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TUR RICHMOND DISPATCH-TUESDAY. AUGUST 2. 1898.
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TUESDAY.AUGUST 2, 1808.
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newsboy? on railroad trains, to m.
public demand for copies of this paper.
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THE i'i: tCB Ri BfTlOW.
(fh? mor? ti.it i. uk. ..ut touchlns M".
Cami.ofi'x Interview with th? President
on Satard iy, tbe > m i th? re is to
iln end the United E
are practically on conuaoa tronad i -
gardiro: tha commencement of
bag,>ll?lion?. And - tha more
t m fs to bOpe thai negotiations
?nee having been opened -.-.ill BOt mis
tany.
It seems evident from the 0080 with
which the President and ai. Camboa
reached a* Vaderetaadtas '!.-''t Spain
?va? pretty well BBtlfldOd BS tO what con
ditions w.< would lay down, an 1 it is no
secret lhat In admin. - irclea there
is a Lollef, based (.n what ti inspired at
the IntervWw, and on th.. powerfl granted
M. Caiaboa i?y Spain, that th? baajtoalns
of tho end is virtually al hand. Wh? n
we consider ?uir exp? rionoe adtb Spanish
'liplomaoy and methods during rweral
merrths prior to tbe coiirBOWMBBpat of
hostilities, tho fact Unit the administra
tion holds this bt'tuf is an enoouraglng
sign upon which vu oaiinot lay too much
?tress.
Another most encouraging and hopeful
sign is the calm that prevail? in tho
Spanish Peninsula. This would ?eem to
argue that not only is the government
prepai -1 to accept our terms, but that
Influences have been at work preparlas
tho people to accept them (also. Bo far,
not one of tho disturbing elementa la
Spain it was expected would tako ad?
ventare of a p m? nl to ai
to predpttata an upheaval baa mad?
any dangerous sign. Whether or not,
however, there bave been lafla
working In the direction indicated, the
situation in Spain, so far ns the masses
are concerned, mottt_ SOCb SI that the
government is now in pafer position to
beat for peace than It has been at any
time sinco war was declared.
A RICHMOND OPPORTI'NITY.
It is safe to say that if the Bear future
docs not see this city and Tappahanaoch
connect id by an electric railway it will
not be because th<- Tidewater Democrat
has not made It plain that the building
Of such a road would redound immensely
to tbe benefit of both BlChmoad and Its
section. For month? our contemporary
has been BBBstOBt and p, rail t, nl in i
pinning the oaterpriae, ami in app
to the people of the com
hot we en b ire an I ? ipp_bannock and the
people of Richmond to aapport it. in
its Issue before its last tho Democrat
argue? the whole matter at lansth, m
affecting not only t:. i m, farming,
and trucking int. rests of Its section, but
qs bearh.,: uptt\ BBQVO Inu-lllgeiit
more liberal legislation m-anii
division of Tidewater. Touching Uns
lait, r i int. it ?ay? tho iilscrimiii.it l...-i
eaalrist that divlsk-n is largely due to its
Isolated position, and this, la turn. Is due
"to the fact that travel to th? SI it? capi
tal ha? always been a tedious and ex
pensive trip, which ha? deterred our peo
ple from pressing tliulr claims during the
legislative sessions In a convincing man
ner"
A? to tho other interests Involved, the
Democrat contends that tlio fi.sR und
oyster and nuckln? Indu.?trie?, us w?
the farming, demand tiiut Richmond or
some other central point in the State ahull
can or handle the prodacts of that section
for ?hlptiKiit to the we?t?rn market?, in
stead of compelling th? people to ship
th? fruit? of their toll to Baltimore,
wher?, lu default of a computing mark?),
they are forced to take for them wli.it
1? oft
Incidentally, thl? latter contention
?how? oBtseaaoai-a bHatraat in tha move
mint to build the road, but in It? hut
Issue th? Dtotooret make? a more direct
presentation of that Interest, ?,. i? ?peak.
Our toi.t-rtuporury first reproduce? an
attlclo fioui the Dispatch, i. ... ogj the
totea, Than, sftet ?tating thut th?
Llia-atvU i? gi^ut the imly mosm ia HU*
city that ?how? a Just appreciation of th?
busine*- that might be s-ecured for Rich
mond from the Tidewater country, It as
serts that nearly fl.OtXl.oOO annually goes
out of that territory to markets outsb.?
tho State for articles of domestic con
sumption, which should and would be
spent with Virginia merchants had the
people of the territory the advantage? of
railway transportation.
Xixt, tho Democrat discuss?*? the ques
tion of subscription? for building the road,
.ni?! In this connection comes at Rich
mond in the following prolnted fashion:
"If a railroad is BSOUfBd from Tappnhin
BOck to Richmond. It will be neeeseury
for the several counties to vote bonds to
some extent, and wo wish to ask the bu?l
ncss-men of Richmond will they, if neces
sary, go down Into their pockots ?nd as
slst the matter to a reasonable extent?
T?a r.- |s not a man In Tidewater Virginia
who will not do hi? share, end If Rich
mond B'ishes to open this section of coun
try for her own benefit, can she afford to
.'land Idly by and let us continue the
truggle alone? If ?he will not help us.
