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THURSDAY.. ..FEBRUARY 15, 1900.
rExrri3\TiA«Y exmiigemkxt.
We quote the "'. loKowlng rrom tlie'edi
torial columns of the Danville Kegister:
' "The highest and greatest argument in
favor of penitentiary onlargement is ihe
moral one. In order that It may more
effectively accomplish its- mission pres
ent conditions must?, be remodieU. The
■object of > a penal institution is not^to
maico its iismaies more vicious and de
graded, but to deter men from crime and
to reform, as l'ar as possible, the crimi
nals within its barred doors. Under, pres
ent conditions the Virginia penitentiary;
is now a school of crime, wherein those
committed tlieret o are. . confirmed and
hardened in vice and lawless practices.
This"- is the result of the promiscuous
crowding of prisoners into one- cell,, thus
exposing the novice in crime to the asso
ciation of the expert and incorngmle.;
We 'are reliably informed that as many
as, thirty convicts sleep in a single eeli ti
wherein all forms of vico arej-epfosentect...
"Under such inhumane and""undesirable.
cbiiditlons the institution is deprived ot
all ;";lts reformatory influences, .and be
comes rather confirmatory of f criminals.
This is shocking to the moral .senslbili-;
ties' of the people, and ruinous to the im-^
■foi-tuuatcs ■ committed to the, State's care.
C4nsideratibns ' of health. 1 ' 'humanity;,.
policy, -.buslaiess sagacity, moral responsi-""
bility, and jvbllc safety all unite iiijcry
in^ J "aloiid for. relief, which can oiiiy be
afforded by increased cell-room and the
segregation ol'prisoners that would then
\>q possible." _.' ."-"
■The present crowded condition of the
'penitentiary makes its ..cells the breeding
place of vice so hideous and brutalizing
th:il were tJie facts fully 'known 'to 'the*
people of Virginia, no legislator, would
be forgivon for refusing to vote to en-*
large the building.
7We do not say that the legislature
■would then be required to accept the
precise building plans which, have been
submitted to them, but that they would
l>ei required to see to it that the cell-,
house enlarged somehow or other. ■-'
'. ;.' If. Virginia "can't spare the money" to
provide ".•steel-cells, l<:t her sec if jlio;
can't spare it to provide brick tells. 1 Or,
if brick "cells are" too costly, let her pro
ride plain barracks or dormitories— such
as are in use at the State farm. But,
for. Heaven's sake, while the State Trea
sury is: fairly lull, and wJ-.He It";is";.i;e-;
ceiving about ?lU,OUO per annum'; of 'net:
cash profits from the earnings of these
prisoners, let it not be said that "Vir
ginia is too poor" to give her imprisoned
-criaiinals a sullicient amount of pure air,
to'; breathe!. Session after session the ;
'claims 1 of the penitentiary are presented
in; vain; but all the time the earnings of
the* institution are being poured' into .the
.Treasury..' and expended elsewhere!
"It' "is* uncertain whether, or _ not the
Finance Committee of the Housc'of Dele
gates will ' . .rccoinmen-r ... any- • > appro
priation" i.hj(s; year,' so pressing are other
claims for- appropriations. • And- yet,-.-' if;
certain foatures. of jienltcntiary. cell; lire
things none, of us like to discuss— were
plainly staled, wo cannot see jjow rnem
liers could hesitate to make "some sort"
or" provision £or enlarged ;slepping,:.ciuar
'tci-s. : ';■; ;," , • : - , '» "' '" - : .;
: ; 'X]f ha*s"bcen' stated by one of the oppo-'
'iicnts of any appropriation, great or small,
"".hat the percentage _ of mortality in
the-iionitentlary. (State farm included) ".is
but little larger than that: in Richmond.
V* That's not a- fair argument" In Ilich-'
inond'itre tens of thousands.: of, child tbear.-,
ing- women and infant children. The mor
tality among, those is great- In ihe.peni
"icntiaryahere isno such population.' Most
of the person's sent there are" young" "men..
But who can tell 1 how many lives '"are
.ruined in those small, ill-vonUla tod, • over
crcwded ceils, all of which are without
closet connections? Who can tell how
jhany. prisoners are discharged ..in • ill
health and go homeao die? •;;':-■:. :
;. And then think of the polluted morals
wljich the convicts, carry, "away from ihe
prison.'- That important; view of the r case
is v<:ry. ; Ktrongly presented in^the editorial.
Jn the DanvilH- Rogister,- from^which
ha\'<: qiiotodi but •; briefly." './,*,..._'"
:.: : fXot for the sake of ihe^convicts-only,;
■.but: for. "the; sake of th«j' Virginia.' people! as
woll, some: sort ofV provision '••should Sb©]
mitdeVj'or- giving, those wretched , malefac-
Itors-.;, more-; cell-room;-; mure pure. air.
a will; there's' a f way,' and; if.
JhiiiState; can't do all; she- would .like ; : to
do ijow. : let her do a ll^ln;- can. {Certainly
the .not oarnnifjs. of the .iristitutionXinight
be; devoted to thi.s -purpose for a ■» few
yc-ara. " - •
<-..., ■-—■■;. ■■•.: ■■■-. ; . , s» . >.i. -v'-j 1
;.;;?j? >*.fliaine'of ihe present overcrowded,
i condition of ithe penitentiary is.notupon
the poor. ißnornnt. vicious wretclics^whq.
