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THUBSDAY, MAY 1. 1502.
THE BURDEN OF THE DISPATCH.
Newspapcr controvcrsies that have left
ihe domaln of public qucstlons and de
Bcended to the planc of personal blckcrings
ar.d vituperntlons are not of interest
to the roading public, We feel thus. and
we feel, thcreforc, the objections to car
rying on a discussion that for a week,
so far as one party to it is concerncd, has
not progressed beyond the stage of im
1 utlng to The Times motives that did not
cxist, Jn order to support a line of edito
rlal poliey that was Inherently untcna
ble.
To what unreasonable lengths this
nulhod of argnment will protract the
criginal issue we are as yet unable to
eec.
Commentlng on an editorial in the DIs?
patch, which urged that the Richmond,
Fredoricksburg and Potomac Railroad be
Xorccd to abandon its Belvidcre-Strect
tracks and use therefor the Seaboard Air
Line track along Bacon Quarter Branch,
we said:
"Tho DIspatch, in splte of its allcgcd
proprietary connection with the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad Intcrests, is no doubt
perfectly sincerc in its proposition."
The DIspatch retorted: "Who alleges
StV Do you? If .^o. como out and have
tl.e untruth proved upon you?"
To this we rcplied that the public al?
lcgcd and believed that the proprietors
of the DIspatch?Messrs. John L. Wil
liams & Sor.s?were also large proprietors
of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. This
f.ilcgation of joint interest was amply
EUftalned by the Dispatch in its leading
editorial of Sunday, when it stated that
Messrs. John L. Williams & Sons were,
as the public alleges, proprietarily con
nc-cted botli with the Seaboard Air Line
R.-.rlroad and the Dispatch. Inslead,
thcrefore. of proving an untruth on The
Times, as it had so valianlly and incau
iiously offered to do, the Dispatch found
itself convicted. out of its own mouth, of
ihe very charge it had declared so ve
jun.ently to be false.
We wlsh our readcrs to obscrve that
?we did not say that the Seaboard Air
Line ow.ned or controlled the DIspatch,
which is the charge that the Dispatch
first puts in our mouth, and then in such
u' mcasured temis upbraids us for mak
irg. We did say that a connecllng link
<>f finaneial Intcrests existed between the
Dispatch and the Seaboard Air Line Rail?
road. and that connection is furnished
bv the interest which Messrs. John L.
Williams & Son have in both institu
tions.
This is the charge which has so infu
riated tho Dispatch, and this is the- charge
?which it admits to bo true. As we
said on Saturday last, wc saw nothing
discreditable in owning stock both in rail
I'oads and newspapers, so long as the
two were kept scrupulously distincL It
doec not, however, appear to be so simple
an affair to the mind of the Dispatch.
The original question of rcmovai of the
Richmond, Frcdericksburg and Potomac
Railroad track on Belvidcre Stroet has
been utterly ignored and tho Dispatch has
made the' "solo issue of tho discussion
its "proprietary connection with the
Ser.board Air Line Railroad interests."
So be it! We will discuss that point of
the Dispatch's own choosing.
Is it a blow in the dark to say that
Messrs. John L. Williams & Sons own
the Dispatch? Is it a malicious desire to
injure a harmless contemporary? Is it
oi.pcsed to the best traditions of jour
nallsm In Virginia, as the DIspatch says
bltterly and with anger ln its leading edi?
torial yesterday?
Certainly the statement that the owners
of the Dispatch, whether Messrs. John
1,. Williams & Sons or Messrs. Ellyson
& Cowardin, had a proprietary connec?
tion with railroad as well as journalistic
Intcrests in Virginia would have caused
r.o violent outburst of anger from the
Dispatch three years ago. And why?
Why not then if now? Why would such
a etatement be proper then which when
rrnde to-day is characterized by the Dis?
patch as "aetuatca by spite and malice
and the desire to inflict injury?" ,
lor the very reason that the best and
heretofore only traditions of Virginia
journalism are not dead. Because three
years ago no newspapcr had ever been
bought and run by the promoters of larce
corporations, who "acquircd the Ricfct
mond News for* the purpose of moulding
public opinion in favor of the Seaboard
r.nd furthering their other intcrests."?