It will be only a question of time when
Newport New? will b? looking after this
trade which now goes to th? North.
tn?*n, d'-clare yourselve? on this
' on, for the trado of the Happahan
iii.tk Valley will not fore? Itself upon
yen."
'.'? our mind thero is no question that
the business-men of Richmond cannot, af
ford not to assist the enterprise to a rea
sonable extent. And Just here It may be
said that the cost of constructing and
ting th? road would b? comparative
ly light. The topography of the country
batWOOU ht-ruand Tnppahannock presents
few. If any, serious engineering difficulties
to be overcome, and the Investigations
of the Democrat show that there are on
or near the proposed route three magnifi
cent water power?, which could be uti
lized In generating the electric.power to
propol th? cam.
The conclusion of the whole matter,
therefore, is that Richmond will make a
graat mistake If she does not bestir her
self and meet th? people of the counties
hot81888 here and Tappahannock more
than half-way. If necessary. In pushing
tho BBtarprlaa under consideration to an
ourly consummation. And this view is
BtUBtod hy the fact that the road
would not only give us command of tfefl
trado ot the counties through which it
would he built, but, In the natural order
of thin??, open up to us the trade of a
large area of the rich Northern Neck.
The New York and Brooklyn people aro
g confidence In the stability of their
big Mast-River bridge. The Herald, of
Manhattan borough, ?ay? It "is not ln
I to believe that any serious damage
has fot been sustained, but there is al
ways a last straw that breaks the
strongest back. The bridge has been
abused up to the danger point. The rules
and rogUlattoM established by skilled en
i.lir fltl )i vu basa d?.-liberately violated by
. corporal Ions, until on Friday night,
while a long lino of trolley-cars was stall
ed, th'-re was *B sound like a shot, and
the mructuro vibrated and groaned In a
way that was t<-?Tif.ving to all persons.'
Thfl bridge authority s declare that the
strut ture, is as safe as the street, and that
the only raaSBU for the snapping of an
Immaterial 'bottom chord' was the ac
cumulated weight of the stalled trolley
DBIU.*1
Rut, ns the Herald proceeds, "the public
Is not In harmony with bottom chords. It
knows nothing about them. When lin
p?iitant lilts of mechanism snap and the
whole bridge sags j>erceptlbly, the people
?I? inantl a riKiil Investigation, and will not
Itlafled until a competent board of
engtaeerfl report thai the bridge has not
yet rent-hed the laat-straw condition."
It ; ? :nn that Um law requires that cars
Hhull not run ol888f tOgBthorofl the bfldg?
than KH> foflt, wh-reas on the occasion of
tha ' ?map" they w-re kau than twenty
feet apart.
The Herald seems to be right In its con
clu: Ion. that "if any serious flaw is dis
; ? ?1 In the bridge it will reduce the
Importance of Brooklyn to New York and
vice versa by at least one half, to say
nothing of a possible disaster that would
appall tha world."
Nsw oboar**8ttoBB ot Mercury show that
tho planet, like Mars, has canals, and
that it lu somuwhat larger tliauha? been
ed, being probably al>oUt 3,800 miles
In dianioter. It rotates only onco during
its orbital period of nearly eighty-eight
da vs. The observations of the physical
ft atures of the planet's surfaoe reveal
BlStlnOt and permanent "markings." They
uro linear, bat not of uniform width, BOSBfl
of them stretching irom pole to pole,
utli.-i s running across the disk corre
'iHUiding to parallel? of latitude. Tlmy
IN vi y dark, BBfjBOh****/ at points of ln
ticjn. where they expand Into ?pots.
Although symmetrically pJaced, they do
not, like the "canals" of Mar?, "suggest
artificiality." The existence of these
markings la accounted for ui>on the sup
position that, as the greater part of one
Hemisphere Is continuously hidden from
ihe Bun, the process of cooling would be
lUOqual, and that the gr?iter contraction
)f one eldo would cause cracks to appear
la the other. Mercury shows no sign? of
atmosphere, water, v?'geta.tlon, or orgBDk
Ife, and It ballflVOd to be a "world as lienl
is thfl moon."
To the qneatlon, "Are you satisfied with
your flhip und what flhfl did In the San
lago light?" Captuin Philip, of the
l'exiis, is quoted us replying: "Satisfied?
More, than sati.-nled: The Texas Is all
ight. Tiny used to say she was hoodoed,
jut that was before the war. There Isn't
i man aboard her who Would go on any
it in r flhlg In'preference. She's proved h? r
sorth, and Is almost as good as she ever
?vas."
1
Hon. George N. Curzon, Parliamentary ?
u y of the British Foreign Oftlc. ,
s said to be "slated" for tho vlceroyalty
f India. Ill? wifo la the slater of young i
.elter, of Chicago, who plunged in wheat '
o hl? own and his father*? Anuncia! un- ]
lolng. It la to be hoped Curzon will be !
in tha Baat than his brothcr-in- i
iw was in the West. I
,_m f
Th? epitaph which Bismarck directed r
hould be Inscribed upon his tomb reads: i
"H.-iv i-les Prince Bismarck, a Faithful *
?rvant of Kmperor William 1."