I arc" there conlined^but^urvon; tho;proud old
j Common wealth °£__^££ in isL_ •
i>RKSI'IIKXT AM> I'OKTO R1C0..;:
j It «cems that' President, McKinley: \^s.
gotien himself into' a hole: in ; the
matter of the. $orto Rico U.rifrquesUon.
ft^iil be -remembered; that :] he ■- recom^
mended that Porto Hico be brought with
in the Constitution as far as that matter
was concerned! He "didn't phrase it that
way exactly, but that was; the effect 01
his-recommendation. He advocat.d the
bestowing upon Porto Hico of ail the
privileges of free trade. that exist between
the States and Territories •- oC .' ihirj ; erst-:
while "republic. ~\ l~. '...-.'.'■■'.
Hut he '' has now been rudely awakened _
to the fact that his fellow: Imperialists',
and^ the .' champions of "robber-tariff to
whom he owes his elevation to the Presi
dency" consider that he^poke with "inde
cent haste."" ■ :
In fact, through the Ways and -Means
Committee of the House the Kepublican
bosses have rebukt.-d his 4< pre_viousness"
and called him down, and hei has; come
down. lie has agreed, it is learned/that
Porto Rico may enjoy "the blessings and
immunities of the' liberal institutions of
our government" and "greater, commercial
and industrial 'prosperity" by being mulct
ed to a certain per cent.' of the Dingley.
tariff, in the interest of: those -who put
up the "boodle" for the; President-making
trust. . ~;\'.»f":\'
A "close friend" of the' President's Is
quoted as declaring that; he is 'still ; con
vinced that Porto 'Rico 'should be ■.on an;
equal footing with the States and : Terri
tories as to the matter in :question;-but,
.?s the New York Evening Post- says,>ince
Hie protected interests threatened, to ''de
feat his re-election if- he. did not abandon
his "free trade and reciprocity nonsense,"
he can only wring hisvhands; helplessly.
He can only cringe beneath, the lash of.
Hannaism, thus affording, another proof,
that he. has no convictions which he will
allow to interfere ; with/ his ambition to
succeed himself in. the -presidentiar cjiair.
Truly, the spectacle is pitiable.
- AVOMAX SDFEUAGE.
The summing up of the "recent pro
gress", of the woman's suffrage-move
ment docs not show that the fair sex are
advancing towards the- ballot-box with
leaps and bounds.
lirlS9S woman suffrage amendments 7 to
the State Constitutions were defeated by
votes of the people in South Dakota and
Washington, and in 1899 .woman suffrage
bills were defeated in the Legislatures, of
Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Ver
mont, Illinois, Oklahoma, " Arizona, In
diana, Missouri, Michigan,' and California,
But, unkindest cuts of all, in _Oregon,
where the issue is to be tested in June,
an association of women has been found
to oppose It, and efforts to effect similar
organizations are on foot in New York
and the Bay State.
A recent eulogist of Susan B. Anthony,
the great "apostoless"— we beg pordon,
we mean apostle— of female suffrage, de
clared that her leading characteristic was
that she rebounded from depressions of
defeat with the elasticity of an India
rubber ball. If Miss ~ Anthony . can re
bound after digesting' the; above record,
she'must have the elasticity of a whole
india-rubber plantation.
Suppose "Bobs" should fail. Then, what
would Britain do? . '
The scientific world is troubled by an
unfortunate disagreement between two
learned men, who have fallen out on -a
matter which, while;' not so important as
the %ocr war, is, nevertheless of some
interest. Dr. J.T^.'.Wortman has resigned
the position of curator of the department
of vertebrates of ; . the Carnegie".
in -Pittsburg, because, forsooth, the cura
tor-of the institution, Rev.; Dr. W. J.
Holland, differs with him as to the,
identity . of certain bones which .were ex
humed in Wj-oming, where many valua
ble/fossils have been found recently. One
of .the wise men said the bones'were those
of a "brontosaurus" (whatever that is),
■while the other claimed that they were
the remains of a "dipsodocus magnificus."
As there was no way of reconciling the
conflicting views. Dr. Wortman retired,
though the public is still unenlightened
as '-to the real identity of the bones.
An irreverent newspaper -' man, who
says he has heard that men of science
cannot get on peaceably with: one another
any better than , do' the members cf a
sewing circle, belittles the whole quarrel,
and suggests that it reminds one of an
organization which Bret Harte's "Truth
fulfjeemsv described. In a meeting of
.that organization . certain fossil bones
'.wore produced, and .;• '■. - '
Brown he read a paper, and he
reconstructed there /.....
From those same, bones an animal that
v.-as extremely rarc^
And Jones then asked the chair for a
'.Z V. suspension of the rules,
Till he could prove that those same bones
was one of his lost mules."
