criminals,
tramps and the dangerous elements in ev?
ery society.
'?o man can stand up in the assembly
^room of tihis institution and look thes
boys in the face without being impressed
with the solemn responsibility that rfsts
upon the Christian and well-to-do element
of our State in ?heir relation to this un?
fortunate class of our population, and also
the wonderful possibilities of these boys
undctV prc-pc-r influences, restraints and
encouragements.
I do not believe that they are all bad at
heart. Their situation is due to lack of
training asid bad environment in t^ieir
early yout?h. As I talked to them about
home and mother, the innocence of
childhood, the Fatherhood of God. and the
possibilities that were theirs if they would
but resolve to make men of themselves, 1
saw many a cheek wet with tears.
They were very attentive to all I said
to them, and it did one's heart good to
hear them sing the hymns amd respond
?lustily in the service.
In the evening when I left I took three
of the boys with me in the trap to Lake?
side, where I took the car. On the way they
seemed to be deeply impressed with and
often spoke of the beauties of nature. I
don't think we.need ever despair of a boy
who can shed a tear and appreciate the
beauties of nature.
This insTitution ?gets an appropriation
from the Slate, w-hich is totally inade?
quate to its needs. To meet the deficiency
it has to depend upom popular subscrip?
tions. To those who are subscribers and
those who should be, 1 desire to say. after
a day spent in the closest scrutiny and
observation of everything appertaining to
the institution, that they cannot give to a
eiore worthy cause.
The well being of the State and society
at large. ' from a sociological and eco?
nomic standpoint, demands the care, im?
provement and elevation of our criminal
classes, and that the longer Che duty .and
responsibility is neglected, the more serious
and menacing the problem will be?
come.
A. S. L.
Water pipes can be scoured and cleaned
by a new German arpara/tus. which is
composed of two globular floats to fit
the interior of the pipe, carrying between
them a toothed scraper which engages
thj> sides as the floats are forced through
by the action of the water.
Positively cured fey these
tittle Pills. ?
They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia.
Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per
2xt remedy for Dizziness, liausea, Drowsi?
ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue
Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They
Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. ;
5ma!l Pill. Small Dose
Canili Price?
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Pennsylvania Railroad Has a Great
Scheme on. Foot?
-.
OLD COUPLE COMMIT SUICIDE
*
They Made all Their Preparations,
Read a Scripture Text, and Turned
ou the Gas-Hall of Faino
J u d ses.
NEW YORK, May ?.-Special:?It is said
that the Pennsylvania Railroad has on
foot a great scheme, and that the pur?
chase of the Long Island Road is the first
step. It is a scheme which was conceived
by Austin Corbin and Erastus Wiman.
The former, says the correspondent of one
of the out-of-town papers, planned to give
the Long Island Road a tunnel connection
with Manhattan and a close connection by
boat or otherwise with the New York, New
Haven and Hartford system, and also to
develop the extensive terminal facilities in
Brooklyn. Erastus Wiman's schemes re?
lated to the development of Staten Island,
but some of them may be developed by
the Pennsylvania in connection with its
improvement of the Long Island. Fifteen
years ago Erastus Wiman, in association
with Robert Garrett, started out to make
Staten Island the terminal of the Baiti-,
more and Ohio Railroad. The Arthur Kill
bridge was built, which connects Staten
Island with New Jersey. Moreover, Mr.
Wiman planned the building of a tunnel
from New Brighton, Staten Island, to
Thirty-ninth Street. Brooklyn (Bay
Ridge). The rights to construct this tun?
nel were procured, and are now owned by
the New Jersey and Staten Island Junc?
tion Railroad. A representative of this
company said that an informal agreement
had been made with the Pennsylvania and
other roads for the use of the franchise.
The Pennsylvania has a large interest in
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and,
therefore, could share its rights in Stiten
Island.
THEY DIED TOGETHER.
Martin Arnold and his wife, Sophie, were
found dead in bed. to-day in their apart?
ments, in Chauncey Street. Brooklyn.
Rubber tubes attached to gas burners were
found in their mouths.
On a chair near the bodies lay the wo?
man's shroud, while on another chair were
the man's death habiliments.
The last thing that they did was to read
the text: "Come unto Me all ye that
iabor and are heavy laden and I will give
you rest."
Martin Arnold was sixts'-six years old.