And a fitting epitaph it la Blamarck'? f
iithfuln?ss to the old Kmperor was only 1
huh lied by bis devotion to his wife, and '
iu hitter was absolut??.
We are now providing our warship? with
afeflleaa powder, it appear?. We hope
v?.m t make httleas guns, like those of
M Spanish, as In ?orne quarters It is al- -*
gcd it 1? liable to do. j
More and speedier battleships and more
iBt armored cruUers are now demanded
y our naval expert? a? the result of
(cent war obeervatlon and experience.
-_ II
The peace term? are America*, term?. Of *'
ist much we ar? as?ur?4? - 1 * '
M ?lU*. CI.KARCn.
Advice, from Manila eonflrm prevlou?
r.port. a? to tho ln?olent and truculent
attitude of the insurgent? and the
probability of owr having. In the Interest
of humanity, to glv. them a .etind drub
bing According to both Admiral Dewey
end General Merrltt. the revolting Phlllp
pino. promis? to cau?o oe more trouble
than our Cuban aille..
In our new our Philippine "allies"
cull not have ihown their hand'and
made themselves obnoxious to u. et a
more opportune time. One of tbe com
plication? that promised to enter promi
nently Into tho eettlemcnt of the Philip
pine? Issue wa? our obligation to the ln
.urgent native.. Since these have dis
played the spirit of Garcia and his fol
lowers In an intensified degree, that ob
ligation, whatever It may have been, Is
In large measure., If not entirely, re
moved, and hence the way to an under
standing with Spain regarding the future
government of the Philippines has been
made clearer.
(""overnor J. Hop?; Tyler, on the Question
of the term? on which the United States
should grant peace to Spain, and what
disposal Wa should make of Cuba, Porto
Rico, and tho Philippines, Is quoted Ly
tho New York Journal as follows:
"I am firmly convinced that our govern
ment should consider no negotiations that
do not include the retention of Porto Itico
and tho nbsolute indep? r?ience ?if Cuba.
A? to the Philippine Islands, there as
peara to be room for furth-r deliberation.
It may not be either desirable or politic
for us to assort a claim for more than
necessary coaling stations In t
Islands. Tho Indication." arc, lhou**n, that
the" effects of this war v. .11 be BOIS for?
r<a<hing in extending and broadening the
lines to civilization than Iba most astute
statesmen have yet BoaaMatsA. The
United States and England are both na
tions which "liave taires front rank in
these enlightened and humane directions.
Whether these well-known positions of
the great nations named shall have any
thing to do with the determination of the
future of the. people Of the Philippine
Islands remains to be seen. It is not Im
possible that the sentlm? nt of the people
of this country may Imbue tho g.-vern
nv'iit to ronslder this phase of the ques
tion when It ? ? mes to accept terms of
with Spain. Tho question of the
Philippine Islands now appears to be ono
which will bo left for future considera
tion."
Freeman Ilalstead, the New Tork
Herald correspondent who was arreste.I
In Fan Juan on the charge of having taken
photographs of the fortification? there,
and sentenced to nine year.* imprison
ment, writes from his prison cell that
"San Juan has settled down Into a state
of strained readiness for the American
attack. It Is expected at any time.
Everything Indicates that the city will
not be taken wlthfStt great bloodsh?d.
Some talk of surrender has been beard,
but tho Spanish troops have sworn to
fight to the end. It Is an heroic spectacle
this, of a comparative handful of men on
a small island encircled by a hostile Be? ',
with no hope of assistance and threaten
ed with a scanitv of food, coolly preparing
to fight th? Americana to the death. The
Spanish soldiers not only can hope for
no aid from Spain, but the native popula
tion Is unused to warfare, and for that
reason the volunteers can be of no great
assistance." So It looks as It Miles would,
after all, have to smell some powder be
fore he enters the Porto Rlcan capital.
General Mi'os seems, with Sampi?WSian
generosity, to ha v.* chosen the picnic part
of the war for himself.
Our city water department furnishes us
with the means of taking llrst-rate mud
baths, at least.
How could a camp named Alger have
been expect?.?! to be a sue?
Territorial Kxpn iinlon.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Much has been and is being said about
"territorial expansion." Conflicting opin
ions In this, as well as in nil great politi
cal questions, aro emanating from nun
of all parti? s and creeds. As yet, tho
lines have not been drawn, nor can It be
truly said they will be, until the dawn
ing of tho presidential OBSJipslSB in JWJ,
arbea tho two great national parties will
meet In convention and present to the
people their respective platfor?us. But
while the parting of the ways may not
come for some time yet, it is high time
that each Individual who loves the insti
tutions bequeathed to us from an illus
trious past, and holds dear those political
principles promulgated by the ?llstinguish
cd lights of liberty should study deep tha
question which will In the future in a
great measure form the dividing line of
tho two great political parties.
