The times dispatch. [volume], March 15, 1911, Page 4, Image 4

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Entered Jamtai
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fiTiS of March
WEDNESDAY. MA ECU U: EU1'_
ItBACillNC I OB 1 ill" XEl K.
Bust night the Chamber 61 Commerce |
nt which representative inen of the I
Northern Neck tallied to representative i
?,,,? ,j,r Richmond about Iho building ot" |
u stnnilard g?tige railroad froth Dos- ;
wei;, or Ihertmbo?t? do ;i point on tho j
Wtcotnioo Diver, whirl, will open t" j
the trade and commerce of Richmond ?
pn entirely new territory covering an ?
arch of iliore t hati a thousund square
mile's, cdutaiititig a population of ;
seventy thousand people.
T-.e proposition to build "tills road ?
has beep made by Mr. Chahnihg M; ,
Ward, a nati' e of mis state, and for I
twenty-nvo yours actively engaged Inj
managing and building railroads. We !
can te?lify, and do testify most heartily j
to what wp know he has accomplished
In other holds, particularly in the man- j
a gerne nt of the old South Carolina and
Georgia Railroad, now a part of the
Southern System: when he took
< trgc of it under the Chamberlain re
:? ivcrship, a railroad without terminals
? i connections, a sort of orphan In the
railroad world, much run ?. ivri in It:^
material equipment and worse off in
its financial streng t it. lit the course of
live years he built up this property
until, at the time of his leaving Its
Feryice to engage in work in a larger
hold. Its cotton business had nearly
doubled; Its terminal property had been
greatly improved and enlarged, Its sec.
bhd mortgage bonds, which, at I he be?
ginning of his administration were
worth nothing-, were valued in the ro
organization at DC cents on tho dollar,
and its tonnage hud grown from about
cloven Hundred thousand tons to more
than sixteen hundred thousand tons,
and its net earnings to ?500,000. Wo
have never known Mr. Ward to do
mi unworthy thing, and coming id
Rich mom) now, to help so fair as he can
In the upbuild. of tho Capital env?
oi his own State, with auch financial
hackl?g ns will enable him to make
Ids engagements good, lie is commend?
?ii to tlie co-operation of the people of
this town "> .o are interested in Its de?
velopment. He has stilted through the
Chamber of Commerce, such co-opera?
tion, and thai influential body, which
does things for lite general good a fid
not for tho selfish piirpijsos of any spe?
cial interests in th? community, has
placed the .veal of it? approval on tho
project.
Richmond has been asked to raise
f 150,000; and lb,- response made last !
night indicates that Richmond will do
Its part: a very small part, it seems \
to us. when tho benefits Richmond will
receive from the building and opera- '
. . ? I
firm of this road, continuing for all '
time, are n^lace,^ jsf<* tiie scales and it
true account kept.- in tiic first plhde, it
will add seventy thousand people id '
tne trade of Richmond arid ti thousand
square miles of territory from which !
Richmond is now absolii jy shut out. '
It will give this town a fair chance |
for a tra.de, counting boiii ways ? that i
is to .-ay. what will ciVirie in and what '
will go out?valued :,t about $10,000,
Cm. Jt will not only henctit Richmond !
but it will benefit the whole Staid. New
peopic will ijome in from other pans
of the country to take up 'he unde?
veloped sand,; that lie in thousands of
tU'res in the Northern Nook. A (.art ?
ful estimate ihnde of whet tho Oh'esa
Jieake and Ohio Railroad alone w'Ouid
P-:.t out of the construction of 1115- i-osi.l
r.s amounting to -s little more than hair ;
b million dollars, ami this benetl! would :
increase n? fh< country filled tip lii/d j?
Its people were given a chance bi n! ,i .
Nock. Every man hi this town with
owns real estate, who cbhii?< *?- n ba'hk,
WHb manages a store, who makes any?
thing fo sell, rind the buyers' iti? woli
us Hm sellers, Nbbubj piovo titelr fi itjh
hy their -.vor):;-, ti.eb- interest In the
material prosperity : iUehnibnd;
There has been talk' fo.- yeai? about
iv-aching the Nei U and ? < > ,? ,.. the
most reasonable anil ?? ??:? !,:: propost
tion that has i boon mad'.-. Not for
Ward's sake, not for the ('ban.r or
Commerce, but for Richmond .Oiouid
Iho present offer he iioeep:od tib.v, Tlie
undertaking is that the road will lie
built and tho trains running in two
years. ft 1? a plain Lmsino s proposi?
tion for the consideration of pi'a|i, i,?L.
lnoss men.
i t CK V : "?lt i HE < ot I it \ .