(Tcstimony of Mr. L. M. Williams.) Be?
causc the public have a voice and con
Bcience and charucter, which are allj
shown forth in that sacred and public
ii'Klitution?the newspapcr. Because the
editor of a newspapcr is both the leadcr
and the servant of the public and to use
his position as the directing power of a
public journal for the conscious advance
went of private ends has been abhorred
by all men sailing under fair colors since
papers lirst were published. Because, de
npitc the- Dispatch's neglect to answer
the catcgorical question, whether tho
piesent owners of the Dispatch are not
tho samc i>ersons as those who bought
the News. tho fact ls that the present
cwners of tho Dispatch are the same
persons who bought the News and ran
it for two and one-half years as a means
of furthering their corporate intcrests
in this city. Because this fact. once
only furtivcly hlnted at, is now open
ly acknowledged. Because this uso of
? the public press for private ends
has j?hocked and disturbed the mind
of the' peoplo, who now feel that
their feet are set in sllppcry places
jind fcar that where they once looked
oach to his own paper for guldanco and
dhoctlon, they may flnd only tho self
swlring counscl of tho owners of their
Jotrnal.
This is the stato of affairs that has
given to our slmple statement tho vin
dlctivo mallce that the Dispatch secs flt
to read into it,
ir the Dispatch is hurt hy these facts
it should upbrald thoso who brought them
about. We will let a patient and compre
hensive puhlic dctermine who is doing the
winclng and writhing, who lt is that ls
trying to strugglo from under tho ban
of public condemnation. As long as tho
Dispatch continues its present associatlon
and brings up the question of its owner
ship and control, wo will state the facts
as they may develop, and we thlnk there
is much yet to Icarn.
THE OWNERS OF THE NEWS.
In the fight made by the Seabord Air
Lire for a chartcr from Richmond to
Washington, the Richmond News, then a
ncwly organized paper, was pressed into
se.rvice to "mould public opinion in favor
of tho Seaboard." This venturc and the
llbeial use of retained lobbyists were suc
cessful. nnd the News plumed itself not
as the successful drudgc of openly ac
knowledged corporate Interests, but as
the public's champion in the fight against
a grasping monopoly. This same monop
oly, we may remark, exists to-day, and
the Sealx>ard shares in the profits. The
News also found other fields for its public
spirited efforts. What theso fields were
and what ? motives animated the News
aie set forth in its leading cditorial of
yesterday, which we rcproduce to-day.
So far as our knowledge goes, this con
ftssion is absolutely unique in Virginia
jourralism. We have never before seen
a newspaper openly acknowledge that it
was purchased by commerclal interests
for the promotion of commercial ends, or
that lt was bought by corporate inter?
ests to advance the wclfaro of its pur
chnsers. But here is a frank, open avow
al that the Richmond News was pur?
chased by Messrs. John L. Williams and
Sons for the purpose of promoting the
irtcrests of the Richmond Traction Com
pnny and tlie Virginia Electrical Rail?
way and Development Company, the
pr'-pcrty largely of Messrs. John L.. Wil
liams and Sons. "Wo must say that the
News .was a faithful champion of these
irtercsts and that it made a vigorous
fight against tlie Passenger and Power
Company and against what it chose to
tcrm the Fisher interests. Mr. Fisher,
the alleged owner of the electric lines
run in opposition to the Williams lines,
was held up to the people of this commu
nity as the Jncarnatlon of all that was
selflsh and greedy. Tet the Traction
Ccibpahy's lines have been turned over
to a trust company in which Mr. Fisher
and his associates are directors, to op
eratc them as they see fit. and through
this sale or combination or whatever it
may be called, Mr. Fisher is, so far as
?uc can see, in a3 complete control as
ever of the street railway lines of this
entire community.
The fight of the News does not seem to
have accomplished the destruction of the
Fisher interests, however well it may
l-.ave preserved those of Messrs. John L..
WJlliams and Sons. The News tells us
that its present owners purchased it be?
cause Tlie Times, the Leader and the
Dispatch would not fight for the enter
prises controlled by the Williams inter?
ests. Since then the Williams syndicate
has also purchased the Dispatch.
