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WEDNESDAY. APRII. 23, *1902.
GENERAL WADE HAMPTON.
While the death and burial of General
Wade Hampton has attracted attention
and drawn eulogies throughout the United
Staies, the event has not been over?
estimated. There is n? other man left
who so perfectly represented the civili?
zation, the patriotism, the chivalry ana
heroism of the old South as General
Hampton.
He was the third generation of *Wade
Hamptons who had distinguished them?
selves in their country's service. He
was the very flower ot tbe old slave
holding aristocracy, and it seems impos?
sible for ibis genoratlon, especially those
with Northern sentiments, to understand
,? <he dignity and conscientiousness with
which such men. discharged their duty
; to their State and to their servants. Th?
, idea of holding office for the sake of
. gain was. impossible with them, and
f when by a travesty on representative
govoi-hment "South Carolina, in a baleful
] hour, supplanted Hampton with a Tul?
li man she sounded within her borders the
? ?death knell of that splendid school of
? statesmen.
; In the war befcwe?9n the States Hampton
: not only dlstinfrjuished himself as an of
i tG?-er in the forefront of the fight, but, like
? other hero'--? men, he received in his heart
his greatest wound when he lost a son
j in battle at his side. One who served
?under Hampton In tho cavalry and who
?si furnishes- the appended notice of him,
says he remembers Hampton solitary and
alone in the-dark midnight sitting- by the
dying embers of his camp-fire, weepinj
over the death of his gallant son, who had
-just been killed that evening, October 2?,
?J8G4.
In the Boer war the great South Af?
rican fighter, DeVv'et, lost his- son at his
Bide. Lord Roberts, the English genomi,
on the same scene, lost his oniy boy.
., He Wet is reported to havo said that he
jrnew that no honor that Lord Roberts
had received could compensate him for
his son.
And now Hampton, with child and for?
tune and State all lost to him, is driven
to his grave, amid the tears of tens of
thousands of his fellow-citizens, by an
aged negro, eighty-five years old, who had
been his playmate in his youth, his body
servant in the field. Thc filling of that
grave seemed to put the clods upon the
-old South. Let us hope that in the new
industrial and commercial civilization
and eager search for wealth, with the
concurrent estimation of men, according
to what they are worth in dollars, we
may find some men who will as nobly
discharge their duty as this great repre?
sentative of olii South Carolina, of whom
his follower in the field has this to say:
"Born of Virginia ancestry, in South
Carolina. March 2S, ISIS. Wade Hampton.
by rci-?>on of strength, reached the good
old age of eighty-four years. Educated
for the bar. he preferred the life of a
planter, and iii the midst of refinement an?3
'wealth he was reared a slrorg, brav?
earnest, high-minded gentleman. Taking
part in public affairs, ho served his Stato
'in tlie Legislature, where ' his-., speech
against the slave trade was pronounced
by the New York Tribune a masterpiece,
of logic, directed 'by the noblest senti?
ments of the Christian and patriot.'
* j li ?S61. when we went to war, what
?manner of men, think yon. gathered in de?
fense of our homes with Wade Hamp?
ton as a private soldier?
"But promotion was rapid, and as colo?
nel i'? the Hampton Legion he won his
lirst laurels and received his first wounds.
'Again promoted' to the command of a
brigad? of cavalo*, he served with the
most distinguished gallantry and success
5n all of Stuart's campaigns, and on the
Sd of August. 16G3. he was commissioned
?major-general.
? "On tho death of General Stuart, he
succeeded to the command of his corps
ns chief of cavalry of the Army of north?
ern Virginia.
' "Wounded again and again, he bore the
scars of bullet and salire, yet speedily
returning ?? the head of his troops, with
the fresh energy of a charmed life.
*'it was the misfortune of the cavalrj
eorps to lose his gu'ding hand in the
winter of 1SG5, when he was sent South
to restore the waning fortunes of that
distressed army and to reorganize its scat?
tered horsemen. Against vast odds, he
continued to gain victories and reap ad?
vantages whc*>? hope was against hope.
?'The official records of both armies.
Union and Confederate, bear. unvarying
testimony to his high qualities as a sol?
dier and born leader.of men.
"But what estimate could be placed
on his services mo**p honorable and con?
clusive than the tribute which General
""Leo paid to him and his command, when
lie wrote:
**' 'You cannot regret as much as I did
that you were not with us at our final
struggle ? ? ? ?. if you had been there
with all our cavalry the result at Five
Forks would have been different?*
"if General Hampton's record as a sol?
ver is bright witli a spotless glory, so
his character as a citizen shines with
equal lustre.
"In tlie dark days of Reconstruction
The led his people out of the wilderness
of despair and revived their drooping
?spirits with the assured hope of better
days, placing them again on the high
road to prosperity.
"As Governor of South Carolina and her
Senator In Congress, he exhibited the
highest qualities of statesmanship and es?
tablished a wise and honest administra?
tion. No better eulogy can be pro-?
nounced upon this period of his career
than that a?ready spoken by his chief op?
ponent in that crisis of his State's his?
tory.
"The people of South Carolina, in
?jrrateful devotion to his memory, may
well erect to Hampton a statue more
lasting than Time?for ho saved the
.State.
