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no further advanced towwdl Ih?
ettiitfuotlon of Ilio Itthmlim ennui on our
; "' *?>m? thiUi wa had boon during the preccd?
? Ihr eighty years. I3y tho Itny-l'auncefoto
",'} treaty, mllfied in Dooombor, 1801, tin old
*i?Rty with Groat Britain, which bad been
ItMd to eland In tho way, wn? abrogated.
?.ha It waft tun-cod that the canni should
- Im? conetruotod under the aueploee ?t the
,.?. e?Vommont of th& Unitc-t states, and
that thla government'should, have the ex?
clusive right to regulate and manage It,
becoming the sole guarantor of Its neu?
trality.
It was expressly stipulated, furthermore,
? lhat this guaranty of neutrality should
tint provont the United States from Ink?
ing any measures which It found necea*
.: ?try In order to secure by its own forcos
; the defense of the United States and the
' maintenance of public ordor. Immediately
.; following this treaty, Congress passod a
law,under which the Prosldent was au?
thorised to endeavor lo t>ecut>Q a treaty
for acquiring a right to finish the oon
. Btructioti of and lo- operato tho Panama
Canal, which had already been begun In
the, territory of Colombia by a French
company. The rights of this company
were- accordingly obtained and a treaty
negotiated with tho Republo of Colombia.
This treaty has Just boon ratified by the
Binalo. It reserves all of. Colombia's
righls,v while guaranteeing all of our own
and those of noutml nations, mid epoeif
Icnllypormlts us to take, any and all mens?
ures for the defense of tho canal and for
the preservation of our Interests, when?
ever in our judgment an exigency may
nrlso which cnlls for action on our'pnrt.
In other words, these two treaties ?nd
the legislation to carry thorn out have re?
sulted Ih our obtaining on exactly (Tie
' terms we desired the rights and privi- |
leges which wo had so long'sought In vnln.
These treaties are nmong tho most Impor-'
tnnt that wo have ever negotiated In their
effects upon the future welfaro of thin
country, nnd mnrlc a memorablo triumph
of. American diplomacy?one of those for?
tunato triumphs, moreover, which re?
dounds to the benefic?? tlho entire world,
:? ?: VENEZUELA TROUBLE.
About the snine time trouble arose
In connection with the Republic o? Vene?
zuela because of certain wrongs alleged
to. have been committed and debts
overdue by this'republic' to citizens of.
various foreign powers, notably England,
.1.. Germany and Italy. After falluro to
?, roach an agreement these powers began
? ; blockade of the Venezuelan coast nnd
? :. condition of quasi-war ensued. Tho
concern of our government was, of
course,; not to interioro, needlessly in any
qjjarrel, so far ns It did not touch our
Interests or our?-hotTor-, nnd not to tuko
? the""attitude of protecting from coercion
any power unless wo woro willing to es?
pouse the ?luarrol.of that power, but to
keep nn, attitude of watchful, vlgilnnoo
and see that there was no Infringement
of tho Monroe doctrine?no acquirement
of territorial rights by a European power
at tho expense of a| weak sister repub?
lic?whether this acquisition might take
tho shape of nn outright and avowed
seizure' of territory or of the exercise
of control which woult] In effect bo
equivalent to such selsmre. This atti?
tude was expressed' In tho two following
published memoranda., the first being tho
letter addressed-by,.,tbo Secrefu-y of State
tp.,,the Gorman Ambassador; tho second
the ? convocation with the Secretary of
State, reported by tho British Ambassa
dor:
"Department of State,
"Washington. Docemher 10. 1001.
?Hla Excellency, Dr. Von Holleben,? etc.:
"Dear Excellency,?I ondoso a mcm
? orandum by wny of reply to that which
you did mo the honor to lenvo with mo
-On Saturday, and ahi, na ever,
"faithfully yours,
"JOHN HAY."
. ,? . MEMORANDUM.
?"/The? PreHkleixt(-ln his. message of the
Bd of ^December, 1901, xised the following
language:
:. ""'Tho? Monroe''??etrinn Is a 'declara?
tion that tliere'must bo no territorial
aggrandizement by any non-American
power at the expense of any American
power on American soil. It Is In no wise
i, ' Intended as hostile to any nation In the
.Old World.?,
N"Tho President further said:
" 'This doctrine linn nothing to do with
? the commercial relations of any American
? I power, save, that U In truth allows euch
Vof them to form such as It desires. ? ? ?
. \lVe do not guarantee any State against
{Punishment If It misconducts Itself, pro
, \k'lded that punishment does not take? the
form of the acquisition of territory by'
any non- A mor loan po wo??.'
"Tils Excellency tho German Ambas
? '. sador, on his recent return from Perlln,
conveyed personally to the President tho
y assurance of th<? German Emperor that
?ils Majesty's Government had no pur?
pose or Intention to make eren the
Smallest acquisition of territory on the
Bouth American continent or" the Islands
Bdjacent. This voluntary and friendly
declaration was afterwards repeated to,
the Secretary of State and was received
by;'the Presldpnt,j/ind the people of the
?united States .|n. the? ?r'?nlt nnd cordial
Bplrlt In which ,!t was offored. In the
\ memorandum p( ,tlie Llth of Decomber,
His' Excellency' the German Ambassador
repeats these assurances as follows: 'W'a
. , Ueelaro especially that under no circum?
stances do we consider In our proceedings
lho acquisition or the permanent occupa?
tion of Venezuelan territory,'
"In the said memorandum of the llth
Of December, Uh* German Government
Informs that of the United States that
It has certain Just claims for money and
for damages wrongfully withheld from
German subjects by the Government of
Venezuela, and that It proposes to tnke
certain coercive mensures described In the
memorandum to enforce tho payment of,
these Just claims.