S!>- States have rejected the iricoirie
Tax Amendment to the Federal Cbn
?jIlti/Hob, four f.f these states being re
gaiided as absolutely committed against
it, and there being a lack of agreement
in .,the Legislatures' of tho other i u'o
fit ales. T .venty-fottr States have ap
X?rc<vod tho Aniendinent?a maj-ority of
the States iri the Union; but it happens,
fortunately, that the Amend merit < ii
not bo adopted it n I cits t wo ? thirds of
ell the Mate..) 'in the Union favoi it.
This is \ ory luck)' for the country '.n
? ?iir opinion As soon as tho people of
the .States which have voted for, tho
Aniohdment slial! have time to think
it over they will m^ret their precipi
tate action in the matter. The wisdom
of tite leathers was hover more cleiiriy
shown than In the restrictions which
ihc>y drew about changes in the fuhda
inehtiil laws el the country. If public j
nets should always l>e governed by
public clamor this republic Would not
long endure. "We hope sincerely that
)ne< me Tax Amendment will lie de?
feated Sutvlv the Federal Govern?
ment ilre'ady has a tuple range in its j
lift wets of taxation.
j
I ill". GIFT OF TWO VIIKil.MA.VS j
When Sir Moses Fzcklei. the grcnt I
Virginin sculptor whose works hhVo.!
commanded the admiration of the ar?
tists of all lands, w as at the Virginia- j
M llltnry Institute last summer bei
told General 10. \v. Kiciiols, the Super- j
Intended! of the Academy; that he!
would t'o pleased t-? reproduce Inj
bronze the statue of Stonewall Jack?
son he Itnd made for the Daughters of
the Confederacy in Charleston. West
Virginia, for the institute, doing the j
worl; ami ustnt; his casts without re- !
ward if it could be nrriiuged Hint the
materials and other necessary details!
were provided by other.--. 11c would i
also design a suitable marble base for !
the statue. Recently this most pen- j
crops offer was renewed by Sir Moses i
in a letter to Gcnernl Nlchblfl.
The cost of the stiituo and the base!
will be ??>.0<u\ nn amount the Institute]
could hot afford. A day or two ago!
Joseph Button, representing the Board !
? f Visitors, went, to New York with |
tho offer of Sir Moses, and yesterday
the very gratifying news came that
Thomas Fortune rtynn had contributed
tlu- $6,000 necessary to carry out the
wishes of the sculptor. That was a
very tine thing for Mr. Ryan to do. and
he did It with n cheerfulness which
w ill bo appreciated by all the people
of his native State and all the men j
and women of the South who will re- \
Joicc to know that Stonewall Jackson:
Is thus to bo honored at the grent j
military school which to this day re?
veres Ids memory and prides It sell i
tliiit his spirit still lives in the insti- !
tuto which was made great by his ser?
vices.
sir Mtis-es llzeklel was educated at
tho Virglniri Military Institute and
with the cadets at New Market he1
fbughl with distinguished bravery, lie
was an honor to tho service in which
he was enlisted as be Is an honor to
the art which he serves. AH honor to
hi in for this new sign of his devotloh
t<> th? brave days of old. and nil hon?
or, likewise, to Thomas F, Ryan forjl
11to liberal part he has played in the
nceothplishtut nt of this most worthy
?hdertu hin?.
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tiii: Tiuit tti.F. at ti11;s\ikr no i,t.
Thunderbolt It; a presumably dry
town in the State-wide prohibition
State of Georgia. From the Savannah
News we learn "for the purpose of
bringing about what they declare
wotild lie better conditions at Thunder- j
bolt, the citizens of that place who
. .< organised for the purpose of |
ntaking the town dry on Sundays made
new move at their meeting- yester?
day, in the meantime the new or?
ganization is not sleeping on its plan to
make the town dry on Sundays."
It seems that Thunderbolt Is a
"wide-open town." It is mar to Sa?
vannah?maybe that explains it, as
Savannah long ago nullified the State?
wide prohibition law, .iutt its huhihor
Jess oilier Georgia towns and eitles
!:a\< done. Thunderbolt Is not orderly
:ind law-aldding, but slays open on
Siuidtiy; when its saloons du a lnnd
ofllce business. Of course, it will be
admitted by all ibal under the license
system In Virginia. Sunday Is observed
with a strictness that Is unrivalled. Not
so with Thunderbolt. The saloons there
I do business seven days-out of the week,
morning, night and noon. They never
lose a week in Thunderbolt saloons
i I times 21 bouts, without Intermis?
sion Tin' bartenders work by relays.