The ltepubllcan party has shown unmis
takable signs of adhering to tli? policy of
expansion, and extending the country's
boundary beyond the seas. In its annexa
tion of Hawaii it has stepped far beyond
the. original contemplation of the Consti
tution, and has n?iw made a precedent fur
What the most far-seeing prophet cannot
foresee. Aye, one might say that this ac
tion brings to us possibilities almost be
yond the power of the imagination to con
. hre. While It la only the progressive na
tion that discards the trodden paths that
?1? ?i the footsteps, that plttllgl I
out In the unknown darkneo. to grop. for
objects to gratify Its ambition, yet in the
policy of territorial expansion, we are
certainly drifting <?n an unknown MS.
l'.ut while BO one can tell the ultimate
outcome of such a policy adopted by a
nation so peculiarly constituted as our
own, it must be obvious to every roafl.i
3f the past and all who observe the events
uf the present, that this action is only
laying broad and deep a foandStiOfl for a
eonsolldsted empire, with power at
SVashlngton scarcely lean potent than the
Imperialism of St. Petersburg. It
nnovallon that flings to the past the pat
theory of JsoTeraon and Renn ahd Mon
roe and Tyler?those rights that U?rtseo
loverelgn States achieve?! when the Eng
lish flag was lowered at Yorktov.ii.
lave ever remained with them, except
:hose delegated powers to the National
jovernment?which wns intended to be a
tovernment of delegated power?. Hut it
ia? been the constant aim of the Repub
Ican party, as the successor to the old
federal party, to make the delegated
low. r overshadow the States that created
i league, and bury their rights and pre
ogative? which they acquired upon the
)attle-flekls of the Revolution. State
toverelgnty. the Issue that caused the
'war between the States," though sig
?ally submerged by the capitulation at
?ppotnattox, is still an attribute of each
Hate.
It is obvious to every one that the on
yard march of the Republican doctrine Is
raught with as much disaster to the po
itlcul power of the State, and consequent
y to the Individual, as was the march of
is soldiers through the Valley of Virginia
vhen one of Its lights wa? made to boast
f his desolation so complete "that a crow
oulJ have to carry his provisions."
It has been the boast of the P.iaill lelhl
arty that every Inch of acquired or pur
hased territory ha? been achieved by the
>emocr?tlc party, except Alaska, but the
nrrltory thu? annexed was contiguous,
nd was needed to round off our boun
ary. The Democratic party found a
mall ?trip along the Atlantic coa.t, and
xiended Its boundaries until It 1. now
alf a continent, rocked lr the giant arms
f tw?. mighty ocean?, and then said,
Stop!" And to-day that party, which has
ved from the foundation of the republic,
nd ha. Men th. birth and death of every
[ rouent ?ave the now-existing party of
euAmral al??ai rial Ian and abominable
tralt.atlon. ?hould. If it remain, true to
the teaching, of the past, oppose with the
?trr.ng arm of lovo for the land of our
father? any encroachments upon tho li
berties Inherited and declare unequivo
cally against the annexation, acquisition,
or retention of any of the t?**rrltory which
m.y com. under the domination of the
United States during, or after, the war
with the kingdom of Spain.
WILUAM RANK SNIDOW.
Work of the luhrr.li> of Virginia.
(For the Dispatch.)
The auth?Hltles of the University of
Virginia have prepared a statement of
tho cost and value of the University to
the State, which will appeal to those
who are interested In our public school
system, of which the 1'nivi.rsity 1? the
worthy bead und capstone. Last year
those tax-payers who paid taxe? on |100
S ?rth. of property paid a trifle over
1-2 a cent to the University, and those
who paid taxe? on 11,000 gave to the Cnl
v.t dty 5 cent? and a fru<*tlon, while
thoeo who paid on P.'.i*?j paid only M
cent? to the Univer.ity.
Of the $13,001? received annually from
the State over ?t**o,0?M goes to pay inte
rest and ainklng-fund charge? on the
bonded debt and to maintain and pro
tect the State's property. On the other
hand, besides tho maintenance of hlgh?r
standards Sf adliratlon and higher lines
of thought In tho state, an influence
which cannot be valued In dollars and
easts, the University of Virginia make?
to th??. ItatS of Virginia eva-ry year a
cash return of thousands of dollars in
excess of the appropriation which it re
ceives. In return for this appropriation
the State's property at the University
Is maintained ?nd protected and the
State's debt liquida ?
Last year Ho Virginia ?tudent? were
educated free of charge, a number that
nur be Indefinitely Increased without
taxing the resource? of the University.
In addition, theie was last year brought
Into the State and expended within the
Stati by student? from other States at
tl :i'iing the University, tl??l?,0?>?. b'?sl<les
100,00a? expended by students at Virginia
preparatory schools by students who
have como from other States to be train
ed for tho University. Furthermore, In
the past two years the University bal
red dir? ct benefsctlosa amounting
to $2^.,*,'Kj, almost every cent of which
has been expended In Virginia. In view
Of all this, tho fripnds of the University
very pertinently say that the question
is not "What doefl the University cost
tho State?" but "What would It cost tha
State to d?t> without the University?"
An Old ' unfrdei ;,?.- Yell.
(Augusta Chronicle.)