A GROUND-SWELL.
There is no process ln this country
more interesting than the growth and
development of what wc call public sen
timent. There are raany men of many
minds in the TJnited Statos, but Ameri
cans entertain some general opinions in
common. Sometimes the people- secm in
different to public matters and pormit
public affairs to go along without in
terferehce on their part. Again they
become thoroughly arouse'd on this ques?
tion or that, and when they do they are
the migfitiest force in tho land. When
ever they assert themselves they have
their way.
lt may also be remarked that when
the people begin to assert themselves,
when public sentiment begins to crj-s
talize, one feels it in the very air. When
ever there ls a "ground-swell," as we
call it. there is little difficulty in recog
nizing it.
For some time past we have felt that
public sentiment in Virginia was in favor
of having tho new Constitution pro
claimed, and now we are certain of it.
ln vairi is the cry set up that a few per
sons here and there are holding meet
ings which do not represc-nt the senti?
ment of the public, When county after
county resolve ln favor of proclaiming
the Constitution it is idle to shut one's.
eyes to the fact. There is no longer a
doubt ln the minds of any intelligent men
that the white people of Virginia gener
ally are in favor of puttirig the new Con?
stitution into effect by the simple act of
proclamation.
We have interested ourselves to dis
cover the underlying reason for this. It
may bo a sumcient reasor. that the peo?
ple have satisfied themselves that they
have a Constitution which is a bow-shot
ahead of the so-called Underwood Con?
stitution, aud that being satisfied on
that point they do not care to voto on
it. Tho new Constitution gives us an ex
cellent coui;t system; simplifies our form
of government: takes out of the Legis
lature a great mass of private bills
which had no place there: puts the cor
porations of the State under the control
of a corporation commission; simplUies
the system of taxation, enhances the
revenues of the State and reduces the
rato of taxation. In addition to all this
thero is a clause which will eliminate
what we call the ignorant and viclous
negro vote and remove that disturbing
element from our politics.
In view of these facts it is not surprls
ing that the peoplo liko tho new Consti?
tution, and if they like it there is no
reason why lt should not be put into ef?
fect by tho samo representatlve body
which created it.
J3ut wo believo that there is another
reason. Wo believo that the people are
afrald that if tho Constitution is sub?
mitted-an effort will bo made from one
or two sources tp defeat it. To bo per
fectly plain about it, they fear tho elec?
tion machinery of tho State and they
fear the corporations.
Wo do not mean to make that charge
against elther the election machinery or
the corporations. ln point of fact we
do not believo that elther would dare. at
tempt to stifie the volco of the people
and defeat tho Constitution against their
wishcs. But we do believo that the peo?
ple fear" these powerful Influences and
that they are not dlsposed to take'
chances with them. They Jike the new
Constitution and they want to make sure
that it will become tho organic law of
tho land. The slmple process is to in
struct the delegatcs ln the Convention
to proclalm. and it is perfectly apparent
from the action that has been taken here
and there throughout th? State. and
from the expressions of individuals in
private and in public. that that is the
course which the people desire the Con?
vention to pursue. We have no doubt
that when tho Convention reassembles
next month the delegates will be sp
sure of their position that few of them
will be found in opposition.
We tip our'halloTunner Morgan of
tho TJnited States navy, who attained
prominence following the Spanish war by
icason of Admiral Sampson's famous en
dcTsement upon his application for pro
mctlon. Gunner Morgan has been exarn
it.ed for promotion to the grade of chief
gunner, and will get there. Last week the
examining board recommended that he
be not advanced because of moral dis
qualificatlon. The new examining board,
hewever, did not flnd that any unfitneSS
existed and recommended the advance
ment, Secretary Dong approved the rec
emmendation.
Acquitted of murder after a trial last
ir.g five days, John Harris fcll on his
knees in a New York court when the jury
c*mo in night before last and poured out
his soul in thankfulness to God. This
ls a new departure. Most of them thank
tho jury.
