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SATURDAY. MARCH 2". 3003.
THE CAPITATION TAX.
In .in art i?.?]?? off recent <lr?.ie on the
stifTrniie Question. Tin* ''"?mes said ?]?,??.?
?it was a wcll-csi.-!Mish?.<l Caci Uiat ?u
Mississippi, in Louisiana, in Alabama
and in oilier SowUicm ?States, uibeie
llic? ]i;iyni?'i!l ?if i?i? noil-tax i1-? made a
prerequisite i?? rotang; Uie nej-vo vote
has lii-cn alinosi ?-ait?rely el?niinated.
and wc express ili" opinion thai tiie
adoption <?? a ??nsoar device In A'irginia
?would sx?ve tin? -?rolilc-ni of negro stii'
txage in ? Iris Stai??.
Ia reply we have au ?nierest?nj; coxn
uiun?ta?aon from Mr. 1!. S. Thomas, of
Sniillilielil. iu wOiSe? Ih* says:
I doubt exceed!ngly if the mere require
mi'iit of the prepayment <>i the- poll-tax
as it now exists in A'irginia would debar
?is many negroes from voting us is com?
monly supposed. l'util :i few days ago 3
thought it woulil exclude a great many.
3>ut upon a very sliizht examination of
the matter 1 found out that i was mis?
taken.
? pou examination of "that exceedingly
valuable report of tiie Auditor of Public
Accounts <?>r lhe year ending September
3D, 3?MM?, so far as it relates to the coun?
ties of isle of Wight. Nauseinomi. South?
ampton. Surry and Norfolk. 3 found out
thai the actual capitation tax paid to the
treasurers of thus?- counties when there
was no politics in the payment was as
3??Hows, viz.:
Whit?*. Colored.
Nansemond.*j. 17* ? i!,.".*)U
Isle of Wight.1.7????? 3.r.o4
Southampton.-J.l't'i 2.830
Surry. S4S 3.U7S
Norfolk county.3.1'St 5.40(1
3n order that 1 might understand the
full significance of these figures. 3 wrote
to the Census Bureau lor the exact ne
i*r>? population of the "counties for the
year 3?KK* and 1 enelose-the reply oi W.
C Hunt. Es??.. chi-I' statistician Vor pop?
ulation:
Anticipating that Uie information
could not now be obtained, 1 turned to
tiie census of 1890 and t?te population of
these counties Is given as follows, viz.:
White. Colored.
Isle ?>f AVipht.G.1S? ."..is:*,
Nansemond.s.si;?; 30.&M
Southampton.8,401 3i,????l
Surry. ,....::. 17!? ?.utt
Norfolk ?county.3Z,'2H4 :i'.?.,iSl
The voting population of tiie same
counties is given as follows, viz.:
Col- May
White, oretl. nard. Wi*?*.
Isle of Wight.1,318 3.-J1S 3.:?P.? GS3
Nansemond.?/js:: 2.C30 L,*GU3 3,??."ii
Southampton.?_'.??13 2,'M^ 3.S?*-1 070
Surry._ sin; i.iMo usa 310
Norfolk <??.11.0G2 30,312 2.502 2.833
3t will be observed that in ??very case
?ave one ?Surry? the ?capitation tax paid
by both white and black was in excess of
lhe vote given t?? Maynard and AVise.
Tbe total <???.'?:?-<! vote of the State, as
given by the census of 3S".Mi was C?0.S57.
N?>w ??.stimate 1hc voting population of
Hie Stiite on that basis as is usual, and
as each man pleases, and see what it is.
The actual total capitation tax paid in
and accounted for by that san*?-excellent
report ??f the First Auditor is S32,"i.a;:;;
and that, too. ?\1????? no right to vote was
involved. AVliHt would it be if the risili
to vot,? was in\ <?l ved ?
These 1i?sim?H are noi thrown out for
the purooso of discussion, but merely 13a
?suggestione to tliose who arc studying
one subject that will 1??? uppermost iu the
?minds of every member o! the Constitu?
tional Conv?tsntion.
<n??? <-(?tT?'sii<>i:?l?'iit bas fallen into
ih?? error*pf tiiistuk'iim ust^ssuienid ?"m?
c?'ilh*?*lio'.is. The Au?lilor*s r?*i????*?. i?>
which l??' refer.??. ?Iocs uot Rive (lie
amount ??G capitat?on taxes collc-eU-d.