"It is said that the sword has passed
through five stages of evolution, the last
*f which is thus described:
" 'And here is the last chapter In th?,
?eventful history, showing a sword that is
?a. mere military accoutrement, without
<iny idea of being used for any purpose
ether than a badge of rank. Its glory
Thas deparad, its end has come, for it Js
now being discarded even as an emblem
?? military authority and will, be known
?Ply in song and story?' "
"'Not ?*.' tho sword of .Lee; not so the
?word of Stuart, of Forrest and of Hamp
Uttm J5y ita bright flaahic?*. the heroic
souls of thesfc great men were lighted to
un immortality of tamo.
"The sword, the last weapon to resist
tlie inhuman spirit of invention In ?arms
in the hands of true cavalrymen, can
never cease to inspire brave men and wm
Do known, nojt alone in song and story,
but in civili2?"d *warfar?e. as long as such
men are born to wield it.
Glorious Hampton. ?Death cannot dim
the brightness of thy sword! Hall ?and
farewell 1
SENATOR DANIEL'S VIEW.
We are not surprised that Senator Dan?
iel has publicly declared himself in favor
of submitting tS?e now Constitution to the
full voto of the people, for we had heard
him so declare himself. Senator Daniel
understood at too Norfolk Convention and
subsequently in the canvass that the new
instrument was to be submitted to the
existing electorate. And he thinks that
the people generally so understood it.
But the Senator says very frankly that,
as the pledge of submission to the people
was made as to "the Constitution" and
not as to a part of the Constitution, the
performance should be as broad and full
as the pledge.
In other words. Senator Daniel brings
the question squarely down to submission
to the whole people or proclamation.
There is no escape, as we see it, from
that conclusion. It will not bo a per?
formance of the contract, a fulfilment of
the pledge, to proclaim a part and submit
a part; and this is true whether there
be a "temporary" or a permanent procla?
mation of the suffrage clause.
Just hero let us inquiro what Is meant
by a "temporary" proclamation of the
sui?rage clause? It means, as we under?
stand, that tho suffrage clause will be
proclaimed and will remain in force by
virtue of such proclamation until the new
electorate has been determined upon and
elected. It will be merely tentative.
Then the whole Constitution, suffrage
clause and all, will be submitted to the
vote of the new electorate. If carried the
suffrage clause will become permanent;
if defeated that wili be the end of it.
Rut be it well noted that those who are
most concerned, those who will be de?
prived of their vote if tho "temporary"
suffrage clause is made liermaiient, will
not be permitted to vote on Ibis ques?
tion which so Intimately concerns them.
What sort of "satisfaction" will they
get? AVhat sort of "redemption of the
pledge" Avili that be? AA'e do not be?
lieve that the convention will follow any
such course. Delegate Wysor says that
he will not and Senator Daniel says that
he will not. It is either submission to
the whole people or proclamation. AVhich
shall it be? That is tlie question to dis?
cuss.
FOR EDUCATION.
A large number of Richmond people,
headed by the Governor of the State, will
jro down to Hampton today by special
invitation of the management of the Nor?
mal School of that place to meet Mr. Rob?
ert C. Ogden and a number of distin?
guished educators from the North, who
are interesting themselves in the broad
subject of national education. Mr. Og?
den and his associates will visit Rich?
mond in tlie evening and a publie recep?
tion will be tendered them, after which
thoy go further South? to visit educa?
tional centres, and especially to attend
the meeting at Athens. Georgia, of thc
Southern Education Board.
The Philadelphia Evening Telegram an?
nounces in this connection that John D.
Rockefeller has given one million dollars
to the cause of popular education in the
South, and we understand that other rich
men at the NoTth will contribute large
sums of money to the fund which it is
proposed to raise. This money is to be
used, if used at all, to forward" the work
which is already being done by the public
school systems in the various States, .ind
it is the intention and desire of the con?
tributors and of all the men engaged In
the movement to work In harmony with
the State and county authorities. Thoy
take a broad view of the subject of edu?
cation. Their view is as broad as the
nation?as broad as the needs of the na?
tion. They believe that the nation is
to be tienefieted by education and that the
better the people are educated the better
our citizenship will be. They believe in
educating tlie masses. The}* believe in
educating from the bottom upward. And
they are right, for the republic, if It is
to stand, must rest upon the plain people
as a foundation.
It is a noble and philanthropic work
that these men are doing, and we are
gratified that such a cordial reception will
be tendered them in A'irginia. Our rep?
resentative men and women will meet
them tc-day and greet them and confer
with them and give them assurance that
they are welcome and that their aid will
be received as graciously as it is prof?
fered, and in the same spirit.
In reply to a correspondent of a North?
ern newspaper that the Governor of Arir
ginia and the- Governor of -Pennsyl\*ania
"were treated with scant courtesy" on
their vifcit to Charleston, the News and
Courier puts in a vigorous denial. It
says:
The two Governors expressel their en?
tire satisfaction with their treatment
while here. They wero given two recep?
tions; they were told cf the deep, regret
of Governor McSweeney that he could
not be present because of serious illness
in his family; they were welcomed by
the Mayor of the city at their headquar?
ters, and the committees appointed by
the Exposition stuck to the very pleas?
ant task assigned them until the visitors
left Uie city. The Governor of Arirginia
requested that he and his party ?should
not be met at the train on thear arrival,
and a member of the Virginia commis?
sion to tli? Pan-American Exposition
says that tlie Governor and his party had
received a great deal more attention in
Charleston than the Governor of Vir?
ginia received at Buffalo. And as for the
Governor of Pennsylvania, his own state?
ments prove that the Richmond corre?
spondent of the Sun belongs to the tribe
of Ananias.