A Harrisburg special says that on ac
ccunt of the high price of meat a serious
problem in dollars and cents confronts
members of the committee of Gcrman
Baptists who have been appointed to pur
chase beef to feed tho many thousand
brethren who will gather at Paxtang
Park at tho annual convention, which
will last for twenty days during May.
That is a most remarkable statement
from a Southern point of view. Who
cver heard of fceding preachers with
beef-? Down here tho standing dish is
fried chicken.
There is one sensible judge in the State
of Delaware. He prcsides over the City
Court of Wilmington. Recently he fined
a citizen five dollars for keeping a pack
of fox hounds which annoyed the neigh
bors by howling at night. The offender
was named John Quincy Adams, but that
did not save him from justice.
WHAT WAS IT REALLY BOUGH-)
FOR?
"It is true that
Tohn L. Williams <fc
Sons own a large
interest in.the Rich
Tiond News, as they
own in many other
properlies. The im
plication that they
control its editorial
policy Is not true.
They, have NO
NEED FOR AN
ORGAN. They are.
business men and
this newspa'per is a
business enterprise.
They' do not sug
gest the course it
sball take in any
matter. Their pur
pose, as we tinder
stand. is to build
up the Richmond
News as they have
huilteverything eise
they have touched,
to be a great en?
terprise for the good
of the town of
Richmond, the
State of Virginia
and themselvcs."?
Editorial in the
News July 26, 1901.
"The ' Richmond
News was NOT
maintained to rep
resent or DEFEND
the intcrests of the
Traction Compa?
ny."?Editorial in
the News April 25,
1902.
"As we under
tand, tho News was
bought openly and
without any reserve
or concealment two
years ago by busi?
ness peoplcwho had
important interests
here and who want
ed access to the
public and the op
portunity to DE
FEND their prop
erties against what.
they regarded as
injustice and im
proper exactions.''?
Editorial in the
Dispatch April 27,
1902.
"The Richmond
News WAS
BOUGHT, name
and good-will, stock
and nxtures, by these
citizens openly, in
their own names,
and with the avow
ed purpose of using
it to rouse public
sentiment and to
present the cause
of these corpnra
tions to the public
to secure for them
a fair showing. * " *
These enterpriscs
were the Richmond
Traction Company
and the Virginia
Electrical Railway
and Development
Company."? Edito?
rial in the News
April 30, 1902.
Placing a Blush.
As to the "News," there is a plain
unblushing statement by its "publisher,"
the Dispatch, that it was bought openly
and without any reserve or concealment
two years aso by business people who
had important interests here, and who
wanted access to the public," etc. Wo
wish thi.s apparently ingenious state?
ment had been more complete, and that
both the purposes of this purchase of the
press and who "paid the piper" had been
detailed. Were they not substantially,
if not exactly, the same persons who put
up the money for the purchase of tho
Dispatca, and who now own and control
both the Dispatch and the News?
The above is part of an editorial re
jomder of The Richmond Times to ^.10
Richmond Dispatch -which ls an incident
of a sharp controversy now in progress
between those two estimable eontempo
rarles. It is their business to fight out
their-own fights, but the reference to the
Richmond News justifies some remarks
from this great and good newspaper.
There never was the sligiitest attempt
at concealment of tho circumstances of
the purchase of the Richmond ->ews
or of tlie purposes for which lt was
purchased and for some months con
ducted. There is occasion for blushing
and for shame ln tho circumstances at
tending these transactions, and we will
trv to show where is it.
Certain citlzens of this city had Invest
ed a million and a half dollars or more
in certain public enterprises and utilities
here. These were not philanthropic en
teiprises, but their owners believed that
they were for the common advantage of
themselves and of the people of Rich?
mond. These enterprises were the Rich?
mond Traction Company and the Vir?
ginia Electric Railway and Development
Company, both of vast importance and
velue to" the city. They were confrontcd
with hostilrty and oppression from part
of the city administration; they were dis
enminated against and threatened with
proctical destruction. Their owners had
to choose between two courses of action.
They received broad hints that tney could
buy favor and compete with their rivals
in the work of debauching the city legis
lature to sccure what they believed to be
their rights and tho rights of the public.