Inn the amount assessed ili? number
of polls in caci) i-iiuuiy. Bui we have
taken tin* trouble to ascertain? ine
number of ?vfldU-s and 1 ?.*?.-?;-s i:i the
counties named wlm do not pay their
"poll-taxes, and WC confess ihm the te
stti! <?l' -?tir luvestiir.*t?i?>u is ?Anncwhat
?snrj?i*isins. A\'<* l?mi timi iu Xaus?
luoiitl. th.* (leliuqueul ivhJt?s are -"-'s
and Hi?* ?!cliiniti?*!it Macks. S24. lu
Islo <?1" A\'i,r}ii, tiie delinquen! w?i'u??
an* -"dT and ? lie delinquei? Mncks. K?'..
In Surry. 74 whites *in?i ?_'!.*? hiae!*.-?.
in Sussex. 108 whiu-s and .".in blacks.
In S .ptlia!'.i\i!(ili. --"! wii'tc?; and S?S
blacks.
|V?e Inni n'?3 s.upjH.scd ilia! i!?? uuit!
1-er of dt'linqttfUl bla eli? was s. .-mall.
<?n Uie ??bel- nauti, wo find limi in tin*
vcsn'i-n <-otniti?*s ihe delinquen] wb?te
list is (?on?idei*able and il?* tlelinqueiit
bla<*k list very small, as ib?re nvo few
*eejrr<??-s iu thai seel ion of tbe Slate.
Iu Tazewell, tbe delinquent wb"?<-t*
numlK-r TJ2 and tin*, delinquent blacks
241, In Smyth, white, 062; black?.
103. In Scott, wliiies. 010; blacks, 1T?>.
The !?imw> lias no "Mt tlumry. W?;
ara ?iter the true solution <?f lhe i?t*ob
ieni and wi* want all the lijiht passible
vu ihe subject Hence we ??vii? a free
and full dtecussiau t4u'?>uftb ?our- eoi
UUiimX
SAURIES IN WAS! IN ?TON. I
"A congressman to get along on $"",
000 a year mid save something for the j
?iinu? win?? lie wiil be pushed aside by '
a more successful candidate." says one
of our southern contemporaries, "has ?
to live in a tlicttn hotel or boarding- \
house while attending to his cougres
sional ?tities, and his entertaining if*
confined to whiskey and plgars, and
not the liest grade of these articles.-'
"'niteirue. A salary of ?js"i,000 seems
? to ninny people ?to be big pay, aud it is
good pay for a man iu private life.
| bill ? is licor compensation .''ora mein*
I her ??:' ('on-.---i.ss who keeps up with
j the fashion in Washington. There are
twv) classes ?*S congressmen: those of
Hie one class live at the hotels and
j keep up with the social functions of
j congresslbnal life; those of the other
class live a!; cheap boarding-houses
ntid are not ""in the swim." AVe leave
our readers to gu<-ss lo which class the
most influential members of; Congress
beleii'.'. It is the poor people of the
country who proles: against big sala?
ries for Government officiais, but the
poor people, of all others, should de?
mand that their representatives In
Congress receive a salary sufficienti'*
large ii? enable them to keep up ap?
pearances and move in the best circles
and licei? company with the most iii
ilucniial. I; is to the interest of the
i*lch that such salaries be meagre, fol?
lile rich representatives are not de?
pendent upon their salary, and so long
as tin- pay is poos there will -be class?
es in Congress and the rich will have
the pul?.
The same thing is true in a greater
degree of the President's Cabinet. It
is impossible for any member of the
Cabinet, to keep up appearances and
entertain a.s the fashion demands on
a salary of $N,(.(.<i a year. And so ii
has come to pass that none but men
in comfortable circumstances, not to
s.?.,, vidi, can afford to occupy such a
position. No self-respecting man wants
lo be a member of the Cabinet, antl not
lire up to the social requirements of
the position, and henee ilio poor man
will noi accept and the President's
Cabinet must be made up of men who
have money.
There has been a great deal of. talk
during ih?,? past several years of build?
ing up a -rich aristocracy" in Hits
country. The createsi danger of it, in
our opinion, is found right hero.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS,
"fudge lioldom, of Chicago, recently
rendered aii interesting decision ih a
labor-union assault case, growing out
of a strike aud upheld the right of any
man to work at any labor with which
he is satisfied. The ease, was vbat of
Albert Hill, of the Lathers' Union, who
was charged with assaulting James
Kelly, another member of the Union.
because of Kelly's refusal ?? stop
work on a building when a strike was
i ii progress. The defendant's attprnev
pleaded with the court that inasmuch
as his client had already served a term
in jail and had suffered as much as
Kelly from the fight, he should not lie
further punished.
"Xo; the ma t ter is more serious than
y.ui think." returned Judge Holdom.
"Tin' assault and battery is noi so se?
rious in itself, inn there is a great
principle al s'akt?the principle of the
personal liberty .mia ran teed us by the
Constitution. When Kelly was al
work ??ii a contract with which he was
satisfied, the Presiden. ??G the United
States nor any individual has a right
to interfere with him. True, Kelly
was a men?bei' of the union, as was
lull. He had a right to be, and it was
his duly I?? obey the rules of Ihe union.