"The President \pf the United Rtntes,
appreciating tlio courtesy of the German
Government lij making him acquainted
' with the state of affairs referred to, nnd
not regarding himself as called upon to
enter Into the consideration of the claims
In question, believes that no measures
will be taken In thin matter by the agents
of the German Government which are not
In accordance with the well known pur?
pose, above set forth, of His Majesty tho
German Emperor."
Sir Michael Herbert to the Marquts of
Lansdowno:
"Washington. November 13, lsos.
"I communicated to Mr. Hay this morn?
ing tho substance of your Lordship's tele?
gram of the llth Instant.
"His Excellency stated In reply, that
the United States Government, although
they regretted that European powers
Should use force'.?gainst Central and
South American countries, could not ob?
ject to their taking steps to obtain re?
arers for Injuries' suffered by their sub?
jects, provided that no acquisition of ter?
ritory wus contemplated."
DUTY TO HUMANITY.
Roth powers assured us in explicit terms
that-there was not the slightest Inten?
tion on their part to violate the prlivi
j>iee of tho Monroe Doctrine, fand this
'assurance was kepi with an honorable
' good fatti) which merits full acknowledge,
ment on our part. At the fame time, the
existence o? hostilities ir, a region so near
our own borders was fraught with sui h
poBvlbUltJoB of danger In the future that
ft was obviously no lens our duty to our?
selves than our duty to humanity to en?
deavor to put an end to that. Accord?
JngJy, by an offer of our good services
In a spirit of frank frlen Illness to all
the parties eoncorned. a Hplrlt In which
i'f.ey quickly and cordially responded, wo
secured a resumption of peace?the con
? Biliousness, (?our stomach, constipa?
tifiti ami all liver Ills are cured by
Hood'? Pill? ?
31? non-irritating cathartic. Price
86 couts o? all ciruijfjlsts or by mall OS
I Ci, ?JooU ? Co., Lowell, Mu*?.
IrHJH?Tl
We've been working while you've been
thinking. Wo'vo carried out suggestioni
made last season by some of tho moth?
ers, We've mndd improvements by
watching tho wear and toar of. Boys'
Suits. Wo havo rounded up these idea?
' and invito you to the now opening.
tending partlos agreeing that tho mattors
which they; could not sottie among thorn
solves ^should be referred to Tho Haguo
Tribunal for settlement. The United
Slates hnd most fortunately already been
able to sot an example to other nations
by utilizing the groat possibilities for good
contained In Tho Hague Tribunal, a quos- |
tlon, at Issue between ourselves and the ?
Republic of Mexico being the first submit- j
ted to this International court of arbitra- :
tlon. :
The terms which wo have secured as
those -under which the Isthmian canal la
to. bo built, and the course of events In
tho Venezuela matter, have shown not
merely the over-growing Influence of tho
United States In tho Western Hemisphere
but also, I think I may safely say, have
exempli fled tho firm purpose? of tho United
States that its growth and Influence and
power shall redound not to the harm, but
to the benefit of our sister republics,
whoso strength Is loss. Our growth,
therefore, Is beneficial to human kind In
general. Wo do not Intend to assume
any position which can give just offense
to our neighbors, Our adherence to the
rulo of human right Is not merely pro?
fession. Tho history of our dealings
with Cuba shows that wo reduce It to
nerformance.
CARDINAL FEATURE.
The Monroe? doctrino Is not Interna?
tional law, and though I think one day It
may become such, this Is not necessary
as long as It remains a cardinal feature
of our foreign policy, and as long as we
possess both the will and. the. strength
to make it cffootlvo. This last point,' my
fellow-citizens. Is all-important^, and is
one which, as a peoplo,. ,wo can never
afford to forgot. I believe In tho Monroe
doctrine with all my heart and soul; I
am convinced that tho Immenso major?
ity of our fellow-countrymen bo bellovo
In It; but. I would Infinitely prefer to see
us abandon It than to see us put It for?
ward and bluster about It, and yet fall
to build up the ofllclont ftghtlug strength
which In the last resort can alone make
It respected by any strong foreign power
whoso Interest It may ever happen to
bo to violate It.
Roasting nnd blustering are as objec?
tionable among nations as amorig Indivi?
duals, and the public men of a great na?
tion owe it to their sense of national self-'
rospect to speak courteously of foreign
powers, just as a bravo and self-rospect
lng man treats all around him cour?
teously. Tiut though to boast Is bad,
and causelessly to Insult another worse,
yet worse than all Is It to bo guilty of
boasting, even without Insult, and .whon
called to tho proof to be unablo to make
such boasting good. Thore Is a homely
old adage which runs; "Speak softly and
enrry a big stlck? you will go far." If
tho American nation will speak softly,
and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the
highest training, a thoroughly ofllclont
navy,? the. Monroe doctrine will go far.
I ask you to think over this, If you
do, you will como to the conclusion
that It Js. mere plain common sense, so
obviously sound that only the blind can
fail to see Its truth and only the weakest
and most Irresolute can fall to desire to
nut It Into force.