The Daughters of the Confederacy of
South Carolina are talking of erecting
a monument to Hampton. A noble un?
dertaking, ?and wo hope that It will suc?
ceed. Men and women from all parte of
the South will be* glad to contribute
something toward a Hampton monu?
ment.
Thero is a place in Surry county called
Chub. Doubtless the ' fishermen regard
It aa a, "rising" town. ]
CURRENT TOPICS.
Getting Into the Band-Wagon.
The Public Ledger stated a few days
ago that public sentiment in the State
was crystallzing in favor of having the
new Constitution proclaimed, and since
that timo additional evidence has been
adduced' to show that sentiment is
strengthening in that direction. A Chase
City special to The Richmond Times
of yesterday stated that a'meeting of the
"Democrats of that town and vicinity was
held tlie previous day, Friday, at which?
a resolution was unanimously adopted in?
structing Mr. George P. Tarry, the dele?
gate from Mecklenburg county to the
Constitutional Convention, to vote to pro?
claim the new Constitution, and the Dan?
ville Register of last Saturday stated edi?
torially that three of the four delegates
from Pittsylvania county and the city of
Danville had expressed their determina?
tion to vote for proclamation, and that
the fourth had stated that he would vote
as the others did. The Public Ledger fa?
vors submission to the new electorate, but
it recognizes the fact that the advocates
of proclamation are gaining strength
steadily, and that the probabilities are
that the Constitution will be put into ef?
fect by the formal action of the members
of the convention.?Norfolk Public Ledger.
A Remarkable Virginia School.
A few weeks ago it was my privilege
to visit one of the most splendid indus?
trial institutions in the Southern States,
tho Miller Manual Labor School for poor
white children, located on a spur of the
Ragged Mountains, of Albemarle county,
in the beautiful and healthful Piedmont
region of Virginia. The people who in?
habit the hollows of these mountains are
typical of other mountaineer folks, pos?
sessing all tho \-irtues and weaknesses
generally attributed to them. Many are
descendants of thc Redemptioner classes
of early colonial days, but the larger por?
tion are of Hessjan descent, claiming for
their forebears those Hessians who, at
the close of the Revolutionary War,
were turned loose from imprisonment at
Charlottesviiie, Va_, and sought homes
among the Ragged Mountains, near by.
They are, for the most part, a hard?
working people, honest, and entirely with?
out love for the almighty dollar; but
their great love of liberty breeds in them
a contempt for educational advantages
or steady employment of any kind.
Seeing them at church on a Sunday
morning, pleasant-looking and rapt in
their devotions, it becomes difficult to
believe that they can bo content to return
to the wretched hovels which many of
them are satisfied to call their homes.
Of tho stock in these mountains that pre?
ceded the fcomirig of the Hessians, came
Samuel Miller, the founder cf the Miller
Manual Labor School of Albergarle" coun?
ty, which, with its lino buildings and en?
dowment fund of nearly fifteen hundred
thousand* dollars, is the grandest and
most fruitful charitable institution in
thc Southern State's. It was no blue
blooded Virginian, reared in luxury, that
was? inspired to remember the poor chil?
dren of his native county, but the son
of a poor mountaineer woman, born in
a. log cabin in abject poverty and degra?
dation. From the tower of the machine
shops, the finest built in tho South for
industrial education, is pointed out the
spot, marked by a stone, where once
stood tho cabin in which Samuel Miller
was born.
On tho grounds now graced* by his
munificent gift he earned his first money
.?y gathering wool which stray sheep
had left on th'e bushes, and some of the
bricks in the tower ho aided in making
at the small remuneration of ten cents
a day. It was from early youth the treas?
ured hope of Samuel Miller and his broth?
er, John, to acquire a fortune large
enough to establish in their native county
a free educational institution for poor
children. After receiving an ordinary
education at Batesville, Va.. Samuel en?
tered' into business with his brother, who
had become a successful tobacco mer?
chant in Lynehburg. The death of John
in 1S41 made him heir to $100,000, with
which sum, and his shrewd business abili?
ty, he accumulated a vast fortune, dying
in 1SG9. the possessor of an estate valued
at $1,230,100.93, thc bulk of which was left
for the building of a manual labor school
for poor white children in Albemarle coun?
ty.?Helen Gray, in Leslie's Weekly.
For an Early Primary.
?".iitor of Tlie Times:
Sir,?Tlie writer is glad to observe from
the press that there seems to be a v/y.:l
?oitled disposition on the part of the
party authorities to have early primaries
for the nomination of members of Con?
gress. The reasons which support th.s
aio certainly very cogent.
1. Tho earlier the primary the more
time the Democratic nominee will ha>ve
to make his canvass against his Republi?
can exponent.
2. Up tu the time of the primary tha
Democratic candidates will really be
fighting each other; they will not b3 ab.e
to give much attention to the common
enemy.
3. The struggle for the nomination is
sure to engend?.?!- strife and feeling in the
party and between tho friends of the
candidates; time is needed between the
nomination and the election in which all
soreness and feeling may pass away; an,
early primary secures this.
?i. The Constitution will probably he
submitted at this election, and if so, there
is going to be tremendous - struggle, ani
we will need to get out every Democratic
vote. To do this we must have time, and
in every district there should be a Demo?
cratic nominee in the field as early as
possible, and his time should not be
taken up in fighting another Democrat
for the nomination; he should be free to
work for his party.