When he refused, however, the union
had i'is redress in disciplin'lng him and
expelling him. It had no right to send
a committee u> interfere with him and
assauli him. I do not want to be un?
der.-:.o? as being opposed to unions.
I believe iti ihe lights of men to form
union.-*, and?I believe that they make
for improvement and good."
This doctrine eaunol be too often
proclaim?: ,i. Americanism means per
Ronal liberty, and if it shall come to
pass in this country that a man is not
five in work when he pleases and to
QU?I work when he pleases, theU, iu
?!>"i??!. will American liberty be but a
l?ame. The great body of conservative
laboring men in this country have no
parieme with ihe ?attics adopted by
their union brother iu Chicago. Labor?
ing men believe iu organization and
we do not blame them. They have a
right in organize ami to make rules
for their organization and u> discipline
their members and to expel any mem?
ber who does not obey ilia rules. But
j v. hen it conies to sitting upon a man
and attacking him because he chooses
lo work in violation of the rules of the
union, ?liai is another matter: it is an
assault upon personal liberty, which
ihe ?-linns will not tolerate. Qu?e ad?
mit the principle "thai a body of labor?
ing men may by force preven! one of
their number from working, it follows
as a corollary (hat a number of em?
ployers may combine and compel their
employes to work against their will.
The whole principle is wrong and mis?
chievous. Man is a free ageut. so
created by the Cod of the universe,
llene?? his liberty is a divine heritage
and must not be interfered with, ex?
cept by due process of law.
The following ?is taken from a Itich
inond jiaperof March 2'", 1S70:
"Mr. Johnson introduced a bill in the
Senaie yesterday to prevent fraud in
elee:ions. The bill provides that in all
towns of over 2,000 inhahitams the
judges of the election shall be provided
with envelopes of uniform si*?e and
color; that the name of the voter shall
be numbered in the poll books as he
voles, and the judge shall mark the
number thus affixed to his name on the
ticket, and the tick?.t so numbered
shall lie sealed up in the envelope and
deposited in the ballot-box. Xo ballots
shall be counted which are not uiira
bered to (xaresp?ud with names of
voters on the poll books and which are
not enclosed in envelopes. All other
ballots shail be rejected and tiled away
antl returned with the other ballots as
now provided by law."
The Edinburgh Scotsman reports that
*Ube lobster* A-ra?" au,d oyster fisheries!
of the British coast are threatened in
the unprecedented swarms of octopus
which have recently appeared on both
sides of the channel." Mr. Bryan's
Commoner will please note the fact
that the octopus has departed from
our coasts. ?
By a recent vote of the Commons the
coronation oath of King Edward will
be so changed from the oath of former
| sovereigns as to contain nothing offen?
sive to the Roman Catholics of his
empire. The clause requiring the King
to expressly repudiate the doctrine of j
transubstantiation and to declare the I
invocation and adoration of the vii- '
gin and the saints to be idolatrous was ?
embodied in the coronation oath in
l(?fei> and has l>een retained until this
time. The new King will have to
swear ?to nothing that signifies any j
kind of religious intolerance
CURRENT TOPICS.
MORMONDOM AS SEEN AT HOME.
Of the condition of alluirs in Mormun
doin the Salt Lake Tribune has this to
say:
"All that is necessary for a young
woman to do is to go with some married
man to Idaho or Colorado or into th-2
temple in this city and be sealed to him;
both wiil be safe from prosecution. No
wonder President Cannon on Sunday
whooped the young people up to be mar?
ried; ? -, woiid?r that Elder Penrosc told
them not to wait until it should become
a case of real affection. Ours may be
a God-fearing people, but they do -iot
tear disgrace, or sliitme, or to have the
world truthfully declare that Utah
obtained statehood through perfidy unpar?
alleled.'.?
* ? ?
NOT EVARTS, BUT TILLMAN.
The story is told of Mr. Evarts, in
The World's Work, that one lay he met
Thurlow Weed, and the conversation
turned on chances for the presidency.
"Evarts,"' said Weed, "you are young
enough, and able 'enough, and have prom?
inence enough, to look forward reason?
ably to the presidency, it" you are willing
to do what is essential. First, get
elected to the Legislature: make your?
self prominent there, as you can easily
do; identify yourself with some subject
that will command public attention; we
wili see that you are nominated for Gov?
ernor; onc?"> elected Governor, you can
make a record there that will compel
jour party to name you for President."
President Grant asked Mr. Evarts soon
afterwards to go *js Consul to Geneva.
"If you accept Geneva you can never be
President," said Mr. Weed. Four years
afterwards, the story goes, the two men
met again. "What you failed to do,"
said Weed, "Tilden did."