A correspondit of the Baltimore Sun,
who is no doubt a veteran ax-COSf? Berate,
gives some pungent views of the Stiaiter
Onrcla Incident, which aro decidedly to
tho point. He says:
"Though 1 have not the slightest sym
pathy with the banditti and bushwhack
ers whose struggles In Cuba, have lad our
country to interfere 'in the cause oi
humanity,' I think that the not unexpect
ed conduct of 'General' Garcia as reported
In connection, with th* tall of Santiago ts
not beyond a reasonable explanation. He
h.is bees lighting for liberty aim shouting
tha battle ery ??f freedoaa ? > long that
be baa ii.'t ha?! time to nota the advance
made in warfare in recent years. It wns
not unnatural, when he beard or ttie talK
of prize money for Spanish merchant \ ?
s? la under an act born ot the war bot ween
th.* Slates, tO argue that lend operations
might be upon tha mm. ??.?sis. lie. ther. -
tots, doubtless, expected thai 'is in*
canee of humanity' ?Cobs would bs so de
vsststed that, in tbs arorda of Qeaarai
Sheridan, in ro ghenandoab V*slley,
crow flying over it would have to carry
its rations.' He may have b'"ar.l of that
national anthem of rapine and plunder,
Marching Through Georgia.1 aad bava
argued, therefore, that Saiitl.igo was to
Bhara the fate of Columbia, ?S. C, ana
Atlanta, Ga., und that his followers wi'ii-1
be ebl. t?> hsnd down to admiring pos
tent y spoons, jewelry, and the silver com
munion servi.es 'captured' from the
dwellings and churches of the enemy. It
must base bean haid for him to be eon?
fiuiited with the cobl tact that there is
difference between lighting a foe of an
other race and a foe of one's brethren;
thai there were to be no spoils except,
p? rhspa, ?or those who should beeorr.?
tive in establishing a stubi? government
In Cuba, and that his men would not
even bass tas ntSaCactiofl of puncturing
with their bayonets historic portraits, .is
thOSC in the State house at Annapolis
WOTS treated a generation ago. I am glad
that Garcia was disappointed, an?l I
hope that h? will be treated to an un
broken ser!, s of similar disappointments,
Hut it must be conf? ssed that he was not
without historic justification for his ex
ns."
Although an era of good feeling has
arrived, and "we ,.re a band of brothers,"
this kind of breezy talk m.y be permit
ted in the Interest of bJatOftS truth, v, ?
congratulate* our Yank?-?, friends of to
il, iv upon being such an improvement on
their predecessors of lSul-'OtS. The woria
moves.
A Deadly ?.. .i?Ur,
(Chicago News.)
"You and Rrlggms don't seem to bo
I 1 friiii'ls any more."
"No; he is a wolf in sheep's clothing."
"Why, what did he ever do to make
you conceive such an opinion <jf him?''
"Made me believe I ought to take my
bicycle apart for the purpose of cleaning
It."
I)?*nr.
(New Orleans Picayune)
It Is natural for a rich man to become
familiar with a professional man he hires
nid to address Ills physician as "My Dear
Doctor," But to his solicitor he would
BOt .-ay "My Dear Lawyer!" although the
legal man's fee would be quite as g?jod.
Obedient.
(Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Mi- Kerry: Did you behave yourself ?t
Mis. Wallace'? and not ask the second
:tme for pi? '
Hobby: Ves'm; I didn't have to ask only
ince. I got the first piece without ask
ng.
A Warm Day.
(Washington Star.)
"Why do you *?> .tie lassT
Could not grim sroe oonaeni to pass
One of your grace and station?"
"1 am not weeping. ?ir," asoth she.
"The tear-drops that you think you see
Ajto eimply p*r?piratlon."
Hollyhock..
(Chicago Record.!
Here tarried long ago
A savage band.
Down-thrusting their slim spears
Into the ?and.
Then slept those hardy men.
And when they wokS,
Behold, their clustered spear.
To blossom broke!
a a a ?
Su<h are the hollyhock.
That once were spears;
G?nl grant that they no more
Weep bloody tears.
But that forever they
Drop only ?Vw.
And that to look on then
Bring peace to you.
" ' '' ^^
Biliousness
i ceased by torpid liver, which prevents din? s
on and permits food to ferment and putrify In |
te stomach. Then follow di*-:ine*-\ headache, j
Hood's
Pills
A
J
S
soinina, nervousaes?, and,
not relieved, bilious ferer
blood poisoning. Hood's
lib) Hiin.iliite the stomach,
use th. liver, cure headache, dizziness, cnty ?
tp.tlon. etc. to cent?. Sold by all ?.rugglst.. -*'
aa oalx Pitt? to take with Hood's ?sariaparUla, ,
THE TAX ON EXPRESS PACKAGES.
urTnrt. neina Mad? to Parea ?he
Coni|Minr to FarnlsB Stamp?.
Th? Richmond Chamber of Commerce
-a ju?t In receipt of an article on the
attitude of the ??press companies in con
nection with the war revenue law, pre
pared by the Merchants' Association of
New York, which 1? published In part be
low, as it may prove of Interest to ship
per? by express.