5. It is a well-known fact that from
about the middle of July until October
1st hundreds of voters are away from
the city. These men should not be de?
nied the opportunity unless there is some
great necessity for it. It is more im?
portant now than ever before that we
should encourage our people to vote In
our party primaries.
6. Unless some greater purpose be sub?
served, wo ought not to keep our p&op'.e
in the turmoil and strife of a party con?
test, with all the inevitable strain and
annoyance and discomfort of it during
the heated term of July, August and
September.
Let us hac.'e the primaries before Aug?
ust, by all means.
A" DEMOCR.\T.
Richmond, Va_. April 22d.
TOMB OF SAINT.
Vault Containing Remains of Bishop
Neuman Finally Sealed.
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.. April 22.?The
tomb in which the body of Bishop John
N. Neumann was placed forty-two years
ago, was opened to-d'ay by a special ec?
clesiastical court; this being one of the
final acts preliminary to the beatification
of tho prelate. The disinterment was
made in secret and was for the purpose
of identifying tlie remains of Bishop
Neumann and to ascertain their state
of preservation. The witnesses swore
that they witnessed the burial of the
Bishop and two physicians wrote a min?
ute description of the remains. They
were then placed in a new coffin and
restored to the vault, which was sealed
by Archbishop Ryan.
The evidence collected by the Ecclesias?
tical Court during the inquiry, which has
been in progress for several years, will
now be forwarded to Rome. Bishop Neu?
mann was born in Bohemia in 1SH ' and
came to America, at the age of twenty
three years. He was made bishop of
this djlocese In 1S12. Ha died suddenly
In I860. . : , j
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if em of the pay
Jit the Capitol]
There was little of public moment go?
ing on at the ?Capitol yesterday. It was
the first real spring day of the year, and
every one looked as if they . had that
?'tired feeling." There wa? nothing out
of the usual order to claim their atten?
tion, and they dragged the day out ham?
mering away* at routine work.
Tne Governor yesterday pardoned
John Franklin, who was at the Novem?
ber term of the AVise County Court con?
victed of manslaughter and sentenced
to the penitentiary for a term of years.
In granting the above pardon the Gov?
ernor gives as his reason the following:
"It is averred from the evidence ad?
duced in a subsequent trial of a co
defendant that the gravest doubt existed
as to the guilt of the applicant. At least
this momentous consideration con?
strains the trial judge and the Com?
monwealth's Attorney to recommend the
pardon, and JL therefore relieve the con?
vict o? the residue of his term of one
year."
The Final Revision Committee of the
Constitutional Convention yesterday com?
pleted the consideration of the suffrage
clause and proceeded to take up the
clause relating to the executive depart?
ment.
The committee is laboring faithfully
over the matter and is holding two ses?
sions daily. It is probable that the en?
tire matter will be disposed of before
the return of the convention here on
May 22d.
Some of the work is very tedious and
sometimes the committee hangs up for
a whole day on one sentence. It is
thought, however, that the suffrage .
matter which has been disposed' of was
perhaps thc ono that needed most at?
tention by the committee.
All the talk about contesting Governor
Montague's right to veto the congressional
reapportionment bill, recently passed by
the Legislature, has apparently died out,
and not a word is now heard of it. Those
close to the- situation predicted long ago
tha?. the scheme would fall through, and
their predictions seem to havo been al?
ready verified.
The various architects who propose to
bid on the plans for repairing the Capi?
tol are still at work from day to day
taking measurements of the building, r.nd
gc-tting ready for the next meeting of the
commission, which will take place in Gov?
ernor Montague's office on May 4th.
Judge AA'illiam Hodares Mann, of Not?
toway. was at the Library yesterday on
legal business.
NO VIOLATION OF LAW.
British Camp at Chalmette Within Neu?
trality Limits.
(By Associateli Tress.)
AVASHINGTON, April 22.?Tho reports
of Colonel Crowder, who investigated the
shipment of horses and mules to South
Africa from the port of Chalmette, La.,
was laid before the cabinet to-day by
the President. AVhile the report is in?
complete it developed that the conclusion
was reached by the President from what
he had seen of it, that there is not suf?
ficing evidence to >ghow past or present
violation of neutrality and consequently
there is no warrant for intervention.
Colonel Crowder will make some addi?
tions to his report during tho afternoon
and to-night ho will go ver the matter
very thoroughly with the President ar.d
tho Attornoy-General.
Satisfied Negroes.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 22.?A commit?
tee of negroes' composed of ex-Governor
Pinchback, of'Louisiana; Bishop Grand,
of Indiana; E. AA*.' Lampton, of Missis?
sippi, and AV. McKinley, of South Caro?
lina, called upon the President to-day
and asked for his support of the Crum
packer resolution and the resolution in?
troduced by Irwin, providing for a com?
mittee to investigate the condition of the
negroes.
They declined to discuss the'details of?
the interview, but said it was a \-ery
satisfactory one.
Sensation Sprung.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, ILL., April 22.?Mystery
surrounds the arrest of four men made
shortly after midnight on the charge o?
"conspiracy to do an unlawful act" in
connection with the Justice Court fight
being made by the city of Chicago against
the Union and Consolidated Traction
Companies in Justice George Wood's
Court.