* ?. *
NEED OF SOVTHERN COLLEGES.
President Dreher, of Roanoke College,
writes in the Roanoke Collegian of the.
need of southern colleges. Says he:
"?"Any one wl*jo will examine the table
of college endowments in the World
Almanac, (for which the ligures are fur?
nished by the presidents or treasurers
of these institutions), or the statistics
in the report of the l.'nited States Com?
missioner of Education, will see that a
gre-at disparity exists between the endow?
ments of northern and southern colleges
and universities. And these better
endowed institutions at the North have
the additional advantage of appealing to
mani moro wealthy people who have
been trained to recognize the claims of
education.
"There is a growing disposition on the
part of southern people to give to e-duca
tionnl objects, but, in spite of a general
improvement in the financial condition
of tho South, there are ns yet compara?
tively few men of considerable fortunes
in this part of our country. While no
effort should be spared by southern col?
leges to impress upon such men the duty
of making gifts to education, it may be
said on the other hand that wealthy men j
at the North should recognize their obli- j
.-?w;,,. ?., /? > ,,-",.,- fnr ,?f ^...,.,,,...;,^ n^(1 j
struggling colleges in the South, where
the needs are more urgent, and where
i.i.j..? .. ..,. .o ?uuen furth? m aeompi?sh
ing results than in other parts of our
country."
PERSONAL AND CRITICAL.
?Miss Ruth F. Mason, daughter of Sena?
tor Mason, proposes, to join her father
and brother in the law business. She will
be graduated by the National University
Law Department in June, and is making?
preparations to begin a general practice.
Senator Mason says his daughter will
make a good lawyer, and he approves
her ambition to begin practice.
* *
That Chicago needs the hand of reform
ia admitted even by the Chicago news?
papers. Rut it has remained for Minister
Wu to suggest to the Chicagoans the
weapon of reformation that shall be
placed within the fist of the reformer.
He declares the thing needed is '"soap."
The tact of the Chinese minister in mak?
ing this announcement may be calleel in
question, bat there can be no dispute as
to his judgment.
*-'..*
Glasgow will extend a cordial invita?
tici.*! to "eading American yacht clubs to
participate in the Clyde regatta in June.
Sir Thomas Lipton has entered Sham?
rock 1. and Shamrock 11., and hopes the ,
new Lawson boat may be induced to
enter also. Probably this feature cannot
be arranged, but it would certainly be a
r-i'acefu] recognition of . Sir Thomas'
friendliness und add zest to the event if
the Columbia could bo sent over.
AFTERMATH.
It takes a woman to know a woman. A
St. Louis girl went to the telephone to
talk to a young man in a neighboring
town a few days ago and before begin?
ning, said to central:
"All you girls are welcome to listen.
1 know you will anyhow, but after it Is
over, keep still about it."
* * "
There is a movement on foot in Balti?
more, Md., to erect a monument to Wil-.
liam Patterson. This is not the well
known "Billy" Patterson, made famous
by the fact that even after long years of
constant iiuiuiry, the identity of the man
who once assaulted him still remains a
mystery. William Patterson was a pub?
lic-spirited citizen of Baltimore and one
of the city's beautiful, parks bears his
name.
* .. *
The Chicago Tribune says the following
is a sample of the scare headlines used in
some of the papers of that city:
EMPEROR WILLIAM DEAD.
PRETTY NEAR.
BERLIN, March IS?Special to the
Scarehead.?Emperor William's escape
from death is the talk of Berlin. Had
ihe miscreant that atacked him hurled
itie rest of the locomotive instead of the
small piece of iron the Emperor would
have been crushed to death.
* * *
It was the custom of Mrs. Marietta Doc
Hay. who died recently In Tarrytown. to
put her money and jewels in a small black
bag, which she would hang on a limb of
a tree outside her window at night. She
feared burglars, and she wanted to ?
able to truthfully tell any robber who ap?
peared that she had no money in the
house. Frequently tho bag contained
thousands of dollars.
Her will was filed yesterday in White
Plains. She leaves about "4CQ.Q?0.
*.?-/* ' ' - ' '
The "most "aovil ??njs in Philadelphia
BUFFALO LrnilA WATER
literally takes the
place of the sur?
geon's knife in Stone
of the Bladder.
THE MINERAL WATERS
?F THE WORLD ARE
CHALLENGED TO PRO-!
DUCE EVIDENCE OF A
RESULT SO REMARKA?
BLE AS THE FOLLOW?