That was one way. The other way was
to make an open and distinct issue; to
appeal to the public and rely on the
stiength of their own claims, as presented
to the public. Of the three older nows
papcrs then in Richmond, not one would ]
IN THE HOME
nothing so enhances the
pleasure of dining as
Great
Western
Champagne
the purest product of the
grape. In bouquet and tla
vor it admits no peer, even
among the high priced for?
eign made wines. Received
the
Only Gold Medal
awarded an American
Champagne at the Paris
Exposition of 1900.
PLEASANT VALLEY WINE CO.,
Sole nakers, Rheims, N. Y.
, Sold by all respectable wine dealers.
help. The Richmond News was bought,
name and good will, stock and fixtures,
by these citizens openly, in their own
narnes and with the avowed purpose of
using it to rouse public sentiment and to
present the cause of these corporations
to the public to secure from them a fair
shcwing. In other wora's, the citizens
behind these corporations preferred to
deal openly and publlcly, rather than to
ti-ust to secret methods and private in
liuences.
Single-handed, the Richmond News
irsde and won fight after light. One of
these was against the continuance of four
tracks and the mule cars on Broad Street.
Another was aaginst the proposition that
fassenger and Power Company cars
shouid be run over Traction Company
tracks in Broad Street, while the Trac
tlcn cars shouid be denied access to Main
Street. Another was for the i^eation and
perfection of a systcm of mutual trans
fers between the rival companies, pro
ttcting passengers from the necessity of
paying two fares. Another was for the
extension of the Traction lines on Church
Hill. The Richmond News was left ab
selutely a tree newspapcr. All that was
arked of its management by its owners
was that tho interests of the public shouid
be fairly considered and that position
shouid be taken as those interests seemed
to dircct. It was free at any time, when
its management felt that the course of
the Traction Company or the Develop
ment Company was contrary to the pub?
lic interest, to oppose that course. That
v.as the distinct understanding from the
first. As it happened, the positions of
these two companies were so manifestly
fair and just and for the public welfare
that tho public sustained them with prac
tical unanimity. Eiverybody in the city
was with the Richmond News and the
two companies, except the representatives
of tho opposing companies and the other
three Richmond neswpapers. The results
have como in- the shape of street-car,
lighting and power service such as no
other city in the country of Richmond's
size is favored with. Consolidation has
fcllowed, but it has como on terms which
make it impossible that any of this prop
crty shall bo wrecked or that the public
shall" be deprived of the service it now
enjoys.
All this has been brought obout by open
dealing with the public and open appeals
to It through one newspapcr. Not one of
tho other three has liftcd a finger or con
tributed an ounce of weight in these
fights in which Richmond enterprises
and the Richmond public were on one
side and a foreign corporation of un
savory record on the other.
It appears to us that the occasion for
blushing and shame is more especially on
the Richmond Times. That newspaper
has posed as the knight errant of Rich?
mond journalism. For a newspaper to
espouse any cause for hire is infamous.
It is even more infamous. however, for
a newspaper to shrink from advocacy of
manifest and indisputable public intcr?
ests for fear of losing business or for
favor to individuals.
Our esteemed ^contemporory, The
Times, appears to, us to have encoun
tered the difficulty which usually over
takes those who attempt to play two
widely divergent char.aeters simultane
ously. Beginning as knight errant. rtd
ing boldly and at full tiit against the
free silver wind-mill, it encountered a
fall which apparently jumbled its ideas
hopelessly. It is now Don Quixote, ex
travagantly pure. fantastically high and
beautiful in theory, on one side; and on
the other, villago shopkeeper, seeking
with small trieks and busy whispers to
lnjuro and tako advantage of compet
itors. Sir Galahad in teachlng and the
pcddler in practice?one eye raised to
siiining and transcendental heights of
glorious pr.nciplo and purpose, the other
fishily fixed on sordid and little consid
erations?proclaiming virtue in its grand
est aspects, practicing malice in its
smallest form.
And it has hitched on to Itself a Sancao
Panza in tho shape of the Leader, a
harmlcss and simple little attendant, des
titute of motivo and mostly stomach.