Tiirp peoph lh the. town are longing
now fof tjtder Sundays?the Sundays
hey used !<? h.ive---liut they cannot get
iltd i |he State-wide prohibition
til at Thunderbolt as ail
lie conductors of the Sa
i Company, which runs a
hmnuerboit; say that if
Hing were to cease only
tit number of cars w ould
ns. but it pours In ''"111111
MltW.l \ II WOODS.
Mb ajtth Woods dir,i \ es-tr i -
bo'ihci at ("harlottesville,
!ti *titittidit he loved so well.
jide'r .Ijicksbth for forty-one
unjbnweaith's attorney of Al
bohhlyl with opposition but
? m: \>y of Virginl.i, a fearless ilitizci
SI sjid.i . d.cl uing all offers of hbnoi
i btiler than loose be enjoyed In his lit
, IUt co-mtv. lie w.im con ten I to rejojne
j charge of the du ties of bis office, lie
probably prrtsecuted more men In hi.
I time than any other mail in *; like ca
,pa<i >, and right faithfully represented
j the Sine .it the Bar. lib Ins.- will be
deeply felt by borts of friends ahc
?w. \\. sll
, <.'Jo:..-- 111 twilight
the young wbrnei*'
Mncon Woman's <
gi.t lu red In front
Ing of l in Sil
founder and prei
Smith. It s h
I day; perhaps the
I his life
iii! HAI,!,."
Saturday iiftorhofi
of tiio ittinribip
?liege, at l<ynchbut\
"f ?Iii: inain build
irtion to honor it
ddent. Dr. W. ? W
1 : Ixti'-Slxth blrl b
The student body wished to show some
evidence of thoir affect ion Cor Mr.
Smith, and to mark the ilay for all
time, am! s->. i.iy t h,. permission of the
board of trustees, with appropriate
ceremonies ijiey christened the main
building of the college "W. w. Smith
Hall." At ih>- same time a groat clus?
ter of American Beauty roses was be?
stowed upon Pr. Smith. In a speech
that rang with emotion, lie expressed
his appreciation, drawing in his clos?
ing words the ideul which ho hud Cor'
tlie college. But .1 few years remain?
ed for linn, he said, but ho would glad?
ly toil on until he heard the summons
Of tlie .Master. The By 1 ich burg Ad?
vance says "tear drops stole Into the
eyes of many as this father, as il
were, talked to ins children of things
present and things to come, his hopes,
desires, asplrutlohs?all for them.''
Tills tribute to Dr. Smith was as
deserved as it was graceful'. Through
fog ami mist and blight day, die has
toiled steadily onward for this col?
lege, to which lie has given What was
in Iii il* of energy and affection?nay,
more, all that ho had; There was a
time in the history of the college when
failure in securing an endowment
fund was Imminent. Into the breach '
came Dr. Suiith and Mrs Smith, giving j
tlieir home in this city as a cheerful
sacrifice to a noble cause. Tor some?
time lie worked lor another educa?
tional system, receiving $10,000 for the
service, which lie promptly turned in?
to the treasury of tlie college In I
sixty days lie raised $100.000 for the I
endowment of tho college. He has
wrought with a master-hand for high?
er Christian education in Virginia and
in ilib South. Service and sacrifice he
has faced unfalteringly. He has been
tlie constructive genius of lhu Ran?
dolph-Macon Woman's College, and
it is sweet and altogether llttlng that
his students, out of the gladness of
thoir hearts, have so honored him. *
D15)N'T KNOW HIM.
The Colonel h: making his way
through tho Southwest. He has had
large audiences generally at the places
lie has visited, ami has expressed him?
self us having been very much pleased
with tlie greetings ho has received.
Jt is not tie same thing at all, how-j
ever; thai It wast only a year or so
ago, and H will never be the sari.--!
ihing again. The wonder its that it
lias kept up sb lorigl
Tlie longest stop made |jy tho Col
one] ||, h|s trip til rough Texas was
tit Houston; whore he was? held up for j
throe hours In the middle of tlie day, |
and where lie spoke to an audience of J
10.000 persons for more than an hour j
on "Good Citizenship, ' That was j
line theme upon which to exhort the
Tex ans, and wo trust that tho Colonel ]
made some impression tipoh them. The I
gratifying thing is that tlie Colonel;
did not seize, command of tho army i
When he was in Texas. He denied
absolutely as "absurd" the. story that i
ho had arranged for ? conference with j
tho Mexican insurgents while ho was'
in the Lone Star State. lie did not ;
really review tho troops in camp hear
San Antonio, bid ran by tho long lino, j
'?>f tents in an automobile,..was saluted
by tiie artillery and then hastened
back to tho city to make an address
under the wall of the historic Alamo.