His wife was two years his junior. Had
the hushand not been afraid to make the
journey into the dark valley of death alone
he would have ended his earthly career
during the Christmas holidays. His wife
was not prepared to accompany him then,
not that she loved life any better than
hc-r husband, whose joys and sorrows she
had shared for close on to forty years,
but, as she stated in the presence of a
friend of the family, "it was Christmastide,
the season of 'peace on earth, good will
toward men.' "
'Wait, Martin," she was heard to say to
her husband at that time, "until the holi?
days are past, and then I will accompany
you on that dark journey. I cannot let
you go alone." Yesterday the faithful wife
said to her husband: "I am ready. Let
us go." The husband knew what that
meant, and he and his wife then set about
making their preparations. Their home
was in order when their bodies were
found.
HALL OF FAME.
A list of the persons who have? accepted
the positions of judges of the Hall of
Fame has been made public by Chancellor
MacCracken. There are twenty-eight chief
justices, twenty-five college presidents,
twenty-four scientists and historians, and
twenty-three publicists, authors and editors
in the list. Among them are Provost Har?
rison, of the University of Pennsylvania;
Miss M. Carey Thomas, of Bryn Mawr
College;- Dr. James MacAllister, of the
Drexel Institute; Charles M. Andrews,
of Bryn Mawr; ex-President Cleveland,
and Governor Roosevelt.
John G. Brady, who was once a homeless
waif in New York, but is now Governor of
Alaska, was entertained last night at din?
ner at the Waldorf-Astoria. During the
banquet a statue pf William H. Seward
was presented to Governor Brady, who
will place it in the State House at -Si?ka.
It was Seward who negotiated the purchase
of Alaska from Russia. Collector Treat,
Edward Lauterbach and others made ad?
dresses*.
ENVIOUS HUSBAND TAKES HIS LIFE.
William Endemann, twenty-eight years
old, a wholesale liquor dealer, committed
suicide yesterday, using carbolic .acid and
illuminating gas,
Mrs. Endemann, who had been ' sepa?
rated from her husband for a year, re?
cently inherited $750,000.
aftermath;
The London Daily Mail asserts that the
concessionaire, to whom Emperor Nicholas
has granted the right to work gold fields,
S,000 square miles in area, in the Nertchink
region of Siberia?fields which are the?
Czar's private property and have hitherto
been worked under the direction of his pri?
vate cabinet?is Mr. Ernest Terah Hooley,
the London financier, company promoter
and speculator,, who came to grief in the
summer of 1S9S in sensational circum?
stances, and who narrowly escaped prose?
cution on a charge of fraud.
? ? ?
"A Natal newspaper is responsible for
the following story of President Kruger,"
says the New York Evening Post: "Some
years ago he bought from an old half
breed female peddler a meerschaum pipe,
to which she ascribed a power of fore?
casting the future. The old woman pre?
dicted that three important changes in his
lif<? would be foretold by accidents be?
falling the pipe. Early in the year ISSI,
before the retrocession and the qualified
independence of the Transvaal, the stem
came to pieces; a little before the Jameson
raid he chipped a piece off the bowl, and
just before his departure for the Bloem
fontein conference the pipe fell to the
ground and was smashed to fragments."
? ? ?
The iNew York Tribune of yesterday
says: The War Department has presented
to J. "Henry White, of Philadelphia, a
bronze medal of honor for distinguished
gallantry in action at ?Rappahannock Sta?
tion, Va.", on August 23. ?S62. When hun?
dreds of soldiers were suffering for want
of water Private J. Henry White, of Com?
pany A, Nintieth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry, crawled to a nearby spring, at
the imminent risk of his life. The spot
was .within the enemy's range and under
constant fire. White filled a large number
of canteens and returned in safety to the
relief of his suffering comrades.
? ? ?
Two William McKinleys are on Uncle
Sam's payroll. One draws a salary of
$4,1G6 a month as President, and the other
$100 a month as engineer in the Louisville
Custom House. There are forty-eight
Bryans, and thres of them were christened
William. There used to be two Grover
Clevelands in the public service, but there
is only one now. He is assistant farmer
at the -Fort Peck Indian Agency", and re?
ceives a salary of ?1S0 a'month. ,
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ROLLS FORWARD
(Continued from First Page.)
condition, owing to reports that the
British had occupied Senekal, thus
threatening their retreat to the Trans?
vaal. ?' ?? J ?:??