LONG STRIDES.
Well, In tho last two yenrs I am happy
to say wo have taken long strides in ad
vaneo as regards our navy. "The last
Congress, In addition to smaller vessels,
provided nine of those formidable fight?
ing ships upon which the real efficiency
of any navy In war ultimately depends,
it provided, moreover, for the necessary
addition of officers nnd enlisted men to
make tho ships worth having. Meanwhile
ih? Navy Department has seen to It that
'our.ships have beon constantly exerolaed
at Ken, with tho great guns, and In man?
oeuvres, so that tholr ctllciePCV as fight?
ing units, both Individually and when act?
ing togother, has been steadily Improved,
Remember that all of this If noeossnry. A
war ship Is ? huiro hit of mechanism, well?
nigh as delicate and complicated as it Is
formidable. It takes yearB to build It. It
takes years to teach the officer? find? men
how t" handle It to good ndvantngo. It
Is nn absolute Impossibility to Improviso
a navy at the outset of war. No recent
war between any two nations has lasted
as long as It takes to build a battleship?,
and it is Just as impossible to Improviso
the Officers or the crows as to Improvise
t?'.' navy.
To lay up a battleship and onlv send It
afloat at tho outset of a war, with a raw
CJ'ew and untiled officers, would bo not
merely a folly hut a crime, for It would
Invito both dlrastor and disgrace. The
navy which so quickly decided In our
favor the war In 1^9$ had been built and
made efficient during the preceding til'?
tP>n years. The ships that triumphed oft
Manila and Santiago jhad been huilt un?
der previous administrations with money
acproprlati'd by previous Congresses. Tho
oft'lecr? and the mon did .their duty so well
because they had already bi??n trained to
it by lot?? sea service. All honor to the
(?allant officers and gallant men who act
nallv did 1be fighting; but remember too.
to honor tin? public men, the shipwrights
and ?'toe! workers, the ownors of tho shlp
v?rdn and armor plants, (o whns>c united
fnresUrh? and exertion wi> owe it that In
IWS we had craft so good, guns so excel?
l?nt. and American ?eamen of so high a
type in the connint? towers, In tIn, gun
turrets nnd in the engine rooms, It Is too
hue to prepare for war when war has
?>':nn: and If we only pre?ar? sufficiently
no war will ever come. We wish a pow
??'?'. ' and efficient navy, not for purposes
of war, but a? tho Hurest guaranty of
twacc, If ?ve hove such a navy?lf ivo
keep or. building it up? w? may runt as
pured that, there Is' but the smallest
chanco that trouble will ever come to this
nation; and we may llUowleo rest adsurod
that no foreign powor wilt ever quarrol
with us about tho Monroo dcotrine.
BANQUET TENDERED.
At the conclusion of tho address there
was renewed and continued applause and
while, the bettor part of tho audience was
leaving tho hall, the President was hold?
ing an impromptu reception on .tho plat?
form. The secret service men closed about
1 him during tho short-handshaking, and
quickly escorted back to, his apartments
I In the hotel.
I Immediately preceding his address In
tho auditorium, President Roosevelt was
ontortalned at dinner In tho banquet hall
of the auditorium by tho members of tho
local Entertainment Committee. About
lfiO guests wore present, besides tho Pres?
ident and his party.
Colonel F, O. Lowdon.presided and an?
nounced at tho outset that the dinnor was
to be entirely informal and that 'there
would bs no speeches. Presidcait^Roose?
velt remained at the dinner until tho
time arrived for him to enter the audi?
torium hall.
PRESIDENT HELPS
LAY A CORMER-STONE
(By Associated Prosa,)
CHICAGO, April 2.?President Roose?
velt's GG-day tour of the West began in
earnest here to-day, when he stopped from
tho Pennsylvania' special"'?t 8:45 o'clock
and was received by? M.ayor Harrison and
a special rocoptlon cammtttde, not, to
mention a huge crowd, which made its
unolllcial presanco known by cheors which
could bo heard across, the river. As soon
as tho car's' could be switched, the. Presi?
dential parity started1 for Evanston, whore
tho President addressed tho students of
Northwestern 'University on tho value of
a collego education. .Tho party returned
to the auditorium for luncheon. After
luncheon the Presidentini party went to
the University of Chicago in carriages.
At the quadrangle approach to the uni?
versity grounds, tho Presidential party
was met by tho faculty and trusto?s, In
caps and gowns, and led by President
Harper. The President was escorted to
Kent Thcatro, where Ptfsldent Harper
conferred the degree of LU D. Dr. Har?
per handed tho President a diploma, and
dlro'ated that the "doctor's hood" bo
placed upon his shoulders. Tho President
spoke no words, but bowod in acknowl?
edgment of the honor oonferred. As the
procession omergod from tho thontro the
university bond played national airs, and
deafening collego yells greeted tho Presi?
dent.
At the head of a convocation procession;
;ln which the young women of tho col?
leges participated, the President made
his way to tho site of tho law school
building, where preparations had been
made for him to lay the corner-stone.
An immenso stone, weighing seven tons,
was rendy to be lowered in place. Presi?
dent Roosevelt, trowel in hand, gave the
signal, and as the huge mass settled upon
Its foundation, ho cast a small quantity
of mortar beneath it. The Presidential
party then returned to the city.
STEEPLECHASE WAS
VERY AMUSING
Every Horse Except the Fa?
vorite Fell During
the Race.