In the case which has caused the breach
at the Carnegie Museum, the scientific
friends of the institution can at least,
have the consolation of knowing that the
.bones in dispute are undoubtedly those
of some prehistoric animal, whose dignity
.was far superior to . that of any mule
yet discovered. Indeed, .Wyoming "has
attracted considerable attention by her
fossils,. -and: there is' undoubted -evidence
of the fact that she. was once the home
of fierce creatures -which; in point of size,
'would have: put 'a.; ; circus elephant to the
blush. •'-,;■• • - -..;.. ..
One; of the most , pathetic stories ; thal
. have appeared i in':" th'eKew. York, papers
forimonthsiwas published: yesterday, de
scribing . the . finding .. of \the- bodies of
; Charles Beine.agedj 11, ; ond. Martin Loef :
fler^ aged. 9. They;. were last seen at
their homes on August; 11th, -and by come
persons. were supposed' to! have gone. West
"with a vague and 1 foolish'^ iaea T of 'fighting
the* Indians. On "Monilay ''their bodies
were found in. a locked closet- in the va
cant house. No. 10S .Edge combe avenue.
The "'. discovery was made by," .two
plumbers?, who visited .the premises to
find. gas. leaks. Maybe "the .boys had
gone into the closet to ' play, and when
they closed the door of ;it .they could not
.reopen it. But a suspicion lof murder. has
'.Wen raised;- and. S'm ; old " man named
Ahem, who was. the janitor' of the" build-;
ing; last- August, has been arrested upon
the supposition that he may have shut
" the 'boys in and ; left; them: to their, fate.:
. ...That the boys died most iiainfuily; was
'only too evident. : : The;. heut |had .caused
them to strip naked, and when .found,
their heads were • close to ..the bottom ; of
tire-door, through; which j crack they ,|ha«l.
-sought; for: air to sustain; life. ; ;
, . ,With; Mrs. Cutt as their : president,-: the',
woman- suffragists. " wi: stiupost.*; inteiid: to
make- their. ;purr-puss plainer. ■
aBH RTCTTMOND DISPATCH-THURSDAY. FEBRUARY; 15, 1900,
Tlir: I.'ATRST lll!-IiRI« STORY.
:-. A LdhdonTspeclal^ quotes, .from ;a' letter.
ot an l'onMccr 'serving; vwithJjßuller, ? the:
"statement that:"aftera t : "after the' Brrtlsh uc.eat. at
Tugela: river Buller. was /almost: in; tears, 1
and charged that; his brigadiers had sold
him. *In;theYabsence r o£: verification; .'how- 1
'everT we are inclined to treat- a' part of
this storj-, at least, as,apocryphal.;
: vltv It is not. unlikely ithat •Buller.was deep
ly affected by the fruitless loss his troops
sustained at Tugela river.; Many of .the;
■ ilower of the- British': army were 1 slaugh
tered in a BoW trap, : and if Puller ex
hibited deep emotion it was no .discredit
to him, either as man or soldier. : Other,
generals— generals who ; had Pro ved that
they were made of as stern . lighting- stuff
as Btillcr— have,- under somewhat similar
circumstances, been'; overcome by . "their
feelihgs.to the point of weeping freely.
. But it would have been greatly 'to Bul
•ler'.s discredit for. him to charge that any
of : his ' subordinates-/ had sold him, - for
there; is 'no; evidence .of anything
of the 'sort, in) "connection -with
,the engagement; ' - That . blunders
seem' to have ;,; been . committed by
some of those under him there.s eems no
doubt, but there also.seemsno^doubt that
Buller,^ by reason of overconfidehce and
■failure to post himself as to the position
and resources' of the enemy, contributed
largely to the making, of these blunders;
possible. ; /.. ; .
' .-. : Under all the circumstances, for Buller
to have uttered the. language attributed
to -him would, have .-been to add moral
cowardice to -falsehood; -. -Whatever mis
takes he. may have made as a general,
there is nothing in his career as a sol
dier and a gentleman -that- justifies the
belief that he would seek shelter behind
such a "despicable, defence as that in
question. - Indeed, in his reports of. his
operations, there jis a singular avoidance
of effort" to divert criticism from himselt
, or? becloud the ■'.; question, of his own ; re
sponsibility."in dealing with his several
unimportant successes, and his three sig
nal .failures to relieve Ladysmith, he has
•been^equally v frank. As far as we can
recall, only one officer has'been censured
by him, and the censure in that instance,
which appears to have been deserved,
was evoked by the oriicer's lack of judg
ment. For the rest, he has been generous
in praise of. both officers and men.
Our friend, the '.'enemy, named Ryan,
is. now engaged in the", unlovely task of
letting fly Parthian arrows at the Sea
board Air-Line consolidation he has been
unable to halt, but his bolts fall harmless.
We have hopes that he will eventually be
able to see for himself how very wrong
he 'has been in the whole matter.
Some of the newspapers are now "re
calling Bismarck's prediction that the
British empire would find its grave in
South Africa, but while the British situa
tion is grave, beyond question, we do not
think it is., quite as grave yet awhile as
the Bismarck quotation might suggest.
According to reports from New York,
the manufacture of paper cigarettes has
greatly decreased, while the production
of all-tobacco cigarettes, 'cigars,, smoking
and chewing tobacco, and snuff-has in
creased.
I.EXIXGTOX.