W'e have gonc into this matter at
some length because tho best way to
meet insinuation is open and fu?. state
ment of the exact truth. To further
gratify tho apparent curiosity of Tho
Times", wo may au- that ?- Richmond
News having developed as a business
enterprise, apart from its special function
of providing a voice for the imerests
of the Richmond public in some special
matters, is'now conducted on uiat *is:s.
It has made arrangements with tho Rich?
mond Dispatch Company, which wero for
tne advantage of both. I- represents
no special interests, is not owned of
controllcd by any corporation and ex
pects to continue to succeed by printing
the best and brightest afternoon news?
paper in the South, by serving nobody
but tho public. and being afraid of no
bodv?not even ?-.? pub.ic
And now is the time to subscribe.?
Richmond News, April 30th.
LITTLE GIRL BITTEN.
Attacked by a Dog in Front of Her
Marshall Street Home.
A girl thirteen years old named Katie
Rubenstein. was terribly bitten by a dog
on the street near home on 1- irst Street
between Broad and Marshall yesterday
afternoon. ? . ., - ., ,,
The child was playing on the sidewalk
when a shepherd dog-lelonging to a Mr.
Krausse. living on Marshall Street, at?
tacked her. The girl's rtght sleeye was
torn off and she was bitten on the arm
in three places. One of these v/ounds was
especially serious and painful. The skirt
of her dress was torn on the right side
and the child was bitten twice on the
hip. She was also bitten just below the
Dr W. Armistead Gill was called In and
carefullv dressed tho wounds. Last night
the child was resting easily. The owner of
the dog could give no explanation of its
conduct, as it had never behaved in this
fashion before.
Kentucky Lynching.
(By Assoclated Press.)
ERADENBURG, KY.. April 30.?Ernest
Dewlev. a negro who shot and seriously
wounded Harry Dowell, a young white
man, at Guston. about seven miles from
this place, was hanged by a mob at 2:30
o'clock this morning and his body riddled
with bullets.
_.-m
Princess Sentenced.
(By Assoclated Press.)
CAPE TOWN, April 30.?Princess Radi
ziwill, who has been on trial here before
the Supreme Court on the charge of for
gery in connection with notes purporting
to have been endorsed by the late Cecil
Rhcdes. was sentenced to-day to two
years' confinement in the House of Cor
rection. _
A way to win is to get on the inside
track. Tho Sunday Times wants hold
that position, and will share it Tvith you.
?-"-:- '
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL.
"Morgan Springs." the home of Mrs.
F. Xi- Wheat, In Ciarke county, was the
soeno last night of a brilliant wedding
of lnterest to many people of this city.
Miss May Wheat was the pretty brlde
a:id Mr. Dorsey Read Potter, of Baltl
mote, the groom.
The old Virginia mansion was a bower
of wild flowers and spring blossoms,
which were banked on mantels and were
twined around the winding staircase.
Palms made a fitting background. and
ai altar was formed of smilax and carna
tions interwoven and lighted by wax ta
pfrs. The bridal party was led by little
Misses Rosalie Valentine and Rosalie
Wheat and Masters Frederick Valentine
and Knight Potter. forming a ribbon aisle
as they rescended the broad staircase.
They were gowned in white organdies with
wide sashes and bouquets of pink sweet
peas. The brldesmaids andj-rr m me"nthen
x'ollowed: Miss Marion Potter, sister
ot the groom, and Miss Larina
Vvallace. of this city; Mr. Charles K.
Skinker, Jr., of this city, and Mr. Sidney
M3nning. of Baltimore; Miss Florence
Lyle Wheat and Miss Emilv Read Pot?
ter, sisters of the bride and groom; Mr.
William Travers Lewis, of Berryville,
and Mr. Stuart Kearney, of Baltimore;
Miss Nellie Little, of Norfoik, and Miss
Virginia Tyler, of Richmond; Mr. Rober
deau "Wheat and Mr. A. Reed Johnson,
of Baltimore. These maidens were
dressed in white tucked mousseiine do
scie. with trimmings of white Paris rib
bons and showers of maidenhair ferns.
the groomsmen boutonnieres being of
sweet peas.
The bride, who entered Ieaning on
the arm of her brother, Mr. Leo P. Wheat.