(By A?eoclnted Prese.)
WASHINGTON, April 2.-Three favor?
ites, two of them at odds on, won at the
Hennings races to-day before one of tho
best crowds of the . mooting. The par?
ticular attraction was tho steeplechase
at about two inllos and a half. As a
race it was almost a farce, but It teemed
with excitement, every horse falling ex?
cept tho favorite, Ar|us. Great Interest
was manifested in the sixth raoo. prac?
tically all the starter? being heavily
backed, with Ivnlglit of tho Garter as a
slight favorite. Summary:
Piret race?selling, six and a half fur?
longs? Ivoulse l?lston ($ to 1) tlrst, Mezzo
(8 to I) second, Traposlst (30 to 1) third.
Time, 1:23.
Second race?four nnd a half furlongs?
Petjer Paul (3 to 5) first, Pleasant Mem?
ories (tl to 6) second, Sun Glint (0 to 1)
third. Time, :5tl S-5.
Third rao e?handicap steeplechase,
about two miles and a litylf? Arlus (7 to
?) first, Gold Hay (6 to 1) second. Slrtke
tt-Mght (10 to 1) third. Time, 6:60.
Kourth raoo?for maidens, six furlongs
Geisha Girl (5 to 1) lirst, Pearl Ulver (3
to U second, Plantaganet (31-2 to 1)
third. Time, 1:15 4-5.
fifth, race?for mares, six and a half
furlongs?Mrs. Frank Foster (1 to 6)
llrst, Shrine (5 to 1) second, Lady Wol
beek (30 to 1) third. Time, 1:213-S.
Sixth race?selling, one mile and one
hundred yards?Ituugh Rider (U to G)
llrst, Knight of the Garter (8 to 6) eec
ond, Reucktrt tl to 1) third. Time,
1:4i) 1-5.
Mrs. Matthew Weinters and her daugh?
ter, Wins Julia lt., a sUtor of Mr. <:. I',
Sciti:, of this city, returned to Phlladoj.
' phla ycKtOi'Uuy after ft Pl?iuuut Yfsjt to
Hlohraond,
GORMAN FOR
Representative Hay Comes
Out for the Marylander.
TARIFF REVISION ISSUE
Congressman From Seventh District
Says That He Believes That Mr? Qor?
man Gould Reunite All Fac?
tion? of the Party.
Mmes-Dlspatoh Burtau,
No. 1417 O Streot, ?. W.,
Washington, p. O., April 3, 11)03.
"I should like to seo Bonator Gorman
nomlnatod for the Presidency noxt year,"
snld Representative Jamos Hay, of Vir?
ginia, to-day, "I bollavo that It he 1b a
onndldato ho will Bet tho Virginia delega?
tion. Mr.' Gorman, has Qualities as a load?
er that aro possessed by low mon. Ho
oamo into the Sonato tho 4th of, last
March and was at onco chosen Democratic
lender. In an Inorodlbly short time he
lhad tho Democratic Senators-united and
llnod up as thoy had not been In years,
Woro ho given the nomination ? for the
(Presidency, I bollovo he could do for tho
party in tho nation what he did for it
In tho Sonato?unito all factions and
achieve victory. Mr. aorman Has a record
ne a tariff reformer of inodorato views.
Tariff revision will bo ono of tho main
Issues noxt timo. The tariff record of Mr.
Qorman, and his well known conservatism
on all questions, would mako him an es?
pecially Btrong candidato in such a cam?
paign as we are likely to have In 1304."
Though Mr. Hay expressed the opinion
that Mr. Gorman could got tho Virginia
delegation, It is known that all tho< Con?
gressmen from Virginia aro not for him
as tho national candidate. I have fre?
quently hoard Senator Martin discuss him
and speak of his qualities of leadership
In highest 'terms, and while ho. did not
express a direct opinion ho left 'me rather
under the Impression that ihe did not
think tho Maryland Senator available aa
a national candidate.
WILL TALK ON TARIFF.
I learned to-day that discussion of the
tariff Is to bo the loading feature of tho
speechos President Roosovolt will make
In tho West during his thlrteon-thousand
mllo tour, He will promise tariff revision
as tho policy of the Republican party in
the near future. He will advocato a non
partisan commission to Investigate tho
tariff question in all Its bearings. He. will
promiso to recommend the appointment of
such a commission at tho next session of
Congress.' ;wv.v?-.
As to revision?"tariff reform,", as _Mr.
Cleveland called It at tho time ho .WTpto
his celebrated letter in 1887?Mr. Roose?
velt will advocate tho party's pledging
Itself absolutely to revise the tariff where
ever It1 needs revision. This Is expected
to be specially palatable to tho voters of
the Northwestern States, where tho "Iowa
Idea" Is very strong In point of numbers
and adherents.
Mr. Roosevolt hopes by seizing this
early opportunity to declaro for revision
of the tariff to anticipate the Democrats,
who are expected on all sides to make
tariff readjustment the feature of tho
platform adopted, in 1901,, The ldoa of a
tariff commission is a good one, in that
It will have the effect of silencing popular
clamor for tariff modification .'unttl after
the Presidential election noxt year. "A
revision of the tariff by Its friends" is
to be tho slogan of the Republicans.