A BOER SUCCESS.
British Attempt to Seize a Convoy
Failed Dismally.
SMALDEEL. Tuesday, May S.?General
Hutton yesterday attempted to seize a
Boer convoy that was leaving the Zand
River. He advanced toward the river with
mounted infantry, including the Canadians.
A long line of wagons was plainly visible.
The Boers stopped their retreat and open?
ed lire with ten guns: they seemed in great
force, and threatened Rutton's tiank. Pres?
ently mounted Boers crossed the dry bed
of the river, circled to the right, and be?
gan to enfilade the West Australians,
while many of the -British -were hit by
Boer shells.
The position became serious. The Boers
sent up reinforcements, placing the Aus?
tralians in danger of being cut off. There?
upon Generai Hutton ordered a retirement
to Welgelegen, where he had left his own
convoy.
A portion of the forces advanced^and
engaged the Boers to cover this retire?
ment,-which was successfully accomplished.
The Boers continued to shell the retiring
troops, but showed no desire to press the
attack further.
Meanwhile the Boer trains streamed
away northward, blowing up the culverts
as they went.
BURGHERS LEAVING ZAND RIVER
General French Has Arrived at Smal?
lici:!.
SMALDEEL, Tuesday, May S.?It is
reported that the Federals are quitting
Zand river, and it is variously stated
that they are retreating toward the
?Vaal, and are taking up their position at
Boshrand, south of Kroonstadt. Large
numbers of burghers have come in and
delivered their Mausers and horses to
the British. They affirm that there is
a bitter quarel between the Free Staters
and the Transvaalers, which Is likely
to end in the speedy surrender of the
former. .General French has arrived
here.
RUMASSI HAS FALLEN.
Rumor lo This KiTect is Current at
Accra.
ACCRA. GOLD COAST, May 9.?A rumor
is current here that Rumassi has fallen,
and it is believed that the Akims, Kwahus
and Knoranzas are secretly joining the in?
surgents.
Ordered to the Gold Coast.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 9.?The
military authorities here to-day received a
cable dispatch from the British War Office
ordering all the available officers of the
West India Regiment to proceed imme?
diately by the shortest routes to Cape
Coast Castle, to join the expedition against
tho Ashantis.
The Seat of Govern ment Changed. !
LONDON, May 9.-6:30 P. M.?It is an?
nounced . in a special dispatch from Lo?
renzo Marques that the government of the
Orange Free State has been moved from
Kroonstadt to Heilbron.
Great Dismay.
LONDON, May 10.?The Lorenzo
Marques correspondent of the Daily Mail,
telegraphing May Sth, says:
"Great dismay was caused among the
foreign merchants here to-dav by an
order Issued by the new Portuguese Gov?
ernor, declaring "bully" beef, blankeil
and clothing contraband."
THE POSTAL FRAUD.
War Department Has Nothing to D?
With Postal Service.
WASHINGTON, May 9.?A "statement
was made at the War Department to-day
that it has nothing whatever to do with
the administration of the postal service in
Cuba.
All the officers and employes were ap?
pointed directly by the Postoffice Depart?
ment, with the exception of the assistant
auditor, who was appointed by the Secre?
tary o.f War upon the nomination of the
Postmaster General.
The incumbent of this office is Mr.
Reeves, who, it iS-^understood. has been
suspended from duty pending the investiga?
tion.
'Two assistant auditors left here to-day
for Havana to examine Neeley's accounts.
The Postmaster General has had a cable
from Director of Posts Rathbone, but de?
clined to make any statement.
Other Arrests Probable.
HAVANA. May 9.?Further investigation
into the postal frauds show it to be al?
most impossible that Xeeley could have
committed them alone. It is now believed
that sufficient evidence will soon be forth?
coming to warrant other arrests.
Although no charges have yet been made
against any one, Mr. Runcie has been ap?
proached by one man, who is under sus?
picion, with a request that he undertake
his defence in case a charge is brought
against him.
General Alejanda Rodrigues has been
nominated by the national party as "its
candidate for the mayoralty of Havana.
A Specialty.
Primary, Secondary or Tertiary Syphil
hs permanently cured, in 15 to 30 days.