Jr., of New York, wore a dress of
embroidered chiffon over white liberty
satin and point lace trimming3, with pearl
ornaments. The wedding veil was
caught with a spray of orange blossoms
ai d she carried a shower of lilies of the
valley.
Immediately preceding the bride was
her maid of honor, Miss Margaretta
Holines McCormick, in an exquisite crea
Uon of apple-green liberty satin, carry
ing in her-arms American Beauties. Mr.
John W. Davis, of Clarksburg, as best
man, met the bridal party with the
gtoom at the altar, where. the service
was impressivoly read by Rev. Edward
Hall, rector of Grace Church. Berryville.
Immediately after the ccremor.y the
bride and groom proceeded to the dining
room, which was decorated in pink and
green, brought out by fru.it blossoms, car
nations and shaded lamps, and an ele
gant buffet supper was served to the
guests, who, besides those from tho im
mtd.'ate neighborhood, included:
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Potter, parents
of the groom, and Miss Julia Potter, his
sister; Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Taylor,
Mrs. Robert Chamberlain and Mr. E. K.
Legg, of Baltimore; Mrs. F. T. Valen?
tine and Mrs. C. R. Skinker, of Rich?
mond; Mr. Wayne Childrey, of Norfolk;
Dr. and Mrs. William P. McGuire, Miss
MaGuire, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Barton, Miss
Conrad and Miss Ward. of Winchester.
The bride, who is a brunette with a
pi'iuant air, is well known in this city.
v/hc-re she has often visited her many
relations, long a member of tho old
Allen famlly. Mr. Potter, though for
merly of Baltimore, ls now of Clarksburg,
W. Va., where they will make their fu
turc home.
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A "symphony" will be given on May
3th at the old AU-Sairits' Church under
the auspices of the Young Ladies' So
cicty, for tlie benefit of a readmg-room
in tho Second-Street Market. which will
be opened by tho Brotherhood of St. An
drew's in the fall.
This symphony will consist of piano,
violins and seven sinall Instrumvttts,
comprising the quaint cuckoo, nightin
gale, iriangle, horn. rattle and drum.
The performers will be Miss Roberta Al?
len, Miss Loullie Williams, Mrs. Ouy
Hecquembourg, Miss Adair Minor, Miss
Kcck, Miss Kato Meade, Miss Jenvfe
Hughes, Miss Eniily Royal, Miss KaciiDl
liatch, Misses Clare and Agnes JlcPar
lin, of Washington; Miss Jennie Lia.id,
Miss Lishman. Miss Eleanor Tree and
little Misses Taylor and Grace Nea.1.
Duriiig the evening Captain Karry
Wcbstcr will give a taik on Japan, which
.will be illustrated by Japanese drawings.
The Confederate Memorial Literary So?
ciety met yesterday at noon with Mrs.
Joseph Bryan in the chair It was desned
to or'fer the directors the use of the Con?
federate Museum for the conference to
consider the design of the Jefferson D \| is
arch, on June 2d. The society will also
tender the association a tea and informal
reception at the Davis Mansion, to which
the officers of the other Confederate so
cieties will be invited.
A letter frcm Mrs. Stonewall Jackson
was read accepting the. honorary mem
bership to the society. This letter will
be framed and placed in the Virginia
room.
Captain Laughton presented the Mu?
seum with a desk used in the Confede?
rate Senate Clrambsr.
lnvitations were accepted for the an
nual meetings of the Oakwood and Hol
lywood Associations.
* . *
Mrs. Arnold llague, of Washington,
gave a' small tea Tuesday afternoon iu
honor of Idiss Anna Alice Chapin, whor.e
engagement to Mrs. Ilague's son, Mr.
Ernc-st Hbwe, has leccntly been an
nounced. Miss Chapin, wiio li the dausa
ter of Dr. Frederick Chapin. of If' *
'oprings, Va., spent tho past wintcr with
hcr father at the Grafton, and is almost
as well known in Washington as ne-r
fiancee. Tho wedding will take place in
the early autumn.