It Is beginning to be realized that the'
course of tho President towards the South
may have a far more serious result In
the nominating convention next year than
was nt first thought. Ho has steadfastly
set his face ngainst taking tho advice of
his friends In t'ho matter of negro ap?
pointments, with tho result that he has
driven from him many white Democrats
of the South who were disposed to ad?
mire him, and has allonat?d th^ npn-of
flcoholdlng class of Republicans;' 1 Judge
C. T. Harrison, of La Orango, Ga., in
discussing the President at the Raleigh
Hotel last night, remarked that no Repub?
lican over entered tho White House who
took with him more of good-will irom
tho Southern people, yet In a very short
timo they had been more nearly complete?
ly alienated than In many years. The
Judge says there aro lote of white Re?
publicans In Georgia , who would hall
with delight t'ho nomination of Senator
Hanna or Senator Fairbanks, but who
would hato very much to see Mr. Roose?
velt tho nominee,
A-PFRTtNENT QUESTION.
It Is remarkable that the ' President
should have expressed to Mr, Prltchard,?
as ho did a few days ago, a wish that
the control of tho party machine In North
Carolina be In the ?hands of mon who are
not Federal officeholders. He should know
that if his attitude towards tho South
bo not changed It will not be so vory long
before ho will find that the respectable
Republicans who have not Federal offices
are all against him.
And why Is It that the President should
forbid Federal officeholders serving on the
Ropubllcan Stnto Committee .,in North
Carolina, and yot allow the State Com
mlttoo In Virginia to be composed almost
entirely of men who hold Federal posi?
tions?
Tho denial of Hon. A. C. Braxton, of
Staunton, that ho would announce his
withdrawal from tho contest for election
to tho United States Sonato In 1905 was
hardly expected by hla friends hero. It
wns rnthor suspected (hat the report that'
ho had reconsidered his determination
was true, This was probably duo to the
fact that nothing had been hoard of his
candidacy for some time. Since Mr. Brnx
has said that tho Idea of his contemplat?
ing announcing his withdrawal is "pre?
posterous," It Is presumed ho is In the
race to stay. That moans that there will
certainly be three candidates for Sonntor
Martin's sent?Sonntor Martin, ox-Gov
crnor Tyler and Mr, Braxton. With those
three and no moro, Mr, Braxton would
have a chance. He will command the
support of men who would otherwise vote
for Governor Tyler or Mr. Martin. Should
Governor Montague also be a candidate,
Senntor Martin would have at least ninety
chances out of the hundred. Mr. Braxton
would not draw nearly so heavily from
Mr. Martin's supporters as Mr, Tyler and
Mr. Montague would draw from the ranks
of those who opposa Mr. Martin,
Martin, Tyler nnd Rraxton?three can?
didates announced, Mr. Montague Is ex?
pected to malte a fourth, hut he has novor
said a word to Indicate that ho would try
for senatorial honore, "I do not know,
it's a long time oft," he said with a smllo
when I nsKed him nhout a month apro If
he was going to he a candidate for the
Senate, I feel pretty safe In predicting
thnt If tho three othor gentlemen men?
tioned ore candidates, Mr, Montague will
not run.
LEE STATUE.
A Virginian occupying an Important
government position In this olty said to?
day he thought there was no doubt thnt
Congress would adopt.a resolution refus?
ing to rncelvn tho statua of General I.eo
which Virginia proposes to erect in Sta?
tuary Hell. Ho says ho has recently been
thrown with many prominent G. A. R,
men. nnd that, they were a unit In op?
postosi It, Their Influence with Northern
nnd Western Congressmen will make lt
pu'lf ?tronedy felt.
Ex-Renntor Charles J, FnulKnnr, of
\y>st Virginio, win I? hero on business,
??Id to-dav he hcHevert Benotov, Gorman
would finally bo the nom?ornllo choloo
for tho prcaldono)?, H> admitted the!
lust How Judge Parker Wag tf?e favorite,
but he believe? that by the time the oofl*
ventloh mente the majority will be fot
Mr. Oormnn M trio legioni and most ?.Vail?
?ble oandldate, Senator Faulkner, whbM*
wile, by the way? WM a Mien Whltlhg,
of Hampton, Van we* for a number or
year? chairman of the Democratic Con?
gressional Committed,
Barley Kain, the well-known Richmond
nail-player, is in Washington to-day on
tile way to whaling, Wi Vn., whose team
he will manage tftle season,
?Ot-ON?L OODSON PROMOT?t),
Colonel ?, ?? Dodson, asslatnnt to the
genomi manngor of the, southern. Hail
way, wa* promoted to-day to the poei?
tlon of superintendent of construction.
The appointment le effective at onee.
Colonel JDodson has boon a resident of
Washington for many years, and with the
exception of three years, hna been con?
nected with the Southern Hallway for
thirty year? in various positions. When
G, H, Ackert woe made genomi superin?
tendent of tho system, CoTonol Dodsoh
was appointed ae assistant, nnd has filled
that position with much Orodlt to the road
and to hlmeelf.
Ah superintendent of construction Col?
onel Dodeon will have charge of all Im?
provements of the big system, and evory
oontraot awarded by the road will be
under, his personal management
NEW HOTSHj.
The PotomAO Hotel Company, incorpo?
rated with ? capital of ?1,000,000, will
ornot a mngnJfloont hotel, to oost 91,400,
000, at tho corndr of Seventeenth and ?
Btroete, the present site of the Hotol
Richmond. The mon Interested In the
project announce that it will likely be
ready for occupancy within twelve
months,
Tho company Is composed of Phila?
delphia, Boston and Chicago capitalists.