The arrests were made' on information
of Herman N. Green to AVilliam Kent,
John M. Harlan and AValter L Fisher,
of the Municipal A'oters' League. Greene
made affidavit that he had been appointed
to commit an unlawful act in the inter?
ests of the companies.
Had His Revenge.
(By Associated Press.)
TORK PA, April 22.?The large barn of
JC. C. AVolfe, eight miles southeast of York,
was destroyed by an incendiary fire last
Saturday. Forty head of fat beef cattle,
and ten horses and mules perished in
the flames. Henry Eberly who had been
employed at the place for three years,
came to York to-day and gave himselt
to the authorities. He confessed to firing
the barn, saying he did it for revenge for
bad treatment ho received from his em?
ploye!?.
A Losing Order.
(Bv Associated Press.)
AVASHINGTON, April 22.-Pcstmas*teo
Geneial Payne has tiled a motion in the
District of Columbia Supreme Court for
a modification of the restraining order is?
sued on the application of the publishers
of thirteen periodicals recently excluded
f?-om the second-class mail privileges.
The motion sets out that in the thirteen
publications involved, the loss to the Gov?
ernment by. transmission at the lowest
rate aggregates about ?50,000 a month.
Is Pruden's Successor.
CBv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April *>2.?The Presi?
dent to-day appointed Benjamin P.
Bernes, of New Jersey, assistant secre
A STUBBORN COLD OR
BRONCHITIS.
yields more readily to Scott's
Emulsion of cod-liver oil than
to anything that you can take ;
and if persistently used a few
days, will break up the cold.
When you 'awake in the
night choked up and cough?
ing hard, take a dose of the
Emulsion, and you will get
immediate relief, where no
cough medicine will give you
relief. It has a soothing and
healing effect upon the throat
and bronchial tubes.
Send for Free Sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE? Chemists, 409 Perl St? ?G..?.; j
tary to succeed O. L. Truden, decea.cd.
Mr. Barnes has been an assistant to aec
? etary Cortelyou and is a graduate ol
the law department of Georgetown Uni?
versity.
WEEKLY CROP SUMMARY.
Weather Favorable for Farming Oper?
ations?Rain Needed for Crops.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 22.?The Weather
Bureau's weekly summary of crop condi?
tions is as follows: ? ?.? ,.?,?,?
The week ending April^lst was warmer
than the average in tiie Pacific 'Coasted
Rocky Mountain regions, in J?^i-?U^0<HJ2
Aralley and the northern districts to-rne
eastward; it was too cool m the kiddie
Atlantic and Southern States, and decid
cdlv dry over the greater part of tne
Central Valleys and Middle Atlantic
States. The general weather conditions
although not conducive to rapid advance
of vegetation, were very tavorable foi
farming operations in nearly all parts ot
the country. , .. . ,,???
The progress of corn planting has been
rather slow except in Missouri and the
Southern States, this work being about
nnished in the Central and AA-estern^Guir
districts. ; ? . -
Winter wheat has continued to maKe
slow growth, and on the whole is in less
promising condition in the principal Win?
ter wheat States of the Centra! A alleys
than at the close of the previous week.
The germination of early sown spring
wheat over the southern portion of tne
3pring wheat region has been slow ana
seeding has been retarded by freezing in
North Dakota. , . ,
In the Misouri and Central Mississippi
Valley States oats are making slow
growth, and are much in need of rain anu
warm weather. In thc Southern States a
verv general improvement is indicated.
Seeding is well advanced in the northern
districts, excepting New England and tne
northern portion of the Middle Atlantic
States'. .
Arery good progress has been niade m
cotton planting except in portions of Ten?
nessee, the Carolinas and Florida, and
planting is hearing completion over the
southern portion of the cotton belt.
In Maryland and Tennessee tobacco
plants are doing well, but in Arirginia,
the Carolinas and Kentucky they are
small and in places irregular. Some trans?
planting has been done in South Carolina.
The general outlook for fruit, except
for peaches in portions of the Ohio and
Central Mississippi Valleys, continues
promising. ?
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MUNIFICENT GIFT.
John D, Rockefeller Said to Have Given
$1,000,000 for Southern Education.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 22.?The Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph says that John D.
Rockefeller has given ?SI.OCO.D?O to tne
cause of popular education in the South.
The money is said to be given by Mr.
Rockefeller, to tha executive committeD
of the Conference for Education in the
South, for the general unbuilding of the
schools and colleges and the stimulation
ol" interest in education.
This great gift, coining on the eve of
the annual conference of Northern and
Sontnern men interested in education in
that section, is ot* more than usual in?
terest and importance, indicating that
the movement lias enlisted the support of
the richest and most liberal philanthrop?
ists in the country.
STABBED A PROFESSOR.
Negroes Made Serious Assault on
Teacher in Kansas State School.
(By Associated Tress.)
EMPORIA, KAN., April 22.?Professor
Charles S. Hurey. assistant in the De?
partment of Physical Training of Kansas
State Normal School, was stabbed in the
right breast and had the upper portion
of his jawbone crushed yesterday by
young negro ruffians. Both wounds are
serious. Professor Hurey had driven the
negroes from, the fence of the park,
where a base-ball game was In progress.
The negroes commenced throwing stones
over the fence into the crowd. The pro?
fessor went outside to stop this conduct
and was attacked.
NEW ARMY BILL.