A letter had already been addressed
from the Chamber to tho local represen
tative of the express companies here,
calling his attention to the varioUs phases
of this matter, and objecting to wha:
wa? considered the arbitrary and illegal
attitude of the express companies, with
the hope that they would see fit to aban
don their position. The publication of
this letter is. however, withheld until a
reply can be received from tfie superin
tendant, to whom it ha? bei-n referred,
with the request for an aswer as early
as possible. No further action will be
taken by the Chamber until a reasonable
time has elapsed for the receipt of a re
ply to tho committee's letter.
The article of the Merchants' Associa
tion reads, in part, as follows:
"The paper? have been prepared in the
suit being brought under the direction of
the Merchants' Association of New York
against the express companies for the
purpose of testing la the broadest possi
ble manner the question as to where the
responsibility lies for the payment of the
war-Stamp tax on express receipts, as
provided for In tho war-revenue; bill.
This tax the express companies refuse to
pay, claiming that under the act they
?.re not obliged to do so, their duty
being merely to see that the stamp waa
affixed and cancelled. They forced the
shippers to pay the tax, and large num
bers of the latter protested through the
Merchants' Association, tha*. association,
as a body, having filed protest's with the
express companie? on the day on whlcn
the act became operative.
"The Merchants' Association then in
structed Its counsel to bring such action
against tho express companies as was
necessary to get this qaeatiOB before the
courts, for a Judicial Interpretation of
tho working of the BtBtOte. .Mr. James
R. Dill, of the law firm of Dill. BoyiBOOr
& Kellogg, Is the counsel for the Ifor
ehonttf Aaoodatlon. Th? Hon. Jo?ph
H. Choate was retained as special coun
sel in the matter. A Bomber of legal
Bjaeetlona arose as to the best method
of bringing the contemplated suit; but
have finally been settled, and th?
papen have been submitted to the coun
sel for the express companies, who have
agreed to expedite the matter as ran.-h
as possible. The suit will be pushed to
a spuedy hearing.
"Referring to the position of the ex
press companies in this matter, Presi
dent William E. King, of the Merchants"
Association, said:
" 'Tho letter of Infernal Revenue Com
missioner Hcott. addressed to United
States Quartermaster-General Ludlngton,
which arts recently published In tho news
papers, reads as follows: "In case of
persistence by agents of the Adam? Ex
press Company In their refusal to ac
cept government good* offered for trans
portation by express. I suggest that
stamps be affixed to the receipts by thos?
who offer thd goods and that accurate
account be kept of all stamps applied;
.also, that the tacta be reported to the
Auditor for the War Department, with
tho request that no more payments be
m ido on account to tbe Adams Express
Company for services performed by It on
behalf of the government, until an agree
ment ?hall be reached for the futura; .lis
ch;, r ?o of Its obligations to this respect."
" 'TWs Is additional evidence confirm
ing the opinion Of the officers of the
Merchants' AsSOClattoa of New York,
that it was the intent and purpose of
the war-rovenu? law that the express
companies should pay for, a? well as affix
and cancel, the 1-cent stamp on express
receipts and bills of lading as provided
for under that law, and tho officers of
th? Merchants' Association w?re right in
e.-.mmenc\ng IeB.il proceedings for the
parpo ?a >>f ooaapellIng the avpraaa com
panies rhus to pay for and al?lx and CBS?
eel these stamps, Instead of throwing the
burden of such payment on the mr
chants and shippers." "
TROOPS FOR PORTO RICO.
Number? to I-'.mbnrk from Newport
News?Death in Ilur.ipton.
NEWPORT NEW??', VA., August 1
?Speclal.)-Aecording to Information re
ceived here to-day, there will be SftOOB
r?*glments, or about 17,000 troops, embark
ed at this point In the next few week? for
Porto Rico. Colonel Decker, In charge ot
transportation as the agent of the War
Department, recommended to Secretary
AlSOr thai Newport News bo man- the
principal point of embarkation for tro;p3
leaving Camps Thomas and Alger '.ir
Porto Rico, and acting on his suggestion.
tho department has made arrangements
to have the fifteen regiments tinder <}> lie
rai Wade transported to this point In the
oaal few week?*.
Owing to tho difficulty In securing
transports, it Is quite likely that the
troops of General Grant's Brigade will he
delayed In embarking lor Porto Ri
Hudson \g loading coal now, and the Min
newaska Is en route here from New York.
rile Concho, Alamo, and Rtn Grande are
Itlll at New York, under quarantine re
striction.
Captain Barclay H. Warburton, com
manding the camp of the Pennsylvania
\itteries, A and C, has received orfders
'rom Washington to be ready to embark
ils command an hour after the arrival of
:he transport Mlnnewaskj, from New
l'ork. The batteries expect to bo able to
ret aboard to-morrow morning. The
Pennsylvania artillerymen have been In
tamp here since May 4th. They wer.- or?
|?red here to afford protection to the gov
rrnment Interests at the ship-yard.
The two Pennsylvania troops of eavahy
-.111 also embark to-morrow for Porto
Ueo,
BEING PAID OFF.
The men 'n camp here .ire being paid
.ff her.- to-day. Something like UMJi
te distributed among the soldiers.
Two negro highwaymen have been do
ng a general hold-up beehaoas at tha
3riarfield road, In the county, for the
,ast few nights. No lr-s than half a dozen
nen have been robbed by tli.-m.