It Includes tho members of the company
which at prosent controls'tho Hotel Rich?
mond and a number of othor?.
Tho now hotel building will be 110 foot
In height and will have a frontage of
about 1G0'foot on each street. It will con?
tain 400 rooms and will cost $780,000,
Joel Hoywood, aged fifty years, and
Emma Pro?olton, aged twenty-one. > botR
of Rlohmond, wore .married here to-day
by Rev. J. J. Muir. W. B. II.
? ? .
Divorces Granted.
The dlvorco mill. was grinding In the
I/rt.w and Kcrulty Court yesterday, result
Ing In the separation of two couples.
Mrs. Charlotte C. waa granted a dlvoroo
from George W, Armory, She was for?
merly a M?as Griffiths, and had been
married about ten years. The grounde were
abandonment p.nd desertion? Thomas
Tlnsley was given a separation from hie
wlfo, Hattie; ,..,.?
E. V. Farmholt qualified In -the Chan?
cery Court yestorday as administrator
of the estate of Mrs. Sarah C. Burruse.
Tho amount lnyolvod Is small,
The suit of G. & A. Rargtimln against
Morgan R.' Mills and Company In the?
Circuit Court continued through yester?
day.
.Mr. Pollard In Extremis.
Mr.'Thomas F. Pollard, for many years
a prominent merchant of Rlohmond and
New, York, and a Virginia gohtloman of
, the highest character, Is In extremis at
; the, residence of his nephew, Mr.' R, A.
?Gray,'?N?. 2700 East Franklin Street, this
city. *"-'?':
THE DEATH OF
DR. JOHN MAHONY
Widely-Known Dentist Passed
Away on Yesterday
Morning.
The death of Dr. John Mahony oc?
curred at 10 o'clock yestorday morning,
at his residence, No. 8 South Fourth
Street In his passing the city loses one
of Us oldest dentists and most highly es?
teemed citizens.
Dr. Mahony wae born In Ireland seven?
ty-nine years ago, and was brought to
America when an Infant. For many
years lie resided in New. York, and-In
' thatolt'y ho studied dentistry under some
of tho leading practitioners of. that city.
He studied for some timo under Dr.
James Alcock, a distinguished dentist In
his day.
When Dr. Mahony entered upon his
profession thero was not a single dental
college anywhere In the world. He camo
to Richmond about fifty-five years ago
and practiced dentistry here until tho
DR. JOHN MAHONY.
outbreak of hostilities In 18G3, when ho
enlisted In the Confederato sorvlce. At
the conclusion of the war he returned
to this olty and reeumod his practico,
Ho became a director In the Virginia
State Insuranco Company, the Burton
Elootrlc-Hoatlng Company, tho Granite
Perpetual Building and Savings Associa?
tion, and tho Oorman-Amerloan Banking
nnd Building Company, Largely through
his Instrumentality the State Dental As?
sociation of Virginia was organized.
Dr. Mahony wae a recognised au?
thority In his profession. Roth the Medi?
cal Collego of Virginia and the University
College of Medicine offered him professor?
ships, but be declined, preferring his
professional work, About three years ago
Dr. Mahony retired from notlve ser?
vice. He Is survived by his wife.
The funeral will take pinco at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning from St. Peter's Ca?
thedral, The eervlce will be conducted
by tho Rov, Father Magri, The Inter?
ment will be made In Mt, Cavalry Ceme?
tery,
The pall-bearors will be ohosen from
the two Boclotles of the Cathedral, the
Knights of Columbus, and the Society of
St, Vincent de Paul, of hoth o< which
Dr. Mahony was a member,
OBITUARY,
Mrs. Annie McNamara,
Jumes jfl, Q'?J'&dy, clerk to the Board of
Health, rooolved by wire last evening
the wad intelllgemoe of the death of his
ulster, Mr?, Annie MoNamara, which oo
ourred In Trenton, N, J.
The deoeased was. widely known In
Rlohinoud, where eha was an especial
favorite among a large circle of acquata?
tunees,
?he was the daughter of the late Den?
APRIL 15th.
Confederate Bazaar.
Remember the Date.
No Waffling AtloWod.
nia and HM?t O'Gtady, and leave?, be
side her husband, who )? a "?G??a?*?
the police force In Trenton, throe ohIU
dren, and four- brothers of Klohmot?^
namely ? Messrs. John F. O'Orady, James
B? Michael and William 0 prady. The
two latter Were at her bedside when ene
breathed her last. John and James E.
O'Grody vlsltod their sleter a few days
before the end came. , .
To her natural disposition was coupled
all tho Christian gracos, which rendered
hor a type of purest womanhood.
The husband of the dead lady Is well
known in Richmond. He la the nephew of
the late Cornelius MoNamara, who died
a few years ago at his homo on .East
Main Stroot. ,
Charlee W. Cathcart.
.Mr. Charles W. Cathcart died at 8:20
o'clock yesterday evening at his resi?
dence, No. 710 North Fourth Streot.
?Mr, Cathcart-. had been confined to tho
ho?so .for. about four weeks, although
lie'had bebn? in falling health for some
time. H?'w?e'formoro than a year con?
nected With the ad-room of The Times
Dispatch, and was gonornlly liked and
respected,
The funeral arrangements will bo made
lator.