ING. VALUE OF THIS
WATER IN URIC ACID
DIATHESIS, GOUT, RHEU
? -*?? ?*av WATISM, ETC,
?-, ? am* ?? j Richmond Va Professor of Diseases of the Nervous sys
^mm^MT?dok^^ reading to-night of the paper on Oxaluna, and the dts
Son^ittSas broSto mind a cach?t recently came ^^^^?^\
though not bearing directly on that subject, has been so full ^??gg
have thought a brief report of it would prove likewise of interest and profit to the prac
???"???????'??? I examined a patient in the country and found, upon .?^$?*?
th. blodde?/that there? at le?st"TW*CALOJLl??^^^^^^^^
to the city for on operation for the relief of h.s distressing bladder symptoms. Atl|e
SoSSe^u?Sof mwimlmmW?m t^-v*?
^S?SoflStember last he presented himself at ??|
treatment; and, being confident that the same stones were present ?JW; W?S^
ered at my first examination, I did not re-examine him instrumental^, butput him? upon
preparatory treatment fcr operation, and four days afterwards referred him to tne
surgical clinic for operative procedure. i^n-Wnu?.? nf +h?
-The patient was, at this time, not suffering from the same severe r^ityQfihe
bladder as when I first saw him. but was still passing a large quantity of unne *h.ch con
tallied a sediment, which, upon evaporation, proved to he a line, sandy povwLr ot a light
yellow color, composed prihcioally of the phosphates and "rates. ?
-The patient was put upon the operating table, and Dr. Hunter McGuue, after some
difficulty, intr duced a litrotrite, intending to crush the stone, if possible; but, upon
careful examination, found absolutely no CALCULI in the bladder.
"Immediately after the operation the slight symptoms of nntatiot)i-W^j-JaJ existai
previously were relieved, because a stricture near the neck of he bladaer, which had ob?
structed the free passage of nhe calculus material, was dilated and overcome by the passa&e
of the large instrument used at the time.
"During ihs period intervening between my
and the time of his arrival here he had
bsen constantly losing liberal quntities of
and after hisad.-i'S'ucn the same was continued,
of any importance in the meantime, and none was given him
hospital. . d
JS-S )2i5S?}S?& Bui??? LrmnW?web?**
ed what I thought WOULD ? ? IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT OPERATiVE INTERVENTION.
u-'??iBSSSS BUFFALO L1THIA.WATEH pS?b??
remarkable as that here given by Dr. Hodges. STONE is, for the most part,of ,URK.
ACID ORIGM. causing G0U5, RHEUMATISM, B.iiGHT'S DISEASE, ETC., and in these and ALL
UKIC ACID conditions there is abundant testimony, which denes imputation or question,
th. t this water has accomplished results no less remarkable than in STONE.
6UFF?LO LITMI??FEK is for sale by Grocers and Druggists generally.
Testimonials which defy all imputation or questions sent to any address.
PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.
Springs are open for guests June 15th, close October 1st.
Situated on Danville Division of the Southern Railway.
PURCELL, LADD & CO., Agents, Richmond. Va.
first acquaintance with this patient
Buffalo litri a. Water,
had taken no other medication
after arrival at the
society this season is a grass widows'
club. Wives who have shuffled off the
lawful incumbrance of a husband, or even
two or three of them, are eligible, but it
was decided unanimously not to admit
the lachrymose female known as the
"forsaken" wife. All such may come into
the told of tiie Divorced Women's Club
under the caption of honorary members,
but they cannot share in the privileges
accorded to those who successfully drag?
ged their marital trouble through the
sieve of the law.
AMUSEMENTS.
Intense interest is being manifested in
the forthcoming engagement of 'Way
Down East at the Academy next Mon?
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday- Four
performances will be given, including a
Bargain matinee on AVednesday. The
company is headed by Joseph Grismer
and Phoebe Davis, and is said to be ex?
tremely capable. The mounting of the
price is elaborate to a degree, and the
play itself has been received anywhere
with every elemonstration of enthusiasm.
The sale of seats opened last Thursday
morning, and the demand has been ex?
ceptionally large-.
* *
"A Wise Guy" moves out of tho Bijou
to-night after a matinee and evening
performance. The show has drawn un?
usually largo audiences at every per?
formance, and the witty sayings of the
tough "Wise Guy," and the cleverness of
those helping him, made real laughter
and enthusiastic applause at every per?
formance.
Edmund Hayes, one of the best come?
dians in the profession and a man who
takes a most difficult" part, tbat of a
real tougl.l. is, in the opinion of many
theatregoers, the cleverest eccentric
character comedian in stage-land.
Manager Weils has booked a vaude?
ville bill, acts of his own selection, for
next week, and it is a show that has
every promise of being up to the Bijou
standard. Among the acts are those of
Zeno, Carl, and Zeno, Barnes and Sis
lar novelty,
novelty.
Forest Fires Rage.