Senator Hawley Has Introduced One in
Interest of Miles.
WASHINGTON, April 22. ? Senator
Hawley, chairman o nlhe Senate Com?
mittee on Military Affairs, to-day intro?
duced a bill to "increase the efficiency oi
the army."
Tne bill is intended to give ths com?
manding general a legal status, which at
present he has not and is understood to
be in the interest of General ?Miles.
Other portions of the bill relazo to de?
tails of the administration of the affai) s
of tha army.
MEHERRIN FIGHTING WHISKEY
A Saloon Keeper Outwitted the Signers
by Crossing the Line.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
MEHERRIN, A'A., April 22.?Whiskey
has been one of the most popular topics
hero, for the past few weeks. Quite a
fight has been in progress, and numerous
petitions have been carried here and
there and names of those opposing such
truffle subscribed thereon.
Counsel had been employed on both
sides and! a warm fight was expected at
yesterday's court in Prince Edward
county. But the -no license people were
taken by surprise on last Monday week,
when an application was made before the
judge of Lunenburg for license, and no
one being there to oppose them, they
were granted to A. B. Shacklcton and
Brother, who have formerly conducted
their business in Prince Edward county,
just across the line here.
This move was , expected by some peo?
ple here, but as no notice was on the
bulletin board such an idea was given up.
The applicant, it seems, had posted this
notice, but it had been torn down. Thus
the fight ended. A. B. Shackleton and
Brother will move their saloon across the
line in Lunenburg county. T. C. Hoskins
was granted a license yesterday by the
judge of Prince Edward, and will continue
at his old stand.
Miss Elizabeth M. Johnston, who was
injured in a runaway, is worse. Miss
Johnston recovered very rapidly for a
few days after the accident, when she left
.her bed and walked around her room for
a short time, and that caused her to suf?
fer a relapse. Her brother has been tele?
graphed for, and he is expected to arrive
here to-day from North Carolina. A dis?
patch was also sent Dr. Holiday, of
Hampden-Sidney, who is expected to ar?
rive here to-morrow, and, with' Dr. C. P.
Capps, make an examination of her in?
juries.
The Cotton Combine.
(Snocial Dispatch to The Times.)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, April 22.?
Mr. H. E. Pries, th? promoter of the
plan to consolidate many of the cotton
mills in the South, is in New York. He
left yesterday, and it is understood that
his mission is to confer with capitalists
who are interested in the proposed com?
bination.
Senates Spring Cleaning.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 22.-During the
consideration of routine business to-day,
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, presented a
resolution providing for an adjournment
of the Senate from Thursday May 1, to
Monday, May S, the object being to; af?
ford" a time for a spring cleaning of the
?cenato Chamber. The resolution went
over under tho rules.
Cadets Back Home.
?SpncInl Dispatch to The Times.)
LEXINGTON, VA..? April 22.?The Vir?
ginia Military Institute cadets, after a
week's sojourn at tHe Charleston Expo?
sition, arrived here this morning. All
were well, and expressed themselves as
highly pleased witti their trij*
SOCIAL APTO
PERSONAL.
Governor and Mrs. A. J. Montague will
give an elegant informal reception at the
Executive Mansion to-night in honor of
the Southern Educational Association or
?Ogden Party." The Richmond Educa?
tion Association has been Invited, and
though the entertainment will bo entirely
.niormal, it is being looked forwar.l to
*.viih much interest.
The mansion will be appropriately deco?
rated in palme and ttowers. and tne
guests, who number about four hundrtd.
will be received at the west end of tin
long salon by Governor and Mrs. Mon?
tague, assisted by Lieutenant-Governor
and Mrs. Joseph E. Willard, Attorney
General and Mrs. Anderson, Colonel and
Airs. Mann S.^ Valentine, Colonel and
Mrs. Barton H. Grundy. Colonel Hunt
Chiplcy, Mrs. W. S. Copeland. Mrs. B.
B. Valentine, Mrs. Charles G. Bosher,
Miss Lucy Gibson. Miss Grace Arcnts,
Mrs. W. W. Archer. Mrs. L. R. Dashiell,
Miss Seawell, of Gloucester, and Mr3
Albert Hill.
During the evening light refreshments
will be served by Misses Marianne Moade.
Louise Adkins, Sophia Meredith. Mary
Buford, Adair Minor, Mary Lathrop, Oc?
tavia Crenshaw, Josephine Putney and
Miss Elizabeth Lee. Dame, of Baltimore.
Several short, crisp speeches will be
made, among the speakers being Gover?
nor Montague, Mr. Hamilton Maybecs,
Dr. -McConnel!, Mr. Robert C. Ogden and
Dr. Walter H. Page.
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Mrs. (george B. McAdatns entertained
last evening in honor of Mrs. Alfred T.
Pope, of Louisville. Ky. Her handsome
residence on Franklin Street was deco?
rated in palms and potted plants, while
American beauties and carnations were
massed here and there. Red shaded
lights cast a delightful glow over the
entire scene. Green and white was the
coloring of the dining-room, brought out
by marguerites and maidenhair ferns, a
center being formed of these delicate
flowers in a cut-glass bowl, which rested
on a real lace mat. The silver candela?
bra were shaded by daisy shades. Thl
Iow's Orchestra, from behind a bank of
palms, playea during the calling hours,
which were from 6 to S o'clock.