Mrs, J. ?. Ryland,
SMITH'S CROSS ROADS, VA., April
2.?Mrs. J. N. Ryland, of this placo, died
to-day, after a protracted Illness. Sho
was tho daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs, J,
Priest, of Inyermay, Va., and Is survived
by her husband and Ilvo children.
Denths'Near Winchester.
""(Special t? T?p TluieB-DI?patcli,)
.WINCHESTER, VA., April 2.-Death is
reaping a rich harvest In this section,
Late yesterday afternoon Samuel R, Bald?
win, one of Che county's most prominent
farmers and stockmen, died at Rest. He
was forty-sovon years of ago and a. son
of Josoph Baldwin, of Loudoun. His wid?
ow ta tho great-granddaughter of John
Wrlcht, who surveyed tho first road across
the Alleghanlos from Pennsylvania to
Virginia, ,
Daniel H. J. Llckliter, a prominent
farmer, died, yestorday, while visiting Al?
bert Hudson, . his brother-in-law, at
Oolhesboro. He was sixty years of age
and carried with him to the grave bul?
lets Bhot into him whllo ho was In Stone?
wall Jackson's, command. A widow and
sevon cihlldren survive.
Miss Mabel Chlploy, tho nlnotocn-year
old daughter of William Chlpley, of Bte
phon City, died to-day In Lexington,
where she was a governess.
Intelligence hae been received of the
death of Mrs. Hattte Bruyn, wife of Lieu?
tenant Wilson Bruyn, of Dwaarklll, N.
?G. Mrs. Bruyn was a daughter of the
late Henry Sttne, of this county, and met
her husband, who was a Union soldier,
while she was. ministering to the wounded
during the Civil War at a Winchester
battlofleld. ShO'ls survived by a husband,
one son and a number of brothers and sla?
ters, Including Mrs. George OlaUo, Mrs.
W. E. Barr, of this city.
Mrs. Carter, wife of Rev. R. W. Carter,
a Presbyterian minister, died yestorday
In Davis. W. Va.
Thomas M. McCauley died suddonly last
evening at Vaueluse Station. He was
forty-eight years old and leaves a widow,
eeven children, mother, brother and sis?
ter. He was a well known farmer and
rromlnent Presbyterian.
dames ?, Jennings. !
(Bncclnl to The Times-Dlspatcb.)
MADI BANVILLE?, VA., April 2,-Jftmes '
P. Jennings, one of the oldest citisene
, of 1...8 county, died last evening at Red
House; ?bout ? o'clock. He 1b survived,
by seven children?Mrs. N. H. Hamlet,
Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. 'Ala Chambers, Red
House; Mr. James H. Jennings, Madison
ville; Mr, J. ? Jennings, of tho firm of
Barker-Jennings Hardware Company,
Lynchburg, Va.; Messrs. ?. M.., C. M.
and F. S. Jennings, of Rod House, He
would have been eighty-five years old
tho 5th instant,
M. B, Carrington's Funeral.
(Hneclsl to Th? Timi?-DlBpatoti.l
DKAICE',8 BRANCH, Va.. April 2.?The
, remata? of Mr.. Mathow B. Carrlngton,
who ?led at his homo at Brarawoll, W.
.Vav, very suddenly o? heart trouble, ar?
rived' here this 'afternoon. The Interment
was at' 'his'? formert home, Charlotte
Courthouse, In the Preebyterlan Ceme?
tery. There woe a large gathering oit
relativos and friends, among them Hon.
Jphn S. Cunlngham, of North Carolina,
who married a sister of the doceased.
?. E. Johnson.
fSpeelnl to Tbo Tlm??-DI?pateh.)
ljAWRENCEVlL,L?B, VA? April ?.-'
N, 10. Johnson died suddenly at his home
here this morning. He Is survived by hla
wife, three eons and one daughter
Messrs. N, J. Johnson, of.Crewe, Va.; R.
A. and Sidney, of this place, and Miss
Ella, also of Lawronceville. Mr. Johnson .
w(ns on the:atroces after supper last night
walking around.
Mrs Jesse Burrow.
(Specilli to Th? TlmM-DUpntch.) /
CTJDPEiPER. VA., April 2.?Mrs, Jesse
Burrows died here to-day, In the ninety
second y oar of her ago. She was notod
among a wide circle of friends nnd ac?
quaintances as a woman of unusually
tine traits of oharaoter, She was for all
of her long and useful life a rssldont of
Culpepor
Mrs. Oarrle V. Kent,
(Spediti to The Tlmcs-IiUputch.)
WILMINGTON, VA., April 2.-Mrs. Car?
rie V, Kent, widow of Robert C. Kent, of
this oounty, died at her residence near
here last night at an advanced age. She
Is .survived by, four ohlldren?R, Walter
Kent, Mrs. Channlng O, Snead, Mrs,
Thomas W. Baker, of this county, and
Mrs, William Flannlgan, of Orango coun
A. J. Miller.
(Spedai to Tho Timos-Tllspntcli.)
DANVILLE, VA., April 2.-A. J, Miller,
a well known citizen and plumber, died
at his home Ih Patton Street sudden?
ly at noon to-day, In the seventy-second
year of his age, Mr. Miller was a na?
tive of Orango county, but had made his
homo In Danville for a number of years,
George Cooper,
(8puclil ?o TUe TlraoB-DUpetch.)
V?SHTT, VA., April 2.-Goorgo Cooper
died at his home near Patti, Franklin
county, on Sunday night after a Jong
Illness, He was a aon of Goorge W,
Cooper.