You can be treated at home for the same
price under same guaranty. If you prefer
to come bere We will contract to pay rail?
road fare and hotel bills, and no charge if
we fail to cure. If you have taken Mer?
cury, Iodide Potash, and stili have aches
and pains. Mucous Patches In mouth. Sore
Throat, Pimples, Copper-Colored Spots,
Ulcers on any part of the body, hair or
eyebrows falling out, it Is this Syphillitlc
BLOOD POISON that we guarantee to
cure. -We solicit the most obstinate cases
and challenge the world for'a case we
cannot cure. This .disease has always
baffled the/skill of. the most eminent
phys cians/?50O,000 capital behind our un?
conditional guaranty. Absolute proofs
sent sealed on application. COOK REM?
EDY CO.. No. 31i Masonic Temple. Chl
l caso. TU. -
RECEPTION AT
THE MANSION
Tendered Members of American Phar?
maceutical Association,
MANY SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Read Before the Section Yesterday
Afternoon?Officers of the Sections
Elected?Establishment of
Pharmaceutical Colleges.
. Governor and Mrs. J. Hoge Tyler ten?
dered the members of the American Thar.
maceutical Association a reception at the
mansion last evening from 3:30 until 12
o'clock. A large number of ladies wifUl
the visiting druggists attended t?e re?
ception, as weil as many of the well
known medi-cai men in this city. -
The reception was a very delightful af?
fair.
The second session of the section on
Corr^mercial Interests of the American
Pharmaceutical Association was held yes?
terday morning at the Jefferson. The meet?
ing was called to order by Chairman J. M.
Good, of Si. Louis, after which the sec?
retary .ead a paper entitled, "To Popu?
larize the United States Pharmacopae
to Combat with Quackery as Medi?
cine." The raner was referred to the
proprietary-stamp medicines was an un
Chairman Good called Mr. Hynson to toe
chair in order to read a paper written by
Mr. Joseph Jacobs, of Atlanta, on the
"Value of Education to Pharmacy."
THE STAMP TAX.
?Mr. Caswell A. Mayo, of Mew York, read
a resolution, which was referred to the
general session with the endorsement ot
?this section, claiming that the revenue on
{proprietary-tamp medicines, was an un>
just tax and should be abolished.
Mr. Seabury offer-id an amendment to
the . resolution, which was to the effect
that both the druggists and consumers
should be considered, liib resolution was
defeated.
Prof. Frank G. Ryan, of Philadelphia,
then arose and addressed the body on
the subject of "Commercial Training in
the Colleges of Pharmacy." He claimed
that the average young man In the drug
business was not possessed of the nec?s
saryv qualifications which were re?
quired of him. He claimed that a few
over 5 per cent, of the young men possessed
the education and qualifications tor be.ng
pharmacists. In connection with his re?
marks, he advised his hearers "never to
select the location of a drug stjre next to
a cemetery."
PRACTICAL PHARMACY.
The chairman of the committee
on Practical Pharmacy and Dis?
pensing, Mr. Henry P. 'Hynson, of
Baltimore, M.I., made the report of that
body in a most humorous manner. His re?
marks favored the improved methods and
the severest tests by pharmacists. He
thought that the hardest dispensing was
the best.
Several members of the body discussed
the report, aftei which other reports were
presented and discussed.
The election of the officers of the sec?
tion followed, several names being pre?
sented. Mr. C. A. Rapelge, of Hartford,
Conn., was elected chairman, and Mr. 1".
W. ileissner, of La Porte. Ind.. was
chosen as secretary of the body.
The following were chosen members of
the executive committee of the section:
Henry Willis, of Quebec, P. Q.. F. E.
IHoliiday. of Topek? Karis., and F. \V. E.
Ktedem, of Philadelphia.
A FTERNOON SESSION*.
After the carriage-drive and luncheon,
the druggists assembled again at ?! o'clock
in the afternoon 'to hear the proceedings o?
the section on Scientific Papers. Mr.
Frank G. Ryan, of Philadelphia, was
chairman, while Mr. Caswell A. Mayo, of
New York City acted as secretary. This Is
the most important section of the American
?Pharmaceutical Association, as all the
papers and discussions of scientific inter?
est are brought l?*fore rhi.? body. A large
number of vario'is reports were submitted
by the chairmen ?Mid discussed at length.
The section was called to order by the
chairman at 3:15 o'clo-ck, and calling the
secretary of the section to the chair, the
.chairman of the section delivered his ad
'dress which uiion motion of F. E. Stewart
was referred to a committee of three;
(Messrs. F. E. Stewart. J. M. Good and
A). B. Steven being appointed by the
chairman, as such committee.