There was no formality about tlie in?
spection of the ramps, as the men
were not in ranks, but those who
recognized him cheered him arid waved
their hats at him "Most of them,
however, did not know hifn." we aro j
told, "as there was nothing about the
tour to distinguish it from an ordi?
nary sightseeing party."
That is very queer to us. Whore
was the halo'.' What was the matter
with tho atmosphere that it did not
fairly tingle with the .sensation ot
his presence? Alas! Alas! "We aro
but mortals a t ier all."
PnisACinNC \T nttoTiir.it glass.
Crank P. Class Is one of the owners
of tho Montgomery Advertiser. Asso?
ciated with him is Colonel Wallace V?**
Screws. Both of the'rii are men of good
character, and they make a jrood news?
paper, one of the host in the South.
Colonel Screws is an episcopalian and
Brother Class is a Presbyterian, a :
Presbyterian elder, in fact, which is j
different from being a deacon, its elders
arc ordained to look after the spirH
tiu] affairs of the Church, and tho. spe
. ial ecclesiastical function of the dca
i on is to manage its temporjil affairs.
The ofiioe of eldei Is really higher,
tin rofore, than tho otllco of deacon,
although it must not be inferred thai
some deacons aro not ns spiritually
minded as some chirrs. Those obsorva
lions are intended only by way of iri
t induction to tho recital of some tacts
iduelling a somewhat, unpleasant Inch
deal in the life of Brother Class, who
a ruling elder In good and regular
itandirig in the First Presbyterian
Church of Montgomery, ami occupies
on stand occasions a pew near the
1 pi i.
Bast Sunday night tho Rev. R. a.
linden, a pfesbytcil&ri missionary sta?
tioned at Soor how; China; now- on a
visit to this country fo.* the purpbi?
presumably of encouraging a larger
interest In his work, and. Incidentally
WO suppose, tin4 benefit of Iiis heal I h,
111 led the nulpli at tiie First Church,
an 1 there was Brother Glass seated in
hi- accustomed place and ready to
ihielt to the message of Gils mission?
ary to the heathen, and this is what
? heard as the preacher, picking up
a copy of the Advcrt'sei* from forninsl
tie P.ihle and holding it in hit hand.
"No wonder Christian people are not
dblllg their duty, when such a paper
as tili- will come .mt on Sunday with
(ii.irty-tw? pages of matter, including
ti roe pages of society, one devoted to
?ports, and not line of church he?
ll ? oi it. f understand further that
the paper is against tho prohibition
r*irt?>monf and in fiivor of the cs*,ab?
ltshmcnt of the saloon." S'
That waft enough to make Brothci
G11?fc sit up and taue notice; hut hi
opened not his mouth, and Uiu mission
:ny continued; turning to the pastor
of the Church, the Rev. it. hJdrnonds,
who tried to stop him. out couldn't,
say'ng that lie understood thtit this
pa pet Is owned by gentlemen who are
proinlncntiy connected with the Chris?
tinn denominations of the city; and 'i
understand tiiat one of the owners
having a controlling interest in this
paper 's a member of the session of
Ibis Char.:!-.. What yon need is a house
cleaning."
And there sat Brother Class through?
out the whole of this remarkable exhi?
bition of how the Gospel is preached
to the heathen. "I've got tho Moor:
let nie finish!" exclaimed the mission?
ary when the pastor tried to stop hhn.
I " The fact remains that this Is a Suh
] day paper without a single church no?
tice in it"; tints proving, it - would,,
j seem, that he had confined his reading ,
of It to "society" and "sports," as after
I the services Brother "lass repaired to j
j his olllce and found upon examination |
I that the paper actually contained eicht
! stories relating to the local churches.
! the pictures of three of tho leading
I teachers who will take part In the
Bible Conference to be held in Mont?
gomery next Sunday, a notice of the
Baptist Sunday School workers-, a no?
tice of the Christian Endeavorers and
their work, notes about the Young
Men's Christian Association, an ac?
count or the I.onten services held at
the Empress Theatre, a statement
about the music to be rendered Sunday
night at St. John's Episcopal Church,
and a live-column story about the
great work being done at tho indus?
trial School for Alabama hoys, with
the object of making them better citi?
zens and better Christians. On Satur?
day, as Brother Glass further deposed,
the Advertiser contained ample notices
of the services to be held at the
Churches on Sunday, the publication
of these notices being made on Satur?
day Instead of Sunday, at tho special
request of the Ministers* Union. It
would appear from this statement that
the Rev. R. A. Had on was proved to
have made from tho pulpit absolute
lnlsstatements, not to .-all them by any I
harder name.^,
After the service? were over. Br.olhcr i
Glass staying until it was all over, lie j
was appealed to by a number of other j
eiders and begged not to say anything j
to the missionary about it, and as be J
starte,i down the. aisle to the "htrance j
of the church he was greeted by many i
of the men and women of the congre?
gation, none of whom appeared to have
hern drinking, we dare say, with many
expressions of indignation at the brutal
attack of the minister, and assured
that if he had left the building while
tin- missionary was speaking they i
would have followed him in a body, j
J.ater, five of the elders formally wait
cii upon Brother Glass- at Ills Office and |
expressed to him their regret at the
performance of the preacher and their
lack of sympathy with what he had
said.