3lr. "Wilson's Health Improved—Offi
cers Elected." :
LKXINGTON, VA., February li.—(Spe
cial.)—The following resolutions .were
unanimously: adopted by the students of
Washington and; Lee '. University, being
presented by. the president of. the senior
law class, Mr.Dillard: " .
Whereas, our -honored President, Wil
liam L.. Wilson, has been compelled by
ill-health to be for a' time from
his accustomed duties, and to seek.rec
overy in a distant territory; and, where
as, we are in receipt of intelligence "of his
rapid and steady recovery: be.it
Resolved, by the students of Washing
ton and Lee University in Wednesday
morning chapel, that it is. with- extreme
gratification we receive this welcome
news; and, further, that we desire to cx T
press our sincere and confident hope that
our president may be early restored to
us in the full enjoyment of health.
■ (Signed) H. S. HAMPTON,
A. 11. THROCKMORTON,
C. F. HARRISON,
Committee.
The volunteer 'firemen ■ of .Lexington
-held a full meeting; last night to elect
officers of their organization for another
year. The following were. elected: Frank
L. Young, Chief; A. E. Beckwith, Assist
ant Chief; Vernon ■ E. Funkhouser, . gene
ral foreman; A. Nelson Myers, secretary;
J: Will. Moore, treasurer; H. A. Charlton,
foreman' Reel No. 1; J. H. Tolley, fore
man Reel No. 2; Harry C. Bowyer, fore
man Reel No: 3; M. J. ■ Hess, " foreman
hook-and-hidder truck. ■
' The four pubile schools, known as Cun
ningham, Denmark, Walnut- Flat, '.and
Stonewall, on the headwaters of Kerr's
creek, in Kerr's Creek District, and con
tiguous to North mountain, have been,
closed by order of the School Board of
that district, on account of small-pox,
which is prevailing in that section. .
Mr. Robert Grady, of Hinton. W. Va.,
has Purchased of Messrs. James and
Charles Lowman their valuable milling
property, located at Kerr's creek post--'
office, in Kerr's Creek District. , This' mill
is in one of the finest sections of'Rock
bridge: county, and is one of the noted
mills of the county. The price paid was
54.000 in: cash. The mill. will be operated
by Mr. Grady's brother-in-law, Mr. Harry
Proctor. , , .
Cadet J. Pasco, of.Montieello, Fla., and
member of the ' gi-aduating~ class of the
Virginia Military Institute, this session,
has ..been elected .valedictorian by his
classmates. He- is a son of ex-Senator
Samuel Pasco, of :Florida."- .
.SCOTTS^^LI.E.
The AVenther— General Vaccination—
Personal Xotes.
SCOTTSVILLE, VA, February 14.—
(Special.)— After, two . stormy days the
weather has faired off i.beautifuily.
Dr. fPendleton, our health officer, has
been, quite . busy, for the last two days
vaccinating the -.; pupils':', of the graded
school' arid citizens of : the town, and he is
not through by, a _ good ■ deal.' -The other
two physicians have done a good deal of
vaccination in and. near town, also. Xo
new ' eases of * small-pox •■ have", been ri>
'ported; and ' :the two cases- near Warren
and eighth cases near ITowardsville ; (all
colored) are ,iuider. strict 'tiuaran tine and
gS. ''--. jjm~J~- ' '■' : '-.-..--■ ...; ■ "-■.■■'■■ *-■- . >'-->< jS
r ' - iSTft ' ' ' '" ■ P§^% ''' ' -'■'■' ■ ■ ■"■-'■ &
I . '. ■ ,: &iSQ : W&BQ I
' % Tells ]': the : story. . .When . your head %
Hjaehes, and you feol : bilious, cpristi-.j!
X pated, and . out of , tune, , vwith your &
» stomach; sour, and no ; just (ffl
0 buy a package of : - ' t. < .
% And Uakba.dose.irom 1 to 4 pills; \
X^You will be? surprised at how easily^
§.theytwlll/doVtheir;. they twlll/doVtheir;! work,", cure: your $
w lieadflche and ? biliQusiiess^ rouse ' the $
-p liver and raake you' fecl : happy agaln";V§
a 25 cents. ■':. Sol d by all medicine dealers.
well guarded, and lire said to be setting
:bn Jinely.^PourAof f the: patients Iwho; were
;nrst^takeh^are"nearl^:well7:|We]haVe;no:
■fears -here": of; the disease's coming ?i«|our.
;Viciiiity;\as^the = anthorities; not-only^are
carryingTon 1 ; a; gehex-al; compulsory .. ; yaccl-^
nation, -but Lhave» arranged^ to" ; have;- every,
tf amp ; ; 6r;tf id lerT^vho -. sets foot . : in %l the',
corporation -arrested; and:; broughtftbefore;
the Mayor.; to /give a n account \of ,; himself ,j
and I f ' his ".. account \ is 'not • satis f act ory; he
is ; to; be: dealt with" promptly, as -the /.case:
may: demand.^ ' .- v : ;, \ -
■y:Mr.>Henry:6. 'Harris,', after' a- few days;
Visit" to his' old home here, "returned Sat
urday Ho Bluefleld; W. Va. ■■ :: ; ' :> :
- Messrs^ Fred rFarrar. of- Charlottesville,
and William G. Farrar, of Norfolk,' -Visited;
their " pa rents here,- Mr." -and : ■ Mrs. -. J. ; H.