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MERIDIAN, MISS.. March 22.-?New.s
reached here to-day from Pauldins" in
Jasper county, that forest tires are doing
thousands of dollars' worth of damage
in ihat section. Jasper has no railroad
connections.
An arrival from there to-day says the
high winds have swept the flames over
miles of the. dry pine country, burning
fences, homes, gins and outhouses.
Mrs. Hall Begins Suit.
(By Associato?! Tress.)
NEW7 YORK, March 22.?The Herald to?
morrow will say:
Mrs. Helen Hall, whose frienels have as?
sorted that at the proper time she would
produce evidence to substantiate her
claim to a good share of the estate of
George F. Oilman, has begun legal pro?
ceedings to obtain "rSr?.OO?. which she al?
leges the late tea merchant invested with
a firm of cotton brokers in tnis city for
her exclusive 'benefit, although the in?
vestment was made in Mr. Gilman's
name.
Mrs. Hall names as defendants George
A. Chapman, Andrew N. Selter and Ro?
bert C. Allen, composing the firm of
Chapman. Selter & Allen.
A HOnitlBH" ?????:???
"Of large cores on my little daughter's
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writes C. P> Isbill, of Morganton. Tenn.
but Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely
cured her. It's a guaranteed cure for
Eczema. Tetter, Salt Rheum. Pimples,
Sores, Ulcers and Piles. Only 25 cents at
Owens & Minor Drug Co.'s.
*"A CLEAR BRAIN and healthy body are
essential for success. Business, men.
teachers, students, housewives and other
workers say Hood's Sarsaparilla gives
them appetite antl strength and*'makes
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BRIDGES ACROSS THE POTOMAC
A Board of Engineers Appointed to Superin?
tend the Work.
(Special Disputili to The Times.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 2?.'.?Gen?
eral Wilson, chief of engineers, has ap?
pointed a board of engineer officers to con
Siuer the subject of a new bridge across
the Potomac River just above the present
Long Bridge; in accordance with the pro?
vision of the act. approved February 12,
1901, providing for -eliminating certain
grado crossings on the line of tho Balti?
more and Potomac Railroad Company in
the city of Washington, D. C, and re?
quiring said company to depress and ele?
vate its tracks and to enable it to relo?
cate parts of its railroad therein," etc.
The members of the board were selected
because of their ability and well known
familiarity with the matter entrusted to
their charge.
In ortier that no time may be lost in
the prosecution of this important work,
che board has been ordered to convene
.n this city Wednesday, April 3d.
The present Long Bridge over the Po?
tomac River is inadequate for the ac
:ommodation of the largely increased
railroad and vehicular traffic, and is in
a measure obstructive of navigation.
;*h? Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Company is required to remove the
present Long Bridge across the Potomac,
aid, in accordance with plans to be ap
?roved by the Secretary of War. to
.Uiiid on "practically the same line a new
,ridge in lieu there, the new bridge to
,?? for railroad ? rposes.
The Secretary of War is authorized to
unter into a contract with the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad Company, or any
?ther party, to construct, within two
years, at a point not less than live hun
lred feet above the site of the present
,ong Bridge, a new and substantial
.ridge for highway travel, of iron or steel,
esting upon masonry piers and provided
.vith.suitable approaches, and with a suffi?
cient draw, all in accordance with plans
and specifications to be approved by the
Secretary of War. Congress has appro?
priated the sum of $5l!S.?00, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to be paid
from time to time, as the construction of
the said bridge progresses, by the Secre?
tary of War, under such regulations as
he shall prescribe.
Big Fire in Mississidpi.
fBy Ass<"i"l??-i"it Piyas.j
GREENVILLE, MISS., March 22.? The
Greenville Cotton Compress was burned
this afternoon, together with 1,500 bales
of cotton, valued at? 5T0,CO0. The compress
was damaged to the extent of "'.iCj.GOO.
The tire crossed the Yazoo and Mississ?
ippi Railroad and destroyed the New Hope
First Baptist Church, and then ate its
way into Stee.e's Alley, destroying in all
seventeen tenement houses and most of
the contents. The loss totals "100.000. Sev?
eral people were badly burned, but none
fatally. '
A Chautsuqua Lecture.
Mr. Frank A. Gattern, director of the
, Bureau of Extension of the Chautauciua
I A.ssembly. of Cleveland. O.. delivered a
! free lecture last night on the Chautauqua
I movement of self-education at the First
Baptist Church. The lecture was under
tho auspices of the Old Dominion Literary
and Scientific Circle. The speaker very
enjoyably told of his travels in Cuba and
the Philippines, and of the Chautauciua
course on Franco and the recent Paris
Exposition.
A good stereoptieon proved a valuable
adjunct iu the matter of providing a
pleasant evening for tho good crowd
present, but not so valua?le as Mrs. Cat
tern, whose readings and illustrated reci?
tations were heartily applauded. The
evening was a success, and tho Old Do?
minion Circle earned many well wishers.