The report of the committee on Ebcrt
.prize, recommending the award of the
iprize to Edward Kremers and Oswald
Schreiner, for the -paper presented by
them at the last meeting, on tiic
Nitroso-Derivatives of Carophyll?rie and
Cadinene and their Bearing on the
(Characterization and Classification o? ihe
Sesquiterpenes" was presented and the
recommendation adopted.
THE) PAPERS READ.
The papers which were read bef-r?^ the
section contained the following lilies:
"Application of the modified Alkalhnetric
?method to the Assay of Drugs and
Oalenicols." h-y-H. M, Gordon.
"Short Directions for the Assay ot
Opium," by ?. M. Gordon and A. B. Pre?
cott.
"The Alkaloids of Booconfa Cordata."
by Paul Murrilf and J. O. Schlotterbecfc
""Extraction and Estimation of Colchic
ine." by ?H. M. Gordon and A. B. Fresco?.
"On the Alkaloids of Ceanothus Ameri?
cani!?," by ?. M. Gordon.
"Suggestions on the Introduction Ot
Powdered Vegetable Drugs inu the IT. S.
?P.,'?' by Albert Schneider.
"Examination of Jalap Root," by Lyman
F. Kebler.
"Color Standards of the Vegetable
Drugs of the L'. S. P.." by Henry Kraemer
"Pharmacologie Assay of Drugs," by E.
M. Houghton.
-Assay Of Drugs by use of Living
Plants." by Henry Kraemer.
"Physiological vs. Chemical and
Miscroscopica! Examination of Drugs," by
?Lyman F. Kebler.
EVENING SESSION.
{tho evening session of the section was
?.called to order at S:15 o'c:o?k.
VThe.officers of the section were elected.
They are Mr. Oscar Oldbery, of Chicago:
chairman, and 'Mr. Lyman F. Kebler, ot
Philadelphia, secretary.
A number of papers were read and dis?
cussed.
The Committee on the Organization of
Pharmaceutical Colleges met last night aitd,
adopted a constitution. The committee will
?meet again to-night at 9 o'clock. An ef?
fort is being made to establish a pharma?
ceutical college here.
All members of the association will go( I
to Old Point this morning to spend the
day visiting the places of interest down
there. Tney will return to the city to?
night.
THE RACE PROBLEM
Enfranchisement of the Nesro Pro?
nounced a Political Crime. .
MONTGOMERY, ALA.. May, 9.?The
JSociety for the promotion of the study of
race conditions and problems in the ?South,
?to-day elected' the following officers:
?President, Hon. Hilary Herbert, of
Alabama: Vice-President. Alabama. James
?YVeatherby: Arkansas, Clifton R. Beeken
ridge; District Columbia, Hon. J. L. M.
Curry; Florida. W. A. Bio.mt; Georgia,
Hon. Clark Howell: Kentucky. Rev.
?Charles E. Craig; Louisiana, C. R. Pick
Un; Mississippi. R. B. Fulton; Missouri, J
G?Q8*ggy*nGi9 M
Use Daffy's Pnrs
and say it is a bica
*.!.vt W?deZv'ur Cf.rkMUS,.
*'z??? Coiv-iCsrw.
:?.-. il??.? ??? ?avoe
cndcscd sito ?s aC
i?fieisareOiae-My;
Vv
bane. -,.
w:fc v-ss ?? ??.-. .U? 1er wem!
?ta.-? ?:..! .? ??< our r-.S^siSVaa's re?
coauteadziios, os?3 a ccr;airx
orcnarctier: with ?.try g^eat
octree* i am a Presbyterian
cicr;v:r-ir?.:>. itcctoi or EHvinity.
not ol Medicine, fcut I am not
afraid to say that DiF./i For?
mula and DuSv's Potc Malt
WhisV.ey r.i* the purest and
taosi <;;jec;ive preparafter.s as
medicines I know oj. and my
experience is alarsra one. I am a temperance man.
and never used, and w.vi?d never ai?,;;?- anv man
or woman tou?e. invintoxicont asabevefa??. My
recommendation of Dairy's Formula and Whiskey
was made after a thorough knowledge of their
great vaine as o-.e<iiclnes. The statement vftss made
deliberately and b??jed upon facts, and I do not
hesitate to stand by it. The many temperance
men who have written me on t'.r.s subject do not
seem to realize tbat I was a temperance man be?
fore many of them were born.