* * *
Mr. David B. Wallerstein left yester?
day for Fhiladelphia, where his engage
ment will be announced to Miss Rose
Se-idenbaek, on Sunday next. Mr. Wal?
lerstein is widely known in this city,
where he has a host of friends ia busi?
ness and social circles.
*
Mrs. Benjamin Alsop entertained In
fcrmally at tea Monday, in honor of
Mrs. Taylor Vinson, of Huntingdon, "W.
Va. The decorations were of wild
flowers and fruit blossoms, and Mrs.
Alsop was assisted in receiving her
guests by the Misses Tinsley, her sis
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tera. - Mrs. Vlnson was. before her mar
riage Miss Addie Chaffin.
? . ?
Mrs. Joseph E. Willard. who has been
spending a few days 4n New York, re
turned yesterday.
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Mrs. Benjamln Palmer had 8 few friends
to.play cards very informally Tuesday
night.
? . ?
Mrs. Jacob Battle. of Rocky Mount.
N. C, is the gucst ot Mrs. Benjamin
Nash, oa West Franklin Street.
* . *
Mrs. J. H. Williams has returned from
a vislt of two weeks at Old Point and
Newport News, where she was the guest
of Mrs. Burr Powell Noland.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Todd. of this city.
are in Baltimoro for a few days.
*
Mr. Edward Smtthers sailed yesterday
on the North German Lloyd steamer
from Baltimore for Bremcn.
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*
Judge L. L. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis are
in Washington attending the Congress
of the Sons of the American Revolution.
? *
?
Mr. and Mrs. Beverly R. Selden. who
have been in Goochland. ha??-e returned
to the city.
? ?
Mrs. Mortimer Brooks. the mother-ia
lr.w of Mrs. Reginald Brooks. is at the
.Warm Springs, and entertained at a din
rer Tuesday night.
Mrs. Henry Alexander Whlte. of Lex
lrgton. Va., is visiting her parents. Judge
and Mrs. B. R. Wellford. No. 400 West
Grace Street.
? . *
Miss Lily Pigman will arriva In the
city to-day. and will be the guest of Mrs.
W. S. Copeland. Miss Isabel Pigman will
not accompany her sister, to the regrct
of her many friends here.
* . *
Masters Calvin and Lindsay Satterfield
have returned to Richmond after a pleas
ant visit to their aunt. Mrs. Sallie Mor
ris, of Albcmarle county.
? * *
Miss Sophie Stuart, of Washington D
C, is tho gucst of Miss Susio Harrison
* * ?
Mr. R. l. Campbell is In Danville- for
a short visit.
* * *
Mrs. Taylor Vincent, of West Virginia
niostpleasantly rem'embered by her friends
n Richmond as Miss Mary ChafTln. is yfa.
^LnfLher Darents. Mr. and Mrs. R. B
Chaffin, m their home at River Vlew
visit" roUpf? ?yIand*haa returned from a
visit to Pittsburg',
? ?
? a *
tne btaj-at-Home whist Club to-night.
ta5nrth^I?am F" Tompkins will enter
tain the Afternoon Euchre Club to-day.
The Acorn Club have issued tavitatfon's
for a dance to be given in Belvfdere*HaH
U ednesday, May 7th. at 8:30 o'clock. The
committee will Inciude Mr. G. McSweeney
Mr. Linwood Grtibbs and W. o Duek
hardt. ' x-a-n
* *
Lnvitations are out*for tho first german
of the \\ ednesday EVening Sbcfal Club to
take Place May 14th, in Belvldere HaU.
at 9 o clock P. M.
The executive committee Is composed of
The Equestrian
who puts on a good deal of stylo fin.'s
that it is necessary to come to us for
all his supplies, because we have t'ae
m?st thoroughly up-to-date stock ln thi
city. But we are not high-priced.
We have what you want at the prlci
you want to pay. Sarae with Carriage*
and Buggies. We comblno style and
quality with low prices. ar.d would Hk*
to show you the latest products of th?
b?st manufacturers ln the Unlon.
The Implement Company,
1302 and 1304 E. MainSt.
Richmond. Va.
is too
iocii to hope
that in a few short weeks we
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everybody.
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with bad Pianos and good me?
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