Samuel Watklna.
(Spedai to The. Time?!>Uputch,l
CirDRCH ROAD, VA., April ??.-Samuel
Watktae died at his home noar hero yes-,
terdny afternoon, He leaves a widow
and children,
I-1-~-??<-_
Obituary of Captain William James
Dickinson,
Captain William Jamos Dickinson died
at his home noar Saxe, Charlotte coun.
ty, Ya., on the sad of January, jjx>3, at the
ACADEMY TO-eiBHT
Thi Aoadimy Mutloil Comidf Co
?THE LADY SLAVEY
A Stupendous Marvol In Gorgeoue
Magnlflocnca.
Next Weeki "THE FRISCH MAID."
??-??T??
ON THE
SUWANEE
RIVER.
Next
Weeks
The Men!
Who
' Dired
Beate on
Bale.
TENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL
...of the,..
\Ycdnesday 0ub
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Monday and Tuesday,
? April 27and 28', 1903.
-z==BARTISTS^z==i
Mrne. Lillian Blauv?lt, Miss Anita
Rio,' Mme. Louise Monier, Mme.
Isabelle Bouton, Herr Andreas Dip
pell, Sig. Emilio de ,Gogorxa, Mr.
Frederick Martin, Mr. Carl Web?
ster, Mr. William Wegener.
The ornee of the Wednesday Club
is now open at No. 821 East l?ala
Street, where persons desiring to bo
come subscribing members may call
and be enrolled.
"SUNSHINE.''
Y. M. C. A, Hall. Saturday Night, April 4
DR. A. A. WILLITS, DAYTON, 0.
Reserved Seats on Sale.
THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM
TWELFTH AND CLAY STREETS.
Opens dally from ? A. M. to 8 P. M..
Admission. 25 cents? Fre? on Saturdays.
?- " ' ' ? "" ' ??"
age of sixty-five years. He was the only
eon of the late Edward Dickinson, and
waa born In Charlotte county. He re?
ceived his education at a collegiate 'In?
stitution near Newbern, N. C, and at the
outbreak of the war in lSCl entered the
Confederate Army as a lieutenant in one
of the companies of the Second North
Carolina Infantry. Ih the battle of Mal?
voni Hill, beine tho captain of his company,
he was token prisoner, and for twenty
two months was confined? on Johnson's
Island, Lake Erie, where he contracted
i the. dlscaso from which, to the end of
his life, ho was so : great a sufferer. He
'received two wounds in battle?one of
them at Spotsylvanla Courthouse, ?
After the war Capt. Dickinson married
Miss Helen Hansford, a daughter of Mr.
AddUpn Hanaford, of King George coun?
ty, Va., whose father and himself had
for more than fifty years held the office
of Clerk of the Senate of Virginia. On
her mother's Bide Mrs. DlcklnBon is dei
scended from tho ancient and distinguish?
ed Wallace family, of Scotland, to which
belonged Sir William Wallace.
For some years Capt, Dickinson fol*
?lowed merchandising at Rough Creek.
Charlotte county, ?&?.,?a then removed
to -North Carolina, $hd after several
years in business there," returned in 1880
to Ms native county in Virginia, making
his home, where he continued to reside
until hie death, While In North Carolina
he Joined the Presbyterian Churoh and
becarao a ruling older. After returning to
Virginia he was received as a member of
tho Wylliesburg Presbyterian Church, but
being too feeble to attend fls eervlces, he
waa received at a meeting of sosslon held
in his own house.
Captain Dickinson was an upright, hon?
orable man and sincere Christian; of ?n?
features and refined, gentlemanly bear?
ing, highly respected and esteemed amone
his'acquaintances. As age advanced ha
became a confirmed invalid, and his suffer-.
Ines woro greet, whioh ho bore with
Christian patience and realgnation. His
last words were, "O, could I die. Just
now!" and laying his head back: on? tj?
pillow, with a Pleasant Binile on his face,
ho fell aalocn-"aaleop in Jesus, blessed
"???. Dickinson survives her husband,
together with' two recently ^opted oj
Plvan children (they had nono.of their
own), and two widowed sisters, Mrs. Ward
and Mre, Spencer, .
DEATHS.
CATHCAIIT.-Died. at his residence, ni
PSge cVthUrt??'
funeral notice later. .
?t Putin?Died. March 80th, 8 *<;*?? M
wnV?oipmnVlK tWtyUtyTWr
0 BurTnf fco* Place TUESDAY it i F*
M. at residence.
"ten conceptions of CHRIST.
nna of the most interesting feature?
of the Bplondld Easter edition of The
Timae-DlBpatch, to be taeued on Sunday,
wlU be a full page Illustration, in colors,
riving Ten Conceptions of Christ by ten
Sisters In this collection are repro.
ducei the works of Hofmann, Titian,
affi Hunt. Denl, Polaroohe. Creep!?
Da Vinci. Veronese and Mataya.
,RVINQBAOHEUER'S NEWSTORY
Tue popular author of "Eben Holden" hai
written a now story that will add greatly
to hie fame. U is called "Parrel of th*
pioasod relee," and Is of thrilling Inter*
est The Times-Dispatch has, in ooja?
junction with the New Tork Herald, se?
cured tht- right to prlut this wonderful
story, and It will appear In our Raster
edition of Sunday next, pon't miss reae>
lug It.