Work OB the new 115,000 Jail will be com*
raenoed September tat.
Oround for the n*sv JTC.t?OO sewerage sys
em will be broken next Monday morning,
rhe contractor is pledged to complete the
lork by December 1st.
The tWO-etory frame store and dwelling
if Mr. T. ft Jones, just outside of Hamp
?n, on the Newport (fears road, was de
frayed by fire about 4 o'clock this morn*
ng. Nothing wa? saved except a few ?r
lele? of bed-clothing. The los? la about
j,?xe.
OLD CITIZEN DEAD.
Mr. I^vla Winder, one of the oldest and
nost respected citisens of Hampton, died
'. his home. In the West End, shortly af
er 11 o'clock this morning, in his Tt'.th
ear. Ho formerly resided at Chester?
": Mr. Winder wan the father-in-law
f Mr A. 8. Segar, of this city.
Mr. E. ?I. Datdea, son of Postmaster
tarden, of Hampton, died at the home of
Is brother in hultimore, yesterday af
?moon at 2 o'clock of heart-failure. This
? the second death in the Dard? n family
rlthln a week.
The aged mother of Mr. W. T. Davis,
roprletor of Rames'? Hotel, died Satur
ay night In Hampton.
HOVDTON. '
i Precorloa? Calf?Whiskey 1? Hard
to Oct.
BOYDTON, VA., August l.-fSpeclel.)
ohn T. Lewi?. Vic?-Con?ul of the United
tates at Rio d? Janeiro, la her? visiting
tlative?. Mr. Lewis was born and reared
i this county, and is a very young
tan to hold such a position. He was
ppotnted with W. T. Townes, under tbe
teveland Administration, and has been
?tained by Mr. McKinley.
The record? in pur Perk's office show
T?
M
tic
?i
ai fact that but few of our p-so-Ae are
aware of?vis. : That G?vieral Wlnfield
Scott took out Moen?? to practlc? ?aw
in this county In 1?*06.
Kx-Mayor John W. Dogger has a curi
osity In tho shape of a Jeraey calf. 14
mof.lhs old. He has had her milked
since she was ?0 months old, and she Is
now giving nearly a quart a day of very
excellent milk.
The mineral-water health resorts of
tho county?Buffalo Springs and Chase
City?are having good crowds this season.
Boydton Is presumably a dry town?no
llcenso being granted to sell whiskey,
but whiskey gets here on the sly. One
of tho venders, a negro woman, was up
before the Mayor, and was sentenced to
pay a fino of 970 and serve fifteen days
In Jail. She appealed to the County
Court. In consequence of this, the "ar
dent" Is hard to get here this morning.
There are quite a number of summer
visitors her?*. At the Vansant?' th<*re nre
fourteen from Norfolk and Danville, and
as many more stopping In the corporate
limit, tho major portion being young
ladles.
There were good rains yesterday and
last night, and a good corn crop Is now
assured. Tobacco, also, will be much
Improved In BBUBBtUBUflU?
rKTKItSMl ua.
The Mnrderer Morton Case Set for
Tbnrmlny?An Asalaimiciit.
PMTMRTOURQ, VA.. August 1.?'Spe
cial.)?In the Hustings Court this morn
ing the case of the Commonwealth vs.
Robert Morton (colored). Indicted for the
murder of Mr I Westmoreland
at the West-Knd Park, in the latter part
of June, was called. The accused was
represented as counsel by Judge D. A.
Hlnton, who had previously made a mo
tion to continue the case until the Septem
ber term of the court, In the absence of a
witness deemed important and material
to the defence. This motion was elabo
rately argued by Judge Hinton. who sub
mitted arli.' to 'h.- materiality of
the absent witness, and cited authorities
to sustain the Justice of his claim for a
continuance. The Ciurt overruled, th?'
motion, holding that the afhMavits were
insufficient, whir.upon "udge Hlnton
withdrew from the BBSS as counsel for
the accused. Faying that lie was unwilling
to assume responsibility where he could
not do his client justice. The Court as
Stgn?*-d Mr. Jam * T. Hahlly as counsel
f..r Morton, and set tho trial for Thurs
?lav morning.
Joaoph Knox (colored) was convicted In
the Hustings Court this morning of felon
iously shooting and WOttfl ling a colored
girl named Henrietta QoodWjrB, anil sen
tenced to one year's Imprisonment In th?.*
penitent.a ry.
Qoorga Barrett, a white youth about II
years of age, who was convicted of a
misdemeanor In the Mayor's Court, was
committed to the care of the Prison Asso
ciation of Virginia for reformation.
Corporal Aivhle Mallory, of the Peters
burg Grays, left here this morning for
Camp Alger, with several recruits, which
make the membership of the company
full. %
During the month of July the police of
this city nirid?- 197 arrests, 116 of which
were for violations of city ordinances.
The fines eollaotad for the city In the
Mayor's ?Court during tho month amount
(d to IK'-'.