Fafrar, qii- Sunday.- VMr.^w! ;G. "Farrar:
was en route to Harrisonburg.. -..'■ • V- •
Mr. Thomas '.VT. Brbckenbroush, a
known farmer,', who' was. born and reared
at this place, is extremely: ill of rpnetimo
liia at four miles north; of
town, andtwo doctors have given him up.
■Mr. ..William M. Cleveland, of Central
Plains,-, is- here: to-day. ■■"■ ■
,'bur. town authorities are having- an ex
cellent -bridge ..constructed across ; Mink"
creek, on upper Valley street. ; ; :
> CHARGED AyiTU ML'KDER. * '
A Pin-TTole in- Her, Ilearf^-Secrecy
. Regjiriliii^-tlie 'Crime. .
.NEWPORT NEWS,. VA.,; February "l 4.—
'(Special.)— W. . I. Garland, aged 30, is in
jail in Phoebus, near the National Sol
diers' Home'; '■'charged; with the; murder of
his 70-year-old wife, whom he. married
in Camderi; N. J., six months/ago. The
woman. was found dead in her home this
morning, and a, close examination brought
to light what appeared to be 'a pin-hole
through, the heart. .The doctors say that
death was .-caused probably by a hat
pin-piercing the heart. . Garland was ar
rested to-night. He: denies, the charge..
Both parties were from Philadelphia, and
Mrs. Garland was said to be wealthy. '
John J. Kelley, a tramp, was .arrested
to-night and jailed' with a simple charge
"of trespass against him, but it is reported
that the man attempted a worse crime
in- the North End. He was found in
the dining-room of a home and. was rough
ly, handled', by neighbors before the arri
val; of the police. There appears to be
considerable secrecy regarding the crime
with which the man is charged.,
. " .-"■ "" ■ ■-.--.. — f^t*
NEW -REST' COURT.
Given One Year in the Penitcntinry—
Lacks Proof.
NEW KENT COUNTY, February 14.—
(Special.)— The County. Court of this
county was ..very, closely engaged during
the past two days in the ■ trial of Sam.
Davis, charged with shooting Clifton
Meekins with intent to kill. -The trial
attracted considerable attention, and a
crowd of people packed the court-house
during the whole trial. The case was ar
gued by the. Hon. Manly H. Barnes and
Roger. T. Gregory, Esq., for the Com
monwealth," and the prisoner was defend
ed by 'Herbert _ 'I. I.ouis. E?q., oi. Yvv.si
Point. Late yesterday afternoon the jury
returned a verdict of guilty, and assess
ed his punishment at one year in the pen
itentiary. Counsel for the accused moved
to set aside: the verdict, and the Couri.
set «the hearing of . the motion for next
Wednesday. v
The report that Ella Davis had killed
her husband, Davis, the preacher, seems
to lack proof to sustain it. She figured
largely as a witness in . the trial of Sam;
Davis. . . ' ' . ' " ' .
SfiKIOUS WRECK,
Ran Into ti SI isle— Fireman Hnrt—
Killed l»y it Train.
BRISTOL., TENN.,' February 14.—(Spe
cial.)—A serious freight wreck occurred
just east oc Clinch Port, on the Virginia
and Southwestern railway to-day. The
train, ran into a slide of stone and the
engine and" three, cars were, precipitated
down a bank. Engineer Martin escaped
uninjured, but Fireman Groseclose, of
Bristol, was badly scalded and sustained
other/serious injuries. The engine is bad
ly damaged.
John Bays, of Russell county, Va., , who
came here to visit, relatives, was struck
by a train on the Southern railway this
morning and killed instantly. His re
mains were interred here this afternoon.
He mas a middle-aged man and unmar
ried. - - : , '
HOniUIILK CUDIE'I\ FIiOUIDA.
Aged VTitiovr ■ ami '-Elderly Son ami
Uansliter Fonuil Murdered.
JACKSONVILLE, 1 FLA., February 14.—
One" of- the most horrible crimes ever per
petrated,in this State was discovered at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon,, about seven
miles west of this city, when the bodies
o?Mrs. Rosanna Roberts, a widow aged
76; her son, G. T. . Roberts, a bachelor,'
aged 53, and Miss Jennie Roberts, a daugh
ter, also unmarried, aged 51, were found
murdered at their home.
The body of the' old lady was discover
ed in her- hed. her head split open with
an axe. The body of the son was found
half out of bed. as if he had attempted
to rise., and a, shotgun broken in two by
the side of the .bed showed that, he had
attempted to . defend himself. The body
of the daughter, was found under the
house, where she had ; run from her.as
sailants in the house. Evidences showed
that she -had been followed and struck
two heavy blows with the axe. -which
killed her; The three composed the entire
family,, which has been wiped out of .ex
istence, and were vv-ell-to-do and highly
respectecl citizens.
Tne nearest house was one mile and a
quarter from their house.- The bodies were
discovered this afternoon by a. neighbor.,
who stopped to get a drink, of water, and
'seeing no life, about, made an-investiga
tion, with the result of discovering the.
horrible crime. . . • . .