Sincerely vour3, E. MILLS. D ?.
Durrv Malt Whi?kst Co.. Ro :hcs:tr. JC Y.
Sydnor & Hundley,
711 and 713 fast Broad Street.
( Sydnor & Hundley are
) making a special leaturc of
UPHOLSTERY
OFALL KINDS AND STYLES
Parlor Suits, Lounqes. Couches, lurk,
tsh Chairs and Rockers
Re-Upholstered in
Up-to-Date Style.
So\ Couches made to order.
Our Mjttress Reno\aUnrj Depart?
ment is compiete and at >our service.
A message by phone or post
office will be responded to by
the Foreman of onr Upholstery
Department, who will
Give Estimates and
Show Samples
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""The easv kiiu!, made of soft kidskin,
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Ladies, S!. 50 to $2
jg Men's, 52 end S3
Men's and Women's Elas; c -de Shoes
require no trouble to keep fi s jned. The
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311 East Broad.
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and ch Idr n's shoes free.
HOFHLIMER'S MEN'S NEW S.'ORE,
Opposite Chamber Commerce, Main St.
Rev. J. F. C
E. Friss; S'
(Tennessee,
Governor .1?
,Hoge Tyler
MacCorkle.
*. HempbUI;
aey; Texas,
Virginia, J.
William ?.
Mr
At the nipht session educational mat?
ter? were discussed-. The speakers were:
r>r. Julius H. Dreher, of Virginia: L>r.
Ho 11 ins B. Frlssell. of Hampton Instil ite,
Va.: and Rev. J. L. M. Curry, ? I Wash
M.
address : irg< : ilin r with t ? liti
in .North Carolina. :? ?' stai menta were
given enthusiastic ippr ? '." ? ? he d*
nouncerl the legislation which entran ?-?!
th? negro as the mean si ideal rime
in the history of nations, the audience of
a thousand people cheered the sentiment,
as they did when he demanded a repeal o?
the Fifteenth amendment.
Colonel John Temi ? ?-. of Atlanta,
who foil.?.?.?-?? I Mayor Waddel!. ? ts given an
ovation by the audii ? His plan for set?
tling the negro problem 'he separation of
the races, met with ' ? iDy from
the ?arse number of ladies pr?.
The first applau ? from the galleries,
where the negroes were seated, creeled the
introduction of ex-Gpvernor William A.
MeCork'e, of V.'? ?" Y:r,-i:::a, who spoke
earnestly ar.?! peladlngly Cor the nesro in
polities, a.- well as in the arts and trades.
? was a rebel," he declared specifically,
in defending his position.
"Don't call OS rebels," sa:?! Dr. J. L. ?.t
Curry good natnredly, and the Interruption,
?ave Governor McCorb^e the opportunity
for defending th.-> Confederacy ?"id the
South's cause in the civil war. In the most
dramatic manner.
"he speaker denounced the method of re.
Intlns fh b ill ? ' ! ? I : - ? " "? '
in Mississippi and Louisiana, an?! (chlcfe b
proposed in Nor::; Carolina.
Mr. W. X. MeKeller, of I-ownesbro,
lowed. He advocated the repeal *of
Fifteenth amendment and Eeclared
the white mar of the SoatTn win not
mit to negro domination even if it is n<
.-??ry to employ force and fraud.
This sentiment was loudly tpplaaded
fol?
ta.?
that
sub
FUXKKAI. NOTICE,
THE FUNERAL OF MR. JACKSON F.
Childrey will take place from his resi?
dence, in Henrico county. Thursday
morning at 11 o"elock. Friend? and
relatives are requested to attend. In?
terment at Hollywood.
DEATHS.
LEAKE.?Died, at No, -.'It: Sooth Third
Street, at 1:45 o'clock Tuesday after?
noon. Miss MAl'DK HATCHER
LEAKS, daughter of i?rs. Lula E. ?tnd
the late ?T. C. f.eake, Jr.. in the nine?
teenth year of her age. -
The funeral will rake pIhc?? ?-nm fVn
tenury M. E- Church THIS iThursdav)
AFTERNOON a? t:30 o'clock. Relatives
and friends are invited to attend.

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