Mr. Jatne?* Q, Harrison, a large lumber
loaler of Prlnco Ueorgt*county, has mad?
m assignment for the benefit of blfl I I
ton, The truste? is Mr. Bruce Simmons,
of Norfolk. Mr. Harrison is one of the
most proaalBOBl and bost-batows) dttsuas
if Prine?- Oeorga, and baa long Banted on
an extensivo saw-mill and lumber bufl
BBSS.
Miss Belle Andrews, a young lady r?>
?iding on High street, was 8Ct?id8Bta!l**
run Into by a Ml jrottst yesterday, ami
jtilte painfully hurt.
The Petersburg Alumni Association of
:he University of Virginia will hold a
n?x-tlng to-morrow night to take action
ooklng to the promotion <>f athletic* at
he T'nlverslty. A committee, will be ap
pointed to co-opernte with other commu
?es In the mntter.
CaptBla J. A. Nichols, of tho Petersburg
Iraya, writes to (l frisad here that th?,
Prince George boys in his company have
nade splendid soldiers, and several of
hem are to be promoted.
Old i tipl ? al *ie*v?.
WILLIA.MSBt l;<;. VA., August L?
SpeciaL) m? r-aehUng party which tefl
ere about a week ago on the "Morrow"
?*turni-<i yesterday on tha train frota
?Id Point. The fellows look sun-burn?"!,
ut they report having had an excelli Bt
Ime. Th<? whole tri]? was fully up to
xpectations, except thfl fishing, which
.'as very poor, owing to tho easterly
rinda that have prevailed for the past
*n days.
The delegate? from our church to th?>
"?strict t'onference ot" the Richmond J?is
'Ict of th?? Metho.list Church, which will
?eet this week at Shackeiford's, lu King
nd Quc-en county, affl ROT. J. N. La
lam, I?, W. Lane, Jr., Ro. 1j. Spencer,
nd <\ P. ArmlsteatI; alternates, C. H.
[olnus, John S., Charles, and James A.
Ivans.
Mis? Virginia P. Wise, who has been
?? nding some time at Virginia Beach,
as returned home.
Mr. Frank IB nicy, of Newport News,
Bfl bora yesterday to visit his brother,
ho is sick at his mother's..
Mrs. E. W. Monier and child left to-day
>r a lengthy visit to relatives In Staun
>n and Rath county.
Mr. Arthur PtmiBOad and Mr. Oscar
ane, after spending several week? at Vlr
i BaaCh, have returned home.
Mr. H. O. Bpencar and Mr. R. G. Bar
v. have returned from a flying trip to
Id l'oint.
Kuiporlu Mention.
EMPORIA, VA-, August L -(Special.)
he County Court of G^raeneavUlfl coun
? convened tiiis morning at P) o'clock,
on. w. Bamui i Goodwyn preaidlng. A
.? ?al grand jury BellOd, and
.und 8 number of Indictments for felony.
here are two or three cases of
lony to 1"' t?riad during this t?rm whi? h
celte consul'rabie interest. They will,
twever, not be taken up until to-morrow,
h?^ court will likely be in session until
lay afternoon.
Mr. K. Im Turner spent yesterday at
it an View.
Miss Annie NOWBOfB his ri turned home
?. r a very ploaSBBt visit to her brother,
r. R. \V. N'wsom, at Old Point.
iKimii-1-l.. <? la da I one. nuil l'ope Leo.
(.New York Sun.)
Bismarck, Gladsone, and he who is
o XIII . were all living when the
Waterloo was fought. Bismarck, tho
?ungest of the three, was then an Infant
B 2 and 3 months. (Rovacchino
.-? a little mare than I
adstone was 5 1-2 years. Tha >
IStln A Morrili. of Vermont, the father
the United .- ae.ps the Pope's
nlor by less, than forty days.
TRY AI.I.KVS FOOT-KASK,
POWDER TO B~ shaken INTO
e shoes. At this season your feat fe?-l
ullen, nervous, and hot, and get tired
sily. If you have smarting feet or
;ht flhOe?, try Allen's Foot-Kase. It
ol? the ?aat an?I makea walking easy,
ires swollen and sweating feet, blisters,
d callous ?pots. Relieves corns and
nions of all pain and give? re?t and
mfort. Try It to-day. Sold by all
uf-glst? and shoe ?tore? for BSe. Trial
ekage FRKi:. Address ALLEN s.
.MSTED. Le Roy, N. Y. Je _S-Tufrt?
)eWitt's Little
EARLY
RISERS
ie f?siot? little pills. Cure bii.ont?
as, headache, constipation, luilget?
>Qt heartburn and torpid livei.
Very small, ver- safe, rery sure.
Most popular pill ever nutde.
>rep?r?d by E. O. De Witt ?, Ot>? *_akfl*8 OB
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cure bilious and nervous ills, sick
heftdache, disordered liver weak
stomach and impaired digestion.
V Mil?, at all Di?i| Alora?
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IT dispels
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Kidney Troubles,
Persistent Nausea,
Rheumatism,
Indigestion, etc.etc.
PLATN, in five gallon demi
johns, $2.
75e. rebate for empties.
Carbonated, 21 quarts, H\
48 pints, $5.50.
? i a. -ntiw
TASKIKAS SPRING CO,,
900 east Main street.
LEWIS W. BURWELL,
SOUTHERN AGENT.
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