Old Maid's Con* e it'on.
The Old Maids* Convention. Presented
last night at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, was
greeted by a crowded house. This being
the second time the Convention has 'been
held, the.entertainment went off in great
style. The principal parts wore taken by
Misses Nannie P?>gram, Delmar Spencer,
Madge Read, Miss Louise Steel.
? Tho. entert:?inmeat .was. given for. the
benefit .qJ th? Grace-Street Baptist
Churclv-:?;-"" ' '^?^~''~^~^'-'4>r***?p?i*?
SHOT AT ACTRESS:
WOUNDED ESCORTS
(Continued from First Page.)
Miss Buckley for ?Miss Seligman -when
he saw her in the Rathskeller.
He, however, denies having? known Miss
Seligman. He was held in 55,000 and his
hearing was set for Monday.
Dingwell's friends who saw him at the
hospital itvnlght, say that his condition
is not serious and that he would be out
in a few days.
Mouiton was removed from the West
Side Prison to-night to Bellev?e Hospital.
It was said the removal was necessitated
because of the collapsed condition into
which he has dropped, owing to the use
of alcoholic drinks and drugs.
Mother Going to Him.
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, ????., Mairch 22.?
R. H. Moulton's mother will start for
New Tork to-morrow morning in response
to a telegram from her son, which reads:
"I am in trouble; come at once."
Well Known in Nashvil'e.
(By Associated Tress.)
NASHVILLE, TENN.. March 22.?Rob?
ert M. iMoulton is the youngest son of the
late Frank Mouiton, at one time a well
known grain dealer in this city. Mouiton
was born in this city and resided here
until about ten years ago, -when his
father moved to Memphis, where he
died.
Robert is about 2-1 years of age, and has
been at Columbia College several years,
pursuing the study of architecture. His
mother and other relatives live at Spring?
field, Tenn. A brother lives in this city.
Moulton's Iiearing is defective in conse?
quence of an attack of scarlet fever. In
this city iMoulton has many friends who
declare he is a person of the most kindly
disposition.
DEMONSTRATION PLANNED.
Troops Sleep in Their Clothes Ready for In?
stant Action.
(By Associated Frets.)
LONDON, March 22.?The Moscow cor?
respondent of the Standard in a com?
munication dated March 38th, says:
"A great demonstration of about 20,000
students and workmen was planned for
yesterday, but, possibly on account of
the elaborate police and military pre?
cautions, it has been postponed until
the body of M. Bogoliepoff, the victim,
of Karpovitch is brought here for
burial.
?"??>- the last ten nights the troops of
the Moscow garrison have slept in their
clothing, ready for instant action. It
will be surprising if matters are finally
settled without bloodshed."
THE DISPUTE SETTLED.
Troops Have Been Withdrawn and Salutes
Exchanged.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, March 22.?The War Office
has received the following from Count
von "SValdersee:
"The Anglo-Russian dispute at Tien
Tsin has been settled from a military
standpoint In a manner satisfactory to
both parties. Both military posts have
withdrawn and salutes have * been ex?
changed. The British declare that no of?
fense to the Russian flag was intended
and "that the alleged removal of the Russ?
ian boundary marks was neither by the
command nor with the knowledge of the
military authorities."
CHINA'S RESOURCES.
Committee to Discover How Much China Will
Be Able to Fay.
(By Associated Press.)
PEK?N, March 22.?A committee of
ministers has been appointed to discover
China's resources and report on her abili?
ty to pay the indemnity to be demanded
by the Powers. Many ministers arc
strongly opposed to China's having to pay
to keep an army of ten or twelve thou?
sand men here for the next two years.
Idle to Deny Danger.
(By Associati-li Press.)
LONDON, March 22.?The Statist to?
morrow, after editorially discussing the
possibilities of a conflict between Russia
and Japan, will say:
"It is idle to deny that there is danger
of complications. Nevertheless we think
peace will be preserved, and trust that
Russia will give satisfaction to Japan in
Korea, thus removing the danger of a
rupture."
Inhabitants Scared.
(By Associateli Press.)
LONDON, March 22.?The special dis?
patches from Marseilles report the situa?
tion there as very serious. The Daily
Mail correspondent says:
"The inhabitants are scared by the talk
of revolution. Ten thousand troops will
bo here to-day (Saturday) and a state of
siege will probably be proclaimed.
Deadlock Unbroken.
(By Associated Press."!
LINCOLN, NEB.. March 22.-Fifty-four
Republicans went into caucus again to?
night in an effort to end the long Sena?
torial deadlock. Balloting was without re?
sult or material change.
Mitchell Will ?Not Talk.
(By Associateli Press.)