Trunks and drawers were ransacxed,
but -what" was taken has not been discov
ered, as money and other valuables were
found where the robbers and murderers,
had "worked." There 'is no trace of the per
petrators of the crime, but posses are
ransacking the v.-oods in the vicinity;;
The crime: must have been committed
late Monday night. -
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DEATH OP A VETBRAS.
Colonel Rolicrt. Carter Smitli, of
/Maryland.
BALTIMORE, MD., February ; 13.—(Spe
cial.)— Colonel Robert.; Carter Smith died
to-day at St. Timothy's Hall, a school
near Catonsville, conducted bjr his nieces,
Miss S. R. and Miss M. C. Carter. Death
was due. to" heart-trouble." He was 72 years
of 'age, -and: bad. been an invalid for some
months. His death, however, was/unex
pected.
At the beginning of the civil: war Colo
nel Carter; Smith; .entered- tho (Confederate
service' "as ir lieutenant of : _ Company.: U,
First -Maryland Regiment/.!; After First
Manassas r he was made: captain of . the
company. ..In ISfB; he'. -organized a ,ccm-
pany of cavalry, .which; was. attached to
. General Fitzhugh* Lee's ..command, v After,
the battle of Sharpsburg :his company
joined the- First Maryland., Cavalry at;
.Winchester,:..; and Captain- : Smith . was
elected major.' He was later :disabled;an<l
assigned, to .the charge of the prison at.
Danville,. Va.*;. I with: the rank- ot- lieuten-
:aht-colonel.v While actively . engaged he ,
foiight^in Va'large number of battles.' . -.'
J.TColonelVSmith twasVuhmarried. Ko ar-
Irangcmeiits .have yet been .made lor the
I'iinyral.' ' '- - , -" ' - ■ •'!; •■■ - ; Vr-^'V::;
:. V Ffell Tiventy-Five, Feet. ; , '
ROANOKE, VA.,. : February Jl4.J 14.— (Spe-;
cial.)— Elliotts Pollard,-::a:; fireman. ? -while.
repairingthe fire-alarm systemyhere. was
thrown from: the ; top '.of ■:a ; pole -to.< the ■
'ground; a: distance: of 25-feet,vbreaking'an
arm:and'otherwlse:injuring,him.tThe*pole
had ■rottedand^brokeioff^neaiithe' ground.-;
Pollard's; injuries ?are. -not 'thought : to be
of. a' fatal: nature.
Soooiul I.ecttife of tin*. Series. ;
■:;■- The i v - second V"lectiire. v \6f:Vthe';-:' series vof
-Thomas .endowment -iectures.t; now -being
given?at*RichmondiGollege;byiDr.vi;en:';l.
„Wheeler,-Epresidenty,ofv;the ITJniversltyiof
, Califprniav^wUl 3 take ■< place s this >• evening
iniithe" College^chapel::" ; The!;subjectswiH;
ibe"^The.tAttitudc of theCGreeklTowards
His -State."
Course In Phptographyfor Amateurs
, I . ~ (Copyright, 1900, by Seymour Eaton.) .
. THE RICHMOND DISPATCH'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE; DIRECTED BY PRO-
PHOTOaRAPHYJ FOR -AMATEURS^
I.— IXTW OD UCTORV STEDY.
■BY GIBSON/
; It is hardly -necessary .at this- date to
begin a series of articles • of . p-ractical in
struction . to 1; the photographer
with the detailed history of- the birth ond
.wonderful' J. growth.', of -this science. We
shall, -therefore, give but a brief history
of- photography before -.proceeding to the
more instructive chapters._
-The: actual discovery of the darkening
oi"; coloring ..effect of the . sun's rays on
different; susbtances was discovered. 100
years -ago,, but the -discovery of photo
graphy as we thinkof-if and' know it to
day is said to have been made by
Daguerre in; August of .1839. lie then
gave us— or "rather -the French .Govern- |
ment, which .afterward gave it to the
world— the process by -which a direct pic-. ;
ture. could be taken, by photography, ;
This process -was called, thn daguerreo
type process, and is the old daguerreot
type, with which most "ot'us-.are familiar.
While the^ dagurreotype' ..was a portrait
ori; picture .by photography, ami very
beautiful of.Jts.kind, still the process dif
fered greatly from that now in use.. The
result was a positive, in place of. a nega
tive, the picture being:. made, direct on a
copper plate.; Each picture was an origi
nal. .....-.- 'lf ;-a- : person re'nuired six: pictures
six sittings were necessary, and the time
of exposure differed from thirty to forty
minutes. With our. rapid -dry-plates ;of
the present day, coated with" their; sensi
tive salts, the exposure is but a" fraction
of a. moment. To Daguerre alone is not
due all the credit of the discovery »f
photography- for another Frenchman of
the name of .Joseph Nicephore ; Niepce,
experimenting: at' the, same time as Dagu
erre, discovered many interesting de
tails that added to • Daguerre's discovery
very.. materially.' in;. the perfecting of the
process. Again^ .there are many who
stanchly. claim- that Fox Talbot was the
true orginator. of photography, and con
sider that', to him. should be -accorded the
title of ;. the "father of photography," a
mantle 'so long . worn by Daguerre.