Mrs. McAdams was assisted in her du?
ties as hostess by Mrs. Alfred T. Pope,,
of Louisville. Ky.; Mrs. James R. Branch,
Mrs. Robert G. Cabeli, Mrs. E. Handolph
Williams, Mrs. Charles P. Stokes, Mrs.
W. R. Bowie, Mrs. Robert Boykin, Mrs.
W. T. Moulton, Misses Mary and Phronie
Pegram and Miss Effie Branch.
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Miss Eleanor Tree entertained at cards
yesterday afternoon in honor of the Misses
McParlin, of Washiigton. Two tables of
eight-handed euchre were played and at
the conclusion of the game prizes were
awarded at each table. Mrs. Alfred Cary
won a handsome Gilbert head, while Miss
Ashley Miller was consoled by a pack
of cards, which was daintily inscribed by
oiie of the guests. Miss McParlin obtain?
ed a Japanese bonbon dish, and Mrs. Wil?
liam Tompkins was consoled by an after
dinner coffee cup.
Dainty refreshments were served on the
card tables to the guests, who included
the Misses McParlin, of Washington; Miss
Roberta Allen, Miss Alfred Cary. Misa
Florence Tyler, Miss Ashley Miller, Miss
Turner Arrington. Miss M. Wallace, Miss
Irene 'Bossieux, Miss Kate Blankenship,
Mrs. Parker Dashiell, Mrs. William Tomp?
kins, Miss Caroline Holladay, Miss Ella
Jackson and Miss Elizabeth Townes.
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At the meeting of the Williams Me?
morial Circle of King's Daughters yester?
day afternoon plans were discussed' and
arrangements made for an excursion to
Williamsburg on May 3d. This being
such a historic place, doubtless many
will go and tickets may be procured from,
Mrs. L. B. Janney, Mrs. Charles G. Bosh?
er. Mrs. George A. Lyon. Miss Hearon,
Mrs. Wortham, and other members of
the circle, or at the train on the 3d.
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Miss Sue T. Mayo was the guest of hon
oi\ at an elegant dinner last night given
by Mr. Henry Atwood Dickinson of Pitts
burg, at "Chestnut Hill," the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. Conway Mason, of Or
range. Covers were laid for thirty, and
Ranscher, the well known Washington
caterer, served the dinner. Mr. Dickinson
wilt be married to-day to Miss Evelyn
Madison Mason.
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Mr. and Mrs. Drake and Miss Mary
Drake have returned, after a pieasant
trip to Charleston, where they spent a
v/eek.
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Mrs. O. O. Owens will leave In a few
days for a short visit to Baltimore, where
she will visit friends.
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Mr. George Sharp and Mr. Kennedy
will leave for Baltimore Thursday, wher?.
they will eng.ige in business.
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MiS3 Helen Montague will entertain at
the usual monthly meeting Friday of the
Colonial Dames. Besides the regular
routine business a social hour will Le
?pent.
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Miss Connie Knox, who has been visit?
ing in Portsmouth, has returned to tha
city.
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Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Jones will join the
party to-day which leaves for Afton tj
attend the wedding this evening of Mi?=s
Mary Goodlce and Mr. William Bailey
Saunders, of this city.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wood are visit?
ing in Hampton.
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Captain Cussons will entertain at
houso party in May, and among the
guests will be Miss Bessie Minitr.e, of
Washington, and Miss Mary Lou Gray,
of Norfolk.
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Miss Nunle S. Butler and Miss Ethel
Elam are visiting Mrs. C. F. Burgess,
of Hampton.
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Mrs. Charles E. Borden will entertain
a card club this afternoon, at her home
on AVest Franklin Street.
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' Miss Elise Stokes was entertained last
nignt at a dinner in Norfolk, given by
Mrs. Sylvanus Stokes. It was followed by
a box party at the Granby:
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Mrs Charles Culpepper and Miss* Cul
Depper. who have been the guests of Mrs.
William Harwood, have returned home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tyson, of Baltimore,
whom Miss May Handy, of this city, is
visiting, have closed their city home, and
are now at "Cylburn," their residence on
the Northern Central Railroad.
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Miss Elizabeth Hurkamp. of Fredericks?
burg, has gone to New Tork to visit
friends and will remain in the city till
a?.er the wedding of her brother. Mr.
Charles Hurkamp and Miss Marie Mur?
chison. next Tuesday. This wedding is
creatine no little interest In Virginia,
where the groom is so well known in the
"sporting world."
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The Woman's Club has procured a game
of ping-pong for Its members, and doubt?
less many informal games will be played
in the morning and afternoons. The club
is rapidly improving and growing In
every way. and the members ara to be
congratulated. ?a,
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles M". Wallace an?
nounce the engagement of their daughter.
Miss Joyce Wilkerson. to Mr. Elbert
Knox Polk Osborne, of Ale-iandria, the
marriage to take place early in June.
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?filrs. ?I. Julius Saina?, o? "Baltimora. l?.j
The
VeryBest
SKILLED LABOR IS "EZMFTsOYED ON
THE HARNESS THAT WE SELL.
Everything that can be done to make tha
product look well and wear well le done.
The result is a PERFECT SET OF HAR?
NESS, that you can trust your life to any
day In the year.
Have, you seen our show-rooms? If noi;
you are invited to Inspect all that is new
ar.d good in the way of CARRIAGES and
HARNESS.
We rely on QUALITY and PRICES t?
make our sales.