Instead of "a house-el jii ning" in the
First Presbyterian Chufch at Mont?
gomery, it would look as If "a house'
cleaning" lit the missionary field at
Spoch&w, Chi mi, would be better In
this case; for if the R< v. .Mr. Iladcn
would not tell the truth about one of
his own brethren at homo, how can
be be expec-d to tell the truth to the
heat hen in their blindness, who bow
down to wood and stone?
WHAT DIAZ HAS HUM;,
Strong resolutions were adopted by
the Socialist.'; ot Bristol, Connecticut,
the other day condemning the Govern?
ment of Diaz in Mexico, and the
friendly attitude of the United States
towards that Government. The reso?
lutions review the history of J >taz and
his administration of his otlice. "which
lias resulted," as the resolutions re?
cite /'In 'Barbarous Mexico.'" Here
wo have one of the impressions made
upon the pe.hlie sentiment of this
1 country by the magazine muck-rakers,
who are more dangerous to good gov?
ernment than the most pronounced
anarchists.
The' facts are that Ida/, js the
Builder of Modern Mexico, the most
effective of the rulers it has ever had,
and that, under his direction, tbn Re?
public has attained a very high de?
gree of material prosperity. Born of
j an Indian woman in 1830, he has since
be was sixteen years of age been con?
tinuously enlisted in the service of
Iiis country. IB- has shed his blood
for .Mexico, and on many fields proved
his devotion to his people and coun?
try. Since 1884 be lias been Presi?
dent of the Republic by repeated elec?
tions, and during this long period he
has built up Mexico from a condition
of penury to ;> proucl place among the
governments of tue world. tie has
opened the Tehuantepec railway route
to the. Far Bast; produced a national
surplus of $L'O,O0O,000; encouraged
home industries; placed tho finance.:
of Mexico on a gold basis; built rail?
roads, telegraph lines and public
roads; established an efficient public.
liobl system; developed agricultural
and mining resources; abolished tho
religious congregations and cultivated
friendly relations with nil nations.
'! hose are not achievements tlrat even
the Socialists should condemn, ami
they speak well for the great man
agaihSl whom the hand of the revo?
lutionists has been raised in civil war.
The question for well-meaning people
outside of Mexico to ponder is what
have the Insnrrectos ever done to pro
more the welfare of Mexico anil what
have they promised to do, except to
luing about a change In the personnel
of the Government?
RA Til ICH HARD ON MOW VOItK.
.lohn Sharp Williams, United States
Senator from Mississippi, is reported
Sutherland & Cherry
Special?Oddn and ends In Furniture,
iron Beda, Mattings. Stoves, etc. Chs&p
it close them out.
310 icast uiioajd.
If a man's face is his fortune, then
he should frame it in a good collar
Clr.rtt. PCnbotlt t'ninpariT, Tro?,N-TV York
by the Columbia State to have 5>abl
recently tbnt fluting the seventeen
years lie served in tlie House at Wash?
ington "I never knew three men of
fair intelligence from New Vork, Chi?
cago and Philadelphia combined." t"
which very wild statement ho added:
''When a bill gets the reputation of
leaving New York and Chicago behind
K has as much chanco as an antl
fnrtncr'a union candldato for Justice
of the peace at Benton, Mississippi."
We doubt that Mr. Williams said
anything of tho sort, but there Is
probably a good deal of truth in the
statement, whether be made It or not. j
More's the pity. The fact that more !
capable men'are not sent to Congress
from Now York. Chicago and Phil?
adelphia, reflects upon the political
sense of tho people of those communi?
ties; the fact that Congress rejects the
measures offered by these Indifferent
represcntat'ves reflects upon Congress.
Besides we should hesitate a long
while before we would be willing to
have public measures decided as the
people of Benton, Mississippi decldo
the questions submitted to thetn.
Wo tiro willing to admit that good
measures might originate even! with
the Congressmen from Now York, Chi?
cago and Philadelphia; Of course, It
does not. mean that the Congressmen
from those places aro all that Con?
gressmen should be in respect of per?
sonal character and intellectual force,
btit that measures of consequence to
iho public at largo should be determin?
ed hot so much by their paternity as
by their merit.