Apropos of this is the article lately pub
lished in an English journal,' which speaks
of Talbot's claims as follov/s:
- "On February 11, 1900, exactly 100 years
will have elapsed since the birth of.Wil-
JOSEPH NIEPCE.
liani -Henry Fox. Talbot. To many pho
tographers his name is possibly, "urifami
liar; by . many . more- his contributions
are, -.without doubt, vaguely apprehended.
No permanent recognition;. of them ex
ists,-and even the literature of the craft
of .wnieh. he was the virtual founder
often, misrepresents and underrates ■ ills
labor. The centenary of his birth comes,
therefore, as a fitting occasion on which
to direct the attention of the photogra
phic world to the part which Fox .Talbot
played in the' evolution of photography,
and his relations to his contemporaries
in these, pregnant years of the third and
fourth decades of this century."
.The inventors of the art-science were
treading pretty closely on one another's
hoels, but .thos.i* who have studied the
early history of photography : will acqui
esce in the - opinion that even so far as
priority of .publication. Is concerned Fox
Talbot is entitled to the premier place
among the -fathers' of photography. But
this" is not his most indisputable claim.
Talbot's process contained, the possibili
ties of indefinite "modification. The mul
tiplication of positive proofs from- a nega
tive 'originated' with him, ami has proved
the only practicable principle in photo
graphy ever, since. .
For his share, too, in the development
of the sister art of photo-engraving Fox
Talbot .likewise deserves c. full measure
of credit, v He was one of, the earliest
pioneers in that afterward fruitful nold
of. discovery— the . production of "printing
surfaces by. photographic nieajis. ' He
was one .01" the .first experimenters with
bichrcmoted- gelatin aiid perfected," aiict,
alas, patented • a process Tor. the repro
duction o£ an intaglio piate'to. which he
gave the name "photoglyjjhic engraving."
This brief .outline, will sen-e to call to
mind. the position oC Fax '.Talbot in"pho
tographic history, a position : hitherto,
scarcely recognized. In -France, a statue
TALBOT.
of . Joseph, r^'icephore Xiepce stands in the
towns of iCalohs-'sur-Saone,: and; the resto
ration of; the church of hfs native.Jßry-sur—
M a rn o' has been; carried :o:u as one merao
rial to Dagiierre; ■ The. only proposal to
perpetuate -.in-Sariy ■ way .the 'memory- of
Henry. Fox .Talbot has curiously -enough
taken tht; same : -form' as _ thaf last: raen
.Vtioned.y Soon after . his death, in 1577, pre
liminary: stops .were takon -to. restore, or
.rather remodel, the; chance! of -.I^ayoek
church. Wiltshire^ "with :vvhich Fnx -.Tal
bot .was .intimately.' connected cs .lay rec
;-tbr; - and; where ' many; of - his r, ancestors,
"lie-buried. . The;sciwme 3?ipsed- for some
:year«:,b'ut latterly, a, local .has
itakenftlie'niatter. in hand.and a portion
'of 'the. requisite -stini -■has;. 7 been-' raised.
-While.;, the suitability of.; the suggested
-memorials may; prove productive oC^disf
;;cussion,-;it'.should ;b'e ',reeollect«cl- : that the
idea*';Js;bn(' which '•'. would jhave^b'eehvajCr,
.ceptable- to .F6x\Ta]bot:himselt\ : and;pho-'
.tographers would:- be" honoring.; their.;. craft
;if^thfty;provided;the. funds, for ;»hja- or. iiny
otherjsuitablenjemoriai in tlie: centenary,
fyearfofithit; ma"tV;wn<r'rnuy ; most;'" truly .be
fcalledi;.'the; father 'of photography." ':-<■ ■ ",;
JrtThorV'ls-no'J'fad iOrAliohby.JpaitJt^whdt
: ; y6u l f'wHl.^:that -is "Vit "Vjuicef sorf attriiciive
ir'a'n'3'ins'tructiyh'->'and that giv^fpuclv'lsst-.
photography.: lt carf
irfesiits:': followers rafielfl,'- ;i .fid; whilo giving
i physical ; exercise •ami in e.n tal| pleasure j;it
;glves"i Instruction, of thf> Imi Kind tintl
it Induces artistic conception and brings
toHhe front ail better quaiitios: of
our nature. .'-It is well -said, tnat one
"who loves the green trees.-, the .pearly,
brook, the mossy; bank.^the glad ;sunshine.
and -the -ever-changing beauties of nature
cannot' be vicious." The amateur photp
grapher is ever iin pursuit of nature 'ot her.
best, and often unconsciously, this means
the iieveloprnentvof th"e";ariistic ana^bet
ter side of .one's nature., the bringing: put
of our,generous,:nobler, and higher quali
ties^;'.. ',- : .;-:ji--- : ; ' A •.■"■'.-•"■'■■ •-' ■■■"--■ '
Jt'-'iieeds but one glance; :\i the commer
cial 'side '*oE- "-the question to realize of
whof- immense '■: importance "photography
is as a. factor of the World's commerce.