The Implement Company,
1302 and 1304?. Main St.
Richmond, Va.
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visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. Addlsoa
Cocke.
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Miss Besslo Hunter* while in Charleston
was the guest of honor at a reception
given by the Misses Jackson.
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Mrs. Vlrglnius Hall has a3 her guest?
Mrs. Wilton E. Mingrow, of Abington.
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Miss Louise Loving, of West Grace
Stteet, is visiting friends in Petersburg.
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Members of the ??,'. C. T. U. are re?
quested to be present at the regular meet?
ing this afternoon at 4 o'clock at Friend?f
meeting- house. First and Clay Streets. A
cordial invitation is extended to any ??*""'?
C T. U. visitors who are in tho city.
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Mr. Landon C. Tucker and Mis3 Jenni?
Poiouze have returned from a .el'.,; ? C?.??
trip to Charleston. S. C. While thir*. ???
were the recipients of much social atten?
tion frora the Charleston people.
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Miss Jane Fisher, who has been visit?
ing her aunt in Staunton, has retumej
to tho city.
Mrs. James Williamson. Jr., with her
son, James Saunders Williamson, are vls
'iting her mother. Mrs. E. A. Saundern,
No. IT South Third Street.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
A Close Primary Between the Candi?
dates for Wlayorality.
(Special Dispatch to The 'f?mes.)
CHARLOTTES VILLE, VA., April 22.
The Democratic primary to-day for tha
nomination of municipal otlicers resulted
in the nomination of J. Samuel McCuo
for Mayor; Frank Gilmore, City Attor?
ney; C. W. Rogers, City Sergeant; ?. K.
Jeffries, Constable, and J. Samuel Burn?
ley, Justice of the "Peace.
There were three candidates In tha
field for Mayor?McCue, F. M. Wi?s
and T. M. Farrlsh. The race narrowed
to a hot contest between Medie and
Wills, the former being nominated by a
small majority.
C. W. Rogers was elected over John
Dudley for City Sergeant by a hand?
some majority and B. E. Jeffries elected -I
City Constable and J. Samuel Burnley ?,
elected Justice of the Peace without op- j
position. f
FLYING RED FLAGS
Moros Display Signs of Fighting to tha
Uttermost.
(By ?\3SoeIate<l Press.)
MANILA, April 22.?Two engagements
have been fought between the American
troops and the Moros of the Island of
Mindanao during the last twenty-four
hours. Moore, of the Twenty-seventh In?
f?ntry, while out with a small party
hunting for water, wa3 fired upon at lona
range. Lieutenant-Colonel Frank T>.
Baldwin, with a battalion of troops and
a mountain gun. went to the assistance
of Moore's party and drove off tho Moros,
who lost seven men. The firing was at
1?00 yards' range.
The Moro villages were- flying red flags,
meaning that they intended to fight to
the uttermost.
Later, Sultan Paulo and a force of na?
fives attempted to reoccupy the ground
gained by the Americans, but the Moro*,
v. ere forcibly dispersed.
WEDDINGS IN ROANOKE.
Bar Keepers Must Hereafter Keep
Their Window Blinds Up.
(Special Dispatch to The Times.)
ROANOKE, VA., April 22.?Near Cart
Spring to-day Edward C. McDonald and
Miss Bertie M. Cauley. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Cauley, were married, Re.?,
bhepp oliii--iating.
Walter Fielder and Miss Saluda Bowlee,
both of this e.ty, were married yesterday,
Rev. Paxrott officiating.
The Federation of Labor of this city
has heard nothing officially of the changa
of tho State Council from Danville to
Roanoke.
In the Hustings Court to-day Judge
Woods, in granting liquor licenses. In?
structed the liquor men hereafter to keep
tho curtains of bar windows up on Sun?
day so the bar Could ba seen, and no
liquor sold.
NOT UNFRIENDLY.
Allan and Anchor Lines Favor Ship
Combination.
(By Associated Press.)
GIASGOW, April 22.?Representative?
of the Anchor and Allan Steamship lines,
say that although their companies are
outside the new shipping corporation,
they are not unfriendly thereto? nor
pessimistic to the effect, adding that if
It results in uniform rates the combina?
tion will be regarded as an advantage tg
the other lines.
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Property Transfers.
Richmond: William E. Brown and wtf?
to William B. West, 21 feet on Second
Street, No. ?OS North. JT50.
MaVy A. Ktlgalec to James Bahen. Jr.,
30 feet on west side Second Street. 30 feet
north of Duval Street. SKD.
S. S. P. Patteson. special commissioner,
to Atlantic Varnish Works, lot fronting
IS! feet on Peach Street, corner Rocketts
Street, ?2.50O.
Henrico: Ida M. Butts to Patrick Em
mit Davis, lot 1 in blocjc H. Fulton Park,
at Fair Oaks Station, on the Souther?
Railroad, $1, etc.
Joseph L. Rholeder to Sarah Jane Flta
geraltf. lot 52 on plan of Shelton Park.
?40.
The Tax .Title Company ot Richmond t?
Matilda Branch. 24 6-12 feet on south side
of Jay Street. ITS feet east of Buchanan
Street, *100.
$10,000*000 London Rr*?.
(By Associated Press.)
?LONDON, April 22.?The damasco ?oaa
by-the fire last night in tho Barbican
district of the city, la rouahly estimateti
at ?2,000.000?