TALK TOO MUCH.
The lion. Jacob M. Dickinson, Sbcro- I
iary of War, was In New York tlie
other day and, according to tho Even?
ing I'o:it of that city, made some com?
ments upon the situation on the Mex?
ican frontier which It seems to us were. j
wholly unnecessary in tho circum?
stances. "In order to maintain the
neutrality laws," he is reported to havo
said, "it was doomed advisable to so rid
troops to the border, but this snot was
originally selected as tho best tplaco
for tlie training of officers and
manoeuvring, and this along a some?
what larger scale than at first planned."
That is hot spoken Hive an old sol?
dier, nor like a man in high authority;
hut it reads more like a newspaper
story, n space filler, than like the de?
liverance of a Cabinet officer whoso
particular business It is to look after
the fighting end o? the government.
As we have supposed, the mobilization
of tlie United .States troops fin tin Mex?
ican frontier and the active hostilities
now in progress in our neighboring
Republic aro wholly coincidental. VVc
have novo.- supposed that the move?
ment, of United States troops to the
Mexican frontier was influenced in any
:k :.sc by tho actual or threatened vio?
lation of the neutrality laws, and we
do not understand why Secretary Bid;.
Inson should havo given color to the
newspaper stories that have been told
about the real moaning of the rpresent
army manoeuvres, a meaning which
has boen discredited by the President
himself; and which Is not accepted by
the loyal Mexicans.
One of tho troubles with Mr. Tnft's
officers is that they appear to talk too
much tor publication.
The Charlotte Observer ought to
know that there is oxygen also in the
air of Richmond, oxygen to spare for
all the North Carolinians who shall
come here, and the purest oxygen in
the world; oxygon that would make
the oxygen of ^Charlotte look like the
miasin of a Catawba River swamp..
In Reno, Nevada, a woman was late?
ly divorced from one man at ]] in the
morning and mauled to another at 1
in the afternoon of tiie same day. The
delay was due to the fact that she had
to put on her hat.
No use. There is to bo no war.
Richard Harding Davis Is playing golf
in AI ken.
A correspondent of the Tidewater
Democrat says:
"Now, if Mr. Jones is olecled to the
Sonate. who will take his place?
What's the matter with t Bo old war
horse of tlie bloody r.th, tiie Hon. I'?
ll, P. Wright? I always said i would
love to vide for him for Congress."
This Is tile second good nomination
for the. seat now held by Mr. Jones.
The Ohio State Journal, one of the
best newspapers in tihlo, says:
"One si-n of the 'awakening of the
South' is that the University of Vir?
ginia has decided to begin Instruction
in the building of wagon roads. Stu?
dents are to bo taught hot only how
to raise the crops Virginia grows, but
also how lo get. them to market, how
tf> save expense of transportation on
I hem w hen they are grown.
"The lesson of good roads is one
of the first which agricultural com?
munities learn when thoy awake and
decide Id become progressive, The
University of Virginia, is beginning in
tlie right place when slio prepares to
.send out her book-taught farmers with
a full knowledge, of road-building."
Of .course the University Is right.
Daily Queries and Answers
Address all communications for this column to Query Editor,
Times-Dispatch. No mathematical problems will bo solved, no
coins or stamps valued and no dealers' names will be given.
(iulnpngo.H iNlmttlft.
Please triform mo through your
Query Column whether or not the
Unlfcd states owns the Galapagos
Islands, west of Ecuador. It so, how
did she acquire them; if hot, who owns
them? X. V. '/..
Ecuador owns them.
Outside Copy.
Do metropolitan papers that have a
Sunday supplement accept copy from
outsiders; that is. from persons not em?
ployed on the regular staff of the
Jin per ? W. \V.
They do.
[f otneopnt b y.
Was [luhncmaun the originator of
homeopathv? If so. Who was to; and
when did he live? It. M.
Yes. Samuel Christian Frederick
[lahhemann. born tu Melsseii, Germany.
April 1(?. 17r,. died at Koethon, July 2,
isla.
Which Is the Oldorf
YVltieh Is the older, allopathy or
homeopathy, as ;i practice of medicine'/
X.
The allopathic method was In vogue
before the founder of the homeopathic
method, liahnemann. was horn. lie
was the ono who invented the term
allopath;., to distinguish it from his
nictnod.
I'OftSCSftlvCi
In using such tin expressloh in writ?
ing as ',*ahy one's house" should the.
apostrophe bo placed between e and s
in the ilrst word? 1'. M.
Yes.
I'rcslili'in'T.