. DAGL'ERRE-
Millions of dollars .are now invested in
manufacturing for . the wants of camera
u«;r« giving employment to thousands
of 'wage-earners;. The fact that a. com
bination of one branch only of this^in
dustry.was lately capitalized at JS.COO.W
is suggestive of its magnitude, and its
growth is all the- more 'wonderful when
it is considered that it is practically a
young enterprise. Only a few years ago
a. traveller, en tour, camera, in hand, at
tracted attention. Now tho camera is
considered an indispensable- addition to
tho well-regulated tourist's kit.
This series of articles is intended and
written for the instruction of- the begin
ner, and will, necessarily be 1 , extremely
elementary at first, as it is supposed that
students who start with us in this series
are only now considering the taking up
of photography and consequently have"
little or no knowledge of its mysteries..
It will be our aim to dispel the seeming
mystery of using the sun as a pencil to
draw beautiful pictures of nature. and to
teach practically, and step by step, the
necessary knowledge for mnking pictures
by photography. Before an artist can
paint his picture he must first have and
thoroughly understand the .use of his
brushes, colors. _canvas-, etc., and likewise
before _we make photographs we must
first have the necessary article:-, or tools
with which to work. Hence it is neces?ary
and appropriate that we first select the
camera', the lens, and the plate upon
which our picture is to be.
And for our future success, in picture
making to must thoroughly understand
why our tocLs are necessary, and what
part each plays in the making of our
picture/and we must learn to handle
them as intelligently as the painter han
dles his brush and colors, or the scuptor
his chisel and mallet.
THE CAMERA":
Of different styles of cameras there is
no end, but for the present purposs they
may be divided into two kinds, the hand
camera- and the stand or tripc-d camera.
A, beginner usually has the somewhat
mistaken idea that the hand camera Is
the easier to handle, and in a Way it is;
but it is not the easier for a beginner to
make good pictures with, and we are
therefore going to recommend cur class
to begin with, the tripod camera, of a
style that will admit of focusing and of a"
size, say, for pictures 4 inches- by G inches,
commonly called in photographic par
lance a "I by 5." The hand camera is a
very popular and. extremely useful raniera
and will be fully taken up later in th:s
series. It is not at all the object of thesa
articles to recommend the. goods of any
one manufacturer over another, therefore
the make of : camera to be selected will
be left to the student, with the advice to
purchase one of the 1 standard makes,
having a good rectilinear lens, a. shutrer.
and a faiiiy.long drawn bellows. It should
also be of the front focusing style, as fr>
cusing'by means of moving- thi? front
board (to which the lens Is fastened) is
much handier than by moving the bock.
The front board spoken of above should
he what is termed : a sliding front, and
the camera should also have a swing
back, and the back should be reversjblo.
These terms will be fully expTained as
they come up in the future chapters.
One plate holder (holding two plate?.'
comes- with each camera, and it will be
best to get two extra holders so that
four ■■ or six plates may be ready for use
at once. A -pnoumatic; release shutter
capable of fast or slow exposures and or
time expbsiir'p'9 should be a perrannent
part of; the .lens. The .-tripp'l should "hip
sufflolehtly strong to b«" perfectly ritrid
.when in position and holdins' tli*> enme-ra.
Some are -made- so as" to fold into very
?mair compass. Do not: get one in whlcn
strength is sacrificed too m.ur:h~to the
•matter "or- foldinc into small space. In
selecting the first campra.it is a good plan
to consult some friend of experience.
THE PLATE.
There are a "number of different makes
of -dry"; plates On the market, any: of
which, v.-ith. proper haiiflling wiJ! <yie!rt
good ■ re.su Its. and the best course 'for a
beginner is to select one brand and stick
to 5t until the working of it is thoroughly
understood.
Most places are made in three grades
■ of 'speed/ ■' usually termed slow, medium,
and fast or iristantaneou^.. The beginner
should choose- the. slow or me.lium speed
plate for hts/ first v»-ork. which is nearly
always an outdoor pic ture, as.'Jbp*rne<l!uno
plates admit of- consideraDle mot-»> lati
tude in exposure than t he fast plate and
are besides easier to. develop, or to con
trol In development.
The ifreri.t percentage. o£ failures at tho
commencement of the amateur, photogra
pher's career is due to over-expor-uro.
With the feist :plate, . over-exposure of a
few secondsionly is fatal (without the ♦:x
perience of a veteran to control it), v/hl'e
with -the slow, plate it is not nearly ;o
serious a, matter. The beginner will fin^t
that -he will waste plates enough in his
.early, efforts -with the medium plate, with
out squaring the number by the use o*
fast ones.'
Note— Photographic lenses will be the
'subject of the -study for next week.
Courses of Instruction. '
: Spring" Term, ; 190*5.
; Sundays: Twenty lessons .in : French
Conversation and- Recent Scientific "Dis
coveries. Tuesdays and Wednesdays:
Golden: Ages, of Literature. . Thursdays:
.photography-, for Amateurs. Fridays:
Biographical Studies for .Girls. L These'
courses. wUI continue 'until June' 15. .1900.
Exa'tninatiohs - will be held at their.; close
as a basis/for the' granting of certificates.
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Our stock of SEINB ; THREAD is now
complete -in : all numbers and qualities,
and we- can "fill 'ail promptly.
All kinds of NETS and NETTING made
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