PHILADELPHIA. PA., March 22.?An?
swers have, been received by President
Mitchell, of the? United Mine Work?
ers, from some of the presi?
dents o? the coal-carrying com?
panies to the letters asking them to
meet the United Mine-Workers in a joint
conference. Pressent Mitchell declines to
state what the character of the replies
so far received are.
One company reiterates that it cannot
and will not recognize those not in its
service, but is ready at all times to hoar
those in its actual employ upon any
grievances they may have.
Milwaukee Fire.
(By Associateci Press.)
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. March 22.?Fire
to-night completely wiped out the big
piano establishment of William Rohlting
?ft. Sons, on Broadway, and wrought fur?
ther destruction to adjoining property,
entailing a loss close to "300,000, fully
covered by insurance.
Honest Diiierences.
(By Ass-.?elateil Press.)
ALBANY. N. Y.. March 22.?Governor
Odell to-night issued a formal statement
in which he declared he is opposed to a
metropolitan police bill because he does
not believe that present exigencies would
justify its enactment, and for the further
reason that he does not believe it would
be constitutional.
He refers to the respective positions
which have been taken on the question
by_Senator Thomas C Platt ana himself,
anil declares that they are simply honest
differences of opinion, and do not, in the
slightest degree, constitute a quarrel.
Pastaje to Cuba.
(By Associate?! Pffesis,)
WASHINGTON. March 22.-As a result
-of the Cabinet meeting to-day the Post?
master-General will issue an order estab?
lishing the domestic rate o? postage be
??.-??? the. .United States and Cuba, the
order ta take effect on. April 1st. . The
same rate : exists between the United
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CHA.NLER'S WHEREABOUTS.
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Former Husband of Princess Troubetsko
Believed to Be in Europe.
(Ky Associateli Press.)
NEW YORK, March 22.?The Tribune
to-morrow will say:
"It is now iirmly believed that John
Armstrong Chanler, the former husband
of Emelie Rives, now the Princess Trou
betskoi. sailed for Europe shortly after
his escape from Bioommgdale Asylum,
at White Plains, on Thanksgiving Dai
last. It has been learned that on the day
Chanler disappeared he mailed a letter to
London.
"Chanler. it is said, when he left th?
asylum, boarded a trolley car and rode
to Mammaronk. There he purchased
stamps to mall letters and a ticket for
New York. One of the letters, which
was addressed to London, Eng., he kept
and sa??T he would mail it in New York."
Telegraphic Brevities.
(By Associate?! Press.)
NEW YORK, March 22.?The members
of the Cotton Exchange voteti in favor ol
closing the Exchange on Good Friday
and the Saturday following.
HAVANA. March 22.??.'.onerai Miles and
party sailed this morning at 11 o'clock fur
Miami. Fia., on the steamer Prince Ed?
ward.
WASHINGTON. D. C. March 22.?Rep?
resentativo Livingstone, of Georgia, is
steadily convalescing.
KEY WEST. FLA.. March 22.-The
Avistrian steamer Styria. fr?->m New Or?
leans, with a cargo of cotton stave-*?.
v.? ut on the rocks at French Reef, forty
miles south of Miami, Florida. y?-ster
day. The vessel is reported to be bilged.
The captain has sent here for pumps.
Wreckers have gone to tho assistance ot
the vessel.
ATLANTA. GA . March 22.?Application
has been made for a charter for the
North Georgia Mining and Milling r*om
pany. The capital stock; will bo "2.5'?>.?"i..
The company owns C*V*"?> aeres of land,
upon which it proposes to develop ore
and timber.
NEW YOLK. March 22.?Police Com.
missione:* Murphy said to-night that early
next week he was going M rearrange
the Tend-jrlcm District ""-y annexing por?
tions of it to other yrecinc'ts adjoining It.
AUfeTIN. TEXAS. March 22.? Governor
Sayers to-day issued his annual gulf and
border quarantine proclamation, becom?
ing effective April 1st.
WASHINGTON. March 22.-General
Mac Arthur's [report giving the details of
the deportation or Editor George L Rico
has been received at the War Depart?
ment. Secretary Roeit says General Mac
Arthur was acting clearly within his au?
thority.
Foreign Notes.
(By A-ssoclatea Press.)
MANILA. Mitrch 22.?General Fullon.
and ISO of his command armed with
rifles, surrendered to Colonel Scott, ol
the Forty-fourth Volunteer Infantry at
Antique, Istand%of Panay. to-day.
" BERLIN. March 22.?A "syndicate of
leading Berlin and provincial l-anks. head?
ed by the Imperial Bank, has taken ove?
an imperial 3 per cent, loan or *"t"*O."O3.00"
mark??, which will be issued early in April.
The issue price is 51? 1-2.