13 there any law regulating the sue-;
cession to the presidency of the United
State.- in ease of the death of^'.ha Pres?
ident and the VIco-PrcsidciiL'.' If so,
what is it" I'
The presidential succession Is fixed
by chapter 4 of the acts of the Forty -
ninth Congress, iirst session, in case
of the removal, death, resignation or
disability of both the President ami
Vice-President, then the Sccrotary of
Slate shall act as President until the
disability of the President or Vlcft
President is removed or a President Is
elected. If there be no Secretary of
State, then the Secretary of the Treas?
ury will act; and the remainder of the
order of succession is as follows: Tho
Secretary of War, Attorney-General.
Postmastcr-Gbnoral, Secretary of tho
Navy, and Secretary of the Interior.
The Secretary of Agriculture and Set
tetary of Commerce and I^abor wen;
added by subsequent enactment. Tito
acting president must, upon takln?
office; convene Congress, If not at ihn
time in session, the, extraordinary ses?
sion, giving twenty days' h'pt.ico. This
act applies only to such Cabinet otii
cer.s as shall have been confirmed by
the Senate .and are eligible under tho
Constitution to the presidency.
Cleveland.
When was Grover Cleveland first
elected President of the United State:.?
D. T. M.
November, 1 ?S4.
Oil.
What Is the difference between
sweet oil and olive oll? D. II.
None. s
Must Prclaro Intention.
A youth sixteen years and ten months
of age landed in the United States from
Ireland twenty years ago, but never
declared his Intention of becoming a
citizen. Is he entitled to the rights
of citizenship, or must ho make decla?
ration v n
lie must declare his Intention, and
two years thereafter. If he has resided
live years continuously In the United
States; he may apply for final papers.
VAST IMPROVEMENT
IN CONGO FREE STATE
UV LA MAHQ.UISE DE ro.M'KXOY.
SO marvelous has been Iho ameliora?
tion of conditions In what was
formerly the Con so Free State,
and which Is now Belgium's only
eolori;'. that King OodrgO and his gov?
ernment have resolved ip officially
recognize the Incorporation ot thiH
particularly rich slice of the Dark Con?
tinent in the dominions of King Albert,
and it in probable that the United
Siatrs government will slmllariv ac?
knowledge the transformation of the
free State into a riolglaii colony; Eng?
land and tho United States arc the
onlv two great powers that have re?
frained from conceding this recogni?
tion) taking Use ground that they had
by tlm terms of tiie treaties of lUSlj
creating tlie free state, placed them?
selves under certain obligations, both
with regard to the Interests of their
own eonntrynien in that part of Aft lea.
and also in the matter of the welfare.
Of the natives.
Until tibbtlt a coup!" of years before
Tc-opold's death, conditions all along
tiie Congo Valley were so abominable,
there was such tin obstruction to for?
eign trade, so much insecurity to foreign
life and property, and such barbarous
cruelty towards tlie native:-, that the
United S.-jj'to.s and England, nr. well as
several others of the great rower;!,
filtered into pour-nailers with one an?
other, with the object or depriving
King Leopold of the sovereignty of
this great African empire, on the
around of maladministration, and the
utter disregard of all his pledges. In?
deed, some stich step would undoubt?
edly have boon taken, had not Leo?
pold averted the blow, by transferring
the sovereignty of the Congo Free
state to Belgium, thai-Is to say, to a I
responsible government. Most of tlie |
bowers hastened to express their sat?
isfaction with this move on the part
"i Leopold, and did not manifest any
hesitation about officially recognizing
the repeal of all tiio treaties by means
>>f which tiie Congo Free State had
been brought into existence, and ac?
quiescing In its conversion into a Bel?
gian dependency. Rut England ami
the UhJted States held out. They de?
clined to acknowledge the now order
of things until it had boon definitely I
shown if. them that the change meant
an Improvement of the treatment both
of foreigners and of natives in Congo
land.
it is now admitted that the change
has been of the. most radb-ai character,
and that :t dates, not. from Leopold's
death, hut from nearly a year prior
thereto, that is to say, from tlie time
of tho memorable visit of King Albert,
as heir presumptive, to the cjongb Val?
ley, which he traversed from one end
to tho other. Foreign trade Is now
unobstructed; cruelty and injustice to
tho natives are rigorously punished,
and tho entire aspect of tho country
has changed all along the banks of
the river, villages having everywhere
i.n rebuilt, and the people having re?
turned to their former homes, from
Which thoy had boon driven by the.
atrocities perpetrated lipon them by
Leopold's own officials, and tho agents
of those chartered rubber companies
in which he was.tho chief stockholder.
The London Times, and in fact, all
those English newspapers which were
t!io most violently Congophobe during
the reign of Leopold, and which led
the orusado against htm, holding him
up to tho execration of the entire civi?
lized world, aro now loudest In Ci.oir
praise of tlie complete .and marvelous
changes, no? only for tho bettor, hut for
the best; in Congoland. attributing most
of the"meril In the matter to the per?
sonal initiative and action of King Al?
bert; who, as 1 mentioned in these
letters some time ago, has devoted the
greater portion of the money accruinc
to him from tlie Congo crown lands, and
from tho late King Leopold'-: estates
there, to put poses of philanthropy and
of general utility in tho oniony. In
fact, public opinion, which formerly
demanded tlie removal of King Bed;
pold from the sovereignty- of tlie Con?
go, denouncing him as. a twentieth cen?
tury Caligula, is now demanding of
England that she shall show her ap?
preciation of what King Albert has
accomplished in tho Congo by official?
ly recognizing its transformation from
a Eroo. State into a colony of ids
crown; and from what f gather from
London. King George and Ills govern?
ment are about to defer to this public,
sentiment, acting in conjunction with
President Taft, and tlie government of
the United State?.
Since Arthur do Rbcliecho?art. who
is twelfth Duo do Mortomart in Franco,
and who makes Iiis homo In tho Fan
hour- St. Gormaln, 1 Ru< Ht Dominique,
in Paris, and at the Chateau d'Entraln:?.
in the Department of the NlGvre, pos?
sesses, iiinoni; his other honors, tli.it
of ernndeo of the first class, in Spain.
It U only fair to him to explain that
he has nothing in common, beyond a
resemblance In title, with that other
Spanish grandco who until r.ccehtlv
made lit; home in Madrid, and who
hears the ancient and historic title of
Duke of Montemar.
The latter Is now a fugitive front
justice, somewhere in South America,*
with warrants but for his arrest and
extradition. Some years ago he marri?
ed h rich heiress, a daughter of Uie
Wealthy old Countess 1 >e Dos Andes,
who owns a large amount of proper?
ty, and especially of vineyards, in tho
Xcres district, whert the best Spanish
sherry Is produced The du Ice has al?
ways been spendthrift, and has an
'unenviable reputation in connection
with dissipation and gambling. Nor
v> tany one surprised when, after
about u year of marriage, the coupli
parted, hi- mother-In-la w; thcrCountcss
l- l?s Andes, agreeing to make him tut
allowance of about 5 J .o on a month.
This wa:. altogether inadequate fer n
hiah r,f the duke's habits. He was soon
up to the ears in debt once more, and,
pressed for funds, turned to lomi brok?
er As hia separation from his wife
had not been of a judicial character;
and was merely known at court and
among the memheivK of the sol in which
he and Iiis wife moved, it was suggest?
ed that be could obtain quite a largo
amount of money by securing mortgages
on sonic of his mothe.r-ih-lnw'a proper?
ty: and accordingly he found a woman
who resembled her In looks, in manner,
and In age. and putting her forward as
his mother-lh-law; the widowed Coun?
tess De Dos Andes, hp obtained, with
the help of two other confederates, who
figured as her legal advisers, a very
considerable sum 'on bogus mortgage*
on the Audits estates. lie then saiini
i'Qr South America, making his way in
the iirst place to the Argentine Repub?
lic, and it was after he had reached
Buenos Ay res that the old counters was
made aware of the fart that she was
supposed to have mortgaged her prop?
erty for the benefit of her son-in-law,
She has placed the information which
site possesses about the duke at tho
disposal of the authorities, with a view
to hi* cap; ure and extradition: the ?ov
ernmont and the banks who advanced
money on these fraudulent mortgages
being alike interested in his captiir*
and conviction.
Admiral Sir William May, the tidy
command er-In-chief tit Devonport, Is
one ef the most popular officers of tho
British navy, and has held many ofllcofl,
including that of controller of the navy,
of second sea lord of the admiralty, and
of commander of the Atlantic licet uiiif
also of the Imme fleet. It was lit, who
added Christmas Island to the British
Empire, assuming < barge of the an?
nexation, ami has probably done more
than any oilier officer In the service
to develop the use of the torpedo, of
which he Is regarded ns the leading
expert of the day. He took part in
Admiral Sir George Nares's Arctic ex?
pedition In 1875, being badly frost-bit?
ten, and was a particular favorite ef
Queen Victoria, also standing high in
the good graces of tho Kaiser, to.who:-o
service he is generali j* attached when
that monarch visits England. Ho en?
joys the distinction, somewhat raro
among British navel men. of being '?
remarkably good linguist, and in spite
of his having been called noon to sup?
ersede Admiral Dord Charles Beresfpril;
on the occasion of that popular officer's
somewhat sensational removal from
his command two years ago, has never
forfeited the gopd will of either the
navy or of the public^ 1
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